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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
144 SOUTH SIXTH 8IREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
oct27-tf
JOBERT McMEEN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
Office on Bridge street, in the room formerly
occupied by Eira D. Parker, Esq.
g B. LOUDEN,
MIFFLINTOWN", PA.,
Offers hit services to the eitixeos of Juni
ata county as Auctioneer and Vendue Crier.
Charges, from two to ten dollars. Satisfac
tion warranted. nov3-im.
THOMAS A. ELDER, jfLxT
MIFFLINTOWN, PA.
jffiee hours A. M. to S P. M. Office in
Itelford's building, two doors above the.fen
tmtl office. Bridge street. augl8-tf
DR. T. C. RUXDIO,
3D BE S3 2
PATTERSON, PENN'A,
August 18, 18GSMf.
B. Lie .,
HOlLtOrHATIC niYSICIAS k SURGEON
Having peraianen'Jy located in the borough
of Mifllintown. offers his provisional services
10 the citizens of this place and surrounding
country
Otfiee on Main street, over Beidler's Drug
Store.
aug 18 ISM-tf
0. W. McPHERRAH,
gttornfjiat.Iauj,!
C01
SANSON STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
aug 18 1869-ly
QESTR1L CLAIM AGENCT,
JAMES M. SELLERS,
144 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
tf, Bounties. Tensions, Back Py. Horse
Claims, Stale Claims, Sie., promptly collected,
No Clarice for information, nor when money ,
i. nut collected. !!!!il!L 1
gusincss (Carijs.
NEW DRUG STORE.
BANKS FlIAMLIX,
Main Strret, MijHmtvnn, Fa
DEALERS IN
1
DKltS 110 JIUMfHEi,
Chemicals,
Oils.
Varnishes,
I'litty,
Lumps,
Chimneys.
Infants Brushes,
Glass,
Coal Oil,
Burners,
brushes.
Soaps
Hair Brushes. Toothbrushes.
Perfumery, Tombs. j
Uair Oil, 10 Nations '
CT)Ers, ' j
' , - ,r ' !
LAROh ARlhTi Or )
PATENT MEDICINES i
selected with great care, and warranted from
'purest of WINES ASD LIQUORS forMedi- j
cat Purposes.
BQT PRESCRIPTIONS compounded with
great care. mal6'70-3y
CLARK A FRANK,
HARDWARE DEALERS,
OPPOSITE TI1K COURT HOUSE,
MIFFLINTOWN,
PENN'A.'
Iron. Steel. Nails, Nail Rod, Horse Shoes,
Carpenter. Builders, Carriage Makers, Cab
inet Makers and House lurniahing
H A R D W A R E.
Call before purchasing elsewhere, at
CLARK & FRANKS,
ang 18, 18C.9-tf Mifllintown, Pa.
F. II. SAIGER,
WITH
SIIUMWAY. CHANDLER & CO.
Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES,
221 Market aud 210 67irr7 S'.,
PHILADLPHIA.
apr 1 S. 1 870
J. M. KEPHEART
BARNES BROTH ER&HERRON.
WnOLSSALE DEALIBS IN
HATS AND CAPS,
603 Market Street, Philadelphia,
aug 18, 18G9-ly.
KOONS, SCHWARZ & CO., j
COMMISSION MERCHANTS!
AND WHOLESALE DEALSRS t!f
MACKEREL, SALMON, HERRING,
SHAD,
AND PROVISION GENERALLY.
144 North Delaware Avenue, and
137 North Water Street
PHILADELPHIA, PENN'A.
aug 18 1869-ly
THl OLD ESTABLISH ID rlBM,
J. J. RICHARDSON & CO.
126 Habkct Stbsbt, Phiiad'a
Is the largest Manufacturing Confectioner
and Wholesale Dealers in Fruits,
huts, Ac, in the Coited States.
fncat bufrtistmtnfs.
WILLIAM WISE.
Mifflinta
MilHintoWB, P., .
Ant of the CELEBRATED AMERICAN
ORGANS for Juniata eonnty. These are
the best ORGANS now made. Suited to all
rircumsiances. Trices ranging from $100
51000.
Also,
Agent for FIRST CLASS PIANOS.
All instruments sold warranted for five years.
aug 2 1870-tf.
