AY lu . -).iu Li-fcj j m two. j pi I Scuotcb to politics, Citecatuuc, gricnlhirc, Science, iHovalitn, anil cncral Sntclligcttcc. Iff ... - w X y J M. JA a. j .3 fit ,, f 34. Pii'!ls!stni by Theodore Schoch. Ticrms Two i ill ! a y-nr in advanrv and if not pail b 'f"r- lli.i end of the year, two dollars and fiftv rr:its will bo i-hirwit. ;i..- N i i:(T discontinued until all arrearages are pai'l. e",;)i ai me "joum oi inn Minor. it n .VltfTtN'MiiPnts of one simian of fright linos or loss, one r tart'e insertions Si oO. l-.aoli additional in fc ertioTi, " cents. Eon 'r ones in proportion. JOSS I"EHT3.YG OF ALL KINHS, EK?cut.; l ia the bitflit't .styk of tlx Art, and on tho most reasonable tonus. I) NATHANIEL C. MILLER, Physician and Surgeon. OiTuo .ni l rcsiJsncc: Corner Main and Pocono Street, STnornsncitG, Pa., Office hours from 7 to S a. ra., 1 to 2 and 7 to S f. ni. Oct. -2 i87G-tf. T SI. SSI1 'L.3L,, 7.2. o. S--vi t d nr VMiw Burnett House. Res id on re ?!id dw Ti:t (' !li.-kitr- 'junker linreli. Ol'ace i: ' Jrs s . . i.j., 1 to li. in., t to ) p. in. Z.jy j , i JL I:iysicsa:j ami Surgeon, STROUDSBURG, Pa I 1 Ti J. i) for'M'T'y ocmpid by Tr. Sf;;i. nid?nee with I ii fr U low j -if roiii.in Olfice 1 2 to : :ii!.I r to J.! .4 V" SI, ' .Ti-'. r.lin T's aTr 'mildini. nearly orjii.;t i Ni.) ir i!a:ifc. .s a Ja.iiisU-i oi for ts i mli . II 1 !!' i r.- i l'in r: Jan.t,"76-tr. p--'-if i v fmrriiv n rrpr purr n it. in .i-ii-: 11- ;i i-t F: l 'Ivint. r.inu'. n'any up on Sarah m ret t. I) Attorney at Law One lor above the "SlroiiJsbnrg House, 0 !lii'tiou proaiptlv made. Oct i'o-.-r 22, 1S71. 1 i rWuiarj' Public, Estate and Insurance Agent and T'.'.hi j? "trr.e f and ConvyvTiring in all its bra. uits circatiy and pro'.attJij attended to. ,4-; 'I'y.rlf Pt'uenU taken for ether States. .1 ivi ers Brick Dailding, noartbeIl.il. E VST STIIOUDSUUIIG, TA. I'. . li T ISTrt. tf. WILLIAM S. RSES, Sjirvayor, Conveyancer and Baal Estate Agent. Firnn, Timber Lands and Town Lots FOR SALE. O a m?.irlr rppn-it? American Hout-e s r, i J 1 ,J.,.r l.i-S.ivr the Corner Store. M ire':i 2 , 2 ST -lf. D H. J. L A IT T Z, S'JS3E0:j & MEGSANICAL DENTIST. !'. s. W iiiAr.'.-. hri: k buii-Uupr. Hy 'jjvKiJ I'n- i NVir ' il-.u". uiid !-' iloitrv biniM-If tlmt l.v ciOi- l f .Mr i-"'j:i(Bi iirai-tic; and tho !! jirJU".t aid r r t'.ii in I -u Oom to i.i unVH'r yrrlu'.u'in t Jis jto-r--:.n. that ! is fnlir Mc to n -rform all M.'rat iu i ; t ho il.-uitl Fine ia tbe must careful uwl kiilJ"u3 mz.u- Sl'-ial ineutiB iren t surit' the Natural Tt'flh t-'i? l th! ii-.i'rl: '!) Arti1ir':rl Tei-tlt on Rubb-r " , Vlrer. or CoutinuoBs Cuius, and juvrfect Cif in all i i-.sii red. y. '! I- Ti-m, know tbe crfil folly and danvrr of eti t - ! -; !: t r wort Lathe i lie J aiTR'ni-nri . or to t hose li v- iu; at a di.M-jrift. April 1S74. if. tn H. tt Tbi n ,d'-ri'H-d lurr- bv umioyiires that he lias re- ! J u-tsiii-ss at i le oid stanJ, iv. xi door to Ruber's ' I i lii n ' s nr j. Main M-reei. iSirrtud.-!bi!p", Pa., and is -fti!Jy j,rrj)ur..-il to uivoiiiuioiial -j all in aiit of BOOTS and SHOES, wall in th" latest id vie and of good liKttcrial. Repair- jf ,' prjiiij.rlv a!l.t.'ijted lo. Givii ine cidl. i'.-c.y, l;:.-iy.J C. LEWIS WATERS. PAPER IIAKSiiR, GLAZIER AND PAINTER, MONllOE STREET, Nearly opposite Kautz'e Dlacksmith Shop, Stroudsburo, Pa. The undersigned would respectfully in form tltc citizens of St rondsburg nnd vicinity thut ho is now fully prepired to donll kinds ot'Pappr Hanging, Glazing auJ Painting, promotly nnd at tdiort notice, and that he will kppp constantly on bund a fine stock of Paper llnngins of all dcrscnipl ions and nt low pricos. 