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Bcuotci to politico, fiterrfturc, Agriculture, Science, ittoralitn, curt encral intelligence.
VOL. 27.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY 21, 1868.
NO. 8.
Published by Theodore SchocL
TERMS Two dollars a year In advanrr and If nnt
pud bf( rc the end of the year, two dollars and fitfy
t. will be rhargrd.
No piper dKiMniitiued Until I nrrrnidrf sure paid,
rxcept at tlie ortfiorj oftlie Editor.
, erturmeiiu of nn iuareof(eipt.l line) or
n, one or throe lnvrtions SI 50. Earh additional
Mvartlon, jO cents. Longer onrs In proportion.
JOB peiixtixg,
tV ALL KINDS,
Cxecuted in the higlirrt ftyle of the Art, ami onthe
mot rensoti ible irmi.
Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
PIIYSK IAXS AND Sl'KUEOXS.
D
RS. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
are
prepared to attend promptly 10 an cans
of a Professional character. Office Op-
April 23, 1867.-tf.
IIK9. I. SMITH,
Svivgeoii Dentist,
Office on Main Street, opposite Judge
Stokes' residence, Stroudsburo, Pa.
0O Teeth extracted without pain.
August 1, 1S07.
.A. Card.
The undersigned has opened an office for
the purchase and sale of Ileal Estate, ia
Fowler B.iildinj, on Main street. Parties
having Furms, M ills, Hotels or or her proper
ty for sale will find it to their advantage to
call on me. I have no ngents. Parties
must sec ine personal 'y.
GEO. L. WALKER,
Real Eatc Agent, Stroudsburg, Pa.
C. W. SHIP, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
Ila removed his office and refider.ee to.
th buildiijg-, lately occupied ly Win. Davis,
Esq., on Main street. Devoting all his time
to hi profession he will be prepared to an
awerall calls, either day or night, when not
professionally engaged, with promptness.
07 Charges reasonable. iQ
Stroudrburg, April 11, 1867.-tf.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM Af iENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, one doer delate Fury's Tin
e... !
i
All claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced r.'tes.
(tT An af!di!i..r.al bounty of S100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
FKEK OF EXTRA CHAKGE. JJ
Auguet 1,
A. Card.
Dr. A. KGEYES JACKSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
BEGS TO ANNOUNCE Til AT II A V
ing returned fr-m Europe, he is now
prepireii to rBBi" the active duties of his
profession. In ordfT to prevent disappoint
ment to person '.iving at a distince who
may with cor.sult hii, h will be found
at his office etery THURSDAY and SAT
URDAY lor con-ultaiion and the perform
ance of Stirgicl operations.
Dec. l'J, 1-67.-1 t.
rtelTritcli! Itcli!
SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH!
USE
k'OLLI.viiE AL'S ITiIf k S. LT BIlEDI C1MMLM.
No Family t-lioulJ be without this valua
ble medicine, fr on the firt ap;e;irance of
th disorder on l Ii- wrists, between the fin
&.c, a -li2ht applicntiofi of the Oint
ment will cure it, and prevent it Lf ing ta
ken by other.
Warranted to give satisfaction or money
refunded.
Prepared and -ol 1. wholesale and retail,
by W. HOLLINSIIEAD.
Stroudsburg, Oct. 31, "07.J Druggist.
I,AXT'A, DENTIST.
IIai pfrmanently lo-ited him
self in Stroudsburg, and moved
his office next dooi to Dr. b.
Walton, where he is fully prepared to treat
the natural teeth, and also to insert incorrup
tible artificial teeth on pivot and plate, in tiic
latest and most improved nianner. Most
persons know the daii ger and folly of trust
ing their work to the ignorant au well a
the traveling dentist. . It matters not how
much experience a person may have, he in
liable to have some failures out of a number
of cases, and if the dentist lives at a distance
it is frequently put ofT until it is too late to
wive the tooth or teeth as it mav Le, other
wise the inconvenience and trouble of going
so far. Jlence the necessity of obtaining the
Bervices of a dentist near home. All work
warranted.
Stroudsburg, March 27, 1802.
