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VOL. 32.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 7, 1875.
NO. 32.
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pjiinl by Theodore Schoch.
r,i"l ilrt year In alvano soul if not
fj, f r ; tl:n en J df thc ?fttr l dollars tt.n.1 fifty
"r:l n', pirr a;:iitit:iiml htMU all arrearages ire
f 1. ,t s't thJ opti f the lluitor.
"' v 1 ' --m n,s "'" !"i,,ar,; f f'u'"t llncO or
"Vor'throo iin -rtions SI Sf. Kadi nd.litloual in
'"1 "ic.nH. Longer ones in proportion.
JO 32 IMftlXTlXG
C'F ALL KINDS.
the hu'nt ty? of th Art, ml on lh
Stifil-' in
nust ruasonahlo it-rms.
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PHILADELPHIA.
-UodufCil rates, $1 To per daj-.-XBa
IIKNRY SPAHN, Prop'r.
I P.. Snvpeu. Clerk.
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DR. J. L A N T 2,
SURGEON MECHANICAL DENTIST.
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1 "f in-'rsi,,n if Artificial Ttvth ou Uiilot-r.
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fSr ! :.-ih a -Ji'il'i ; i tlif mo-t im;rovixl pil-Ii1.
f .'i'l .-"xtra-.-t d without p-t;n. wliou fl 'sired, by the
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WILLIAM S. REES,
Srvovor, Conveyancer and
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A.g-ent.
fi 3. Timber Lands ad Town Lots
FOR SALE.
05 -e next l'r a'.ove S. Kees' new Depot
3tt i 2 ! J jr below the Corner I-toie.
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OSre nn'l Re-ii'cn-c, Main istrect, Stronds
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Prompt attention given tocalU.
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SUS5C35 AND ACCOUCHEUR.
In the otfue of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
fe.-iJrui-c, curnvr f Surah anJ Franklin .street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
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.'ILKIC.l.V liOTCL.
The :il.--r!hor would inform the public that
l e !e i-.-d !nuo fonr.ally kcjt by Jacob
Kr!. !it, in the lioroiih of Stroudsbiujr, I'a.,
i ! 'i.ivi.', rep.iiiited and refuruislied tiic-anie,
is prepare i to enter! tin all who may patronize
jii 11. It in the aim of the proprietor, to furn-
1 intrior a -co iiniO'l itions at moderate rates
ni - .ire no pains to promote the coni
of t!:e -let-. A liberal bhare of public
ys.rvvs.' -ilicited.
A?r:i 17. '7J-tf D. L. I'ISLE.
AUCTIONEER,
Red E,tat3 Agent and Collector.
k '"i'l r '--n -i li -;". c to ji-t';fy the puMic that
' i-r j, ,1 (, I) al fc,rt n-.ti.-e p'-rs.i!izl prM.rty
- ' ;:, a il as l: al llilat.?, ut ui.lic of privat!.'
"a- a: Thfimas, Stemnlj
's old ffre Hand, at llast
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DENTISTRY.
DR. HOLIER PATTERSON
he at the office of Howard Patterson. M.
J1- if iniurlv Dr. SeipV) Main M., Stromlsburg,
J;'"' Dm-mU-r 24th to .January lid. 18773, (Jr
!'s ) Jl Ik former patients, alw others wih-'I'-ntjil
work done are reoueted to call.
ii,.. 0
iiii'hiii.r will iu. reailv for extract-
' i- Those
indebted
are reqm
inoted to
Dec. 10, f74. 4t.
J'I'L KIOL'SU,
H0NE3DALE, PA.
Mast ccatr&l location ot any Hotel in town.
,,.0r . U. W. KIPLE&SON,
Proprietor?.
Ja!lryy, IS73.-ly.
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Jne di,or above the "Stromlsburg Ilouse,"
-"i'U.ur, Pa.
0"lH-iiiw promptly made.
K)tU;i:T ll;al ulitti
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(m'r;!1?:il t,l:,( McCarty Sons in the
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''ii.r! I".tr,H1'ls,'ur'r who understands tlieir
IvV-1' "S l ,"t' at'?d a Funeral managed
till c'y 0 , or ?,i-lertakr iu town, and you
'J'l'epK,r oft lie fact.
