THE JEFFERSONlAN.
JDcuotcfc to politics, Citcraturc, Agriculture, Science, illornlitn, aub (Scncral Intelligence.
v.
i ,
t:
VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, .MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 21, 1873.
NO. 15.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
TERMS Two IUr h year in advance and if not
pail &ef're the eml of the year, two dollars and fifty
No :ier lisooiUinue I until all arrearages are paid
rest a! the o.-rtion ot the Editor.
ityA lrertisements of one square of (eight lines) or
sue nrse tnterwaas ai an. cacti auuilloual
neition, 5 cent. Longer oae in proportion.
jon imiikting,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in the hishect style of the Art, an en the
tafi reas HMVie leriiis.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Eeal Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office next door above S. liees' news Depot
ami I door lieluw the corner More.
March 20, 1873-tf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
Surccoa anil Mechanical Dentist.
Will li.t hi oSm n Xain Street, in the fccoimI
wwrv f Or. S. U'rflliui"- krtrk iMiilcliiig. neat I v oppo-
nre'tiie MrnndsJmtg none. and We fl.iilerj. hiniM-lf
tint ljr eighteen year constant ur-tit-e and the iiioi-t
jnic-t and o.irettil altoili -n to ail mailer pertaining
l hi profesMon, that he is fully able to rf.iriu all
rlioii. in the denial lute in the uiotctieful,tate
fit .tnil lll;LUiKr.
SikwuI 3-ixrMon to sarins the Natural Teeth :
aI.iu to itlte in.-rrli.iu ii( Artificial ferth on Rubber,
;-ilil. ik-r ir (iiituiiiwu Kuutt, and perfect fits 1 it
all raM!! iasaatil.
M isl persons ka Xiie rK.:rt f.t ly and danger ol en
f rui ing llielr work to the inexperienced, orlo lhoj-e
living at a litance. April 13, 171. ly
D
II. J. II. SIIUIjL.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
tlflice lt floor nfewefciniatidsburg House,
residence 1st djr above Post Office.
Office liours from 9 to 12 A. M., from 3 to 5
and 7 to 9 r. M. May 3 '73-ly.
D
r. uco. IV. jackso.v
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON fc ACCOUCHER.
In the old office of Ic A. Reeves Jackson,
TPidence, corner of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
-August 8, 1 872-1 1'.
jR. ii. j. iatti:dso.,
0rZRlTIG JND BECIIAHriL DEMIST,
nivliig located "in "RartL ftaMurlslmrjr, Pa., an
aiounces that he is now prcprred to insert arti
ficial teeth in the -most botcliftil and life-like
in inner. Also, great atten&tn given to filling
am! preserving the natural teeth. Tie! it ex
tracted r&Jiout pain by ims of Nitrous Oxide
ia. All otWtr yr4c tincidtrat to the profession
line in the nnwt JcUJ.fu! iwwi approved style.
All work attended -fwnjuly and warranted.
Charges reasonable. Patreaage of the public
solicited.
Office in A. W. Ix)der' new liuilding, op
jpoite Analomink House, East Stroudsburg,
lt.l July 11, 1873 ly.
D
K. X. 1,. PECK,
.Surg-wn Dentist.
Announces ihil&av-in; just returned from
Dental CoMegs, he wfulf prepared to make
artificial teeth in the ni(K beautiful and Iife
ii'ie manner, and to fiW decayed teeth ac
cording to the most i-uprcved method.
Teeth extracted without pain, when de
iriJ, hv the use of Xitroua Oxide Gaa,
which i etttitr-ely hxrwleec. Repairing of
'l k.iMrtj iieatiy kjs. All work warranted.
Charjej reisonable.
Office in J. G. Keller' new Brick build
in;, Mai.i S reet, Stroudsbur, Pa.
uj 31-lf
J AMIS II. WILTOX,
Altornej at Law, .
