lu forest JtvcpuUknn. IS rUDMSIlF.D KVEHY WEDJJHSIlAY, BY V. TL. DUNN. DfTlco In Knox's DuilJlngi Elm, Street. Rates of Advertising. One S'iiaro (1 inch,) one Inortioris $1 .V) One K'limin " one month - - lion One Nijiiaro " , tlirco months - II Of) Ono Nrpiaro " one year - - 10 1m) Two Squares, one year ... l.j no tJuarterCnl. no in) 1 Willi " " TO IK) One " ..-- loo OfJ T K MM, $2.00 A Y K A It. No Subscriptions roeolvod for a shorter period tlinn thrco months. Corrospnndonoo solicited from nil parts of tlio country. No notieo will lio taken of minonyiiioiiM communications. "Marriages and Doutli notleoH inserted priitis. Itnsiness Cards, not exceeding ono inch In length, f 10 per yc ar. " Let us havo Faitli that Eight makes Might ; and in.that Faith let to tho end, dare do our duty as wo understand it"--LINCOLN, Leal notices at established rates. These rates ar low, nnd no deviation vill lio made, or discrimination among patrons, 'lho rates offered are such, ns will make it to the advnntairoof mendoi, & business in the limits of tho circulation of the iai!cr to advertise liberally. . VOL. V. NO. 20. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1872. $2 PEPw ANNUM. Republican 14 . i BUSINESS DIRECTORY. NEWTON I'KTTIH. mili:h w. tath. PETTIS & TATE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Mm Stt cet, TIOXESTA, TA. Isaac Ash, ATTOP.NICY AT I, AW, Oil City, Va. Will prnetico In tho various Courts of Forest County. All liusiness entrusted to feU euro will roeolvo prompt attontlen. in ly W. W. Mason, Ocorjo A. Jonks, Tlooc.t., T. llrouhvlllo, Masor & JcndiSi ATTOTINKYS AT LAW. OIllceonKlm fStroct, above Walnut, Tionesta, J'a. C W. Gilflllan, A TTOltXKY AT LAW, Franklin, Vo- nango lu, l'a. ti. i. 11. HAI11UH, 11. n. FASHKTT, JTAIililS C VASSKTV, Attomoys at Law, Tltusvula Fonn'a. "PHACTICF. In all tlio Courts of Warren, J. Crawford, Forest and Venango Coun ties. 4!)-tf W. 1 Morcilliott, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW Tionesta, l'a. Ollico on Elm Street. The professional services of tlio ilon. H. I'. Johnson can be secured through mo i!' desired in any business entrusted to me in Forest Co. Collections promptly attended to. Also Real Kstato Ajjjent. Tionesta House. TTTEL, Proprietor, Elm St. Tio nesta. l'a.. at tho mouth of tln creek. Mr. lulu has thoroughly renovated tho Tionesta House, ami ro-turnished it com pletely. All who patroiii.o him will be V ell eutertuined at reasonable rates. 110 ly rCIEST HOUSE, TV T!LA,CIv l'ROIMHETOR. Opposite XJ, Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just opened. Everything new and clean and fresh. Tho best of li'iuors kept constantly on hand. A portion of the public patron age, is respectfully Molicited. 4-17-lV Holmes House, HMONESTA, PA., opposite tho Dop.t. l C. D. Maine, proprietor. liooil Ma iding eonnoetud with tholiouso. tf. Syracuso House, TmroUTR, Pa., J. .t 1) MAfiirK, rropln tors. The house has been thoroughly relilted and is now in tho tirst-elas order, with tlio best of accommodations. Any nforniallon concernim Oil Territory tit IIim point will 00 cliooiliillv turniMieii. -ly J.iD.MAdKK, Exchange Hotel, T OWER TiDIOUTE. Pa.. IV H. Rams 1j nKHi. iv Son l'rop's. This house having been rotitod is now tho inostdosirablostop- pinir place m lulioulo. A good J.illianl Koom altaencu. 4-iv National Hotel, TRVIN ETON. PA. W. A. irallenbncV, Proprietor, This hotel is Nkw, ami is ow open as a first class house, situate at lie ju net ion of tho Oil Creel; A Allegheny liver and Philadelphia iv Erio Kauroails ppoMte tlio Icpot. Parties linviut; to lay vcr trains will find this tlio niosl eoiiveii- ent hotel In town, v illi lirKt-eiass aeeom- iiiMliilions nnd reasonahlo ehares. tf. Df. J. L. Aconb, PHYSrcrAN AND SUltGEON, who has had tirteen years' experience in a lai ne ana huccesslul prai'tice, will a'lena all l'rofessioiuil Calls. Olllco in his Mm;? nnd liroeerv More, locutea In luliouto, near Tidiouto House. IN HIS STORE WILL RE FOUNIX- A full assortment of Modioines, Liquors Tobacco, Ciirars, Stiitionerv, Olass, l'aiuts, Oils, Cutlery, and line Groceries, ull of tho besf quality, and will be sold at reasonable. rates. H. R. BUROESS, an oxporieiieed Drui- p 1st from New York, has eharco of the Store. All proscriptions put up accurately . II. MAY. JSO. r. TA1IK. A. D. ki:lly MA Y, 1'AJiK P CO., Corner of Elm & Wulnut Sis. Tionesta. Rank of IKseount and Deposit. Interest allowed on Time Dejiobits. Cullbctlons mndconall the Principal points of tho U. S, Collections soiicited. 