June 18,'74-tf
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LAXKs OF A IX KINDS for Sale at
The Elephant Country.
From the London Telegraph.
tSomcyrfierc in the marvellous yarns
which SinW the sailor contrived to spin
for the benefit of the till puissant Ilaroun
Alrasrhid, und GUfnr, liis vizier, is an ac
count of the burial place of the elephants.
Sinbad, surrounded by the monstrous
brutes, has sealed a tree, in which he is be
sieged for seven days und seven nights.
On the eighth day, an old bull, the "rogue"
of the herd, rends the tree up by its roots,
and Sitibud, falling headlong to the ground,
judges it i the safest course to feign death.
The elephant, disdaining to wreak its racrc
upon a lifeless enemy, picks the old sailor,
up, and quietly carries hi ui to the great
burial pluee of the tribe a high hill some
miles in circuit, surrounded by impPntrable
forest-s and thickly covered with the bones
and tusks of generation after generation of
"the brute which bears between its eyes
the serpent for a hand. "Sinbad, with
commendable prudence, continues to coun
terfeit death fid not an elephant is in sight;
and then, with an alacrity equally com
mendable, loads a raft with picked tusks,
makes his way with them to Bagdad, and
so finds himself a rich man. Modern re
search has gone far to rehabilitate the
credit of Sinbad the sailor. We know
that the long narrative of his seven voyages
is no idle fairy tale, but that it embodies
the genuine tradition of old navigators,
such as Ilanno, and that its main facts are
substantially accurate. The valley of the
diamond actually exists in Ceylon ; the
great rukh once built its nest iu Madagas
car, and flapped its monstrous wings to and
fro between the island and tho mainland,
and there is good ground to believe that
their tale of the great burial place of the
elephant race is no mere fable, but that high
upon the table land of Central Africa, on
the farthest side of Nanganyika, ivory is
as plentiful as the fossil beds of the Sibera,
whence are dug up the huge mammoth
tusks that furnished nine-tenths of the raw
mateiial operated upon by our London
ivory turners. Indeed, it would almost
seem as if the energy of the Zanzibar mer
chants had at length found a wav to Sin
bad's charmed hill, for, within the last
year, the importation of ivory has doubled;
or doz'S each pair of tusks that finds its way
to England represent a slaughtered cle
phtnt, and is a war of extermination being
wa.e 1, the ultimate e fleet of which must
be to render the huge brute as extinct as
the diuornis kseif.
The latter, we fear, Is the true answer.
The elvphant, like the whale is dying out.
In India he is becoming almost as rare as
is the red deer in England. The hunters
have driven him farther and farther inland;
unless something be done to protect him,
l e vJ; before long become, ujon the main
continent, at any rate, altogether extinct,
and Sahib will have to import his elephants
from Birjnad and Ceylon, much as we in
England import our horses from Ireland,
and our foxes from any country that will
send them to us in sufficient number and
of sufficient size and strength. In Africa,
it is true, the evil is not yet past remedy.
Over the vast table lands of that unknown
continent the elephant still roves in count
less droves, and still holds in undisputed
possession vast tracts to which rum and
glass beads, cast iron muskets and clay
pijes, printed calico and coarse gun powder,
have not yet found their way. The re
spite, however, will probably be but brief.
Almost daily caravans start from the Zanzi
bar coast to the interior, carrying with
them all the native heart needs to make it
glad, and willing to take payment in ivory
for all that they have to offer. For ten or
a dozen large tusks the African chief can
dress his wives out in beads aud striped
calico, furnish himself and his ministers
with rum and gun powder, and cau so af
ford to wait patiently until next year's
hunting season commences. The danger
which the chase involves is exaggerated.
