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111 - ON - TU - OSE, PIINNIA I
nnornevoay. n4v ao. 1071.
Democratic State Convention.
HEAD Q UARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE
"COMMITTEE OF PEznsisytvANlA,
April . 24, 1871.—The delegates
chosen to the Democratic State Conven:
t iipawill assemble in the chamber of the
..4,forlse ,of representatives, at garrisbnrg,
on Wednesday, May 23 1871, for the 'pur
-pose of nominating candidates for auditor
general and surveyor general, and for the
consideration of Matters relating to the
organization of the patty and the advance
ment of its principles. The convention
will be called to order it ten o'clock a. m.
By order of the state Committee.
. W. MUTCHLER, Chairman.
REN AND WOMEN DOCTORS.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says : "The
irrepressible Ethiopian having been fairly
disposed of by the Fifteenth Amendment,
the indefatigable female presents herself
as the herald of the Sixteenth Amend
ment. The black man gave us much
trouble, the white woman renews for our
botheration all the woes which have
persecuted us since the time of Adam.
No sooner have we got rid of oue embar
rassing social question before we are an
noyed with another. The negro we could
get rid of without exercising any particul
ar politeness. But the woman claims from
us due respect by reason of her sex, and
because men from the beginning of the
world have always had kind feeling, re
spect, admiration, and even love for her.
Hence the woman question is embarras
sing, and we find that the most determin
ed opponents of the female sex and its
rights and privileges to it, the (lectors,
are beginning to weaken in the opposition
which they formerly made to her. A few
years ago the idea that a woman might,
could, would, or should become - a physici
an was poohpoohed by the entire medical
profession, and most strongly by
,the allo
pathic branch thereof.
To hold a consultation with a female
physician was such a crime against pro
fissional ethics as to place the offender
beyond the pale of recognition. In this
city, not more than from ten to twelve
years ago, the County Medical Society
dealt severely with a member who bad
dared to engage in consultion with a
female physician. A doctor was pronounc
ed accursed who so far forgot himself as
to recognize the fact in mental physiology
that a woman might, by education and
'experience, obtain enough knowledge ,to
enable her to act as a physician. And
yet the, world mores. The American
Medical Association, which is now in
.Session at San Francisco, has been agitat
ed by the question as to the admissibility
of female delegates. This is an old con
sroTersy w - nich nas been carried on every
year, and in which it seems that the en-
mies of the recognition of the rights of
, women to become physic:ans have been
losing ground. Years ago, as we have
said, the idea that women could be en
titled, after severe study and graduation
in regular colleges, to be considered
physicians, was sneered at. Now the
American Medical Society, after a strong
debate, refuses to sanction a motion that
the constitution shall be so construed as
to render female delegates incapable of I
admission. This is certainly a great ad
vance in reformed ideas, and we anticipate ,
that next year, when the American Medi
cal
Association meets in Philadelphia,
not only will female delegates be admit ,
ted, but that some of the former oppon
ents of such a course will be eager to
assert that they always were in favor of
women becoming physicians.
Connecticut. -
The liarford, Connecticut, Time.', main
tains that Governor English is legally and
and undoubtedly re-elected by a clear,
clean majority of twelve votes, and con
tinues; "This is a constitutional majority.
It belongs to him by the provisions of the
Constitution, which prescribes the man
lier in which the return votes shall be
made, by whom made, and when they
shall be made. The Constitution, which
.members of the Legislature, as well as
others, are bound to support—bound by
Weir oaths to sustain—conSnes the Leg
islature to the votes counted and declared
'in the electors' meetings' on 'the first
Monday of ApriL' But the Republicans
propose to count votes bound in bores in
May; and they claim that' they will de
clare Jewell elected on such a count, in
iielation of the Constitution. If this is
to be the rule, the Constitution should be
changed, and the party that can print the
Most votes, and stuff them during the
thirty nights between the election and
the meetingof the Legislature, will win."
MxsrEntona.—Our neighboring county
of Monroe is considerably excited and
mystified in consequence of the !nyder
ions disappearance of Peter Heller, Esqi
an old and respected citizen of Hamilton
township. Mr. Heller was a fanner, but
devoted considerable time to droving and
left home about the- 3d of April, telling
MI family that he had some business at
&wanton and would be back in a. few
days It appeals that he did go to Smut
t9urborsoinng money from various parties
in Stroudsburg., on his way, and since
then he has neither been seen nor heard
GE Mr. H. was a Man of temperate habits
antl was looked 'llion by the community
general! 118 an upright and hohorable
eitiriri. 'He his a timily of grown tip
children. The general supposition is that
be found himself completely insrolved
attdieft,for , Parti- unknown, in Mier to
get sof , bii: eteditoti. He "owned
largelertiiittAinsiltoti• and is said to
hive left . pro - peity Ctidugh behind -LOW td
pay all be debt...l(oa Cibillhot*
erat. .
Grant, Buller & Co.
