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Card.
W. C. ARNOLD,
COLLECTION OFFICB,
" CURWBHVII,I,,
'Clertel4 Caoatjt, Penn'a. v 7 6y
LAW
esoe. a. auaaav.
crnnt eoaeos.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
5 CLEARFIELD, PA.
at-OCaa la We'i Opera Hoaee, teeond floor,
nine
FRANK FIELDING,
A T T O It N K Y - A T- L A W ,
Will illn. to alt bHiinii Btruil4 to bin
aitmt.j faithfully. aov.2'7
WILLIAM A. WALLACE.
RAMHT r. WALL AC.
BAT ID L. KBAAf.
JOHN W. WBIQL1T.
WALLACE 4. KREB8,
(8aiaiori to Wallaot ftaldia,t
ATTORNEYS -A T-LAW,
I11J7I CloarlleU, Pa.
A.G.KRAMER,
ATTORN KY-AT-LAW,
!laal X.Uta and Collactioa Ajenl, .
CI.BAKWE1.U, PA., .
Will promptly atuad U all ltal tjaliaaaa aa
traitad to bla eara.
rOAea ia IMa'c Opara Hoafai aaaetid laar,
avril 1-diaO . 1
. Naara a. a luv. xiat. w. a'cuaot.
MoENALLY 4 MoCUEDY,
ATTORN EY8-AT-LAW,
Clearleld, Pa.
r-lllal aaiiaaai altaaded u proaaptly wlthj
M.hty. UIBoa oa Smoad itraat, abora tba Ftrat
Xali.iaal Dank. J.n:l:74
Q. R. BARRETT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
clrarfikld. pa.
lUvlnj raal;al bi. Ja.lga.hip. haa rrtnmad
ha prartlea of tha law la kit old offiea at Clear
a.M, Pa. Will altaad th. mart, or Jthraoa aad
Klb floaatia. whan tpacialtrmaiaod la ooanaftloa
with raaideat oountal. a.i:ia
WM. M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT tAW.
Claarllcld. Fa
ja-(1, la Court iloma. (Hharifa 0l
Lrral ba.laM. nroatntlr attaadad u. Rral aitata
bauht and fold. jflllt
" aTwT wal f ER 8 ,
ATTORNEY T LAW.
ClaarBald. Pa.
fc.Uffioa la Oraham'a Row. doo!-t
H. w. smIth,
ATTORNEY -A T-LAW,
tlil:T liearfleld. P.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
tlraritld. Pa.
SO-OiriM la Old W.rt.rn Hotrt halldlaf.
aara.r at Saaoad and Markat Sti. aoatl,a.
I8RAEL TE8T,
ATTORN E Y AT LAW,
ClaarBald. Pa.
r-Olaa la tha Cant Haaaa. Jtll.'e?
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearleld, Pa,
pm- OCoa aa Ualkat Ureal, opp. Cunrt Hoatr,
J.n.S, l71.
JOHrtfL. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ind Heal Batata Ant, Clearleld, Pa,
otloa oa Third tr.at.hat.Charrj A Walnat.
ar-H..oHallr otTori hi. aorrlaai la alllna
tad bualal laada la Olaarlald aad adjolaiaf
raaattaai aad with aa eiparlaaeael aaartwaatf
ntara aa a raraayer, latt.rl klml.ll that ho aaa
raadar etlirealiaa. I'aa J";":u,
J. BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
; ' aaa mm u ?
Haw l'Og and IiUinber,
CLRARFIKLD, PA.
floa la Qrehema Row.
MMI
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNBY-AT - LAW,
1 11 Oecenta, Clearleld c ra. yrpa
J, 8- BARNHART,
ATTORHBV - AT LAW,. '
Belleroete, Pa.
Will praetlea la Clearldand allef HieOenrtl of
tha Jilk Jadiaial dlftriet. Real aetata hoalne..
aed oolleotioa e( claim, mad. apeclalUal.. ll'l
DR. W, A. MEANS,1
PHY8ICIAN A SURGEON,
. Ll'TllRRfDURO, PA.
WlH attead proferion.lM.prompUy. aafl7l
" DR. T. J. BOYER,"
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OBaa oa Market Street, Clearteld. Pa.
ey-Oleo hoar, i ta U a. aa., and 1 to I p. m.
D
R. E. It. SCHECBER,
BOMdOPATRIO PBTSIC1AH,
Offloa la re.ld.aoe oa Markrt rt
April 14, II7I. Clearleld, Pa.
""XhTkLine, m. d
PHYSICIAN A SURGEON,
HAVINO looated at Peeeaeld, Pa., ofera hit
profeaelonal eartrlaae U the people at that
tl.ee and earreaadinf eeaatry. Alloall. promptly
tu.d.d to. " " "
DR. J. P. BURCH FIELD,
Uaa Sarf aea af tha IM Regiment. Poaaiyleaala
Tetaataare, kaelef tataread from tka Araay,
effort hie prafaaateael aerriaaa to taeeilleeaa
ef Olaartaldeoaaty. ' ...
awVProreetleael aalU promptly atualad le.
Mae aa ieeeed .treet, fetmarlyoaeaplad by
Dr.Waeda. (aprl, U
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CLKAReMKI.D, PKMII'A.
OFFICE IN MASONIC BUILDING,
ar Oloa hoan-Proai II ta i P. M.
May U, 1I7.
DR.JEFFERKON LITZ,
WOOULAHD, PA. .
Will promptly atlaad all aalli la tha Ihwerkit
hPC.Ia.aBMa.aaU -
D. M. DOHERTY,
FASHIONABLE BARBER A HAIR PRF.RSRR.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
Shop aell dear ta Weeeer A Batla' tiara,
Saeoad .treat.
Jaly It, T F
HARRY SNYDER.
(Formerly with Lew Brhalet.)
BARBER AND HAIRDRESSER.
Shop oa Marhel St- eppoalla Caart Itoeee. '
A aleaa towel far etery aaMomer. may l, '71.
Q. W. WEAVES 4 CO.,
DRUGGISTS k APOTHECARIES,
CURWEXSVILLI, PA.
Drelere la all lira, af Krage, Mtdielaea, Fan
ay Ooeela aad Vreifi.ll' Saadrlea.
Oarwee.rille. March 17, .
GEORGE V. FERGUSON,
WITH
w. v. LirrntoTi a co.,
. dultaa at
HATS A GAPS, BOOTS A SHOES,
l.ll IM Karma lajeel. PailaelareAla. tl qf
" . I 111 I eamaatmewew-ei Mill 1
QEO.B, OOODLANDEB, Proprietor. : PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. . , j TEMI8-S2 p i In Adnao..
VOli 49-WHOLE NO. 2449. CLEARFIELD, PA; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1875. NEW SKRIES-V0L..16, NO. 48.
Curd.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jaftlot of tba Pm and 8crlrnr,
Carwauafllle, Pa
,CollttoBl ttida and ntntT proin-f.t1i
patriavar. fb32'71if
aao. alb a at aaaaT a La a at w. ALaitat
W. ALBERT A BROS.,
If anereotarera A altanrlvo Doalor. ia
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4c,
WOODLAND, PINN'A.
VOrdara Mlleltad. Bill. llrd on ibort nollor
aad raaionabla larata.
Addroae Woodland P. 0., Cl.irrld Co., Pa.
.11. ly W AUIKKT k IIHdF.
FRANCIS COUTRIET, ;
11 KUCHA NT.
Prenchvllle, learSeld County, Pa.
