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Deuctcu ta politics, literature, Agriculture, Science, illovaliiij, aub (Seucral intelligence.
VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURGr, MONROE COILXTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 4, 1873.
NO. 17.
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Publish by Theodore Schoch.
1 ef ixe ihc '" I f year, to dollars and fifty
HfV IIMrTUHI'lK I llililiniiiuiaiaQVa aic 'nm,
. . A'ue tion he Editor.
r? V uomstMiMts f one square oTfcight line?) or
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rr.'.-V.i j'Jcenti. Longer ones in proportion.
JO!5 PKI.1TIXC,
OF ALL KINDS,
Pcnited in the hiist style of the Ait, and om the
" iot teasoiirtbleterins.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
OiTii-e next door above S. llees' news Depot
and door 1 .-! w the Corner Store.
M;t n !i -0, is::i-tf.
D R. J. LAN T Z,
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
Still !i i lit ortiitr on M.tin Street, in the second
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tint hv i-i.'lilci ii ye.tis cuiiil.iiit prat-tire and the nui.-t
,nir'-l mi I iif ful attcntl- n to all mailers pertaining
.t lu ituI.'SM'm;, tlial lie is limy auie lo H-niriu an
ueral'ioiif in t lie 'If ntsl line Hi l!ie llioit careful, taiile-
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; .11. Siivr "' ToMiiii jous Gums, and perteet fits in
il c.i.-cMns'i'cJ.
M t ;ei in know the great filly and danger u! en-
3 ri!-' Mi llielr oik iu inu iiicijiviiuniru, ur in iiium;
tvin.j at iii-t.im-.e. a pru i.i, is. i.-ly
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K. J. II. SIIM-I-,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Oili'-c 1-t door above Strondsbnrg -House,
n.-iJi iHf l.ct dwor above Post Cilice.
OTiee li.::rs f-um 0 to 12 A. M., frotrt " to 5
ami 7 to !) r. m. Maj 3 '73-ly
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PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEPw.
1 In the !;! oi'.ico f Dr. A. lleeves Jackson,
ire-ideiue, eornor of Sarah and KrankJin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
12. J. IMTTEJJgOX,
LTtRlTiVii AND MECHANICAL EE3TIST,
I ivi; ! iitcd in Kast Stnunlnlmr'j, Ta., an-:nivv-
tli.tt Ik is now jirejiared to insert arti
ciu: tvetli in the :aost beautiful and life-like
uiiii :t. Also, srreat attention piven to tillii?"
i l pi.-;! rvitig li.e natural teeth. Teeth ex-
rn :c 1 '.vitno'jt luni by ne of itro::s Oxide
.!-;. Ail i.'t'ier work incidfiit to the lirofession
fi me in liie most skillful and approved Ptvle.
'.irk attt-tidi-d to promptly and warranted.
It tr reasonaLIe. I atronai'e of the public
l.lu-iu-d.
e in A. 7. Ixxler's new lniildinrr, op
) i;e Analoitiink House, Kast Stroudsburg,
'a.l July 11, 1S7S ly.
to
11. X. I.. PECK,
Ms rg tin J Elczitist.
Anno'.ncea ihith.ivin? iusl returned from
t''lil Coll2'',. hft is f.illv nrenared to make
. c-, j , r
iriiiicial teeth in the mo5l beautiful and life
time manner, and to fiU decayed teeth ac
orJ:nj to the most in proved melhoj.
I Teeth extract- d wil!rit pn in, when de
4; rs'', hy the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas,
2li:ci is entirely lian:ilei. Repairing1 of
1 klM Jiti-it !e ilntif All work mrrantpd.
f
iiir?i reasonable.
0:5ce in J. tJ. Keller's new Brick builu-
fi. Man Street, Stroudsburg, Ta.
j au?3l-tf
11 AHLS IJ. WII.TO.V,
if Attorney at Jsw,
I ().Tio in the building furiucrly oecujiiod
V Ij. M. iJni-son. an 1 opposite the h'trouJs-
irz x.r.m, .iaiu street, fctroudsburg, l'a.
