THE JEFFEBSONET"
Ecuoici to Ipoltttcs, Citcraturc, gricnlturc, Sricncc, itlovalitn, anil aural intelligence.
VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 28, 1873.
NO. 16.
Published by Theodore Schocli.
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the nation ot the Editor.
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Of ALL KINDS,
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nit icasona
tbie terms.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms. Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office next door above S. Kees' news Depot
ami -M Ik-'Iow the Corner ,tore.
March 'JO, lS7:'-tf.
D R J. LANTZ,"
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
still In his office on Main Street, in the rerond
'rv of Dr. S. U'.ittin"s brick building, neailv opiHt-
ii tlir Sirmiilsburg House, and lie fl.ilter himself
t.'ul iy fi';nti'eu years constant practu-e and the imtit
e At nr l an I careful attention to all mailers pertaining
tn Ins profession, that he is fully able to perforin all
uertlton 'e ueinai mic in uie noi calf mi, tame
auJ skilll'il manner.
Sc i il attention given to savin the Natural Teeth ;
also, id the insertion of Artificial. reel It on Rubber,
O'llJ. Silver r Continuous Guniy, and perlert fits In
all ra.-e niMnd.
M l pewits know the great folly and dan per ot en
lruMnz tlielr wink to the inexperienced, orto those
lit ui; at a distance. April 13, 17 1. It
pit. J. II. SllUIala,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Oflioc 1st door above Stroudsburg House,
residence 1st door above Post Oflice.
Oifice hour from 9 to V2 A. M., from 3 to 5
and 7 to r. M. May 3 '73-ly
D
U. GLO. W. J it hSO.V
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In the old office of Dr. A. Kecve Jackson,
re-idence, corner of .Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Aaut 8, 1672-tf".
JIt. II. J. lMT ITUSOA,
OPERATING AD SEMiSIM DEMIST,
illmng located in East Strotidsburp, la., an-jii'vince-s
tliat lie is now prepared to insert arti
ficial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like
ju.mner. Also, great attention given to filling
unl preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
iracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
I i.is. All other work incident to the profession
l :ic in the most skillful and approved style.
All work attended to promptly and warranted,
'lures reasonable. Patronage of the public
kilicited.
'luce in A. . Loder s new building, op-
po-ite Aiulonnnk Ilou-e. hast .Stroudsburir.
Julr 11, 1873 ly.
to
R. Y. Is. PCCK,
burgeon Dentist.
Announces lint having just returned from
)?iiial CoMegs, he is fully prepared to make
rnficial teeth in the mort beautiful and life
sue itiaimcr. and to fill decayed teeth ac-
ordin? to the most i-norcved method.
' leeih extracted without pain, when de-
Ired, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Ga,
Inch is entirely harmless. Repairing of
I kind neatly done. All work warranted.
Chjrje reasonable.
j Oifice in J. (i. Keller's new Brick build
n. Mii.i S rect, StrouJsbury, I'a.
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JAMES II. W.ILTOX,
Attorney at Law,
I ()J1 -e in the building formerly occupiwl
U M. I5ar.sou, and opposite the Itrnuils
airg Hank, Main street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
I jan 13-tf
SICRICAX BIO 1 1: 1..
at
j 1 lie subscriber would inform the public that
hax leased the house formally kept by Jacob
'iecht, in the Iioroutrh of Strr.iidsbiirrr. la
d having repainted and refurnished the same,
4 prepared to entertain all who may patronize
UJm. It is the aim of tli nrrnrii-ir to fnrn-
I I:
i Kuperior accommodations at moderate rates
)d will spare no pains to promote the cont
ort of the guests. A liberal share of public
Itronage (solicited.
4,ril 1". 'T2-tf. D. Ia. PISLE.
ii'LK iioisi:,
HONESDALE, PA.
"-tceutral location ot any Ilotelin town.
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Proprietors.
fuuary 0, 1873. ly.
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OPPOSITE THE DEPOT,
I Eat Stroudsburg, Pa.
