i I M XI TTT mini J. IJJi.WUI J .JIIU J hi "J. WILL -M U I.IULUJ Bcuotco to politics, fitcraturc, Agriculture, Science, illornlitu, onb cucrol Intelligence. X JLJlJLLi I El 1 i H ( I VI W " 34. hfil by Theodore Schodi. him" ,...i,.lUr. sTOsr in aavanrc ana n not !-''"'.'; ...., Longer ones in i)ro;H.rtiou. f.::i'''i. J'n' . . . - OK ALL KISS, , nn tli. lii"M ,,f tl' Art, and on the lVtoUn - r,.:l.(in-al.K. tfrms. 51. Slll'LL, 3S. 1. J. , .i.w.p bi1'w Iturnctt Hon.. Hesidenoe hunh. Uilice 1: k Li' riayic' and Surgeon, STKOUlSBUKG, Pa. . f.,mi.Tlv .kviivM 'T Dr. -''P- UeidelK-o with ' villr .!.' dwir l.cl.w Ilio .K-tlursoiiiau Ollice. ,h".,7t..l2toSB...t6lo9. J!,v II, 1'".. D'r.X. I'KCK, Surgeon l?esifist. iV.mii v's lMinj'-r' now l.uildin- nearly npjiosiie i.vr.iu'i'iir- liaiik. l,; admaisten-d for ex.u.-ti:itf j... v7G.tr. P Vs. a. i. xslla k snii; r r7 Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, ,ai Cut, Wavxk Co., Pa. i ii ,s.,i nromptlv attended, to dr.v or nicht. 11. CiCO. V. JACIvSOS SiriW, SURGEON AaD .U'COUniEL'S. i'ui ..,. ji! a.n:i-.-l II-xr'.' n-w I'Mil.Iiii r. iwailr ii- ,-',! I-'m'A;::. 5iTi;,so:i s sis s:', KA.T STK()rir!iril(; TA. i';i:::N ,v 'i ir::trsi ..1 M-;;:;.' i!i.:ra;i Aleuts. 0;T;i" K'-'.l' r' i: iuii-:i tin Ji-.-ar th lV.t. ..: .:r-.;: I.t.-r,'. -7. Ki. ; Alioi-ncy at Law, One d.i.'.r aVwive t'.ie "SirouiLburg IIou--e," S:ri.u i-l"irir, Ta. Collection- prornpily made. uioler 1ST J. WILLIAM S. REES, Surveyor, Conveyancer and Seal Estate Agent. Farms, Timber Lands and ToTva Lots FOR SALE. ftiSi-e mearl' opjote American Ilotits u.l I'.S d i r !:.'Somt the Corner .Store. D R. J. LANT Z, SUKGEOX & MECHANICAL DENTIST. ti- Ijix .!"i, (. mi Main in tl.e .-nd tMr f l'r. S. 'V:.lt..!r ,jk-. i'liilijiu.-, ii.-aily f.ij.rite tlie -v n-'i - .-: I ai 1 t !!:il.-t ?iimrif tl.ul by fi?!i- ! ti! v-..r-i:i:it prai ti. c a.- l tli" i,i.t -art Olid "'.! -i-.y iii.n t.) :.i:i:t'-:- :x rtjini:i t. :i pr '' :.. li-i? ( U!y ;:! J,- i no ali ,rali-;i. i:; tin- .L-iita! J i in the uj.k.1 curvlul aisl kiliful uiati- :.;. ' tio-i .-ivi! t avrij tin; Natural T.--lli ; ! lin- in.-ii..u i.f Aniri. iai 'JV-.-th Itul.Ur, r ( ,.,:iii)ti,,.iS (jU:.i, and f.i i i''v! ii; in ali w i'r-.n: i. ijt-:i:i kiu.'v Tiir- ir r--s t f i!!y a:id dan-r uf rti t' Kin-thvi ,- ,.: u jo Ui. iiKWixTioHoii.yr to jlio-,0 lir iatalali...r. A) I ill.!, 74. tf. A.OT2SCt 'liiOl'll VVO. BY THE ESTEY COTTAGE ORGANS! J!te sujiorior and LeautiftiHy finished in "iir.entR so far eclipsed their "ennietitor in " !'"le l'uriiy, KwceUiess and delicacy of tone, s'l carry cfi the first and only premium jriv-juct-l.il.iu, f m.j (r;;ans at the Monroe ,;r;-v held ,Seiteiuher l!, 1S74. J'uv onty the bvt. For price lit addrc. CUl J. Y. IS I (J A Fl."S, J PAPER HANGER, GLAZIER AND PAINTER, MONROE STREET, Ncarly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop, Strovdsbcro, Pa. forTiie Ulorfcig.!e,l would respectfully in- tiat I cilizeris of Stroudtburg and vicinity " he is now luv prpprej lo dou kinds rPr Hanyiny," Glazing and Painting. 'I't.y aad ut fhort notice, end that he Kn tf Co,lf:tantly on hind a fine etock o 1. : nln?s ot o11 descrip'ions and at ;g Pr'Cf,s. The pmrcnagc of't!c public earnestly solicied. May 16, 1872. tolling Houselbr Sale. rCa(1'",'r'1''I ta' t t"r.v l''llinr Hons', ciitain r '"' -K"vfu i-oo!, it Di'wtiiiii iti Kuitakli; i.V,:'-V r :: s"'r" Jtotun fcituatc M Jlain tr4--t. ii.'- 'rou-li of .irnid!)iu-. i In iiwiriv a.J evt-ry j.art t,. u 1,1 good onditlou. Fr terms Ac., 1)M f 1011 !tSr U hlJ- Cy 'Sotw are the only Uuder- Iti..,.,: v tvunsare uie oniy umwi- n; -tr'U'lslurg h!io understands their nor iJn-i-.Ttuker io to'.va, uud you VOL. T"":r,v-Hif .'li.lff i'1 year, two dollars and filly "v1 't. .V,.'r r.l i i u t i n u.I until all arrearages are m:; '';'' ;,: ,,.i .r m. s.u:r.' f Mjflit lino-) rvr 1 ts-Wf, . ' i...;s 1 .-.o. Jiuli additional iu- VALUABLK STOCK AT PBjTATE sale. 5.... :tvv riio undi-rsi-ned offers at private salo tlio folliovinir relel.rMo, k of t ows, Heifem and Calvo, which l.rwl was iiiuh., te,l hy l owler, one the bes jud of stock in the I nitiil States. J""0es A lot of Ayrshire Cows and Heifi-r. A lot of Itiirhani Cows and Heifers. A lot of erossod st.M-k. A lot of Ayrshire Calves. A lot of lHirlimu t'alves. r,'1,1,11' ?t,Rft l'au ,J0 'xainine.l on the stoek farm of Col E. h. orton, near this lloroiiyh. For terms, Ac. call" , , . ., JOHN SELWOOD. Strondsl.urK, April fi, 1S7C. DOWN TOWN We die undersigned respectfully inform the citizens of Stroudslmrg and vicinity, that we have added to our large assort ment of HATS AKD CAPS, A