The Place fur Good Grape-vines
IS AT THE
uniala IMltn ijiirtprbs,
JuD
GBAPE-VIXE MRSEKT.
THE
fol
E undersigned would respectfully in
rm the public that he has started i
Grape-vine Nursery about one mile northeast j
OI MiminiOWU, wnere do ns imu i,uig b
larre number of the different varieties of
Grapes ; and having been in the business for
i seven years, be is now prepareu io mrnisu
VINES OF ALL THE LEADING
VARIETIES, AND OF THE
MOST PROMISING
KINDS, AT
LOW RATES.
by the single vine, doien, hundred or thou
sand. All persons wishing good and thrifty
vines will do well to call and see for there-
,
fay- Good and responsible Agentv wanted.
Address,
JONAS OBERHOLTZER. ,
Mifllintown, Juniata Co., Pa.
Feb- 14, 187u-ly
rasics -Jons soatn.
FASICK & NORTH,
SOOT & SHOE MAKERS,
' MAIN STREET, MIFFLIN,
the Hotel Builih'ng rf Mr. Yuunj.
(laving entered into partnership, we are now
prepared to manufacture and have for sale
H kinds of
ROOTS, SHOES AND GAITERS,
FOR
i GENTS', LADIES AND CHILDREN.
! Our work is all manufactured by ourselves,
I and we warrant it to be made of tbe best ma
; terial. Oil work aold at our counter will be
i repaired free of charge, should the seaming
1 give way.
1 Give us a call, for we feel eonfiJent that we
1 can furnish you with any kind of work you
1 may desire.
Dye Stuff BxSRepairing done neatly and at reasnna
Faints. I ble rates. FASICK & NOKTII.
aug I, l6-tr.
COME THIS WAY
V UK. 1 Cl., f
1 Will tUIU 1 ITU OIUIC i
rTHE undPiKnea having opened a Flour
and Feed Store on Main street, opposite
the Post Office, iu the building formerly occu-
pie(J bT CaieD parker, would respectfully
""ounce to the citizens of Mifllintown and
t "tiu. ' . " ' " to . " 1 " " - .
the public with
FLOUS AWO FEEDa
StXH AS
Corn Meal, Corn, OaU, Chop, Muldlings,
Short$, Bran, i(C IfC.,
And everything nsually kept in a First-class
Feed Store. Also,
POTATOES FOR SALE CHEAP.
BtS- I will deliver all goods if ordered. I
respectfully solicit a liberal share of public
patronage.
ENOS BERGY.
Mifllintown, April 20, 1870.3m.
CONFECTIONERY ,
FRUIT STORE.
THE undersigned, thankful for past pat
ronage, takes this method of informing his
old customers and the public generally, that
he has added another large and well selected
stock of Oranges, Lemons, Potatoes, Tobac
co, Cigars, Spices of all kinds, and the larg
est ttoek of Confectioneries ever brought to the
county ; also,
Fresh Bread, Rolls, Cakes, &c. '
Having purchased the Mifflin Bakery, I am
prepared to furnish Bread, Rolls, Pies. Pret
zels, Dutch Cake, Rye Bread, Ginger Cake,
Sugar Cake, Spice Cake, Pound Cake, Fruit
Cake, Sponge Cake, Ac. Jelly Moll and Or
namental Cakes made to order.
B0 Having secured the services of a first
class baker, I am prepared to furnish the
country trade with all kinds of cakes at rea
sonable rates.
Nov. 10, 18C9. WM. H. EGOLF.
NEW TIN SHOP
AT .
JOHffSTOWff, JUNIATA CO., PA.
THE undersigned, having returned and
taken charge of the above stand, where
he was formerly doing business, would beg
leave to inform his friends and the pnblic
generally, that he will constantly keep on
hand and be prepared at all times to supply
the demand for .
TIN AND 8U.EET IRON WARE,
ROOFING, JOBBING, &C
In fact everything necessary for the full sup
ply in this line of business. .