'Pile patronage of the public is earnestly soiiclod. May 16, TOB PRINTING, of all kinds neatly ex eeuted at tliis office JVLANK MORTGAGE F-r salt at this Oflicf. VOL. MnnanonnnnigBEnninp A SICKENING SCENE. THE HORRIBLE MANNER IN "WHICH AUS TRIAN CRIMINALS ARE EXECUTED. THE HANGMAN'S EXPLANATION. A terrible story of a bunglmg'exccution comes from Gartz, in Austria, where Gio vanni Francic!iiotti was hunpj on the -1th of Doceiuher, 1S7G, having been convicted of murdering; his wife and little daughter. The report of the execution stated that the culprit had expired within one minute af ter tho executioner had pushed him from the ladder. This, however, was deuiod by l'rofi-ssor l'ankowitch, the eminent physiologist of the University of Vientn, who published the following startling card : "I was present at the execution. It was bnnglingly done and indescribably horrible. When the culprit was driven to the gal lows he shrieked and moaned incessantly. Every now and then a convulsive shudder ran through bis emaciated frame, which produced an effect the more terrible, as his bands were tied on bis back so tightly that he snfi'ert'd visible pain therefrom. The sight of the low gallows threw him into SPASMS OF FRIGHT, I beard the executioner 5ay to him, with an oath, ;'IIu:-h up, or I will put- the gag .i. in i x.- I n:iu (.ur i!;niti!i ; r raneiscnsoiii con- :km waiii:i'', whereupon tne executi Mier opeticd the cmprit s mouth and put some thing into it, which silenced his voice, but seemed to give him considerable pain. His eyes began to rull wildly, and there was in his throat a gurgling .sound, as if he were ch.ki:-g. At the same time bloody froth ap j eared on his li s and he shivered as one about to die. The executioner wiped the culprit's mouth repeatedly with his red fiapiicl sb-evts. When the cart in which be and Fraiu-ischiotti were seated arrived under the cross beam, the executioner's two assistants lifted Vruncischiol ti out, and ; laced him en bis feet, but he was so weak that he sank to the ground, uttering a hoarse sort of cry, which brought more bloody to bis lips. The executioner there upon tcnk Francisehii.tti in his arms, and carri- d him up the ladder. The adjust ment of the uoose occupied at least four miuu'.cs, during which time THE CULntlT UTTERED GROANS, bis breast heaving convulsively, and his face beceiniiiir dreadfully contorted. Froth and bleed were o zing i-nnstantiv from his mouth, and he presented a spectacle which I never want to bcholu u train. At last ail was r ad v, and the executioner j u-hed him oil. lie swung to and tro lor a minute, when one of the executioner's assistants be gan to turn him round slowly, evidently fi r the purpose of choking him to death, while the executioner himself, every few seconds, put his foot on the shoulder of t lie twinging wretch, in order to tighten the rope. Another assistant wiped the froth ' and bloody lips of the victim, whose face bad turned purple, and whose eyes threat ened to burst from their sockets, with a nr "t i a. PT'ouie C- .. . A !- ti.veu vii a siiv.v. After the culprit had been turned round at least twenty times, he WAS STILL ALIVE, though suffering terribly. His face looked black, his breast was beavinir at a rapid rate, and suddenly he succeeded in utter ing a horrible shriek. One of his hands got loose, and he lifted it to his neck. Uut then the two assistants began whirling him mund with great rapidity until his head drooped forward, and he was dead. A more sickening spectacle could not be imagined." Professor Pankowitch's letter created a great sensation in Vienna, and it elicited from 31 r. Henry Frcndenbergcr. '"His Iloyalaud imperial Majesty's Executioner," a long re ly, in which he not only denied the Professors's allegations, but also gave a detaid account of his ofiitial career as a harigmji!, '-.Since lt'GJ," he says, l,I have swung off forty-two criminals seven wo men and thirty-five men. I have also flog ged, between ISolI and 1SG7, nearly 1,0UU prisoners, until that mode of punishment was abolished. Ihe idea of C1IOAKING A PRISONER, to death without causing him any suffering is absurd. hen I came to Austrila, hang ing on the hook was the common way of executing criminals. 1 suggested an mi provement, by which I believe the crimi nal becomes unconscious, as 1 have calcula ted, in exactly fifty four seconds after los- mg his foothold. Ihe attempt to break the culprit's neck by pushing him violently off the ladder is rarely successful. L know of only two instances in my long experience when I succeeded in dispatching them iu that manner. One was a young woman with a very long neck. She did not stir after I pushed her off. The other was a feeble old man. Iu many other cases I only prolonged the sufferings of the cul prits by giving them a violent push. In consequence I resorted to the slower, but more certain method of strangulation. 