Keepl eoaelaally oa hand a full ui.rtn.al or
Drr Qoode, Hardware, Groeerlet, aod everything
eaually hepl la a retail atere, tthleb will be told,
for oath, aa oheap aa eltewhere la tha eouaty.
Trononeille, J una 17, ltn7-ly.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
aaabaa ia
UKNEKAL MKHCIIANUKSK.
Git A II A Mil IK, Pa.
Alto, axteniira naoaraoturerand dealer In Kqaarr
Tiatbarand Sawed l.Biulierot all ktotl..
a-Ordcrl Mtlieiti-d and all 1,111. promptly
Had. I'Jyi'"
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Claartteld, Prtm'a.
bfvm axaoute Inlt. In hi. lino promptly and
In a workmanlike manner. ar r.07
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLEA1IFIKLD, PKNN'A.
' ttaa-Pompa alway. on hand and made to order
on abort aatiea. Pipe, borud oa rraronabte term.
All warh waaranted to render aatl.raetion, and
doliToradifdealnd. Tayo:lypd
E. A. BIGLER A. CO.,
naAi.CRi in
SQUARE TIMBER,
and nanuraoturera of
Al l. KINDaiOP RAWKD I.UMHKH,
t'71 CLBARFIKI.D, PKNN'A.
JAS. B. G RAH AM,'
dealer la
Seal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
R1UNULE8, LATH, A PICKRTS,
:10'7 ' Clearleld, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
niALan in
Square Timber & Timber LnnilH,
Jall'7.1 CLBARPIELD, PA.
H. F. N AUGLE,
WATCH MAKER & JEWELER,
and dealer ha
Watches, Cloeks, Jewelry, Silver
and Plated Wnre, &c.,
).1.7I CLRARFIKLD, PA.,
8.
I. 8N Y D E R,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
aan taLaa la .
j ur-'-i-- Clocks and Jewelry,
Uraln'i Row, Jfariri Ami,
CLEAKPIELD, PA.
All kind, or repairing la my Una promptly al
andad to. April M, itt.
. ; MiHOVAL. .
REIZENSTEIN & BERLINER,
woolen) lca.ra hi
GEMS' HRMSUIG GOODS,
Here removed to 117 Chnreh atreet, hetweM
Franhlia aad White Ha., N.w York. jy3l'7
JAMES H. LYTLE,
No. 4 Plo'a Opera llour.e, Cleat Urld. Pa.
Dealer la Oroeetiea, Prof lalona, VegeUblaa,
Fraita, Flour, Feed, ete, rlo.
aprU7i.tr
JAMES E. WATSON A CO.,
RRAL ISTATR BROKERS,
CLRARFIKLD, PENN'A.
Ilonirl and OArei to let, Collection, promptly
made, and flret-etaal Coal and Fire-Cley Land,
end Town property for m le. Offiee in Wevtem
Hotel Boildiof (2d loor), Second S. (myUTey
Idlvery stable.
THl anderalaited her. leave to Inrorm the pah
He that ba ii now fully prepar' to aoeomme
data all ia tha way of furnl.hing H..aea, BoKfiea,
SaddJea aad llarneao, oa the ahoneat notioa ana
an reasonable term.. Araideaea on Loaa.t atreet,
between Third aad Fourth.
UBO. W. OKARIIART.
t,u,i. Feb. 4, 17
L1
1MR! UMRt
The aadarelcned ia now prepared le famteh
the publie with an eieellaol t,uality o(
Bellefonte Wood-Burned Lime,
tor ple.terlnf parpaeee, by tha Urea or email
euauiiiy. Caa be fonad for tbe preaeat at Pia'a
new building, oa Market itreet.
, oetl lf I. K. McCl'LLOCOH.
MITCHELL WAGONS.
j Tbe Best ia tbe Cheapest I
Thome. Itetllyhaii rreelved anather larre lot of
"Mitchell Weran.," whioh are among tha eery
beet maaafwetarad, aad wbieb aa will aeil at taa
moat reaeonabla ratra. 11 ia .look inoludee aliaott
all dt.eripttoe. of weflae laraeaad email, wide
ana aarrow traea, t all an . .ee tnrm.
apra )4 . TIIOMAH BKILLI.
JOHN A. STADLEH,
BAKER, M.rkel St., Clratlrld, Pa.
Frrib Bread, Ru.k, Holla. Pitt and Cake.
oa hand or made to order. A general eMortmont
of Coofootlooariea, Ftuita aad Nell la alork.
ieo Creem tnd Oy.tart in teatoa. Saloon aearly
oppo.lit the I'oetollea. rrieea moeerate.
Mereh l-'II,
A. H. MITTON,
Mknafactam aed dealer In
narnesR, Saddles and Bridles,
Collar., Whlpt, Bra.hee, Fly Kelt, Trlmmlngt.
Horte Blanketa, Ae.
Vaoaum. Frank Miller't and Keattfool CHI".
Agrat for Bailey and Wileon't Buggiet.
Ordert and repairing promptly attended 10,
Shop ea Mathet rtreit, CleatArld, Pa., ia room
formerly aeeapied by Jet. Aleiaader. 4'.H'1
ppiZBASCmVARTZ,
(lata Don Eranl A Ce)
MILITARY UNIFORMS
AND
EQUIPMENTS,
NO. IKIH M ARKKT TH EKT, PHI I A.
Read.. Comnantee. Aa, farnl.bed. Bamplta,
,,b..toreph. and aelf mee.arlag dlrettl.,at tent
MERCHANT TAILORS A CLOTHIERS,
till MARKET STRRRT,
JalyM, 'tl ly ralla.
u
NDERTAKING.
The waalertlgaeal ere lew rally prepared
earry a aha be.laee. ef
irnoERTAKiwca,
. AT REASONABLE RATHE,
Aei reaeeetl.V aalltH the pe tr.ee re U Iheea
JO-II TROVTMAN,
JAetl k lIAri,
CWawlVela, IV. tee. U, leia.
EARPIELD.
THC PERPLEXED HOUSEKEEPER,
r aa. r. p. tun.
I wlh I fartd a dotcn pklrt
Of handa tliU vitt nmult t
IM toon fiut all (litie lb inn to rljjbl
Iba i-ry dsuM i in It.
nr't A big wtth Inn t Lf ilui,
On ptr of hsndi to do It
t-b' t, ilairu tt ilorltinf;r,roAt aud i.tf,
How will I t't get lb rough tt.
DInnir to grH for tlx or nor
No IhaI lfl o'r from Hunili
Aad Uabj'foroHM booanllre-
Ili'ialwayi to oa Maud.
And thero'i tbaortam ill (ffitlnx war,
And nmit forth. lb eliurninpr j
And brrt'i Hub waatP a butloa en
, W hick WAV lull 1 b turulng t ,
Tii time tha meat wu ia the poi.
The brent. wa wurked fur bhkioj(
The elothta were taken nn ton boil
, Oh.dtiirl tbtbAbj'e aakiog.
Oh.drart If P eoinrtkum
And UmUt.iiQxi in I b la bother,
He'll juai brain anil telliDOAll
About hi tidy mother.
IJi'W nloelier kitchen arrd to be.
- Hrrdianer alwav ready
Kaily et liea tbe dinner-in II ruitjf
Jl uli, hifh, drar little Freddie.
Aod tbfn will onmraiiiiiehHatj wurd.
It ifjht out belure I'm thinking-
The iy that beilj wnrdi from wltea
Uet lober men to di inking.