Some of our Radical contemporaries
have been forced by the recent alliance of
Grant aud Butler to endeavor. to sustain
the latter. The New York Tribune, how
ever, will not consent to this. It says of
him: "As to Mr. Butler, if there is any
thing remaining of bird - after the' san
guinary row he provoked, we may safely
leave it to be dealt with by his Yankee
fellow-citizens, who will certainly object
to being represented by a man who has
not discretion enough to keep out of
quarrels, nor pluck enough to carry them
through." Grant, who had expressed; in
his official report,. his contempt for the
"bottled up" hero of Bermuda Hundreds,
Was tempted, by Butler's boasted smart
ness, to take him into political partner
ship. •We doubt if the profits of it will
be large. Butler devised the late Military
bill, and the Ku-Klux excitement that
was to sustain it. But the louse reject-.
ed Bdtler's bill, and on motion of the
Radical Speaker, Mr. Blaine, appointed a
committee to investigate the lies about
the South. Then Butler got Grant to
make it a party question by sending in a
message asking the passage of Butler's
scheme and it was thus carried through
against the remonstrances of some of the
best men and journals of the Republican
party. But Grant has suffered more by
his association with the gang of scoun
drels bellies gathered round him, and their
revolutionary plots in his and their inter
est, than he did even through his implica
tion in the "gold conspiracy" and his bad
habits--among them that of pocketing
presents. He has frittered away all the
reputation won in his military career, by
his discreditable civil administration. lie
is now in the same sort of company, po
litically, that he Was when - the financial
sharpers in New York got him in their
clutches ; and so used him that the Con
gressional Committee of his own party
only screened his damaged reputation by
suppression of his letters, and shifting aul
the blame on Corbin, his brother-in-law,
and Butterfield, the faithless public offi
cer of his selection.—Philadelphia Age.
A most remarkable commentary
ou the patient submission of the Ameri
can people to the yoke of their oppressors
is found in what occurred a few days since
in England. In order to raise additional
revenue to be applied to the improvement
and strengthening of the national de
fense, the British Minister of Finance
proposed to lay a stamp tax on matches
of one half penny per box. The plopo.
sition had scarcely been mooted in Par
liament before the British people began
to protest against it. The popular irrita
tion excited by this attempt on the part
of the cabinet of Great Britain to adopt
a mode of taxation by which more than
two millions of dollars per annum are
wrung from the American people, was
so great that a mob assembled at West
minister and demanded that the measure
should be abandoned. The result was
that the mover of the proposition in Par
liament, withdrew his resolution, and the
administration declined to press it further.
What becomes of our boasted love of lib
erty when we tamely submit to an impo
sition at the mere mention of which John
non tam— r- tL. ..-
rage?.—Morning Patriot.
An Eloquent Appeal.
The Hon. Samuel S. Cox, concluded his
speech on the Ku-Klux bill, in the follow
ing eloquent appeal to the Radical ma
jority to desist from their bloody work:
By all the lessons I have culled from
history ; by the graces which have pacified
nations heretofore ; by the perils of
smothered revenge and secret circles which
I denounce; by our homes and institu
tions : by all that is ennobling in thought
and ignoble in mere force, I ask you not
to tempt the coming patry by such excesses
of power. Do not teach us bloody in
structions! Lead us not into temptation!
You need not perceive that your shroud
and grave are making. You need not put
your ear to the earth to hear the tra.np of
the coming Democracy, for you must have
felt that the constant neglect of urgent
duties here, as to taxation, commerce, and
amnesty, are demoralizing and destructive.
I pray you to pause on the brink. The
legislation wilt rebound. Save us the
hoarors which follow such inconsiderate
tampering with our traditional and writ
'ten liberties. Save yourselves, if not your
countries. Yon have iu your ranks men
of splendid reputation and ability. Many
have left and are leaving you whom you
were once proud to claim. In their,Lon
or do not cut your blossoms of the past
off from the parent stem. Save the cola.
.try as a band of States, not as a banditti
of roving mercenaries or Paris Reds. I
make my prayer to God for that mercy
which we shall need in that hour when
the execution of such a vindictive law as
this is executed by the will of an absolute
dictator, at the behest of a party. I make
my appal tco pti fur that Constitution.
we are all sworn to supp,;:t. It may be
that our Constitution is like win.: some
one says of the sword of the Black Prince,
too heavy to be wielded by the pigniie.s of
our time; but if it is only a relic iu the
sanctuary, let it be an object of reverence
for what it was if not a term fur what it
is—honorable in its rust, if not in its
edge.
A Singular Case.
CHICAGO, May I.—A singular case was
decided by the Supreme Court to-day.
A man was arraigned on several indict
ments and sentenced on each, the whole
term of imprisonment being eight years.