3, Repairing will be made a specialty,
and will receive prompt attention. '-
He hopea by striot attention to busi
ness to merit and receive a liberal share of
publio patronage. ' " 1
3. H. HOSTETLER.
Feb 2, 1870-6m ,
OFvTHE FOLSOM IMPROVED
eptJ Twenty-Five Dollar Family Sew
ing Machine. The cheapest First Class Ma
chine in the Market. Agents teanled in every
Tovn, Liberal commission allowed. For
terms and circular, address, A. S. Hamilton,
Gen, Agent, No. 700 Chestnut St., Fhila, Pa.
aisrflLanfous.
QROVER & BAKER'S
SEWING. MACHINES.
The followiug are selected from thou
sands of testimonials of similar character,
las expressing the reasons for the prefer
ence for tbe urovgr & Jjakkb Machines
over all others. .,.
1 " I lika the G rover & Baker Machine,
the first place, because, if I had any other, I
should still want a Grover t Baker, nod, hav
ing a Graver & Baker, it answers the purpose
.of all the rest. It does a greater variety of
; work and it is easier to learn than any other."
Jfr. J. C. Croly Jenny June
" I have had several years' experience with
a Grover & Baker 'Machine, which has given
me great satisfaction. I think the Grover &
Baker Machine is more eaily managed, and
s blt -o get out of order. I prefer the
lA'cw i'ork,
' I have had one in my family for some two
; years, and from what I know of its workings,
land from the testimony of. many of my
friends who nee the same, I can hardly see
how anything could be more complete or giva
better satisfaction." Mrt General Grant.
" I believe it to be the best, all things con
sidered, of any that I , have known. It is
very simple and easily learned ; the sewing
from the ordinary spools is a great advan
Uge ; the stitch is entirely reliable ; it does
ornamental work beautifully ; it is not liable
t get out of order." 3lrt. A. M. Spooner, 88
2on4 Street, Brooklyn.
" I am acquainted with tbe work of the
principal machines ; and I prefer the Grover
& lUker to them all, because I consider the
stitch more elastic. I have work now in tbe
hus which was done nine years ago, which
is still good." Mr: Dr. McCready, A'o. 43
Eut Tirenty tnird Street, Setc York
"More than two-thirds of all the. sewing
dose in my family f jr the last two years has
been done by Grover & Baker's Machine, and
I never had a garment rip or need mending,
except those rents which frolicsome boys will
make in whole cloth. It is in my opinion by
far tbe most valuable of any I have tried."
Mrt. Jlrnnr Ward lieeeher. -
The Grover 5c Baker Sewing Machine
Company manufacture both the Elastic
Stitch "aud Lock Stitch Machines, and
offer the pnblic a choice of the bett ma -
chines of both kiuds, at their establish
mcnts in all the large citie?, and through
agencies in nearly all towns throughout
the country. Price Lists and samples of
sewing in both stitches furnuhed on ap
plication to Grover Sc Baker S. M. Co.,
1 15 Market street, Harrisbtirg.
April 27. 1870.
MIFFLIlfTOWN FOUNDRY
MACHINE SHOP!
riiih nnuersignea woum respectfully an -
1 nounce to the oitixens of Juniata and
adjoining counties, that he has purchased
the M:Slintewn lounary and Machine bhop,
and is prepared to manufacture article of
various descriptions, such as Fovr and Six
UoTsc-jover Threshing Machines, also,
Eight and Ten Horse Power Machines,
being the most celebrated, and best adapted
to tbe wants of tbe farmer now extant, and
which I will 'warrant to perform all they are
recommended to do Plows of the latest and
most improved patterns, considered by all
who hare used them to be superior to any
now in use in this part of tbe country. I
would espeeially call the attention of farmers
to the IRON KING PLOW, which 1 am man
ufacturing with the latest improvements for
1870.
I am also prepared to manufastnre all
kind of Mill Gearings, such as Cog Gearing,
Gudgeons, Saw Mill Cranks, and Turning and
fitting np the same. I also manufacture
all kinds of
Coal, ood, Parlor and Cooking Stoves.
: '-' "'
I also manufacture Hollow Ware, "Waffle
Roller for tanners, Ac.
Old Metal and country produce of all kinds
taken in exchange for work.
Femember I sell ten 'per cent, 'cheaper
than any other establishment in the country.
J. A. 1'KlSnEl.i..
Feb 16, 1870-tf.
