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cure.
VOL. 30.
STROUUSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY 9, 1872.
NO. 2.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
-gUMS -T dollars a ye.irin advance anJ if not
iltwfirethe -n-l of the year, two dotUrsMnd fifty
L nn ill be charged. . , '
it ,4iier.i:oiitiiiiiel until all arrearages are paid,
..crfit ;it Min ot the Editor.
iC7 V tverii-ineiiis of one siiare of (eight linen) or
J, oiie or ihre insertions $1 50. Each nUUitiointl
,,ition,50cent. Longer one in proportion.
JOB I K I N TXXG ,
OF ALL KINDS, ;
rifrulfJ in "e hi?lie?t5tfle of the Art, and on the
most reasonable terms.
Valuable Property
FOE SALE.
The subKribcrs offer for sale,
sTrhoir rt'sidenoft in rrroiiilshiirr
m 3Iain Street, with a depth of
if 1 1 f.sf
The buildings consist of a convenient dwcll
jn house, store house, barn and other out
There is an abundance of choice apple,
jy:irs, plums, .crapes and small fruits, with
fxccllcnt writer.
1 A. M. & R. STOKES.
I
A C K A W A . XA lIOIT.Sf.'
j ononr. nit. ij-.ruT,
Kast Stroudsburg, Pa.
B. J. VAX COTT, Proprietor.'
The B.vu contains the choiest Lbptors and
ihf table is supplied with the beat the market
affords. Charges moderate. mar 3 1872-tf.
DR. J.LANTZ,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
Still ha hi office n Main Street, in the second
r..ry f lr. S. Walton's 'jrick building, nearly oppo
,if'thr StroiiJslnirtf House, and tic flatlers'hlinself
tint brns'uecii vears constant nractire and the mol
tfnet and careful attentic-n to all matters pertaining
U his prcfi'fMou, tliMl he is fully able to perform all
irtion in the denial line in the biom cm-nil, taale
nUnd fkili'.'il manner. j
;eril aHt-nii.in given to saving the Natural Teeth ; )
!, to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubber, j
C;d, Silver or Continuous Gums, ami perlert fits In :
:l ra.e insured. . - j
Most persons know the great folly and danyer of en
trus:iits tfielr work to the inexperienced, or to ihose
lirn; t a distance. April 13, 1ST1. ly
Du. v. o. iiorriA.v, 3i. i.
Would respectfully nnnounee to the
public that he h;ts removed his orn-. fr.m
()Al:mJ t. Canadensis, Monroe Countv, Pa.
Trusting that mum vears of ionsM'utive j
p-aetiee of Melicine and Sursren will be a
rdSrient jruarautec for the public confidence.
February l"), 1S70. tf.
I)
R..I. r. CASI.01V,
Orulisit, Aurisit & Surgeon,
or .srxnrnv, r
Ww taken rooms at the Stroudsburj; House,
kre lie will ojerate and treat all diseases of
lie Eje and Kar, and all Deformities or In
juries requiring Surgical aid. He also
iinte litre for lite practice of medicine and
niJiriferr. Worthy poor attended free of
charge. For consultation and advice, free.
February 1, 1872. 3m.
Geo. W. Jackson. Amzi LeBar.
Drs. JA(KSO & LcBAH
PHISin.US. SIKGEONS I HIOmiERS,
Stmuihfmrff nd JJtitt Stroiulxhurg, J'tr.
DR. GEO. W. JACKSON,
Stroudsburg,
in the old office of Dr. A. Keeves Jackson
I'osirlenre in WyrkofTs JUiilding.
DR. A. LeBAR,
East Stroudsburg,
See next ihir to Smith's Store. Ucsidcnce
Miss K. Helkr's.
fch. 8 '72-tf
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon. Dentist,
Announci'8 ih it having jus! returi
Dental Collej-s, he 6 fully prepared
turned from
to make
rt iticia.1 teeth i:i Vie inort beautiful and life
like manner, and to iili decayed teeth ac
crdinjr (r the most in proved method.
.Teeth ex'ractcd without pain, when dc
lreJ, hy tlie use of Nitrous Oxide Gas
w'"ch is entirely harmless. Repairing1 of
,'l kinds neatlv done. All work warranted.
Ch
f-t reiscjnable.
J
- - I'-'iMjudijic.
