tytlital o J u i : : .'i mi-A-yx I'b Jrdt jJiiti ,.!)j u;0 -v 1 "" ' A.I.I n l t'U'"' r.J 4 t rro.fc-l vol: so. ! i , j .n r1 'Tt-n'-n jrr: ' i . . ; h .:rr!.:.-..l ti; '.O , ' 'l 1 .-hi: T ; JnTTVrTTI ' --rx-:nz;7-rxr- ,-trrr ; , , , 1 " V.-iO". )1cnnnTTinnrTnn .J- ' . - I t . . ... lit; NO. 4. 3 fJa iiat: -m. r- , v m r i a- aw ., . ; rxvir nv 1 .'" ij"ri ' -? 1 T-i - - - ' u I'n.Iislicd bj' Theodore Scliocli. -- I - , ..' V. J.- i ? . --i:' 't I. -EfS -To tlollirs a ye.u In advance and if not .Ail bcfo"' the end of the year, two dollars and fifty l,til$ --ill be charged. . , opiot:r Jisooniiiuied Until all arrearages are paid, t,ctpt i the orli" ot tne Etor. .-j i :-. .r. t 7Alreriisenieii!s of one .juare of(cight lines) or one ortlire meitiuns l in. E tch additioiml efUi, 50 eni: Losr enes in report ion., . ; , (- JOI? P It IX TI!.J,M OF ALL KINDS, tttcvXti in theii-hestMylo' of!the"Art,riionthej - Valuable' ProkTty F O R The subscribers offer for sale. 5 1 ii1 Atboir rosiJ.uee jn '.iftrQiulsburcr. KSSaw Main Street, with, a tlcpth of The buildings consist of a oobvcniGnt'dwell--inp house, sUrc hou.se, i barn and other out bulletins. j ; . - ? ...v ;- There U an abundance of choice nppW, pear, plums, raics and small fruits, with' tecflont water. . May 16, "72. A. .1. & R. STOKES. lJ orrOSITE THE HEPOT, rist Stroudiburg, u ' K.J. VAN COTT, Proprietor. The HAli contains the choiest Liquor? .'and the TABLE is supplied with tliebest the market afilird. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf. DR. J. L AN.T.Z, Surgeon anil Mechanical Dentist, Still h is his office on Main Street, in the second :ry of Dr. S. Waltoii's brick, building, nearly nppo me'the StrouJsburjr House, and te fi.itters'hiinself th4t by eigtiteeH yeais constant praetire and the luort ernt and careful Hltentjfrr to all matters pertaining U bit prcfi'snoo, that he 15 fully able", to perform all orations in the ileu'al line m Uie inoct careful, tanle 1'jla.id tkilil'il manner. ' i ':. : . leput attention given to savin the Natural Teeth ; ai'ci. lo th insertion of Artificial Tcclh on Rubber", (.'.Id, Silvr or ('ontiimous Guiqs, and pertert fit in ll T4ps insured. Most persons know the great f-H1r and danger of et trufiing their uort to the ;'iuexp3rinr,eil. or to lh livins a; a ilistance. April 13, 1 8t 1 . ly DM. C. O. IIOFF31AX, M. I. Would respectfully-announce, to-the public that he has removed, his otiice froui; (t.ikl:tn l to Canadensis, Monroe 'County, Pa.- T .1.1 ... .. .. ' - jri-iiug uiai many years i cunsociuive practice of Medicine and Surjeery, will be a miffieient jruarantee tor the public confidence:" Februarv . 1870. tf.'i . ' -. i ec "W. Jackson. ' . .Ainzi ieBar. Bis. JACKSON & . LcBA R PJITSU'IIMS,' SURGEONS & ; Al'COlTIIER- - - - i ' , : 'ii! in!; i; StmitJsbnrf'4iH7 Ewt &troittTsLitr,'-Pa. DR. GEO. W. JACKSONj - .' Stroudsburg,;" " ' , office f Dr. A. Ileeycji Jackson la the old Keldence. in Wyckoff"'i DR. a! LeB AR, I3uil(Iit I East Stroudsburg-, clS.e next dor to Smith's at Mi- K. Idler's, fcb. 8'7-,-tl Store. 1 JUident. DR. N. Li. PECK,; Surgeon Dentist Announces tint ha vin just returned from Denial Co.'legs, lie is fully prepared to make racial teeth in the inost beautiful and life- J like manner, and to ijli decayed teeth ac cording to the rno-t i-nproved meihoi." Teeth exfractod without. pain; when de ir'ed, by the use of Nitrons "Oiide Gas, which is entirely lisrm!es.: Repairing'of 'I kinds neatly donel All work warranted. Charges reafonatle. is. - 5 ' Ofice in J. G. Keller's new Brick build- Main S'reet, Stroudsbunj, Pa. i . ;Siji TA3H-LS ii. w,ti;rox, T": v Atlonioy ul Law, Otfieo in the building fonnerlyv wccifpuid y h- M. Hursoii, and opruite tlue 5tnud ui. H.tirk. Main .strcot, .irroudsburg Pa- i ij ,.: in ' KELLERS VILLE HOTEL; ; 1 Tlw nndcrsiiKd having ''pTirfhasfd.'' the' awve'well known mid Vj.ular IIet4 l'roier JV would respoettullr -inform 1 the traveling I'Uolic tliat te has rtl'onhcd aial tittfil? tip t. uie ; I lot-el in tlw l.nst tyie,r ; lwitideUiQj Jr, withchoioe Licpwjro andt.Scgar-,'joli attendants and moderate 'charge v .. .. ", Oct 13 isri. tr. jVopnetor.