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Dcuotcil to Politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, iHoralitt), anb (General-intelligence.
VOL. 30.
STROUUSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 25, 1872.
NO. 12.
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Published by Theodore Schocli.
TRRs -To lilUrs a jre.trin advance and if not
Uiioef.ethe end of ihe year, two dollars and fitly
Lnt will be. ChrRecf.
i .f'- Jicnnttine.t until all nrrearagea are paid,
ijci.pt at 'he option ot the B'lttor.
,CT.K Werusement of rie Siiare oT (eight line) or
f. n:ir or three inertions $1 40. Each addituinl
ttnU-n, 50 cent. Lonxer ones in proportion.
JOB lBHMTICi
or ALL Kt.tDS, ' .
litf ta in the hiiheatirtyHf f IH lrtial tin the
mot reasonable terint.
Valuable Properly
I1OE SAiE.
JFyA Tlie sunscrilicrs offer For gale,
f?s?ttho?r residence in Stroudsburg'.
The J,ot has a front of US ftJ
gsSiion Main Street, with a depth of
i.Vi lift. m : .
The buildings wnsist of a convenient dwell
ing house, store house, barn and other out
ruildings.
There is an abundance of choice apples,
prars, plums, crapes small Fruit. with
tieellent water. ; I
May 16, "7i A. M. k R. STOKES.
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J l,l,OSITfc THr. MlrHlT,
Eat Strotid.bufg, Pa." '
R. J. VAN COTT, Pnirictor.
The Bu contain the choirt Lienor and
the table u Mipplieii with the- inl tle market
afford. Charges moderate.' may 3 lSTzMf.
D R. J. L ANTZ, "
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
Still h-n ht office n Main Street, in the wcond
iry f Or. S. Walton' brick, building, nearly op po
int the StruVbiirg ltoue. and be flutters himself
(Hat by eisHtrcn rear constant practice and the inont
rnt and careful atlenlie-n lo nil mailers pertaining
l h iiifi'ion, tlial he is ftilly able to perforin all
peration in the dental liue la the moM carr ftil, tatle
(I tni iullfil manner.
Ileial attention aiten to savin; the N.itural Teeth ;
a.. t the insertion itf Artificial FceUi on Rubber,
Cld. Silver or I'.intiauous Uuinx, and ported fits in
al ra.es inftiirril.
persons know Hie (jreat folly arwi d.mjer of en
lnitin; llielr work lo t lie inexpericncetl. or to those
lifinj at iitaii:e. April 13, IS7I. ly
JR. II. J. I'ATTEIISOX,
OPIlEAmC AD SErnASIML DEMIST,
IliTing located in East Stroudidjiirg, l'a., an
aonncca that he is now prepared to insert arti
Irial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like
tunner. Also, great attention given to filling
a.d proaerving the natural teetlu Teeth ex
tracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
ft. All other work incident to the profession
Wn in the most xkillful and approved Ptyle.
Ill work attended to promptly and warranted.
Charge reaonable. l'atronage of the public
elicited.
Office in A. W. Ixder'ii new building, op
fit Analomink House, East Strotidburg,
Jnly 11, 1872 ly.
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announeea tint lit ving jut returned from
Dental CoIIcrrs, he it fully prepared to make
artificial teeth in the moil beautiful and life
like manner, and to rill decayed teeth c
e.rdinp to the most i-nproved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when de
ired, ly the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which in entirely hirinles. Repairing1 of
;l kind neatly done. All work warranted.
Chirfei reasonable.
0acri in J. (J. Keller new Brick build
f. Main S'reet, StroiiJbury, I'a.
iii'31-if
o. . Jackson.
Amzi LeB&r.
Drs. JACKSO.X iV LcBAR
FaVSKllXS, SIRGEC.NS i AflOiniERJs
Strou,l.xfirj ami Ktist Slroudabitrrf, Pa.
DR. GEO. W. JACKSON,
Stroudsburg,
U th ..Id orBee f Dr. A. Keerea Jackeon
Rdence in WyckofTa Building.
