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EJcuotcii tcr politics, tteratuvc, Agriculture, Science, iHoralitu, ani) cncrol 3ntclligcucc.
VOL. 34.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 16, 1876.
NO. 24.
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published by Theodore Scboch.
tvbw Two dollars a rear ia advanee and If not
Pii ,Vf.re the ni of tho year, two dollar aud fifty
LM will beehanred.
cr"' N, ,,;,.T .lU.-ontinned until all arrearages are
nil. cxvpt nt the option of the Editor.
fiT" dvertiseinents of on souare of (eli;ht line) or
1 . ' one or tliri-e insertions SI 5t. Each additional In-
rtion, 50 routs. Longer ones in proportion.
jOlt PUIXTIXG
OK ALT. KINDS,
Ex
wilted in the hi2et style oi me .n, ana on mm
most reasonable terms.
D
R. NATHANIEL C. MILLER,
Physician and Surgeon.
0;!iee and residence: Corner Main and Tocono Street,
Strocdsburg, Pa.,
Office hours from 7 to 8 a. rn., 1 to 2 and 7
to 8 p. m.
Oct. 2ti, lS76-tf.
J.
SI. SIILI.I, M. I.
1 door below Burnett House. Residenco
2nd l?r of Hicksite Quaker ;hureU. Oltico
tujur S to 0 a. ni., I to 3 p. in., t to 9 p. tn.
.M il- -3, 176-1 1".
D
11. S. 31 ILL Kit,.
Physician and Surgrcoii,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
OTi -e, formerly oeeupied by Pr. Sein. Residenee with
,. It'. Mi!lr. ono do r li.dow ihe j-tToroniau Ortice.
lili' r hours, 7 to 9, 12 to : and C to 9.
Mir II, 17 J. tf.
D
u. . i.. ie:ck.
.Surgeon Oculist.
mw -n .T:is. Elinor's new hnilding, nearly opposite
li, -ti.iti.l-'iur it-inlc. ius atiiunisiered tor cMaflin
v h.-n .1 -:r-l.
Sir.)ud-;.ur, Pa. Jjn.G, iWl.
D
n. si:o. v. jacilsox
PlIVSiniN, SL'SSEflX AND AlTCUCIIElB.
iTiv in S-.iMiu-l IT'cVs ne-x huillin;. nearly oj-r.-
- i t -i Shi r. ! u.Tiee. U.-iidi-neo on .Sar.ib. street,
-liv.- Kraiikii'i.
A iLT'l-t V7-.2-lf
D
iru s. 5.3:1:.
Attorney at Law,
One tln.ir above the ".Stroudsbiirg House,"
Sirutlsbnrsr, Pa.
Collections promptly made.
ctoler 22, 1S74.
Yxf 1 lsox pliksow
t Notary Public,
Ral Estate and Insurance Agent and
CONVEYANCER.
Til!'-. scorched and Conveyancing in all its
hranche carefully and promptly attended to.
Ac!:ii-H-lc(igmer,fs taken for other States.
0:"Rce, Kistler's Brick Building, near the U.K.
tP U' i: AST STROUDSBURG, PA.
1 ". Box 2
Fepteiuber 2S, 1876. tf.
"WILLIAMTREESi
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms. Timber Lands and Town Lots-
FOR SALE.
Office m early oppo-ite American Houes
fin! 2d dor helow the Corner Store.
March 20, ISTo-tf.
DR. J.LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL" DENTIST.
n'H has his ofF-e- nn Main street, in the st.r.n4 atory
f Dr. S. U'alt.m's hrick buil.li Hi;, ii'arlv ojpiU the
S;r.uisj!lrj IIou, and he liatt rs himself that by eij;h
ten years constant prac4ic-e and t lie most earnest and
vir. Hil attention to all mailers rtainitis to hi pro-f--ion,
that he is fully a5lu to jicrl'orni atl operations
in the dental line in the mjst careful and killful inan
trr. S-peeial attention given to savins; the Natural Teeth;
also, to the insertion of Artificial Teeth on Rubier,
ftoli, iler, or Continuous Gums, and perfect fius in all
case insured.
M-st pers.ms know the trreat fUy and dantrer of tn
t'tistinir th"ir wi.rk.io the itiexporietic-!. or to thosd liv
ing at a distance. ' April IS, 1874. tf.