Jan lJ-tt
I lliefab-mber would inform the public that
has based the house formally kepi by Jacob
f iuvht. itl ,j,e J'orfmgli of Stroudsbiiffr, l'a.,
J'i'i havia repainted and refurnished iheanie,
ripare l to entertain all who may patronize
It is the ai:u of the proprietor, to furn-
s'lpcrior aromtiKxlations at moderate rates
tid will spare no pains to promote the com
5rt of the guests. A liberal thare of public
fatrritme solieited.
prlU7,':U. D. L. PISLE.
j HONESDALE, PA. .
il-Jt cov.tral location ot any Hotel in town.
1 . II. W. KIPLK & SON,
-dam .street Proprietors.
January y, 1873. ly.
J 01TOSITK THE DEl'OT,
East Stroudsburo;, Pa.
J B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The bar contains the choiest Liquors and
r T,ABLE is S!,Il,!ied with the best the market
rj. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
f-TSOX'S
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Blount Vernon IIoue,
I 117 and 119 North Second St.
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ABOVK ARC'ir,
i PHJLADELPH! A.
JMy 30, 1872- ly. .
T EV. EDWARrTA.WILSONCofWil.
iT..J,,am-,bureb N- Y ) Recipe for CON
MPTIONand ASTHMA carefully com
funded at .
j HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Medicines Fresh and Pvre.
ov. 21. 18G7.1 W. IIOLLINSIIEAI.
The Balloon Life-Boat. ' '
The life boat which is to be suspended
from the Dally Graphic balloon on its
voyape across the Atlantic, and upon
which Professor Vi.e and his party will
depcnJ for safety should any mishap over
take their more commodious airship, is
now in rapid course of construction at the
extensive workshops of Mr. A. M. Inger
soll. on South street iu this city." '
The boat is tweuty two feet and six
inches ion. Her breadth of beam is five
feet ten inches, and she is two icet six
inches deep. The keel is of the best Ohio
white oak, and (he timbers and staves of
the same material. The "skin," or body,
is constructed of American white cedar,
chosen on account of its extreme light
ness, combined withagrcat strength. All
the wood employed is of the very best
quality, and has been selected with' such
care that not the slightest flaw can be d is
covered in any of the strips. The boat is
"clinker built ;" each streak of planking
overlaps the other and all are fastened
with copper nails, riveted on each side.
Nj less thau eijjht thousand rivets have
been used, and two men have been con
stantly employed for days past in "head
ing" tlicm. A most difficult task, and one
in which great care is indispensable. In
the bottom of the boat a patent center
board is to be placed. It is constructed
of Georgia yellow pine bound with gal
vanized sheet iron, and working automat
ically. Air cylinders of thin galvanized
iron ate fitted up iu the bow, stern, and
sides, and, in connection with the Inger
soil valves, arc so arranged that the boat
will not only "right," but will free her
sell of water iu thirty seconds, even were
she full to the punvvalc. This desirable
result is arrived at by a process patented
by Mr. Ingersidl. and may well be termed
the perfection of life boat building.
The balloon boat is built after the mod
el of the famous lied, White and IJlue,
which crossed she Atlantic in 1S03 She
has a greater "shear," however, her lines
are more graceful, and hergenetal appear
anee more in accordance with the am
phibious rale she may be called upon to
perform. Fore and ait she is to be decked
over with light planking the entrance to
the dimiuutive ctb:u being through a
small companion-way aft. Forward, in
the bows, a trA out house is to be placed
This will be provided with sliding "peep
holes" and with two dead lights. It is
expected that it cau be so arranged as to
make it possible for a full sized man to
stand erect in it. At each end of the little
vessel riug bolts will be placed, as iu ordi
nary life boats. In addition to these, she
is to be furnished with two eye bolts, cou
strutted of i-inch iron. These run
through to the keel, at equal distances
from the bow and stern. They are to be
secured with great care and riveted ou the
uuder side. Py these eye bolts the boat is
to be suspended from the balloon. Ex
tending arouud the entire boat and above
the decking, a slight but strong bulwark
is to be placed. It will be three inches
high, of black walnut, and so arranged as
to prevent those on deck from sliding off
when the boat mounts a sea. At the stern
posts and in the bows indeed, at every
part which is particularly exposed great
care is being taken to exclude the possi
bility of a leak ; many of th-e seams are
to be filled in with tine cotton, and no
pains are being spared to make everything
as "tight and snug" as the most exacting
seaman could desire. To the water line
the boat will be painted a fine light green.
