"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
rUILIIRED IVBRY WBDIBBDAT, IT
' UO.ODLANOER IIAGBRTY,
1 ' " CLRAKFIELD, PA.
KflTARLISHIiD IN 191.
rti largeet Circulation of any Ncwiijiaper
In North Ccutral Pcuueylvaiila.
Tonna of SubBoription,
if paid In advarMe, or wlthla S month.. ,.94 (Ml
rr paid after and before A nontba ft SO
f paid after tbe aspiration of ft monthly, 1 M
t. - Bates ot Advertising, .
f ranalent adrerttafimenU, p square of 161inor
lei, It timet or $1 0
r"nr etich iabiiftient imertion AO
fclinlnlotratori' and Kxcoutori'notloei. I 60
Auditors' notleea S BO
Oauliuni and Eatrayi 1 60
Dliimlutiun nntlrea I 00
Professional Cardi, & Unci or leis,l yttar... ft 00
Loeal noiiou, par line . SO
.-l i YEARLY ADVKUTIHKMKNTH.
1 nqoara...
iquares.,
fl 00 t ooluain tn 00
lft 00 toolaran 44 00!
SO 00 1 oolunan 01 00
ORORflR B. QOODLANDKR,
GKUUUE HAOERTV,
PublUhers,
(Cards.
. ' FRANK FIELDING,
ATTOfiNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will attend to ill boaineeR entreated to till
pioraptly and feilhfottj. ot1I'7
WILLIAM A. WALI.ACt. PATIB b. BBRBR.
OARRT f. WALLACB. JVHLW. WB10LBV.
WALLACE & KREBS,
(Sirc-rtiora to Wallace A gelding,)
mr lt in v a rn T . A XV
' A J. I V 1 1 V O A J- mj a. t
11-1373 Clearfield, Pa.
a. v. a-iLtus, at. a. b. a, yah valiaii, m. d.
DES. WILSON & VAN VALZAH,
... Clearlleld, I'a.
Oflioa in roridenoe of Dr. Wilaon.
OrrtCB lloi'iia: From 12 to 3 F. M. lr. Van-
Valanh m bo found at night in hia route, neat
door to llortiwUrk Irwioe Prug blor, op
Lire, -i-'i novju.o
iTjKFPElSoH LITZ,
WOODLAND. PA.
Will promptly attend all ealle In too linenf hi
profeaeioo., . noT.lw-T3
joittru b. h'snalit. . bajorl w. a'cltRnr,
" McENALLY & McCURDY,
. ". AiTOUNKYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa :
!- Jfr-BRB-' tUTf IU naiinVM BJlVCHluesu m irvauii " i m.
Ailolilr. Oftico ua tfMoad itmt, aboTe the Kirtt
Nattonal Hank. jan:l:7.
G. R. BARRETT,
ATTUiiNKr AND COUNSELOR AT IiAW,
; CLKARFTKLU, PA.
Havinpt Tlrw hip JudffCfhip, hftl rrnnmad
thi pmctioo of tha Uw in aia old nfflee at Clear
Arid, Pa. Will attend thioourliof JrlTorion and
Nik oouotMa whtn ipf ictaiod in eonneatiop
vita raiidont aouoicl. S:Ui72
WM,
M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTOKNKY AT LAW,
ClearOrld, Pa.
jfrOfflr In Court II..UW, (Sheriff". Ollloe).
tjrnl hu.tnriiii promptly attfinflnd to. H. .1 tRte
honght and arnl.l. Jcll'7
J. W . BAN TZ ,
AT l'OKX KY-AT-LA W,
( Irarlleld, Pa.
jr0ffl.a ta I'i.'i Optra Hoot. Uo.110 No. 4
Alt It'xnl hii.ino.a entriutoU to h:. core pnmiptly
UltuJii to, 2J)'.
T. H. MU RR A Y,
ATfURNKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
ProHipt -attention plvm to all U-(Cl buinew
tnlruntcii to hit oare in Cloarliold and n ljoiniajr
jtiuiilics. OffinooD Alnrket it., oppotiita Nnusle'l
Juwvlry Mure, Cluarueia, i'a. J'.m
A . W . W A L TE R S ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearlleld, Pa.
- 4a0IBoa la tiraham'a Row. ilooS-l;
. h." sfvllTH,
attobney-at-la w,
' tl:l:7.1 riearHcId, Pa.
"WaXterbarrttT
ATTOBNBY AT LAW.
Mite, on e.quod b., oi.Mt.ia, v. t.a
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTORN KY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
.f-Oflloe la I'ia'a Opera Tiouaa. Jj".'"
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
rtr-Oflla in Pie'a Opara Hoae, Room No. i.
Jan. S, 1871.
J O HN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY. AT LAW.
Vud Real Ratata Arent, Clearfteld, Pa.
Orliea oa Third atreat, bot.Charrj A Walnot,
aa7Raapeotfall7 offera hla aarvicaa In aalling
ind baying landa In Olaarflold and adjoining
toantlea and with aa aBporianeaof ovartwantv
raara aa a anrra jor, flatter, himaalf that he eaB
reader aatlafaetioB. LFea. I5:r3:u,
FREDERICK O'LEAET BUCK, -
SCUIYKXKB & CONVEYANCER,
General Life and Fire Ins. Agent.
Dcla of Conveyance, Article! of Agreement
and all lercl napera nromrtlr aal neatly e.-
ented. Office In Pie'a Opera llooea, Roftrn No. 4.
Clo.rlirM, l'a., April J, 11J4.
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
RRAL ESTATE BROKER,
Ann pbalrb in
Saw laOM and laiimber,
Cl.EAHnKI.D, PA.
Offloo la Srabaia'. Row. ' 1:15:71
J. J. L INGLE,
a T I O I! X I! Y - A T - LAW,
l:l Oareola, Clearfield Co., Pa. f fi
' ROBERT WALLACE, "
. ATTORNEY- AT-LAW,
Wallacetou, Clearlleld County, Pcnii'a,
jfefVAll legal buiiaen prttaiptly at ten did to.
CYRUS GORDON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
'' Market atreet, (north aide) Clearlleld, Pa.
All legal Luaineaa promptlj attended to
Je. H, '7:1.
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PHYSICIAN ANDSUROKON,
ODIoe ob liarkot Street, Clearlleld. Pa.
aT-ffOSlca hoara: to 12 a. in , and 1 to 8 p. n
'jj'iC R'aOcii ecbbr,'
110MIKOPATIIIC lllYBICIAN,
OQloe la reaideoee ob Market at.
' April 24, 172. CleardcM, Pa
DR. W. A? M EA N S, "
PHYSICIAN ft SURGEON,
. LUTIIKIIMJUBU, PA.
Will attend profcaalnnal oalll prnmptlT. auglOe
i J. S. B A R N H A R T
, ATTOKNKY . AT - LAW,
Hellrloiitc. Pa.
ill prantioe in Clearflnld anil all of the Coartl si
'Via dtLtiJatliaiM dim rici. Heal retata buaiaeap
and eolleclaun of elaiiaa aaiule apaoialtiea, al'TI
JAMES CLEARY,
BAEBES & HAIB DRESSER,
KKOOND RTRKKT,
'fK C I. P. A RPI R 1. 1, P A. ti
A. rLB.'K. A. N. mi, LB.
T. A. FLECK & CO.,
Ag.ata la Clearflrld aoanlf for the eala af
,'.., ' K. HtTTIvllICK eV t(.'"
7aehiouable Patterns of Garments,
y ALi RfYLBB AJIP BIBBR.
1:1 A Harket "Ireet C'leertlld, Pa.
T. M. ROBINSON,
1 - ' Mannraetarar an4 ttaaler la
Huriicss, Saddles and Bridles,
. Collar., Whlpa, llroihea, Fljr NMa,Irlialga.
Ilnraa HlankeU, Ae.
