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lay Morning. by E. O. 000IIEMON, at - 112 Piz
annum, In advance..
ADVE/MBEMENTS, exceeding Afton
lines are inserted at TEN ware per line for
first insertion, and ryes oasis . perlimis for
subsequent-insertions. Special-nOtieeS
serted before Marriages aneDeatbs, will
be charged Surzczar mama perline for each
insertion. All resolutions of ASsOeistiOnS.;
communications of limited or individual
i nterest, and notices of Marriages or Deaths
exceeding five lines, are charged TEN CENTS
p line.
I Year. 6 mo. 3 me.'
One 'Colman, $lOO
60 SGO $lO2O
0.1,3 Square lb 10 71
C,stray,Caution, Lost an Found, andother
advertisements, not exceeding 10 lines,
three weeks, or less, $1 50
administrator's dr, Executor's Notices.. 2 00
.kuditor's Notices 2 50
Rqsitiess Cards, five lines, (per year)..s 00
klerchants and others, advertising their
unsiness, will be charged $25. will
, They
be entitled to 4 column, cenfinea exclusive•
ty to their business, with privilege of quarter
y changes.
1 - 43" - Advertising in all cases exclusive of
.•ittricription to the paper.
JOB PRINTING of every kind, in Plain
And Fancy colors, done with neatness and
dispatch. Handbills, Blanks, Cards, Pam
pi lets, &c., of every variety and style, prin.
:od at the shortest notice. The limn:in:it
Orricr's has just been re-fitted with Power
ixissees, and every thing in the Printing
ilia can be executed in the most artistic
manner and at the lowest rates. TERMS
INVAIII.4I3LY CAM.
darts
tiENRY PEET, Attorney at Law,
Towania, Pa. Jun 27,86.
•-
i A I . DWARD OVERTON Jr., &for
-:.,'Llney at Law, Towanda, Pa. Office in the
'out House. - July 13,1865.
IEORGE D. MONTANYE,
AT
TOENEY AT LA W—Office corner of
Main and Pine streets, opposite Porter's Drug
Store.
wA. PECK, .AITOIt e k EY eT LAW,
• Towanda, Pa• Office over the Bakery
South of the Ward House and opposite the
Court House. Nov. 3, 1868.
IR. 11. WESTON, DENTIST.-
o:fice in Patton's Mock. over Gore's Drug
sad Chemical &ors. Um:l.6S
B. McKEAN, ATTORNEY &
COUNSELLOR AT L.4lv, Towan
la, Pa.; Particular attention paid to business
the orphans' Court. July 'V). 1866.
- iff T. DAVIE - 3, Attorney at Law,
tc Towanda, Pa. Office with Wm. Wat
-- Esq. Particular attention paid to Or.
• 11.1aN' Court business and settlement of deco
i,2nts estates.
D 0(71 , 011 H. A. BARTLETT,
BERISI;GTON B0:::OUGE1,
J.:l . y 29, 1t,b,.;
ice lise4 Auctioneer,
FOIZi)
T. V..A:Z , PA.,
'a !I 1.9 pro to all business entrusted
moderm e. Feb. 13, 1868.
i2ARSONS & CARNOCHAN, AT
. To I:NETS AT LAW, Trny, Bradford Co.
in all the Courts of the county. Col
,tinsmade and promptly remitted.
r. n. rse.sosil; dl2 w. n. cAmmonAw.
ISS E. 11. BATES, M. D.
(Graduate ol Woman's
(Ilse 1854.] Oilleeand residence
11 Park street Owego. Particular atten
•! elven to Diseases of Women. Patients
.r d at their homes if requested.
lhq- -
A NCI'S E. POST, Painter, Tow
la, with 10 yeaia experience, le con
he ear, give the best satisfaction in Paint
-, t:farning. Starning,Glazing,Papering,kc.
l' t teatiln paid tojobbing in the
April 9, 18GG.
1:.. VAUGHAN—Architectand
kinds of Architecturel
de
tarni.hed. °momenta' work in Stone,
aid Wood. Office od Main street, over
•-• '1 Co.'s Bank. Attention given to Ru.
t coo re, etwli as laying out of grounds,
April 1,1867.—1 y.
VAR( UR & MORROW, Attorneys
A. / Late, Towanda, Penn's,
inlersigned having associated themselves
r iv the practice of Law, offer their pro
- . ~rviceB to the public.
P. D. MORROW.
Er, 1865.
011 N W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT
ofi I. IV, Towanda, Bradford Co. Pa. •
;;,n-rd irl.,urance and Real E3tate Agent,—
' tubes snd Pen9ions collecteJ. N. 8..—A1l
in the Orphan'. Court attended to
• ,nipt!y and with care. Office 'Elercur's new
kn rt side Public Square.- 0ct.24, '67.
iiIIN N. CALIFF ATTORNEY
AT 1.41 v , .Towanda, Pa .• )Particular at
. t n given to Orphans' Court business, Con
• ,uctng and Collections.
Ls' ts:ll,'e at the Regiatet's and Recorder's
e --o th of- Court lionise. Dec. 1,1864.
P. KIMBALL, Licensed Anc
i o-tioneer, Pottersville, Bradford Co.. Pa.
hi: services to the public. Satisfaction
,nr no pay required. All orders by
'. addressed as above, will receive prompt
Oct. 2,1867.-6 m
IR. T. B. JOHNSON, TOWANDA,
1.1 Ps. Haylog perntunently located, - oftera
se•rviaee to the public. Calls
,Ily ..!trni.t.,l to in or out of town. Office
J. DeWitt on Main Ft7eet. lie,idence at
!iv-.oultrey'h an Scron4 Street.
l'!:.117 has rethoved to State
- •• (!;,- H. S. itu:-se• •k Co's
' Irom a di,tance de , drous
to find him on
r•pk. Especial attention will
and the extracti6n 61
I.: r auministered nben decked.
D. S. PRATT, M. D.
Mil
T. F. &. \I'M. A. MADILL,
ANT, sußGEo.vs,
: n sidza,•e i Wyt , ox, Pa. Dr. T. F.
' •lyt r .
r -u+,aed at , :ore's Drug Stole
• T6a.tada. e..et ; Saturday. Dr. Wm. A.
" tvi;? e e.,1;e1,1 attenti in to aineases
• 'l, Eye, t: ,r, Throat and Lting•a, having
~ 1 iLe a'o,ve digeasn for the
IMMICEI
'l. , ATToRN ET AT LAW,
F I' t. AU businena intrusted to
• - prompt attention. Office
t lately oLcupied by Mercer b Mor
<, `:•t, Wm.° mp stairs.
I S. '•IASON & ELY, Physicians
s.-- Offi.e on Pine street, To
, l", it,idcncer.t Pr. Mason.
lc-ha attention given to diseases of We
&Fenn,. of Eye, Ear and Throat.
v H. U. LIFENY OLIVER ELY, 11. D.
‘,J. N E E L L ,
4:o UNTY SURVEYOR,
..;riatord Co.. Pa„ will e romptly attend
:,mess in his line. PlrUeular attention
running iind establishing old or dispu
: Also to surveying of unpattented
soon as Warrants are obtained. myl7
;T 13. • KELLY, Dentist. Office
f o' • over 'Wickham & Black's, Towanda,Pa.
various styles of work scientifically
L: .o I war ranted. Particular attentiqn Is
to A lintalnrun Base for Artificial
-tb which i 3 equally as good as Gold and
s , :p,•rior to either Rubber or Silver: Please
.; ..,,d exaralcc,specimeng.
