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VOL. 29.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUxNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 16, 1871.
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OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the lushest style of the Art, and on the
most reasonable terms.
DR. J. LANTZ,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
Sti'I has his office on Main Street, in the second
story of Dr. S. Walton's brick building, neatly oppo
site the .Stnmdiurs House, and tie flatlcrs"liiinself
that hy eiadtren years constant practice and the most
earnest ami careful attention to all matters pertaining
ta bis profession, that he is fully able to perforin all
iteration in the dental linu in the most careful, tade
tt ini skillful manner.
Sit!ci:il attention Riven to savins the Natural Teeth ;
aim, to the iascrliun of Artificial Teeth nn Kubber,
6.1U, Silver or Continuous Uuuis, and perlect lils la
ll eaes insured.
Most persons know the great folly and danger ( en
truitiiifi their work to t ht inexperienced, or to those
li? mg at a distance. April 13, ltTl. ly
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces lint having just returned from
Dental College, he id fully prepared to make
artificial tcetli in the most beautiful and life
like manner, and to fili decayed teeth ac
cording to the mot i-nprcved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when tie
fired, by tlic use of Nitrous Oxide (las,
which is entirely In miles. Repairing of
ll kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. G. Keller's new Brick build
ing, Main Street, Stroudsburg, I'.t.
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U. GEO. W. JACKSON
Physician, Surgeon & ccoucher.
Office, next to Smith' store, residence
Kre.ojjey's Hotel.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa.
June 3, 1670. tf.
DR. V. O. 1IOFF3IAX, 35. I.
Would respectfully announce to the
public that lie lias removed hi office frmu
Oakland to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa.
Trusting that many year. of consecutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery will be .i
wifncient puantntee f ir the public confidence.
February '2o. lX7.-:tf.
JAM US II. WALTOS,
AKoritcy at Law,
Office itt the buiMin;; formcrlv occupied
by L. M. Bttrson, and opposite the Strouds- j
burg Bank, Main street, Stroudsburg, I 'a. i
jan 13-tf
s.
HOLMES, Jit. j
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above the
Stroudi-burj Hous, and opposite Iluster's
lothinj store.
C"Bu?iies of all kinds attended to with
promptneHS ar.d fidelity.
My 6, 16G9. if.
PLASTEE !
Fretdi ground Nova Scolia PLASTER,
tStokcV Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS.
FENCING, SHINGLES, LATH, I'A
LING. a tid POSTS, cheap.
FLOUR and FEED constantly on hand.
Wi 1 exchange Lumber and Piaster for
Grain or pny the highest market price.
HLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
C. Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
N. S. WVCKOFF.
Stokes' Mills, Pj., April t0,.1871.
A.
HOC K A V V L LO W ,
DEAIEX IN
Readj-Madc Clothing, Gents Fur
nishing Goods, Hats & Caps,
Boots & Shoes, &c.
EAST STROUDSBURG, PA.
(Near the Depot.)
The public nre invited to call and exam
ine foods. Prices moderate.
May G, 18Uy. tf.
A FULL ASSORTMENT
L- OF
HOME MADE CHAIRS
Always on hand at
SAMUEL S. LEE'S
New Cabinet Shop,
Franklin Street Stroudsburg, Penn'a
In rear of Stroudsburg Bank.
April 6,1. ly.
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of WH
hamsburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
07" Medicines Fresh and Pure.
Not. 21. 1867. W. HOLLINSHEAD.
DON'T FOOL YOUR MOIJY
away for worthless articles of Furni
ture, but go to McOrtyVi, and you will get
well paid for it. Sept. 26, '(57.
SOMETHING MARVELLOUS.
