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ON and after MONOAV. NOV. "t!.
the Iriins on the l'h '.laJediia i' i.iij
l'ailroad w til run a - folb-.w :
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Alail Trsin 1-:itis i'liil.td - .iia. .
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Corvy an I Ii via 'on wiili trains ou Oil Ciiih
cvAdeglieny itivo- P. !l
Ai.'-r.'-.n l. tvi
O.oi'-'i'al Super' oi . ii trut.
LLi:U!li:.NY VAi.Li; P.A1L liOAU.
ihe only direct route to Pi'tsl ui j
WITHOUT VilASUU Ui' CARS
lioni ()il City.
;i and alter Monday Xjv. 2 I 18'JO, traini
Till run ts follow? :
(i ASO fOL'TiT
1 'ay Express loaves Oil City at
rrivii p at Piusbiir at
Kight I'.xprrss leaves Oil Ciiy nt
rnvi'ie; at Piit'iui' at
lvitianui. g Aee. le 'vn KiuU-ntou
Arriviving at KitliiMiii:
Jlixed Way leave' 11 ( i'y nt
Arriviug at West Peun Jr.uetiou at
GOING NoitrH.
Iiay Express l.',,ve3 rittburg at
Arriviiin at Oil City at
Niplit Express leaves Pit.sburg at
Arriving at Oil City at
Parker Aco. teavn? Kitta'iiiing
,'irriving at Parker
Mixed Way leavo West Peuu JitiiO. a
Arriving ul Oil City at
in.?:1 n. ni
r. :-:r p. m
I p. in
7.01 a ,a
I'. 10 y,. no
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7, 'II a in.
7,05 p. ni.
7. 1-1 a. m.
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b.oo p. in.
,b'. a in.
7. M a. ui.
li.'io n. ni.
I 7. I"' a. ni,
ti.oo p. m.
Connections at Curry find Irvine'on for Oil
City and Pittsburg. At franklin with James
town and Era ii k till R. I!. Conneet ions with
AVest Penn, It. K. nt Vest Penn .Innetion fir
Plairsville and r.'.l po'uits on tuo uiaiu line of
lh Pennsylvania H. II.
Sleeping Carson Sijiht Trains.
J. .1. LWVKK.SCIl. OoiieralSup-.
'J'uos. M. Ktsu, Ast. fcjupt.
OOK AGENTS WANTED Fori
Clrugglesaad Triamphs of
Vritten by hitrrelf. In one lare octavo vol
iiaie nearly 8IH) P'iges printed in English
: . nd German. H'i full pace enslaving. It em
braces forty year reeolhietions of his busy life,
ws a merchant, nmnajrer, bai.ker, lecturer and
showman. No buok ublished so iiceeptable to
nil classes. Every one wains it. Agents aver
use froiu 60 to li)0 etibscritiers a wee'i. W'e
offer extra indiicenieiiis. Illustrated catalogue
aud terms to iigenis sent free.
J. U. EL'KK i CO., Publishers.
8w Hartford, Conn.
D
a C. H. FELLER,
BOTANIC PHrSIClAN,
EtTiow!, Fa.
BUSINESS CARDS. .
J. S. llOltDWKLL M. D.
sicj.kctic t a rsict.-t v
TI"Mic wort eclectio means to cboo.se or sc
I let medicines fmin u'l the dincrcnt
so holds of medicine ; using remedies that are
s ifo, and discarding from practice all medi
cines tlir-t liavo an iiajnrioui illeet on t he py.
t 1 i tern, f.icli as cicrcury. ant iinonv. lead, cuii-
per. S:c.
I lay aside the lanee the old liloo l.elter,
re 'ncif or deplete)', and eua'.ize the c'.rciila.
lion nod restore th i-y-tcni to i's tini.i.at
st.te by alteratives and li.nies. I shall liere-
I after ivc nan inular attention to ehiimic dis-
("nsc., such as Rhditnat'.sm, llyspepHn. I.iver
coin. hunt, Catarrh, Nc irnliria. diseases of ( it o
j threat, urinary organs, uul uil ui;eu;cii pocu-
li'ir to feoi'.i-s. (,.
i CAT V !' U il I treat wl'li i nc-w instrument of
i a .,; Ur. out ion which en " every case.
T'.'ET !I cxtrae'ed without pain.
i ".'i-e and residence of the jail on
: i !:
0.r;ice hoars 1'ioiu 7 to S a.
to I p. in : u to i p. m.
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j. s. nonmvr.t.L.
