THE JElFKRSO 1 A.IS!" Dcuotcb to politico, Citecoture, agriculture, Science, IHornlttii, ono cneral Jntdliscucc. 2. PuMishpel by Theodore Schoch. . i i . . TrRM TTO Uoll.irs yi-nr in nivnnrf aim II not ' j' t,.;-.,r; t!i ) cud of the year, two dollar and fifty .IOI5 IMIIXTIXG OF A IX KINDS, , ..;t din the highest style of the Art, and on the 'A""' must reasonable tortus. CRfSIAXTS' IXOISE, 413 & 415 Third Sstrcit, PHILADELPHIA. fcS" KeJuced rates, $1 75 per day.'a IIKNUY SPAIIN, Prop'r. I . ?NYPi R. Clerk. '.(.v. L'C. IS74. Qui. d r7j. lantz, surgeon & mechanical dentist. has his oflu' on Main strrct, in the second etory , f ''. S. Walton's briek biiildiiiji, ticarlT opposite the lr.m ''-N!nir ll.'iisp, and ho tlaters. himself that by clg j!'. r,sr constant practice and the most earnest and fill ut.'ii'ion to all matters p.rtaitiini; to hi pro ..n. t ! :it he i fully aMo to perform all operations a the U ratal 1 i :i o in tlis most careful and skillful niau- 9ii vial attention piven to savine the Natural Tooth ; .v! tin incrii.n of Artificial Teeth on lliibber. ir.H. Silvr, ir Continuous Gums, and perfect fits in all ri. insiird. i.. p Tiii! know th2 preat folly and danger of cn r ;,iL'i!i''ir work to the inexperienced, or to those Ht-i;V- at a di t ime April 13, 1S74. tf. D ::. . t,. peck, Surgeon Ecntist. na .Mn" th.it bavins just returned from Pental ,;;,', 1:l is fully prepared to make artificial teotli in : :ri: iHM'nif.i'l and lifelike manner, and lo fill de- ih a.v"r rluivr to the most unproved metlKxt. I" pstra t:"l without pain, when desired, by the itroas Oxide Cia. which is entirely harmless. i: f i: Ni r; o( all kinds neatly done. All work warantcd. rrasniaMj. .1. i. K.'ller's new brick building. Main street, i:r;, I'a. ! All?. 31 '71-tf. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. Firms, Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. t'loice next ik.or ahore S. Bees' news Depot r.i-l 21 duor lielnw the Corner Store. March L'n,l ST-tf. jyi. iiOlV.tUI) IMTTCRSOX, pjysician. Surgeon and Accoucheur, (Siicce.or to Geo. W. Seip.) O.Iiee Main street. Stroudbtirg, Pa., in Dr. Sis luiii.iiiiir, residence Sarah street, next J'rien 1 new meeting house. Prompt attention to calls. ( 7 to 9 a, m. ciHct hours 12 " 2 p. in. ( o" " 9 p. m. A-.tiI 10 IS, 4-1 v. D It. CiEO. IV. JiCKSOX PilTSICIAX, SURGEON AXD AlXOlCnCUR. In the old office of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson, re-id'.-iice, corner of Sarah and Franklin street. STROUDSBURG, PA. A'.irnst ,'72-!f 1 mckic.ix iioti:l.. f he subst-riher would inform the public that ii ha leased th-; house formally kept by Jacob K;i.vlit. in the Uoronli of Strondsburg, Pa., "i I having repiiinted and refurnished the same, i- I'repn rt-.J tn entertain all who may patronize It is the aim of the proprietor, to furn M i-mI. r accommodations at moderate rates wl will sjmre no pains to promote the com "rt ,t the srnts. A liberal share of public fJ.ron-te soiicited. April 17, '72-tf. D. L. PISLE. H0NE3DALE, PA. l-jt central location of any Hotel in town. K. W. KIPLE Sc SON, '.''J -"in .-street. Proprietors. Jn-dary lS7o. y. oii r. KiKiioTs, " Counsellor at-Luw, Office. Kresgeville, Pa. I'ljiiltatiijiis in f.s-rnian and English. Le;al busi !'Jf all kinds solicited and full catisfaction cimran pet. 15 '74. D U"1I S. LKK, Attorney at L.aw, . fl door above the "Stroudsbnrg IIouKe,,: -rondshurff n '.wtioiis promptly made. ner 22. IKM i )EV. KDWA1U) A. WILSON'S (of ji jlliamsbur?1 X. Y.) lleei for COX- "riiU.N and ASTII3IA carefully 'Founded at. foil HOLLINSHEAD-S DRUG STORE. Mtdicin? freh and pure. 2107. W. IIOLLINHEAD. JjO.-r roitCSKT tliat wlieii ()... you Warit any tiling in the Furniture or H?t-l7.,taI li,,e th?lt McCarty & Suns in the 1JJ K'llows' Hall, Main strect) iStroudburt', j' 18 thft P'aee to iret it. 1'OCKAFKLLOW, DEALER IN Pie-3Iade Clothing, Gcnls Fur- BUhiuS (ioods, Hals &Caps, Cools & Shoes, &c. fJ.ST STROUDSBURG, PA. (Near the Depot.) pl'Mic nre invited to call and examine I ' r"s moderate. MayGMMfj VOL. 3 fi'l 7- N-J la"r 'liseoTiiwmea until ail arrearages are , x',..pt at tho option of the Editor, r , vivtrtii;mnt" of ons square of (ck'bt lines) or . tn'i' "r i!ir.?n ins-rtions si .r). Each additional in "'V ,1 jo e.,,i Longer ones in proportion. ' .,. .-ill I: riiar.-.