A Dead Pedler.
iana has loDg becu the home of sen
sations in crime and divorce, but the fol
lowing story, published by the New Al
bany Standard, surpasses anything jet
reported front thereand sectns like a re
turn to the days of the Rochester knock
ing : From a letter from a friend at the
little town of Huron, on the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad, we learn the particu
lars of some very slaughter spiritual mani
festations. Our correspondent states that
fifteen or twenty years ago, a pedler was
in the habit of passing through that coun
try, selling notions, who drove a two
horse tcaai. That one night about nine
o'clock be passed the house of a Mr. Ru
beck, who lives sonic miles east of flar
risonville. on the Iirjantsville road, going
toward the former place. This was the
list that was ever seen or heard of him.
The fact of his being missed and failing
to make his regular visits created some
talk in that neigborhooi at the time, but
it soon died away, and the pedler was
forgotten. .. , .
On this road, about -one or two miles
and a half from llarrisonville, is a very
rough hill, , up which the road runs and
on the top, on the southwest side of the
road, is an open field, long since aban
doned. Xear this field, and right by the
side of the- road, .stands an old dead tree.
Some three weeks ago, Mr. Rubeck was
pasin along this road, on his way home
from llarrisonville, at about eleven o'clock
at n:ght. The night was quite dark, and
it was with considerable difficulty that he
could keep in the road, or prevent his
horse from stumbling over the stones that
obstructed the highway.
He Anally, however, reached the top
of the hill, and when about twenty roc
from the tree he heard a noise over i;
the old waste field above described, which
he took to be two doga engaged in a des
perate fight. Their growling, barkiug,
snapping and scratching was fearful. It
was apjarcntly the most sanguine dog
fi 'ht he had ever beard. At the moment
it created little or no surprise. lie only
wondered that two dogs should be at that
time of night so distant from any human
Habitation (lor there is co farm house
within a mile of this field) engaged in
such a desperate encounter. Ou second
thought, however, he concluded that they
had been ou a sheep hunting expedition,
and having accidcully met they got into
the fight. - -
He had not long to consider upon this,
however, for soon the clankiog of chains
attracted his attention in another direc
tion, and looking toward the tree, to his
astonishment he beheld large broken
links of what seemed to be a boat chain,
red hot, falling around the tree, sizzing
and Ecorchin. There seemed to be at
least twenty of these links falling at the
same time, and continued to fall about a
minute, when Mr. Rubeck was startled
almost out of his wits by a heavy groan,
which peetned to conic from the earth be
neath him Strange it may appear, up to
this time the horse had not manifested
the leat uneasiness, and Mr. Rubeck,"
himself had not imagined anything con
nected with what he had seen or heard
but what could be accounted for upon a
rational theory. The falling of red hot
chains, he admits, he thought a little ex
traordinary, but had concluded within
his own tniud to revisit the ppot the next
morning aud gather them up, believing,
as he did, that they were raeteor3 that
had fallen from the sky in that peculiar
shape. At the groan his horee reared
and curvetted, pluuged forward and starts
ed to run.
Now came the most trying time to Mr.
Rubeck's nerves, for just in front of him
he heard the plunging, rattliug noise of a
runaway team coming toward him, and
noise manifes'ing every indication that
their course would be directly over him.
He tried to rein his horse out of the
course it was taking, but his efforts were
to no purpose. On, on come the fright
ened team ; on, on toward it plunged the
ungovernable horse. 4,Twas a moment
of terrible suspense. All the deeds of an
honest life came crowding upon his mind.
He offered one short prayer for safety,
and gave himself up for lost, when, more
astonished thau ever, the noises as sud
denly ceased as they had commenced.
His horse still fretted and tried to run,
but Mr. Rubeck held him steadily in the
road.
At this moment, Mr. Rubeck heard a
voice calling for help, and then the cry
of murder fell upon his ear j and as he
was getting out of the way he was more
than ever startled by the exclamation,
the voice apparently coming directly from
the old field : "For God's sake ! Jim,
don't murder roe !"
Having by this time passed the old
field, he made his way home without see
ing or hearing anything further, but in a
state of mind better imagined than de
scribed, lie spent a very restless night,
and the next morning rode over the coun
try, telling the experience of the night
before, and requesting the aid of neigh
bors to assist him in solving the mystery.
