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VOL. 33.
p.spjV-J by Tiirodore Schoch.
'' '"' v , ,vH r-s a rear in n('.van' at:J if not
-v-,H 1 ".i'(,"'..1 ' 'f tile your, two !Mnrs aiidfifty
j:-7l tvV l ',;;,r'oTi!i'i'il until nil arrearage are
' i N ' l'.' ,':. ..j.ti.Mi of t?i" K'Htor.
t iP, ; ,,r ,,,. s.iaro of (cI::M ltnra) nr
j,,.'.,rii,ji SI "'. aJ;i.ti.na5 in.
; - .,r r no in proportion.
i : ' - - .
.JOI5 i'i'SSTI.'iG
OF ALL KIM'S,
4- t o 'ji -li-'-t -tv'. (if th Art, ami on the
F--j!- .' 1 roM-.na'.le terms.
EAST STKOUIVSIUTKG PA.
. i 1 iV-n a vl all business pertaining
tclU:- t"'1 ;;;i;s)N A THOMPSON,
n.-?l l'-:.!tc Insurance Agent.
. : .? .r 1 , i '. I . 1 1 near the Input
is:ir;. Pa-, Jan.
D
I" lin-'r's pew lv.ii'ilinar. i'rlyoji;4isite
':'J ;.Vii"k. -.i arhuaisteral I'wr ex meting
f.Tsn.f.,-7fi-tf.
rjit. A. MVIS lilSSKKl-rr,
Pivsiciio, Sarseoa and Accsachear,
Svki Cvt, Wayxk Co., Pa.
nr.-m-i-h" attended, to d;.y or night.
ttvA May I:?, 'T.Vtf.
QU. GUV. 'V. JACMSOX
msifM. srsnEON AaD ArrorciiEin.
- .,.,..;, 1!, V iv v.- bi'.iMir.T. nearly -',.
j .'.:;!-... K -Mcii.:c ..n ur:ih strert.
,...: ,..-r s'we '.lie 'S:r.;:.;b;irg House."
r :.....;;.ii i r-.::i;v.y ni;:-,ic.
i ' i ' " '
WILLIAM S. USES,
S-irvsjcr, Conveyancer and
Finns, Tinb?r Linds and ToT7a Lots
FOR SALE.
('.T;.e ri.':r!v o;;u-he Amcriran Iloae
t-! "J i i' t K-! -.- Corr.c-r S'.ire.
D ?w. J. L A N T S,
S:RGE0X t 'IECHANICAL DENTIST.
Ir-.'-S ni M .in t r-et. in t-r VM-on-l t-ry
4'f . '.'t.-k .-.i:i-il'.'. i.-..rly r.pti tJjif
it . ;- . ui; l !'. !i.ii'T t;i!.:- !f that by cih
; -ri -t ,,-,t ;.ri .;i,- : ; )it. m-! earn"! Slid
:: t ;!! t.;::?.rs H-!-:a:ii:;i2 t his p.-4-I
".! .. ' :: -i-: ,.! 1. j: -ri-iri:! op-rat i-iii-
;: i.i t:. i.i-.-! eii. t-fnl and ikill.'nl in an-
I -
t . i, -I !m -.r. ii' ; tb" . af.irHl leth ;
: :-i-:i -a Aitfi.-i-l T.-fth on lt;:br-r.
; '.-r. r..:.:i:.-. : ..in:s, ai.-! pvrf-t tits in all
- .--r- :. V. ' f .J!y .!:::!-.-er -f en-
: - M ,: : ;, ':; -ri !:. or t t hi; liv-
: April y.i, !s;j if.
by Tur.
E3TE7 COTTAGE ORGANS!
r: i i (':;;: n::I:y nnisheti in-
s"":: u-! ; ! i.ir eelij-sc-.l 1 5: t-t r rompviitor in
'''':.e. ; ;:y. .-we, ::u-s- :;,:! K I :ca( y of tone,
s- ear-v oH'tl.e !ir-t ai;l only prcniiiitrt riv-tf!t.ti!:l-;;..r.i
of nt-1 ( Jr-ati at tbe Motifoe
v.-y
r,,'v t:tf J-,r j-:icf- ii-t a I dress
n .J. Y. SKlAKirs,
6
PAPER HAXGER,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MONROE STREET,
Nearly cppo?;te Kautz's Clacksmitli Shop,
Strocl-sbcro, Pa.
