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JOU PKIXTIXG
OF ALL KINDS,
Etccu cJ in t lie highest style of the Art, and on the
llll'b IKlWIIUUIV itllllj,
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Beal Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Land3 and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
0;lnv next door above S. Rees' news Depot
and -1 floor below the Corner Store.
March 20, lS73-tf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
still li.i Ms office on M;iin strcrt, in the second sto
rv of Dr. S. Walton's brick building:, neatly opposite
t e Str i.lsburg lluti.-e, and he fl. titers himself that by
cii'iiii'i'n viirs constant pi active and the most earnest
ana r.vetni attention to all matters pertaining to riin
; r,,fr;nii. t!-. it lie in fully able to ei fot in ml opera
tion m tiic dental hue la the motl cart In I, ta&lcful
mill 'r!fut maimer.
Spe wl attention given to savingthe Natural Teeth;
;m'i, t" tlie insertion of Artificial Teeth on Kutiber,
; ild. Silver, or Continuous Uuins, und perfect fits iu
ill C.ii ! IlliUieil.
Must .ersons know the great folly and danger cl en
inis'ins ihir work to the inexperienced, or to those
j.iitH t a dij-iance. April 1?, IS71. ly.
rvi:. J. e:. sni'lLi.,
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office 1st door above
Stroudsburg
House,
rf.-iJcnce 1st door above Post Office.
O.-'iK-e h.mrs from 9 To 12 A. M., from 3 to 5
an.l 7 to r. m. May 3 '73-ly
j JTJR. GUO. W. JACIvSOA
i
I PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In t!ie old office of Dr. A. Reeves Jack?on,
rcfidetu e, corner of Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Auzust 8, 1572-ttl
j QR. II. J. PATTRSO.,
GFEKATISG AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,
I
j Having located in East Stroudsburg, Pa., an-
usance that he i no'.v prepared to insert arti
I licial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like
1 wanner. Also, great attention given to filling
and preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without pain by use of .Nitrous Oxide
i aii. All other work incident to the profession
i uone in the most skillful and approved style,
j ill work attendfd to promptly and warranted
i t nares reasonable. Patronage of the public
solicited.
! 05 ce in A. W. Loder's new buildinsr. od
I poske
Pa.l
Analomink House, Fast Stroudsburg,
July 11, 1S73 ly
DR. .V. I.. PEC'K,
. Surgeon Ucnllst.
s Announces thit hiving just returned from
j Deital Collets, he is fully prepared to make
irtiSciil teetii in the most beautiful and life-
like manner, and to fill decayed teeth ac
c irdinjr to the tno-st inprcved method.
Teeili exrract-.-d without pain, when de
j'sireJ, by the use of Nitr-us Oxide Gas,
3 iiich is entirely harmlea?. Repairing1 of
i 'l kinds neatly dona. All work warranted,
j Charts retisonnble.
; 05ta in J. (J. Keller's new Brick build
)":. Main S'reet, Stroudsburj, Pa.
I ta31-tf
) Tl-'ILS U. WALTOS,
I I v AJtnrnpv :it F.:i'
OS. in tlie building formerly occupied
jtfLt. M. Uurson, and opposite the Strouds
bar Bank. Maiu street, iStroudsburg, Pa.
jan i:;-tf
j Mi:Rici:k- iioti:i.
a..
ilie subscriber would inform the public that
has leaed the house formallv keplbv Jacob
ne':htfin the Uorotigh of Stroudhbur'g, Pa.,
?nd llaTir!?; repainted and refurnished the same,
i prepared to entertain all who may patronize
hun. It the aim of the proprieto'r, to furn
superior accommodations at moderate rates
fl Will K T 1 1 ' Tl f i,!ng t nrnmnln 1 A f m
A liberal 6bare of public
Ptro:ia2e sr.lir-it
APril 17', '72-tf.J
D. L. PISLE.
HOUSE,
HONESDALE, PA.
Jl?t central location of any Hotel in town.
R. W. KIPLE & SON,
ir,3 .
un street.