SI. I. CUUMi.tlCIl,
Sign
nd Ornamental Painter,
at
I
SHOP ON MAIN STREET,'
(npposiie Woolen Mills,)
STKOUDSISUKtt, IA.,
Respectfully announces to the citizens of
SirouJfburg and vicinity that he is prepared
to attend to all who may fvor him with
their patronage, in a prompt aud workman
like m.mner.
(KtCIIAIRS, FURNITURE, paint
fd and repaired. (Feb. 20.-3m.
DOT sou Know fli:tt J. II.
McCarty is the only Undertaker in
Stroudsburg wh-i understand" his business 1
If not, attend a Funeral managed by any
other Undertaker in town, and yon will see
the proof of lu fact. Sept. 20, '67.
CA! YOU TBI.!, WHY IT IS
that when any one corned to Strouds
burg to buy Furniture, they alway ainquiro
(or McCarty'a Furniture Store! Sept. 20.
J.
THE FRIGHTFUL TORNADO IN TEN
NESSEE. THE COUNTRY DESOLATED FOR TWENTY
MJLF.S. HOUSES BLOWN DOWN AND
INMATES CRUSHED. A NUMBER KILL
ED AND WOUNDED. GREAT DESTRUC
TION OF PROPERTY.
From the Nashville Union, May 8.
About six o'clock, on Wednesday after
noon, the heaviest storm of the season
swept over Tenucssee, varying in streugth
and fury in different localities. At Chat
tanooga and in the Cumberland Moun
tains torrents of rain and hail fell, aeain
washing awav the railroad trft.Wnrir t
Tantallon, aad leaving hailstones on the
i Z u V rVi J V
I fill m nil t Of Uncnnn Mnnnlmn trnir u at
of the mountains the track of the Nash
jr - "vu 3 v ii-j. xu suuic via tut? v u io
ville and Chattanooga Railroad is a foot
under water, but little or no time has
been lost by the trains.
The country between the Hillsboro and!
Murfreesboro pikes, lying within a ransei
of twelve or thirteen miles south of this
city, and extending a distance of twenty
miles, was desolated by the most destruc
tive tnrnadrt known in Tonnocceo ciniii a
large portion of Fayette was laid in ruins ,jknW tAat,many,of t,bem have Hhc uSy
nearly twenty years ago. Tfie path of the I .hablt. of fiSQDS 'or the purpose of mak-
hurricane seemed to be about half a mile
in width, and it swept over . the country
in a zigzag course, carrying death and
destruction wherever its resistless whirl
could reach a movable object.
Dwelling houses, barns and outhouses
of evcrv descrintion were Utt from thr'ia a mound of earth raised fifteen or twen
foundations and wrenched to fragments, i
L lllmo- nr wnnnilinn. ti. inrr,ntaa a u J
rying them beneath the ruins. Roofs
and fence boards took flight in every di
rection, orchards were laid low, and the
proud forest trees were piled one upon
another, some of them torn up by the
roots, and the strong branches of others
clinging to the few that stood against the
tempest. The telegraph line along the
Nashville and Decatur Railroad was
thrown down for some distance, and
large oak leave were carried upon the
lesser winds as far as the southern streets
of Nashville.
Deep, rolling thunder and
blinding
flashes of lightniDg, accompanied by tor
t -.. : r. i i j . i. i
icuia ui iiiiu, lununci upuu tuc luruauu,
and the scene along its route is described;
to have been 'n-s grand as it was terribly
deructive. The groaning of the great
trees clinging to their strong roots, the
crash of falling buildings, the whining
aud clattering of flying boards and shin
gles, mingled with the roar of the tempest
as it swept along over hill and hollow and
whistled spitefully about the corners of the
houses and barns its limited scope barely
permitted it to touch, made up a 'confu
sion of sounds that would have drowned
a moving pendemouium.