The body will be a bright gloss white, and
under the gunwale, extending all round
the beat, a broad gold band will be drawn.
The bulwarks arc to retain their natural
walnut color, but will be highly polished
and varnished. Inside, the prevailing
color will be a dull white; the deck will
be painted a soft delicate yellow.
The boat's rig has been the subject of
much earnest thought on the part of her
builders. At length, however, it has been
decided to adopt the schooner model, and
she is to be rigged alter that pattern. The
jib will be six feet long on the "heel" or
lower part. Each mast will have a hoist
of eleven feet six inches, and will be
eijfht feet sir inches on the heel. They
ate to be sixteen feet eight inches long,
well and gracefull proportioned. The
two sprits will bo fifteen and a half feet
long. .Ooe boom will be placed on the
maiymast. and will have a length of uine
and a half feet. The foresail is to be
lug-rigj:cd, and will trim eighteen inches
alt of the mainmast. The sails are being
made of fiue cotton duck, they are double
bighted or seamed, and every effort is
made to render them at once light and
durable. All the masts, spars and sails of
the Liliputian bark arc detached, and will
be stored away in the held to anait an
emergency.
The steering apparatus will be most
complete. The rudder is of oak, iron
bound, and, in addition to this, a steering
oar is to be added for use in heavy weath
er. The boat will also cary a ful! sup
ply of canned provisions, and from six to
eight ten gallon kegs of fresh water She
will be furnished with charts, compasses
and other instruments of navigation, and
also with one of the patent umbrella drags
which has been found so efficient iu keep
ing a ship's bead to the wind, and which is
now in use on many of the steamship lines.
The boat wfll be fitted out with every ap
pliance for rowing as well as sailing.
Three rowlocks of plated silver are to be
placed on each side, and six oars of well
seasoned- ash, each fourteen feet
Icog, will be stowed in the bold.
All the minor details are at
tended to with as much care as
those of greater importance. Prass belay
ing cleets arc to be furnished, a copper
stem and scag band will be added, and a
number of patent life preservers placed in
the cabin. The apparatus for detaching
the boat from the balloon is of the most
perfect character. The great aim of the
Graphic Company and the builders has
been to secure a boat which would live
in any sea, and which would at the same
time be so light as to present no hin
drance to the balloon. In this they have
been entirely successful ; the boat, when
finished, with all her spars and sails, will
only weigh seveu hundred pounds.
Should it by any unforseen chance be
necessary for the voyagers to take to the
life-boat in mid ocean, is it possible for so
small a vessel to reach laud ? This ques
tion can be easily answered by a refer
ence to the exploit of the lied. White and
Blue. This during little craft, which is
just three and a half feet longer than the
balloon boat, sailed from New York for
Paris on the Uth of July, 1SG6, and arrived
in London, England, ou the 16th of Au
gust, making the passage in the short
space of thirty eight days. The crew con
sisted of two men, Captain John M. Ilud
son and Frank Fitch, both of who mwere
old and experienced navigators. During
the voyage a succession of head winds
and strong gales were encountered at all
times. However, the little ship behaved
admirably, and though from stress of
weather she was no less than four times
thrown on her beam ends with ruasts in
the waves, each time she righted, and,
throwing the water from her decks, again
sped iu safety on her way. Graphic.
SENTENCED.
