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Seuotcb to 3olitic5, (literature, Slgricnlturc, Science, illoralitw; aui eneral Intelligence.
VOL. 32.
STROUJJSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 18, 1875.
NO. SO,
JLJLJLf
pa'jjis!i?d Iy Thpouorc Schoch.
T .-yj "Ttt-n JuT.irs a year In a.lvr.ricr ami if not
. ."-,f th r-A of the year, f.vu dollars an.l fifty
r.,'. n cl.ar.l.
t;"'. , p,,M!r ir.-enrtUmoM until ail arrearages arc
, v. t the option 'X the Editor.
lv:-rti.-.,i:Mit.s of o!. square of McrM linp1 or
(VU, 0!- j!-,r ii-serUm tl. 1-lach aduitioiiai iu
''".l".1,.', rats. LonS'.T ties i'.i proportion.
OF At,!. KIN US,
Cii; 1 ia th? hi.-liest style uf the Art, and oa the
m-j.-rt ro;w.alla t:r:n.
31
413 &
.V:A r;tA? &vr, PHILADELPHIA.
y-Induced rates, $1 75 per day."&a
HEX BY SPAIIN, Prop'r.
I, II. Hnvdks, Clerk.
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DP- J. LANTZ,
SURGE0T & MECHANICAL DENTIST
a o. ' ' on :un s. rivi, in mc wnu Mory
' . Mt'T-'s bri k buiMin-r, ncarlv oepiwito the
: )J.u.v ttii-1 1"? ilaliivs himself that by t-ih-."..i-.:ant
pr.-t!-c and ih't int oarn-t nl
:.,; t all iieuturs p'-rtauiisi:! to i.ia pn
;::! i fiiily abl" to perform al) opera: iom
j i : ; f ia U.e most larcful ud kitlful luau-
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..i.t'M sr.'.'tTi to saving tho Natural Teeth;
J:is of A i tilict.il Tcot h im UuhWr,
r. .;r (.'jntin'.t.jas .J iini, and perfect St in all
i
V.". t1. crc:lt fully an.l Jnisr of cn
r rrli to tha inexptrisiiood, or to thosj li v
Apiil I?,, 1S74. tf.
iu w
l.jt ha via? just rt-t-.srai from Dontal
U ;'. j.r';.i"i to nv.se nrtiSeial troth iti
.'j..t;.'. l ::i i ! life-lik:' tiianntT. and to fill
i i:.-jriia- 'o lh" iu-t improved method.
. :: :i -A : t Is iit pain, v lu ;i desired, by the
.ustixl.i- (in-., whi'h iseiitir.lv tiarialess.
..fall kui-U n.iuvd ni.;. All vrork waraaitd.
.1. :. K- :i.-rs c.
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riek bi'.ildinr. Main stropt,
iA;i. SI '71-tf.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Beal Estate Agent.
Fan:?, Timber Lands and T07711 Lots
FOR SALE.
O.Tice mer.r'y opno-be American Houes
SK-1 - l
1 1 . ... . 1. . " ,. c. . .
It. ESOxYASUJ IATTJSSSO.,
Piysiciin, iir23n and Accoucheur,
' r,-.i 1 P.?-iJence. Main street, Stroud-s-
i a.. 1:1 tii
v i'r. -vi;-. IV.jrn!'
I r.
.I'iiv- "onneriy oecupicd J Communlpaw at ibur A. M. the next murn
! attention given to calls, i f M-.nduy) so as to catch the early train.
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i ii WiuL'.O A lii .ivl'JLl-lLt u.
n c.'.l :.r..;j of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
--:;!e;iv?, corr.er of S.;rali and Franklin street.
STP-OUD3BURG, PA.