-., ; l'niind out wiiy'pooplc go to McCaftjfs US their furniturr, lajt-ause -he hti3s it at tlte Nare UWUw of Lee t Co. - iurf: sells - it at an advaiuxi oi' )y,titx'iittj(it and ttco oHth pc 't aiit. (jr j0 other, words, locking 'hairs that he buvs of luck Co., (through joc runners he don't have) for $4,50 he ell.s tor ?;),"(.). Pay hha to lay some awl W '". LEE & CO. JMroudburg, Aug. 1R, 1870. tfV ' ' J ' ' .PLASTEE! ' Fresh ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,' Stokr M ins. hkm LOCK BOARDS, FpCING, .SHINGLES LATH,' PA WN'G. and POSTS, cheap. FLOUR and FEUD constantly on hand. i'l exchange Ijjtnber and Piaster for niin or pay the h'iphest market price, . BLACKSMITH SI j OP, just opened by. . Stune, an experienced workman. ; ;; Public trade solicited.. . T? ". ' .' v , N. S. W.YCKOFF. ; tokea' Mill., pa;, April 20,1871: '- ' 1 ' REV. EDWARD A. WILON'SCof Wil liam?hargh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON fcUMPTIONaud ASTHMA carefully com Punded at . . HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. OT Medicines Fresh and Pure: " ' " Kv. 21. 1SG7. W. HOLL1NSHEAD. SHEET IRON CAT WORKS. -I H : A Few T?stib(mials Frobl the Pebpte. i . Tl. if . , r t , . xi win ue-rem em Detect that &6me time since, we noticed reportorially an inven tion of j youog ma6 resFdingio this city, which was teried the'" Patent Sheef frtrn tat, and was designed especially for'the vvo.. uVuuu ui me cuuimoa leiioe sercnaa ers which infest all settled render' life a: boreif not'-atTitneV " a'posi ' live torment;,A Little' did Ihe' fntentor'of the4'atenVCat tTuiik.as he fastened the last rivet in the.'tail of hirretnarkable cobcepuoaajliewas coofrTngai bebe Lfit upon mariki'Dd 'of eoal:" !inrtnce with tho?e of the inventors of the velo'ci- pede, the Dollv YaTder or the potato bug rid rr.itsf Lless inventions), united iQ favoraoV no ijuna i,v iuuucuiii i rauu anu worvn tices, ot tne 44J:'ateot Cat" proves that the latter has filled a vacancy, ''in, ihe Pateot viuv-c . ijuu.3 iiiu uas Aoujj retcaiaea un- filled. . , c - l rotn JSoston to San .Francisco come complimentary allusions to this inven tion, endiscarcely a day v passes but that the ' inventor does , not reeeiv'e letters of inquiry from men of. note .from invalids and nervous' people, from .capitalists aod others, all seeking more detailed informa tion concerning the cciianical wonder, and asking -far samples, -and' territorial, state, ori. county: rights, to inanufacture and sell the same., i '.' .: ; . We are requested by . the patentee lo state that.'owing to the rise in sheet iron and-the strike among the miners, he-has not been able so far to supply the home demand for the "Iron Cat," and has ut terly refused to export any quantity until the elope ot the prepent year. Arrange ments have been xflade with one of our largest manufacturing establishments, by wntcn one nunarea tats per oay can be fturned ' ot an'er,'thc 'first'"-; of? Mar. and if there is no marked decrease in the number of '"Toms" aod Tabbies" at the end cf six-' month?,' the -capacity of the works will be doubled, as a stock company has "beed 'formed- known :"asMhe Great hAmerfcan'-Cats-aod ' Ahti Piddle-strhig Company of CleTelacd.1 " J' ' : ? .': if Only thfee "i-hundred', of; the '"Patent Cats" have been sold up ' t the present date, but in no cascharc they failed to . I . - - r- . . t ' i - " k -.. ... . . 1 Lgive' cotnpietsatiiaction.' e subjoin a 'few notice's of the press and testimonials: '"We have been' using far a week past a recent invention1 of a Cleveland mschan icwhich'is nothing tnore 'than' a sheet-1 ; . ,. i. ..t:. j ' t ?.--i : 1 jroa cafywith "a ; cylindrical attachment and steel claws and' teeth: -It is worked by clock work. A bellows inside swells the tail at will to a belligerent size,- and a .tremolo attachraent c-ufes,"1 at the same ,titne,'tTte',eat to ' emit all ' the 'noises of iwhieh'the- hnmarrcat is 'capable. " When jou want-fun jou'wincl- up your cat. and place him on'the rrKif." IjVcrycat with in half 3 a mile ''"hears himV ; girds on his armorand tallies forth.' 