He gathered soma eight or ten, who at
tended him the following uight, when
the same scenes were repeated.
The dogs barked, the red hot chains
fell the unearthly groans rose up frora the
ground, the frightened team came thun
dering down upon them, the voice was
heard in the waste field, calling for help
and begging Jim not to murder him.
Most of the witnesses to this second
demonstration of the unearthly visita-
tions, if such they maybe called, became
panic-stricken and - precipitately fled.
Those who remained could find no reason
able solution of the mystery, though one
or two, who kuew, intimately, and dis
tinctly remembered the missing pedler,
are willing to swear that it was his voice
that called for help.
The next day more citizeng gathered
upon the hill, aud dag as close to the spot
as they could, and what was their sur
prise wheu they unearthed a skeleton.
Some parts of the clothing were still pre
served," which corresponded with that
usually worn by the pedler. Upon a
close examination a fracture was found
in the skull, which looked as though it
was made with a heavy instrument, such
as an axe or hatchet.
These last discoveries have created con
siderable excitement iu the neighborhood,
and some think it explains the mystery
which surrounds the disappearance of the
pedler, and will ultimately lead to the dis
covery of his murderer, if he was mur
dered. Taking the facts all in all, it is a
singular affair, and if it does result in
what our correspondent intimates, it will
add something to the establishment of the
theory of spiritualism.
. ''Consider Me Smith."
There is a very good story in the pa
pcrs of the trick which was played by JL)r.
Caldwell, formerly of the University of
North Carolina.
The doctor was a small man, and lean,
but is hard and angular as the most irre
gular of pine knots.
He looked as though he might be tough,
but he did not seem strong. Neverthles
he was among the knowiug ones, reputed
to be as agile "a3 a cat ;" aud in addition,
was in means deficient in knowledge of
the "noble science of self-defenae." Well,
in the Freshmcu class of a certain year
was a burley beef mountaineer of eigh
teen or nineteen. This genius conceived
a great contempt for old Rjlus' physical
dimensions, and he was horrified that one
so deficient in muscle should be so poten
tial in bis rule.
l'oor Jones that's what we'll call him.
had no more idea of moral force. At
any rate he was not incliued to knock un
der and he controlled despotically by a
man he imagined he could tic and whip.
At length he determined to give the gen
tleman a genteel, private threshing, some
night on the Collage Caaipus, pretending
to mistake him for some fallow student.
Shortly alter, on a dark aud rainy
nisht, Jones met the doctor crossing the
Campus. Walking up to him abruptly :
"Hello, Smith 1 you rascal is this
you ?"
And with that he struck the old gen
tleman a blow on the tide of his face that
nearly felled him.
Old Rolus said nothing but squared
himself, and at it they went. Joues'
youth, weight and muscle made him an
"ugly customer," but after a round or two
the doctor's science began to tell, and in
a short time he had knocked his autagon
ist down, and was a stradle of his chest,
with one hand on his throat, and the oth
er dealing vigorous cuffs on the side of
his head. "Ah ! stop 1 I beg pardon,
doctor ! Doctor Caldwell a mistake for
heaven's sake, doctor !" groaued Joues,
who thought he was about to be eaten up
"I I really thought it was Smith I"
The doctor replied with a word and a
blow alternately
"It makes no difference, for all present
purposes consider me Smith !''
And, it is said, that old Bolus gave
John such a pounding, then and there, as
probably prevented his ever makiug an
other mistake as to personal identity, at
least on the College Campus.
In Trouble.