-u. THE FIRST TH0USA0ND DOLLARS. Tlie following extract we take from The Aew York Independent, and . commened it to the careful consideration of the boys and young men who are among our readers : The lirst thousand dollars that a youn man after going out into the world to act for himself earns and saves will generally settle the question of the of busiuess life with him. . There may be exceptions to this statement ; yet fur a rule, we think that it will hold true. The first condition in that the young man actually earns the thousand dollars in question. lie does not inherit this sum. It does not come to him by a streak of good luck, as the result of a fortunate ven ture in the purchase and sale of a hundred shares of stock. It is the fruit of personal industry. lie gives his time and his labor for it. While lie is thus earning and sav ing it, he must earn two or three, or jer haps four times as much to pay his current expenses. lie is consequently held sternly to the task of industry for a considerable period. The direct consequence to him is steady continuous and solid discipline in the habits of industry in patient, persistent, forecasting and self-denying effort, break ing up all the tendencies to indolence and frivolity, and making him an earnest and watchful economist uf time. lie not only learns how to work but he also acquires the love of work ; and, moreover he learns the value of the sum which he has thus saved out of his earnings. lie has toiled for it ; he has observed its slow increase from time to time ; and in his estimate it represents so many months or years of prac tical labor. His ideas of life are shaped by his own experience. These natural ef fects of earning the first thousand dollars we hold to be very large benefits. They are just the qualities of mind and body which are most likely to secure busiuess success in after years. They constitute the best practical education which a man can have as a worker in this working world. They are gained in season for life's pur poses, at the opening period, just when they are wanted, when foolish notions are most likely to mislead an inexperienced br;:in, and when, too, there is a full oppor tut.ity for expansion and development in f ct years. Men have but one life to live ; and hence, they start from opening man hood but once. And the manner in which they start, the purposes they have in view, and the habits they form will ordinarily determine the entire sequel of their career on earth. To succeed, men must have the elements of success in themselves. One great reason why there are so many use less, inefficient, and poverty-stricken men un earth or, rather, boys seeming to be men consists in the simple fact that they did not start right. A prominent reason why the children of the rich so frequently amount to nothing may be found in the luxury, case and indolence which marked the commencement of their lives. It is the law of God that we should be workers on earth ; and no one so well consults the best development of his being as when he confers his practice to this law. The work ers in some suitable sphere are the only really strong men in this world. A Faithful Sheep Do Among the most interesting entries at the late Maryland State Fair was a hand some setter dog named "Jack," that is owned and entered by a gentleman of Bait r more county. There is nothing peculiar in "Jack's" general appearance, but his sagacity is really wonderful. His owner has a large number of sheep, and "Jack' was almost raised with them. He became very much attached to the sheep, and was used in driving and watching them. He would folluw them to pasture in the morn ing and remain with them during the en tire day, with the exception of a short time near noon, when he would return to the farm house, and after getting his dinner would return at once to his charge. lie followed this routine alike in good and bad weather, and even when the sheep were brought home in the evening and penned, he would sleep with them. On one occa sion the flock was left in charge of "Jack" in a field on a distant part of the farm, and they were allowed to remain there during the night, but he did not offer to leave, and was found with them on the following morning. During the early part of last spring he was left in charge of a flock of about eighty sheep, and during the day two strange dogs made their appearance in the field and commenced killing the sheep. "Jack" at once attempted to drive the in truders from the field, but they turned up on him and a desperate fight ensued. Dur ing the battle one of the strange dogs was killed, and the other so badly hurt that he could not CJimo me lence to cfcaii;. faithful protector of the sheep was so much injured in the fight that lie did not recover fur several weeks. The sheep seemed to recognize the faithfulness of "Jack," as when a hired man visited the field in the evening he found the flock standing in a circle around their protector, who was un able to move. Two ot the sheep were killed bv the strange dogs and the remain- in" dog that had been unable to escape, was killed by the man that visited the field. Tlio TVnnsvlvania. Railroad Company is said to be the largest private corjKjration in .rM T controls (1.000 iniles of track, represented by 400,000,000 of securities ; its annual revenues amount to 80,000,000, and its net income 125,000,000. These colossal figures represent, inc-grow ui vi loss than halt a century. STROUJJSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER A Biter Bit. Some five or six weeks ago a young man named Charles Perrin, twenty-three years old, and a carpenter