Now l.n't that a great ideat
That men nhoiiid ink lo (Inning,
Bi-rnuae a wear, halfaitk wile
Caa't alaaja auile to wiooiag.
Whfti t wav young I ud to earn
My living withuut trouble
Had elotbea aud pioktt-niuni.T ton.
Ana boon of leieurt doalila,
1 never tire Ained of auch a fat
Wbea 1 famt wai courted
Wil'v, aioibt-r, nurae, frituF-tr., ronk, huaM
bei fipr, ohauibenoaid, lauodrcH. dniry
wutuun, and aorub generally, doing tli
work of nil
For the aake of being ujt(nrtJ.
AMOSU T1IK ( UAXhEHMES.
Front a llriek.burg ( N.J.I Corra.potiJont to tba
PliilauVlphu Timet, Oilobor Until.
.Some thirty odd ycu Ago Captain
John I. Wihl), ol JuckHon low nsliip,
Oci'itn county, New .lt'ineybf(an fx
poriincntiui; with the cultivation ot
fnttihorrica which were growinfr. wild
upon hin land. Gathering thcl'ew btuh
cltt in the tiwnnips h caiTietl tltcrn to
l ix-iitoti, ihii ly niilcH riintant, where
they were readily exchanged for Itis
winter ilores. The Captain was the
proprietor of a wootlcn leg, with which
lie diltlv punched the vines into their
placet) and made them stay thero. The
result wan that the pioneer of cranber
ry 111111111) in this Stale (New .Tertiey),
all in due time, became a man of means,
and he ha refused 11,5110 an acre for
his bogs. 1 met the Captain a fovr
days ago, swinging along on hie) wood
en leg, as rosy-ebeeketl ar.d vigorotis
lookiug as a school-boy just let out for
a holiday. Ilo is popuhtrlv known as
the "Cranberry King." The tirst at
tempt to cultivate this fruit was mado
by Capt. Ucni y Hall, of Dennis, Mttsn.,
on Capo Ctxl, in the year 1812, and
the vines from which tho first crop
was gathered hare homo a good crep
ever since, and will afford a lair yield
this autumn. The cranberry -growing
district of New, Jersey Includes parts
of the counties of Ocean, Hnrlingtnn
and Atlantic, although some small por
tions of Monmouth, Middlesex, Cam
den, Cape May, and perhaps one or
two other counties, are adapted to the
cultivation of the Iruit, Tho greater
portion is located in what is known as
tho "Pines," wherein also lie tho char
coal regions, a tract containing about
1,20(,0U0 acres. Just now. tho cran
berry pickers are as busily at work as the
musijiiiltHjs are at work at them. Jn
walking over tho bogs tho ripo crimson
berries are so numerous that they con
stantly mash and nop beneath your
leet, while tho still more numerous
mosquitoes pop away at your face,
bonds and neck. I passed over a bog
of 100 acres in llurlington county
where the pickers wore as busy as
lices. There have been 400 men, Key
men and children at work at the same
time on this singlo hog. Each nick
from two to five bushels a dttv, for
which they aro paid 50 cents a bushel.
Tho men nverugo about four days a
week, and generally get drunk tho
rest, although of course they make a
better showing in some soetions. After
tho vines have been pretty thoroughly
gone over, tho water is let in, alio
bushels of berries rise to the surface
and float down to tho gates, where
they aro ruked out.
Tho cranberry, like all cultivated
fruit, is developing numerous varieties,
the principnl of wliicb. are the bell, of a
deep moiled crimson and somewhat
pear-shaped j tho white, which ripens
tho earliest and rots the soonest, and
tho common round borry, which is the
least liable to rot, and will koep longer
than the other two together. 'Hie
fruit, like all others, has its enemies,
the most destructive of which is that
popularly known as the scald or rot,
though some separate these two blights.
The vines begin bearing tho third or
fourth vcar alter being set out, tho
yield Increasing each season fordoublo
re," ...1.:.... ... i..l. I.i-
lllav tittle,. J net eum.niui iiiiuo u,o
whole field or "hog," as it is always
called down here, blushing crimson, or
about to do so, and ho rubs his hands
and blushes also as he mentally calcu
lates his near profits. An acre yields
from ono to four hundred bushols,
which sell from two dollars a bushel to
three and four dollars, and during the
vcur the price obtained was threo or
J-.... ' .1... . . 1..., l-i:... .,i,.t
tuur imien iuvuimwfc, wv u,w
ing timo comes the blight sweeps over
llie new. A lew uernen mm n uuij
cllow. and in woek tho whole bog
nsitbad. The cultivator suivcys the
spread-out mass of rottenness, pulls
bis but over bis eyes, jams uis nanus
into his Dockets, and irocs home to fig
ure how he can economise enough to
trv some now oxnerimonls noxt year.
This scald business haa kept up so long
that it is becoming monotonous, and
not the Icutt remarkable peculiarity is
thu fact that no living mortal has buen
able to find out a preventive for tho
plague. Every imaginable experiment
was made ; water litis oeen lev on aim
oil sooner and later than usual ; all
sons ot fertilisers were tried, and many
and many a time It was bclievetl that
the remodv had been found. Finally,
I'rnfessor 't ay lor, tlte unueu mates
Microscopist of the Agricultural De
partment at Washington, was called
111 and ho visited the Cogs here and at
Cate Cod, and swnt weeks in probing
litr tho cause. Uis thorough investiga
tions showed that tho mot of tho evil
lay in the root of tho fruit, or rather
in the ground, which, in all cases of the
rot, wan lound lo be sour, causing fer
mentation amMecay in the berry.
This was established beyond a doubt,
and the annaruntlv aimnlu problem re
mained ot determining how the soil
should be sweetened. Tbe I'rulvssor
recommended lime, sand ami various
furtihxun. and never did the cranberry
season open Uton a mora bopelul set
of men than w ere the irrowcis a low
months ago.; Professor Taylor came
down in this county U hear the results
of following bis advice. Then was
something amusing lo occupying the
poslUOO 01 epexnavur inn mnarr,
Old Captain Webb, the "Cranberry
King," stumped in and sut near the
door, anil was made an honorary
member of the Cranborry Growers'
Association before ho could fairly
comprehend what was going on. Lime
had been used more than ever before,
and tho rot among tho cranberries this
autumn is greater than ever was
known. One grower recommended
snnd, and bis neighbor at bis elbow
announced that it wasn't worth a con
tinental; anothor gentlemen bad tried
plaster of Paris, and not a berry was
tainted ; -a rod-faced cultivator tried
the sum thing and declared his crap
wasn't worth gathering. The most
famous grower in the Association in
formed the audience that somebody
hail recommended jialt, and he bad
Btakod out a portion of his bog and
sowed it with that savory fertilizer.
.Some time ago he went out to see how
the vines liked it, and he'd be banged
if thero was a vino left. They had
been completely cleaned out by the
suit, and ho regretted very much that
ho couldn't romombcr tho name of the
gentleman who advised him to mako
that experiment. Auother enthusiast
solemnly asserted that ho had sat up
with and nursed a small bog for seven
or eight years, and he bad not as yet
gathered a sound berry from it. lie
is still at it, and, as ho has children
growing up, thero Is no telling how
much longer the bog will stand it
Now Jersey raises one-half the cran
berries in tlte country. Tho area an.
tier cultivation is about 6.000 acres.