A young husband in Baltimore is in
a nice pickle. From some cause, he con
eluded that his wife did not love him as
she should, and he determined to test
that element. Therefore lie wrote a note,
telling her that he was iroing to drown
himself in the canal, and
read the contents of that
that before she
note his spirit
would be hovering over her,
observing
how she took his death. The would be
suicide entrusted the note to a small boy,
but the boy mistook the direction,' and
earricd it to a next door . neighbor of his
wife. Not liking to communicate the
dreadful intelligence to the unlucky wo
man, the lady handed the note to an of
ficer, with instructions, if possible, to pre
vent the rash act. The officer hurried
off, and, sure though found the man' on
the bank of the canal. Rushing up, the
officer seized the unlucky husband, and
marched him off to the station house,
notwithstanding his protestations that he
did not intend to commit suicide, etc'.
After the incarceration of the husband,
the note was handed to the wife, with the
information that he had been saved. Af
ter upbraiding the officer for not '-letting
the precious fool drown himself," the wife
made a charge of lunacy against him, and
he barely escaped being placed in the
asylum.'
An Irishman noticing a lady pass down
the street, espied two strips depending
from under her mantle. Not knowing
that these were styled ushes and were
hanging in their right place, he eir
claimed, Au' faith, ma'am, yer galluses
are loose !"
The quickest way for a man to forget
all common miseries is to wear
booU.
th'ht
A Melting Story.
One winter evening a country store
keeper in the Green Mountain State was
about closing up for the night, and while
standing in the snow outside, putting up
tbe window shutters, saw through the
glass a lounging, worthless fellow within
grab a ; pound of fresh butter from the
shelf, and conceal it in lm hat.
The act was no sooner detected than
the revenge was hit upon, and a very few
minutes found the Green Mountain store
keeper at once indulging his appetite for
fun to the fullest extent, and paying off
the thief with a facetious sort of torture,
for which he would have gained a premium
from the old Inquisition.
"I say, Seth," said the storekeeper,
coming in and closing the door after him,
slapping his hand over his shoulders and
stamping the snow off his feet.
Seth had his hand on the floor, hii hat
on his head, and the roll of butter in his
hat, anxious to make his exit as soon as
possible.
"I say, Seth,; sit down ; I reckon now
on such a could night as this, a little
something warm would not hurt a fellow."
" Seth felt very uncertain ; he had the
butter and was exceedingly anxious to
be off, but the temptation of something
warm sadly interfered with his resolution
to go. - The hesitation, however, was
soon settled, by the right owner of the
butter taking Seth by the shoulders and
planting him in a seat close to the stove,
where he was in such a manner cornered
in by the boxes and barrels that, while
the grocer stood before him there was no
possibility of him getting out, and right
in this very place the storekeeper sat
down.
"Seth, we'll have a little warm Santa
Cruzt" said the grocer ; so he opened the
stove door, and stuffed in as many sticks
as it would admit: "without it you'd
freeze going home such a night as this."
Seth already felt the butter settling
down closer to his hair, and he jumped
up, declaring he must go.
"Not till you have something warm
Seth. , Seth, come, I've got a story to tell
you," and Seth was again rushed into his
seat by his cunning tormentor.
"Oh ! it's so htt here," said the petty
thief, attempting to rise.
"Sit down ; don't be in such a hurry,"
retorted the grocer, pushing him back
into the chair.
"But I've got the cows to fodder, and
the wood to split, I must be going," said
the persecuted chap.
"But you musn't tear yourself away,
Seth, in this manner. Sit down, let the
cows take care of themselves, and keep
yourself cool ; you appear to be a little
fidgety," said the roguish grocer with a
wicked leer.
The next thing was the produrtion of
two smoking glasses of hot toddy, the very
sight of which, in Seth's present situation,
would have made the hair stand erect
upon his head had it not been well oiled
and kept down by the butter.
"Seth, I will give you a toast now, and
you can butter it yourself," said the
grocer, with an air of such consummate
simplicity that poor Seth believed him
self unsuspected. "Seth, here's here's
a Christmas goose, well roasted, eh ? I
tell you it's the greatest eating in crea
tion. . And, Seth, don't you ever use
hog's fat or common cooking butter to
baste it with ; come, take your butter
I mcau take your toddy."