1 Frequently fif ty or one hundred attack him at'onee- No sooner does the patent cat feel the weiht of an a'.3ailant than his teeth 'arjdclaws work' with' lightning1" rapidity1. '"Adver? saries'withtn six1 1 feet of him are torn lo shreds. Fresh battalions' come On to meet a similar fate, f' rtnd: in an'-' hour several bushels of hair, toe-nail?, and fiddle strings alone rem ai o '1JJ(i?t rmdre KSun. " -; '"No first-class' printing k'o5ce with:a roof flat enough to afford a" battle; ground for infuriated felines, should-be without one. T. Tiltox." " i """ft-has saved more than'T a hundred thousand "dollars r wortli-of 6bt jacks in this'enty'atoAe'-anda mtnee pie ot ari of .preserves j;oes "further in my family than , it did before the 'wor:'-- 9!' 1 'J!1' .( L.,to J. M.;'Mrfyor or Chicago:" '"HQw"n'y family can do'withoutr One any vmOre i than a Dolly1 Varden'' is; a wonder io mcl ' , E. CAn. '8TANTGx'9 ,; "Bendme five hundred -(SOOftt'onee C.'0.' J.! with extra1 bellows end -powerful-tone to participate in the-jubilee. ! "The roof of out "&f'ce " was "covered with eats four' ranW-eep ntil wo placvd two of the 'Iron Thomas Cats' in position. Not a eat ;; has heen 'ec sioec; ; and we hate:sold Iolona saasaee "meat etfovsh pulverizer. JJut such was the, ca?e, a the favorable manner" in twhich the p res w.,nu cuuuvy . who are . slow to .to -'purchase ' three' " fonts of job ty pe;- 5 Every young man going-West should take a fewof these1 'cats with 'him. O-i in: Tribttni Editorial.' . t ; . :i . ; ! have used the Patent Cat witirmuch success in my fanjiiy.' My tnothern-law has been'- visiting us for the' past eight months. Nipht before last I wound up the "patent Cat' and1 set him'under her bed.1; At his first howl, he. leaped 'from her bed and felled 's'cat,' at the saiue ;time; stabbing at him' with an umbrella. I can hardly write for emotion but my dear mother in-law will cot take her meals with His' for ' six months " to f come.- 0 All that U left of her ' has been basted toe ther; but her spirit is broken. Enclose 1 find the money for twenty fiv. more cats, and also send new claws for tho old one, as the old lady was tough. ' ' , . i '- " JaimAM Young."""" i ."We might extend , these testimonial, but it is useless. The manufacture .of cats will soon be !one of the most valuable additions to' the businfcS j interests of our growing city.' Io the meanwhile Strang ers pacing through , Cleveland, jand.all who are interested , in. the f externiinatjon of the cat tribe, are invited to examine into the merits of this great discovery.- Cleveland Leader. j i ; .Beware pf tli? SjarfBed,' ;T" ' ! " A 'cofrcspodenCor tU'ITcafth ficformcr' 6ays: ':'"!':-''ii!';"- J-;,:-i r. ' ;:: .; : In our itinerent life we' have' sdfTe'red cinch by:slee'ping in-beds thati were not daily used: .(Eed$7 thafurd not daily er ported. to:tho airraod -sunlight will father" dampness I., And. toero, are; bvt few.who understand the nqcesity of havipg th suu una air come rrcquQptlj into their sleepin uu,icu uuuseu lor days, and cven .wccl-sin the, tfrfmri season' of the-year 'are; darigeTou's' to the health and life of those who sleep in them; "When' visitors are expected, the parlor stove may be for the first time . set np; and 'a !re kindled in i itf and 'the. parlor -bedroom opened, t And this is considered sufficient preparation to make, the friends comfortai ble... But.the, bed and beddiug, if , not carefully separated and aired,' are not safe for aoy one to use. . , . ; I have had very afflicting experience Jn sleeping in damp beds.-. I. slept, with my jufant two monlhs old.in a north bedroom. The bed had riot been used for two weeks. A fire was kindled in , the room, this was considered all that was necessaay. Next morning I felt that I had taken' cold." My babe seemed to be in great' pain when moved.; His face began to swell, arid he was ofiiicted ?with erysipelas of the most: aggravating form, v My dear babe was a great sufferer for four, weeks, and finally died a martyr, to a. damp bed. ; ; , A few weeks later I accoaipauied my husband to fill appointments in several ! places. , In four of , these- places wc had the misfortune to.be assigned the spare bed in rooms openinr from the narlor. The stove was set up in the parlor adjoin- iiiesu ueurooais tue very day we were ext pected. Dampness had entered every part of these u.nheated, uriventilated rooms. The windows had ' not been 'raised,' and were carefully covered with paper curtains, 'and'-outside of ' these drapery. 