JUSTICE OVERTAKES AN ALEDUMAN AN
IMPRISONMENT OF NINE MONTHS IM
POSED. Alderman John Nichols of Philadel
phia, in June last was tried before Judge
Finlctter for extorting exorditaut fees,
and was convicted. His counsel moved
for a new trial, and pending the decision
of this motion Nichols was admitted to
bail. Fearing conviction he fled the
jurisdiction, and ouly la-t week he was
rearrested iu a drinkeryou Walnut street,
near Eighth Yesterday moruing the al
dermun was arraigned in court, and Judge
Fin letter liually disposed of his case, over
ruling the motion for a new trial, in sup
port of which he said no legal reasou had
been assigned. Causing the crestfallen
alderman to stand up, the judge then ad
dressed him in the following words :
The people of the Eighth Ward, con
Gling in your integrity and intelligence,
selected you to protect the rights of your
fellow citizens and to do justice. In vio
lation of all your duties you have dis
honrcd your office and oppressed the citi
zen. Yours has been a system of cxtor
tion long , continued. Immunity made
you reckless and defiant. In the transac
tion, for which you were justly convicted,
you deprived a citizen of his liberty with
out the shawdow of authority, because he
would uot comply with your extravagant
and illegal demauds.
You cannot plead ignorance as an ex
tenuation. You are an intelligent man,
and every one is required to kuow the
law. It is most reasonable that this
should be more rigidly required of those
who undertake its administration.
The fees of aldermen are defined with
oreat certainty. It was your duty not to
know them, but. to have them posted up
in your office for the inspection and protec
tion of the public.
About a year ago this court, believing
that very many of our magistrates were
honest and anxious to do their duty,
carefully cxamiued (he question of fees,
and fixed precisely the charges which
might be made.. The ouly advantage that
you appear to have derived from this was
that you prepared discharges from com
mitments, which perhaps you had never
done before. You did not catch the spirit
of our instructions, which was to prevent
and not to encourage extortion.'
We'greatly fear that our action in this
regard has not received a kindly welcome
from whom it was intended to benefit.
The evil does not seem to abate. Admoni
tion having failed we must resort to
harsher means. In Gallagher's case this
court fixed nine months' imprisonment
as a proper punishment for the ofleus.
Justice should be evenhanded. In
criminal matters there should be equality
of punishment whenever the circum
stances will permit. We find nothing in
your case to distinguish it from G alia
gher's. ;
The judge then sentenced the alder
man to an imprisonment of nine mouths.
Nebraska is one of the youngest States,
and its productions are just beinuing to
attract the serious atteution of the com
mercial community. It is estimated that
its surplus crop of wheat this year will
amount to three million bushels, while its
corn, oats, bariey and live stock have bo
come important considerations for the
shipping merchants.
' Chicken cholera is making havoc among
the poultry in Bedminister, Plumstead
and neighboring townships. Old and
young are dying with it, and some far
mers have lest so many as two hundred
chickens. Turkeys are somewhat affect
ed with the disease, but not so much as
the chickens Bucks County Jut eUiyen-ccr.
A Good Watch Dog.
For many weeks past, Hiram Ripley,
a teamster living on Fort street, below
the railroad bridge, had been thinking he
ought to have a good watch dog around
the house and barn, as his wife was much
of the time alone, and as bad boys fre
quently raid his barn for old junk. So
the other day, when a farmer came along
with a big briudle dog uuder his wagon
and wanted to sell him for $5, Ripley
criticised the canine, inquired as to his
merits, and said it was a trade. He tied
the dog up in a woodshed, fed him boun
tifully, and then went into the country
after a load of potatoes with a light heart,
believing that no human being could
come fooling around his house apd live
long. He was gone over night, and it
was afternoon Friday before he returned
home, lie drove up to the barn, and
went in by the stable door to throw opeu
the big doors. .. He had just got on the
main floor when a buzz saw began rip
ping up and dow his leg. He thought it was
a buzz saw, but wasn't; it was that watch
dog of his. Mrs. Ripley, desiring to go
off to a relative's, had turned the dog in
to the barn, and he was watching, as was
his busiucss. Ripley yelled, 4 Oh ! hokey
to saltpetre," as he made a long skip into
a corner, and faced about aud saw the
day. The old canine deliberately pick
ed the woolen and flesh out of his teeth,
aud was then ready for business. His
eyes were fixed on Ripley's lower -vest
button, his stump tail stood up straight,
and his fore legs had an uueasy motion,
as if he wanted to reach out after some
thing;
"Nice old fellow !" began Ripley, think
ing to beguile the dog ; "good doggy
nice doggy don't you know me?"