Proprietors.
Januarys, 1873. ly.
I
A t K A W A V A 1 1 0 US E.
East Stroudsburg, Pa.
13. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
The
m D .1. . 1.-f--i t: 1
JreTAELE h supplied with the best the market
Charges moderate. fmay 3 1872-tf.
iUATSOX'S
' Mount Vernon House,
117 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVE ARCH,
D14H Ann nuiA
I Jy S(f, ly.
i. - "nwt.UI III "
EV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (of Wil-
srT,i'.ainurgh, N. Y.) Recipe for COiN-
riONand ASTHMA carefully com
landed at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE. .
T Afedicines Fresh and Pure.
21. 1W.) W. HOLLINSIIEAD.
SOME OF THE COAL KINGS.
Mr. 1'arnsh, the great eoal king of the
Lehigh and Wyoming regions, is quite a
young man. He wears a black moustache
and drees plainly. Numerous lines on
his lace gives him a careworn expression
altogether, he looks like a man who hnnl.i
be thinking of a trip to Europe to get rid
of business cares. Instead of this he has
just added immense burden to his labors
lr. Uoweo looks more like a rather sue
cessful lawyer than a scheming capitalist
lie is young, but is wearing himself out
rapidly. He does a tremendous amount o
work. Already he has had to stop work
by order of his physician. But the wily
uuaucier came it over the doctor, for he
weat.to Europe, and placed the Reading
Coal & Iron Company in the leading posi
tion as mining company, through negotia
tions with English capitalists. His success
cured him. He is a wonderful man. Fife
years ago he was a lawyer in PottsvilI
Now he receires a salary of 530,000 from
the Reading Railroad Company, and could
command $1UU,JUU. Besides he is Presi
uenc ot many other organizations, and
directs as many more. .
Samuel bloan, the President of the
Delaware Lackawanna and Western Rail
road Company, is about fifty five years
oiu. lie nas a stern countenance, and is
a most determined man. Ilia company
controls a large amount ot coal land. Its
productions are sold monthly at auction
The sales take place on the last Wednes
day of the month, and it generally has a
large influence on the prices of the ensuing
month. In the management of the im
mense business of the "comnanv. Mr
bloan is ably assisted by intelligent
. . . i j '
subordinates.
John Taylor Johnson, of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, is a fine looking
middle aged gentleman. II wears
pair of side wiskers a little tinged wi
grey. He is an affable gentleman, and his
presence suggests the idea of wealth and
comfort, lissides attending to the most
enormous duties Mr. Johnson finds time
to devote some attention to art. His
gallery of paintings, at his residence in
2sew lork, is among the most noted of
private collections iu the country. Under
his Presidency, the Central Railroad has
prospered beyond aU expectation. When
he assumed control it was an unimportant
line running between New York and
Easton. .Now the road extends to
Scranton and taps the Lehigh, Reaver
Meadow, Upper Lehigh, and Wyoming
coal regions, and through the wise policy
adopted by the company it will ba"able
to control a larize portion of tho coal
tonnage for all time. From New York to
Easton the road is a double track and in
some places a treble track. The company
owns coal wharfs at Elizabethport, a ferry
in New York, and a most valuable
property on' the Hudson opposite that
city. Col. Rickcr, H. P. Baldwin and
Samuel Knox, hold prominent positions
under Mr. Johnson, and have rendered
invaluable aid in extending the operations
of the company.
Mr. E W; Clark, President of the Le
high Coal and Navigation Company, is one
of the best looking of the coal kings. He
is a young looking nan, though he may
fee forty five. He is a well known Phila
delphia banker, and a brother of Clarance
H. Clark, one of that city's millionaires.
He has risen to the high position he now
occupies through his own exertions. Mr.
Clark's right hand men are John Hisley,
C. R. Potts, W. D. Zenner. E. Hill, and
the Messrs. Howell, Hon. John Leisen
ring and Fisher Hazard, Esqs., are on the
board of managemant of the L. C. & N.