I
THE HYPERION II AIR CURLERS. ,
AH INDISPENSABLE AETI
CLE rOB TBB LADIES. .
(PaCJJu!y9,'G7.)
This Curler is the
most perfect invention
ever offered to the pub.
lie- It is easily op
erated, neat in appear
ance, and will not injure
the hair, as there is no
beat required, nor any
metalie substance nsed
to rust or break thehair.
Manufactured only, and for sale by 1
McMillan & co ,
. ' 63 North Front Street, Philadelphia;'
Sold at Dry- eods, Trimmings and Notion
Stores. f f ... r- , . ..0. . , f ,
N-. B Single Box 2" cents'; 3 Boxes as
sorted siies. 65 cts. ' Mailed free to any part
of the United States,-' upon receipt Att the
money. t- June 15 tim.
Kishacoqnillas Seminary.
THIS Institution affords to both Vexes' su
' perior advantages of education on lib
eral terms. Every department French, Ger
man, Painting. Drawing and Music inoluded
tilled by con pe teat and largely experieneed
teachers. . : -' . i
Expenses for the Year, 1200. -
Fall term opens August 81, 1870. ' For
catalogue address
MARTIN MOHLER, Prin.. '
' Eishacoquillas, Mifflin Co., Pa.
aug7-3m . '
.SUSQUEHANNA ; .
female (Coltffjf,
SELINSGROTE, PA. , ;
EXT scholastio year begins Aug. 18th.
Thoronsrh instruction, freed board, com
fortably furnished rooms, light, fuel, ad
washing, $180 per year;- " Apply lor reier
enees and catalogues to
W9. ETLIS, 1. X , Principal.
Aug. 10, 187U-4W . ..
LAST NOTICE. Notice is hereby given
that I have purchased from H. H. Wilson
the Books of the Juniata Sentirel office while
that paper was published by him. All ac
counts for subscription, advertising or job
work will be paid to me. r Persons knowing
themselves indebted On these books must
make immediate payment, otherwise the ac
counts will be placed in the hands of an offi
cer for eolleotion. '
June22-3m SAMUEL LEONARD.
Bf. Handbills for puhlie sales printed on
short notice at the Sitisi, OrricL,-
ffV
rw'iJlJmKViA
pott's Corntr.
From Ths Ecito.
DRIED-APPLE PIES. .
I loath ! abhor ! detest ! despise! "'
'' Abominate dried apple pies ; '1 ':,;;'"
; I like good bread, I like goo d neat, '
Or Any thing that's good to eat ; ' .
, Bat of all poor grub beneath the skies, j
Ths poorest is dried-apple pies. . . ...
Give me toothache or sore eyes
In preference to such kind of pies. t
The farmers take the knorltest fruit. ..
'Tis wormy, bitter and hard, to boot i ,
They leave the hulls to make us cough,
And don't take half the peelings off.
Then on a dirty cord they're strung ; . !
And from some chamber window hung ;
And then they serve a roost for flies
t'ntil they're ready to makes pies.
Tread on my corns, or tell me lies, '
But don't pass me dried-apple pies.'
2lisctIlantoiis
Juabhuj.'.
THE FERE El OTTAWA. '
Terrible Bafagt of the Fire Fiend The
Latest ana Boat Complete Aceonnis.
From the Toronto Glotra. ' I .4 .
The Ottawa Free Prctt of Thursday
thus describes ths first outbreak : "
The fire had been smouldering in the
fields and woods around Chelsea for tome
days past, and the terrible gale of wind
that sprung up yesterday fanned it to 'A
blaze, and it was driven rapidly to' Mr,
Gilmour's rafting ground, u At . about
eight o'clock the fire caught in Gilmour's
piling ground, where some five million
feet of sawed lumber was piled. The
scene is said to have been. terrific. The
blase from hundreds of large piles of dry
lumber united in one grand sheet of flame
! illuminating the pountry for miles on all
sides Mr. Hamiltotr, Mr.' Donnelly and
a number of other gentlemen in that vi
cinity, had to seise their children; and fly
for their lives. - No time had they to save
anything but the clothes they had on,
and the unfortunate women and children
ran to the river and crowded on the plank
cribs, which were cut loose and floated
down the stream with their living freight
to Gatineau Point, where they arrived at
one: o'clock this morning.. In the mean
time the flames spread with learlul rap-
1 . ,. .,, , - , , ...
