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F.iIABON MEE HILLIS, WI ATTORNEY-AT-LAW„ TOWANDA, PA. Offtee-trith Smith & Montanye: E. F. 43:OFF, .• ' ATTOlat Y-At-I;AW. . - , . . alh Street,(4 doors twat of NN'tlrd !louse). To-: ran , ls, Ps. ••••• • • I Aprll - 12, 11177. V. 11; THOMPSON, '- : ATTORNEY ...... LA*. W TALI:SING. PA. ' WM attend st, all ImAness entrusted to Ms rare In Bradford, 0 . clitiran ind Wyoming Counties. (Idles with Esq. 1 eurter. S - •, ' ' [ nor/9-74, EL§BREE, ATIVIINEY-AT-L IW, Tow DA.; PA, CI! I ititill2 L LA - B • • , -T 0 - Al , , . ; . I -i• . ATTOBNEYAT-LA W. • • WILKES-114E6Z. Pl. ' C:OneCtiPIIII promptly kttended to. July 27,76. JOHN W. MIX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . AND U. S. COM.MVAtiIONER, Ttp.V ANDA, PA ! , dice—Morin Side Public Square & ATTORNEYS AT ii R C U-R BLOCK Doc 2345.. .31=1 HPEET, ArnitecEY:2i.t-LiiNv. • Is prepared to practice all branches of his proretsion. - (Mee, MEIWUR nr.mcic; (entranee 'on south BLIP) ToWAND.AL, OanG4G. • • TIR. S. M. WOODBTTRN, Pri t ;ii , Lir elan an 4 Burgeon. Ottlpe Bi k'S Crockery store. Towauda. May 1, ISTatio. . • ArA.DILL k CALIFF, • • ATTORNICIis ..t•I• LAw, • • T!..W:A !ILA, A. Dfare Bloek, first dma, - ,.. r.r.L'A of the Firm Lank, up-statrs, IL 3. Ukl ILL. flan*-73131. '.IN. C ALI F.F. GH. ? CDLEY &`PAYN - ,. • ATTOR.vEYS-4T-L.4 n. NO. 1, TRACY & NOBLE'S BLOCK. 11 STREET, TC4Al 4 in A, PA IMMIM3 iAM . ES WOOD, , - . T 'ATTORNEY-AT.I.A•W, - ivich9-76 . • ' . TOWANDA. PA. l e" • . CU R S. M. .HALL • . •Attorney-At-Law' andilotaty, Will give eprefal attention to at. , . .dtittemsetit Rttat tol .to Win. Othee with Patrick St' Pope, ..(Wet Journra Ottize.), Towanda. Pa. (Jailer: 7. • .' t joll>.l F. SANDEIi,SON, ATTOR YET-AT-I NV, 14 . P1-CE.—Sleani Building (ov.e l' ,, ireirskorn) ruch9-76 ToscAsuA, .W.it W -L I T - • ATTORNEYS' AT-LAW. TOrAND4, PA,., PO!lee over Peeler's Pravl9lm:l . BU:re, Main litr;et, ` 4 Oct: 1247 Towanda4 Eb.„.fliprll lb. lb • EORGE D. STROUD, ‘.lr TOR YF: I" AND COI7A - SE L 7.0 R-A T-L ATV —ltsin-st... lour doors Nort , a of Ward Prac4lees In tiuprente Court of Pennsylvania and, United TOWANDA, PA . States Court,.—..[Dee7.47B. Maiilia LAW OFFICE, Tow • Nil*, PA anro VERTON MERCUR, - O ATTORNIZYS AT LAW. ToWANDA Coltre,iwnr Monianyes Stotler. . • ' fin.iveTh I.;•A. OVERTON. RODNEY A, MEROJR W3I.M.AWELL, Troassr24T-iAW: a. % • - 'OPTICS DVIAIi DAYTON'S STORE. TOW.O.:DA, T"..11 TB= PATRICK &_yOILE; Ar TOR NE I'S-A ?-L_4 'Mee. la Mn cur's-Stuck . .. ...- • .. . y - AND,REWi. , WILT, - 1 . ' ' f / • • • , (TTORNKY & C.OUNSELI, )R—Ar t -",A Ir. , )1ti,... ovei (*toss' Book Store, ev.• doont zioevi of stes - . , us & Lang Towanda, Pa. flay be consulted . .n Ger:nAtt: [April 12.:276.3 • -...- . : 1 A ECPOE.itSON 4 'KINNEY, .111 ' ' A rtosss YE-AT—LAW, Towasrea, PA.; Office in Tracy & Noble"' Block Towanda, Pa, Jan„,lo, 1876 0 VT - O - N ELSB1:1;;II, ATTOR- NeTs AT LAW, TOWANDA. PA. !hiving en len-.1 into (q)-N.rtnertiltip, (any titetr professitgad servu:rs to the ,public. tipeelsl attention given to ir.tkiaes In the Orphan'" nu.i Regir.ter's Court,. E. OVERTON, JR. (apri t-70) ' - -e-- H. C' . : WRIT KFR #oolr BIND1:R • • REPoteTZR BVILDISW,TeIitU F AND• k_i ' S. RUSSELL'S gh . GENERAL "NSITRA.NCE AGENCY TOWANDA, PA; Vay2i4otl tysu . 4ANcE 'AGENCY:; , The following L [ABLE- AND' FIRE` . TRIED Companies reilremmted; ANcsIIIIIE,PIPENIr,IIOME,IIERCIIANT,S, 0. 11. BLACC. • ' 1876, 1 11 4AND_A. INSTRA.NrE AGEN:IY. • , arata oppo l site the lAA rit,aht ove. - NOBLE &.yINC,I4,T, . 3IANAG* flit. T. B. JOHNSON, PH A V . rsrai AND . DfitB EON% over Dr. Porter h 'Son'a Drug Shire, Towanda. • latit4Stf. Ik,i D. L. DODSON, DENTIST. • .0.1.6 . 