Olfi.-e in the building formerly occuiicd
5y I. M. Uurson, and opjwsite the Strouds
burg Hank, Main street, iStroudsburg, J'a.
jaii i:;-tf
V
3u:rica iioti:i..
The fubscrilicr umM inform tlicnublic that
lie lias leased the liwe 5rma!ly kejit by Jacob
Kneeht, in the IVjrougli of Stroudsburg, Pa.,
nd having reiiaintcd and refurnished the name,
as prepared to entertain all who may patronize
bun. Jt is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
ah superior ccmtnodations at moderate rates
and will pare no pains to promote the com
fort of the guests. A liberal hhare of public
patnmasre solicited.
-April 17, 72-tf. D. L.PISLE.
jI PI.I2 IIOL'.SC,
HONESDALE, PA.
!Mot central ligation ot any Hotel in town.
, . . Jl. W. KIPLE & SOX,
J 0 Main street Proprietors.
-January 9, 1S73. 1)'.
IICKAWAXNA IIOL'Si:.
J OPPOSITK TIIK DEPOT,
East Stroudsburg, Pa.
B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The bar contain the choie?t Liqnorn and
he table is supplied with the best the market
.affords. Charge moderate. fmaT 3 1872-tf.
.ilouut Vernon House,
117 and 119 2forth Second St.
ABOVE ARCJI,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1872- ly.
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil
liamsburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
07" Medicines Fresh and Pure.
; ov. 21. 1697. W. HOLLINSHEAD.
THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN
TION.
Mackey and Gordan Nominated.
Harrisburg, August 13. The Re
publican State Convention was called to
order at noon to day bj Mr. Lrrett, chair
man of the State Central Committee, the
hall of the House of Representatives at
the time being thronged by the delegates
and spectators ol the proceedings.
S. II. Miller, of Mercer, was made tem
porary chairman. The usual committees
were appoiuted, when a recess was taken
to hall past two P. M., iu order to allow
the committees to meet.
The convention again met at half past
two o clock, and was called to order by
the temporary president.
General Campbell, . chairman of the
committee on Permanent Organization,
named as president of the convention,
lion. A. u. Ulmsted of I orter county,
with the usual number of vice presidents
and secretaries.
THE NOMINATION'S.
R X . Mackey was nominated for
State Treasurer on the 6rst ballot, receiv
ing! Id votes. Mr Ileurv. of Cambria.
d IS votes. The nomination was made
unanimous.
Judge Isaac Gordon, of Jefferson coun
ty, was nominated for Judge, of the Su
pre me Court on the tenth ballot, which
resulted Gordon, 77 ; Paxsoa, 48 ; Rut
ler, 5. The nomination was then made
unauimous.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following are l e resolution, which
were unanimously adopted .
I he liepublicans of Pennsylvania, in
convention assembled, renew their expres
eion of couGJencc in and devotion to the
principles of Republicanism, and de
clare :
First. That ihey heartily indorse and
re-adopt the Republican National and
State platforms ol 1872.
cecoud. 1 hat the national administra
tion commands their coutinued confid
ence, and is entitled, by its promotion of
the best interests and prosperity of the
ation, to the earnest support of the pco
pie.
Third. That the administration or Gov
ernor llartranft call for our warmest ap
probation. During the short time he has
been iu the Executive Department he has
established a State policy which has just
y endeared hi m to the people of this
Commonwealth, and has amply justified
the confidence we have placed in him.
rourth. lhat while earnestly in favcr
of constitutional reform, and of such a
revision of our State Constitution as will
make it an effective instrument in pre
venting and punishing the corrupt abuses
that have crept under our present system,
we demand emphatically and especially
that whatever is done or left undone, the
main purpose for which the Constitution
al Convention was called, the absolute
prevention of special legislation, shall be
so placed before the people as to secure
their separate and decisive expression
thereon.
