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VOL. 32.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., DECEMBER 24, 1874.
NO. 31.
pi!N!ipd !y Theodore Schoch.
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fjiii option ol the I'.'htor.
r ii!-fn:imi"n uniii an arroararrvs arc
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of on-
sj jar or fciht lines) or
'. oil. Each additional iti-
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I.:u;:r onrs in proportion.
or ALL K1X1),
-J i:i ill - Ui !iet siyli of the Art, and on the
no-t .j3sjn:'.hlo term.
l 413 & -115
77(;W Svc?, PHILADELPHIA.
vT Reduced rates, $1 75 per day.-&3
HENRY SPAIIX, IWr.
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DR. J.LANTZ,
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GEO! & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
lv ri'i'? on Main street, in the second $try
' a". '-ri. V btiiiitiu., nearly opposite tli-
H. :i' a:il he flatcrs hiinscif that by ci.l-i-i2i.iiil
pr.ic.ii-' and tiiu' mo.-t eai ii'-st and
T'l'i'-' n.ittTs portaininir to hi"? pro
: h i ',. !';:;; a'.i-; to p Tlonn all on;T;uioiis
.. i.:: ; ia the niwst cart-fal and .ki!li"ul nan-
'i in civcn t snvin j tho Xatural Ti-otli ;
ii: ; .i--l" AitiucUl T.fth on Uul'bi'r.
. or Coutina-.as Ouias, and perfect &ts in all
. .'is k': r thf? n-CRt folly and danger of t:n
ir w.ck totliu iuexperioucitl, or to those liv-
April 13, 1S74. tf.
:;: h.TvIri" ;ut r."'.:'.rnd from Drnttl
:- :'.i!:y pr.;virfl to wait artificial trcth in
:'ii ! litV-like manner, and to nil de
1 .! o: til.; most iniprovml niftli l.
:r;i i i "i:"io'.:t p-iia. slu-n doiwl, hy the
w xH tias. which Is entirely harml '.-.s.
kii.ds neatly done. All work waruted.
, tC"ilw'.-' new brick lmihiinc;. Main street,
-: !'.:. Auj. 51 "71-tf.
6
WILLIAM S. REES,
lurvojor, Conveyancer and
I instate Agent.
2lr L-iLds and Town Lots
FOP-
SALE.
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:-xi il'jur .iiove S. lines' news Depot
.r !.! .".v the Corner Store.
J d.i
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raj3:.:iin, Sarjean and Accoucheur,
Main street, Strotid?-
. iii the Iniiliiing formerly occniiicil
4. I-'rui'ijit aitentioii
7 to y a. m.
;rs - 1 " 3 p. ni.
( G " tS i. ui.
!i;:nN". srssEas and accoucheur.
" t'.ie o!.I oiTieo of Dr. A. Iteeves Jackson,
.ie:n ?. fjriivr cf .Sarah and Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
!': r v;.Ti!d inform the public that
1 th- iio'2-c? formally kept by Jacob
':. .i t:ic Ljr.i.i;h ot fcirouu.sutirg, n.,
' !'. ':; j reoai-.ted and refurnished the same,
'-; : to nUvrftiti ail who may patronize
It i-i !:ie ai:n of the proprietor, to furn
or ri"f..)!ntrn latiotis at moderate rates
v'i .ire iv) pr.in to promote tlie com
"' ' f- fT A liberal share of public
--.li-itt-J.
Tj-:f. D. L. riSLE.
ho:je3dale, pa.
j'.eat:;n oi any Hotel in town.
R. V. KIPLE k SOX,
tt-.-t. Proprictcrr.
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OLice.Kresgcville, Pa.
i; in 'it-rtnan and English. Ieal Lusi-
aji;c;;.-d aad Jul! sati:a'tnn guarati-
X.K t. 15 '7.
Attorney at Law,
r r.bovc the "Stroudsburg House,'
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I'Tornpt y rnaoc
j:-j)war a. avilson'S (of
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'JnLOX and ASTHMA carefully
:ur. I l tit
HOLLIKSIIEAD'S drug store.
wv 'I'.'ditii fresh dud pvre.
