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' J. C. Nll'K, Clerk,
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D C. CLARKE,
Importer and Jobbtc la
Ci loVCH,
Ilowler.v '
r " Hmo.ll WnrcH,
WHITE GOODS!
Trimmings, Eibbons,&c,
' AND
FANCY WOOLENS'
In Orctit vtiriotyl
37 North Third Street;
9-8-tf ritiLArBi.rniA.
11ITEK SPKCIIT,
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Respectfully Informs the eitlicni of (his
place and surrounding country tbit b is
now prepared to manufacture to order, and
has for sle,
Buggies,
Carriages,
Sulkies,
Sleighs,
Wagons,
Ao., 8 cheap, nd ft litlU cUenpvr, than
they n b. ptircbed elsewhere.
VI1 1 liN
of vehicle of various kinds promptly at
tended to. A shar of the publio patron
a i solicited.
it. i r.iv ci cvii
Mlddlebtirg, Mny 8, 171, tf.
D. B.
SLIFER'S
WHOLESALE AND IiKTAIL
Furniture
Wftrerooms,
NO.
00 NORTH SECOND STREET,
(below Arch, West 8ide.)
Factory and M'htJcMle lhjtarlmtnt,
1(103 North Gib Ktrcct, above tixturu,
0-8tf riULADELrilCA.
"y F. HANSELL,
rccEo. to cArrrniAX fc cititw,
CB.OOIEI1B.T AND
No. 21 North Fourth Street,
I'HILaDF.LI'HIA.
Qr, ,nal r,ck
Constantly on Hand.
Represented by THKO S 8WINEFOIW.
N
EV FIRM
AND
NEW GOODS!
R. a. HETZEL. P. S. MrCULLOUOH
nETZEL tfc McOULLOUan,
(SUCCESSORS TO JOHN HETZEL,)
BEALEKS IN ALL KINDS OF
H ! C 1 1 A 1 II I S E !
HIGHEST CASH TRICE
r.vii FOR
FLOUR, GRAIN,
RAIL ROAD TIES,
ic., iiC,
C HAPMAN,
SNYDER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
March 17, J7-tf.
pitEAT EXCITEMENT IN
BANNERVILLc.
MEW OOODS.
UELFRICH & BR0WER
Wish to Inform tba oltiiens of Dannerville
and vloiulty that they have opened a new
stock of goods, and will keep constantly on
band a full assortment or
: dress ooods :
Consisting of ALP ACAS.POPLINS.PLADS,
tUSTRE 8 DELAINES,
CALICOES, &o,
Cloths & Cnssiiiicrcs
HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES.
joiocERi'Es.i
SALT AND ilSli
HARDWARE AND QUEENS WARE.
And la fact everything usually kept In
SraL elua country store. All of wbiub
offer at greatly rduod prioat, for Cash or
I Counlry Procuc.
business, w natter ourselvss that ws can
I nil ttifv all our customers;
Haying baa large ipenence u iu
i Hoping by ttrlol attention io "
and dlr to pleas U, le merit liberal
sbas of nubile patronage. Our motto Is
"Quick Salea ana smaw rroptt.
W k at lead that lb publio samin
ou- (tock snd (rices Dlor purouHinsi
,iw,btri w always aliovr g.ur goods
wilh jUasur. ' -r " ' '
' V QLIRIOH BOWIB.
Ba.B.rvlllf Jaasll. 1870. t
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MIDDLEBU11G
Holoct . Pootr j
THE MODERN nEMG.
Bbe sits in s fnshlonabl parlor,
And rock In her easy chair)
She I cMd In silks and snlius,
And Jewels ar in her hair I
Khe wink and scutes and limpert,
; And (impel aud glpKlea and winks )
And though eh talk but little,
'T is a good deal more than she (blnks.
She lies abeJ in (be morning
Till nearly the hour of noon,
Then conies down snapping and snarling
Recause she was called so soon (
Her hair Is still in papers.
Her clucks still fresh with paint,
Remains of her lest night's bliuhes,
. before she intended lo faint,
Ehe doles upon men uushaven,
And men with ' lowing hair"
Hlie'e eloquent over mustaches, '
They give such it foreign air. .
She talks of Italian musio,
And falls in love with the moon ;
And, If a mouse were to meet ber,
She (inks away In a swoon. -
Her feel ar so very little.
