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VOL: 2.
STROUUSBURG, MONROE COUxNTY, PA., MAY 25, 1871.
NO. 5.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
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J O B V ill H TIN G ,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the liielirtl style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable terms.
DR. J. LANTZ,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
Still has his office on Main Street, in the second
Vwry of Dr. S. Walton's brick building, nearly oppo
site the Stroudsburg House, and be flatters himself
that by eighteen years constant practice and the most
earnest and careful attention to all matters pertaining
to his profession, that lie is fully able to perform all
operations in the dental line in the most careful, taste
ful and skillful manner.
-t. i aiianhnn ,ifn tn avtne the Natural TVeth :
f, to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
Kuld, Sliver or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits In
nil cases insured.
Most persons know the great folly and danger l en
trusting their work to the inexperienced, or to those
kTing at a distance. April 13, 1871. ly ,
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
-'Announces that having just returned from
Dental Collegs, he is fully prepared to make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and life
like manner, and to fill decayed teeth ac
cording to the most inprcved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when de
aired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which is entirely harmless. Repairing of
all kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. G. Keller's new Brick build
ing. Main Slreet, Stroudsburg, Pa.
February 23, 1871. Cm.
jyt. g eo7w7jvckson
Physician, Surgeon & lccoucher.
Office, Detrick's building, residence Kres
fey'a Hotel.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.
June 3, 1870. Iy.
"T"VR. C. O. IIOITM.l, HI. I.
1 f Would respectfully announce to the
public that he has .removed his office from
Oakland to Canadensis, Monroe Countj, Pa.
Trusting that many year? of conweutive
practice of Medicine and Surcery will lie a
sufficient cuarantee for the public confidence.
February 2, 1870. tf.
J A .11 US II. 1VALTO.V,
Attorney at I-aiv,
' Office in second story of new buildinsr, near
ly opposite the- Washington Hotel, Main st.
Stroudsbnrg. Pa.
January 13, 1870. tf.
s,
HOLMES, Jit.
Attorney at Lair,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above the
Stroudsburg House, and opposite Rueter's
clothing 6tore.
(fcBusiness of all kinds attended to with
promptness and fidelity.
May 6,1869. tf.
DON'T you know Hint I. II.
McCarty is the only Undertaker in
Stroudsburg who understands his business?
If not. attend a Funeral managed by any
other Undertaker in town, and you will see
the proof of the fact. Sept. 16, '67
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil
liamsburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
OCT" Medicines Fresh and Pure.
Nor. 21. 1867. W. HOLLINSHEAD.
ELLEKS VILLE HOTEL.
The undersigned having purchased the
nbove well known andopuiar Hotel Proper
ty, would respectfully inform the travelling
public thathe has refurnished and fitted up
the Hotel in the best style. A handsome
liar, with choice Liquors and Segars, polite
attendants and moderate charges.
13. J. VAN COTT,
Sep. 29, 1870. tf.
Proprietor.
A.
ROCKAFELLOW,
DEALER IN
Ready-Made Clothing, Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Hats & Caps,
Boots & Shoes, &c,
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA.
(Near the Depot.)
Tbe public are invited to call and exam
ine goods. Prices moderate.
May 6, 1869. tf.
PLASTER!
Fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER
at Stokes' Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS'
FENCING, SHINGLES, LATH, PA
LING, and POSTS, cheap.
FLOUR and FEED constantly on hand.
Will exchange Lumber and Plaster for
Grain or pay the highest market price.
BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
C. Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trad solicited.
N. S. WYCKOFF.
Stokes' Mills, pa., April 20, 1871.
THE STROUDSBURG
Passenger R W. Co.
7 per cent. Bonds.
Interest payable in January and Anril
For sale at tlie Monroe Comity
Hank..
TIIOS. A. BELL,
Treasurer.
March 1G, 1871.
M0XR0E (MATY
BANK!
STROUDSBURG, PA.
ON THE FIRST OF APRIL, 1871,
THIS B AJSTK
will commence paying Interest on
DAILY DEPOSITS,
at the rato of
Four Per Cent
SUBJECT TO CHECK AT SIGHT.
Accounts rendered, and interest credited
monthly. ' ;
SEVEN PER CENT INTEREST PAID
on permanent deposits, as heretofore.