7 OiiN G. HALL, Atiftncy at Imv
t) way, Eli; county Vi.
mar-'J li'j ly
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ii.X I'lii.-B,
d.M'..viL.;i, Elk Co., Y..
II. 15 LtAC'lI, T.-.v, rieler.
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) rally b,'
",'lor. l.p
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"iv the pnlronice livretnfnre .o j
..ow'd m :n hi n, Co' u.w r.o
s, by paying strict attention to
r rd ivi!e!ii"tie? of kucms, to
airvit a eeiitii.iiaiiee of I ho Sail.
vl'.L'o'y.
4 II .."!'i-s for
A ii-iil ! i- P-, ; !
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ill U'l,
nnd I!'trlT-nr
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u toon j
ii- t ee "VCil, '! ti'.e
l -1.7 si. m i.'AiurvA v.z store
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lit C. (o.V nf t'.ic
I'.-ih), ii t(,r.
Oi)t-ii Day and Nilit
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I 1Ar.HS. lidl lle.ids, Lettcr-Ueads, Ta,:-,
j Vy i! 'I.iciIk',!.-, d.'iiein u neat in .inner.
! aiid at the iewiiT ppicr. 1'i'il CASii, lit
I liie El!; A lv.ieaie Piintint; Oilioe.
1 OL'.S il. G A II NEK, ,
V AVTK'AL MACUIXTST.
Cnu be found at his Foundry nt St. Mary's
where lie is ready to have all ?hep.v. oi I. in
l.is line dune ou short notice. St. Mary's.
Hcnziriiei' P. O , Elk CO., Pa. tiiylCS ly
X D. PAPONS,
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Mncufioturer and Dealer in I.oots & Shoes,
Main St.", opposite Ifut el,
n27y W i.?ox, Pa,
1 At OP, YtilNG & CO , Hook Minders And
t) Plank linoli Miinutaeiiii ers, Wright's Elk.
Curry, Pa. 15'ank Uo. ks Made to Order. .
I It Ph.Vficiiu and Surgeon, Kidgway Elk
i'o. Pa Oliiee ahove store of il. li. Oilii i'
Ouieo houis from B to 1UA. M. and li to 8 P.
M. vlnHtf.
HI'.NIIY SO'JTIIEU, Attornev-at Law
Uidgway, Pa. ifeb'J'O&j,
1 tiel
ANKS of all kinds fur tale at this
r ii. v
Vv. '-a
VOI.K, Manufacturer ant tieaur
air Beer, opposite ihe Kailruad
li pol, St. Mary s, Elk county Pa.
Mar -L'2'tiii 1 .
ENVELOPES, LABELS k TAGS novly
printed 1 1 tho Advooatt Otiice.
T WAS cured of Deafness and Catarrh hy a
JL inipl remedy, ami will send the receipt
free
MIIS. M. C. LEGGETT.
4r
ilobuken, N.J.
, Mt(t liliscclljr.
WASIlLXOTOiYS' JJAh'IiU GL
It was in tlie spring of IToS Mr. Cur.
tis, a planter residing at li is cstuta callod
tlie "White llou-o," was out otio morning,
vilu n lid met, eoiniig from tliu noithward,
a Annuo ;eni!eti:an of inilitaty nppcarone:e,
excellently mounted, and accompanied by
a jood oiJ servant, or tionxeant, who rode
re.spielf oily a lew pact-s hi hind his master.
'J lie tie'.v coiner was Col. Georo Wushiug
t"ti. on lii.s wa, (rotii Winclieslir to Vil-liam.'-bui'g,
and his uttecdant, liisliop, for
merly Uiaid ck's body set vaut, but uovi his
iv.n.
W'a-hin ton was twenty-five years of aire
r.t that time, and a youo: m.iti cf reat
sedat(;t:r?s and dio'iity. lie was in chief
cotiimaud on "t he frontier, and uaV or
tlionoht little of I hft fair sex. 15 at, on this
(rins morning of his "tiuo had
CutLl?."