04,and after Sept. uay be-found In the t• t net/smuts od Itud flour ot Ur. Pratt's new nn State !Street. solltitod. Squ. alAtt • - Y, DE \ TlYT .— Office NV .!. 4,, r4 E E LL F{ T. eth In•erted• on Gold, Stiwrt. . *tubber, and A.l - base. Teeth extracted al cheat pain.. Oct. x4:72, D., PHYSIms AND SCRGIgON. • Omee over Montanyer Store. Attlee hours trots to to 12, A. el, end from t*. to 4,*pedal attention Civuo di . ..l:aies of Cho Eyo - soxf SuDrOctalidtt. S. W. ALVORD,_:PubIISher.: VOLUME XXXYIIL THIS WAY FOR SPRING SUITS AND WARRANTED TO FIT .1 J. L. MCMAHON, DIERCHAN.T TAILOR. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE SQUARE, ; NEW AND COMPLETE:STOCK OP Anthill!. HEAD, GENTS' FURNISHING ,GOO'DS, -HATS, - CAPS, &c, &c., &c. He h prepared sto fundidi to order, made to meoettre, SPRING ANI) SUMMER SUITS,.I BEST QUALITY LATEST STYLES, with Interest hy many phy,tcsans, al.°, those self ertng from - the same disease as afflicted the soli of the Rev. Ilest: No rson can doubt this tee. At prices the most reasonable of any establlshment a finteny, as th-rs is no doubt about the curative . in Towanda. Call and examine my stock. • , • powertrtif Vegetine : • NANT/CIC, Mass.. Jan. 1004. Mr. n. R. STEVEN'S: Doi? Sir—We have good I reason for regarding your Vcgetine a medicine of th , • - greatest value. We feel assured that It has been the means df saving our son's life. Ile Is now seventeen years of. age t for the last two years he I has suffered-from - -necrosis of his lir, caused by scrofulous affection. awl was so far reduced that. nearly all that saw him thinight his recovery im possible. A couliell of able physielaas could give us but the faintest hope of his ever rallying, two of the number dechirlng that tie was beyond the reach of human , rentedie.s, - that ectin amputation could um %ice him. as ii had not vigor enough to endive the operation. .Nisi then we commended giving him V Itti ET 1N1.% aid. from thattlints to the ent he. has been improving. Ile haii lately resumed his studies,thrses lug away his crutches and cane, and walks about cheeri ally and strong. - .Though there is sills some discharge trout the openleg where • the limb ,was lanced, we have the fuflest confidence that in a little time he will be per eetiy cured. It., has taken shunt - three dozen bottles of VEG. TIN E. but lately lased but little, as he declares he si•ioo well to take The medicine. Respectfully Tons, E. S. BF.ST. - Mrs. C. F:MEST. Tourandii,7a., April 5. 1877 T HE GRAPIII9 Jan. 1, 1875 PARLOR STOVE; T•hWANDA. PA H. T. JUNE IEARDW.ARE ~ K. PAYNE ai !IN .. 3IERCUR BLOCK, -1 IS THE BEST IN USE. TTIGH 4ST AWARDS! CETE%NIAL EXHIBITtoIk. TIIIIITEE,NTII AND FILBERT M., VILA., • Manntacturerief patented WROUGHT-IRON AIRTIGHT REATERS, - With Shaking at 'C:inker-Grindlui Gratea.for burulug Auttfrito or Bliumfuoun Coal. • CigHTENNIAL • WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS. KEYSTONE WROUGHT-111 ON HEATERS, Cooking Raugef, Low• Down Grates, Ete, Toy. and a,. Pa. 11s17-73 De.ierlptive elrculart FINT rata to any addrePs Phil'ulelphls, April 21. 77.17 . , Plating, ,te. - . • G REATLY REDUCED. PRICES . The ehderiftned Is doing • • I' riALstra, NIATCHiNG, AND RE-BAWIND, And all Scattier Planing-mill Wort, 'AWAY DOWN:t DOWN:2. DOWN DI I _have also on hind a age stock of Vida' I am selling at micas to stilt the tlates • Made protiptly to order, at a low price. for CASH IP Tpu WANT TO GET RICH QUICK,. Call and see tiy Goods and Prices". .. , . . Luinber br ought here to be milled, -will .be kept raider cover and pcilittly dry, until takew'sway. Good sheds for jrour borsea;and , a dry . place to bad. N, - , , .., : , . ' • Towanda. Jan. le. 1877. S K IVEn TOC •. OF Gil; oKRIES! ORO Cboke selections of FINE TEAS AND 1.