by trade, fell iu love with a good-looking girl whose parents live on Orchard street. Charles has red hair and a freckled face, and although the young lady treated him courteously when he called at the house she had her mind made up that she could never wed a red headed man. After an acquaintance of three weeks he asked her to become Mrs. Perrin, and was greatly taken down when she told him that she couldn't think of such a thing. Charles then sought to have the old folks put in a good word for him, but they declined to" interfere. He con tinued his visits, perhaps hoping to soften the girl's heart, but Thursday evening the crisis came. He went to the house with a bottle of acid iu his pocket, prepared to spoil her beauty if she did not give him a favorable answer. There was no one at home but the girl and her mother, and Perrin first wanted the girl to take a walk with him. She refused to go, and he asked to see her alone. She also refused this re quest, and the lover had just got ready to draw the bottle from his pocket, when something bit him. lie thought it was a dog, but it wasn't. The cork had worked out of the bottle, and his coat tails were turning brick color at the rate of a yard a minute. The acid wasn't content with the coat tails, but struck out for flesh, and in about a minute the young man was danc ing around the house as if to escape a bul let. Shouting and whooping, he got out of doors and threw off most of his clothing and rolled in the mud, and it was some time before any one could find out whether he had snakes in his boots or had sat down one a brad awl. He was so badly burned that two men had to help him to his board ing house on Fifth street, where a physi cian dressed the burns. There is a good deal of laughing at his expense, and if he makes his appearance at the house again he will be arrested, as he told one of his friends in advence that he meant the acid for the girl. Detroit Free Press. A Mother Saves her Child from Being Devoured by a Cougar. . On the bank of the Clear Fork of the Brazos river John Selman and his family were sitting in their little cabin, enjoying the comforts of a brillian fire, when their dog set up a fierce barking, Mr. Hewitt, who lives with Mr. Selman, walked out to see what was .the matter, and discovered a large cougar. Mr. II. stepped back to get a gun, leaving the door open, intending to return in a moment. But their morning visitor did not choose to wait for his return, and followed im mediately into the house. The first intro duction the inrtuder gave himself was to leap upon a little child, taking hold of its neck with its monster teeth, inflicting some very severe wounds. Mrs. Selman, the mother ot the child, grabbed it and released it. The animal then made an attempt to recapture the child irom the mother, and Mr. Hewitt, who is gifted with uncommon size and unusual strength, knocked the monster down and kicked it under the bed. Mr. Selman had got hold of a gun by that time, and as the cougar came from under the bed he shot it, the ball entering the left side of its neck, ranging back, and coming out through the abdomen ; but this only infuriated him mure than ever. He then leaped up on the bed, tearing the bed and bedding. The door had got closed during the fracas, and the wild ani mal having become dissatisfied with his little prison, like a lion in a cage, leajicd from side to side of the room, upsetting the chairs, table and other furniture, at the same time uttering the most terrific screams imaginable. At last Mr. Selman got hold of another gun, and shot it through behind the shoulder. It then jumped at the fire, grabbing its mouth full of live coals, and stood there and growled until Mr. Selman upend the door, and Mr. Hewitt took it by the tail and dragged it out into the yard, where it died. It measured eleven feet nine inches in length. ( An Intelligent Sheep Dog. A instance of extraordinary intelligence iu a dog is given by a correspondent of Land and Wafer. The gentleman who witnessed the event was a short time since on a visit to Scotland, and during one of his walks he came across some men who were washing sheep. Close to the water where the operations were being carried on was a small pen, in which a detachment of ten sheep were placed handy to the man for washing. While watching the perfor mance his attention was called to a sheep dog lying down close by. This animal, on the pen becoming nearly empty, with out a word from any one, started off to the main body of the flock and brought back ten of their number, and drove them into the empty washing pens. , The fact of the dog bringing exactly the same number of sheep as had vacated it, he lookod upon at first as a strange coincidence, a mere chance. But he continued looking on, and, much to his surprise, as soon as the men had re duced the number to three sheep, the dog started off again and brought back ten more ; and so on he continued throughout the afternoon, never