I idity till they soon extended through the
whole of Ironside village, aud some fifty
houses of the men employed in the iron
mines and smelting houses were in flames
in a few moments. , .
"Their wretched owners barely escaped
with their lives. The smelting house
soon caught, and in a short time it was
destroyed, at a loss of some fifty thou
sand dollars. ; The bridge on the Gatin
eau road were destroyed, and it is feared
thai the Gatineau river bridge was also
destroyed. .... ,..
Tbe laborer's huts in the neighbor
hood of tbe iron mines are gone and there
is a more sad and terrible record still of
human life sacrificed in ain struggles j
with the remorseless destroyer. Thus we
rcau U19 quuulmm; bwit um uu.
at Stittsville, was burned alive ; Mr., F.
Richardson: and Mrs. Uarten also. lost
their lives t an old man of eighty and
his wife, living in ..the bush, are missing
and are supposed to have perished ; Mr.
Pink, and Mrs. Harvey were burned to
death, and Mr. J. Kearnahan is reported
to have died from injuries received in try
ing to escape. : At.Templeton .hundreds
of persons were made homeless, flying
bareheaded and barefooted to the nearest
place of shelter.: At Bell's corner, out of
thirty houses, only one house and two
churches are left standing, and there are
other little groups - of homesteads were
perhaps one solitary, building alone has
escaped the ravages of the flames. Horses
and cattle driven mad by tbe smoke and
heat rushed blindly into the fire, and thus
added to the losses of the farmers, sever
al of whom hitherto in tbe enjoyment of
wealth and comfort, are utterly ruined.
At Bell's Corners Station the .engineer
had come down to the village to his tea,
and was unable to get baek to his train
on account of the heat and smoke. ' The
fireman who was in charge of the engine,
saw the danger, and kept it moveing up
and down the track to avoid the flames'
although" the smoke and beat nearly
drove him" mad, and by his bravery saved
the engine. ,, A stage driver, at the in
stagation of , a passenger whipped his
horses to urge them to get beyond the
line of fire. The smoke and heat were
intolerable and with the greatest difficul
ty he managed to get to the sand-banks,
where his- wbiffle-tree broke, and such
was the rapidity with which the fire trav
eled, that before he could get it fixed the
fire had got half a mile ahead of him. '
i. These incidents give some faint idea of
the rapidity -with which the fire' traveled
and the'diflicnlty of escaping its fury.
Our correspondent describes how, as
the flames approached Ottawa, a panic
seized upon the people, and measures
were hastily -devised for the protection of
the city. ' There appears to have Been
sufficient justification for prompt and act
ive precautions. 1 The Rideau Canal was
opened and the country flooded for some
distance, whilst every point of danger
was watched by persona armed with such
appliances aa they could command to re-
sist the progress of the fire. Friendly
aid from a distance Was' not wanting and
a powerful engine from Montreal,' with
600 feet of hose, left for Ottawa on Fri
day evening by' special train to assist
protecting the city.' - According to the last
advices the immediate danger to Ottowa
has passed, but a vigilant watch is still
kept -against 'recurrence of the dan
ger.
I--
HOW A SPIDER BUILDS ITS NESTS.
" W. ' C.'' Richmond, of Geneva, Ohio,
sends ' to ' Appleton'i Journal, the follow
ing curious account of how a spider builds
a web: "u ' ' ' '" '
' While at work one day iu the field, I
accidentally destroyed the web of a com
mon spider. Curious to know what the
little crreature would do in its great ca
lamity ," I made myself comfortable and
awaited results. ' The' spider, not in the
least dishartened by its loss, immediate
ly commenced building another web.' 'It
first described a circle not tegular, but
agreeing with the' irregularities of the
spires of grass on which it was suspend
ed in ' a ' vertical ' position. " Having
strengthened this outer line (which may
be likened to the felloe : of a carriage
wheel,)' by' passing around it "several
times, 'adding each time a thread, it pro
ceeded again to the circumference, thus
another ' wheel. ' It continued
this operation until enough spokes were
made,' then,' beginning at the centre or
hub, it passed around and around in en
larging circles, ' until it had formed some
six or' eight threads, about one quarter
of an inch apart. ' This, I noticed, was
not done with that care which marked its
subsequent work, but it was only intend
ed (as I afterwards saw) to be a sort of
stay-lath, and not a permanent affair.