! B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
tThe bar contains the choiest Liquor and
f t VBLE "ppHed with the Vet the market
f rls. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
rATSOX'S
Mount Vernon House,
U7 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVK ARCH,
PHIL Ann duia
Iay 30, 1672- y.
EV.K.riVVADn a uMfuoMfO.rwa
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i,feb"r N-Y) Rec5P for con-
Wed at " A5S l liMA eareiul'y com-
HOLLBISHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Medicine Frexh an A T.
lv-21. 1687.1 w HnniwauPin
WATER-SPOUT.
Great Destruction of Property.
The Alleotown Chronicle aaja : Of al
the severe rains known to the oldest in
habitants in Lehigh County, that of Tues
uay aiternoon irom about a quarter past
mree ociock iiii a quarter past live, was
the most coptoun. lo those who were in
the hardest part of the rain it was an en
tircly Dew and wonderful experience and
their concurring verdict is, "I never saw
anything like it before." It is somewhat
remarkable that the very hard rain only
visuea a geiui circular belt of territory
about a mile and a half wide, from four to
six miles to the southeast of this city.
leaving Allcntown with only a usual
summer rain. Below we have ootcd re
suits as far as it was possible to gather
them.
An eye witness describes the effect of
the rain at Guthsville, for two hours, as a
deluging of the village. The streets were
a stream of water two or three feet deep.
the cellars of the houses were flooded and
in several instances the first floors were
overflowed Fences were torn down and
washed away, out houses displaced, car
dens and shrubbery destroyed and the
ground from the street washed out leav
ing considerable gulches and excavations.
1 he unimportant and nameless brook
flowing through the village, was swollen
into a broad stream. Mr. Joseph Guth
suffers a loss of about 2,000, by his own
estimate, in the washing of hides out of
all the vats in his tannery, aud the ueoer-
aMevastation of his premises. The roads
between Uuthsvillc aud Alleotown with
in two miles of the former place are wash
ed out to a great extent in various places,
and will have to be repaired at a consid
erable expense.
At the stone quarries of Mr. Lphraim
Sieger, near Siegersville, the force of the
flood washed stones and debris, from the
quarries into the road running by, to the
thickness of from two to three feet and
the distance of a block aud half. The
water pouring into the quarries resembled
according to the statemeut of one who was
preseot, a small Niagara. Near the house
of Mr. Nathan b'icger, a portion of road
that had been Macadamized was washed
oat so that it will have to be thoroughly
made over.
At half past five o'clock Tuesday after
noon, the water was so high in I cdar
Creek that the road between Griesemer'c
tavern and the hill this side, was impass
ible. The fences are down on both sides
of the road between the stone bridge and
the hill. At twelve o'clock Tuesday night
the waters had subsided, and the creek
was down to nearly its usual proportion.
In the afternoon between five and six
o'clock, Hiram J. Schantz, Eq , stood
above his mill at the head of Cedar Creek,
and without any anna rent cause he was
w a
turned around twice bv some invisible
orcr. What it was he can not divine, for
be felt no wind. A moment after he no
ticed a body of water five or six feet high
rushing towards the mill from above,
coming from a direction where no creek
ran, and which was the water of a water-'
spout which it is said descended near
Crackersport, and rushed across the fields
carrying fences before it. lie ran to the
mill and notified the bands to open the
gates which was done. A culvert under
the road to convey the water to the mill
was washed away and nbout one half of
the saw-mill, including the water wheel,
was destroyed. In the house the water
covered the lower floor, soaking the car
pets The beautiful yard attached is com
plctely ruined, logs and lumber were wash
ed away, and the total loss to Mr. Schautz
will reach 5,000.
The damge to the Poor House property
is inconsiderable, the fence being the only
thing which suffered.
All the plank bridges along the stream
are gone, and Mr. 1L J. Hagenbuck, who
was out there this morning, describes the
scene as friglnful.