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my
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T' ." - ri' cr v;c,",'l inform t'j?pn!i!ic that
!.. ! ;. -i-T-tl !; iio'.i-e foriirtlly Jccpthv Jacob
r. ilv.; lioro'i-It of StroutlsLnrg, I'a.,
r." i Iwr'.uj rc;:i:.'tli'l and refnrni.hed the same,
U 1 i entertain all who may patronize
' ' -r.. 'hi aim of the proprietor, to ftirn
! i a- .-.( co:z:t(2y'latb'it! at moderate rates
wid u'A sp ire no pains to promote the roin-
tl ir:i'.-t-;. A hijcral
l! sh
are ci puuuc
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AUCTIONEER,
T'r.. Tvlvrsiirii'.l 1 avo to notify tho public that
t.: r.r ;,::r it s-.-il ilt ..hort u vsi'-i personal property
' , a w as n-'al J-l-tat-:, at public or private
vf. rr T':'..'na- .:;?. npl-.V o'i .toro stand, at East
Mry.',.-jrr, l"a. " Dei-. 17, ly.
' S. L2K,
U Attorney t Law,
. 5!.r.vp t!ii ;ytro:i''--'oi:rL' House,"
C;i!tctio:' t.rorcrt)
miicle.
T1
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tr ;1 location of aay Hotel ia town.
R. W. KIPJ.K c SON,
r tret. Propnetor?.
D. is::i. ly.
J yoa want any thin? in the Furniture or
Orr.;;..,,.....i i;,,,, .,t '-rtv k Sot:- in the
VlMerr'.ws' il-ill, Main street, Strouisburg,
1 1
t:.f- i.;ac(
to set it.
uill; 18,'74-tf
pOVT jou kiioiv tUnt J. IS.
V - arty & Sons are the. only Under
'pr.s in Strottd-burir who understands their
bisins? If not. attend a Funeral managed
'.va-jy other Undertaker in town, and you
soe the proof of the fact.
18,'74-tf
A
HOCK A FELLOW,
PEALElt 1
tadj-Eadc llcthiiig, Cents Fr
fiishing (ioods, Hals & Caps,
Boots & Shoes, &c.
C-LST XTROUDSBURG, PA.
(Near the Dep-ot.)
T'"? pahlic are invited to call nnd examine
-a Tri.- molrratc. L-".v 1
THE ADAMS EXPRESS ROBBERY
One or the Gang Confesses The
True Story op the Crime Arrest
of the. Receiver.
The story of the Adams Express robbery
has at Inst been told, and the mystery with
which it was invested by the detectives has
been dispelled bv the confession of John
Sweeney, one of tho suspected men
then has been locked tip at the headouar-
tcra Alter the arrest Mr. John Ilocy,
resident manager of tho express company,
visited the men several times, with a view
to have them tell what they know of the
affair or make some acknowledgment which
would lead to the recovery of the property.
From the first Sweenev was steadfast in
his denial cf any knowledge of the robbery;
but
on Saturday Haury intimated that he
could do something lbr Mr. Hoey if Mr
II oey would assist him in return. Mr. Iloey
says lie did not pay any attention to this
oiler of llaury's ; but the f.iet that S wee my
turi.ci i ifarmer luuks as thoujih it had been
used to inlluence him (rfweeney ). Mr. Iloey,
however, says lie only appealed to .Sweeney
on behalf of his mother and sister, and that
th.it was suffieient to induce him to make
a "clean breast of it."
pK-fure giving the confession it may bo
well to give Mr. Hoey's version of the loss
of the saR", which, by the waj, is now pub
lished lbr the first time. That irentleman
says that at half-past seven on the morning
of .Sunday, the HUh day of January, 24
satis, 10 from the Washington messenger
and 14 from other messengers, were brought
to the principal ofiice of the compam-, at
No. 50 Broadway, and, instead of being im
mediately looked up in the vault as they
should have been, Sullivan, the watchman,
allowed them to stand in the yard.
