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Beuotcu to politico, Citeratuvc, gricniturc, Science, iilovniuii, nub (Bcucrol Intelligence.
VOL. 30.
STR0UD3BURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER. 28, 1872.
NO. 30.
Published by Theodore Schocli,
TSM -Two Jiltifs a year in advance nd If not
pil befjre the erH of the year, two dollars nnd fifty
cet will be charged. . .
No nver li-ieoitirtrie I until all arrearages are paid,
txrupt at Hie option t the Editor.
;GTA IrsrilseinenJs eTone square of eifctit lines) or
tn. or IWf.a liKertions 91 50, Each additional
ntiitun, 30 ceiua. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRINTING, -
OP ALL KtSDS, "
executed in Uie rtiltet rtyle of the Art, and on the
reasonable terms. .
DR.J. L ANTZ, 1 -
Surgeon anil Mechanical Dentist,
i ' ' " .:' ' 'i .i
Still has his office on Main Street, in the second
Ktory of Dr. S. Walton's !rirk .tmiltling, nearlv oppo
site the Stroinlsburg House, and Uc Mailers" himself
that hy eighteen years constant practice and the moat
earned ami careful attenli u to all mailers pertaining
in his !roftrsion, that he i fully able- to perform all
vperattnns in the dental line in the most careful, tate
and skillfiil manner. '
Special attention given to saving the Natural Teeth ;
ls, to the iiisertKMi of Artificial Teeth on Rubber,
Ckl. Silver or Continuous tiuins, and pertect fits tu
all ra.es insured.
Most persons know the sreal folly and danger o( en
t ruttms their work to the inexperienced, or lo ihose
lifiiig at a distance. April 13, l$71. ly
U. CiKO. W. JAt'KSOX
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON" & ACCOUCHER.
In the old office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
residence in Wyckotf ' building.
STROUDSBURG, PA:
Aiijust 8, l72-ttl
Ylt' J-.PATTERSOX,
OPERATING AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, .
Having located in East Strondsburg, Pa., an
nounces tiiat lie is 'now prepared to insert arti
ficial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like
wanner. Also, great attention given to tilling
and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without; pain by use of Xitrous Oxide
Ga. All other work incident to the profession
don in the most skillful and approved style.
All work attended to promptly and 'warranted.
Charge! reasonable. I'atronng of the public
solicited.
O.Tice in A. Y. LoderVncw building, op-
Kite Analomink House, East .Stroud.sburg,
u July 11, 1S72 ly.
DR. N. Li. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces ih it ha vinj just returned from
Denial Collegs, he is fully prepared" to make
artificial teetli in the most beautiful and lile
like manner, and lo fill decaved teeth ac
cording to tlie most i nproved method.
Teeih extracted without' pain, when de
ireJ, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
which id entirely Inrmles.' . Repairing of
H kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Charges reasonable.
Office in J. G. Keller' new Brick build
in j, Mahi S'reet, Stroudsburr, I'a.
nu 31-1 f ...
C O. IIOFF33AX, 31. D.
1 "krouM respectfully anuonnce to the
Sublis tint he has reruovod hi office from
Ukland to Canadensis, Monroe Counr.v, I'a.
Trusting thai many years of consecutive
rartice of Medicine and Surgery will be a
i!Seieat guarantee for t He public confidence.
February 25, 1870. tf. .
J AM US II. 1V4LTOA,
Attorney at Luw, ..;
Office in the building formerly occupied
bv L. M. Burson, and opposite the Strouds-
turg Dank, Main street, fctroudsburg, Pa.
jan l'4-tr
IACRi A.. A HOUSE.
J OPPOSITE THE DErOT, ' ' ' ' '
East Stroudsbiirg, Pa.
B. J. V AN COTT,' Proprietor.
The nxn contains the ehoiest Liquors and
the table is supplied with the best the market
affords. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
"T7"ATSO.VS
fV .llount Vernon House,
117 and 119 North Second St.