The Judge sentenced him on one indict
ment to one year, ending April 10th, then
on another indictment to three years,
commencing on April 10th, 1871 1 and so
on, naming the date when imprisonment
should commence. The statues of the
State contains the following clause re
garding the conduct of prisoners: "The
convict in the Illinois penitentiary, against
whoria there - shall be found no record of
the infraction of the rules or laws of the
prison, or of the State, and shall demean
himself or herself orderly and peacefully,
shall be deetied to Lase earned a credit
for good conduct, a the number of days,
&c., and shall have the &brie deducted
from his or her tend of itneriionnient,
and shall be dischargeduccording,ly." As
the prisoner's conduct was Unexceptiona
ble, he was allowed owe week, and Claimed
hiadischarge before the secona sentence
coral:deuced. The 'case wee laid before
the litipre Court grid de§ided in, hie
favor. Me yds IliSehareed, "Mt 18,42405 i•
ed,by ad Odder td *Oen t tilichic i jiii,d-
OilLbi *id "
*lseti - the -:tri ne
- ' -
An Act to Prevent Trespnasing on
Railroad Can,
It is a well known factthat many acci
dents on railroad trains occur through the
prevalent practice of jumping on cars
while in motion. Generally parties who
indulge in this dangerous habit& so with
a destreto obtain a ride without render
ing the necessary equivalent. It was for
the purpose of saving human life and
protecting railroad companies from impo
sition that the following law was passed a
short time since by the legislature:
WHEREAS, Minors and, other persons
fre - eqnently enter upon - and into railroad
curs contrary to the• rules of the corpora
tions owning such cars, and for the pur
pose of being, riding and travelling there
on without any payment of fare, and by
entering and leaving such cars whe n in
motion serious arid fatal accidents have
occurred; therefore,
SEcmoN 1. Be it enacted, etc, That any
person wilfully entering in or upon any
railroad car, whether the same be passen
ger, freight, coal (another car, with the in- I
tentiou of being, tiding or travelling in or
upon such car contrary to the rules of the
person, persons or corporations owning
the same, or of the railroad company upon
whose railroad the same is being moved,
and any person entering in or upon any
passenger car with the intention of being.
riding or traveling upon such car without
paying fare, shall forfeit and pay a penal
ty of not less than one dollar not more
than five dollars, which shall be paid to
the treasurer of the school district in
which such offense is committed for the
nse of mid district; and any constable or
police officer having knowledge of the vi
olation of this act may forthwith arrest
the offender and take him before any
judge, alderman or justice of the peace,
or such offinder may be arrested by a
warrant or cupias issued by such magis
trate upon information duly made on
oath or affirmation; and said magistrate
shall proceed to hear and determine the
mat ter of issue, and if he shall convict
the person so charged with the violation
of the provisions of this act he shall pro
ceed to pronounce the forfeiture which he
shall adjudge against the person so con
victed : and if the person so convicted re
fuse or neglect to satisfy such forfeiture
immediately with costs or produce goods
and chattles whoreon to levy said forfeit
ure, together with costs, then the said
magistrate shall commit the offender to
jailor prison of the county in which the
offense wassommitted for a period not ex
&Wing ten days : Prodded, That noth
ing herein contained shalt 'be held to pre
vent the prosecution and conviction of any
person who may falsely personate another
with a view of riding in and upon any
passenger car without payment of fare.
No Liquor Selling During the Pro
gress of Electiong.
Among the bills recently passed by the
Legislature is the following which, having
received the official sanction of Governor
Geary, has become a law:
SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That
from and after the passage of this act it
shall not ho lawful for any person in this
commonwealth to sell liquors or give away
to be used as a drink any spirituous or
malt liquors, wine or cider, or any other
substance containing acohol, on any part
of any day set apart for any general or
b - peci al election by the citizens in or with
in any of the precincts, wards, townships,
counties, or others election divisions or
,Vilitllol/nit 1, I•r , I,r atrtt.
That the provisions of this bill shall nut
be enforced after the election pulls are
closed in the evening, or the sale of liq
uor prohibited after that time.
ac. :2. Any person violating the pro
visions of the filet section of this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall be subject to imprisonment in this
proper jail of the proper county fur a term
of not less than ten days nor more titan
one hundred days in the discretion of the
court, and shall also in addition to the
above, be subject to a fine of not less
than S2O and not more than **WO in the
discretion of the court.
Gen. Sherman on the hn-Klux
The General of the Army is at present ;
on a visit of inspection to the south and
the western frontier. Arriving the other
day in New Orleans, ha was tendered a
reception by the American Union Club of
that city,
an association professedly non
politica:l6ra composed almost entirely of
radical politicians. 'The General accep
ted the invitation of the club and the re
ception came on with the usual display
of pyrotechnics, oratory, etc. After II
number of toasts had been given and re
sponded to, there were cries of" Sherman!"
" Sherman:" and the general begged to
be excused from speaking, but the clamor
of the enthusiastic members of the
"American Union Club" could not be si
lenced. The distinguished but taciturn
guest was obliged to speak, and he did
speak in the following manner:
"1 believe this government will keep
on growing until it spreads itself over the
entire American continent ; but in order
to gain this much desired end, and to I
maintain ourselves as a free and inde
pendeut republic, we have got to slow
ourselves charitable towards each other.