The elephant is a dangerous beast to meet
face to face, but he is easily circumvented
by craft. He can be shot with poisoned
arrows ; he can be frighetned by midnight
fires and driven into pitfalls ; or, if the
hunter have the requisite nerve and courage,
he can be followed and hamstrung. Aud
so the butchery goes on. Year by year
Zanzibar sends inland a largo number of
bales, and year by year a large number of
tusks is carried down to the coast. We
may" regret the idle waste, but we arc
jKjwerless to stop it. Now is it, after all,
easv to convince a native chief that it is
his duty to allow the elephant to multiply
in peace. We here iu England arc burn
ing up our coal, and. leaving posterity to
take care of itself and pay its own national
debt ; and we can hardly expect the woolly
headed African to display a virtue of which
we ourselves are ignorant. What it is to
him if in u century or so the elephant be
altogether extinct, so long as in the inter
val he is able to drink rum and to dress
out his ebony charmer in gaudy yellow
and red.
But, after all, rapidly extinct as the
great brute is becoming, it is Tet certain
that we shall have supplied Lis place long
before we begin to feel his loss. The tram
way will supplant the elephant in India as
surely as the train has supplanted the stage
coach in England ; and science will discover
srne material fully as elastic as ivory, and
equally capable of doing service iu the shape
of a billiard ball the one and only article
of modem luxury for which at present
ivory is absolutely indispensable. Indeed,
it is not improbable that, long before the
elephant is finally extinct, science may have
taught us to 60 fuse glass as to impart to
it aTl the elasticity of ivory exactly as it
! fca already taught u t upply the pfac
of the bamboo with cast iron pillars and
pipes, and that of the sponge with fibrous
India rubber.
The Ripening of Fruit.
What we call the ripening of fruits is
really but the beginning to decay. It is a
chemical, not a vital act in the economy of
plant life. In the case of the apple or pear,
as soon as the seeds are black, the plant
has completed its mission, and all that is
left for it to care for is the dispersion of
the seeds. It is one of the greatest proofs
of a Divine Providence that these fruits
have a fleshy covering fit for animals to
eat. Materialism takes it for granted that
there is in each living thing an innate power
working for the individ mil's own good.
The good of other individuals, or any good
other than its own self, is inconsistent with
a materialistic idea of inn ite action. But
we see in many cases laws working with
out any regard to the good of the indivi
dual ; indeed, often against the individual
good, and for the good of the race, for and
which can only be accounted for on the
theory that it is guided by an external, as
well as an innate power. The ripening of
fruits will illustrate this. The little black
seed inside the apple and the pear is all the
plant need care for. These are for the
continuation of its species. The juicy,
luscious flesh around the seeds are no man
ner of use to the plants or the seeds. They
could mature just as well in a dry capsule
as in the apple or the pear. Thousands of
seeds ripen in dry pods, and so could these.
For what purpose then is the pulp about
them ? Of late years it has been discovered
that there are iu nature innumerable con
trivances for dispersing seeds. It is a part
of the ordinance of nature that organic be
ing shall not only increase and multiply,
but also inhabit the earth. The means
given to seeds which make them spread
over the earth are very varied and extreme
ly interesting. The fleshy constitute one
of tlusc designs. When we see a bird at
a cherry, we are apt to think that the
cherry was created for a bird. It is in one
sense. It was for the bird to eat, not that
natute in this instance had the bird's good
so niu.-h at heart as to provide a means for
the disp?rson of the cherry seed. While
woiking for the flesh, to stone is carried to
lot g distance, and in this way the cherry
is dispersed. In like manner with the ap
ple and pear. It is made good for us to cat;
not the seed, but the fruit. We take away
the fruit to distant places, cat the pulp,
and throw away the seed, and thus the dis
tribution in these cases is c fleeted.
But the singular part of this process
and this is the poiut we wish j ust now to make
is, that the plant does not ripen its fruit
so as to render it eatable, and so ca:i scar
cely be a party to the distributing scheme.
As soon as tiie vital jower ceases, chemi
cal action begins, and it is chemical action
which is the great power in ripening.
Ripening is, indeed, only a phase of rotting.
A persimmon is not food to cat till it has
been frozen. The frost is not a vital jxwer.
Quite the reverse. It is a disorganizing
instead of a constructive force, as Jife is.
