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VOL. 31.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 12, 1874.
NO. 39.
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o-,e .-! i C Hie year, iwo dollars unJ fifty
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'n iiiiiiir I until alt arrearages are paid.
. .i-.-its f one square of (eight lines) or
r iii-fi'i ins $1 50. Eah .vlilitional
,ii .-eni'. I.'3r "es in proportion.
jO IMJIXTIKG,
OF ALL KINDS,
... "-p insist style f the Art, and on the
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pt- ,nu-I IOnii i"i'-",,"i
TwFlija5Fs. rees,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Eeal Estate Agent.
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firms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
1 FOR SALE.
Ii Vo n. xt .l r above S." Hoes' news Depot
aml'-Vl ',,,v the ('orcr
-fii 1 7-;-tf-
"I DR. J. L A NT" Z,
g'urn'uft ami Mechanical Dentist,
i i M, mi Mini Strrrl. iti the second
' V ,U ii" '.nick hui diim, neatly oppu
.s'r..u N'.iir; llnil. and lie It.iUers hiiiiH'if
Vl v e- f't ' const ut p,-rltre and t tie mot
n -' t ti- i -I 'i I -ui.-ir l n i ill mailers pertaining
?' 4 f ...i ,n. tli.u lie i fu!lv -tl to pt-i f..rui -ill
iJL''.i: I" tnr line !" t!e itioM careful, tanlc-
1 "to "-iVi'iVi'ii to ai.i5 Use N.ur: Teeth ;
i i . ; it- ii-m:i "f Artiiii-ial r-t-tti on ttuMwr,
cX v''" "' ''''llllU rl" Gl, lis' a"lt P t ,ils 111
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mt ;r w-.'ii to tue lnvxiuriOiK e.l. orlo ih
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
l-i 'l"-r above Stroudsburg House,
teaJ-H' 1: d..or above Tost Ofiice.
0-c li i--; from 1 to 12 A. M., from o to 5
ti':i.,:p.M. May.V7:My
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pjlSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
jr. ihe ,! 1 ii',;T of Dr. A. -Reeves Jackson,
! J.eiH corner of Sarah and I- rankiiri htreet.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
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lLtvi'u; 1 -jU-'I in K-it Strou.lsburg, Pa., an-I
ottn-f lint h ." is now prepared to insert arti- i
ficijl ir. the m;w beautiful and life-like j
aN'.T. A!. ?re:it :i;tention iriven to till'mtr
a ;rr i-rvinr,' ill" natural teeth. Teeth ex-i
trt:-l wi:h i:t jiain !v ue f Nitrous )xide ;
r.i i'l ,-.rL- in.-I.t.-r.t r 1 t ! 1 r- nrofrcMuii
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slime in tin- nn-'t : ki!!.'ui and approved style. ;
AH w irk attt-mb-.l t jiromptly and warranted.
Chirj'- ro:i.-'):i:ib!e. Patronage of the public
Oilii e ia .V. W. Loder's new building, op- j
Mit An iJunir.k llou.-e, East Stroudsburr, j
K J ul v 11, 187:5 ly. j
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surgeon Wcnlist.
Annonncs ik it k-tvin? ju--st returned from
Detitil ('olls, he is fully prepared to make
rijcial te-tii in the most beautiful and life
line iiriiirier. tvl 10 tl 1 1 decayed teeth ac
Cnrtfiu t.-? ;K! mo-t i nproved method.
Te""! e.x'raet-d with'mt pain, when de
wreJ, y t:ie use of Nitr us Oxide G.is,
wkieit i nt-relv h innVs--. Repairing oi
U 4i,Js 11-aiU done. All work warranted.
Chirj"-! retainable.
0p- in J. t. Keller's new Brick build
injMii.i S reet, Stroudsburg, Pa.