18-ly. JNO. A. Dll.K. rml. J. T. DALl!, CuMsr. TIOUESTA SAVINGS BANK, Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa. This Rank transact! a General Bankiii Coiloctinit and Exclian.ro liusiness. Drafts on tho Principal Cities of (lie United States and Europe boulitand sold Hold and Silver Coin and Government 'Securities bought and sold. 7-31) Bonds! converted on the most favorable terms. Intercut ailuwed on tiino deposits. Mar. 4, tf. . SLOAN & VAN GIESEN. AND WAGOII-MAKERS, Corner of Church and Elm Streets, 'TIONESTA PA. " This firni is prepared to do all wouk in its line, and will warrant everything done at their shops to kivo satisfaction. Par ticular attention given to JIOKSEI-ttSZOF.IXU, Givo them Ki el it. a trial, and you will not re- Th.9 Republican Office T"EEPS constantly on hand a larite as IV hoi tinent of Blank Deeils, Mortuai;es, Su1ji'imi;is Warrants, Summons, to be iulj vlicap iur e;tsh. tf. D. W. CLARK, (COMMISSION Kit's CLKRIC, FORKST CO., TA.) It UAL B STATU AG 15 NT, ROUS ICS nnd Lots for Kale and lUCN'T' Wild Lands for Hale. J- I have superior facilities for ascertaining the condition of taxes and tax deeds. Ve., anil am therefore ipialiliod to act intelli gently a Hijent of thoBO living at a dis- lunen, owinnir taints I ti tlio county. Olllco in Commissioners Koom. Court House, Tionesta, l'a. T. A. WniflMT, Hfv. oko. w. enniniH;R. U. UlllltOllUK, Tma. THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO., MANUFACTURERS! OF Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c. Mills on TionrslB Crrck, Forest To., Ta. Yards Si Office cor. 22A k Rail Road Sts., PITTSBURGH, PA. Jos. Y. Saul, DRACTICAL Harness Maker nnd Sad- 1 dler. Threo doors north of Holmes House, Tionesta, ranted. l'a. All work is var tf. tlliriRD PITIIRIDOK. K. D. D1TIIU1IK1K FORT PTT GLASS WORKS. IXahlished A. D. 1327. PlTKtUPGS& SQK, MANfFACTfRKIlS OF Ditluidge's zx Flint Glass PATENT OVAL LAMP CHIMNEYS. AND Silvered Glass Reflectors. These chimneys do not-brcak by licat. Ask for Dim ni no us. Take no other. DIT1IRIDGF. tt SON, 25-ly. l'ittslmrKh, Ta. ZVcw Koartlin House. MRS. S. S. HULINGS has built n lario addition to her house, nod is now pre pared to nceommodaie a number of perma nent hoarders, and n'l transient ones who niav favor her with l.ieir patronage. A uood slalilo has recently been built to ac eommodato the horses of iruests. Charges reasonable. Residency on Elui St., oppo site S. Haslet's store. ii;!-Jy JOfJES MOUSE, CLAKION, TEXN'A.; !. S, JONES - - -Proprietor. GROCERY "MD FR0VlS!0ri STORE IN TI OX EST A. GEO. W.BOVARD&CO. HAVEJustbroinrhton a complete nnd carefully selected stock of FLOUR, GROCERIES. PROVISIONS, and everything necessary to tho complete stock ofa first-class tiroi'ery House, which they havo opened out at ilieir establish ment on Elm 1st., first door north of M. E. Church. TKAS, COFFEES, SUGARS. svitrrs. FRUITS, SPICES. HAMS, LARD, a xd rn o ri.sioxs of all kinds, nt the lowest cash prices. Goods warrant ed to bo of the best quality. Call and ex amine, and we believe we can suit von. GEO. W. BO YARD ii CO. Jan. 0, 'Ti. A 51 I 15 A C ! I. K I Mr, Samuel Bell, of W. E. Schniertz C Co., Wholesale Boot and Shoe Manufao)lir ers, 31 Fillh avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., has been atliicled with chronic rheuinatish for tliiity years, from his ritlit hip to his foot, haviiiK to use a crutch and a cane, at times so painful as to utterly incapacitate him from attending to his business. Having tried every remedy known, without ellect, except (iilliland's Pain Killer, he was liually induced to try it. A Micond applica tion