The ripening generally goes on as well off"
as on the tree, and tree life has nothing to
do with it. Hence we sec that though
fruits are made eatable in order to have
the seeds dispersed, it is not by any innate
power of the plant that they are made so,
but rather b' another separate and distinct
from it a power which has not the good
of the plant bearing the fruit at heart a
destructive power that would rather de
stroy than build up, and yet a power which
in a mysterious way is really working for
the good of another, and yet quite unknown
to itself.
We often think that when excellent,
scientific men like Tyndall declare that
matter contains within stself the prepotency
for its own development, there is not the
slightest cause for fear that, even though
proved to be true, any great strength to
materialistic thought will result. There
still remains the fact that all things arc
working together for good, and with a pre
potency that is not always in favor of the
individual.
These matters have, perhaps, little rela
tion to practical agriculture, but we love to
think that a farmer's life is not wholly for
the grain that he raises or the meat that
he eats. He has a mind as well as other
men, and he lias advantages such as no
other class has of living iu the midst of
voices which he can always hear, and which
tell him in plain language of secrets and
mysteries which even some of the gifted in
other walks of would gladly give all they
have to known. Thomas Mcehau.
A Slight Mistake.
A wag walked into a saloon in New
York lately where three men were sitting
around a tireless stove. As he eutcred all
eyes were turned toward him. Apparent
ly taking a mental review of the number
of people iu the room, the new comer step
ed up to the bar, and blandly ordered
four glasses of beer. The boots that had
adorned the tow of the stove now sought
the floor, three men cleared their mouths
of tobacco, and all looked at the barkeeper
as he filled the glasses and placed them in
a row on the bar. When everything was
ready, the three loungers arose, and the
stranger paid for the beer. Then, stin ting
with the glass farthest from the door, he
emptied all the barkeeper had filled, und
very quickly7 left the room. The three
chiirs were then resumed.
Within a fortnight a woman in Erie was
divorced from her LusJmnd, courted aud
m irried ano'.L .r.
A DISSATISFIED MILLIONAIRE.
An Unexpected and unwelcome Fortune
The Unhappy Heir.
We stated yesterday, on the authority
of a street rumor, that an uncle of Michael
Hogan, of West Troy, died recently in
Pennsylvania, leaving coal lands valued at
33,000,000, to a portion of which Michael
is heir. The rumor was correct. Forty
years ago, Michael Hogan, then twenty-one
j ears of age, and an uncle, the only survi
vors of a once numerous family, came to
this country and adopted it as their own.
Michael, a hard working, industrious young
man, finally took up his residence in West
TrOy. The uncle went to Pottsville, Pa.,
or that vicinity, aud after laboring a num
ber of years, purchased with his earnings a
large tract of land. Michael also saved
money, and iu the course of time laid by
enough to start himself in the grocery busi
ness, in which it can be truthfully said he
has prospered. The venture of his uncle
turned out to be a most profitable one.
The lands purchased by him were found to
contaiu an abundance of coal and by judi
cious management he greatly increased his
earthly store'until at the time of his death,
which occurred a few weeks ego, he was
worth about $5,000,000. Last week
Michael received information from an at
torney that his uncle, with whom he had
not communicated for sixteen years, had
died, and that he was his only surviving
heir. Michael was not at all elated by this
announcement, and appeared rather sorry,
in fact, that such good fortune had come
to him. He was getting old, he said, and
would not want so much money, beside he
had enough for himself, wife and daughter,
and the possession of the immense amount
mentioned above would only bring trouble
and disgrace upon his family eventually, as
young people now-a-days did not know how
to spend money. As we have stated,
Michael is a sober, industrious man, and is
every way worthy of his fortune, which he
intends to claim next week. If he is so
sorry about this little matter he can turn
it over to us and we'll cheerfully bear the
burden for him. Troy (X. V.) Times.
How to Pull Teeth.
