4. i : f. if i I' t. . i it JDcuoteb to PoIiUtsXitcvaturc, nticnltuvc. Science, .iHornlitn, ano 5snecai Intelltgcuce. VOL. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 25, 1875. NOrSQ, t-' -N- published by Theodore Seiioch. Y-f.ujTwo (J jliirs a year In advance and if not . ij .f ,rj ihtj end of tho year, tvo dollars and fifty r-aur dU:oniinnl until all arrearage are ril " ij Alori.ii"ni3nts of oa square of (eteht lineal or i ins option oi me lvauor. ; .12? f,r u'.rsc inv:ruoni Jiaj. x-aca amuuonai la i cr.ts." I.o:icr Cn? in proportion.- JOXI 1IISSTJLG Or ALL KINDS, S(;i;tviin the highest stria the Art, and on the nioat reaicmaMa tcrinj. rcBt'ii 4ts asorsE, .Vjri. &r, PHILADELPHIA. Reduced rates, $1 70 per day. HENRY SPAHN, PropV. iJ. T R. Snyder, t'lerk. Nov. 126, 1 874. -Om. DR. J.LANTZ, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. s rt?c.! on Main street, In tin aeeorxl story s. w ns oriole cuu imir, nearly opposite tue i:?. and he flaters him?c!f that by cigh- a-.!:'U practice al Iah most carnt and u'inn ti ail matt ;r pertaining to his pr l is f-il!y ablj to perform all oprrU:ns il K;;i iu ih laist careful aud bkiilful n;aa- i:i :!!- s! civen to savin? the Natural Terth; !, ;. iu: i:is:: li-:n of Artificial Teeth on R-.ibb.-r. ;.. r. .r t'unliduous Gutrn, and perfect Cis iu all - ii..:roi. - . ; .- .. r- know i"r.n cre.it f ly acd danjer of n :;: r work to the inexperienced, or totbosa Ut m a'ai,;-.!ic.. April 13, lS7t. tf. ti X burgeon Dcnlisl. t'i-.t 'nain5 juvt return!, from Dental :"i'.!y ;-.r;inr.-.i to niii:e artificial teeth In i'.u;;.:i au.l life-like man-r, and to nil de-.-cr iin.r to the mosi improved raethod. rr.1. ; - i v. about pnin. hfi) d-ird, by the :: i x M" ' x-. wi-.i. U is c-iilirvly bannU-ss. .";.;'! k;u 3s cei.ti v d..-a. Ail work warantcd. . J it'' ?r s n;w k builiin?. Main tret, Au?r. 31 '71-tf. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and 1 Estate Asrent. Ti: ibe-r Lands and Totcii Lots FOR SALE r.tenrlv pjo-ite Americau : r tvi-jw tiie Corner Siore. Iloue .1 v: E 5 1 XV A 11 5 P A TT C51SO., vsi:ii!i. Sarean and Accoucheur, o. .t.: i K"-'i.!er.re, Main street. Stmd' ;.. in il;p kiihlni formerly occipicd rrur.i; t attention given tocalU. j 7 to 'J a. m. .r - 1 " 15 j. m. . ( 6 " S p. m. -i! ? IS74-lv. j yi. ceo. ir. jackso.v FiliMfli", SURGEON AND AfCClTUELR. otr.ee of Dr. A. Keves Jackson, rn.-r of Sjrah and Franklin Ftrect. 1J i. v OUDSBURG, PA. -i. - 1 :e n-;b'Tiler vro'.dd inTorm the public that it : : -.r J t he house formally kept by Jacob K-.r in i:e lioro'igh of Jtrojulbir, Vs., -: i !:.r'.n - rc-pait:ted and ref;irni.hed t!e wme, !-. :Tt;v - .-1 f entcrinin all who r.tty patronize i-:-n. It i the aim of the proprietor, to Pirn- i-sr -4 --oMtno'hitions at moderate rates .-;,r.re no pain to promote the com :e :? ..:t-. A liberal eL.trcof public - :'!;fited. J-t! P. L. PISI.I5. AUCTIONEER, i-. U4 IO Agent and Collector. . i-T.- .iTU'-i v'.r.-d ;o s iUs, us wtii ii--. i.'sv? ft iir.tify the puMic that !' it hhort no' ice rwrnnal prcpTty as JCkI Latj, at pubiioor private T"'i';nas j's 04 store stand, at Tst Dec. 17, 1ST4- ly. attorney al Ia-tv, e osor aiwte ;iie ''Stroud-flurg iroitse,' K'-.'bur Pa. ' ! 'ectic:; prorcptlr made. Jer '2-2, !S74. ' ' " HOMESDALE, PA. il locatioa of any Hotel in town. K. W. KIPLK Sc SON, trct. " Proprietors. is;:. iy. T .'IV.! J ! DOS'T FOltiiET that wlicn you want any tbir-s iu the Furniture or "-namerital Sine tint McCarty & ons in the OiJ-l-Vlows Hall, Main trect, troudsburg, IS '.!: J; .ace 10 get it. r-i-tf DOX'T you know, that J. 51. M-(j;iry &. .Sons ate lie o?iy. Code'r vr.s in Jirnudpbr? who xnt&ernXhtidS their f'Ktiej ? If not. attend a Funeral niftnapred t.v any other Undertaker in town. od you we the proof of the fact. " June lS.'74-tf A. ROCK A FELLOW, DEALER IN dj-3Iade Clothing, Gents Fur Rishini; Coeds, Hats &Caps, Coots & Shoes, &c : EAST. STROUDSBURG, PA. . (Near ihe Depot.) - " -Tfe pni-ISc are invitd to call-and Vx.n3ne A DESPERATE GAME. ? . . . . THE PLOT OF THE CARBOXDALE BANK ROB BERYA MIDNIGHT RAID CO NT EM PL A TED THE COUNSELS IN THE COAL MINE THE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY MIDNIGHT MEETINGS IN THE GRAVEYARD--nOW THE iroNEY WAS HIDDEN TnE RATS ATTACK THE TREASURE ITS FINAL DIVISION. AND.'.SUBSFQUENT; DISCOVERY AN INTERESTING- STORY. The storj of the CarbonJale bank rob bery is pnof the most interesting; records of modem cflines, and reveals a plot so in tensely dramatic, that the details Trill amp ly repay peroral.' It appears after the rob bers bad secured their prize they ; were in a regular quandary what to do vrith it. It was to their consciences as tryin- as the tenacious old man of the sea in the fable, and they tvere constantly-removing it from place to place, stealing it from each other and sub-dividing it to silence grumbling ac cessories until it was considerably scattered. V irh a vievr to making our account authen tic beyond contradiction, we waited on Mr. llcb't A. Tinkerton, yesterday . afternoon, ; nd gleaned from him the fallowing true sury of the affair, which. we give almost wefd for word as he told it, with the ex ception of the names of the charact;rs who figured in the crime. THE DOUBLE TLOT. There were two r-Iots to rcb the bank. The Srst contemplated its robbery at mid night,' and was planned by some of the par ties at present under arrest and several others , who were not taken into the plot contemplating the daylight robbery. The night robbery was planned at meetings held in a coal mine a hort distance from the city. There were ten men in this plot be sides several outsiders. Th; plan origina ted about eight months ago. The parties to the plot noticed that old Mr. Stott used to work alone in the bank at night, and that Duggan; the chief of police, used to do duty as watchman at the bank, and in or der to' carry out the robben- sucees-fuliv, it was necessary to put Duggan out cj the icay. They' then intended to go to the bank, rap at the door so us to bring the cashier to the door and then rush past and over power hint before he couid use an; - IV ure al ms. men tiiey proosea to lngutcu him' vrith pistob into o-euing the safe, and if necessary to dispatch Iiiin. The meetings at' which this hellish, de sig,n was matured were regularly and well :.tt mded. Each participant in the plot go ing singly at the dead of night tu the mine in which they were held and returning in the same way. This plot fell through in consequence of two of the most prominent men withdrawing from it, because murder was contemj Ltod. It was supposed that the bank contained from eighty to one hun dred thousand. dollars, and the thieves had ,:-t th-jlr hearts on a great haul.' After this - pi bt "was frustrated, bne of the active par ticipants in it thought that there was a good chance for a DAYLIGHT ROBBKRY- of the bank. Jlencticci that Mr. Stott was in the habit of letting his two clerks go to dinner, while be remained alcne in the tank. The last, clerk left the bank preciiely at. nxn, the other left fifteen min utds bcibre bim, and for alwat twenty-five minutes'the cashier was left alone. This tact idtogether with the isolated condition of the bank which stands by itself inspired the robbers with confidence of casiiy secur ing tbxt for - which they had worked so earnestly and well. - It was also di-scovercl that Mr. Stott left the: key sticking in the inside of the front door, and this it was intended to use in locking the door to prevent depositors cr "others' from coming in during the rob bery. :.'.''" ' - . To the rear of the bank the directors foornl situafed, and a door leads from this into the yard.' They also discovered that the key was usually left in that door, and this. thev intended to use as a means of exit. . . . When this information was gained the leading plotter took all the present parties who arc under arrest one by one into the project, - 'including a miner, whose duty it was to receive, the money from the. robbers after they left the bank for which purpose he wjs stationed in a convenient place. The meetings of this second rcbb;r Land were held at . : THE OLD GRAVEYARD n,r tVo l.ridi'e at midnicrht where amid V,. l.MtT.'.ond t!w .vilence of the tombs, the plan of robbery and murder was freely dis cussed; The lirst daylight' raid was con templated for the fifth of January, but failed in consequence of the two men who wcro to ntc-r thp bank,mectinga friend of thcir's ju; Vh-U'.r-f- crc about ttl ; enter,: and ?o kiioVing that' he wou.M. "suspect something they turned away and there M matter rested for th.r present, having been post poned until the next cold day. The cold dayVas appointed, because there would not be f-o nsany people on the street pnd thi .fact of a robber disguising LWface would net excite any; suspicion. Th'us Jack Fro-st waet takeu in as aoother accotnpHe'C. ' . ' At the next meeting which wss held in ihe graveyard it was concluded that two of the party'at present under arrest should 6tart from the liighworks - pn the Dandaff road at exactly three minutes past twelve at noou sad walk :. at their regular gait, down, to the bridge" crossing, tiie Lacka wanna river in the rear of the baak. , Tvo of the other, men were to be watchers, were to start precuyV''i0 ' hrI on the opposite direction of tfcphsnV, and pass along one on each' side of Main street, and to cast a glance into the bank as they passed by, so as to see that the coast was clear, without hesitating however. They were to walk right ahead until a point where Main street intersects a short street on which the bridge before alluded to is located, and the first two men were expec ted to be stationed. If-the coast was clear, the men who passed by the bank were to raise their hats lightly and walk on slowly without seeming to take notice. The raising of the hats was the signal that all was right, and so as to make assur ance doubly sure, another participant was stationed on Shephard's corner Main street, to see that the clerks had left the . bank at their appointed time. : ... This was to be done all by signal ; not a word was to pass between the plotters, and the raising of the hat was the universal token. THE ROBBERY. As the two men who started from the front of a certain hotel already referred to, come . within sight of Shepherd's comer where the third lookout was stationed they rcceived the proper signal, passed up Maine street, one on each side, as planned, and one being twenty feet in the rear of the other. On arriving within sight of the bridge they saw that their companions who were to enter the bank were at their post. The signal was given promptly, and those who were to enter the bank walked up to Main .street, Bond being twenty feet in ad vance of his companion. The men who gave the signal retraced their steps slowlv and remained in sight of the bank until they saw their accomplices enter and the window curtains pulled down to prevent parties from looking in. All watches were to remain at their post for ten minutes, so that in case the robbers were intercepted, they could be on hand to prevent their ar rest, and to use every means in their power to do so. At the end of the ten minutes they. were to separate and each one was to go to some, store where he was acquainted, get into conversation with the store-keeper, aud to remaiu with him constantly until the news came that the bank had been rob bed. This was for the purpose of proving an dil,I. They were if possible to call the store-keeper's attention to the time so that in case they were suspected and arrested this could be proved to. One went into Ir. Hand's office, another into Shepherd's Ftore and the others were to see to the transfer of the money to a safe hiding place. And as soon as all hands engaged in the crime could conveniently do so. they were to has ten to the scene of the robbery, and be very energetic in hunting up the thieves. That this compact was well carried out, is shown by the fuel that two of the real robbers hired a sleigh, armed themselves with revolvers, and set out in search of the the inofJending . ones. Oa arriving at depot they told, the chief of police about two men whom they saw enter the train, and who looked to them as suspicious char acters. The chief had the good sense to see that the parties were all right, and on this account did not .crrcst them. The party who was stationed to receive the money from' the thieves met them as ap pointed on the Diir.dafT road, after having played their part in the bank, as already published in the testimony of Mr. Stott given in Tuesday's Republican. On receiving the money this accessory carried it to the house of an accomplice, where it was hurried in an ash-pile to the rear of the house. "PLACING" THE MONEY. ' On the same evening it was removed by the robbers, who thought it too close to the house, and it was carried about a quarter of a mile distant in an old pillow case and buried in a heap of snow. Subsequently it was feared that the FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW, ' ; would tell tales in case the officers came to make a search and so that investment 'was not considered safe, and another removal was planned. .Accordingly, at midnight of the same night it was removed from the snow-pile and placked in a lath-pile located in the neighborhood. '-Another conference of all the robbers was held, and it was con cluded that the lath-pile was also an unsafe investment, as parties engaged-around the saw-mill would be likely to discover it, and another removal was decided tipon. So be fore daylight on the following morning, one of the robbers removed it and placed it in a eloset in the rear of his dwelling. He shortly afterwards heard that he was sus pected as one of the robbers, this deposi tory was also considered unsafe and the funds were transferred to a gaioon and thrown under the counter. ., . - . COUNTING TIIE SPOILS. - Later on in the evening the money was removed to a hotel, v. here at midnight in the presence of all the robbers, it was coun ted ibr the Unit time, wheu it was ascer tained that if divided, . equally, allowing a Mt r cc?itgc to outsiders wno had a knowr ledge of Uio robbery, the share of each ac tive participant would amount to about $1, -50'oV The cut ire amount was, 80,700. : . The money was left in the hotel ia its piUawase until . the following Sunday, when it was concluded to remove it to what ya considered a safer hiding-place. .It was accordingly givca to oue of the robbers who carried it to a small grocery siore ou thej outskirts of the town, and lifting a portion j of the- floor buried it beneath it without - the prpinetor's knowledge. How this was accomplished could not be explained with out injuring innocent parties, and so we, re frain from the particulars. Oa account of the inDOceuce "of the storekeeper andtfie at tn ;.jvfu rmsr, wa'ir tnemoney at any time, it was again removed and on this occasion carried INTO A COAL MINE, , . . . about a mile from the mouth of the slope, and hidden in one of the chambers. "Here at least" said the , thieves "it is entirely safe.'-. But subsequent events proved the fallacy of this belief.. The money was re gularly visital every day, and one fine morn ing it was discovered that other thieves were on the trail of the stolen treasure. This time it was the rats. They gnawed a hole in the " pillow-case, and were chewing Uncle Sam's green-backs. Maledictions were free ly poured out on the rodents and a notifica tion was sent out for a full meeting of the thieves once more. Each was afraid to take charge of the money personally, and the raid of the rats led them to conclude that a division should be made at once. Accordingly while the other parties waited outside two of the robbers entered the mine at midnight, obtained the money and con veyed it back to the grocery store already mentioned. As they were about to count it, they encountered - AN INTERRUPTION, - and they went up' stairs into a cold room, leaving the money in a cracker barrel down stairs. The parties who caused the inter ruption were three old men who came in to sit down aud smoke their pipes as custo mary in country stores. Presently they commenced " A DISCUSSION ON CRACKERS in the course of which the merits of good and bad ones brought forth a lively dispute much to the annoyance of the men upstairs who overheard the story, and who feared every moment that some of the disputants would go to the barrel, iu which the nioney lay to tyke a sample cracker to sustain his argument. The thieves were afraid that another division of the spoils would be ne cessary to shut the old .men up, but for tunately ' the cracker controversy was cut short, by the idtroduction of the Beecher Tlhon trial much to the relief of the rob bers.' But the disputants were long-winded, and no fire being upstairs the robbers were shivering with the cold, and one of them proposed to go down and " "clean the old men cut." They finally left, having ex luiusted popular topics, and the thieves trembling with the cold, descended and warmed, tliemscivco by the stove. The money was again removed from, the cruck-er-bairci and it was about to be counted over again, when ANOTHER RAP. AT THE DOOR . . prevented it. The robbers on this occas ion thought they would not run the risk of another freezing, . and accordingly those that were not known in that section of the town, pretended to be under the influence of liquor and one of them laid his head on the knees of his confederate; while those who interrupted remained in the store. Thi interruption wss caused by the wife of the proprietor cf the store who came in to get some potatoes which lay in the bar rel next to that in which the money was re-dej-osited and the thieves feared that the woman would put her hand into the wrong barrel, so they were again ia agony, until she left. ...... r . ... After her departure the door ed, and. the thieves resolved that circumstances would anyone be was lock under no admitted until thev counted their funds. at The money was counted and divided without further interruption, and the party broke up at the peep of day," each setting out ill a diiJercnt direction for his heme. FINDING TnE FUNDS. One of the parties set out for Bingham ton, where he was captured a wck later, arid his share of the money found in a stable. Another was arrested on Saturday last at his house, and his share of the money was j discovered in a suow-batik,' frozen over, at a fchurt distance from his house; another portion of the money was recovered through the instrumentality of the third robber, it being concealed among his friends. The share of the forth party was found in an old- earthenware, jug in. the , cellar of his house. There was2 a subdivision cTtTlc' rrronev also, into sunw of fifty, one hundred and two hundred dollars, and a number of those who were engaged in the first plot for the proposed night-robbery suspecting those who were engaged in the actual robbery insisted on receiving their share,, and so black mailed the successful thieves, until their shares dwindled down to very small proportions. In addition "to this the thieves began to j-teal from each other, and so succeeded in mixing up the different shares until it be came a complicated problem indeed to trace the actual sum " in the ' possession of each one. : "-"'''''. - ' ' i: 4 TRACING TIIE THIEVE. ' - , . . -. . ? ' The manner in which the parties were hunted dowy by the detectives forms an interesting chapter Ih'the history of this curious crime. TThe lirst clue was obtained from several uf the -storekeepers-who- ob served two t f the principal robbers iu the y'cipjty of the. bank duringthe forenoon of the day on 'which the robbery was commit ted. ...These, were the characters' that did the. outsjde watching. Their reputation was weir known to be none of the best, and au investigation was aLOUce set on foot by the A r.tif I roc tt-1i.Ii lc n1?ni ii fj t ru era Liti i r - - cesf fully. " A" careful surveillance of the movements of these parties disclosed it con nection bctweeu themselves and their, con federates, and as it was though t that a number of outsiders were connected ys ith jt uwiug to their association. with. ..the men on whom the strongest suspicion rested, it Avas oorl-cTud'-! 03 Friiiy h, to male rii J vi h thieves and gather them into the -arms of justice. . To be,,, successful it was though best to make the descent on all parties con cerned, and so warrants were obtained from Alderman Fuller and the ofneers of the law made a surprising swoop on the thieves and brought them to the Lackwanna Val ley Hotel in this city where they were de tained until their appearance before Alder man Fuller, after whicih they were trans ferred to Wiikes-Barre. The details of the manner "in which the detcetives conducted their preliminary operations are within our knowledge, but it is better by far to sup press, them, because while they are un doubtedly interresting, they can serve no good at present and would only expose innocent persons to the wrath of these who have figured in this story. - - ..' THE DETECTIVES who traveled the mystery of this com plicated plot, are deserving of .the high est degree of praise. To their remarkable knowledge of human nature, their excellent stratgic ability, and their untiring energy is due the fact that the leading characters have been arrested without any undue dem'onstration of violence, or any unneces sary theding of blood. They were all armed however, and if the worst came to the worst, would doubtless teach the participates in this desperate game a lesson that would long be remembered in-'Carbondale. ' Mr. Robert Ai Tinkerton under whose skillful superintendence the affair has been carried cut, although a young man possesses the tact, shrewdness and selfpossession, so highly essential to" his profession,- and throughout the entire affair he acquitted .himself towards all parties concerned in a manuer becoming his arduous position. McKEAN COUNTY, PA. ITS WEALTH. IN MINERALS AND TIMBER WHERE MUCH OF TIIE SOFT COAL COMES FROM A PLACE FOR TIIE HUNTER AND FISHERMAN. 'Bradford, Pa., Feb. S The' town of Bradford is" situated at almost the center of the northern tier of towns of McKean county, and border on Cattaraugus county, i4. Y. - Bradford borough is '.'located very nearly in the center of the township, of which it is the business center. A richer county than McKean there is not in the state. : Its beds of coal are ex tensive; aud ail very rich ia bitumen, mak ing the coal of great worth for heating pur poses where cleanliness, is not cared for, such as producing steam in locomotives and stationery engines. For household purposes, Iiowever, it is disgreeable and uncleanly. The engines of the western division of the Erie Railroad are supplied at the sautes at Carralhon with coal from quite exten sive mines about 12 miles south, of Brad ford. .A corporation called .the Buffalo Coal Company have made extensive ar rangements for mining coal in another part of the vouoiy, which the McKean & BaUala Railroad, new being rapidly -built, . will transport to Buffalo and ether points of market. These beds of coal lie iu the great central coal basin of Pennsylvania, and are probably, a continuation of the more south-, crn deposits. -The coal producing territory of this county has uever been thorc-uhlv j developed o?y.ceomu of the Lck of facili ties for transportation, until withm a year our county having but a little over 17 miles of railroad the Philadelphia and Erie just touching one corner and the Buffalo, Brad ford r.nd Pittsburg Railroad having been completed only about fourteen miles into the county, or to the Bond Vein and La fayette coal mines, at Alton and Gilesvilie. In prospecting for coal large deposits of iron ore have been found which are said to be very rich, yielding over 'JO percent. This as with the coal, has never received the attention it would have oa account of lack of transportation, and owing to the fact thaU the attention of most of the popu lation lias Jbeea given to lumbering,, hi clear ing and taking to market down the. Alle gany and Ohio rivcrs" the vast forests of pine and hemlock abounding in that region. J.,Brudcr, of Bradford, sends to piarket five hundred million feet of pine annually, and intmufactuTcs nearly as much into shingles.- McKein county is- not only rich in cod, iron and lumber, but also in oil, having some very rich oil territory, and for the pleasure seeker, be he hunter or fisher man, there is no better field' for the sport in the state. - - Broom-Corn. Dr. Franklin introduced broom-corn into our country. While examing a corn whisk (imported) he accidently discovered a sing le seed, which he planted in his garden, and from which the corn was propagated. Massachusetts was formerly the only State where vthe raising of this corn and tiie manufacture of brooms was carried on to any great extent, and Boston was the great distributing point for the manufactured goods. -Now there is scarcely an acre de voted to broom-corn culture in New,. Eng land, as siucc the war farmers have raised tobacco in its place. Illinois is the largest exower of broom-corn at present,' Ohio and Xew York coming next, and Chicago and Cincinnati are the centres of business, while New York is the great depot of manufac tured goods. ' At Scoharie, N. Y., lately, u mouse crept into a beehive to steal honey, but was caught in the act and stung "to death by the. irate bees. Soon Mr. Mousey began to disseminate a bad smell, which bees cannot tolerate ; being' Unable to removo him tbev wont to work and sealed him and sealed him up hcrmcti-I that not the rfljhteet tnldH cally in wax, so -ii d. A BROOKLYN GIRL WHO HAS BEEN - IN A TRANCE SINCE CHRISTMAS. The latest Brooklyn sensation is ths dis covery of a young lady who has been ia a trance since Christmas. Her - mother's name is Roberts, and she is . the wiiaw of a famous pilot. On the day before Christ mas, while a gentleman wa3 conversing with the yoimg lady and her mother, the former voluntarily made the remark, "Oh 1 mother dear, I am so tired I must go to leu ; I want to sleep forever." She retired to bid, went to sleep apparently, and haa kin in a trance ever since. She has eatc-n scarcely anything since first gcing ia this peculiar state, the only food she has partaken of hie ing a little ice-cream about two weeks ao, at which time she drank a quart cf water Medicine is given to her by inhaling only. The ordinary fuaction.3 cf nature are of course in suspense. "YhiIe she is in thLi state her body is rigid and her hands tight ly clenched together. If her' author or sister, who arc in constant attendance upen her, request her to oreri them she will not, but in the mortin'-'whea the ordinary 5 ablutions are pernrmsd she opens them of her ovmaecoid to be washed,. AVhcn they are closed the strongest man could not open them. Sha ha;, asked for water at times, and once for ice-cream, but any attempt to coaverzi.with her is futile. Iler pulse is .frctn 72 . to 74, her body warm, but temporarily chilly im mediately after drinking water. The'phy sician seems to be the only one who. has any power ever her, and that apparently seems to be cf a kind as mvstericus as the ma lad v. How to Prevent Chapped Hanu3. Chapped hands aud skin cracks srp cn- tireiy unnecessary even in tne cokiet weather if proper care is observed. Most of the so called toilet soaps are caustic, or full of . ley,' and act very injuriously" upon the skin. Genuine ca.tt:!e svap i.-; almost wholly neutral, and is the best fbr washing with. By rmsing the hands entirely free from every trace of soap, and wiping them thoroughly before going out chaps may Ln avoided ; any that do appear can be cured by rubbing the affected parts with cold crcMii,. or, what is the same thing, common lard before retiring. , - To' Bake' Haa.' Most people boil ham. It is much' tet ter baked, if baked right. " Soak for an hour in clean water and wipe dry. Next spread it all over with thin butter an i then put it in a deep dish with sticks under it to keep it out of the gravy. .V"hca it is fully done, take off the skin and matter crusted on the flesh side and set it awav to COoi. They call A. H.Strph: of dried Confederacy." ---- v: - ? Governor Ilartanft gives the total debt of Pennsylvania at $24,5G3,G35 37. Brigham Younghas sutheieniiy recovered to sit up and get married occasionally t- It is claimed that, there is'o'ver S15,0'C0, 000 cash capital invested in Grange enter prises. - - - --,:'. The value of sardines annually caught in the Mediterranean, is estimated at $1,000, 000. The work cf death is of surprising extent in .New ion citv numoenng neuriy one hundred a day Arrangements are being made fur dedi cating the new Masonic Temple ia New York on the 2d of June next. Forty girls will run after a snob with a gold headed cane, where one .will shy up to a fellow with sound horse sense. The Erie Railway pays out nearly 015, 000,000 a month to shop and -track hands in the neighborhood of Port Jervb. . Another minister has fallen. This, time in Philadeldliia. lie trod upon a banana skin. His "statement" was brief, but very emphatic. . - r - Railroad freights are running down as low as the thermometers. Fifteen ".cents per hundred weight from New YoTk to Chicago is the figure. & Mr. R-J, Boyer, . of Valley " township, Montour county, put up two large sr-oves in hi.H hog-pen- recently, comfort of hb 'grunters.' for the greater The commerce of France is passing - be yond any period in its history. The1 ex ports, and imports of 1S74 amounted to over SI ,500,000, largely exceeding any for mer year. - . . . Among the contents of a box cf articles lately sent to the starving 'of Kansas, was a tract entitled "The Wickedness cfOIut tony." Tltis may be called one of the - hu mors of starvation. , -t ' ' Some of the Xew'Erigland skating pond3 are natural gas-works. Oarburctted hy drogen bubbles up 'from decaying matter at the bottom, and the boys - light it and skate by gaslight. . " " -" - A bully boy in Penn Yar, according to the Democrat, adopted a novel style cf sleighing one day last week. Ho harnessed his father's bull and drove him before & cutter from his' home in Benton to Penn Yan, guiding hiin with lines the same as if he wero an animal of the equine, instead of the bovine, genus.: The: boy did not test the ceetness of his bull with the flyers cn the street that day, but the animal "trf-tted through town' at a good fate cf sreO.' The jmwjiiwmiwhiwh"'."Wm" ' """I1 11 11 T"r" "r in i 'i "" i ' i MfTrmm ir ii
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