Venom, Prank Vliller'a and Hoalefoet 011a,
1 Ag.nt for Dalle and Wileoa'e Uuggiea.
Ordera and repairing prompt) attended ta,
Shop on Market aln.1, Cl.arA.ld, Pa la room
Cumerl oeeupied by Jaa. Aleaaader. (1:474
TAKES K. WATSON ft CO.,
th. . ... RKAL K.XTATI RROKRIUt,
CI.RAHPIKLI), PRNN'A.
K.imihiVM V)Beee ta let, Oelleetlena prnBjlply
Mid na-elaaa Oeal end Plre-Olay Land
Bad Twi nreperey fee aa le. Ofloa la W.atern
Hotel l).IIJmeTH floor), Peaead SI. (myll Hy
CLEARIIELD
GOODLAltDEE & HAGEETT,
VOL. 48-WHOLE NO.
(Cards.
A. G. KRAMER,
ATTOHNEY-AT-JjAW,
Real Ratata and Collection Agent.
CI.EAHPIKLD, PA..
Will prompt, j ktteod to all legal tmincn n-
trailcil to nu oar.
Jfr-Office in I'io'i Open Hom-a, icoond floor.
apm i-om"
foliii tl. Orvli. C. T. Alriander. C. M. Doweri
OBVIS, ALEXANDEE & BOWEES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
llclleroute, Pa. J.o!S,'JT-y
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN 4 SUBOEON,
HAVING Uo.l.a at Pcnnlicld, I'.., olTnn hli
profoHiooal Mrvieoa to tho pDplo of that
phuie and lurrouoding ooutitrjr. All nail, promptlj
atwauna to. "
' ,. GEORGE, C . KIRK,
JuBtUo of the :ac Surveyor and Canvcyaor,
Lutheriiburg, Pa.
All butinem intruitrd to liim will tin promptly
attended to. Pcnont wiihtng to inpluy R Iur
vtvi.r will Jit well to fflra bioi a ertll, an he flntfrr
hi in Me If that be on rundcr MlUfiuMlon. Deedi uf
oonrcyapoe, arllclci of agreement, and all legal
papera, promptly nmi neanj -ihu i
" JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jutloe of tha Peaoa and Ptrlrcner,
Curweiiavllle, Pa.
tfuColleetioni inade and mono? promptly
paid ot ar. fwliUJ 71
BIO. A LI RUT HIS RT AMIIHT. W. Al.aaBT
W. ALBERT & BROS.
Munufocturera A oitciialvo Dcalcrlio
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4to.,
WOODLAND, run -
X0rdera aulieitod. Dull fllM ob ahort nolio
and reaaonaltl terina.
Aildreaa Woodlind P. 0., Clmrildd To., P.
.Jj.lj W A.LUKKT A UKllB.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MERCHANT,
PrencllvilU, ClurAeM ( mintj, Pa.
Kecpa oonatr-ntljf on hand a full aawrtinont of
o.uallr kept la a ratail atoro, which will boaoltl.
for caah, aa cheap aa elacwhiro In th. counlj.
Fronehvllla, Juno ai, laoi-ij.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
PBALRB IB
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
CiHAIIAMTtIN, Pa.
Alio, eitenilv. manufftcturer and dealer in Pqoar.
Timber and Pawed Lumuorui u aiuui.
trOrdera aolioited end all bllla promptly
miod. I
CHARLES SC HAFER,
LAGER BEER BREWER,
ClearHeld, Pa.
TXAVINf)
rented &Ir. Rntrea'
Brewery he
II h.mea h. itrlet atteniion tn bnalneM and
th. manolncture of a auperir.r article of IllilfiR
to reoeivo the patronage of all tho old and many
new euatomora. ei2ig7s
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PIIOTOGRAPn GALLERY,
Uarkel Street, Clearlleld, Pa.
CROMOS MADS A BPECIALTV.-i
NEOATIVKS made la eloody aa well aa la
clear weather. Conrtnntlr oo hand a good
ertment of FUAMF8. HTKRKOSCOI'KS and
STKRROSCOI'IO VIKWS. Framea, from any
atyle of mooldlng, made to order. Rpr2-tf
REU BEN HACK MA n ,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
.Wlll eieoute Join in hia line promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. arrt.AT
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEARFIELD, PEXN'A.
cey-Pompe alwaya on hand and made to order
on abort notice. Pipea bored on reaaonable terrea.
All work warranted to render aatiafactlnn, and
delivered If deiired. my2S:lypd
E, A. BIGLER & CO., "
DBALEna ta
SQUARE' TIMBER,
and inanufaoturera of
ALL KIPJDS OF8AWP.ll MIlttflUK,
-T'T2 CLEARFIKLD, PENN A.
JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Eeal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8IIIWJI.K3, LATH, A PICKETS,
Clearlleld, Pa,
JAMES MITCUELL,
liRAt.RB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lnn3,
Jell'7.1 CI.KARPII5I.n, PA.
TjlLI II A H M A N ,
Practical millwkight,
LVTiimtsmmu, PA.
Agent for tha A-nerlean Doable Torhlne Water
Wheel and Amlrewi A Kalbach Wheel. Can f.ir-
nleh PnrUhle tirl.t klilla oaehort antlea. iyl2'7l
DR. J. P. BURCH FIEL D,
Lata Burgeon of the 8:id Reslnient, Pannaylvanta
Volantaeri, having returned from tbe Army,
Olferi hla profeaalonal aarrleea to theeitliena
of Clearlleld county,
Jtat Pro feiiional oalli promptly atte&Jed to.
Office oa tieoond atroet. formerlyoeonpled by
Ur. Wooda. lapMt'nn-ti
H. F. NAUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer la
.WnteheB, ClockB, Jewelry, Silver
nnil Tinted Ware, sc.,
Jalf72 CLEARFIELD, PA.,
87 I , S N Y D E h "
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
VtnM ARO hBALRR I
aninaWalchca, Clocks and Jewelry,
OraAflm'e ltnm, Markft Stritl,
CM5A RPI KM), PA.
All kind, of repairing in my lino promptly at
endeto April 2.1, IR7J.
hi:mi)V'ai..
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
wholeaale dealera ta
(JEMS' n itis;u(i GOODS,
Have remove! to 17 Church atreet, between
Franklin and White ela., Now York. Jy3l'72
Miss E. A. P. Rynder,
AQUtir roa
Cblekerlng'a, Stelnway'a and r.neraon'a Plaooaj
Hatlta'a, Haeoa A II a mile ' and I'elonbet'a
Organ a and Melodeoaa, aad Qrorer A
fiaker'f Sawing llaehinet.
alio Ta a or aa or
Plana, (la I tar, Organ, Harmony and Vocal Ma.
I. Me pupil taken for leaa the a half a term.
"Hooine gppoiit tJoUah'a Puraltere Store.
Clearfield, May ft, 18f-V.tr.
i. oixo wane a. . DAVia farbt
HOLLOWBUSH & CAEEY,
BOOKSELLERS,
Blank Book Manufaclurers,
AND STATIONERS,
91 .Varkrt 81., PhUadtlpMa.
tt. Paper Floor Hack, end Rag, Foolaeap,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Cflrtaln and Wall
report. febll.ta-lypd
H.
IUGLEU & CO.
bar for lala
CARRIAGE & VAM MOODS,
SHAFTS AND POLES,
HUBS, SI'OKES, FELLOES, o.
Carrier and Wagon Makers ihoald aaebe a
note of tkia aad tali and tiaaiat them. Tb.y
will he told tl fair irloee. auy "
Publishers.
'2381.
JUDICIAL. Al'POIi TIOXMEXT
BILL.
AN ACT Deaignallng tbe Judicial dlatrleta of
the Commonwealth, and proTidlng Tor the ap-
fiolntment and eleetlun of Judgea Lhereio, for
iiuing to additional Judge, learned in tha law
etimtRiadone aa prraldcnt judgea, and manner
or oxingtbelerraaoreourta tnureio.