TlMl'k ti - 1 1 'i-tv
w 4 Allorncy al Lnu,
Offi " iti the building formerly occupieil
I V h M. Ritrson. and opooMte the Stnmds-
t Ymr I 1.1 !..
jmi j.;-ti
T fc s I -. I . 1-1 1 nr i-.n1,l inf.ifrn tin. rmJil w tlint
heteis l.-a-cd the bouse formally ke pt by Jacob
Knetht. in tin- Ilorou.'Ii nf Stroudsbiirc. l'a..
ndJi:iviu-.' repainted and refurnished thesame,
11 i)Trti-,r,., ..11 ...1 . ...t. ,
, . 1 - l " . v.-1 . nit 1 id 1 ii ,111 llJ Ilia j'ainuiu.
ifa It i the aim of the nroorietor. to furn-
t""','.n a' i tin ui' ni;iL ivii at iiuuciaic i in
nd(vil! :ire no pains to juomote the eom
Ior,ftl,.. . . 1:1 1 1 ..e i.i:
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pairoiiHi.u- solieited.
April 17. '7J-tf.
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HONESDALE, PA.
&)4 central location of any Hotel in town.
. R. W. KIPLEec SON,
IWIam stivet Proprietors.
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Ea st Stroudsljurg. I 'a.
H. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
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IV BAK 'jntams lie flo!est Liquors and
WtABi.K is supplied with ttie best the market
k rJ-. Charge ruodernte. mav 3 H7i-tf.
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-Ioul Vernon House,
I 117 and 119 North Second St.
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V PHILADELPHIA.
30, 172- ly.
j EV. KIJWARI) A. WILSONS(of Wil-
ham-burgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
t 1 ''ON and ASTHMA catelully com-
loed at
lOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
v lV''','r'H? Purr.
v j'-'l.iso:. W. HOLMNSIIEAD.
THE MONROE COUNTY
Co-Operaiive Life Insurance
COMPANY.
STPvOUDSBUPwG, PENNSYLVANIA.
Limit 5,000 Members.
C II A RTER PER PET UAL.
Any person of sound body and mind, ot
either t-ex, not Icps than filteen nor more
than sixty-five years ol agp, and not enga
ged in any occupation, exceedingly danger
ous to life, may become a member of this
Company, by paying; an admission fee, as
follows :
From 15 to 40 years of age S3 00
" 40 to 50 " 5 00
" 50 to (iO 10 00
" GO to 6 20 00
And 01 e dollar fur Policy.
No other charges will be made at any
time, excepting one dollar and ten cents for
each member who t!ict
The advantages of th's COMPANY over
the ordinary Lif. lnsnr ir.ee Companies are,
that the fees are so small that the man of
moderate means can secure a competency
to his fam.Iy at a trifling cost, and payable
at such long intervals, and suchsm jll sums,
that no porson can be inconvenienced by
thm. This fompiny cannot fiil; no
panics can affect it. Person holding cer
tificates of membership in this Company,
are sure in case of ileuili that their families
or heirs will get as many dollars as there
arc mcmbeis in the Company.
No restrictions are placed upon traveling
or residence.
Applications for insurance, or informa
tion, may be made to the Directors or Secre
tary, at Stroudsbur, Pa.
DIRECTORS.
R. S. Staples, H. R. Biesecker,
M. F. Coolbaugh, Wm. Fine,
Kindarus fchupp, J. H. Fetherman,
C. D. Brodhead, Peter Gruver,
E. B. Dreher.
R. S. STAPLES, Pres't.
M. A. De I.. Van Ilcitx, Sec'y.
March 6, lbTS-tf.
MONROE COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
STR0UISBURG, PA.
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C.4 72 Ti:J PER PE T UA L.
The By-Laws of this Company, and the
regulat ii.ns governing insurance have, re
cently been very materially changed, pla
cing it upon a bisis equal to that of any
Fire Insurance Company in the Slate.
Important among these changes are the
following, via :
Policies, instead of being perpetual, are
issued fr five years.
All property is classified and the rate of
premium is fixed according to the risk of
the properly.