Fifth. That the reduction of the State
debt from $41,000,000 to $26,000,000 ;
the repeal of all State taxes on real
estate ; the establishment of schools for
the education and support of soldiers' or
phans, the maintenance of our excellent
and prosperous system of common schools,
and the establishment of a policy paying
ufl our debt at the rate of 82,000,000 a
year, together with the generally flourish
ing coudition of our prosperous old Com
monwealth, are evidences that the Re
publicans during their twelve years of
control in Pennsylvania have faithfully
aduiinistred her affairs, and that her gov
ernment may be safely left in their hands
Sixth. That there should be rigid
economy in the State and National ad
ministrations, and taxes should be reduced
in both as rapidly us consistent with good
government, the maintenance of the pub
lic credit, and the certaio extinguishment
of the State and National debts.
Seventh. That the public lands belong
to the people, and should be sacredly re
served for homes for actual settlers, and
we pronounce against all further grants
of these lands to corporations.
Eighth. Thatadequate provision chould
be made by law for the protection of per
sons engaged in mining and other hazor
dou forms of labor.
Ninth. That when retrenchment is re
quired to lighten the burden of taxation
and to continue the reduction of the pub
lic debt, an increase of salaries is unwise,
and we condemn without reserve voting
for or receiving increased pay for services
already rendered, whether in State or na
tion, and demand that the provisions of
the late act of Congress by which salaries
were increased should promptly and un
conditionally be repealed.
Tenth. That we heartily denounce cor
ruption, wherever found, and are sincere
ly desirous for honest economy and poli
tiral purity in all official administrations.
T secure this is the duly of every cit
izen, and to this end every good man
should feel bound not only to participate
in polities but to labor actively to see that
none but good men secure party appoint
ments or nomination.
Eleventh. That the practice of loading
an appropriation bill esseutial to the sup
port of the Government with objection
able legiblation in the shape of amend
menu toward the close of the session is
the prolific source of abuse and fraud up
on the people, and its reform is urgently
demanded j that as coaitueroe and hciqae
industry have both uniformly prospered
under a tariff so arranged as to afford both
revenue and protection, the present tariff
should he left undisturbed ; and, as all
tariffs are levied primarily for revenue, it
would be a poor Government indeed which
could not afforded to arrange its details
so as to encourage the growth of home
manufactures and the creation of a re
muoerative home market for all products
of our soil.
Twelfth. That order and security in
the States lately in rebellion must come
through stem enforcement of law enacted
to protect life, liberty, and freedom of
thought, and cannot be secured by ren
dering these just and necessary laws in
operative through Executive clemency to
unrepentant assassins now undergoing
punishment in pursuance of law.
Thirteenth. That as during the time
the Republican party has been in power
it has had to confront graver difficulties
and more new and perplexing questions
of government than ever were presented
to any other party to solve, aud has solv
ed them so judiciously aud wisely that
the country mderses its decisions and ac
cept its work, it is the only organization
...
competent to so meet the grave issues
that are now constantly arising and so
secure the just rights of the whole peo
pie.
Fourteenth. That we sympathize with
every movement to secure for agriculture
and labor their due influence, interests
and rights, and the Republican party will
be their alley in every just ecort to attain
their ends.
An additional resolution, reported by
the Committee, expressing regret at the
retirement of Chief Justice Read from the
Supreme Bench of the State, was also
adopted, as well as a resolution authoriz
ing the candidates nominated and the
President of the Convention to appoint a
chairman ot the state central committee
The Convention then adjourned sine die
Antiquity of Man Remarkable Dis
covery.
It has of late been the belief of a large
class of men of science that the existence
of the human race on the earth dates
much further back than was generally
supposed, while the followers of Darwin
and Lubbock have claimed that the hu
man race has been in a constant state ol
progression from bar barism and brutish
aucestry. Accounts were given of a bu
rn in skeltou unearthed by the quarrymen
in Meander alley, near the Dussel, at
Elbenfeldt, iu Rhenish Piussia. The
professors pronounced it to be of great an
tiquity, and were of the opiuion that the
Neaoder man, whose bones possessed in
genaral the same qualities which char
acterize the bones of the mammoth found
in neighboring districts, and inclosed in
the same diluvial loam, lived together
with the mammoth and other extinct
animals of the drift period.
lhe skull was the subject of measure
ment and calculation of brain power.