bringing one more nor one less, aud always going for a fresh lot when only three were left in the pen, evidcutiy rjeing aware tnar, aunng tne time the last three were washing he . would be able to bring up a freh detachment. Hints for the Girls. An old stager, who has been through the mill, gives the vice to the girls : following parental ad- Take lessons on the piano, and learn to paint and sing, but let your mother do the washing. Do worsted work and make nice little neckties for the heathen, but don't acquire that mystic art to "cook pork and beans." Go to boarding school and pursue some French, Spanish and German, but neglect your good old mother English. Flatly deny the soft impeachment that you are engaged. Treat your young sprig precisely as if you were ashamed of him. It is complimentary anyhow to the young sprig. When you laugh, laugh heartily. Your gold fillings may be seen. It is a card for the dentist. . Tell people who are posted, and con sequently know better, that you are ex actly nineteen last or next summer, you forget which. They'll believe it you know. Say naughty things of jour rival and next door neighbor, and speak despairing ly of Miss Q.'s nose. But entirely over look your own incongruities. By all mean3 Vtoto" a nice little dog af ter you on the streets. There is a chance of you being taken for some one else, while it speaks volumes for the dog. Walk four abreast, and keep the centre of the sidewalk, but never for a moment allow yourself to be disconcerted. It shows consideration for the happiness of others. Finally, quit being girls, by marrying some old bald-head buffer, with lots of "tin," and ruthlessly thrust aside a man of brains with a becoming competency. USEFUL HINTS. A lady writing to the Country Gentle man, thus recapitulates some of the val uable suggestions she had the good sense to learn from her servant girls. She says : The other day Mary was ironing, and asked for a piece of sandpaper to rub her irons on. I was astonished that I never thought of it before. It is so nice ; re moves every bit of starch or anything else, and makes them so smooth. One girl told me that old corsets make the best stove cloths. Just one-half at a time is a convenient size. Ther arc ready- made and much better, when unfolded, to take hold of anything with than a made holder, and much easier to wash. Just throw them in with the brown towels, as you happen to get during the week, and they come out clean and ready to use again. Another girl pours hot water on the blades only of steel knives, and they wipe easily and do not need drying. Another one told me the best way to keep hams aud dried beet was to pack it in dry salt. We have tried it several years, with perfect success. An old stilt barrel is convenient. Set it in some cool, dry place ; put quite a thick layer of salt in the bottom ; then pack in the hams, using the pieces of dried beef, if you have eny, for chinking ; cover with salt, then hams and salt again, till the barrel is full. There is not the . least danger from insects, if the hams are smoked and the beef dried and put away early, before the flies come around ; and they are much nicer to han dle than when put in ashes or oats, or any thing of that kind. DIDN'T LIKE IT. A stranger, about as broad through the shoulders as a table, was eating a free lunch in a Randolph street saloon the other day, when three roughs came in. They seemed to take an antipathy to the stranger at first sight, and it wasn't long before one of them remarked that he could lick any man who ever wore red hair. The strang er glanced over that way, but said nothing. "And I can lick any man with a wart on his nose," observed the second. The stranger chewed away on his crackers as if he didn't hear, while the third mm ex pressed himself a "just aching to knock the bugle off some country galoot." Even that didn't move the stranger, and finally one of the trio walked over to the table, looked at him in contempt, aud deliberately spit on the stranger's boot. He lingered to drink the remainder of his beer, and then got up, gave himself a gentle shake, and proceeded to knock down those three roughs in a very violent manner. He waited for them to get up, and as they dropped into chairs to analyze their feel ings, he quietly inquired. "Well, how do you like it as far as you've got ?" They couldn't have heard him, for they got up and walked out without saying a word. "Now You Begin to Talk." On a certain occasion the counsel took some exception to the ruling of the court on some oint, and a dispute arose. "If the court please," said the counsel, and at the same time picked up a volume. "There is no referring to any book," ex claimed the court, angrily. "I have de cided the p'int." "But, your honor " persisted the at torney. "Now, I don't want to hear anything on the subject," yelled the court." "I tell you again that I have decided the p'int." "1 know that, was the rejoinder, "I am satisfied of that ; but