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The Information it contains is north MX) 00 to any person, SIMtOlT & EDDY, MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, Mo uldings, Balusters, Newel Posts, Scroll, Sawing, CIRCULAR WORK, 4c, Ac, Made and Warranted from dry material, and all common sizes of DOORS AND SASH, Kept on hand and for sale by the undersigned W-Hend for Ust of Prices to MIMtOUT t EU1IY, PICTURE ROCKK, Lycoming county, Pa. Thomas Moohc h. S. Wbh. GKKATI.Y IMl'ltOVED AND RE. F 1 r T K D ! 'the union; This tine Hotel Is located ou Arch (street, Between Third and Fourth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. MOORF. & WF.HKR Proprietors. Jauuary 1, HANI r(Tl UKK AMD PBAI.EU IM Sloven, Tin and Sheet Iron M are New BloomfMd, Perry e., Pa., TT'EEPH constantly on hand every article usually ajl vi in ui.nrvuH esiauusuiueni. All the latest styles and most improved Parlor niul Kltrlit'ii NIoycn, TO BURN EITHER COAL OR WOOD! M. KpoutliiR and RooflnK put up In the most durahle manner and at reasonable prices, fall I1U VAMII1IIIC 1119 BtUVIk. g 4 Use the Red Horse Powders. TORSES (T1IKD OF GLANDERS. A.irnn II rtnyder, I'. H. Assistant Assessor, Mount Aeiiut, 11. u. iauou, wvery Biauie, Bunuury, Pa, Horses Cured of Founder. Wolf & Wilhelm, Danville, Pit. A. Ellis, Merchant, Washlngtou- viuu, a. a. monuiter, jersey. Horse t'ured of Lung Fever. Hess & Brother, I4CWIBUUIH, 4 u. Horse Cured of Colic Thomas Cllngan, Union County, Pa. Hogs Cured of Cholera. it. Ilarr, II. 6i A. Cadwullader. Cows Cured. Dr, J. M. M Uieery, II. MccormicK, Milton, Pa. "Chickens Cured of Cholera and Oupes. Dr. U. O. Davis, Dr. D. X.Krebs, II. W. Wicker, Job u and 4JUIIICB C Ulllt) , Hundreds more could be cited whose Stock 'was saved. German and English Directions. Prepared by C YKUH BROWN, DrugEist, Chemist and Horseman, Milton, Pa., Northumberland oo., pa. 4 41 Not a Parallel Case. Ou uno of the marches of the Army of tho Potnmao through Virginia, the horso of a well-kuown chaplain of a Now York regiment " played out," and was loft at tho side of tho road, noon after which the doniinio espied a fine-looking animal graz ing in a Gold near tho road. It required but a few minutes' timo to transfer the saddle, etc., to his back, and mounting him, ho was riding out ou to the road, where ho met a United States quarter master, when the following colloquy en sued : " Where aro you going with that horse?" " Going with him 1 Why, I'm going to ride hint, of course," said the chaplain. " Hut you don't mean to say that you'ro goinging to Htcal him' do you ?" " Certainly not; but my own horso has given out, and wo are on the enemy's country, and " " Oh, that's very well, but my duty as an A. Q. M. compels me to take posses sion of liiui ; Besides, I don't think it looks very well for a chaplain to be steal ing a horse, if his own has given out." " But, my dear sir," said the chaplain " don't you remember that on a certain occasion our Saviour commanded ono of His disciples to saddle and bring him an ass, that no might rido into Jerusalem !" " Yes, I know all about that, but this isn't a parallel case, sir; you ain't our Sav iour, we're not going to Jerusalem, and that animal ain't a jackass, bo you can get right down off his back, just as quick as you please." I he argument of the quartermaster was too powerful, and an unconditional surrender of the same was at once made, and the poor parson having to jog along on foot as best he might. A Poor Currency. A correspondent of a New York paper, who has recently visited Hayti, writes as follows : As 1 stepped ashore at Port-au-Prince, I met an orange girl, and asked her the price of her fruit per dozen. She replied "forty dollars." I made up my mind that that unfortunate young woman had escaped from a lunatic asylum, and I noticed a wild look about her eyes as I passed on, without saying anything. ,dUut when a miserable, beggarly native took a message across the street for me, and de manded only 9400, 1 thought it time to remonstrate, and I refused to give the audacious swindler anything, expressing my opinion of him in English, which he didn't understand. But when I saw a straw hat marked $2,000, a light began to dawn upon me. I held up a five dollar gold piece, and the shopkeeper took it, gave me the hat, and then shoveled