DR. A. LeBAR,
East Stroudsburg,
lire next door to .Smith's !tore. Kepidence
l Mis K. IMIeV,. . - .
f-b. 8'72-tf ...
Tk c. o. norrji 4., i.
J Would respectfully announce to the
Pblic tliat he ha removed hi office from
'Mland to Canadensis, Monroe County, Pa.
rrutiii tliat many years of coiisinjutive
Prctiw of Medicine uiid Surgery will 1e a
racietit guanintH! for the public confidence.
Jejbruary IV,, 1S70. tf.
T-iMLS II. WALTO.V, :
v i(torne) at Law, ;
Jo J3-tf
KELLERSVILLB HOTEL.
H mfczuvd having purchased the
ovc well known and popular Hotel Proner
f. would resKttfully inform the traveling
rublir that he has refurnished and tiUel up
j' Hotel in the best htyle. A handsome
r, with choice Liquors and Sogurs, polite
"cndantu and UKnlorate charges. .
CHAKLIiS 3IAXAL,
'Jet 10 1K7I. tf. JVoprietor.
fliia old established Hotel, having recently
'''n'l jiiinds, and been throughly overhauled
paired, will reojH'ti, for the receition of
61 ?ts on Tuesday, May 27th.
. 1 "c public will alwavs find this Jiohbc a de-
.'MUle l.l;i(-p fri,rt .-Ill
I
'ai:igwl in the trot nosMible manner. - Tb
Vo '""n1' with the lHt the Market
biiii ' an c,-,,,,i'"'"e" will always find none
"t tlie best wines and liquors at the bar.
fn 1 rtaWi.nK beloning to the Hotel, will be
'iiid at all time under the care of careful and
""'png att uuhmu
r,, is:-.-. ANTHONY II. IlOIIMEK.
Office in the building formerly occupied
V U M. Hu rson, and opposite the Strouds
't Lank, Main htreet, Stroudsburg, Pa.
The Work of Farmers' Wives.
In the Doylestown Farmer's Club la
dies as well as gentlemen lake their turn
at contributing a brief essay in order to
open A discussion. Some excellent re
marks on the duties and labors of farm
era' wives were recently made bv Mrs.
William Wjnkoop, for an abstract of
winch we are indebted to the Dojlestown
Intelligencer : i-;
The essayist said that there are many
who will assert that the farmer's wife has
no more trouble than the wives of men of
any other vocation.. bat she was here to
assert that this was not ro. The wife of
the merchant, without affecting the hus
band, can finish on.the following day
what she has failed to accomplish- on the
preceding day.; but how i vastly different
is this, with the. farmer's wifely She la
bors conjointly with her husband, and
the toil and strife of one is dependent up
on the other. 7,The work of the farm in
cludes labor for each, . and this must be
so performed by one as not to conflict with
the other. It is generally . the casein
farm houses throughout the country that
we find rilyone help in the household,
j irrespective of the site of the family and
j the amount of labor, to be performed.
! Hut. when we visit our city friends we
' find th crc the case entirely different.-
inere a lamiiy ot medium uixe generally
has two or three helps. .
In advocating the use of modern inven
tions to lighten the labors of the farm
house, the essayist wished to kown how
many farmer's. wives went to their wash
iog in. the same manner as their grand
mothers. We must either go back to the
olden times or have machinery. She had
come forward to advocate the later. In
advancing her argument that the use of
machinery was as essential to the suc
cessful performance of the wife's as well
as the husband's duties upon the farm,
she wished to known how many of our
farmers follow the old time methods of
farming? 'How many mow their grass
withthesejtheorreaptheir grain with the
cradle? Or, how many farmers are there
who now do ther threshing with the flail?
And, going still farther back, how many
farmers of to day pursue the old custom
of beating out their grain with horses ?
If such a revolution has taken place in
the performance of man's labors, and the
use of machinery has been an indispen
sable aid in the successful ' pursuance of
his vocation, why Is it not equally as es
sential to lighten the cares and burdens
of the in door labor of woman ? We will
find that much more will'be accomplish
ed by the use of a washing machine, a
clothes wringer, a sewing machine, and
such modern domestic inventions. Why
would not the establishment 'of co-operative
dairies be advantageous? And
why could we have a public laundry in
every neighborhood? We could easily
have these if the farmers' would not look
at them as a dead loss ; if they would on
ly consider that for the money expended
there is an equivalent returned, and
money thus given oat is profitably ex'
pended.