Opposition to Humbuggery!
Tne und'-rsineri hrreby announces that he has re
mwerf busines at the old stand, next door to itusl.er's
tthitvg Stnre, Main street, Mroudsburt;, Pa., and is
fuilr prepare-! u accoiujdai all in want of
BOOTS and SHOES,
made in the latest sf rfe and of prood material. Repair
ins promptly atleuted to. tiive me a call.
I"cJ, i;.vt.J C. L1AV1S WATERS.
MASON TOOK,
PAPER HANGER,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MONROE STREET,
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith &hop,
Strouosburo, Pa.
The undersigned would respectfully in
form t he citizens of Stroudsborg; and vicinity
that he is now fully prcptred lo do all kinds
of Paper Hanging, Glazing and Painting,
promptly and at short notice, end that he
will keep constantly on hand a fine stock of
Paper Hangings of all descriptions and at
low prices. The patronage of the public
s earnestly solictcd. May 16, 1872.
Dwelling House for Sale.
A very desirable two story Dwelling House, contain
ing seven rooms, one ot wtnen iuiuuw
for a .Store Uonm, situate on Main street,
in the Borough of fttroudsburg. Tb
! buildins is nearly new, aud every pan
i of it in good condition. For terms tx..
O'U at this office. Pec. 9, 1875-tC
OB PRINTING, of all kind neatly ex
ecuted at this office.
THE
New York Store,
STTLLi DOWN TO THE
OLD PRICES .
in spite of the advance in prices at whole
sale, AND OUR STOCK LARGER AND
MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER.
"We have scoured the market for things
Interesting and- Profitable
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS,
AND CAN -NOW OFFER GREATER
INDUCEMENTS TO
CASH BUYERS
THAN EVEE !
Dress Goods, Cloths and
Cassiiacres, Flannels and
Blankets, bleached and
brown MUSlliN, Prints,
Shawls, Underwear for
rrn T.arfTff' (ent 3T.fi
i1 Oi JLLiUicS , UwIlU CliiU.
Children.
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
HOISERY,
KID GLOVES,
Ribbons, &c. &c.
We propose to MAINTAIN onr REP-
UTATION for being the
Cheapest Store
.N TOWN
3
BY BEING JUST WHAT the TERM
IMPLI ES,
AND IF ANY THINK THEY HAVE
REASON to DOfBT IT WE WOULD
VERY KINDLY INVITE THEM
TO CALL AND iStEStflGATE, AT
The Hev York Store.
Stroudsburg, Oct. 12, 187G. 3m.
OPEN YOTJR
TO THE
Oppression of high prices !
RELIEF HAS COME!!
Now you can get the benefit of your CASH in
purchasing
BOOTS and SHOES.
Prices lower than any in Town.
If yon don't believe it call and be con vinced.
The Peoples Casfl Jt50tl aoa &aoe Diore,
. 1 m ni
t3T 3 doors above the Washington Hotel.-8
K. WTTCKOFF,
Formerly wit& J. "vTallice.
Btroudahurg, uly 27, 1876-3oo.
Excessive Credulousness.
The appended letter, says the jfieics
paper Reporter has been sent to a pro
minent business man of New York, and
is so remarkable an illustration of the
persistency with which some men allow
themselves to be duped as to be worthy
of publication on that score alone. A
further reason why it should appear in
our columns is that it serves as a caution
against dealing with certain of the Wall
street genus, who live on their wits and
what they can swindle unsophisticated folks
at a distance out of:
Ootober 7, 187G.
Dear Sir : I received a pamphlet from
you a day or two ago and have read it,
and now do not know what to do. I shall
make a statement to you of my case and
ask your advice. I am a farmer and a
renter and a poor man, with four children
to keep. My beloved wife died some two
years ago, and I have not married since,
but keep a hired housekeeper, and can
hardly make both ends meet, aud am in
debt some 300. One year ago last month
I received a circular from , of A all
street, stating if I would send them $100
they would invest it in stocks for me that
would pay from one to six hundred per
cent, bo ou fceptember 14, lbo, 1 sent
the firm above named $100.25, and they
receipted for it, and said they invested it
in Lake Shore. They claimed they bought
me one hundred shares at 56 J, and so I
I waited till the thirty days were up, and
I saw by the papers that Lake Shore had
gone up as high as 61 J, and I thought I
had made a nice thing : but in a few days
they wrote to me they had to sell to cover
short sale, aud had made nothing nor lost
nothing ; so I set that down as a nice
swindle. So last April I received a circular
from stating they bouizht and sold
on what they called suarautccd chances, or
they guaranteed you from all loss; so about
the middle of Aj-ril I sent them 112.50,
and they claimed they
invested in Lake
Shore, aud also claimed they lost ; so you
sec with these two firms I lost $218.75.