'and' the Winds were carefully closed. - the air had not been permitted to . circulate freely through the house, and the precious Sun-i lisht . was ; excluded as though it was an enemy. , ...Why was there need of. windows at ail when . they were not used ? ,It would have saved expense to have made these houses without windows. Our Wood- hear fed friends received us cordially, and' "6 oniia im) .vujuycu our yisir, nau it not heen for the'drcaded spare 'ted. ' ' At the first two ' places' we visited, we took ; severe' , colds" by 'sleepiba: in , their unned beds,' and we suffered greatly wtrb rlmilim't !bit ' n i,!-l fn1 fill . with rheumatism ': but tried to' fill our n'n pointments.; In the ' third damp bed we lay" nearly an hour trying' to get warrii ; but the elothing was literally wet. " We were .uoder the unpleasant . necessifyiof calling our fricnJs j.forr we felt that.it would-be' positively fatal to life aud health to reinain in that damp bed. .-. Our friends cheerfully renewed. ;. their fires .aud..the bedding was' 'removed', from" the bed, and thoroughly dried.' ' ." . ' 1 i- ", :,i;t'' i'"" A.e, returned home from tthat. journey and exposure ip' suffer,' for months. fI feared that I should ' be a cripple for'life.' My husband wdsafffictcd With pain in the chest and ' lungs'; 'and1 he had a' severe cough for months. ' After three months of almost helpless suffering; and, careful treatment, by the mercy ; of God, I was able to walk -.-! 1 .-n-.- ,: - ;.-..t -.') M? i - -We have been exposed In'our l ite jour ney to "death in tlie spared bed." ! We have taken colds, which havo settled upon the lungs, causing soreness of. the flesh. Sinoe our fears have beeo-i aroused We have been .more careful, and Lhaye boon under, the . necessity of, closely, question-, ing in regard to our boils. .In some pases, we have removed the' bed clotlilosr arid J have, dried it byrthe" fire b'eforeJ we haye ' nt.,r,t ' rptr ". ' itiuuicu iu oicr:jj. xiiia may tiavu givuri the impression 'that we were .'particular and perhaps -notional.' ' We own that we re"partieular. ' WTe value life which Ood has preserved by-a mirabl. ; of his mercy, from the death in-'the' spare',' damp.'and mouldy. beds'i --..:-!.: .!! t -i i I In' fhe; asW of all these beds', where the" air has riot cireufu'ted 'through 'the rooms' daily, tho bedding;shonld be removed and ihoronghly dried by -the fire, bcfore being slept Jn.l Sleeping rooms should havo'the windows . raised i everyiday,-. aod the uir should eirCulafe freely. through the rooms.. The eurtaitJS.iShould ba withdrawn from, the! windows. -.The- blinds- aliould. be fasteded back.!' And the blessed, cunlight should thus be invited in; to brighten and purify $Very: bedroom. in the house.!? . ' "' ...:...; . ! ' 'Tn the Superior L'ourt in Boston a: de cision has been rendered which "is of in terest to the'1 manager's 'of; puble' cOuvcy.' ances. A man named taudish took pas sage at Fall lliver -on one of the boats of the Nanagausett Steamship'. Company for New York, lie claimed that while on the passage he cither lost his ticket or gave it to, the wrong officer., of .the. com pany; at any rate, when, he arrived iu New York he did. not have, it,, .Failing to"produce a.'.iicket,..a,qd-fefuing.lp pay the fare of.four.d'pjlars, the pfficers .oLthe conipany. detained, jhim, . and, threatened, to carryhiin, baqk' fo Fall iltiver. ; .Iu I consequence, ot tins iie.-suey jior au as: eaun , aua iai-sej lmprieotiaicui, ,i,uu jury gave him a vcrdh:t for.. filty, dollars. As a matter of law, Judge. Putnam in staugted the. iury that tfce officers of the, company had no right to detain.ij.be plaintiff merely for the purpose ot com pelling him to pay his fare. Wliy American Girls will not ' bs House ; !Vi!,;:' "'Servants;'-' 5 ' 1 ' , M 1- -. 