this is a volume of hiack-stone. I am certain he diners with your honor, and I only want to show you what a tool iilack-stoiie was. "Ah, indeed," exclaimed the court, "now yvi begin to tilt." 26, 1874. A Dog on the Witness Stand. On Wednesday, Mr. Spears was before the Police Court, charged with keeping a vicious dog, and the animal was ordered to be killed. Subsequently, however, the execution of the sentence was suspended, as the evidence upon which he was con victed was ex parte, and a new trial grant ed. The case came up again Friday morn ing, and a large number of persons testi fied as to the good character of the dog, and the whole matter resolved itself into the fact that he had scared the gentleman who complained of his attacking him by rough play. Nevertheless, to make assur ance doubly sure, at the request of his mas ter the dog was put upon the stand to tes tify in his own case. On being asked if he would bite any one, he uttered a peculiar noise and shook his head. He was then asked if he would bite if his master set him on, and he replied in the affirmative by nodding his head. When asked if he would bite the court, he replied in the neg ative. Several other questions were asked him, and his answers and actions exhib ited the greatest intelligence. It is need less to say he was honorably acquitted. Richmond ( T a.) Enquirer. A New Industry in Maine. Among the latest industries established in Maine is that of collecting and drying sea-moss, which is followed in the town of Kittery. This moss is collected iu dories in the neighborhood of White Island and Whale's Back. Two men go in each boat, and with rakes made for the purpose tear the moss from the rocks at half tide. It is taken to the breaches, where large beds are constructed by taking up all the large rocks and leaving only a surface of pebble stones. These beds contain from ten to three hun dred barrels. If there is no rain sea wa ter has to be thrown on the moss, and the sun bleaches it from the dark green color, first to a beautiful poink and then to a clear white. It has to be turned occasionally, and made the same as hay. After it is thoroughly dry it is packed in barrels and shipped to Boston, where it finds a ready sale at six cents a pound. Immense quanti ties are used by brewers. A Sacred Bull That has an Arm Like a Man. In Mr. Martin's stable, Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, is a so-called sacred Brahmin bull bought in Calcutta by Capt. Folge, and brought here in the ship Scindia that has just back of the shoulder an appendage very similiar to a human arm, with shoul der, elbow, aud wrist joints, and horny twisted fingers". The arm is covered with fine hair, and is of dark lead color, shaded into white. It swings when the bull moves, but whether the bull has control of the limb is disputed, the keeper and the sail ors of the ship saying that it can strike with it. The limb is composed of flesh and a horny substance, and is said to hard en when the bull is fed high, but softens when it has little to cat. The animal is valued at $2.',000. It is attached by the Custom House authorities for duties, since animals that are not intended for breeding purposes are dutiable. Woman's Virtue. It is a pervading vice among men of doubting the virtue of woman. To us it looks not only an outrage to good taste, but betokens a besotted nature, and passions that would disgrace a beast. The idea of dragging woman down to a man's point of virtue, is repugnant to the feelings, so utterly at variance with truth, that they ought not to have a place in civilized society. We would wish to impress upon the character of women of our land, that if what they charge were true. this, fair world of our's would be a perfect hell. The women of our land are as far above those who make these assertions as the heavens are above the earth. jOur women are the highest tyjHj of purity and virtue, and any craven who would drive them from this high estate, deserves the execrations of all good men. A Substitute for Leather. The BritisJi Trade Journal describes a newly patented substitute for leather, known as "leatherette,", but not the pro cess by which it is made. It says that the new material is made iu "perfect imitation of different kinds of leather, the sheets of fibrous pulp being pressed into real skins of leather used as moulds. The grains of the leather are thus accurately reproduced in the leatherette. The Trade Journal says that leatherette costs only one-eighth as much as leather, and that it has two advantages over the real article, being stronger and of more uniform quality.