-dOFF ES i For sale cheap. ' • Caits paid tot aU Mid* fxt 1. COUNTRY- PRODUCE! Tongs* Aprli 11, art?. \ EIS FM Merchant Tailor. Made to order, :Unjust received a CLOTHS. J. L. McMAHON. Ita!ware. : FOIL SALE AT STORE r TOWANDA, PA., J. REYNOLDS £ SON, North est cornet - Fbr Bituminous Coat' 3 EXAMINE IlEI'Ol{E , SELECTING So Wyku can't see it. SASH AND DOORS, WINDOW-BLYYDS At ths old stand of C. B. Poteh. W. R. DECKER, is. (, ' . L: • VEGETINE PURIFIES THE v - -BLOOD. RENOVATES AND INVIGOR ATES THE WIIQLE SYSTEM. rPs': . MEDICINAL 11 PROPER . TIES ARE . ALT.ERNA- • . TIME. TONIC, SOL. VENT AND DI U--• BETIO. . - VEGETINK is made exclusively from the Juices 'of carefully selected barks„roats and herbs. and en atrongly concentrated, that it will effectively ends Icate front the system every taint of Scrofula. Scro fulous Humor. Tumors, Cancer, Cancerous Humor. Erysipelas, Salt Rheum. Syphilitic Diseases, Can ker, Faintness at the Stomach, and diseases that arse from Impure blood. Sciatlela. Inflinuttory and Chnmle Rheumatism. ' , Neuralgia. Gout and Spinir Complaints. can only be elrectually cured through the blond. For Ulcers bud Eruptive Dlseletta of the Skin, Pitsiniea, Pimples. Blotches, Delis, Tatter, Scald- Head and Ringworm, VegeUne has never failed to effect a permanent cure. • 4 _ - .Eor petits in the Bank. Kidney Complaints, tin.psv, Female Weakness,. Lencorriwes, wising from Internal ulceration. and uterine tHseasesend getters! debility, Vegetlne seta directly upon the anises of the complaints. It invigorates and stribehens the whole :Avert; wets upon the mere klve organs, allays inthunation, cures ulceration an 4 regulates the bowels. For Cetera': Dyspepsia, Habitual Costiveness. Palpitation of the Heart. Ileadische, Piles,, 'Ner vousness and General PrnitrXtlale of the. Nervous System, no medicine toss given such-perfect salts. . faction as the. Vegetine. 'lt purities the blood, cleanses all of tha organs, anti posesses a controlllng power over die - nervon4 system. T:te remarkelile cures effected by Vegetinei have Induced manAtilysirlsits and apotecarles whom we kto ue, to preheril.e and Wit' It lu their awn families. In fact. Vegetate:ls the Imit remedy yet discos , er,(l for tile above disease , . audit; the only relable Blood Puilfler pat before the public. • • MEM THE 11EST EVIDENC4. The tannish% .etter from Rev..E. 8. Best, Pas tor or M. E. rnturrh. Na: let, Alms, will be mad ALL DISEASED OF THE BLOOD. • ' c I f'VEGETIN.F. will relieve pain, cleanse, purl, fy auil core such diseues, restoring the patient to per net health, after trying different ptiyalciatut, mauey remed les, suffering for years, It It mot con clusive p• o[ if ton a.O sittf,irer you can lei Cured. Why is this-medicine performing such vr 14t cures? true!y be railed GREAT PURL ILI Eli. The gnott wore. , of dhiettamorlgluates to tit , Mood: and no medicine that does no , ict Limo it, la purify and renovate, bar auy Just claim upon paulic attention. RECOILII EN D IT HEARTILY. IttotidN, Feb. 7, 1870. 31r..S . tr.vItttk: Itter S:r-1 have taken several your V EC, I TIDE. Al/.1 apt 'convinced it le a valuable reot.tly Ter Dy-pepsis, Kidney Coin And gerietati debility of the spasm'. 