The first evidences of the tornado were
witnessed in the vicinity of the Hills
boro' pike, and it is supposed to have
risen at no great distance west of that
road. Here trees aud fences were thrown
down, and as it approached the Franklin
pike in an easterly course, it increased to
almost tropical fury. Its approach was
heralded by a heavy roaring sound, as if
an ocean were sweeping onward in its
track. Striking the Franklin pike at
the third tollgite, two miles beyond
Brentwood, the gate house was ia an
instant demolished, and portions were fly
ing through the air. Mr. Joseph Chum
bly (a brother of John Chumbly, City
Marshal of Nashville), the tollgate keep
er, was instantly killed by falling logs,
his wife seriously injured and two of his
children were partially bruised in the
rubbish ot the chimney. The baby was
blown with pieces of the wreck a distance
of fifty yards, aud was found mangled and
dead when the storm subsided. 'At last
accounts the recovery of Mrs. Chumbly
and the two surviving children was deem
ed doubtful. Fragments of the building'
were yesterday picked up half a ' mile
from where it had stood. No other dwell
ing houses were blown down in the im
mediate vicinity, though great havoc was
made among the out houses, and trees
were everywhere laid low. A negro is
reported to . have ; been struck dead by
ligbfning,'and a young lady to have near-t
ly lost the use of her eyes. At Owen
Station, a large tree was blowu across the
roof of a house, but little damage result
ing to any thing but the roof.
Passing on'eattward, the tornado reach
ed the Wilson Pike, tearing to pieces the
barn of Lsouire Duck Davis, aud latin
the root irom Ins bouse, then crossing
the road and demolishing a new house
belonging to Adam Owen. At least five
thousand dollars' worth of Esquire .Da
vis' property was destroyed.
On the Owen and -Wiustead pike the
large two story houso of Mrs. Ilinton
Phillips was completely demolished, and
part of a chimney falling upon her grand-
child inflicted serious but not fatal injuries.
Mrs. riiillips was severely injured by property recovered is valued at $400,000,
falling timbers, and two other ladies and1 anj 31 r. Cook receives for his services
four gentlemen were more or less hurt.! one-fourth of the amount, 100,000.
Tht child could cot be found until some j Other suits similar as to claim and title,
time after the tornado had passed. The , involving four .times the amount of pro
fine orchard of eight acres was entirely -perty, and in which his interest is the
destroyed, aud the grove surrounding the; Eame, follow this aud will undoubtedly
house was swept to the earth. The house ;De decided in the tame way. His' entire
of James EdmoddsoB, in the same vicin-; fee, therefore, in this . case (for all the
ity, was blown down, and Mrs. Edtnond-;BUjtg form practically only one case,) will
sou severely injured, having a leg broken. ' amount to half a milion dollars a fee
At llashboro', on the Nolensville pike, such as but few lawyers have ever earn
a negro cabin was blown to pieces and a eJ.
colored child killed. Its mother was re-; .
ported to be dangerously hurt. Every; The orange crop in Florida will bo im
trec in Dr. Edward Pattersou's yard was niense. Lemons are also plenty, some
blown down, and fences, orchards and being raised in fhnt locality weighing over
fcbadc trees shared the same faC as those two pound.
luriner west, large, iramc bouse on
this pike, the name of the occupant of
which we could not learn, was laid in
ruins.
On Mill Creek, above Antioeh, the
houses of William Kimbro, Thomas Bri
ley and William Rrilcy were torn to
pieces, and a negro woman and child near
ly crushed to death in the wreck of a
cabin. Fences and trees were lifted and
I thrown about by the mad tempest and
desolation spread everywhere in its path.
After passing Mill Creek the tornado
seemed gradually to lose its force and to
narrow down to an almost insignificant
current. On reaching the Murfrcesboro
pike its fury was well nigh spent, its and
I last dash was the lifting of a stable roof on
John Leak s place. Mr. Leak's house,
fifty yards distant, was not raz6d.
It is impossible to estimate the amount
of property destroyed, as the distance
over which the tornado swept from west
to, st was fully twenty miles, and much
01 lue aamaSe nas not ueea rcFortea-
rm, ,-Tl
Every one has heard of the domestic
economy of many of the ant tribe. We
. !nS sieves ot some ot their race. We
nave i) ear a oi ineir Keeping aphides like
cows, and milking them of their sweet
honey dew ; but few, perhaps, have ever
heard of the agricultural ant. This ant
is a native of Texas, and constructs a citv
incbe3. from trhe ground, I to avoid the
inconvenience of rain, though the struc-
ture may be made on dry earth. Round
its city it clears the ground for the space
of three or four feet. This space is level
ed, smoothed, aud freed from every liv
ing herb. When this suburban field is
prepared, it is sown with a single species
of grain-bearing grass. When the crop
appears it is carefully weeded. The cul
tivated grass grows luxriantly and pro
duces a heavy crop of small white, flinty
seeds, which under the microscope, very
closely resembles ordinary rice. When
ripe, it is carefully harvested and carried
by the workers, chaff and all, into the
granary cells, where it is divested of the
chaff and packed away. The chaff is tak
en out aou thrown Levond the limits of
the paved area. During protracted wet
weather, it sometimes happens the provi
sion stores become damp, and are liable
to sprout and spoil. In thi3 case, on the
first fine day, the ants bring out the damp
and damaged grain and expose it to the
sun till it is dry, when they carry it back
and pack away all the sound seed, leav
ing those that had sprouted, to waste.