Sullivan went to church and left a watch
man named Clark in charge of the pack
ages until be should return. While Sulli
van was away Dart llaurv entered the yard
for the purpose of taking out his team to
bring in the freight of the Eastern cars,
lie complained of being ill, and requested
to be relieved of the work, a request which
seems to have been granted, as it appears
that he immediately began to load up an
empty cart which stood in the yard. It
was llaurv's duly to drive this wacron to
While the watchman'.? back w;.s turned an.l
! bis attention
i the yard. II
engaged in another part of
iu; y lifted one of the iron
boxes and put it in the forward part rlhe
' wacrou he was lo.i'ling. In a few minutes
it was b:;t to silit bjneath a ma.-s of freight.
wh
ich was quickly thrown in.
Afer tlic v.agon had been loaded and
made ready for the morrow Ilaury depar
tel, and shortly thereafter Sullivan re
tariicd from church and locked up the
treasure boxes and trunks without missjing
any of tlictu Next morning the m..ney
clerk called for the boxes and one was found
to be mi.-jMitg. In the meantime Ilaury
ii.i-1 m-no to (.'(iiuuiuuijuT and rctanieJ.
Ail the employee were examined, but
when it catao to Ilaury "s turn he refined
to be examined, and became so indignant
at the suspicion which he supposed at
tached to him that he talked of resigning.
Nothing could be learned of the lost safe,
so private detectives were called in to work
up the ct'se. A "shadow" was set on Ilaury,
who knew be was watched, and, on two
occasions, assaulted his shadower. As he
knew he was watched he was too weary to
be caught in any overt act, and the detec
tives made no headway. In the meantime
the company had received a description of
the property lost and advertised it.
On Wednesday morning a German lad,
named Koope, who lives in Seventy-fourth
street, found a package on the corner cf
Second avenue and Fifty-first street, which
contained SUJOli worth of North Caro
lina State bonds, which he brought to head
quarters :md handed over to Superintend
ent Walling. Here was the first satisfac
tory clew. " It proved that the robbery laid
been dene in New York, and that the per-L-et
raters were not professional is. The su-
-int-dent sent for 31 r. Hoey, who im
Ic ,.t;fl,..l t'if hoods :;s oart of
mediate
lost. At this stage of the
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am.
iT.e
n ... .. . i v.,J.w. rtou street
t.e men woe joao- m ,
! : .1 t .,. .1 i...M to ll.'.tt. 'v
on ri'iuay u:g:ii. A , .
tr The next day a man of plain ap
pearance called at "headquarters v.vA re
quested aa audience with the superintend
ent. ' The request was complied with, and at
the conference the stranger said his daugh
ter worke d in the same shop with two gins
named respectively Lena Wilson and her
maiden sister Ella Lunz. Until the day
previous thev had been in very poor cir
cumstances, " but by some menns unknown
to the narrator's daughter they had sud
denly become rich. The evidences of their
prosixuity were fmnJ iu rolls ot bihs
which they exhibited to the wondering eyes
of their workiug companions. 'Abe super
intendent immediately Bent for the gir U in
(uestion and examined them. Lib did not
wish to conceal anything, and told ad she
knew The money she had was given to
her bv a friend named Phillips, who proved
be to Haury, to buy a new silk dress with.
On the night previous to the arrest 1 hi.nps
came to her house in company with another
wan snd told her bis aunt had died and
left him 30d,UU0. He produced .from his
pocket an immense roll of bills, and said
it was part of lbe legacy. I-row . thu roll
be al:?trac'.cl 5100 oad handed it to her,
fcweenoy, in company with Dau Ilaury,
an employee of the company, was arrested
oa Thursday night on samcion. and sines
with instructions to get herself up "nobby,"
as he wanted to take her to a ball. After
he had given her the money the young
man who was with him took a bottle of
champauge out of his pocket and they made
merry. When this bottle was drank Phil
lips produced another one, and that was
also consumed. The men then left and
the girl had not seen them since. On thes
ample facts the police went to work, but
did not obtain any clew to where the bonds
had come from or where the great bulk of
the stolen money had been placed. But
for Sweeney's confession it ii very doubt
ful whether cither would be found. At
this juueture Sweeney turned States evi
dence, and by his confession all the clews
are strung into a consective story.
