THE
"CLEARFIELD REPUBLICAN,"
ftJiUBB W1DM1IDAT, IT,
flOODLANDER & LEE,
CLEARFIBLD, pa.
etlTAHLIUHKU IN 1 11.
rh lar(el C'lrcuUUuii of uiy New ..paper
i paid in a-draaea, or wtthm t antbt...-99 Ml
I pat., altar X aal hafitra 4 nnatbf
(t iaitl tfur tb aspiration of A Bionlhi.
Rates of Advertising.
' rnaieM adeortt.emeata. per aquar. of 10 llneeor
, X tiioa. nt lee. ...... $1 I a
'or .vh ub.equeni incrtlim.. m-
I pniniMrator.' and Kaeaulnr.' nntieee- 1 a
ludltnr.' notice. .. w. 9 I
Taulion nnd K.trnya I i
liimMtn1lnn notice I a
.WM,..i.r.t VurA. ft ixnrp or Imi.I jrar..... H
' 'tc I nutti-rn. pr line II
YKAItl.r ADVKHTISEMKNTH.
..Miiir J no column ft
' inarii ....la I oolotnn,
'quart... . 20 ilA I I column .12n fl
0. R. GOOD1.ANDKH,
NnKl. II. 1.KK,
Puhlieehara.
(Sards.
mv m. ueci'LL-tt oi. run P. o .. btck.
MelT MllfiH & MCK.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Icalllrld. Pa. '
Alibgal bu.inra. promptly .tlcB'Icd to. OIBo.
Steond rt,e.t, in 111 Ala.onle building.
J.nl.'7T
wVcT ARNOLD,
bAW
ft -COLLECTION office,
IURWKNSVI1.LE,
rli.rfleM Count. Prnn'a. 7iy
t ii k.i a. a i attar.
crate aoauon.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA. .
Office in Pie Opera llotts.. iwond floor.
:S0'74
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTUKN KY-AT-LA W,
Cltarfleld, I'a.
Will ttrDl to til buiDf atruitJ to him
,Him,tlj and fBithfiiHy
Wll 1.1 A H A. WALI.AI'I.
uiBr.r r. WALLACl. "
botII'71
PATin 1.- BBISS.
JONS W. RRWLIT-
WALLACE 4. KREBS,
(Huxv..r. to W.IIm. k Kk.lding,
ATTORN EYS-AT-li AW,
M-12'7:) Clcarllald, Pa.
ur"ia a. a'aaattr. 0Al. w. a'cuanr.
MoENALLT & MoCURDY,
AlTOltNKYft-A'l-I.AW,
t'lr.rllild. Pa.
t&F l.-;:ftl bu.ln.r. .(t.ndMi to prolnpll. wltb)
I'teht v. Mfflc. on Kprond .trMt, boTo lb. flr.t
Nillnaal ll.nk. J.:l:7
ATTUHNKT AND CoiINHRta.R AT LAW,
clkakkiki.u. pa.
Having rdr'isnftil hi J gtl a-tii p, hut ramd
.. tirnntirp of th InW ID Rtl old ofllr Hi IW'
fii'ld. Pa. Will aiund thnuart of Jrffiroo and
Klk nounlifi when nr1aMy itjtainrd in roTinwli'n
A. G. KRAMER,
A T TORN E Y - A T -LAW.
Ileal Krute and C..llecli..n Aent,
C I KAItrIKI Il, PA.,
Will promptly attend to all lejal butinrrt ea
tru.ted to hia e.re.
O-OIBoe in Ple a 0.era ll"'e. jnl 7H
AT W. W ALTERS,
AlTtlUNKY AT LAW,
t le.rlleld. Pa.
i.n(loe in Dnib.m'l flow. droll I J
- H w - SM Th '
ATTOHN KT-AT-LA W,
il l:7.1 Clcartltld, Pa.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTUKN EY AT LAW.
t lr.rUeld. Pa.
tfrllffic In Old WeM.rn llolel bulldlai,
e..t n ,r of e.oond and Market 81.. n..i J I .".
" TSRAEL TEST,
ATTUKN KY AT LAW.
Clearfield, Pa.
MrOOc. In the Court Hour.. Uy" '"
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAV,
leartield, Pa.
fit- 0(1 r. en ftlalk.t atrnl, opp. Court Ho.ie,
Jan. S, l74.
JD H N tTc UT T LE, "
ATTUKN KY AT LAW
iiitl Heal F.atttie Atfeut CtearUelrt. Pa.
OiHca on Third ilftJet. utt.Cherri 4 Walnut.
4rKtpaetfull7 offori bli rvtfita In alilni
md baying laodi In Cltarfleld and atlJnlntBR
lOuDttel ( and with an aiporteaoa 01 avar twn
ft an aa a inrveyor, flaittm bltniolt that ba aa
randar aattifaetloa. IK J8:a:if.
jT bl a k e walte rs,
RKAL KSTATE BROKER,
amd niAiaia in
Maw mid Iuiubor,
CLKAKFIKLD, PA.
Ollice in erakaaa'a Row.
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNBY-AT - LAW,
l is (larcola, Cltarfleld Ca.. Pa. y:pd
J. S. BARNHART,
ATTOKNKY - AT . LAW,
nelleiollte. Pa.
A ill practice in Clearfield and all of the Courta of
tbe Jiib Judicial dl.lri.1. Heal oatet. Iiuaine..
tnd oolleetioo ul elaima made epeci.llie.. nl'7l
DR. W. A. MEANS,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Ll.TllKliSIU Rtl, PA.
Will attend profei.ionnl calla p.-omptly. aulll'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
ril YSICIAN AND SUKUKON.
Otto, oa Market Html, Clt.rfi.ld. Pa.
fiTOdtt bourai I to 13 a. m , and 1 to 8 p. n
JR E. M. SCHKURER,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,
Offle. in re.idene. on Market at.
April 34, IS73. 2,'.''ill.?t-
J. H. kjne, m. d.,
1MIYSICIAN SURGEON,
ITAVINU looatad at Pennlleld, Pa., of era bl.
11. pruf.naiun.l ..rricr to the nenpl. of that
pliuie and aurroandmg country. All call, promptly
tteod.dto.
DR. J. P. BURC H FIELD,
Um Hurg.aa of tb. aad H.glm.al. Paaaayleaala
Volnnteara, baeiof r.tarn.d from Ih. Army,
.for. kl. prof.a.ional ..rele.. Io Ui. cilia...
of tM..rfl.ld eoanty.
MPProferalon.leall. nrnmnlly alt.ed.dM.
tiffina nm rm..j tr..i. form.rlyoaeapl.d b
Dr Wood.. Iapr4,' I'
DR. H. B. VAN VALZAH,
t'l.KAKPIM.II, PKNN'A.
OFFICE IN WASONICRUILDINO
pir Otor hi.url-Fr.oi li to 9 P. M.
May It, 17.
DIt. JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOODLARD, PA.
Will promptly attend all aalla la tbe Ila. of hi.
prtilM.l.iB. iMT.ir-i.
D. M. DOHERTI,
FASHIONAbLK HAHHKR k HAIR DHKRSER
CLKARFIELI), PA.
Shop in room formerly oe.upied by NaugU
M.rk.t .treat.
July urt.
UA1IHY SNYDER. .
( Formerly with Lew Rchaler.)
RARIIKR AND HAIRDHE8AF.R.
bop n Market at., oppmlta Court ILnt.a.
A rieaa towrl for .eery eneiomer.jny la,
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Ju.tic al tb. Peae. and Serif eoer,
l arwen.Tllle, Pa
ftj.i.ColleetloB. m.da aad
paid uv.r.
aoney prnmptl)
fabJI Till
RICHARD HUGHES,
Jl'eTICI OF TUB 1'IACI
. -rere
m tHcalur Tmtrnthlp,
Oaeaoia HUla t. U.
U adleiBl keaiaaM eainataal la Um wilt to
CLEARFIELD
VOL. 5I-WII0LE NO. 'I,
ifardfl.
jLlvtrry Stable. ,
rPIR underelgned bege I..Tto lotoria the pub.
1 lie th.t he ie now fully prepare- to accommo
date .11 in th wnyof furni.hing H.eee, Ilug(lee,
Saddlee and llarnaai,on the abort.t notio. and
n rmion.lil. ternia. Ke.kd.noa on Loou.t elreel,
between Third and Fourth.
IIKU. W. llKAltllART.
"l.rS.M. Pen. 4. I:4
flKO. ALIalRT BURY ALU TUT W. AI.BIRT
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Hanufauturorl A sumtlvc Dealer, in
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, 4tc,
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
0rder. nilielted. Bill, filled on aliort notice
nnd re.fun.bt. term..
Addrei. Woodland P. 0., I'lura.ld Co., Pa.
,,.!, W LbtKi A HKOrJ.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
MEIICHANT,
freiichvllla. I leartteld County, Pa.
Kerp. eon.tantlj on band a full u.ortment of
Dr, Good., Unrdw.ro, Uroctrlif, and ererytbinir
u.uIt kept tn a retell .hire, wbirb will tx.old,
for e..h, a. eh..p a. eleewhere tn tbe county.
Prencbvill., June 17. Ia7-ly.
THOM AS H. FORCEE,
naALaa ia
HENKKAI, MKIK:HA!Cl)ISE;
UIIAHAItlTON. Pa.
AI,.alemlT. manufacturer and d.aler in Mqunre
Timber and S.wed Lnuiborof .11 kind..
r-Order. aolicitrd and all bill, promptly
filled. i'Jyla'T.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
t le.rtlrld, Ptuli'a,
tWill e.enal.Jot.. in bi. line promptly nd
tn a workmanlike uinner. frt,fl7
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NKAK Cl.EAHHM.D, PKNN'A.
fPump. alw.y. on hand and made to order
on ebort notloe. Pipe bored on reaaonnhl. term.
All work warranted to render .ati.leotion, and
d.litored If deaired. m) J6:lypd
E. A. BIGLER L CO.,
DBAI.KIia I
SQUARE TIMBER,
and manufacturer! of
' AM. KIMItMU'KAM Hl l.l'JIHKK,
17-72 CI.KAKFIKI.H. PKNN'A.
.JAS. B. GRAHAM,
dealer to
Real EBtato, Square Timber, Boards,
BIIINtll.KH, LATH, k PICKETS,
t:ltlr.1 Clrnrfield, Pa,
JAMES MITCHELL,
naatra la
Stiunre Timber k Timber Lands,
J.1T7H CLEARFIELD, PA.
JAMES H. LYTLE,
lu kratur'. Ilulldlna;, I'lraiHtld, Pa.
Dealer In Oroeeilea, Proelrloni, Vagetiiblea,
Fruita, Flour, Feed, etc., etc.
aprlt 7-tf
WARREN THORN,
HOOT AND 8nOB MAKER,
Market t., Clearfield, Pa.
In lb. ahop lat.lr occupied by Frank Hhort,
oa. door weat of Allegbany ilou...
ASHLEY THORN,
ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR and BflLDER
Plana and Specification, farnirhed for all kind,
of buildinga. All wurk lirat ilaai. buir bail I
tog a apeoialty.
P. O. addreia, Clearfield, P
j...i;-7;tf.
R. M. NEIMAN,
SADDLE and HARNESS MAKER,
Humbarcer. t learlleld Co., Pa.
Kerpann band all kind, of n.niaai. Raddlea,
Uridle., nnd Ho... r.rni.aiul tioodi. Kep.iring
iironn.tlf alteaded to.
Itumbarger, Jaa. la, 1877-tf.
JOHN A. STADLER,
BAKER, Haikat St.. Ckarltld, Pa.
Fre.b Dread, Ru.k, Holla, Piea and Cakee
on band or niadw to order. A general afrtortmeot
ot Conlactionariaa, Kruita and Nuta in at,wk.
Ice Cream and Oy.tara in reeaon. ft.loua acarly
oppoaita tbe Poatoffira. Prime uodtrat..
M.rch ID-'? 6.
J. It. M'MUKHAY
WILL rltllTLY YOU WITH ANY ARTICLE
OF MhHCMANDINK AT TUB VERY LO EKT
PRICK. COME AND BEE. (i:l:73j.:
NEW WASHINGTON.
sr. Mill!.: AMI NTDNK 1 A rt I).
IM Mra. H. . I.IUIIKI X,
It.vme .ne.cd in tb. M.rble buaiaeia, deaire.
to inlorta ber Irtend. and tbe public that ab. baa
now and will kep eon.lantiy on nana n i.rge m.
w.ll nlectnl .tuck ol ITALIAN AND VERMONT
M A It II I K. and la prepared to furnKb to order
TOM IIMON KS. RHX AMI CRADLE TOM 118,
MONlMh.vrri, 4c.
fcevYard on Heed atnet, near tbe H. It Depot,
Clenrfiold, Pa. j.l4,7e
WHOLESALE LIQUOR STORE.
At tbe end of tb. new bridge,
WEhT CLEARFIELD, PA.
Tie proprietor of tkta ..t.bll.bmrnt will buy
bia liquora direct from oiallll.ra. Peril., l oving
Irom tbll bouM will In aura to Irt a pure article
at a amall margin elmee co.1. Hotel kwpcra oaa
be furnl.bed with llouori oa rre.onnoie lerni..
Pur. win., .nd brandiee direct Irom ni.i.y a
Vln.ry, at Uath, New Yorh .,,.
Clearfield. Juae IA, I "75 If.
8.
I, SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
ABB DBALKB t
Watchea, Clncka and Jewelry.
Oro.e' K.a, ifartrl Strut,
riHAHMI l l), PA.
AH kindi of repairing In my line promptly Bl
ended ta. April JJ, ll.
HOH N'rl MEAT MAHKKT.
Tb. andrrrlgned would re-necltol't Inform
lb. public that b b. opened a M BAT aaniia
t tbe old .land oa Market Ktrerl, wbrra Ba will
keep regularly aa Band all Biada nl
t'.R-K-S-ll M-B-A-T-S
aad will guarantaa .all.fMlloa le prlwa aa w.ll
a. la tkeqaalliy of ofored. ..
! . . m xi .at L"l b A BUntt 1
Cltarnald, no.", i.n
ANDREW H ARWICK, .
Market atrett, ClfarBeld. Pa.,
MaaorAreraaa axo naaLaa ia
HARNKfa, "ADDLES, BR1DLKA, COLLARS,
Bad all Hod. ef
IIORft rVHSISHIKO O00DS.
a ,il ef eeddlera' Hariiwar.. Bra.b..,
fonha, Blaah.t., Kobe., at.., alwaja a B.na
d for Ml. al Ike lowaal ea.a price.. All klnda
f repairing promptly Bileudeo w.
.il k..i. o hl.le. i.ken In en-bat a. f"f bar
n.M and rapaiilng. All klnda al baruer. L-albn
aept oB hand, and for eel. at a imall proBL
l.lenrneiii, .... i,
JOHN H. FULFORD,
0, AtiA4 ISSVKkSCB kOKNT,
llearttrld, I'epa'a,
n....i, .11 tba leading Flra laaaraaee
Ceaipaaie. of tba eauntry
,.4l6,nnrM
... fi.nfio.ooa
... fi,7.4,SH
... .-l.4S
Royal Canadian
Home, New York
I,rm,ming, Mwaey, Pa
Frenklia, Pbilut ... ,.
Pborala, Hartford
llMoeee, New Y.rb
HeaM,Cl,0
Atlae, Hertford ..
I'rwilaeaee, WaabngtoB..,M.-
... ...na.aea
... I, an. 'ol
... 1,414 ta
... Ha."'
... bm.mi
. aifi.eee
Ptraaa. akoat rfrellag aa ratareaaa aa prop
erty at aay hind, .kould cell at my afoee, ea
Market et reel, we peel the Ooart Beaaa, and laa
OlaarlaM, Fa, Oak, M.tfilp
VEXTILATIXO COAL MIXES.
AN ACT TO HECl'RK Til It IIEALT1I AND
aAFKTY OF PLRItoNS W"rlKINU IN Tilt
aiTl'MIMlt'a COAL St INtH 'NTIllltHTATK.
For punio cnuae or other our leinln
tom are toiiatiintly tinkering' ubout
miiiiB, mining, vciitilitiitin, etc., and
yet few ol tbem pruclitully know any
thing uliotlt tilt) nulject mutter.
The folltiwitijf iniporlnnt bill waa up
in tbo Jloiire, ul ilumnborj, on the
22il of January, and wo lay it before
our readers in lull. As tbu brunt li ol
imluHiry indicated hits become a
r t . I i t ii 1 1 1 o buainci.s in our county, we
propone to give our readers Irom lime
to tune ull the Information bearing
uiiiiii tlit) question. The bill in know n
us No. 2", nnd was reud und agreed to
the hint time, us follows :
An Act providing the means for, secur
ing tbu health und sufety of persona
cmploed in iho bituminous coal
mines of I'euiiny Ivttuia.
tKi'TioN 1. lie it enacted by the Sen
ate und lloueu of licprcKcnlulivus of
the Couiinotiweulth til I'elilii-J Ivaniu
in (icnerul Assembly inut.und it is here
by enacted by tbo authority of the
Mime, That the owner orugenl of every
bituminous coal mino or colliery ahull
make, or cause to be made, within six
months alter the pusruge of this act,
no accurate map or pluu of the work
ings of such cotil mino or colliery on a
Bcule not exceeding two hundred leet
to the inch, and showing the bearings
and diiitauces, which shall be kept lor
ukc of the iiiHpcclor in the olllcu ul the
mine of suld coal mine or colliery ; the
raid owner or agent shull cause, on or
before the 10th day of January in every
ycur, a plan of the progress of the
workings o! such coul mines during tho
year pssl to be marked on iho original
map or plan of the said colli mine or
colliery, and the inspector shull bave
the right ul all times to hiive posses
sion of any such mitp or plan of
the said coal mino or colliery,
either at tho luiiies or his olllou,
to draw a copy therefrom tiir bis own
convenience ; if the ow ncr or agent of
any Coul mine shull neglect or refuse
or Irom any cuiibo fuil lor the period ot
two mouths utter tho time prescribed
as hereby required, or if the iimpector
shull find or have reason to believe
thut any mop or plan ot any coul mine
luriiiidicdin pursuance of the provisions
of this uct is materially inaccurate or
imporlect, he is hereby authorized to
euiiHO a correcl map or plan ot ine
actual workings ol suid coul mino to be
undo at the expense of tho owner
thereol, tho coul of which ahull bo re
coverable from tho suU owner ua other
debts aro recoverable by law : I'ro
vided, That if the map or plan which
he claimed to bo correct shull prove to
have been correct, then uliirexuid ex
poiiscB shall bo paid by the said in-i-pcelor
and may be recovered from him
in like maimer.
Sto. '1. ll shall not bo lawful after
six months front the panuigu of this
uct tiir the owner or agent of any bitu
minous con I mine to employ any per
son at work within said coal mine, or
permit any person to be in suid coal
mino, for tho purpose- of working
therein, unless they are in com
munication with al leant two openings,
separated by imliitul slratti, of not lena
than one hundred and fifty feet in
breadth, if tho mine bo worked by
nliulX or Blope, and of not less than
twenty -four loot, if tbe mine be worked
by drift, and that not more than twenty
persona shull be employed in tho mine
al any ono time until the second opin
ing shall he reached and made availa
ble, and in caao ol Itirnacu Ventilation
being used before the second opening
is reached, the fnrnuco shall not be
placed within forty feet of tho foot of
the shall, ana snail oe wen aocureti
from danger 1mm fire, by brick or
stone walls of sufficient thickness, and
the mine, whilodriviug for and perfect
ing a second opening, tho owner or
ugent shall provide and mninluin a
nielal tube from the top to the bottom
of the slope or shall, suitably adapted
to tbe tree paesiigu of sound, through
which conversation nuiy bo held be
tween persons at tho bottom and at
tbu lop of the sbufl or slope, also the
ordinary means of signaling to and
from tin) top and bottom ol the shall
or slope, and an upproved safety-catch,
and nullicictit cover over head on every
arriago lined liir lowering anil liowl-
inif iici-Hons, auu the nam owner or
ugent shall see that sullleient flitnges or
horns are attached lt mo sines oi me
drum of every machine thai is used for
lowering und hoiming peraous in and
nut ot the mine, aleo that ndcqiiutu
brakes are atluched thereto ; tho main
link attached to the swivel of the wire
rone shall bo made of the beat ntiulily
of mm, and ahull be tested Dy weights
or otherwise, suln-lucinry to tne inspec
tor of nunc of the district, anil nrullc
chains shall bo attached to the main
link tmm the crisis pieces ol the car
riage, and no single link chain shall be
used lor lowering or ruining Hrsnim
into or out of suid mine, ami not more
than six persona shall be lowered or
hoisted ly Iho machinery in any ono
lime, and only solver, competent and
experienced engineers shall be em
ployed.
