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30.
STI10UDSJ3URG, MONROE COUNTY, PA , JANUARY 23, 1373.
ISO. 37.
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Published Iy Theodore Schoch.
T S 'J 5 -Tvo I ill tr. ve triii advance and if nut
pii l ief it the fill -f the year, two dollar and fifty
cent will b cha-aeJ.
- uvv 1 1: ititiue i uatiJ .til rrearase are paid,
eiceot i 'he ti i:i ot the Elit.tr. .
rjrX ! viri ii ncnts -if one s-u;tre of (right line?) or
t'ir :i:rti.rM $1 .VI Etch additional
n:iti mi, VI cent. Longer one in proportion.
JOB lltl"V ri,
OF ALT. KINDS,
Ktccr.fJ in the Muliest iyle .f the Art, and on the
ovil ie i-ou it!e terms.
D R; J. L A NT Z, "
Surgeon anil Mechanical Di-ntist,
Still h is ln otTii-f on M-iin street, in the second
Miiry r- s- U'.ill n"s loiek (ui ding, neatly onpo
ni th Strou Istmi Hoiim. and lie flutters' himself
that ly eia'iii-:.! yt 'ir .-ousi ml t. -.tcln-e and the iimr-t
curne-t n I imi ini alteiCi n to -ill ma'.lrrs pertaining
to h:s profession, that he i f.illy ilile to perform -ill
0cr.i'ions in :hi' (iilal Hue in the ino.-l o.oeful. txwte
j.jl an 1 i. !! mi inner.
S;n;ci il alteiiuoii i-tven to .tvitis the Noma Teeth ;
n'., to t'i i isi-rli in".f A.Ui'n-l.ii feetii on Uiilw.t-r,
G il I. Silver or ":iUihioii Un its, and irlr t fits lit
ail ( in .
ist tiers-ins kaoiv the ire:it filly and l.ui?r c en-Iru-ou:!
thclf woik in tne inuxju rieiu e.1. urtii ihot-e
living at . oist.in.-.e. April 13, IS7I. ly
n. :co. IV. jacilso.y
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PHYSICIAN. SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In the oM office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
residence in vVyckoll's building.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Aujru.-t 8. 1 5572-1 f.
JK. SI. J. lATTCKSO., :
orESATKG AND 31ECIIAMCAL DENTIST,
Having located in East Strotulshurg, Pa., an
nounces tli it he is now prepared to insert nrti
miil t?el!i in llie most beautiful and life-like
manner. Also, great atten.ion given to tilling
and preserving l!ie n;it:iral tecih. Teeth cx
trjeted witlioiit pain by use of Nitrons Oxide
All other work incident to t!ie profession
d!ie in t!ie most skiilfui and approved style.
All work attesidfl to prompt iy ami warranted.
Charges reas.mable. i'atronage of tlie public
tnlu'iied.
Oflk-e in A. W. Loder's new building, op-lio-ita
Analomitik Iloa. e, Last Strondsburg,
J'a.1 July 11, 1372 ly.
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon H) enlist,
Announces ill if l . vin-j jss? rftti"r:r.i from
C i'lvgs. ht is f.illy ?rHfrir.j to make
ariiiistal t:?ot i in uio-t beantiful mill Ii'e
I ike nrui ier. and o fi'i derate. I tHh ac
corditiT to t-'if iiio-i i tijirov'd inethod.
Teeilt cx'iact d wst'i l it jmn. whfMi de
i;rp.l, by Xr.n oi ii!ru Oii-ic (i-F.
which is ent reiv hirm't-. It.'patriny o
ail kiodd n.it1 v flone. All work wairanted.
Chns- re i-n i ble.
O.'ti:'? m J. (i KrMr'rt new Rrick build
in. Mm'. S-reet, Slron JsLurjj, Ia.
aur 31-1 f
DR. C. O. EIOFF.T1A.V, 51. .
Would to pot-tfully announce to the
jiuMic that ho has removed hiM ofBce from
IrAkland to Canadensis, 3Ionroe County, Pa.
Trusting that manj' years of consecutive
nctico of 3ieJicine ani Surgerj- will be a
1 15 ent gu.ir n ee for the public confidence.
February 25, 1 STO. it'.
JA?Ii:S EI. WALTOX,
Attorney al Law,
(),Tn? in the building formerly occupied
I? Ii. M. linr-cn, utii opposite the .Strouds
turg Ilj'ik, Maiii street, Stroudiburg, I'a.
jaulS-tf
HONESDALE. TA.