Her hand are to very while,
Her Jewel so very heavy,
And her head so very light ;
Her color la mado of cosmetics
(Though Ibis) she will nerer own),
Her body is made mostly of cotton,
Her beurt is made wholly of stone,
She falls in love with a follow
Who swells with a foreign air;
He marries ber for ber money,
She marries him for his hair I
One of the very best matches,
llulli aro well mated in life)
She's got a fool fur a husband,
He's got a lool for a wife I
The Mew York Illy NcuiiIiI.
Figurrt of the Allrijni OijiittVfruuli
Striki'mj Illustrations, fiC.
The New York ciljr press generally
it still bus j- with tho subject of the al
leged monstrous litiaocml frauds in
tho oity government, which tlto Tim'
claim to hare unearthed, la its war
tho I'imm on Saturday ixuud a sup.
(ilcuteut, printed ia English Hud Uor
umn, giviug a full tttttomout ot ac
couuis, wliich it Imd olroaily publish
ed by iuatftllincntp, (bowing tho a
aiount paid to four firtus, on account
of work dono at the couuty builJings
and city armories ta 1803 aul ISO'J,
, aaiotiutiDg ia tbo uggregata to
1
89,182 10, and paid as fol'ows :
Ingersoll & Co., furuituro to ooun
ty courts, carpenter and cabinet work
(including 81,417,908 for repairs on
armories and drill rooms), 85,003,.
010 83: Andrew J. Uurvey, plaster-May
utr work aud repairing ditto., on
- i
countv buildings, armories and drill
- - ' i
ooms. 82.870.405 00 Kovaor .t
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1 i i - , ,
for plumbing and gas works of county
court and rcpaiiiog ditto, and tho
same for armories and drill rooms, $1,.
231,817 70 j J. V. Smith, for aw-
ugs to county courts and olBoos
823,553 29, Grand total, 89,789,482-
19.
With these astounding figures it It
no wonder tho Time Indulges in dis
play headings of "Tho El Dorado of
Plumbors, Plasterers, aod Chairma-
ken," "Cost of repairing an uuDuisb-
od Court House," "Plaster by the
Acre, Carpots by the mile, Chairs by
tbo Leaguo," charging that tho whole
$9,789,182 10 was "signod away with
out question.'' Tho .accounts which
tbo Timet givca in detail, it says, aro
'literal transcripts from Comptroller
Connolly's books, and the paymoots
for which oithor that gentleman or
Mayor Hall endorso the warrants.
Ia its comments on the subject, the
Times gives the following striking
Illustration, by way of bringing tbo
apparent frauds home to tbo mind of
the reader :
A ClOOU DAY AT CARPENTERING
Tbo extracts givoo show fraud in
every lioo. Tbo dates on which tho
work was allegod to have been done
and the datos on which the warrants
were drawn, aro all mixed up and
coDfusod. These dates were evident.
ly flllod ia at bap haxard. The trick
iters were not oven elover at their
work. The brve made a jumblo of
it wbiob the merest aohool boy can
tee through. Look for insttneo, at
what G. S. Millor, a oarpenter, is sup
posed to bare drawn io one month
(June, 1810), for work done in the
court bouse and then remember that
be drew large amounts evory otbe
month throughout the year.
June 8
Jane 0
June 0
June 10
Juno 17
Juno 20
$37,320 02
82,881 73
35.C03 83
44,471 80
48,708 21
40,800 41
June 27
44,874 69
40,519 24
Jan) 80
Jane 30
31,748 20
Total
$390,751 61
Is not this Miller the lucklcat oar-
psnter that ever uvea r
A PBINCa OB plasterers.
A a. 8. Miller ia tho luckiest car
penter to the world, so Andrew J,
toViZ W,JP..Pfrl?ai
SNYDER CO. PA., AUGUST IT, 1871.
tnrors. His good fort u no surps.ne-
anything recorded in tho Arnliian
Nights., On on day, July 2,1800,
ho received for plastering nnj repairs
ao loss than 4S, 6(39 89 that is to
lay, wnrrnnts were made out in hit
name for that amount. His total re
coipt that same month from Connolly
and Hull wen $153,755 14, not a
bad month's return for a plasterer,
lis beat tint however, lo Msy, 1870,
when he was lucky enough to rccisre
fcUHfj'JJ 57 all for work done in
tho now court bourns. Ho beat that
again iu the following mouth (June),
when hid work for a part of two
mouths appears to have been worth
$945,715 11, June being thus pretty
well "played out," the signers of tho
warrant deemed it best to jump back
to April a month which they appenr
to have thought that they had neglec
ted, Thoy begau by paying Mr.