A peculiar dental operation has just
come under our observation. A certain
citizen had an upper tooth which was looe
and troublesome, so he resolved to extract
it by fastening a string iu it ; but alter a
trial, finding the operation painful, he hadn't
the grift to grin and bear it. He thought if
the tooth could be extracted by some sud
den mode the pain would be but transient ;
and after mature deliberation he hit upon
an ingenious plan to jerk it out in a jiffy.
Procuring a heavy llat-iron he tied it to
the other end of the cord attached to his
tooth, then shutting boath eyes he let the
iron drop, which descended plump center
on his pet corn. After hopping about the
room, wildly, on 003 foot, groaning for
very anguish of spirit, and reciting choice
passages from profane history, he finally
calmed down sufficiently to hurl the flat
iron over the fence and swarth the sore toe
in cotton. But he pulled the tooth and
with it a piece of gum. And the nun
jived.
A Spider in tha Stomach.
A short time since a young lady, a resi
dent at Brookvillc, Pa., experienced a creep
ing sensation in her nose after she had re
tired in the night, and all efforts to remove
the annoyance were without the desired ef
fect, the difficulty remaining for several
days, merely changing to a location farther
up in the nostril. At length it seemed to
pass down into the throat, causing a chok
ing sensation, liutucdiatly after its disap
pearance the victim experienced acute pains
in the stoamch, and called medical asstance
iu vain, the only thing that gave her any
relief being copious doses of brandy, which
failed to produce any of the usual effects.
Finally severe vomiting ensued, and after
one whole night's suffering, and the patient
giving up hopes of life, the cause of the
trouble was removed, and an examination
found it to bo a small particle of blood and
matter, in the centre of which was a com
mon sued black spider. Evidently the
brandy saved the young lady's life.
Important Decision.
A Vr'itncss Cannot Le Compiihd to At
trail Court Until His Costs Arc Paid
The Centre Prjtorter says : "A witness,
James Bell, had been subpoenaed to attend
on an attachment, but was afterward taken
by the deputy sheriff, Judge Mayer decided
that the witness having demanded his costs
at the time of service, and it haxiug been
refused or not paid, he could not be held
for the cost of attachment, nor had the
court a right to issue an attachment in the
cac. This settles the vexed question of
compulsory attendance, and establishes the
fact in law that no witness is obliged to at
tend in a civil case until his costs are paid
iu advance. In criminal cases the law may
be different, as the Commonwealth is ku
posed to be good for the costs."
Some one with little to do has been at
the pains of ascertaining how many birds
are caged in the United States. Their
number amounts to 000,000, of which
iJOO,000 were imported hist year. Addi
tions corao oidy from importation, since the
nuutbei' yearly raised here only about equals
the EUHrber hist from various causes. Of
other cageci birds there are about 100,000,
uud tho whole oou ime feed of various
i Viode to- th? vaJuo. vf S'.'OO.W.OOO 8 ynr.
Cleaning of Boilers.
The furring or coating deposited on the
inside of steam boilers may be easily re
moved, making the surface appear like new
iron, by placing a quantity of raw potatoes
in the boiler and letting them boil to pieces.
After two or three days open the manholes,
and a sandy deposit will be found ; brush
it out and the boilers will be as good as
new. The worst cases of gravel may be
cured, the deposit dissolved and passed
away, by using the water in which potatoes
have been boiled to pieces. Strain the
water, sweeten to taste, and drink for two
or three weeks.
The Hardest Coal in America.
The Mount Hope coal mine in Ports
mouth, Rhode Island, contains the hardest
anthracite in this country, if not in the
TTorld. It is much lighter colored than
the ordiuary anthracite, and in many places
it strongly resembles plumbago. The mine
yields about 10,000 tons a year, and is
pretty good fuel, though when the beds
were open, many years ago, it was thought
to be next to worthless. It sells for from
82 ,"0 to 61 f0 per ton at the mine. Large
quantities of this coal arc consumed at the
mine in smelting copper from Chili.
Juvenile Recklessness.
A wee bit girl in Cusco, "Wisconsin, while
at the breakfast-table a few mornings since,
made loud and repeated calld for buttered
toast. After disposing of a liberal quantity
of that nourishing article, she was told that
too much toast would make her sicl
loosing wisuuuy at toe uiaii lor a mo
ment, she thought she saw a way out of
her difficulty, and exclaimed, 'Well, give
mc anuzzer piece and send for the doctor.'