Solomon Griesemcr's loss will be about
550. The loss to the tannery of Wm. S
Young, Ksq , is not of much account, the
new building having been a great protec
tion from the flood. The tannery, however,
suffered some damage from the overflow
ing of vats.
The store at Chapman's Station was
flooded aud sheds were washed away. The
goods in the store were also somewhat
damaged.
Where persons build along rivers or
large creeks, they have to expect damage
sometimes from the rise of the water, but
where, on ground away from all water
courses, the people are at only a moment's
notice subjected to the ravages of torrents
of rush water, as was the case yesterday,
the danger extend to those on high lands
as well as those along the streams and the
question where it is safe to build becomes
one which it is impossible to decide.
Mr. Dorney, who has at great expense
constructed fih weirs along the Cedar
Creek, is also a heavy suffererer by the
rain. His ponds were overflowed and in
some instances destroyed, and his valua
ble trout are gooe to stock the streams
confluent with the Cedar Creek. Mr. Dor
ney' loss will amount to about 3,000.
On the right hand side of the road as the
fish ponds are apprached, the ponds of
Mr. Wm. Dorney, in which the big trout
were kept, are entirely swept away.
Mr Roth, the farmer on Mr. Jesse
Line's place along the Cedar Creek, was
crossing that stream with a companion at
the time the ran of water came, and they
were obliged to rush for the nearest tree,
upon which tbey were obliged to stay for
about three quartern of an hour. Various
articles from the farm were swept away
and lost.
Mr. Frank Noll, who sells milk in Al
leotowo. and who lives near Dornev's do
stroyed fish weir, lost his horse, milk wag
on, clothing and various other goods by
the flood. The water entered his houe.
swept away his stable, and played general
havoc on the premises. The horse was
drowned and the wagon broken to pieces
A Chinese Dinner.
Hang Yang, a merchant, who was a
superior man, and to whom my husband
had become quite attached (writes an En
glish lady from Hong Kong), one day in
vited him to call at his house and take a
meal, a great honor, and finding it would
be agreeable, included me in the invita
tion. He sent two sedauchairs for us.
When we arrived we were ushered into
the reception room; there were raised
scats running around the sides, made of
beautiful bamboo, aud many chairs stand
iog at intervals about the room. Elegant
little tables supported vases of beautiful
porcelain, and hideous monsters of soap-
stone were in the corners. A profusion
of bows passed, and I was taken ioto an
inner room, where sat Madame Hanrr
Yang before a little box filled with
drawers, like the little Chinese cabinets.
She had not quite completed her toilet
arrangements, but she bowed and smiled
as I entered the room, pointing to a chair
and keeping on with her operations, about
which there is no secrecy. She was very
good looking, but was paiuted the thickest
white I had ever seen, and her teeth
stained black with betel-nut as is the
custom when married. Her attendant
hair dresser, who had just finished her
performance, stood by to take the little
brushes from the hands of her mistress
and replace them in the drawers when
she had finished. Her hair was jet black.
and was very much greased, was plaited
and rolled up in masses upon the back
of her head, and stuck full of jewelled
pius and flowers made of bright colored
paper, also silver and gold. She wore a
gay flowered robe, with hanging sleeves,
and her arms were adorned with bracelets
of heavy gold. As she spoke no English,
and I spoke no Chinese, we looked at
each other in a smiling fashion, nodded
and bowed. We sat together at table
upon settees of cane, and her two children
were also at table, and were as decorous
in behavior as people of twelve and four
teen years of age with us. First sweet
meats were brought; then hot wine, in
lovely tiny porcelain cups ; then cups of
a larger size, with a pinch of tea in the
bottom of each, upon which hot water
was poured, which is the way Chinese tea
is made ; thus -one gets the flavor and
none of the bitterness. Theu boiled rice,
and some kind of food cut in mouthfuls.
