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VOL. 34.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., NOVEMBER 30, 1876.
NO. 26.
3
n,j',lls!ip;l by Theodore Schocli.
T ,,,TiM .1 11rs a year in advance and If not
'i 'i. -f-r- lii-' f tlio your, two dollars and fifty
r:!,'iis'i!l l..- cliarfd.
N" .i:vrlii 'iitinn'l until all arrearages arc
r '......, it Hi- ';:ti n of the Editor.
I'1!. V,is', ! 1:-; in-nts "f on s-niare of (eteht lint) or
L,S, I'M '
i cMits. Lornjer ones in irotortiin.
JG21 PRIYTIXG
OF AM. KINDS,
v -v-it -.1 in tin hiirhfot Kfylc f tliff Art, and ou tlie
A ' ' iii-t rPKonaM' term.
1)
11. NATHANIEL C. MILLER,
mysician and Surgeon.
j,j S;il r i U iuo : Curner Main and l'ocono Street,
STitornsr.uuG, I'a.,
);7;ee hours from 7 to S a. m., 1 to 2 and 7
Oct. - . l37H-tf.
r si. S 11-1.1', 31. I.
v -:i l '1 'V be1-v Btirn-'tt Hous. Tsideuee
' .1 , .: v-.-.; of llii-kMte tjiiaker l.liim-li. Oliicu
1 I 'I -l t I J J). UK, ti t il 1. I".
i,v :.-rvi-!i. -
I';!.;ki;i ;mI Surgeon,
stroupsburg, Pa.
v !v TV. Soip. Il'sidin, with
.', i ,j -ir i 1 tli? J.-itVroiiiitu Oflice.
. 7 tu 1J t : and 0 tn 'J.
-:f.
(iirircna Dentist.
trii--; ir; .'.is. '.Mincer's new li:ij. liny, nearly opposite
;r , i -.'.r.i : iUak. lias a lui i. c ri-il fur ex t act in u
; i - ' ' l'.i. f.Tan.6,'7iVtf.
XJ
?m:m, SlR;;e;ix and .UTorniEis.
; '";! S r-.i ! It-iod n l.nHdinff, neirly oj-
A :y:i-! -'.'.'-J-lf
XJ .titor4v at I-.ixv,
o.if door 'I'vive t!ie "StrouJsburg llotise,"
Str.ii.Mr.inr, I'a.
' ' !!ecliv)iw pnnuptly made.
V . wl . . A. a. ft j? .
?.aal EsLat an;! Insurance Agent and
CONVEYANCER.
T r-'-irrltt-'l and Cowtinncing in all its
bran j cifff-i!!j and prvmptlj attended to.
A:':-iv;!:flj:nnt taken for (.';'rr Slates.
OTiec. Kistl-r's Urick Building, near the lt.Il.
i: VST .STllOUDSBUllG, PA.
!'. . i; ,T -j. i.
e;:e n'.-.-r -J-i, 1 -"!. t f.
WII
LIAIvl S. XiEES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Rail Estate Agent.
Tzthi, Tiabpr Lands and Town Lots
3 ri i II I.
-i? nvnr'v p;.-aM!e American Iloaec
- i .! jr !! rv tlie Corner Store,
lunch 2 i, W-';-;f.
D R. J.LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
:il I'a hi offi.;,- ou Main trff-t, iu tlie sn-ond story
' Dr. S. Walton" l.ri.-k lniii:!iiir, nearly opps!t the
rm i, 'in r,- .-.. an I he tt.aer himself that ty viffh
tfrn y-rs ' .n-t-.u-.t pvartie'.' Hiid the mi-t aniei-t and
-fill a!:t-;i: i ,u t all m.itt 'rs pertaining to bis jiri
J'Mi.iii. tii-.it if-i- full y ahle ti prfirru nil nprat iotis
ia the (!"utal lin.- in the nu.st careful and bkiilful man
ner. Fpwia! nn "iitpni i'tven t'j saving t In- Natural Teth ;
aifo. ti i he iriM'fti-.iti of Artificial T-oth m Rtiblwr.
Ooid. :lT(r. or Couti:iii'us iuiu, and perfect tits in all
ti"' iusiirrd.
I .t ).ts..ii kn-iw the v're;tt folly and danger of en--i"'i:i,'
r'tf i- nrlc to rL; incxpci ii'ii'-cd. or to thne Ut
1st at a dtanee. " April lit, 174. tf.