In his confession to Mr. Hoey Sweeney
stated that he was informed by Haury that
the safe was on the truck and everything
was "right." The next morning Sweeney
went over on the same boat with the wagon
which contained the safe and waited out
side the freight depot until the wagon had
been unloaded. When Haury returned he
jumped into the wagon and in about three
minutes had the safe open and the contents
put into one bag. On the way back to New
York they threw the safe overboard. Ilaury
went to the office and Sweeney went to hit
house, Corner of Albany and Washington
streets, where in about half an hour he was
joined by the driver
II
ley divided
the "swag.
About ten o'clock the same day Sweeney
?;ys he went up to "Mote" Ehrtch's house,
in Fifty third street, to have the bonds
"straightened," or, in other words, con
verted. Ehrich keeps one of the most, fa
mous "fences" in the country, having done
business with some of the most noted
criminals of the dry. Enrich took
the "crooked stuff" bonds and gave
him about 8300 in exchange ; he also
bought a diamond valued at SI 't(ri) and
some specie, both proceeds of the robbery ;
he did not give full value, but told Sweeney
to call again. The next time Sweeney
called lie told him he had sem the bonds
advertised, and, boing a little frightened,
he threw them away.
As soon as this statement was made offi
cers were despatched to arrest Ehrich. and
three hours later he was brought to head
quarters a prisoner. When Sweeney had
progressed thus far, Mr. Hoey inquired
what had been done with the money, and
Sweeney answered that it had been buried
in a basement in Nassau street ; that he
bad hire I a little boy to bury it for him.
This ended the confession, ;uid in company
with the superintendent and Mr. Iloey.
the infbrmer set out to look lbr the boy.
who w.ts f.fun 1 without much trouble. The
boy conducted the party to tho cellar of
No. 5t Nassau street, where S2d.;d." of
the stolen money was found ecreted under
a stone in the floor. The boy was iu the
employ of the gentleman who occupies the
cellar. It appears he did not know what
was in the package. Acc Vorc J feral J.
!.:'A vis'.
Report on Fotatooa.
Last spring B. K. Blies & Co. of New
York offered a scries of prizes for the best
instances cf success in the production of
three new kinds cf potatoes the Extra
Early Vermont, Brownell's Beauty and
Compton's Surprise. They were competed
for by hundreds of farmers, living in even
part of the United States. The terms re
quired that the crops should be raised in
the customary manner, without resort to
any forcing processes or unusual methods
of mutiplicati on, and it was understood that
the competiors were to support their (state
ments by affidavit. The award of the com
mittee consisting of (!eo. Thurber, F. M.
Hcxatuer and P. T. Quinti has been made
public. For the largest quantify of Extra
Early Ycrmonts raised from one jouud of
seed the prize of SI 00 was given to Alfred
K. Titus, of Wilmington, Vermont, w hose
product was 7fiS pouuds. The uext greatest
yield was reported from Minnesota, and
was (i'JS pounds. The largest yield of
Compton's Surprise to the jnjund of seed
was by 1'. C. Wood, of Esther, Illinois,
000 pounds ; and the second largest, S74
pound.-:, by Hubert Lewis, Castleton, N. Y.
The greatest yield of Browueil's Beauty
from one pound of seed was by II. 0. Per
son, Phcairn, New York, who claimed 1018
pounds ; and the second. 811 pounds, was
i. A T.nvrW Whifft Milw. Fa. The
I lanrest quantity of Extra Early Vermont
1 rou'5?l t0 nc 5!CVe -was oiixnels, by
i). StccK. H".dicsvi!le, Pa. The largest
yield" of Coinpto;:' Surprise to the acre,
400 bushels, was bv ;L--- A. Koyce.