etiahled him t.o lay aside his crutch, nnd a third oUected a permanent cure. M r. Bell is a popular and well-known citizen, is a living monument of tlio etfacacy of that (;reat medical discovery, Gillilaiid's Pain Killer. The aftlictod should ask their isroccr or (Uuist !r it, and try its won derful power. Mr. Gillihind, we under Mtand, wauls o respectable a;;ent in every town and county for it. The principal ol lico is at "12 Third Avenue, Pillsbiuuli Pa. ai-it AGENTS WANTED. MALE & FEMALE. Business pleasant und pays better than any enterprise in tlio field. Agents make from fr'l to $8 per dav. Send stamp for samples and par ticular's, Address J. LATHAM A, CO., Washington St., Boston, Mass. 11-4 INSURANCE NORTH AHERICA, CO. OF No. 252 Walnut St J'liila, Incorjioratcil 179 1. Charter Perpetual RIARINE, INLAND FIRE INSURANCE Assets Jan; 1, pifilS.WJJ fJOjOim.oeo losses paid sinee its organiza tion. WAl. ItUHLER, Central Agent, Harrisburfr, l'a. iULE S W. TATE, Agent in Ti onesta, Forest County, l'a. t Ulll Tho Great Treo of California. Far back in the njjes of tho past a wind-waftcd seed fell into tho i'ertilo soil of a mountain valley in Califor nia. It was amuiif,' the smallest of seeds. It was cased in a hard nud dry husk, and it Boon mingled with the dust, but in dying it gave life to a tender, threatl-liko stalk that rose slowly and tremblingly to the light and air. At that time God was calling Abra ham to leave the home of hia father, und become a wanderer in tho land of Canaan. A hundred years passed on and Abraham died, and that delicate thread of green had becomo a great treo. Three hundred years more pass, and, fiud the descendants of Abraham march out of Egypt an emancipated people, and that tree is still lifting its giant arms to tho Bkv. Five hundred fears more come ana go, and boiomon is upon tho throne of Jsreal, and the history af Greece and Homo has not yet begun, but that treo is still grow ing. A thousand years moro aro add ed to the world : thirty generations of men have all been carried away by death, and Christ rises front tho tomb in tho garden ot Joseph, and that treo Btill lives. And now eighteen hundred vears more of struggle, and conflict and chance have passed over the earth Tho New World lias been discovered, and the Old World has been made new, and still that mighty tree, which was alivo and no bigger than a blade of grass springing Irom a decayed seed in Abraham s day, is lilting its tower met column ot green verdure to the skies. It is a hundred feet higher than tho highest structure reared by humau hands in America. A great army could encamp within the reach of its shadow. That tree has been tho contemporary of Abraham and Moses and David, anJ ttcsar, and JMohaiu med, and Napoleon. It has nourished in perennial beauty whilo a hundred and twonty srencralious of men have appeared on tho earth and passed awav. and vet it i.s green aud full of lifo to-day. And it all sprang from tho decay ot the one small seed that was buried in tho ground four thousand years ago. And so this body of ours, which the husk of the soul, ehall bo buried in the earth. It shall moulder and nuncio with tho dust from which )t sprang, but from its nshea there shall come fourth the germ of a new and immortal life, which shall be clothed in spiritual and deathless body. And tho living soul, invested with its now and ethereal form, shall go on incrcas ing tu greatness and beauty and now cr uutil it surpasses the highest reach of this earthly lifo as much as tho mitrhty California piuo surpasses tho seed which died in giving it birth. From My Ftilhcra Howe, by Dr. March Judiro Davis, of Illinois, is a rich man. Tho public may not kuow how ho became wealthy. About thirty years ago, when Judge Davis was practising lawyer in the West, ho was employed by a Connecticut man to to. collect 800. Davis went to tho place where the debtor lived, and found him to be rich in landed posses stotis, but without a spare dollar money. He finally settled the bill by civiiis a deed for a tract of land a flat, moist and undesirable piece