1 elm heavily remenmerni it to all suffering from the complaints, Your. 31rb, 31USittog pArmgit. • aB6 Athens Street. Prep:wed by It: R. STEVEicS, Boston, Mass Ili VEGETINE. IS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EDUCATION. ELMIItA ISUNINF.sS COLLEGE.. . . • Tyls instltutlnii has rnduced Its • rates of t4itio to vio for a' compiete emirs... Send fur 'a College Journal giving tail inhfitnai ion free. Address, A. J. W AliN Elf, Elmira, N.Y. saLisH AND FRENCH LES,, SONS will he given iinrlng the Fal ' land Witi' ter to those deslions of studying the tiEItNIAN IiANUCAGE. By Mrs. :IC C. 31,EIKTISII:, at her residence ou Chestnut Strom:. "TERMS_ 1a fora quarter of Ye Lessons 3vlth rrinictimi In prig* to those In classes of not less than six. . • Mrs. 3tEitCl33ll Is resumeberClas iu Eng. Ikh Literature f;et the il , ;:lo3yS, combining with It 1,•011s Flo,-noon If Ie( size 'of-the class wet; Jua , :ify it. In tl,isease. Um number must be nal up I.y December lA. Those therefore who wish tl. attend wilt please s -led In Weir names before that time. •he (Mss will meet ta lea awe it. TEII.M.I.—#.O, and nu di , !laction fur cecasloni absrmre. ' • sept 27. • THO SI S TERS OF MERCY j„ beg leave h. Inform their friends in Towanda e , and neighborhood, that •Imy win" open their Acad• cloy' on 11fON DAY, TRW. MI! INSTANT. • ' Their system affords every advantage for the I acquirement - of a cold and relined education. The Acad.mie year Is divided Into two sessions of five months each. For Muille, thawing In Pencil and Pastel, Paint lug In Oil. Languages, and Fancy Work, chance. are extra. • • SUSqUELIANNA. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. • -First Atiriti.r o "'..rm c..mmonces 310.NliAY. 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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., :THURSDAY IiCIININGT ) JANUARY:` 10 .Ha& Poetry. =2 Tguit nsmajt Lest others write it battles !Ought - , ' ,On bloody, ghastly Where honor greets the man who wins, And death the n; 4n who yields; Bat I wlikerlte of hltil who 'debts And *anguishes Willis, Who struggles on through weary years Against himself, and wins., • ' Here Is a hero, staunch and brave, • Who Opts an unseen, foe,. And finti at last beneath Ms feet His papions, base and low, - And stands erect In ussithcod'a might, Undannted-iTimilismayed— " ' The bravest man who e'er drew sword, In torsi or In raid. It eibislor something more than brawn Or mniele to 4rereome An enemy who mareheth not With banner, pittnie, or drum . A foe forever lurking nigh, - • With iil►at, stealthy tr.ad— Forever near your board h 7 day, At night basideyour bed. - All howl'''. then, to that brave hears Though rich or p.or"be be, Who struaglea with his baser part-7 Who conquers, ani Is free: He map nut wear e a hero's crown, 'Or Arta hero's grave; But truth ell: place his name awing The bravest of the brave. DON'T TAKE TT TO HEART There's many a trouble Would break like a bubble. And Into waters of L.:the depart, Did not'we rehemse it, And tentiviy nntseit, And give It Wpermanen: ;dace In the heart There's ma , y a s , rrow Would rani.h - in morrow, Were we not Unwilling to furnish the wings; • Apd quietly hie ding, It tett - et:ie. onlFall sorts of horrible things. How . .nelconto th.• seeming tlf louki that are lieantlng, Whether'enn's wealthy .•r whetbei enn's dour; Eyen, bright as alert", _ Cheeks red as A cherry, Acmes the honied notterc bid us forget, And n97l , ' , nger fearful, • But hodtpyund cheerful,' Wa feel life hi• tuuil thst'actorth living for yet. —Ttwaters Maydrfite. Oft& neetkl• • MIBENG AND MELTING IRONS.