Apprehensions of Death Realized.
From the Galena 111.) Gazette.
A few days since a physician was call
ed to see a young man in this county who
was sick. He examined the case care
fully, felt of the pulse, which appeared
strong and almost healthy,- pronounced
the case hopeful, and after prescribing
was about to depart. The patient request
ed the doctor to remain, with the remark
that he should be dead iu just ten min
utes. The doctor, supposing it to be on
ly a whim of the imagination, thought it
best not heed it, and left without de
lay, with a remark that he would soon be
better. As soon as he left, the young
man firmly, and in about his usual voice,
told a gentleman present to look at his
watch and note the time, for in just ten
minutes from the time he spoke he should
be dead. The friend, wishing, like the
physician, to turn his attention from the
subject, paid no attention to it, but per
formed some other slight attention. Af
ter about five minutes more had elapsed,
the sick man again spoke to his friend :
"Why did you not look at your watch?
Five minutes have passed. - I have only
five minutes more to live." The friend
then looked at his watch and noted the
time. In just five minutes the patient
was dead.
A Englishman was once making some
extraordinary statements as to the speed
of ahorse which he owned. "My dear
sir," said an American bystander, ."that
is rather less tharr the' average speed of
our roadsters. I live at my country seat,
and "when I ride to town in a hurry in
the moruiog, my shadow doesn't keep up
with me, but generally comes into the
store a minute or two after my arrival
i f In a m t w mw Iiafca rata
little re-
stless. and I rode him as hard
as hard as 1 couM
several times around a large factory, just
to take the old Harry out of him. Well,
sir, he went so fast that I saw my back
before me the whole time, and I was
twice in daDger of riding over myself!"
Elisha Cook, a lawyer of Ruflalo, has
iust nrosccuted to a successful conelu-
gion, in California, a lawsuit, in which the
General Laws.
TVc publish below the law exempting
money loaned from taxation, and the law
taxing Rank Stock. They are authenti
cated copies, and will be found of gene
ral interest:
A Fupplcment to an act, entitled " An
Act to increase the revenues of the
commonwealth by taxation of the shares
of national banks," approved April 12,
18G7.
Section 1. Beit enacted, tCc, That
no stock or share of any national bank
shall be appraised higher than the cur
rent value of said stock in the market
where such bank is located; and any
stockholder shall have the right of appeal
to the auditor general, who shall have
the power to adjust such assessment, by
inquiring into the value of such stock,
and either abate or increase the value of
the same as may be just and proper.
fcEC. z: luat it shall be the duty of
the assessors, after they shall have com
pleted their assessment of bank shares, to
make return thereof fo the -auditor gene
ral, and give public notice of- such valu
ation or assessment, by posting one copy
of said notice in the banking room, and
one copy in the commissioners ofhee of
the said county; and if any shareholder
shall be dissatisfied withuch valuation,
he shall enter his appeal therefrom with
in thirty days from the date of putting
up Fuch notice.
Sec. 3. That the assessors appointed in
accordance with the provisions of-the se
cond section of the act to which this is a
supplement, shall visit and obtain from
the banks incorporated by the United
States, the list of stockholders, and the
number and par value of shares held by
each, as directed in said section, and shall
proceed to assess-all the shares of said
stock, in said banks, at their actual val
ue, and make a complete list of the same,
with the names of the several stockhold
ers, and the number and value of shares
of stocks held by each, stating whether
the stockholder be resident or non-resident
of the county in which the bank is
located; which list shall be returned to
the commissioners of the city or county
in which the bank is located, and a cer
tificate thereof transmitted to the auditor
general. i
Sec. 4. That the taxes assessed under
this act shall be a lien upon the shares
of stock of said bank from the date of
Ievj', and in case of non payment, the
shares of defaulting stockholders, with
the accrued dividends, shall be subject to
attachment, or levy and safe, for non-payment
of tax thereon, in like manner as
other personal property.