Chop sticks were laid by each plate, and
I found my husband was nearly as
dexterous in their use as his host. I
labored heavily with mine, and made
many ineffectual attempts at spearing
morsels swimming about in my plate, not
daring to sit quiet or decline anythig,
for fear of being impolite. Little squares
of soft-colored paper, edged with gilt,
were placed by each plate as napkins.
Lastly, we finished with a famous bird's
nest soup. After dinner, towels dipped
in hot water, were passed around upon
trays for us to wipe our mouths and
hands upon.
A True Story.
Not many years ago, in the quiet vil
lage of C .situated amid the blue
hills of our sister State, New Jersey, there
resided a rather ancient damsel, to whom
Madam Rumor, as well as old Probabaili
ties, gave the credit of being rather a
doubtful character. Now, it was the es
pecial delight of this matron to attend the
village church, where she rendered her
self quite disagreeable to the good broth
ers and sisters by shouting during the
services, telling her experiences, &c , tc ,
Finally proceedings as well as herself
were decided to be a nuisance, and it was
resolved that at her next performance,
Madam should be removed from the con
gregation. Accordingly a committee was appoint
ed tn attend to the matter at her next ap
pcarance. The day at length came around,
the little church was crowded, and her
ladyship was in the midst ; the service
was opened, the good minister had scarce
ly prefaced his discourse, when the
ameus aud glorys began to be heard as
usual. The pastor suddenly stopped his
discourse, all was still, two of the breth
ren arose and went directly to the seat of
our venerable shouter, and taking hold of
each side of her ladyship they lifted her
up and started for the door; just before
reaching it, however, the venerable maid
en began calling out at the top of her
voice: Oh! Oh! Oh! Glory! Glory!
1 am Letter off than my Lord ! He rode
upon one As, but 1 ride upon Two.
The consternation which followed may
be better imagined than described. The
two brethren dropped their burden on the
floor, aud walked out of the church, amid
roars of laughter; while the herooine re
turned to her scat to be disturbed no
more.
A Greenville man wagered that he
could diink a keg four gallons of beer
After surrounding the most of it. he
weakened and threw up tbe. bet-and the
beer,
Some Ancients.
BY SELIM.
Here are "some ancients look at
them scan well their character, and,
perhaps, you may find something which
will Eerve to point a moral, or something
like that.
Tarquioius Superbus was a noble llo
man, aud might have been a very superb
fellow, in his way, but I greatly doubt if
he would have made much of a "short
stop" lor a professional "nine," or would
have had the moral courage to refuse his
back pay as Congressman. He secured
the job tf King by having his father in
law, the former King, brutally murdered,
'aud still he was not happy !"
Tarquio was much given to dreams and
nightmares. Frequently there appeared
to him, in his slumbers, a hybrid picture
of rams, and vultures, and snakes, doubt
less conjured up by a guilty conscience,
or an impaired digestion. Often he
would wake up in tbe middle of the night,
and yell for his attendants to lake the
public buildings off his chest He was a
selfish, tyrannical sort of a chap, and was
finally banished by the people, who rode
him on a rail outside the city walls, where
he managed to gain a precarious living
by a close personal application to the
retail peanut trade, "and still he was not
happy j"
Mutius Scwvola was a geranium pluck
ed from a different bush. Although in
his character we see much to admire and
commend, yet we can scarcely point to
him as a pattern for the educated readers
of this enlightened journal to copy after.
Still, in the moral ecael, he rated con
siderably above Mr. Tarquio. The follow
ing true story is related of Scaevola :
Once, when Home was besieged by the
Etruscans, under the leadership of King
Porsenna, and when the besieged were
reduced almost to starvation, being com
pelled to subsist on St. John's bread, and
dessicated oyster shells. Mutius. with the
approbation of the Senate, undertook to
slay Porsenna. Slowly and quietly, at
dead of night, he crept into the Etruscan
camp, and with tomahawk, cleft the skull,
not of Porsenna no some other fellew
happened to be standing around, and re
ceived the blow. Scaevola thought it was
the King, but it proved to be a sutler, or
a corporal, or some inferior rat of that
kiud. So "Pors ' cleared his tkirts, but
"Mutie" poor Mutie ! He was in a bad
fix. They had him sure, and threatened
him with torture ; but he didn't care a
toss, but just smiled a smile, and exclaim
ing, "I'm sick, send for McGinnis,"
thrust hi hand into the fire, where he
held it until it was consumed. This
exhibition of pluck so delighted the King,
that he gave Scaevola his life and liberty.