1 do not believe that the culprits experience the slightest unpleasant sensation after their wiud-pipe has been closed. As a matter of course their faces win present A GHASTLY AW'EARANCE while they arc being turned round, but I believe that they do not feel any pain what- ever. I put my loot on ineir snouiuer to let the knot of the rope work on the wind pipe, and to prevent it from getting out of place while the culprit- is whirled round by uiv assistant. . : 'As regards Professor Paukowitch's horrifying description of the bipod arid froth oozing from Franctschiotti's mouth, I have to say that this was owing to the rupture of any bloe-d vessel in the prisoner's breast, but simply the tiicct of the iron , STROUDSBURG, MONROE H-iMfl. wnjJim aujM . j.-uixju.u ujauj jg gag which I invariably use when the cul prit is too demonstrative. Now, when a person is hung, as they do in some coun tries, what can be more sickening than to see his swoolleu black tongue protruding from his mouth ? I devised a contrivance to prevent this. To that end I use a small piece of iron whose front part is thick enough to resist all efforts of the prisoner to spit it out. In the thin back part of this iron is a sort of thorn half an inch long. As soon as the prisoner comes in sight of the gallows, and gets so frightened that he begins TO CRY AND WAIL, I make him open his mouth, double up his tongue, ar.d quickly and firmly press the oirn upon it. Then 1 shut "his mouth quickly. He is gagged, and the thorn of the iron keeps his tongue from protruding after he is dangling in the air. The thorn makes his tongue bleed, and froth and blood na turally appear on his lips ; but it is always wiped oli" with a sponge- saturated with laudanum. The gag facilitates the cul prit's suffocation, and the gurglii g noise in his throat is unavoidable. Weak-nerved humanitarians, like Professor Fankowitch, had better keep away from executions. Full-grown men and women, even if their nerves are utterly unstrung by anguish and the fear of a violent and disgraceful death, possess, alter all, a truly, wonderful vital ity, and to deprive them of life is not so very easy a task." The Independence of Women. From flic Woman's ,7uirr,ial. One hundred and ninety-two thousand two hundred and fifty Massachusetts wo men are maintaining themselves. These have entered the battle of life ; are money earners, not dependent on man for main tenance. Ninety-four thousand eight hundred and fifteen are earning a livelihood in what is termed ' the domestic industries." They are servants, washerwomen, watchers, nurses, matrons, boarding and lod-dti"-house keepers, etc. The remaining ninety-seven thousand four hundred and thirty-five are engaged in what is generally considered men s Work. J hree hundred and seventy-four are em ployed by the government. Ten thousand two hundred and ninety-five are in the pro fessions. Three thousand five hundred and twenty-two in trade and transportation. y-ightv-three tuousaud and two hundred j and seven in manufactories and mechanical I muu.-tnes : Government, Professionals, Trade and Transportation, Manufactories aud Mechanical In dustries, Agriculture and Fishery, n-. 10.21J.J QO OA Bid he Propose? "Did he propose ?"' said a Pidire stree mother to her daughter the other night The young man had fareweiled himself out -liv i- i ii i i.i i , ana j-,i:icune nau joekeu the tloor r.nl was untying her shoes when her mother came down stairs with a bed quilt around her and said : " anted to creep up stairs with out me hearing you, eh ? Didn't think J knew it was an hour after midnight di'. you? ihe girl had no reply, and the mother continued : '-Did he propose thh time?" "Why mother!" exclaimed the blushing duugnter. "You can 'why mother ad you want to, hut don t L know that he has been coming here f r the last year? Don't 1 know that you've burnt up at least four tons of coai courting arouru here ?"' The girl got her shoes off, whik the mother stood at the stair door am asked : "Kmcline, have you got any grit ?' "I guess so." "I guess you haven't. just wish that a fellow with false teeth and a mole on his chin would come snurkin me. Do you know what would happen, J-.meiine?" "No." "Well, 111 tell you. He'd come to time in sixty days or he'd get out of this mansion like a goat jumping lor sunflower seeds I hmehne went to bed to reflect over it. 