1 -. !: U j; , ; , i .-.-i; ,' I havo thought : a greAt deal ' on ihe why's and wlierefora's of this subject. r It has always seemed -to me that, had I tol choosd betweieoc boarding. iu: the places, many "yrorkiug girls'arc obliged to board inland liviog put in a, neat pretly house,, with clean, wholesome food, and a pure atmosphere 16 breathe," I would 'not hesi tate a bjomeht to'choos.c'the latt'erf.' Now td J begin"' with,' ll'iV'nirstr'esseV ' We not' ."heartless and selfish','' no rnore :th'an arc all servants. ' !I have often been much at tached to those who have lived with inc. and have- mado their womanly joys- and sorrows my own ; and I have lady f riends who do the .same.; sTo be , a "servant," undet,such ? circumstances, where a.girj is -j thrown upon ; the world for a. living, seems to me nqt so dreadful a thing "But' some may reply, -I must . slvarc my room' and.bcd,with ' a'person" I don't like.". Very true ; but, do not many work-: ing-girli' who . board oat, have to do this to lessen thcir'expenscsi and with the added disadvantage' fjf dirty sarrdundings and fetid "air ? "But," you ! say, "we" have our' freedom after dark." Alas ! what that has I. involved to many'a young, un-' protected girl id a great city, it is not ue cessary for,, me; to , tell you. No fight minded mistress -and there, arc, many Such-r-would be unwilling, iu addition to yourw "evp'niug ' and Sunday out," 1 oc casionally to give you extra privilege io this way, and without waitiug for you to' beg for' it. "But to be a servant ?" you reply. I reply, who inn't a servant to somebody ? Is not the teacher to his pupil's parents, who often drive him wild with their fool ish requests ? . Is not the clergyman to his-parish, , who sit in judgment on his pork barrel and the number of his shirts, and allow, him no possession of aoy kiud undisputed, ( Wouldn't Mr, Bonner cut off, my salary in quick time if I said. that a goat was. a finer, aniutil than' a horse ? Doesn't a lawyer have to ' spend his life in dodging ? Are riot lecturers tied, ' ac cording to the latitude and longitude they happen to lecture in ? Don't editors m well as type setters have to mind their P's and Q's Are not all ladies servants to fashion r Who is a ;free . agent, I'd; like to know 1. AlLtho brut creation set. gingerly, lest some-bigger beast will, chew them up., i So, jf that is .the trouble, we won't talk, about ,, being . '!servauts,". le cause up stairs, and down stairs, and in my lady's chamber, we arc all in the same fix. 'Fanm Peril, in A. Y. Lcdacr. 1 Something About Salt. ' - .'"It-" is a question, says Ilcdrtli and Tomtf.'perpetually ree'urriog at every in-' telligent breakfast table, -and lnventably asked by children whoare tanght to thinlc "Is salti indispensable to' human life ?'' Dietically regarded, saltis by! no meaus in the .same category with mustared, pep per, vinegar, and other condiments. -These are not to be.fouudin blqod or muscle., Salt is.. ,$elcct a. small, portiot of brain or tissue, tendon or. blqod, evaporate it to dryness, then burn it to'ahcs, and after wards,' pouring upon it djstilled water, filter the mixture th'roujrh white blottiri" paper, and yon have a residum certain crystalline" matters, prominent among 'which-is' common salt. 'In fact,. common salt is a universal constituent .of animal bodies, so . universal that unless an ani mal can acquire it. in one way or. another that animal canuot live. , .Widely diffused all over thc .world salt is taken up too by the roofs of vegetables,' and niay. also, be fouryj ia their ashes." It so happens', how' everj tliat'while stetn3, and leavesare com paratively Vich in salt' very little, if any, is discoverable in seeds. ' Cereal - grains contain;' norie. ' The 'practidal 'result 'of this is) that whereas people ' who iive ex--elusively on animal' food, as' the Esqni rdaux' Indians in the Artie, aud tho-Fue-gains in 'the Antartic circlcs. can dispense with f alt in. the losing it., becomes, a poi tive necessity r of. life to every, people whoso diet consists largely of bread or its. eqoi vale n t s . ? ( , S -f t fc ,i ,y n c, ,w ay o r , a n o t h e r is, ' in , fact, to, all vertebrate, viparpus, warni blooded aniiiials', not entirely .' car-v uivuryup, tue very sine fttu nun ut cxt- tence :r:i:- L Can Any- On," Tell. Can any one tell why men' who cannot pay small bilisj cao always find ' tiiot)iy to buy.liqu ;-and treat v when! happening among their fiiendff?.',:i -i .;.