It now darted to the outttide of the web
and-commenced to . weave in the roof,
which was done by passing . a thread
from spoke to spoke around the wheel
iu diminishing circles, the distance be
tween tbem i being acterauued by . the
length of the spider's hi ml let;, for it
walked on the line spun at the previous
revolution, and guided the new thread
with oue. of its hind feet, holding it to-
ward the centre as much as possible, and
allowing it to run between two of its
claws around a pulley. As , it passed
over its spokes it would with this hind
foot press the newly formed thread to it,
tuus nimiy, uniting it. in tbe same
manner it proceeded on until it came to
the stay laths, when it fell to work, and,
in a twinkle, tore them away, and soon
finished its work, and retreated to its
corner to await the . approach of some
luckless fly. . Twice during the opera
tion its thread broke, but, not noticing it
until it got to the next spoke, it did not
retrace its steps, but fastened it where it
wa, thus leaving a. break. . Nearly all
the webs that I have examined have the
same defect. That which surprised me
mott wag extreme rapidity of the
ppjder'g movements, as it was not proba-
bly more than ten minutes from the time
of destroying the web before another
was completed. ' ' 1
Debts, rThe ability of every one to
pay depends upon his ability to collect
debts due him. The individuals of a
community are linked together by a
chain of debts and credits, aud in times
of depression the refusal of one person
to discharge a single liability often em
embarasses a line of a dozen debtors- and
and creditors. Hence the prompt pay
ment, of small . debts becomes in times
like these a public as well as a private
duty. The same . money which pays a
debt in the morning may pay a dozen
before night, and twelve men ere thus
relieved from anxiety and pressure by
the action of one. , .
- A Paris paper relates the" Mowing
anecdote ! attributed to King William r A
court sculptor, some days after the King's
accession to the throne, begged the favor
of "building and carving his tomb. Af
ter having examined tbe plans, his Ma
jesty accepted them. " I will engage
to have it done in ten years," said the
artist. ' "No hurry !" was the reply. 4,I
will allow you twice as long." .
Machinery lately perfected in Eng
land spins and weaves from animal hair
of cats, end rabbits especially, either by
itself or with a slight admixture of silk,
sort of velvet tissue, -distinguishable
from silk, but not inferior iu fineness and
beauty. The principal colors are black
and white, though any ' color or shade
common in other fabrics can be imparted
equally welt. ' ' ' "
. A diffident lover went to the town
clerk to request him to publish the bans
of matrimony, and finding . him at. work
alone in the middle of a ten-acre field,
asked him to ttep aside a moment, as he
had something particular . for his private
ear..--, i- . . ...i ;
Eye-wit.E98es of the battle of Weis
senburg state that the Prussian infantry
seek particularly to pick off the enemy's
officers, for whom four practised marks
men to the right of each Prussian pla
toon are specially instructed to reserve
their fire: : -''-
A3 EC0XXICAL STOCKHOLDER.
A good story is told of a gay and fes
tive railroad stockholder, who visited
Portland, Me., from "away down East,"
on the occasion of an annual meeting
and a fine dinner at the Kearsarge. . lie
must have been one of those conscien
tious men whd insisted on good dividends.
He didn't dine at the Kearsarge, because
he hadn't got his gold "divvy." . So,
with all the importance becoming his
position, he took a dignified stroll iuto
an oyster saloon. ' ;
-. ''Say, mister, what do you ask for an
oyster?"-: - ,
-"Oue centfapiece,." was the reply.
. "I. guess aa how I'll have one," said
the stockholder.
-. The bivalve was duly opened upon a
plate, and he was invited to ''pitch in."
;;. "Say mister, is this all there is for a
eent?"
"Yes." - . :..:y
,: ''Can't you afford to give us another ?
How d'ye take 1"
"Well, some swallow it whole, and
some cut it up into hash. A good many
ways. Yon pay your money and take
your choice." .