'dr. Curtds cr'ttfd liitn, mill invited him
tosti.p nt the White I louse. lTs hus'pe.'s
waspressit'!r ; he niu-t hasten r.n to see his
excellency at iiliatnsbur. And uoover
I si:-, they ro'Je te'ck pot reached the
White ll.tisa litre Wa-hintr.ii ilis.nuutit.
cd, arid OLlivered his his. horse to iSh-hop,
with orders to wait bitu tiiei.t; ho wou'd
c.tiiinue h.s j ituuoy in half an 'hour.
lShop al.':ttid gravely, v, i;h ii ind raised
to iv.? oat; id? lujr'er i titertil the Iiiiise;
'id 'he half hm,; t-u.-iicd the old sirvaut
'. -it.ir patlciii'j.
ft is in a .-i it did rift, hovrevcr, nia'ie his
.pj..ara: eo 'Il.a cvc.f was unheard d.
i 'VI. Wi-d. ii...t.,n wtl.e Ht,d of piinclu-
.tiiiy ; in- ftr.i on priiili.g p.ih'.ie business;
v.l'.-t conjfl !m t'i'.p :u a.iin oi' this strn-2
and tiawycd duav '!
j An ..f-iir p...--i i -tv.o 1 ot-.r? passed,
j '"I. U i'.-hiii'.v.n did nut xi-. appctr. Kut
t.i titiiv caxc out ana i. -i' Vl : -.. J an order
ii oiti hi.u l j i!,e a.u:i.,u!ij.:.s old bodvuirird
He v; 'iih! eon'nrt the in.: c; !o the stable
Ms tbiS'i-i" '.v-.ii ) J dino, and
..ibly pass
1,
.'. C':":s. Hi:. :.op ob:y ed
:!..: rl c .uiimr to an end
-iMid Col. V"...t!i'ntoa was tba g-ae.tt
ihe owner ol the W hit 3 1! me.
Ol
On the r-.cy'. ti.endrv, J!ii-!iop, in obedi
t.re t.oio''.'is to that t-C'cct, 3 a Idled the
-.rse: or-d-r. ::,! lirs f-.c dy..r for t!.v
;d .'.ii:!. who di:-ir-ii': 1 sjtt:uo t'ut.l.e sail.
1 :.i mi :.:af..!y. A u he-;r pr..-so J ; the Ui.lun
- ( el did not npvr ar Two hout-.s ritcrwards,
'hcie stiil no ,si';n if him. Then the
tcrvr.A e:'u:e fin, ar.d directed that the
hir'-- be. led back ;- t.lol. Washington
w.'u'd ic :i: ai.i to diur.cr, aud then coutiuue
his jom iiey .
'I he day was fur spent n hen the young
si.Mier r.:a !o hi apjiearenco and vtiuhei
ihe saddle. Tail, vij;tiroWs. pruccfal
and wi.h a certuir. lultiiie.-s i.f I earing, even
thin di.-tiiojn'ishuolc, he was a gallant-look'
'...j. cava'.ii.r ouo whom any woman might
adtoii'3.
One was ging a him thiongl; the wia
d.nv a y .ung la ly of .ibjut his owu ae,
v. ith rotiy chi'tlis, briuht eyes, hair carried
buck from tho fot eliead, and a neck rcscm-'
h'irg snovr, above the ffjuarccut bodice,
'i h.i young eoliii.el reined his h!;h spirited
li Ti-i, nearly thn.wing him on his heunehes,
toide a custnons s. luie with his right
hand, (it was nearly tho attitude ol a biuTZi?
iStiOie of him made afterwards.) aud gal
hi; id a-..:j, thinking probably of the bright
eyes ai'd red lips.
"Colouil Ceofge v"ash!cgfonl of Mount
Vernon," hadseeu for the Cit tisio Mrs,
Martha Curtis, tho beautiful young widow,
who. a year after, was to become his wife.
Tradition, relates that the ceremony took
pluce iu old St. I'eler's Church in New
Kent county. The scene was a brilliant
ur.e, and may iiitereft tho reader; It was
in January, 17ol). The Itev. Dr. Mos-sooj,
parson ol the paiih, attcude 1 in lull cation
ieuls, bijU the pair advanced, lollowid by a
bevy of beauties and grootusnirn. Wash
iiigtni) was clad iu a suit of blue aud silver,
lined wiih red filk; his waistcoat was em
broidered; his kmc aud shoe buckles weie
of goM ; his hair was powdered and he wore
a drcfis sv.ord. The brido was dressed iu
white satin with rich point-lace ruliles;
pearl oruurueuis iu her hair ; pearl nccklaeo,
ear rings and braedets ; white satiu shoes
with high Leeds and diamonl buck'es; and
was followed, as has been aid, fiy an arruy
of beautiful aud richly dressed girls, leaning
upon the arms of groomsmen, iu coatuu.es
ub imposiug.