Co , and their couosel is always sought
when matters of importance are to be
decided.
Of the many private operators in the
region, Anon Pardee stands at the head.
His mines are situated in and about
Ilazleton. He is said to be worth twenty
millions. Mr. Pardee has given over a
million of dollars to the Lafayette College
at Easton. His two eons, Calvin II., and
Gen. Ario Pardee, Jr., are engajed in the
mining of coal. The latter was a gallant
solder in the 'late war. He commanded
a brigade in Gen. Geary's divisioo. Dur
ing his service on the field he contracted
chronic' disease, from which he will
never recover.
Hon. Asa Packer is not directly engag
ed in mining. He owns a large amount
OS coal land which brings him a handsome
revenue. He is considered the wealthiest
man in the State. The Judge is in his
COth year ; is hale and hearty, only of late
a little feebleness has been noticed in his
gait. He -has 'been a candidate for Gov
ernor, nearly defeatiog Gov. Geary, and in
1863 was the unanimous chotca of the
Pennsylvania delegation in the Demo
cratic National Convention for President.
Judge Packer founded tho Lehigh
Universitj at Bethlehem, to which
be gave a million and a half dollars. He
also gives twenty thousand dollars yearly
to the Institution. - Tho Judge was re
elected President of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company at the annual meeting
held recently.
Dr.;G. B. Linderman, son io law of
Judge Packer, is one of the wealthy mine
owners in the Ilazleton region. He was
formerly a practising physician in Mauch
Chunk, He is very wealthy. Mr. C. O.
Skeer, Dr. Lindermao's partner, is also-a
relative by marriage of Judge Packer.
He - resides in Mauch Chunk, lives in
handsome style and is a most esteemed
citizen. He begat life as a clerk in the
ttore on what is still known as Packer's
STROUUSBUIiG, MONROE
corner, and next door to which stands
uau&iu IUELHUUOU 1Q WDICn DC IS
interested. Mr. Skeer's mines are at
btockton, two miles from Ilazleton.
G. B. Markle & Co., of the Jeddo mines
are large shippers of coal. Our townsman
uen. L.HIy, is a member of the firm. He
is well known all over the State as
prominent Republican, lie received the
second highest vote in the Convention
which nominated Gov. Geary the secon
time, and took a leading part in the late
Constitutional Convention.
Mr. Eckley B. Coxe, ef the firm o
Coxe Bros. & Co., is a young man o
great scientific attainments. The head
quarters of the firm, Drifton, is one of the
handsomest mining towns in the region
Ihe streets are clean and the -bouses are
comfortable and commodious. Upper
-laeuign, a lew miles Irom Drifton, as also
a nne looking town. The Superintendent
ai mis place is V. li. Bertsch, and the
company ships a large quantity of
excellent coal annually.
W. T. Carter is an old miner at Beaver
Meadow, in this eounty. He has made a
large fortune. Messrs. E. B. Ely & Co
a mile distant, have hardly got working
rainy yet. ihe bpnng Mountain Coal
Company's works are at Jeaneville, Mr. J.
C. Haydon being Superintendent. The
company is as old and reliable one. The
lresckow mines are owned by Samuel
iionnei Jr., a wealthy rsew lork operator.
ir. i. i. ratterson is buperintendent.
At lorktown, A. L. Mumper & Co.'s
mines, are in succsslul oDeration. Mr.
lhos. Dougherty is the head man in the
office.
The Beaver Brook colliery is only a
hort distance from lorktowu. Edward
L. Bullock, is Superintendent, and Mr.
uooson,. ot Bethlehem, is President of
the company.
Auaenried is on the borders of
Schuylkill and Luzerne counties, in the
extreme northwest corner of Carbon coun
ty. Tho Ilouey Brook Coal Company
have several mines here, Mr. E. B.
Leisennng being Superintendent. Coal
Gazette: '
A BUTLER COUNTY "CLAIMANT."