Premium notes are takn, and all as
sessments are made on the no'es.
Pr.ipf-rty is insured for not more than
two thirds of its actuil ca.-h value, and the
full amount of insurance paid in case of loss,
provided the !o?s be equal to the amount of
insurance.
"Annual assessments" only are made, ex
rept in cases of heavy Joss, and where a
special assessment is riecessiry.
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.
StoJell Stokes, Jacob Knecht,
J. Depue LeBar, John Edinger.
Richard S. Siaples, Francis Hagerman,
Silas L. Drake, Jacob Stoufler,
Chas. D. Brodhead, Theodore Schoch,
Robert Boys, Thos. V. Rhodes,
William Wallace.
STOGDLLL STOKKS, PretU.
E. B. Dreher, Secretary and Treasurer.
SURVEYORS.
For Monroe County:
Silas L. Drake, Thos. W. Rhodes,
William Uilbf-rf, J. Depue LeBar,
Geo. G. Shafer, Jacob Sfouffer.
For Wayne County:
F. A. Oppelt, Jos. L. Miller.
For Pike County :
Samuel Detrick.
For Northampton County:
Richard Camden.
For Carbon County:
Samuel Ziegenfus.
07" The Managers meet regularly at
the Secretary's Office in Stroudsburg, on
the first Tuesday of each month, at 2
o'clock P. M. May 15,'73-tf
YOU TELL WHY IT IS
J that when any one comes toStrouds-
burg to hay Furniture, they always inquire
for McCartyi Furniture Store! SdI. 26
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LANKS OF ALL KINDS for Sale H
this Offieo.
How Pardons Can only be Obtained
Hereafter.
Governor Ilartranft addressed Secre
tary of the Commonwealth Quay and At
torney Geueral Dimiutck, under date of
the 15th ult., in relation to the pardon
ing power, quoting the section iu the new
constitution declaring that the power of
the Governor to grant commutations ol
sentences and pardons can only be exer
cised "upon the recommendation, in writ
ing, of the Lieutenaut Governor, and Se
cretary of Internal Affairs, or any three
of them, after full hearing, upon due pub
lie notice in open session."
As the Hoard contemplated in the new
constitution cannot be organized for ob
vious reasons before 1875, it became ne
cessary for the Governor to suggest some
means by which the pardoning power
would be mads operative until that time.
Accordingly, under the provision iu the
schedule continuing all laws in force at
the adoption of the constitution "not in
consistent therewith," the Governor re
quested his Secetary and Attorney Gen
eral to act in pursance of the new consti
tution relating thereto until their asso
ciates may be elected aud qualified.
These gentlemen have in compliance
with the Governor's request organized a
Uoard of Pardons, selecting A. Wilson
Norris, the Governor's Private Secretary,
as Recorder. The Board has adopted and
promulgated the following regulations,
which will hereafter govern the pardon
process :
Iu compliance with the above dircc
tions, the Secretary of the Common
wealth and the Attorney General fix and
appoint the first Tuesday of each month
as the day whereupon the board will con
Tene to give a lull hearing in open session
to all applications for pardon presented
in accordance with the following regula
tions ;
First. The board shall be furnished
with proof that notice of application for
pardon has been published ouce a week,
for two consecutive weeks, in a newpar,er
printed iu the county or city in which
conviction was had.
Second. That notice of the application
shall have been given to the judge who
tried the cause and to the district attor
ney or attorney who prosecuted.
Third. All applications for pardons
must be accompanied with the following
papers, written in a clear and distiuct
hand.
1. A certified copy of the whole re
cord, including docket entries, minutes of
the court, copy of indictment, pleas, and
all other papers on file in the court relat
ing to the eae.
2. A full statement of the reasons up
on which the application is based, setting
forth all the facts ; the notes of evidence
taken on the ti ial ; letters from responsible
persons in the community where the crime
was committed.
Fourth. No application will be con
fidered if presented to any individual
irember of the Board.