Mo.-t central location of any Hotel in town.
It. Y. KIPLE & SOX,
K'J Main street. Proprietors.
January '.,' 1.73. ly.
I
At'KAlVA.A flOLSE.
J Ol'iH.'.-ni: THE ULPOT.
j'a.st Sn-cudfeburg, Pa.
B. J. VAN CO'IT, Proprietor.
Tiie ear contains the rhoiest Liquors and
the table is supplied with the liest the market
aTords. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
TATSOX'S
Mount Vernon House,
117 and 119 North Second t.
ABOVE ArXII,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1-V72- ly.
JAEtTOSVILM2 IXOTKL..
Tliis o!d establislied Hotel, having recently
hanged hands, and been through I v overhanll
nd repaired, will reopen, for the reception of
f tfuenis on Tuesday, May 27h
, The public will always find this house a de
irable lace of resort. Every department will
e managed in the best nossiide manner. The
1b!e will be supplied with the lest the Market
a.Tordf, and cnraiires will always find none
W the best wines and liquors at the bar.
Go.k1 stabling beloning to the Hotel, will be
found at a'.I times tinder the care of careful and
obliging attandants.
taay Ti. 1S72. ANTIION Y II. ROEM EK.
Found out whv poople go to McCarty's U)
t f. :;.r.A- i . '.. u.. l ........ ..t Jjo
ot their furniture, because he buys it at the
'are Iloonis of Lee & Co. and xelts it at
n advance of only tuwnty-tiro and tiro
ninth Mr cent. Or in other words, Hocking
Chairs that he buy oi' m & Co. (through
the runners he don't hve) for $4,50 he sells
5.50. Pom htm to buy omt gl Fur-iturr.-
LEE & CO.
Stroudsburg, Aug. 18, IT0. tf.
CAN YOU Tfcf.I, WHY IT IS
that when anv one come, to Stroud s
rg to buy Forniturp, tliev olwBye inqui
fcfMeCartys Furniture Store? Sep. 26
A SECOND SAMPSON.
A Stripling of Eighteen Wallops a
i vvnoie uamuy.
About the richest thing we have heard
for Mime time recently occurred over Hi
Milltnwii. otherwise known as Grubtown
We jdiall suppress names and give the
facts, which, by tilts vray, ueed no addi
tional r coloring.
3Iilltown. like every ither well condue
ted modern village, has a citizen who runs
its leading mercantile establishment and
is al.-o charged with the management of
the village po.t office : Wheu the Mill
town merchant abucsaid is called to the
city or business he leaves his clerk in
charge Of bite, two tireliitis, aged about
lourteen antl scvenreen iespectie!y. have
been in the habit, of going to the store and
raiing a general row by jumping over
counters, barrels and boxes ioiug any
thing and every thing to di.-tuib the peace
and quiet bt llie establishment. The re
tnoristrani-c of the cleik were all in vaiu
At last the matter was laid belore the
employer, who charged the youug man
that he must keep order in hi absence,
and il be cu!d not do it by kind means
be must do it by harsh means larrup
them with a cart whip it' necessary.
In a few days the proprietor of the store
agaiu went to the ei'y, aiiig to his clerk
to prcerve order at all hazards Now
this clerk is a mere stripling of about
eighteen, and the two boys he hail to at
tend to were pretty -tout la-Is. Hut let s
see t.ow t lie afJair tnrel out Shortly
alter the proprietor's departar the disorg
anizeis eutered without ceremony and be
can their gymnastic pcrlormances. The
cletk told thciu that bis employer bad di
reeled him to maintain order in his ah
fence and he intended to do it. This lail
ed to tnuke any imptcssioii on the rioter
and the young man searched lor a lull
towu cartwhip. He set this in motion
ami made such impressions on their backs
s they will be bkely to carry as long a-
hey live. If they bad (alien on to a buzz
aw or slid through a mill hopper they
could scarcely have been much more cut
up The baek of the oldest looked like
h gridiron with a raw rreak laid ou ir. O
bis return the prpictor was inloruied o
what had transpired in bis absence ami
iudoi.-e l alt tint bis cletk bad dune.
An 1 now tur the sequel. The father of
the boy is a healthy l'hiladelphia merch
ant, and has been lu the habit of btiyin
Iced tor his horse at this store. Accord
ingly an order done for a load of oats,
and noihing was said ab-ut the whipping
iRair. At this point the clerk bcati to
I erct ive a space d war. It had only been
a lew days since this gentleman had pnr
chased oats and he knew that they had
not all been ned by this time lie re
potted the order to bis employer and wa
fold to take the oats whieh he did.
Ar ivedon the gentleman's premises h?
was not slow to discover extensive prepar
atious to give him a warm reception The
enemy was marshalled iu force, and drawD
up iu battle array. The fatter wa armed
with a carriage whip, the boys with sticks.
Hnd the Hibernian coaehman with a shil
lelch. lie'ore he had time to get off of his
wagon a fearful sla.-h with the whip across
his lace told him that he must assume the
defensive Jumping to the ground he
undertook the gigautie enterpiise of eu
iarging the heads of the whole quartett
He first demolished the father, then the
eons aud next the coachman. Taking hi
club lrotn the latter he did his bet t-
break'every bone in bis body. The mother
of the boys next appeared upon the bloody
field armed with two pokers The savage
manner in which the rest of her household
had been placed hors du combat discour
aged the Aujaz-mian, and she retired iu
good order without filing off her pokers
The way in which this Mripliug of etgh
teen ued up that whole lamily is hardly
excelled by the famious deience of the
Pass ol Thermopylae
'After the whole family had been wal
loped on tlie most, scientific principles, the
employer, who bad been concealed in the
next bouse, made his appearance and told
his clerk to diive his team home, remark
ing that he guessed the gentleman had all
the oats be neciiel aud diu't waut any
nii-re.
A few nights after this the coachman
went to the store, thirsting for blood He
requested the young man to meet him
again in the area, aud kuock him out of
time if he could. The clerk was iu an
obliging mood, and took the coachman
out JO the road and gave him another
putumcling. When the proprietor is call
to the city dow there is peace in that
store
We should think this young man would
be a valuable acquisition to a newspaper
office. Indeed, we would be a I must will
ing to divide our salaty with him lor the
-ke of having a companion in whose
strong arm we could have confidence lie
certainly would not find his work any
more laborious than it is now. We never
should a-k him to punish more than four
people in one day. With us he would
have the advantage ol a large field oi
labor. If he is alone in the world and
has no one who would take his death hard,
he might try the psviou for a wetk
Germ a n i ten Ch run tWe.
An old Cerman while on his way from
Indianapolis to Lafayette froze his nose
While thawing the Irost out of that very
necosary number he remaiked: "Uj
tarn ! I DO u&deTttand dia ting. I hal
carry dat nose forty peven years uod he
never freeied himtclf before."
COAL MATTERS.
A Great Combination in Schuylkill
The Philadelphia correpondent of the
New Yoik. Tribune, under date of the 8th
instaut, makes the following statements:
I have just learned particulars of the
inception of one of the most extensive
combinations of the period. The Phila
delphia & Heading Railroad Company
procured, last session, an net authorizing
the Reading Coal & Irou Company (which
is only another name for themselves) to
own and work coal mines and lands.
During the past year the Utter com
pany expended under this charter SOD,
OUO.OOU in the Schuylkill region in buy
ing or controlling collcries, and con
sequently own or have a dominant in
terst over mines producing 2,7U0.0U0
tous per annum Desiring to coutrol all
the coal trade of the region, the company
have proposed to the" owners of the re
m lining collcries which produce 3.212,
UOU tons to joiu with them, and receive
a certain sum per ton for their coal The
acceptance of this arrangement, would, it
is obvious, give the Reading Coal & Irou
Company full coutioi over the sale ol 5.
IH2.UU0 tons of coal, the entire pruJuct
ol the Schuylkill region.
The independent owners of collieries
(producing the 3,242,JU0 tons) have de
dared that they will uot assent to the
proposed transler, preferring to mine aud
market their coal themselves. They are
raising funds, aud arc determined to give
a stubborn resistance to the proposed
combination Rut the Heading Coal &
Irom Company and its double railroad
threaten to coerce them both by raising
the cost of transportation and offering the
numerous vexatious obstacees which a
corporation of the extent and ratuttica
fions of the Readiug Company can com
mand. The sympathy ol Pniladelphia,
as well as of the trade generally, is uu
mistakably with the opposing colliery
owners. A meeting ol the leaders in the
Reading Company was held on Saturday,
and anoiher will be held next Friday.
The proposed measure of the Reading
Company is howevor, only one step toward
a stiil more extraordinary combination
It is contemplated, if it succeeds, that the
Pennsylvania Coal Company, the Del
ware & Hudson Cual Company, the
Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Com
pany shall ail unite with the I'h lalelphiu
&, Reading Company, and decide upon a
iiutlorm price tor all the cal they own
or cou'r d ; that it is virtually the entire
product of the anthracite regioDS of Penu
.) lvania, for this combination expect to
Le able to coerce every colliery owner in
the state to come to their terms.
If the uew . Syndicate succeeds it is
propose. t to make the price of coal $1 75
in April ascending to 55 50 in October
sums considerably more than the average
ol last year, aud nearly $1 per ton higher
than the price in April, 1S72 This
movement, affecting about 18,00'J.OOO
tons of coal, has caused the greatest
alarm among the manufacturers, who
understand its import, and will soon be
the theme of general discussion.
Currous Criminal Statistics.
Some interesting facts may be deduced
from the statistics of crime published by
the Riltimo e Gazelle, for the year 1872
The most obvious is the stable ratio main
tained between the criminals nod the po
pulation. Thus, as to the "suspicious
characters" arrested monthly, the figures
run 27, 25. 12, 21. 21, 2l, and so on
through the year. The number of vag
rants increase steadily from January to
July, aud then declines again as cold
weather comes ou. The number ol as
saults and batteries seem to move in the
same cycle 121) iu January, 127 in
February, 14(3 in March, and so on up to
2U0 iu July due no doubt to the in
fl.immatory character ol the weather.
After that it declines agaiti. WWebcat
ing shows a similar tendency, the figures
falling oil in the winter mouths and
reaching their maximum in midsummer
That tbp samn law shall hold good, how
ever, with regard to intoxication, seems
somewhat stran e Yet the figures show
heavier drinking in July than in anv
other month In January 410, in
February 750, in March 810. and soon
until July 1,027 August 1,242. Sepfem
er 1,177. and then a rapid decline. The
New York W says that similar observa
lions have been made rn nlher cities, and
it really seems that the weather furnishes
a better excuse for misdoing than has
generally been supposed Mr. Clarence
King, in his 'Mountaineering in the
Sierra Nevada," has declared his belief
that the peculiarities ol the western tern
perament are largely owing to the spark
ling and exuberant atmosphere of the
region, ami such statistics as those given
above seem to warrant the correctness of
his observations. The same law holds
good in other countries, the ratio of crime
to population varying but from little from
year to year. Cm it be possible that
predestination and free will must yield to
heat aud. col I as responsible agcuts for
humau morality ?
One of the principal medical men of
Huston saya that there are at present
some six hundred and filty developed
cases ol small pox in that city, and one
thousand seven hundred and ninety three
cases have been reported during the past
three months, and that within the same
peiiod there have bceu five huudred and
twenty tLreo deaths.
Royal Disinterments.
In some remarkable instances, where
the 1 ocation of the burial places of cele
brated personages has been in dispute,
the work of identification has been ac
complished by the discovery of what were
plainly perceived to be the remains ol the
individual in question. In other iu
stances the body has been- completely iden
titled by the close resemblauce of the face of
the corpse to extant pictures, busts or
coins The identification of the remains
of Henry IV, in Canterbury Cathedral,
after the lapse of nearly lour centuries
and a half, is an example of the first class
of cases : the identification of the remains
of Charles I , after (." years.' of the se
cond class. The remains of Charles I
were completely identified by the strik
ing resemblance of the countenance, not
withstanding ifs di-figurement. to its por
trait, aud by the (act that the neck was
found smoothly divided across We have
the following particulars of the excellent
condition, alter 1(5 years, of a body sud
denly deprived ol life, embalmed aud in
terred in lead :
On removing part of the lead coffin on
inner coffin of wood, n-uch decayed, was
exposed, and within this the body, wrap
ped in cerecloth, into the folds of which
an unctuous matter mixed with resin had
been poured to exclude the air. The
coffin was quite full, and on removing the
covering from the face the skin was found
dark aud discolored, the forehead aud
temples . well pre.-erved, the cartilage of
the nose gone, the characteristic pointed
beard perfect, the left ear entire, and the
left eye open and full, though it vanixh
ed ou exposure. The head was found
loose, aud was easily tukeu out and held
to view. It was heavy, wet with a liquid
which gave to writing paper aud linen a
greenish red tinge, the textures of the
neck were solid, aud the back part of the
scalp was portcct nn l of a remarkably
fresh appearance. The hair of the head
was a beautiful dark brown, that of the
head of a redder tint. The divided mils
cles of the neck had retracted consider
ably, and the smooth surface of the divid
ed vertebras w.vs vi-ible
In the same vault in which Carles I
was filtered Henry VIII. hud been de
posited. The leaden coffin, which had
been enclosed in a lliick elm case, appear
ed to have been beaten in, so as to leave
an opening large enough to expose the
mere skeltoti of ihe king, with some beard
upou the chin. The body of the king
had then been interred L'Gfi years. To
the preservation ol bones it i impossible
to set any limit of lime. The bones of
King Dagobert, disinterred from the
Church of St. Denis alter 1200 years,
others, from Pompeii, alter 1SU0 years,
as parts of Egyptian mummies full 2U00
years old attest their permanence.
A Strange Meeting;.
In the New York Despatch, of a recent
date is an incident growing out of the re
hellion under the above heading, aud the
journal referred, to relates how, on an
evening or two previous, a good looking
man a laborer, about thirty years of ao
took the cars at Centre street depot.
Newark, for New York. There was but
one vacant scat in the car that he entered,
and that was by the side of. a handsome
and elegantly dressed lady. The man
sat dowu. and alter , his fair companion
had removed her veil, he was supriscd
to recognize in her bis wile, whom he
had uot seen for more than twelve years
he lady threw her arm around hi neck
aud kis-ed him tenderly, and mutual
explanations followed.
It seems that they had been married
just, before the breaking out of the war,
at the home of the lady in Missouri Her
father was owner of a large tract of land,
but had only a little money. He joined
the rebel cause, aud the daughter also
warmly adhered to the opinions of her
father. Her husband, however, was a
decided Union man. She abused him
violently on account of his principles,
and told him if lie sided with the "Rloody
Yankees" ho might leave the place, and
she never wished to see his lace again
He took her at hr word, an i the same
night left her and joiued Fremont's army
as a private He was several times taken
a prisoner, and as often escaped to our
lines. He passed on with Sherman to
the sea. and at the conclusion of his tero
of enlistment joined a New York regi
ment, aud by this means, at the end of
the war, found his way to Newaik where
he has since worked quietly in u factory
His wile's faiher wa killed at Vicks
burg, and she was lelt possessor ol his
uncultivated farms. She supported her
self by working in a milliner establish
ment in St. Louis, till alier tho close of
the war. Her land roe in value and
she sold it for a good price, and realized
about 5,000 With thi sum she stalled
a millinery establishment ol her own in
St. Louis, and succeeded splendidly She
is reputed worth 810,000 or S50.U00
She was on her way to New Yoik to buy
goods when the met the man whom she
had supposed long u.'O dead Remorseful
for driving him away, she had refused all
offers ol marriage. The joyous meeting
caused the husband to forgive his wife's
error, and a present of a new suit of
clothes, a diamond ring and a splendid
gold watch, when they anived in New
York, served materially to increase hs
respect aud aflcction for his long lost wife
They are now stopping at a fashionable
hotel, j yous over the accident that,
reunited them.
Evil Speaki
Speaking evil of others is one of the
most unamiable habits that can be ac
quired, aud one that leads to infinite
mischief; it is not always easy to avoid
it, for there are a great many persons in
the wot li who are uot what they oul.t
to be, and who do many things they
ought not to do. It is hard for a bluut.
geuerous mind to relrain from express
ing itself about people and meau acts ;
there is something in meanness ami dis
honesty that rouses the indignation o!
such a mind, and it likes the luxury of
denouncing them in bold, unspairiug
language. Rut the practice, as a practice,
is a trotiblesou e and dangerous one
There are occasions when it is our du
ty to spe.ik out in exposure of wrong ;
but in general, it is best to abstaiu I t orn
evil speaking, even of evil pcrous We
are tint made judges of others' actions:
no one has the light to aniline the char
acter of arbiter and censor Even the
best of us have our faults, and il every
one should presume to denounce the vices
and misconduct of others, the world woul I
be given up to defamation
We may see and hear much that we
do not admire aud cannot like ; we may
b"couie couizintof many evil deeds
done by evil persons ; but it is ihe part
of wisdom and discretion to pass them by
without notice, except when to speak o!
them cautiously may be uecesiiary us a
warning to a friend
Wo all have enough enemies in thi
world, without provuking others by ill
tempered comments The enmity of evil
men is a thing to be avoided, for while it
can do us no good, it may do us Rim-li
harm. Resides we may make mistakes
iu the haste of honest iudijuati-m, an 1
speak evil of good men for acts we do not
understand. Such a mistake is worse
than the other; for while it is imprudent
to promiscuously denounce evil, men, it
is cruel wrong to defame a good one
All Ris;!itee."
The Vallejo huh-peitdent tells the fol
lowing good story :
A laughable incident occurred one
evening, recently, ou the up train to Sa
craiiicuto. There were two seats in the
car turned so as to lace each other. 0:ie
was occupied by a lady and the other by
a Chinaman Evidently the Ldy did not
relish the presence of tho Chinamau, and
set her wits to work to oust him. She
succeeded about. : follows :
Motioning the Chinaman to raise, she
explained to him that she wauled to take
ihe cushions and their frames, and place
them lengthwise across from scat to scat
John saiil "all r:ghtec." and got out iu
the aisle while she placed the seats as
above discribed, and then proceeded to
lie dowu ou the bed thus impioi-ed.
with her head re-ting on her valise
She suj-posed that the Chiuamau would
at once take the hint that the lady want
ed to fake a little rest, in the space u-ual
ly occupied by four persons. Rut John
hadn't heard of woman's rights move
ment, ami at once proceeded to crawl in
and stretch himself by her side, with his
head on a little bundle ol his own
The Chinese are an imitative race, and
like to do as others do, you know.
The lady, as soon as she discovered
that she had a bedfellow, got 'up a litile
wildly. nl started for the next car. to
the infinite amusement of the pas-eugers,
who had bceu watching the little scene
with some interest. J dm took no notit-e
of the f un he h id created, but went to
sleep with the whole bed to him.-elf.
Compressed Air a,s a Motive Power.
A brief letter from Drunswick, Me , to
a Portland paper, gives the following in
formation relating to ihe use of uir as a
motive rower iu that village: ,-On the
Androscoggin River, some three fourths
o! a mile below tho railroad station, is the
site of a mill, iOUg since burned, and the
motive power which operates the eoidei:s
er is a water wheel at that place The
wheel, it is said, is capable ol driving
lour condensers ol equal power with the
one now in use. Rut it is only with re
suits already accomplished that wo have
to do At I he railroad station is an eu
gine of ten horse power, running circular
saws for sawing wood, and lor various.
machinery in tho blacksmith shop in the
vicinity Thence a sm-ill pipe passes on
through the villige, furnishing power to
Worthy Diotbers. jewelers, who are run
niog a small engine ol about one horse
power. Parent & Dafriend also Use an
engine of two hor-e power, and Prof
Drackett, of Rowdoiu College, one of
three horse power, for ihe manulacture,
ot instruments, while the laboratory of
ihe Coilcge has one of ix lousa power.
So that noiuiintlly, ibis small condenser
furnishes iu all twenty four horse power
and sill unite in saying that the air power
is much moi e i-iii'-len t than steam in woik
ing ihe same engines ; it does not drag,
but recovers itself instantly li-on any
.-train or check, aud ii iu every way a
success."
A good story is told of a St Louis dry
goo is cleik who attended a daiu-c in the
rutul districts a lew e venings since He
wote a cheviot shirt and put on a good
many airs. He was somewhat taken
down, however, wi en he hnard one coun
iry lass say to atmlher : "That St. Louis
clup slings on a heap of style for a lelluw
that wear a bed tick fchui."
An Unpleasant Voyage Undur the Ice.
Eureka, California found it again the
other day. a luckier discovery, too. than
gold a little boy's life. It seems that
the lad. about twelve years old, with two
companions, were skating ou the Hum
bold river, when the ice gave away with
the little fellow, and immediately his con
panions ran to rescue h;i Arriving
close to the water's edge, they began to
grapple for him, wheu 'suddenly they all
went down together. After Mime Strug
gling tho larger boys succeeded iu get
ting out. but tho sturdier one disappeared
under the ice and drifted slowly down
the stream. IIk seemed to have turned
on his back, and with his face up turne-l
eloe again-t the ice he was plainly visi
ble, as currant t.ore him onward to what
appeared ine itable deal h. Tho alarm
was given, when a gentleman near byF
faking iu the situation at a glance, cross
ed the river on tho bridge, and qnirkly
seized a scantling, ran "tit on the ice and
broke a hole ju-t in time to rescue the
almost lifeless body i f the little fellow
from its icy prison'. Vigorous inching
and other proper u.e.ms -ooo re-rorei bin
to consciousness, and as the latest ac
counts he wa as well and as lively as be
fore tho accident occurred It is estima
ted that he fi.iated with sluggish currant
under the ice a disiuace of uo lets lhaa
i i 4 ty yards
A Big Thing on lea.
Rilley ICeiley, a compositor,' who re
cently h it Omaha or Sioux City, return
ed yesterday iu company with J.din Henry,
another compositor, the two boys having
ska'el ni' st of the distance from
Sioux City dowu the Missouri river.
Tln-y left that place Sunday morning at
hall past .-ix o'cl . k. :ni. j-kafed all day.
Lying up over night at a section house'
of the Sioux C ty & Pacific railroad.
Next morning they resumed their trip
aud arrived at Missouii Valley jutictioa
about four o'clock Monday altcrnoon, a
distance, by the itver. of sibout io bun
dred miles from the staiting point
Duiing their travels Kelly tr-ze both
ears, bis cheek, ot which he has plenty,
and one heel ; while Henry escaped with
two frozen ears This i probably one of
tiio m-'.-t remarkable and pcrilioiiji t-katj-ing
feats ever undertaken in this coun
try. The boys are to ilay sticking type
in the B:c office, and it will probably be
omo time before they uu leriakH another
similar spin on the ice Omaha Bee.
Cider and Pkkiea for Fever.
Some two. month ago. a resident of De
troit named' li.-oef, was taken ill with
some sort f a fever, and b.r two weeks
there was little hope of Having UU life
He continued to sink, in spite of att tho
physician- could do. and they fin-jlly gave
him up All through his sickness the
man had continually asked for pickles
and cider, and when he ha 1 got so low
that his death was' considered only a
question of a lew hours. Mrs Rroef de
cided to gratify his wishes A glass of
sweet cider was given him, and he de
clared himself much belter for it. More
was given through the night, in place of
medicine, and the n'-xt morning the doc
tor declared that a tn.'.st f.ivoiabie change
had taken place. Soma strong pickles
were procured and given him. and he be
gan to call for gruel and broth To be
brief, he is now able to move around the
house, and everybody in the neighbor
hood, as wot! us ihe physician, gives' the
cider and pickles th;? credit of perform
ing the cu e
House 7iGdo"W3.
The mire light a lraitre i to apartments
the better f ir tho-e who oeeujy ihem
Light is as necessary to sound health as
it is to vegetable life. Exclude it Irom
plants and the consequence are disas
trous They cannot be peifected with
out its vivifying influence It is a fear
ful mistake to curtain a'.d blind windows
so closely for fear of injuring the furni
ture by export to tho su,, my, th .t
room positively gnher elements in dark.
nes which engender disease. Let in the
light often, aud fresh air too. ..r sulbr
the penalty of ahee mi l pains and long
do tor bills which migd.t have been avoid",
cd.
Remedy for Croup in one Minute.
This remedy is simple alum. Tale a
knife or grater, and h ive or grate off in
small particlcsabout a teaspoonbil of alum;
mix it with at mill twico its qiaui?y of su
gar, to make it palatable, and administer
as quickly as pos-tble. Its effrfcts will be
truly magical, as almost iustautaueous re
lief w ill be afforded.
The (licit Eisteni Circus w.s sold at
auction in Selma. Ah, a lew day ago.
The elephant was bought by Mr De
Uuveti for. SIO.U0O Six lay horses
brought S'J.400 The den containing
the lioness and rub. 5.115 The D-u-gal
liger and leopard. $;J.t)a0. The
bulliloes. 400 ea.-h. The ring horsea
sold at Irom $5iH) to Sl.UOO each.
Jay Could spent $22 0i at T ffmv'g
tor Christmas presents and gave 300 to
the errand bos in his employ
The total de-ith I i-t year who 32 GI7,
an incicasd of 5,G71 over the previcvs
year.
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