SKtTloJf 1. lie. U enwbd, itv., Tliut
1 10 tuliciiu diMtricttt ol tut C otnnion
wottltb slmll bo tiuniborvtl, t'OliiJHawtl
ami tltmiirnait'U BH lollotva ;
Tliu Kiixt iliHtriut almll bu eoniioavd
oi ino cny oi t'liiiutU'iimiiL.
The iSocoml tlialriot of tho county of
jjuii.'nKiii ' , ,
Tlio Tliild ilintrict of tho rotinty of
iortlinniit.)tL .
Tho .Fourth tliatrict of tho ooiuititw
of Tioifii, I'otlcr, Al'KoHit And Cunioixin.
Tim J'Ltlh ilisfrit't of the oonnly of
Alit'tlit'iiy. , 1 .
Tho Sixth iliHtrit t of llto t'liiinty of
.ljri. f ,. f - ..... ' ..(. ,!.
Tho So vein li dulriot o tun. county
ot HllCKB. ..
Tho Eiultlli diritcirl of tho ctittnly of
iNott liuiiiliorluuil.
Tho Ninth tliut net of tho county of
tiiinlwrlitiiil. ,
Tho Tenth tlisti'itt of tho CDimty of
W I'Htinoi'eutiKl.
Tho KloveulU UiNtriet of th county
Ol lillZl'lllO.
IliO i wollili dmti'ict of the county
of J)uiiihin, to which tho. comity of
iicouiioii ih hcivov nltuclioil.
'J'ho Tliii toonth distfict of the conn
tv of lintilliifd.
Tho Koiii tocntli ilinlrict of tho conn
ty of Euyctto, to which tho county of
liivonc in litimliy utliu lml.
Tho Eilloenlh district of tlio county
oi t Homer.
Tho Hixtounlh district of Hie countico
of Hctlt'ord und Somcmot. ,
J'ho Seventeenth district of the conn-
tioH of Iltitler mid Luwrence.
Tho Eiirhteenth dixtrit't of the cottii
ticH ol ( lnnon and Jelieidoii.
1 he N inctwnth distfict of tho county
01 I Ol'K.
The Twentieth distrkt of tho conn
Iich of r moil, Snrtlur find Milllin.
I ho Twenty-hint dint riot of the
county ol Schuylkill.
I lie Iwenty-Hoeond tlwtnct ol the
coiintiett ot uvno and J'iko.
llio J wnly-lliiitt district of the
county ot JJeikM.
J ho Iweiitv-iourth uiHtnrt of the
ecu mien of lluntiiifrilon, ISliur and
t. it in in in .
Tbe Twenty-tilth diatrict of the
countien, ot Centre, tlenrtield and ( lin
ton.
Tho TwiMity-nixth d'mtrict of the
countieH of Coluinhra, Sullivun, Wyom
ing itnil Jlontour.
I lie 1 w entv-eKtvetilh tlwti'tct of the
county of Wuxliini'ton.
J lie IwontT-i'ii'lith dintnct of the
county of Venuntro.
ilie lwenty-niiitli Uwtrict of the
county ol i,yeotuiiii.
lhu i liiitiotlt dmt net ol tlio county
i)i t rawioru.
The Tliirty-firat diHtrict of tho coun
ty of Lehlirh.
J lie J hiHr-RocoiHl dwtnt t of tho
county ol iclawaro.
The Thirty-third lintriet of tint conn.
tjr cnTArmfetrontr.
tlio 1 liirly-louith diatnct of the
ounty of Sua(uchitnnn.
TlieTliirtyliflh diHtrict of thccotintv
ot .tiurcer.
The Thiity-M.xth district of the conn
ty of Beaver.
Tho Thirty-nevcutli diatrict of the
countieH of Warren, Forest and Elk.
Tho Thirty-eighth dial riot of the
county of Montgomery.
The Thirty-ninth diHtrict of tho
county of Ei-uiiklin, to which the coun
ty of Fulton is hereby attached.
Tho Fortieth dint not ot tho county
of liiilutna.
The Forty-flint district of the coun
ties of Juuintii and l'erry.
The Forty-Hocond district of tho coun
ty of Ailttnis.
Tho Forty-third district of the coun
ties of Carbon and Monroe.
Ski.'. 2. That llio qualified electors of
tho county ot Luzerne, constitutiiirr
tho Eleventh district, and the county
ot Lancaster, constitutini! tlio Second
xlistrict, the counties of Jliiuiihin and
Lebanon, constituting tbe 1 wclltti dis
trict, tho counties ol Lawrence and
Hut lor, eoustilutinir the Seventeenth
district, the counties of ClearHeld, Clin
ton ami ('entro, constituting the Twen
ty till h district, and tho counties of
Columbia, Montour, Wyoming and Sul
livan, constituting tho Twenty-sixth
district, shall, at the next general
election, in tho manner prcsoriliod
by law for tho election of president
judgea, elect one person for ench of
said districts, learned in the law, to
servo aa an additional judge of tho sev
eral courts in each of said district;
and the qualified electors of any county
constituting a separate judicial district,
excepting in Thirteenth district, whero,
limler the Constitution or laws of this
Commonwealth, an additional lawjudge
far aildiliouul law judges, or judges
learned in tho law, have herelolore
been elected or commissioned, ahull at
tho general election next prowling the
expiration oi icrmoi oinco oi six h ailill
tionullnwjiidgcorndditional law judges,
or judges learned in tlio law, in niun-
ncr provided for tho election of presi
dent judge of said distnct, elect a suc
cessor or successors in olllec lor such
district; said additional judges shall
possess tbo unmu qilalifir-Htiolis which
arc required by theconstitutronandlawi
for president judge, mxt shall bo com.
missioned by the governor, and hold
their ottlccs by the Hume tenure as oth
er judges of courts of record required
to be learned in tlio law ; the said ad
ditional judges shall have the some
power, authority and jurisdiction in
the several courts of their said districts
respectively, and be subject to thesamo
duties, provisions ami penalties as tho
president judges thereof, and receive
the sumo comiieiisution (iir their servi
ces, to bo pinil out of the State Treas
ury in quarterly pavnteiiU, in the same
manner as the salaries of president
judges aro now paid i that the said ad
ditional judges shall have tho same
isiwcr and authority to hold social
and adjourned courts in their own or
other districts as president judges have
by existing laws.
8 sc. 3. Thattlioadilitinnallawjudgo
herein provided tor the Second Indicia!
district isintlieplaceof and successor to
thoaddilioniillawjuilgcprovidislforand
now serving under the provisions of the
act aiiprovcd the 2flh day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
four, providing lor an additional law
judge for said district ; and the addi
tional law judge hereinbefore provided
for the Twelllli district shall reside in
the county of Jjohannn.
Sno. 4. That tho election for judges
shull bo held and emiductod in tho sev
eral election districts In the saino man
ner in all rospects as elections for rep
resentatives are or shall he hold and
conducted, and by the same judges, in
spectors and other o ulcers, under the
provisions of existing laws reirulatina
election in this Commonwealth.
Sac. 6. That duplicate returns of all
the vote, given in each county for
CLEARFIELD,
judges of tlio supremo court, and all
judgea which the qualified electors of
such county are entitled to elect of
themselves, unconnected with any oth
er county or district, shull lie inude out
by the prothonotnry of tho court of
common pleas of such county, under
direction ol said court, at their meet
ing to receive und compute the returns
of tho preceding election, agrecubly to
tho provisions of the thirteenth section
of tlio act, etitilled "A further supple
ment to the act, regulating elections
in this commonwealth," uppmvod Jan
uary thirtieth, one thoiiHiind eight hun
dred and seventy-lour, one of which
returns shall lie tiled and entered of
record in the oflloeof thoprnthoiiotary
of such court, and the oilier return
such prothonotury shall encloe in a
scaled envelope and direct, and inimo
dintely niuil, to the secretary of the
Coinmomvoiilth. j . .'.,. ,...