Jle unilcrsljncd would" respectfully in
t0r' the citizens of Sitotidsburg and vicinity
""ph- now fully prepired to do all kinds
Farr Hanyiny, Glazing anJ Painting.
Pipt:y and at short notice, and that he
h'lo TP co!1"tnn,!y on 1)and a lock of
!r'i'er "ano'r,"i? of a!i dcscrip'io.nu and at
!' pnecs, Tho patrcnaje oftlie public
earnestly sniclod j-May 1C 1672.
FOR SALE,
m A'i"';1.1p honoe and lot, near the Court
ULJ r.'"- '''""I'. Will l- sold together or epa-
I, ru'.'-' t'JMiit nurehasers.
1 1'iir, of
D. p. li:h
Dwelii
ing House for Sale.
''.rahlir t-i Mory Dwelling Ihmsc, eontain-
' iil4,tj,,.0
Dee. 9, lS75-tf
CAUTION !
l4LP ri0n8 arc hcr,v cautioned not to
''iia'eii?" a!1' S'roVcrlY of the undersigned,
Anvi.ne v- '"- township, Monroe county, Pa.
10 tie f'V n lllis I'Otice will be pro.secuted
went of the law
8W. t.,,- IL BUTTS'
1)
ul inVlrty f'. 80,13 are thc ouy Unler
K;irtsstlirp 'JU1' wnderstands their
oth i uttcn a uneral managed
Uetl, Undertaker ia town, and you
jiv740;ofthefact-
f yA f , v"v,,i riMi'ns, out. of H-hieh 1j smitiilile
jf'iif v :"'r a iN'ori. J:i,int initiate on Main bt r--t,
'll!!!"-,1,"' "Toti-h t.f Stroud.sbnrK. The
tgi''?? "'' "arly new, and every part
iii2'! 4t in j.IJ(Ai con Jit ion. For terms Ac.,
VALUABLE STOCK AT
PRIVATE SALE.
AM Kffi
The uu.leii-n. 1 o Iters at private sale the fIIow;n-pl.-l.ratc!
st-ict ..f Cuws, lleilrrs ui.J Calvw, mUh-U
breed as imp rtel by Kowlor, one the U-t jml-w
of st-K-k in the. I ii it I S;at.-s. J""0e
A lot of Ayrshire Cows and Heifers.
A lot of Durham (.' s and Heifers."
A l-t of eross.jd ) k.
A l-.t of Ayrshire ";;lves.
A kt of Durham Calves.
T.'1"1.'VtlKK ca" hc exaniir!(VJ on the st nek farm of Col
I. U Norton, near this Lorough. For terti:s. Ae. caM
oa '
, ., , JOHN" SEIAVOOD.
Stromishurnr. April R, l.STi'..
DOWN TOWN
Clothing---
AVe the undersigned respectfully inform
the citizens of iStroudjburg and "vicinity,
that vc have added to our larsre assort
ment of
HATS AB D GAPS,
A complete and carefully selected stock of
Men's & Youths' Ready
made Cioihiug
of the latest and most fashionable styles
and 1 est quality. Vv'e have also a com
plete line of
CERTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
riense pve u a call and examine our
stock and prices before you purchase clse
w I if.ro. We shall soon oiler a large assort
ment of
Umtrellas, Traveling Eags, &c.
You will find us one door west of Key
stone Drug Store, Main Street, Strouds
burrr Pa.
X. T. Silk Hats ironed and repaired
at short notice. Cive us a call.
WALTON" & WIN'TEIIMUTI-:.
Strou-lsbur-, April 20, LS7G.
OFFICIAL NOTICE.
$000 ESWAED!
vw-, itss tfv n-
i'SO 'Si)
FROM STR0UBSBUB6,
A tall-compk-sioneJ YOUNG MAN, ascl
ft. in lieijrl.t 1";0 !. Had on, when lat
s.fi twti pairs r.f .-wall.nv-taiied pealskin
trotiser, fn-!iional)!c mutton cutlet waiscoat,
with deli'.'ium tri rn 1:1 i ; duuhle-batrelkd
frfM.k coat, willi horee collar and sa lipase
linii:g; patient k-fitlier-bottoni top shues, laced
up at the so!e, and buttoned inside.