"It won't
hurt a fellow, ' will it.
though?" T -
"Oh, no," " " ' "
So stockholder "went for it," and in
about two minutes the good thing was out
of sight, with four large soda crackers to
keep it company. "Nobody hurt.'
"Say, mister, don't care if I do have
another oyster. ' I)o you take less where
a fellow eats two ?"
' "No."
"Well, don't mind. "I'll hare an
ther." - :
Oyster No. 2 was disposed of, and with
it eight of the aforesaid crackers. Stock
holder shelled out the two cents, and was
about to depart, feeling greatly refreshed,
when he was advised to keep his money,
as he might need it to get home with,
and he was welcome to the oysters.' He
took the two cents, the most thankful
creature ever seen iu those parts, aud
departed. It is not reported whether
j be arrived safely at home, nor whether he
got the gold dividends. But he's one of
The Waters ok Lake Taiioe. All
who have attempted to swim in the water
of Lake Tahoe, must have been startled
at their strange lack of buoyance. Good
swimmers launch forth iuto the lake wkh
utmost confidence in their skill, and at
once fiud themselves floundering, and
only able to keep afloat by tbe most
strenuous exertions. Going into Lake
Tahoe after swimming in the generality
ot lakes tne lanes ana streams ot ttie
valleys is like attempting to swim iu
fresh water, after having learned the art
in salt water, or even more tryinpr. The
bodies of persons drowned in the lake are
never seen after they have once sunk
Of the five persons drowned in the lake,
not a single body has ever been recover
ed or even seen. 1 ne bones ot all are
still in the : lake. How many Indiana
may have been lost in its waters in time
past no one knows. Pine logs float in
the lake but a very short time, then sink
never again to rise. In places far down
through the crystal fluid are to- be seen
resting upon the bottom, great quantities
of slabs, logs and lumber. . The specific
gravity of the waters we do not know,
though we believe it has been more than
once analyzed. - It certainly can hold in
solution but a very slizbt per cent, of
mineials of any kind. California pa
per.
"Pa, will you get me a new pair of
skates, if I'll prove to you that a dog has
ten tails T "Yes, my son." . "Well, to
begin, one dog has one more tail than no
dog, has'nt he Vi "Yes." "Well, no dog
has nine tails ; and if one dog has one
more tail than no dog. then one dog must
have ten tails." U The father gave the
boy his skates. ' ; r ; -
' Tub thigh ' bone of a mastodon was
exhumed the other day while digging a
well, four miles east of Aurora, at a
depth of seven feet. The bone is nearly
four feet in length, and over one foot in
diameter at each end, and weighs fifty
seven pounds..
' ' ' - . m m m f : '
A "boy ' of the,. Emerald Isle;" who
was apointed census taker in Illinois has
sent in his report to the effect that "ivery
mother's son av dthem towld me his
name was NichtBVtstay, and dthat he
was riein years of age."
. A kqllino mill is to be built at Green
ville. Pa., , Work will be begun at once
on one of the buildings, which is to be
one ; hundred and sixty feet long by
eighty feet ; wide.
Other buildings will
be erected in dae time.-
, A TAU.oa'8 apprentice, who seemed to
be pained a good deal with the cross-leg
attitude, was asked how he liked tailoring ;
to which he replied, "Very well; but I
believe. I shall never be able to stand
titling." ' J ...
Slight frosts are now the common in
telligence! There was one in Montana
last week, and Hartford county, Connec
ticut.' There have 'also been' several in
Rhode Island. ' !! "M '";
AitortfaiAtEs.
SewuSIe Talk by Dr. Di
Lewis-wOl li
be heeuea.
-"The Boston CmtrgaiioHalUl aaya-i
Now, ksds, I will preach to yon just a
little sermon, aboat an inch long f
don't oft? preach, but in this case
nothing but a sencon will 60'.
Firstly Yon are perfect idiots to go'
on in i way. Young bodies are the
meet beantiful of" God's Creations. In
Continental gallirx-s I always saw
groups of people gathered about the pic
tures of women. It' was not passion ;
the ga2ers were just as likely to be wom
en as men ; it was becaui"S of the won
drous beauty of a woroau's body.