East Tennessee ; and. the largest crop of
Brownell's Beauty, 50:5 busn. was by
A. Hose, Perm Van, New York. Po tho
ere) prize there were few competitors, and
there appears to be a great disproportion
between the yields obtained from a small
given ouanlity of seed and those obtained
by the acre. Many larger crops were pro
duced b' persona who did not compete for
the prizes. The destruction caused by the
Colorado beetle bad an unfavorable effect
in many localities. Of the merits of the
three varieties mentioned, it is said
that the Early Vermont is regarded
as superior for the market and tilde, and
is in fact the earliest and best in cultivation;
that the Compton has given Katisfactiou as
a potato of the highest quality; and that
Brownell's Beauty has produced the largest
yield and won the praise of ail cultivators.
From these, data potato-growers of Mon
roe county may be able to draw con
clusions that wib be of service to them in
I their arr3ng nient3 for next year's crop.
A Biiildiug Association :
A leading citizen of Philadelphia furn
ishes the following interesting information
about the workings of the building associa
tion and of the peculiar system of perpetual
and redeemable ground rates. He takes
the case of a poor man earning small day's
wages who determines to secure him a
home. The man, whom we will call John
Jones, goes to the extreme suburbs of the
city, about three-quarters of an hour's ride
by street cur from the State House, and
buys a lot, say of James Smith, IS feet
front on a f0 foot street and 00 feet deep,
for $200, without paying for it. by enter
ing into an obligation to pay a yearly rental
of 31-, or six per cent. As long as this
interest on the purchase money is paid an
nually the ground rent landlord as he is
called cannot demand. the principal.
John now joins a building association
and takes suvs five shares. On each share
SI is to be paid monthly, and as there are
1,000 shares, each month 51,000 is paid
into the association. Then the money so
paid in is put up at auction among the
members, and the bidding mounts up from
five per cent, premium to perhaps twenty,
at which it is knocked down to John. He
agrees to pay besides his $1 per mouth per
share say $." per month the interest on
$1,000, p.fus $-200,20 percent, premium,
amounting to $72 jver annum.
With this SI, 0U0 John contracts with a
competent builder, who puts him up a
14 1-2 feet front, leaving a passage of .'J 1-2
feet on hii IS-foot lot. His house U to be
of brick, .12 feet deep, with a well and
pump and a shed over them, and his lot
surrounded by fencing seven feet high. His
house will le entered by a front door open
ing on a parlor having one window front
and one on the side. .Passiug through the
parlor, a d-nr opens on a small eutry, from
which stairs rive, to the second story. On
the opposite side of entry a door opens into
the dining room, lighted with one window,
and through this John passes to his kitch
en, in which is a good range. At the kitch
en door under the shed stands the pump,
behind this tmain is the garden lot, 50 by
13.
Now let us examine the financial result
of John's experiment.
He pays
James Smith, ground rent per annum,
0 per cent, on 3200,
IJuiidiug association, ?5 per month,
amounting to,
Building as.-ociation, interest on loan
Taxes, 2 per 3110 on valuation of
512
00
1;
iiouse, sav fcoU-J,
1G
SI .V)
Thus for $12 per month John has a
home all to himself, where the morals of
his family are preserved from the con
taminating influences of the tenement house,
where the comfort and domesticity of his
household are promoted, rud to which he
is tempted to add one little thing and an
other. It is in effect a mortgage
which
never
matures unless there is a failure to pay the
interest ; or it may be described as a rental,
which gives the renter a permanent
possession of the estate if he promptly
l';lJ
has
s the rent. So fimiliar and popular
tliis mode of conveyance become that
all the quotations of vacant lots are based
upon this annual rent or interest on the
principal um. This mode of quotation is
carried still further, and the price of the
lot is named at the front which is the in
terest on all the feet of ground which lie
behind that frontage This seems intri
cate, ami certainly is difficult to state, but
may Ik; easily comprehensible by takhig
John Jones's case. His lot is worth $200,
and the interest is therefore S12 ; lie has
IS feet frontage on the street, therefore
12 divided by IS gives the quotation for
the price of his lot, which is 00 2-' cts. per
foot. As long then as John, his heirs, or
assigns, pay. to the aforesaid James Smith
b'G 2-3 cents or annum for every foot o!
frontage that Jones rented or bought foi
here the purchase on ground-rent conveys
every right, title, and interest of a fie sim
ple Smith cannot molest Jones in his use
a id occupation of the lot. The groiiud
reut landlord may sell his ground-rent, as
tlt3 title p tsses from buyer to feller just
like a mortgage.
Now let us examine John's account with
the buiididg association. He borrows Sl,
000 in cash, agreeing to pay 61 ,200 ai.u
the interest. He stands charged with ?1,
20"0. IVying S'.iO per annum, it would
take John twenty years to pay up $1,000.
Hut -at 'the end of the time, his shaves be
ing wotth 81,200, he stops paying and the
house is his own. In fact, however,. John
is a participant in the profits ; the premium
and the interest he pays going to reimburse
himself, and it only takes in practice ten
or twulvc years to put John iu absolute
.sscs'-doii of his home.
Estimating ice to bo worth half a cent a
pound, or ten dollars a ton, the ice crop of
2,000,00) tons just harvested on the
Hudson is more valuable by two million
dollars than cither the wheat or the Corn
crop of the entire State of New York.
A eitu-:;i of Leavenworth Ks., on going
to his. bum to miik in the dark of the early
morning, got into
t'.K
wrong pen,
and
undertook to miik a mule. He don't re
member which bido of the barn tic went
out at, but expects his bucket in a few days.
The Middletown l'rcss f-tatcs that a
much respected lady living in the town tf
Chester, aged eighty-two years, will next
week be led to the alter and a second time
i become a blushing bride.
A Few Words to Feeble and Delicate
Women.
By H. V. Pierce, M. D., of the World's
Dispensary, Buffalo, N. Y.
Knowing that you are subject to a great
amount of suffering, that delicacy on your
part has a strong tendency to prolong, and
the longer it is neglected the more you
have to endure and the more difficulty of
cure your case becomes, I as a physician,
who is daily consulted by scores of your
sex, desire to say to you, that I am con
stantly meeting with those who have been
treated for their ailments for months with
out being benefitted in the least, until they
have become perfectly discouraged and
have almost made up their minds never to
take another dose of medicine, nor be
tortured by any further treatment. They
had rather die and have their sufferings :
ended than to live and suffer as they have.
They say they are worn out by suffering
are only made worse by treatment. Of
anything more discouraging, we certainly
cannot conceive, and were there no more
successful mode of treating such difficulties
than that, the principles of which teach the
reducing and depleting of the vital forces
of the system, when the indications dictate
a treatment directly the reverse of the one
adopted for them, their cases would be
deplorable indeed. But lady sufferc-s, there
is a better and far more successful plan cf
treatment for you ; one more in harmony
with the laws and requirements of your
system. A harsh irritating caustic treat-
ment and strong medicines will never cure
vou.
such
If vou would
rise rational means.
2 should dictate to
as common-sm:-
every intelligent lady, take such medicines
as embody the very best invigorating tonics
and nervines, compounded with special
reference to your delicate system. Such a
happy, combination you will find in my
Favorite Prescription which has received
the loudest praise from thousands cf your
sex. Those languid tiresome sensations
causing you to feel scarcely able to be on
your feet or ascend a flight of stairs, that
continual drain that is sapping from your
systems all your former elasticity, and
driving the bloom from your cheeks ; that
continual strain upon your vital forces that
renders you irritable and fretful, may all
become and subdued by a preserving use
of that, marvelous remedy. Irregularities
and obstructions to the proper workings of
your systems are relieved by this mild and
safe means while periodical pains, the
cxistir.ee of which is a sure indication of
serious disease that should not be neglected,
readily yield to it, and if its use is kept up
for a reasonable length of time the special
cause ot tnese pains is permanently removed.
Further liidit on these subjects may be
obtained from my pamphlet on diseases
peculiar to your sex sent on receipt of two
t.atnps. My favorite Preseiption is sold
jy druggists.
Two Rooms for Sick Feopla.
A very important matter is to have two
rooms for sick person'', given up entirely to
their needs one to be used only at night,
and the other in tho daytime. Even if the
patient is so ill that he cannot bear his
weight, and must be carried to a bed or
sofa in an adjoining room, or into a room
across tne hall, it must be done. Experi
ence has taught us that this is of the great
est assistance in the recovery of cither
grown people or children, only by so doing
can you give the invalid the purest, freshest
air, and tne kindest attendance.
A little child was very ill with fever ;
his room was up stairs ; but every day, af
ter he had been sponged in hot water and
alcohol, and had been rubbed gently with
soft hands, he was wrapped in a thick shawl
and carried in loving arms to an attractive
room down stairs, where sweet flowers and
lovely pictures soothed bis senses, and kind
hands ministered to his wants all the day.
Then a clean, sweet bed, whose bedding
had boon aired in the sun for hours, awaited
him at night, and soothed his limbs to need
ful repose. This practice was commenced
at the mother's d- sire, when the child
was in delirium, taking no notice of any
thing, but tho first night proved how bene
iicial it bad been, for sleep, "tired nature's
sweet restorer" came to him, and the next
morning he awoke to consciousness, and
.vas highly pleased at the change when he
was carried down stairs, ami charmed to
rest by the pure air and pleasant surround
ings. The physician was surpiised at the
aiarvel us dispatch with which his patient
recovered from what he had feared would
; rove a fatal attack, and attributed it, in a
great measure, to the restorative powers of
pure air, well sunned bedding and a change
f rooms. When the head of the house
was attacked with severe disease., two rooms
on the ground floor were imme iiately given
up for his requirements, and daily the kind
physician lifted the stalwart form in his
arms and carried him across a small hall in
to the parlor, where a blazing lire on the
hearth brightened the room, and brilliantly
tinted autumn leaves and green vines made
.i bower of beauty upon which his weary
ey s rejoiced to gaze. Although his re
covery was declared most doubtful by physi
cians and friends, et exceeding care in air
ing the bed and bedding, in keeping the
room sweet with copperas, and in feeding
and rubbing him hourly, brought him back
to comparative health, and gladdened a
household who widly shrank from the ever
dreaded presence of death. A. Y. Times.
. Both Houses of the Pennsylvania Legia
ture have agreed to adjourn finally on the
18th of March, aud to hold an adjourned
How Postage Stamps aro Llado.
The process of minnfac-trnig the littla
postage stamps is quite interesting : Iu
printing, steel plates are used, en which
200 stamps are engraved. Two men are
kept at work covering them with the colored
inks and passing them to a man and a girl,
who are equally busy at printing them with
large rolling bund presses. Three of these
little squads are employed all tho time
although ten presses can be put into use iu
case of necessity. After the small sheeU
of paper upon which the 200 stamps ar.:
engraved have dri.al enough they are sent
into another room and gummed. The guru
used for this purpose is a peculiar composi
tion, made of the powder of dried poijtocM
and other vegetables mixed with water,
which is better than any other material, bbr
instance, gum arabie, which cracks tho
paper badly. This paper is also of a
peculiar texture, somewhat similar to that
used for bank notes. Af-cr having ben
again dried, thi
tiaie cn
liLtle i
vi
i
are fanned bv steam j-ower lbr
.,1,..,..
an
hour, they are put b;lwo:u sh?cU cf paste
board, and pressed in hydraulic prcs.;c?,
capab!
of aj.'j.-lyiug a weihi. t f two thou-
sanu ton
1 he t;?::t thing tj to cut the
sheets in half; cacSi
be:t of c
urse, who-i
cut, contains a .:rci
r;,,
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done by a girl v.-1 lb a large p .ir cf .shears,
cutting by hand bjiog t-rellrro-.l to that of
machinery, which m.'thod would destroy
too many stamps. They arc then passed l
two other squads, who in as tn-.ny opsta
lior.s perforate the sheets between the
stamps.
Next thev nre pre:ea once more j
and then racked
nd lib';!-:d. and stowed
; away in anther rem. preparatory to being
put in mall
i -v: . au ::i.!g to iiiijit
. - p . i it
orders.
If:
a sinwie
mp ii tern, or in any
way mutilated, the whole sheet of one hun-
dred are
thousand
b unted.
. ... 'n-
hundred
. i : .
:-e burned
.1,
cause. For the past
single rheet has been
been taken in countii
l.V
h
ity years n.-t it
such one lu'S
m. Da
amg ti:c
progress of manufacturing, too sheris aro
counted eleven tiinei.
J ne sea aepon-;
rocks on land f..
on
.0 di.-int.ipralion of
It d.)oa noL ori
ginate in oceans and seas.
Prists wash it
and hold it in
ttion as r.-arliCi.'s are
lib
erate
by vi ilence, docc nT.otttnn, and
gradual action of many natural forces. All
streamlets ami rivers,
thereiore,
are ec u-
stantly tran-'i cuing alt to the sea. If
there is more taen cati
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:u m s-jiutum
then it aecumulates in masses at
verv deep
points, inns the salt mines cl 1'ortlar.d,
and the vast hori;-mia! beds of pure Salt in
Texas, as Well as tho moni.t..in of rock salt
ia St. Domingo, rvere collected at the bot
tom of ancient sea.--, which -are now dry
land, remote front Water.
There are places in Africa 'where the
process of disintegration of salt from rock
is regularly going on, hut there is not water
power enough to force it onward to the sea.
Hence the particles are spread abroad and
mixed with the soil. The negroes of nor
thern Africa having discovered its distribu
tion where there is no water to dissolve in
the ground leach it. In that way they
separate tho salt. Salt pervades the earth.
It exists in the grasses and most vegetable
products on which animals feed. In that
way the' derive enough in most countries
to meet the demands of their natures.
They require as much as civilized humanity.
With them salt is necessary, as with our
selves, lbr keeping the organs of vision in
good condition. Slop the supply and bliud
ness would ensue.
Between May and October, 1S74, there
were banished to Siberia 10,S8'.) persons.
Of these unfortunates, 1.220, being crimi
nals of the worst description, were sen
tenced to hard labor, and 1.024 had been
expelled from their communities as obnox
ious, drunken, or burdensome. These ex
iles were voluntarily accompanied by 1,0S0
women and children over fifteen years of
age, with 1.2(50 younger children. Ten
years ago the number of criminals exiled
to Siberia in a tweivemwri'.h was t.n times
greater than the above total, which shows
either a diminution ofcrinuor a merciful
mitigation of punishment. Most probably
the latter is the ca:se, for the execuihn of
the severe Hus -i m Lw has gradually be
come mtider; br example, the terrible in
fliction of the knout very rarely takes place
now
nd oioy tor crimes of tne darkest
and most tragi
character.
New Jersey's nances are shown to bo
in a healthy condition by the anr.ua! report
of tho Comptroller je.ol submitted. 'J hi
only debt of the State is that contracted
during the war $2,-1 OoJiO,) and to offset
it there are Kssets in a sinking fund amount
ing to SI ,:1 1 ,450. The amount of taxable
property returned by the counties is 010,
O57,00o, being an increase of $0,OJ0,00(i
over the preceding year. Nearly 70 per
cent, of the annual State expenditures arc
for the eduation of the ignorant, the care
of the unfortunate ami ai:i!e!ed, and tho
restraint and reformation of the vicious,
the amount expended for these purposes
the past year having been ;i,:-'0l,S2..G7.
There very few States of the Union, indeed
it is not probable that there is one, which
can make a better exhibit than this of our
neighbor.
Nearly all the applications for new
national bank charttrs come fVoni New
England, and net fium the South and
West, as some people expected. It requires
capital to start banks, a'ad that is what that
; wonion doesn't po:5-3 "
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