Checks on all parts of the Country
COLLECTED
Free of Cost Tor Depositors.
DEAFTS
FOR SALE ON
England and Ireland.
AH deposits in this Bank are secured by
Bond, with securiety to Thos. M. Mcllha
ney, Trustee, in trust for Depositors, which
bond is recorded in the proper office.
THOS. A. BELL,
Cashier.
Majch 16, 1871. ly.
p S. WILLIAMS,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
MAIN-ST, STOUDSBURG, PA.
Locatpd in corner building, third door be
low the JefTersonian office. Room handsome
ly fitted up, and hearily stocked with the fi
nest assortment of
Clocka, Watches, Jewelry, Jeweler No
tions, &c,
ever ofFered in this section of country.
A full assortment of Spectacles, of the
best quality, and suited to all ages, always
on sale.
Silver-ware, and Silver Plated ware, al
ways on hand at manufacturers prices.
ORepairinjr neatly executed, and char
ges extremely moderate. Calls from the
public respectfully solicited.
November 5th, 1869 ly.
"MONROE COUNTY
Marble Works,
Main St., Stroudsburg, Pa.
The subscriber would respectfully inform
the public that he is still at bis old stand
where he will furnish at short notice
GRAVE STONES,
MONUMENTS, &c. &c,
of the best material and workmanship and at
as reasonable rates as they can be purchased
at any other establishment in the country.
J. E. ERDMAN.
MachQ, '71.-4m.
THERE WERE SOLD IN THE YEAR 70
8,841
or
Blatchley's Cucumber
TRADE MARK
WOOD PUMPS,
Measuring 513,506 feet in lenghth.or sufficient in
the aggregate for
A WELL OVER 40 MILES DEEP,
Simple in Construction Easy in Opera
tion Giving no Taste to the Water
Durable -Reliable and Cheap,
These Ptimpa me their own best recommendation.
for sale by Dealers in Hardware antf Agricultural
Implements, Plumbers, Pump Makers. 4lc.. through
out the country. Circulars, &c. furuiabed udod ap
plication by mail or otherwise.
single rumps lorwartieu to parties in towns where
I have no agents upon receipt of the regular retail
price.
In buying, be careful that your Pump bears my trade
mark as above, as I guarantee no other.
CHAS. G. BLATCIILEY, Manufr,
. Office and YVareroom,
624 & 626 Filbert Street, Philadelphia.
March 2, 1871 .6m.
NEW FIRM.
The undersigned baring formed a co-partnership,
under tbe firm name of Burt & Her
zvg, for the purpose of carrying on the Brew
ing business, at East Stroudsburg, Pa.,
would respectfully inform the public that
they will be able, all times, to furnish to or
der, a pure article of
ALE
at short notice. Their stock of material be
ing the best the City affords, none but the
purest and best malt liquors will be permit
ted to leave their establishment. They re
spectfully solicit the patronage of the pub
lic. JOHN BURT,
JACOB F. HERZOG.
East Stroudsburg, Pa. Dec. 1, 1870.
PENNSYLVANIA.
ItErUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Harrisburo, Penn., May 17. The
Republican State Convention nominated
Col. David Stanton of Dearer for Auditor-General,
and Robert D. Death, of
bcbuylkill for Surveyor-General, both on
the first ballot. The following resolu
tions were adopted :
The Republicans of Pennsylvania, as
sembled in State Convention declare
They demand of the Legislature
the immediate passage of an act calling a
State Convention to revise and amend
the Constitution, for the purpose, among
other things, of abolishing and prohibit
ing special legislation, securing the elec
tion of all State officers by the people,
establishing a judicial system that will
make justice prompt and sure, and pro
viding for the passage of general laws
that shall so encourage industrial enter
prise that Pennsylvania shall be enabled
to take her just place in the front rank
ot all the States.
Second. They demand of Congress that
the credit of the nation shall be faithfully
maintained, home industry encouraged
and protected, an adequate civil service
system established for regulating appoint
ments to office, to reduce taxes to the low
est possible limit consistent with . the
steady but not too rapid extinction of the
national debt, the honor of the Republio
sustained at home and abroad, tbe rights
of every man protected m all the States,
and every man entitled thereto secured
in the polling of one vote, and no more,
at each election.