- It is Raid to be particularly well adapted for use in Look-binding. It in reported that twenty barrels, en tered as "salt meat" and "Austrialian beef," were .seized at Portsmouth, Eng- land, October 2o, and m the each barrel was found the corpse of a full grown negro. They reached England from the United States, aud were intended for dissection in London. . . A girl in Georgia brought a suit airaint a recent lover, claiming ten thousand "dol lars damages, but fche compromised for lour bales of cotton and a new parasol. Her lawyer took the cotton for his foe, and she kept tho parasol to heal her wounded af. lections. NO. 27. MISCELLANEOUS. The Grangers have seven lodges in Hunt ingdon county. Fifty brick buildings have gone up at Greenville, Pa., this season. One brewery in Reading .ships 82,.")00 worth of beer and ale per day. In Jenner township. Somerset, county, there are no leasj than seven churches. At Fairvicw, Butler county,- water sells at fifty cents a barrel, and . oil at forty cents. Hon. Adam Woolever, of Lehigh county, is spoken of as a candidate for Clerk of the House of Representatives. Col. Xoyes, of Williamsport, will be prominent among the Democratic candi dates for Governor, next year,. An Ohio man has been converted to temperance ninety-eight times, and says he'll go up to a hundred or die. ; A musical critic out West says of a vocalist of local celebrity, "She has a magnificent voice for a fog whistle." Careful estimates put the yield of the precious metals this year in Utah at 810, 000,000. This is against ."),000,000 last year. Auditor General Allen will go back to Blackstone on retiring from his present positon. He will practice at his home in Warren. Frank W. Hughes, of Schuylkill county, is mentioned as the Democratic working men's candidate for the United States Sen atorship. The oldest barn In Berks county is a stone structure on the farm of William Merkel, in llicmond township. It was built in 1744. The parents and friends of the little Boss boy have already expended over one hun dred thousand dollars in their fruitless search for him. The entire stock of pig iron in the She nango Valley is reported to be thirty thou sand tons, while in the Mahoning A'alley it is said not to exceed ten thousand tons. The tanning trade in this State repre sents a capital of 12,000.000. There are 800 tanneries employing 5,000 hands, and producing annually 2,000,000 worth of leather. Chicago still marches in the van of hu man progress. Thirty-three divorce cases there in oue week. It is the home of the brave, but it is more particularly the home of the "free." The Cincinnati Gazette says that within the next sixty days over one hundred million dollars in good crisp greenbacks and national banknotes will be distributed among Western farmers. "Sir," said the astonished landlady to a traveler who had sent his cup forward for the seventh time," you must be very fond of coffee." "Yes, madam, I am," he replied, "or I should never have drank so much water to get a little." A Scotch old maid who was asked to subscribe to raise men for the King during the Perinsula war, answered, "Indeed, I'll do no such thing : I never could raise a man for myself, and I am not going to raise men for King George." It has been ascertained that on both sides of the Mississippi, from Cairo up to a point not yet ascertained, the coal fields stretch out in almost illimitable productive ness ; indeed it is questionable whether the region is richest in metal or carbon. In a little town in Missouri a lady teacher was exercising a class of juveniles in mental arithmetic. She began the ques tion, "If you buy a cow for 10" when up came a little hand. "Why, you can't buy any kind ot a cow for 10. Father sold one for 50 the other day, aud she was a regular old scrnb at that" A married man, hearing that the eating of certain kinds of animal food would aid the same tissues of the human bod' as, for instance, calves' brains would nourish the eater's brains, or beef's liver the eater's liver immediately gave strict orders to his butcher that no more tongue of any kind should be sold to his wife r mother-in-law. It is estimated that the buffalo hunters of Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Southern Nebraska kill 50,000 animals each year for the skins alone ; that the Indians killed three times that number, and that perhaps 10,000 more are killed by sportsmen and those pioneers who depend on the buffalo for their winter meat, thus we have tho enormous figure of 210,000 as the annual slaughter. Ahaz Poxon may be called a miser. He lives near Buffalo, and is rich. Lately he was drawn on the jury in that city and this is how he turned the event, usually considered a misfortune, to actual profit. The pay was a dollar and a half a day for four weeks, aggregating thirty-six dollars. He found lodgings at fifteen cents a night with a poor and dirty family, the total bill being four dollors and twenty cents. He bought a tin pail for twenty cents more, and there his expenditure ended. How did ho eat ? Every morning he went to a free soup house, established for the feeding of newsboys and bootblacks, and had his tin pail filled. . Clear profit for the month, thirty-one dollars and sixty cents. Abaa Poxon is a self-made man. I
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