Thus would the health' and temper of
the farmer's wife be preserved, her many
thousand little' cares- lightened, and the
home of the farmer rendered more attrac
tite. Some ma' a.-k. what would women do
if they had all of these modern inven
tions ? There would still remain pleuty
to do, and the wife would have no oc
casion to remain idle. She might then
have an opportunity of looking over her
children's lessous ; a chance to read the
papers and post herself in regard to the
current news of the day; would not be
ignotant ' as to who was to be the next
President ; and would be able to ascertain
what their husbands did at the farmers'
club. Our farm houses should be con
structed with;, more of the city conven
iences, with hot and cold water; and for
a kitchen we want a large airy 'room,
where the wife will not have to run to
the garret three times for floor while she
is baking, or to the cellar three or four
times fur lard or eggs. These can all be
done, and are within the reach of all well
to do farmers. ' No one knows, how they
will tend to Ithteti woman's cares, and,
with such advantages, those who now
look down upon will then be proud of our
farmers wives. '
Overgrown Hogs.
There is not one single advantage to be
claimed in favor of big hogs. There was
a monster hog which did not make the
man who raised him pay for every pound
he weighed. They do not furosib an
ounce of meat gratis, bat eharge full price
for every atom of their carcass. When
slaughtered, it takes a long time to get
one cool to the marrow in the bone, and
then when the hams are put in salt, it is 1
troublesome to tioish them to tne centre.
Four hundred pounds live' weight is as
large as hogs should be in order to make
good bacon. Heyond this size there is a
loss somewhere. "' Kither the feeder,
butcher or consumer is cheated, and as a
general thing every one who has anything
to do with the big hog will fiod, if he ob
serves closely, that they are not so profit
able as the smouth, nice hogs of only 350
pounds weight. A small head, with little,
upright cars, and legs and ears delicate
to perfection, arc marks which indicate
the greatest amount of food consumed ;
and it will always draw more readily the
attcntiou of every butcher.
The Murder of the Buffalo.
Few persons probably know how rapid
ly the American bison is disappearing
irom the Western plains. At one time
it said they were to be foune everywhere
west of Lake Champlain and the Hudson
river, but for many years they have been
extinct east of the Mississippi river. The
work of destruction, however, appears to
go on more bravely in proportion as they
are driven Into narrower limits, and it is
not unlikely that the fate of the European
bison, which once abounded in the woody
wilderness of Germany, northern Gaul
and neighboring parts of the Continent,
but which is now to be found alone and
rarely, in the forests of Lithuania, will
soon be theirs.
Some idea of the extent of this ruthless
slaughter may be formed from the fact
that twenty five thousand bisons were
killed during the month of May south of
the Kansas and Pacific Hail road for the
sake of their hides alone, which are sold
at the paltry price of two dollars each on
delivery for shipment to the Eastern mar
kets. Add to this five thousand a small
estimate shot by tourists and killed by
the Indians to supply meat to the people
on the frontier, and we hare a sum total
of thirty thousand ae the victims for a
single month.
If the bison were a wild and savage ani
mal if to kill one required any especial
skill or bravery of nerve, there might be
some justification fortius enormousslaugh
ter. Hut the fact is that the bison is an
exceedingly mild dispositioned animal.
His looks indicate ferocity and malignity,
but his nature dues not correspond with
his appearance. Even in the breeding
season, when the common bull is frequent
ly dangerous, when the stag and the elk
attack everything that comes in their
way, and when most animals are pugna
cious, the bison will go by on the other
side to avoid a man. It is only when he
is wounded by a blundering aim or irritat
ed by a persistent pursuit that he shows
fight enough to make hunting him enjoy
able.' Hesides, the Indian ponies are
trained to dodge his onset, when madden
ed beyond endurance, so that the hunter
who can manage to stick to his horse has
little to do but to sit still and keep firing
until he makes a. fatal shot.