out about a bushel of dirty little bits of paper, which he said was my " change." Then it was explained to me that the currency of the country is a paper money, so de preciated that 500 or GOO gourdes, or dol lars, of it are equal only to ono dollar in hard money. The Island was flooded with it, and it has been so nearly worth less, at one time, that $10,000 in paper was equivalent to $1 in gold. After I had stuffed all my pockets and my hat with the change, I immediately went back and paid the ill-used mosseogcr his $400, with a few hundred thrown in, for having called him names in a language which he didn't understand. On Which Hide. In looking over an old noto-book of my father's, written many years ago, I came across an adeedote which, if it has never appeared in print before, is too good to be lost. While John Branch, of North Carolina, was General Jackson's Secretary of the Navy, he, Tazewell, and Daniel Webster wero walking on the north bank of the Potomac, at Washington. Taze well, willing to amuso himself with Branch's simplicity, said : " Branch, I'll bot you a ten-dollur hat that I can prove that you are on the other side of the river." ' Done," said Branch. Well," said Tazewell, pointing to the opposite shore, isn't that one Hide of tho river?" Yes." " Well, isn't this the other side ?" " Yes." "Then, as you arc here are you not on the other side 1" " Why I declaro," said poor Branch, "so it is ! But here comes Webster. I'll win back the hat from him." Webster had lagged behind, but now came up, and Branch accosted bim : " Webster, I'll bet you a tcn-dollur hut that I cun prove that you are on the other side of tho river." " Done!" " Well, isn't this one side ?" " Yes." "Well, isn't that the other side'." " Yes, hut 1 urn not oh that tide !" Branch hung his head and submitted to the loss of the two bats as quietly as ho could. ISTl'lio ending syllable "ough," which is such a terror to foreigners, is shown in its several pronunciations iu the followiug lines : Wife, make some dumplings ot dough, They're better than meat for my cough, Fray lot them be boiled till hot through, But not till they're heavy or tough. Now, I must be on to my plough, And the boys (when they've had tnough) Must keep the flies off with a bough, While the old mare drinks at the trough. George and his Dog. AVERY good story is told of ono of our sharp specimens of Young America, whose " fast" ways had necessi tated his being cut off by the " governor" from any further expenditure of his means. The young mau finally became weary of leading a slow life without money, but ho had invented so many stories to accomplish bis designs, each of which succeeded, that he resolved to mako one moro attempt. He was in pressing need of $25, and conoluded, if possible, to draw it in installments, rather than excite the curiosity of his father and thus defeat his project. He put on a bold face, and visited the governor and gravely informed him thut a ccrtuin dog fanoier on Elizabeth street was actu ally teaching dogs to talk ; his terms were $10 down and $15 when the canine was able to speak. The governor doubted tho story, but finally determined to invest $10 in ta arrangement, but added: " Mind, George, if he don't loarn Fido (their dog) to speak, I won't givo you the additional $15. " All right," said Georgo, and away he wont for a spreo, of course. After the lapso of several days, and when the $10 had all beon wasted, George returned homo and told a straight story concerning tho progress Fido was making under his tutor. The next day the gover nor requested that. Fido should givo an exhibition of his skill, and ordered George to bring him in, but was informed that the dog had been shot, and the sad event explained in this way by the truth ful George : " You seo, I wont and got tho dog, and on my way homo he talked all sorts of nonsense, and when he reach ed the house and I sat down in tho dining room ho crept up on my lap and putting his mouth closo to my ear, he whispered and told me very confidentially that the old man was in the habit of talking sweet to the servant girl in the kitchen. I con cluded if the dog was going to lie so out rageously, that he had better bo killed, and I shot him !" The governor remarked, " That's a good boy ; here's your $15, and whenever you want any more just lot me