Its capacity was found to be about equal
to that of the average Polynesian and
Hottentot, and while the opinion of geolo
gists differed in regard to minor points,
all admitted the great antiquity of the
skull and bones. A discovery has just
been reported in Kansas, which if verified,
is far more remarkable than the above de
scribed. The Osage Mission (Kansas)
Journal says that a human skull was re
cently found near that place imbedded in
a solid rock, which was broken open by
blasting. Dr. J. C. Wcirley, of Osage
Mission, compared it with a modern skull
which he had in his office, found that it
resembled the latter in its general shape,
though it was an inch and a quater larg
in its greatest diameter, and much better
developed in some other particulars.
He says of the relic : "It is that of
the cranium of the human species, of
large size, imbedded in conglomerate rock
of the tertiary class, and found several
feet beneath the surface. Parts of the
frontal, parietal, and occipital bones were
carried away by explosion. The piece of
rock holding the remains weighs some
forty or fifty pounds, with many impres
sions of marine shells, and through it ruus
a vein of quartz, or within the cranium
crystalizcd organic matter; and, by the
aid of a microscope, presents a beautiful
appearance." If this be a fact, and it
seems to bear the impress of truth in the
description, neither Lyell nor Hugh Mil
ler, nor any of the rest of the subterran
ean explorers report anything so strange.
The Neander man comes the nearest to
it, but the Neanderthal bones were found
in loam only two or three feet beneath
the surface. This skull ' was discovered
in solid rock. If the Kansas discovery
be real, it is worthy of a thorough scien
tific investigation. Naslicille Union.
The Norristown Herald says some of
the farmers have threshed the raking of
their crop and taken it to market. The
quality is said to be very good and the
yield heavj. It is stated by some of the
farmers that the ratings this year amount
to nearly as much as their entire crop
last year, thus proving the crop to be an
excellent one, a fact which tends tow
ards a decline in the price of flour.
A delegation of Russian Quakers, who
have been hunting a location for a large
colony of their people, have determined
on locating iu Harvey county, Kansas,
aud will return to, Russia at once. The
colony they represent is a large, intelligent
and wealthy one.
The Law of a Wife's Property.
BY GAIL HAMILTON.
In every case of suffering we instinct
ivcly seek the cause, and if we can fasten
the blame on some one there is an im
mediate sense of relief. If hardship, can
be traced to an unjust law, it is no small
satisfaction to pound away upon theenorm
ity of the existing law, and to work for its
repeal. 1 et it is forever aud forever true
that individual suffering can never be
prevented by general law. We may
frame them into a code as just and wide
as the human mind can compass, aud still
men and womeu will be happy aud miser
able according to their own private tem
perament, sagacity and character. This
should not prevent us from improving
laws wherever improvement is needed,
but it should prevent us from cxpectin
too great results from the improvement ;
and we should also remember that, though
one person suffers under the law aud be
cause of the law, its repeal or modifica
tion may work equal suffering on another
person. Remembering 'all this, let us
glance at the laws of property, as they re
late to domestic relations.
Statute law, in some of the States at
least, gives to the husbaud a right of
dower in his wife's estate. She dies,
leaving property in real estate inherited
from her father, and in no manner ac
quired from her husband. Rut he though
he cannot sell this property, controls its
entire income as long as he lives. The
children have no claim upon it whatever
during their father's life, and no benefit
from it except through his will and pleas
ure. He may be an affectionate father,
but an inefficient man, and may let their
wealth dwindle into iusignificauce through
sheer incapacity or indolence, and though
his daughter grow up and marry au en
ergetic business man, who could rehabili
tate her possessions and establish a for
tune, he can not touch them unless the
father gives consent. The father may
marry again a domineering, niggardly and
narrow-minded woman, who hoards in her
own name the income of the property of
her step children, who has not foresight
enough to see that a certain expenditure
on that property is necessary to keep it
from deterioration. Ry this law, there
fore, the children are absolutely deprived
of any right or control over their own in
heritance during their father's life. They
are no better off than if nothing had beeu
left them.