Uurvey tor two days repairs thus t
April 8 Repairs on county
buildings, Ducembor 20,
1809. . $iC,ll8 31
April 12 Repair on eotia
,ty buildings. December
21, 180!) f.7,008 80
Totui sm.is: 20
A plasterer who can corn tj 133, 187
in two days, and that in the depth of
wintor, need never be poor.
I'LASTKIl AT $1,0)0 A SQUARE YAHD.
Mr Gurvey supplies other i
us-,
tratinns of tho u.utuficcnco rf bi
Tammany employers. In tho Seven
ty ninth Regiment armory ha charges
825,000 fur plus tcring l,(ii.) square
yarJs. This it nearly $1, GOO a square
yard, and is 3,000 per cent, moro than
tho best work is done for. l'uid
out properly, tbo amount would richly
cuiupuiiMata a first-class workman for
carefully plastoriug a ten-acro lot.
102 A rit KM OF I'LAsTF.n.
llore aiosjmo moro of (Jarvcy'a
plastering bills :
Juuo
Juue
July
July
10
10
'J
829,321 G5
30,383 50
13 OS!) 25
G 'l 12 I
July 2
.il,2u ol
J ulp 1G
20,S90 85
1870.
May G
40,025 00
15,355 (12
15,4 II 49
11
May 21
-owl
6209,791 41
The very highest priced work that
can bo put ou a building, completely
fiuifchod, is fifly-livo cents pet
square yaru, or f i.uua. ttarvey
money would, therefore, puistor 102
acres of surface, or nearly thii'teon
im-s tho area of City Hall Park.
Mr. Harvey's bills, it will be nottcod
are for plastering and repairs done
chiefly to tho new court house fur it
a surprising fact that, although the
new court houso is not yet ftuisbed,
and large turns of money aro voted
evory now and then for itt completion
hundrods of thousands have already
been spool ia repairing it.
CAtU'ETS,
Now let ui look at the carpot'bill.
For carpets the following is the ac
count :
Carpets for county
court bouso $221,799 43
Carpots for ofUccs
and buildings 313,031 91
Total $505,731 39
Supposing that carpets cost $5 a
yard, this sum would suflico to cover
113,147 square yards, lhero are 81
acres in the City Hall Park, or about
40,000 square yards. Consequently
the oity authorities have paid money
enough for carpets ia the new court
bouts alono to bavo covered the whole
City park three times over.
CARI'tTS FROM NEW YORK TO NEW
HAVEN.
At $4,40 a yard, the money paid
or alleged to have beon paid, for car-
pets ia the now oourt bouto and ar
morics, would bave purobated 122,-
222 snuare vards. If of tho usual
width por yard, this earpet would eo.
ver 300,000 fret, or about seventy
miles lu other words, it would go
nearly from New York to New Havon,
or half wav to Albany, or four tlmos
from the 13 at to ry to Yookers.
But what oarpets aro there really
in tli court nouse r umy mut
. a sa I I. .
floors of tho new court bouse aro oo
oupted. Oa each floor 8,072 sqnare
yardi aro ooeupled as offices, making a
total of 0,210 square yaras, ii co
vered with carpot at $5 per yard, tho
cost woulJ be $40,080.
SEVENTEEN MILES Of CHAIRS.
W roturn now to tho furniture ac
count. For ohairs supplied to the ar.
merits only, loaerioll was paid $129.
800 00. If armory chairs eoit $5
tach, and 1 etch ohsir was 2 1-2 feet
:ute
ia width, the money paid to Inger
toll would bnvo bought 3 1. 145 chairs,
and if placed in a straight row tliofe
chairs would Imvo reached over 80,
303 foot, or about seventeen miles. If
they cost $10 each they would ninko a
line 8 i miles, and even at (25 each
they would stretch from tho City Hall
Parktto Forty -second street.
Voi cabiuct work and furniture lu
tbo new court houso and olTices tho
sum of $2,817,409 10 was spent or
at least was signed away by Mayor,
Hall and Controller Connelly. Ao
eminent upholsterer informs us, alter
ranklug a cataful estimate, that ho
would furuisli tho now court house
magniGeently for 8000,000, and unite
a handsomo profit on the transaction.