The crop lor 1873 was some 125,000
bushels ; for 1874, 90,000 bushels, and
this year the yield is estimated at tun
or twenty thousand bushels less. This
steady deereaso in tho face of tho in
crease of area is duo to tbo devastation
of the rot and scald, which is still un
controllnblo, and is likely to continue
to rage until, liko tbo potato blight, it
shall have run its course and ex
hausted itself.
SATVRAL OAS.
ITS UTILIZATION FOR MANL'FACTt'RINU
PL'RPOSKH A.I IMPORTANT ELEMENT
IN THE PRODUCTION OF IRON THE
GREAT BUTLER "SPOCTER."
From an elaborate article on "Natu
ral (ins,'' published in tho Pittsburgh
Evening Tdcgrap A, of October 20th, we
gather tho lollowing which will doubt
less provo interesting to many of our
renders. Iie'crritig lo the enterprise
of tirutr. Bennett & Company, and
Spang, Cltnlfant it Company, in eou
ducting the gas from nxonhiirg, llut
ler county, to their works at Sharps
burg, Allegheny county, and utilising
it lor manufacturing purposes, the
writer says that it will provo that "the
discovery of petroleum has bocn to
Pennsylvania, and the wholo country,
a mine of untold wealth," and that the
introduction of "natural gas, which
lies in inexhaustible quantities in na
ture's mighty reservoirs throughout
the suction of Western Pennsylvania,
known as tho great oil-belt country,"
will work a revolution in manutactur
ing enterprise, especially in the great
"industrial center (Pittsburgh), with
its hundreds of rolling mills and work
shops." Although natural gtia wells
have bosii burning in various place in
the oil country for tbe past two years,
it was not until a few months ago that
capitalists could be induced to put
money id the doubtful experiment of
conveying the gas any distance lor
fuel purposes, for tho obvious reason
that they did not know but that the
flow would cease about tlte time the
machinery .would be ready to put it
into practical One.
A partnership was formed under the
general laws of the State, entitled thu
"Natural Gas Company, Limited," enpi
tul 1100,000, and the following well
known and enterprising firms and gen
tlemen comprise theC'ompany: Messrs.
Spang, Chalfunt A Co., of the .Etna
1 rou Works ; Messrs. G raiT, Dennett A
Co, of the Millvale Iron Works; Henry
llarley.Esq., of Titusville; J. J. A W. K.
Yandegritt, of Oil City ; and Captain
C. W. Itatchelor, President of the Ma
sonic Deposit Savings Bank, of Pitts
burgh. James I. Bennett, Esq., ia
President, and Capt. Batchelor Treas
urer ol the Company.
The distance from tno gas well to
Graft', Bennett & Cu.'s mill, at Millvale,
is nearly nineteen miles, as the lino Is
laid. Tho main is of six-inch wrought
ron. It will thus bo seen that one
hundred thousand feet of pipe were
required to reach the mills. Tho
capacity at tho well has a pressure,
upon a partial tost, ot uu pounns to
the inch.
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, tho gas was
introduced into ono of the puddling
furnaces at the mill of Messrs. Hpang,
Chalfunt 4 Co., through a thrce qnar
tor inch pijic. Tho lurnaco was per
fectly cold, bill in twenty minutes alter
tho gas began to flow into the furnaco
a whito heat was obtained. With the
ordinary method of heating with coal,
five hours would have been required
to have produced a similar heat in tbo
lurnaco.
Professor Wulh, Ihocelebrated chem
ist, who bas analysed tho gas, says its
heating power is 25 per cent, higher
than that ol good bituminous coal of
equal weight. Tho velocity of the gas
into the air is about ono minion cuiiic
feet pot hour from the woll, or consid
erably over a thousand tons per hour
1,400 ton nostiDlv. wiid a wen pro
ducing tho quantity ot pas above indi
cated, fuel equal to 60,000 bushel of
coal per (lav, or la.zoti.uuu nunuois per
annnm, will be provided.
Facts About Tn Bible. A pris
oner condemned to solitary confine
ment, obtained a copy of the Bible, and
by throo years carotin sway ootainea
tlx
no following facts :
The Hible contains 3,un,o letters,
774,602 words, 21,173 versos, 1,189
chsptor, and 66 books.
The word "and " occurs 4,tf times.
The word "lAird" occurs 1,855 times.
The word reverend occur butonco,
which i in the 9th verse ot the Uth
Psnlm
The 21(1 vorse of tho 7th chapter of
Eira contains all tho Icttors la the
nlnlmbet excent tha letter J
The nnost cntpior 10 raw in mv
29lh chapter of tho Acts of the Apos
tles.
The 19th chapter of H Kings and
the 87th ohantor of Isaiah are alike.
Tbe longest vome is the 9th verso of
tbe 8th chapter ol r-stucr.
The shortest verse is the 35th verso
oftho 11th cbaptor of 8L. John.
The 8th, 15th, 21st and 31st versos
of th 107th Psalm are alike.
Each vorse of tbe 136tb Psalm end
nlilf A.
Then are no word or name of
more than tlx syllables.
Never Insult a man bocauso h I
nonr In nurse or raiment : for beneath
ngjni ooat U mar be that a muaele
eo ..... , 1 . . J
lie ousoeaita taai coum put uswu
oa th oldest nan Id ib mud.
REPUBLICAN.
ilOOA'.S AS A MEDICISE.
The beauteous days through which
we are passing have a counterpart in
nights that are equally bewitching,
tbo former to be devoted to tbe delight
ing of the senses, the latter to ho given
up to tho enrichment of the intellect.
To exist simply is to enjoy tho first;
to bo profited by the last, one must be
wise and willing. Tho day 1 satisfy
ing enough as we find it, filled with the
placid glory of earth and sky, bracing
with cooling winds, gonial with mellow
sunshine It come on with sharp
frosts and reluctant suns, ripens into
noons of summer splendor, and wanes
into twilights gray with melancholy.
We regret each day ; yet, arrivod upon
its threshold, wo welcome every even
ing, tho cheerful radianco of it fire
etiiles. its pleasant household commu
nions, its social privileges and hours of
study and revelry, lapsing into the sun
products of slu mbi Various indeed
aro ,tho cmpliyytmn'tsrMI which those
precious evenings may bo wisely passed,
lor there ia wisdom a woll as pleasure
iu all tbo simple diversions that bright
en tbe homo and mako it joyous to the
occupants, aud they commil a grave
error who would regulate tbo step of
innocent youth and contented age to
the pace of a funeral tntin. But of all
these there is none to supply the place
of books. Those, in their multiplicity,
fulfill all desires, quench all t hirsts,
feed all appetites. Their entertain
ment is constant, their cost trifling,
their benefit coextensive with tho
memory. As a moral physician wo
should preseribeforthedisrdcr which
this or that fond parent remarks in hi
boy a brain-wash ot books, tobetnkon
hourly between supper and betllimo.
It is very much more effective than
morning cocktails, precisely as the
ounco of prevention outvalues the
ound of cure. But books, liko all
medicines, should be taken with dis
cretion. Wo Should tear for tho pa
tient who consumed Ned Buutlino and
Shakespeare in equal proportions, and
wo should despair of one who inter
preted literature as chiefly tho stories
of Mrs. South worth. For the same
reasons wo should expect much of
youth spent in the society ol such
books as Hawthorne wrote, and in the
study of the great master works of our
language. A century ago it was the
case that most men who rend were
scholurs, since books were rare and
trash seldom found a publisher. Now,
however, thought having become large
ly morchrfndiso, many who are vast
reader are in no sense scholars. Itis,
therefore, of the utmost importance
that youth should not ho left to read
ut random, but should Imvo ncciiratc
information as to what is worth at
tention and what had best bo omitted.