of laud in appearance, lying closo by sheet of water, aud consisting perhaps of sixty acres. Davis subsequently met his Connecticut clicut in St. Louis, when the latter (who seemed not to havo tho usual Connecticut shrewd ness) fell to and gave him a regular "blowing up" for taking the laud rath er than insisting on having tho ?800 in cash. He did not want any of your Western land, and ho told Davis that having received it in payment of the debt, he had better keep it himself and pay the money out of his own pocket. To this Davis agreed. Step ping into a friend's oliiee ho borrowed 8800, took tho Connecticut man's re ceipt for the land, and held it for a rise. 1 nut land tonus part ot ono ol tho suburbs of Chicago. Judge Davis has sold two or threo bundled thou sand dollars' worth of it, and has near ly a million dollars' worth left. It is a striking example of what the West ern property has duno for its holder. At a Springfield couferenco there had been a lively discusuion on tho propriety of publishing in "the min utes" tho names of tho donors to the micsionary fund, together with the amount contributed by each. Father Taylor made ono of his characteristic, pointed speeches upon ostentatious giving, closing with the injunction, ".Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand docth. In reply, it was urged by Dr. llutler that it would bo in opposition neither to the spirit nor lho letter of scripture to publish tlio names ot those, donors ; citiug, as an illustration in proof of this posi tion, that Clin.it himsell had made laudatory mention of the poor widow who had cast two mites into tho treas ury. Father Taylor, half rising, and leaning forward with a shrill voice, notJoud, but perlectly audiblo m eve ry part of tho house, callud out, "will Dr. Butler pleaso givo us the name of that poor widow Won His Wages. Years ago, into a wholesale grocery store in Iiimton, walked a tall muscular looking, raw-boned man, evidently from sotno back town in Maine or New Hampshire. Accosting tho first he mot, who happened to be tho merchant himself, he asked : "You don t want to lure a man in your store, do you ? "Well, said the merchant, "1 uon t know ; what cau you do?" "Do, said tho man, "I rather guess I can turn my hand to almost any thing. What do you want done?" "Well if I was to hire a man, it would be one that could lift well, a strong wiry fellow; one for instance that could shoulder a sack ol codec like that youder and carry it across tho storo and never let it down." "There, now, captain," said the countryman, "that's just me. I can lilt nny thing I hitch to; you cant set me. What will you give a man that will suit you ?" "1 tell vou, said the merchant, "it you will shoulder that sack of collee, aud carry it across the store twice and never lay it down, 1 will lure you a year at 100 a month." "Done, said the stranger, and by this time every clerk in the storo had gathered around and were waiting to laugh at the man, who, walking up to thd sack, threw it across his shoulder with perfect case, as it was not extrcmo' v lieavv. and went ouictlv to a Jarce hook which was fastened to the wall, aud hancitiff the sack upon it, turned to the merchant and said : "Thera, now, it may hang there un til doom's day; I shall never lay it lown. What next shall 1 go about mister? Just give me plenty to do and S10U a month, and its all right. lho clerks broke into a laugh, but it was out of the other sides of their mouths, aird the merchant, discomfit ed, yet satisfied, kept his promise, and to day the green countryman is senior partner in the linn and worth a halt million dollars. Sentenced to Marriage. A case recently tried before the Clon mel (Irish) Assizes was brought to t singular and novel termination by the presiding Judge. Tho parties in the case wore a young man and woman Both claimed possession of a rural property, one by virtue of an ancient lease, aud the other under a will. They were in court for the purpose of giving their testomony, when a bright idea occurred to the Judge.who interrupted tho case to say : "It