Opposition to Humbuggeryl
The ti n lr-r'.il hr'hy annonncen that he has rr-tnm-t
buiiii.9 at t lie old tand, nxt door to ltuer'
''loihliiij si or-, ilaiii tr".-t, Stroiids'unrj, I'a., and is
fhy preps ri; 1 to m i uiiniiodate all in want of
BOOTS and SHOES,
in the hit 'st style and of o.kI matt-rial. Kepair
5 I'r jntotlv att.'iiti'd to. tiive mo a eall.
1'tc.y, is;.-,.r.j c. J.KWIS WATERS.
7 K tiV
PAPER II AMIS U,
GLAZIER AND PAINTER,
MONROE STREET,
Nearly opposite Kautz's Blacksmith Shop,
SxRouDsauRa, Pa.
Tlie undersigned would respectfully in
form liie citizens of Stroudsburjj und vicinity
'"Ht he is now fully prepared to do all kinds
Paper Hanging, (jlazinjr anJ Painting,
promptly and at thort notice, and that he
keep constantly on hand a fine flock of
japer Hangingd of all descriptions and at
low pric.-s. The patronage of the public.
earnestly solicted. May 16, 1872.
Dwelling House for Sale.
A very l.siraMe two htorr Dwcllinz ItouRC. rntin-
4
.'of it in good condition, l'or terms ic,
at tt.ls office. f Doe. 0, 1875-tf.
OB PUIXTrXG, of all kinde neatly ex
V ecuted dt this office.
i tc S'vcu rooms, one ol winch is 8iuiaoie
f r a Sioro i;oi)ni, sitiiiite on Main street,
S!r.i'i iti the .lorou:U of .Str.mdshurjt. The
c l ! v ip u" is ncariv new, uuu rtcrj
THE
iewYork Store.
STILL, DOWN TO THE
OLD PKIQES
in spite of the advance in prices at whole
sale, AND OUR STOCK LARGER AND
MORE COMPLETE THAN EVER.
We have fcoured the market for things
Interesting and Profitable
FOR OUR CUSTOMERS,
AND CAN NOW OFFER GREATER
INDUCEMENTS TO
CASH BUYERS
THAX EVEE!
Dress Goods, Ciolhs and
Cassiincrcs, Flannels and
Blankets, bleached and
hvomi MUSLIM, Prints,
Shawls, Dudenvear for
For Ladies1, Gents' and
Children.
Gcnls' Fni'sishing Goods,
HOISERY,
KID GLOVES,
Eibbons, &c. &c.
We propose to MAINTAIN our REP
UTATION for being the
Cheapest Store
45 t
BY BEING JUST WHAT the TERM
IMPLIES,
AND IE ANY THINK THEY HAVE
REASON to DOUBT IT WE WOULD
VERY KINDLY INVITE THEM
TO CALL AND INVESTIGATE, AT
The New York Store.
StroudsbKrp, Oct. 12, 1STC 3m.
OPElr YOUR
TO THE
Oppression of high prices !
RELIEF HAS COME ! !
Now you caw get the benefit of your CASH in
purchasing
BOOTS and SHOES.
Prices lower than any in Town.
If you don't believe it call and be convinced.
The People's Cash Boot and Shoe Store.
3 doors above the Washington IIoteI.ts5a
E. K. WYCKOFF,
.Formerly with J.. Wallace.
6troudfcbiirg, July 27, 18T6-3m.
ON BLACKWELL'S ISLAND.
A GLIMPSE OF NEW YORK'S FAMOUS PENI
TENTIARY AMONG THE LUNATICS
CHATS WITH THE QUEER CIIAUACERS
STUANOE FANCIES OF THESE UNFOR
TUNATE CREATURES THE "BABY" AND
THE "MOTHER OF THE UNIVERSE"
THE WORKHOUSE AND ITS WORKERS
WHAT AN INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
SAW.
From the Ducks County Intelligencer.
To the casual traveller, as he hastens
up and down East river in the bustling,
snorting steamboats, Blackell's Island pres
ents few points of attraction. Long and
narrow, it lies in the water like a stranded
log, encompassed upon either side by a
swift-running stream. The rapid current
of the river strikes it at its head, where
the tall lighthouse stands, in a long, seeth
ing line of foam, and separating, eddies
and twists in turbid fury along the whole
length of its walled edges. Iu and out of
the crevices between the stones the waters
rush in a hungry sort of way, licking out
here and there huge slices of the solid wall ;
and when the tide is high the waves from
the steanies' padd'ewheels throw their
white crests clear over the rocky barrier
on the sward beyond. It is fjuite a pic
turesque place, viewed from a distance.