Poor Seth now began to smoke as well
as melt, aud hi.s mouth was hermetically
sealed up, as though he had beeu born
dumb. Streak after streak of the butter
came pouring from under his hat and his
haudkerehicf was already soaked with
the greasy overflow. Talking away as if
uothing was the matter, the funloving
grocer kept stuffing wood into the stove,
while poor Seth sat upright, with his back
n train. st the counter- and his knees touch-
intr red hot furnace before.
'Cold night, this," said the grocer.
Why, Seth, you seem to perspire as if
you were warm. Why don't you take
your hat off? Here, let ,iue put your
hat away."
, "No," exclaimed poor Seth at last.
"No, I must go, let me out, I aiu't well j
let me go."
' A greasy : cataract was now pouring
down the poor man's face and neck, aud
soaking into his clothes, and trickling
dowu his body into his boots, so that he
was literally in a bath of oil.
"Well, ood night, Seth," said the
humorous Yeruionter, "if you will go;"
and adding as he darted out of the door,
"I say, Seth, I reckon the fun I have bad
out of you is worth ninepence so I shan't
charge you for that pouud of butter in
your bat."1 '
' Immense Pumpkin.
1 One of the largest pumpkins that has
ever been feen in this city, has been for
the past few days at the office of the 1).
L:. it W. express. It is almost eiiihtfeet
in circumference and weighs neatly two
hundred pound.. It was raised by a fir
mer at IWilaud, 1'a., and is consigned to
Mr. l. Ward, of Hyde Park. 1'u.ukin
pics should be plently in this vicinity for
some time to come. Scraulai Republi
can. .Among the largest quantities of single
articles imported into this country at the
present time, are railroad iron, fur, sugar,
human hair and wiue.
The first camp mect'Dg in this country
was held by the Presbyterians in ISOO.
RAID ON COUNTERFEITERS.
Colonel Whitley and His Detectives Ar
rest a Notorious Gang;, and Seize
Plates, Presses, Paper, and Bogus
Money.
Two months ago Colonel Whitley,
Chief of the United States Secret Ser
vice, ascertained that David Kirkbride,
a dealer in counterfeit money, had pur
chased a new lot of imitations of national
bauk notes, and he seized upon this as a
clue to the operations of the combination
of counterfeiters who for years past have
been making nearly all the bad money
passed iu the country. He fixed the crime
of dealiug in counterfeit notes on Kirk
bride, and induced h m to reveal the per
son from whom he obtained the notes.
Kirkbride was then sent to purchase bo
gus money from this man, Steven Paine,
and he was caught while dealiug with
Kirkbride and taken into custody, but it
being evident that the chief of the gang
had not been reached, Paiue was induced,
through fear of punishment, to aid the
detectives still further. He informed
them that he had obtained the counter
feit money sold by him from a dealer
named Cole. He was then commissioned
to purchase from Cole, and the latter, be
in caught in the same trip, told Col.
Whitley that J. D. Minor was head of the
gang and the capitalist of the combina
tion. Under Colouel Whitley's instruc
tions, Cole contracted with 3Iinor for the
purchase of two plates, for which he was
to pay 1,500 and the night of Wednes
day last was set dowu for the production
of the plates by Minor. Tho detectives
were on the watch, and near midnight
they saw Minor at the corner of Sixty
seventh street and Broadway, New York,
cvideutly waiting for Cole. In a few mo
ments "Tom" Ballott, also notorious as a
dealer in counterfeit currency, joined
Minor, and as Cole walked up to them the
detectives came from their hiding place
and seized Minor and Ballott. A Strug
gle ensued, in which Detective Kennott
was severely boated, but Minor and Bal
lott were secured and taken to Colonel
Whitley's office.
Lewellyn Williams, the printer and
pressman of the concern, was next arrest
ed. At the houses No. 25G Riviogton
street a quantity of "fibre" paper was seiz
ed. This was the first imitation made of
the Government fibre paper.