complete and carefully selected stock of Men's & Youths' Reacly siadc ClotiiiHg of the latent and iuo?t fabhioiiable styles and best (juality. AVe have also a com plete line of CELTS' FUnrJISKIMG GOODS, rie;:se irive us a call and examine our st.tk and prices hvfure you iurehase else where. AVe fchail soon oli'er a large assort ment of Umbrellas, Traveling Bags, &c. You w ill find us one door west of Kej stoue Drug Store, Main .Street, Strouds Kurg. la. " X. 1. Sillc ILits ironed aud repaired at sh.ort notice. (.Jive us a call. WALTON & WIXTKRMUTE. Stroudshurg, April 2i), 1 87G. OFFICIAL NOTICE. $000 BE WARD! ttrr- t. rt, err. jF?, A lall-comploxioncfl YOUXG MAX, ngetl 5 ft. t in height ") lbs. Had on, when last feen two pairs of swallow-tsiled sealskin trousers, fashionable nmtton cutlet waiscoat, with ileliriuui trimmings; double-barrelled frock coat, with horpe collar and Kiusage lining; patient leather-bottom top M iocs, laceU up at the sole, 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 ; stoop very up right with a loud impediment in his look, chignon on up per lip with whiskers bitten off fehort inside; mouth like a torn iocket : hair of a deep scarlet blue and parted from car to yonder; Calves of legs rising 4 years, to be som ciieap on ac count of the clearness of milk ; very liberal with "other peoples' money," and well known to a good templar, having been clevcnteen years a member of the 1. O. G. T. (1 Often Get Tight .Society). Any one who knows of his whereabouts will please report at the Empire Clothing Store, where he will find the LARGEST aud 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 tock before purchasing elsewhere. If you want GOOD GOODS allow prices, .lje'-e is no place in Monroe County to com pete with the KMWRK CLOTHING STOKE. Our new stock is complete in every particu lar, l'lease call and examine for yourselves. SIMON FRIED, at Kmi ikk Clothing Stohe. iSlrondsburg, March 23, lSTO". tf. BLANK MORTGAGE F-jr sale ut tliis.Ofiict. Store I STROUDSBURG, MONROE IIJiWUHHWP Something for Township and Borough Auditors to Think About. The question is often asked us hy town ship officials "How must we publish the annual statements of our receipts and ex penditures ?" The same question is being discussed in the newspapers of every county in the State, the newspaper publishers generally finding the law to be in favor of a publication of statements in at least two public journals. The following which we find in the Butler Herald of a recent date, is a review of the subject by the editor of that paper, the well-known Jacob Ziegler, and the opinions therein expressed are un doubtedly correct. The Eastou Argus has consulted several members of the Easton bar, and they say they believe "Uncle Jake's" advice should be heeded :" The law plainly requires the auditors of the several boroughs and townships, to pub lish a statement of their accounts respec tively at the close of each fiscal year, which was in June. We so stated in the Herald, but there were persons, and some lawyers who had given the subject a minute's at tention, who did not believe the law re quired any publication other than a written statement posted up in the borough or town ship. A case was tried in Washington county, involving -a. neglect of the auditors to publish in the papers, and after a thorough examination the court decided against the auditors and fined them twenty dollars each. In Allegheny county a like case was tried 'and wit h a like result. It was then clear to us that publication in the papers was necessary. The reason why persons thought a publication by "written or printed statements put up in the borough or town ship was a sufficient compliance with the law, was because the act of 1S74 so stated it, but the proviso to the act says as follow?: "Xothing in this act shall be constructed to interfere with the present law which re quires annual statements of the receipts and expenditures of the borough councils, road commissioners, supervisors, overseers of the poor and school directors to be advertised in the daily or weekly papers published in the respective localities." From this act it is clear that the written or printed statements to be put up in the boroughs and townships is a publication in addition to the publication in the papers, for were it not so the act itself would be practically of no effect. On the 20th day of April, 1S74, the Governor approved an act the fifth section of which required the corporate authori ties of every municipality or district to an nually, in the month of January, prepare and publish in at least two