Ol joint property the laws are different
in different States. In some, men ure
favored ; in one or two, perhaps, women.
I think the most common custom is for
the man to inherit the whole income of
his wife's estate during life, and to be un
der obligation to support the children.
The wife inherits by law one half, or less,
of the personal property, and the income
of one third of the real estate during life.
The personal property she may dispose
of, but the real estate is inalienable, and
reverts to the children after her death.
The man may make a will, but if he does
not leave his wife her "thirds," she can
break the will. The wife's will is not
valid without the consent-of her husband, j
No act of hers can deprive him of his
right of drower in her real estate, his life
income Jroni her property. lie is in
alienably "tenant by courtesy," as the law
gingerly puts it. One corrective the law
supplies that a certain degree of incapa
city or neglect in the father makes it pos
sible for both himself and his children to
be placed under guardianship. The in
equality of footing on which men and wo
men are .laced by the action of these
laws is not so great as is often supposed
He is required to support her children,
while his children are not legally throwu
upon her, but have separate provisions
made for them. Nor is this, as it might
at first seem, because a father's love is as
sumed to be stronger than a mother's.
It is at least, out of respect to the heads
of law makers, let us assume that it is
because the father is supposed to have a
better business capacity, a better under
standing of the investment of money,
than has the mother. The childrcu cau
jut as safely be trusted to her love ; but
as she is not generally the business man
ager during her husband's life, it is sup
posed that she is relieved by having the
children's property relegated to another
guardian than herself
The evil of this is that the family bond
is weakened, the dependence of children
upon their mother lessened, and, in some
cases, her life narrowed. .When there
are minor children it is far better that
the family should be kept together, and
that the mother's influence should be
strengthened by her being really as well
as nominally the head of the family. She
should have not only moral but real pow
er. The authority that formerly rested
in father and mother should now ccutrc
in her. The appropriating power of par
liamcnts is a great check on sovereigns.
It is good for bovs to kuow lhat their
mother holds the purse.
If the children are crown up uieu and
women at their father's death, it i a crule
thing for them to take the property away
from their mother. It is by moral right
hers as much as her husband's. She has
worked as hard as he. Her prudence, pa
tience, iodustry, sagacity have contributed
as much as is to the family fortunes. Her
sufferings, privatioua, self sacrifices have
been ironieaeu,rab!y greater that lus. it
is often true that the combined labor of
both has gathered a sum whose income of
itself is only eooagh to furtiuh a com
fortable living. If the window could have
it iiot j ; I I t. , t t'n
juoi. as H was auring tier nusuaua s uie
she would be abundantly provided for;
but the division allowed by law leaves
her an entirely insufficient sum, and she
feels immediately cramped aud anxious,
while the money which she has hardly
earned is carried away by sons and daugh
ters. This is unjust and offensive. liar,
per's Bazar.
The Strangest of Strange Cases.