.:,roforat or Ether sdnatistered under dl
':.a n irbyt.',ei to when desired.
loth.—tf.
ELWELL HOUSE, Tow',spa, PA.,
JOUN C. wri3oN
1 1 , 71”.: leered this ii.ratl,la new reativ to ne
,,l >date the Travelling Olio. No pains
~ . ex pen se will he spared to give satisfaction
w 0 mty give him a call.
Nnrth ride of the public square, east of
' • • ,r* , ;.nvw tilack [now building).
!CIERICAN HOTEL,
. 1 INDA, PA.
t , u:ohaseil this well known Hotel on
, •rcet, I have refurnished and refitted
•` every convenience for the =commode
who may patronize me. No pains will
tr ,, l to make all pleasant and agreeable.
ty 3, '66.—tt. J. S. P AT I'ERSON, Prop.
P ATOITEN.—The well-known Tn,t
t!ng Stallion P.IICIIE'N, by the celebr •
•.
"-urge IS Patch. n, oat 01 Idessengtr mate
, %,nd duraq the fall season at tongsbory
s I.!very Stibt , Towanda. Terms—
s39 to insure. All mares at the risk of owners
owners parting with mares, will be held re
-I.}s.st.Sle for insurance.
,
Nov.
SOLOMON.
. 2,1868.-3 m.
Co. 431-4:303D01CW,
I.
V I LUNE XXIX.
MYERS' _MILL!.
SPECIAL NOTICE
kiye l r, Foster I Co. Will deliver Flour, Feed,
Ideal, Graham Fluid.. or any thing else in their
line) in any pa tot the village.
I I
tomer' will find, an Order Gook at the
sto of Fox , Stevens, Merest it CO. AU or
left is said book will be promptly attend.
/ay Inv:dries in regard to Grindint or other
bon nes of. the Mill, entered in said Book, wiU
be answered.
ihrElf, FOSTER I CO.
Towanda, Jane 24, 1848.—tf. •
‘IOLOMON COOPER—Hie rernOv
-1.71 ed from the Ward Bonze and Las opened •
SHAVING AND HAIR DREDGING. SALOON
Two doors south of the National Hotel, and
adjoining Patton'a Block, on Main Street, in
the:asement.. This shop is open constantly*
from Ba. m., to .9 p. m., to accommodate all
that will favor him with a call. Two experi
enced workmen in this saloon, always ready to
wait on cuatomera in a satisfactory manner.—
Geots and Ladies- Hair Carting lithe latest
fashionable style. Razors honed and set ready
for I use and wairas.ted to salt. Ornamental
Hair Work. Switches, Waterfalls, and Curls,
made to order. Wigs made and repaired.
Towanda. Aug. 18, 1888.—tf.
•
THE UNDERSIGN ED HAVE
opened a Banking in Towanda, un
der the name ci G. F. MASON & CO.
They are prepared to draw Bills of Ex.
hange, and make collections in New York
, , 1
Philadelphia, and all portions of the United
States, as also England, Germaiy, and France.
To Loan money, receive deposits , and to do a
general Banking business.
G. F. Mason was one of the late firm of
Laliorte, Pe son & Co., of Towanda, Pa.,and
Ir.nowk go of the busine having f Bra dford
adjoinmg Counties,andbeen In the
haoking business for about fifteen years, make
this house a desirable one, through which to'
make collections.
G. F. MASON,
owzi2ds, Oct. 1 1866. A. G. MASON.
RADFORD COUNTY
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
H. B. McKEAN, Rssi Even , Aacyr
Valuable Farms, Mill Properties, City and
ToWri Loth for Pale.
Parties having property for sale will find it
to their advantage by ,eaving a description of
the same, with terms of sale at this agency, se
paroles are constantly enquiring for farms &a:5
_H. B. IicKEAN.
Beal Estate Agent: '
Jhce Ifontanye'S Block, Towanda, Pa.
1867
MI
EAL ESTATE AGENCY
H. hiellEAN, REAL ESTATE AGENT,
Off rs the — follosOng Parma, Coal and Timber
Lands for sale :
FOE. Timber lot, 3 Miles from ' Towanda, c n
taining 63 acres. Prico $1,325.
Farm in Asylum ; containing 135 acres. Good
buildings. Under a Ilia state of cultivation.
Mostly improved. Price $6,000.
Farm in West I:Arlington—on the Creek.—
, Nei , house and barn, Under a fine state of col
tivrtion. 05 acres. Price $5,450.
Farms In Franklh, All -under good cultiva
tior,. Good buildinar.'• For sale cheap.
Several very det"rthle Homes and Lots in
ToWancla.
Al, large tract of C, 'Lands in foga county.
Towanda. July le S 7.
14YERSBURG MILLS '1
The subscribers having purchased of Mr.
Bailin his interest in the MI - mamma Mims
Will carry on the business of Milling, and
gagrantee all work done by them to be of
the; very best quality. -
Wheat, Rye and Buckwheat Flour, and
Feed constantly on hand, for sale at the
loWest cash price.
Also now on hand a large quantity of
best Ground Cayuga Plaster for sale.
MYER & FROST.
Myersburg,.Sept 24, 1868.
ERAYSVILLE 'PHOTOGRAGH
L H
GALLERY —Satisfaction guaranteed.—
IMO size, Large Photograph Cabinet Pictures,
Ambrptypes and Card Photographs. in the la
test style and at reduced prices. Copying and
enlarging done to order. We chargs*thlng
extra for Groups, Babies pictures or Copper
beads with long faces.
Call and see our specimens. Oar stock of
All ums, Frames, ctc.
H,ARNDEN & CO.
I -Maysville, Oct. 22, IS6a.
LAKE'S V.' OOD MILL
•
Bass twenty-tire cords of stove wood, shingle
bolts or stave timber, per day. Is driV, n by
one-,or two horses, are easily moved , fromplace
to place, and can in an hours time be set up
anywhere. This machine '4 complete in its
self, requiring the assistance of no other pow.
er. fire horses draw by a sweep, making It
mu4h more sale than a tread power. It saws
twice as fast, and is sold for one half the price.
A namber of these mills are now in use ija Pike
Elerrick and Orwell Townships, and are giving
nahrersal satisfaztion. Those 'wishing Ma
chines will apply to H. W. BOLLES, Lelsays
villc, or B:N. BRONSON, Orwell.
Sept. 22, 18 GS .-3 m*
HARDING & SMALLEY,
Haling entered into a co-partnership for the
transaction of the PHOTOGRAPHIC business,
at the rooms-formerly occupied by Wood and
Harding, would respectfully call the attention
of the public to several styles of Pictures which
we make specialties, as : Solar Photographs,
Plain, Penciled and Colored, Opaltypes, Porce
lain Pictures, lie., which we claim for cleinness
and brilliancy of tone and -Artistic finish, can
not be excelled. We invite all to examine them
as well as the more common kinds of Portraits
which we make, knowing full well that they.
will bear the closest inspection. This Gallery
claims the highest reputation for good work of
any in-this section of country, and we arc de
termined by a strict attention to business and
the superior quality of our . work, to not only
retain but Increase its very enviable repdtation.