A Man Turns Ud After an Absence of
Twelve Years to Claim His Farm
His Wife Living with Another Hus
band. From the Beaver Radical
John Fowler, of Cherry township, But
ler county. Pa., went "away .to the wars"
in 18G2. Her was married when he left.
and in addition to a wife, he had three
children. John was also the owner of a
farm of one hundred acres, and it well
stocked besides. Sometime after he en
tered into the service of his country, - he
was taken prisoner by the rebels, and then
the next news which reached his home
was that he had died while in the hands
of the enemy. His wife, or supposed
widow, married a young man, only nine
teen years of age, about hve years ago,
with whom 6he is now living on the farm.
A few days ago the supposed lost soldier.
John Fowler, returned, but looking quite
uinerent from what he did when he left.
lis wife, it is said, dees not recognize
utm, or care to recognize him, while the
neighbors say he is the veritable and real
John Fowler who went to the war. Af
ter being about the neighborhood of his
alleged old home for a few days he left.
but before doing so gave notice of his in
tended return on the first of April to re
claim and repossess his farm. He does
not make or intend to make any demand
or his wife, but docs for his farm, and if
so, we preseume there will soon be some
egal proceedings heerd of. A singular
act about hun is that ho never wrote a
etter or sent any word home and as yet
gives no very satisfactory account for his
ong absence, lhere are various supposi
tions, among them that he had become
insane after being taken a prisoner and
confined in some Insane Asylum in the
South. But how this and other matters
may be will yet have to come to light.
His wife married the second ' time in
good faith and honestly believing him
dead, and, it is said, bears a good charac
ter. We give the case as we have heard
it, eo far, and if the said returned John
Fowler proves to be genuine and not an
im poster it will create rather an interest
ing state of affairs in his family. His
wife drew a pension until her second mar
riage, but no administration was ever had
on his estate, and the farm remains just
as it was when he left.
The Towanda Item says : "Three
years ago a letter was written in Oswego,
New rork, to an old lady in Towanda,
conveying intelligence of the death of a
sister, and, strange as it may seem, the
letter was not delivered until about one
week ago, whea it was received by the
one it was intended for, and what may
6cem stranger still, is tho fact that it con
tained the first intimation she had re
ceived of the death of said sister."
A Western paper notes a singular case
of afflication between a cat and a roosjer,
in its locality. The two are inseparable
companions, and if by chanee the cat
should stray off, the cock clucks a recall
in the most appealing tone.
Suppose the sterner sex should turn
the tables, and begin praying for deliver
ance from plumpers, society gossip, news
paper bustles, street fiirtaious and back
hair I
COUNTY, PA., MARCH
How to Make Home Attractive,
lhere are many who dwell in humble
houses, burdened with cares aud ham
pered by proverty, who envy their more
wealthy neighbors, and think if they only
had riches they would ornament their
grounds and decorate their dwellings and
make everything around them beautiful,
and while they are thus sighing for what
i i.i . .. -
is Deyonu ineir reacn, they lorget to make
the most of the blessings that lie close at
hand. The yard in front of your dewel
ling may be small, but iT the fence is in
order and nicely white-washed, if the
walk from the gate to the door is neatly
iaiu out, and it the grass on cither side
is kept free from weeds, it cannot fail to
attract the admiration of the passer by.
Flowers in the yard are very beautiful if
you have time to attend to them, but
there is nothing more forlorn than ne
glected flower-beds, and green grass is al
ways pretty. It may be sorao work to
get rid of all the weeds at first, but if you
once get them dug up by the roots, a day
or two every spring will keep them in sub
; i: r . . i . i mi i
jection aiter mat, ana will amply repay
you lor your trouble.
tITT.tr i ii.
imin your dwelling tuere are many
beautiful things that you have at a trifling
expense and with very little outlay of
time. Put fewer runies on your dresses
and on your children's dresses, and spend
the time thus saved in making picture
frames, brackets, and other little orna
ments, and all the household will be the
gainers thereby. In these days when
chromos and engravings are sent as pre
miums with nearly all our periodicals, and
when there are such quantities of excel
lent wood cuts, you need be at no loss for
pretty pictures ; tho largest of these should
be framed with wood ; walnut is the best.