A NEW and novel religious belief, prob
ably an outgrowth of the spiritualistic idea
of materialization, is gaining converts in the
northern counties of Ohio. It involves, too,
an elaborate principle of mehtempsychosis
An outline of its teachings is as follows
The soul is immortal, beginning with the
original creation of the universe and last
ing forever. In the course of it3 existence
it occupies a varied succession of bodies on
earth. When disembodied by the death of
its corporal form, it hovers an unseen power
in the air until, by a subtle process of mate
rialization, it forms for itself a new infantile
body; This body it builds up by what we
regard as the natural process of growth,
and occupies it until death again frees it,
when the same thing takes place again.
While disembodied, the soul understands
this scheme of existence, but when clothed
in a storm of flesh it loses the knowledge,
except iu those vague glimpses which people
are supposed to have at times of some pre
vious and different condition. The follow
ers of this new religion call themselves Eter
nalists, and their number is increasing rap
idly. They believe that souls may advance
or depreciate in attainment, rising high en
ough to take on the forms of men great in
some particular, or falling low enough to
animate drunkards, criminals, savages, or
even animals. They do not believe the Bi
ble or the Christian scheme of salvation :
but they teach culture and morality as
means of development for the soul, and as
a training for a higher form of organization
when the soul shall next materialize an
earthly body.
The Van Arnim case has at length
reached a conclusion, and ostensibly the
victory is with Bismark ; really it is with
Von Arnim. The latter has been con vie
ted of no crime, of nothing that impugns
his personal or official honor ; the orignal
charge of embezzlement could not be sus
tained, and was abandoned, the conviction
and sentence of three months to prison
less the month in which Von Arnim was
in duress are meet only as the penalty
for the Ambassador's negligence in connec
tion with the correspondence of his office.
It is easily seen how this verdict was ar
rived at. Something of the kind was ab
solutely necessary, for an jicquittal of the
Count would have been a airtual conviction
of the Prince. Either Von Arnim was
guilty of some offense, or the conduct of
Bismark in sending the Diplomat to jail
and invading the sacred rights' of domicile
was inexcusably criminal. There was no
middle course left to the court. It did the
best it could, that is, Von Arnim was found
guilty of and sentenced for negligence, with
the understanding that the Emperor would
remit tlw punishment. Possibly Bismark
is satisfied with this conclusion, as techical
ly it sustains his harshness and cruelty to
an old member of the nobility, an honored
official, but the moral victory is with his
enemy, and must remain there. It was
imposMblc for Von Arnim to hope for an
acquittal while Bismark was Chancellor.
That he got off so easily and honorably is a
matter of surprise.
Powell Bros., of Spring, Crawford coun
ty, have just imported from (Jlasgow ten
Clydesdale stall tous ranging from one to
six years of age, and weighing from 1,000
to l,iS00 poands. This is a supperior breed
of hordes, stud they have been selected from
different parts of Scotland, where the
Messrs. Powell have been engaged in col
lecting as sound and fine specimens as could
be found. These horses are noted for their
weight, power, fine muscular development,
broad shoulders, solid limbs, aud Sao Hues
and graceful curves.
A Ilarrisburg landlady eowhides tho;e
of her loarders who foil ta pay promptly
for tbeir "h.L."
MISCELLANEOUS.
Another attempt is being made in New
York to get Tweed out of jail.
Over SI ,000.000 in sjHtie went to
Euro from New York on Thursday last.
Peter Ilerdic, of WiHrai.-.portl has given
S 1000 toward the building of a home for
the friendless in that city.
Philadelphia is said to be the great mar
ket for catfish. Large quantities ara
shipped thither from Maryland.
J. Lenthal Sheffield, bookeeper for an
insurance firm in Wiikesbarre. went offthej
other day, afrd so did $300 of his employ
ers' cash.