He at once returned to Rome, told the
folks all about it, and to this day, he may
be seen manipulating a hand organ in the
vicinity of the forum.
Cincinnatus was a blooming flower in
the hot bed of Roman wickedness, an
honest, simple minded, patriotic and able
man. He it was who saved the Roman
army when surrounded in a defile by the
hostile Lquians. lhe Senate chose him
dictator, and sent a committee of ten, con
sisting of three lictors, and another near
sighted girl, to inform him of the fact.
They found him in a field hoeing ruta
bagas, lietng informed of his election.
he evinced no hilarious emotion, but just
put on his duster, and dusted for Rome
He soon raised an army of "a hundred
days' mcD," surrounded the curroundcrs,
and took the entire force prisoners, thus
accomplishing the deliverance of his
country. Iu sixteen days from the time
he put on the duster in the turnip field,
he again doffed it, and retired to private
life, and the enjoyment of agricultural
and literary pursuits. He wrote several
books on agriculture and kindred matters,
the most prominent of which were
"Cincinnatus on the Mushroom," and
"What I know about Plums."
Nero was a cruel and ungrateful viper,
as would any fellow deserve to be called
who would cause his mother to be put to
death, and his prime minister to be
poisoned. He was guilty of all kinds of
crimes and excesses, and played on the
harp or lyre, or something like an angel.
By his orders, fires were started iu various
portions of the "Eternal City," which
resulted in a general conflagration, last
ing nine days. Then Nero was in his
element, for he was foreman of No. G ma
chine, and loved to see her squirt. He
sat on a fire plug, and yelled out words of
encouragement to the "boys," such as
"go it my lads," "shake 'er," "lively
now," etc., etc Then, by way of a
subtle joke, he circulated a report, that
it was the Christians who fired the city,
and they were, in consequence, mer
cilessly persecuted, hunted down by wild
beasts, and brutaUy butchered in the
arena ; some even were encased iu in
flammable garments and set fire to, and
made to serve as torches to light the
Eujpcror's garden by night. This is sup
posed to have been the origin of Jioman
candles. No more ancients. Sunday
Times.
A farmer of Rochester, N. Y., had the
wheat from tweuty one acres of land
threshed last week, and fouod the yield
to be over forty bushel per acre, the ag
gregate amounting to eight hundred and
pixty-tluee bushels. This sounds Bonie
thing like old times, when tie Genesse
Valley was the finest wheat producing
in tho country.
Respect for the Law in Vienna.
Mr. Fulton, writing to the Baltimore
American say8 : We have before alluded
to the universal respect for law, and
for the officers of the law, which is main
tained throughout Austria. To resist an
officer of the law, as we before stated, is
regarded as a most heinous offence, Dot
against the man, but against the majesty
of the law. Such an offence as that of at
tacking a member of City Council as he
came from the Council Chamber, as re
cently occurred iu Baltimore, would have
given the offender imprisonment for life
at hard labor. A case has recently oc
curred here in Vienna illustrative of this
sentiment which ,1 will relate for the
benefit of Judge Gilmer, aud all other
judges who may have in charge the trial
and sentence of parties guilty of such of
fences.
Since the commencement of the Expo
sition several mounted police have been
stationed at the head of the Praterstrasse
to carry out the published regulations
with regard to carriages coming from and
going to the Prater. A few weeks since
the young Baron Von Ilciue dashed
along with his team of spirited horses, and
was halted by the police and directed
to proceed on the other side of the streets.