Every one remembers how Prince
Alexis, under the leadership of General
Sheridan, participted in this "sport," to
the intense gratification of his royal father
and to the profit of the special correspon
dents. It is doubtful, however, whether
even a royal precedent can justify .this
kind of so called hunting. However this
may be in the Eastern States, the follow
ing paragraph from the letter of an army
officer shows that in the Western States
this kind of "sport" is estimated at its
true worth, while, at the same time, its
reference to the number of persons who
are following the Russian Princeling's
example confirms the apprehension that
the American Hison will soon become as
fabulous au animal as the dodo:
"To shoot buffalo" seems a mania. Men
come from London cockneys, fops and
nobles and from all parts of the republic
to enjoy what they call . sport.. Sport!
when no danger is incurred, and no skill
required. I see no more sport in shoot
ing a buffalo than in shooting an ox, nor
so much danger as there is in hunting
Texas cattle." ...
Ringbone on Horses.
Now in regard to ringbone on horses;
it is an old saying of old men that when
you see a colt standing with his head
down hill and his tail up hill he is not
gaining or doing well ; or, in other words,
he is running down hill in flesh and con
stitution, or becoming sickly. The fact
of it is the colts toes are so long that his
ankles ache, and he stands that way to
rest them. , This is. the very time, if he
capers or runs much, that ringbones,
spavins, splints, cutbs, etc., start; and
they may be there for two years before
you notice them or could find them. No
horse has ringbones, splints, curbs . or
spavins, unless he has been strained ; and
his is, the very time be receives those
strains when his muscles are weak and
his toes are .long, and when the ground
is hard, which constitutes the very nursery
of all those complaints. . The; old saying
that an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, is true ; and . to use it let
every man who has a colt be sure to have
his toes trimmed , short as soon as the
ground freezes in the Fall, and see to it
three or four times in the Winter ; keep
them short, and I will guarantee him
against all those calamities.
Inventive: A man in Delaware hav
ing heard that the earth revolves at the
rate of one thousand miles an hour, has
arranged a plan for going up in a balloon
and remaining stationary while the earth
is permitted to slide away beneath. lie
thinks that by this means he can reach
California in a couple of hours merely by
shooting np from Wilmington in his bal
loon, and then dropping down again as
soon as the Rocky Mountains are observ
ed to go past. He has the whole thing
arranged now in perfect order the bal
loon aud the place to start from, and his
map, and so forth so that the scheme
cannot possibly fail ; aud all he wants to
make the thing complete is to fiod some
thing to tie the ballooon to in order to
hell it still while it is up iu the air.
Tales of Toads.
Geo. M. Mead states his experience
with toads in the Ohio Farmer' Unless
their skin is broken they are perfectly
harmless. . They will eat any bug but
the potato bug.
In Pittsfield, Mass., 1 had an uncle,
oe of the finest gardeners in the town,
and he, to the bo little amusement of
friends, used to pick np those venomous
toads in hia hands, whenver he could find
nice fat ones, carry them home, and put
them in his garden to catch the bugs
and, worms. He said to me one day :
"They will become quite tame if you pet
them a little." I thought that a little
singular, but concluded to try it. When
I went' home I found one in the shed
close to" the kitchen and commenced. At
first I caught a bug or fly -and stood as
far off as I could and dropped it down
in front of my pet.' I did not have long
to wait, for the bag had hardly dropped
before he disappeared. Each day I went
to see and feed him, and went up closer,
until fie got so tame that he would at any
time take a bug or fly out of my fingers.
I then began to handle him, and if I
chanced to move him from his nice little
corner he would go back there and seem
to wait for me to come and see him. .
Dr. Harris said twenty years ago that
he supposed the odor of the squash bug
(corcut Triitis) would protect it from
the toad ; and to test the matter he offer
ed one to a grave-looking Rufo under a
cabbage. He seized it . eagerly, but spit
it out instantly, reared up on his hind
legs and put his front feet on the top of
his head for an instant, as if in pain, and
then disappeared across the garden in a
series of the greatest leaps a toad ever
made. Perhaps the bug bit the biter.