We keep constantly on band the best variety
of Frames and at lower prices than at any other
establishment in town. Aleo Passepartouts
Card frames, Card Easols, Holmes' Stereo
scopes, Stereoscopic Vies, and ~verything else
of importance pertaining to the:business. :Are
us an early call, ' --
N. B.—Solar Printing for the trade on the
most reasonable terms. D. HARDING,
Aug. 29.'67. F. SMA LLEY.
=3
ACARD.-Dt. VANIICSZIES has ob
tained a License, as required, of the
Goodies! _Vulcinate Company, to Vulcanize
Robber as n base for Artificial Teeth, and has
now a good selection of those beautiful carved
Block Teeth, and a superior article of Black
English Rubber, which will enable him to sup
ply all those in want of sets of teeth, with
those unsurpassed for beauty and natoral ap
pearance. Filling, Cleaning, Correcting Irreg
ularities, Extracting,- and all operations be
longing to the Surgical Department skillfully
performed. Choloform administered for the
extraction of Teeth. - when desired, an allele
being need for the purpose in which he has
perfect confidence, having administered it with
the most pleasing results during a practice of
fourteen years.
Being very grateful to the public for their
liberal patronage heretofore received, he would
say that by strict attention to the wants of his
patients, he would continue to merit their con
fidence and approbation-. Office In Beldlemsn's
Block, opposite the Means House, - Towanda,
Pa. Dec. 20,1667.-3 in.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS EXPERT
ENCE IN DENTISTRY. ,
J. S. Sutra, M. D., would respectfully inform
the inhabitants . of Bradford County that he is
pertnanently located in Towanda, Pa., He
practicewoold say that from his long and successful
of TWKI TY-FIVE YEARS
he Is familiar with all the different styles of
i
wok done in any and all Dental Establishments
In ity or country, and is better prepared than
sn other Dental operator in the vicinity to do
Dllthe best adapted to the many and different I
cas that present themselves oftentimes to the
e tist, as he understands the art of making his
own artificial teeth, and has facilities for doing
diet same. To those requiring under sets of
tecib he would call attention to his new kind of
work which consists of porcelain for both plate
awl teeth, and formiogn continnonagnm. It is
more durable, more natural in appearance, and
mnh better adapted to the gam then any other
It
k of work. Those In need Of the ease are
In to call "and examine -specimens, Teeth
fill to last for years and oftentimes for life.—
C otroform, Ether, and " Nitrous Oxide " ad
, mi istered with perfect safety, as over four bun
drell patients within the last four years Can tes
tify,.
Office inTatton's Black. - Jan. 23,1868,
W '
On Main Street, near the Coart Hoagie
72E1E3
eartig.
ARD HOUSE, TOWANDA, PA
C. T. MITE, Proprietor
11.1.
Ntitctt4 igittly.
Vann Chamber' .141inintr5Journal.]
ah byter gently the', :
, Cover her o'er!
She from her bed sp desk and cold
• Will come au mgrs
Hushed now forever Jailor song, - •
So touched with, firle ;
Fain would I still'ifs'edreina prolong
On biene,ryli
I
Ye gilntle gales, that breathe of spring ,
,
• Flit o'erter grate ;
And When ye balmy odors bring,
Give as she. gave. ;
Oh, nurse the willow-tree that weeps
~Crer her sweat breast ;
Oh, flourish eic.h ftindificiier that keeps
• •Watch reef.
Thou soft and fragaii4 summer breeze, •
Her grave c.oine!nigh, •
And linger 'mong the Cypress -trees
That o'er he
Yet brightest stars of Shining spheres,
Senile from Abe"
Thou rosy morn, tbyldewy tears,
Weejo'er is lgve
Oh, weep em at :dawning hour,
I .When none is Ukirfr ;
Oh, fill the chalice pf each flower
With one Pure tea* .
So should they; the ground
From flow'rees eyca,
They'll fitly conSecintS die mound
'Heath which" She Set.
iortilancouo.
I. •
Renniaacences, nf Tiavel in Spain.
- 1 !....,..._,,
We considerlit fortunate in some
tespects to hard, !Tiled Spain.under
the old regime; and; before revela
tion tad destroyed .na4ny of those an
cient landmarks . cFitich add so much
to the interest fof !the , l tourist—for it
is nOtorious that , evolations in Ea
ropehavo always b4en attnded by
the destruction qt many are • and
beahtiful objects of architecture and
art, ivhich appeared tb symbolize and
foster oppressiOh'and cruelty.
Of the many IhOusands of our
countrymen who; rtake annual visits
to Europe, few:eve visit Spain.
Tourists usually la ' content to fol
lowlT the beaten Itrac of travel thro'
France, Italy, Sw,itz rland, and Ger
mans.. They intagme, and not with
out reason, thatSpititi isa hard coun
try tb travel in-4hat a .trip down
among the Spaniard sdggests brig
gandage, treaclierS, l. l and stilettos,
discomfort and -hard fare.
The hotels of ithn larger cities are
tolerably good,-ii is litrue, but those
found in out-of-ths-v4y places are
usually wretched applies, scarcely fit
for mules and, 0°44% with which
agreeable beasts; theeountry is well
supplied. IL 1 I.
The floors of lily! henses arc usual
ly brick, fuel is peat! , , and no corm
forts are provided its alma the sharp
chill, of a winter'si t night. An Eng
lish gentleman ;;, w , o'l was compelled
to step at a railtay junction, infortn:;
ed us that he slept at one of those
cht , eiless pos0411;4)0 a very tough
bed, in a room having a stone floor,
without any gl4asj in the windows,
and neatly pthOrd at that, 'which
confirms our experienee. I regard to
the important ; Matter _of food, 'it is
not worth while( tb clay much about
it -- oil and garlic are the staples—
and to one not ljacenitomed to these
articles, fasting! and, prayer are ex
celletit aubstitutea. Net, is spite'of
all drawbacks,.!SPin, in some re
seects, 's the mars interesting coun
try. ,' mare'
i
The scenery,. cepr
Northern provtucee I
granitand picteiresqui
—often desolate. i and
age.
The inhabitants !arm. also interest
ing in their rude Manners, customs,
and . superstitions i; I whilst in the
Southern provinces i the cities are
quaint, and the'' luntry, oriental in
its character, furni biug an abandbut
supply of luscione'trpical fruits and
c! ‘
wines—the latter illei g usually kept
in hog-skinswhichlimpart to it a pe
`culiar.flavor. There are also, many
Roman ruins (Spain 1 was• once the
granary of the Riiinan Empire); ex
quisite Moorish; ibtructures ; grand
palaces ; extensiva monastic build
ings, wich arhnciw beiag torn
down ;. -and sublithe! Gothic cache -
dralit unequaled in Europe, rich in
saintly relics, prehions stones, gold
and ail ver ornaments,pacerdotal vest
ments and picttirep—lindeed the fine
arts and literathre flourished in'the
17th i century, Shen 'Spain was the'
proudest kingdom in ni Europe —bat of
this we may sat ore at anothk I
time. ' I
It is , n , ,t easy to lcu ijecture how it
happened that Mad ri became the,
capital-of Spitin, bitt ft is supposed
that, harles the'!, fixed upon it
by reason of its central commanding
position where by 'could best overlook
and govern his l'subjects. The city
stands upon a Or lies, of hills, 2,800
feet above the s 4, and within sight
of tlio. snowy G ' arama mountains
lying on the nor I. The surrounding
country is entirh a i l wept of timber
so that by reasep,•of-ats exposed sit
uation the north tvlial4 sweep through
it unopposed, sad ons have fro
zen to death in A rte.