The gloomy looking buildings, with their
massive wails and barred windows, and the
carefully cultivated laud about them, are
suggestive of old feudal castles, and the
flood of waters surrounding the whole the
moat. But to conceive this idea one must
shut out the working irans of convicts in
striped suits, who labor in the quarry and
along the water's edge in a way suggestive
of force rather than inclination ; he must
forget the busy city that crashes and grinds
just beyond; and he must not see the river
craft that swarm the bosom of the stream.
Yet, picturesque as the island seems, when
one has been borne out on the broad river
beyond it he congratulates himself that he
has not yet taken up permanent residence
there.
To reach the island the visitor must
leave the wharf at the Bellevue Hospital
on a boat that plies between that place and
the several public institutions up the river.
On a mortiing not long ago a small party
of us went up, prepaml and equipped for
the purpose. We were not sent up, as
were some who took passage on the same
boat, but went up of our own free will.
After the "Black Maria" had emptied her
daily load of wrong-doers into the hold of
the boat, and the various visitors accom
modated with better quarters above, wc
cast off and steamed up to the head of the
island a pleasant ride of a couple of miles.
The island is divided into three sections
by two walls running across its whole width.
The upper section is tlie female lunatic
asylum ; the middle the penitentiary ; and
the lower the almshouse, hospital and other
charitable institutions. The male asylum,
controlled and directed in "the same man
ner as the female, is located on Ward's Is
land, some distance further up the river.
So there are none but female lunatics on
Blackwell's Island ; but there are certainly
enough of these to compensate f r the
absence of the men, being over 1200 in
number. This part of the island is most
interesting of all to visitors, and we went
directly to if. The buildings are quite
numerous, and are mostly very large, built
of the native stone quarried on the islaud.
The lunatics arc confiued in the various
buildings according to the violence of their
malady.
Proceeding at once to the office in the
main structure, where we presented our
passes, we were turned over to the care of
a courteous and - talkative janitor, who
escorted us about. The first place he took
us was through the corridors of the build
ing we were then in. This building was
long and wide, two stories hight, and con
tained a vastjiumber of lunatics. Iu the
centre of each floor was a wide hall, with
the rooms opening into it from each side.
The rooms were occupied by two, and some
times three inmates, and were fitted up in
very comfortable style. There was no
carpet on the hall or in the rooms, but the
floors are as white and clean as vigorous
scrubbing can make them. The beds were
provided with sheets, pillow cases and
counterpanes. Ou the walls were pictures
and prints of various kinds, and there were
numerous cauary birds hanging from the
ceiling. In this building those lunatics
"loons" in the vocabulary of the Island
are confined who are not violently insane,
but cannot be entirely trusted alone. These
form the largest number of all the patients
in the asylum, and the number in this
building ran well into the hundreds.
The janitor took us into the first corridor,
and locked the door behind us. There
were visible perhaps two hundred lunatics ;
we were seven in party. The feeling at
first was not comfortable, but our appre
hension soon wore away. Some of the
lunatics scorned to notice us ; others leered
at us with silly grimaces ; and others still
glared and scowled at us in a very angry
manner. "It is one of our principles,"
said the janitor, "to keep the loons busy
all the time ; they are quieter and happier
while at work. Thcr take care of this
building themselves, under the direction of
the nurses, and seem glad to do it. 1 hey
make their own beds, scrub the floor, &c;
indeed they seem so anxious to get to work
that sometimes they get up at three-o'clock
in the morning and go to scrubbing, and
we cannot stop theni; Whatever they can
do- best they are allowed to' d6." He
showed us several rooms decorated in var
ious ways by their owner?, and some of
the zephyr, needle and wax work would do
honor to sound minds.