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0
vJU ;int any thin.sr in the Furniture or
."'iV':!'-1 he that McCarty& Sons
j'-i-l...,ws' litdldain street, Stroud
F-ltiee to net it.
in the
sburg,
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WK'KAPELLOW,
DEALER IN
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e Uolliiusr, Gents Fiir-
(ioods, Hals & Caps,
Soots & Shoes, &c.
UST STIIOUDSBURG, PA.
(Near the Dt pot.) '-
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ic pre invitel to
all nd examine
May 6,'fO-tf :
TWO BURGLARS SHOT NEAR NEW
YORK.
One Confesses that They Were the Ab
ductors of Charley Ross.
On moml;ty morning 14th, int.,"two
burtrlars wore discovered in a summer res
idence at Bay Ridge, near New York city,
whose owner for the time was not occupy
ing it, A gentleman who lives ?bout one
hundred yards away ha a' burglar alarm
in his residence connecting with the un
tenanted house, and collecting his neigh
bors he attempted to capture the robbers.
The thieves made a desperate fight. One
of them was shot and died almost instantly.
The other attempted to escape and was also
shot, but lived long enough to tell who he
and his companion were, and that they
were the abductors of Charley Ross, who
was kidnapped in Philadelphia last July.
The one who was killed instantly was named
William M usher. The other" was Joseph
Douglas. The confession of Douglass was
as follows :
'We came from Xevr York. My name
is Joseph Douglas. That man lying over
there is William Moshcr. Nc lives in
Philadelphia, and has a wife and six child
ren. It' he had not been killed out-right
he might have told you where that boy
who was stolen from (icrntantown (Charley
Ross) is to be found." '-Have you any re
latives about here ?" inquired" Mr. Van
Brunt. "I have," was the answer, ''two
sisters living somewhere, but I have not
seen them ibr more than ten years. You
will find in my pocket 810, and all I ask
of yen is to sec that I get a decent burial."
Douglas lingered for upwards of two
hours in agony, and expired about half
past five o'clock. The police know the two
men and the officers in Philadelphia say
that all along they suspected that the pair
were implicated in the stealing of the Ross
child. We anxiouslv await farther devi h'-
mcnts as th? detectives are working for the j
reeoverv of the lost boy from the clue here
obtained.
Mosior and Clark, it would seem, were
members of a gang of out-laws, who were
river pirates and burglars, the first named
being its captain. Police .Superintendent
Walling, of New York, was the first to
suspect the connection of Mosier and Clark
with the abduction, and he put his own
men to searching for them, and also notified
Chief Ileitis, of Philadelphia, who started
his force on the trail. It was ascertain :d
that the two were in the habit of commk-
i 1 1 ncr lurtrlanes alone: the shores ot Lone:
Island Sound, and taking refuge on some
sP. ..i t. . i : a i. t i
i-danus in tint
vieimt Superb
;dent Wallin- b. 'd a !
small tug-boat fitted up for a cruise amoncr
thrse islands, up the Hudson and aloujr 1
the canal, and manned bv his keenest de- !
tive.-
Twelve days and nights were
the quest, forty different islands
spent in
bavins been visited and every house and
piece of woodland thoroughly searched.
Xot withstanding repeated disappointments,
vigilance was unrelated, and the police were
weaving a web around the abductors which
must soon have resulted in their capture,
had not death stepped in ahead of them.
Clark, alu's Puglass, was not permitted by
Mosier to know the place of the Ross child's
secretion, but stated that Mosier had a wife
and children, and the. Philadelphia child
might be with them.
Mosier, who has numerous aliuses. was
a fugitive from justice, having escaped from
jail at Huntington county, X J., where
he was confined on a charge of burglary,
before he went to live iu Philadel
phia. Here he rented a house in Monroe
street, where Clark, alias Douglass, lived
with him part of the time. They pretend
ed to be peddlers, t'u l, to keep up the ruse,
had a horse and wagon with which to sell
wares about the city. It was with this
horse the child was driven away. Oneq,
.-way from Philadelphia with Charlie Ross
in their possession, thev drove tneir horse
leisurely to X'eW York, hawking their wares
bv the way. Airs, hosier
remained in
Philadelphia several days
1 - A.
after their de-
pariure, wueu sue iou .". yo
Iter children. It was known to the Phila
delphia officers that it was Mosier who
wrote the anonymous letters to Mr. Ross,
sending them on from New York to his
wife in Philadelphia, who eauscd them to
be delivered.
