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CDcuotcb to Ipolitics, Citcraturc, Agriculture, 0cicncc, iHdrnHin, onb rneral Intelligence.
VOL. 33.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 12, 1875.
NO. 11.
rm
rublishcd by Theodore Scliocli.
. . t'" dollars .1 voar in advance and if not
t,i.i i'"' (M"' -'''ar' tBu ioI,ars anJ fi"y
r.-nt j""'' It" '''"ji: ntjnl ,d until all arrearages are
Mfi..it at i In- i'i,,n of the Mi tor.
v.lvertisenieiits of one square of (ci-jM lines) or
j .mi'
or i ii ' 1 " " 1 1 " " 1 - -- ...
cent. Joiiger ones In proortiou.
j'ow rnixTixc
OF A I.I- KINIIS,
r-r.vnt.'d in tlie lii-hent style of the Art, and on the
v most reasonable terms.
pl. IX. BBUCE johnstoxe,
Homoeopathic Physician,
jloiJence: IVnjannu Dungan, Cherry Yalley,
MOXU0E COUNTY V.
Mar 13, 1ST"). ly.
D
K. A. lewis kiukiiuff,
XDylClQ ouigeuu auu avuwuuu&u,
Saxd Cut, Wayne Co., Pa.
All rase promptly attended, to day or night.
Charge moderate. May 13i '"5-tf.
i)
n. X. imjck,
.Surgeon Oculist
n ii.iu ii t'i:'t having ju-t returned from Peiital
r.i'lh-'e If is l'i"v prepared ni ,kt' artificial teeth in
tli ' M-'-t l.-iutil'il and life-like manner, and to tillib
cjv.il frill accord intf t. the mt improved method.
T.-eth i,xtr.i.,t',,l without pain, when deir,-d, hy the
ii.'nf Niif"i oiMe whicli i entirely li:iriiil--.
i:-.yiriiifatl ki::ds neatly done. All work waratited.
t'li-ir ' - r-M-niial'l".
iiilii-e J C. toiler's new hriek building. Main street,
S ! i M'i! l'a. Aug. al '7-tf-
D
n. i:. jirowx,
Operating and Mechanical Dentist,
n!ivi!i-e that having returned from 1 icntal College
h..'i I'nllv prepared to perform all operations in the
ileiil.il liif. i:i 'I' " iii' careful and skillful inaniier.
Tei-lli extra-l-jil hy the uj of ras when desired. All
weri; warrant "1. "hare reasonable.
orii in !Ii:!. lii- 'ii's I. rick buildiii-j, over Sliotwell's
! re. lt-l lr.iid!.iir,', l'a. April JJ, 'Vi. ly.
D
sr. s. i j. ronivu,
PHYSICIAN.
Oi;i;e nearly opposite Williams' Drus Store.
i: -Mdenee. firnierly oeeupied by E. L. Wolf, corner
Sinih and Walnut : reel', Stroudsbiirj:, l'a.
March '.'", I "". if.
I)
H. IIOtriKI) IMTTCKSOX,
Paysisim, Sarjson and Accoucheur,
O.lioe and I'Lesideitce, Main street, Stroiid.
Ti:irc. i' tle bttildiii"; formeriy ocetipied
bv lr. S..ip. Prompt attention given tocalls.
(" 7 to 9 a. ni.
Oihcc hours 1 ' p. tu.
(j " S p. in.
April Hi l74-ly.
It. GCO. Y. JAC'IvSOX
pnrsirnx, surgeon. ad ArrorciiEiR.
In the old otlu-e of Dr. A. "Keevc Jack-son,
reideiice, corni-r of .S trah :n;d Kninklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
7ILSO.V PIUKSOX,
AUCTIONEER,
Real Estat9 Agent and Collector.
The mi l Ti''ned lv'z le:ive to notify the pnhlie that
U prepared to eil t short noiiee MT.oiial propTty
! all kin.1, as w.-ll as Ileal ltate, at puhlie or private
Ml'-.
.li-' at Thomas temple's dd store Maud, at I j1
Mroiidslmr, l'a. ' Dee. 1", H74. ly.
Divn s. m:i:,
Attorney at Law,
One dirr above tlie ".Stroudsburg House,"
Stroudsburjr, l'a.
Collection promptlv made.
October !, 1871.
K
noise,
HONESDALE, PA.