Sec. t. Tliut in case of the election
of a president, or of uu additional low
judge in any judicial district, composed
ol two or more counties, on tho day ot
tho sitting of the court, or other per
son authorized by law to receive und
coniputu returns in each of such coun
ties, tho prothonolnry of the courts
opens, and in their presence ijbull nitiUe
out a return ot all the voles which
shall be given at such election within
llio county, lor every person voted lor
us such president or additional law
judge, which shall bo properly uttustei:
!. I i.lil 1.. .. i . . . ..I
I
I
by the seal of i:nid court, und the suiil
court, or persons receiving ami coin
puling suid returns, shall thereupon
appoint one of the judges of election in
said county to take charge of such re
turns, and produce the sumo at a nieet-
llite ii me iiuircs so unpenned in eacn
of the counties composing suid district.
which meeting shall be held on the
seventh day ulicr the election, at tho
court house of one of the counties to
be ascertained, taking snid counties ul
ternately in alphabetical order.
Sec. 7. That the return judges from
the several counties as aforesaid, buv
ing so met, shall cust uii tho several
county returns, and shall miiko three
copies of a general return of all tbe
votes cast in the district lor such otuce
ouch of which they shall certify, one
of which they shall lodge in the ollicc
of tho prothonotury of the county in
whieii they so meet, another ot which
they shull enclose, seal and direct to
tho secretary ot the (. ommonweultli
und the third, they shull deliver to the
person, appearing Iroin such general
return, to have received the hirgest
nuiuher ot votes cast.
Sec. 8. J he governor is hereby au
tliorir.cil to nominate anil appoint, with
the advico and consent ot llio senate.
all president and additional law judges
authortaed ami required by this act,
except in the Fortieth district, where
thepivsent president judgeol tho tenth
district shull continue to exercise his
nresent jurisdiction until a liresident
judge shall have been elected therein,
who shall hold their several ollices un
til their successors are elected and
commisioiicd according to tho provis
ions ot the constitution : and until the
aiiiiortionment is made, the several
judges uow lu eouiiuuwion. slisll ou-
linuo to hold me courts lu too several
counties of the commonwealth as here
tofore.
Skc 9. That in such districtsas there
may lie no president judge learned in
tlio law, or adililionnl law judge, or
udgo learned in the law, nt the passage
1 this act, thcdiiulincu electors ot cadi
county composing such dill net, shall
at the next general election, ami when
ever the same therenller shall be ne
cessary, at tho times and places for
holding such election within their re
spective election districts, elect one per
son lor liresident judgo of the con its in
such district, ami as many persons tor
additional law judges tlieix-.it us shall
lie required by the cons! notion unit the
laws.
Skc. 10. Tlmt from and after the
passago of this act, tliu judges learned
in tho law in commission, shall, during
their unexpired terms, be judges ol the
several courts ol the districts in which
icy may resido: and the governor
shull commission nil additional law
udges or judges learned ill the luw, re
siding in counties nunlu scpurato by
this act, to ho president judge for the
remainder of the term for which they
were elected ; and at the election next
ireceeding the expiration ot the term
of any president judge, additional law
judgo, or judge learned in the law, the
tiuulibed electors ol every county com
losing such district, shull vote lor and
elect their successors ol ollico.
Seo. 11. That at tho first term of
tho court held in llio several district of
this Coinmoiiweallh, niter tho passage
ol tins act, ny the judge duly elected
or appointed to hold the same, it shall
he the duty ot suid judges to muke an
oiilcr fixing tbo time of holding the
regular terms ot said cotirls, w hich
order and all modi Heat ions or change
hcreol shall bo published 111 not less
than two newspaper in each county
of tho district, at feast thirty days lio-
fore the time so fixed for holding said
courts.
Sec. 12. That w here, under the con
stitution and section thirteen of the
schedule, in any district under the
former law, there were two judges re
siding in the same district. nml that dis-
rict by this act has been divided, with
in ten tluvs alter the approval of this
act by tho governor, the prccudcut
judgo shall elect by writing, filed with
he secretary ol tho commonwealth, to
which district he shall he assigned, and
ho additional law judgo shall lie as
signed to tho oilier; and if both are
residents of tbo same county, thejudge
assigned to the other district shall,
within twonly days from the approval
of this act, take up his permanent resi
dence in said district, by this act mndo
a separate district, or ebw n vacancy
Is hereby declared to exist therein, and
may be filled ns other vacancies are, by
apiKiintmcnt and election.
Mm. Id. J hat all acts or parts ot acts
inconsistent herewith be and the same
lire hereby repealed.
APPRovrn I lie IMh day ol April. A.
D. 1874. J. F. H artranet.
Artless Aiioukhnes. The artless
aborigines uccouipnnyiiig Ilonubl Me
lt ay have created quite a stir In llul-
tiiunre. Tho American snys: "After
concluding their performance they re-
innied to the Hotel, ami, flic ntght he
ing excessively warm, tho children of
the forest divested themselves of all
artificial covering, ami spent the night
n smoking and swearing In broken
English. This was all considered le-
gil imnte, hut on the following morning,
while the other guests of the house
were sinning their coflco nml masticat
ing their bcof-stoaks, tho dining-room
door opened, and lo and behold, in
sui I lied thirteen n arm Spring hravea
totally bureft of all raiment wlialover,
not even covered with good coat of
war-paint I Tho scene on their en
trance is said to have been very im
mense. Since (he memorable event
the braves are quartered in the theatres
wnere tney pertorm. :
PRINCIPLE3, NOT MEN.
PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1874.
A MATHEMATICAL MARVEL,
A oorrospondelht of the St. Limb
ff7wWicn, writing from Tubo, Mo.
says i We havo quite a murvol of a
man in ourcoiiiiuuuity, a natural ninth
euiiiliciun. Hi4 name is Reuben Fields.
Having heard 'of him frequently
through farmers and others, who got
him to do their figuring. 1 iletrnunod
n short time afro to make him a visit,
and to ascertain for myself if tho sto
nes told ot Inru wcro true. . 1 am tree
to eonless thutat first 1 was fully
incredulous as many readout of this
paragraph will be ; In fact, would not
have believed ; statements made con
ceruing him lis loot the authority boon
undispiitulilvinKMl. rroccednifftoruy
etteville, the srHllI villnge in w hicli lie
lives, 1 Inquired for "HeMlb," and was
told that ho wa ' ill town, and .was
shown His rci: ..V", toward which I
made mrM v. Wh' nearly" there 1
met a young man, apparently about
tweutv-nvu years oi ago, warning a
little himu, and seeming to he leisurely
ami vacant Ivgaring about, and accented
him with, "Hoes iteiihen Holds live in
I hut house yonder?" "Yes, sir." "Well,
I've heard that lleiih was a groat cat
culator, and 1 must go and so him,'
and 1 start i'd forward, when bo stopped
mo with, "J m him. "W ell, Keuli,
said 1, "1 havo a lew questions 1 would
liko to have you answer and will make
it worth your while to do so." Gazing
around, ho answered, "Thut's nil right,"
and remarked tliut ho could "count"
anything he could understand. I may
hero remark that ho cannot read or
write a letter or figure. He said if he
could he would loso his gilt. Ho can-
not explain anything, hut says he has
a nnmerntion tthlo away on "ucyoiiu
the books." lie remarked: "You com
mence at the bottom and work up I
commence at the top und work down ;
it is easier lulling out of a tree than
climbing one." lie IW'qilcntlv observes:
"If 1 could read and write, I shouldn't
know any more than you do." 1 is
said he never makes mistakes. Of all
tho questions I gave him. he made but
one, and ho corrected that on recount
ing. The liillowing are some of the qtu
tions askod him : If, to the time past
noon, there ho added its i, i and 2-5,
the sum will be equul to i of tho time
to midnight, what is tho hour? Di
vide 111.5(1 between two persons so
that ono shall have Toe. more thsn the
other. A tseo I, '10 feet long fell and
was broken into two pieces, two-thirds
of the longer picco equals throo-noar-
tcrs of the length of tho shorter: what
is the length of each pice? What is
the interest of 1 cent tor one dirj' at 6
per cent. ier annum? What is the
exact length of one side of a squure
acre? These questions wore all cor
rectly answered, his answer to the last
being. "Jt can't he told."