Not satisfied with his, Dr. II. hunted up
another toad, which lived under the
piazza, and always sunned himself in one
place in the grass, and offered him a
squash bug, which he took and swallowed,
winking in a very satisfied manner.
Twenty other fine bugs followed the first,
in a few moments, with no difficulty or
hesitation in the taking or the swallowing,
though from the wriggling and contor
tions it appeared their corners did not set
well within. The stock of bugs being
then exhausted, a colony of smooth, black
larvae was found on a .white birch, each
about three-quarters of an inoh long, and
over 100 of these were fed to the waiting
toad. Touching one of them with the
end of a straw, it would coil around it,
and them when shaken before him he
would seize and swallow it, at first eagerly,
but with diminished zest as the number
increased, until it became necessary to
rub the worm against his lips for' some
time before he could decide about it. He
would then take it and sit with his lips
ajar for a short time, gathering strength
aud resolution, and then swallow by a
desperate effort. There is no telling
what the number or result would have
been, as the dinner-bell rang as the 101st
disappeared, and by the close of the meal
he had retired to his hole, nor did he ap
pears for four day nt his sunning place.
It is to be hopped that he slept well, but
there might have been nightmares.
- Rich Without Money.
Many a man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing in their
pockets are rich. A man born with a
good constitution, a good stomach, a good
heart, and good limbs, and a pretty good
head piece, is rich.' Good bones are bet
ter than gold ; tough muscles better than
silver : and nerves that flash fire and carry
energy to every function, are better than
houses or land. It is bettter than a land
ed estate to have the right kind of father
and mother. Good breeds" and bad breeds
exist among men as really as among herds
and horses. Education may do much to
eheck evil tendencies or to develop good
ones ; but' it is a greater thing to inherit
the right proportion of faculties to start
with. The man is rich who has a good
disposition who is naturally kind, hope
ful patient, cheerful, and who has a flower
of wit and fun in his composition. The
hardest thing to get' on with in this life
is man's own self. ' A cross, selfish fellow,
a desponding and complaining fellow, a
timid and care-burdened man,1 these are
all born deformed on the inside. Their
feet do Dot limp, but their thoughts do.
. ; STAINS.
If you have been pickeling or handel
ing 'acid fruit and have stained your
hands, wash them in clear water, wipe
them lightly and while they are yet moist
strike a match and shot your hands around
it so as to catch the smoke, and the stains
will disappear.
If you have stained your muslin or
gingham dress, or your white pants, with
berries, wetting the cloth with anything
else, pour boiling water through the stains
and they will disappear. Hefore fruit
juice dries in can often be removed by
cold water, using a sponge or towl, if ne
cessary. Rubbing the fingers with the
inside of the parings of apples, will re
move most of the fctaiti caused by paring.
luk also, if it be washed out, or sop
ped up from the carpet, with cold water
immediately when it is spilled, can be al
most entirely removed.
William P. Drew has been commission
ed National Hank examiner, aud assigned
to duty in New Jersey aud Eastern Penn
sylvauia.
What the People are driving At.
The census office from time to time is
sues very interesting tables gathered and
tabulated from the census takers. Thy
don't occupy much space, but represent
an immense amount of labor performed,
not only in Washington but throughout
the length and breadth of the land. The
last is a table of occupations, and gives
an idea of what the American people are
driving at to gain a lirelighood or ac
cumulate wealth. On the first of Jane,
1871, there were 12,505,923 persons in
the United States pursuing gainful oc
cupations of this number 1,836,437 were
females. Two-thirds of the whole num
ber were of American birth ; . Ireland
came next with 949,164, and Germany
followed close with.S36,302. China and
Japan contributed 46,300.
Coming to ' occupations, ot the' total
aumber 5,922,471 were engaged in ag
riculture, 2,706,421 in manufactures,
mechanical and mining pursuits,' 1.1 191,
233 in trade and transportation, and 2,
634.793 were rendering personal and pro
fessional services.