- The foundrYthan cared little Or nothing for .a chemical analysis of iron, which merely shoWS the sexact amouut of different impurities Wintry contain.; . but the- question that the finindryman asks. is-: What 'irons eau I work, and how can 1 mix them so as to produce a good, clean, strong and f-heap casting? • Thia is a •ques ;lon that it-is nhuost impoSsible..to ' answer, As it is .impossible to:give complete vocabulary : 43f all the impu rities which iron may contdin, their' effect upon the f iron in different proportions, as .those. proportions neiy be variettin remelting and pro duce different results; and even-if it wi;re possible, the foundryman does nitt wish to go . tothe trouble of mak ing a chemical analysis of every lot of iron he gets in, tonacertain rities and to keep track of how it may be mixed with some otheriot of iron. Little can be tol.l-.by . looking at an iron in the pig, whether it will run bard or waft when remelted and run into, castings. or whettief tnix with-another brand• of irmk The foundryinan, or an expert, , may by actual teats become acquainted Wth all the iron and ores used in a c.er fain locality, and, by looking at the, iron in the -pig, tiql, very dearly what it will do when run into castings.; . but the beat expert in .the country can tell little or nothing aboutan iron that he has not been-, accustom ed to Workingoitui he - often he deceived in those he has been emus tomed=to, by merely looking at the 'iron in the pie:. "True, he may make 'a good guess. and he may tell wheth er an iron, will run extremely hard or -oft. 'but that is all twat Can be told bx . the looks of'the iron in the pig. It is impossible to qualify the .va .,rionkincls of pi,,; iron brought into the' arket by local.ternis and marks.k It. Would not, after all, be 4)f anyuae, because the. 'bra:mei:nen May change:, their cries or their mode of charging the stock, and change the productpf the furnace from 3 No. I:iron tcr : No. 2. or eVen No 3 iron, which makes a great „difference; in its application in foundries; or a • furnace. may change its quality . of iron without - , any change ofthe ores, and without any apparent cause for the change in• the quality of iron. When operating at Lewisburg, Pa., last , spring, 1 found ri . lot of pig ironthatWits tuade at the Dry . Valley Furnace, Pa. This iron, When remelted' and'run 'into: a cylinder. head . that • was . nearly two inches thick, was so hard' that it .could not be drilled, yet the iron •in the, pig, was of-a dark gray color with alarge open cryiitali and , to all ap• penance. was a No: . soft fOuridry iron.' This iron. was made , from the same ores , that the furnace" had been using tor years. - In making. a No. 1 • fOtindry iron,- no change had been' made in the mode . of stocking -.the ,furnace, and there was no apparent ertitse . for the change in the - quality of iron. : This furnace, after ,it had been in blast for a alr)rt time, got to Working so badly that it became then cessary - to blow Wont. It was then found that; when putting the furnace in blast, it bad scaffold on one side, which was the cause of the hat d If it. blast furnace, with the . Ore only - on_ one side of it, will change the na ture of iron As this firnace did, then a cupola, 'CO the fire or the Mastok on-one side or it, .wi it change the na ture of iron When:remelted.. I have seen two cupolas - melithig. the . same iron, ands, one, prodireed good soft. strong caatings,• and the other Vo l , duced hard ,'.or brittle castings... have always found that the cupola that produced the hard - , or brittle castinr,s,either . had the blast- all on one side of it, or that the flie was not 'burnt up evenly, and that the. stock was not charged regularly. Cast irons admit. of a division into three classes add seven grades. The Vireo classes ire: the red-short, the cold-short. and the nentrakon.. The seven grades-are the seven qualities or seven numbers of iron, all No. I, No. 2, of No. 3. 