Parents can tlo no wiser thing towards
assuring tho future of their children
that, to provide them with good books;
"good," not in the sense in which the
word is applied to the trash that is fre
quently collated in Sundny school li
braries, hut good in their information,
style and power to entertain. Than
this wo may be reasonably sure there
ia no better nor easier method of keep
ing young men and some young wo
men, too within tbe influence of the
lamily and away from the evil associa
tion of tho atreet and the club. And
it is worthy of remark that few tastes
aro so readily acquired a that for read
ing, while none is alike so cheaply in
dulged and so quickly reuiuneralivwg
rhuaaeipma lima.
THE 80S (7 OF JilllDti.
Tho song of a bird is uttered solely
for tho pleasure of listening or being
listened to on the part of tho songster,
and beam no relation whatever to any
preceding or subsequent movement of
tho bird ; and we tuerolbro claim that
the song of the bird is an expression
of melody that gives pleasure to itself
ailtl w Oltter uirua, wutcu inei in hiiuwu
to the singer ; so that ho derive an
additional pleasure) from this conscious
ness ; or, in other words, the reason the
bird sing i precisely the same as that
which induces mankind to cultivate
inusio which, with man, originally was
exclusively vocal. A bird, when ting
ing, doe not usually busy itself with
something clso at the same lime. If
busy feeding, it quits work, and taking
up a position that hotter suit it, the
bird commences its song, and repeats
tbe same until weaned with lis repiti
tion, or called by its mato, or "a sudden
thought," to something or some other
place. When, however, it is busy feed
ing, tho low chirp and an occasional
twitter indirato, if alone, that it is talk
ing to itself; or if with company, that
it is talking to thorn ; for a bird sur
rounded by others, or in company with
it male, will chirp more loudly, and
with a greater variation of notes, than
whon alone. If disturbed, how differ
ent a nolo is given. Who can doubt
tha meaning of a frightened bird's
alarm-crv7 Attain, let us closely ob-
scrvo two bird immediately after
mating. Many of their actions, and
their low, ceascloss twitterings, aro a
most laughablo caricature, of a newly
married couple, say on their wedding
journey. Like iioor mankind, birdkind,
too, have tlioir petty vexations, ami
tbo iittlo quarrels of a newly mated
pair of birds aro also wondrously hu
man like. What may all this have to
do with language IT Just this, that
pseseutly, in accordance with tho man-
nor that tningsgoon, wneiuersmooiii
ly or not, aro the "chirps and twitters,"
as they seem to u simply to be, low,
musical and deliberately uttered, or, if
from anv cause tho birds are excited,
. . . . ,. -Ml
then these snmo uttornnees are sunn,
cacophonous, and so rapidly repeated
that the liirds, u unseen, cannot, iw
rocognixed by their voico.
Walking vs. Trotting Horse.
A writer in the Prairie Ftlrmtr oom.
plains that all the premiums offered at
agricultural fairs for Ihe porlormance of
burses go lor trotting or running ana
nono for walking. Ho says the various
agricultural societie suy nothing of
walking, which the tarmurs are most
interested in. I have often wondered
why that was overlooked, and had
hoped that ome one would bring it
bolbro the societies. What benefit is
raco horse to a farmer? If be want
to run or trot him for premiums or
stakes, it will not do to work him a
farm horse bare lo worn
Beside
fast horo, gotiorally, are not able to
und heavy work, and are not apt to
be extra walkers, n uai me larmer
want i close-made mnocuiar bone,
weighing from 1,000 to 1,200 pounds,
that can wsik at loasv tour mn n
hour with a cultivator, or at that rate
erosslnir the field. It cost, no more to
drive a team that will plow thro acre
por day, than it would to anvs one
that would plow only two aero : and
a irood hand, or ono that trie to earn
hi wages, would. And why not offer
premium for fast walking oin which
an needed aa much as fast horse ?
Carpet ar bought by lb yard and
.worn by th loot.
FALSE FLOWERS.
Artificial flower are one of those
characteristic feature of our modorn
civilization which it is nut only diffi
cult but almost impossible to trace to
their exact origin. At least, their
muniilacture bas introduced a want
that people now feel as strong a they
do the need of coal. It tueras that
they were first made by ladies and in
stituted as an amusement as much for
profit as pleasure, having for it ob
ject the cutting of artificial flowers
from Swiss muslin nainsooks, a nne
material resembling linen. Imagina
tion can depict the fine ladies of two
hundred years ago congregating to
gether and industriously Betting to
work over what was then but a pas
time, but ha since grown into one ot
the gival industries. The ladies of old
used these artificial flowers for much
the same purpose a they are applied
to-day, for bead dresses of different
kiuds and ornament to hats, and also
the dress generally. In addition to
these uses, they aro largely used at
present in tho Roman Cat bolic churches
in Europe and this country, and where
one might havo supposed he saw a
great abundance of elegant real flow
er heaped up in bountiful profusion on
the altar, there was, in reality, only
colored and painted Swiss muslin or
the well known naiusooK. lit tue
Catholic church, also, girls taking their
first communion wear a handsome
wreath of artificial flowers, while the
boys going for the first time to th
same ceremony carry largo boquct of
similar flowers in their hands.
Boon after the ladies Commenced lo
do tho work with their scissors, the
leniand for tbe new flowers became
all tbo rage, so much so that tools were
invented and tbe mapulacturo ol arti
ficial flowers was actually established, j
In a well organized establishment ot
fair proportions there aro at least not
less than 1,500 of these tools, and the
entire number of them is constantly
employed in the onlinary daily routine
of labor.
Tbo muslin is laid in several thick
nesses on a block ot lead, and cut out
with thoso dies ; each flower, leaf and
sprig necessitate a separate die. Tbe
next process is the coloring, a most
delicalo task, a all the fine tint and
shade of the flower depend upon the
result of this work. Tbo leave, when
dry, aro ready for curling, or the giv
ing to them of the requisite shape pre
paratory to the next stage in the man
ufacture. When all the different sizes
ot tho flower' leaves are curled into
the proper shape, the heart or seed of
the flower is formed as a base, and then
tho leaves or piece tied around with
fine floss silk, or else posted in their
proper positions until the flower is fin
ished. Stem are made by winding
cotton and paper or gauze around a
wire. Spirals aro the result of twist
ing paper together and arevry pretty
combination with loaves and flowers,
esecially among vine. The number
of bands employed in a factory, taking
a it basis one giving occupation to
thirty girls, would be about in the fol
lowing ratio: A forewoman, to gener
ally overlook the work, who is paid
about t'-O per week ; one colorer, who
receives the same wages ; one cutter,
who has 112 to 115 por week ; some
six branchers, who get from 1 8 to f 12;
thirty girl who receive each from f2
to 18 per woek, according to the work
thoy do.
IIOW TRUFFLES i)W IT.
I returned, to Asbville after an ab
sence or threo years and found my
friend Truffle grown tut and jovial,
with a face tho very mirror of peace
and self'satisfaotion. Truffle was the
village baker, and he was not liko this
when I went away.
"Truffle," said 1, "how is it? You
have improved."
"Improved I How?"
"Why, In every way. What have
you been doing ?"
Just then a Iittlo girl came in with
a tattered shawl and barefooted, to
whom Truffle gave a loaf of bread.