It is also known that two other men
were engaged in the abduction of the Ross
boy, but if the police have any knowledge
of their identity, they keep it to them
selves. Of the prosjiccts of recovering the
child, Detective Wood, of Philadelphia,
who lias been engaged in working up the
case from the beginning, saj-s :
'I don't think they can keep it out of
the way. Either the"'two other men' have
got it, or Mosicr's wife lias it. I don't
think she can keep out of the road. She
has no means neither have the other two
nK.n fur we know that the whole gang
were reduced so low that they had to make
foravs into the town and commit house
robberies. It was while upon euch an
errand that last night Mosier and Clark
were killed. They had to steal to live, and
to steal to be able to hide the child."
tl.r. ton went flW."V. takinc
THIRTEEN
SHOTS WITHIN TWO
MINUTES.
Jt'PfiE VAN URCXTii
UATTLE WITH Till:
ACCOUNT OF THE
IJUKULAUS AT JUS
COUNTRY-HOUSE.
Judge Van Brunt gave a full statement
of the attempted robbery of his house at
Ray Ridge, L. T., and the death of the
robbers. -'My house," he said, "is situated
right on the shore road, about a mile below
the steamboat landing, within ubout 400 or
500 f-et of the water
M v brother's house '
is about 200 feet south of that. My house
is always vacant in the Winter, l" have a
burglar-alarm, which is attached to even
door, every window, and all the blinds in
the house. The wires are carried over to
the other house, and the bell is there, in
my brother's bedroom, so that the moment
any door or window or blind is opened in
my house, the bell rings instantly in his
house. It was about 2 o'clock on Monday
morning that that bell beiran to ring, und
le supposed that, as the wind had beiruu to
blow very hard, perhaps a blind had blown
open, and had caused it to ling. He had
been sick f..r a week or ten days very ill
and didn't want to go out in the cold,
and he called his son, to go and call my
gardener, who lives in the barn, about 300
or 400 feet back of the house. lie went
and called him and they went down to the
house together, and just as they were put
ting the key into the door, to go into the
house, they saw a light in one of the
windows, and then, of course, knew that
somebody was there. Then my nephew went
and got one of his father's men, and two
or three guns, one for each, and came back.
Tins light was seen moving in the house,
these men going from room to room. They
could uot tell how uiany men there were.
Then my nephew went over for his fit her,
and although he bed been sick, he pressed
him to come, until he took his gun and
went ovet. lie put his son and a man by the
name of Frank in the front of the house,
and he and William Scott, mv tr.irdener.
stood in the rear. Thev saw
th:
t the cedar
door had been forced, and that was the way
by which they bad entered the house. They
watched the men for a time, and then, as
mv
broths
r was
gettll);' Col'.
and feared
exposure, lie told the men to gt niem out.
1 le was staining by the dining-room window
at that moment, and cue of the robbers
walked through the room uot ten feet from
him. The men then went i:;to the winy,
:,n while they vrer
tlu
Joor was
"icn
The
men inside immediately r-itt
out their lie.!it. Bv liuhtkr' matches now
and then those outside could see (hem i'e
mg their way hick into the cellar. The
besdogers waited a considerable timr, each
of the watchers being hi the position first
assigned him. The precaution had been
taken that they should not leave their
positions, so that if they se.w an' one mov
ing it would be safe to fire. It was so dark
at the tbue that unless the form cf a man
was against semetintu
white, it could uot
ie seen at ail. A man nve leet a
a
might
but it
appear as some mc
i,bjcctf
could no: be distini'uished wkelh
r it was
feet you
: fbrtnda-
a man cr anything els;
At ton
k!1. Tr:
ton! J not see anybody a
tion of the house is dark, and when the
uurgiars came I rum
the
eeller thev eoukl
,:,,t he seen ut
i til the
v raised thvtr lieaus to
the white part of the house. As
soon as
my brother saw them he called to them to
stand. At that very moment the burglars
fired, snd Scott says thai one of the pistol
palls whistled past his head. They then
fired themselves. One load lodged in the
&ill of the dining-room window. Of the
other one no m irks can be found, and this
is supposed to be the load that hit one man
iu the bowels. One man fell, got up it
was so dark that you could only sw) forms
moving along, not what they were doing
and ran with his companion toward the end
of the house, and then my brother shot
again. That shot struck them from be
hind, but they had thick coats on, and it
didn't iro throue.li them. The man who
was shot fell at the corner of the house.