know, but don't say anything to your mother." Spontaneous Combustion. Spontaneous combustion occurs much more frequently than isjgonerally sup posed ; and the Boston Journal of Chem istry is of the opinion that many fires as cribed to incendiarism have owed there origin to that cause. Such combustion differs from ordinary burning only in that the of tho combustible substance with the oxygen of the air is more gradual. When a log of wood rots in the forest, it is as really burned up as when it blazes iu the fireplace, only the process is so slow that tho heat is not perceptible. The rusting of metals is another form of slow combustion ; and if the rusting is suffi ciently rapid, the rise of temperature is readily detected. In inflammable sub stance, when slow combustion begins, the heat set free causes the oxidation to go on (aster and faster, until the mass bursts into flame. Oily rags used by painters and cotton waste used for wiping mach inery are common causes of spontaneous combustion. Oil spilt on dry saw-dust has been known to take fire in this way. Oils that oxidize readily, like cotton-seed oil, are especially liable to take fire with out apparent cause. Hay, cotton, tow, flax, hemp, rags, leaves, spent tow, straw in manure heaps, all are liablo to take fire spontaneously when stacked in quantities in a damp state. These are fuots which every one should understand, as the know ledge of them may in many instances lead to precautions of the utmost importance. A Dutchman's Joke. When the nickel cent first came into use a standing joke was to ask " Why the eagle was represented in a flying posi tion," and the reply was, " Becauso he's on a new cent (soent)." A friend of ours propounded tho question to a gontlctuan from Germany, and on giving the answer his friend seemed to think thero might be a good joke in it, but he couldn't see it. " He's on a new (s)ceut," repeated our friend. lie smells something, scent is something you can smell. "Oh-h 1 ya'as, dut vas a goot von, vere you got it? Foost rate, ain't it. Stop a leedle, I fools Yoppy mit dat, you shust vait. Yoppy, coom here." Yoppy walks up. " You know vot for dut eagle vas flying?" Yoppy acknowledged bis ignorance but was enlightened at once by the fol lowing: " Beoose he's on a uew echtink." tsfThe fences of the United States cost more than the houses, cities included; more than the ships, vessels and boats of every description which sail on tho ocean lakes and rivers; more than our manu factories, with all their machinery, and more than any one class of property, real estate excepted. Those of New York are put down at $144,000,000; those of Ohio at $115,000,000, and Pennsylvania at $190,000,000. At this rate tho money invested iu fences alone is more than equal to the national debt. As fences re quire to be renewed, on an average, once in ten years, the annual cost to tho coun i try is uot fur hhort of $200,000,000. Hlioost so Long as it Tas. During a recent hearing before Alder man Dougherty, it was thought important by counsel todctormino tho length of time that certain " 2 quarters of beef, 2 hogs and 1 sheep " remained in an express wagon in front of plaintiff's store before they wero taken away by the defendant. The witness under examination was a German, whose knowledge of the English language was very limited ; but ho testifi ed in a very plain, straightforward way to having afterward carried it out and put it into tho aforesaid wagon. Then tho following ensued : Counsel "State to the jury how long it was after you took the meat from the store and put it into the wagon before it was taken away." Witness " Now I shoost cant dell dat. I dinks 'bout dwclve feet. I not say near er ash dat." Counsel " You don't understand me. How long teas it from the time the meat left the store and was pnt into the wagon, before it was taken away by the defend ant ?" Wituesa " Now I know not what you ax dat for. Der vagon he vas pack up mit der sidewalk, and dat's ihooit to long an it va. You dell how long der sido valk vas. Den feet? Dwelve feet ? Den I tolls how long it vas." Counsel " I don't want to find out how wide the sidewalk was, but I want to know speaking very slowly how long the meat was in the wa gon before it was taken away ?" Witness " Oh 1 dut! Well, now, I not sold any meat so. I all time weigh him ; never