The largest number returned as of any
single specified occupation was under the
head of planters and farmers, 2,932,573
being reported. Farm laborers came next,
2,889,045 this classification we judge
would include the great bulk of the negro
population of the Southern States. La
borers are set down next at 1,031.666
and then comes domestic servants, 971,
043. There were 43,874 clergymen reported
as pursuing a "a gainful occupation,"
and it is to be hoped the description is
correct in every respect ; 62,383 physi
cians and surgeons, and 40,736, lawyers.
There were 44,743 civil officers ot gov
ernment, national, State and municipal
who reported no other occupation ; 8,672
clerks, aad 14.407 laborers of the same
description. This represents the ''horde"
of office holders of all varieties, who sub
sist by official occupation alone, and is
much smaller than one would naturally
suppose.
Carpenters and joiners head the list of
mechanical occupations with 344,595
miners, blacksmiths, shoemakers, tailors,
milliners, masons, painters, etc., follow in
order named.
The number of persons returned as
manufacturers was 42,905. Operatives
in cotton mills, 111,606 ; in woolen mills,
58,836 ; in mills and factories not speci
fied, 41,619 ; in iron works of all kinds,
81,000; in tobacco factories, 11,985; in
paper mills, 12,469.
Under the head of trade there were re
turned 326,368 traders and dealers of all
kinds, in addition to 16,975 peddlers and
17,362 hucksters; 222,504 clerks in
stores, in addition to 14,203 salesmen and
women ; 31,117 bookkeepers and account
ants, and 7,262 commerical travelers, and
exclusive, also of 14,362 barkeepers and
tenders ; porters and laborers in stores
and wareboeses, 31,513.
There were only 6,519 persons report
ed who followed music as a gainful pur
suit, being about one-third the number of
Gilmore's grand chorus.
What is Heat?
Wind is neither seen nor tasted yet it
is a force. Heat may be felt, and that is
about all we know, about it. It must be
a substance, because when it enters into
metals it passes into spaces between the
particles and throws them farther apart
than when the mass is cold. That is call
ed expansion, and when the heat escapes,
the molecules coming nearer together
that is contraction.
Hut the question is this, vix : Is heat
a material something ? Steam is nothing
more than particles of water separated by
heat. The expansive force of steam can
hardly be estimated, so terrific is its
energy, which means simply the accumul
ation of caloric or heat forcing tho
particles assunder.
Heat may be latent. It seems to
pervade almost all bodies, where it may
remain at rest indefinitely. The touch
of a match, however, will let loose the
eaged fury, . which , runs and -consumes
everything in which heat is held as a
prisoner. What becomes of it when it
escapes?: A more difficult problem could
hardly be presented..
In treating or caloric and its relations,
and the mission it performs in the
economy of mature, neither ehemists nor
writers on optice have unlocked the
mystery of its origin or its disappearance.
'
Speaking of the wheatcrop in Delaware
and Maryland, tho Wilmington Com
merciat says : From every section of the
Peninsula the grain is reported to be
unusually large and plump, and a better
quality than has been produced for years.
The crop of straw is light, but this is of
little moment. There is a sufficient
abundance of it for farm purposes, and
more, in all probability, than will be con
sutued. The crop of wheat,-as. a whole,
will be an average one, and the unusual
fullness of the grain will have a tendency
to make it more remunerative than for
merly.
. .
Statistics which have just been prepar
ed at the Post Office Department, show
that iu the last three years its recipts from
postase and money orders have amounted
to $173,763,463. In this time the total
loss to Government by defalcations has
been 95,000, or in round uumbers 830,
00') per anuuni iu a business of $60,000,-000.
A PENNSYLVANIA WONDER.
The Newton Gas Well-Further Descrip
tion of Its Extraordinary Character.
From the Tittusville Courier.'