It was curious to watch the actions of
the patients. One was holding an animated
conversation with a picture of Napoleon
hanging on the wall, alternately coddling
and berating it. A number of melancholy
ones were swaying up and down on large
rocking platforms, moauing and weeping
in the most heart-broken manner. Some
seemed bubbling over with light-hearted-ncss,
and others were plunged in the depths
of despair There were several that fol
lowed us closely, but offered us no molesta
tion. Iudeed, it was a pathetic place, for
the troubles and sufferings are as real to
these poor unfortunates as the trials of
actual life. "Don't they ever quarrel ?" I
asked our attendant. "Yes," said he, "once
in a while, woman-like, they get iu each
other's hair, but the nurses soon separate
them:"
As wc went up on the second floor the
one who followed us most persistently
kissed her hand farewell to us, and another
muttered something far from complimen
tary. Above wc were introduced to the
first "character" the "Baby," as she was
called. She was a short, thick woman,
about fifty years old, with a shaggy mop
of red hair clustering about her face, and
long arms that almost reached down to her
huge bare feet. After shaking hands with
her we gave her an apple, and I wish I
could describe the look of delight that went
over her face ! Simple as a child, she
hugged the precious apple to her bosom
and fairly crowed with delight. As we
went out of the building we saw her at her
window, her immense feet sticking out
through the narrow opening between the
bars as though in stocks, her hands protrud
ing a little above clutching her apple, and
her red, frowsy head pressed against the
heavy irons much as I have seen the
baboons in the menairerics liusc'iinr the
edges of their cage. Twenty-seven years
had she been there, and each additional
year seemed to take her farther away from
sanity.
The patients confined in this building
are taken out each day in squads for
exercise, and they go and come quietby
glad to get out and glad to get back.
Friends of the patients can take them away
at any time on twenty days trial ; and often
they go away one day and come back the
next, wild and unmanageable with the
excitement of strange sights and new faces.
Across the way was the building for the
raving maniacs, but we were not allowed
within fifty yards of it. Experience has
proved that a strange face was simply fuel
for their fury. It was a consolation to
know that the proportion of desperate cases
is slight.
"This is the suicide pen," remarked the
janitor as we went out. What he referred
to was an enclosure surrounded by a stout
fence, containing fifty or more patients.
Some had their heads tied up, and all
seemed to be in different stages of con
valescence. Here, we found, were put for
safe keeping during the day time all those
who had suicidal inclinations. "Every now
and then one jumps the fence and runs for
the river," remarked our janitor, "but we
catch them before they get into the water."
Of course, they are only kept out here in
pleasant weather. At the bestthey were a
sorry-looking set, and were melancholy to
the last extreme.
Scattered around the grounds were
numerous single story frame buildings, in
which the quiet, harmless, hopeless cases
live. Each one contained an average of
seventy-five beds, all as neat and clean as
those in the large buildings. Ihese patients
are allowed perfect liberty ; but they are
full of whims. Some won't go outside the
door : others won't go across the portico :
one was reading a book, which she con
tinues to read without finishing from one
year's end to another ; and all have some
peculiar trait tlrat marks them as hopeless
cases.
"This is the 'Mother of the Universe,' "
said the janitor, touching a comely-faced
old woman on the shoulder, who was sitting
on the floor in one of the little buildigs.
She was once a school-teacher,- and was a
rcry intelligent woman, for too much learn
ing had made her mad. She gets Lit
strange title from her stranger fancy that
all the universe is owincr to her for exis
tence.
"Yes, I'm the Mother of the Universe ;
I made all things," she said, juming up.
"When I came here from California," she
continued, "I was dressed in the most
gorgeous pink robe and covered with
diamonds from head to foot. But," she
raid, in the most animated tone, "those sly
California devils stripped me of everthing,
and you see what I have got on now,"
pointing down to her plain brown robe.
"What have I got ? What have I got ?"
she said, as though talking to herself,
tugging at a piece of twine fast to her bolt.
"Only this," pulling out an old brass
shoe buckle, "and the diamonds all stolen
out of it : and this," drawing from her
bosom an old programme she had found of
some dance party. "Oh ! beware ot those
devils." she said to us, gravely- "Do you
come from California?" turning to me.
"Yes," I answered, willing to humor
lxer..
"Then I must give yoti some diamonds,"
she said. And going, to her window she
brought me a large horse chestnut and two
small stories. The chestnut was- a diamond;
one of the stones was art amulet, and if I
fasteued it on blue ribbou aud tied it around
my neck it would save me from groat harur,
the other stone L was to plant auu muuons
ot dollars would grow from it.
"Now," the said, "close your hand up
i ' mw.eHmMTT-1
tight ; you don't know how valuable those
diamonds are."
And thus she went all around our party
with a seriousness that was truly touching.
"Oh ! I watch her when she gives away
diamonds," said a harsh voice in my ear.
I turned with a start, and saw by my side
a heavy-set German woman with piercing
black eyes. She, I learned, felt herself
allied with the Mother because she gathers
the bits of stone and other trifles for her.
The Mother herself never goes outside of
her building, and if nobody brought her
"diamonds," she would use cinders, egg
shells, fish bones and the like as such.
"See my eye ?" the Mother said. Under
it was a long, inflamed streak. "The other
night a little devil dipped something in
malaria and put it in my eye," she said ;
and now I must do so to keep from going
blind," wetting her finger and wiping
beneath her eye, where she had rubbed
the sore spot that so marred her otherwise
pleasant feature.
"Let me write you somethiug," she said.
I gave her one of my cards. Unfortunately
it had Penifa, on it. " I went down im
mediately in her estimation, for she could
read well enough.
"Thought you came from California !"
I was silent.
"Where's those diamonds?" she said,
peremptorily.
I held out m- hand.
"This I give you ; this I take away.
This I give you and this I take away," she
sail, going over them half a dozju tim?s,
and wound up by leaving them all in
mv had.
Then she wrote on 1113- card that T should
meet her, as she was going away from here;
and much other writing so lined and in
terlined as to be illegible. Then we bade
her good-bye, though she was very loth to
part with us.
A young and pretty-faced girl attracted
my attention. She was from the East, the
janitor said, and she continually talks about
her Jake who is coining to give her sixteen
kisses. Poor, sad heart, hers is a weary
vigil ; she watches and wacthes, but Jake
never comes. One woman imagines she is
Mrs. President Grant, and dresses herself
in all her finery she can find, and sits in
great state in a little summer arbor. She
won't answer any cue unless addressed as
"Mrs. Grant." One poor,-simple creature,
at the ianitor's request, sang for us. She'
stopped in a stanza to request us to tell her
step-mother to send her a sacque that
wouldn't wear out, as she was tired of
those that did. The longer wc stayed with
her the more numerous became her wants,
so we left in haste. As we were leaving
she informed one of the gentlemen iu the
party that she loved him, though, to be
candid, I do not think he was much de
lighted thereby.
It would be impossible to tell of all the
curious things these lunatics said and did.
One must see them to form a good idea of
what such a place is. There on the island
they arc very comfortable and well cared
for. Thcv have a hall of good size, with a
stage and a piano. From time to time
companies from the neighboring city give
them volunteer entertainments. Anything
iu which music- has- a part they are plesscd
with. Fancifully-dressed characters give
them vrrt delight, and the manner in which
they give vent to their approbation is more
graphic than pleasing. From. what we saw
on the Island, no effort secras spared to:
make them happy and contented.
rrom the asylum we went to a portion of
the Island where they do not take such
great pains to make people comfortable
the workhouse. Presenting our tickets' at
the office, we were motioned to a door with
the wave of the official's hand. Entering
unaconmpanicd, we found ourselves in a
vast building, open to the roof. The
massive walls were honeycombed with cells
three tiers high, the second and third tiers
being reached by narrow iron balconies.
In the centre is a square building, for cook
ing and washing, with two wings running
right and left, being the men's and women's
side of the prison. The wings being con
structed in the manner described, they are
easily watched and guarded, and eser-pe
from the building is simply impossible. The
male convicts wear a conpieuous striped
suit, and the leraales are also uniformed.-
The men work upon the grounds, which
are kept in beautiful condition ; in the
quarries, and elsewhere, where the prison
authorities choose to put them. The wo
men likcwies: have their duties to perform.
For punishment the ball and chain, dungeon,
short rations, Sic, arc effective weapons
against the evil disposed. In spite of all the
precautions a convict occasionally escapes.
To either shore from the Island it is but a
short swim, and all many want is but the
smallest opportunity, and they will soon
breathe the air of freedom.
Taking a hasty glance at the almshouse
and hospital, we made our way toward the
wharf, thankful from the bottom of our
hearts that we were confined with neither
the lunatics hi the asylum- nor the' vicious
in the workhouse ; but were sound in miud
and free in person, to- continue our awy
unmolested. Edward Prizeu.
The test suit brought in the United
States Circuit Court by Phelps, Dodge it
Co. and other importers against Collector
Arthur, of New York, to recover moneys
paid under protest, us a duty on tin plate,
has been decided by direction of the court
in favor of the plaintiffs. By this decision
the importers recover one und a half per
cent., the excess exacted from the time the
Revised Statutes took effect.
.The gold yield of California thi3 year is
estimated at 20,000,000.
What Our Churches Cost Us."
The publishers of Saihn era Monthly 'an
nounce an' article in Suribner under the
above title, which' will be of interest ?n re
lation to the recent discussion as to church
debts. The theory upon which larguf
churches are built is tlnit the expense for
each sitting in a large church, even with a
considerable debt, is lcs per capital than'
in a small church without any debt at all.