In., symmer it is like an oven—the
thermometers freqaently standing at
105 c degrees: !These extreme, of
heat, and cold Blake it an/undesirable
and at times,' a., dangerOus place of
residence. Yet,!iii spite of these ob
jections, Madrid fe a , fine city . , num
bering. upwards inf. 400,000 -inhabi
tant% abounding Rit fine piblic baild-
Mgt, broad, well-kept, well-built
streets, promenade% ' parks, and
drives. It is a taodeini looking city,
and tcompared toi Ttiledo, Grenada,,
Cordova, Saragooh,.. Seville, and Va
lencia, has little!. tabopt, it of a Span
ish character-H*lin; tolremind one
of the chivalroua i fighting times of
Chailes the Fifth !and l'Philip the Sec
ond I*, and bat-for ; i fhw lazy Spanish
gentlemen, who t pref6r the cloak -to
the Paletct coat{ i ttn4 the horde! of
miserable beggars one might easily
imagine 'himself ,iril a thriving French
I3o_
city,' thorough!. hat Paris fashion
possessed itself mfi the costumes and
eghipages of ithe people. The ladies,
however, seem.to`
,teject- the hat, and
usually appear On thi? streets with*
Ifil
Intl
-!. ik,_ti - 44.? '''.:.Y:'.l:Tif!
TOWANDA, - BRADF s tbOtSTY;TA - :,',DEcting l 24,1568.
graceful lace mantljla j,thrown over
their-10de,
In the 10th century-Madrid was anl
outpaifil. the conquering Arabottidd
these enterprising-1190;s built an Al
cazar'for the galif. Which Avas.des.
troyed - by an earthquake, and the
palace, built upon its Etta' ib:li Henry.
the . Fourth, with all its . marvelous
treasures of art, gold: silver, and
diamond ornamental . visit 430haiiintid
by fire. .. The present,. Omparatively
new palaoe,coristrue,ted of - White dot
menu stone, and completea jp i 1764,
is undoubtedly one of Gni
atial edifices in Eurepe.yy .It , forms a
square of pearly, 500',feet,iw,itlkau;'
morons open conits, gardetut; ana
other appendages of a: royal--resi.
deuce, and cost upwards of . fent.
lion dollars. For some reason the
Alleerrrefused to allow strangerirto
visit the palace, awing it, is said,. to
the fact that at One - lime'lin.Figlist
party abused the royal hospitality by)
either helping themselves 'to - -some
small articles,, - or mutilatiartbe.
tains. !The palace contains among
other ;treasures a great variety of
clocks; for which Ferdinand:o.4l4mi
enth and his father had a great pas
sion, though it is said 'of theirit
they never knew, the'-right tirtie;--;-;
Charlee the Fifth was also afflicted
with the same horolegical Mania, and
not succeeding.in making Any "two of
his clocks go, he wisely concluded
that they were like 'men's heads,' al
ways a little out of gear. -
The chief open - air.. resort of Mid
rilenos is the Puerta delSol ((late of
the Sun), a considerable circular
plaza, havitig, a fine fountain in its
center. = This spot seems to be a cen
tral one for everybody in the city,
and Spaniards, enveloped, - within the
ample folds of their oloa'ks; plant
themselves upon .the side-walks,
where they lazily smoke and talk
away valuable time, which wiser
men know how , to improve,- and ap
pear not to consider themselves in
the way of any one. The Spaniard
smokes in the street ; he smokes at
the table, no matter who dial kes it ;
be smokes in the omnibusilie - amokes
in the cars ; he (intakes to the etureh
door, and lights op'assoon as_he•gets
out ; and, for aught we know, he
smokes in his bed, and seems not to
entertain the slightest notion
,th at the
fumes are not delicious under-all cir-:
cumstaoces ; and this excessive
smoking, no doubt, accounts for the
cadaverous appearance of a majori
ty of the Spanish men.
Tus Sramcur or rr.—We overheard
a conversation between two little ur
chins, which, for its intelligence, we
consider good. One of the boys, it
appears, had been engaged in medal
combat with a companion and. was
relating hew "the thing" occurred.—
Said he : "I'll tellyouhow it was.
Yon see, Bill and me went"doirn tb
Turner's tobacco factory to fish off' of
that old boat,but we didn't catch, any;
I got one bite, and Bill . told ma to
scratch, but I didn't. Well, I,felt. in
my pocket and found my knife audit
was gone, and I said Bill you stole =
my knife,, and he said I was another,
and I said go there yourself, and he
said it was no such a thing, and I
said be Was a liar, and could whip
him if I was_ bigger'n him ; ' and he
said he'd rock me to sleep mother,and
I said he was a bigger one, and he
said I never had the measles, and I
said for him to fork over that knife,
aed he said he couldn't see the fork,
and I said I'd fix him for a tombstone
at Volk's,and be said my grandmoth
er was no gentleman, and reek" he
dement take it up, but he did, you
bet, you never—well you never did—
then I got up again, and said he was
too much afraid to do it again,and he
tried to, but be didn't, and I grabbed
him and throwed him down on top of
me like several bricks, and I tell you
it beat all--and so did he, and my
ittle dog got behind Bill and bit him,
and Bill kicked at the dog, and the
dog ran, and I ran' after the dog to
fetch him back, and didn't catch him
till I got clear home., and MI whip
him more yet. Is my eye very black?"
=Exchange.
cially ,iet, the
d sierras, is
in the extreme
peculiarly say-
CHAPPiD HANDS, ETC --In this sea-.
son it cold winds many aro suffering
from chapped handS, lips, and , faces. '
The following course will scarcely
fail to cure, and is almost certain to
previ nt these inconveniences. Wash
the chapped surface with lee soap,
and while the soap is on the bandit
plaCe iu the palm a tablespoonful of
Indian, meal. Before removing the
soap, scrub the hands
,thoroughly
with the meal and the soapsuds, then
rinse the hands thoroughly withosoft
tepid water until all trace of the soap
is remove& using a little meal each
time until the last, which will aid
great y in,removing,the soap and dirt
from the cracks in the cuticle. . Pi
nallEwipe the hands very thoroughly
and rinse them in enough, water to
moisten their surface, in which has
been poured a quarter of a teaspoon=
ful of pure glycerin, dry them with
out wiping, using a' mild heat, and
rubbing them until the water has all
evaporated.. ,By this procesi,the'dirt
will Lave been all remoired,amd in Its
stead will remain .a coating of glyce
rine. The effect of this, application
apparent by morning, if it he
made upon retiriu , to rest and whit
ever tries it once will do ft a-second
time. The glycerin must - be pare,
however, or it will irritate instead of
healing.
Wa were tobi a story a few days
since which we do.not remember to
have seen in print, and width we
think is fair. Decicon a, of Ohio, a
very pious man, was notedlor his
long prayers, especially in his family.
One Monday morning the Deacon and
his wife were:aloue and as was bis
usual custom after breakfast a pro,ydi
was offered. There being an unusual
amount of work that day the beacotNi
prayer was short. .He seized his hats
and milk pail, and started for the barn.