The Bethlehem Iron1 Company's machine?
shops are running double time. The Legigh
Shovel Works will also run full time through
the witcr.-
In ten years no less than 12,000,000
acres of timber have been cut down and
burned over in order to rended land fit for
cultivation.-
During the past year eighty-two new
Lutheran churches have been built in the
United States, costing all the way froia
81,000 to $125,000 each.
A despatch from Mexico states that th -?
Mormons are about to fouml colonies in
that country, with a view of emigrating en
masse from Utah.
Some money. The Crown Point aud
Belcher gold mines of California have
yielded forty-six million dollars within the
last four years.
The total receipts of grain at seaboard
ports from January 1 to December 5, this
year, exceeded those of 1S73 by over fifteen
million bn-fhel?.
A farmer in the vicinity of Hamburg
poisoned some rats in his cellar and found
among them one rat as white as snow a
decided curiosity.
From IStS to 1 87-"5 the gold mines of
California vielded $:)S3,00O.O0O. Other
States and Territories $255,750 000. Toa!,
SI. 210,750,000.
A York constable, Weutzel Selak by
name, went to a ball in Lancaster on Christ
mas eve, and was set on by a crowd of
rowdies and beaten nearly to death.
Office seekers must be scarce in New
Zealand. A late advertisement in a local
paper calls for a man to fill a public office,
the salary of which is 1,500 per year, iu
gold.
In 1751 Reading, Pa., contained 130
dwelling houses, 10G families and 378 in
habitants, thotrgh two years before it existed
in name only, having but two or three,
houses.
fwo boys named Ulrich and Buchanan,
while skating on the river at Lewistown
on the IGth inst., broke through and were
droned. The bodies hate not been re
covered. Fraudulent contractors have little mercy
shown them in China. One was recently
convicted of cheating by means of false es
timates, and was punished by having his
head cut off.
A gentleman advertised for a wife and
received answers from eighteen hundred
and nincty.seven husbands, saying he could
have theirs. This is given as an illustra
tion of the value of advertising
Commissioner Douglass estimates that
the amount of tax paid into the Treasury
by the national banks for the year 1874r
closing, will aggregate $D,000,Ou0 ; which
is S 1 ,500,000 more than was collected lost
year.
The jury appointed by the Court of
Common Pleas of Ihiladclphia to examine
and report upon the subject 6f opening
streets through (lirard College grounds,
has reported against the project. This set
tles the question.
Philadelphia sparrows hate met their
match at last iu a caterpillar with hairs so
stiff and bristly that they stick crosswise iu
the little creatures' gullets, and send them,
hopping and screeching about like a man
with a fishbone in his throat.
The eommisafofi appointed to inquire in
to the mental condition of Heidenblut, the
convicted Philadelphia murderer, has re
ported him sane, and Governor Ilartranft
has signed his death warrant. Heidenblut
will bo hung January 20th.
Constable Karcher, of Pottsville, claims
that he bos arrested twenty murderers dur
ing the last three years, but states that not
a single one of them has been executed.
He blames the bulk of crimes in the Schuyl
kill district upon the Molly Maguires.
If preparation for making a given claim
is any evidence that the claim itself will bo
made, then the demand for pay for tho
emancipated slaves is pretty sure, sooner
or later, to come. Iu Maryland, as well as
iu other ex-slave States, agents are even
now engaged in endeavoring to purchase,
certificates of ownership of slave property.
The gilded aristocracy of New York
have devised a means of making even death
fashionable. The only daughter of wealthy
parents, a belle iu society, beautiful anil
good, died suddenly of heart disease. Such
a waste of clothes which the envious world
had never seeu ! It was tot) bad, aud
something must be done. The pretty corpse
was rigged out in white satins aud laees
looped with diamonds, bejewelled with the
barbaric extravagauce of an Oriental despot,
hands encased in six button kid gloves, aud
the full uniform of the salon. With muio
and refreshments tho exhibitiou was pre
pared for the guests, who came iu answer
to 1,500 invitations. What is bred in the
bone must come out iu the flesh, aud one
geueration cannot eliminate the ancestral
I puetaon for "au illiuut wAu."