The dog seemed to have heard the voice
before, aud he sat down and lost a little
of the fierce look. This encouraged, and
he started to go out, but had takeu but u
few steps when the dog took half a yard
from the back of his coat, and brought
away a piece of flesh. Ripley fell over
the peck measure, aud the dog took an
other mouthful, but did not pursue to the
corner.
"Oh ! jewhittaker to Jerusalem !"
groaned the dog buyer, as he leaned up
against a barrel and saw the dog calmly
ruminating over the last mouthlul.
The canine sat up again aud smacked
his lips, and uttered a low growl, which
reverberated around the barn like thun
der. He closed one eye and peered at
Ripdley with the other, and then moved
his paws around with that reckless, un
easy manner before mentioned. Ripley
began yelling for . help, but he hadn't
yelled more than three times when the
dog checked him with a look that spoke
volumes. Then he went at the beguiling
business again.
"Here, Tiger," he called, snapping his
fingers, "bice Tiger best dog in Detroit
poor old dogsy."
Tiger uttered a whine and beat "Ben
Butler's Dream" on the floor Tvith his
stump narrative, while a tear of tender
love stole into one eye. The thing was
all .right now, and llipley started out
again, keeping his back behind him. He
had half crossed the floor, when he felt
buzz-saws and red hot irons and pitch
forks jabbing him all over. He went up
and came down, turned hand-springs and
jumped from the trapeze, and in a mo
ment was back in the corner; and the old
dog was sitting up as before. Ripley
couldn't sit down, and didn't feel like
standing up, and so he leaned up agaiust
the barrel and recklessly abused and in
sulted the dog. He called him an old
loafer, a "ring" thief, a back salary, steal
er, a carpet bagger, and a Mormon, aud
then weut on and abused every one of the
the canine relatives back to the great
grand father.
At length, after being a prisoner for
neatly three hours, some bojs discovered
the . man's situation. By his dircc
tion they ; went for a grocer who
keeps a revolver, and the grocer came
aud released the prisoner by shooting the
dog. Ripley came up town to have the
wounds dressed, and they numbered
twenty-three different bites, and were im
partially distributed over a large exteut
of territory. However, there's nothing
like keeping a family watch dog. Dc
trait Free Jress,
Three bootblacks were arrested in New
York on Saturday, and in the possession
of one was found the fifty three hundred
dollars in drafts aud a portion of the four
hundred and seventy dollars in green
backs which Captaiu Blake, of Chicago,
lost at Saratoga July olst.
A pair of twin brothers named Ullum,
of Waynesburg, cut one hundred logs
with a cross cut saw. in one day. recently,
the logs averaging two feet in thickness.
Henry Amos felled the trrcs aud trimmed
for the eawers.
Leather made from the skin of the
white whale is now a regular article of
manufacturo at some of the. villages io
Canada. It is both fine and durable, and
shoe throngs made of it are said never to
break.
The Graphic say that over a thousand
persons have applied for seats in Prof.
Wise's balloon. Several ladies have
entreated earoettly to be allowed to go,
and some persona have even offered to
pay a liberal lare.
Contrary Chickens.
Mr. Cobleigh, of Nelson street, bought
three hens on Saturday night, and put
them under a box until he could build a
coop. Ou Sunday morning he saw one
of them in the street, and bestowed a
brief curse on the somebody who had
overturned the box and jeopardized his
property, he started out alter it to drive
it back into the yard. It took fifteen
minutes to convince him that that hen
could not be driven into the yard, and
then he attempted to catche it. Three
times he rose up with his hands full 0f
feathers aud his chin full of sand, but
yet that hen eluded him. Once he ot
it cornered and thought sure he had it,
but it flew straight up over his head and
flapped its wings in his face, and filled
his eyes with dust. O, how mad Mr.