Third. They declare their unalterable
attachment to tbe principles of protection
to home industry, in the levying of tarnff
duties in accordance with the wise policy
which has existed Irom the foundation of
the government to this time.
Fourth. They commend the policy of
retrenchment and the wholesome enforce
ment of the laws which have prevailed
since the election of General Grant to the
Presidency, and which ha3 resulted in
the first two years of his administration
in reducing tbe national debt over two
hundred millions and in curtailing the
taxes to the extent of eighty millions an
nually. They commend also the similar
policy which has prevailed under Repub
lican rule in Pennsylvania, resulting in
paying off the war debt of three and a
half millions, reducing the State debt
from forty to thirty millions, and abolish
ing the State tax on real estate. It is the
fact that since both the State and nation
have been in Republican hands we owe
the accomplishment of such gratifying
results, and it is to the continuance of
that party in power the people must alone
look for the continuance of this policy.
The return of the Democrats to power in
either the State or nation must inevitably
be attended with a return to extravagant
expenditures, to the impairment of the
State and National credit, and to the
abandonment of that protection to free
labor under which our industry has
thriven and our peoplo been made pros
perous.
Fifth,
tion the
In the judgment of this conven
time has come when the State
personal estate may be safety
tax
on
abolished, and the other taxes imposed
by State laws may also prudently be re
duced without injury to the credit of the
Commonwealth.
Sixth. . That, as an indication of what
the people may fear from a return of tne
Democratic party to power, we point to
the criminal waste of the time and money
of the people by the present Democratic
majority of the State Senate. The Le
gislature has now been in session nearly
five months, and is not yet nearly through
with its legitimate business owing to the
obstinate policy of that party. In all this
time scarcely a measure of public inter
est has been perfected, and the time been
wasted in their efforts to force on our
State an unjust apportionment and to
break down the Registry law against il
legal voting, that they might thereby
pave the way to their return to power
through violence and fraud.
Seventh. We commend to the people
of the State tbe candidates we have this
day nominated for State officers ; they are
honest, capable and faithful to the Con
stitution, and in every way worthy the
public confidence ; we ask for their elec
tion as an indorsement of the State and
national administrations, as an apporval
of the time honored principles of the Re
publican party, which we reaffirm in their
nomination, and as a firing rebuke to the
Democratic party for its destructive na
tional policy, for its adherence to the side
of violence and wrong in the South, and
for the spirit it has betrayed in the Sen
ate of this State this winter, where it has
made everything bend to the promotion
of partisan interest, defeated the holding
of a State Convention to amend our Con
stitution, wasted the public time in child
ish trifling, and entailed upon the State
a huge bill of expense for a session pro
longed beyond endurance and which has
prevented the accomplishment of any pub
lic good.
Eighth. That our confidence in the
firmness, wisdom and integrity of our pre
sent worthy Governor, John W. Geary,
remains unshaken, and that we believe
his qualifications for the office he now
holds are unquestionable, as is clearly
proved by tbe manner in which he has
brought the State safely through every
storm.
Ninth. That the administration of Pre
sident Grant meets the full approval of
the Republican party of Pennsylvania.
His financial policy by which the nation
al debt is being steadily reduced ; the re
duction of the expenditures of the gov
ernment ; the honest collection of the re
venue ; bis fidelity to the principles of
human rights through which the liberity
of all is to be secured in every part of the
land ; his loyally to the people in having
no policy to enforce against their will,
and the spotless integrity of his adminis
tration commend him to the continued
confidence of the American people.
A Precious Scoundrel-A Man with Six
Wives.
The Troy Times gives the outlines of
the career of a traveling doctor, who
is
shown up at length in the Erie Dispatch.
mi . - -
ine iornier paper says his pompous man
ner and volubility of tongue have give
him the name of Dr. Whistlewind. but
his real name is Seymour P. Taylor.
He is the husband of six wives, and the
father of no end of children. It says fur
ther : The doctor is a shoemaker by trade,
and his first matrimonial adventure was
with an actress in a circus. The charms
of a pretty Quakeress induced him to de
sert hiswife and their two children, and
he married the former, living with her
until her death, which was caused by the
explosion of a kerosene lamp. The doc
tor next married his servant girl. Then
he eloped with a patient from Sycracuse,
a lurs. juuesenDury, ior wnom he seems
with her for the long period of fifteen
. w m II 111'
years. The doctor next turned up at
Lansingburgb, when he represented him-
self to be a widower. He was rmorlv
clad, and seemed to have suffered hard
times. He there opened a medicinal of
fice, and became acquainted with Mrs.