The other man, who was evidently not in
jured, went around the corner and there
met my brother's son. He firod at him.
but was so close that the shot passed him.
lie fired twice. Then Frank shot at him.
but did no execution. Then this old man,
the burglar, drew a pistol and fired at my
nephew twice, close to him, but didn't hit
hiiu, and he was raising his arm to fire the
third time, when m' nephew clubed his
gun and struck him on the arm, breaking
the gun. The man, then evidently disabled
in his right arm, stooped down as if to pick
up something, and then my nephew, who had
drawn his pistol, shot him twice in the back
as he was stooping. This man got up and at
i?njptcd to run, getting over quite a dis
tance, my nephew firing again. Just as
he 'ot pafct the front corner of the house,
he
t the man who had been stationed
, ,i . , r . i. - t
witl
l my brother in me rear ot u.c noi-.se.
who bad come around
d. The burglar said
to him, 'Til give up," and fell dead. He
had only spoken once before, am! that v.'tis
to call my nephew by a vile epithet."
When I got down there the men were
lying on the piazza, dead. It was the man
who was shot in the bowels who made this
confession about the Ross boy. which was
accurately stated iu some of the morning
papers'; for it was taken down in writing,
lie new he was dying at that time. Each
man had a seven-shooter, and one, the old
man, had a knife about six inches long, and
as sharp as a razor. My brother's wife
was looking out at the uIiVkv ; the could
only see tnc nasnes ana near tnc rcporu:
.i,
.1 rt 1 11 ,!
and f-houts, but it was so dark that she
could not see any figures at id! ; thirteen
shots were fired in about a minute or a
minute and a half; the men had been
through every room in the house, and had
opened every bureau drawer ; only two
doors in the house were looked, and that
was only to secure their being latched. The
key; were in the door, but on the other
side from the burglars. These doors were
forced. There was nothing displaced,
except where anything happened to be cov
ered up with paper, and that had been torn
off. They had been through the wholo cf
the house from garret to cellar. There
was nothing in the house that they rotiM
carry off. They had undoubtedly made an
attempt to enter Mrs. White's house on
the same night, because somebody was
heard around the house, and a blind had
been pried open. Mrs. White being sick,
there were persons up in the house, which
probably kept the burglars out, There
was considerable excitement for a while,
and I am only anxious that my brother
shall not suffer from the expsure.
The Value of Brains.
The innumerable articles which appear
continually on ''How to make the farm pay,"
is enough to make a lior.se sick. People
should know by this time that fortuness do
not grow, but are made. Once in a while
one may stumble over a fortune, as lightn
ing strikes a tree ; but these are Providen
tal occurrences aud are not in the every
day hands of man. A man may have the
most fertile soil and raise the biggest kind
of crops ; but if he has not brains enough
to know how to go about selling what he
has to the best advantage, somebody else
will reap the best profit, not he. Or he
may have the best knowledge in the world
as to where the best market is, and the
best knack of rinding out who will give the
best prices; but if he has no judgment as
to what crops to raise, cr how to grow
them, he does not get along. How to make
the farm pay is altogether a matter of brains.
It is no more of a practical question than
how to make the . store pay. Xot more
than half the men in the world have any
bran
than
s to
pare.
The other half have mere
They spare a little for
they need
those who are short ; but charge a
hi
ln-
terest tor the use thereof.
A piece of public work is to be done,
and, here arc a hundred men to do the work,
but ninety-nine don't know how to go about
doing it. They can work when directed,
but who is to direct ? The one steps out,
and some of his brain is loaned to the other
ninety -nine. He makes twenty-five or per
haps fifty cents a day on each clearing
twenty-live or perhaps fifty dollars a dev.