Sec. 5. That the third section of the
act to which this is a supplement, be and
the same is hereby repealed.
E LIS II A W. DAVIS,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JAMES L. GRAHAM,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved April 2, 1863.
JOHN W. GEARY.
An Act to promote the improvement of
real estate by exempting mortgages
and other money securities from taxa
tion, except for state purposes, iu cer
tain counties in this commonwealth.
Section 1. Be it enacted t tCc, That
all mortgages, judgments, recognizance
and moneys owing upon articles of agree
ment for the sale of real estate made and
executed after the passage of this act,
shall be exempt from all taxation except
for state purposes; and that from and af
ter the first day of December . next no
taxes of any description be assessed or
collected except for state purposes, on or
from mortgages, judgments, recognizances
or moneys owing upon articles of agree
ment for the sale of real estate, whether
made and executed before or after tho
passage of this act: That nothing in this
act shall be construed to apply to mort
gages, judgments or articles of agreement
given by corporations: Provided That
this act shall only apply to the counties of
Berks, Schuylkill, Luzerne, Clearfield, Al
legheny, York, Delaware, Montgomery,
Chester, Lancaster, Huntingdon, Fulton,
UeJford, Dlair, Lebanon, Clinton, Carbou,
Monroe, Lehigh, Mifllin, Westmoreland,
Northampton, Juniata, Somerset, Indiana,
Green, Elk, Forest, Franklin, Perry
Cumberland, Dauphin, Lawrence, Ly
coming, Union, Snyder, Erie, Crawford,
Rucks, M'Kean, Fayette, Philadelphia,
and Mercer.
ELJSHA W. DAVIS,
Speaker of the Houso of Representatives.
JAMES L. GRAHAM,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved April 4, 18G3.
JOHN W. GEARY.
.
. Mannro for Potatoes.
I will give you a receipt for raising
potatoes, that is worth the price of your
paper for one year to any farmer that is
short of manure. It is as good as the
best superphosphate of lime, aud it will
not cost half as much I have tried it
two years, and I am satisfied that it is good
on dry land. Take one cask of lime and
slack it with water, and then stair in one
bushel of fine salt, and then mix in loam,
enough so that it will not become. mortar;
it will mako about five barrels. Put in
half a pint in a hill, at planting. .Mas
sachusetts Farmer.
How to Keep Kettles from Rusting Insido.
Keep an oyster shell in your tea ket
tle, aud it will prevent the formation of a
crust on tho inside of it, by attracting the
h My particles to itself. Try it. -
Whims of Locomotives.
There are some curiosities about ma
chines which seem to be unaccountable
Every user of a sewinjr machine knows
that from some unknown reason the ma
chine which yesterday performed its work
well, so almost enthusiastically, to-day
refuses to do more than half of its task,
and docs that half in a surly, indifferent
manner. So with the other machines.
J-ven tho steam engine is subiect these!
fits. Is there some occult bond of sympa
thy between the operator and his machine.
by which the latter is influenced by the
mental condition of the former? For it
certain that these differences cannot
always be attributed to atmospheric or
other external influences.- This matter
quite harmoniously and truthfully
treated in the subjoined extract:
lt It is perfectly well known to experi
enced practical engineers, that if a dozen
different locomotive engines were made
at the same time, of the same power, for
the same purpose, of like materials, in the
same factory, each of these locomotive
engines would out with his own peculiar
whims, and ways, only ascertainable by
experience. One cngiue will take a great
deal of coal and water at once; another
will not hear to such a thin'r. but will in
sist on being coaxed by spadesful and
bucketsful. One is disposed to start off,
when required, at the top of his speed,
auothcr must have a little time to warm at
his work, and to get well into it. These
peculiarities are so accurately mastered
by skillful drivers, that only particular
men can persuade engines paticular to do
their best. It would seem as if some of
these excellent monsters declared, on be
ing brought out of the stable, " if it's
Smith who is to drive me, I won't go. If
it's my friend Stokes, I'm agreeable to
any thing." All locomotives are low-spirited
in damp and foggy weather. They
have a great satisfaction in their work
when the air is crisp and frosty. At
such a timo they arc very cheerful and
brisk, but they strongly object to base
and mists. These are points of charac
ter on which they arc all united. It is
in their peculiarities and varieties of
character that they are most remarkable.