1 then said : "lleiih, 1 near that yon
can tell what day ot the woeic any
given date was, or will bo; is that so?"
Yes, sir." "What was July 1, lMUNr
Wednesday." "Correct," "What was
tbe22dof Januury, 1848?" "Sunday."
What will tho 4th of July eomo on
Ibisyear?" "Nntimhiy " "ycw Years?"
Fn.lnv. "All ngiit. "I Have also
heard, Iteub, that you can tell the hour
at any time of day or night : is that
so?" "Yes, sir." "What time is It
now ?" "It is 17 minutes past 2 o'clock,
railway timo sun time is 13 minutes
slower." Wo walked around town,
und he gave the hour several times,
correctly each time, within two or
three minutes. Several times he called
in citizens of the place to attest the
truth ol his statements, winch they
lid. One of the lending citizens of the
place told mo that ho hud tried "Hcub
in the tune question on Doth clear and
cloudy days, und also on dnrk nights,
and he always guve the correct time.
Iteiibcn asked the gentlemen wo were
talking with to write down n column
of figures which ho ilid ; they were
then rend to bun, thirteen nuiuDcrs,
two figures in each number, und he at
once guve their sum, and could repeat
the numbers in the order iu which
they were written, either forwanl or
buck. ward.
Tho tax collector got Reuben to look
over his work lust full, and Reuben
said tliut he could remember tho num
bers in the columns and tho sum yet.
County Clerks have sent from Kansas
for him to help straighten their books.
A w holesale lirm in Kansas my beard
of him and sent for him to do some in
voicing. Ho told them he could do the
work id ten men in inuking computa
tions. 1 hey told him if he could he
should buve (he pay of ten men. lie
mounted u high stool with mo cicras
around him, and kept them giving the
number of articles, price of each, and
taking down his answers. They gavo
him (15 for bis day's work. A firm iu
Fayetteville selling out took an invoice
I their goods. "Jtculj was sick ut
the time, but they found it out and
sent forhim; lie found a mistukeof $.100.
THE JiAMBOO THEE.
rrobnbly this tree subserves more
pitrtKises of usefulness than any oilier
'.. .1 1. ..I .. . . ! ........... Tl.
in wiu wmiie ntngu in itiiiuiv. aiiv
Indian obtains from it a part of his
food, many of his household utensils,
nml a wissl ut once lighter mid capable
of bearing greater strains than heavier
timher ol thesamo size. lieHidcs, In
expeditions In the tropics under the
rays ot a vertical sun, ham hoo trunks
hare more than oncu been used ns bar
rels, in w hich water, much purer than
could be preserved In vessels of any
other kind, is fresh for the crew. On
ho western coast of Southern Asia,
the bamboo furnishes all the jnaterials
for tho construction of houses, at once
lensaiit, substantial, and preferable
to that of stone, w hich tho frequently
recurring earthquakes bring down up
on the beads of the owner. The fact
hat the bamboo is hollow has made it
eminently useful for a variety of pur-
-il serves as a measure lor liquids,
und If fitted with a lid Mid a bottom,
ranks and barrels are quite troqncntly
inado of It. F.vcn small boats very
illen are made of tho largest trunks
y strengthening them with strips ot
other woikI whero needed. In one
lay they obtain the height of several
feet, and with a microscope their do-
velopement can I easily watched.
Dill the most remnrKahle leatureaiioiit
the bntnlssi is their blossoming. With
all lis marvelous rapidity of growth
hey bloom only twico In a century,
he flower npiearing ut the end of filly
years. Like other grasses, tney die
alter having liorno seed. J be highest
of tho bamboo is the Hmmat. In tract
hero It irrows in tho greatest porteo-
ion, it sometimes rises to the height nl
one hundred feet, with a stem only
eighteen inches in diameter at the base.
The wood itself Is only an inch in
thickness. .
A iirinco of Italy, whose dominion
was of small extent, ordered a person
out of it in twenly-ftnir hours. "The
prince has been lils'ral. for I can quit
it in half an hour," answered the ban
ished man. , .
RBPUfl:
THE CRACKERS OF FLORIDA
Tho crackers are a class by them
selves, and to considerable extent are
governed by their own well understood
but unwritten laws. To some extent
they resemble the patriarchs of old, in
asmuch as their property consists main
ly in their stock, and no country has
any attractions for thorn which does
not allord a good rango lor their rat
tie. They "squat" down in the pine
woods without stopping to inquire
whet her the lund belongs to tho gen
eral Government, tho State, or to indi
viduals, and erect a log cabin which is
not more than a pen made of pine poles
matched together at tho corners and
covered with unshaven shingles from
tho tune tree. A few acres are fenced
in tor a "lien " or vard. to enclrate their
cuttle, which aro herded at night dur
ing the summer, and allowed to range
through the woods during the day, and
to secure their return to tlio puu tho
calves are retained in the enclosure.
Tho trees iu tho enclosure have been
girdled, and when the land has been
sufficiently enriched by the dropping
of tbe cattle, another pen is fenced in
and the first planted in sweet potatoes,
which All the place of bread and vege
tables in tho family.
A few hogs, long nosed and sharp
backed, which live in the woods, and deer
and wild turkeys furnish the lamily
with meat Ol course they bare no
schools anil no education oven the
itinerant Methodist preacher disw not
Unci them ; hut still they aro kindly,
inotTcnsivo people, who would share a
corner of their cabin with a stranger
and give him the best the house afforded.
They cook, cat, drink and sleep in tho
ono common room men, women, chil-
Ircn and strangers, and still unchaste
conduct or bastardy is seldom known.
lhu rattle aro penned from April to
August, when the calves are branded
and the whole turned out to shirk fof
themselves until the next April. While
being penned enough milk is taken to
supply tho fnmily, but when turned
out milk is a dish unknown to the
house. The steers are sold for beef at
three to four years old, and command
from (12 to 114 cash ; and the rows
are allowed to lire until accident or
old age terminates their existence.
They are never fed, in fact will not
taste hay, corn or oats if laid Jiefore
tlicin. '
There aro different grades of wealth
aim siun.iiiig among viiem an w uu oiu-
or people. Many ot them aro very
poor, while some own from thirty to
lorty thousand head of cattle. From
a I luriila corrr-ymnJent of the Hartford
t'owmnf.
THE X UMBER OF TYPES IX A
XEIVSPAPER.
Tho Ponghkeepsio Eiglr, in an ar-
icle on "How mistakes happen in
newspapers," figure up the number of
typos used in a newspaper tho size of
the Jingle at iUU,U00, the actual num
ber of bits of metal arranged and re
arranged every day in preparing
newspaper the size of tho Eiigl tor the
prowl., Wo euppoeo fow people) think
il the printing trade as the most exact
and particular, but it is. In making
type, variations that might be allowed
in the machinery of the finest watch
would render tho typo useless. It is
very rarely that typo furnished by two
separate foundries can be used together
without a good deal ot trouhle, though
they try to make it alter the same
standard. Wo read once in the while
of a wonderful pioce of cabinet work
or mosaic work containing ten, twen
ty or fitly thousand pioce, tho maker
ot which ha spent months or even
years of labor in producing it, and
people go to see it as a great curiousity,
but the most olalsorate and carefully
fit too. piece of work of this kind ever
made does not compare with that
Inch tho printer does every day. i he
man who does the first is looked
upon as an artist a marvel of skill,
and if a hundred of his pieces aro put
in wrong sido tin, or turned tho wrong
way, it is not observed in tho general
effect but if the printer, in fitting
ten times as many pieces togcthor in
the same day. puts one where another
should be, or turns one the wrong way
everybody sees it, and is amazed at
"the stupid carelessness of those stupid
printers."