. Orlice in J. G. Keller new Brick build
,nr Mah S'rect, Stroudsburg, Ia.
S 31-if
T-iMES If. WALTO,
w Attorney at Iav, .
ITir 'm the building formerly cccupiel
i i'.",s0"' a',: 0l'P0slltc t'10 trouds-.-UI"S
Ihuik, .Maiu htreet, kStroudburg, la.
Janls-tf ;
J Attoizioy at I-aw,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 doors above llie
o roudhburg House;, aud uppot-ile Ituster'
tli store.
&Bu8'uiei.8 of all kinds attended to with
"J o, ISO'J
-If.
P PLASTEE !
V0sl1 ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,
Prv0,15' HBMLOCK BOARDS.
ING, SHINGLES, LATH, PA-
i,'a"'1 I'OSTS. cheap.
W ,, 01:11 aJ l'EED constantly on hand.
exchange Lumber and l'laster for
"am or pay tlie hiolieet market price. '
c BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
tone, art experienced workman.
bho trade solicited.
K( . N. S WYCKOFF.
W Mills P4.f April 20, 1871.
EV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil
vrr ',mburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON-
uWlONami ASTHMA carefully com
Puded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
? Medicines Fresh a7id Pvre.
QV- 21, 1S67.J V. HOLLINSHEAD.
C?1
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The California Earthquake.
Charles Xordhoff, a well-known jonrna
list ofXew York, who was io Tulare county,
California, when the recent earthquake
took place, writes the following account
of his personal experience- in a private
letter. It gives an excellent idea what a
real earthquake is like
I had tuy first earthquake at 2.10 this
morninp-, and I will set down for you my
impressions while they are still fresh, as
I know you will be curious to know how,
it seems. We got to this place yesterday
afternoon, and having . my blankets I
chose to sleep out of doors.; Two of us
went to sleep on the verandah of the
agent's house about 10 30. .It was a most
brilliant moonlight night, and I was not
much inclined Tor sleep; when I did sleep
it was, I think, very heavily.. I was awaken
ed by the violent rattling of, the windows,
and by a noi$e which I did not at the time
distinguish, but which proved to be the
rolling of pieces of the chimney down the
long roof. My first impression, as I half
awoke', was that I was being jolted over
an extremely rough road, in a stage. The
noise was just that of a Broadway stage
as it rattles over the rough pavement. I
was not thiukiog of stirin. only drowsily
grumbling at the rough road and the noise,
when my fellow traveler jumped out of
his blankets, and I heard him say, "It's
time to get out of this.'' This woke me,
and my second thought was one of inter
est and pleasure. I thought, "Why here
is a real earthquake." 1 got out of my
blankets as quickly as I could, climbed
over the railing of the verandah on to the
ground, aud stood there for an appreciable
length of time, wobbled about all the time
by the motion, before the. rattling of the
windows ceased. Only then 1 thought
of my watch, and that I ought to have
timed the shock. I looked, and it was 2.10.
Meantime all the people had run out
of the house ; and while we were still
talking, the shocks recommenced, but so
mildly that we presently all and went ioto
the house, to sit by . the fire, as it was a
little cool. Wc left the door open, and
put a glass ful of water on the table, which
very plaiuly showed the oscillations. At
2.50, and again at 3.05, and again at 3.10,
the shocks were so violent that we all raa
out of the house ; and the continued suc
cession of small shocks produced present
ly au uncomfortable sensation, because it
was still night, aud no one could tell
where the thing would end. At 3.24
there was another severe shock all these,
however, were shorter aud less rough
than the first and at 3.52, after some iu-
terval of quiet, another. -At 4 1 thought
the thiug had ceased to be amusing, and
got into my blankets again on the ver
andah, but was twice startled out of my
drowsiDg by shocks. We slept we out
siders uutil G; then the rattling of the
windows awoke me ; the women ran out
of the house, and I got up. I was told
(here had been five shocks in the two
hours while I slept. Milder motions con
tinued during the whole forenoon, one
while wc sat at breakfast, and a little be
fore 2. p. m , while I was sitting with sev
eral people in the house, a shock came
which made the house groan all over, and
which was different from the rest, and
like what I had imagined an earthquake
to be. It was a motion, lasting but a se
cond or two, as though a light wave or
roller had passed under the house. This,
by the testimony of all, was entirely dif
ferent from , all its predecessors. The
bouse, au adobe, was cracked in half a
dozen places heavily; the plaster or clay
of the walls and chimney crumbled off,
outside and iu ; pieces, none of much
weight, falling either on ; the. roof or Dn
the floor aud the ground outside. The
general consent made the shock the first
and most severe last about three quar
ters of a minute. It seemed very much
longer to all of us ; a minute . aud a half
was the first guess; but we reckoned up
about how long it would have taken us
to do what each did, and thus arrived at
three quarters of a minute. Two persons
in the house who happened to be awake
and up when the shock came, assert that
it was preceded by a rumbling, as of
thunder, the noise rapidly approaching
the listeners, and apparently from the
Xorth. This is confirmed since by others.