The railroad company who should con
sign all their iocoaiotives to one uniform
standard of treatment, without any allow
ance for varying shades of character and
opinion, would soon fall as much behind
hand in the world as those greater gov
ernments are, aud ever will be, who pur
sue the same course with the finer piece
of work fallen man."
Chewing Gum.
The Philadelphia Ledger says: "Chew
ing gum is an article used somewhat ex
tensively among your people, and whilst
we have no desire to interfere with their
tastes, it is perhaps well that they should
know what it is made of. The manufac
ture of this jrum is carried on chiefly in
Massachusetts, and the process has htth - j
IUU UWU klUl U ECtlVl.
n '
A New
En-r-
land newspaper however, says that one
of the employees of the place having been
discharged, he divulged the secret, and it
. . . ...
then cocs on to tell the process. " Ihe
gum
ia ni9ilA or corf u in narffl rt oi?r;i
arabic, gum tragacenth, a small supply of
rosin and fat. The fat used is not lard
(that being too expensive), but it is
substance expressed from the bodies of
hogs, cats, dogs and,other animals found
dead in the streets of cities. After the
various ingredients arc melted together
in a huge kettle, a certain kind of alkali
is put in for the purpose of whitening
the gum. This alkila is the same that is
used by dyers with indigo to give a
and permanent blue to flannels."
deep
How to Get Sleep.
This is to many persons a matter of
high importance. Nervous persons, who
are troubled with wakefulness and excita
bility, usually have a strong tendency oft
blood on the brain, with cold extremities.
The pressure of the blood on the brain
keeps it in a stimulated or wakeful state
and the pulsations iu the head arc often!
painful. Let them rise and chafe t lie j
body aud extremities with brush or tow- j
a! nr nih smartlv with the hands to rm-
moto circulation, and withdraw tha cx-
ccssivo amount of blood from tho brain,
and they will full asleep in a few mo- ' llic " J Qocior and delight.
mcnts. A cold bath, or a sponge bath,! il3 usc SIVCS tho mtJ-l just occupation to
and rubbing, or a good run or a rapid j prevent its falhug into reverie or absorb-
walk in tho open air. or a "oin- up nudS "ams or mougnt, while every muscia
down stairsa fewtimesjustbefore retiring,
will aid in equalizing and promote sleep.
These rules are simple and easy of appli
cation iu the castle or cabin, ond may
minister to tho comfort of thousands who
would freelv expend money for an
ano-
dyno to promote "Nature's sweet restorer,
balmy sleep."
J J
The Iowa Falls Sentinel publisher a
very 6trangc story about a
horse in the
nnnhnrn mrt of Franklin countv chanff.
. . , - ---j -
n? ts color. It says : "Mr. Jiruwn has
a four-your oil colt which he prizes every
hi-hly. In color ho is naturally a bright
bly. In color ho is naturally
bay. Mr. Drown say3 that he wcut to
his ptable on a reccut Sunday morning,
and there stood a pure white horse. He
was much astonished when, on examir.a
t ion . he found that tho horse was
un-
doubtedly his own oolt. Mr. Drown pro-'quantity of hooks and eyes. A jury of
ceeding to the houso to inform his wife ' tha . neighbors, formally summoned for
and children, when they all returned totho occasion, returned an oral verdict
the stable, and there stood a coal black that tho unfortunato deceased (cow) had
horse, to the astonishment of tho family. probably swallowed a railkmaU or a.wa-
Since that time the colt has changed from ; terfall at some poiiod of its aJult life.
hhioL' tn hnv. white and sorrel. Thisisa: - ., ;
tram'Q storv. but the most perfect proofs'
arc bx-jiidht to nuhou it.
Snow in the Sierra Nevada.
The
RuCalo Commercial Advert iter
quotes from a letter :
"We are now getting ready to open our"
line from Cisco to tho Summit (13 miles).