Now stand w'ai me at my office win
dow and see a 3dy pass. There goes
one ! Now isn't that a pretty looking
object ? . A bij; hump, three big lumps,'
a wilderness of crimps and frills, - a
haaling up of the dress here and there.
i
i an enormous, hideous mass of hair or
bark piled on the top nf her head, sur
mounted by a little fiat, ornameuted
wiak hhs of lace, birds' tails, etc., etc'
The shop windows tell us,' all day long,
of the paddings, whalebones, and steeF
springj which- occupy ocst of the space
within that outside rhr.
In the name of the simple sweet sen
timents which clustrr about' a home, I
would Low k a man to fall in love
with such a piece of compound, doubled
aud twisted, touch-me-not . artificiality,'
as you see is that wrigg??n curiosity. :
Secondly With that wasp waist,
squeezing your lungs, stomach! liver,'
and vital organs, into one half their
natural size, and with that long traif
dragging on the ground, how can any
man of sense wku knows that life i
made p of se, of service, of work, how
can he take such a partner ? He must
be desperate indeed, to uiike himself for
life with such a fettered, balf-breathing"
ornament
Thirdly Yonr ead drew and lick of
exercise lead to bad health, and men
wisely fear that instead of a helpmate,
they would get au invalid to take care
of. This bad health in you, just as in'
men. makes the mind a well as the
body fuddled and efiVmiuaf, You htve
no power, no magnetism ! I know' you
giggle freely and . use big adjectives,
such as "splendid," "awfal,"' but then'
thia don't deceive hs ; we pee through'it
all. Yon are superficial, auected, silly v
you have none of that womanly strength'
and warmth which are so assuring-and
attractive to Man. Why, you have be
come so child: a and weA minded that
you refuse to wear decent names even,'
and insist poa baby n nines. hu:ead:
of Ilellen, Margaret and Elizabeth,' you'
affect Nellie, Maggie aud Lizzie. When
your brothers weie b.iiey yon called'
them Bobby, Dicky a:il Johny, but
when tbey grew up to isanboodr a i mora"
of that silly traeb, if you plt-ase. I
know a women of twiuity-tivs years,
and eke is as big as Wh of my grand
mothers put together, and her rv-i! name
is Catharine, and iltough hW hrain i&'
big enough to conduct a2tirs f tate,
she does nothing but giggle, crer up
her face with her fan, and exclaim onco
in four minutes, "Don't now, yoi'are ril
mean."
How can a man prepoeu a life partner
ship to such a filly goose ? My dear
girls, you must if you would get hus
bands, aud decent iDe, di ess in plain,
neat, becoming- giirmeut, and tilk '.'.!
sensible, earnest sisteir.
You say lhat the moat Etnsille men'
are crazy after tluide but tallica of fisli
ion. I beg your po-aHou. it is not so.
Occasionally a mait of brilliant ys
may marry a silly, weak woujim, but ti'
say as I have beard women e.iy a hun
dred times, that the aiost senile men
choose women . w khout 8en:e, is bimply
absurd Niueteea tane.i i tweutji ceu
eible npen choose sensible woiueck t
grant yon that in eor-ijwiny they arc very
likely to chat and jiiy witlii iheee over ,
dressed and forward i-i.tU3es, hut t'cey
don't ask them to'gVlnulse altar with'
them. . , .
Fourthly Among the young men ic'
the matrimonial luArk t!,, only a very
emall number are independently rieh ;
and in America stlch -very ivarely inakw
good husbands. Bui vfce number of
those who are just beginning in life, wb
are filled with a nobie ambition wh
have a future, is very Jarj. Tiiesftars
worth having. But such will not, tlir-y
dare vof, ask vot V join them, while,
they see you so idle, s-'.lly and gorgeouoly
attired. Let taem tic that you are in
dustrious, economical, w:3h habits Uat
secure ncaitn ana streGgto, tnat your
life is earnest and' real, that you would
be willing to begin at the beginning in
life with the man you would consent to
marry, then marriage becomes a rule,
and not, as now, the exception..
Tab peanut crop of Virginia this year
will be 400,000 bushels, while Tennessee
raises 300,000 buehels, and Georgia and
the Carolinas from 150,000 to 275,000',
'As a proof of the severity ef the bat
tle at -Weissenbnrg, a French journal
states that one of their standards chan-red1
hand? twenty-seven tirnei. -