1,881 AW.NINCH PAID MR.
Iu 130V, July tho 29th, J. W.
.Smith was paid for uwuiugs iuruiaL
cd county courts and ollloos, 9-3,55:1-51.
Oueoflho largJst inauufuclur
crs of awnings assurot us that the
county court home ijwuiugi aro uX iu.
fenor quality, known as tho "Mo
I hum stripe,' and could bo had from
toakort at fjl2, 50 oaclt Smith's mon
ey would furniith 1,88 1 uwning. Tlicro
aro 122 windows in Mr. Slutvart's
UroaJay and Tsnlh street buildiug,
thurcloro a large enough Dumber wero
paid for to furubh Mr. Stewart's Lu i 1
ding three and a half timet
I'lu.en
are only thirty-tix awniugn up ou tho
court bouso.
SI NKAY I1IM.S.
Tho goncral extravagance of these
accouuts proves fraud on tho f'aoj ot
thent. There is also incidental prod'
of it. So carolcss wero tho otlicials
with regard lo tho dates, that iu uj
less than thirtcon instances tho days
fixed upou (appareutly at huplia.urdj
wore Sundays, tho account of work
for which bills wero reudorod ou days
whon tho offices must have been closed
amounting to $030, 070 05. It it ou
ly by lusting dales and figures ia this
way that tho prodiiutis frauds no-
0L.(,Harily involved in the warrants wo
publish cao bo brought homo to tho j
minds of porious liUlo accuHtomod to
jgal with acoounts,
M-crt-lN ol tlio tlrciM.
A Chicago reporter has penetrated
behind the inyslorious cui'taiu whence
nil the splendors aud wonders cf the
circus issue, and thus sets down what
ho has disoovorod :
The drossing-room was occupied by
a dozen or fifteon potTonners in tho
operation, of preparing for their re
spective acts. Somo wore nuked, and
upon their bjdies in evory coocoiva
ble placo appoarod formidable banda
ges and plasturt. Tlieso woro for
strains aud bruises, ot which every
one bad his share no small share at
that. One of thcto gentlemen, a well
known bareback and four horio ridor,
whilo in the act ot putting on a pair
ofolastio kneot, cxplaiucd that the
most rcrious strain resulting from ri
ding and tumbling came upon tho
kidneys, which were ol'lou badly in
ured. The breast was also strained
at times, though not 8) frequently.
Such trivial matters us shoulder and
aoklo strains wero oontiuually occur
ring, and unworthy of notice Heaps
of porous plasters and quautitios of gly-
cerino, enough to stock an apotheca
ry shop, were used by a circus com.
pany in one season. Thero are at
presont, ho said, forty traveling cir.
euscs in the United St.ttos, involving
a capital of several millions, and af
fording employmont to several thou
sand peoplo, most of them trainod to
it as a trade. 1 ho complete outfit of
first class circus includes all the ne-
cossarios fur the foundation of a colo
ny. The number of peoplo cmployod
is generally about one hundred.
From one hundred to one hundred
and fifty animals tnako up the com
plement of live stock, when there is
oo menagerie attached.
Traveling companies lay out their
oampaigos with all tho care that an
army takes in preparing for a long
march. The minutest details, which
would be entirely overlooked by an
ioexperieneod person, are arranged
ith tho utmost precision, men the
arrangements for foeding and water
ing the stock are made with a von.
dorful nioety. The tour of s circus
during six months, extondtug over
thousands of Imilcs, is sometimes made
with but a little deviation from the
plan laid out befo.ro the start.
lloforo starting eaoh individual has
an opportunity to eat what is called
breakfast. II then gets on the most
convenient wagon,' generally knowing
by experience the most eonifortablo
loads for sleeping purposes, as ih on
ly tims tbs ciroua nan gals for Indul
ging ia tbs "belmy" U while tbs cr-
avan is oa the move
NO. 2;.
The clown of ti-dny Is generally an
old perforator, Who, having matured
in the 'circus business, bat adopted
this easier brunch of the trade. His
jokes ar carefully prepared by anoth
er, and committed to memory ; and
his very antics aro but the tho ghast
ly spoctrcj of bis past agility.