The vice regal Governor of Virginia, in
a suit of scarlet, embroidered with gold,
with huge bag. wag aud dress-sword, as
eeo iu the midst of a number of officer of
the I'iUglisli army and uavy, aud a great
orowd of what were then called "the gen
try" Irieods aud relatious of tho bride
aud groom filled tho church j all intent
lipou the interesting ceremony. One per
sonage has been forgotten Lishop, the
old body servant. He, too, was present
With folded arms, and much emotion iu
his aged face, he gr.zcd at the ceremony
with the rest.
It soon ended, and the brilliant crowd
flowed forth from the old church. Tradit.
ion relates that the bride, and as many of
her fair attendants as could do so, entered
tho great chariot, which rolled off, drawn
by its six spirited hoife.s; while the bride,
groom, fonder of riding on horseback,
mounted the sph-udid lnglioh charger be.
ipieathed to hiiu by iJraodoek, and cantered
at'trr the coach, aUeuded by a number of
gallant youths.
Such was that picturcsipte scene in tho
life of '-Fa her of l.is Ot.nutry."
SELF MADE VEX.
' We do not wonder that great men Jiave
been h'oi ii mechanics ; for those who have
boen brought up exclusively in drawing.
rooms, intelligence is a game, a recreation ;
for those who have held the ?wcrd or the
helm, who have d:iven toe plow or Worked
chisel, iutc Licence becomes a p'.ssion, a
force, a Veaipy, a worship, ni l a love di
vine. It is from the stall, il.o shop, the
work room that tho most powerful minds
isstu d Mo'iere from the Mpho'.ster's Uurs
from the farmer's. Shakspeiiro from the
hosier's shop, "uufca f.'om the wheel
wrightV long cngigcd in a tnigg'o wi:h
phydcal nature, they ull took refuge in the
free domain of thmht. Evci un iuf'cii.ir
mini wcu'.d F0?a be tetrpeved t3 E?rrnt".'li
iu thc?e mechanical apprenticeships; and if
ever the spirit id reform which has seized
on the woil'.' ihould extend to the act crea.
ting citizens, v e doubt not that goml sense
will gain a victory over custom ; and that
one of the m.'St important parts of every
education will be hoiiecfor'.h the duo ad
mixture of the development of the miud
uud its nat ure.
SPL1.S7EUS.
Fr.nc; Tjr a deaf pirsi n ' Come bsck to
Kriu."
Iteaily the very latest thing out The
.itreit lamps.
When is love deformed '!- When it i3 sU
m ou2 side.
When are bakers hard up ? When they
kneed their bread.
Why do thieves lead a comfortable life 'i
Because they take things easy.
What is the greatest want of the ege ?
Want of luiids.
A drunken man, who hud slipped down,
thought it singular that water always fietz.3
with the slippery side up.
A near sighted man walked off the bridge
into the Keuuebeck lliver, and upon be.
iug miraculously saved was ''daruatiou glad
he didn't !oo.-e his kuue und speco."
Tiiiike Hants An observer of human
nature reports that he has seen some people
poscs.-ising tre peculiarity of three liands
a ripht hand, a left hand, uud a little be.
hind baud.
C , of Kalamazoo, thdught highly
of whipkoy for pivserwng leather, aud al
ways had a f.kiii-iull. He sold his driving
horse to a distiilor. II, seeing it pas
sing one day, hauling a load of ''Luke's
l'est,'' remarked :''That horse has changed
owners, but keeps on at the same work,
onlj he hnuli it now In barrels."
m
Nat M was a queer genius. A ueig-
bor found him one day at work at an euor.
mous wood-pile, sawing away for dear liie
with an intolerably dull saw. ''Why don't
you sharpen jour saw, Nat?" asked the
neighbor, Looking up with au iuiuiiiably
droit expreision, "I should think 1 had
work enough t-j do to saw up this wood
pile, without stoppiug to sharpen saws."
Said a distiaguised politician to his su :
"Look at me ! I began as an aldciruan, and
hire I am at tho top of tho tree ; and what
is my reward !1 Why, when I die my son
will be the greatest raesul iu the United
States." To this the young hopeful repled:
Yes dad, when you die, and not till then "
A committee bWt to settle upon the color
with which they should paiut their Dew
church. Au old sailor happened to be
among them, who rose and said : "(Jcutle
men, 1 move that it be painted a gum col
or, for you all know, that Deacon Smith's
noso is painted that color and that it Las
been growiug brighter every year,"
A S1SGULAR AUTESTUltE.