It has been remarked by coma gentleman
who has preceeded me that it was gener
ally conceded by the soldiers of both ar
alfea at ,;,;: close of the late civil war,
that if the questions ni:J all matters of
the differences between the norti, and I
south were left to the armies, it would be
settled at once, and everything would be
come quiet and orderly. I so believed ;
and before signing the agreement with
Gen. Joe Johnston, I called together all
the generals under my command, and
without a dissenting voice they agreed
with me. I believed they surrendered in
good faith, and would have lived up to
the very letter of the agreement; and, in
my opinion, if there had been no recon
struction acts of Congress, and the army
been left at the time to settle all the ques
' tions of differenee between the different
sections of the country, the people would
have at once become quiet and peaceable.
I probably have as good means of infor
mation as most persons in regard to what
is called the Ku-Klux, and am perfectly
satisfied that the thing is greatly over-es
-1 timated; add if the Ku-Klux bills were
kept out of Congress, and the army kept
at their 1-gitimate duties, there are
enough good and true men in all southern
states to put down all Ku-Klux or other
bands of marauders."
COAL DISCOVEUED AT MotinoE, ON
-TEE EmE.—A vein of anthracite coal has
been discovered in a stone quarry at Mon-
Toe. Orange county, a station ou the
Erie railway. There are valuable iron
mines qt this point. Experienced geol
plias say.
, tluit there are Indicatious of
the eilstence of it coil bed lieloti the letel
i the ,vciA. A copipnny has 14ieti dr
itkaika,tc,'"aeltiribit inveefigiitiotla
rdielte. • •
Remarkable Case of Suicide.
Between five and six o'clock on Wed
nesday.moruing of last week, Mrs. Louisa
Elliott, widow of George Elliott, late con
stable ..olldorris township, this county,
committed stthiiflo at her residence, about
three-fourths tfl' a mile southwest of Pros
perity. The family, consisting of herself
'and three children, arose somewhat earlier
than usual, Mrs. Elliott appearing to be
in a great hurry ;to get the "morning
work" done; that she mightom :she said,
commence bakingilleS for those who
might attend, thk,,,sake, of her late hus
band's personal property, which had been
appointed for the Friday and Saturday
following She sent the two older child
ren (both girls). to the barn to feed some
of the stock, and they returned to the
house in a few minutes afterward sup
posing their mother was milking during
their absence;' but seeing the buckets in
the kitchen, they milked two cows while
their brother Willie (the youngest) was
looking for the . mother. He soon found
her in a back room up stairs, hanging to
a joist. He.says he noticed a faint move
' ment of the fingers, but of course, being
only nine years of age he did not have
sufficient presence of mind to restore her.
; He went to the window of the room and
I told his sister that "his mother was hung."
I Martha, the younger of the two girls. ag
ed eleven years, at once ran to a neighbor s
(Silas Winget's) and said to him, "Moth
er is gone! mother is gone too!" (The
death of the father had occurred but a
short time previously.)
Mr. Wmget hurried to the house of
Mrs. Elliott, and was soon joined by other
neighbors. who took down and removed
the body to an adjoining room. They
found that she had placed around her
neck a snrcingle in the form of a noose,
with the ends passed over the end of a
joist and buckled together, and the noose
so placed as to produce strangulation in a
short time by the weight of her body
drawing upon it. A small chair was im
mediately under her; her knees were bent
and elevated above the bottom of the
chair six or eight inches; her feet were
lapped across web other and rested quite
heavily on the floor; her heels were press
ed apart, seemingly by the pressure on
the toes; the legs between the feet and
knees rested slightly on the front rung of
the chair; and under the surcingle, around
the front part of the neck, she had placed,
apparently with some care a cloth. These
preparations indicate that the suicide
committed with considerable deliberation,
and had been„in contemplation prior to
that morning; and this belief is strength
ened by the contents of a folded note
found punted to the bosom of her dress,
as follows:
I can Rot stand to be here the day of
the sale, I feel so bad, ever since my hus
band's death I do nut want to live. I
want all the sheepand stock of all kinds
sold, and every thing in the house sold.
I want Tit)lor William Elliott to take
my three children to his house and keep
them there till he gets good places for
them. Hon to keep Willie and raise him
as his own son. I have "l 5 dollars in the
drawer, take it to get the children clothes
as they have not got any y.t. I want
Silas Winget to take care of all the cattle
and sheep and horse till the sale. Mr.
Winget du you put two of the best feath
er-beds up for the girls and the blankets
and quilts and sheets pillow cases."
Ju tice of the Peace., Mathias Minton,
or prosperity, held an inquest upon the
',yarn mteray,
11. M. Bell, Isaiah Sanders. A.D. Hayden,
S. S. Bell, and W. J. Lindly. A verdict
was rendered iu accordance with the above
facts.
Mrs. Elliott was aged about fifty years,
and was highly esteetn2d by all who en
joyed her acquaintance. lier tragic de
mise his cast a d , e/ gloom over the entire
community.—Wastington, Pa., Review.
LEGISLATURE.
SENATE, HA RIUSECRG, May 4.—BILLS
PASSEIL-Bill to incorporate the Miners'
Savings Bank anA. Trust Company of
Scranton.