'Red-short iron is en iron that hos no strengto • when red-hot, and -hail a great deal of shrinkagft An extreme red-short Iron wi shrink u higli as onotourth _ - 3 • - „ 11. ‘ , " • --_ - REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION 'NOM st faviarnfar.:\ of • an. Incli . l ' ' the loot. Redi:h ti Oft. iroa,Mhen iisedlfor casting pi .rin their end,.will cause the body of tie pipe. to shtink 'Own) auk:leave the bowl of the pipe before the iron has thoroughly- set; and when used in Other castings, onch'as grate bars, it will tetir.off and 'form • melds in the corners while hot.; it - will etunie chill cracks on the tfeaCof -a -car wheel, but-they are _not i sWp ;and do not in jure the -wheel; Red-short iron may be either hard ir soft and is liable. to go to eitretnes eithei way. It never breaks from shrinkage when cold. - • - • -.- • - - -I • . ' Cold-short iron is an Iron . th at has no strength when cold, and' has vety little shrinkage; it will resist. very little strain, and . if the: patterns are the 'least bit out of iiroportion the casting will break from shrinkage af ter it is cold ; It, will cause stovir plates to crack ..under the- 'sprewi'. Cold-short iron • may -be either hard er soft, and is liable to go to extremes either Way ;Ibyt it neverlireakelfrorn shrinkage when hot. ,- . Neutral iron is an; iron 'between the extreme red-short and cold-short irons: it is. madell mixing the red *and cold-short irons together. A. "neutrat iron is the best iron for:foun dry purposes, and furnacernen: - who. make .a business of manufacturing, - foundry iron make it' aillointiolmix their ores so as to make as -near a neutral irbn as possible. -Yet in some localities one! ore ;may be Chewier .tlitn another. and it may be used - to . excess, which may make an iron in eli ned.to be either red-Shod or OW short, yet not extreme either way. The foundryinan that is using three different brands of iron Amy find 'at times he has two brands of iron in clined to.- be cold-she'd, and One brand inclined to' ,be •extrene cold-short,. Yet one-fourth of the two brands and ' one-half of the third brand, mixed to gethe,, infiy make a' neutral iron .and a good strong, casting ; or by leavin4 out one of the brands, and usinione , . half of each of the other two brands, the, same results may be , attained. The Only practica way to ascertain. whether an iron is either red-shOrt or cold-short is by actual tests' inkmix ing and melting the-iron in .different proportions, and testing the strength and shrinkage: A neutral iron shonld not shrink • more than one-eighth of -an inch to the' foot. Stove ,foundry mien slaind be careftil to nse as near a • neutral iron as possible,\ and tii change their brands of iron as little. as possible; as the changes- of iron makechoege the shrinkatte,.and Will Make trouble in mounting the stoves .r e n much odd plate 'is' kept on I ban . -When new brands of iron are intrt - luct d, test' bars shoOld be made' to asetin the shrinkage,' and .thel differen brands of lion should be va ritd so as to keep- the shrinkage ah near. alike as possible. The same theory may be followed in mixing iron a to, make a soft iron. thus : three - braads of irons, mixed in equal proportions, may make a hard iron, - while any two. of the same brandsoriized in ey al proportioni4, 'may • make a soft iro • . Tests Were in.ole last fall. at Perry-4 Co.'s stove vr..rks' in: Melting the three brands of. 1. ir.,n,. namely: t Crane, H on, and Jagger. . These three . ire *s Were melted at . the rate of fifteen '{ r,,,tent... 