This is the percentage on the use of his
brains. Without this the men could
-
noilang. Ihey count not earn their salt.
Our dark skinned friend was not far wrong
when he indignantly denied that he had
charged one dollar for killing the calf. It
was on'y fifty cents for killing the ether
we.3 for the "knov; how."
If there be net note money made at
firming than there is. wc take it to bo for
the want of spare brains. Brains to loan
out as capital to other men who have none.
There is a good deal of 'ruth in the popu
lar saving that no man can set rich by hard
work. But this large grain of truth io only
no when it has to pay a large tax to the
brain that directs it. The employer gen
erally works harder than the one he em
ploys. After he works at hard manual la
bor for years, using his surplus brains to
make a iittlo more than his daily needs,
and to put that little away ; and when the
time comes to loan his surplus brains, he
has to work early and late to keep his busi
ness together ; while the laborer knows
just when his work is done. It is not that
the employer has no hard work to do. It
i not that he making money by hard work,
lie is simply making money by the loan of
his brains to those who have not enough
of their own, or have not had time to lay
by sufficient of their surplus brain earnings
to loan to others in the same way.
To make the farm pay, then, one must
be :i capitalist have brains to lend. Yet
how many ever think of this ? By one's
own personal labor, a boy or man. or half
a dozen horses only, how can one make
much ? We never could see why a farm
might not be carried on as any other busi
ness is by the employment oi' large num
bers of men who have no idea how to man
age themselves ; or what is the same thing,
the larger use of machinery so as to do farm
ing work on a large scale.
This is the basis of all the fortunes that
are made. There is no other regular way
to make them. We are perhaps a solitary
man standing in his little office in a crowd
ed city, handing bits of taper in somecom
merie.il transaction, employing no one.
Bat be really has hundreds of men in the
back-ground paying their little tributes of
a few cents only perhaps for the use of his
brain?, doing for them what they are un
able to do for themselves.
And we arc quite f-ure that those far
mers who have most money from their call
ings arc those who have employed the most
men, not recklessly and foolishly, but wisely
and well. Business the farming business
included is not a mere chance game. Jt
is t'.n art nn art like the art of war ; and
as in war Providence generally smiles on
the heaviest battalions. We wan't first a
general with an abundance of brains; then
the more men he has to loan them to, the
better for his cause. Ccnmnfoictt 2Ve
gmph. .
A gentle, husbandlcss creature in Iowa
writes to a lawyer who advertised that he
would provide companions Ibr unmarried
persons: "3Iy Dear Mr. This is to certify
that I am a widow with thirteen children
born, have had three husbands, each cf
v.hi
h died in peace in hfs own way.
I
have a small larm, an i wouki taKC another
husband yet, if I could find a young one ;
no old, bull-headed sardine need apply, h!
will not be taken in. Ten dollars will be
given to you to produce the man-1
.
The Elizabeth Sunday ordinance, which
is so unpopular among the (Jerman saloon
keepers, passed the City Council on Mon
day night; 'The st.loous and liquor ltrs
will now be closely watched on Sundays,
and delinquents v.i 1 be, heavily fin d.
i ii i ii.i .i
Newspaper Postage.
The following instructions have been ap
proved by Postmaster General Jewell, iu
relation to the prepayment of postage on
newspapers and other printed matter, on
and after January 1st, 1875, under the act
of June 22d, 1S74:
Section 5 of said act divides the matter
therein described into two classes, and fixes
the rate of postage on each, as follows :
On all newspapers and periodicals issued
weekly or ofteuer, two cents per pound or
fraction thereof, and on all those issued less
frequently, three cents per pound or frac
tion thereof.
Under section G, upon receipt of matter
at the mailing office, properly assorted into
the two classes, it must be prepaid, after
deducting the weight of the sack, 'by spec
ial adhesive stamps," furnished by the De
partment for this purpose. Ordinary post
age stamps cannot be used for this purpose,
nor can these stamps be used for any other
purpose.
The Postmaster will make the following
deductions for weight of sacks, viz, Xo. 1,
jute sack. 2i "pounds ; Xo. 2, jute sack, 2
pound ; Xo. 1, cotton sack, 3 pound ; Xo.