Most central location ot an' Hotel in town.
K. W. KIPLE SOX,
loO Main street. Proprietors.
January 9, 1873. ly.
MUKCIIIXTS' IIOl.SK,
Xorth Third Sfwt, PHILADELPHIA.
R& Reduced rates, $1 75 per day.""0U
IIEXRY SPAIIX, Prop'r.
h. 11. Snyder, Clerk.
Xot. 26, 1S74. 6m.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
OfLVe niearly opposite American Holies
nl 2 ,I,H,r K.ow tne Corner .Store.
Jlarcli 20, 187:;-tf.
DR. J. LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
j'" ';as his ottiee on Main .itr.-et, in the second Ktory
Walbm's hriek loiililin, nearlv opjiosit the
''rou.isi.ur.f House, and he HaU-rs himself thai by cij.di
('"" v,':lr;i oiiMant j.iaetiee and the most earnest and
.irefiii iiiiciition to Mil matter: pertaining to liis ro
'ioh. that he is fnllv al.le to perform all opera! tuns
in the dental line h, ti. lut ,areful and skilllul inan
lir. special attention triven to savin; the Natural Teeth ;
"'so, to tlie iu.sertion of Artificial Teeth on litihU-r,
'"'i'J, ."silver, ..r Coutinuons (iunis, and perfect fits iti all
vase, insured.
Mi.st prs,os know the preat folly and danger of en-
t nisi
!'i; at a distune
"n uieir work to the incxpcnencei,or to those liv-
1 at u riui'nt.. t :t tun c
McCarty & Sons are tbe only Under
in Stroudsburg who understands their
JHisiuess ? J f not, attend a Funeral managed
.v any other Undertaker in town, and vou
i -seethe proof of the fact,
J,Juc lS,"7-J-tf
R. MAINONE,
Maker, Tuner, Regulator and Repairer
OF
Pianos, Organs and Melodeons.
Parties residing in Stroudshnrj; and Tioiuity, wish
ing their Instruments thoroughly tunwl, regulated and
repaired at a most reasonable price, will please leave
their orders at the Jcttersonian Ofliee.
Those wishing to iurchas Pianos or other instru
ments will fi iil it to their ad vantage to ca II ou me. Hav
ing had a prnotieje experience of over twenty-six
years in the musical line, J am prvpored to furnish
the latest and most improved instruments nt the lowest
possible priecs. I have located myself permanent ly
liere and solict vo:ir favors.
HENRY D. BUSH,
(Successor to II. F. & 1 1. D. luh)
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS & NOTIONS,
Shawls, Cloths and Cassimeres,
SILKS, DELAXES, CALICOES,
AND
Dress Goods Generally,
White Goods, Flannels, Trimmings, and
HOSIERY,
AND IN SHOUT
The usual stock of a iccll outpointed
DRY GOOD AND NOTION STORE.
The stock was not purchased at
Auction or Bankrupt Sales
but will be sold at prices satisfactory to
purchaser?, aud warrauted as to quality.
CALL AND SEE.
on. p. RUSH.
Stroudsbarp, April "0, 1S74. tf.
PRICES REDUCE!)"'"
AT TI1K
Corner Store!
THE
CHEAPEST GOODS
IN TOWN.
Great bargains are now ottered in
FANCY DRESS GOODS,
A Ll'A CA S, V E L V ETE EXS,
CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES, FLANNELS, Ac,
all of which have been marked down to
PANIC PRICES.
floods all new and right in ptyle, lint
marked down to meet the times. We invite
all to call and see for themselves. Terms
Cash.
C. U. AN DUE & Co.
dec-ltf Main St., Stroudsburg, Pa.
G. H. Dreher.
E. B. Dreher
pi-i cents:
(2 doors Ivest of the "JctrerHonian Ofliee,")
ELIZABETH STREET,
Stroudsbiirgr, lu.,
DREHER & BRO.,
DEALERS IN
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery
and Toilet Articles.
3?aints,
OIIS, A'ARXISIiES, GLASS & PUTTY.
Abdominal Supporters and Shoulder
Braces.
Seeley's
Hard m nni:it nti ssi:s iiso
Ritter's
TRUSSES OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Lamps and Lanterns Burning
and Lubricating Oils.
Physicians' Prescriptions carefully Coui
nounded. N. J. The highest C.th price paid for
OIL ot I X TEllO K EE .
uiay-itf.
GEEAT
COMMOTIOjN
THROUGHOUT
MONROE COUNTY,
ABOUT THE
Large Assortment
OF
J
And Extremely Low Prices
AT
SIMON FRIEDS
1
THE
Mammoth Retailer
OF
Jlcif s, Boy's & Children's
Gents1 Furnishing Goods,
Trunks & "Valises,
Umbrellas, &c.
Evira AiHiounccuicnt
TO THE PUBLIC.
In order to have more
room lo display my large
stock of CiofJmig, Geiits'
Furiiisliiiig Goods and
Trunks and Valises, I Iinve
concluded lo quit the Boot
& Shoe business. 1 there
fore oiler and will sell my
stock of Boots & Shoes at
and below cost.
mm fried,
ipril 15, 1875.
A?ent.
LEANDER EMERY,
MAXIKACTlltKU ASI) UKA1.K1C IS A LI. KINDS OF
farriaics and Buggies, Two-scatcd farria-cs
for Livery stables and private Families,
Platform Spring Wagons,
of the latest Mvleuii'l frr all kiiu)s of us, kojit on liand
ir iiimlo to ikUt.
SINGLE-SEATED CARRIAGES,
with top or without top, all styles.
Delivery and Express Wagons,
of different Mylcs, Miipjxtl loonier. All work wair.int
ed in etery particular lor one y'ar. 1 will make to or
der any Btrleof CarriaKeor lijrht Uuggy that may le
nalitisl. Ki?i lull ftr-t i l:iss urk leaves HIT fliolt. I
uo-only firvt cla.s.s toek and employ tirt ela.s work
men, ami fiel eoiifiueut that lean trive entire sajisiae
tion to a'l who may purrhase my work. All qfders by
mail shall reeeive iiromiit iitteutini. 1 1 i i 1 1 l thai 1
mar Ik- ahle to furni.-li tho -iliens of Stroiidinir; and
vicinity with unv limit; that they may want in my line
Adilres all orders to
LKAXDKR E.MKUY,
Marengo, (.'alhoiiit County, Miehian.
Airil 22, 187.. ly.
UNDERTAKING.
Mi CARTY & M)XS hare on hand the largest and hot
asui tnu'lit of
COFFINS
and
in lie found oulide of eilherc ily (New York or rhiladel
phia), and Will make this branch or their bu.siiic&i a
.sHTiality.
COFFINS and CASKETS
of any slmpeor slyle, ean be furRihed nt one hour's
notice for i-hipiiieiit, at a chaise of we-tbird less than
any sIkkS in Stroudsburg;. In no eas will they charge
more Miau leu jut cenwaoove uciuai cooi.
KlSSCAfJIXt;
attcr'icd to in any p.at of the County ut tho shorte:-t
po:iide notice. Juiicl.a,'il-t;
CLOTH NG
State Financial Affairs.
T!ie following is a general press dis
paclh, in vcference to the State finances,
published in this morning's papers :
ILuiitisnrnti, l'a., Aug. 2.
The Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund met here to-da-, in conformity vrith
law. The State Treasurer submitted a
statement showing the balance in the Sink
ing Fund to be $1:55.533 08. Whereupon
the following was offered by Secretary
Quay, and unanimously adopted :
"LsoheJ, That the State Treasurer be
directed to notify the Farmers' and
Mechanics' National Bank of Philadelphia
that the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund are prepared to redeem upon presenta
tion the balance of the five-ten loan of the
Commonwealth, amounting to $134,S50 ;
and further, that the State Treasurer be
directed to notify the holders of the
Chambersburg certificates issued under the
act of May 27, 1871, to present the same
for payment forthwith at the Treasury, and
that interest be stopped upon all the in
debtedness above mentioned on the first
day of November next."
The amount of loan thus called for is as
follows : Five-ten loan, act of February 2,
18(J7, $434.S50 ; Chambersburg certificates,
act May 27, 1871, 73,108 2(5. Total',
508,018 2(5. Exceeding by $72,485 18
the present available balance in the Sink
ing Fund. The redemption of loans for
the present fiscal year will exceed fourteen
hundred thousand dollars, and exhaust all
the loan of the Commonwealth now due,
or which can be reached at the option of
the Mate hy the present Board of Com
missioners.
Before the adjournment of the board
Mr. 3Iackey voluntarily submitted a detail
ed statement of the condition of the Treas
ury, with a lits of depositaries of the State
funds, including the sinking fund, sup
ported by proper vouchers, with a request
that the board should examine and verify
it, which was done.
The Clog in the Sinking Fund.
The State Treasurer, Auditor General
and Secretary of the Commonwealth, com
posing the Board of Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, met yesterday at the capitol,
and having in conformity with law applied
the entire balance 111 the Sinking rund to
the turyment of the public debt, transcended
the requirements of the law by calliug in
and stopping interest, after the first day of
November uext, upon the sum of $4 0,000
of State indebtedness, for the redemption
of whicli the Sinking Fund was not in im
mediate condition, relying probably upon
the receipts of the next two mouths to
provide for its payment.
I ho debt thus called tor redemption,
amounting to $50S,OIS 20, includes all the
indebtedness of tlie Commonwealth which
has matured, or will mature, before 1877.
The Sinking Fund Commission is thus
brought to a dead halt in its operations.
lhe Commissioners cannot go into oikmi
market to purchase the State Loan at a
ireuiium nor can thev stop interest upon
any portion of it until it becomes due in
1877. I. ntil legislation is had to provide
for the difficulty the Commission is power-
ess : and 111 the meantime what is to be
come of the Democratic clamor over the
mismanagement of the Sinking Fund ?
llow can it be mismanaired when it cannot
be managed at all ?
With three months ct intervening
previous to the Gubernatorial election, this
action of the Commissioners, virtually tak
ing the Sinking lund question out ol the
canvass, is unjustifiable and intolerable,
and upon the part of Auditor General
lemple simply inexplicable, lie will Ikj
called to answer at the bar of his party for
this ill-advised destruction of halt its stock
in trade for the present campaign.
lormcrly the Commission was empower
ed to purchase the loan of the State at its
current price in open market, but the
practice was believed to enure rather to the
proht ot the ireasurer than ot the toni
monwealth ; and the enabling statute was
accordingly repealed. Its re-enactment
would seem necessary to prevent a glut in
the Sinking rund, unless the Legislature
shall sec proper, relieving the State Treas
urer and his sureties, to loan out the public
funds to the highest bidders.
The State loan is held at a premium of
from 4 to U per cent, ami is never pre
sented for payment until the holders are
forced to come in by the stoppage of the
interest upon their bonds.
Appended is a schedule of the loan of
the State, tor whicli no provision lias yet
been made, showing the amount and date
of maturity ol each :
Act May 4, 1852, due August
1, 1S77 $3,207,500
Act April 10, 1810, due April
10. 1S7I) 400,000
Act April 19, 1S53, due August
1, 1878 273,000
Act April 2, 1852, due July 1,
18S2 482,000
Act February 2, 1807, duo
February 1, 1877 7,080,050
tAct February 2, 1807, due
February 1, 18S2 0,905,800
Act April 3, 1872. due April 3,
500,000
6,22,899,250
J)uc in 1882, payable at the option of
the State alter l'chruary I, Jhi .
f Duo in 1892, payable at the option of
the State atur l elnuary 1 , !&-.
Raising Bananas.
The most perfect banana plantation in
the United United States is that of Colonel
Whitney, near Silver Lake, over 200 miles
south from Jacksonville, and practically be
yond the region of killing frosts. A daily
line of steamers renders it easy of access
from Jacksonville, and at all points upon
the river. This plantation covers an area
of several acres, and contains over 10,000
plants most of them in bearing. The plants
are of different varieties. Some of them
are huge trees, twenty feet high, with a
trunk from six to eight inches in diameter,
while others, and probably the largest num
ber, are of the celebrated dwarf species,
standing from six to eight feet high, with
a trunk from four to five inches in diameter.
The banana, as cultivated in this climate,
bears no visible seed, but it is propagated
from slips or cuttings which bear trans
planting well, and grow with great rapidity.
These slips are generally planted about
eight feet apart ; if it is the dwarf species,
an acre of ground will contain from 000 to
700 plants. They require a deep, rich
soil, and considerable moisture. It has no
season, but the fruit matures generally in
from eleven to thirteen months from the
date of planting, and by properly timing
the planting ripe fruit may be obtained at
all seasons of the year. The cuttings once
planted first develop two leaves tightly
yoked together, which grow to a height of
three or four feet, when the blades begin
to unfold one after another into great broad
leaves, the stems forming a smooth trunk,
which grows to the size of a large apple tree,
composed entirely of these concentric leaf
stems or petals. In about eight or nine
months, according to the warmth of the
season, a deep purple bud peeps out just at
the point of divergence of the upper leaves,
and soon pushes itself into full view, its
lengthening stem bending under the weight
of a purple blossom shaped like a pointed
egg.
Soon a leaf of this blossom opens at the
pointed cud, and rolls back to the base, dis
closing a row of five or six tiny bananas,
nestled close together, as if hiding under
shelter of its protecting leaf. Each minia
ture fruit has a waxen yellow flower at the
end, with a stigma projecting through it.
Other leaves of the bloosoin unfold one af
ter another, in the same way, until twenty
or thirty clusters of fruit are developed.- all
clinging to one stem, when these leaves
wither and fall, and the fruit swells and
lengthens to maturity, which requires gen
erally about three or four months. The
great stem on which the fruit grows under
its weight until the long finger-like fruit
hangs down in graceful clusters.
Ecach plant bears but a single bunch of
fruit and then withers and dies, but while
the fruit is maturing there springs up from
the base of the trunk several offshoots,
which take the place of the old plant when
it has been removed, aud go on growing to
the full size of the parent tree.
I he fruit, when grown lull size, begins
to show streaks of vellow upon its deep
given skin, when it should be gathered for
hipment to market, as it is easily and nuick-
y ripened after cut ting by wrapping the
bunch in straw or in a blanket ami keeping
it in a warm place. By cutting the bunches
at the right time they can be shipped to
Xew York with perfect safety.
Colonel Whitney has upon his plantation
to-day thousands of bunches, in all stages
of development, from the little miniature
buds to be well-matured inut six or seven
inches long. Many of these bunches cou-
aiu 125 bananas, which sell readily to ship
pers at two cents each, from which may be
inferred the great profit of banana culture.
An acre of ground will readily support
000 plants. Suppose the bunches to average
seventy-five bananas each, and we have an
annual income of 900 lrom a single acre.
The cost ofprepairing and enriching the
ground and setting the plants the hrst year,
including the cot ol the slips, will average
$1 ier plant, leaving a profit ol fc.00 but
they peri tot uatc themselves after the first
year, and require but little expenditure.
. . m' m ..1. f ,1
Iesiiles, the shoots that spring up irom me
bulbous root stock will supply plants enough
to double the ground each year, or they
may be sold for more than enough to pay
for all expenses alter the hrst year, thus
leaving the $000 for the second and suc
ceeding years.
Humblodt states that the amount ol land
that will produce 1000 pounds of potatoes
will yield 44,000 pounds of bananas, ami a
surface bearing wheat enough to feed one
man will yield bananas enough to iced
twenty-five men. Atlantic Jlci'ihl.
The Stings of Conscience.
I have struggled with my guilty con
science until I can iso longer stand up un
der the heavy burden, and I am going to
make a confession.
I am a murderer !
Within a few hours I shall go and de
liver myself up to the officers of the law,
plead guilty, and hail my sentence with
satisfaction. No one can conceive tf the
weight of my mental burden no one who
has not stained his hands with human gore
He was a shoemaker my victim. I en
tered his place of business one night in
search of a pair of Loots. He smiled sweet
ly, remarked about the weather, and mukI
he w ould make mo the best pair of Ingots
that ever laid out doors. It was Monday,
and he was to have them done Wednesday
I called at the appintod time, and they were
not halt finished. He said rnday, and
when Friday came he said Tuesday: T was
there iiiCiday and he said lr.uiday, aiu
when Thursday came he smiled and ex
plained :
"We've been rushed to death come in
Tuesday."
They were finished when I called again,
and that wretched man worked an hour and
a half to get them over my feet, lie said
they were made to fit, and he was deter
mined that they should do so.
AY hen I got 'cm on it seemed as if every
toe had been driven back an inch, and as
if each foot was bent up in the shape of a
rainbow. I had Co draw myself along l?j
seizing hold of the counter, but he assured
me that the boots would fit perfectly easy
by the time that I got home. I fell down
on the street, and had to ride home in a
hack. I destroyed three boot-jacks and dt
molishcd two chairs getting the boots off
and it took all night for my toc to ct
straightened out.
"Nothing in the world ails the boots !"
said the dealer, when I limped down the
next day, and ho insisted that I put them
on. He locked the door and called dowrf
the cobblers, and the boots were finally
pulled on. He said if I'd come back there
at the end of two hours and say that the
boots weren't a fit he'd give me filty dol
lars. I went out on the street, and the
boys followed rife', believing that I wa?
drunk ; men stopped me and wanted to
know if I had run a nail in my foot ; two
women turned around, and one of them re
marked that it alwa3'S" made her sad to see
a man with a cork leg.
"Those boots want treeing out ;" re
marked the dealer, as 1 crawled into the
store.
He treed them out, he oiled them, he
dug away at the pegs. He said they were
a perfect fit. Finally, when I was carried
into his store on a ctoor, arfd his cobblers'
had removed the boots and left the room,
I killed him. lie didn't suspect anything,
and was rubbing chalk down inside th
leg, determined to pull tlie boots on again,
when I became a murderer. lie never
even groaned, and he didn't make a strug
gle. I shouldn't have done it, and if it
were to be done over again, I wouldn't
raise my hand. His face has haunted me
daj and night for years, and it will be ii
relief for me to bear punishment. M.
Quad.
Shooting with a Flint-Lock.
The Bichmorrd (Ya.) IVTr talks iff thi
wise : "An elderly man named 1 eckwith,
residing in one of the Peninsula counties,
came to this city last Thursday oa busi
ness, lie brought with him an old-fashenccl
fliut-lock riffc to have a stock and lock put
on. On. the cars h'c fell in conversation
with a party of three gentlemen from this
ity, when one of them, to test the reality
of some of the extraordinary feats of the
marksmanship he boasted of, offered him
$10 to repeat some ofthein, to which the
other two added $5 between them. The
trial came off in an old field half a mile bo-
ow llockctts, aud was witnessed by about
a dozen persons. The old flint-lock was
fared seven times, and only once missed its
aim. The old gentleman, after making twtr
shots at small objects to one side, to get hi.-
laird steady, as he said, handed his son a
xitato. and stationed hint at fifty yards dis
tance, holding the potato between his thuinN
and finger. The rifle cracked, and the po
tato fell cloven in three or four pieces. One.
of the larger pieces was then thrown inti
the air, the marksman keeping tit the' same'
listauce, and again the shot told. An inch
ind a half auger was then produced, and a
idle bored 111 the fence, behind which was
listened a piece of white paper. At a lis-'
ince of sixty yards the marksman sent a,
all clear through the aperture, piercing
the paper. At a fourth shot, from sixty
yards' distance, the bowl of a pipe, which
the son was smoking, Was crushed. At tho
fifth shot a copper cent was thrown U1
the air and hit. The sixth and seventh
shots were delivered at a blackened five
cent nickel piece thrown up by the son-,-standing
about thirty yards olf. At the
first attempt the shot missed, lhe old
gentleman showed considerable irvortitica-
-
tion, and laid the blame upon a bystander
who at the critical moment sneezed loudly.
The next attempt, however, was an entire
success, lhe old man declined airy turtfvf
traiis of his skill, and when offered a sum
of money to repeat his first feat of shoot
ing a potato from his son's hand, he rcfusetly
saying he didn't care to try such experi
ments unless fits Weapon was freshly cleaned.
The exhibition was the more remarkable
from the fact that the mark-nfan was an
old man, at least fifty. His eye, however,
is a clear, bright gray. His appearance is
that of a poor farmer. The young man
si K) wed not the least tremor or anxiety dur
ing tho dangerous experiment upon him
self. The old man, referring to hrs sc-f,
said, 'Bob can shoot jut as well as I
can.' "
A dutchman read somewhere that mon
ey doubled itrclf ly compound interest,
every fourteen years, if it was put carefully
away and left untouched. The guileless
Hollander at once dug a hole in the cellar
and buried four hundred dollars in a tea
kettle. This was fourteen years ago last
WedrK-sday. On that day he rose at four
o'clock in the morning and ''resurrected''
his cash, with the confident expectation that
it had increased to eight hundred dollars.
His disappointment was great ; and when
his friends interview7 hint about mathemat
ics now, he expresses tho opinion that 'dem
arithmetics is ail a he !'