Cobleigh was. It was Sunday morning
The bells were ringing, people were start
ing to church, and there he was iu the
street, with no coat or hat on, and with
nothing but slippers on his feet, and every
once in a while one of them would come
off and fly through the air, and his naked
foot would come in contact with the cruel
trravel before he could stop himself.
Then he would have to hop back on one
foot after that slipper, while.the hen stood
on the walk and elocutcd, and the little
Sunday school children stopped aud
laughed, and their parents reproved them
and laughed too. Finally the hen got
away from him and started down the street
at a wonderful - speed for a hen, aud he
started after her, his face redder than
ever, and every time he cleared a rod he
would stop and hop back two after one of
those slippers. When he reached Essex
street he jumped out of both slippers at
once", but instead of stopping to go back
he picked up a stick of wood and kept
on. Then, as the hen dodged iuto a gate
way, he hurled the stick and broke the
leg of a strange dog, which added its
piercing "ki yi" to the entertainment.
But Cobleigh didu't stop. He tore into
the yard after his property in his bare
feet, and chased the hen into a wood pile,
and caught it just as the owner ot the
premises came out and wanted toknow
what Cobleigh was going to do with his
hen, and what he meant anyway by get
ting drunk and kicking up such a bulla
baloo in a peaceful neighborhood. Cob
leigh first thought he would knock the
man down with an axe, and what he
could not eat of him bury under a barn,
but the new comer succeeded iu proviog
to Cobleigh that the hen was his, and
then the miserable man burst into tears,
and limped back home, where he found
his three hens under the box. Danbury
A Wife's Memorandum.
The following is a Hannibal woman's
memorandum of articles for ner husband
to get "down town," on one of the
cholera days last week :
Get a pound of tea.
And don't forget to go to Brown's drug
store and get 8 pounds of copperas and a
pint of carbolic acid.
Get a dollar's worth of loaf sugar.
Bring a dozen lemons.
If you have a chance you had better
bring a bushel of lime.
We ought to have a pound of ground
mustard and some ginger.
Get a gallon of coal oil and a demijohn
of whiskey. Be particular and don't get
them mixed have the coal oil put iuto
the can, and the whiskey in the demi
john. If you see a nice piece of calico, you
might bring me enough lor a wrapper.
Go to Oryuski's aud get a bottle of
blackberry syrup.
The flour is out.
Be careful and don't drink any well
water while in town.
Be sure and get a bottle of Hamlin's
cholera cure.
We ought to have a dozen knives and
forks for the kitchen.
Go to McCleery's and get a bottle of
Dr. McCabe's blackberry brandy.
Don't bring any greeu thiug home to
make the children sick.
Don't forget the coal oil and the demi
john, aud be sure to keep them separate.
Go to Cheever's aud get a bottle of
of fiyrup of blackberry and ginger.
Get a pint of cogniac brandy.
Keep away from them nasty ponds un
less they are filled up.
Get a few pounds of crackers and rice,
and some oatmeal.
If you see the doctor ask him to give
you a prescription to cure cholera.
Be carelul and don't break the demi
john.
You had better call at all the drug
stores aud see who has got the best cholera
medicine.
Now don't forget any of these things,
and keep this list in your hat where you
can find it. -
Come home early.
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A New York clergyman has been mak
ing a close study of statistics to ascertain
if The charge is true that Methodism has
declined in New York city, and fiuds that
it is. Since 1845 its membership has in
creased but seven hundred and twenty
five. Kate Grant, an old Indian squaw, liv-
m I 1 I
ing at Grant, Wisconsin, lias it i ilea eigni
t.pnra this summer. Kate is still unmar
ried. Many a bear has attempted to hug
. ... . Li- :
her. but sho never permuted sucu uu
liarlties.
New Mode of Producing Gas.