but pine varnished is sometimes quite
pretty, and your husband or boys can
make these for you on rainy days Small
er pictures can be framed with straw, and
these cost nothinz but the past-board
which supports them. Very pretty frames
can also be made of the lichens from old
fence rails, merely by gluing them on
some support, either wood or paste-board,
or on the margin of the glass. But if
you are of an inventive turn of mind you
can think of a dozen little devices that
will answer quite as well as these : and if
you cannot afford gilt paper on your walls
there is this consolation, that nowhere do
pictures show to better advantage than
on a white back ground.
But pietures are not the only orna
ments within your means ; an inexpensive
vase filled with dried grasses is a beauti
ful centre pieee for your mantel. In
gathering these select only the most grace
ful and feathery specimens, and instead
of hanging them up heads downward to
dry, in the usual way, put them immedi
ately in your vase, and they will then droop
gracefully instead of standing out like so
many miniature pokers. But after all
there is nothing prettier or les3 trouble
than autumn lefcves. Whenever you are
out of doors in the fall, and come across
any bright leaves, gather them and put
them to press in an old book ; after a few
weeks you can take them out and arrange
them in wreathes or bunches, and they
will retain their color for a lonsr time.
Pettiest of all are ferns, but they must
ba put in press as soon as gathered, or
they will lose their shape.
In arrangipg all these decorations there
is opportunity for you to display your
good taste ; don't put them all iu a bunch
on one side of the room : don t have them
crooked ; and measure vour distance care
fully, for there are very few who can get
a picture half way between tho window
and the door if they trust entirely to the
eye. . But no matter how many pretty
things you have keep your house neat and
clean always ; a room with pictures and
brackets on the walls and dirt in the cor
ners or under the ftove, smeary windows
and finger marked paint, looks incon
gruous, to say the least of it.
Ruth Craydock.
School Examinations.
Soon our winter schools will begin to
clone, and we desire to call the attention
of directors to the importance of holding
public examinations near the end of the
term. We would suggest this course :
Let the board of directors pass a resolu
tion that all the schools in their district
shall hold a publio examination before
the end of the term ; let a day be agreed
upon for the examination of each school ;
let it be arranged that one director at
least shall be present at each school on
the day of the examination, and, in addi
tion, a committee of citizens ruay be sp
pointed to attend, and then, let all the
people of the district receive an invitatiou
to be present. If such a programme ba
adopted and carried out the schools will
be benefited, directors will have a good op
portunity of seeing what has been done,
and the people will learn to appreciate
more fully the great work of public in
struction. The exercises of school on
examination day need not be confined to
reviews of the branches the pupils have
fetuided. Music, elocutionary perform
ances, essays, and a little speech making
may properly be introduced nt intervuls
to give variety and life. Penn. School
Journal.
Erom all parts of the east shore of Luke
Michigan come reports to the effect that
the fruit prospects are very flattering this
year. Peach trees are io specially fine
condition.
26, 1874.
Amended Bankrupt Law.