Francis M., who became his fifth wife,
and who, since learning his true charac
ter, is likely either to bring him to jus
tice or make the country too hot to hold
him. He married her in Troy four years
ago, one cf his sons and a Mrs. King be
ing the witnesses. She was worth 8,
000, and she gave him $1,000 as a wed
ding present, to set up a country shoe
store in North Corinth, but he ran through
it, laid around drunk, and in three months
had only a few dollars left. Before leav
ing North Corinth, however, an officer
camo with a warrant for obtaining goods
under false pretences. He appealed to
his wife, and she paid $475 to save him
from punishment. While getting ready
to emigrate to Erie, wife No. 4, Mrs Du
senbury, made her appearance, and de
manded that he should come and live
with her and her three children. He
denied, in presence of wife No. 5, that
he had been married to No. 4. She said
she could bring proof enough, but if he
would do something for the support of
the children she would not prosecute.
He had swindled a shoe manufacturer at
Albany out of over 8100 worth of goods,
and these he packed in a box and told
his. late companion to take them and sell
them for the benefit of herself and child-i
ren. lie then started lor .brio with wife
No. 5, but after a short time married a
sixth wife in that place and put for parts
unknown. The last time he was heard
from he was in South Bend, Indiana.
The Troy lady and wife No. 4 are both
after him and he can hardly hope to es
cape both at least from the clutches of
the former. Brigham Young would give
a great deal for the Doctor out in Utah.
Vitality of the Human Species.
The first six months of a child's life
are too uncertain to base any calculations
upon. On the other hand, after the
expiration of the first year, the chances
are even that the child will live to the
age of thirty-three; between ten and
fifteen years of age life is most secure,
and the probabilities arc even that it will
live forty-three years longer.
Of a million of people, 503,400 will be
found to be between the ages of fifteen
and sixty; and nearly one half of them
are men, this number of inhabitants could,
on an emergency, furnish 250,000 capable
of bearing arms, even if an allowance be
made for the . sick, the lame, etc., who
may be supposed to be among that num
ber. This will explain the capacity of
such countries as the United States and
Prussia, where the volunteer and military
system is so developed, for putting such
vast numbers of fightiug men in the field
when necessity has required them.
It has been proved that the number of
males that are born exceeds that of the
females; this is a strikiog instance of the
wisdom of Providence, which has thus
provided for the preservation of the hu
man race. Men, in consequence of the
active life for which they arc destined by
their strength and courage, are exposed
to more dangers than the female sex ;
war, long sea voyages, employments
laborious or prejudicial to the health and
dissipation, carry off great numbers of the
males ; and it thence results, that if the
number of the latter born did not exceed
that of the females, the males would rapi
dly decrease and soon become extinct.
To Harden Batter in Summer.
A simple mode of making butter hard
in warm weather, where ice is not bandy,
is to invert a common flower pot over
the butter, with some water in the dish
in which the' butter is laid. The orifice
at the bottom may be corked or not. It
will still be cooler if the cork be wrapped
with a wet cloth. The rapid substraction
of heat by external evaporation causes the
butter to become bard.
A Thief Betrayed by Chewing Ping To
bacco. Some time ago a registered letter was
forwarded to Chicago which ought to
have contained five hundred dollar bills.
I3ut when the envelope was opened, the
money was missing. As usual in such
cases, tbe matter was placed in the hands
of an experienced and skillful gentleman
assigned to the duty of bringing criminals
co justice, wan instructions to maso a
thorough and rigid investigation. The
envelope appeared to be intact : but the
officer took it, soaked it in water, and
carefully oemoved thre porion where the
sealing process had been effected. Dy the
assistance of a microscope, he found that
small particles of plug tobacco adhered to
the paper, and from this fact became con
vinced that whoever wet the mucilage of
the envelope, must have used that descrip
tion of the weed.