Fifth. All applications and correspon
dence mu3t be addre?scd to or field with
the Recorder of the board, at Harrisburg,
so that the same may be prepared for pre
sentation to the board at its next session ;
and no application will be heard or eon
sidcred unle?s the same, and papers upon
which based, have been filed at least five
days before said session.
Sixth. J he foregoing rules will be
strictly enforced, and relaxed only when
good reasons shall be furnished for so
doing.
Scene at a St. Louis Bank.
''Ver ish der gasheer V ejaculated the
breathless Teuton as he bounded up the
steps and into the door.
A courtly gentleman made bland re
spouse, "I am the cashier, sir; what can
we do for you to day :
"Vat gan you do for rue, sacrament !
Dot ish hell uv a node, aid it? Do vor
me ? Ilerr Got dounerwetter and zeifen
blazen ! I vants dot nionish naiua gold
vat I make deposid unit dish tatu pank
pooty soon last summer, and "
"We have temporarily suspended pay
ment, sir, by an arrangement similar "
''Arrangements s'milar ter tuyval !"
broke in our Hebrew frieud ; "vol do I
vant rait your tain arrangements ? I vants
dot monish five thousand dollar dal 1
makes deposid here all der vile, und I
vants him pooty queek too, oof you don't
waut some d roubles right away ! '
"Calm yourself, my friend, and let us
talk this matter over. I shall bu glad to
certify your checks fur your balance
with us, and "
"Certify noding. Vat, you, tinks 1
was a tarn fool ? Here ! here ! (pounding
the counter with bis fist) 1 wants dot
nionish dot gold cfry ceBt, und 1 vants
him righd away, queek, ov us oder I make
you a heap o' droobles pooty soon ! Geef
me dot ruonish dot gieeubanks dot ih
all I vant ! 31 ike him ovnt queek and 1
goes right away off, und can go initter
tuyvel und your taut bauk !"
Seeing there was no way of reasoning
with his excited customer, the cashier
turned to his pijio? teller and said, "Mr
casb this man' check fur his bul
ance io,full."
Under tho now Coustitmion patties
applying far any local legiilatiou must
advertise the same at least four weeks in
advance of its introduction, in the news
papeis of the section affected, ar Lorn
which it originates. All provisious of
the bill tuust be adrertieeJ.
THE NEW PENNSYLVANIA ELECNI0N
LAW.
The new Election law passed the House
of Representatives at Harrisburg ou
Thursday, the Senate amendments being
concurred in, and now awaits the signa
turcofGov. Ilartranft. It provides for
the careful revision of the assessment
lists, to begin on the first Monday of June
in each year; fjr the appointment of two
overseers of different political parties in
each e'ection district, when five or mare
citizens shall petition for the same,
and for the punishment, by fine or
imprisonment, of any election officers
who many obstruct the overseers in
the discharge of their duties. The polls
are to be opened at 7. n. m. and closed at
7. p. ni. Every ballott is to be numbered
in the order in which it is received, and
the number recorded on the lit of vo
tcrs, opposite the name. Election officers
are to swear, in addition to the ordinary
oilh, not to disclose how any citizen has
voted unless required to do so as witnesses
in a judicial proceeding. Any person
whose name does uot appear on the regis
try lists shall produce at least one quali
fied voter of the district to witness that
he has resided in the district for at least
two months immediately preceding the
election. Naturalized citizens are re
quired to state whet:, where, and by what
court they were naturalized, and to pro
duce their certificates of naturalization for
examination.
The votes arc to be counted as soon as
the polls close, triplicate returns made,
and, the vote as soon as ascertained pub
licly aud fully declared to the citizens
present and posted on the door of the elec
tion house. If any person use violence
or intimidation to drive the overseers
from the polls or willfully prevent them
from performing their duties, the offender
is to be tried for a misdemeanor, and up
on conviction to be fined not more than
1,000 or imprisoned not more than two
years, or to be both fined and imprisoned.
The same penalty is provided for any per
son who uses iu timidation or violence to
prevent any election officer from perform
ing hi duties or to prevent any qualified
voter from exercising his right to vote or
to challenge, and for any election officer
who discloses, except as witness in a judi
cial proceeding, how any elector has voted.
All fines collected .under the law are to
go to the common sehools. All duties
imposed by the act on county commis
sioners are to be performed in Philadel
phia by the city commissioners, and all
special elections and elections for city,
ward, borough, and township officers arc
to be regulated in the same manner as
general elections.
Proving an Alibi.
Jim Ilevcrin tells a good story at the
expense of another barrister somewhat
famous for his proverbial resort to an
alibi as a legal defence. Jim says that
at a recent trial his legal friend had things
pretty well set up, and the defendant was
as a babe when Heverin took the prinei
pal witness in hand for cross examination,
with the following result :
"You say that Ellis plowed for you all
day on the 29th of November?"
Witness (jeferriua to n'13 book)
"Yes."
"What did he do on the 30th ?"
W. "He chopped wood."
"On the 31atr
W. "That was Sunday, aud we went
a squirrel hunting."
"What did he do on the 32 ?"
W. "He threshed the wheat on that
day."
"What did he do on the 33d ?"
W. 'Tt was raining, and he shaved
out some bandies."
"What did he do on the 31th ?"
W. ''He chopped wood."
"What did he do on the "
But before the question could be finish
ed the witness's wife seized him by the
collar and whisked'him outside ot the
witness box, yelling in his affrighted car :
"You old fool ! don't you know that
thera are only thirty one days in the
month of November."
A Man Who Couldn't pray.
The Nevada Enterprise sajs : A cler
gyman at the hotel has been seriously ill
for several days past. A kiud Ivearted
nurse, in the person of an old phwieer of
this State, a '40er, has been patiently
waiting ou the sick man and ministering
to his physical wants. The nurse was
full of sympathy for his charge, and de
termined to leave nothing undone that he
could do to make his patient comfortable.
Fearing that the sick man was backward
in telling his wants, the nurse addressed
him as follows : "Ask of me any favor
that you want, and I will be dulightcd to
do it. Don't be afraid to a-sk." The
clergyman faintly responded. "Pray for
me." The '4'Jer stood aghast, and re
plied : "I can whip a grizzly bear, play
poker, drink a gallon of liyhtniug whisky,
and swear a blue streak, but I haven't
seen the inside of a church for twenty
five years and can't pray. Don't know
where to begin, what to say, who to talk
to, nor when Ij let up. I'll go out ou the
street and lick the bignust man in town
for you anything but make a prayer.
The man entertained a high opiuiou cl
his nurse aud is getting belter.
Caleb F Bowman, a promiuent member
of the Luzerne county bar, died a lew
days ago at WilLesbutis.
Chang and Ecg at Home.
''Chang and Eur,'," the Siamese twins,
are settled about forty miles west of
Salem, North Carolina, and have been for
a number of years in Surry County near
.Mount Airy. They each have a very
good farm, adjoining each other, and both
have families. They stay alternately two
weeks at a time at each other's faun
Both have children, who have a fine edu
cation, aud one daughter, who had liter
aty aspirations, died some two or three
years ago. Oue of the twius had a daugh
ter recently married. They lrive good
residences and out buildings aa their
farms, and ate considered good and sur?
oes.ful. farmers hero, and very good and
kind neighbors. Being in their neighbor
hood, I went to see them at the residence
of Mr. Eug Bunker, aud fouud the broth
ers there, and was treated very hospitably
by them and the family. They have, it
is thought, a great deal of money em
ployed iu mercantile pursuits iu the lit
tie village of Mouut Airy, Surry County.
N. C , aud much more, the buik of their
estate is in New York City.
Said So.
Here is a domestic drama from Paris
A young girl was about to be iarried
to a journeyman carpenter, whose suit
wa by no means. agreeable to her. She
had refused and protested against the
mutch, but her father was inexorable ou
the subject, and insisted on the mar
ilagc, though the mother would willing
ly hae yielded.. At length the bride
elect appeared resigned to her fate, and
the father, pointiong out the happy result
of his firmness to his wife triumphantly
exclaimed, "I told you so " Next day,
however, the poor girl, having left a letter
at home explaining the cause ol her action,
jumped off the Bridge of Austerlitz into
the Seine. She was, however, saved, and
carried home by two sailors. The father
returned home just as the dripping girl was
plate 1 iu safety bsside the paternal
hearth, when the mother, with perhaps
more point than discretion, simply ob
served, "I told you so."
The mineral resources of Virginia and
West Virgiuiaare now evidently in a fair
way of development. There are seven
teen coal mines open or uearl y ready for
working in these States, while sevon iron
mines are in operation, or about to be
Twelve iron furnaces also have been built
or projected within ths last two months,
which will probably produce 120,000 tons
of pig iron annually, and consume 1,000,
000 tons of coal. This rapid progress in
dicates that the Virginias will, ere long,
be great iron producing States, aud enjoy
all the consequent prosperity.
The Advocate tells of a Chester woman
who, some time ago, deposited a certified
check for $200 and a sum cf money in
bills, in a teapot for safe keeping. Re
cently she invited some friends to tea,
and that teapot was brought into requisi
tion. The tea was pronounced excellent,
and it was not until after the guests had
departed that the lady thought of her
check and greenbacks. She found them
in the bottom of the teapot ail safe, but a
little damp.
An attempt was made to blow up the
hat factory of Miller it Fitchthorn. at
Admstown, Berks county, on The 2od
ult. While tho engineer and workmen
were at dinner, some person as yet un
known started up the fires under the
boiler and arranged things so that there
would soon have been a destructive ex
plosion, had not one of the proprietors
discovered the mischief.
There are 2,050 school districts iu
Pennsylvania with 1G.305 schools, 19,08'J
teachers, ami an average attendance o!
511,118 pupils. The cost of tuition dur
ing the year was DG ceuts per mouth for
each scholar, and the total expenses of
all kinds 8S,81l)3(; 41. The school
property of the State is estimated at
21,750,200.
James Carroll
is, evidently, a very
He was tax collector of
naughty
man.
the Sixth ward, Scrantou, aud made the
people pay three mills on the dollar over
and above the regular assessment. This
I angered the people, and now James Car
roll has to answer in a great many suits
brought by them to compel him to dis
gorge.
Some jackass say, "Cheer up, cheer
up ; it's a long lane that has on turn."
Don't we know it ' Of course it's a long
lane that has no turn. How perfectly
absurd to expect a fellow to "cheer up"
because a loug lane has no turn ! We
decline to cheer up for any such rcasou.
"Father, did you ever have another
wife besides mother '!" "No, my boy
What possessed you to ask such a ques
tion ?"
"Because, I saw in tho old family hi
ble that you married Anna Domiuie, 1802,
and that wasn't mother, fur bur name was
Lucy Jeukins when she was a gill."
A strange and foeautitul mirage was
seen at Seymour, Iudiana, oue duy.Ust
week, bringing into plain view the towns
of Co'yJon, AUeiton, Ieoaium, Promise
j City aud other places sixteen miles away
j Four colored lucn have been drawn to
' serve on the jury at the February term
i of court iu WatLiugfun or.uty.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Constitutional Convention cost
$410,723.80.
Treacbcrs must pay full fare ou rail
roads uow.
A Ilttston couple were married in a
grave yard.
Nimrod was a mighty hunter, but he
uever saw an aunt elope.
Centre county horses are again suffer
ing from the ep:rooty.
Reading has fourteen candidates for
rhf position of dog catcher.
The polls open at 7 A. M , and close
at 7 P. M., at the spring election.
300,000 men are employed to distt
liquor in the United States.
S57.000.000 are now invested iu the
manufacture of malt liquors.
There are but three copper-smelting
works in operation in the United States.
Johuny Steele "Coal Oil Johnny"
runs a matt tnaikct at Jamestown, Mercer
couufy.
A. II. Stephens is railed the champion
of "light weights."' He weighs less than
eighty.
1 1 an is township. Centre Co., contains,
a husband of 20 years whose wile is a
little over 14.
Seventeen sheep belonging to a farmer
at Carrick Furnace, Franklin county,
died from the effects of eating laurel.
At a meeting of the retail c al denleis
ofScranton, held Friday, the pti. e of
coal at the mines Was raied from 2 tm
52 50.
James Cox, of Schuylkill county has
won 1500 Irotn James Mattox, of
Luzerne, within tcu days by beating him
shooting pigeons.
Jenkins told his son, who proposed to.
buy a cow in partnership, to "be sure and
buy the hinder half, as it cats nothing
and gives all the milk."
A Michigan newsdealer recently re
ceived this order from a young lady :
"Send me A Novel called buffalo bil and
the dais doins."
At a recent diuncr of shoemakers the
following toast was givcu : "May we have
all the women in the country to shoe and
all the men to boot."
An old minister ence reccoiHmcnded
parishioner to take snuff to keep hint
awake during the sermon, to which tho
old backslider retorted that he had better
put the snuff in the sermon.
A valley 5000 feet above the sea level
and north of latitude 40 degrees, where
snow never falls, is in Montana. Indian
trappers and old settlers say snow was
never on the ground in "Valley Eden."'
"How fast they build houses now!"
said II. "they began that building last
week, aud now they are putting in the
lights." "Yes," answered his friend-,,
"and next week they will put in the
liver."
Corn meal, heated and placed iu bags,
is recommended as a substitute for hot
water bottles and such like appliances,,
for restoring warmth to the sick. It is
said to weigh less, retain heat longer, and
docs not chill when cold.
Col. A II. Brown, an extensive stovo
dealer of Danville, has adopted a novel
mode of advertiing. He presents tt
every purchaser of a stove an order for a
ton of first class coal, which he delivers to
any prut of the city.
A French gentleman,, lea ruin English
to some furpose, replied, thus to the
salutations: "llow do you uo, mou
sieur ?" "Do vat?" "How do you find,
yourself?" "I never loses mj'sell-" "How
do your fed':" "Smooth. You just
feel tue."
A man in ILntfoid has stopped his
newspaper because his name was printed
in a list of advertised letters, and his wife,
happening to see it first, sent and got it
for him and found it was from a young
lady, wh-o complained that he didn't meet
her at Worcester, as he promised.
Genuine sardines are scarcely tube had
bete uow. Among the li?h put up in tin
boxes and sold for them are smelts and a
small fi-h called caplin, which latter is
caught in the lower St. Lawrence in im
mense quantities, and is nearly or quite
as cood as the genuine sardine.
Ninety-one female students arecurolled
at the Michigan University alone for ihn
current academic year seven in the law
department thirty six in the medical and
forty eight iu the regular university
couro. There are raore thau.a hundred
women studying law in tha United States.
The Brooklyn Uajle i responsible for
the following : 'Timpleville, N't., is evi
dently uot a good Geld for an independent,
outspoken journul. The Pimpleville Pout
lately published this item : Those who
have lately been engaged in sheep steal
ing had better stand from under. Wo
know whom we uje talking about.' The
result was a loss of ixty subset ibers, aud
the paper will go into baukrupty."
Youn Smith was walkiagout with tho
idol ol his heart, the oher evening, aud
thev chose tho favorite resort ol lovers,
the goat pasture near the dam.' While
admiring the falls aud irettiu their note
reddened by the north wid, she burst
out iuituEoulY). "Isn't tk.ii dam splen
dol'f" She nearly fainted away when
Smith answered that he wasn't used u
bearing jouni; ladies swear, aud aoolhc;
eugigcuj.ut is lr. ken
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