newspapers of said municipality or of the county in which the frame is situate, a statement showing in de tail the actual indebtedness, the amount of the funded debt, the amount of the floating debt thereof, the valuation of the taxable property therein, the assets of the corpora tion with the character aud nature thereof. The penalty for neglect to publish such statement is a fine of one thousand dollars. It must be observed, however, that this law has only reference to such municipali ties or districts as have an actual indebted ness, a funded, or - floating debt. The ob ject of the law, too, is plain. It is to bring to the knowledge of all, at least once a year, the actual financial condition of the munici pality or district, as well for the benefit of the tax-payer as for the creditor or cred itors. On the 13th day of April, 1ST5, the Governor approved an act which is supple mentary to the act of 20th April, 1874, de claring that the statement to be published in at least two newspapers must be at the end of the fiscal year and not in the month of January as required by said act of 20th April, 1S74. The new constitution requires the borough and township officers to the elected annually in February, to be sworn into of fice on the firtt Monday in April, conse quently the fiscal year ends at that time and all the annual statements have to be made and published as soou as possible thereafter, except school accounts which must be published in June. Let as there fore s'Uin up the whole question. First: the aditors are required in each borough and township to settle the annual accounts thereof, and publish the same not only in newspapers, but also by written or printed statements put up in the most pub lic places in the respective boroughs and townships, as soon alter the close of the fiscal year, which is on the first Monday in April, as possible. Second : If the borough or township is in debt, lias a funded or floating debt, this must be included in the statement together with the valuation of property, &c., aud published in at least two papers, and em braced in the written or printed statement also. We have been at a good deal of trouble in making the necessary examination in this case and we present the result to our read ers. It is necessary that the auditors of the respective boroughs and townships should go to work at once and settle the accounts as they are in duty bound to do, and have them published as the law directs. When the borough or township has no in ncbtedncss neglect to publish incurs a fine of twenty dollars, but if the borough or township is in debt, the neglect incurs a fine of one thousand dollars. We advise those who read this article to cut it out of the paper and preserve it so that it may at any time be had for reference. COUNTY, PA., JUNE 1, . w im mwKm. The Common Hammer. Tl'.c hammer seems a simple instrument enough, but Mr. J. Ilichards, in a look on mechanical topics, lately published in Eng land, finds in it much that is curious and interesting, as the following extract will show : "Few people in witnessing the use of a hammer, or in using one themselves, ever think of it as an Engine giving out tone of force, concentrating and applying power by fuuetions which, if performed by other mechanism, would iuvolve trains of gear ing, levers or screws ; aud that such me chanism, if employed instead of hammers, must lack that important function of apply ing force in any direction that the will may direct. "A simple hand-hammer is, in the ab stract, one of the most intricate of mechani cal agents ; that is, its action is more diffi cult to analyze than that of many complex machiues involving traiua of mechanism; but our familiarity with hammers makes us overlook this fact, and the hammer has even been denied a place among those mechanical contrivances to which lias been applied the mistaken name of mechanical powers. "Let the reader compare a hammer with a wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw or lever, as an agent for concentrating and ap plying power, noting the principles of its action first, and then considering its univcr sal use, and he will conclude that if there is a mechauical device that comprehends dis tinct principles, that device is the commeu hammer ; it seems, indeed, to be one of those things provided to meet a humane necessity, aud without which mechauical industry could not be carried on. In the manipulation of nearly every kind of ma terial, the hammer is continually necessary in order to exert a force beyond what the hands command, unaided by mechanism to multiply their force. A carpenter in driv ing a spike requires a force of from one to two tons ; a blacksmith requires a force of from five pounds to five tons to meet the requirements of his work ; a stone-mason applies a force of from one hundred to one thousand pounds in driving the edge of his tools ; chipping, calking, in fact nearly all mechanical operations, consist more or less in blows, aud blows are but the application of an accumulated force, expended through out a limited distance. "Considered as a mechanical agent, the hammer concentrates the power of the arms, and applies it in a manner that meets the requirements of the work. It great force is needed, a long swing and slow blows accomplished tons ; if but little force is required, a short swing and rapid blows will serve ; the degree of force being not only continuaally at control, but the direc tion at which it is applied also. Other mechanism, if used instead of hammers to perform the same duty, would from its na ture require to be a complicated machine, and act but ia one direction or in ouc place." INHUMAN TORTURE. YOUNG CIKLS CHAINED IX A CELLKll WITH TIGS AN'1 BEATEN ALMOST TO DEATH. The following heart-rending particulars of the treatment received by two helpless children at the hands of a woman, the wife of a painter, in whose care the children had been placed, is presented by the Lancaster Intelligencer, which gives the name of the accused, in that city. Persons who were eye and ear witnesses, and who lived upon the spot, received the information from the lips of one the children : "The children were confined for more than a year, for the most part in a cellar, where hogs were kept, aud employed there in doing work for their master ; their only food was a piece of bread a day, without even water to drink, they supplying that want from the hogs' trough. They had not lain in a bed during the whole time. Their mistress, who practiced nursing, used frequently, without any case, to tie them up by the bauds, stretched out, to- a staple fixed in the ceiling, after stripping them stark naked and whip them till her strength was exhausted, and they were covered with wounds ; after w hich she fastened their bodices upon them, which,, cleaving to their lacerated flesh, cat into their bodies till the human tigress renewed her cruel ties, which, we may naturally suppose, were every time more intolerable than the pre ceding. The eldest, who is seventeen years of age, she scourged no less than six times the Friday before the discovery, whereby, aud by her former usage, she was one con tinued sore, covered with gashes from head to feet ; her flesh seemed putrified and she appeared rather as if cut with knives than whips ; her head was swelled to an enor mous size, her eyes imperceptible, and her speech gone. An iron collar that was put about her neck, had torn that and her shoulders in a terrible manner. The young est, who is thirteen years old, is likewise a miserable spectacle. She declared to an acquaintance of the writer of this that eome thues after they had been whipped, the blood which streamed .from their wounds formed puddles underneath them where theysat in the cellar. The man is said not to have whipped them, but was ouly accessory as knowing and permitting it. When the mistress went away she caused them to be chained up in that filthy place, till her return, which they dreaded more than death, which would have put a period to their sufferings. The eldest son is said to have assisted the mother in whipping and'insulting them." - A useful thing in the long ruu Breath. 1876. a m o wnj wu m w. ujitii i .turn Gcd's First Temples. Bayard Taylor, in his interesting work entitled "Home and Abroad," in a graphic account of the mammoth trees of California, thus describes the felling of one the largest specimens of the Sierra Nevada : "After a steady labor of six weeks the thing was done, but the tree stood unmoved ; so straight and symmetrical was its growth, so immense was its weight, and so broad its base, that it seemed unconscious of its own annihilation, losing its outer branches derisively against the mountain winds that strove to overthrow it. A neighboring pine of giant size was then selected, and felled in such a way as to fall with full force against it. The top shook a little, but the shaft stood as before ; finally the spoilers succeeded in driving their wedge into the cut. Gradually, aud with great labor, one side of the tree was lifted ; the line of equilibrium was driven nearer and nearer to the edge of the base ; the mighty mass poised for a moment, aud then, with a great rushing sigh in all its boughs, thundrcd down. The forest was Ground to dust beneath it, and for a mile around the earth shook with the concussion. The work was performed by two sets of hands with the aid of long pump augers. The tree was a mass of solid wood ninety feet in circumference, containing some two hundred and fifty thousand feet of timber ; aud according to the annual rings, its age was three thousand one hundred years. The stump is now used for a ball-room ; and the trunk for a bowling alley. Dr. Bigclow said of this specimen : "It required thirty one of my paces, of three feet each, to measure its cirumference at the stump ; and the mere felling of it cost, at California juices for wages, the sum of five-hundred and fitly dollars. An idea of the sublime pro portions of these wonderful fathers of the forest ean be formed after seeing a man on horse-back riding a distance of seventy five feet through a hollow trunk, and emerging from a knot hole in the side." How Idaho got its Name. The late Dr. George E. Willing was the first delegate to Congress from the young mining community. At the time when the subject of the organization of the new territory was under debate, he was, as a matter of course, on the floor of the House of Representatives. Yarious names had been proposed without any seeming ap proach to agreement, and the doctor, whose familiarity with the Indian dialects was pretty well known, was appealed to by some of his legislative friends for a suggestion. One of them said : "Something round aud smooth now." Now it happened that -the little daughter of one of these gentlemen was on the floor that morning, and the doc tor, who was fond of children, had just been Killing her to him with, "Ida, ho, come and see me." Nothing could be better, and the vet eran explorer propmptly responded with the name "Idaho." "But what does it mean ?" "Gem of the mountains," replied the quick-witted doctor, with a glance at the fresh face behind him, and the interpre tation, like the name, "stuck" to this day. Dr. Willing told about it at the time, or soon afterward, with a most gleeful ap preciation of the humor of the thing, and I have often since heard him rehearse the story. The Planter and the Judge. An Iowa Judge was in Little Rrck, Ark., a couple of weeks ago, in attendance at the U. S. Court. One morning he saw a farmer with a slouch hat and a genuine butternut suit, trying to sell a cow in the market there. It was a large, long-horned animal, and the planter was informing" a man tlrat the cow would give four quarts of milk a day, if fed well. Up stepped the Judge. "What do you ask for the cow ?" "About thirty dollars. She'll give five quarts of milk if you'll feed her well," replied the planter, and he pro ceeded to describe her good qualities. Said the Judge : "I have cows on my farm, not much more than half as big as your cow, which give twenty to tirenty-fire quarts of milk a day 1" The planter eyed the Judge sharply for a moment, as if trying to remember whether he had ever seen him before of not, and then asked : "Stranger, where do you live?" "My home is in Iowa." "Yes, stranger, I don't dispute it. Stranger, there was heaps of solgers from Iowa down here during the war, and stranger, they were the d est liars in the whole army. Stranger, may be you mought he au officer in some of them regiments ?" The Judge slid for the Court House. Au Allentowu couple got married on credit a few days ago. They called on a clergyman aud had the matrimonial knot tied. When this was done the happy hus band informed the expectant priest that he had no money to give him for his invalu able services, and that he (the minister) would have to trust him uutil the condi tion of his exchequer was improved. The clergyman, who doubtless realizes the truth of the assertion that thanks will not keep the pot boiling, finding that he had been victimised, made a virtue of necessity and blandly informed the newly made husband that he would not trust him. The. fast mail train ran from Sycraeusc to Albany, 1475 miles, in 181 minutes, the fittest time on record for a long run. One day last week the time made between New York city apd Albany, 142 miles, was three hours and twenty minutes. NO. 1. Lapland Infants. A correspondent tells a strange story about the Lapland infants, and how they are kept still at meeting. The Lapp mammas don't stay at home with their babies on Sunday. The Lapps are a very religious people. They go immense dis tances to hear their pastors. Every missionary is sure of a large atrdfence, and an attentive one. lie can hear a pin drop, that is, should he choose to drop one him self. I lis congregation wouldn't make so much noise as that upon" any consideration. All the babies are outside, buried in the snow. As soon as the family arrives at the little wooden church, and the reindeer is "secured, the papa Iapp shovels a snug little bed in the snow, mamma Lapp wraps baby snugly in skins, and deposits it there in. Then papa piles the snow around it, and the dog is left to guard it, while the parent go decorously into church. Often twenty or thirty babies lie out there in the -snow around the church, and I never have heard of one that suffocated or froze. Smoke dried little creatures, I suppose they are tough ! A Terrible Evil. If alcoholism is making headway among men the use of "nervines," anodynes, and narcotics of the various preparations of mor phia, of ether, chloroform, hydrochloral and bromine, is rapily extending among women, to the certain detriment and prob able ruin of their minds and bodies. Once addicted to their use, women become a in sanely avoid of them as the confirmed drunkard of alochol. Much of the misery thus caused L due to the too reckless ex hibition of anodynes by physicians. The first thing done when a patient is in pain or is nervous is to administer some drug, which, while it temdorarily soothes," at the same time creates the possibility of future trouble compared with which the present suffering of the patient is nothing. A lit tle more of grift in the doctors and patience in the women would go far toward obli terating as evil which now is a seriously threatening and destroying one, JTeio York Grajdiic. A Remedy. If any of our readers suffer from tooth ache or neuralgic affections arising from teeth in any state of decay, they may experience relief, instantaneous and perma nent, by saturating a small bit of clcau cotton or wool with a strong solution of ammonia, and applying it immediately to the affected tooth. The pleasing contrast instantaneously produced sometimes causes a fit of laughter, although a momont before extreme suffering and anguish prevailed. We have used the remedy for over a year, and have obtained suficicnt proof to warrant publication. A Hebrew gentleman had a legacy left him, but it was happercd with an unfor tuuate condition, which he hastened to an nounce to a sympathizing friend. The sum was 10,000, but half the sum, according te the testator's wishes, was to be placed in Ins coffin and buried with him. as there ever such a waste of good money? But the sympathizer was equal to the occasion. "Where is the money now ?" he asked, and was told "in the br.nk.? "Ail right," he said, "you write a check on the bank put it in the old boyrs coffin, drawn to order." That young maa ought to get on in the world. A gentleman took two or three visitors in his carriage to the Centennial grounds, and after visiting the- buildings invited them to dine. lie had but 610 in his pocket-book, and was not aware that his friends could eat above that amount, until the waiter banded hhn a check for SI 0. Fortunately the coachman carries his sav ings iu his pocket-book, and on this occa sion pieced his employer out, thereby pre venting the painful necessity of pledging the team. Artificial clouds of smoke are often used in France and Germany as a protection against frost. One plan, which has been very successful, consists in carefully mix ing gas tar with sawdust and old straw, and piling this mixture in large heaps in the vinewards. When required for use, smaller heaps are distributed about the vineyard, and these will burn freely iu a few hours and produce a very dense smoke, which de creases the radiation and prevents frost. Mr. Frank Buckland, writing on the subject of sleeplessness, says : Everybody knows the taste oi onions, lhis is due to a peculiar essential oil contained iu this most valuable and healthy root,. This oil has, I am sure, highly soporific powers. In my own case it never falls. If 1 am much pressed with work, and feel that I shall not sleep, I cat two or three small onoions, and the effect is magical." A wedding party were on the way to the parson at Covington, Ky., one day last week, when the prospective bride informed the groom that she loved another. The latter thereupon called a halt, the guests were dismissed, ami the girl released from her obligations. No pistols, no tears, but any amount of beer. One hundred and forty-three thousand dollars worth of New York and Oswego Midland Railroad first mortgage bonds, were recently sold at auction in New York for live cents ou the dollar. 1 1 nr
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