On Thursday the detectives seized a
branch establishment in Brooklyn. The
men. now under arrest are Minor,
Cole, Paine and Ballot, and the following
is a list of the material captured :
One $1,000 Uuited States note plate,
new is.ue, on steel, in an unfinished con
dition. One $20 greenback plate, com
plete ; front and back ou copper. One
$10 Natioual bank note plate, on steel
(Poughkecpsie bauk.) One 10 Nation
ual bank note plate, on steel, in an un
finished condition the bank aloue en
graved. One $2 National bank note
plate, on steel, complete. One full set
"Lincoln Head" 50 cent stamp plates, on
steel ; complete dies anil rolls. This plate
had been transferred. One f uli set "Stan
ton Head" 50 cent plates, new issue, with
rolls for seven impressions.
Ten transfer rolls on steel for duplicat
ing. Ten sets of original bed pieces for
holding transfer rtdl One transfer press
with $1,700, of a kind rarely found ex
cept in the possession of the Government.
One transfer press worth 2,200. Two
large presses for priuting counterfeit
money. Two small presses for printing
counterfeit money. Type and 5teel pieces
for altering. Two sets engravers' stools,
ink and ink-rollers. Two sets seals, and
$1,500 in eiOOs, $10s and $2s. Seven
pistols were also taken from the counter
feiters. Treatment of Small-Pox.
As small-pox prevails to some extent
in Central Pennsylvania, and is especial
ly virulent just now in Philadelphia, we
givo below some excellent suggestions
published by the Philadelphia Board of
Health in regard to its treatment :
- "Have the patient placed in one of the
upper rooms of the house, the farthest
removed from the rest of the family,
where is to be had the best ventilation,
and isolation. Keep the room constantly
well aired. Remove all carpets and wool
en good, and all unnecessary furniture.
Change the clothing of the patient as
often as needful, but do not carry it while
dry through the house, but first place it
at the bedside in a bucket of scalding wa
ter before removal from the room.
Boiling is the surest way of disinfect
ing all contaminated clothing. If infec
ted clothing cannot be washed at once,
let it be set to soak iu water, to which may
be added a saturated solution of perman
ganate of potassa, or of chloride of lime,
about a tcaspoonful to the gallou
Small pox is supposed to be most con
tagious during couvalesenre, therefore
strictly observe that the patient docs not
mingle with the family until all the scabs
arc entirely off and only alter, a thorough
purilicatiou by washing an entire change
of clothing. After the patient is well or
leaves the room, let it be purified by the
use of disinfectants, by whitewashing aud
scrubbing the paiut and floors with soap
and water, and let 6uch rooms or apart
ments be welljaired before being again oc
cupied. In regard to food and medicine always
rely on the advice of a physician, who
should be sent for a3 early as possible."
'
There is a church Kill fctauJius; in
Philadelphia which was erected iu 17-44-
" ' Balloon Ascension.
We find the following account of an as
cension in July last, by Mr. John Wise,
at Chambersburg, Pa., iu the Franklin.
Journal :
At three p. rn. a thunder gust was ap
proaching us from the northwest, and,
with a Tiew of eutcring it, the balloon
was cast loose at twenty minutes past
three. The ascent was moderately rapid
and upon gaining an elevation of a thou
sand feet, it was discernible that the
storm could was passing us too far to the
cast, leaving the balloon outside of its
drawing in influence. It was a mush
room shaped nimbus, bulged out above
and below, trailing its lower ragged edge
somewhat behind, and it seemed to labor
between contending forces, as it swayed'
and halted in its onward march. The ou
ly great difference manifested now be
tween former experiences and tbe present
oue, was the very low temperature of the
air we were in. Looking upwards I saw,
at a considerably greater elevation, au
isolated grayish colored cloud, of an ob
long shape, occupying a space of about a
thousand acres, (I say a thousand acre,
because its shadow covered a dozen or
more of farms below, aud this outline
gave me an approximate idea of its di
mensions), and it seemed to be quiescent.