His wife being very deaf did not no
tice his absent., but imposed him to
be still engaged in prayer. On his
return from milking 'gas surprised
to find her still kneeling.. He stepped
up to her and shouted "Amen,* when
she immediately arose and went WO
her Work as though nottdag ba4.4af•
Pened.
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Ii.EPORTOr jAratottW
M Published in the Nem` lbws, 'De- .
yenber.G..- - •
Shim* itfterrbeettMeTres , tclent iif
VAC sii4e 'Menthe' 'filtiOe,
pelf wwith the war, v t i ; reio,irepents*
of gib` ihihe vigor of de-
Ling 'ivitat entirg7:Midexperleither
144 d bib* ennistimatrori; I acted -- op'
;the lbeory - thatthe Erie Raiiwa
,
ceinpitey; •which owed' its existence
. 4 the State, warn bound to ptItSUCPse
'o)ie;3l..ithati.-Would :foster- and. , ,prefeet
th tila. OnaineTe4oo.befility and, the
.isteresto p,t the. State. .1,1
0/11 1 4 00,eqUipineht of,Lheioad,,b9th
'affirica.and cars i ,
,inadequatejog, it.;3
tibßirtesiL -There is. oat, a. looaletatiOn
rbetween New York and Buffalo where
buitisess men and shippers aro not.
11 - 4 r greatly suffering fit *sweet of
tarsi!' In` addition to tlidee lo6al
'irtuestr4, are boned-to giVe .
facili
ties* to our Western' c6imeetions.
are' rid* - and have been greatly
se ering for en 'inability to furnish
ears. fold .engines to bring., forward
i,lie freight., Much. Westero;trade has
thereby 7 beeu drive.u,away from itlew
Y r
o ci a r d k . teadelphia and Baltimere,
propose? to remedy this evil by fur,
'oiching the road xyith ample equlrit
meats t o acCainadate the public, and
Protect 'the IDesl enstOurrS of this
The ''Western connectione of the
C 01484 were in an unsatisfactory
Condition. Thafichigan Central and
Great Western Rail Ways, forming a
Hue between Chicago and Suspension
Bridge, were completely shut off from
us by want of a link of twenty miles
of road betwan Buffalo - and Suspen
sion Bridge.. 1 entered into negotia
tions with these Companies, und, as
,a result, the road in question is - now
being rapidly constructed, and by
July I,thc Erie Railway will be doing
a fair share-ol the business of those
Companies between New York and
Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge,
'connecting at Chicago. From this
source I expo& to 'derive a revenue
of from one to two millions of dollars
ppr year.
We net only' are 'suffering for en.
glues and - ears, but a large 'pillion
of the' line waS 'single trick, and the
pressure upon it was so greet that it
was ahnost impossible to pass the
vast traffic of the Company over it
Frequent delage In -both passenger
and freight trains were a• necessary
result. - These :delSys • injurid the
traffic of our line, to obviate which I
am sww doubt ..tracking the read as
rapidlyns possible from Buffalo past,
Hornelliyille oast, Corning west, and
onThe Delaware Division s Very soon
-theentire line between Buffalo and
New York will haVe a double track,
easily saving one i,onr in the running
of passenger trains, and one day in
the'ritiminef freight trains, beside
doubling the capacity of the road. I
found - ill& brifialef or the Won - rail
so deficient in:quality that I canaider
ed the road unsafe, and immediately
called to my assistance the best, tal
ent and expLrieuce in the country,'
and we are now manufacturing our
own steel rails at .a rate which will
cover the entire line between Buffalo
and New York in abotit two years,
and we have already eighty miles of
steel rails laid on the Eastern' Divis
ion; and I:consider-our track today
equal t] any in 'the country. ITound
the road in bad shape. As to. the
supply of fuel and ito great cost,
although we were buying a • large
amount of coal,we were buying much
.of it at retail prices, and our fuel ac t
lcount was costing us $1,700,000. I
am now mining coal at our own wines
at a cost of about $2 50 per ton, or a
saving of nearly $1,000;000 on the
single item of fuel alone.
There was another important mat
ter presented to my attention at an
early, day, `namely, a third rail, or nar
row gauge. All our Western connec
tions, excepting the Atlantic and
Great Weritern, were narrow gauge,
requiring a transhipment at Buffalo
and Dunkirk of every car of through
freight passing over the road, while
on the competing lines of thel New
York Central and Pennsylvanid Cen
tral. there was no transhipment be
tween Chicago
,and New York, The
Western roads agreed to furnish the
cars for the whole line between Chica
go and New York„letiving it only for
the Erie Company to provide:the third_
rail. I conhi notoicting for this Com
pany,declille so important au improve
ment,and I was raphily concentrating
the arrangements to carry out this
plan, ,when the recent litigations,
suppotied to be in the interest of com
peting-lines broke out.. Beyond the.
expense of these Jitigations, and the
,annoyance and less of time they oc:
.caeioned me, I do not regret them.----'
The thargeS:ileade are without, the
slightest foundation inArnth, as*was
well, known to• the principal instiga
lore. , _ _ _
____• ,
Since I have teen connected with
the Company I have secured thole'.
towing roads and on the following
terms : •
The Paterson and Newark, extend
ing from Newark to Patterson, leas
ed-; the EridConipany -to operate the
road and to pay as rent thirty five per
cent, of the gross earnings ; the
Erie Company kave _the fixing of
rates' '-
1 regardthis connection as very
important. % It makes-Newark, a city
of one hundred and twenty thousand
population. and the largest maniac
taring city in the Union, one of the
termini of itip Eiie Railway. I_,
' 'The NewVerg and New York Rail- .
i v
i road, fixate n giiles,making the shot-
Jest line bet een Newburg ante-New
'York, ieberng constructed 'by this
Company:.:lrt had been ,contempla-
I teff •
L ' I.havq• Made a contract with' the
Delawnre and rudson Canal Compa
urfor the entire transportation of the
WCritefri - coal, amounting tO 500,0i10 -
tons wt.-annum a tonnage equal to
our total through tonnage' last year.
This embracca the use of eight-miles
betweerlonesdale and Hawley, and
also ane road-Between Carbondale
and • • Snapehanna. , This coupled
with the new , rilad being constructed
in conjun4tion with the Michigan Cen
tral, audiGreat Western, between
Buffalo and Suspen Rridge, em
pracei:. all .the new linen that have
been. seemed or etmstrafitea - in*:
my admioiebstion: , - I consider , them
, .
MEM
nil theNCOM-
I have also revised audiriide a nevi
contract with the 'flirted States Et
press Comprink,'lrnade , upon a -more
.equitable basis. and4argely.increas:
ins our !,compensation ,ferc.deing. the
express br:anew!.
At a meeting of the' 'Eitentice
, Cloinmittee to-dity,•the President! was
directed to oommencse suits against
CornelluarNanderbilt,for. Use recovery
.of ke.51,000,600 subsidy paid him,
and to coiripel 'hire totals°. back - the
$5,300,000 of stock at the $3,500,000
Originally paid him by-theflompany.
Suits were to-day commenced
-against Daniel Drew to , compel him
-o : account .to the Company for the
*Oita of ,iteveral peers in the take
Erie" steamboati,amounting to $1,000,.