just strikes mo that there is pleasant and easy way to terminate this law suit. Tho plaintiff appears to bo a rcspectablo young man, and this a very niceyouug woman. TLaugh ter. They can both get married aud live happy on this farm. If they go on with law proceedings it will be all Irittered away between tho lawyers who, I am sure, aro not inigallaiit enough to. wish the marriage may not come oil'." The young lady, on being interrogate ed, blushed, and said she was quite willing to marry tho plaintiir. The latter, on being asked if ho would wed the young man, gallantly respond ed, "Most undoubtedly." Tho Judge remarked that the suggestion occurred to him by instinct on seeing the young couple. A verdict was subsequently entered for the plaiutill' on condition of his promiso to ruarry defcudeut within two months, a stay ot execution being put on the verdict till the mar riage ceremony 13 completed, ine counsel gave tho young lady such an unmercitul "chalhng cn her consent, which in any in court thought should havo been first obtained from plaintiff, that she left tho court in tears. The following legend relates how a certain Grand Duke of Florence built a bridgo without expense to the State: lho (jrand Duko issued a proclama tion that every beggar who would ap pear in tho grand plaza at a certain designated time should be provided with a new suit of clothes free of cost. At the appointed hour tho beggars of the city all assembled, wherupou the officers caused each avenuo of tho pub lic square to bo closed, and then com pelled tho beggars to strip off their old clothes, and gave to each ono accord ing to promise, a new suit. In the old clothes thus collected enough money was found concealed to build a beauti ful bridge over the Arou, Btill called the Beggars' Bridgo. There is a wheat field on tho west side of tho San Joaquin river, Culifor nia, thirty-live miles in length by eight in with, with an area of 170,000 acres. Estimating the average yield at six teen bushels to the aero, would give a tatal yield l 'l.mi.'MV bushels or 8fJ,ul5 tons. This amount of grain would load 8.C01 cars, which if made up in ono train, would reach lor over eighty miles. A Chicago man dreamed that his child would bo scalded to death. Ho took cverv precaution airainst such catastrophe, but precisely five weeks aud two days after the dream tho littlo boy was run over by a dog cart, and escaped uninjured. A Russian Lady on her Travels. Tho Oneida Circular describes a visit to the Oneida community by a young Russian woman who has come to this country to study tho "woman inovoraont." Her name is Catharine Dikhova, and Bho was introduced by Mr. A. Brisbane. Miss Dikhova is the daughter of a Princess, aud her father is general of artillery at fet. Petersburg. This young ltussian lady, though not yet twenty-one, is very tal ented and highly educated. It is but tour months sinca she began speaking English, and she now converses quite fluently, comprehending readily every thing said to her. She is mistress of seven languages Russian, Polish, French, German, Greek, Latin and English. She graduated with high honors at Kasau when sixteen. She received at that time the badge of her Majesty, which give her power to ap' peal to the Emperor for anv favor ; also tho privilcgo of attending court balls, bhe is ono among only lour women who havo been honored by her majesty's badge during the last forty years, as it is only awarded to those who display extraordinary talent and proficiency. Not satisfied with the amount of education she had received, and there being no schools in Russia wheie she could pursue the higher branches, she employed private tutors, devoting the following lour years to the study of mathematics and physics, and was examined by tho faculty at Moscow. She is a poetess, a novelist, and a correspondent of a monthly journal published in St. Petersburg. bho came to this country tor the pur pose ol studying the woman movement licre, examining the medical colleges for women, etc., with a view to assist ing her own countrywomen. She was tho