Then in July, 1S70, I saw a notice over
the name of , Park Row, Yew York,
stating if any person sent them $5 they
would send him a half paid bond and five
certificates in a drawing to come off July
4. Well, I did not draw anything, so they
sent me a note a few days ago stating my
half bond would participate October 2 ;
but as yet I have not heard from them,
and I do not know whether this S5 will be
lost or not. Now, this money I borrowed
the most of it, and you may kuow just how
I feel. Next I got a circular from ,
Deyst., New York. I sent him an order
for $42.75, aud he sent the things. I got
a lot of pictures called the Lord's prayer,
and 25-cent paper P. K. and perfume,
stone and shell aud Chinese washing blue
and starch polish ; but times arc so hard
and money so scarce I could sell hardly
T AA Yirfr nr.f- nlonr fiftv fonf 8 tm"1"
ujv. .uv a am uiiiioso uviivi ui uuu
do not know what to do, and I believe by
.1.... x t Ar.j l.x-.i-A ..r.H
tl rn-wlln r.f rnmnMat. rW -rmi nr
honest, and I write to you for advice and
... ' .u- i. r
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iu see u iuu inini uny ui nicv; iwiuva
could be made to give up any of the money
them and times are hard and money very
scarce, and people cannot but if they would.
By the reading of your circular 1 think
you are a wealthy man, and a man of great
business qualities and c4 good judgment.
I am young yet (thirty-tven and poor.
Now please give me advice and tell me just
what you think I ought to do, and your
j
advice will be thankfully received
Rnsnnptful v vnnrs.
- i j j i
Bi" Prairie Wayne Co Ohkr.
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The statistics showinz the distribution
of murder and suicide territorially, and
.i. uu
MM.i. i n AftkA .i;fr..nt. SrfM u wll
L rektivelv. disclose some remarkable re-
stilts In thft t-istern states suicide ao-
J ...
t. ,a vnnr. flH ,n,ir.
.ir In ti.A Vr. thprft isalanrcr
yva mi uv? bu. ..v..w .
r.rnt.rtum r,f linmir i.Ift and two- thirds leSS
v.., ...... 7 P
of Jtlo-xie-se. Ihe solid and sanguinary
mr
South furnishes nearly twice as many mur
ders as nearly all the rest of the country,
but is very slightly addicted to suicide
except politically. In New York and New
Jersey the proportion ot suicides to mur
ders is about three to one : in Pennsylva
nia about two to one. In Delaware and
Maryland these proportions arc just rc-
" , -r if .1
versed, in Virginia me Emciues uum-
ber one-fourth of the homicides ; in West
rr. . . . ...1
Virginia two crimes prevail to almost equal
suicide, and Florida about the same, with
many more of both that aer due propc
tinn if thft tihrase is allowable in such a
- r ;
of ten to one as compared with self - destrue
tion. When a Nevada man arrives at the
deliberate conclusion that a funeral ts about
j . r ,.e fi,- ho
.
I uur, lu ui nuiw wu . " 1
pr0;ides is that of somcbody else. Call
ZZr'L
amount of murder and suicide in the
j.;-S..,T. Wv A' nf murder
y. it ri 4. .U lff olwrhflir Trn
UUIBIUOIM. " "
kitelligible, ia aeeordaace with socialogical
principles, btrt it seems impossible to arrive
It anv treneral laws accounting for the
at any ucneim jane Wv.uv....t, .w.