"Ob. dear. Mr. Truffles," tho child
said, with brimming eyes, as she took
the loaf of bread, "Mamma 1 getting
belter, and she says sho owe so much
to you. Slto blesses you indeed she
does I"
"That's ono of the things I've been
doing," he said, after the child had
gono.
"Yon aro giving the suffering family
broad ?" I quoried.
"Yes."
"llaveyou any more case like that?"
"Y'es, three or four of them. 1 giv
them a loaf a day, enough to feed them."
"And you tako no pay f
"Not from them."
"Ah I from the town?"
"No; hero," aaid Truffles, laying his
hand on bi breast, "I'll tell you," he
added, smiling. "One day, over a year
ago, a poor woman came to me and
asked for a loaf of bread for which she
could not pay sho wanted it for ber
poor, stitlonng children. At nrst, i
hesitated, hut finally I gav to bur. and
a her blessing rang in my car after
sho had gono, I felt my heart grow
warm. Time wore hard, ana there
wasagooddeal of suffering, and I found
myself wishing, by and by, that I conld
atiord to givo away more bread. At
length an idea struck mo. I'd stop
drinking, and give that amount away
in broad, adding one or two loaves on
my owntjnecount. I Hid it, and it's boon
a blesslne to me. My heart has grown
bigger, nd I've grown bettor every
way. My sleep is sound and sweet,
ana my dream are pleasant. And
that's what you see, I suppose."
Arm lor Vbtervrr.
Daniel Webster had an anecdote of
oltl Father Searl, tho minister of bit
boyhood, which is too good to he lost.
It was customary then to wear buck
skin brooches in cool weather. One
Sunday morning In autumn, Father
Searl brought his brceehe down from
the gsrrut, but th wasp bod taken
possession during the summer, and
were having a nice time ot it in tliera
Bv dint of effort he eat out the intra
dent anil dressed for meeting. But
while reading the scripture to the
congregation be felt a dagger from one
of tho enraged small wanted follows,
and jumped around tbe pulpit slapping
hi thigh. But the more ba slapped
and dsnced the more tbey etnng. The
people thought bim crazy, but he ex
nlained the matter bv saving : "Breth
rou. don't be alarmed I ths word of th
Lord is in mv month, but the devil is
in my breeche!" Webster alway
told it with groat gleolo the minister.
The Penna, R. R. official, who re
cently Inspected tha rail and road bed
of that Croat tborouchfare from New
York to Pitubura-. report tbe western
divtsioa aa th moat perfect In every
nartioular. and th section bosses be
tween Altooua and Pittsburg are of
court greatly rejotoed at ta weu-ae-aervsd
oompUmeot thus publicly paid
to tbem.
1UR VESTIXQ POTA TOES.
Various opinions exist as to when is
the propo time to harvest potatoes.
Some believe that it i best to let them
remain in the ground at long apmi.
bin before digging, thinking thai l bey
keep better than after they are dug.
Upon dry ground, provided the wea
ther continues dry, quite likely this
would be a good way to manage, but
almost alway in autumn we have
beavv rain which thoronirhly wet the
ground and keep it saturated much of
tbe time. In such coses the potatoes
would be likely to decay. If, more
over, they were uon a wot clayoy
pioce of ground, the danger of decay
would be far greater.
Other persons practice digging their
potatoes aa soon as thoy are ripe, and
Elace tbem in a cool dry place. We
ave tried this method for sevoral years
and met with better results than by
the old method of letting them remain
till lato in the ground. We have dug
tbem the last of August or the first of
September, and during tbe rest of tbe
month, and put them in the cellar.
They kept well, and decayed but very
Iittlo, and were nearly at good the next
summer as when first dug. One ad
vantage in Jigging them before the
autumnal rains como on, is that the
potatoes aro smooth and bright, and
the dirt does not stick lo thorn, and if
dug and housed in a pleasant day, there
i very Iittlo dirt or moisture carried
in with them. If left in the ground
after they are ripe, they become wet
by the rains, and the dirt sticks lo
them, and they do not look so nice nor
are they so mealy a when dug earlier.
If the weather should be warm very
likely they will rot badly, and those
which remain will bo sodden, misera
ble things to eat. If potatoes are left
in tbe ground after they are riiie, it
should' be no longer than till they bo
conveniently dug, unless they aro upon
dry land, and tbo weather continues dry
Some may be afraid to dig potatoes
so early, lest thoy should ret. We
feared that this would be the case bo
fore we tried it, but after a thorough
trial during sevoral years, we feel con
vinced that they koep tar better and
aro of superior quality. It looks rea
sonable that tho time to dig potatoes
is as soon a they are ripe, the same as
we harvest all ether products. Apples
are not benefited by remaining on the
tree after tbey are well ripened. Af
ter riiwning. the noxt ttago is to begin
to decay, and they koep the better if
gathered .before quito luliy ripened.
Our grains and vegetables gonorally
we gather as soon as ripe, or a soon
astheycensctogrow. Now, we would
advise all to dig their potatoes as soon
a they are ripe, and house tbem in
shallow bin or casks. If any feel
afraid to risk all their crop, let them
try part of tbem and ee which lot
keep tbe best. A writer last year
recommended that potatoes should be
kept in the ground, not only as late as
possible, but even all winter, claiming
that the earth wo their natural ele
ment, and beat preserved them. All
that we nee that 1 objectionable in this
view, is tbe proposition to keep them
tin the ground all winter, or till late in
the tall, even. It the earth coma re
main dry, we do not doubt that, if pro
tected from the frost, they would koep
well. We thought his suggestion that
tbe earth ts the natural element of the
potato and it preservative, worthy of
remembering and trying. Now, would
it oot be woll to try potatoes packed
in dry earth in boxes or barrels, and
even upon tbe bottom of the cellar?
We have noticed that potatoes which
hsppened to ho covered with dirt upon
the bottom of the cellar, kept nicely,
and appeared much fresher in the
spring than others) which were uncov
ered. This suggestion is worth acting
upon, and may be of considerable val
uo. Exchantt. '
the "stage.
Tbe fata of even brilliant actors is
often extremely sad. The world will
nevor tire of reading ot now poor Mrs.
Siddons, driven from the London boards
by a failure that was not ber fault,
tramped about over the country for
years, till at last she bad another
chance at l'rury j.ane ; ana men, up-
pprted by Smith, Palmer, and rarron,
she won the most brilliant success, and
tbe went homo to a plain supper, her
old father shedding tear of joy a be
sat at the table too delighted to eat.
Edmund ivean. an unknown youth,
acted at Dorchester one rainy night
to a bouse almost empty, but roused
himself to the utmost "to act well his
part." One of tbe three men in the
boxca listcnou in silence, out wnen tne
play was over invited bim to breakfast
the next morning, and staggered him
by saying, "My namo Is Arnold ; 1 am
the niaiiairor of the Urury Lano Thea
ter." On tbe boards at London bo
was ridiculed by all the actor because
he was so small ; but he put o much
goniut into hi performance that be
fore he finitbed tbe first act he tri
umphed. Garrick acted in an unli
censed theatre at the east end of Lon
dononenight Uewas short ol'stature
and his uame was not given. When
be came on the stago the tight of tbe
audience disconcerted bim. In le
minutes he recovered, and was Hich
am . himself. A 11 the tremendous pas
sion of the lusty, savage monarch
swayed bis body and appeared in bis
face, but the audionco Diiaiea tin
ben, atlor dismissing the deputation,
he flung awsy the prayer book, then
the whole house burst into rapturous
applause. From that moment hit star
uttered no eclipse.