-ti f.:!-? .mm-?.. X Can any one tell, how young moo -.Jvhp, dodge their washerwomen, and arc always behind with their landlords, can play bil liards night and daytand are always ready at a game of cards ? ' ' . ". ' . , , CJan any one tell how men live and sup port their families r who have uo income and do not work,' while ethers who are industrious nnd constantly employed ate half starved f ! ' " . 1 : : " ' ' 1 !: i Can any one tell how it is that nint? tentbs of the mothers are so ready to sew for the,dist;int heathen, when their child ren at home are ragged and dirty ? ; .. Can any one ;tUfwhy , four .fifths of young 'Women . pi cfer a brainless fop un-. der a.plug.hut wjtls tight pants aud short tailed coat, to a mau with some brains?. ,"WThy don't your father take, the pa per ? sitid a gentleman to a lad whom he he caught stealing his news paper from his door. . "Cause," replied - the "he sends me to take it ! young nopelui; A New Use for Flax Seed. The ! following statement, 'copied from an English paper, is "of great iutcrest to the American farmers as it seem4 tri pen a new use for flax seed-1 and may greatly erihanco' the "price," soosl ta 'inake flax crowing proditable. ; The 'new: nse'is in the manufacture of an ! article called linoleum, deriviug ,tbc name .from linum aqd oeuui. t is said,, that iit; will be;a rival , of ictioulchouc,' vor as,. is commonly called, India rubber. The new article is manufactured of linseed oil by oxidizing, it nritil it is soli Jifie J. into a resinous sub-' st a n c e ,' i s ' w e f r e q u e u tl y fi n d ' i t vh e n i t has' been exposed tohe ' atmophrei' rlt is stated that "in this state lt is combirie'd with resibuus gums' and other injrredi entSj whereupon ; it assumes the appear ance and most of the 'properties of India' rubber. ' Like India rubber, it cahbe dissolved mto a cement and xiscd in the manufacture of, thVVpiaterial for, water proof 'clothing..,' It'eari,T)c',used as varnish for the protection bf'ir'on 6r wood, or for the coating ships bottoms. It H as'good as a common comentj having properties similar to the marine glue made from India' rnhber and shcllao. ' It is easily vulcanized. by .exposure to .heati and by th is means bccomeii ns hard'as the' hard est woodland capable of the finest polish. The great varety of uses to which, .it can be applied in this form , will at once sug-' gest themselves to the reader, llie man ufacture .of lioeolum has thus far been made to produce, floor cloth, for which it ha3 proved itself well adapted. . Com bined with, ground cork,' it is spread on a stout canvass, the back of which is af terward water' proofed with oxidized oil. The fabric is then printed by means of blocks in the ordinary way. The floor cloth thus produced 'is pliable, noiseless to walk upon, washes well, preserves its color, and rolls up like an ordinary car pet. . It is very durable," and its compo nent, parts will not , decompose by heat or exposure to the. India rubber. Ar. Y sun or .. air, as. will J rt ban c. "''' Fashion and her Whims. ' Fashion, has at length reached a pqint in ; dictation at which .we rejoice, for, its laws are not now simply for the mere ap: parei. i. loreign magazine nasauescrip tion of a dress of Vvhich it 'say's "with 'this costume.theniouth'is to Le' wArn slightly Opcu." i This is happy; for there are so many women who d. not kuow what to do with, their mouth, any more thau timid young men know what to do with their hands, and minute-directions of this sort, studied witb'etery styla