Act authorizing the Del. & Hod. Canal
Company to build a road from the eastern
terminus of their wad to the New York
State line.
The Senate concurred in amendments
to Wilkes-Barre city bill, ald it is now a
law, having receivid the CLivernor's ap
proval.
HOUSE,—BILLS trust',.—Act relating
companies'to incorporation and general
mining laws of the Commonwealth.
Act relating to railroads, canals, and
incorporated companies authorizing to
construct railroads ; arid authorizing such
companies to purchase and hold stocks
and bonds to, lease roads and property,
and consolidated with each other in Luz
erne, Susquehanna,and Wayne counties.
The apportionment bill has become a
law by the expiration of the ten days
within which time the Governor must
return bills to the House in which they
originate, with or without his approval.
Mr. Keene's supplement to bill regulat
ing mode of election of councilmen in
the city of Scranton, which has been on
the third reading for some time, came up
in its order, and was defeated.
He Couldn't Tell A Lle.
Alf. Burnett, in one of his letters to the
People, of Indianapolis, relates the follow
ing anecdote:
By the by, a good story is told of
Rep. bilt!f.q• cud his notorious bounty. A
Phillips had businesi with
short time since Butlerand Wcstlell
President,
and, arm-in-arm proceeded to CO upon
him. The President was busy, ana Z,:mt
word that he would see them presently.
Phillips and Butler strolled out into the
conservatory, in the scar of the White
House, thence into the garden. Butler
and Phillips were engaged in au animated
conversation upon some topic. Butler
became slightly excited.
"A large hatchet, belonging to the
gardener, was beside a tree; Butler cas
ually picked it up. and while talking, he
made seversl deep.gashes with it into some
of General Grant's favorite trees. Just at
this juncture the President appearing.
Butler hastily secreted it under his coat
tails.
"After the coutplitnenis, of the day, the
President spied roi th f i tilt time his mu
tilated tree, and, with topes of vehemence,
inquired who had been cutting and gnash
ing that tree. After a few moment's pause,
Butler stepped bravely - np to the President,
and took him by the himd, saying: 'Mr.
President, I cannot tell a lie; loannot tell
a lie ; Wendell Phillips did it !"
erlltr. Greeley . declares that General-
Grant cannot carliNew York, He goes
further, and acknowledges that the Radi-
Cal cannot he named, qt - the present time,
who ban; The =Ma .todYi Kith tiutb,
be" said'Of inttjpti C f"ib statee of the
. Foreign Gleanings.
—The Chateau of Issy has been burn
ed.
—Bismark has gone to Frankfort to
confer with Favre.
—The bombardment before Paris con
tinues with full rigor.
—General Bosse!' defends his predeces
sor, General Cluseret,
—The Commune, by decree, abolishes
all political and professional oaths.
—There is little or no change to note
in the position of the French belliger
ents.
—The British House of Lords has
passed the bill for the protection of life in
Ireland.
—The Freemasons of several of the
cities of France are endeavoring to secure
—lt is thought that all attempts at
conciliation between the two factions in
France will prove fruitless.
—The Island of St. Germain, iu the
Seine, between Billancourt and Issy, has
been taken by the Versailles forces.
—Negotiations for a compromise be
tween the two factions are now progres
sing, and if they fail Marshal McMalmi
will attempt to carry Paris by assault.
—Earl Granville has announced in the
British House of Lords that the Govern
ment has official despatches confirming
the safety of Dr. Livingstone, the African
explorer.
—An anecdote of Mr. Calhoun, which
we find in the New York Tribune, illus
trates the tone of the public men of his
time, and contrmts with that of our day
when you may pot money into a Prebi
dent's hand with as little ceremony as you
would drop alms into the hat of a beg-
The following anecdote of John C. Cal
houn, as told by William Schouler, on the
authority of the late Hon. Abbott Law
rence: —Some time before IS4O, Mr. Cal
houn wrote to Mr. Lawrence that he had
been adding to his landed estates, and
would like to obtain a loan of $lO,OOO or
$15,000 in Boston,;where money was more
plenty than in South Carolina and the
rate of interest not so high, ror the pay
ment of which he would give his notes •
and a mortgage upon his estate, which
would be ample security. Mr. Lawrence
said he consulted Mr. Lathan Appleton
and one or two'other, wealthy citizens of
Boston upon the subject, and it was
agreed to raise the money for him and
take no security tor the repayment but
his own note. Mr. Lawrence informed
Mr. Calhoun of the arrangement which
he had made, and expressed his gratilica
tton that it was in the power of himself
and a few of his friends to do a kindue,s
to one so distinguished, whose life had
been devoted to the service of his country.
Mr. Calhoun immediately wrote back, de
clining the offer, and withdrawing his
original request. lie said it did not agree
with his sense of propriety to accept a
loan upon such terms; that in the dis
' charge of his public duties he did not
wish to be embarraSsed by a sense of ob
ligation to any one."