In the thirtieth annual report (for
1872) of the State Lunatic Asylum at
Utica, we find a description of the follow
ing remarkable case : A woman thirty
years of age, single, seatustrcas, with no
hereditary tendeucy to insauity, but of a
highly nervous and excitable organiza
tion, emotional and irregular in fecliog,
at times bouyant and lively, and then
gloomy and depressed. Her health dur
ing early life was delicate, though she
suffered from no definite disease. At the
age of 20, in April, 18G2, she was seized
with pain in the head. It was of short
duration, but severe, and during its con
tinuance she was delirious. Attacks of
the same character, both in the severity
of the puin and the mental disturbance,
have occurred since at intervals of from
one to three months. Her mother says
for years she has complained of pain, and
pressed her hand on either side of her
head, with the exclamation, 4,Oh ! mother,
mother, I shall die !" That five years ago
she was obliged to call in help, as the
patient threatened and intended to take
her own life ; that both before and after
she began the use of morphia her con
duct was peculiar and erratic ; that after
the morphia habit was known her con
duct for many years preceding was
wrongly attributed to this cause. In this
condition she was admitted to the institu
tion, on the 5th of May, 1871. Now
comes the truly mysterious part of the
case. Examination revealed scars and
ecchymosed spots, covering nearly the i
whole of the body which could be reach
ed by her own band. It was hard and
extremely sensitve to the touch. This
condition of swelling and tenderness
extended in a narrow ridge to the spine.
ror two weeks applications were employ
ed, without success, to relieve the pain
and tension. At this time, on the 13th
of August, the patient in rubbing her
hand over the breast discovered an elevat
ed poiut, just under the skin, which on
pressure gave a pricking sensation, this
was cut and a broken needle extracted.
On the 15th another needle was removed.
The breast was now iuflarued aud ex
tremely sensitive. August 28th another
needle was taken out.
From this time till September 29th one
to five needles were removed daily. Dur
ing October and November needles, were
taken from various parts of the body.
The largest number extracted in a nay day
was twelve.
For the first two months but compara
tively little pain was felt in the extrac
tion. The skin was thickened, harsh and
dry, and almost insensible from prolonged
aod distributed use of the injections.
Afterward she suffered acutely, and often
begged that their removal might be post
poned from day to day.
No needles were removed during the
last two weeks of her life ; 28G were ta
ken from her body during life ; eleveu
were found in the tissues after death ;
three were passed from the rectum dur
ing sickness ; making a total of 300 nee
dies and pieces. Of this number 24C
were whole and fifty-four were parts
The patient repeatedly aod persistently
denied any kuowledge of having intro
duccd them either by the stomach or
through the skin. Her mother could
throw no light upon the subject. She,
however, recalled, the circumstance that
the patient purchased at one time ten pa
pers of needles, and could account for
only two of them. They were not obtained
or introduced while in the asylum. She
was under strict surveillance, and had no
means of obtaining auy number of nee
dies, and those removed were all rusted,
and bore evidence of having been a long
time in the body. The stomach was
closely examined after death, and was in
a perfectly healthy condition, with no
evidence of any previous inflammatory
action.
The only theory which seems to us at
all tenable, is that they were introduced
through the skin while she was under the
influence of morphia, hypodermicaliy ad
ministered, and while suffering from
hysteria. That some were lound in posi
tions where they could not have been in
sorted by the patient can be accounted
for by the movements in the tissues,
which were observed so often during the
life of the patient.
Mr. Chang, of North Carolina, was re
cently called as a juror on a case in Coutt.
The parties who lost the case have filed
reasons for a new trial, one of which is
that a pcrsou not a member of the jury
was present at their deliberations. Mr.
Eng was the intruder, and excuses him
self on the ground lhat ho wns so attach
ed to Chang that he couldn't live a mo
ment apart from him.
At the Ruffalo races on Saturday the
race freo to all was won by Goldsmith's
Maid in three straight heats, Americau
Girl neeond, Jim Irving distauced. Time
2:20, 2:20, 2:2U-
What to do with Old Books and News
papers.
Not long since a gentleman visiting a
charity hospital, remembering that ho
had some illustrated papers in his pocket,
gave them to an old man there who'could
not read. He would have forgotten the
circumstance if he had not been remind
ed of it by one of the physicians of the
institution, whom be met afterward. "He
has not yet fiuished studying those pic
tures," continued the Doctor, after men
tioning the incident. "Do you remember
the dull, vacant countenance of the man?