He was indignant at the interruption,
gave the whip to his horses and drove on,
but was soon interrupted by two other
police, when he again applied his whip to
both horses and the police. He was im
mediately dragged from his scat and sent
to the station, where he presented his
card and was allowed to depart. A trial
was, however, ordered, and he has been
sentenced to fifteen month's imprison
ment at hard labor, and to forfeit his
title of Barou with all its rights and privi
leges. He is now iu j til waiting the re
sult of and appeal to the Supreme Court,
which has the power to modify the pun
ishmcnt. but cannot restore him to his
title. This can only be done by tbe Em
peror, and not even by him until the ex
piration of five years. So it will be seen
that neither money nor station is an ex
emption to those who violate law or rc
sist an officer in tbe performance of bis
duty. Baron Von Jleiue,is a nephew of
the celebrated German poet, Ileinrich
Heine aud his father a millionair, being
also the editor and proprietor of the
Frsndcn lilatt, one of the leading papers
of Vienna. It is thought that the Court
will reduce the time of imprisonment to
six months, but the general verdict will
be approved.
Oil of Vitriol for Weeds.
A correspondent of the Journal llor
ticullure recommends the use of oil of
vitrol for destroying such hardy weeds as
plantains and thistless, on a law or along
fences. It is much more effectual and
expeditious than salt. We condense the
following extract :
"Take an old blacking bottle, with a
wire round it to carry it by, and a stick
to dip with. The stick should not be
pointed, but should be notched around
for an inch or two at the end, the better
to hold the liquid. Just one drop quite
in the heart of the plantain is sufficient to
cause death, and the notched stick will
contain at oue dip enough to destroy three
or four plants. If the acid is good work or
death can be both seen and heard, for the
the vitriol hisses, and it burns up the
plantain in a moment, A row of plan
tains a foot wide spring up on a lawn here
where an iron feoce formerly ran. The
owner, seeing at a place where he visited
the good effect of vitriol, put the hint in
practice. The plantaius were killed iu
an hour, and have never appeared agaiu.
It is three years ago, and it is impossible
to recognize the line of the fence ; it com
pletely burned the roots out. I have
tried it ou large dandelions with the same
result. One of the young gentlemen here
amused himself by hunting out the long
est thistles he could find to experiment
on ; the vitriol completely killed them by
eating tho roots out. Care is required
that it does not touch the skin, boots or
clothes ; it is uot safe in the hands of
children, but a man or woman with ten
minutes practice can kill plantains much
more quickly than any lad can eat gooes
berries." The Meanest Man.
Some gentlemen wcro talking about
meanness, when oue said thtt he knew a
man ou Lexington Avenue who was the
meanest tuau iu New York.
"How mean is that?" aj-ked a friend.
"Why he is so mean that he keeps a
five ceut piece with a striog tied to it to
givo to beggars, and when th eir backs are
turned, he jeiks it out of their pockets."
"Why this man is so mean," said the
"eotlemao, ihat he gave his children ten
cents a piece the night before the 4th of
July, but during the night, when they
were asleep, he went up stairs and took
lhe money out of their pockets, and then
whipped them iu the morning for loosing
"Does he do anything else?"
"Yes! The other day I dined with
hioi, and I noticed the poor little servant
girl whistled gaily all the way upstairs
with the dessert, and when I asked my
generous friend what made her whistle so
hapdily, he said : 'Why, I keep her whist
ling so &be can't cat the raisins out of the
cake:"
The Great Slate Centre of Pennsylvania.
A Correspondent of the Philadelphia
wrhin2 from Slatingtou, says :
The slate business is rather brisker
than usual this season especially here at
blatiogton, the chief slate quarryin
miuing and manufacturing district in the'
country. Here are located the quarries
and works of the American, the Lehigh
tbe Girard, the Riverside, tbe Franktia
II. Williams and other companies, all of
which are in a prosperous condition.
The slate formation of this region the
quality of slate being of various grades of
hardness peculiarly adopts it for the
various purposes for which slate is used.