A Human Asalvsis. Dr. Lancas
ter, of London, recently analyiod
man, and presented the result of
investigation in palpable form to
nit
bit
audicnoe durine a late chemical lecture.
The body operated upon weighed 158 4
th. The lecturer exhibited tijvan tbe
platform 23-1 lbs carbon, 2 2 lis. lime,
22-3 oss. phosphorus, and about 1 o.
each sodium, iron, potassium, magne
sium, and silicon. Ho apologized for
not exhibiting D.595 cubio feet or oxy
gen, weighing 121 lb., 106,900 cubic
feot of hydrogen, weighing 15-4 tin.,
52 cubio feet of nitrogen, likewise ob-
imilieu iron, me uuuy j vi. om.-vvuui ui
their great bulk. All of these element
combine into the following: 121 lb.
water, 16 5 lb, gelatin, 132 It. tat,
8 8 lbs, fibrin and albumon, 7-7 ttx.
phosphate of lime and other mineral
suDttanoos,
It Is not tbe amount of land that
make the farm rich, but the amount
well improved. A few acre tilled to
their almost extent of production will
yield much mora of profit thsn the
large farm badly managed ana tinea.
The worst phase of tanning i th in-
tan giWines of men for land.
ew eomerwui pui
land, and co la debt
farming toult, and in ity-eun case
out ol a hundred be wUL aftsr striving
bard and liio boot, lad biohself, at
tiit aod of a d on years, wore off
than when ba Irst Began.
r,
l"l"
There were three of them.
,
was a bndo, tho other happy groom
wilh rod ears and maiden whiskers,!
uitu me miiu " ; (,lokejl nay leit Mussell's, and a lew
They were at the Grand i riink doiwlij, ., ,t,rWH,d,, Jli- Jiusncil resumed
yesterday morniug to take the train h j j uoainon In her lather' house.
VI 'II. , HAiitxe laien Jiltau IvAil lllft S ... ....
'cst. The young man clasped his
young wile' fat hand, rolled up his
eyes, and they seomed happy, while
the mothet-in-law paraded up and
down tbe sitting-room wilb a lordly air
and seomed woll satisfied, freltysoon
tba tfroom went out. and when ho re
turned ho trow five pop corn balls and
a big bar ot peanut candy into tno
brides lap and handed tne old iaay
another. She turned up ber nose,
raised her apectuclcs.and thusaddrcssod
tbe young man with red eara:
"See hero, Peter White, you are mar
ried to Sabintha, ain't you '!"
" hy, of course.
"Anil I have a right to feet an in-
terest in you V
"ill course.
"And wo are now on your bridal
trip, aint we?"
"Yes."
"Well, now, you've been squandering
money all along, rerer. I ou iook a
hack ; you bought oysters ; you bought
a jack knife, and you'vo just thrown
money awav. I feel that it is mv duty
to tell you to hold up before you mako
a tool ot yourself.
"Whose money is this?" ho asked,
iri-owing very red in the face.
"It is yours, and what is yours is
Sabinthn's, and it i my duty as her
mother to speak out when I seo you
fooling your money away."
"I guess I ran take care of my mon
ey !" he retorted.
"Perhaps you can, Peter Whito, but
thero tire those in your family who
can't."
He struL'L'lcd with his feehncs is the
bride shook her bead at him, and then
iiskeJ.
"Did I marry you ?''
"No, sir, you didn't, you Iittlo bow-
legged apology for a man, but I have
a right to speak for my daughter."
"You can speak all you want to; but
I want you to understand that 1 can
manage my own affairs, and that 1
don't cure for your advice."
"Peter Whitel" sho slowly respond
ed, waving tbe pea nut candy close to
his noso, "1 see we'v got to have a
fuss, and I guess we might a well have
it now 1"
"Mai ma I" whispered tho bride, pull
ing at tho old lady's shawl.
"Yoa needn't ma me, Sabintha. This
Peter White has deceived ua both about
hi temper, and I am going to tell bim
just what 1 think about bim I lie
commenced tint uis ana now we u see
who'll end it I"
"You mind your business and I'll at
tend to minol" growled Peter.
"Oh! vou bumped-back hypocrito!"
she hissed, jabbing at bis eye wilh the
peanut bar. "Unly a month ago you
called mo 'Mother Hull,' and wa go
ng to give me the best room in the
new bouse I"
"You'll never have s room in a house
of mine!" be exclaimed.
"And I don't wantone.you red eared
hypocrite I"
"Don't Peter don't ma," sobbed tbe
bride.
"It's my duty, Sabintha ; It's your
mother's"
"Don't cry, Sabby," he interrupted ;
"don't mind what she says."
Try to set my daughter up sgin
me, wilt you ?" hissed the old lady as
she brought the peanut bar down on
bis nose.
"Oh, ms !" yelled tho bride.
"You old wretch I" hissed Peter, aa
he clawed at her.
"None of th White will ever run
over me, exclaimed the mother-in-
law, a she got holtl of hi shirt collar
and hauled him around.
"I'll knock voor old "
"You can't knock nothing," the in
terrupted, backing him up against tbe
wall.
Hal O-h-b, mat" bowled Sabintha.
Th dozen other passengers in the
room, who had boen Interested and
amused listeners, bore interrupted, and
Peter was released from the old lady's
grasp, his collar having been torn off
aim uin euvua oviuivuvu.
I expected this, aud prepared for
11! pamea tne momer-iri-inw, as anv
leaned against the wall. "This bridal
tower will come to a stop to-morrow,
and then we'll see whether I've got
any business to speak up for Sabintha
or not!"
As the train moved away the old
lady wore a grim smilo, Sabintha wa
weeping, ami Peter wa. ..niggling
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rVw Preu.
ABOUT OUR CORyFODDER.
Our western friends have Iittlo Idea
of tbe value which comfodder basin
the eyos of the eastern man. ilo sim
ply estimates how many bushelt of
corn ho haa to tne acre, ana men won
dors bow an eastern man with a less
yield than ho has, poorer land, and
higher rent and taxes, can make the
corn crop pay. nut the ainurcncc, be
sides of course proximity lo market,
is in the valuo to bim of cornfoddcr.
In many places quite as much could lie
had for a good field ot cornfoddcr as
for tbo whole yield of corn. Whilo
tbe western man suffers hit corn to
remain uncut to ths very last momont,
in order to get tbe fullest ripening to
the farthest end or the ear, the eastern
man cuts hit before it is dry and as
toon as possible after danger of monld-
1110- Has passod, without regard to
whother be haa obtained the last pound
of grain possible from the crop. Not
only does the fodder ss well as tho
corn como Into calculation in the profit
of an eastern corn crop, but tho husks
for cabinet maker purpose yield a
considerable revenue. It is very dilll-
out to get at the exact profit of this
branch of the corn product. We have
beard farmers say that It was more
profitable to feed the husk than to
save them for sale ; while olhora con
tend there is Brest advantage in uis-
nosinif of thorn. These things enable
one to form tome sort of judgment as
to ths value ol oorn busks. Ul course
the dittnnce from market will have
mnch to do with their value, as well
as the estimate that may be placed on
thorn for feoding purisMcs ; but it all
troes to show that there is something
more than the mere grain which to an
eastern man give vain to the corn
crop Orrrsanfotrsi Telfgraph.