The amended bankrupt act has passed
the Senate, and the house Wilf have a
chance to reconsider its hasty action in
December. It has been the endeavor to
give the new bill the most careful consid
eration, and it has been amended and ma
tured as the experience of its pnst action
has suggested remedies. The inteot of
the amended bill is to promote the wel
fare of commercial men, by t-ccuring an
equable-distribution of the assets ol the
unfortunate debtor. It intends to check
and punish dishonesty and guard the
honest intcntioned insolvent. Section 2
provides for publication of a newspaper
notice to creditors for $50 or less, if when
the creditors of the bankrupt are o num
erous as to make any notice now required
by law to them by mail or otherwise, a
great and disproportionate expenses to
the estate. These amended aud other
clauses look only towards greater economy
in the working of the act. The extrava
gaot costs of the old law will be reduced
one half. The law orders that in volun
tary bankruptcy no disc harge shall be
granted the debtor whose assets shall not
equal 33 per cent. In regard to voluo
tary bankruptcy the law provides that
when an insolvent has stopped and not
resumed payment within a period of for
ty days of his commercial paper employed,
in the course ol his business, he shall be
deemed to have committed an act of
bankruptcy, and shall be- adjudged a
bankrupt on the petition of one or more
of his creditors, who shall constitute one
forth thereof to least in number, and the
aggregate of whose debts amounts to at least
one third of tho debts; but such petition
mast bewithin six months after such act
of bankruptcy shall have been committed
The Chicago "tainted meat" question
is evoking considerable discussion. The
deleterious stuff is not only sold at home,
but shipped to a distance, aud Phildadel
phia and Baltimore are making loud com
plaints. The latter eity is an important
center for the distrbution of cured hams,
shoulders and sides to the South, and the
trade amounts to several millions of dol-
rs annually. Heretofore Chicago has
been the principal market from which the
millions of pounds of pork shipped to the
South every season, as well as that used
for home consumption, was purchased ;
but unless something is done to reduce
the percentage of tainted shoulders and
hams found in every car load that arrives,
Baltimore says she will be obliged to be
stow her patronage elsewhere. Chicago
has evidently a number of important les
sons to learn concerning trade. A mer
chant is more than a mere tradesman; he
is an agent for society. The fact that
most products are prepared at places dis
tant from those in which they are sold
gives the merchant an advantage over the
consumer of which he -cannot conscien
tiously take advantage. II is customers
have the same highest moral right to his
best judgment as the client has from his
counsel, the parishioner from his pastor,
the patient from his physician ; and the
thoroughly conscientious dealer will la
bor to be equitable on all occasions and
under all circumstances. What the
average Chicago merchant seems, special
ly, to need well grounding in, is moral
science. Enterprise and vim are com
mendable enough, but business, in one
sense, is like testimony the quality is of
more consideration than the qu-intity.
.
To Prison for Life.
William A. Stone, one of the Canasto
ta incendiaries, by profession a lawyer,
thirty years of age, was found guilty of
arson in the first degree. In passing sen
tence upon him,- Judge Murray said :
"You have been convicted by the jury,
after a fair trial, of arson in the first do
gree. With the verdict I thiuk no oue
can complain ; the evidence fairly war
ranted that conclusion. Aud there is no
palitation for your offense. You are lib
erally educated ; you became member
of the learned profession. You knew
crimes again? the law and the conse
quences, and yet under this light and
knowledge you committed this offense.
It is a most aggravated one ; it was not
dwelling. You have committed to the
flames many habitations. You have sent
out into the dark night many families.
They have been obliged to- go forth fear
ing for their lives. What could have in
duced you to commit such an act heaven
and you only know ! But justice has
overtaken you at last. Henceforth you
are to be deprived of society and all its
pleasures and advantages. It is to be
hoped that you will seek the pardon of
Heaven. The sentence of the court is
that you be confined in the State Prison
at Auburu during tb term of your na
tural life."
A Tongh Meal.
e
A freshly imported Patlander, who had
engaged Jiimself as a waiter at one of the
hotels, was ordered by one of the guests
to bring him a napkin. Now this was an
artielo that Pat had never heard of in all
his life, and to save his soul from purga
tory he could not tell what the gentle
man meant. His Irish blood forbade him
displaying his iguorance, so he went off
as if tn comply with the order. Presnet
ly a thought struck him, and he returned
to the gentleman, saying : "Faix, sir,
and will ye he plaxed to take something
else, the napkius are ivory divil of them
ate up."
NO. 45.
Lice on Fowls.
A correspondent of the London Field
says fowls may be kept free from vermin,
a3 follows : "First of all, if io confine
ment, in the dust corner of a poulty
house, mix about half a pouud of black
sulphur in the sand and lime that they
dust in. This will both keep them free
from parasites and give the feathers a
ploosy appearance. If infesred with the
insect?, dampen the skin under the
feathers with a little water, theu sprinkle
a little black sulphur on "the skin. Let
the bird be covered with insects, and they
will disappear in the course of twelve
hours. Also, previous to sitting a hen,
if the nest be slightly sprinkled with the
sulphur, there is no fear of the hen being
annoyed during incubation, neither will
the chickens be troubled by them. Many
a fine hatched brood pines away and dies
through nothing else, and no one seems
to know the cause."