Tho salary of a circus performer is
about equal to that of an actor, al
though it Is largnr pcf week during
tho season, which is generally thirty
weeks. Stars got sometimes as high
as $150, but of courso this U excep
tional. Tho average of riders and ac
robats is? 10 per week. Tho drivers
ol eight, six and four horses get from
$10 lo 850 a month, and the less iin
portant of the assistant in all tho de
partments from $15 to $10 a tiMoth,
according to tho valno of thoir ser
vices. Opposition logi-cut liivni lous
Tradition say Julia Faust, one ol
the threo inventors of printing, was
cburgod with multiplying tools by
the aid of tho devil, and was persecu
ted both by tho priests and tho poo
pie. The strongest opposition to tho
press hits, howovcr, been presented in
Turkey. Tho art of printing had ex
isted tlnoo hundred years befot'o a
printing-press was c.tablishud in
Constantinople. From 172t to 1740
that press issued only twenty-throe
volumes. It wits then stopped and
did not resume its issues until after
an interval of more thuu forty years.
About 1780 a press was establish
ed tit Houlari, and bwtwoon 1700 and
1808 issued forty volumes. Agaiu
its operations wero suspended, aud
were not rcsumod until tho year 1820,
sicca which timo it has worked more
industriously than heretofore, al
though fettered with tho paternal
oversight of the Turkish Government
Tho ribbon-loom is an invention of.
tho sixteenth contury ; aul ou tho
plea that deprived ninny workmen of
bread was prohibited iu Holland, iu
"rmaiiy,
ia tho dominions of tho
church, and iu other countries of Ku
rope. At Hamburg tho Council or
dered a loom to bo publicly burned.
Tho Ktocking-loom shured tho fato of
(ho ribbon loom In England tho
patronage o! tjuccn Elizabeth was re
quested for tho invention, but it is
said that tho inventor was ruther im
pelled than assisted in bis underta
king. I a Franco opposition to tho
Mocking loom was of tho most baso
nnd cruel kind. A Frenchman who
hud adapted tho invent ion, mauulac
turel by tho loom a pair of silk stock
ings for Louis XIV. They wore pre
sented to the motmroh. Tho parties,
however, who suppliod hoisery to tho
court, caused several loops of tho
stooking to bo cut, aod thus brought
tbe stockiug loom into disrepute at
headquarters.
Table forks appear so necessary
part of tho furuituro of tho dinuor-ta-ble
(hat ono can sonrccly bcliovo the
tables of tho sixteouth century woro
destituto of t It e in. Thoy were not
howovor, iutroducod u-titil the com
monccmcnt of the eeventecoth centu
ry, and they woro ridiculed as super
fluous and cfleminato, whilo tho per
son win introduced them luto Eng
land was called Lui i'ur. TLty were
invented io Ituly, aud brought thence
to England.
Tho saw-mill was brought iut) Eng
land from Hollond ia 1003. lat its
introduction so displeased tho Euglish
that tho enterprise was abandoned. A
second attempt was then mado at
Llmohouso, and tho mill was orcctod,
but toon after its erection it was pull-
od down bv a mob.
A NEW version of " Enoch Ar
den'' has appeared in Freeport, Long
Island. Twenty-seven ytars ago a
young man married a bell of that vil
Inge. As the newly wedded pair had
tbe good wishes of tbe tntlro commu
nity, the wedding-day was made a
half-holiday by the simple Tillagors
The young husband followed the soa
for a livelihood, but be did not pros
per, and finally, when tbe gold fevor
broke out. be sought the new El
Dorado. His wife was yet young and
with bis two children struggled on.
A few loiters were at first received,
but soon they failed to arrive, and
his wife gave him up for lost. A
short time ego Freeport had a genu
ino soutation in the arrival of tbs
long-lost ono j but it brought tadoess
to tbo heart of bit once wife, for tbe
bad found anew husband and a father
for ber ohildred. Tbe husband, how
ever, found no flt, sn.d accrediting
tho unpUas-otnm to bis own uo-
manliness. Instead pi reorlmiuatimf,
settled a considerable fortune on h,is
two obildren, and, suddenly left tbs
OflgMwhood. 4
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Tito Two "liinlac.
Moro than Cfty years ago, a party
of young men wero in Ibo habit of
meeting together, evening after even
iog, in tho villugo tavern, to enjoy
what they termed linrmloss pleasure,
chatting over tho table, and passing
round thn jovial cup.