Si'pkrficial Acqi-iRr.ur.ST. A writ
er says : "Tho boy or girl who can give
the name of every river and the height
of every mountain in Asia, the age of
every reigning sovereign in Lurope,the
date of every battlo in America, can
hardly be as well off for all this burden
some knowledge as one who knows the
elements of human phisiology and an
atomy, who is taught more of the
knowledge useful in ufter life, and can
tell how to help himself or another in
case of accident or cmorgeney. The
boy who is to go into activo life and
tho girl who is to become head of a
household will have little occasion and
less oportiiiiity to uso tho greater
part of tho "oratninod" lessons so in
dustriously accumulated during their
school years. A fair knowledge of the
rules tlmt are at tho bottom of all
healthful activity, a general acquaint
ance with anatomy and a well ground
ed tasto for natural sciences, will all
grow into and become part of their
daily lives, and such things aro far loss
likely to make pretententious men or
women than that kind of smattering
memorized' facts and dates and 'words,'
which is tisi often the penalty of atitwr
ficial study."
Thk Heart of Nafolrok. The fol
lowing curious circumstance was statr
ed to mo on good authority : When
the body of Napoleon was opened at
St. Helena hi heart was taken nut,
and preparatory to its final destination,
put In a basin of spirits and water, and
left for the night on a table in the bed
room of the medical man who had
charge of tho matter. In tho course of
the night, the doctor was awakened
from a slight sluinln-r by a heavy splash
from the basin, and starting up alarmed,
ho rested on his ellsiw, and by the
light of a taer looked eagerly around
the apartment before he should spring
from lied. Not the shadow of an in
truder was to be seen. What had
moved the basin? Had that mighty
heart, scorning to l quelled even by
death, regained some of its terrible en
ergies? Was it still leaping with life?
Hal catching tho appearance of some
thing moving in tho comer of the
room, ho saw the boart of Ilonaparte
going Into a holo In the wall; and
jumping from bed, was just in time to
seize and rescue it from lite tectn oi a
rat, Thomiu Aird.
Queen Elizabeth seeing Sir Kdward
Iy re walking in her garden, called to
him, "What does a man think of, Sir
Kdward, when he thinks of nothing?"
referring to his work entiUed, "The
I'raiso of Nothing." lis, smarting under
supposed neglect, answered, "He thinks,
madam, of woman's promise."
WOXDERFUL CALCULATIONS.
A writer thus undertakes to convey
some idea of the greatness oftho popula
tion of China: "Tho mind cannot
grasp tbo real import of so vast a num
ber. Four hundred milliontl What
does it mean? Count it. .Night and
day without rest, or food, or sleep, you
continue, tho weary work; yet eleven
days havo passed beforeyou Lave count
ed the first milllion, and more than as
many years liefore the end of the tedi
ous task enn bo reached." lie also
supposes this mighty multitude to tuku
up its line of march in a grand proces
sion, placed in a single file of six foot
apart, and marching at the rate ol
thirty mile a day except on the Sub-
hath, which is given lo rest, "j my
after day the moving column advances,
tho head pushing on far towards the
the rising sun, now bridge the I'ucilic,
now bridge the Atlantic. : And now
the Pacific is crossed, but still the long
procession marches on, stretching
across high mountains and sunny
tiluins and broad rivers, through China
and India and the European Kingdoms,
and on again over tlio stormy bosom
of the Atlantic. But the circuit of the
world itself afford not standing room
The endless column will double upon
itself, and double again and again, and
shall girdle tho earth eighteen times
before the great resorvoir which lurnisli-
cd these multitudes is exhausted.
Weeks and months and years roll away,
and still they eomo, men, women, ami
children. Since the march began the
little child has become a man, yet on they
come, in unfailing numbers. Not till
the end of forty-ono years will tho lust
of the loner procession have passed."
Such is China in its population ; and if
Homer could preach eloquently on the
vanity of man as mortal, with equal
eloquence, had he seen orconteinplutud
tho millions of China, could ho have
preached on tho vanity of man as an
muiviouai.
AX OLD SUXDA Y LA II'.
The old statute, known as the Sunday
Law, pased by the Legislature, April
22, 1794, forbidding people to engage
in "worldly employment on Sunday,"
is going the rounds of the press. This
law, a. copy of which we annex, is still
n force :
Section 8. If any person shall do or
perform any worldly employment or
business whatsoever on the Lord s day,
commonly called Sunday, works of
necessity or charity only excepted, or
shall use or practice any unlawful game,
hunting, shooting, sport or diversion
whatever, on tho same day, and be
convicted thereof every such person
so offending, shall, for every such of
fenco, forfeit and pay four dollars, to
be levied by distress ; or ill case he or
she shall refuse or neglect to pay Ljie
said sum, or goods and chatties cannot
be found whereof to levy tho same by
distress, be or she shall suffer six day s
imprisonment in the house of correc
tion of the proper county.
Proviped, Always, That nothing
contained shall be construed to pro
hibit the dressing of victuals in private
families, bake bouses, lodging bouses,
inns and other houses of entertainment
for tho uso of sojourners, travelers or
strangers, or to hinder watermen from
landing their passengers or ferrymen
from carrying ovortho water travelers,
or persons removing with their fumilios
on tho Lord's day. commonly culled
Sunday, nor to the delivery of milk or
tho necessaries of life, neforo nine
o clock in the forenoon, nor after five
in the afternoon of the samo day.
An Iron Kevbtone. The roadwuy
of the groat steel bridge across the
Mississippi at St. Louis is finished, and
many teams have passed over it. The
arches of tho bridge are of iron. The
immense hollow blocks were cast in a
Pittsburgh foundry. So nicely was
the work done tlmt even' block but
tho keystone filled its space perfectly.
It was found that the keystone, w hich
wciirh many tons, had expanded.
owing to the heat, and was an inch too
largo tor the vacancy. J be solidity ot
the work was such that no clipping or
cutting would surmount the difficulty.
In this dilemma the keystone was
wrapped in over thirty tons of ice,
where it remained twenty-four hours.
When uncovered it was found tlmt the
cold had contracted tho koystono to
such a sizo that it dropped to its place
in the magnificent arch, exactly filling
tho space required- J ho people ol ht.
Louis look uiKin tho East river bridge
as a small thing compared with their
steel concern.
A n Knglish 1'aner recommends oil of
vitriol tor ordinary inexnuirnuh o weeds.
such as Canada thistles, plantains, etc.
lie says: "Just one drop, quite in the
heart of tho plaintain, is sufficient to
cause death, and tho notched stick will
contain at one dip, enough to destroy
three or four plants. If the acid is
good, the work of death can bo both
seen and hoard, for tho vitriol hisses,
and it bums up the plantain in a mo
ment. A row of plainlains, a foot wide,
sprang up on a lawn here, whero an
iron fence formerly ran. Tho owner,
seeing at a place he visited tho good
effect of vitriol, put the hint in practice.
Tho plantains were killed in an hour,
and nave never appeared again. It is
throe yours ago, and It Is inqswsiblc to
recognizo tho lino of tho fence. It
completely bums tho roots out. One
drop will do. Caro is required that it
does not touch the skin, boots or clothes.
It is not safe in tho hands of children,
but a man or woman, with ten minutes'
practice, can kill plantains more quick
ly than any lad can eat ooslierriea. ,
How to Pl'T Children to Ittp.