The Admiral's Soap
A good story is told at the expense of
P—, the fashionable American boot
maker of Buenos Ayres. It runs in this
wise :
Admiral Coe, who commanded the
squadron at Buenos Ayres, had become
so impressed with the idea that some en
emy would put him to death by poison.
that he had a cooking stove erected in
the cabin of his flag-ship and prepared
his meals with his own hands. A white
powder Was always present to his imagina
tion whenever he partook of food. He
thought of it alien awake, and dreamed
of it while sleeping.
Now it happened that hying on shore
in Buenos Ayres one day, he. stepped in
to the store of Mr. and is as meas
ured for a pair of boots. In due time
they were finished and sent off to the
Admiral.
The boots seemed to please him very
well, but just as he was in the act of try
ing them on, he happened to invert or e
of Chem, and horrors on horrors, what did
he discover but the inevitable white pow
der in each boot. To say he was livid
with rage would but poorly express
the passion which sweept across his
breast. Ile instantly summoned one if
his officers and directed him to proceed
to Mr. P—'s and requested his company
at dinner.
' The officer having departed, the old ad
miral, knife in hand, commenced to cut
up both boots, which he placed in a
saucepan of water and set on the stove to
While the admiral was making the soup
• r. had received the invitation to
dine. It would not have done to decline
the invitation, so he accepted it and com
menced getting ready to accompany the
officer who brought the message . By-and
by the boat was reported to the admiral
as returning, and he forthwith emptied
the contents of hia saucepan into a tureen
and sat down to await the arrival of his
victim. Pretty soon P— stepped on
board and was ushered into the -cabin.
The admiral received him with a bland
smile.
" Sit down, Mr. P—," he said, "yon
have made me an excellent pair of
boots."
was flattered, am very glad
yon like them, admiral/' he replied.
The admiral gave a nervous start, and
into the tureen; after which he
B:eppea
,2to his state -room and reappear
ed with a pistol i;: ono hand and an en
ormous spoon in the He then re
quested Y— to draw up to the table,
and placing the spoon in the tureen,
while an ungovernable passion roused
him almost to fury, exclaimed :
"Now, you infernal rascal, drink every
drop of that soup, or I'll blow your brains
out."
P— comprehended the situation, and
knew the admiral too well to hesitate.
So he at once commenced to swallow the
soup made from the boots on which he
bad bestowed so much care. It was a
difficult feat to perform, for the broth was
hot and moreover not very palatable, but
the admiral stood by his side with a cock
ed pistol, and the thing had to be done.
When the last drop was drained, poor
P— was placed hi a boat and sent on
share, and for weeks afterwards was con
fined to his bed from an overdose of boot
soup. It is only necessary to add that
the soap-stone powder which was sifted
into the boots was the innocent cause of
the admiral's wrath. P—'s friends said
that for years afterwards he never had
oCtasion to use a Cathartic,
—Tbe census returns are not yet quite
gond Outalligtnet.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
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ssiihath services
liableith_ Schaal.
Prayer Meeting, Thursday Evenings.
Business • *once&
A little money now and then,
Is needed by the richest men.
[Especially so by editors.]
—New Law Firm, J. B. & A. 11. McCollum
Card published this week.
—James Redding administrator in the estate
of Wm. Cruse deceased, gives notice of public
sale on the premises in Rush, Thursday June
Atb, 1871.
—J. B. 11cCollum, Auditor, in Sheriff Sales
of real estate, D. C. Roberts, gives notice of
meeting, Tuesday, June 6th.
—W. W. Watson, Auditor, Sheriff sales
estate W. S. Wilson, will meet WeduPwily,
June 7th.
—Go to A. N. Bullard's store, at the bead of
Public Avenue, for canned Green Corn, and
enquire for the kind the editor of the DEMOCIIAT
had and von will find it the best in market.
• —P. A. 31eCrackin for a Tong time bartender
at Koo❑'s lintel is now engaged at the Tarbell
House.
—Sheriff Saks for Saturday June 10th.
Auburn Ileum
—Farmers are done sowing their spring grain,
and are preparing fur corn and potatoes.
—James Logan has built a neat cottage on his
farm . for his " hand" to dwell in.
—There arc not so many paupers In Auburn
this year as there were last year. Cause ; they
have a poor house to put them in.
—Auburn Centre is a flourishing village. It
contains three stores, two taverns, one black
smith, four wagon makers, two shoemakers, one
doctor, and loafers to numerous to mention.
—George White had seven sheep killed by
dogs, on Monday night, May 1.
—A young man, who took to wife not six
months since, left his "bed and board," a few
nights since, his better half followed him, as
any good wife should, and prevailed on him to
return. Month never marry a widow with sev
en children, if you wish to live contented.
Receipt for Killing a Town.
Underate your neighbor's property, withhold
your support front home mechanics and manu
facturers, buy what you need elsewhere, in pre
ference to home, and if you are In business, re
fuse to advertise. If this won't kill the most
prosperous town in America, It may be consid
ered fire proof and proof against hard times.
LICCIPIC Granted.