'l , rrt of liudson• to eighty - five pere'e t. of Crane and Jagger togethet. his mixture made Ft hard iron. One-thi ,1 of each brand' was. then melts d t,4:, ;ether, and made a, hard iron. One= calf iludsoti , tO one-fourth Crane and Oie-fourth'Jngger were then tried, and, the result wasn hard iron. The Ellualsoin and Crictie 'were then tried together-L-one-half. each—and made a good \ soft iron._ _The Hudson ant Jagger were then tried together— one-lhdf ea.i—and made a good soft iia;n. 'The Crane and Jagger were i then tried together—one ; littlf each,- ''and made a ih. r lilE IS E 1112.) A INENOEXEN ON BO G. f . "The;• borrower." A sketch by - Aurelien in VEl)onernent : The borrowior race thh, noble race. A native _pride an instinct Of sovereignity, are appareni in ,t4ate titude Of Pie borrower, lie who lends is sad aped thoughtful ; the necceisity, of obPtlienoe is written on his brow:\ Bord.tO be useful and he used, he \ basi in his aspect something humble \ and folorn contrasted signally'with ' the constant - good humor, - the air of= conquest, the amiable audacity - of him that shears him. To the borrow. log class belong all great Kings, ministers and woman. From Aid , biades•throng,h Csesar and Mirabean . th - e brillista succession ciesands to the last 'rulers of France, Spain and - Turkey. Health smilenon the bor ro,wers.brow ; his faith in Providence is firm, and ho : is Careless-of the flue. . untio'n of stocks. Neu In and mum those sources of all human ' eenten tions and miseries, are pleasantly _confounded ite his eyes. The present hag no are for him the future can. I have but little: , •-The earth is - his and tile fullness thereof, and he bag only to enter .upon his estates.- lestroy -1 ing vain distinction invented - by islators, the man that lives by bor t rowing revives the. original idea' of. • [community. lie alone knows how ' to live : be is the only aristocrat of the universe." DIAMOf4D CUT • DIAMOND.— The - sport of eating a philopena (, lover's • penalty), although , having originated in Germany; has een* , thoroughly _Americanized. • in; social gatherings 'consieferableltati*enient is Afforded by this spi.o4_ and like everything eke, it has 'Fen changed to suit the-,._ Yankee id ea- . There are "y es or ‘‘ give and Boston - philopenas, biff very few of the latter are eaten. The original way of eat 41Cr philopena is as follows: _ 1 - ,person who, -in eating almonds, • finds one containing ; two kernels, - presents one of •tkein to a - person of the: .opposite• 'sex, ,tind• • whichever. when they,next meet,- shall first say "Philopena,"• is entitled to .receive frohi the Other -a present hearingtiiiss • -name. •Thi4 pastime is still managed in- a• Very. pleasant • way in Gernianx,.. :a couple meet after eating . 'pldlopena together, no•advantage .is taken :of the other: until. one of them pron,nce the, word ‘ - philopen:4 l. This is the warning that now the: -sport is' to: begin. Let - 'us suppose. that a gentleman calls upon .a She invite:Slam to' Walk in,- and a . ..; the sainetirle, speaks the talismanic." word. - If he - accepts the offer' to, a-111k in-he is lost, until she ,rem . oves -the ban by telling him to go .awry If she asks hini - to take off his hat he must resolutely 'keep it on: if to big seated, he must stand.; or if at the _table she should hand • hint any arti cle which he ;accepts, she winsthe Nrfeit. Jiuring all this time he en _leavora to- take her by Surprise,- th: acceptance or any offer from the -,ther, wins the game.." . Both are con-- exercising their wits to pre- . Vent being caught, and the sport of ten-goes