first to appeal to tho Emperor to open colleges to women. Sho intends starting a woman's journal when she returns to St. Petersburg. Whisky Making in Prison. lho Auburn (iN. I.) Advertiser is responsible for a statement that will surprise the public and induce the be lief that tho discipline of tho New lork btate i rison is exceedingly Jax it say3 that two or threo weeks ago a gentleman who was passing through Auburn, left a package ot five hun dred temperance tracts with tho chap' lain ot the prison, lor circulation in his discretion among tho convicts. Tho tracts were searchingly scrutinized by the chaplain, who is exceedingly cau tious about putting anything into the hands of the prisoners that is not of tho most unimpeachable character, lie found that the tracts were written with great care and likely to do good. They discussed the various aspects of the temperance questions; among oth er tunics, told ot tho various urn' s and poisons which liquors are often made of, giving analyses aud explana tions ot the way they aro mauiuactur ed, with a view to show how deleteri ous they aro to health. The tracts passed inspectiou'and were distributed. Soon aflewards various convicts were found in an intoxicated condition. On investigation it came to light that number ot them had actually made uso ot the recipes in their tracts and produced a kiud of whisky, on which those in the secret had been revelling till detected. As soon as the trouble was traced to its right origin it was stormed nrcttv ouieklv. Tho Advcrli- er does not state how these convicts obtained the material of which to mau ufacturo tho whisky. During a fire at Oshkosh, Iowa, the other day, whilo everybody was .busy putting out tho lulling sparks, the tho scream of a woman was suddenly heard above tho surrounding din, and she came running along tho sidewalk with her bustle all on tire. It was composed of rags, and burned rather lively, bhe ran and screamed, small boys and dogs got out of the way in a hurry, while strong men wero so over come by the excitement of tho occa sion as not to havo many wits at their disposal. At length a mau, bolder than tho rest, seized the woman hdJ beat the bustle until ho put the fire out. In tho course of a humorous homily on idleness, the late President K ot Harvard, put tho following con structiou upon a passage of Scripture, "bolomou showed his usual wisdom in sending the sluggard to the ant, since ho could recline upon tho mossy banli to observe tho ways of the diligent in sect, and learn a lesson of industry, at his leisure, without any exertion to lutiguo him ! A Salem lady says it is always safe, when travelling, to inquire tho price ot any article belore deciding to pur chase. She bases this opinion on the fact of a railroad restaurant taking fifteen cents for a cup of tea from all who didn't ask tho price, and only ten cents lrom those who did. Close-cut hair was tho cause of the death of a coachman in Belleville, N J. Whilo bathing ho was seized with cramps, und his comrade tailed to res cue him because he could not obtain a hold. The Widow Rody. The Widow Rody, an owner of two white mules nnd a homestead, lived in Western Missouri. She did all of her house nnd farm work, aud notwith standing she stood six fo,et in her moc casins, never woro more than seven yards of calico. When she went to mill with her grist on one of her mules, she never rode on a side-saddle. During the lato "unpleasantness a noted guerilla named Jenisou raided down on her premises, and when sho returned from the spring sho found her two mules had taken such a liking to tlc guerilla as to follow him into his camp. Getting on their track she folowed it until warned by bayonets presented to her bosom that she could not sco tho chief ot the gang. Brush ing these aside, sho made a bee-line for his tent. She soon appeared in his presence, and there was that expres sion in her eye which said as plainly as words that sho was not to be trilled with. Jenisou looked up, and being ev- dently annoyed, asked her business. bhe replied, "bee h2re, Jcnison, 1 want my mules." "llow do you know 1 ve got your mules 7 said he. "Because I seed 'em tinder the hill." "Well, old woman, before you can get thorn you must toll me vour poli tics." I hain't got no politics, Jcnison, and I want my mules. "J. hat answer will not do; 1 must kuow your principles, or on what plat form you stand. Drawing herself up proudly to a towering height tho old lady said : "I don't know what yer mean bv my platform, Jenison, and I hain't got no principles ; but I can tell you this i m agin all sicatiu . 