It was generally Into bofore they
seperatod, and it is nocdless to siy
that tbey seldom returned homo so
ber.
One, night when tbry had boc.i par
ticularly morry, and bnd entertained
ono another with tale of wonder and
fonr, ono of the party declared bo
feared oothing, neither (iod, nor man
uor dovll.
" Will you gi through the church
yard," said onethoi', "stand upon a
tombstone, and cry out, " Ariso, yo
dad nnd eomo to judgement f
" Yes, I will," ho replied ; and
forwith proceeded toward thj gravos,
while two of hia compauions followed
to hear whether he would do as he
Imd said. Hold in his impious daring
ho walked half-way through Iho
churchyard, and mounting on a tomb,
cried aloud, " Arise, yo doud, and
como to judgement !" Onco moro bo
repeated tho solemn words, when sud
denly a white object spraog up from
behind a tomb, an 1 a shrill Voieo ox-
claimed, "Yes, l.orJ, I como, I como 1"
The wretched drunkard UjJ in ter
ror; and, when found, ho bad lost bis
reason, which ho never again recover
ed. 1 1 is two companions woro so
much imprcbsod with tho solemn in
cident that thoy reformed their evil
ways.
l!ut what was tho cause of this
strnngo oecimvuco 1 A poor croiy
woman, who was in tho habit of stray
ing about by night, us well u by day
had laid horrcir down to rest among
tho gravos. Her bend wandered, but
her heart was fixed upou Him who
chaogclh not ; and hearing, as sho
thought, in tho solemn midnight hour,
the voieo of tho great arch-angel call-,
ing tho quick and the dead to meet
their Judge, sho gladly rcspondod to
the summons; for sho was prepared
to wclcomo bor Lord with joy.
( lever I'rlck,
Tbo following amusing story is told
of Wioi lz, tho celebrated German ar
tist :
After having fiuishod a portrait of
the old aristocrutio Countess do
who pretended to be only thirty whon
nearly sixty, she refused to accept tbo
painting, saying that It did not look
anything, like borself, and that her
most iotimato friends would not re
cognize a ainglo fenturo of hers on
that cauvnss. Wiortz smiled kindly .
ut the remark, and, as a truo knight,
gallantly re conducted the lady to her
carriage. Next morning there was a
grand disturbance In tho ltuo do la
Madeliuo. A big crowd gathered bo-
ore a window, and the follow iug
words were whiupcred front car lo
cur: 'ls ttie Uountoss uo really lu
jail for bor debts?" Wiortz had ex
ercised a liUlo vongouco toward bis
noble but unfair customer. As toon
as sbo had refused the portrait be sat
to work aud painted a fow irou bars
on tho picture, with these word3 :
In jail for debt.'1 Ho exhibit)! tho
paintiug in a jeweler's window, lu tho
principal utrcet of "Jrussols, and tba
effect was instantaucous. A few hours
latortho Co tntcss wusback in Wiorti's
studio, pouring invectives ou biiu at
high proisure to bnvo exhibited her
likeness under such scandalous, etc.,
otc, "Most nohlo la ly," was tue ar
tist's reply "you said tho painting did
not look anything like yourself, and
that your most intimate friend would
not recognize a tingle one of your
features in tbo picturo. I wanted to
tost tho truth of that elatomunt that
was all ?' ' Tbs portrit was taken,
away, tho city laughed, the artist
obarged double prico, aud gave tbo,
amount to tbo poor of the city.
Skasom.no ov Woou. A writer iu
an English journal iufoims us that
small piooos of non-rcsinout wood cau,
bs soasooed perfectly by boiling four
or fivo hours tbo proeoss taking tbo
tap out of tbo wood, which shrinks
nearly one-tenth in tbo operation.
The same writer states that trees fell
ed io fit 11 leaf, in jun or July, and al:
lowed to Jia until every leaf has fallen,
will then bo nearly dry,. as tbe Ieayos
will not dop off themselv u,oti they
bave drawn up and exhausted all tbs
sap of tba tree. The time required is
from month to sis weeks, acoording
to the dryness or , wetness, ii hs -weather.
Tbs loor of ft mill lajd,
with poplar sojtfiaWd, and cuj op and
put iu, plao iq less than, a month sf
ter ths lvs fell, hat Diver shown.'