measured meat, not yet. But I dinks 'bout dree vect." Here the spectators and his honor smiled audibly. ' I dell you all I can, so good as I know." Counsel " Look here, I want to know how long it teas before the meat was taken away after it was put into the wagon ?" Witness (looking very knowingly at counsel) " Now you try and get mo in a schrape. Dut meat wa$ thoott so long in tier vagon an he vas in der shop. Dat's all I told you. Dut meat was dead meat. He don't get much longer in den dousan' year, not mooch." Counsel" That will do." Curious Effects of a wasp Sting. A Missouri physician, writing to the Medical ana iSurgical lieportcr, says : On the 31st of October last, as I was sitting in church during night services, the weather being rather cool, a red wasp which had been roused by the warmth tell trora the ceiling, and becoming en tanglod in my whiskers stung me twice iu the throat, beneath the angle of the lower jaw-bone, in or near the submaxil ary gland of the right side. The pain for a minute or two was intense, followed by a peculiar taste, only to be described by saying thut it was a singular combina tion of palatal and nasal sensation, such as is noticed when a nest of these wasps is disturbed and they dart about through tho air. But tho circumstance which most attracts attention, and which I con sider the curious part, is the duration of tbe sensation ; tor weeks it was constant and very annoying ; it then became inter mittent, but very pungent whenever I was heated by exercise or approached a bot fire. It is impossible to explain how much discomfort resulted from it. It has gradually grown less observable, till at the present time I do not recognize it more than once a week, and then only in a hot room. ASlwrular" "Tall." Recently a love-sick swain was paying court to his dulcinea. she had smuggled him into the parlor, and the darkness only Berved to conceal her blushes while John told the story of his love. Tbe muttered words reachod the parental ear, and com ing suddenly into the room bo demanded to know of Mary, who it was she had with her. " It's the cat sir," was the mumb ling reply. " Drive it on here," thunder ed paterfamillias. " Scat !" screamed Mary, and then sot to voice : (" John, meaw a little.") John set up a wofulyowl " That cat's got a cold," remarked the parent. John yowled louder than ever. " Confound it, bring a light and scare the thing out." This was too much, and John mado a leap for the window, carry ing glass and Irauio with him. " Thun der, what a cat !" said the paront, contem plating the ruin, after the light was brought: "I never saw anvthinir liko it. and confound it, its tail is made out of broadcloth," as he viewed a fluttering remnant from the window. N. O. Pica yune. tejJ-Gcrinun rogues are uot tho dullest of rogues, ltocently a youth, seemingly a bukcr's apprentice, presented at the counter of a bank in Vienna, a slip which was, to all appearances, the ticket which had drawn tho first prize ($(17,500) in the Brunswick lottery. Tbe officers of the bank bad a consultation, and sent the ticket to the priucipal manager ot the lottery, the presenter, all this time keep ing up an appearance of the coolest un concern, even inviting one of the bank clerks out to lunch with him while wait ing for tho return of tho messenger. The ticket was certified by tho manager, and the money wua paid to the suppositious bakor's boy. lie departed forthwith, bearing his treasure j 48 hours later it was ascertained thut the ticket was a counterfeit; an exact facsimile of a gon uine one which had been cashed only a few hours before at Darmstadt. The Camphor Tree. One of the most interesting and impor tant trees of Sumatra, is tho camphor tree (Dryobalanops cruiphora). This camphor attracted tho attention of the earliest voyagers, and was then, as it is now, an important article of commorco with China and Japan, the people of those countries attributing to it extraordinary virtues, and paying a high price for it Tho troe grows to a hoight of 100 to 130 feet and forms a trunk seven to ten foot in diameter. Tho quantity of camphor contained in the trunk is very unequal tho young trees appear to contain little or none. It is said, that on an average, about nine troes are required to produce 100 pounds woight of crystallized cam phor. It is obtainod by cutting dowu tho tree, and dividing the wood in small pieces, in the division of which the cam phor is found. It differs in the form of its crystals from tho camphor of commerce is hardor, more brittle, and does not so readily oondense. Great quantities arc used by the Bataks for the preservation of the oorpses of thoir chiefs. Tho tree are spread over a portion only of Sumatra and Borneo, and generally occur into lo calities into which commerce and civiliza tion have as yet but little penetrated. Notwithstanding the continued destruc tion of the trees for the sake of procur ing the camphor, no means aro taken for tbe future preservation of tho species. This camphor is seldom seen in thin country, except in museums. The Chi nese eagerly buy it in preference to tho ordinary camphor their own produce which they send in largo quantities into tbe European Markets. A Touching Obituary. rpiIUS my wife died. No more will X those loving hands pull of my boots and part my back hair, as only a true wife can. No more will those willing feet replenish the coal hod and water pail. No more'will she arise amid the tempestuous storms of winter, and gaily hie herself away to build the fire without disturbing the slumbers of the man who doted on hor so artlessly. Her memory is embalmed In my heart of hearts. 1 wanted to embalm her body, but I found I could embalm her memory much cheap er. I procured of Eli Mudgct, a neighbor of mine, a very pretty gravestone. His wife was consumptive, and he had kept it on hand several years, in anticipation of her death. But she rallied this spring and his hopes were blasted. Never shall I forget the poor man's grief when I ask ed him to part with it. " Take it Skin ner," said he, " and may you never know what it is to have your soul racked with disappointment, as mine has been I" and he burst into a flood of tears. His spirit was indeed utterly crushed. I have the following epistle engraved upon the gravestone : " To the memory of Tabitha wife of Moses Skinner, Esq., gentlemanly editor of the Trombone. Terms three dollara a year, invariably in advance. Brought up on a Bottle. A reporter says : once wo wrote u report ot a public meeting in this city, and, in commenting upon the eloquence of one of the orators, we remarked that " it was evident that the speaker obtained his love of country and his patriotio in spiration with his mother's milk." That waa such a new and surprising figure of speech that we read it over in the paper the next morning a dozen or two times, and parsed it, and translated it into French, and conjugated tho verbs, and made the mother's milk agree with the speaker, and suck things. About eleven o clock the orator walked in and said : " Where is the reporter who attended the meeting last night?" The reporter presented himself. " Aro you the young mun who wrote out the account of my speech ?" " Yes sir." A light twinkled in his dark gray eye for a moment, and then he said : " Well, I just thought I would call around to correct a slight error a misap prehension of fact, indeed. There must be some little mistake about that matter of the mother's milk, for instance, you observe, becaute J teas brought vp on a bottle. !" The Shipmaster's View. Several years ago a barque sailing through Vineland Sound at night ran down a small fishing boat containing three Indians. They were rosoued with much difficulty, taken on board the barquo, well cared for on the voyage to Philadelphia, and brought safely back on tbe return trip to Boston. On their arri.vul there they instituted a suit against the owners of the barquo to recover tho value of their boat and fibbing tacklo. The attorney for the owner of the barque wished to prove thut the place where the bout was lying, with out ahowiug auy light, either, was directly in the course followed by vessels sailing through the Sound, and sent one of his clerks to auk a well-known sea captain who was authority on such mutters to come and testify. After hearing the whole story and a statement of the facts to bo substantiated, the captain delivered him self as follows : Tell Squire Russoll I'll conic Thero mustn't no Injuns git no such case as this. You see, 'twont bo good for the Injuns neither, 'causo no body'll ever stop to pick'em up agin." '
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