The Muskegon, Mich., EnUrp !sc relates
tho following singular adventure :
When we were publishing a paper in
Lcwisburg West Virginia, several year ago,
a very singular accidiut hefel a young nan
there, which wo n itrated briefly at the
time. A lew days ago we chanced to meet
him here in Muskegnu, aud ha narrated his
adventure at our nrpi..vt. It occurred on
the farm ol Gen. A. '.0. Pavis in Green
brier county, in lboO. We give his story
in his own vvor.ls as near as we can recol
lect them : "I was ploughing ou (Jcnerd
Pavises' form, in 1.9."G," said he, "uusus
picioui of being cn in? ei ure g-oun.l, whn
suddenly tho earth seemed to fall beneath
me. I saw the horses dsr-cending, hut w.i
too friglneued to let go the plough haifdliS.
i he pilch of ihe horses with the earth gave
my fall unimpcin,;, and somehow I caught
toe mane of me of thrm in my. fall, an! so
held on iiisiitiotlvly. What 1 thought when
filling I can hardly tell. At any rate, I
did some rapid thinking. When 1 htided,
I fell on ihe horse whose matio I had
hold of. tiBd u'thnugh the hor?o wasiustttnt
killed, I was mirily stuiitud and confuted.
On lecovcring tiiys-lf I lorkod up, and the
hole through which I had fallen looked so
smi'.li, I concluded I must have fallen lod
feet. My fust thought was to call fur uid,
but I ins'autiy recalled the Itct that I was
at least a miio from Gen. Pavis' houe, and
that there was not the remotest probability
that at.y nr.c had seen myJecent into the
earth, k was then early in ihe mcrnitig,
atid as I had brought my dinner wiih me,
uo ct.e wt.uld nibs ITIe, before night fall .
While going over these facts in my own
miud, 1 haaru the rush of water mar at
hand, and it o:cmid to me tl iit I mu't
fallen upon the bed oi sinking creek, v-li'.-b
as you kuo.v, fails iuto the eaith above
Fronkh.rd, aud docs not come out but once
till it reaches the banks of the Greenbrier
river. To say where I was, or to at
tempt to follow the subterranean jassegs,
w-as ttie next rjueution. I somctimrs took
the team home to my own tenant stabio,
and the: eft. re, might not bo miisid lor days;
so I delei liiinid to follow the str.am. I
wadtd in it, and. judging fi'.m if.-; dibth of
IVotii one tj thiie feet, 1 crac'u led it n.ust
he tlie identical fSiuhing creek spidien of
r.":iine i;i v eead OYtii'-i.'.ioti hclrtid me, I
followed the slrcarn. l'or the most part I
had petty c;:s.ty work of it, but sometimes 1
came to a deep place, vherel wis forced!
to swim for a cotnideriible distance ; again
I wsa often precipitated headlong into deep
water by tho precipitictis cat tiro of thr
stream. Talk ttbottt tho daikuess of the
giavo ! A grave irsell ecu'.d Lot h:vo been
more itupalpubly J-.rk than the ptissago I
was following. The occasional rippling of
the waters w..s an est ressibly doar sound to
my ears. . lV.y and night wro the same to
me. At Ls.t, wearied with my efforts, I
laid down on a ch; ir'tovely dry r. ek to
rest, and nm-' h t .-e slept for hoi;rs. Vrheu
1 awoke again I totk to ihe watir, careful
ly p.seei la'.,i'.ig which way it l an, so as not
to loo-e uiy labor by retracing my stops. It
seemed tl.e.t the farther I went the move
dfficult progress became. When I had
por.o pc.haps a mile, I came to a place
where the archway mrr .v? ! so mv.ch that
I had to crawl on my hands and knees in
the water. Here was a delomma I had not
looked for. I l.ied either bank of the liv
er, but found no passage. I could s.vim
under water fur a considerable dis'a'ice, but
tho distance: bi fi ic me was ui. known, aud
I halted long befuro making the dangerous
venture. At last I couelu led that my .'ate
was equally doubtfuin returning os in pro
ceeding, aud plunge boldly into tho cur
rent, and soou found that it was so Sivift in
its confined passage that I only needed to
hold my breath to go through, Iu the
course of twenty or thirty let I ngua got
my head above waiter, aud tuK a long
breafhing spell. Agn'n tlie archway above
seemed to enlarge an '.he bed of the stream
became move even. I sped along compar
atively rapid, keeping my hands oufstreeh.
ed to pr'eveut my unuiug against the jag.
gcd rocks. Wearied out, 1 again laid down
and tlept soundly iu my went clothes. Qu
awakiug, I urstied my course down (he
subterranean stream, and at last, iu the long
distance, I saw a glimmer that looked very
bright iu the darkness I was then put in.