of drcs. will be very convenient. It is to be hoped that some costumes-will. require the; mouth to be, worn shut,, for. the effeet jo. the., street woulu.be aoytliini' but agreeable if every lady went about with her moiith opeui co much depends , upon expression, in couibioalion with costume, that. the sub-, ject is worthy of study. : The effect of the prettiest drcs is' often spoiled' by'a sour expression of the face, and as expres sion is simpTy an affair of the muscles, it can be prevented byithc artistic dress makers. : Wc are very anxious to see, by the way, what '.women .will be likowleu .the -Worths and' rither artists have fiuish-; cd with her. She is" already,, with ;her three r story , hut, panier .built up, like a dome, high heels aud fascinating wiggle, walk, a creation of great iutci est, aud if she "wears her mouth slightly open'' there will be'no resistiug her. : If.'now, she were to nearly close her eyes, and if it is! not ' irreverent, ; "go it blind," we'could suggest nothing" more. - Wc should say however, that these fashions arc -not'unU vtrsal. The women in Lancashire, !Eug la'nd, . are:driven .into still , -traoget ap parel.;. .They , 'often put on .- the) .coarse clothe.SjOf the miner, , and work at the, mouth of the pit with pick aud f hovel. . They also cnae in the heavy work of the lu.rmraud arc employed ou the caual barges ' harness and lead the horscs aii'd take iheir turn at' the heImj 'anijl help' to load ' the 'vessel.'" 'These girls are'rouglr in Wauner and coarse in lau'ruare, but honest and "industrioifsT They take their pintjf beer and J enjoy (heir pipes and never grumble. The 'question of how to wear the . niouth has not yet got down to them. ll'irtfard ' Cvnrantl ' ' ,,1 Lv, !. ( J ; j ,Prepajatioji rol . Russia Sheet Iron! ! "' An eminent London ; metallurgist' has published a j-amphlei' npon 'the method o f ' ' , ' in h ? u fa Cj'u r in gj ; Russia, sheet ' iron, which,. as' is' well kii'Ow n',' diffiirV from com mon soeet irou, it. hr.vtug. a smooth, flos-. sy surl ace oi a a.uk nietalio gray, and not a biueih gray. ' When bent back wards and forvvards by. the hand;' no scale is separated, as happens' withhcet iron manufactured 'lri the usual "manner, but iu folding it aver and unfolding, it simp ly scales lrotn the line of folding, The method ol preparing this sheet iron has bceti kept n profound secret by 'the'Tlus' ?iau mauufav'turers for a ; Jong period of time but . by a .careful collection of in formation given by 'various correspond euts, the general theory of the mannfae tura -has been ' ascertained and placed in such form as to be capable ' of practical application. Oue point' in the prepara tion of this iron is said to be that,' after the compl.tion of the rolling, the sheets, .are. njadp 'tip. iii .'.packages, with charcoal dust interposed, aud then well hammered, the outer sheets being afterwards thrown away as waste. ! Corn is selling in many parts of Iowa fur 15 cents rer bushel. A Pennsylvania . Bull Dog. .T-f- "Thcrc is a .man in Darbay, Pa., who purchased a bill dog, which he proposed to turn loose it his store at night in or der to sca're away th6 burglars. The firsS evening after he obaiued the dog he lock ed it in the store and went away a hap py man",' The" next", morriing early, he went .around 'to' the store and unlocked th. door. ' The dog"' 'was vigilant- the' man was surprised tq see how , 7ery vigi tunt.that.dog was--for no sooner was" the door open than' the dog ' seized ' 1 its' owner by the leg, suddenly, and 'seemed to be animated, by an earnest and vigorous res ttlution not. to.det go, 'until it had remov ed 'at least one good rnoutbfuL And the mau pushed the dog back and shut th door on its,, ribs until, the animal relaxed its "jaws j:and -then the man kicked the dog iuto the store ami shut the door as if he was in.a hurry to do something. Then he .