The larger veios are of the best roofing
elate material in tho country, while the
smaller veins, of a softer nature, are not
so well adapted for roofiog purposes, and
are used for mantels, blackboards, school
slate, ect. The paving slate, manufactur
ed from the large veins here found, is su
perior to that of any other locality, both
in quality and appearance. Much enter
prise is here manifested among slate men,
and the different companies are ened
in extending their works in order toac
commodate tbe extensive trade which the
business here has established. The
American Slate Company is increasing its
capital to 400,000 for the purpose of
enlarging its already extensive works, and
for building a large number of houses to
accommodate its laborers. This great
quarrying and mining district is highly
favored with railroad and water trans
portation facilities, nearly all the large
compauies having branches laid on their
premises from the main road. Slaiting
ton is the terminus of the Berks County
Railroad, which is an extention of the
Wilmington & Reading Railroad, thus,
enabling operations here to shiD directlv
south.
OAT MEAL IN DRINKS.
A year or two ago we Drcsented snmn
sentiments regarding the use of oat meal
in water as a beverage. We find a repro
duction of a commendation of the pre
paration in another journal. The editoi
says:
"Last summer we attended a fiVM irlat
of ploughs, and for drink in the field we
had buckets of cold water with oat ml
stirred in, which we fouud to be both
victuals and drink and mighty refresh
ing." The Medical Jourdal of Edinburg says
that 'in its raw state,' when it is mixed
up with water, it is becoming a favorite
dish. The brose of 'Auld Scotland' is
becoming a favorite dish and we are
glad to note this, because it to be a
healthy and muscle forming commodity
by the hunters and trappers of the West,
w ho are substituting oat meal in this form
for parched and Indian corn. The same
brawny fellows whose scorn of fatigue i
known to all readers of travel and natural
history have found out that a very ac
ceptable drink is made by putting about
two tea spoonsful of oat meal to a tumbler
of water. This they, the hunters and
trappers aver to be the best drink they
can use, and it is at ooce nourishing,
stimulating and satisfying."
Keep Out of Debt.
Half the perplexily, annoyance and
trouble that men have in this world is iu
consequence of gettitg iuto debt. It
seems to be natural for some people to
buy and incur obligations without meas
ure so long as they can avoid paying away
ready cash. Give one of this sort a chance
to buy on credit, and question of payment
is a matter that he cares but little about.
But what crop of trouble springs up frorxr
the seed of debt. How many gray hairs
it brings, and how it shortens life; some
times leading men to commit suicide ot
murder. And yet how easy it is to keep
clear of this terrible monster. Every
young man should form a fixed aod unal
terable determination, before commenc
ing his active business career, not to incur
one penny of indebtedness under any cir
cumstances. Never buy anything unless
you have the money to pay for it at odcc.
Pay no attention to the "splendid oppor
tunities," "raro chances," "bargains,"
"bargains," and the like. Such are only
traps set to catch victims. If you see
anything that you would like to accept
look first at your money piles, and make
the answer depend on that. Always pay
as you go. If you are short of mouey,
gauge your de mauds accordingly.
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Trapping Tigers.
A writer in the London Times tells
how they trap tigers in India, and des
cribes the trap in use in some parts of the
country. Strong posts are fixed in tbe
ground so as to form a circle of palisades
ten or twelve feet in diamter. Another
larger circle is formed iu the same way
outside tho other, leaving a space cf a
foot and a half between the two. In the
outer circle a small door is made of a
width equal to the space within the
circles. A goat or a calf is tied to a post
in the centre and the door is opened, so
that it stands b cross tli6 space betweeu
the circles. Tho tiger comes and walks
round the outer circle till he finds the
eutrance. He enters aud walks around
the space till he meets the opjn door,
which he pushes back ioto is place. The
6race is too narrow for hint to turn round
or exert lm great strength, aud he cou
tinues to walk round aud round till morn
ing, when he is easUy killed, aud tha bait
extricuui ucburt. '
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