V I jl JL AxrjkJ Bcuotcb to politics, Citcratuvc, Agriculture, Science, UToralitij, aub (Scueral 3fntcIIigetue. VOL. 33. STROUJJSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE 10, 1875. NO. Published by Theodore Schocb. -j,-KMSTvv J.dl-ir :i ye:ir In sidvaiKV :md if not . ,i,J U l'-'p' tli" "'l f tliu year, two dollars and fifty N i;iM-r dii-ni muM until all arrearages are r li'it cs''t at th option of the J Alitor. : V lvL! ti-"iii Mits of on siu:ir of foivM line-O or !,. on ' or three insert imi ."iO. J-ioh additional in ..riion. j rout. Ion:-''T mi'" in proportion. JO It 1I5IXTIXG OK Al t. KIMS, Ki'i ntrd ill tlii highest slle of the Art, and ou the most rt-a.sn:illis tonus. 1) 11. 11. BIlUCE JOHNSTONE, Homoeopathic Physician, Kedder.ce: IVnjamin Dnntran, Cherry Valley, MONKOK COUNTY TA. Mny i:', Wo. ly. JJU.X LEWIS kiiikiiuff, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, riANi Cut, Wayne Co., Pa. Ail cases promptly attended, to d;iy or nisjht. dunces moderate". May '"tf- I) it. ,. i.. ii:i'K. Suicoii Ienfist. A n n uit-'s th:it. having ju.st returned from Pcntal ". l ! . ti-' i fiilly prepared Ut male- art ilK'iul te:tli in ilv.'n7-!t vnMfn'l and life-like manner, and to fill do-,-ays t'-'li ifi-ordin to the. most improved mellntd. 1" .-I'lii c! ra-'Tod without pain, wheu desired, by tins us .f Nil ots Oxide tius, whioli U entirely harmless, ilrpiiirinofai! iiiuds ueatly dne. All work tv aranted. ij:(r,'-'s h';i'ii::M.'. (".: .!. i. K II f"s now brieV uU lin-r. Main street, rr- i Is 'iir. i'a. Au. 31 '71-tf. n !j. i:. iiitow.x. Operating and Mechanical Dentist, A 'mom - ili:t havin returned ("rim 1ntal Coll-p- "i- I'd v -j ft - 1 to I'ifirul all ofwralioiis in ilie ,i teal in ill" most eareful and skillful manner. T :'.i i'Xir.u i 'd l.y the .i- of ;;as wli.-n d -sired. All wor's- a rr.i!H -d. l'li;irj'- rrtvluti!''. ivliiv in 11 .it.'!iion' liiirk lnildiii. nvcr Slot i-U'.s t:..r,', K.ui Mr'i'i."iir, l'a. A pi il 22, "".'. ly. nivsrciAN. OTkc nearly oppo.-ite Williams' Drug Store. l;. i'I:-Tn r. foT..-r!y oeeupt'-d hy 1-. ! V"olf; corner at,-l Walnut -t roots, Stroudshtirg, l'a. .M.u-. li '2'i, 17'. if. U. IUMVAIID IMTTCilSOX, P.iysicim, Surgeon and Accoucheur, an-1 Kcsidenee, Main street, Stronds I t i i-r, l'a., in tlie building formerly occupied lv Ir. fs-.-ip. Prompt attention given toculls. ( 7 to 9 a, ni. i Oilice -lours J 1 " :i p. in. til. April If. 174-1 y. D 51. 15 CO. IV. JACKSOX iTOKiix, srsiicox a.d aithitheuk. In t he old otlii-c of Ir. A. ll-eves Jackson, reddetice, corner of .Sarah and l-'ranklin street. STROUDSBURG, PA. Alli.'Mr t S,'72-tf AUCTIONEER, Reil Estate Agent and Collector. The nii-h-T-.i':!i'vl h;s lave to notify the puMic that h-- i. p- -ji.n-.si t sell at sliort notice p-.rrsonal property ." I in U, as w.-ll as U-al list at-, at public or private Ti-e st Thotnav St-inp'.Vs old store stand. t Kat Hr..i..l,ur,', f.i. ,'D.e.. IT. 1571 ly. Dwiu s. Attorney a I Iiv, One. door above the "Stroud.-btjrg Hoti.se," Stroiiddmr;;, Pa. Collecliotis promptly made. October '22, 1874. jiim.i: it ol.se:, HONESDALE, PA. Most central locution oi any Hotel in town. II. W. KIPLE & SON, ItV.i Main street. Proprietors, danutry (., 17:5. ly. Muiicii.tvrs' iiousk, Xortk Thud Street, PHILADELPHIA. 555" Reduced rates, $1 75 per day.X&a HENRY SPAHN, Prop'r. L. H. Snydkk, Clerk. Nov. :G, 1S74. Giu. WILLIAM S. EEES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent. Farias, Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. Office toiiiirly opposite American IIouch nd 2d dour below the Corner Store. March 20, 1873-tf. DR.J.LANTZ, SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST. Viil has hU ot!i.: on Mai street, iu the seeond story f'f :r. S. Wagon's hrieic oniidinr, nearly pMMie tlie Mr jiidU)iii -.jr lU.usf, and he Haters hitns'-if that- by eigh ''n vc-ars eonstunt practice and the most e:irn-t and 1 rofi! arti-iiiion to all r.ititli-i! pert-aiDin? Whispro f SM'.-ii, that he is fully a'olo to p rforin sill operations in the dental line in the. most careful and skillful inan nur. i-.-i;d attention iiven to bavin? the Natural Teeth ; to ihe iuvrti'in of Arfilieiu.1 Teotb oh KubUr, 'lol l .silver, or Coiitiuuous Ouaw, aad perfect tits iu all -asi insured. -t-,i.t irs..ns know the creitt folly and danger of en tru ainj; jln-.ir work.to the mcxpcrk-netd, it to thooellv-ii- at a fii.stancc. April 13, 1S71. tf. LO'T you know tliat J. If. McCarty & Sons are the only Under takers iu Struudsburg who understands their lus:ness ? If not, attend a Funeral managed hyiny other Undertaker in town, and you .c t hn proof of the fact. R. MAINONE, Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer OF Pianos, Ops and Melodeons. Parties residing in Stroudhtirg nd virinitr, wish ing their Instruments thoroughly totted, regulated nd repaired at a most reasonable prioe, will plea.se leave their order at the Jolt'crsonian Ollioe. Those, wishing to purchase. Uiano.s or other int:n inent will find it to tlieir ad vantage to rail on me. Hav ing had a praetiele experience of over twenty-tsix year in the imisi.al line, I am prcjxrcd to furnish th l:tet and m-t improved iiistriiuiciit'i at the lowest po.Mlili prii-es. I have loealt-d myself perniauentlv litre and suliet vor favor-. N'lV I ' V D. BUSH. I i 1 V I .1) (Successor to R. F. & II. I. r.ti-h) DBA LEU IN DRY GOODS & NOTIONS, Shawls, Cloths and Cassimeres, SILKS, HKLANES, CALICOES, AND Dress Goods Generally, White Goods, Flannels, Trimmings, and HOSIERY, AND IN SHORT Tin- f siiid stock of a iccll anointed DRY GOOD AND NOTION STORE- The stock was not purchased at Auction or Bankrupt Sales j but will be sold at prices satisfactory to purchasers, and warrautcd as to quality. CALL AND SEE. II. 1). HUSH. Stroud-lmro;. April 30, 187-1. tf. PUH11S KEDCCED AT THE Corner THE CHEAPEST GOODS IN TOWN. Tlrcat bargains are now offered in FANCY DRESS GOODS, ALPACAS, VELVETEENS, CLOTHS, CASSIMEKES, FLANNELS, all of which have been marked down to PANIC PRICES. Goods all new and right in Ftyle, but marked down to meet the limes. We invite all to call and see for themselves. Terms Cash. C. K. AN DUE & Co. dec-4tf Main St., Stroudsburg, Pa. G. H. Dreher. E. B. Dreher IT llLLllMll Siore! DRUG STORE, (2 doors west of the "Jeffersonian Office,") ELIZA RET II STREET, Sli'omlslHir?, l'a., DREHER & BRO., DLALKRS IN Iru?s, 3Iclic:lncs, I'crlimiciy and Toilet Articles. OIUS, VARNISHES, GLASS & PUTTY. Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder Braces. Seeley's Hard KL'IlKlill TUfJSSIJS Also Ritter's TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS. Lamps and Lanterns Burning and Lubricating Oils. Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Com pounded. . N. B. The hihe&t Cash price paid for OIL of WINTERGREEN. may-4tf, A DISTURBANCE IN CHURCH. AN IUKEVFKEXT CLUCKER. The have hal more trouble at our Methodist meeting-house. Last Sunday Rev. Mr. Moody was just beginning his sermon, and had uttered the words, "Brethren, I wish to direct your attention this morning to the fourth verse of the twentieth chapter of Saint " when a hen emerged from the recess !eneath the pulpit. As she bad just laid an og, she interrupted Mr. Moody to announce the fact to the congregation ; and he stopped short as she walked out iuto the aisle, sereaching : Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-to-ko ! Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk-to-ko !" Mr. Moody contemplated her for a moment, and then concluded to go on ; but the sound of his voice seemed to provoke her to rivalry, and so she put on a pressure of five or six pounds to the square inch, and made such a racket that the preacher stopped again and said : "Will Deacon Grimes please remove that disgraceful chicken from the meeting house." The deacon rose and proceed with the task, lie first tried to drive her toward the door, but she dodged hint, and, still clucking vigorously, got her under the seat in the front pew. Then the deacon seized his umbrella and scooped her out into the aisle again, after which he tried to "shoo" her toward the door ; but she darted iuto a pew, hopped over the parti tion, came down in the opposite pew and iu the side aisle making a noise like a steam planing mill. Tlie deacon didn't like to climb over after her, so he went round, and just as he got into the side aisle the hen llew over into the middle aisle again. Then the boys in the gallery laughed, and the deacon began to grow red in the face. At last Mr. Binns came out of his pew to help, and both he and the deacon made a dash at the chicken from opposite direc tions, and she flew up with a wild cluck to the gallery and perched on the edge, while she gave excited expression to her views by emitting about five hundred clucks a minute. The deacon flung a hymnbook at her to scare her down again, but he missed her and hit Billy Jones, a Sunday-school scholar, in the eye. Then another boy in the gallery made a dash at her, aud reached so far over that he tumbled and fell on Mrs. Miskcy's new bonnet, whereupon she said that he was predestined for the gallows. The crash scared the hen, and she flew over and roosted on the stovepipe that ran along just under the ceiling, fairly howling with lri'jrht. In order to bring her down the deacon and Mr. Binns both beat on the lower part of the pipe with their um brellas, and at the fifth or sixth knock the pipe separated and about forty feet of it came down with a crash, emptying a par rel or two of soot over the comrresration. There were women in that congregation who went home looking as if they had been working in a coal mine, and wishing they could stab Deacon Grimes without being hung for murder. The hen came down with the stovepipe, and, as she flew by Mr. Binns, he made a dash at her with his umbrella and knocked her through a fifteen-dollar pane of glass, whereupon she landed in the street, and hopped off clucking insanely. Then Mr. Moody ad journed the congregation. They arc going to expel the owner of that hen from the church when they discover his identity. Max Adder in the cw York "Weekly. A Venerble Tree Toad. At Lexington, Ky., a few days ago, a remarkable discovery of a living frog in the heart of a larirc tree was made. A section of a sycamore tree, four feet in diameter and three feet wide, iuteucd for a butcher's block, was cut into two equal sections with a cross-cut saw, thus mak ing two blocks of the same size. Iu the centre of the tree an irregular fissure, was discovered which measured six inches in length and three-eights of an inch wide, and extended into each block, One of the blocks was placed ujon its end, the newly cut surface being uppermost. One of the workmen happening to look into the narrow crack, noticed the green and slimy surface of what he supposed was a snake. Having procured a small stick, he thrust it into the orifice, when a green frog jumped out, and fell, apparently life less, upon the surface of the block. In u few minutes it commenced to breathe. The pulsations of the blood could be plainly seen on the under surface of the throat, and it soon revived. It was placed in a glass jar half filled with water, when it immediately climbed tip the slippery surface and t-tuek to the side of the glass, where it could be plainly observed. Its back was bright green, and the uuder part of the body was of a pale blue, like the colorless appearance of vegetables which have grown in a dark cellar. It was about three inches in length, and was evidently a tree frog (rana hyta.) At latest reports it was still alive, and made the nights melodious with its tinging. Lexington (Ay) Journal. A monster expedition is organizing in Philadelphia for the Black Hills. It is said that ten thousand men arc enrolled, aud that the crusade will start early in June. The following notice comc3 IVom Elk county : "Kash pade for littel kalvcs nut mourn two daze old." That fellow never fooled away hii time loafing around t-pell-ing school.'-. Our National Future. We give the following short extract from Dan. Dougherty's new lecture : "I may be asked the remedy. Direful con clusion ; alas ! there is none If the people cannot stand the pressure if they give way this collossal republic, and every pillar that props the mighty fabric, will sooner or later crumble andlall with a crash that will strike the loud earth breathless. Yet do you expect to see all nature convulsed, warning you of coming danger ? Do you expect to see the heavens darkeued, as at your Sa viour's death? No, trade may "flourish, the marts be crowded with customers, the sea white with ships, the valleys flaming with verges, yet the spirit of your institu tions may have fled forever. The sun shines as brightly to-day over the ruined Acropolis at Athens as over the dome of the Capitol of Washington. All history is ablaze with proof of the mutability of nations. Do you need an ad monition within the memory of a child ? Eight years ago imperial France was the arbitres of Europe, her monarch's nod made peace or war, prosperity reigned through out the realm, her cities were beautiful, her splendid capital was crowded with st rangers from the extremities of the earth, kings were entertained with a magnificence unparalleled, her boundless treasures were displayed in the gorgeous Exposition, and all the world wondered ! Where is she now ? Her glories sunk in blood at Sedan, her armies surrendered, her capitol cap tured, the Emperor died in exile, and the Empire passed away like an exhalation ! You will tell me this was the fully of her people, the corruption of her officials, aud the blunders of her men. If so, take heed, the like causes may produce like results. I take back what 1 have said. There is a remedy. It is the people. You and you, and you, and I, aud all of us. Under God the people here are omniptcnt. They have made the republic, they alone can preserve it. Think not less of me, my countrymen, that I have purposely paintod the dark side of the picture spots, if you will upon our sun your pride of country may be equal but cannot excel my own. Oh, when I recall the countless glories of my native land, my soul expands in ecstasy ! It is the very intensity of my love that dread the possibility of danger. 3Iy aim has been not to weaken fairh in free institutions but to incite a more ardent love of country to show that our perils are not from without less a sentiment but mere a duty, that its highest expression is to be found not iu the barbaric courage of the battle, but the en lightened exercise of the ballot to show that while the republic breathes aspira tions the most noble its facilities embolden the most depraved while capable of trans cendent achievements for good, its simplest functions may work gigantic evils that while it fosters the genius that will immor talize, it breaths the infamy that may de stroy. The down lull of this republic would be a calamity to mankind it would dim the future of the world. We, the people of all parties, are the custodians of Ameri cans' liberty ; through us to be transmit ted to postority if we be faithless to the sublime trust future ages will groan for this foul act. Let us own the past and pledge the future. A Reign of Terror. HOW THE TOWN Ok' KEARNEY IS RUN BY THE JAMES liOYS FIFTEEN TROMINENT CITIZENS ORDERED TO LEAVE THE PLACE BEFORE THE IItU OF JUNE. The Atchison (Kan.) Champion of the 1 th, ult. says : To the unprejudiced ob server it would look as though the old days of lawlessness had returned to Western Missouri. The law seems to have no pow er to protect the citizens of that part of the state, and especially in Clay County and Kearney, which has the unpleasant notoriety of being the home and habitation of those precious villains, the James boys. The in habitants of this small and peaceful village stand, in perpetual fear oftheo despera does, whose will is law in all things. When they feci so disposed they act in the capa city of may or, police, judge, jury and exe cutioner. "Tis but short time ago since we chron icled the fact of the murder of Mr, David Askew, who was shot down in his own dooryard without warning, his only crime being that he was a Union man and a quiet citizen. On the night of tho murder the perpetrators of the deed called at the re sidence of a neighbor, called him out, told him what they had dono, saying, however that it was the work of the detectives, and gave him permission to bury the body, with the provison that he would fipd it to his interest to leave the town as soon as pos sible. Since that bloody night, when the house of the mother, Mrs. Samuels, was fired and that lady wounded, tho boys have been especially vindictive to warn all Union men living in the town, and have uotified fifteen of the more prominent citizens to leave. One gentleman, whose name we withhold by request, upon being so notified, wished to sell his property there, and, find ing a buyer, called upon a notary to get tho necessary papers made out, at the same time asking the latter to accompany him to where the land lay, about six miles from the place. Although armed, the time broad day- light, the notary positively refuted, saying that he would not go there lor fdl tho land in Clay county, becausa ho had n tome way incurred the anger of the brothers, and was in fear cf being put cut of the way. He subsequently left Kearney, and will in all probability" never return. A Mr. Green, who was at one time attorney f jr the detectives, was also forced to flee for his life, and told that if he was ever seen in those parts again, certain death would be the result. The telegraph operator at Kearney, Wheat, has also been unable to retain his position there, and has resigned, his only fault being that he was obnoxious to the James. Also the conductor who had charge of the caboose which brought the detectives from Kearney, on the Hannibal & St. Joe railroad, received the customary note of warning, and being a prudent man. obeyed it, and has noY been seen in that vicinity. TO AVOID CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. By contagious diseases are meant such as may be propagated by touch, or by be ing in the direct presence of the patient himself, or from some material derived from him. such as scarlet fever, small pox, etc. Infectious diseases are produced by some noxious matter in the atmosphere not pro duced or augmented by the bod y itself; of such are ague, typhoid fever, etc. In the latter class of diseases the necessary pre cautions are to try and change the charac ter of the surrounding air by enforcing strictly sanitary laws ; which is iu a great measure different from the course to be taken iu avoiding contagious diseases. This consists chiefly in the shunning of all un necessary contact with the sick and ia de stroying all noxious materials thoy create. Whenever we see a person sick with a con tagious disease, no excessive fears should be allowed to occupy the mind. It is wholly needless, and more than this, it pre diposes the system to the disease ;t so much dreads, by diminishing its tone. A irood plau is to eat or drink something before entering the sick room, as it is supposed that when the stomach is acting the catch ing position is to a certain extent repelled, heuce after meals would be the time to choose. Some think or believe that the virus of a sick room is introduced into the system through the spittle coming in contact, with the poisonous air and then swallowed. Therefore it would be well to eject and not to swollow it. Cleanliness is a good pre ventive to contagion, those exposed should take a bath morning and evening ; also change clothes daily. After leaving the sick room, take a brisk walk, as this will excite nerve force and air the clothes. It is not avcII to sleep in the room with a person having a contagious disease. Therefore, when called upon to watch a night with the sick which every humane person is, and others ought to be, willing to do it is well to take a book and try and keep awake all night. For when asleep the system is relaxed, thus offering less resistance to contagion. Certain odors arc also beneficial as preventative as cam phor, hartshorn, vinegar and many other substance?, although modern science has branded them as popular delusion. Science has introduced disinfectants which deserve great merit. Of these the carbolic acid is deemed best of all ; an ounce may be put in a gallon of water, and then used by sprinkling. Among others alwavs at hand are wood charcoal, quicklime and fresh earth. A Wooden Hand Growing Out of a Grave. On Monday our city was unusually ex cited by the exhibition in the Conricr-Hcr-aid office of a hand of wood which grew out of a grave near Yorkville, Gibson coun ty. It was brought into ourothee by Capt. G. S. Andrew of that county, who gives us its history. William Herron was out walking with his wife one Sunday evening not long ago, and in passing an old, neglec ted graveyard near the public road she saw a gum bush with a bunch of mistletoe on iu top and requested her husband to get it for her. He cut the tup off the buh and commenced breaking oil tho mistletoe, when, to his surprise and terror, he discovered that the wood uuderneath presented the pcrfeet form of a human hand. Capt . An drews, hearing of the wonderful discovery, went to the house of Mr. Herron, who, feeling rather uncomfortable over the thought that he cut it from a grave, aud perhaps, some theory as to its supernatural significance, very willingly let Capt. An drews have it. The buh from which it was cut was six feet high, and the hand was on the top. pointing upwards, presenting the position of the minister's hand when pronouncing a benediction. It is about the size of a six-year-old child's hand, with long, deader fingers like those of a person vory much emaciated by sickness. The wood has en larged formations on each of the fingers and the thumb, representing and corres ponding with the joints of the human hand. The most remarkable feature about it is the natural appearance of the naiL, Thoy had a kind of llckh color, and the rest of tho hand, where the bark had been entire ly removed, looks ghastly white. Mr. An drews says the grave from which it was cut is supposed to be the grave of a. very de vout Methodist minister by the name of Butcher, who was buried there many years ago. Jackson Miss., Courier Herald. A chicken hatched at Kcnuett Square, Chestr couuty, had three separate, perfect bills, two combs, and three eyes, one of the eyes being in the forehead. It lived but a fchort time. Philadelphia claims that it furnishes em ployment to not less tlun 60,000 woificn, exclusive of those e?gig?'i in domestic service. Haking Them Smart. "Look here, Henry, do you kwow wlv.it makes these piga look mj lean V" "Ye, sir, I do. I made them look that way my self, sir," "What 1 Do you mean to tell me that you keep them from their feed, after my giving you orders to be careful and feed them well !" "No, not. exactly that ; but you S'e I read in a book that the best way to feed pigs aud make them smart was to give them plenty to eat ono day. and noth ing the next, as that is the "best way to bring them up and it makes nicer meat." "How does it make nicer meat, you voting fool !" demanded the now exasperated far mer, seeing that his pigs that he took prid in raising, were being half starved. "We'd, the book said to feed them one day that makes a stroak of fat and give them noth ing the next day that makes a .streak of lean ; and that's the way like pork." "What book did you learn that i:i ?"" asked the farmer. "Why, in that old almanao that hangs in the kitchen." ; ()h," said the farmer, "that's so. There's a g..d many things in that book ; but hereafter 1 want 3'ou to feed the pigs as I tell yi.ii. and I will attend to the reading matter." Henry was surprised to see 1 he la vie loaded that day, and the farmer telling him to eat plenty. lie did not know what to make of it until the next morning, when he was kept waiting for his breakfast until eleven o'clock, aud could stand it n longer ; up he went to his employer, and said, "1 ia'y Mr. W., ain't we going to have any break fast this morning?" "Well. no." I don't think we will," replied Mr. W , "You see it says in that almanac that a piir inwardly ;i the sam as a human being ; and I'm go ing to try the same plan of getting a streak of, fat and a streak of lean on my men so a to ir.ako them half-way smart." If they have all fat they will he to.) lazy. l on:l. you think it U a good plan, Henry ?" The next day that almanac was missing. Almost a Cure for Consumption. I will only tell what I know of a woman who took a heavy cold that settled on her lung.-. She is getting pretty well up iu the forties aud inherits a tendency to con sumption, and one of her children died of it. Her cough was almost constant, and that, with pains, lasted, as sdie said, "for weeks and weeks." After trying many remedies and getting no permanent relief, some one told her of linseed oil, which she took according to directions ; was much re lieved in a few days and seemed entirely well in j niQf.fh. That was six months ago and she has had no return of it and "feels as Well as ever." She took fifteen drops of linseed oil on a little brown sugar three times Ua v 1 eioi'O e.i ting. Si. stomachs may not be able to bear it, but it. certainly sounds as palatable as cod liver oil. The woman, kept cold coffee to take the taste out of her month. If this information will cure or even init ig-tte th? puffering of :my one ial taring u:i- der this disease, or threatened with it, T shall fed amply repaid for sending it to tho alwa-s reliable Telegraph. In conclusion I will say that this patient, took the linseed oil straight along for a month. I do not pretend to say that h will cure a deeply seated ease r any kind of a case, iu another person, but 1 do say that in the present case the effect was mar velous, to mo, and the cure positive, so far, aud I regarded her as a great suffer. Gee-, viantown Ttl-grnph. i Ladies Shoes. The new style .of ladies shoes are worth talking about. They cost ? 10, and a pair described are made of pink siik. with bands of faint blue running across the uppers, whereupon sprigs of the lilies of the valley were delicately painted, while over the low er portion of the beautiful marvels tlw brush of an artist touched rosebuds and violets into almost fragrant realities, while tiny humming-birds and gay tinted butter flies, seemed to hover in trembling delight over the dainty sweets, hidden "with tho chalice cups of the flowers. A conductor on the Pennsylvania Rail road recently got himself into an embar rassing situation. A lady entered a car at Harrisburg carrying a basket which the railroad official deemed entirely too buklky to remain in the passenger car. He said it muiit go into the baggage car. The lady, demurred, but the conductor insisted and seized the basket. Then his fair passenger deliberately uncouvercd the basket, and be hold ! two charging 'cubic;., twins, j-onee-fiilly sleeping. The blushing conductor beat a precipitate retreat, and the lady re mained master of the situation. They have a way of doing things r.t Pottsvillc which may be fun for lookers-on, but it is death to the lawyers. A party of Germans had a suit at court which went. agahi.-;t them. They became so enraged at this that thoy chased their lawyer into the Sheriff's office, and he only escaped from them by jumping out ol'u window. Mrs. Jar.e Andreson, of Chester county, hasjuat been relieved of a needle which has been racing around her arm for six: years. A Reading life insurance agent insured S14U.000 worth of lives in Lancaster in one day, roceutly. The High Constable of Wilkcsh urre. has impounded cnogh cors to , :ttt a n' ro;i;o.