The officer determined, in the first
place, to ascertain if any one connected
with any of the offices through when the
letter had passed, used tobacco of that
description. Office after office was visited
from Chicago to the locality where the
letter was first mailed, but in not one of
these was there a single person who
masticated anything but "fiue cut." In
the last office, the postmaster was an old
friend of the detective, who was consider
ed to be an upright man. He was loud
in his denunciations of the crime. The
Chicago official had not the slightiest
!su?piction in the direction of his honest
i country postmaster; but be had asked so
i n,auj persous ior -a cuew mat me uaoit
had grown upon him, and addressing the
worthy P. M., by name, he said, "Will
you give me a chew of tobacco ?" "Real
ly," was the reply, " I don't think I have
a 1 . 1 1,
any looacco mar. you would use. 1 never
chew antthing but plug"
ihe conviction was forced upon the
officer's mind that his friend was the
thief. Acting upon this conviction, he
arrested the postmaster, and, having pro
cured a search warrant, found the five
J 1 J-ll vrn
uuu-uuuureu uunur duis secreted in a
daguerreotype case, such as were used
years ago, carefully folded up behind the
picture. The mystery was solved. The
postmaster was tried in the United States
Court in Chicago, convicted, and may
now bo found at Joliet, where he is work
ing out the penalty essessed for his crime.
How to Get a Dinner.
A gentleman who had traveled about
pretty extensively, wa3 greatly perplexed
to understand how it was that other per
sons were waited upon promptly and well
served at the hotels, while he was almost
entirely ignored, and could scarcely ob
tain a square meal, complain to aod swear
at the waiters as he might. .At last his
eyes were opened to the dodge of feeing
the waiters liberally, and being of an in
genious turn of mind, he determined to
improve on the plan.
The next hotel he dined at, he took
his seat very pompously at the table, and
took out a well filled pocket book, extract
ed therefrom a ten dollar bill, which he
laid on the white cloth beside his plate,
and placed his godlet upon it. In an in
stant, alone, he was surrounded by wait
ers, who seemed to vie with each other
in attentions. Every wish was anticipat
ed, and all the delicacies of the kitchen
and pantry were placed before him in
tempting array.
Having fared as sumptuously as a
prince (to the envy of many of the guests)
he took up the greenback, and, beckon
ing to the nearest waiter, was immediate
ly besieged by half a dozen or so. Hold
ing the bill in one hand, he pointed to it
with the other, aod inquired of the
crowd :
"Do you see that bill ?"
"Oh, yes, sir I" they all exclaimed in
chorus.
"Then take a good look at it," he re
plied, 'for you will never see it again."
Saying which he departed, leaving the
waiters aghast.
Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania.
The annual session of the Right Wor
thy Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania,!
I. O. O. F., was held at Harrisburg on
Monday 15th, at which time officers for
the ensuing year were elected and other
important business transacted. The fol
lowing named gentlemen were elected to
the several positions named, viz :
M. W. G. P. James Bingham, Jr., of
No. 22.
M. E. G. II. P. Augustus Paff, of
NV55.
R. W. G. S. W. James McGaley, of
No. 21.
R. W. G. J. W. John Curtis, of No.
17.
N. W. G. S. James B. Nicholson, of
ao. 01.
It. W. G. Trcas. John S. Heiss, of
No. 20.
It. W. G. Representative, John W.
Stokes, of No. 16.
The grand scribe made his report,
showing the receipts of the year of the
grand encampment to be $3,591.92 ; an
nual receipts of subordinate encampments,
$88,916.49 ; increase of annual receipts
over previous year, 89,217.74; number
of patriarchs relieved, 1,691 ; widowed
families relieved, 50 ; patriarchs buried,
9G ; paid for the relief of patriarchs, 833,
559.00 ; paid for the relief of windowed
families, 8937.00 ; paid for burying the
dead, 86,881.00 ; total amount paid for
relief, 811,351.00 ; patriarchs initiated,
1,526; total number of patriarchs, 12,
789 ; uumber of past cjiief patriarchs, 2,
261; number of encampiucuts, 178.
Scab on Sheep.
Two or three years ago I addressed a
letter to Dr. H. S. Randall, author of the
"Practical Shepherd," making inquiry
whether tobacco ooze alone, unmixed with
other ingredients, would cure scab on
sheep. His reply was that he did not
know certainly that it would, giving his
experience in treating the disease as de
tailed in his "Practical Shepherd."-
Since my correspondence with the doe-
tor, I have become cognizant of two facts
that prove to my mind that it will, if pro
perly applied, accomplish the purpose.