on all the evening. . .Pn/ haps Ahe gentletna, rings a Jittle 'lr6Beiat and sayS.l".nolVing• that - '1 shill lose .my philopena, 1 have brought it along-here 4 is.!! If she off her guard by the.smo , ?tle. , Teeth she loses, ;for he immediately , -A.timS forfeit. If neither wins at t;it rst eottkror; the-sport - is 'continua: to the iintoini; and it may: happ.m that half a dozen parties meet at tzh. : ; :::ttne. thine, alk - anxious to win 61•• the - er. philopena partners, so that tile becoine . s, luticerou,l3 imnsing. : It is " . iliumond cut dia nionil" in very trut . - - . I ' • ALMEIIiChN TRAMPS.—T \ ere is • on the'lmlii lobe - had for4lle askiitg ; I.mt atherels also a proportiOn of met., who will not do it, except under,tht• strong compulsion of hunger. Ayhet h er Alley will do it when the habit, ' - once. been impressed upiin external force ieMains/to •• Tne Araeriespidea apparently i§.that ! • they but that::...is ( not the, resnl , .\ of experience in thi:4- conntry, Where,.. \ after . the moStdetermined, attempts . • to repress " tramptog". by enpi-a l sentences,-by bardilabor and by en forced procludtion,' - v have kick; we fecir i .linally upon the em• p!opn'nt 'lira! police ito niitig:tte ' the.evil./Trainpink in its dangert•u.: form scarcely survives a good . rural ' pollee; but tiro, Americans are.unw . .ina7to , estahlish one, and rare riph '.ll4;fOrit•• they do so to try their very. 9trii,ti§ expel iment of senaing, 101111, 'but idlo s Men and women to . severely governed . induStrial SchtiOis.: • As OLD toper, whom nothing o:t earth - could part from "his- ghtss, ti e.t.:- tv.rday met a bliM.ribbon• - • man nis acqusintauce 'on the Walk nn - 4. • • mill: • " • • " Now Tom, you don't driuk more." ••" Nooir."' • . . , 'AL' your wouey is'u:sed th amity, eh?" • • - fp . - - "Well, Tom, be honest no v -an,l tell-.me if you-feel :My improvenri•n7,.. —tell me ifyou don't feel -- -sneakisn-.7 "I. think I has' improvedi" 'replied .the former. A. month ag..) I could. take all such Slang and .not ”y a word. Now I , feel so mn&t like knocking you,doWn that I know itr iiroyed fifty per :cent.": toper didn't care about further gument. • . • ; - • -~--~-•~ . TUE OLD AND THE ,l!tivir LOVE.-- lt-is a common Baying,that the. - mom tiers or the same family should ;, separate, that - they may the better lime/each e - het-when . they come to ..NOw to us - this semis one of those Medern doctrines - , born 'of the - • iestlessness and unquiet of the times., In "old Clues " _people - did not need to take longjourneys to 1eel) . their lore fresh . . and green. Fathers and mothers lived together for long years %;:ithout desiring to leave each other )I,rethers and sisters dreaded nothing rmncli as breaking up the °hi_ homestead,' NO,(if there is not that tine: love in. the henit which . can for give -and,. excuse_ little defects. of character : ,in we love. it- avi:l never lie engrafted by frequent 'sell. arations: . - • Tnr. excesses of our youth arc draf.e upon our old age, - payable with inter a., abont thirty years after date. Tun happiness of life is so uice.a that, likethe • mensitive plant, it shrinks • vray :eaten . when thinking of it. -, • • ExPEnrnien gives us - evenness and rountirs* of character, just as the peb. hie -is= rounded by the flowing - of -dm :stream: . - EvEnv ieet,,as far,as reason will litil.) them,. gladly use it ; when it fails, tbel't they cry out as a matter of,jaitb i , anJ above reasoit — . , • • Noxt:- . are too 'Ow but-fiatr wisoff ledge 'i i cm -riot t eker,clLll!y_ tho vi, . S. ; .1 0 - 414311t0ve. 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