Xot with a reproof for any of that day's
sins of omission or commission. Take
any other time but licd-time for that.
If you ever heard a little creature sigh
ing or sobbing in its sleep, you could
never uu inia, outn mcir ciosuqj v
lids with a kiss and a blessing. 1 ho
timo will come, all too soon, w hen they
will lay their heads upon their pillows
lacking both. Let thein then nt least
have this sweet memory of a happy
childhood, of which no future sorrow
or trouble can rob them. Give them
their rosy voutX. Nor need this in
volve wild license. Tho judicious par
ent will not so mistake my meaning. If
you nave evor mot, tho man, or the
woman, whose eye have s uddenly fill
ed when a litllo hcild has crept trust
ingly to its mother s breast, yon may
have seen one in whose childhood s
home "Dignity" and "Severity" stood
whore Love and Pity should have been.
Too much indulgence baa ruined thou
sands of children ; too much liove, not
one. Funny Fem. , .
VfLLAIirr. The most stormy ebul
litions of passion, from blasphemy to
murder, are less terrifio than one single
aet of cool villainy ; a still rabios is
more dangerous than tbe paroxysms of
a fovor. Fear the boisterous savage of
passion less than tbe sedately grinning
villain. Lavattr.
TEEMS $2 per annum in Adronoo.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 15, NO, 31.
,.,A IIUXDRED YEARS AGO.
Ono hundred und ten years ago there
was not a single w hite ninn iu wbsf Is
now Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, or Illi
nois. Then what is now lhu moat
flourishing part of tho United Slates
was as littlu known a sthe country in
the heart of Africa itself, i It wits not
till 1770 lioonu left, his homo in North
Carolina to become tlio tiixt settler in
Kentucky. And tho first pioneers ol'
Ohio did not settle til? twenty years
Inter still. A hundred ycors ngo Can
ada belonged to France, and Washing
ton was a modest Virginia colonel, und
tbo United Stales the most loyal part
of tho British Kinniro. and scniviv a
Hjsjck ou the politics! horizon indicated
the struggle t hat in a score of years
was to my the foundation of the great
est Republic of tho world.
A hundred yours ago there were but
fhnr'amull newspapers In Anmriwr
steam engines had not beuu imagined,
and locomotives and sleumbonti. ami
railroads, and telegraphs, and pot:il
cards, ami friction mutches, and revol
vers, and percussion caps, and breech
loading guns, and stoves and furnaces,
and gas lor dwellings, nnd India rubber
shoes, and Spuuldiug's glue, and sew
ing machines, and anthracite coul, and
photographs, and chroino paintings,
kerosene oil, and the safety lump, nnd
tbe com poll ml blowpipe.und IVee schools,
and spring mattresses and wood en
graving, and Brussels carpets, and
lever watches, and greenbacks, and
cotton and wollcn factories, in anything
like the present meaning of these terms,
were utterly unknown.
A hundred years ago the spinning
w Wecl was in utmost every family, and
clothing was spun and woven, mid
made up in the household; and the
printing press w asaciimhrnus machine.
worked by band ; and a null, or a brick.
or a knife or a pair of shears or scissors,
or a razor, or a woven pair of stock
ing, or en nxc, or hoe, or shovel, or a
look or key, or a plute of glass of any
size, was not mude in what is now the
I nitod States. F.ven in 17110 there
were only seventy-fivo post-offices in
the country, and tlio whole extent of
our post routes was less than nineteen
hundred miles. Cheap postugo was
unheard of. and had any ono suggested
tlio transmission of messages witli
lightning sliced ho would have been
thought utterly insane. Tho micro
scope on the one hand, ami tbe tele
scope on tho other, were in their in
fancy as instruments of science; and
geology and chemistry were ulmost
unknown. In a word, it is true that
to the century past have been allotted
more improvements, in their bearing
on the comfort and happiness of man
kind, than to any other which has
elaiated since the creation of the world.
Btittimore American.
One or the New Capets. lion.
James Beck hu appointed to tho Unit
ed mate lavel Academy, at Annapo
lis, Hugh R. Ayers, of Frankfort, Ky.,
of whom tho following incident is told :
Two years ago Hugh, who was then
not quite thirteen years of age, was
crossing the bridge which connects
-orth aim noutn f runktort, with his
cousin, a youth two years older than
himself. Carpenters wcro at work re
pairing tho bridge, and a plank near
the south end, between tho allotment
and the first pier, was out of place in
no northern loot way. the elder ol
tho two bovs was in front, a little in
advance of ilugh, and not discovering
tho aperture in the bridge, stepped into
it, and fell headlong into tho river,
forty-six feet below. Tho workmen,
and several other pcranus who wit
nessed the catastrophe, were paralyzed
with alarm at the occurrence, and took
no steps to tho boy's rescue. Hut
Hugh, without hesitating an instant,
ran with all speed from the bridge,
past tho toll house, to a gnte which
led to the rear, and thence made his
wiy to the brink of tho river, in which.
at a distance of twenty feet from shore,
his cousin was struggling, having sunk
twice. So dangerous did any effort at
rescue seem to those on the bridge
above, that they shouted to Hugh not
to go in, but he plunged into the water,
swam to the drowning boy, and brought
him safely to shore.
Coal and Ikon Kxcuanuk. Tho
corner stone of a new Coal and Iron
Exchange has just been laid in the city
of New York. The coal and iron in
terests have become very great, involv
ing vast sums of money, and while it
is not improper for New York to ninkc
some show of Interest in tho trade, it
eminently proper, says the Wrier,
that Philadelphia, tho center of the
great interests of coal and iron, should
not appear second in manifestations
lisiking to the growth ot those great
productions and of continuing Philadel
phia as tho centre. Thnt started in
New York is to hnre a fi'ontnge on
Cortland street of 143 feet 10 inches,
and on Church street of 105 feet (1
inches. The foundation is of granite.
laid in concrete Tho distance from
the foundation to the highost point of
tbo roof will be lllli foot 10 inches.
The ground is valued at (:I5(I,I00 and
the cost of the building is estimated at
820,000.
ScREWINll A NosE ON THE DEVIL.
A correspondent of an Kiiutiuh iuwt-
psper sends tho following communica
tion, which will bo read with interest
by all Christians and tinkers :
one meets w ith many curious things
in his journey through tho bounds of
this broad, circumumbulnr globe. I
havo met with many myself; but tbo
most nniquo that I remember of seeing
is the following curious bill, paid in the
year 1 182, by the officers of the Church
of England, for repairs at tho Winches
ter I alhcdral. 1 bis i a literal copy :
Winchester, October, 1182.
For work dono by Peter M. Sollers.
a. i.
tn eolderlng and reneirieg St. Jneciih 0 I
Cleaning end ornamenting tbe Hole Ohot..,nS I
napairing tne virgin jaary beniaa aas fore,
and mar.ufaeturing n newehild 4 fl
Serewing a noae on the de.ll, and patting hair
as sia he aa, placing a new Jolnl oa hla lall...fl S
Paid Deerfoher, II SI l 4
. P. H. Hollbbr, Chorea Mechenick.
Liki thi Hi'man Heart. The Jug
is a most singular uleimil. A pail,
tumbler or decautor may be rinsed, nnd
you may satisfy yourself by optical
proof that it is clean ; but the jug has a
a little hole in the top, and the interior
is all darkness. No eye penetrates it
no hand moves over the surface. Yoo
may clean it only by putting in water,
shaking it and pouring it out. If the
water comes out clean yoo judge yon
havo succeeded lu cleaning tho jug.
and rice ivrsn, Hcnct tho jug is like
the human heart. No mortal eye can
look Into its recesses, and you can only
judge of its purity by what comes out
01 IV. 1
Mr. Crokur plausibly maintained
that it was impossible tn bo a great
man without being a good sleeper ; his
favorite samples being Napoleon, Pit,t
and Wellington. '
Kim Lecho, iho.oiuiiicut German
botanist, in a letter to his' friend Dr.