The facts are briefly as follows :
Two years ago last May, one of taf
neighbors, Mr. Samuel Ilamat, dipped
his flock in tobacco ooze, and it entirely
cured them, but prevented them from'
conttacting the disease again, Mthoughf
they run on the common mixing with
other scabby sheep. At the sheering the
following spring, there was no appearance
of scab so far as the eye could detect it;
The other fact is this: Last May I dip
ped my own flock, numbering about 500
head, in tobacco rfoze, and at this date,
March 9th there is no appearance of scab
on the sheep, although they run on the
common with many other sheep that were
diseased with the scab! Now if it can
be established beyond doabt that this
treatment will cure the disease, and pro
tect the sheep from contracting from one
sheering until the next one, there will be
no excuse for having this loathsome, awful
disease in the country, and millions will'
be added to the value of this kind of farm
stock. Cor. Prairie Farmer.
A Word to Wool Growers.
The Washington Reporter says f: As
the season for preparing wool for market
is almost at hand, it is important that
growers should give attention to the mat
ter of caring for their wool in order that
it should command the highest market
price. All have noticed that those far
mers who wash their wool the cleanest,
and put it up the neatest have command
ed the best prices, for several years past.
There is a growing disposition on part of
manufacturers to discriminate in rcgariT
to the condition as well as quality of wool,
and this feeling is likely to have an im
portant bearing upon the rates this sea
son. There is also another reason why
farmers should be more caeful in getting
up their clips. For several years Wash
ington county has been rapidly losing its
position as a first class wool growing dis
trict. This is in consequence of the dis
position to breed heavy greasy sheep, and
negligence in washing. -This condition
of things has materially reduced the aver
age price of our wool, and will continue
to do so without it is speedily corrected.
This is a question in which growers are
mutually interested, as by improving or
lowering the general character of their
wools they can elevate or depress prices.
This affects all not only those that ne--
rrlopr. t Vi p i r omnia Kn f nlan tlAon f V.
more careful. Washington county wool
growers, if they would regain the high
character for that staple that thev had
years ago, must adopt a better mode of
preparing their clips. Their county pro
duces as good wool as any other region,
and if we do not get as good prices it is
the fault of the growers
themselves.
Keeping Hams,
have a mode of keeping
We
hams
through summer, which, works so well
that to with hold it longer from the pub
lic would hardly be acting a patriotic
part. Here it is :
Have a sack made of cheap ratlin, or
domestic, somewhat longer than is re
quired to merely hold the ham. Then
gather some dry broom sedge and chory
it finely in your cutting box, or if you"
happen to be minus such a contrivance,
chop it with a hatchet or ax. Place a
few handfuls of this in the bottom of your
sack, and then, having wrapped a news
paper nicely around your ham, slip it in
upon the chopped sedge. Proceed next
to fill up the sack by ramming your chop
ped sedge tightly around the ham on all
sides the size of the sack should allow
of its being an inch thick. Sew or tie it
up, and the work is done.
Hams put up in this way will keep for
years through all kinds of weather, for
while the sedge is cooling in its effect, it
absorbs the moisture attracted by the salt,
and bars off the fly. We take it that
straw or thoroughly dried grass of almost
any kind would answer, though we havo
no experience with anything save broom'
sedge.
.
Need Not take out U. S. Licenses.
Under the provision of an act of Con
gress passed by the last Congress, the fol
lowing named avocations, &c., are not re
quired to have United States Licenses
since the first of May, insk : Apothe
caries, architects, assayeri, auctioneers,
boats, barges, etc., bowling alleys, bil
liard tables, all kind of brokers, includ1
ing stock dealers, builders and contrac
tors, butchers, claim agents, circuses, con
fectioners, conveyances, retail 'dealers,
wholesale dealers, whose annual sales aro
not over 850,000, dentists, eating houses,
exhibitions not otherwise provided for,
express carries and agents, gift enter
prises, grinders of coffee and spices, horso
dealers, hotels, insurances agents, intelli
gence office keepers, jugglers, lawyers,
livery stable keepers, lottery ticket deal-
crs, manutacturers, miners, patent agents,
peddlers, photographers, plumbers ami
gasfitters, physicians an 1 surgeous, real
estate agents, theatres, museums, concert
halls, etallwus auJ jacld.