1 want my mules. And sho got them. A Great City. The elemeuts of New York's great ness aro thus given in summary by an Lastcrn journal : r ew people have re ally any idea what a great city New lorfc is. Its debt iu round numbers is 8127,000,000, twice as much as that of Philadelphia, aud more than that of tho nation before tho war. Its tax for the current year is 30,437,523.01, and its tax rate .8. l ho popula tion is now nearly 1,000,000, the area of the city twenty-four square miles, and tho water frontngo twenty-nine miles. It has 300 miles of paved and 100 miles ot unpaved streets. Iwen ty thousand gas lights nightly bum iu the streets nnd public: places, at a public expense of $13 per year for each lamp. There are 350 miles of Croton water pipes and 277 miles of sewers. Ono hundred and seventy-fivo miles of sewers are yet to bo made. There aro over 2,000 men on tho polico lorco, and bOO fire men, whose salaries together amount to a round Bum of 83,000,000. An average number of 3,000 workmen are employed each day of the year upon public works, lho city contributed to tho support during tho past year of ol,40b criminals, ltallcviuted during the same time, by out door and insti tutioual charity, the sufferings 195,335 ot the poor and the sick. It contrib utes to tho support, under private au spices, of 50,000 children in tho pri vato schools ot various denominations. It expends $250,000 for salaries of judges and court attaches. More than two millions ot dollars aro expended tor educational porposcs, and a hun dred thousand children attend school every day. o. An amateur Philadelphia psortsmau went gunning over iu New Jersey, tho other day, for snipe, a bird that he had never seen. Alter banging away for several hours lie returned homo with two suipe, as ho supposed, in his game bag. lio told his friends there were thousands of birds over in Jersey, but they wero blamed hard to kill. Ho succeeded in winging two of tho small est, ho said, but not before he had fired four or livo shots oiucce at them, i hen he,inserted his hand it) his game bug and drew forth an ordinary New Jer sey mosquito! Fact. A colored philosopher thus uubur- dencd hmisclt on one of woman s weak nesses: "Jim, de men don't make such tools ot thciiisel ves about women as do women do about men. If dey look at do moon dey seo a man in it. If dey hear a mouso nibbling, it's a man, and dey all look under do bed last thing at night to find a man. Why, I nebbcr looks under my bed to find a woman, docs you?" A Utile girl, daughter ot a clergy man, being lull ono day to "tend door, and obeying a summons of tho bell, sho found a gentleman on the steps who wished to sec her father. "Fath er isn t in, said she, "but it it is any thing about your soul 1 cau attetid to you. 1 know tho whole plan of salva tiou. A lncticl ot tho Cimiau uetiuler writes u clergyman that ho has got so tar iu politics as to hurrah lor ur but doesn't know whether to cud wilh ant or celey. Tho clergyman replies by referring him to Proverbs vi. 0 'Go to tlio uut thou sluggard." Mrs. Agnes Bullock, a Virginia la dy, recently cut a new set of teeth, though she is ninety-six years old. bhe was splitting kindling-wood, when tho teeth which wero worth sixty dollars fell out of her mouth nnd the axe dropped on them. Her husband says it will be a great many years before sho gct3 another eet to cut. A smart lad in San Antonio, Texas, recently took his stand by the side of a blind organ grinder, and hat in hand, solicited alms. When his tilo was nearly filled by the sympathetic