-uspended ; business; for a. week, .and spent the.;yacatiou .firing at , that dog through the windows, aud down the chim ney, aud. up through the. cellar ceiling, with a fhot.guu, trying ( to exterminate himv l And. that mercantile establishmen& did n.ot open for trade until the man had paid twice the first cost of the dog to its Jt'ociuer owner' to come and take, it home my and then when he got in he found thatf during the bombardment holes had been shot through mackcral barrels and molas ses cans and coal oil kegs, so that thsro was misery aud ruin . every where. NcvS YorJc Standard. A Kentuckian and a Yankee were onco riding through the woods, the former on a fine black hose, and the Yankee on an in ferior animal. The latter wanted to make a "swap," but he did not see how he was to do it. At last he thought of a plaw His horse had been taaght;to' sit down' like a dog whenever he was touched by the spurs. - Seeing a wild turkey, the Yankee made his horse perform his trick, aud asserted that he was pointing game as was his custom.' The Kentuckian rode in the direction indicated by the horse's nose, and up rose a turkey., That settled the matter ; the trade was made, and sad dles aud. horses were changed. After a time they came to a deep and rapid stream ovcrVhich the black horse carried. hi rider with ease. But the:Kentuckian on the Y'aukee'jj old. beast, fouud great dit Goulty in 'getting' over, and when in th middle' of the stream he was afraid the horse. . would . allow "himself to, be carried away, and endeavored to spur him up to more, vigorous action. ..Down 'sat the old hore'oa his' hauncbe. ' " ' " ?:' "Lock-'a-hereif" shouted the enraged and partially submerged Kcntuckiau to the . Y'aukee pa the other side of the stream, "What docs all this 'mean '.?" "Iiva'ut you. id know stranger," said the! Ya'u'kceJ preparing to ride away, "that there hosY cill jnitt fish jlit as iccll as Tie icUlfviri:'-' ' ' ': The State Labor1 jleforai Convention, in'scssiori at Williamsport, concluded its session a few days since, after completing a State s Ticket. The following are- the nominations 'Governor, -Wm: 1'. Schell, of- Bedford Supreme! Judge,"' James Thompson of Erie; Auditor General, Esaias Billingfelt, of Lancestcr ; Con--gressmen at large, -James W. Hopkins, of Allegheny, J.-W; Clarke; of Northum berland. . '-" .".;v '.',) ; . . .. .- ,; .1' " : , - . " Friends of. woman suffrage in Pennsyl vania are desired to send their names and addresses to the office of the Womau'a Suffrage Association,- 1700 Arch street, Philadelphia. Persons wishing docu ments' or. specimens of the Woman's Jour nal caji obtain thciu as above.. This no ,ticc. we give .at ,the request' of; Mary Grew, an. earnest .advocate of .., the enlargement of, the liiiht Crf.suffrae Lp to the present time three miles of - ) buildings have be.o- completed in the Sbuth Division of Chicago on the north aud south streets, and nearly. as much on the east aod weststreets. Iu.the material of the structures, erected . iron,, brick and paudstonc predomiuate. Many very hand some marb)e; buildings have been 'put.up.l In riiuc ' 6l the . principal streets CU77 buildings are conipleted,'275G are half firii'shed and 4883 begun. " ..The quadrcnniaPrcport of the agents Vf the ;Medothist BJok. Concern shows that its total assets, including real estate, lire $1,)0, 15 15, and iu -'Nubilities S795 lG.l There '- were ; 'cash on hand and amounts due from other parties aggregat ing $381,740.: This 'leaves the liabilities 8llO,oC(, which can be entirely paid in a few, years by a ti uu.il reductions., . . :. London is to day the largest city in the world, far surpassing all those of antiquity. According to gibbon, the -population of ancient Home, iu the; height of its Mag .nilicence, was lJOO.OOO ; the population of Pekiu is supposed to be about 2,000,-000-, that of Loudon' is over.3,0.'J,U00, one twelfth of the ponuution, of the wh'ola utiea ciaies. - . ;My soy," said a Eood mother . lo her young hopeful, "did yuu wish your teach er a happy new year v "No, ina'ain," replied the boy. . "Well Why not?" "liecan.-e," said the youth, "?he isn't happy unless she's a whipping one of us boys, and 1 was a Ira id if I wished her happiness she'd go for me."
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