For instance, the expenses of a church' ir
this city seating ,jL0 people will be about
?1 ",(.) 00 a year, or thirty dollars per sit
ting. The cost of running a church that
will seat 2,000 persons, with a funded debt
of 3100,000, will be about 22,000, or only
ten or twelve dollars a sitting, or about
twenty-five cents for each person for each"
Sabbath in the year.
We are led to this discussion by a notice
that the Presbyterian Memorial Church of
New York, Rev. Dr. Robinson, has just
paid off 8100,000 of its debt, and proposes
to carry permanently the remaining 31-00,--000,
charging up the interest $7,000 a, year')-
to running
expenses.
as tne outlying i
designed to seat nearly two thousand peo
ple, if filled to' its utmost capacity, the
charge for iuterest to each person would be
less than $1 a year, or about seven cents a'
Sunday. It is worthy of note that all the
pew-owners in this church have surrender
ed their title to their pews, so that there is
now no privileged class. ai:d that, the latest
comer enjoys all the privileges and imiminP
ties of those who have borne the heaviest
burdens.- The pastor himself has contrib
uted over 25,000 to the church building
from the proceeds of lus hymn and tune
books, which had so wide a popularity in
churches of every name.
the Wealth of Brazil.
All intelligent travelers who have visited1-.
Brazil speak in the most glowing terms of
the country. Professor . Agassiz regarded
it as the most productive and interesting
country on the globe, and the one iu which1
it is the easiest to obtain a livelihood. Some'
who have sailed up the Amazon declare
that a vessel can be loaded with Brazil nuts
at an expense of only a few cents per bushel.
These constitute a valuable' article of com
merce, while the oil -extracted from thc!?
is very desirable. All the tropical fruits
are produced in Brazil almost without cul
tivation'. The so'd in many parts of the
country will produce twenty successive
crops of cotton, tobacco or sugar-cane with
out the application of manure. No coun
try in the world approaches the land ot
Pom Pedro iu the variety of its forest pro
ductions: , Professor Agassiz states that he
saw one hundred and seventeen different
kinds of valuable woods that were cut from
a piece of land not half a mile square. They
represented almost ever- variety of color,
and many of them were capable of receiv
ing a high polish. One tree furnishes" wax
tHat is used for candles ; another a pith
that is used for fbod;-aud still another
yields a juice which is uscxl jy the place of
intoxicating liquor. There is a single variety
of palm from which the natives obtain food,
drink, elothirg, bedding, cordage, fishing
tackle, mediehie, and the material they
manufacture into dwelling?, weapons, har
poons and musical instruments. Doubtless
the day is not far distant when the valuable
woods of Brazil will be used for Various
useful and ornamental purposes.
CLIMATE AND CLOTHES'.
Owing to the sudden changes of our climate,-
says tire Sew Century fur Women, it is or
the greatest importarv?e for Americans to pro
tcct the cntirsurc face of their body and limbs
for nine months out of the year. How we
dress during the remaining three is cf less
importance than how we work and cat ;
but unless the skin is well and closely cover
ed during the fall, winter and spring, wc
cannot be lrco from the influence ofsud--
den changes. This cati be done by thick
or light underclothing, in silk, flannel, or
woven wear; but in some form it is neces
sary. This important preeuation ought
particularly to be remembered in dressing.
little children. Their clothes ought to meet
in such a way as to leave no chance of bare
skin, for sacqucs and overshoes are mock
erics if the knees are uncovered. As for
short stockings, they are simply traps for'
dtseasc. Ihey may be safe in July, but,
the chilly nights of autumn ought to warn
all mothers to put them away. After the
skin is covered the clothing may be light
or heavy, as- the weather needs ; but as a
simple matter of comfort a complete suit of
warm underwear and long stockings do more
for women and children in way of protec
tion fronv coughs and colds than all the
furs, flaunels and wraps they can possibly'
put on.
How to Rid a Barn of Rats.
Job Hayes, of East Marlboroug'i, Ches
ter county, several years ago adopted the
following novel method of clearing his barn
of rats : He filled his cart with corn fod
der and placed a basket of corn on top with
a light covering of fodder on top of this.
Hauling the cart in the barn, he placed
boards so that the rats could run up into
the cart. The next morning he hauled the
cart out into the field and dumped its loady
when rats Issued from the fodder in great
numbers and fifty or more killed.
We shan't starve this winter. The saur
kraut crop is said to be the largostin the
settlement.
Pennsylvania has hung more murderers,
than any other State..