A piece of red pepr the size ot your
finger nail, put into meat or vegetable
when first beginning to rook, will add
greatly in destroying th unpleasant
odor1 arising therefrom. Remember
this wbn yott ar boiling sauer kraut.
oauoagw, green want, unions, cuicaon,
mutton, etc. -
Two old orow which perch on a
tree la Didler. Mass., every altrnoon.
and saw anlil baud reds of other an
collected, ar called Moody and Rank ty.
A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
A ' DOUBLE WEDDINO FOLLOWED ST A
DOUBLE ITNtlAL,
A dispatch from Ilossville, York
county, under data of September 2Utb,
ays :
About nvs years ago, n iiuam it us.
sell, a litrmtr, living a tew mlltti th m
the village, wa left a widower with
i on child. Tbe ear of th Armar'l
I bout then devolved upon hit dught
; 1 Harriet, aged sixteen years. A girl
named Alary Stokes, about us Sam
, atfc, wnt employed to aid in th botiee
I hold work. Mia Jiuasell discovered
:' that bur father was paying the tlten
! tii'ii ufu lover to the girl.
I J he lamer t daughter diamlsst'd the
Stoke girl from her situation in th
family. When Ituaoull leuiiicd ul this
proceeding he immediately brought
ilm buck, and told bi daughter
'thut sho was lo remain thero ni long
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l.euvtuumi j-. -. --... .
(u (1)J ll011M ttI1j wt.nt t0 work at
, t)6 ..cihorbood. Mary
l.iviinr in this villuiro was a hiirhly
respected young carpenter named llor
ton Hurst, ilm father owned a farm
adjoining that of the Russells. Some
years ago a difficulty aroso between
the two fanners about thu proper lo
cation of a lino fence. A long, bittor,
and extensive lawsuit followed. Far
mer Hurst was finally successful in the
suit, and died two years ago. Russell
bated tbe name of Hurst, and when,
somo three year since, he mado tbe
discover' tbat bis daughter and tbe
son of his old enemy bad formed an
attachment for- each other, und wero
actually engaged to be married, he
threatened to disown Harriet if she
did not at onco renounce the itlca of
wedding young Hurst. She made the
sacrifico to marry in obedience to her
parent.
About throe months ago Russell as
loirished bis daughter by telling her
that he intended to soon marry the
girl Mary Stokes, and bring ber back
to the farm-houso. Harriet assured
him tbat when he brought his witti
borne he would find his daughter gone.
Friday moring the old farmer, tell
ing Harriet that bo would re tern wilh
his wile In tho afternoon, drove away
towards' the homo of Mary Stokes.
The daughter placed the house iu
readiness lor tbo return of ber lather,
and about noon sin tied fur ilossville.
She left behind her, on the bureau in
her room, the following letter addressed
to Iter father:
Dear Fatheb: 1 have always tried
to bo dutiful to you,, but tho act you
intend to do to-day is more than 1 can
submit to, as l'liuve more than once
told you. You choose a companion
above me. 1 hope sho will be aa true
to you as I have been, and that you
will both be very happy. Do not ;
think 1 am writing this with a light "
heart, although in leaving the borne of
my childhood 1 go to find a home with
one 1 bnvo long loved, and whose wile
1 expect to be in a tew hours. God
bless you, father, and good-by.
Your once-loved daughter,
Haiti e.
Upon reaching this village, Mis
Russell was met by Horlon Hurst.
They proceeded to the house of Mrs.
William Fillcy, a sister of Hurst's, and
about 3 o'clock in tbo afternoon were
married by the Rev. Mr. Young, of the
Methodist Church. Afterwards they
went, in company with Mrt. Fillcy
and a young gentleman, a friend of
Hurst's, to the village tavern, where it
had been arranged to take dinner.
They wore nearly through the ropast,
which bad been very liko a wedding
least, when tbo door of the dining
room was burst in, and farmer Russell,
pale with rage, and a singular glitter
in his eye sprang into tho apartment.
Hit duugbtur esosu hastily and ran to
wards him with outstretched arms, but
he threw her ashle and sprang upon
ber husband.
"You scoundrel!" ho exclaimed;
"you set my daughter up to leave her
home I"
He grasped Hurst by the throat, but
tbe young man threw him off and com
menced backing toward tbe door.
Russell seized a knife from the table,
and getting between Hurst and tbe
door, attempted to stab tbe, young man.
Hurst received tbe thrust in bis arm,
and seeing that tbe old man was bent
on murder, drew a revolver and warned
him to stand back. Russell did not
beed tho warning, and continued to
make deadly lunges with the knife,
llui-st received many ot these in his
arm and shoulder. Hurst't sister es
caped from the room during the melee,
and the young men present seemed
paralyzed with terror. At last Hurst
pushed his assailant back from bim
and levelled tbo pistol at bim. Hi
wife at that instut sprang between tho
men just as her husband's pistol wa
discharged. Tho ball entered her brain,
and she fell to the floor and expired
without saying a word. The report
of tho pistol brought a number of per
sons into the room. Hurst had fallen
on his knee beside his wile's body,
and after several times frantically ap
pealing to her hy name to look up and
sieak to bim, bo rose to bit feet, and
before a band coultl bo extended to
him, shot himself through the head,
and he fell dead try the sido 01 his vrif'e.
' ccmcu "
Jarful acne, am
room like a child
Russell seemed stricken dumb by the
d was fed from tho
At soon at tbo excitement Hint fol
lowed the new of tbe tragedy could
be aoinowhat allayed, the bodiot of tbe
young married couple were removed to
tbo residence ol Mr. Pillcy, followed by
hundreds of people. In tbo evening an
inquest was held by James Powell,
Justice ol tbe Peace. Russell wat ar
rested and held in 12,000 bail to await
th action ot the Grand Jurv. A ver
dict that Mi's. Harriet R. li tirst met
her death by tho accidental discharge
of a pistol, and that Horlon Hurst came
lo bis death by his own band wbilo
temporarily insano, was rendered.
SOME PHILOSOPHICAL HE
FLEC710SS. There is a famous line in "Virgil"
which may bo freely translated thus :
"Perhaps hereafter it may delight u
to remember evon these things also."
It was spoken to the weary band of
.F.ncas, who had sailed so long over
stormy sess, mot to many baffling dis
asters ; but it belongs to us, aa well a
to thoso old heroes. Thore is scarcely
any trouble so dire that there la not a
certain balf'-molancholy pleasure in re
calling it when it is all over. While
they aro passing, our woes aro very
apt to seem interminable ; but tbo slow
days goon tbo weeks, and the months
and, at last, we have ceased to suffer,
and happiness bas spmng up like a
flower in our pathway. Human pain
it a hard thing to contemplate, and
yet if it endure but for a night, and
joy comoth in' tho morning, we can
moot It nravoiy. Aor should an Im
mortal soul lie conquered by any mor
tal woe. Wo bar nover been cheated,
ays Emerson, by tny other every,
man who is cheated bat cheated bim
elf; and we can never bo wronged
unless we ourselves consent to it
These sentences seem unlruo to tho
hallow reader; for their truth lie
deep in the foundation of things. Itis
because the immortal part' of us is all
which seems lo the philosopher of val
ue, that any merely temporal lorn ap
pears not worth reckoning. Does
torn On rob u of our gold 1 but Ire
tor the century It ovor w shall bar
left all that behind us, and gon on.
Doe tbo enemy cutoff our right hand ?
bntanoa thi worn-out garment of
th body will be no mors needed. Th
wrong that burl lb soul is th only
real hart aad to tbat w most ootuent
before wa can se.fr.r it