2, cotton sack, J' pounds.
On receipt of the postage the postmaster
will give a receipt from a book of blank
forms furnished by the Department. The
stamps will then be affixed to the stub cf
the receipt ; and cancelled by perforating
them with a punch, and the blank in the
stub be filled to correspond with the re
ceipt.
The' stub books are to be kept permanent
ly in the o trice, to be ready to be produced
whenever demanded by the Department.
The postmaster will render promptly and
at the end of each quarter, on blank forms
lurni.neu tor the purpose, a
postage collected fioia each
statement of
publisher or
news agent, during the quarter. These
special stamps will o
ers and accounted fb
cnargeu to postmast
in the se.me manner
as ordinary postage stamps. Xewspapers,
periodicals and circulars deposited in a let
ter carrier's office for delivery bv the of-
i . . .
hce or its carriers arc suoiect to posta
at the following rates.
On
newspapers, regular cr transient not
exceeding two ounces
m
we:c;nt, one cent
each : on
periodicals, ret
Is, regular or transient,
not exceeding two ounces in weight, two
cents each ; periodicals, regular or transient,
exceeding two ounces in weight, two cents
each.
Circulars unsealed, one cent each ; week
ly newspapers to transient parties, one cent
for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
These rates must be prepaid by postage
stamps aliixed.
County papers Under this section coun
ty papers pass by mail free to subscribers
A -L A W
actually residing within the county ; but
when delivered at letter carriers' office or
by letter carriers, they are subject to rates
of postage fixed in laws and regulations;
page (57, section 15S, namely ; On publica
tions not exceeding four ounces in weight,
iss.ivd less frequently than once a week one
cent for each copy ; and when issued once
a week, five cents per quarter, and live cents
ad
uitiona' per
quarter lor
i
each
issue more
frequently than once a wetic
An additional rate shall be ch urged for
each additional ibur ounces or fraction there
of. These rates must be paid quarterly,- be
fore delivery ot' such matter, either at the
office of mailing or delivery. When not so
paid, postage must be collected on delivery
of each copy at transient rates, viz ; 1 cent
for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
The foregoing instructions are to take effect
on January 1st, 1S75, and to continue in
force till ratified or suspended by the de
partment. Legends cf the Apple.
The apple, which, as well as we know,
is the first fruit mentioned in the Bible,
litis been the theme of various legends and
supostilions. In Arabia it is believed to
charm awa- disease, and produce health
and prosperity. In some countries the
custom remains of placing a rosy apple in
the hand of the dead, that they may find
it when they enter Paradise. The O reeks
use it as a symbol of wealth and large pos
sessions, thus attesting their esteem for the
fullness and richness of its qualities. In
northern mythology the apple is said to
produce rejuvenating power. Germany,
France and Switzerland have numerous
legends regarding this fruit. In some it
is celebrated as the harbinger of good for
tune, causing one's most earnest desires to
be fulfilled ; in others its beautiful proper
ties are shown forth as bringing death and
destruction ; others again speak of it a? an
oracle in love affairs ; this is especially the
case with (he Germans, not only hi their
numerous tales, but in some surviving cus
toms. In England, sis well as in our own
country, is known among school girls the
popular use of the apple seeds iu divining
one's sweetheart. The peeling is also used
a." a test in this delicate matter.
Cribbics in Horses.
Crib-biting or wind-tucking m horses is
due to a derangement cf the stomach. Fil
ing the incisor teeth apart, in the place of
relieving pain, very often produces it ; and
then fbre, whenever it is successful in pre
venting the aii'iiti-dls front indulging in the
htdjit which is but seldom it is on ac
count of the soreness of the teeth occasioned
by the operation. To enable a horse to
swallow wind, it is necessary for the mus
cles of the neck to contract, and the i nly
object in applying the teeth or jaw. to the
post or manger is to afford a fulcrum for
iho ni'iseUs to act f.om.
Nearness of Death.