Neariug this 1 found that it did not iuciease
in brightness ; and when I hud gone per.
haps a mile, 1 came to another place where
my path narrowed to the very tunnel filled
with the water. My ease bid now become
more desperate I could not possibly re
trace my steps, to 2 submitted myself to ttts
current, and was immeasurably overjoyed
to find myself rapidly swept into daylight.
Exhausted and half drowned, I crept out
upou the land und was upt long in recog
nizing the objects about me. I had come
out into.lho Greenbrier river, as I knew
fri m the familiar loolj. of Gen. Pavis' mill
on the back. On reaching home I found
that I had been ovir forty-eight hours in
making my perilous journery cf six miles
underground." The hole where this man
went 'through is now feuccd round. On
listniiig one can plniuly hear the rush of
water below, and a btono thrown down will
s me'.imcs be hcird to spluh iu the stream.
"Most Akyyt hino at Alt,." How
easily the wotld is sati.-fied, especially the
world of oiics'b fiiends. If you promise to
make a pre-ont to a frieud, and ask him
what he wili have, the invariable answer
will be "most anything nt all."
Now it is thi3 very disposition to Jake
whatever idtall first come to hand W he
satisfied wi'h anything that may turn up
in the path of endeavor, which holdj ono
in the condition never to attain any great
gd:d. '
Po not. thercfone, be satisfied with ' most
nn thing," but make up your mind t- some
pu-pese, or object, and then work to ob
tain, or secure it. Let your hopes or as
perations always surpass your ability
strive to bo good aud get goodness strive
to bo great and get greatness, end rather
than to pick up most anything at all"
which lies at your feet, reach upward aud
onward for something rich or noble, though
it be far beyond your utmost stretch, fr r
only by conslaut efijit can you psss to the
goal of success.
Why Do We Oil Ou.t Whetstones 7
We oil cur whet stones for several rea.
sons. Tho first is that almost .1! sf.m, c
unless oiled become glazed or over
burnished on tho suiface, so that thev
no longer abrade the metal. The 'second
reason is that most stones, after being oiled,
give a finer edge lhan they do in a dry
or merely-wet state. The pores of tho
stone become in a measure filled up, and
while the action is rendered contiuous, its
elia: actor i i altered. A dry btono is very
r.pt to eire a wire ed m to a tool, and al.
thoitoh this sometimes happens when oil
is used, it docs not occur near so often. Jt
has been said a little caibonic acid dissol
ved in tho w.ilcr which is used to
moisten a wlictsloue or a griudstono will
eatly increase the faction, and thus un.
mote Ihe action of the stone upon the steel
.nstrutiient. II (his be true, and there bo
no uuforseou drawbacks, carbonic acid will
prove vahuable to all who hav3 to sharpen
tool-i or g:iud metallic surfaces.
A good story is tol l of a certain promt's.
;n- railroad gettleman of Phi'adidphia, who
is repially renowned for his ability to make
a joke. A railroad employee whose home
is in Avon, came on Saturday qight to ask
for a pas to visit his f:mily.
"Are you in tho employ of the railroad V
inquired tho g-iuteuiaii illuJtd to.
"Yer"
"Po yu receive your pay rcglurly?"
Well now suppose you were workiog
for a farmer inrtead ol of a railroad compa.
ny, would you exren your employer to
hitch up his team every Saturday night to
carry you honn ?"
Thi seemed a poser, but wasn't.
"No," w.19 the man's answer, "I would
not expect that, but if the farmer had his
team hitched up and was going my way, I
should call him a darned mean cuss jf ho
did not let ire ride."
The mau came out three minutes after
wards with a pass.
Tiikre is a club in Paris consisting chief.
Jy of rich merchants, formed tor the pur
pose of enabling its members to witness
public executions. This club has made au
engagement with the proprietor of a w.n
shop in tho Place do la Roqnctto, wLose
wicdowa are immediately opposite to the
spot where the guillotine is erected. When,
ever an execution is to take place, the tnetn.
be.sof the club pass tho night at this
wineshop over a bowl of punch, so as to be
teadyfur a good view when the "interesting
moment" arrives. The following is a speiT
imen of the circular which is sent to' fha
members by the secretary of the club pre
vious to an execution: "I0m happy tl
inform you that the execution of wjj
take place to morrow. Pou't fail to be
present. II is af. uid to die ; that will U
aUiUSviug."