He i deaf ami dumb of one eye and hard
of hearing with the other, with a slight squint
in his eye teeth ; stoops very up right with a
loud imped i met! t in his look, chignon on tip
per lip with whiskers bitten off thort inside;
rrnjiuh like a torn iocket ; liair of .1 deep scarlet
blue and parted from ear to yonder; Calves of
Ie"s ri.-in? 4 years, to be w'd cheap on ac
count of the d earner of milk ; very liberal
with other peoples' money, and well known to
a rood templar, having been eleven teen years
a member of the I. 0. G. T. (I Often Get
Tight Society).
Anv one who knows of Lis whereabouts will
please report at tho
Empire Clothing Store,
where he will find the
LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF
Men and Boy's Clothing,
Hats and Caps,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valices, &c. &c.
kept in this vicinity, and which we will sell
at the
LOWEST PANIC PRICES !
If you want to save money don't fail to ex
amine our stock before purchasing elsewhere.
If you want GOOD GOODS at low prices,
there is no place in Monroe County to com
pete with the EM PIKE CLOTHING STOKE.
Our new etock is complete in every particu
lar. Please call and examine for yourselves.
SIMON FRIED,
at Emiure Clothing Store.
Stroudsburg, March 'J3, 176. tf.
BLANK MORTGAGE
F sale at this Office.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE
Base-Bali Playing.
We arc not poi: to ?ay a word against,
it. Oh, no. The boys would not like it.
It is alt the pro just now. It is more in
repute than horse-racing or any other di
version. Every young man who aspires "to be
any thing," has got a sot of striped stock
ing, a tri-colore.l cap and a pair of tights,
which he calls his uniform.
In this uniform he develops his muscle.
To get muscle is the thing nowadays,
but it is not gained iu the old-fashioned
way. Iu the days of our grandparents,
nobody dreamed of getting strong by
swinging from trapezes, jumping over
poles, or playing base-ball. Muscle was
mostly obtained in those days by follow
ing the plow, swinging the scythe, and
pe: forming with thc wood-saw on the
winter's fuel.
Base-ball playing is one of the most ap
proved methods of getting muscle.
We freely confess that we know nothing
whatever about the game. We are in pro
found ignorance as to '-pitches" and
"catches," and "innings," and ct cetera.
Wc have seen the game played hundreds
of times, and we know just as much about
it as we did when we were a baby.
But the players enjoy it. People go to
see them play v.ho know just as much
about the game as we do, and they call it
"splendid !"' And of course it is. How
the local paper sets forth in glowing col
ors the triumphs of its own town club,
and how all the friends and relatives of
thc various members of that club purchase
thc paper and send it oif to the friends
and relatives at a distance, that they may
know that the Stool Oaks have beaten the
Stooping Willows by so many runs.
Through hot and cold, wet and dry,
Storm and sunshine, your genuine base
ballist will play his favorite game.
The first may rurplc his nose, or the
sun of July ma- broil him alive in his
uniform, but lie will not give up. The
balls will very like! miss their aim, and
hit somebody on the skull, and crash iu
somebod3"'s nasal organ, or stop up an
eye here and there, but none of the club
take warning thereby. Accidents, they
say, will happen everywhere. A man is
just as likely to get his eyes bunged hoe
ing corn, or laying bricks, as he is at base
ball pitting. Who is going to give up
such a noble game because he gets a littlo
hit r.ow and then ?
All other business has to yield to base
ball plying.
Pes mother want Tom to help her
about any household job. Tom looks at
her i;i amazement. Doesn't she know
that li3 has got to play ball ? Does father
need him about making things snug for
winter, why the work must wait. Tom's
club meets that very day to see about
playing a game with the Drooping Wil
low Club.
The uniform claims a great deal of at
tention, and the sisters of these base
ballisis have to lay aside their crochet and
their tattins, and attend to demoralized
tights, and twLted stockings, and cham
pion belts.
And though, checks be bruised from
blows of bats and random balls, and
hands be swelled to twice the size de
signed by nature, the boys do not mind it.
"Our club beat 'em," say they, and
that is glory gmough. Kate Thorn, in
A". Y. Witlcfj.
.
Foolish Younpr Girls.
Another phase of life wc find almost as
sad. The young girl just out of school is
fascinated by the attentions of a young
man, and nothing can persuade her that he
is not the bravest and best of men. What
does she know of thc secret lives of these
gallant gentlemen '! She might read the
legend of excess in the bleared eye and
tremulous lip, but she cannot understand
it. She may hear a whisper of prodigality
and scandalous indulgence, but she stops
her cars and loves her hero all the better,
because he is the victim of detraction. She
knows nothing of his daily occupations,
nothing of his associates. She little
imagines that his soft compliments conceal
a cruel temper, and thc hand which presses
hers so tenderly is a brutal hand, tit only
for deeds of violence. That he is a gambler
and a drunkard false, quarrelsome, idle,
selfish and sensual she might know, if she
exercises as much thought and caution as
she docs in selecting a new bonnet. But
3-oung ladies have a notion that it is grand
and noble to take a lover on trust, to
despise good counsel and filial obedience,
and they hug themselves with the sweet de
lusion that they are heroines, when they
are only fools. The girl triumphs, of course,
over father and mother. Those who really
love her follow thc wedding festivities with
aching hearts, and watch the future with
sorrowful apprehensions. The sequel is
often not long delayed. For a little while,
life is a dream of sentiment ; then the truth
begins to dawn upon the poor heart. She
has sold herself for a passing fane "sold
herself and got no pay." Neglect is .soon
followed by angry words and contemptuous
looks and brutal jests. Her jewels are sold
to buy bread ; there is a hideous bruise
upon her white arm or shoulder ; she shud
ders at the sound of footsteps whose coming
she once watched with joy. With the
courage that is given to some women, she
holds a proud and smiling face to the world,
covers up her heartaches, bears the blame
and censures to screen him, and if she has
strong physical life she may bear it for a
while, but the end must come. Either
she must be brave and pure enough to
break the bcudd that have grown hateful,
COUNTY, PA., MAY 11.
through neglect or cruelty, or die of a
broken heart.
It is one of the vices of society, of our
schools, of our ruiuing, this revolt against
the right of being controlled. It has ex
tended with fearful rapidity from the Gov
ernment into the family. Disobedience and
disrespect arc taught to American children,
and can one wonder if, at the crisis of their
lives, they should put the lesson into use ?
A Washington Incident.
The Dubuque (Iowa") Times of thc 12th
inst. editorially makes this statement :
"Wc are just in receipt of a letter from
a gentleman friend in Washington, who re
lates to us a fresh example of the spirit
that rules thc Democratic House, and
vouches for its absolute truth, as he was an
cye-witrcss. It occurred a week ngo to
day, and was as follows : It is a ruhTof the
House that Representative Hall is open to
every American citizen until 11 15 a. m.,
at which time (when Congress is in ses
sion) the floor is cleared for members only,
and such others as have the privilege of
the House. On the day mentioned a ren-
ml S
tlcman walked into thc hall and took the
vacant chair of a member, as did a score of
others, it being a half hour before conven
ing time. He had been a prominent officer
of the House, and as such was entitled to
the courtesy of the floor. When he sat
down the deputy Sergeant-at-Arms ap
proached him and in impudent and lofty
language ordered him to leave tho hall.
The gentleman replied that he had the
privilege of the floor, and besides it was be
fore convening time, and hence every
American citizen had a right there. The
rebel deputy, more insolent than before, re
peated his demand that the gentleman leave
the hall. The insulted man turned in his
chair, and, looking the insolent understrap
per full in the eye, said : 'We have met
once before ; you in the Bebel army, I in
the L'nioii. You can't forgiveg me for not
being a rebel like yourself. I have a right
on this floor. You have twice insulted
me by ordering me to leave as a master
would a menial. You must not repeat
your insult.' At this the Confederate de
puty reached out his hand to seize thc gen
tleman with the view of removing him by
force. The man rose up and said : If you
lay your hand on me you are a dead man!'
At this a bystander stepped forward, and,
addressing the deputy, said : 'You are an
untamed rebel, and though an officer of
this Confederate House ou have no right
to lay your hand on this gentleman, a stran
ger to me. Touch him, and you are a dead
man where you arc !' Saying which he
drew his revolver, whereupon the rebel
rufiian slunk like a coward as be was through
the forty or fifty who had gathered about
them during the few minutes in which the
affair was proceeding. Thirty minutes later
this poltroon officer of the Democratic
Confederate House stepped near tho Speak
er's rostrum from a hiding-place to which
he had slunk, and 'respectfully requested
all who had not thc privilege of thc floor
to retire."
The Three Nev.T York Capitalists.
Nature, as it would seem, delights in
triplets. There were three Graces as well
as three Furies. The guardian dog of the
lower regions had three heads. Three is
a potent number among conjurors, and is
indispensable in the rule of proportion. A
dream thrice repeated is sure of fulfillment.
All these tilings bear upon thc fact that
New York had three great capitalists As
tor, Vanderbilt and Stewart. Each of these
had his special gift, the first being great iu
real estate, the second iu stocks, aud the
third in trade.
Each being supreme in his realm, there
was no interference or clashing of interests,
and there is no record that this trio of
magnates ever met. The circle is now brok
en by the death both of thc fir.t and the
last, leaving the commodore in solitary dis
tinction. I may add that extreme age and
other unfavorable signs now tell severely
upon his once powerful frame. He has
lately been so ill as to require a surgical
operation, since which he has been permit
ted to leave his room, but appears feeble.
His physician is Dr. Lindsley, an old fash
ioned practioneer of high rank. The dis
ease is the same which has given Wiilliam,
his sou, so much trouble.
The commodore has been out as far as
his stable, which could easily be done, since
the buildings are very near each other.
His death would naturally create as great
an embarrassment in stocks as that of
Stewart has in his own extensive realm.
The depression iu thc Vanderbilt lines shows
that there is a determined effort against
this lordly house which, in case of the com
modore's death, will be urged with tremend
ous power. Jay Gould can only raise to a
higher reach of ambition by the fall of such
as are before him, and the fact that William
II. Vanderbilt went South in pursuit of
health encourages the foes of the family.
William has returned much improved, and
is now attending to his duties.
The death of Astor and Stewart, within
six months, removes the representatives of
capital to the amount of SlUO.OOO.OUU, and
is the beginning of the crumbling of these
vast estates. In a few years their history
will but renew the lemon Pope gave the
world a century and a half ago :
"Estate have wings and hang in fortune's power,
I.c on the point of every wavering hour,
i:?r.dr hy fon-fi, or of your own acciint,
Fy sale (at least ly death) to rhargti their lord,
Man ? and forever? wretch what wonMst thou have ?
Heir urges heir, like wave imix.lting wave. .
Jink towns to tow ns with avcn4Us of oak,
Inclose whole towns in walls: 'tis all a juke,
IuexoraMe dfath shall level all,
Aud trees, and stones, and tarui and farmers fail."
1876.
A Co-operativo Experiment
In Scrt'Lncr for 3Ia-, Charles Barnard
has a paper on ''Some Experiments in Co
operation," in which he speaks as follows
of tfcc Springfield (Vt.) industrial works, a
successful co-operative enterprise : At the
benches arc 3oung men and women in about
equal numbers, distributed according to the
demands of the work or their own ability.
Precisely as iu any manufactory, there is a
regular system of work and a perfect subdi
vision of labor. By the peculiar method of
selection, each one has the work that the
majority think he or she is best suited to
to perform consistently with the best inter
ests of the establishment. On going
through the various departments, one can
not fail to notice the quiet and order that
prevail. There is a rigid adherence to busi
ness that is positively refreshing. Persons
fimiliar with working people in mills and
shops can readily recall that calmness of
manner, and ingenuity iu doing nothing
with apparent energy that characterize some
of the workers. Not a trace of this can be
seen in the industrial works.
The sun goes down, the lamps are lighted,
and the work goes on without a pause. It
is hammer, hammer, hammer, with all the
regularity and twice the energy of a clock.
The whirling shafts spin steadily, the shav
ings fly from the planers, the paint brushes
slip along quickly iu nimble girl fingers.
It is woik, work, work with a jolly persist
ence. The six o'clock bell rings, aud no
cue seems to discover it till the reluctant
engineer turns off the water, and the clat
tering machinery runs slowly and finally
stops, as if it also held shares in the com-
r:iy;
Wc may join them at their liberal table;
forty or more young men and women iu
good health and the best of spirits. They
are well dressed, intelligent, with manners
self-respectful and courteous. After sup
per some amuse themselves with books,
music, and games, and some return to the
shop for extra work. AH are appearently
contented aud happy, and all, without ex
ception, are making money at a rate seldom
equaled by people in their position.
An Extraordinary Story.
An article appeared lately in Pomcroy's
Democrat telling an extraordinary story
about Wilkes Booth and his motive for
killing Mr. Lincoln. The story ran that
Booth was devotedly attached to the Bebel
Captain Bcal, who was convicted of a
dastardly crime, and hanged in one of the
forts at New York ; that upon learning
that his friend was under sentence of death
Booth prevailed upon Mr. Wash. McLeau
to go with him to thc president, aud that
on the way they called on Hon. John W.
Forney and took him along. Booth is then
represented as having besought Mr. Lincoln
on his knees, and with tears streaming down
his cheeks, to spare him the one man whom
he loved. Lincoln, it is said, was touched
with compassion, and gave his word that
Captain Beal should be pardoned, but Secre
tary Seward aftewards strenuously object
ing, the president allowed the execution to
to take place. This exasperated Booth,
and led to the assassination. Colonel For
ney, having been asked what truth there is
iu the story, replies, through his paper,
that, so far as he is concerned, it is an utter
fabrication ; that he never saw Booth in
his life, and that the only time he ever
went in company with Wash McLean to
secure an executive pardon was in behalf
of General Boger A. Pryor, whose release
from prison he thus secured. This .settles
the Puineroy story effectually. It had a
fishy look upon the face of it. But another
reminiscence of thc assassin, given by the
Washington correspondet of the New York
TriLunc, seems to be better authenticated.
It is that Booth made desperate efforts to
break through the guards which held back
thc crowd from thc east portico of the
capitol on the day of Lincoln's second in
auguration ; that he actually had made his
way through one line of policemen and had
nearly reached the platform where the
president was when Mr. West fall, of the
capitol guards, stopped him, and succeeded
after a severe tussle in pushing him back
into thc crowd. The correspondent pro
ceeds to .say that for this service West fall
was m.adc a lieutenant of the police, which
position he retained until the mcetirg of
the present congress.
About Watches.
"Watch" is from a Saxon word, signify
ing to make. At first the watch w;is as
large as a saucer ; it had weights, and was
used as a "pocket clock." The earliest
known use of thc modern name occurs in a
record of 1552, which mentions that Ed
ward VI. had "one larum or watch of iron,
the case being likewise of iron, gilt, with
two plumets of lead." The first great im
provement, the substitution of the spring
for weights, was in 1550. The earliest
springs were not coiled, but only straight
pieces of steel. Early watches only had
one hand, and required winding twice a
day. The dials were of silver or brass ; the
cases had no crystals, but opened at the
back and front, and were four or five in
ches in diameter. A plain watch, cost the
equivalent of 1,000 in our currency, aud
after one was ordered it took a year to
make it. There is a watch in a Swiss
museum only three-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter, inserted in tho top of a pencil
case. Its little dial indicates not only
hours, minutes, and seconds, but also days
of thc month. It i3 a rclie of old times,
when watches were inserted iu saddles,
snufl'-boxes, shirt studs, breast-pins, brace
lets, and finger-rings.
NO. 50
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CENTENNIAL GUESTS.
Thrcs Hundred and Fifty Live Alliga
tors on tho Way to the Centennial:
From tJm Jfcu'jiJiis Avalanche, Ajv il 0;).
A 4iice lot of playthings, in the form of
three hundred and fifty live alligators,
passed up the river yesterday, on their war
to the National Centennial at Philadelphia.'
The hideous-looking reptiles embraced all
sizes, from the little thing G inches long,
just cut of its shell, to one Ei feet "in1
length, named "Billy." The latter, a ven
erable rascal, with a rather repulsive coun
tenance, is supposed to be nearly 130 years
old, judging by mark he carries, asset
forth by Audubon and other naturalists.'
These alligators were captured by Mr.
Thomas L. Bond in the vicinity of Pearl
river, Louisiana, and near its entrance into
Lake Pontchartrain. In thc collection is
a small, mean-looking cuss named ."Ned,"
who has learned to stand on his hind legs,
.lance "juba," and play tricks. Ned" is
about 3 years old, and if this precocious
plaything keeps on he will be likely to ride
an act in a circus before a great while.
While the steamer Bobert Mitchell, on
which they are, lay at the levee yesterday,'
a large number of curious people crowded7
around the wooden tanks or boxes in which
tho alligators sported. At one time Mr.
Bond felt uneasy, and he called a comrade
to watch his pets, to keep people from carry
ing off half a dozen of them to cat. Mr.
Bond feeds the alligators on fish. At pre
sent they are healthy, and some of the am'-,
phibious and ferocious brutes look as if
they would cat a hog in a minute, or a mau:
cither.
Hardening the Constitution
Men talk .about "hardening the constitu
tion," and with that view expose themselves'
to summer's sun and winter's wind, to'
strains, and over-efforts, and many unne
cessary hardships. To thc same end ill-informed
mothers souse their little infants in'
cold water day by day ; their skin and flesh"
and bodies are steadily growing rougher,
and thinner, and weaker, until slow fever
or water on thc brain, or consumption, car
ries them to the grave ; and then they ad
minister themselves thc semi-comfort and
rather questionable consolation of its being
a mysterious dispensation of nature, when,
iu fact, nature works no miracle to counter-"
act our follies. The best way we know of
hardening the constitution is to take good
care of it ; for it is no more improved by
harsh treatment than a fine garment or new
hat is made better by being banged about.'
He Was Delayed.
A Detroit lady purchased a jacket at a:
Woodward avenue store the other day, and
the clerk said he would send it right "home
inside of half an hour. In about 4 hours r.'
package boy appeared with the garment,
and thc impatient lady exclaimed :
"You boys are thc greatest nuisance in
town. I suppose you stopped to play mar
bles or hunt up a lost dog ?"
"Indeed, I didn't" he replied. "I went
up home to change' hats, and ma she had
to try on thc jacket and parade before the
glass. Then Katy she put it on' to make a
call, and when she got back ma was deter
mined to walk over on Woodward avenue
to show it off, and I got here as quick as
ever I could."
A Druggist's Mistake.
A story is circulating which tells how a"
fair young lady went to a druggist and told
him to make up one dose of caster oil and
to mix it with something to take the taste
away. The man told her to wait. In a
few moments he asked her if she would
like to take a glass of soda water. She ac
cepted the invitation, and drank the bever
age. Presently she asked thc roller of
pills why he didn't give her the castor oil.
Thc man smiled a triumphant smile, aud
said, "Madam, you have taken it. I mixed
a fearful dose with that soda." She turned
pale ; she sank into a chair ; she gasped,
"Great Heaven ! I wanted it for my
mother."
Important to Secret Societies!
The following bill passed both Houses of
the Legislature and was sent to the Gov
ernor :
That members of lodges of the Order of
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and other
organizations of a similar character, shall
not be individually liable for thc payment,
of weekly or funeral benefits or other
liabilities of the lodge, but that the same
shall be payable only out of the treasury of
thelodge ; provided that the provisions of
this act shall only apply to unincorporated
associations.
Cost of Living.
Much discussion has been going on
relative to the rate of living expenses now
and before the war. In a ledger of 1S35
we find the following charges : sugar, three
and one-half pounds for twenty-five cents ;
saleratus eight cents (now twelve cents) ;
lard, five pounds, seventy cents (uow ninety
cents) ; wood, 3. 50 per cord (now G) ;
tea, seventy-five cents (now 81) ; molasses,
forty-two cents (now ninety cents) ; and
tho same with spices and other articles.
Board was then extremely low.
"Veil," said an honest Teuton, throwing
down the paper, and heaving a long sigh,
"dot beats all ! Dere vos Beecher, und Bub
coek, und Belnap, und now dey got Pendle
ton, too, Geef 's noder glass lager, poy."
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