J y 1 c ' -j.
comparative prevalence 01 buiciub.
thor nr eH me n.it n ' T am Tnor but OUt ana got U DUXOlll younir mow, nuo ""J ul v,o.vH.re wtuiu
Unoct onrl T ti,ftm,l,r tr,ov xcnnU in inst. is her particular adhorrence, to come in This split leaf, which is of a greenish white Bulgaria has on several
ht 'thn 7mt. Intpd r.f thnt 1 am and look over the house. The dying wo- color, is next dipped into boiling water, iu history as the scene of '
afraid all thev wanted was the monev. As man heard him opening doors and explain- then into tepid water acidulated with lemon less horrible; than those' 1
r s,ta. th ,nnirv l u flondpli with ing things, and lav racked with indiguation juice, and lastly it is allowed to soak in by the Lashx-Bazouks, The
mnn.hnn Tej:is s thn t.aradise ol mur- eve sucn as ne uaun t sceu ior veais, unu Ml......0
derers, crimes of this nature being fright- when he innocently remarked, "Why, Maria "Here, y
t 1 i- : u I T lo,l hfirrllir crn.tnd tftsw vnn un a'j'ain. Ho vou call
luiiv numerous aim Biauuiui; tu mc anv 1
Soldiers' Discharge Certificates.
A movement has recently been inaugu
rated by the General Government looking
to the gathering up of all soldiers' dis-
charge certificates not now in the hands of
the rightful owners, with a view to having
them lodged in the War Office at Washing-
ton, as a measure of protection to the in-
tercsts of the soldier as well as to the Gov-
eminent. In pursuance of this plan the
Government agents have recently been and
are at present at work in New York and
other lager cities, gathering statistics relat-
ing to papers of this character, locating
them where they are massed in quantities,
and, in some cases, obtaining tolerably ac-
curate invoices of the numbers and the
names of the parties to whom they were
originally issusd. ,
: Dhe importance of such a measure is ap-
parent when it is understood that a sol-
dier s discharge certificetc is, m one sense,
a draft issued in advance upon the Trcas-
ury, it being the documeut of all others
required by the Government officers in the
settlement of claims made by the a soldier
or his heirs for back pay, clothing, bounty
or pension money, and the only paper upon
which a claim of this character can by
properly based.
It is estimated that there arc in New
York city upward of fifty thousand soldiers'
discharge certificates, that arc not in pos-
session of the rightful owners. They have
been gathered from all parts of the State,
and some of them have been brought from
longer distances. Other metropolitan cen-
ters possess them in about an equal ratio,
swelling the aggregate number in all parts
of the country to hundreds of thousands,
Every one of these papers can be made the
base of a fictitious and fraudulent claim
against.thc Government when presented
by unprincipled parties having no rights of
owncrshin in them whatsover. In the hands
of the brave and resolute men who shoul-
dercd the musket and carried the knap-
sack over every battleheld these papers
would be secure from any fraud or attempt-
ed fraud. The trouble is that the soldier
is liable to lose, and in thousands of in-
stances they have lost their discharge pa-
pers. In other instances they have died
leaving no heirs, and the discharge ccrtifi-
cates have fallen into the bands of men
whn havft nut hesitated to use them for
fraudulent nurnoses. This has been car-
ried to such an extent as to render the sub-
iect oue of serious thought upon the part
of the Government officers, aud the move
" -
ment looking to the bringing such papers
into the custody of the United Siate? ha
been the result. Once lodged in the v ar
Office, they will forever cease to be the in
struments of fraud in the hands of others.
HOW A WIFE WAS RESTORED TO
HEALTH.
n almost miraculous cure, says the
Chicago Tribune is reported from Sheldon
'
. I . . l .1 ?V 11
;rr.-pr :iiki nntiont. iipino- rnn who, oi a. wen-
it being the wife of a well-
i x o
to do citizen. She has for years been ail-
ing. Or thinking ShC W3S ailltlg, anU TCCCnt-
.li.i.i l.l l l 1 1 a 1 1
iy iook 10 ner acatn-ucu aim Kept net uua-
l.nnd unlmnnv l.v hini.-nti n? that she was
riv J . . .
going to die. 1 estcrday her husband went
and curiosity. Presently the buxom young
widow departed aud the husband returned
to the sick-room. No sooner had he' on-
tered than she accosted him :
"Peter Whitehead Hollingworth, what
have you. done ?
"Nothin" mv love, nothin"-. Don t ex-
- , v-v
cite yourseii. lie cairn, uniy as jou were
comphrrm
SCC after
Mrs. ashef in to let me knowu what could
be done to save you trouble aad relieve
your wind of anxiety."
"Oh, ycrft did Y" she nrarrmircd witn a
iv .
Ann inen mtmn
"Vrs. and t showed her all over the
house."
I .,.! 11 A. I A
"And tne Dcas not mauc, auu uvi v
tlun-r HLo a T, ?-stv "
" ! " J . . ,,i ,i .
"Never mind, mv love. 1 told ncr mat
. '
She lUUSt eXCUSC It, as OU were KICK, ue-
I Ia ny-k 1-ViM A till I
cause you were a good housc-kccpcr. Aud
she said you must be.
"Ws and she said that if she had her
ways she'd have a new set of parlor furni-
tiiro in and Iass nlrar wall rarcr. buttnat
some people had no taste anyway, and by
the way, Maria, you and Mrs. Dasher are
pretty much of a size, ain't you?" Then
he fell into a trance that lasted for some
,1 l,v
uu iwi wwa uaU, rr -
minutes, then muttering,. "Well, perhaps
Li .mi A.:ri 1... , "
they'll fit ; if not, they can
he was surprised to see his dying wile up
" . ....
L ..uv. ....v.., vrw. . . .1
- she sakl, "I know it, you bald-headed old
reprobate ; but ill
live to bury you yet.
I r . . ' . . v , t - ... . .1
and it that pamtcU JezeDei comes into tots
hmisfi arain I "tear her into cotton Waste
L -
- and jute strings
ATHU,r.t ... pkto, dining at
French restaurant, meekly intimated when
is coaUrnod a ehicken. The polifte waiter
I hm KtII wn5 rrMrrfPlt thllt tllS lK)ileU egg
.1 . ... .-.., .
saii than he would" have the bill corrected,
and sooner! with a new bill, ffpon which
the charge of 30 cents for "eggs" had given
had given
1 o - " .-'
nnAl f on tcm enta fnv rhcAt
i jiav . .
things and that the hoa.c was I the coarser qualities are damped whh wa-1 this massacre in a letter cited by the hvsw
wrerk and ruin. I thought I d a.sk t ter, but the tmer sorts are lelt out in the r toriiin Trebeilious PoHkr : "Claudius
I 1 1 1 1 i .....1 I ..Imrr.m. !
Training a Mnstafisf.
A sale of unbroken Texas mustangs took
pla-cc on Baronne street, New Orleans', the J
other day, and young W hitmarsh, who
rather prided himself on his riding, bought
one'. Ife thought it would be sor pleasant
to train him and teach him all sorts of lit-
tie tricks, so he had him taken to Spear-
ing's stable and instructed the hostlers to
take good care of him and' to be gentle with
him. Alter the mustang got gentle enough
to permit his food to be ptft over from an
adjoining stall without trying to jump over
there and kick the hostle to" smithereens,
Whitmarsh thought he would ride him.
Accordingly he sent word around to the
stable to have the horse ready for him at
four o clock that afternoon, and he appeared
upon the scene promptly at that hour ures-
cd in a new riding suit gotten up expressly
for the occasion.
After sevaral fruitless attempts to get On
the mustang's back he at last succeeded in
getting into the stirrups, and then he said
to the boys holding him, "Iict hftn' go."
Ihey did let him go, and the first jump he
made measured fourteen feet. lie didn't
stay where he stuck long enough to say
"scat, but shot out to one side about eight
feet, and then made the bystanders wonder
if the walking beam of a low pressure steaiw-"
boat could go up and down as fast rt that
mustang, lhcu he went straight up in the
air and landed on the ground stiff legged,
and the shock was so great that hitmarsh
thought the horse must have fallen lrom
the roof of a house. Finding that fall, tire
horse ran for twenty or thirty yards as fast
as he coidd go, and suddenly stopped stock
still.
Just at this moment Whitcniarsh saw a
friend with whom he had important busi-
ness, and, not having time to dismount in
the usual way, went right over the urns-
tanir s head, and although the distance from
the horse's back to thefriend was twenty
feet, hitmarsh only lacked two feet ot
reaching him. J. hey carried mm nome on
a stretcher, and after ten hours' uncertainty
he gave proof that he was alive bv opening
his eyes. As soon as he could speak he
gave instructions to present the mustang to
his worst enemy, a man who lived next
door but one. and whose seven "children
were each provided with a tin trumpet.
i
He doesn t take the same interest in horse-
back ruling as formerly, and for the next
six weeks his wife has no far of his being
out late at nidit.
I
THE PANAMA HAT PLANT.
The Bolivians give this plant of the
name of Jipagapa, a town in the republic
of Ecuador, which is the principal seat of
the hat manufacture "Panama, hke
"Mocha- in the case of coffee, aud "Lrus-
scls" in that of carpets, being a misnomer,
Before the leaf has begun to open when,
in fact, it resembles a closed fan it is cut
I i . s 1
off close to the petiole, the bare or which
forms the centre' of the cro
I f vt t. nnnt ,V th.i r.Vtlm lilt
lumia .cirwu ui viunu ui mv. uav.
. . .. . , , , ,. . .
It is then divided longitudinally into strip
"ll" luu muuju nun, irn; iintb. ioi m-
I i.tr rliA tin.Irih vri nfoi I Thn mini.
h wa
ber of shreds into which it is divided ot
I 1 i .1 r c .1 1
course uepemw on i ne 01 1 . e
cold water lor some time, and aitcrwaru
ariea in tne sun. r.acu nat is, or ougui-
to be, made of a single leaf. They vary in
in price, according to fineness, from thir-
teen pence to as many pounds. 1 he damp-
ino ana drying operaircyns eairse tne sirreus
to assume a curled or cylindrical iorn,
which mrach increases the strength witlrout
morning dcW, and worked on before sun-
rise. A hat of the finest quality, made
out of a single leaf, will take' several months
I x . . I I A. J A . . . . .
to raase it. complete, unu iue piaunr
f dc so nnc as iaroiy to DC pcTcvTaroie ata
I short distance Ihe plant is by no means
difficult to cultivate, and is one of the most
Knri.ir cmrr., rtt t Iw (rOVl-lVj I r. mrrtC 0ll
. v..v 0vuU,. b.
in the damp neat or an orcniu nouse wuere
,i.t J..,, f.xM l.-.l, otw
tne iciupeiui.uiu uoes uob ian u.oiv ciai;
I ...
uCqIo.
WEIGHING A HOLE.
Mr. M. , of a certain town in Ver-
mont, is not distinguished lor liberality,
citncr oi pnrre rr nniron. urs ruuu- ms
sion is a fear of berg cheated. The loss.
sion is a tear 01 Derg cncaicu. iue ios;
whether real or fancied, of a few ccnti
would give him more pain than thedestrut
tion of aff entire navy. He once bought
a lew eeillS,
true
- - -
cake 01 tauow at a country store a, wu
i.nt n imnm . On hrn.-iWin"- it tn nieces
at home it was found to- wntain a large
I ill IIUlllC J
This he considered a terrible dis
t 1 n rv... ...1 i 1 IT, .1
closure 01 cupiuuy aim uauu. -u,
heniently :
ou rascal, you have cheated me!
that arr honest cake of tallow ?
T. ."1 it t.i x.
it n nwiow, ami t, ere m t near w
as there seemed to be., I want you to make
. 1 !i '.I.
it 1 tgut.
"Certainly," replied the merchant, "1 11
I i . l .
a Now, Mr. JI , how mnch do you 6p
pose tne note v,m vreig.w
The hay and potato crops of Maine are
I
1 I il. V.. 1
(JUL a aoove iaav jtai o
A white partridge was last week killed
1 a Ti'ii nr,i
ar Snow Hill. Mtl,
,
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BUFFALO BONES.
A few years ago none but the titbits
frc-ftf these monarchs of the American plains
were thought worthy ot the' hunter s no
tiee, and, after stripping them of their
skins,-these masses of wholesome flesh wero
left on the pfafries to rot in the sri'ri or tar
bo devoured by the carniveaous beast and
birds that abound there. Now, however,
owing to the wanton slaughters that has
been carr?ed rfrt drinng late year?,- s herd
of bofffufos is a nrost unusual sight irr places
wlvere, w?thm the memory of those win
are still young, myriads of them passed and
repassed on their route of pastures new at
various times of the year. Now, also, ac
cording to a letter from a correspondent of
the Detroit free Press, not only is thecar-
cass itselt ultilizcd, but the bones from the
source of a profitable business among the
settler's in Kansas-.- The prairies, for thirty
miles each way trom the railroad, have been
gleaned over till not a relic of the chase
can be found. Heads and ribs are worth,
$5 a ton ; these are shipped to Philadelphia?
and ground into fertilizers, Shins and
shoulder blade are worth 10 a ton, and
these go to the sugar refineries. The horns
are worth o0 ; the tips are sawn off hero
and: sent to the factories of umbrellas, fans,
pipes, etc. The remainder is used by the'
chemists. Bits of hfde found hanging try
the head arc taken off and sent to the glue
factories. Every fragment of these animals
is rtade' to' serve a putposc
HINTS WORTH REMEMBERING,
Yellow stains, commonlv called iron
mould, are removed from linen by hydro
chloric acid or hot solution of exalic acid.
Wa.h well in warm water afterwards.
A small piece of paper or linen, rn'ois-
fencd with spirits ot turpentine, and put
mto a oureau or wararobe lor a single Uay,
two or three times, is said to be a sufficient
preservative against moth?.
v io auunt puiu air rn me
night (where the windows are the only
moue oi vcnuiauon ) is to open the sleep-
DS room into a hall where there is an open
window, to avoid the drought. A window
" a stnau opening ac ure top and Dottom
ventilates more than one opening only.
Never use anything but light blankets
.1 i m i
as a covenug lor the sict. ihe Heavy lm-
pervious counterpane is bad, for the reason
that it keeps irf the exhalations from the
pores ot the sick persotr, while' the blanket
I II A I. J 1 . f T
auows ineni to pass mrougn. eat per-'
sons are invariably distressed by a great
weight ot bed clothes, which often prevents
their getting any sound sleep whatever.
A child's bed should slope" a little from
the head to the foot so that the head may
I be a little? h?gher than the feet; but never
bend the neck to get the head on the pil-
lowthis makes the child round shouldered
cramps the veins ami- arteries and interferes
with the free circulation of the blood. Even
I V l 1 v a
when a cnild- is severaf years old the pillow
I etw,l.-lt tin t ti r.
vu wuu.
Old Time Atrocities.
SLAf GnTER OF THREE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY THOUSAND BULGARIANS.
observes that
occasions figured
'atrocities" no
ately committed
i Greek Emperor
iiasilius H was mck-named "Bulgarok-
tonos occaTise 11c ordered Ir,'Uv lytjigarian;
prisoners to have their eyes put out, a few
only being left with oe eye, in order that
they might grnde their fellow-prisoners
1 bitcS to tlieir homes, ivven more atrocious
was the massafcrc of thu Gothic settlers in
lulgatia.
me nruca praised Emperor
Rroculio ; Dclovim-us trecrata viginti mil-
Ha Gothorum, duo rrnllrnf navium submcrsi-
sus. Tecta sunt gtfmina scutis ; spathis
Ill . ii r-t. . - ".
ec occeoiis omnia irttoro operiuntur ; campi
ossiuus latent tecti nullum iter perum est;
mgenscarrago Jescrta est : tantum miherum
cepimns Vt binas et tcrnas mulieres victor
t Sll,t umt juu v'auu,us lu
r mine r.-. iylVnni.n " f l1lA.vJ...n ...
lirocchus : Y e Have destroyed iL'0,UUO
l t- -i " mi
youis aim suiik snips, ine rivers
i a.r.i.i, i...i.
suicius, uiuir uaiiKS w mi
spears and pikes, and the fields with bones;
no road is free from blood ; the huge bar
ricade of wagons is deserted ; and we have
captured so many women that each of our
conquering soldiers cm take two or three
- ror uis snare.
I .ill iinum.ni j iikuu i.nt(u laiicu 111LO
- a slottgh, the imhi?Jarv called loudly to an-
a other for assistaifee. Tlie latter, who was
i.B;i.. M 1 f i ' .1
uSW, a u.
I tff procrastimate. mouired. "How teen rs
the gentleman in ?" "Up to his ankles."
"Then there is plenty of times, said the
other. "No, there is not," rejoined the
first ; "1 forge to 4ell you he's in head
first."
Four thousand cases of boots were ship
ped from West Brookfield, Mass., in Sep
tember, and probably 3000 last month, the
buk going to St. Louis, Chicago, Cincin
nati, Burlingtoa, Toledo, and even to Fort
Scott, Kansas.
The nickel coins in Germany under the
new law represents a total value of between
ten and eleven million dollars. This is the
maximum figure allowed, and minting has
been suspended.
Is it any better to buy a man with a new
suit or a ton of coal than to pay solid cash
for his vote ?
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