The license which was denied Mr. David
Wiltnarth of Wihuarth's Hotel, Hopbottotn, at
the April term ul -court, was granted last week,
'I)) his honor judge Streeter, who held a special
term of court here last week.
Worth Trying.
A French che:uist a.q:erts that if tea be ground
like coffee before hot water is poured upon it,
it will yield nearly double the amount olits es•
hilerating qualities. Another writer says : "If
you put a piece of lump sugar, the size of a
o alnut, into a teapot, you will make the tea in•
fuse in half the time."
The Jefferson Rallroa4l.
We are nsiured that a very few more days
will remove the remaining, "spring slides" from
the Jefferson It 1., and allow through trains
apin to psis over the road latwcen our town
and Lanmliom. The prospect of getting a
solid road bed across the swamp is also now
good.—Carbondale Adronee.
Dattnrdly Act.
The engineer of the up morning passenger
train, one day last week, when near Wyalusing,
was shot at by some one in ambush and oar
ronly escaped injury, as the ball is said to have
come so near his head ns to produce quite a
~h ock. The train was stopped and a young
man—a relative of a lady whose cow had been
killed on the truck by this same engine—was
found to be innocently engaged in harrowing
near by the woods whence the shot had been
tired. Re was allowed to continue his work in
peace as no gun was found about him —of
course the shooter had hid the gun. Why was
not this suspiciously situated party arrested and
a diligent search made for the gun ? Wyoming
Democrat.
Attention! Soldiers::
Company A. and D, National Guards, Mont
rose, will meet at their rendezvous, May 30th,
to transact important busineSs.
By order Captain',•s Commanding.
The Weather In April
The mean temperature during the month of
April was 57.91 deg., while the average of the
means since 1700 has been only 51.35 deg., and
since 1823 only 52 deg. The mean temperature
of March was 48.7 deg., the ovum? of the
means for the corresponding month since 1790
having been 39.2 deg., and 41.24 deg., since 1823.
It will be noticed, however, that during March
the mean temperature exceeded the average for
the past forty-seven years by 7.30 deg., while
the correspondirt^exeess in April was but 5.91
dog. During April an unusually small quantity
of rain fell, measuring fn the aggregate only
1.8:3 inches, nearly one-half of the whole having
fallen on the afternoon of the 27th. The aver
' age rain-fall of the month during the past thirty
tour years has been 3.80 inches. Thus far dur
ing the year 14,30 inches of rain have fallen,
the average for the corresponding months being
14.20 inches, and the quantity in the same period
of last year 10.27 inches.
Vibite Wash.
The following recipe for whitewashing has
been fault:. by experience to answer on wood
brick and stone, neari; as well as oil paint, and
is much cheaper; Blake half a bushel of unslak
ed lime with boiling water, keeping it covered
during the procosa. Strain it and add a peck
of salt dissolved in warm water; three pounds
of ground rice put In boiling water and ground
to a, thin paste ; half a pound of powdered
Spanish whiting and a pound of clear glue, (Re
solved in warm water; mix these well together
and let them stand for several days, Eeep the
wash thus prepared in a kettle or portable 114-
nacq , and when used pat it on as hot as prissible,
with painters' or whitewash brush,
Quartet) , Meeting,
Providence permitting, the first Quartely
Meeting of the M. E. church, in Montrose, for
this Ecclesiastical' yeav,.will be hold on &qtt
day and Sunday, May 13th and 14th. Services
to edthmence on Saturday, at 3p. in. The Hey,
Mr. Forsyth, pastor of .the Burrows 31. E,
&Web in Gibson, will officiate on the occasion.
The Seats
In the N. E. church will be-rented On BlondaYi
May 15th, 1871, at 2 o'clock, p. rn. Ay order:
Resumption.
Gradually the different collieries in the coal
regions are getting back in the old track of min
ing work. About Wilkes Bane nearly all have
gone to work, and in the Schuylkill region quite
a number of collieries It is said have accepted
the operators' preposition of " wages." We cut
hardly account for the of the stop
page in in tI Lehig h r eg i on and Summit um.—
Some terms should be agreed on so that resump
tion may be more general, as partial resumption
will speedily result in Injury to both miners and
operators in the bile regions, and injury not ea
sily repaired. The large companies at Scranton
litiftstand an their dignity and remain idle.' It
is thought licncever,that resumption at Wilkes-
Barre will necessitate a settlement of some kind
and work at Scranton. It now seems just
probable that in all the regions work will be
going on by June Ist. How long it will contln
ue, without the cry again of suspension remains
to be seen.-3faucli Chunek Democrat.
arv:J. SLAriltn:
Suspicious Words.
When Ithink of the lives that era blighted,
the souls that are dishonored, the homes broken
up by a mLserable temper, I wonder that it Is
not branded with such a stamp of vice that all
wonld shun it, but it has so many specious dis
guises, it lurks in so many by places, that wo
are tainted almost without knowing it.
The simple suggestions that Miss Smith had
better be careful or she would be talked about
is enough to ostracise her from good society.