000; another against Daniel Drew,
R.: Berdell, W. B. Skidinore,,H. L.
, NEW,Son, Thep. Gide, D. B, Eaton,
John Arnot, Simnel Marsh, A. S.
Murray, comprising the Board, to
compel them to bike back the $1,800,-
000 Buffalo, Bradford nod Pittsburg
bonds, which were• saddled on the
Erie Railway Company after the en
terprise had proved a total failure ;
the actual loss to this Company in
Operating the road since January 1,
1896, the date of the lease, being
4360,549.
Whenever the facts are fully known
,and the public 'become aware of what
is being done to make the Erie Rail
way the most magnificent and perfect
railway line in the country and the
pride of the city and State, then the
acts of the present managers will be
appreciated.
NM
...oThe common ides in regard to phy
sical strength is that it depends sule
ly upon the arnoqiit and quality of
muscle, bone and - sinew. - In the
training of athietes for the perform
ance of, physical feats the prominent
eatures are the.nwaas lur the devel
opment of the iitute,ular tisanes and
the inuring of muscles to severe
work, so that the soreness which re
sults from the extraordinary exer
cise of the body thus inured, shall
no longer be a sequence of physical
exertion.: This is right so far as it
goes.- Development of Tonle . ,
strength of bone, and firm 'Mastic
sinews an essential elements o
strength as well as endurance, but
they are by 'no means all. Were
that the ease, strength could to jsti-
mated by weight approximat 'ly.
But the facts arc that many small
men-having Do superior training or
tio better_ apparent health, have, often
been more than a match for jarger
men. "The strongest man with whom
we were ever'' acquainted, never
weighed over one hundred and fifty
pounds. - We might tell some large
stories of the feats of this rtuaarka
ble man, but the point which we wish
to make will be sufficiently illustra
ted without any such particulars.—
The peculiar feature which always
forced itself - upon our attention when
be was powerfully exerting himself
was his perfect placidity of counten
ance, and the want of that turgid
congehted appearance of the face
which: often accompanies such exhi
bitions. Further, the muscles not
specially employed never exhibited
rigidity, as is often in feats of streugh
but were soft as though he were re
clining at His- ease. Except be - was
doing some labor which caused much
motion of the muscles of the chest,
he never appeared to be " winded,n ,
as it is called. -
We have often set ourself to the
solution of the reason of the differ
ent .degrees of strength possessed by
different individuals, or rather, we
have attempted to get at the secret
strength which lies back of bone and
muscle, and we have no doubt it is
the peculiarsexereis.e a the will ; the
concentration, so to - speak,
,of the
nervous energy upon one muscle or'
set of muscles, without the distribn
.tion of it to muscles. not concerned
in the act to be accomplished. This
was proved in the case alluded to by
the fact that in feats which involved
the exercise of nearly all the taus
,
ties, his power was' not so perapicu
ous„ In special feats as for instance
the-raising and sustaining a heavy
weight at arms • length, his great
"strength, and also the concentration
of will which we have alluded was
most conspicuous. This man's
strength was undoubtedly to be at
tributed to his shortness of limb in
some degree as, with equal - develop ,
meat of muscle increased length of
bone is a disadvantage. Each bone
in the animal frame is a lever,, and
' the Muscles are so attached that' the
motion they impart to the bones is
_ Multiplied through its transmission)
by them to weights on resistances.—'
Toe-great length of bone in pr )tior
tion to amount of muscle is not con
ducive to superior strength although
it addslo fleetness. The difference
in the structure of the bull-dog and
greyhound are good illustrations of
this fact. . -
The elements of physidal strength
may be stated to be in healthy sith
jects, development of muscle,strength
of, bone and sinew, small relative
length of bone in proportion' to mu : .
de, and power to eoncentrate exeln-
Mvelf upon the muscles employed in
the.nervous energy which produces
contraction. There is no doubt that
this power can be cultivated, like;
other powers by proper discipline ;
and if those who are obliged to lift
heavy weights or to make other great
exertion at times, would bear this in
- mind, they would be enabled to se
:cOmplish their labor with less ex
, haustion than is at present-the case.
L. 1 I '
PHYSICAL STRENGTH•
IF 'you would look "spruce" in youi
old don't "pine" in your youth..
FasurzoNa are like tents—the can
vas& ends at the polls. -
WHY i 8 the letter P like a wedding ?
Because it ends in courtship.
TzaramENT-41,a act which pruves
the value of*a husband.
Co; the grief of a mulatto b 3 0/3
siaired yellow pixie?
COLTRTSAIP is-bliss, but matrimony is
blister.
GOOD men attend auctions—men
vbrale faces are forbidding.
"has,
follow Who - jue_oped at a On
clad* aislocated one of tw steles.
SOMITOING ABOUT COAL.
`The' present being s'ireason, when
Crud is fast becoming an indispensa
ble commodity in almost/Avery house
haldi,and therefore constitutes a sub
ject Of Considerable importance, a
brief dissection under the aboie cap•
aeon may not be unseasonable.
diatinguished•writeri alluding to
th'e introduction-of the use of bitumi
nous or demob aping coal in England,
reniarks, that the prejudice against it
'wee so strong that the Craven was
petitioned to prohibit the "noxious
fuel," and a royal proclatriation , was
issued .tor that effeet.. This, however,
failed to have .the desired result i
• a
Commission • was therefore issued to
ascertain who burned coal within the
city ofirondon and its vicinity, with
a power, to pimish them by fine for
the first offence, and by demolition of
their furnaces , if• they persisted in
transgressing. A law was at length
passed making it a capital offence to
burn coal within the city of London,
and only permitting it to , bo used in
the gorges of the rieighborhood.—
Among the records in the Tower, Mr.
Estle found a document imparting
the fact that. in the time of Edward
1.,. a man had been tried, convicted
and executed for the crime of burning
coal in London. 'lt took three centu
ries to entirely efface-this, prejudice.
Darlington says e "Coal was not gen
erally employed as a fuel until the
beginning of the reign of Charles 1.
It' is; however, mentioned in does•
meats anterior to the reign of Hen
ry 111., for that monarch, in the year
1234, renewed a charter. granted by
his father to the inhabitants of New•
castle, who were permitted to dig for
coal upon paying a yearly taxer L'loo
The fossil fuel' had been introduced
into London prior to 130 q is proved
by •the fact that in that *ear its use
was prohibited, from the - suppoed
terh.ncy of its smoke to corrupt the
atmosphere."
Although bituminous was the only
fossil coal used either in America or
Europe before the preseut century, it
Las been clearly shown by reliable
authorities that anthracite, or , non '
flame burning coal had- been known
for - ages.
Sir F. Pollock, in a case which was
tried in 1840, thus alluded to the
beds of anthracite coal in South
Wales, and the peculiarities of that
fuel : "A great many years ag o it
was ascertained that there were large
fields (I hardly know how to use a
term capacious enough to give you a .
notion' of the immense tracts of coun
try'), which produce a particular spe
cies of coal, called stone or anthra
cite. This is a substance, though
called by the name of coal,that differs
very much from the ordinary or bitu
minous coal that you are. accustomed
to, see blazing in your grates. The
common coal, from what ever place
derived, blazes away in a cheerful
fire, and brei)kii up readily ; but the
anthracite of stone coal ,differs both'
in appearanee, structure and charac:
ter from common coal. It has a Ins-
Are which is vitreous and almost
metalic ; italoes not break up easily
in pieces, and_ for many purposes of
combustion is wholly and entirely
useless. This coal has been known
to exist for centuries. It Was known
to be of no use for domestic purposes ;
it has never been applied to any Of
the great process of smel tsfng,ali hough
attention had been called to it in vas
lions ways ; and it was o:fought tha r t
there must be some node by , which
so-plentiful an article, and_apparent
ly so tempting and promising a sub
ject for the philosopher, or for the en
terpiising ,manufacturer, could be
brought into use." •
Such is a brief history of the worth:
slessnessi of authracite coal in Wales,
before. Crane introduced his hot air
blast, for smelting iron in 1897.