One of the most recent inventions for
producing illuminating gas is that known
as the Kromschroder process, just appli
ed, successfully, in the townofGrrat
Marlow, England. It consists in simply
passing air through the vapor of a light
hydrocarbon, the two combining in a gas
of high illuminating power. The ap
paratus for this purpose is erected in the
gas works of the town, and consists of a
sheet iron chamber five feet long, four
feet wide and three feet six inches hiuli,
the lower portion being two feet wider
than the upper part for a height of about
twelve inches. In the upper chamber
is placed a valve arrangement driven by
clock-work, and by which the atmos
pheric air is forced into the lower or en
larged portion. Here it is made to pass
through a mass of open fibrous material,
the lower part of which is ket immersed
in a liquid hydrocarbon. The air in its
passage combines with the vapor of the
hydrocarbon in the proportion of seventy
parts of air to thirty of the vapor. In
this condition the gas for such it has
now become is conducted from the ming
ling chamber by a pipe into a rectiver,
capable of containing one hundred cubic
feet of the gas. As soon as their receiver
is filled, its contents are discharged into
the gas holder formerly u.ed for' the stor
age of coal gass. The intermediate re
ceiver is used becausa the incorporating
apparatus, although equal to producing
the required quantity of eas, does not
live sufficient pressure to lift the large
holder, which is thirty feet in diameter
.
Kissing in Church.
A Columbia, Pa., clergyman, while
preaching his sermon one Sunday even
ing, perceived a young man and woman
under the gallery in the act of kissing
each other beiod a hymn book, but did
not lose his temper. He did not fly into
an unseemly rage, and called upon the
sexton to rush up the aisle and disband
the rioters. No ! he teoiained calm. He
beamed mildly at the offenders over his
spectacles, and when the young man kiss
ed her the fifteenth time, he merely bso'-te
his sermon short off in the middle of
"thirdly," and oflered a fervent prayer in
behalf of "the young man in the piob
necktie, and the maiden in the blue bon
net and gray shawl, who were profaning
the sanctuary by kissing one another in
pew No. GS " And the congregation said
"Amen." Then the youg woman sud
denly pulled her veil down, and the young
man sat there and swore softly to himself.
He docs not go to church as much now
as he did.
A Camp Meeting Incident.
In connection with the progess of the
camp meeting of the M. E. Church al
Chester Heights, the West Chester 77c
publican relates the followiog incident :
'In connection with one of these lots,
last week an incident occurred which the
owner is disposed to regard as a special
providence. Rev. T. A. Fern ley. Secreta
ry of the Association, owns a lot in a very
eligible position, and had contracted for
the erection of a cottage, and wished to
bind the carpenter to have it done by the
first day of August. This the carpenter
could not promise to do, so Mr. Fern ley
concluded he would not build his cottage
this season, and directed that a teut
should be erected on the site. The work
men had erected the platform, when the
storm of Friday uight, the 1st inst., blew
down a large tree across it. This was
the very day that Mr. Fernley was anx
ious to have moved his family in, and had
he done so, the consequences must have
been lamentable."
Instinct of Ants.
An observer of the habits and instinct
of ants relates that a vase on the mantle
shelf in his sitting room, which was usu
ally filled with fresh violets, was haunted
by very small red ants. The insects is
sued from a hole in the wall above, and
gradually increased in number until they
formed an almost unbroken procession -He
brushed them to the floor for several
days, but, as they were not killed, the re
sult was that they formed a colony in the
wall at the base of the mantel, and, us
cending thence to the shelf, the race was
soon attacked from above and below.
' One day," says the writer, "I observ
ed a number of ants, perhaps thirty or
forty, on the shelf at the foot of the vase.
Thinking to kill them, I struck them
lightly with the end of my finger, killing
some and diasbling the rest. The effect
of this was immediate and unexpected.
As soon as the living arrived near where
their fellows lay dead and suffering, they
turned aud fled with all possible haste.
In half an hour the wall above the man
tel bhelf was cleared."
'There were giants in those days."
The tooth and part of the jaw bone of
some enormous prehistoric animal have
recently been found in Illinois at a depth
of eight feet. The tooth was a foot in
length, aud three and a half by six inches
in size, and was considerably worn.
At Virginia City, Montana, wheat is
selling at fifty cents a bushel, while cattle
are being driven by the thousand to
Nevada and Utah, there, being aboslutely
no home market. No town in the world
eati boast of cheaper living ?