The opinion indifferently expressed that Miss
Jones is no better than she should be, has con
signed her to infamy in the hearts of those who
did not know her and never could know her.
A jocular allusion to Mr. Brown, seen In the
company of Mrs. White—a conjecture es in
nocent as it was accidental—bas left the injured
woman without borne or friends. • A shake of
the head or a lifting of the eyelids is worse than
out-spoken slander. That may be refused, but
the whisper light as air evades scrutiny.
People who have nothing to do talk gossip.
They look across into their neighbor's windows
and see a double reflection. Men in doorways
and women in windows can unravel somebody's
life with a tactility only known in undoing.
They never stop to think when they probe a
; i wound that gives them snch esquisitelde.asttre,
that it is somebody's else death.
I hate gossip ; I never stopeon a street corner
to watch anybody. I neeer looked through any
meal keyholes to disco . vtrany recluse brooding
over love letters. I never watched Mrs. Jones
and wondered if she had a husband, or who
gave her such good clothes. It is none of my
business anyway, and I will not be paid to do
it. When I have to overlook other people's joys
and sorrows, I'll start a newspaper and take the
subscriptions in butter and eggs.—&.
How to Know the Age of a Horse.
The cult is born with twelve grinders: when
four front teeth have made their appearance,
the colt is twelve days old ; and when the next
Pint conic forth is is tour weeks old. When the
corner teeth appear the colt is eight months WA
when the latter have attained to the height of
the front teeth it is one year old. The two year
old colt has the kernel (the dark substance in the
middle of the tooth's crown) ground out of all
the front teeth. In the third year the middle
front teeth are being shifted: and when three
years old these are substituted by the horse
teeth. The next (bur teeth arc shifted In the
fourth year, and the corner teeth in the fifth.
At six years the kernel is worn out of the lower
middle front teeth and they have attained tc{their
full growth. At seven years a hook has been
! formed in the corner teeth of the upper jar, the
Ikernel of the teeth next to the middle fronts is
worn out, the bridle teeth begin to wear off. At
eight years of age the kernel is worn of all the
lower front teeth and begins to decrease in the
middle upper fronts. In the ninth year the
kernel has wholly disappeared front the middle
upper front teeth. the hook on the corner teeth
has increased in size, and the bridle teeth lose
their points. In the tenth year, the kernel is
worn out at the teeth next to the mlddle front
of the upper jaw; and in the eleventh year the
kernel has entirely vanished front the corner
teeth of the same jaw. At twelve years old the
crown of all the front teeth in the lower jaw
has become triangular, and the bridle teeth are
much worn down. As the horse advances in
age the gums shrink away from the teeth, which
consequently receive a long narrow appearance,
and their kernels have become metamorphosed
into a darkish point, gray hairs increase in the
forehead, over the eyes, and the chin assumes
the form of an angle.
Weather Hetet Ending, May 6, ISTI.
DAY. TIME. DEG. WIND. REMATISS.
Monday
12 58 a
9 54 s. w.
Tuesday, 7 28 N. E.
12 63 a.
9 60 a. E.
W r inesday, 7 50 S. E.
12 49 ft.
Thursday, 7 48 8, w
I 2 57 s.
9 56 8.
Saturday, 7 48 N. E.
oThe report of the lease of the uni
ted railroads of New Jersey to the Penn
sylvania railroad company, is fully confim
ed. The committees of the two boards of
directors have fully agreed to the terms,
and the bargain - is now to be submitted
to the decision of the stockholders of the
N. J. companies, who will, of course,
ratify it. the terms are favorable to the
latter companies, the Pennsylvania com
pany agrees to take the property and
franchises of the united companies, and
to assume all their obligations,
_paying
ten per cent. per annum upon the militia
stock of the companies. The united core
pan «e comprise the New Jersey railroad
and transport:b.:2n company, the Camden
and Amboy railroad comp.;.7v ,
the Phil
adelphis and Trenton railroad oomi;:".7
and the Delaware and Raritan canal cotri
puny. The lease& lines, which will
pass under the control of the Pennsylva l
niu company, extend over nearly over
county in the southern half of the State,
and their management will be of greak
moment to the people of a large port lot%
of the State.
‘• A. CorraNENTAL Dram."'—The ori
gin of the expression ' "Not worth a Con
tinental Damn," is thus explained by
Pomeroy's Pemocral :
During the year 1770 the Continental
currency was counterfeited to such an
extent thatit was necessary for the gov
ernment to call it all, counterfeit and
gamine, into the common treasury,l(ere
the counterfeit notes were star ped op
the face with the word "dam," and ahbro:
libation, of the Latin, word -- damnatns
(condemned.) The genuine currency was
so sadly depreciated at this.time that its
counterfeits Were, indeed, -worthless, anti
it is . plansible to suppose. this •to" be . the
origin of the term. The addition of the
superfluous "n" needs no e;plenettpu.
7 49 w.
12 5.2 s. w.
9 57 N. VI
7 42 S
9 48 N.Nv
12 48 e. w
9 47 S.
7 43 B. W
12 52 N. E.
9 48 N. of P: