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Dcuotcfc to politico, Citcraturc, Agriculture, Science, ixloralitij, anb cncral ihudligcure.
VOL. 33.
STROUJDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., JUNE 17, 1875.
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Published y incouorc nci-u-j-i.
T,.,.MT1..l -lln a year in advance nnl if not
" V.-,. i'ikI "f tht; vear, two dollars and filty
t.ri,tsjvi! ''''.'..'rVuiilinu'xl until all arreara-rs are-
'? ...J,-,..,! '-it t!i"-l-ti-"i of Hi? Alitor.
v r :- .lvt.riv.-m-iu f on.' K.,u;in of (t i-.'lit lines) or
. iti--rlions 1 '. i:.ri u i iitional 111-
,.,. 1.11 ..., ,.; r..rtin
i im. .Hi-.-iits. l..,n-.'-rn.v ui proportion
OK A I.I- KlNlS,
t,-,l in tlio liitf'f.-t f.tyli of tli Art, ami on tlio
"' ' most rrasonal'l" trnns.
jjR. R. lilU'CK JOHNSTONE,
Homoeopathic Physician,
KoiJence: Benjamin Dungan, Cherry Valley,
MONROE COUNTY TA.
My 13, 175. ly. .
lU. A. I.SWES KIRKIIUIT,
Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
Sand Cct, Wavxk Co., Pa.
All on?es promptly attended, to day or night.
Charges moderate. M-iy 13, '7-Vtf.
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U. .. t. I'KtK,
Surgooa Mcntisl.
XniioHin- tliat having just ivtiirn-.Nl from lVntal
Ci.ll-"' he i f""v pri-pari'tl to makf artil'u-i:il t.-otli in
Ihetmwl hrmitil'ii'l ini'l lil'v-liko maiiiHT, a-.nl to lill!
isr.vl t v lii a.-i-ordinr lu tin" most tuiprovitl im tli'xl.
T ill xlrac!-'! r"n bout ;tin. wli. ii di-xirl. by tti
n c of Vitro. i Ovi'lc (.as, !i!ih is cntin-ly harinlss.
Kiairin?of all Viii'N in ally d. !!. All work arantt-d.
''r?r.-avM,:,i,lw .......
I Ftronils1"!:, l'a.
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Operating and Hechanical Dentist,
A.i-nin!. t'i::t li- in-; r:iirnl from I 'tita! Ci-'lls.1
1,.-i Mi!v i.r-iii rl r . j. -r'-'-Tin all ovBtimis i:i tin-.1-ntal
!in'.-. Hi 1:1 isl i:ir!V! ;:'id skillful niai:i:.-r.
rr,; -Mr.f!sI 1 l.v ill ' ''.f.t- vll.'II d'-silT'l. AM
wr-r' warra.-.trd. ' Ii:hv - r.-a-.-iu'd-.
oii i:i il,! :iii-.;i's t-.: i i 1 i; r. "v--- s-'mtwi us
,1 .r. Kist Mr-ii' i-MV. !': L Ai r;. -., "7'. ly.
rilYt'lCIAX.
O.Tic-e nearly oj.iosita Williauis' Drug Store.
H-sM'Mi'' f .MiK rly ori-iii.i:-.! l;y K. AV't.lf, oornor
rjh r.n.l .il i ji ' i
jn.ir.-ii -y, 1 ;.". tf.
J)
11. BlOIYASl!) 1MTTERSOX,
Paysicim, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
0;!iiv a-5-1 Jtesi-k-nci?, Mam street, Slroiul
liurg, l'a., in the buihling formerly ocenpied
Iv lr. SL-ip. Prompt attention given to calls.
f 7 to 0 a. m.
(:Tice hours - 1 " i.
( 0 ' S p. 1:1.
April 1C 17-1-ly.
D
nirsinw, .sl'K'jeox and AiTorniEiR.
Tn the old oiuc-e of Dr. A. Reeves Jackson,
re-idence, t urner of S.trah :md Tranklin s-trect.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Augn-t STJ-tf
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AUCTIONEER,
Real Estate Agent and Collector.
The in..-rsi-;n'"I Los: I'-ave to notify the p'lWk- that
li- is pr-par'''l to - 'il at !i'rt noiic it-r.j;ial ro-ty
of a!! tiiid, as well as U.-al Ktate,?t put die or private
sal".
Oflie-s at T:i'.::.as .-t.-siiplc- oM -i"rf -ticil, at I'.jsr
t rMi.:.-bur-', i'a. I'-e. 17, IS' i. ly.
J AWvnvy ii Law.
One d-ior ahove the "Stroiid.shtirg IIo'.Je,"
.Stroiid-ltiir, I'a.
Ctillectioim promp'.iv made.
Oetobcr 1S7-1.
H0NE3DALE, PA.
Most central locution ot any Hotel in town.
R. Vr. KIPLE & SOX,
K: Main street. Proprietors.
January 'J, 1S73. ly.
EIlCfSAXTS' 5IOLSB:,
lill & 415
Xorth Third Street, PHILADELPHIA.
tfcT Reduced rates, $1 75 per day.-a
IIEXRY SPAIIN, Prop'r.
L. R. S.NVDKli, Clerk.
Nov. iG, ,S74. Cm.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office mearly opposite American IIouch
and 2d door below the Corner Store.
March 20, LS7:;-tf.
DR. J. LAN T 2,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
SI:11 has his otliee n .f;.in street, in the second .story
lit: S. Walton's hriek hiiillit;, nearlv opjnisite the
.sir..ii,l,r ji,,s,. . i. t!;,t, r.s liimsi ifth.it by oih
t'Mi var eonstaiit practice and the mr,t earnest am!
'.aieful attention to all uintter pertaininir to his pro-!i-si'ii,
(h;it . ; f-, ; t v aWe t. perform rll operations
"i the dental line In the ino.t careful and ulciliful innu
nr. iiwial atteutii.n Kiven to savin-; the Xatural Te'th ;
"'', to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on KuhU-r,
'jf'ld, Silver, or Continuous Gums, and perfect tits iu all
' insured.
Most persons know the preat folly and danger of on
trustiiij; their work'to t he inexiierienccd, or to those 1 iv
J? at a distance. April Vi, 1.S74. tf.
BOX'T you ktiou lliat J. 15.
, McCarty& Sons are the only Under
takers in Stromi.sburg who understands their
lousiness ? If' i:ot. attend a Funeral managed
tv anv fiili-f I 'n,j,i.,.,).. i..imi owl vim
will
-j v,utJi4 1lliK'IUM.l 1U IUI1U)
see me proot ot the htct.
; R. MAINONE,
Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
Pianos, Organs and Fvlelodeons.
Parties rrs'ulitif; in Stroudslmrg and vicinity, wi1i
inj; their Instruments thoroughly tuned, recrulatod and
repaired at a most rcasonaldt; prio, will please leave
tln ir order at the Jotli.T.soiiian Otliee.
Those wishing to purchase l'ianos or other instru
ments will tind it to their ad vantage to call on me. Hav
ing had a prat-tiele oxperieneo of over twenty-six
years in the musical line, I am prcpored to furnish
the latest Hiid most improved instnun.!it at the lowest
jki.smMo pri.-i-s. I have locuted myself jermaueiitly
here and soliet vuur favom.
HENRY D. BUSH,
(Successor to II. F. & K. D. Y.nAx)
DHALER IN
BUY G00f)S & NOTIONS,
Shawls, Cloths and Cassimeres,
SILKS, DELANES, CALICOES,
AND
Dress Goods Generally,
White Goods, Flannels, Trimmings, and
HOSIERY,
A XI) IX SHOUT
The usual si fr J; of a icill unpointed
DRY GOOD AND NOTION STORE
The stock was not purchased at
Auction or Bankrupt Sales
lut will he S )!d at prices satisfactory to
purchaser?, and warranted as to quality.
CALL AND SEE.
II. D.
Stroudburr, April r0, 1S74.-
RUSII.
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nnm reduced
AT THE
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CHEAPEST GOODS
IN TOWN.
(Jreat bargains are now oflered in
FANCY DRKSS GOODS,
A LI A CA S, V J : L V KTE ICX-S
CLOTHS,
CAS.S1M KILE'S FLANNELS, &c,
all of which have been marked down to
PANIC PBICSS.
fJr.ods all new and rirht in style, but
marked down to meet the times. AVe invite
all to call and see for themselves. Terms
Cash.
C. Ii. ANDRE &. Co.
dec-ltf Main f-"t., Strouuburg, Pa.
G. H. Dreher. E. B. Dreher
PI-ICE
DRUG
(2 doors west of the "Jeflersonian Office,")
E LIZ ABET II STREET,
Stroudsfjurg-, Ia.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DF.ALEUS IX
Drus, Medicines, IcsTiiicit
and Toilet Articles.
Paints,
OILS, VARNISHES, GLASS c?c PUrfY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Jrac6s,
Seeley's
Hard nUItmill TUI7SSKS Also
Bitter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Com
TfMllllflll
N,r. R. Tlirt ln.siiof-t ( ah price paid lor
Corner Store!
STOR
OIL of WINTERS KLE.
uiay-ltf.
The Mennonite Settlement in Southern
Kansas.
The Topeka Commonwcaltli says : About
3,000 Russian 3Iennonites located last year
in southern Kansas, in the Arkansas valley.
One of the most powerful inducements to
bring them to Kansas" was the passage of
an act by the Legislature of 1871 amend
ing the militia law of 1HGS. so that all
persons who, on or before the first day of
May in each year, tile with the clerk of
their county an affidavit that they are mem
bers of a religious organization whose articles
of faith prohibit the bearing of arms, shall
be exempt from militia duty. A trans
lation of this amendment has been pub
lished by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad Company, with a pamphlet
description of Kansas lands, which has
been sent to Russia by that company and
well circulated in the colonics. The fact
that a good portion of the most influential
of the different colonies have now settled
in Kansas, and arc well satisfied there,
will iro far to induce the bulk of iuimigra
tion which is expected during this year to
come direct to Kansas, as it is the chief
aim of the people to re-establish the former
relations, and most of the late coiners have
left near relatives behind.
The whole number that came to
America last year was G,oGC, distributed
as follows: Dakota, 1,000; Manitoba,
Minnesota, 75 ; Nebraska, 400 ; Kansas,
2,'JSO; Eastern States, 7ol). Their settle
ments in Kansas are in Marion, McPherson,
Harvey, Reno and Barton counties, on the
line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad. They purchased of this railroad
company 150,000 acres of land, at from
$2 50 to 3 per acre, paying for the same
mosthy in advance, though a portion was
purchased on five and eleven 3"ears' time.
The policy of the railroad company toward
these, people has been liberal and very
satisfactory to theui. Seventeen car loads
of freight were transferred at the expense
of the company from Philadelphia to
their Kansas homes, and all freight and
transportation were free to them over the
com'iauv's road, for the first three months.
The company also erected several large
reception houses, 200 feet in length, in
which they could reside until they con
structed their own dwelling houses.
The Arkansas river is a remarkable
stream.' It winds hundreds of miles
through a high rolling prairie country,
without the ornamentation of the forest
fiiugos that usually line the banks of
streams. From the car windows it seems
that the stream is higher than its banks,
and that it is about ready to overflow and
submerge the valley. The point where the
railroad strikes the vallev, near Hutchinson,
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is u live ii iiui.uiVM icxi iioou liiu ii:i vi ui
the sea, a fact which alone tells of its
healthful climate. Sargent, on the west
line of the Slate, is thirty-four hundred feet
above the level of the sea. The soil of the
country is of a varied character, that of the
eastern portion of the line possessing general
characteristics similar to the country called
the "lllue (!rass remon ' cd Kentucky,
i iine
i :t-
ts fertility is of the highest character,
vrouuci:
g luxuriant crops or certain
productions. The first and second bottom
lands are adapted to the culture of corn
nd wheat, while the higher lands are
esj ccially adapted to stock raising and
lrvnu' iiurrioses.
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The principal Mennonite settlement in
Kansas isiu the southern portion of Marion
and the scuther.steru portion of McPherson
counties. They have located a town about
six mile west of Marion Centre, which they
have called '-(Jnadunau ; or, ale of Peace.
Thev have already erected about thirty
houses, all of which are occupied by families.
Seme of these houses are ol wood, oi modern
American construction, but most are pat
terned after their Russian domiciles, and
present a unique appearance. They are
merely skeleton rools thatched with grass,
and furnish accommodations for both man
and beast. About eighteen miles north of
Newton are the large wooden barracks
erected for the Mennonitcs by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company,
which aflord temporary quarters until
permanent habitations can bo erected.
These barracks are filled with families, and
present a curious medley of business and
domesticity. Sixty-four frame houses,
erected at an average cost ot each, are
within sight of these barracks. A. Lane,
formerly cf Carlinvilie, III., superintended
the construct ion of thcxe houses ; and for
labor upon them he paid to mechanics in
the vicinity of New ton alone, $9,000. He
also paid 'J.HM) to teamsters for hauling
lumber from the depot at Newton to the
settlements
'I lie colony is located in the
heart of the region which was desolated
last fall bv the prr.sshoppcrs, Mid great
want and destitution would have previled
there among the primitive setlers had it
not been for the opportune assistance af
forded them in the shape of remunerative
employment by the Mennonitcs. At
Ilalstcad, a station on the railroad eight
miles west of Newton, they have erected a
dam and "-rist mill at an expense ot !?10,
000, and they have just completed a hotel
there. HaUtead will doubtless become
their business centre, though they seem
disposed to trade where the best bargains
can be procured, irrespective ot the nation
ality or religion oi the seller.
Thev r.re quiet, inoffensive, ploddin
and honest people. They seem to have no
other worldly ambition than to make an
honest living.
In all their faces, of both sexes, a mean
countenance cannot bo iound. Ihey are
ungainly in figure, and plain though, possi
tributablc to their painful plainness of dress.
No display of jewelry, silks, fine bonnets,
elegant head dresses or high-heeled shoes
is made by these ladies. They labor in the
kitchen, and, fur amusement, they spell
their male lords in the field with the plow
and hoe. They have no use for Harper's
Bazaar or a Chickering. The men have
no political ambition, while, as is well
known, they have an inherent aversion to
military operations and glories. They arc
opposed to both military and civil law, ami
no officer of any kind can be a member of
their community. They have their own
local government, and all dispute's are settled
by arbitration. Being non-combative and
indisposed avail themselves of the protec
tion of our civil courts, it is to be feared
that some of our avaricious jayhawkers,
u ho have no respect for the moral law, will
cause them trouble whenever they obtain
portable property worthy of purloining.
None have, as yet obtained naturalization
papers, and the prevailing sentiment among
them is against naturalization, but, doubt
less, their necessities will force them into
citizenshhip.
They are delighted with Kansas, and
have gone to work in their new homes with
all the energy and enthusiasm of youthful
pioneers. Their industry and frugality will
insure them success. They are the people
)o subdue and utilize the barren plains. Iu
addition to agriculture, they propose to
engage in wine and silk making. They
have brought tons of mulberry seed with
them, which they are planting ; and, as the
tree is indigenous to this soil, its growth
is no experiment. CJrape vines grow luxuri
antly here, and wiue making ought to be
one of the most profitable occupations that
can be followed in Kansas.
AN ACT
Authorizing the Burgess and Town Coun
cil of each of the several Boroughs
throughout thi.t Commonwealth, to hvey
and collect a gas, kerosene and water
tax.
Section 1. iV it enacted (-c, That from
and after the passage of this act, the burgess
and town council of each of the several
boroughs throughout this commonwealth,
be and are hereby authorized and empower
ed to levy and collect in each and every
year, an annual tax upon the assessed valua
tion of each of the said several boroughs,
in addition to the tax which the' are
already authorized by law to levy and
collect, ' a special or additional tax not
exceeding a per centum of eight mills on
each dollar of such assessed valuations.
Section That the money so raised
and collected shall be used, laid out and
expended for the following purposes, and
none other, namely : For the purpose cf
purchasing, erecting and maintaining such
lire-plugs or hydrants, gas lamp posts, and
gas or kerosene lamps, as may be required
to supply the said boroughs with a sufficient
supply of water for the extinguishment of
fires, cleansing the streets, and other public
purposes, and with gas or kerosene oil, for
the purpose of properly lighting and
illuminating the streets, lanes, alleys, and
other public places, iu said boroughs, of
paying for the said gas and water, and
defraying the expenses in making all
necessary attachments to gas and water
mains iu said borough, together with all
other necessary expenses in securing a full,
sufficient and abundant supply of gas and
water m and throughout the said boroughs,
for the said purposes : Provided however,
Before the burgess and town council of any
or cither of the said boroughs, unless here
tofore otherwise authorized by law, shall
be entitled to exercise any of tin powers
conferred by vitue of this act, the same
shall be approved of and accepted by the
majority ot the town council ot such borough
or boroughs, at any one of their regular
and stated meetings, by resolution, which
aid resolution shall be entered upon their
regular minutes; at tne same meeting a
time for holding special election for
a vote of the people shall be fixed and
entered upon the regular minutos, where
upon it shall be the duty of the burgess of
the said borough to notily the constables
of the same, who are hereby authorized
and required, within ten days after the
receipt of such notice, to make proclamation
in the same manner and lor the same length
of time as is provided by law in case of
borough and township elections, for a
special election, to bo" held in the usual
places of holding borough elections tor said
borough, .said special election . be held by
the board or boards of borough election
officers ; at which time and place the legal
voters of said borough shall vote for the
adoption or rejection of this act, by voting
written or printed tickets, having on the
outside the words "gas and water tax," and
on the inside "for a gas and water tax," or
"against a gas and water tax." The
majority of the legal votes so cast for or
against a gas and water tax shall decide for
or against the application of the said act to
the said borough ; the expenses of said elec
tion to be paid out of the general fund of
said borough: And protulcd also, lhat
nothing in this act shall be construed to
authorized the levying or collection of such
special or additional tax in boroughs where
water or tras works have herctoiore been
erected by such boroughs.
Section 3. That all acts of assembly or
parts of acts ineonsisent herewith be and
are hereby repealed.
Arruovr.J Ihe loth day ot April, A
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D. 1S75
J. F. 1IARTRANFT.
California says its wool clip this year
will reach over ol ,000,000 pound.-, valued
at upward of S 1 2,000,000.
Saving is Wealth.
One great cause of the poverty of the
present day is the failure of our people to
appreciate small things. They do not
realize how a daily addition, be ii ever so
small, will soon make a large pile. If the
young men and young women of to-day will
only begin, and begin now, to save a little
from their earnings, plant it iu the soil of
some good savings bank and weekly or
monthly add their mite, they will wear a
happy smile of competence when they reach
middle life. Not only the desire, but the
ability to increase it will also grow. Let
clerk aud tradesman, laborer and artisan,
make now and at once a beginning. Store
up some cf your youthful force and vigor
for future contingency.
Let parents teach their children to begin
early to save. Begin at the fountain-head
to control the stream cf extravagance to
choose between poverty and riches. Let
our youth go on in habits of extravagance
for fifty years to come as they have for fifty
years past, and we shall have a nation of
beggars, with a moneyed aristoraey. Let
a generation of such as save in small sums
be reared, and we shall be free from all
want. Do not be ambitious for extravairant
fortune, but to seek that Avhicli it is the
duty of every one to obtain independence
and a comfortable home, wealth, and
enough of it, is within the reach of all. It
is obtainable by one process and by one
only saving.
. :
The Army Overcoat.
There are men in this vicinity who wear
blue army overcoats. AYe went down to
the wood market the other day to buy a
load of wood. Among all the Grangers
there, our heart went out to one with a
tattered, soiled, blue army overcoat. We
gazed at his weather-beaten face, and
thought. "It is to such as these that the
nation owes its life. That strong arm may
have upheld the flag at Gettysburg, or a
ball from his trusty rifle may have unhors
ed a Rebel commander, and turned the tide
of battle at the Widerness." AYe thought
it more blessed to give a dollar to a soldier
for a load of scraggy wood than to dwell in
the tents of the wicked, and as he drove up
the street with the wood, we followed him
with much the feeling of a private following
a victorious ceneral. When the wood was
unloaded, wo said to him :
"Comrade, tell us in what department
you served your country during the uuholy
rebellion
The old flame came again to his eye, and
as he stood upon the hind end of the wagon
and with his whip tickled the off mule's
ear, said :
"Rebellion ! I went to Canada before
the first draft. I trailed a bottle of whiskey
for this overcant with a veteran who lost
both arms. G'lancr, Beccher ! Get up,
Liz!" -
A New Cause of Trichina in Pork.
Some new cases of deaths, due to the
eating of pork infested with Trichinae,
which arc being quoted in Western journals,
iculd be the means of directing public at
tention anew to the horrible disease of swine,
called trichinois, aud to the fact that, when
once the parasite attacks a human being,
the result is prolonged suffering arid, in a
multiplicity ot instances, death. Ihe worm
existing in the pork literally, bores its way
out of the stomach and iuto the muscles.
It has lately been found that swine may
become infested with trichina through eat
ing carrion, or even decayed vegetable sub
stances. This is a point worth considera
tion by farmers who incline to the belief
that dead chickens, putrid swill, or any
other filth about the place is legitimate food
for the pig. The animal is not dainty in
his tastes, and will lunch off his dead rela
tives with infinite gusto ; but it is the poor
est economy to permit him to assume the
role of scavenger. No milk dealer will al
low his cows to cat garlic if he can help it,
though the brutes are crazily fond of the
odoroiferous weed ; and there is certainly
more reason for the farmer to see that his
porkers have no access to unclean food. In
one case, if precaution be neglected, the
taste oi the milk is anected ; in the other
the entire flesh is rendered poisonous and
langerous
food.
A Little too Short
They were married in the morning, and
. ii i.i
mmediatciy stepped aboard tne cars lor a
bridal tour to San Francisco. They at
tracted considerable attention on the way
by their honeymoon ways, and created a
good deal of quiet fun among tho goodly
number of ladies and gentlemen who were
passengers. In due time tho cars entered
a tunnel, and all for a few moments were
enveloped in darkness. All too soon the
cars emerged in the glare of the noonday
sun, and our loving bride aud groom were
discovered locked iu each other's arms aud
i .11
exchantriiur kisses at a rate seldom seen in
public. The passengers took iu the situa
tion in about a second, and a shout went
up that nearly threw the train from the
truck, and brought the conductor to the
scene on the double quick : "1 ass it
around," yelled a big man who was on his
way West to get his wife. "Go back to
the tunnel," said another man to the con
ductor ; and as the newly made husband
settled back in his seat he was heard to say
"Sarah, I thought tunnels were longer
Darn a railroad company anyhow."
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A little pet dog of Magnolia, N. C, died
all of a sudden recently, and a stinging
snake four feet long and a rattlesnake a foot
long were found in ln.i intestines.
About sick Animals.
Nearly ail sick animals become so by Im
proper feeding in the first place; Nine
cases out of ten the digest ioi is wrong.
Charcoal is the most efficient and rapid
corrective. It will cure a majority of cases,
if properly administered. An example is of
use. The hired man came in with the in
telligence that omc of the finest rox'f Was
very sick, aud a kind neighbor proposed
the usual drugs and poisons. The owner
being ill aud not able to examine the cow,
concluded that the trouble came from over
eating, and ordered a teaspoonful of pul
verized charcoal given in water. It was
mixed, put iu a junk bottle, the head held
upward and the wafer and charctial toured
down. Tn five minutes improvement Vart
visible, and in a few hoars the anuria! was
iu the pasture quietly eating grass. An
other instance of equal success occurred
with a young heifer which had 'become
badly bloated by eating green apples after a
hard wind. The bloat was' m severe that
the sides were almost as hard as a barrel.
The old remedy, saleratus, was tried for
correcting the acidity. But the attempt
to put it down always causes coughing, and
it did a little good. Haifa teacup of fresh
powdered charcoal was given. In six hours
the bloat was gone and the heifer better,
yes well. Live Stock Jqunad.
Household Hints.
Pure soft water is the best of all blood
purifiers'. It dissolves most every impurity
that ma- find its way to the blood, ami
passes it off through the skin, lungs and
kidneys, thus washing out the blood with
out those chemical changes and deposits
which arc likely to arise from the actioif of
drugs. Why then use doubtful, danger
ous and often injurious drugs for purify
ing the" blood.- when pure', simple, safe, and
far more effectual water may he had with
out money aud without price ?
A hot lemonade is one of the best reme
dies in the world for a cold. It acts prompt
ly and effectually, and has no unpleasant
after effects. One lemon properly squeezed,
cut in slices, put in sugar and covered with a
half pint of boiling water. Drink just be
fore going to bed ; do not expose yourself
on the following day. This remedy will
ward off an attack of the chills and fever
if used promptly.
If you get a fish bono- in your throat,
aud sticking fast there, swallow an egg raw;
it will be almost sure to earry down the
bone, easily and certainly. When, as some
times by accident, corrosive - sublimate is
swallowed, the white of one or two eggs
will neutralize the poison, and change the
effect to that of a dos of eiloniel.
A Nobis Institution.-!
An example of what mankind can do for
his fellow creatures is exhibited in the im
posing structure of Girard College, situated
in the suburbs of Philadelphia, and one of
the greatest irtitntios in the United
States. It is a lasting monument to the
memory of its founder, the great philanthro
pist, Stephen Girard. This man, through
his own' industry, having amassed a largo
fortune, appropriated a large portion of it
to the building of a college and homo
for fatherless boys.- This institution was
opened on the first of January," 1818,
and iu the twenty-nitre years of its
existence eighteen hundred bovs have en-
oyed the opportunities afforded by it. It
las one of the most thorough M'stems ot
instruction the city affords, and has sent
cut to the country a great number of valu
able citizens. The main edifice is one of
most complete specimens of architecture the"
country can boast of, and is a wonder to
all who see' it. 31 r. Girard could not have
appropriated his money to a better purjHwe,
and the example is worth following, as the
fruits that are tio.y bemer harvested will
how.
Simple Rules for Interest.
The following rules for obtaining inter -
est arc simple and accurate :
bix lcr Cent. Multiply any given num
ber of dollars by the number of days of in-
tercst uesi-rctJ, ?eparate tne right hand fig
ure and divide by six : the' result is the
true interest on such sum for such num
ber of days at six per cent.
Eight Per Cent. Multiply- anV given
amount by the number -of days ujkmi which
it is desired to ascertain the interest, ami
divide by forty-live, and the result will bo
the interest of sucii sum ibr the time re
quired, at eight per cent.
I en Per Cent. 'Multiply the same as
above, and divide by thirty-six, and there
suit will be the amount of interest at ten
per cent.
The Reading Times says : Between 13,
000 and 15,000 tons of first-class anthra
cite pig iron are now livid in store at tin
place, of an aggregate value of about jfOOr
000. The iron has been obtained from the
f ura neea throughout the Schuylkill and
Lehigh Valley, and considerable of it is
held as collateral for money advanced by
foreign capitalists. A portion of it is
owned by English parties and a consider
able portion by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
It will be held until an advance is made in
the price of iron, when it will be thrown
upon the market.
Bishop Simpson, of Philadelphia, ha
been detailed by the Board of Bishops of
the M. E. Church to preside over the Mis
sion Conference of Germany and Switzer
land, which meets at Heilbumu on ihe 15tU
of J ul '. -
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