AUOVE A.UCK,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1872- ly.
KELLER SVILLE HOTEL. .
The undersigned having purchased the
above well known and jiopular Hotel Proper
ty, would respectfully inform the traveling
public that he lias refurnished and fitted up
the Hotel in the best style. A -handsome
1'ar. with choice Liquors and Segur, polite
attendants and moderate charges.
CHARLES MAXAL,
Oct 19 1871. tf. 1 Proprietor.
aiitoasvijllb: IIOTtX.
This old established Hotel, having recently
changed hands, and been throughly overhauled
d repaired, will reopen, for the reception of
of fruett on Tuesday, May 27th.
The public will always "find this house a de
sirable place of resort. "Every department will
be managed in the best possible manner. The
ttble will be supplied with the best the Market
&rds, and connoisures will always lind none
bat the best wines and liquors at the bar.
GwmI stabling beloning to the Hotel, will be
found et all times under the care of careful and
obliging. aU&ndants.
may 23, 4 H72, A NTHONY II. ROEM ER.
TouuJ oxtL why people go to McCarty's to
fct their f uru'k,r., because he buys it at the
are Rooujs of Ise & Co'- and tells it at
an advance of my luty-fu;o and tico
'ij)Uk p:r cent. Or in other words, Rucking
Chairs that he liuys of Lec k CV (through
he runners he don't liave) for $ 4,50 he sells
for 55,00, 'ays Jam to bvy &na rjol Fur-
. LKE & CO.
fctroudsburg, Aug. 18, 1870. tf.
CAM YOU TCI.fa WIIV IT IS
that when any one conies to Stroudr
burg to buy Furniture, they always inquire
McCartys Fyniiue Store! eit. 2fi
i OUR NATION.
An Address. -
TO TIIK rr.OILE OP THE STATE OF TENN
SYLVAMA FROM THE CORPORATORS OF
- THE U. 'S. CENTENNIAL BOARD OF
FINANCE FOR TIIE STATE.
As citizens of the state, in which the
nation has ordained that the centenial ex
hibition commemorative of our independ
ence is to be held, the opportunity is now
presented to jou to take your share in the
responsibility resting upon the people, of
the United States to see that the, exhibi
tion, shall be commensurato ' with the
eveuts it is to celebrate and , the progress
it is to exemplify.
Since the "World's Fair," held at Lon
don in 1851, international exhibitions
have been recognized as uniting the most
potential and far-reaching agencies (or
promoting the progress and the material
interests of maukiud ever devised, and
they are always especially beueficial to
the country in which they are held. The
late Win. II. Seward, when Secretary of
State, said of them, in communicating to
Congress the U S. reports on the Paris
Exposition of 1SG7 ; "Their beneGcent
influences are many and widespread ; they
advance humau knowledge in all direc
tions. Through the universal lamiuae
ol the products of labor the artisans of
all countries hold communication, ancient
prejudices are broken down, uatious are
fraternized, generous rivalries in the
peaceful field of industry are exited, the
tendencies to war are lessened, and a bet
ter understanding between capital and
labor is fostered. Oue of their most saluta
tory results is the promotion of an ap
preciation of the true dignity of labor and
its paramount claims to consideration as
the bans of national wealth and power.
Such exhibitions have become national
necessities and duties."
Great liritian, France, and other lead
ing powers have intrusted and entertain
ed the world with such exhibitions ; Aus
tria is rapidly completing one which will
open in 1873, and it is eminently appro
priate that America should assert her place
in this respect, as she has in others, among
the powers most actively contributing to
the advancement of mankind.
At a meeting of this body held in the
city of Philadelphia on the 7th instant
the followiug resolution was adopted :
"KenoU-cd, That all national banks, and
other incorporated bnuking or savings in
stitutions in the state, are hereby request
ed and authorized to act as agents to re
ceive subscriptions to the stock, and that
in counties where no incorporated banks
or savings institutions exist, the corpora
tors representing such couuties shall
designate private banks or bankers to act
as agent for such purpose, and each cor
porator may desigoate to the Executive
Cummissiouer such private banks in his
district as be may deem adviable. AH
agents appointed bball receive subscrip
tions in accordance with tbe rules adopted
by the United States Centennial Commis
sion."
It is confidently hoped and belived that
all agents so appointed will cheerfully ac
cept the patriotic duty for which. they
!ave been selected, and in this way aid
the important work. . In compliance with
the resolution those agents will be prompt
lysuppiied with subscription books in
which the people may subscribe for stock.
We are now called upon to take our
quota of the stock, which has been ap
portioned according . to the act of Con
gress of June 1, 1872. on the ba?is of po
pulation, and amounts to 91,341 shares,
at ten dollar per share, calling for S13,
41U, tbe population of the state being 3,
521,951. - It is provided by the act of Congress,
that, at the close ot the exhibition, all the
property is to be converted into cash, and,
alter payment of liabilities, the net assets
are divided amnog the stockholders. No
flattering promises, however, are made of
great prospective profits from tbe invest
uieut in this stock. The promptings of
patriotism and a no less elevated motive
bbould actuate us. .
Many is tbe first and immediate re
quisite for the successful prosecution of
the vast labors of the Centennial Com
mission ; and it must be, secured within
the proper time, for the exhibition is to
be international, and it is to represent the
universal range of human industry and
art, and all uatural productg, as well as
all the varied results of hutraa skill,
thought and imagination.
Let us, therefore, arise to the work as
one body, with such an organized move
ment as will inspire a generous emulation
aud secure the entire subscription for our
quota of stock in tbe shortest possible
time.
The eyes of the world are upon this,
the chosen fctate, which, above all, should
be true to its heritage of that holy tern
pie of freedom, Independence .Hall, the
sacred spot from which emanated that
sublime declaration, the corner stone of
our nationality aud progress, tho palla
dium of our liberties and our rights.
Daniel M. Fox, Chairman.
AT LARGE.
Edwin II . Fitler, William M. Lyon,
Jon'n R. Lowrie, Jon H. Jlicheoer,
William Colder Dr. J. Y. Jones.
DISTRICTS.
1 R. R Smith, Robert Xebioger.
2 Jos. F. Tobias, Charles J. Stille.
3 Ji L Shoemaker Henry D. Welsh.
4 Matthew Raird, William Sellers.
5 L. P. Thompson II. T. Darlington,
tf Johu Traccy, Courge II. Rupp.
James M. Wilcox
Henry Bushong.
Geo. M Steinman.
G. D. Coreman.
E. J. Fox.
J. B. McCoIlom.
Thomas Beaver.
Henry McCormick.
John Gibson ,
15 C J- T.M'Intire,
A WONDERFUL ESCAPE FROM THE
, , . gallows., ; -
Martin Baynard's Devoted Wife takes
his Place in the Condemned CeU.
Over five thousand people were assem
bled on the 25th of October, at Ilender
sonville, N. C.,for the purposeof witness
ing the execution of Martin Baynard, one
of the murderers of Silas Weston and his
three children, but thay were doomed to
be woefully disappoiuted. It will be re
membered that two criminals have already
been executed for this crime. Martin
Baynard was also to have suffered the
extreme penalty of the law when the
other two were hanged, but he was re
spited from time to time, to be used as a
witness against;(the elder . Baynard and
unother, who were also implicated in this
horrible murder, under a statute of the
Slate, which provides that a condemned
felon can testify as a witness against
other parties to the same crime. All the
preparations wer8 made, the scaffold was
in readiness and the crowd had been ar
riving from all quarters for several days
to wituess the tragedy.
During his imprisoment the wife of the
condemned man was faithful, constant and
devoted in her attendance upon .him. A
day did not pass that she was not in his
cell for several hours, and, at the last
moment, with a heroism worthy of a more
noble cause, she saved - him from an
ignominious death upon the scaffold.
Tbe night that was to have been tbe last
of Baynard's earthly existence had arrived,
and upon the earnest, tearful and sorrow
ful entreaty .of his wife, tbe jailer com
passionately allowed her to remain with
him for a lew hours in the cell. . Morn
ing broke clear and. bright, and- already
the assembled multitude : were astir,
eagerly awaiting the-arrival of tbe hour
when the executioner and the scafiold
would do their terrible work; About six
o'clock, A. M , the woman came to the
jail door to be . let out, with her bonnet
drawn down over her face and a hand
kerchief pressed over her mouth, through
which her heart broken sobs burst as the
jailer passed her through the outer door
of the prison.
She walked sloply off, with a feeble
gait, bowed figure, and vailing pitifully,
giving vent to her great grief; and she
was foon lost to the sight of the gaping
guards and morbidly curious spectators.
Breakfast-time came at eight o'clock, and
the confident and compassionate jailer,
with a meal the last the doomed man
was to have eaten comprised entirely of
tempting delicacies, repaired to the cell.
The bars were removed and the heavy
iron door was 6wung back, and the jailer
entered, when a sight that made him
shake like an aspen leaf met his astonish
ed gaze. In the "further end of the cell,
instead of the condemned man, crouched
up in a corner.'was a woman in her night
clothes. The plates and dishes with tbe
breakfast fell from the jailer's hand to
to floor, and were broken in fragments.
He tried to speak, but could find no word
for utterance, and as he stood iu actual
despair the crouching figure arose, and,
in the tones of a woman who thinks she
has done a praiseworthy action, said,
"Well, as Martin is gone, I reckon I had
better eat the breakfast," and she forth
with began picking up the scattered
portions of tbe meal.
Baynard had escaped in his wife's
clothes, and was, doubtless, by this time,
far beyond the reach of the county officers.
The fchciiff, ' as soon as apprised of the
circumstance, set out "in pursuit of the
criminal with a pesse, but in vain; for,
after scouring the country for miles, they
returned without their prisoner. The
assembled crowd gave expression to their
chagrin in various ways, Done the least of
which was an anxious desire on their part
to see the woman hanged in the place of
her husband ; and, indeed, many of them
were firm in the impression that such
would be the case. Having come to see
"a hangin'" they were not particular as
to whom the victin was, whether guilty or
innocent, as long as their morbid curiosity
was gratified It is believed now that
Baynard will never be recaptured.
The Layfayetfe (Ind) Journal of Nov.
15, contains the following curious enake
story ;-
On last Friday a citzen of Danville,
111., was buried. After the funeral cortege
had 6taited a snake of; the blue racer
species was observed following i behimd.
It continued thus to follow until the
cemetery was reached, when the serpent
jumped into the grave and coiled himself
around the box containing the coffin. It
there remaiued until the sexton dispatch
ed it and laid it out upon the ground A
band of music beaded the procession, and
the questiouis whether it was that or eomc
other cause which led to the sioguhlar
conduct on the part of the snake.
--
Robert Bonner, editor of the Ayeio
York Lethjtr, will erect a monument to
Fanny pern.
.
Hon. William II. Seward was insured
to the amount of 100,000.
7 S. B. Worth, "
8 Issac Eckcrt,
9 James JMyers,
10 Renj. Rannan,
11 SS..Dreher, "
12 J W. Holleuback
13 M. C. Mercur,
14 Wm. Cameron,
THE NEW HORSE MALADY.
Dropsy Produced by Exposing the Ani
mals , in Unfavorable Weather. -
From the New York Sun.'
The horse malady has .taken " h new
form. The new disease is called the
horse dropsy, and is produced by expos
ing the horses to bad weather before they
fully recover from the disease, which they
had been suffering. Last night repor
ters of the Sun visited the stables of the
various, railroads and stage lines, and at
each found a few horses affected.
At the stables of the Third avenue line,
where about 2,000 horses are kept, twelve
are afflicted with dropsy. The horses in
the hospital were swollen . about t the
thighs and hind legs, and when required
by the attendant to move ever so little iu
their stalls, did so with great difficulty.
There seemed to be a stigness about the
whole hind quarters, and a giving way of
the hock, which made every movement
not only difficult but painful. The
sheath and belly, in most of the cases,
were much swollen, and in a few the swel
ling had extended to the breast and head.
All the horses thus affected, looked dull
and listless, although they seemed to feed
well. Ten or twelve horses were in
hospital from this disease, of which near
ly all will recover.
The dangerous stago of the disease is
when the swelling extends to the breast
in the region of the heart and lungs.
Horses thus affected have but little pros
pect of recovery. There is only one such
case in the Third avenue stables. A few
of the horses sent to the hospital last week
have been returned to work. No cases
of death are reported. . '
At the Second avenue stables only four
out of 9G0 horses are laid up with the
dropsy. All of these were taken into the
hospital a week or more ago,' after work
ing during a rainy day. They are fed
on cut feed, with warm meal and shorts,
are kept warmly blanketed. Dr. shaw is
in charge of the hospital. The company
lost eight, horses by the late epidemic,
and now has eighteen or twenty convales
cent. The doctor does not anticipate
that the dropsy will become epidemic.
-. The fourth avenue line has four cases
of the dropsy, all of which will recover.
There are about forty.five horses in the
hospital, most of which are convalescing
from the recent epidemic.
In the other lines,' with stables on the
East side, but few cases are reported,
most of theuv being in a fair way to re
cover;' ' ' ' ' ,: ' :' ' '''
The treatment of . the disease by the
veterinary surgeons is the same in almost
all instances. Acomite or belladonna is
administered as a sedative, carbonate of
iron as a - tonic, with gingerj gentian or
carbonate of ammonia as a stimulant.
Some have used liniments, and in a few
instances rowelling has been tried that
is, a string is drawn through the breast,
producing a sore which draws the inflam
mation away from the lungs., This method
is resorted to only where the swelling
has reached the breast.
WHAT TOBACCO WILL DO.
The effect of the use of tobacco upon
the system is thus told by a correspond
ent: ' We once had two acquaintances
who were remarkable for their abuse of
the weed. To such an extent did they
use it, that . their constitutions were
seriously impaired, and they determined
to abandon the habit, to escape from a
premature grave. It so happened that
they made their pledges of abstinence at
night, and the following morning they
were some miles in the country on a fish
iug excursion. . After tho excitement of
arranging their tackle and throwing their
hooks into the water had subsided, there
came the quiet anticipatory of a "a bite."
"Presently," said one of the gentlemen,
who afteaward related the incident, 44 the
logon which I sat commenced : whirling
round, the just rising buu grew dark in
tho heavens, ana all nature dissolved in a
death like tremor, that 6eemed to divide
my soul from my body, and I fell head
long into the lake , Fortunately tho cold
bath brought me to consciousness, and,
reaching the shore, I found my friend
pale and insensible on the grass. Rous
ing him from hi9 stupor, we jumped into
our buggy, leaving our rods, reels, and
lunch disregarded on the ground, and
galloping like mad down the road, never
stopped until we reached a country 6tore,
and seized, with the avidity of starving
men, upon 6ome tobacco, but it was a long
time before our systems were restored to
quietness, and-' we were capable of
cohernently explaining the causes of our,
for the time-being, apparently insane
conduct."
BEES IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
Bees, that in some. localities did, noth
ing on white clover or on Linden have
during' August stored goodly' quantities
of .honey, 1'redeem.ing the time." The
danger is that in their eagerness to se
cure;, it, they; will cramp the queen for
room unless watched, and thus go into
the .winter with a few young bees. The
more the colony is composed of young
bees the more sure you are of its safety
during winter.' To avoid this put an
empty comb or two in the middle of the
cluster in the place of full ones, or empty
the honey from the centre combs. 'Ihe
queen will occupy them with eggs, even
as late as this.
It is mistaken idea that queens do not
deposittheir eggs now if they have room
and the bees are gatheriog honey, th?y
continue laying just as freely as iu May.
You do not know how fast a colony is de
pleted of old bees during the gatheriog
of fall supplies, unless you have watched
a colony, to ascertain. , -
Take a crowded hive with the combs
in the homestead all filled with honey, so
that little or no brood can be put there,
and watch it from week to week, and you
will see how fast the number grows
'beautifully less."
We have seeu one . of these so called
"strong hives" dimished in a month from
half a bushel to less than a quart of bees
A colony can only be 'called "strong"
when the brood, in all stages, is at least
equal to its working force.
Be sure now that every colony has so
much brood that young bees will be plen
ty during winter. Very strong colonies
may safely be divided as late as this, and
in many cases the two will winter better
than one. Of course queens must be "iv
en to both parts to secure safety. '
' Those (and we hope there are many)
who wish to try Mr. Homer's method of
wintering.mustbe preparing now, remem
bering, that his condition of safety are.
1. Young, healthy queens.
2. A quart or less of young bees.
3: At least fifteen pounds of honey to
each hive.
4. A dark place that never freezes, but
is not too warm, in which to ' keep them.
5. Plenty of upward ventilation. Bee
Keepers, Journal. ;
THE BIGGEST BEEHIVE IN ; THE
. WORLD.
In Loe Angelos county, on the eastern
slope of. the San Fernando range of
mountains, and in the immediate viciuity
of the Learning Petroleum Company's oil
region, there is the most wonderful collec
tion of wild honey in existence. The
hive is located in a rift, which penetrates
the rock to the depth of probably 100 feet.
The orifice is thirty feet long and seven
teen wide ; four passages This rift was
discovered to be the abiding place of a
swarm of bees, that is reported as coming
out in a nearly solid column one foot iu
diameter. Certain parties have endeavor
cd to descend to the immense store of
honey collected by these bees, but were
invariably driven back, and one man lost
his life in the effort. Others have, at the
expense, of much labor and money, built
a scaffold 125 feet high, in the hope of
reaching a place whence they could ruu
a drift into the rock and extract its well
horded ' sweets, but finally : ceased their
work. Within four years the bees have
added not less than fifteen feet of depth
to their treasure, as ascertained by actual
measurement, and it U thought that at
the present time there cannot be less than
eight or ten tons of honey in tho rock.
A man named B. Brophy lives in a cabin
not far from this spot, and obtained from
the, melting of. the houey by the sun's
heat more than enough for his family re
quirements. All through that region ini
mense stores of wild honey are found in
trees, in the rocks, in nearly every place
where its industrious manufactures thiuk
for bees seem to think that it will be
secure. :They consume u very small pro
portion as the climate enables them to
keep up operations nearly every day in
the year, and flowers, of some sort are
always in . bloom. It must bo a very
severe season indeed when the little fel
lows arc not seen abroad in vast numbers,
busily engaged in their mellifluous work!
It will take $30,000,000 to sutain'our
army, and 820,000,00 to pay for our navy
during the current fiscal year.
The cane with which Pretou Brooks
assaulted Charles Summer a heavy
ebony weapon, with a long steel dagger
was recently exhibited before the State
Historical Society at Boston.
HEROISM.
A Mother Sacrifices Her Own -Life td:
Save Her Child from a Horrible Death!'
From the Evansville (Ind.) Courier.
Night before last, about six o'clock,;
the inhabitants of our neighboring city of
Henderson, Kentucky, were shocked at
the occurrance of a distressing and fatal
accident which happened to a promineut
and most estimable lady of that place.
While Mrs. W. Lewis, whose husband is
a leading boot and phoe merchant of Hen derson,
was sitting quietly at home, alter
supper, with Irer little ones gathered
around - the family fire circle, her little
baby, by some means, managed to turu
the contents of a lighted lamp over it
self. The clothing of the child immedia
tely caught fire, and the frantic mother'
seized it, and in her wild excitement, not
knowing where to go, rushed down tho
stairway toward the street. Her pierc
ing screams attracted the atteution of
Mr. Joseph Merryman, a tender-hearted
and gallant Irishman, who was pass
ing the house at the time. He met Mrs:
Lewis at the bottom of the stairs ; her
own clothing had caught from tbe burn
ing garments of her darling babe, and he
quickly seized and, by a very strong exer
tion, wrested the child from her arms.
Overcome by bis superior strength, she
let go the child and fled into the street,
screaming in a most heartrending man
ner. Some one else about this time ran
up, and taking hold of Mrs- Lewis, threw
her to the ground and rolled her over to'
suppress the flames. Sad to say, how
ever, the dreadful element had done its'
destructive work, and the uufortunate
lady were carried back into tho house fa
tally injured. She lingered in great pain'
until oue o'clock yesterday moruing,
when her spirit took its flight. Tho
child by her sacrificing love and devotion,
was spared, and escaped with but a few
slight burns.
CAUSES OF DEW.
If the dew fell, it would fair for the
same reason that rain falls: but dew docs"
not fall, it is simply a deposit of mois
ture, always contained in tbe air to a'
greater or lesser degree, and which' when
there is enough of it will always form oa
any cold body exposed to the moist air,
in precisely the same way that a cold bot
tle or stone, taken from a cold cellar, and
suddenly exposed in the shale to the
moist, warm, summer air, will I esome wet;
this is not sweating, ncr does the mois
ture come out from the bottle or stone,
as many people believe, but from the air.
It is for the 6ame reason that moisture
will condense against the window panes,
when the air is cold . outside and moist
inside, the moisture slowly freezing whilo
its deposits form crystals of ice which we
so ofteu admire in the windows. When
the weather is cold enough, the moisture
deposited will even freeze on plants and
grass, and then we call it boar frost ; if i t
dose not freeze, it is simply dew. The
only point left to be explained, is, why
does the ground become so cool during;
the night; so much coolor than the air
above it, as to cause the latter to deposit
its moisture ? This was for many years
a vexed problem, till Wells first suggest
ed the radiation of obscure heat, which'
takes place from the surface of tbe earth
through the clear atmosphere into thV
space above, and so causes the surface to :
be coqjo much cooler than the air itself.
He demonstrated this by means cf the'
thermometers placed at different heights,
and also by the fact that dew is ouly de
posited on cloudless nights. Wbeu there
are clouds, they reflect the heat, or pra
vent it from escaping. The surface of
the earth thus being kept from . cooliu"
no dew is deposited.
COFFEE GROWING.
Not many years will elapse before Cali
forn ia will become one of the coffee-"row-ing
countries of the world. The Sance
lito Herald states that a party of Costa
Ricans. with a former President of that
couutry at their head, have purchased a
tract of land near San Rafael, aud among
other employments designated to be fol
lowed by the colony is that of raising cof
fee. Coming fVoui a country where coffee
is raised with success, these Central
Americans ought to know some of the re
quisites of a country for the business.
Whether Sao Rafael is the spot to in
augurate the uew enterprise is doubtful
until demonstration has determined the
question, but that there are portions of
the State in which coffee can be grown,
has long been believed Tho Southern
part of the State has many localities where
the experiment may be tiied with high
hopes of success. Still, it is not impos
sible that San Rtfael and other places in
the middle regions of the State," may bo
adapted to eoffeo culture. A few years
siuce, the general idea was adverse to the
possibility of growing oranges in
in auy but the southern portions of tho
State; but actual demonstrations have
proven that they can bo cultivated as far
North ha Chieo, and iu several of the
gorges iu tho Sierra Nevadas. The capa
cities of the country are growing upou
us year after year, and the appareuily
bold experiment of growing ooffee near
Sau Rafael may be based cn superior
judgment.
A milliou caus of of green corn are be
iug shipped Irow oae factory in Bridge
too, Me.
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