'tfarquc'fc .Journal. . Vulgar Words. A distinguished author says: 'I re solved, when I was a child, never to use ; word I could not pronounce before my mother without offending her.' lie kept his resolution, aud became a pure-minded, noble, honored gentleman. His rule aud example are worthy of imitation. J3oys readily Jearn a class of law, vulgar words and expressions, which are never heard iu respectable circles. The utmost care cn the part of parents will scarcely prevent, it. ux course we cannot think: ot girls being so much exposed to the peril. . V i i . -i e cannot imagine a uecent girl usinir words she would not give utterance to be fore her father and mother. Such vulgarity is thought by some boys to be 'smart, the 'next thing to swearing, yet mot so wicked. Uut it is a habit which le-ds to profanity, and fills the mind with evil thoughts. It vulagrizes and degrades the soul, and prepares the way tor many of the gross and fearful sins which now corrupt society. Young reader ! keen your mouth free from all impurity and your 'tongue lrom all evil, for, out of the heart, the mouth speaketh.' Josh Hillings sas: There iz but phew things on the face of this earth more worthless than a iKjodle, and yet I am glad there is a poodle, for if there was not, there iz some people .who wouldn't have any object iu living, aud have nothing to love.' , " , Better be upright with poverty than unprincipled in plenty. COUNTY, PA., MARCH Why fcu Doesn't go jto Church. From (Jtc Atlanta Constitution. "ou don't come down to church no mo', Drudder lleums. Dere's been a might iut'restiu' meetm' gwine on lately." "Hit's bin a long time Drudder Il istus, senee I wuz down dar, aud hit'll be lon-er! I done got my dose." . " 'y, you ain't done gone an' uujined, is you, llrudde:- Remus ?" "Not in perticlar. Ldes took'n drawd out. Do members wuz too mutuel fer ter suit my doctrines" . "How wuz dat?" "Well, i tell you, When I went terdat 'uinbil cz de nex' one. TJrudder llastus. thu'eh, I went cz I went dar fer tor smg, an .ray,an wushuy. I wuz allers on ban', mos' gener'lly had a stray shin plarster dat de clo'omau wanted sent ter dem Pagins out dar. Hit went on dis way ontd de fus' news I knowed dar wuz a row got up in de amen corner, Drudder Dick sod dere wuzn't nuff money ; an' Drudder Sim sed if dere vruzn't he 'spected Pniddcr Dick knowd wher it'd gone ter ; an' den Drudder Dick 'lowed dat he wouldn't stan' no 'pro-bu-ness, an' den he hauled off an' took Drudder Sim under de jaw blip ! an" den dey clinched, an' fuut on de flo', an' under de benches, an' 'mong de wim mem Den dj preacher started do'iig fuia de puipit.au' ezhe wuz skippin' on de platform a hime book cotch him under de eye, an' hit souudid like a bungshell had busted. 'Dout dis time Drudder Jeese riz up in his seat sorter keorless-like, an' went down in ter his lu-itches after his razor, an' den I know'd dat de trouble had beum Sister Ddsey seed it herse'f. an'let off' one cr dem hallyiuyah hollers, an' den I disremember what came to pass. I'm a gittin' kinder ole, an' de dust an' de ha'r shet out de panneramer. Fuddcrmo' my lim's got ter akin', porticlor when I near Drudder Sim and Drudder Dick a-snortin' an' a-scufHin' under de benches, like cz of dey was makiu' fer my pew ; so I sorter hump myse'f an' scramble out, an' de fus' man I seed wuz a pelecemen, an' he had a uigtrer 'rested, an' i de name or dat niirer wuz Renins." "He didn't res' you, did he, Drudder Remus." "Hit's jest like I tell ycr, an' I had ter git Mas' John, what wuz my young marster in the wariniu' days, to go inter my Lou's for me. Hit ain't no use fer ter sing out chu'eh at me. I done bin an' got my dose. When I goes to wa.di I wanter know what Fm ifdwin", an' I don't wanter get hemmed up mong winimen an' preachers. I wants cloow-ro.im. "Rut, Drotber Remus, you ain't "I mout drap iu an' I moutn't. bu t when ycr see me santor in de do' wid my specs on. ycr km jes say ter de brudderm sorter confidcnshil-like, 'Dar comes old man Remus wid his boss pistol, an' ef dars much uv a scuffle roun here dis evenin ycr gwine ter hear fum'im.' So lonr 'Member me ter Sister Tempy." A School-Eoy on Corns. Corns are of two kinds vegetable and animal. Vegetable corn grows