Unquestionably this gas well, which was
recently struck ea the Nelon farm, an ac
count of which we gave the other day, iathe
most wonderful phenomena of the kind
in this country. Some of our exchanges
seem to think our description exaggera
ted, hence, as it was given on hearsay,
evidence, we were not eertain that it
might not have been. To solve this prob
lem, and demonstrate by personal inquiry
whether our informant had drawn on his
"imagination for hi facts," or on his
"facts for his imagination," we yesterday
drove over and interviewed the noisy
monster ourself. Tb location ia about
six ' miles from the eiry, on tSe road id
Spring creek. Long before we reached
it, its location was ascertained by a rush
ing nois., sounding precisely like a huge
steam boiler blowing off. When we reach
ed the laos leading from the raain road
to the well the escaping gas, as it rushedf
from four three and a quarter inch pipes,
could be plainly dicernable. It had tho
appearance precisely like a discharge from
a boiler in which the steam had been run
up to its full capacity previous to blow
ing off. Every step nearer increased tho
infernal din, and when we reached its im
mediate proximity the impression upon
the ears became painful, and compelled
U3 to resort to filling the orifice with a
handkerchief in order to prevent injury
to the tv m pa num. Conversation was im
possible. Our companion essayed to fry
his voice, but it was a blank failure. We
saw the lips move, but as far as sound,
they had no more effect than they would
beneath the seething waters of Niagara.
After seeing and hearing their noisy won
der of the oil region, we are not surpris
ed that the eattle in the vicinity gave it
a wide berth, and that it has been found
necessary to dismiss the school in tho
neighborhood, some three quarters of s
mile away. The query agitating those
who have visited the well is, what shall
be done with it? If there were any as
surance that the volume of gas now es
caping would keep np, it would ba a good
speculation to oonvey it in pipes to tho
city to be used in light and heat ; for
tb ere is certainly enough gas escaping
and going to waste not ooly to light every
house in Titusville, but also heat the
same and furnish fuel for all the steam
engines running in the city. This may
appear an extravagant estimate, but let
any practical engineer examine it and wo
think he will agree that we are not "pil
ling it on too thick," but on the contrary,
that the half has not been told. We un
derstand the well is in sixty feet of the
most promising third sand yet discovered.
If this is so,- wo may look for the opening
of a new oil field in that vicinity in a very
short time.
Boy Smokers,
We clip the following from a Louis
ville exchange :
"Here and there about the street cor
ners, and around the doors of places of
amusement, you will seo a lot of urchins,
some of them decently clad and present
ing a respectable appearance, who are en
gaged in asserting their manhood by puff
ing away at execrable cigars. It is fair
to presume that their anxious mammas
are not aware of tho foul habits their dar
ling boys pick up and practice outside of
the parental roof; bat for their benefit
they should know that a French physi
cian has investigated the effect of smok
ing on thirty eight boys.between the agea
of nine and fifteen, who were addicted id
the habit. Twenty seven presented dis
tinct symptoms of nicotine position. Ia
twenty-two there were serious disorders
of circulation, indigestion, dullness of in
tellect, and a marked appetite for strong
drinks ; also in three there was heart af
fection ; in eight decided deterioration of
blood ; in twelve there was frequent epis
taxis ; ten had disturbed sleep, and four
had ulceration of the mouth. It is easy,
theri, to see how . the ranks of the drunk
ards and dissolute men 'about town' are
recruited when, there are so many boys in
training for delirium tremens and the
horrors of dissipation."
David Paul Drown, Esq., for many
years one of the roost prominent citizens
of Philadelphia, died on Thursday morn
ing last, in hia 6eventy-seventh year. Mr.
Drown was thoroughly identified with the
city of his residence. For forty years ho
was one of its most conspicuous and suc
cessful lawyers, his service beiug in
especial request by defendants in criminal
suits. He was also well known as ar
author and lecturer. The dress and ap
pearance of Mr. Drown were peculiar, and
always attracted attention. He retained
all his faculties for business until a very
short time before his decease.
For a good home made disinfectant
dissolve a bushel of salt in a barrel of
water, aud with the water slack a barrel
of 1 iuie, which should bo wet enough to
form a kind of paste. For the purposo
of a disiufectant, this homo made chloride
of limo is nearly as good as that pur
chased at the shops and drug stores. Use
it freely about sinks, collars, gutters and
out houses, tmd in this way prevcut sick-