The snow on that portion of the track
which was laid last fall, averages bout
10 feet in dep.th. We have about 500
Chinamen at work now trenching it oit.
and expect to increase the force to 1.000
during the week. We shall, after trenchw-
ing it, leave it for a few day3 for the sun'
to operate upon, when we shall put one
of the large snowplows with eight oC our
large engines behind it, and proposa then
to make quick work of it. I neyer saw"
snow (to speak of) until I came here.-
In the valley we are having comfortably
warm weather. The flowers are in bios--som
in fact flowers are in blossom 'hera
all the year round. The plains ia tho
base of the mountains are covered with
the most lovely wild flowera you ever saw;
and are very fragrant ; and yet, within
sixty miles, we find snow on an average
ten feet deen on the level ! I came iu oFv
Ihe road to-day, and while the trains was
waiting on a side track, made two of tho-;
most beautiful bouquets you can imagine.
This is decidedly a great country, and
barring the accommodations, a delightful,
country for the tourist or pleasure seekv
cr." ...
Do Not Swallow Grape Seeds.
Grape seeds, cherry stones and the lika
are insoLuble in any and all of the juices
used in the process of digestion ; they
must therefore pass from the bocly in tho
same state in which they are swallowed. .
In their passage along the alimentary can--al
they cannot but induce more or less
irritation, and if the digestive organs are
at all weak they must of necessity eusa
great disturbance ; being hard, almofli
like stones, they scrape along over . thV
delicate mucus membrane which lines tha
stomach and bowels, and frequently lodge
in the coils of the intestines, or becoma
imbedded in the delicate lining and causa
ulceration and tumefactions of the bowels,,
which may result in death. A friend5-
j just tells of a young man who having ea
ten a quantity ot grapes, became ill, suf
fered intensely, was unable to get relief
from any source, and finally died. Ari
examination disclosed a large quantity of
cherry stones imbedded iu the bowels, to
gether with about halfapintof grape
seeds, which had completed the work of
death. Jlrs. Dr. Jlillcr.
Sfcnple Directions for Preserving Furs,-
Ladies arc often anxious about keep
ing furs free from moths during the sum
mer months. Some one advertises to
send the requisite information for on
dollar.
Darkness is all that is necessary. The
"milie'r," the eggs from which Do-ha are
hatched, only moves ia light ; the metha
themselves work in darkness. Hantr the'
- furs in a very dark closet, and keep the
door shut; keep it always dark, and you
can have no trouble. But, as closet doors
arc some- times left open, the better way
is to enclose the articles loosely in a pa-
per, put. iuta in a pniow case, or
vran
'J ; around a cloth, and hang it up in a dark
closet. Camphor, spices, or perfumes aro
of no use. Continual darkness is suffi-
aicient. And do not take out the furs
in
June or
July to give them an "aim
for even then comcth ths enemy, and it
may be that in, fifteen minutes after ex
posure, it has deposited a hundred eggs.
If you consider an airing indispensable,
give tho furs a good switching and put
them quickly back.
Horace Grcclcy says in his "Recollec- -tions
:" , .
"The woods are my special department.
Whenever I can save a Saturday froui
thofarm I try to give a good part of it to
my patch of forest. The axe is the heal
thiest instrument that a renn ever ban--died,
and is essentially so for habitual
writers and ether sedentary workers,
whose shoulders it throws back, expand- -ing
their chests and opening their lungsr - -It
every youth and man, from fifteen, to'
fifty years old, could wield an axo . two
hours per day, dyspepsia would vanish.
from the earth,
and rheumatism become
decidedly feajeo. I am a poor chopper,
in the body receives sufficient yet not ex
hausting exercise. I wish our boys would
learn to love the axo." ;
A witness being called to give evi
dence in court in a Connecticut, respect-
! jg the loss of a thirt, gave the follow--
o
i'Mother said, that Ruth said, that Nell
said, that 1 oily told hcr.that sheseea man
t.l. 1 .ft . al
luai sce a Dy run through tue street wuu-
a streaked llannel shirt;, an cuecKer,.
. nn't i:.
: vucr : nuu yui -
j for mother has whipped them a
tlni for lying."
thousand
Caution to Milkmaids..
A man ia Kentucky killed a sick cowt
a few days since, iu whose etomach- was
found a large brass pin, a hair-pin, "and a
The majority for
the new CVaslitutioo
in
1 1,
tue!:ua is 13. Wv.