in rows animal corn grows on toes. There are several kinds of corns : there is the unicorn Capricorn, corn-dodgers, field corn, and the corn, which is the com you feel most. It is said, I believe, that gophers like corns ; but persons having corns do not like to "go fur," if they can help it. Corns have kernels and some coronels have corns Vegetable cerus grow on cars, but animal corns grow on feet at the other end of the body. Another kind of corn is the acorn these kind grow on oaks, but there is no hoax about tue corn. The acorn is a corn witii an lnueiiiiite article indeed, dry it and see. Many, a man when he lias a corn wishes it was an acorn. Folks that have corns sometimes send for a doctor, and if the doctor himself is corned, he probably won't do so well as if he isn't. The doctor says corns are produced by tight boots and shoes which is probably the reason who when a man is tight they say he is corned If a farmer manages well, he can get a good deal 'of corn on an acre, but I know of a farmer that has one corn that makes the biggest acher on his farm. The biggest crop of vegetable corn a man raises the better be does not like it. Another kind of corn is the corn dodger. The way it is made is very simple, and is as follows that is if you want to knowd : You go along the streets and meet a man you know has a corn, and a rough character ; then you step on the toe that has a corn on it, and see if you don t have occasion to dodge. In that way you will find out what a coin dodger is. llartjord Post. Don't bo a Loafer. Young man ! pay attention. Don't be a loafer ; don't keep loafers' company ; don't hang about loafing places, better work than sit around day after day, or stand about corners with your hands in your pockets better for your own health and prospects, bustle about, it you mean to have anything to bustle about for. Main7 a poor physician has obtained a real patient by riding after an imaginary one. A quire of blank paper, tied with red tape, carried under a lawyer s arm, may procure him Ins first case, aud make his fortune. Such is the world ; . "To him that hath shall be given." Quite dreaming and complaining ; keep busy and mind your chances. "Thought I'd leave m' measure on 3'our floor," said a man who fell down in a Kir-room.. "No necessity for that, said the barkeeper. '.'We know exactly bow much you hold." 1. 1877. Important Medical Discovery. SCARLET FEVER, Di I'HTHERt A AND KIN DRED DISEASES CAUSED BY LIVING OR- G AN ISMS IN THE BLOOD SULPHO CAR BOLATE O? SODA AN ABSOLUTE PRE VENTIVE AND REMEDY. Dr. G. D. Debee, a leading physician of Chicago, of the homeopathic school, has published a brief treatise on scarlet fever, diphtheria, erysipelas and kindred diseases, in which he advances and supports with much ability some entirely new views in regard to the nature and treatment of these diseases. As tho result of a series of micro scopic observations, confirmed by experi mental treatment, he has satisfied himself tint these diseases are caused by living or ganisms in the blood, infinitesimal p iras4tcs which arc generated and distributed ac cording to fixed laws of nature. Having found their way into the blood, these minute organs cause a veritable blood poison. From this starting point he inferred that the way to cure the disease was to remove the cause, and accordingly began the administration of carbolic acid by the stomach to destroy the poison germs. The writer says : "In diptheria the result was both prompt and gratifying, many cases recovering rap idly under the administration of this anti sepatic, when other measures offered but little hope. Observing how seldom ery sipelas appeared in surgical cases where I used carbolic acid dressings, I was led to regard this disease of septic origin ; and to day the certainty with which a case of ery sipelas is arrested by the internal adminis tration of an efficient antiseptic is as com plete a demonstration of the presence of septic germs in the blood, or is, at least, as convincing to my mind as though the germs could be seen through the microscope." The same line of treatment has satisfied him that scarlet fever is as clearly of a sep tic character as diptberia, and he says that during the last two years he has treat ed hundreds of scarlet fever and