My attention was now wholly directed
to this, to me, new kind of meteor. The
cold increased as we mounted up, and
much faster than is usual in rising with
a balloon. When yet at least a thousand
feet below its apparent concave surface
and ragged circumference, we entered a
fine drizzling shower of snow, which b3-
came more copious as we rose towards tho
cloud, until we reached the point of the
most visible deposition, which was efjual
to a snow fall; and as we rose from this
point it seemed to diminish in quautity,
until we reached tbe lower surface of the
cloud, where it ceased, but we could still
see the snow falling below us. While it
was at a freezing temperature below, as
soon as we had fairly become involved iu
the cloud, tbe air begau to grow warmer.
In the cloud it was notnearly so dark and
dingy as in a thunder cloud, but the lighfr
was of a greenish tiut. When we emer
ged from the top of the cloud, the hcatv
or rather the increase of heat, was sud
den, and the tun, shining on our necks
and hand", produced an effect I can only
compare to the contact of an acid spray,
producing a burning sensation.
The cloud just mentioned showed no
bubbling up upon its surface, as iu tho
case ever a thunder cloud, and whatever
may have been the action taking place
within it, it was of a most placid charac
ter. Oa suffering the balloon to drop
down through it, we again encountered
the snow, less in quanity, but the cold
sudden and intense, and immediately both
of us became hoarse, with a painful, irri
tating sensation in the windpipe, indicat
ing a corrosive action there. May this
be the action of ozone upon moist animal
membranes? I have great reason to be
lieve that such is the explanation of the
fact, as it seemed to me that the mere
change of temperature could not produce
that marked effect. I may mention, in
this connection, that I have frequcotly
experienced the same sensation upou
entcriuir a storm cloud.
Rosenweig's Daughter's Imprecation.
On Saturday the jury in the case of
Jacob Rosenzwcig, accused of the mur
der of Alice Bowlsby, found a verdict of
guilty, and Recorder Hackett sentenced
the prisoner to seven years in Sing Sing.
Mrs. Roseczweig and her daughter Rosj,
were admitted into the box to bid the
prisoner farewell. Mrs. Rosenzwcig cried
bitterly, exclaiming, "Oh, how. can I beat
this?" The violent rage of Rosa, who is.
a slightly built girl of fourteen, was ap
palling. Sherking hystercially, she kuelt
upon the floor of the box, and cried out :
"Oh, may God course every oue who
has gone agaiost you, father. May their
flesh rot from their bones. May their
lives wither up. May they die rotten.
Oh.Jfather, though I die for it, 1 11 havo
all their lives."
She arose, threw lur armsarounJ her
father' neck, and clung to him convul
sively. Rosenzweig'a face showed but lit
tle signs of feeling. The father aud
daughter were separated, aud the former
was taken below. When ho appeared
outside, the crowd hooted and hissed.
Tbe prisoner was placed in the van, which
at once drove off.
Dangers of Using Hair Restorers.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
t It-man says he baa under his care two
invalid ladies. One has been paralyzed
on the right side for nearly three years,
and has been utterly helpless most of that
time. Her vision has been very imper
fect ; here knowledge of past eveuta haa
utterly departed from her ; recently she
appears to be recovering her recollection,
and can ccunt as hih as twenty." Ho
attributes her prostration entirely to tho
use of a popular "hair restorer." "The
other case is not so bad, but bad enough.
For tho past year her eyes have beeu au
occasion of constant torture. The reting
has become so seusitive to the light as t?
make a dark room iudi?pensab!e. Wheel
of buring flame revolve constantly before
her eyes, attended by lightuiog-like flash
es, which are terrible to bear. She is
another victim to the poisonous lead con
tained iu the same popular nostrum."
What can a man have in li'd pocket
wheu it is empty ? A big hoU.
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