Hie. a. hen a second opening la
made, ono opening shall he set apart
exclusively lor purposes ot ingress and
egress, and shall not bo clogged or ob
structed with machinery, pumps or
currents of hcuted air or steam. Il
the opening is a shaft, il shall be lilted
with safe and convenient stairs, at an
angle of not more than sixty degrees
descent, and with bindings cnay dis
tances j all water Coming from the sur
face or nf the strain in the shaft shall
be eontlucted by rings or otherwiao, to
bo prevented Irom fulling down the
shall so as to wet persons who are as
cending and descending the stairway
of the shall. Jl the opening is a slope
t shall be provided with sale anil
available traveling ways. i i
Sgc. . Tboowneroragcnlol every
bituminous coal mine, whether shall,
slope or drift, shall within six months
alter tbe passage of Ih is act provide
and thereafter tuaitilain lor every such
mine ample means of ventilation, af
fording on hundred cubic fuel of pure
uir ner minute lor each and every nor-
noli employed In said mine, whichsball
he circulated around the man headings
and cross heading" to an extent that
will dilute, carry oil and render harm
less the noxious guaaoa generated there
in, and all minus generating lire dump
shall be kept free of standing gas, and
ovcry working plact) shall be carelully
examined every morning with a safely
lamp byaconiputeut person before any
workmen are allowed to enter,
hue. 6. In order to aecn re tho ven
tilation ol every coal mine anil promote
the health and safely of tba persona
employed therein, the owner or agent
shall employ a comieient and practi-'
cal inaitle overseer, to ba called mining
boss, who shall keep a careful walun
over tba ventilating apparatus, tbe air
waya,travaltng way, pumps and sumps,
timbara and tfraiaagt), and ihrdlatw
CLEARFIELD, PA.,
that aa the miners advance their exca
vations ull loose coul, sluto and rock
overhead aro carefully secured against
fulling in or upon tho traveling ways,
nd that sufficient timber is furnished,
ol suilublo lengths and sizes tor the
places where they aro to be uaod and
placed into tbo working places of the
miners j tho said mining boas or an as
sistant shall ulso go through tho mines
every evening beforo leaving work,
und sco that all ventilution apparatus
is in proper condition, and that every
thing is sale ; and it shull also bo the
duly of tbe mining bosB to measure, the
air current at least once a week al tho
inlet and outlet, and at or near the luce
of the headings, and keep a record ot
such measurements, and report tbo
snmo to the inspector of his district
ouco in every month ; tho safety lamps
used for exumining mines, or which
may be used in working therein, shall
be furnished by and tie the property of
the owner of suid mines and shall be
in tbe cburgo of tho agent ot such
mino; and in all mines generating ex
plosive gases, the doors used in assist
ing or directing ventilation of iho mines
shall he so hung and adjusted that they
will close themselves, or bo supplied
with springs or pulleys so they cannot
bo left standing open, and bored holes
shull be kept not less than twelve feet
in advance of tho luce of every work
ing place, and when necessary on tbe
sides nf tho same ia driven towards an
abandoned mine, or part of a mine
suspected of containing inflammable
gases, or which is inundated with wa
ter. Sec. 6. Any miners, workmen or
other person who shall intentionally
injure any shaft, lamp, instrument, air
eon tho or bratliso, or obstruct or throw
oien air ways or carry lighted pipes
or matches into pluces that are worked
by safety lamps, or handle or disturb
any part ot tho machinery, or open a
door and not close it again, or enter
any place of the mine against custom,
or disobey any order given in carrying
out the provisions of this uct, or do
uny ether act whereby the lives or the
heulth of persons or the security of
tho'miiiPTor tbe machinery iscndangcr
ed, shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor, and may be punished in the
manner provided by the sixteenth sec
tion of this act. All machinery about
minus shull be properly fenced off, and
the top of euch shall and the entrance
ol every abandoned slope and air or
other shall shall be securely fenced oil',
und there shall be cut in the side ol
every hoisting shult nt tho bottom
thereof a traveling way sufficiently
high and wide to enable persons to
puss the shall in going from one side of
the mine to tho other without passing
over or under tho cngo or other hoist
ing apparatus.
Kkc. 7. If any person, firm or corpo
ration is or shall liurealler bo seized in
his or their rights ot coul lauds, and
shall not bo able to comply with tho
requirements of this act in regard to
drainage and ventilution, by means of
openings, on bis or their land, and the
sumo cun be done by ihkuiib of open
ings on udjuccnt lands, ho or they may
apply by petition to tho court of
quarter sessions of the proper county,
setting forth the fact under oath or
ulliruiution, particularly describing the
place or places whero such opening or
openings can be made, and that be or
they cannot agree with tbe owner or
owners of tbo land as the amount to
be paid for the privilege ol making
such opening or openings, thereupon
the suid court shall appoint throe dis
interested and competent citizens of
the eoumy to view the grounds, a us
ignato and luy out from the point or
points mentioned in sucn pennon, a
passage or passages lor air and water
not more than sixteen feet in diameter,
by tbu shortest and most convenient
route to the coal of such person, firm
or corporation, preferring in all cases
ah opening through tbu coal strata,
where tho same is practicable: the
suid viewers shall at the same linio
assess the damages to be paid bv tho
petitioner or petitioners to the owner
or owners of such laud, for tho privil
ege of making said openings, which
dumagea shall be fully paid before
such opening is made ; Il shall ne tne
duty of suid viewers to give five day's
personal notice, whero it can be done,
to tho parties of the lime when they
will attend to the duties of thoir ap
pointment, and shall, wilhin thirty
days alter their apiKiinlmonl, make re
port of their proceedings to suid court,
muting tho amount of damages award
ed, accompanied by a niuporplanot
suid openings, and if no uppeul bo
lukeii to suid court within ten days
alter the tiling thereof, it shull lie
marked continued by Iho clerk and the
petitioner or petitioners may proceed
lu make suid openings ; the pay nf the
viewers and other costs shall ho the
same as in road cases, and shull be
paid by the petitioner or petitioners.
Hto. 8. Aa soon as practicable niter
the passage ul this act. the persona ex
ercising tlit) otllco of President Judge
of each ot the several courts of com
mon pleus in tho lifib, lentil and thirty-
tilth judicial districts shull appoint one
reputable miner ot known experience
and in practice at tbe lime. In the
tilth district, Mie I'rcsidcnt judge ol
the court of common pleus number
one shall make suid appointment, and
the Governor shall appoint two mining
engineers ol like repute and experience
and practice al Iho same time, w ho
shall constitute a board ol live ex
aminers, whoso duty it shull be to en
quire into the character and qualifica
tions of candidates for the office of In
spector ol mines, under the provisions
ot this act, ins examiners ntni ap
pointed in pursuance of this section
shall meet in tbe city of Pittsburgh on
tbo filth day of May next, and alter
buing duly organized, having taken
and subscribed, belore any olllcer au
thorized to administer the samo, the
following oath, namely : "We the an
dersignod do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that we will perform tho duties ol ex
aminers of applicants for appointment
as insiectors of bituminous coal mines
to the best ot our anilities, and Hist in
recommending or rriecting said appli
cants w will be governed entirely by
the evidence or qualifications to fill the
position under the law creating the
same, and not by considerations of po
litical or other personal lavora ; that
wm will (iMrtili- all whom wn mat And
qualified according to tho true Intent
and tneamngol tneaci.ana noneotnera,
Hi the best of our judgments," and
shall proceed to the examination ot
ihoati who may present themselves as
candidates lor earn onioe: and they
shall certify to tbe bovernor tbe names
of all such applicants as they ahall find
cnmeutent to fill the office under the
provisions ol una act, watch mimes,
with tba certificate and the oath ol
the examiners, ahall be mailed to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, to
be Bled tn bis omoo, ana snail oa vaim
when recommended by four of the ex
amining board ; the qnahflratione of
candidates lor aaid omoa ol loapajovor
of mint), to bt Inquired into mi oar
i
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1877.
tificd by said cxuniiRi m, ahull be as
follows, namely : They shull bo citi
zens of the Cnited States, of temper
ate bubits, of good repute as men of
personal integrity, shad have oMauicd
the age of thirty yearn, and shull have
bad at least live years experience in
the workings of the bituminous coal
mines of I'ennsylvunia, and upon the
examination they shall give evidence
of Bitch theoretical as well as pnicticul
knowledge of the working of coal
mines and noxious guscs us will sntisly
tho examiners ot their' cupubility and
fitness for the performance of the du
ties imposed upon inspectors of mines
uy ine provisions ui una ci j ine
hoard of examiners shall also ut their
suid meeting divide the bituminous coul
counties ot tho State into three inspec
tion districts, us nearly equal in regard
to the labor to be perU'lmcd as ia pos
sible, taking into consideration the
number of mines ami tho extent of
territory ; at every subsequent calling
ol tho board of examiners, this division
moy ho revised, as experience may
prove to he advisable! tho board of
examiners shall receive five dollars per
day und ull necessary expenses, to be
puitl out of the State Treasury upon
Hit, filing of the certificates of the ex
amining board in tbe ollice ol the Sec
retary ol Ibe Commonwealth, as horu-
inbcloru provided ; the Governor shall,
from the names so certified, appoint
ono person to be inspector of mines for
each district, as fixed by tbo exnmin
era, in pursuance ot the act, whose
commission shall be lor four years, to
bo computed tiom the fifteenth day ot
May next ; ua often as vacancies occur
by death, resignation or otherwise in
said oIIIcim ot inspectors of mines the
Governor shull fill the same by upjioinU
nieiil tor the unexpired term trout the
iiumes on the tile in the oflico of the
Secretury ol the toinmonweulth until
the number shall be exhausted, and
whenever ibis shull cause the alore-
suid board of exuminers to meet, who
shall examine persons thut may pre
sent themselves for the vacant ollice
of inspector in the same manner us
herein provided, and the botinl ot ex
aminers shull certify to the Governor
one person to be commissioned by him
tor the outce ol inspector uir tne unex
pired term ; unu uny vacancies nun
muy occur in tho examining uouni
shall be tilled in the district where the
vacancy occurred : and every four
years Iho Governor shall appoint two
mining engineers as Uelore, anil snail
notify the persona exercising the ollice
of ricsidcul Judge of tho courts of
common picas of three of tho judicial
districts oi tho Mule containing null
um. oua coul mines selecting them in
such order as to allow euch district an
equal shuro ol sucu uppoiiumcnin,
euch to appoint ono miner, und the five
so appointed ahall constitute a new
board ot examiners whose duties, term
of service and compensation and va
fancies that may happen sbull be the
sumo as thoso Urol provided for in Ibis
section ; und from the names that may
bo certified by them tbo Governor
shall appoint Iho tnnpucwira provided
lor this uct; nothing in this act shall
be construed to prevent Iho re appoint
ment of any inspector of bituminous
mines; the inspectors of mines shull
each receive lor llieir services an an
nual salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars, to be paid quarterly by the Slate
Treasurer, and tbey shall each reside
in the district lor which they shall bo
annointed: each inspector is bereby
authorized to procure Buch Instrument
unu chemical tests anu ataiiotiery,
Irom timo totimo, as may bo necessary
to the proper discharge of bis duties
under this uct, ul the expetiso of the
Stale, which may hj paid by the State
Treasurer, upon accounts duly certi
fied by him und audited by the proper
department ol the Stale.
Szc. 9. Fluchiiispoetorofbitiiminous
coal minos shall, lielore entering upon
the discharge of his duties, give bond
in tho sum of live thousand dollars
will, auroiies to Iho approval ot thu
Governor conditioned tor the faithful
discharge of bis duty, and take an
oath tor affirm) to discharge the duties
impartially and with fidelity to the
bust of bis knowledge and ability.
Skc 10. No person who shall act us
a manager or ugent of any coul mine,
or as a mining engineer or be instruct
ed In oieriiliiig uny cool mine, shull
at the suine time ail as an inspector ot
coal minus under this net.
Skc. 11. For any injury to person or
properly occasioned by any violulion
nf this act. or anv willful failure to
comply with its provisions by uny
ow ner, lessee or operator of any coal
mine, or opening, a right of action
shull accrue to Iho puny injured lor
the direct dumuiio sustained thereby,
and in any case of loss of lili) by reason
uf such violulion or willful failure, a
right of uclinn shull accrue to the
widow and lineal heirs of the person
whose litu shull be lost lor like recov
ery of damages lor the injury they
shull huve siistuiuetl,
iSr.c. 12. Thu inspectors of bitumi
nous coul mines sbull each devote the
whole nf bis lime to the duties of his
ollice. It shall be hisduty tn examine
the mines in bis distuct us often
as possible, to see that every pre
caution IS used to seeiiru tho lieuiin
and safety ot tho workmen, to sec that
all the provisions of this act aro ob
served and strictly carried out ; and it
shull be bis duty also to ultund all
coroners' inquests in bin district upon
bodies or persons killed in or ubout
the coal mines, and muko careful in
quiry and examination as to cuusvs
that led to the death and muko a
record thereof: he shull make a record
of all examinations of mines, allowing
tho condition in whicb bo finds them,
the number of. mines in bis district,
tho number ol persons employed in
and about such mine, the extent to
which the law is obeyed, the progress
mado in the Improvements Bought to
be secured by the passage ol tins act,
Iho number of accidents and deaths
resulting from injuries received in the
mines, and all olher facts of public in
terest concerning tne condition and
progress of mining in bis district,
which record shall, on or beforo the
first Monday ot each month, together
with all mailers and things furnished
hitn. in accordance with the provisions
ol this act, to bo filed in the ollice of
the Secretary ol internal Allans, lobe
by bim recorded and included in the
annual report of hia department ; be
ahall also Irom tho time of his coin
mission make strict and careful inquiry
and examination into tbo condition of
the ventilation and drainugo of the
mines, and offer such suggestiona to
the owner or agent thereof as he may
consider calculated to promote tho ob
jects designed to be Secured by the
provisions oi in is aci.
Sco. U. That the inspector may be
enabled to perform tbo duties herein
imposed upon them, they shall have
the right al all times to enter any bitu
minous coal mine to make sxaiuina
liousor obtain information : tbey aball
notify tb owners or amenta immedi
ately of tb discovery of any violations
REPUBLICAN.
of this act nnd of the penalty imposed
thereby for si-ch violation, and in caao
of such notice buing disregarded for
the space o. tun days, they shull insti
tute suits against the owner of the
mine in tbo name of thoConimonweultb
tor the recovery ol the penalty, us speci
fied in section ltilh ot this act ; in any
case, however, where, in the judgment
of the inspector of either district delay
may jeopardize life or limb, bo shull ut
once notify the inspectors of the other
districts, w hereupon they shall at once
proceed to tho mino or colliery whore
tho danger exists and oxamino into
the mailer, and if, alter full investiga
tion thereof, they shull bo agreed in
tho opinion thul there is immediate
danger, they shall apply in the name
of tbu Commonwealth to tho court ol
common pleas of tho county in which
the mine may be located, lor an injunc
tion to suspend all work lu and about
such mino or colliery, whereupon
saitl court, if the cause appear to be
sufficient, shall issue, their writ to re
siruin suid mine or colliery and hold
the sume idle until nil cause of danger
is removed, and t he costs of suid proceed
ings, including tho charges of attorney
prosecuting said application, shall be
borne by the owner of tho mino or
colliery.
Sec. H. Whenever by reason of any
explosion or other accident in or about
any bituminous coal mine, loss of life
or serious personal injury shall occur,
it shull bo the duty ol iho person bav
ing charge ol such mino or colliery, to
give notice thereof forthwith to tbe in
spector of the district, und if any per
son is killed to the Coroner ol the
county, who shull give due notice ol
the inquest to be held. It shull be the
duty of the inspector, upon being noti
fied as herein provided, to immediately
repair to the scene of the accident and
muko such suggestions as may appear
necessary to secure the future safety
of tbu men ; und if the results of the
explosion do not require an investiga
tion by the Coroner, he shall proceed
to investigate and ascertain the cause
of the explosion or accident, and make
a record thereof, which he shull file as
provided lor, and to enable him to make
the investigation, he shull have power
to compel iho attendance of persons to
testily and to administer oaths or
ullirnitttioiis. The coal of such invesli.
gulion shall be paid by the county in
which the accident occurred in ine
sume manner as cosls of inquests held
by the Coroner or J uslice of tho I 'ear
are puid.
Sac. 15. Tbe court of common pleas
of any county in tho proper district,
upon a petition signcu ny not less man
fillecn repuluhlo citizens, setting forth
that any inspector ot mines grossly
neglects duties, or is incompetent, or
that bo is guilty ot a maiieasance in
ollice, shall issue a citation in the nunio
of the Commonwealth to tho said in
spector to appear on not less than fif
teen days' notice a day fixod belbre
suid court, at which lime the court
shall proceed to inquire into and inves
tigate the allegations of the petitioners.
It Ihe court find that the aaid inspector
is grossly neglectful of his duties, or is
incompetent to perlorm the duties ol
bis otliee, or that he is guilty of mul
feUKauce in otllce, tho court shall certi
fy the same to the Governor, who shall
declare the otllco of said inspector va
cant and proceed in compliance witb
the provisions of this act to supply tho
vacancy. The costs of said investiga
tion shall, il Ihe charges are sustained,
be im'ioBcd upon the inspector, but il
tho charges are not sustained they
shall be imposed upon tbo petitioners.
Sec. 10. Tho neglect or refusal to
perform the duties required to bo per
formed by any section in this act, by
the parlies therein required to perform
them, or the violation of any of the
provisions or requirements hereof shall
be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon conviction, bo punished by tine
of not less than two hundred dollars
nor exceeding five hundred dollars, and
all penulltes recovcreu unuer vnis act
shull he paid into tho treasury ol the
Stale.
Skc. 17. Any mi e employing ten
miners, or a less number, tbe provisions
of this act shull not apply thereto, but
when any complaint is mado by any
net-son workiuu in such mino to tho
inspector il shall then ho luwful for
lllln to visit, ami cxutlline nam mine,
and recommend, il necessary, to tho
owner or operator thereof such im
provements to bo made as will secure
the health and safety of persons em
ployed therein ; and in nil cases the
inspectors shall havo discretionary
power as to the enforcement ol its
nrovisions : I'rovidcd, J ntii in case
when tho inspector exceods his authori
ty given It i in by the provisions of this
ail, or to recommend measures upon
mines now in operation which is im
possible to ho curried out, then said
owner or operator may apply by peti
tion to the court ol quarter sessions oi
the county wherein such mine is loca
ted, and said court shull thereupon
appoint three reputable, competent and
disinterested pcrsisns, whoso duty II
shull ho to forthwith examine such
mines, and hear the proofs and allega
tions of the inspector and operator or
owner, and make such riort tindor
outh to court ol tho facts as they ex
ist, loirelher with their opinion there
on, auil if suid report sustuins tho de
cisions of the inspector, then the party
making application to court shall pay
tho cost ol such proceeding, and if the
report is against such decision, then
the inspector or tho county shall pay
the cost, ul tho discretion of the said
ttoard ; tho report of tho said board
shull bcwiino absolute, unless exception
thereto shall bo filed within ten days
after tbo filing thereol, and it excep
tions are filed, tho courMiull hear and
determine the same, and tbe decision
shall be final and conclusive.
Skc. 18. All lawa or parts of laws
inconsistent with any of tho provisions
ul this art are hereby repealed.
All your learning is only ono littlo
lesson added to another. If a man
could wulk around tho world, it would
be by putting one font before the olher.
Your whole I tie will be made up one
little moment after another. Learn
from this not to dispise littlo thing.
Learn, also, not to be discouraged by
great labor. Tbo greatest labor be
comes easy II divided into parts. You
could not jump over a mountain, but
step by rlep takes you to tbe other
side. Do not fear, therefore, to attempt
great things. Always remembor that
the whole of the great building is only
one brick upon another.
If a man wants advice be can havo
abundance of it any day free aa air;
only that, like everything else, it bears
a relative value tn its price. The cost
liest advice of all Fata sella us ex
perience ; and she sometimes so well
be-salts it in answer to our demand
that our broth la so bittor it seems as
il only hunger of life made it endura
ble. Experieno, too, t like broth
aeb on basing taalod kovpa bi own
nd eaonot transfer.
AXECDOTE OF STOXEWAI.L
JACK SOX.
Stonewall Jackson, at sixteen, was
a constahlo ot tho county of Lewis,
Virginia, with bis uncle, Cummings
Jackson, s bis security. The first ex
ecution that canto into bis bands was
against a widow living some twelve
miles from tho court house. Juckson
summoned a man named Charlie I'ost
to accompany him and to assist him
in driving away the cattle which lie
proposed to levy upon, When he ar
rived there he found that the old wo
man had but ono cow tho principal
means of her upport. Ho soon aa be
learned this, ho turned to his compan
ion und said : "Charlie, 1 will not levy
this execution upon that poor woman s
cow ; as poor as I am, I would rather
work night and day and pay the debt
myself." Upon that be loll there and
slated the fuel to bis uncle, bis securi
ty in his official bond. Ho listened to
bis narrative and then said : "Tom, 1
see you were never born to bo a con
stable, my boy; resign your office at
onco, and I will pay the execution."
Mr. Faulkner, who tells tho above
story, says also: "I remember upon
ono occasion I received a telegram
of the cxtremo illness of a daughter in
Appomattox couniy, and communica
ting a messago from her that she wish
ed to make some request of me in per
son belore she died. 1 took the tele
gram to General Jackson and asked
tor a leave of absence Ibr a fuw days.
Ho read it, and I observed a trickling
down bis cheek, and after pausing lor
a tew momenta be said : 'Colonel, 1
shall not refuse your request for there
is nothing now requiring your presence
absolutely at headquarters; but I will
announce- to you the rule that governs
my conduct. When I entered the ar
my I gave mysell up to my country,
and however I might deplore my sep
aration from those I lovo, and especial
ly under the circtimatanco mentioned
in this telegram, yet i would not leel
myself at liberty to leave my post here.
I have left all thut are dear to me in
the hands of my country and of my
God.' "
A SADSTOKY.
A remarkable story of accumulating
disaster is told in the New York pa
pers of Saturday, which record the
death, at tho asylum for tbe insane at
l'oughkeepaie, ot James 11. r.lmorc, al
ono 1 1 mo a wealthy merchant and a,ol tho ground in tbe month ot June,
well-known and successful operator in j then the tobacco is planted,
oil. He was entrtined in business in
New York, but at the outbreak of tho
oil oxcitemont became interested in the
eolehrated Noble well on Oil Creek,
whicb brought him an easy fortune,
and he retired about twenty years ago,
with a quarter ot a million dollars, and
established himself in a luxuiiouscoun-
try seat on Long Island. Disastrous
speculations, including the building of a
horse railroad on Long Island, led to a
long scries of law suits, in which El
more s property was gradually eaten
up. Hebimaelf was stricken with par.
alysis; his daughter died, and on tbe
announcement of an adverse decision
in an important suit, bis wife dropped
dead on the floor before him. The
property bad belonged to her, and Bho
lett no win. r.lmorc s nio interest in
the estate was sold, with all personal
chatties, to satisfy judgments, and be
atid hia two sons were cast out upon
the world homeless and penniless. Ho
traveled from place to place, a cripplo,
subsisting on tho benevolence of sym
pathetic friends, until on Christmas
night a year ago, bis eldest son was
killed upon the 1'ennsylvania railroad.
The tottorinir; intellect ol tbo infirm
old man gave way under this severe
blow, and be was taken to the asylum
where bo died. His death affects a
suit now pending, and saves to bis re
maining child, a minor son, a portion
of tho property at Long Ialgnd : but
tbis is all that now remain of the
handsome tortuno with which James
Elmore retired ten ) ears ago. What
next for tbe preacher in this pitiable
tulo ! Venango Spectator.
The brothers John and Charles Wes
ley, with Richard I'ilmore, wore one
evening holding a twilight meeting on
tbe common, when they were attacked
by a mob, and fled from its fury for
their lives. Thu first place ol refuge
that they found, alter having been for
some time separated, was a hedge row
near at hand, belpnd whicb they bid
a tow moments, protecting themselves
from serious injury by tho missiles that
fell liko hail ubout them, by clasping
their hands abovo their heads as they
lay with their faces in the dust. As
night drew on, the darkness enabled
them to loavo their temporary retreat
for a safer ono al somo distance. They
found their way at last to a spring-
house, wbero, in comparative security,
they waited for their pursuers to weary
of seeking them. "Here they struck
a light with a Mint stone, dusted their
soiled and tattered garments, and after
quenching tbeir thirst, bathed their
hands and faces In the wnter that bun.
bled from the spring that flowod away
in a sparkling streamlet. Then it was
that Charles Wesley waa inspired to
write "Jesus, lover of my soul," w ith
a bit of lead which ho had hammered
into a pencil. Theao circumstances
beautifully illustrate the hymn, giving
to almost ovory lino a reality that
makes it peculiarly significant to every
lovinir Christian heart. They had fled
belbro tbeir enemies, and (bund shelter
from danger. He sang
ojeinia, toeer of my lout,
Lei aee io Thy boaoia By."
How Anna Dickinson Maris Love.
Anna Dickinson is a failure in the
love scenes of her cwn plays. When
the experieneed actor sidles up to ber
and reaches bis arms around her rigid
waist, she grabs bim by tbe wrist and
holds him off at arms' length whilo he
says bis piece, and then, when she
roaches the melting moment and lowers
her bead to lot it droop upon bis
shoulder, tbe constrained action is so
like the gesture of a venerablo William
goat in tba act of assisting a teasing
boy over a pasture fence, that tbe au
dience gleefully look to see tb un
happy lover butted clear over into tbe
orchestra fiddles, and there ui a general
murmur of disappointment when be
brace his feet and receive tbe drop
1 0f her bead witb a scarcely audible
grunt Burlington llatckeyt.
A man readily put up witb the little
inoonvenience ol the present when be
has great joys in elore for tba future.
If you stay at an inn for a while when
you are on a journey, it is only for a
night, and though things may not be
verv comfortable, von aay. "Well, I am
not going to live hero a week, 1 shall
be gone in the morning ; il does not
matter, I am looking forward to my
sweet home at my journey' end." So
doth faith, by its blessed expectation
of tb future, oak the trouble of the
present to be very light, so that she
bear tbem without frelfuloe and
anger.
TEEMS-$2 per annum in Advance.
,
THE TVHAIVO Tit AVE.
Although tobacco ia produced to a
great extent in several counties of this
Stalo, Lancaster is tho bos comity in
regard to the quantity of this article
ruined. In Lnncaster city alone there
are nineteen tobacco warehouses 1'hc
w hole number
ubout forty.
in tho county readies ,
Tho city In tho bend-
quartets of the trade, and from it Iho
bulk of tbo tobacco is shipped. 1 ho
tobacco firms who buy in Lancaster
county spend annually there from
l,00(l,0U0 to ,2,n00,0u0. Tho buyer
or packer run all the risk of purchas
ing the tobacco, and either muke large
or moderate profits or sustain great
losses. Tho producers or raisers run
no risk at all, except it may be in the
failure of tbe crop or the gnthcring ol
a poor one, which seldom occur. They
receive their pay as soon as the tobac
co is delivered and weighed in the ware
houses, whereas the buyers or packers
pay all insurance, the expense of stor
age and shipment, and must t ustnin the
loss by Bhnnkage which is occasioned
by the process ot fermentation or sweat
ing. The buyers or packers are also
required to keep a record of the names
o! the farmers or raisers from whom
tho tobacco is purchased, together with
the number ot pounds bought, for tho
use of the Internal Revenue officers ot
tho Government.
There are conflicting opinions as to
the effect of tobacco-planting on the
soil. Snmo farmers contend tba'. it will
work injury to the ground, whilst oth
ers just as strenuously assert thai il
will not. the former say thul as the
tobacco requires the greatest quantity
of richness, it will eventually impover
ish the land, while tbe latter bold that
a crop of tobacco does not do as much
injury as a crop of corn ; that tho lat
ter has a dry root and hollow stulk
and leuves nothing behind, whilst the
tobacco has a solid stulk and leaves a
glutinous pulp which sinks deeper and
deeper in the soil, and is therefore con
stantly enriching it. A man living on
theColumbia turnpike, a short distance
from Luncnstcr. tiir nine- successive
years has raised superior crops of to-
lucco on one tract, and bis hind is in
as good, if not belter, condition now, '
than when he first planted the seed. I
Some persons even grow a crop of
tutors and ono of tobacco on the same
piece of land during the same season.
The potatoes aro of tho Early Rose
variety, and when they aro taken out
.1X0. GVTEXttERG AT COVET.
In 1 105 Adolpk mado Gutenberg one
of the irentlemen of bis court, "for
agreeable and voluntary sorvice render
ed to us and om bishopric." Tho na
ture ol tho service is not explained,
but it is tho common beliel thut the
archbishop intended to recognize the
utility of tjiitciihorg s invention. cry
combining it is to learn, from the doc
ument certifying his appointment, that
the man who had invented an art
whicb promised to renew the literature
of the world, and bad made Mentz fa
mous lorevennore, was thus rewarded
by tbo first ecclesiastical aVnitary of
Germany: "by accepting him for life
as our servant and courtier; by cloth
ing him with a court suit, as we clothe
our noblemen ; by the annual gift of
twenty mout of corn and two voer of
wine tree of tax, on condition that be
shall not sell it nor give it away."
How delightful it is to be told by one
ot the dry-aa-dtist chroniclers of Guten
berg's lile, that there was no reason
why Gutenberg should not bave been
bumy. Waa oe not provided witb
everything for a comfortable old age?
Ho was allowed to follow the princely
court. He bad free table, and fodder
for bis horse. Ho had ineffable pleas
ure in wearing an aristocratic mantle
known as tbo tabard, and could any
thing be more satisfactory ? ho could
carouBo at court could, if he chose, go
witb an empty and return with a lull
cup. Think of it I the man who had
printed two Latin Bible and a Latin
dictionary and many books ot religious
character the greator pnrt of whoso
lilo had been spent in solitary studies
over the secrets of mechanics wboae
thoughts and aspirations were far
abovo and beyond his fellows was to i act, which sums shall be added to and
find his pleasure in sitting down at a paid with the damages so appraised,
table between tho maudlin Huron j and tho said appraisers, after tbeir ap
Schlunircnbsd und tbe drivcline Count I pointment and beforo thov onter upon
of Pumpernickel, and in listening to
the nrolound remark oi too usrics,ed by this act, shall soveraiiy ukc ana
and llohadilsof a German principality ! j subscribe, beforo tho said justice of tbe
Scrtbner t Magazine.
I'Ror. Api.kr on Tin CcLi.ints.
Professor Felix Adler, in his lecture on
"Religion in tho United States," says
that our great want is of culture, the
harmonious development ol all our
faculties. This cannot be supplied by
tho 350 or more colleges in the coun
try, because they are built by the
Church, and each sect having its own,
tbo result is ludicrous impotent')'.
" Besides," be continued, " tbo sectarian
spirit within tho colleges has scienco
wilnin its grasp, ami atmea its liberty,
which is its life. The right of free
uttcranco is curtailed. Fiuiopcan in
vestigations, when not in accord with
church creeds, are suppressed. Natur
al science, even, is tnught with bias,
and our future lawyers, doctors and
statesmen, arc sent forth witb noltnowl
edgo, or with a distorted knowledge
of tho great conflicts waging in the
scientific world. That great good has
been done by the church in lessons ol
pure morality we admit; sincerely and
emphatically, yes. But for their dog
matic teachings, they havo been evil,
and the source of evil."
F.ooa. If an increase of eggs is de
sired in the ponltry-yard belore large
atims of money are expended in tho pur
chase of everlasting layers, we would
recommend the keeping ol bens altei
the first, or at most their second year.
Early pullets give tho increase, and the
only wonder is that people persist, as
tbey do, In keeping up a stock of old
bens, which lay one day ana miss three,
instead of laying three and (topping
one. In some parts of England it is
the Invariable rule to keep the pullets
only one year. Feeding will do a great
deal a surprising work, indoed in
the production of eggs, but not when
old bens sro concerned ; they may put
on fat out tney rannot put aowa eggs.
1 heir tales are told, their work la over ;
nothing remains to be done with them
but to give them a smell ef the kitchen
fire and the sooner they gel that the
better.
It ia astonishing with what small
investments in practical benevolence
some people manage to mantaln very
large pretentions to piety and sym
pathy lor the poor. True, their prayers
are some what stereotyped, and are
neither effectual nor fervent, but tbey
continue to repeat them in public and
private, and "lay the Sattering anction
to tbeir souk." that Id doing this aad
nothing snore tbey are pious and ao
capiaoie hum.
THE DOG-SHEEP LA W.
An annual product of tbo Lciriala-
tivo brain a dog-sheep bill ha been
reported in the Iluuito and itartod on
ila passage Tbo kill roads at follows:
An act for t lie protection ol aboep and
taxation of dogs in tho different coun
ties ol tliia Commonwealth.
Siction 1, lie it enacted by the
Senate and lluuao ol Representative
ol' tbo Commonwealth ol Pennsylvania
in (iencrnl Assembly met, and it ia
hereby enacted by tbo authority of
lino name, mat irom and alter the
(passage of thin act it nhtll bo tbe duty
'' the commissioners uf tliecouniieaof
llijn .(Tiinmnw"a,ltb,.jindi thoy aro
L j' '' iwmlrrd. re'tiae ail aconmu.
Assessor of the several townships and
iroroiigns ol the said counties ol this
I iiiniiioiiwealth ol all dogs owned or
possessed by any person or persons
within their rospeclivo townships, bor
oughs or districts, particularly noting
the number owned or possessed by
each person and kept about any one
house, and when '.be said commission
ers shall brtve so ascertained the num-
ber of dogu aforesaid, they shall levy
and cause to be collected annually,
Irom any person or persons owning or
possessing a dog or dogs, the auiu of
one dollur lor each single dog, and one
dollar lor each and every additional
ting owned or kept upon the same
premises, atid five dollars for each and
every bitch so owned or possessed or
kept lor breeding purposes, to be levied
and collected at tbo same time and in
tho same manner as the country rate!
nnd levies are collected, and five per
centum ot the same shall be allowed
as collection fees ; and it shull be tbe
duly of the county Treasurer to keep
separate accounts of the money aris
ing Irom the tnx on dogs, and the said
money shall bo and is hereby appro
priated as a fund for remunerating tb
inhabitants ol the respective counties
of this Commonwealth for any loss
they shall sustuin alter the passuge of
this act by sheep being destroyed or
injured by a dog or dogs.
Sic. 2. i'hat every dog kept or slay
ing ubout any house shall be deemed
sufficient evidence of ownership to au
thorize the Assessor to return the per
son inhabiting said house as the owner
or possessor of the dog, and every dog
not returned shall be deemed to have no.
owner, and may be lawfully killed by
any person seeing bim run at large.
Sic. 3. Thai when uny inhabitant ol
any county of this Commonwealth
shall have any aheen destroyed or in
j a red by a dog or dogs, the appraiser
mentioned in tbis act are hereby au
thorized and required to view and as
certain tbo amount of damages sustain
ed by the owner of such sheep destroy
ed or injured as aforesaid, and when
they shall havo ascertained tbe legali
ty ol tho claim and the damages so
sustained, they, or any two of them,
shall certify tho samo under their
hands and seals to tho commissioner
of Iho said county, who shall draw
their warrant on the county Treasurer
for the amount so certified to bo paid
po-'out of tho said fund arising Irom tb
tnx on docs: Provided, That this act
shull not bo so construed as to repeal
any law now in force providing for tho
collection of damages done to sheep
by dogs Irom the owner or owners
thereof: And provided further, That
the said appraisement of damages to
the county commissioacrs for payment
as aforesaid, in any cose in which, in
tboir opinion, tbore is sufllcient proot
to charge the ownor or owners of dog
who are solvent with tbo damages
aforesaid undor oxisting laws, until
suit shall have been brought and tried
and judgment entered against the
plaintiff.
Sec. 4. That when any inhabitant
of tho county aforesaid shall bava any
shoep destroyed or injured by dog or
dogs, bo may make complaint to on
ol tbe justices of the peace of bis or
her township or borough, wbo shall
thereupon appoint three appraisers ot
said damages, wbo shall bavefull power
and authority to examine, as witnesses,
any person or persons who shall ap
pear beforo tbem respecting the prem
ises upon oath or affirmation, to be
by them administered ; and it shall be
the lurtberduty of said appraisers, and
they are horeby required, to ascertain
whether the owner of the sheep so des
troyed or injured owe ; or possesses or
keeps a dog or dogs about his or her
premises, and shall make report of tb
fact, together with tbo appraisement
of damages aforesaid, to the commis
sioners of tbe aaid county, and if it
shall appear to the said commissioner
that the ownor aforesaid did not make
a true return to the proper assessor of
the said dog or dogs, tbe said ownor
shall not be entitled to receive any part
ol said dumagea.
Sr.o. 6. That tho sum of fifty cent
ahull b allowed justice of the peace
for perlorming the duties required of
them by this act, and the persons so
appointed appraisers shall severally re
ceive for their services tbe sum of one
dollar per day while encaged in the
performance of the duties under tbis
I tbo performance of their duties enjoin-
peace, an oath or attlrmalion, mat
they will taithtuliy and impartially
perform all of their aaid duties to the
beat of their jtidgmont and ability,
which said certificate shall be immedi
ately filed in the office of the county
commissioners.
Sro. G. That if any person in the
said counties of this Commonwealth
shall permit any dog or dogs to be kept
or remain about his premises which
ho has not returned to the Assessor,
such person shall bo liable to pay a
fine of five dollars, to be rocovorcd in
a suit in tho namo of the Common
wealth, before a justice of the peace,
with cosls, as debts of like amount are
by law recoverable, one-half thereof to
be paid to tho informer and the other
halt to tho county 'treasurer, to be
placed by him in tho fund of taxes for
dogs.
Sar. 7. That any dog seen wilhin
an enclosure whero sheep aro kept, ex
cept when In company with the owner
or somo member of his or her family,
may bo lawfully killed.
Sec. 8. That if at the end of any
fiscal year there shall bo and remain
in the said shoep fund a sum of money
equal in amount to Ihe sum total of the
damages for losses paid by the Treas
urer during the year last passed, then
the county commissioners shall appor
tion and distribute to the several town
ships and borough tbe said sum or
balance in the ratio or proportion to
their several payments into the same,
to be applied to the publio school fund
of said district.
Sro. 9. That dogs are hereby de
clared to be personal property, and
shall be as much the subject of larceny
as any kinds of personal properly
natover.
Sip. 10. That all laws, or parts of
laws, inconsistent with tbis law, are
hereby repealed.
When dark boor come, work
through tbem. No exorcism charm
like labor. Men' souls were never
ade to dwell In night-shadow lik
the owls. To repine Ibr one's self I
something sonarrow and mean. Wbil
on ba health and strength, and sight
and liberty, is it not rank blasphemy
to aay one has not happiness T
Tbe Chines have a custom well
worthy of imitation. They endeavor to
mak each year of life bear it own
burdens and complete it own work.
A the old year goee out and tb new
one come in, evety anantoake special
effort to pay bi debt that k aaar
oa mors begin square with tb wevrit).
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