diphtheria on tliis plan, administering the sulpho-car-bolate of soda (a chemical combination of carbolic acid with the sulphite of soda) with unvarying success. He has satisfied himself that by its administration the blood and tissues of the human body may be thoroughly disinfected without exciting any toxic effects of the drug. Administered t ) children breathing an atmosphere loaded with scarlet fever or diphtheritic contagion, it acts as an absolute preventive, with ex ceptions so rare and with smptoms so slight when any appear, that one is forced to be lieve that the fault was rather in an insuf ficient docs than in the agent. Given when cither of these diseases has developed an attack, and within a few hours of the activ ity of the disease has ceased and the re maining symptoms speedily fade out into health. The writer cites a number of towns and neighborhoods where this remedy was used, and iu every instance it operated either as a preventive or a complete cure while the disease was raging very fatally all around In conclusion he savs : "I earnestly commend it to the atten tion of the boards of health m all our larg er cities, and of the true phsician every where. In bringing forward this mod of treatment I gave it first to the profession and afterward to the public, desiring that my name should appear only in so far as it might commend the treatment to those who had confidence in me. My task is ended when the sulpho-carbolate of soda shall have won its way to public confidence, as it has to my own. I cannot dismiss this subject without a warning to those who pretend to make use of this agent, but use so small a quantity as to be utterly value less. I do not know that this agent pos sesses any mere therapeutic properties than as an antisepic ; and to be useful as such, it must be given in quantities sufficient to disinfect the blood ; otherwise it will be as useless in the face of these diseases as the spray of an atomizer in extinguishing a conflagration." The remedy is so simple and available that the discovery is one of great import ance and deserving of the careful attention of the medical profession everywhere. How the Secret was Discovered. Marslu.ll Jewel! is u typical Yankee, "smart as chain lightning," and cute as they make 'cm even iu Connecticut, Gov. Jewell, according to report, came it over the Russians while Minister to that coun try. It is said as a matter of feet that Gov. Jewell, while Minister in Russia, found out the secret of the famous Russia leather. The secret is the result of the use of Lirch bark tar, with which the skins are dressed in place of tallow and greese, the latter being so largely used as food among the lower classes. This tar, which is carefully saved as it exudes from the wood when burned, was first used as a substiute for wheel grease iu Russia, as it is to this day, aud then for the filling and dressing of skins. By a system of careful inquiry, and literally following his nose during ns visits to some of the great Russian tanneries and curriers' shops, Mr. Jewell found this compound in a great ket tle, ready for use, and thus the mstery was solved. It is not expensive, costing about 810 a barrel, and he immediately or dered ten barrels and sent them to various leading leather manufacturers in this coun try with instructions; and the result is that genuine Russi i leather goods are now made iu America, and doubtless will soon be sold at nearly fifty per cent, below former prices. Somebody advertises in a Western news paper, for "a boy to open oysters fifteen years old." NO. S8. jji iw je .9 . The Trick on Robbins. James Bobbins, of National avenue, has been missing fur three days, but there is no anxiety around his house to learn his fate. His wife knowns what caused him to disappear, and she is willing to let hint get ready to come back. Robbins married a lone widow about fr ur mouths ago, and they had not been wedded two weeks when he gave her a beating. She overlooked it then, thinking he would soon tone down, but in a week more be blacked her eyes. In brief, Bobbins turned out to be a brute of a husband, and the ex-widow had tho sympathy of all the neighbors. She is said to be meek and humble in spirit, and Rob bins had no excuse for his brutality. Four or five days ago he knocked her down and started off up town, aud the wife crawled over to a butcher's to see about having Robbing arrested. The butcher, who weighs one hundred and ninety pounds and has a fist like a maul, knew a better way than going to the police, and he unfolded a plan. When Robbins reached homo that even ing the house was dark and the butcher, dressed in woman's clothes and with his jaws tied up, sat in the rocking chair. "Why in blazes isn't supper ready?" howled Robbins as he stood iu the door. The butcher groaned. "Grunting around again, shouted Robbins. "What's are you I" the matter now The butcher groaned again. "You feel too high toned to answer me, tio you ! growled the wife beater. "Well, we'll see about that. Just take this, will you !" He struck out, but the disguised butcher caught his wrist, sprang up, and there was fun in that cottage. He choked Robbins almost to death, tied him up in hard knots and untied him, drew him around by the heels aud hair, and finally picked him up and tossed him over the fl nee into the mud. 1 he wife-beater had kept up a steady yelling from the first attack, and as he rose from the mud and sped down the street he seemed to think that Sitting Bull's whole fighting force were after him. At eleven o'clock that night he entered a Michigan avenue saloon and told a story about six men robbing him, and half an hour later, as he was prowling around a shed to find a place to sleep a policemau heard him sav ing : "Nose smashed, eyes bunged up, sore throat, bruised all over and awful sleepy ! What a deceiving person a widow woman Mark Twain's Hotel. Having lately opened a hashery, I send you these, my rules and regulations : This house will be considered strictly in temperate. None but the brave deserve the fare. Persons owing bills for board will be bored for bills. Boarders who do not wish to pay in ad vance are requested to advance and pay. Doarders arc expected to Wait on the colored cook for meals. Sheets will be nightly changed, once in six months, or more if necessary. Double boarders can have two beds with a room in it, or a room with two beds in it, as they choose. Doarders are requested to pull off their boots if they can conveniently do so. Beds with or without bugs. All moneys and other valuables arc to be left in care of the proprietor. This is in sisted upon, as he will be held responsible for no other losses. Inside matter will not be furnished to editors under any consideration. Bclatives coming to make a six months' visit will be welcomed, but when they bring half of their household furniture, virtue will cease to be a forbearance. Single men with their families will not be boarded. Dreams will be charged for by the dozen. Nightmares hired out at reasonable rates. Stone vaults will be furnished to snor ing boarders, and the proprietor will in no wise be responsible for the broken tin-pan-urns of other days. Seed Potatoes. Farmore should have an eye to their seed potatoes fot planting next spring. The experience of thousands of farmers in various sections of the country goes to show that large potatoes for seed are no better than medium sized ones, only that, in a dry season, if planted whole, they sustain the plants by the moisture in them better than smaller potatoes. It is not advisable to plant the small ones; they should be fed out, but select those for seed that are rather too small for marketing. But in a rich soil, and in a sufficiently moist season, po tatoes no larger than walnuts will produce good crops. Some years ago I planted some potatoes, a new and dear variety, no larger than filberts, and the product was as good as when I used large seed ; but the ground was heavily manured, and tlu j cason was favorable. When one buys anv of the new varieties in small quantities, and desires to produce the largest possible crop each potato may be cut into as many pieces as it has eyes, and one eye may be' put in a Till. Two to three hundred pounds of potatoes may thus be grown from one pound of seed. An Irishman noticing a woman pass, espied two strips depending from under tho the lady's cloak. Not knowing that these were style sashes, and in the right place, he exclaimed, "Faith, ma'am, ytr galluses' are united." j r
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