Even in this late day if is not used in
England for- domestic purposes. In
America, the first. argo of anthracite
coal was sent down the Susquehanna
in boats, and reached the United
States armory in 1775 ; but it was
not, until 1808 that grates were con
structed atWilkes-Barre, Pa., to barn
it for domestic use, sunder the direc
tion of Judge Heil. The Lehigh Coal
Mining Company was formed in 1793, °
for the development and - workine of
this then impioved combustible •;but
it was not until 1814 that the first
twenty tons were cemveyed down the
Lehigh and Delaw areri vers,withgreat
coat and labor in Philadelphia, where
a few wagon loads had preceded them
frofil the Schuylkill" district in the
year 1812. It was as late as 1820
before the comparatively large quan
tity of 365 tons of anthracite (aver
age of one ton for each day in the
year)' reached Philadelphia. In 1825
the product was 6,500 tons .Inthe
same., year the Schuylkill mines' were
opened, and coal restated the city. of
New York and other places east.-
Grates were now. ,constructed with.
vertical front bars, and it was be
lieved that neat would not burn with
horizontal openings. Lumps of the
size of a person's fist were selected
for use ; these required so long a time
to ignite or kindle fire,that a fire was
kept up day and night, to avoid the
necessity of re-kindling. Egg size
sold at a less price than what is now
- known as "broken." "Nut," and
smaller sizes were considered of no
vulue,but deemed mere refuse and as
such, accumulated in large quantities
at•the yards as• Well as at the *mines.
In New Yorkliis refuse coal was ex-.
tensively used toward 'filling in
docks.
In the Fall of 1835, a large quan
tity of this coal having accumulated
in West Philadelphia, was purchased
end shipped to New York by a gen
tleman named Jordan L. Nott, of that
city, he having invented a grate for
burning this fine or refuse coal. This'
was the first movement that gave a
fled value to.the small sizes of coal
which, at this day, has become so
important an article of Consumption.'
'Gen. Harvey, in alluding to this sub
ject, says : ..• •
"Mr. Nott's admirable arrangement
for burping small coal caused its
speedy introduction for domestic use,
and contributed largely, to the right
appropriatiob of, and proper modes of
using itntbracite for mechanical and
other purposes."
The,cliange in the use of coal for
wood on board of steamboats took
plane in 1838,'39 and '4O ; previons
$2 per. Annum, in Advance.
to which time the upper deck, the
space now occupied by
. splendid sa
loons, was used 'Wood.—
'After that, anthracite coal went rap :
idly into use for all purposes requir
ing fuel, until the annual. products of
the mines of 'Pennsylvania exceed ten
million tons.
PEEOLL-LEAD MBES AID LEAD
ILENEI
Evcry one knows what'a black lead
pencil is, " but it is not generally
known that there is not a particle of
lead in the pencil. The material va
riously known as black lead, gra
phite, or plumbago,-is almost wholly
composed of carbon. It probably
owes its misnomer- to the fact that
previous to the employment of gra
phite for_ making pencils, common
lead was used; and this within the
present .century.. For a king time
the befit graphite was obtained, not
in very large quantities, at Borrow:
dale, in the English county of Cum
berland, where it was discovered in
1864, early in- the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, , and pencils, much like
those in general use, were produced
the year following. As the supply
of the graphite (known in Cumber
land, while in the mine, by the mime
of wad) was not large, the British
Government from the first took great
pains to prevent the exportation of
the article, and even to limit its hcituel
sale to -a supply" just sufficient to
meet the estimated demand. Gra
phite is feund in various parts of En-
Tope, andleven in North America, but
of .a very ,inferior quality. The Cam- ,
berlaud mines were worked only a
few weeks Wench year, yet the yield
of wad waestimated at £40,000 a
1
year. VVI ile the grahite lasted, 1
England had a monopoly of supply
ing the best- pencils to the world.—
Year after year for a4century past,
, the graphite deposit in Cumberland
became P fine by degrees and grad
ually less." , The 'result was that
Frraphitc powder bad to be compress
edinto a solid cake from which pen
cils could be. supplied. A. French
variation, said to be an improvement
was tosmix the powdered - and puri
fied 'graphite with clay; which is
largely done -still. Nearly one hun
dred and fifty years ago the pencil
manufacture commenced=in England,
and, improved in France, was trans.
planted to the village of Stein, near
Nuremberg, in. Bavaria ; and little
more than -a century since Caper-
Faber there began to make the pen='
cils which - continue to be made by
his-descendants and bear the family
name through the world. The pres
ent John Lothair Faber, great-grand
son of Casper, has - been head of the
firm since -1839, and is not only very
wealthy, but has recently-been enno
bled by the - King of Bavaria. Oue
of his brothers is associated with
pin at Stein, in the processes of man
ufacture '
• the youngest of the three,
Eberhard Faber,
represents the fi rm
for the WeatrnWorld, at New York.
Stein is litetally a town of, pencil
factories, of' which Baron Faber is
the ruler, taking care of health, gov
ernment, education, industry, Jthrift,
and amusements of the inhabitants,
and always living in their midst. It
may be asked—how do the Fabers
make lead pencils without the fam
ous graphite from Cumberland ? It
appears that twenty years ago John
Peter Alibert, a Frenchman, resideat
in Asiatic Siberia, having heard of
the gold discoveries in California, be- .
gan to examine the sandy beds of
various rivers flowing into the Arc
tic Ocean. He , found samples of pure_
graphite; evidently brought a con
siderable distance by the force of the
stream, in one of the mquntain gor
ges near Irkootsk, and pursuing his
discovery, tracked back to a branch ,
of the Salami Mountain range, on the
summit of Mount Batongo, 275 miles
west of the town of Irkootak, near
the Chinese frontier, in the midst of
the rocky desert , and found pure gra
phite.: After years. of costly- labor
Alibert found an inexhaustible de
posit of graphite equal to the best
ever taken from Ctimberland. Be
side decorating and rewarding him,
the Russian Government changed the
name of Mount Batongol, to that of
Mount Alibert. Nearly:every crown- .
ed bead in Rurope has -honored him.,
with' the consent of the Russian'
Government, Alibert now supplies
Faber's house .exclusively with gra
phite from the mine in Asiatic Sibe
ria. Pencils of this material were
first made by Baron Faber in 1861,
and were not introduced into the
American • market until 1865, - !frotn
which time artists and- others per
ceived and acknowledged their supe
riority. If the world were to endure
a thousand years more, there, is suf
ficient graphite in Mount Alibert to_
supply its pepulation with good black
lead pencils.
A LITTLE. STORY Of DANIEL WEBSTER.