passers-by he walked off, leaving the or ganist grinding away, utterly ignorant of tho whole transaction. A Chinaman in Wcallicrville, Cal., whose lifo was insured for a largo amount, was Bcriously hurt by fulling from a wagon, lhere was some doubt of his getting better, and at length ono of his friends wroto to tho insur ance company, "Charley half dead, likco half money." A lady who loved Bulwer entered a bookstore just as ono of the clerks had killed a large rat. "I wish to sco What He will Do with It,' " said she to a boy behind the counter. "Well," said the boy, "if you'll step out to the window you will probably sco him sling it into the back lot." Kansas advertisement: "Engaged Miss Anna Gould to John Candall, Marshal of Leavenworth, lvs. From this time henceforth and forever un til Miss A nna Gould becomes a widow all young men are requested to withdraw their particular attentions." A "woman of business," in Arkan sas has just tarred and feathered her husband. It a iellow is to be "l.u- Kluxed," how much nicer it must bo bo to havo it dune by the wife of his bosom than by tho cold, rough hand of a hooded stranger. A set of paper car wheels on one of tho Pullman cars running to Jersey City have run over 100,000 miles of track, nnd worn out ono set ot steel tires, which have been replaced. The ordinary wheels, it is said, will only run sixty thousand miles. Edith O'Gorman, tho escaped r.uu, and "Prof. AufTrey," the he nun, her husband, demonstrated their escaping abilities at San Francisco the other day, taking a precipitate departure and leaving considerable unfinished business at tho Police Court. A machine at New Haven perf irms tho whole process of making needles. and turns out 30,000 to 40,000 of them daily. Another machine picks them up and arranges them heads and points, and the third put them into papers. Tlio London Spectator is strongly in favor of a woman's university in England. It thinks that on many of tho most delicate questions of modern civilization, we need tho tine judg ment of educated women. It is stated that there aro in tho United States 2G1 soldiers who lost both eyes, 118 who lost both logs, 11 who lost both feet, 5 who lost both hands, 35 who lost both arms, and 10 who lost an arm and a leg. A good-natured traveller fell asleep-' iu a train and was carried a few miles beyond his destination. "Pretty good joke, this, isn't it?" said he to a fellow passenger, "les, but a littlo too far fetched," was tlio rejoincr. Ohio has n law providing that the standard weight of a bushel of coal shall bo 80 pounds avoirdupois for bi tuminous aud w pounds avoirdupois lor canucl, and shall contain bis cubic inches. Thore died recently in Austin Co., Texas, a native of Pennsylvania, named James Jones, who was among tho earliest settlers in the "Lone Star Republic," having gouo there iu 1822. Connecticut is credited with the lazi est fisherman. Tho individual in ques tion is a Fifteenth Amendment, who ties his fish-lino to his dog, and wheu lie gets a bite kicks tho dog. The Wyoming Journal publishes tho following iu its advertising rates: "Fees of marriaco notices as high as the ecstacy and liberality of tho bride groom may prompt. Germany is to have but one execu tioner after tho 1st of May. IIo will reside at Berlin, and receive 8200 for each executiou. The light house on Montauk Point, eastern extremity of Long Island, rises to a height of 101 feet abovo tho level of tho sou. It is estimated that China will be a market for American butter aud ehceso to the amount of 5,000 tons annually. A Montreal man of 88 last week married a mature woman of 53. It is the third venture of each of tho parties. Tho king of Denmark offers a prize af $10,000 for the best history. of the U. !a. siuce tho civil war. A South Carolina negro harnesses himself to a plough, aud his wife drives him with a goad behind. Down in Alabama they are predict ing another war, because a certain heu lias beu laying black eggs. f r I -1 t i (? I I I h M i! I! ii I I n .V.( Jr..l4
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers