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VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, .MONROE COUNTY, PA., JULY 3, 1873.
NO. 8.
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published by Theodore Schoch.
TFl'-H -T.' 1 -U yearin advance and if not
tl j',.f ,tpihe eat f the year, two dollar and fifty
?!it, be ch;irfset.
i mi-- !ii:i'n! I uatil all arrearages are patd,
-,, t , ihf uptMN t the Editor.
it v iktiochchIs r ne square of (eight lines) or
hi' rriar!e iiierliin $1 5rt. Each additional
f,'-u n, 5 rem. Longer ones in proportion.
job i-sii.vri.G,
Or ALL KINDS,
ttemtfJ in lhe hiplist lv'e of the Art.anU on the
imt reasonable terms.
VILLIAM S. REES,
V
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
OiTice ne xt dor above S. Kccs' news Depot
nn:l iM dor la-low t lie Corner 8tore.
.March -Jn, i7:;-if.
D R. J LAN T Z,
Surgeon am! Mechanical Dentist,
st:l I li i I'-! ".'"e nn Main Street, in the second
norv nf l'r. S. Walton's brick building, ncuily oppo-
ir l!ir .s'i-iii ltiiiig House, and be ll.iUerVlmiiself
tint I'V -i l t'fii yeais constant practice and tile inos-l
rantr-t mi.f catrinl Hi t i j 1 1 - it to all mailers pertaining
I. Ins iinf. !M"ii, I Imt be i. fully iilile to perform nil
opc rations in t lie dental line in the most cue fill, tafle
j il 4fid NSil'f'il iiianner.
Sjifi-i.il atleiiimn aiven to saving llic N.itnral Teeth ;
Ik tlie liisTlion of Artificial rrc-lli on KiiUjct,
G -!J. Silver or i:o!il:iiuousGuni, and ported tils In
all CA-r llli'l J.
M,M '! -i:i. Know the great folly and danger ol en
tnitin; 1'ieli n oik tot lie inexperienced, or to those
linn? :t t!!t-ti-r. April 13, 18TI. ly
J-JU. J. I!. SUCLL,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
niluH- 1st iioor a'wve Stroudsburg House,
rci-iriice 1st iliMir above Post Ofiice.
Oi'ice hours front K to 12 A. M., from H to 5
and 7 to ! r. M. May 3 '73-1 y
iiVAi. IV. JACKSOX
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In the o'.il office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
residence in Wvckolf's building:.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Unjust s, i572-it:
. II. J. PATTCaSOS,
OPERATING AND SEfllAMCAL DEMIST,
Having located in East Stroudsburg, li., an
nounces th.tt li- is ivjw prepared to insert sirti
licial te.-tii in i!ic most beautiful :tnd life-like
manner. A No, great attention riven to tilling
and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
Iractod vi:iio:;t ja:.n by use of Nitrous Oxide
ijs. All other work incident to the profession
done in the most skillful ind approved style.
All work nttend-d to promptly and warranted.
Clurse- reasonable. Patronage of the public
solicited.
O.lice in A. XV. Loder's new building, op-
1oite Ainljinink House, Last Stroudsburg,
VI July 11, 1S72 ly.
D
.. t,. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist.
Announces lli tt ha ving just returned from
Dental Col legs, he is fully prepared to make
artificial teeth in the most beautiful and life
like niiinner, and lo fili decayed teeth ac
cording to the most i-nproved method.
Teeih extracted without pain, when de
fired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide lias,
which it entirely harmless. Repairing of
II kiirfu ti'Mtly done. All work warranted.
Chirjes reasonable.
Office in J. (i. Keller's new Brick build
i'g. .Maia S'reet, Stroudsburg', Pa.
U2 31-lf
JIJIKS CI. WASaTO.V,
Attornt'3 at Iaiv,
iTi.-r in the building formerly occupied,
fcy I j. M. nnrsou. and opposite the !trtuJa
barjr iJank, Main street, .Stioudsburr, I'u.
jail 13-tf
A
31i:iS2CA. hotkl.
The subscriber would inform the public that
be has loa.-i-d the house formally kept by Jacob
Km-iht, in the Rorough of Stroudsbur":, Pa.,
and having reiainted and refurnished the same,
prepared to entertain all who may patronize
him. It is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
ish superior accommodations at moderate rates
and will spare no pains to promote the com
fort of the guests. A liberal thare of public
patronaire solicited.
April 17, '72-tf. D. L. PISLE.
R
HONESDALE, PA.
Ht central location ot any Hotel in town.
11. W. KIPLK & SOX,
lo9 Main .street. Proprietors.
January 1873. ly.
LiCKAWAXXA ESOL'SK.
OPrf.SITK TIIK DElOT,
East Stroudsburg, la.
1$. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor
The bar contains the ehoiest Liquors and
ihe table is supplied with the best the market
affords, (.'hares moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
ATSOX'S
rlotint Vernon nousc,
117 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVE ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May SO, 1672- ly.
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil
hamsburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSEEAD"S DRUG STORE.
07" Medicines Fresh and Pure.
Nov. 21. 1607. W. HOLLINSI1EAD.
MONROE COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
STROUrSBURG, PA.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
The By-Liws of this Company, and the
refrulaiiors governing insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing1 it upon a bans equal to that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the Slate.
Important among these changed arc the
following, viz :
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
i.-sued for five years.
AH nroiif rlv is claesinVd and tlx; rale nf
i i j
premium is fixed according to the risk of
the property.
Premium noics are taken, and all as
sessments are made on the notes.
Property U insured for not more than
two thirds of its actual cash value, and the
full amount of insurance paid in case of loss,
provided the loss be equal to the amount of
insurance.
'Annua! assessments" only arc made, ex
cept in cases of heavy loss, and where a
special assessment ss necessary.
The Company is therefore prepared to in
sure property upon terms much more desira
ble than under the old system.
Applications may be made to any of the
Managers, Surveyors, or Secretary.
MANAGERS.
Slodcl! Stakes, Jacob Knccht,
J. Depue LeBar, John Edinger.
Richard S. Staples, Francis Ilagerman,
Silas L. Drake. Jacob Stouffer,
Chas. D. Brodhead, Theodore Schoch,
Uobert Boys, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Wallace.
STOGDELL STOKES, Prcs't.
E. B. Dreiier, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas L. Drake, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Gilbert, J. Depue LeBar,
Geo. G. Shafcr, Jacob Sfouffcr.
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppelt, Jos L Miller.
For Pike County :
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County :
Samuel Ziegenfus.
The Managers meet regularly at
the Secrciary'n Office in Stroudsburg, on
the first Tuesday of each month, at 2
o'clock P. M. May 15,73-tf
GOOD NEWS !
NEW Film AXD NEW GOODS?
WAGNER
& RHODES
would announce to the public, that they have
taken the stand latelv occupied bv L. T. Labar
& Co., and fitted and stocked it with choice
lines, of
Groceries,
Provisions,
Crockery ware, &c.
Evcrv article in store has lccn selected with
the greatest care, and they can assure custo
mers, that no matter at what price sold, everv
thinjj purchased of them will prove to be of
the lest quality.
It is the design to keep a complete assort
ment in each line, so that all tastes may be
suited.
Whether in want of heavy or fine
Groceries or Provisioni, Crockery Ware,
and Glassware, Tobaccoes
or what not This will be found to be the
place to call. A speciality with them will be
a No. 1 brand of
St. Louis Mills Flour
which stands at the head of the list every
where. Call and examine goods. Price
marked down to the lowest living figure.
CHOICE CLOVER SEED ON HAND.
o
ALSO:
Oq band and for ealc a superior lot of
Ceiling Lath, Hemlock Boards and Scant
ling, Matched Flooring, and White
Pine of all kinds.
H. S. WAGNER.
April 10, lS73-tf.
M. II. RHODES
Found out why people go to McCarty's to
tret their furniture, because he buys it at the
Ware Rooms of Lee & 'Co. and sells it at
an advance of only ttnuiti-ttco and tiro
ninth per cent. Or in other word., Rocking
Chairs that he buvs of Lee & Co. (throuirh
the runners he don't have) for $4,50 he sells
lor $o,;U. J. oys lam to buy some noon r iu
niture. LEE & CO.
Stroudsburg, Aug. 18, 1S70. tf
Hatching Shad in the Delaware.
The first attempt at hatching shad in
the Delaware by artificial means is now
being prosecuted in that river. About a
week ago 51. G Uolton and Chester
Green, the latter a son of Seth Green, of
Rochester, N. Y., the famous fish cultur
ist, pitched their tents on the banks of
the Delaware, at the lower end of the vi 1
lage of Point Pleasant and close to the
fishery there, for the purpose of devoting
the spawning season to the work of batch
ing shad. 51 r. Holton, who is the active
man in the enterprise, bis companion be
ing quite a youth, has been engaged in
this business for some years, iu the cm
ploy of Seth Green, and has assisted in
stocking the waters of several of ihe riv
ers throughout the United States with
shad. 5Ir. Green, it should be staled, is
the agent of Prof. Spencer F. Raird, Uni
ted States Fish Commissioner, ud it is
under his authority that the work now in
operation in the Delaware is being car
ried on. 5Ir. Uolton has recently return
ed home from the South, where he has
been engaged for some time in hatching
shad iu the Savannah and Neusc Rivers,
with fair success. As the season for the
business was ended in that part of the
couutry, 5Ir. Green -turned his attention
to the northward. 5Ir. Uolton therefore
made an inspection of several of the
fisheries along the Delaware, with the
view of fixing upon a location for the
busidess. He finally concluded that the
place above named possessed the most
favorable conditions for the purpose.
The first requisite is a good fishery where
the shad can be caught, and it is also ne-
eessary that the current at the hatching
place should not be too rapid, After
making the preliminary arrangements,
early last week, canvas tents for shelter
during the work were erected in the shade
of some trees near the river at the place
fixed upon. The process of hatching is
a very simple one, the principal difficulty
being at the first stage of the proceed
ings, which is to catch the shad in suffi
cient numbers. This is done at ui"ht.
which is the most favorable time. After
the shad are caught, if fouud to be in
suitable condition, the spawn by gentle
pressure is forced into a basin containing
water from the river, into which is also
pressed the niilt, taken from the male in
the same manner. This allowed to stand
or about filtcen minutes, and gently stir
red a few times until the eggs become
impregnated, when the contends of the
vessel are put into the hatching boxes
The box used for hatchiug is one invent
ed by 51r. Green, after many experiment,
and is found to answer a good purpose.
It is about two feet long, fifteen inches
wide aud a foot deep. The bottom is
covered with fine wire. The box is so
constructed that when anchored in the
river for the purpose of hatching, the end
will be tilted up stream. The current
striking the wire bottom at an annle
causes such agitation inside that the light
shad eggs are kept constantly free and
buoyed up, with the running water hav
ing access to every egg's circumference.
Otherwise the eggs would become heaped
up, and a large portion of them would
spoil for lack of water and motion. The
boxes are placed in the river at a con
venient distance from the shore, and are
usually protected in some way to guard
them from injury by rubbish coming down
the stream. When spawned an egg is
about nine hundredths of an inch in
diameter, and on being put into water it
enlarges to thirteen hundredths of an
inch. They arc almost as transparent as
water. When spoiled they turn white.
They cover the bottom of a hatching box
to the depth of a quarter of an inch. In
about three days, with water at 75,
Fahrenheit, and plenty of sunshine, they
are hatched, and the box. will be filled
with the tiny fish swimming freely with
their heads to the current. The Ch come
from the'e'g with a little sack attached,
which supplies the young shad with
nourshmeDt for a few days, when it is
absorbed aud it must seek its own food.
It is during the time it is supplied with
this sack that it is in condition for trans
portation. After that is gone it is very
difficult if not impossible to move them
any considerable distance. As soon as
they are hatched the boxes are opened
aud the young shad let out. Dy au in
stinct peculiar to themselves, they at once
seek the middle of the stream, in order
to escape from euemies near the shore
which would devour them. There they
are comparatively free from the depreda
tions of the larger fish. The young shad
remains in his native river, feeding on
flies that deposit their eggs on the water
and ou the larvae of the same in their var
ious stages, uutil September, when they
pass down the river to the ocean. At
this time they are two or three inches
long. In one year they attain to about
the size of an average herring, and it re
quires about thiee years to reach their
full growth. 5Ir. Uolton informs us that
it is always expected that fully 00 per
cent, of the eggs will hatch under ptoper
management, whereas in the natural way
the greater part of the spawn is destroy
cd. As the average number of egs pro
duced at a single spawning is estimated
at C0,000 the wonderfully productive
capacity of this fish under the successful
operation of this system can readily be
seen. U i not therefore difficult to ac
count for the great increase of shad in
the Hudson by this process within a few
years past, where in some instances they
have become so plentiful aud cheap that
the fishermen have given up their busi
nessto find a more lucrative employment.
Whatever may be the success of the pre
sent movement in our river it is the be
ginning of an enterprise in which our
citizens cannot fail to be deeply interest
ed. Mr. Green and those in his employ
are having the hearty co operation of Dr.
J. II. Slack, Fish Commissioner of New
Jetsey, in the undertaking ; and the pre
sent movement, if nothing else isaccom
plished will give those engaged in it an
opportunity of surveying the ground and
thus preparing for a more extended and
vigorous effort next season. At the time
of our visit last Friday but two fish had
been caught, and the spawn had been
placed in a box of the kind above describ
ed iu the river. It is expected work will
be contiuued at that place during the
spawning season, which will last for some
weeks to come. Our citizens who desire
to see the practical operations of shad
hatching wiil receive every attention cn
visiting the place Irom 5Ir. Green's men,
who are anxious to interest, the people iu
the movement. Intel! iyen ccr.
Causes of Injury to the Ear.
Among the causes of injury to the ear
must unfortunately be reckoned bathing.
Not that this most healthful and import
ant pleasure need, therefore, be in the
least discouraged ; but it should be wisely
regulated. Staying too long in the wa
ter certainly tends to produce deafness as
well as other evils ; and it is a practice
against which young persons of both sexes
should be carefully og their guard. Rut,
independently of this, swimming and
floating arc attended with a certain dan
ger from the difficulty of preventing the
entrance of water iuto the ear in those
positions. Now, no cold fluid should ever
enter the ear ; cold water is always more
less irritating, and if used for syringing,
rapidly produces extreme giddiness. In
the case of warm water, its entrance into
the ear is less objectionable, but even this
is not free from disadvantage. Often the
water lodges in the ears and produces an
uncomfortable sensation till it is removed;
this should always be taken as a sign of
danger. That the risk to hearing from
unwise bathing is not a fancy, is proved
by the lact well known to-lovers ol dogs,
that those auimals, if in the habit of
jumping or being thrown iuto the water,
so that their beads are covered, frequently
become deaf. A knowledge of the danger
is a sufficient guard. To be safe it is on-
y necessary to keep the water from en
tering the ear. If this cannot be accom
plished otherwise, the head may be cov
ered. It should be added, however, that
wet hair, whether from bathing or wash
ing, may be a cause of deafness, if it be
suffered to dry by itself. Whenever wet
ted, the hair should be wiped till it is
fairly dry. Nor ought the practice of
moistening the hair with water, to make
it curl, to pass without remonstrance. To
leave wet hair about the cars is to run
the risk of injuring them. In the wash
ing of children, too, care should be taken
that all the folds of the outer ear are care
fully and gently dried with a soft towel.
hut 1 come now to what is probably tie
most frequent way in which the ear is
impaired ; that is, by the attempt to clean
it. It ought to be understood that the
passage of the car does not require clean
ing by us. Nature undertakes that task,
and, iu the healthy state, fulfills it per
fectly. Her meaus for cleansing the ear
is the wax. Perhaps the reader has nev
er wondered what becomes of the ear-
wax. I will tell him. It dries up into
thin fine scales, and these peel off, one by
one, from the surface of the passage, aud
fall nut imperceptibly, leaving behind
them a perfectly clean smooth surface.
In health the passage ot the ear is never
dirt ; but if wc attempt to clean it, we in
fallibly make it so. Here by a strange
lack of justice, as it would seem, which,
however, has, no doubt, a deep
justice at the bottom the best people,
those who love cleanliness, suffer most,
and good and careful nurses do a mischief
neulinent ones avoid. Washing the ear
out with soap and water is bad ; it keeps
the wax moist when it ouht to become
dry and scaly, increases its quantity un
duly, and makes it absorb the dust with
which the air always abounds. Rut the
most hurtful thing is introducing the cor
ner of the towel, screwed up, and twisting
it round. This does more harm to ears
than all other mistakes together. It drives
down the wax upon the membrane, much
more than it gets it out. Let any one
who doubts this make a tube like the
passage, especiaPy with the curves which
it possesses ; let him put a thiu membrane
at one end, smear its inner surface with
a substance like the car-wax, and then
try to get it out so by a towel 1 Rut this
plan does much more mischief than mere
ly pressing down the wax. It irritates
the passage, and makes it cast oil small
flakes of skin, which dry up and become
extremely hard and these also arc pressed
down upon the membrane. Often it is not
only deaiDess which ensues, but pain aud
inflammation, aud then matter is formed
which the hard mass prevents from es
capiug, and the membrane becomes dis
eased und worse may follow The ear
should never be cleaned out with the
screwed-n n coi ner of u towel. Washing
should extend only to the outer surface
as far ns the Gnger. can reach. The
I'nmlar Science Monthly.
A tailless cnlf was born in Warren
- a
County, Indiana, last week, who is en
joying life now but wait until fly tim9
KIDNAPPED CHILDREN.
The Traffic in the Stolen Italian Chil
dren in New York City.
The New York Times says :
It has been learned that, at the present
time, there are between 7,000 and 8,000
children kidnapped from Italy held in
this state of slavery iu the large cities of
the United States, New York'beiu" the
great central entrepot. The children are
brought here and sold daily by private
auction, prices varying from 8100 to $,300
for boys, and from 100 to 500 for girls.
Where girls are exceptionally pretty, the
prices are considerably higher. It is said
two little girls, who are frequently to be
seen playing ia Wall street, were sold to
their present owner for the sum of S 1,000.
In order to show that this inhuman
traffic is still being carried on in full force,
we copy the following, taken from the
Movimcuto a newspaper published iu Ge
noa, which says in its iseue of 5Iay 20 :
''There were stolen in 5Iilan, Ibis morn
ing, three children as follows : A boy
named Carpoui Giosne, aged two years,
living at No 20 Via Vetrosc'ii ; a girl
named Fiocchi Emelia, aged three years,
living at No. 2 Vieola St. Zeno ; and also
another girl named Giovaunino Azati.
aged six years, the daughter of the porter
of the house where the first named girl
lived."
It was believed that the kidnapping of
children was confined to the southern
provinces, but the traffio is now being
pushed into the north of Italy, and besides
is on the increase. It is quite likely that
these three children are now in this coun
try, and have been put up and sold at
auction in this city.
The number of Italian children that
have arrived at this port since the first of
April last is 317. The children are all
under fourteen years of age and the
majority of them under eight years, and
many of these are mere infants. The
ch ildren are brought over by persons ap
pointed by the conspirators for that pur
pose, a chief of convoy, who really be
comes the master or driver. This person
is represented as the father of the chil
dren, and as such takes absolute charge,
from the time they are bought or stolen
from their native villages until they arc
sold to new masters or "padroni" in
Crosby street. Some of these children
are accompanied by parents, but very few.
All the masters call themselves fathers,
bat the cheat is readily discovered when
the ages of the victims arc looked into,
because but few fathers have inauy chil
dren of exactly the same age. As the
law now stamls, all emigrants arriving
here are required to give bonds that they
do not become a public charge for the
space of five years. These children are
all "bonded" by the steamship companies
upon whose vessels they arrive, and yet.
although they invariably become a public
charge as vagabonds and itinerants, there
is uo instance where any of the steam
ship compauies wore ever required to
provide for their support. If this law
was enforced, the importation of iufauts
would soon cease.
Sure Test of Death.
To learn with absolute certainty whe
ther a person is dead or not, Dr. Hugh
5Iagnys suggests the following simple
method : Tie a strong ligature tightly
around a finger or toe of the supposed
corpse, and if life is still present a red
dening, which grows gradually darker uo
til it becomes a bluish red, will occur in
that portion of the member beyond the
constriction point. Where from exposure
or toil the finger has become very much
thickened, a toe may be selected. On the
other hand, if life is extinct, no change
of color will ensue. The blush coloration
of the nails, so often seen on the dead
body, and also in certain cases of blood
disease, need not be regarded as any
source of fallacy ; for alter the applica-
cation of the ligature, as long as lile re
mains in the body the whole ol thu limb,
from the place of constriction to the ex
tremity, will be uniformly blue red, but
if the coloratiou do not take place, or on
ly occurs at circumscribed spot, it can,
with certainty, be concluded that tho
spark of life has vauished.
The deep-seated arteries carry blood to
the extremities : tho veins, which are
more superficial, return the blood toward
the heart. Ry the ligature the backward
flow of the blood is artested, when, if still
circulating, it continues to pass into the
constricted extremity through thearterics,
and there accumulating gives rise to trie
peculiar color described The object ol
the above proceeding is simply to asscr-
tain whether the blood still circulates, as
the complete stoppage of ibis fuuetion,
according to Dr. Magnus, is positive proof
of death.
It is recommeuded in the application
of this method that the large limbs, such
as the arms or thigh, be not chosen, be
cause the necessary amount of constric
tion cannot be so readily obtained, he
numerous, lar:e, deep lying veins of the
muscles not being sufficiently compressed
by the ligature. In ease tho fingers or
toes are not available, the lobe of tho ear
may be employod Scuatijic Miscellany
oj il ataxy.
Of two evils choose the least. This ad
vice generally holds good, but in the case
r fl.oo or.d mnsoiiitoes. there is Bomo
I doubt as to its correctness.
CENTENNIAL EXHH3ITI0N.
The correspondent of the New Yoik
Herald at Stockholm, 5Ir. John Russell
Young, has had an interview with King
Oscar. During the conversation tho King
referred to our Centennial Exhibition ot
1870, aud his desire to be present. The
lawa of Sweden, however, preventing
such action on his part, the Crown rriaco
would be sent over to represent the king
doui. He also stated that a public and
complete representation of the products
and manufactures of Sweden and Norway
would be sent to the Uuited States. This
recognition of the pleasant relations be
tween this northern nation and our own
couutry, will doubtless be expressed la
an official manner so soon as the Presi
dent's proclamation has been made. Tho
New York Xution'i, n its last issue, re
marks upon the great importance of a
proper presentation of the objects of the
luteruatiou Exhibition to all forergo
nations, and that it should be done
promptly. On own people need no spur
to induce them to put forth every exer
tion to redeem themselves in the eyes of
Europeans from the opinions that the
meagre attempts so far made have elicitc
ed. Rut this will be the first Interna
tional Exhibition under the direction of
a Republican people, and it should be the
proof of the ability of the people not only
to represent themselves, but from their
position among nations to secure a hearty
co operation from all the Empires and
Kingdoms of the globe. To insure thia
result only requires prompt action aud!
the appointment of proper agents to travel
abroad and furnish the necessrry informa
tion. King Oscar himself, says : "You
cannot prepare too soon for these stupen
dous undertakings, and although three
years seems a long time, it is not very
tony when you consider what you hare
to do."
An Enormous Engine.
Pittsburg claims to have in process of
construction a pair of engines which will
be the most powerful in the world. Reduc
ing the capacity of some of the largest
pumping engines to a uniform lift of one
foot in twenty-four hours, it is found that
the one at the Lehigh Zinc 5Iioes will
lift nearly 3,450,000 gallons ; the pair at
the Chicago Water Works, 4,500,000,000
gallons ; the pair at Harlem, Holland, 10 -000,000,000?
while the new Pittsbur
engines will lift 14,310.000,000 gallons'.
The pair will weigh 1,500 tons and will
cost 423,550. The following dimensions
will serve to give some idea of its
magnitude; Cranks, nine tons; shaft,
twenty-four tons ; four sections of the two
valve chambers, one hundred and twenty
tons; fly wheel, seventy tons. The four
plungers will weigh upward of four hun
dred tons. Cylinder, sixty four inches
diameter ; storke, fourteen feet. Plungers
forty inches diameter ; eleven foot stroke.
This ponderous piece of machinery will
be used to raise water info the Highland
avenue Reservoir in Pittsburg, a height
of three hundred and fifty six fett. It is
cstimated ic will raise seventy millions
pounds of water for each hundrod pounds
of coal consumed, the cost being at the
rate of one cent for every 3,070 gallons.
1
A wife of a most unsentimental and
ingenious turn of mind dwells in Penn
sylvania with her husband, who possesses
a very jealous, misanthropic, and withal
romantic temperament. The other day,
this gentleman, George Jones, felt that,
life was too much for him, and gave his
wife 10 cents to go to the druggist's for
a bottle of cold poison. The excellent
woman had a bottle fillod with liquorice-
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water, auu laucieu "i oison. .uciurntn"":
with this, the poetic master of her heart
melodramatically filled a wine-glass iu her
presence, and prepared to drink. She-
screamed and rushed into the next room,
where she watched him through the key-
noie, ana saw nun pour tho deadly dose
out of the window. She rushed back to
him apparently overwhelmed with grief.
and begged him not to kill himself. 5Ir,
Jones, filled with poetry, merely pointed
to the empty glass, aud throwing himself
on the floor, squirmed. Sli,3 fondly
observed that she would share his fate.
and swallowed the rest of the liquorico-
water, whereupon ho became really
frightened, confessed Ins deception be
fore all the neighbors and stiid if she'd
only get well he'd never do so any more.
Ihe world 6cems brighter to 5Ir. Jones
now.
The thoughtful Illinois cat that saved
its master's house from buroiug destrue
tion a short time ago has rival iu a noble,
minded Indiana dog of so unpleasant au
aspect that his owner looked upon him
only to despise hira. Unappreciated and
forlorn, the, finest qualities of his intoliech
and his heart lost sight of in his lack of
personal beauty, he has proved the truth
of the ancient Seueca's wise words, that
"sometimes to live is magnanimity." Thi
other day the little child of his master
waudered into the street, and beiug c-'ad
in the accustomed dazzling raiment of the
Western rural infant, it attracted tha
urgeut and'iuimediate attention of a pass
ing cow. She lowered her head and ran
at the child, who began to scream. Tha
sad dog, lying in the shade in the yard,
heard the cry, rushed on the scene, and
held the impetuous cow by the nose until
the child was rescued. It confirms our
faith in human nature n know that dog
is now mightily esteemed ad honored by
his belore scornful poesr,
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