You would be surprised now at if
sprightliness, and when I spoke to him
ot the change, he said . 'Uh, Doctor !
you can't know what a joy these paper
have been to me ! I have Iain on this
bed week after week ; I have counted
again and all the squares iu this counter
pane ; I can shut my eyes and put my
fiogeron any particular spot in it. I know
every speck on the walls of my room. I
can tell just how many bricks in the wall
of the opposite building can be counted
through my window, and I have been so
very tired until I got these carers.' "
Is not such a result worth the expendi
ture of a little trouble, a postage stamp,
and a newspaper wrapper 7 Generous
hearted people often complain that they
can give nothing, because they have no
money to bestow ; and yet there arc so
many tender charities that require so lit
tle money, and sometimes none at all.
If travellers would mail books aud jour
nals to some charitable institution, instead
of lcaviog them scattered about in cars
and hotels, the benefit conferred would
be out of all proportion to the small
amount of trouble requisite. Stay at
home readers can take their discarded
books to some poor unfortunate they may
chance to know, or send them to those
who are interested in public charities,
that they may dispose of them. Aud even
many well invalids (who are generally
great readers) will, doubtless, be glad to
learu that, although apparently able to
do bo little for themselves or any one else,
they have this opportunity afforded them
of so greatly helping other in invalids,
more unfortunate than themselves, to aa
enjoyment for which they are too poor to
pay. Subscriber's Monthly.
A Youth Tortured Most Inhumanely by
Two Ruffians.
A horrible outrage was perpetrated in
Linn township, Warren county, Iowa, on
a boy fourteen years of age, by two men
named Hart and McKissick. The boy,
who was living at McKissick's, was ac
cused by them of robbing the two men
who slept in the room with him. The
boy denied his guilt and threats failed to
extort a confession. The two brutes
whipped him unmercifully, again and
again, until Monday night, when the boy
was taken to a well, some ten feet deep,
with about five feet of water in it, and
with a rope round his neck he was lower
ed repeatedly, head foremost, into the
water until nearly drowned. The same
night he was taken up stairs, in McKis
sick's house by McKissick and Hart, and
there laid on his face on the floor, his
feet bound with a rope passed over the
rafters, so as to draw his feet some twenty
inches from the floor. His hands were
bound behind him and drawn up in the
same way to about the same elevation,
aud his head lashed to a bed post by a
cord from his neck. In this condition he
was left until ten o'clock Tuesday, when
some neighbors discovered aod released
him from his painful position, more dead
than alive. The boy had neither food
nor water, save wheu ducked iu the well,
from Sunday evening until Tuesday noon,
McKissick and Hart, who are both men
of property, were arrested last week and
held to answer for the assault with iutent
to inflict great bo lily injury, and were
also served with notice in a civil suit for
$5,000 damages.
The Length of Days.
The days of Summer grow longer as
wc go Northward, and the days of Winter
shorter. At Hamburgh, the longest days
has seventeen hours, and the shortest
seven. At Stockholm, the longest day
has eighteen and a half hours, and the
shortest five and a half. At St. Peters
burgh, the longest day has nineteen, and
the shortest five hours. At Finland, the
longest has twenty one and a half, and
the shortest two and a half hours. At
Wauxlerbus, in Norway, the day last lasts
from the twenty second of May to the
first of July, the sun not getting below
the horizon for the whole time but skim
ming along very close to it in the North.
At Spitzbergen, the longest day lasts three
months and a half.
Such a thing as occurred the other day
in Leavenworth will be interesting to ail
students of chemistry. A lady went to
her cellar and brought up what should
have been a jug of yeast. Mysterioua
transformation ! Wheu she poured out
the jug's contents, they proved to be pure
whisky! She immediately applied to
her husband for scientifio information,
but she found that he was aa much amaz
ed as herself at the wondciful change.
In fact, he thought there must be some
thing more than natural about it, and
discouraged investigation. He is prob
ably thiuking it over, for he has been
very Ijw spirited ever since.
1'f