Wb
ien we wa.k near powerful machinery
wc know that one misstep and those mighty
ongines will tear us to ribbons with their
flying wheels, or grind us to powder in
ponderous jaws. So when wc are thunder
ing across the land in a railroad carriage
and there is nothing but an iuch of iron
flange to hold r.s on the line. So when
we are in a ship and there is nothing but
the thickness of a plank between us and
eternity. We imagine, then that we seo
how close we are to the edge of the preci
pice. But vfc do not see it. Whether on
the sea or on the land the partition that
divides us from eternity is something less
than the oak plank or a half-inch iron fhnge.
The machinery of life and death is within
us. The tissues that hold the beating pow
ers in their places are often uot thicker
than a sheet of paper, and if that thin par
tition rupture it would be the same as if a
cannon bail struck us. Death is insepar
ably bound up with life iu the very struc
ture of our bodies. Struggle as he may
to widen the sjace, no man can at any time
go further from death than the thickness
of a sheet of paper.
The Steves and Heaters.
About this time
heaic-rs and
lurnaees ot all sorts are called into requisi
tion far the comfort of the household. Ti e
warmth is indeed grateful when the wintry
blasts begin to blow. But unflrtunatc y
in connection with the heat, poisonous
gases chiefly carbonic acid and carbonic
oxide are generated, and they pervad.j
the house, vitiate the tar, and cause head
aches an.l other miserable feeliuss. Clos
ing the damper which is usually put across
the entrance of the smoke fiue iu the heater
or fume.ee does indeed check the fire, and
it also checks the proper escape of gases.
The fire should be controlled by shutting
oil" the air from beneath it. Fre;,h air
should be admitted also to farnacc-heateJ
rootus at least twice a day until they aro
thoroughly aired. If this were dune head
of all
aches and colds Would b
less frciue.nt.
Fi'fDarlnfl:.
A San Jose (Cul.) pr.per ssys that ri
prominent bachelor of that place had been
noticed several evenings of late carefully
examining the initial nd monograms on
the ladies' underv.'car hung out to dry at
the laundry near the depot. He says he
wants a wife, but a woman doesn't "kcej
her own clothing mended, what show is
there for a husband's shirt buttons ?
To Destroy Red-Bugs.
Boil in one gallon of water one-half
pound of alum ; wash the cord ; and af:er
scouring the stains off the bedstead with
ashes, wash, with hot alum water, the floors
and all parts where there are any sius of
icm.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dauphin county spent $0000 on vagrants
last year.
The U. S. Senator will be elected on
Jauuary 10th next.
Competition has brought flour down to
5 a barrel in Waldboro, Me.
''French Rost Peenotes'
Allentown peanut stands.
tl
le
sign on
Crawford county made $75,000 worth of
cheese during the past season.
Reading ships $50,000 worth of veal'
calves to Xew York every winter.
1,4)00 barrels of apples were shipped on
a single steamer to Europe last week.
A seventy year old goose was one of tho
attractions of the Doylestown poultry fair.
There are four hundred and thirteen
people in the Schuylkill county alms-house.
A Stowe, Vt., man, weighing 12 onunees
at birth, weighs 93 pounds at the aire of
I u.
A fee of $5,000 was paid to the officia
ting bishop at a recent San Francisco wed-
uim
Uvcr seventeen thousand tons of ni
iron arc in stock at the furnaces of the Al-
lenton Iron Company.
Last week a cat died in Hamburg
which had reached the age of nearly twen
ty 3-cars. Peyuies-cat, etc.
According to the decision of Judo
Allison, of I luladelphia, assessors have no
light to assess
election.
voters for the Fcbruclry
An infant found in the doorway of a
X'ew York church, recently, was taken in
to the building and baptized, and adopted
by the congregation.
Twenty million dollars of worn out bank
notes have been delivered to the Comptrol
ler of the Currency for destruction wiihi
no
the past sies. months.
The Democratic Delaware Legislature
has discontinued the practice of opening its
daily sessions with prayer probably "be
cause its members tire past praying for.
The Germans of Chicago have just scut
a car load 'of 'sauerkraut to their fellow
countrymen, in.. Nebraska who have sufi'ereii
from, the grasshopper -plague and scurvj
Who would be a turkey hen,
; Fed and fattened in a pen,
Killed ar.J eat by hungry men
Oh ! w ho vttdd l a tiukev l.eu ?
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