I did not hear it; and woke up but slow-,
ly under the noise and jerking about.
If you have been oo a r street car when it
ran off the track and was, dragged over
the cobbles, you may easily know the
sensation ; it was not quite so rough, but
very ucarly eo ; and it actually shook me
about in my bia'ukets. A lamp in the
house was thrown over. The Indians
rushed out of their abodes, audsatround
their out-door lires the rest of the uight.
I have given you all the times aud events
from a note book, which I kept in my
hand ; so that you have the material for
your imagination to make a picture of.
I witdi you had beeu here. If I had been
io the house, or, worse yet, up-stairs in a
hotel, or if it had beeu dark, I. think I
fchould have been . uncomfortable, for it
was a weird and unwholesome thing as
it was. But the interest of it filled my
whole mind ; and while I. tbiok I, as well
as the reit, looked serious for the earth
might crack open aud swallow us all up,
you know I was so engaged in trying to
Jose not a single atom of what was pass
iog, that 1 had real delight, mttigated
but not disturbed by, au occassional
thought of horror at what might happen.
Duriug one of the severe shocks, the
noou was hidden by a cloud, and we ran
out into the gloom and it was not picas
ant. There you have my earthquake.
The Great Chestnut Tree of Mount Etna.
The large trees of California, have for
a few years, been considered wonderful
productions of nature, and they are well
worth seeing; but the great chestnut tree
of Mount Etana is much larger than any
that have been discovered in California;
and is one the most ; celebrated trees in
the world.; It is known by the name of
the castagno de'eento cavallithe chest
nut tree of a hundred horses. There is
a tradition that Jane, Queen of Arragori,
on her voyage from Spain toXaples, land
ed in Silcily for the purpose , of visiting
Mount Ktna,-and, ; being overtaken by a
storm, she and her , hundred attendants,
on horseback, found shelter within the
trunk of this celebrated tree. It appears
to consist of five 'large and two. smaller
trees, which, from the appearance of the
barks and boughs being all on the out
side indicates that, it was one tmnt
orginally. . The largest trunk is thirty
eight feet in circumference ;. and the
whole five.measured just about tbeground,
are 163 feet. It still bears rich foliage
and an abundance of small fruit, though
the heart of the trunk is decayed, and a
public road leads through it wide enough
for two coaches to drive abreast. In the
cavity a hut is built for the accommoda
tion of those who collect and preserve the
chesnuts.
It is said by the natives to be ''the old
est of trees." From the state of the de
cay it is impossible to have recourse to
the usual mode of estimating the age of
trees -by counting the concentrie rings
of annual growth and therefore no ex
act numerical expression can be assigned
to this tree. That it may be some thou
sand years old is by no means improbable.
Anderson examined in this manner
a Baobab tree . in Senegal, and infer
red that it had attained the age of five
thousand one hundred and fifty years ;
and Dc-Candolle considers it not improb
able that the celebrated Taxoidum of Che
pultepec, in Mexico which is one hun
dred aud seventeen ftet in circumferance
may be still more aged. ; .,
It is evident that if tho great chestnut
tree were in reality a collection of trees,
as it at first appears to be, the . wonder of
its size would at once be at an end. Bry
done, who visited this tree one hundred
years ago, said :
I own that at first I was by do means
struck with its appearance, as it did not
seem to be one tree, but a buuch of five
trees all large, and growing very near
together. We complained to our guides
of the imposition, when they nnanimously
assured us that, by the universal tradi
tion, and even by the testimony of the
country, all .these were, once united in
one stem ; that their grandfathers remem
bered when this was a beautiful tree, and
was looked upon as the glory of the for
est, and when it was visited from all quar
ters ; but that for many years it had been
reduced to a venerable ruin. We then
began to examine it with more attention,
and were indeed satisfied at last that it
was formerly but one tree. ;
The opening in the middle is at pres
ent very Inrge, but there, is no appear-
ance of bark oo
stumps. And
the inside of any of. the
more recently Canonico
imgenious ecclesiastic,
llecupero,
An
made and examination of the place, and
was at the expense of taking up a num
ber of peasants, with tools, to dig around
the cattagno tic cento cacallt, and. he
ascertained that all the stems united be
low the ground in one root, and that it
was the remains of but one enormous tree.
The Chicago Conflagration. ' ,
The Fire Marshal of Chicago in his an
nual report for the year, ending March
31st, 1872, gives an interesting record of
the great fire io that city on October 8th,
and Dth, 1871. The origin of the fire
has not been ascertained. The conflagra
tion, which covered' an area of two thou
sand" acres, and destroyed twenty (jive
thousand buildings, burned for twenty
eight hours. The losses are placed at
8190,026,500,' divided as follows : ; On
buildings, 851,500,000, and on personal
property, $138,520,500. ' The . losses on
buildings are classified as follows: Busi
ness blocks, 833,515,000 ; brick and frame
dwellings and light business places. 63,-'
808,420; city and county, public build
in, $3,34.800; schools' and churches,
S3"238,780 ; hotels, 83,100,000 ; railroad
depots and Chamber of Commerce, 82,
700,000 ; buildings of publishing com
panies , 8888,000, and theaters,, 8865,000.
The losses on personal property are class",
fied as follows : Household goods, 841,
000,000; stock and business furniture,
S2G.775.000; dry goods, $13,500,000;
stock; machinery and products, 813,250,
000; manuscript works aud public records,
810,000,000; libraries and moneys, 87,
710,000 ; clothing and millinery, 85,260,
000 ; groeries and drugs, 85,185,000 ;
hardware,' 83,810,000 ; musical instru
ment and jewelrv. 82,000,000 ; produce
and provisions, 82,280,000 ; books and
paper stocks, $1,845,000 ; lumber and
coal, 81,444,000 : grain aud flour, 81,
332,500; boots! shoes and leather, 81,
175, and hats, caps and furs, 81,000,000.
The total iusurance is placed at $00,000,
000, so that the net losses on real and
personal property may be calculated to
amount to 8100,020,500.
" "
The first piece of artillery was invent
ed by a Gerraau, soon after the invention
of gunpowder, and artillery was first used
by the Moors at Algesiras, iu Spaiu, over
five hundred years ago.
! I
! Anybody who has seen a picture of his
great grandmother, must have been struck
with the singular manner ' in which her
hair is attired ; rising high, above her
head, and decorated with huge bands and
heavy chains, .buckles, &c, resembling
somewhat the howdah worn on tho back
of an elephant. -In those days, to use the
words of the spectator, man ."became sud
denly dwarfed beside her." The body
of this erection was formed of tow," over
which the hair was turned, and false hair
added in great curls, bobs, and ties, pow
dered to - profusion, then hung all over
with vulgarly large rows of beads or sham
pearls, fit only to decorate a-chandelier ;
flowers as obstrusive were stuck about
this heap of finery, which was surmount
ed with broad silken bands and great bs
trich feathers, until the head dress of a
lady added three feet to her stature. To
effect this; hoc vpus est, and ' barbers, af
ter accomplishiug'such a chef d'.tvrc, are
represented in comic car toons of the
period as saying, "ril guarantee it mad
am, to keep for three weeks.'f: That they
would not keep any longer, may be gath
ered from the magazines of the period, in
many of which are. given descriptions of
'opening a lady's head," so sensational
as to make one's flesh creep. In 1662,
long flaxen hair was bought from the
head at ten shillings the ounce, and any
other fine hair at five shillings or seven
shillings the ounce.-Within the present
century,1 the heads of hair of whole fami
lies in Devonshire were let out by the
year as so much rent per poll. An Exe
ter periwig maker went round periodical
ly, cut the locks, -and .oiled the grouud
thu3 left in stubbles, to stimulate another
crop. The "Itamilies' tail,' which was a
plaited tail worn by gentlemen in 1740
had an immense bow at the top and one
at the bottom. The change from wearr
ing natural hair, to wigs, commenced in
1765. The "Post ,Boy" is worth persu
ing concerning hair, and we are indebted
to it for much of our information as re
gards hisute adornments of the period.
Maxwell, in his," Wild -Sports -of the
West," tells the story of a boy .who, in
order to take young eaglets from an eyrie,
lodged a hundred feet from ! the summit
of a rock which rose four hundred feet
perpendicular from the sea, caused him
self to be suspended by a- rope,' with a
scimitar in his hand for defence, should
he meet with attack from the old ones.
This precaution wa's found necessary, as
no sooner had he been lowered to the nest
than one of the old eagles - made at him
with great fury, at which he struck, but
unfortunately missing his aim, nearly cut
through the rope that supported him.
Describing his horrible condition to his
comrades, they cautiously aud safely drew
him up ; wheu it was found that his hair,
which a quarter " of an hour before was
dark auburn, was changed to gray. The
greatest part of the false hair worn now
a days comes from Germany ; the fair
haired Gretchens of Saxony contributing
by far the larger portion to ornament the
heads of their English sisters. China
and Japan, however, also contribute their
quota to be worked up ioto various hirsute
adornments. "Xature unadorned is adorn
ed the most," and nobody, in his wildest
sketches of Paradise, ever dreamed of
depicting Eve in a chignon.
; . The Color'of Clothing.
, The color of clothiug is by no means a
matter of indifference. "White and light
colored clotes reflect the heat, while black
and dark-colored ones ' absorb it.' White
is the 'comfortable' and fashionable cloth
ing for summer. In reflects heat well.'
and prcveuts tho son s rajs from passiog
through and heating the body. If white
is the best ' color for summer, U docs not
follow that black is the best for winter.
It must be remembered that black radiates
heat with great rapidity. .' Give a coat of
white paint to a black Steam radiator,
which is capable of rendering a room coot
fortablv warm at all simes. and the tem
perature will fall at once, though the heat I
prouuciug agency remain iuc sam wu
fore. A black garment robs the body of
a larger amount of heat than white, and
consequently the latter color is the best
for winter garments. It is the best color
both summer and winter. Although this
statement may seem like blowiag hot and
coldi '.it is ucverthlcss true Let those
who are troubled with cold feet, and who
wear dark socks, change to white, and see
if the difficulty is not in part or wholly
removed. Utility in color U confined to
the different shades merging from dark
into light ; but we find in connection with
dress all the ,beautiful tints of the rain
bow, and these are used for the ornamen
tation of the person. The rich and varied
colors which are so extensively . worn arc
by no means to be coudemued ; adorn
metitof the person to a reasonable extent
is commendable." 'We all love the beau
tiful iu nature, and what adds, go much,
to the attractiveness ot woman a3 tnc rib
bons and scarfs, stained with magenta,
mauve, or solferiuo, which adoius her
person ?.. Deep in the instincts of our ua
ture js laid the admiration, of color ; and
we love beautiful flowers and birds,? and
-bea u t i fully' , d resscd . la d ies. Fires id e
Science. . . ..: . . ; -
- -, .
The luckiest man in American is said
to be the Baltimorean who, in less thin
three months, bus inherited a large for
tuue, drawn a big lottery prize found
87,000 buried iu his celled, aud lost his
mother iu law.
False Hair and Pis: Tails.
An Extraordinary Suit.
The suit of.Gordon Gordeo against Jay
Gould, now on the trial list in a New
York court, is thus described by the J'ost
of that city :
The affidavit of Mr. Gordon tells a
strange story. He asserts that being a
very large stockholder in- Erie,' and not
having knowledge of the Sickles move
ment, he was, in February last, induced
by pledges ot honesty and fair dealing to
co operate with Gould iu abolishing the
old Bord of Directors, and putting the
road under the control of the stockholders,
Mr. Gould placing his resignation &9
President in Mr. Gordon's hands, and
giving other ' important evidences, of
sincerity. That the price of the stock
would rapidly rise was foreseen by Gould,
and he made several propositions to take
advantage .ot .the market, the quotation
then being about 35.' Mr. Gordon asserts
that he declined joining' in any specula
tion, but finally accepted "calis" on Jay
Gould's firm for 40,000 shares of Erie
stock at 35, deliverable in six months.
Gould called on Gordon on the 7th of
March, aud said that the stock held by
the former would be worth nearly one
million dollars in six months. Gordon
then agreed to sell the stock for 8500,
000, taking in exchange 8340,000 in Oil
Creek and Alleghany Valley, and Xorth
ern and. Nyack railroad bonds and the
rest ' in currency. ' Gordon afterwards
discovered an error in the list of bonds,
and asked - for 8200,000 in currency.
Gould subscsqucntly delivered to the
plaiutiff 8180,000 in greenbacks, twenty
bonds of Northern and Nyack railroand,
4,722 shares of Oil Crcck'and Alleghany
Valley llailroad company's stocks, and
six hundred shares of Erie railway stock.
The Erie 6tock were accepted by the
plaintiff in place of 820,000 in currency,
aud the puts and calls for 40,000 shares
of Erie stock were, given up.
The afildvit then recites that on the
afternoon of March 23d Mr. Belden went
to Gordon in the Metropolitan hotel, and
said that he had a warrant for Gordon's
arrest, and power to take possession of
his papers and would use them unless
Gordon delivered up the stocks received
from - Gould. - Under '' this "threat he
delivered over to Beldon $200,000 in
greenbacks, 200 shares National Stock
yard comany, 100 shares Brooks'
Locomotive works, 20 Northern and
Nyack railroad bonds, and an order on
Messrs. Austin & Obergc, his brokers at
Philadelphia, for the 4,722 Oil Creek
and Allegheny Valley railway shares.
William . Tweed, Superintendent
Kelso and Justice Shandlcy were . in an
adjoining room at the time.
Gordou, therefore, .demands judgment,
that Gould be enjoined from parting with
the stocks, bonds, securities and the order
upon Austin & Oberge, and from prosecut
ing any action in his own name or in the
name of any of his agents on his behalf
upon the said order ; that a receiver be
appointed to receive and hold the stocks,
bonds, &c ; that they be delivered and
paid over , to the plaintiff, and that the
plaintiff have such other and further
relief as may be just.
A Genuine Soap Mine.
' The Pueblo people are rejoicing ever
the discovery of a genuine soap mine, and
the Chieftain thus discourses over the
matter: "The other day one of our
prominent citizens rode out up the Foun
tain three or four miles on a kind of pros
pecting tour, and at a . certain point near
t.h banks' of the stream' noticed some
rocks of a peculiar formation.' Instigated
by that curiosity so lata! on a momcuions
occasion to old mother Eve. he broke oO
a piece, aud taking it to the creek, pluo---
ed it into the water, lor tue purpose ot
ascertaining the consistency and grain.
Upon taking it out of his baud, what was
hi surnrnc to see a 'lather formed, and
with a vigorous rubbing, the stone proved
to have saponaceous qualities; in fact,
possessed all the cleansing virtues of the
most cxcclleut' soap, -ureatiy surpriseu
not a little rnvstified. with the profound
conviction withal that the found a big
thing, our discoverer hazily gathered up a
few specimens, and brought the same to
the drug store of Dr. P. 11. Thumbs where
it is now on exhibition, and cau be in
spected and tested by the curious. The
stone is of a dun color, about the hardocss
of chalk, aud forms a perfect lather, while
it effectually removes all stains and grease
spots from tho clothing. We have tried
it personallyi and ; must pronounce it a
success, i After bathing it leaves the skin
as soft and smooth a that of a new born
babe, while the odor is quite pleasant. It
is certainly a remarkable discovery, and
the only query now is, 'What next V A
country that can produce mountains of
gold and silver, narrow gauge mules, flea
bitteu dog aud mines of soap to wash the
whole with, must be capable of producing
almost auy wonder," leio Mexican.
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Haid to Manage. ,
oiuc w3s were walking around an
agricultural implement' Wore, and they
chanced to see in the rear, a dressed bos
hsiiiging.by a hook to the wall, " Ila, ha,"
cried j they tolthe young u',an in at
'tendance, "what sort of an agricultural
implement do you call that V "That"
said he, '""is a'patent combined root grub
ber, corn shtllcr, arole t-rinder gate lifter,
double action, back spriug sod plow, but
I guess you won't waut one, for it takes
a mighty smart man to uiauago 'cm."
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It is said that sowing of Buckwheat
broadcast in tfce preperation of a turnip
crop, will prevent the ravages of the
turnip fly ; that when the turnips havo
attained their rough leaves, the Buck
wheat may be cut and takeu away without
any further danger from the insect. This
experiment might be tried without much
pains or expense. It would not be much
trouble, to go over an acre or two with tho
mowing machine and cut down the Buck
wheat and cart it off. All kinds stock
could eat it without detriment, or it might
be thrown into a heap to make manuere.
It is exceedingly annoying to the earnest
farmer to have his turnip crop nipped!
off by insects, and if any means can be
employed to prevent it, without too much
labor. and expense, it will be wise to give
it a trial. It is further paid that lettuce
seed scattered on the cucumber bills at
the time of planting will prevent the'
ravages of the yellow bug ; this would bo
an experiment to try. The lettuce plants
could be destroyed by the hoe as soon as
the cucumbers were out of danger from
the bugs. The knowing ones have fur
ther said poppies are a sure protection
against every species of obnoxious fly and?
bug, and that Russian leather is safe
against the moth that often destroys tho
binding of books, on account of the odcr
of the bark with which it was tauned.
Spirits of turpention and cedar shavings
will profect clothing from the same on
account of the odor they impart. It wilf
not cost much to try either or all of these
experiments, and if any should provo
successful the result is worth knowing.
Cor. of Journal o f tlie Farm.
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Colors and Health.
There are some colors that no pcrsorr
can be cheerful and elastic in spirit, if
their rooms are tinted with them. A
correspondent of a scientific paper, the
Builder, states that he had occasion lor
several years to examine rooms occupied
by young women for manufacturing pur
poses, and he has obesrved that while tho'
workers in one room would be very cheer
ful and healthy, the occupants of a similar
room who were employed on the samo
kind of business, were all "inclined to-b
melancholy, aud complained of a pain in
the forehead and eyes, and were often ill
and unable to work." The only difference
he could discover in the rooms was that
the oue occupied by the healthy workers
was wholly whitewashed, aud that occupi
ed by the melancholy workers was colored
with yellow ochre. As soon as the dif
ference struck him, he had the yellow
ochre washed off the walls and then
whitened. At once an improvement took
place in the health and spirits of the oc
cupiers, lie pursued his observations and
experiments, not only in large manufac
tories, but also in small apartments and
garrets; and he invariably found that the
occupants of such apartments, when they
were colored yellow or buff, were less
healthy than their neighbors in whitened
rooms, and that when the yellow hue dis
appeared the low spirits and ill health
went with it.
Taking
Cold.
If a cold settles on the outer covering
of the lungs it becomes pneumonia, in
flammation of the lungs, or lung fever,
which in many cases carries the strong
est man to his grave . within a week. If
a cold falls upon the inner covering of tho
lung, it' is pleurisy, ' with its knife -like
pains and its slow very plow recoveries..
If a cold settles in the joint?, there is
rheumatism in its various forms; inflam
matory rheumatism with its agonies of
pain, and rheumatism of the heart, which
io an instant sometimes snaps the cords
of life with uo friendly warniug. It is of
the utmost practical importance, then, in
the wintry weather, to know not so much
how to cure a cold as how to avoid it.
Colds always come from one cause, somo
part of the whole body being colder than
natural for a time. If a man will keep
bis feet warm always and never allow
himself to be chilled, he will never take
cold in a lifetime, and this can only be
accomplished by due care in warm cloth
ing aud the avoidance of drafts and undue
exposure. While multitudes of colds
come from cold feet, perhap?he majority
arise from persons cooliug off to quickly
after becoming a little warmer than is
natural from exercise of work, or from
confinement to a warm apartment.
, A Patent Cat.
Leonard, of the Cleveland Leader, has
invented a sheet iron cat, with cylindrical
attachment and steel claws and teeth. It
is worked by clockwork. A bellows in
sido swells the tail at will to a belligerent
size, and a tremolo attachment causes, at
tho same, tho patent cat to emit all noises
of which the living cat is capable. When
you want fun you wiud up your cat and
place him on the roof. Every cat within a
half a mile hears him, girds on his armor
and sallies forth. Frequently fifty or one
hundred attack him at once- No sooner
docs the patent cat feel the weight os an
assailant thau his teeth aud claws work
with lightning rapidity. Adversaries
within six feet of him are torn to shreds.
Fresh battalions come on to meet a simi
lar f.tte, and in an hour several bushels
of hair, toe uaib, uui iiidlc btriugd ulonu
ico.aiu.
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