Friedlowsky desoribes u singular plant
he ha discovered in Mudnguscar, which
is culled "Crinnidu Dujeuniis," or (ho
man cater, from its peculiar power of
ileal niying life und absorbing u buimnr
body. Thu plant was called to hU.ut
UfntioR by a native chief, and ho w us
favored with an exhibition of Its opera
tion, which hu thu denc-ritea: -
Suddenly all tbo natives began to
cry ''Tpo I Tope I'" and 1 loniick stuis
ping short said "Ixk." Tbe sluggish,
caiiul-liko stmiui here wound slowly
by, and in a bare spot in its bend was
tliu most sinuulur of tiu. ,1 havo cull
ed it Crilioida because w heu its lea v us
are in action H-hour a striking resem-
bianco to that well known fossil tbo
eriiioidlilvstnne.orStClilhbert's beads.
It vaa now nt rest, however, nnd I will
try to describo it to you. 'If you can
imagine a pineapple eight foet high,
und thick in proportion, resting upon
iis iinse and ilenu.led of Jeiivcs. you will
have a good Idea of tho trunk of the
tree, which however, has not lhu eolor
of an anana, but a dark dingy brown,
and apparently hurd us iron, .
. From tho apex of this truncated
cone fat least two feet in diameter)
eight leaves bung sheer to the ground,
like doom swung back on their hinges.
These leaves, which were joined U tlio
top of tbo lico at regular iutervuls,
I were aliotit eleven or twelve leet long,
land shaped very nineh liko tho leaves
of the American agnave, or wntury
Ipliuit They were two feet through in
the thickest part and three feet wide,
I tapering to a sharp point, that looked
like a cow's born, very convex ou the
(ouiAir.i,biil uua. ujidq) auiface. and u
the inner (now upper) suriuce slightly
concave. 1 his Concnvelaco was thicK
' iy Sot with very strong; thorny hooks,
liko those upon the luud of tbo teado.
j Those leaves, bunging thus limp und
lifeless, dead green in color, hud iu np
jpeurance the massive strength of oak
i fibre.
The U)h'X of the cone was a round,
white, concave figure, JuVe a smaller
pluto set within a larger one. This
I w us not a flower but a receptacle, and
there exuded into It a clear treacly
'liquid, honey-sweet' and possessed .of
i violent intoxieuting and soporific pnl
jurtios. From uuduiiiculh the riui (so
jto spcuk) of the undermost plate a
series of long, hairy green tendrils
'stretched out in every direction towunls
the horizon. These were scvun or
j eight feet each, and tapered from four
niches to u bull m iliunictrtr, yet tbey
slrvtchi'd out stitlly: as jron reds.
Above these (from lietwecii tlio tipper
and under Cup) six white, almost trans
parent, palpi reared themselves toward
the sky, twirling and twisting with a
marvellous incessant motion yet con
stantly reaching upward. Thin as
reeds and frail as quills apparently,
they were yet five or six feet tall, ami
were so constantly nnd vigorously in
motion, with such a subtle, sinuous,
silent throbbing aguints the uir, tlmt
they made nie shudder in spite of my
self with their suggestion of serpents
flayed yet dancing on their tails.
llero were not corolla. pist ils.stameiis,
a flower, mind you, nor nothing like it.
For Crilioida, unkown, new species as it
is, is Highest ukin to the cycudatuo, and
perhaps its exact prototype may lie
found among the fossil cycadne, though
I confess I do not remenilsiT any one
I hut presents all its peculiar features.
Thu description 1 am giving you now
is partly made up from a to!)scucnt
careful inspection of tho plant. My
observations on this occasion were sud
denly interrupted by tho natives, who
hud been shrieking urotind tho tree in
their shrill voices, and chanting what
llenrick told mo were pmpitintory
hymn to the great tree devil.
With still wilder shrieks and chants
they now surrounded ouo of tho wo
men, and urged with the points of their
javelin until slowly, and with despair
ing face, sho olininod up the rough
stalk of tbe tree und stood on the sam
mit of tho oono, tho palpi whirling all
about her. "Tisk I tisk!" ("drink I
drink I") cried the men, and, stooping,
she drank of tbe viscid fluid in the cup,
rising instantly again with wild frenzy
in her fuco and convulsive chorea in
her limlis. lint she did not jump down,
as she seemed to intend to do. O no I
Tbo atrocious cannibal tree that had
been so inert nnd dead came to sudden
savage life. The slender, delicato pal
pi, with the fury of slurred serpents,
quivered s moment over her head,
then, as if instinct with demoniac in
telligence, fastened niton her in sudden
coils round nnd round her neck and
arms; then, while her awful screams
and yet more awful laughter rose wilder
to lie instant ly strangled down again
into a gurgled moan, the tcudrills, ono
after another, like great serpents, with
brutal oncrgj- and Infernal rapidity
rose, retracted themselves, and wiai
ped her about in told alter fold, over
tightening, with the cruel swiftness
and savage tenacity of auai,ondus fast
ening uiKin their prey. It was tho
barbarity of tho Laoc'oon without its
nennty this strango, horrible murder.
And now tho great leaves rose slowly
and stiffly liko tlio arms of a derrick,
rccted themslves in the air, approach
ed ono other, and closed about tho
head nnd hnniHred victim with tlio
silent force of a hydraulic pres and
Ihe ruthless purpose nt a tliiiinb-screw,
A moment more, und w hile I could see
the bases of these great levers pressing
more tightly towards each other, from
their interstices there trickled down
tho stalk of tho tree great streams of
tho viscid, boney-liko fluid mingled
horridly with tho blood and oozing
viscera of the victim. At sight of this
tlio savage hordes around nie, yelling
madly, hounded forward, crowilcd to
tho tree, clasped it. and wilb. cups.
leave, hands, and tongues, got ench
ope enough of the liquor to send him
mad and trantic. I hen ensued a gro
tesque and indescribably hideous orgie,
from which, even w hile its convulsive
inaduoss was tinning rapidly into deli
rium and insensibility, llenrick drag
ged me hurriedly away into tho reces
ses of tbo forest, hiding me from tlio
MuiigeiTiuw urines ami ine nrutoH irom
mo. May I never see such a sight
again.
Saul Hen l ulhamiih says ho will an
aboard his shin in half nil hour and
sail, so I must no brief. In the course
of my slay in the valley of twenty-olio
days I saw six other specimens ot' tlio
Crilioida Dnjocaiia, but none so largo
as this which the Mikodos worshipped.
1 discovered that they aro unquestion
ably carnivorous, in the same senso
that ilionca and dnwors are insoctiver-
ous. 1 he retracted leaves of tho irreat
tree kept their upright position during
ten days, nml then, when I came again
one morning they were prone again,
the tendrils stretched, tho palpi float
ing, wnu Homing out a wiuie SKiiu at
the foot of the tree to remind mo of
the sacrifice tluil had taken placo there.
I climbed Into a neiglilsiring tree and
saw that all trace of the victim had
disappeared and tho cup was again
supplied with tho viscid fluid.
I he indescribable raniditv and ener
gy of its movements may bo inferred
from tbo fact that 1 saw n smaller olio
seize, cnptnro and destroy an activo
ntiio lemur which dropping by acci
dent iiHu it while watching and grin
ning at me, in vain endeavored to es
cape from the fatal toils.
With Ilcnrick's assistance and tho
consent of some of the head men of
tho Mikodos (who bnwevor did Dot
dure stay to witness the act of sacri
flee.) I cut dow n ono of the minor Ireos
and dissected il carefully. Imustdcfcr
to my next the details of this most in.
teresling examination.
Plato, when Indulging in the gaily
of his heart, used souictimoa to say,
"Silence, my friends! let ns be wise
now ; here is a fool coming."