Philadelphia people are beginning to
be anxious about their finauces. The
debt of the city now amounts to $00,009,
000, more than double that of the entire
State. The Inquirer says there was a
secret meetiog held last Saturday, at
which there were present certain mem
bers of the City and State Governments
and of the Park Commission. It was
then proposed to increase tho enormous
municipal debt to 80,000.000. including
an appropriation of 3,000,000 for Fair
mount Park. The Inquirer eaters a
vigorous protest against the proposition,
declaring that if the increase is granted
it will plarc the property of every citizen
in peril of being nearly, if not quite, ab
sorbed by taxation. It says the Park
appropriation is entirely unnecessary, and
adds : "The truth is that our municipal
debt is already so enormously large that
to iucrease it materially would be to de
stroy the prosperity of the city. Them
must be less debt and lower taxes, instead
of more debt and higher taxes."
Iu the population cf the woild, Chins
stands first, with 425 213.152, the Britisli
Empire second, with 100.817,000, and
Russia third, with 82,172,022. Th
United States are fifth. Io density of
population Belgium comes first, with 280.
Belgium has one mile of railroad to six
square miles of territory ; Great Britain
one to eight sqaarc miles, and the United
States are eleventh, with one mile of road
to fifty six ef territory. Of electric tele
graphs Great Britain has one mile to
every four square miles ; Belgium one to
five, and the United States one to thirty
six. The merchantile natives of the
world comprise 01,429 vessels, and a total
tonnage of 18,514,029. Of these, Great
Britain has IOol steamers and 20,832
sailing vessels, the United States coming
next, with 403 steamers and G78G sailing
vessels.
Tho Cherokee nation now numbers G0,
000. Its Superintendent of Schools re
ports that about 2,300 children attend
schools ; that the schools are in session
nine months annually, and that all the
English branches are taught, iocluding
geometry, rhetoric, etc : that there are
44 native teachers and 22 pale faces ; that
nicy nave one orphan s schools, with 90
inmates ; one female high school, presided
over by a teacher from Mount Ilolyokc--,
Massachusetts, and one Moraviau mis
sionary school. These school have been
supported by the United States for 35 years
past, or since their formation, and about
fcDU.UUO is uow appropriated by Congress
annually to sustain them. The Superin
tendent thiuks that the nation will in
time support the school without aid from
government. .
Stories of "Old Clo" men arc always in
order more so than are the wares of
these girment merchants. Here is a true
one of a South Boston vender:
A young mechanic saw an overcoat iir
a second hand clothing ftore which he
concluded be would be glad to possess at
a reasonable price.
"How much ?" he asked.
."Twenty oue dollars," was the answer.
The usual haggling took place, and the
mechanic started to leave the store.
"How moosh you gif ?" asked the mer
chant. "Three dollars."
"Take it den. I shall shoost be de
ruin of myself. I ouly make two dollars
off dat coat, zo help uie gracious."
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A minister examined his school boys
thus : n
"What is the meaning of the word re
pentance ?"
"Please, sir, don't know."
"Now, if I had Ktoleo a loaf of bread,
what should 1 be r
"Please, sir, looked up "
Well, should I feel sorry ?'
"Yes."
"Well, why should t feel sorry ?"
"Please, iir, 'cause you was eotched."
Two thousand square miles of superior
yellow pine timber, now wholly untouch
ed by the axe, nrc about to be opened to
market in Florida.
There vrere a million of funeral last
year in the United Status, costing not
less than a huudred million dollars.
California is measuring her wheat be
fore it has erowo and been gathered, or
puts it at 40,000,000 buibeU for thf pre
seut year.
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