—"Darnel Webster," remarked old
Col. Gamey, as he trimmed a quid of
nigger head, and fastened it securely
between two decayed teeth in the left
side of his mouth,: "Darnel Webster
was a great man. There wa'n't noth
ing mean about him. I've heard him
talk, but wa'n't his talk so much as
his ginerosity that tuck me. He had
a kinder careless,way like, that kept
him from gettin' - rich: He: never
seemed to think what things cost. I
was a comin' up tthe Hudson River
along with him pnce,and in the morn
in' Darnel Webster and me was wash
in" our faces and alicken' our ha'r in
the cabin, and he took out a tooth
brush and brushed his teeth. I didn't
see no other tooth-brush around, so I
borrowed his'n. And after ];.used it
I handed it back to him, and what do
yon think ? Why Darnel Webster
just slung that tooth•brash right inter
the river. And I &pose next day he
went and bought him a new one.—
That's all he cared about money I
There ain't no such men as Dame!
Webster liviog now," concluded the
Colonel meditatively, as he spirted a
stream of tobacco juice into the lire
place at tbe other end of the ream.
Tea principal difference between s
luxury and a nftemarY is the price.
Moue:rm . —a bird that flies too rapid
ly for woman to put any silt on its tail. -
Purser integrity Ind, a properly
cooked beefsteak are rare.
NUMBER 31:
The school report of the Freebuten's
Bureau gives returns from seventeen
states, and detas`concerning 1;$81.
day and Bight scheobk2,26l_
abodfesedeirs,
and 104,827 pupils, t •
Of the e 4825 were sustain
ed partly or altogether by freednien,
who owned at the date.of the report
518 of the school tordidings. The
Wean has furnished 701 buihtings.
Five handled and thirtieth* of the
schools were "graded," and 101 wire
of high or normal grade—for the in.
struction of teachers. -
The average attendant* of the _
, pulpits ba been 78,402, or over
seventy five s
per cent.; 82,616 of the
whole number have paid, for their
tuitioh nearly:lb/6,000.
There are she reported"l,oo9 Sin
day schools, with 4,788 teachers and
89466 pupils, and 46 Industriel
schools, with 1,878 pupils: •
Reckoning also schODlSioncernikig
which no regular of - formal report
has beenmade, it appears that t her e
were at the dateof -the report, in the
southern states,) 4,026 schools for the
children-of fnidmen; containing On
their muster rolls - 241,818 names of:
pupils, - This le an increase of 942
schools and 62,802 'scholars since the
last report.
The freedmen's schools have cost
the government during the past year .
a little less than a million of dollais
$912,53. Besides this, benevolent .
societies, churches and , bidividimis
have contributed $lOO,OOO during the
year, and,'the freedmen thee
selves hav paid $860,000. This,
makes total of over two millions Of •
dolls rs,expended for education-ammig
the children of the freedmen during
the year. -
The day will come when the white ,
people of the southern states will
speak with gratitude of the generous
efforts of northern men and womet,
to instruct the -freedreezi ,• and when
the eagerness with which the govern
ment, controlled by . northern 'men,
and churches and benevolent societies
in the North,: contribute millions of
dollars to secure schools and teach
ers for the freedmen,will be regarded
by southren whites as a cause for
enduring thanks: -
. . -
Maseosmrarr or Esei.nin lkscrioirs.
There is no uniform day for voting in
England ai there is here ; but the
than of variation in time cannot
much exceed a week. In every
place entitled to be represented in
Parliament is :a person called " the
returning officer." whose duty it is
to manage the election. In counties
the Sheriff,and in cities and boroughs
the Mayor, Bailiff, or some other per
son duly appointed, is the returning
officer The writs from the Lord
Chancellor :of the kingdym are die-
patched to these returning officers,
commanding them to elect their mem-.
bers ' j which they must do in boroughs
with iyi six - days after the receipt of
the writ ; while in the. counties
twelve days are allowed, but, the
election must not be held sooner than
the sixth day. Upon , the day fixed,
called the nomination day, a covered
platform called the hustings is erect
ed in the principal town in counties
and in some convenient locality:in
other places, upon which the candi- -
dates for '"election and their friends
assemble. The returning . officer
takes the oath against. bribery and
for the proper discharge of his duties.
The candidates are proposed by one
supporter and seconded by anothei.
They then address the electors, stat
ing
their political opinions and their
claims- to represent them. If - the
number of persons proposed does not
exceed that which - the electors are
entitled to send . to Parliament, they
are elected then and there ; if more
be put in nomination, and contest
arises, the returning officer calls fiir
a " show of hands," and decligea
which candidate has the largest nbm
ber held up fir him, but as thefre is
no way - of discovering wheth; all
who thus give their vote are e itled
to one, a candidate udwillingito abide
by this decision may demaffd a poll.
When. this is taken, each elector ap
pears before persons appointed by
the returning officer and his deputies,
-and decides for which :thindidate he
intends to ,vote. This poll isentered
by the clerks in the polhbooka, which
at the expiratiod of time allowed by
law for polling, are taken to the re
turning officer. The votes are added
op and the candidates who are found
to have gained the highest number
of votes are declared by him to be.
duly elected. "• In counties the poll
remains open for two days, and in
cities for only one.
Perrus- rr MILDLY.--Booth was late
ly
traveling in the cars ; the pass- .
angers hearing that he was aboard,
naturally ,evinced that curiosity pre
valent with most, to see the celebra
ted actor. - It was whispered that he
was in the car. Among the pawn: .
gers was a genuine Connecticnter,
who occupied a seat some four or flve
benches iu the rear of the great ob
ject. By Blipping from one seat to
another, he very soon occupied the
one " aft" Booth. - His anxiety 'was
great ; - reaching over 'and touching
Edwin on the shoulder, said :
"Ab 1 eh 1 .excuse me; sir ;; but is
your name Beath
In his well modulated voice; Booth ---
replied, "Yes, sir, my - name is
Booth I" .
" Alt 1 eh 1 excuse nUt, sir I but is ,
your name Edwin.Senth ?" "
" Yee, sir ; my name. is Edwin
Booth."
" Really, eh I eh sir, but you
must really excuse me, sir ; but sh t
eh i sir, are you—are you brother to
the - gentleman who - had the little
difficulty with lir. Lincoln at the
theatre 1." -
THE commonest bar. to a man's ad
vanastnent—The baz-zoom..
Tut man who could not keep his
feet sold his boots.
WRY is coffee like an ax with a
doll edge? Becanuie it must be ground be.
fore using. -
THE true teat et s man's temper is
In keep him waiting ten minutes for his
dinner.
Tag lady who took alanoy pouch'.
dad on frond thought to return it, sad oho
did so.
A bore—a man who persists; in
talking about himself when you with to tak
about yourself..
Tut new moon reminds one df a
giddy girl,bedauseishe is too young to show
much reflection.
A bachelor, acozording to the latest
definition, is a man who has lost the oppor
tunity of making a woman miserable.
IT is the lot of humanity to err at
times as the dmoken man said when ha
mistook his pitsty for his own bed-room.
AN Irishmen Waif asked to define
bud drink. said : sins sitting on a rock
and sipping cold water."
War is a married Utak like a tel•
low cattalo 1 Because he often goes out at
night when he ought not.
Tan individual- who got off a good
thing has vainly etuleasuia to mount spin.