18 rUnUSIIKD EVERY WKDNF.SDAY, HY
W. It. DUNN.
DtTlce In Krox' BuildinKi Klrr Street.
TERMS, fJ.OO A YKAU.
No Subscriptions received for a shorter
period than throe mouths.
Corrooiidenro solicited from nil parts
of the country. No notice will be tnkun of
aiAionymotM communications.
Mnrrlngos and Death notices inserted
KHttis.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
n. HRWtON PKTTIS. MILKS W. TATR.
PETTIS & TATE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
:Al,n Strtet, TIOXICSTA, PA.
Isaac Ash,
ATTORNEY AT T.AW, Oil City, Va.
Will practico In the various Courts of
i-fveiit County. All business entrusted to
ill rare will recoivo prompt attenti n.
10 ly
W. W. Mtwmi, Qoorge A. JoiiVn,
Tumtita, IV BnmkOItt, IV
Masor A Jenks,
ATTOHNKYH AT I, AW. Offlco on Klin
Street, above Walnut, Tionesta, l'a.
C. W. Giinilan,
ATTOUNRY AT LAW, Franklin, Ve
d X nango Co., l'a. tf.
J. It. HAIUUS, 1). O. KASSEIT,
HA II It 1 8, V VA SS K TT,
Attornoys at Law, Tltusvllle Fcnn'a.
1")nACTTCK In all the Courts of Warren,
Crawford, forest mid Venango Coun
ties. 4!-tf
' W P. McrcllUott,
yrranNBY cottxsk.loh at law
l Tliftiosta, l'a. Ofllco on Klin St eet.
The professional services of the lion. .S.
I. Johnson ran be secured through me It'
desired in any business entrusted to nie in
Korost Co. Collections promptly attended
to. ' Also Iteal Kstate Acnt.
Tloncsta House.
MITTEL, Proprietor, Kim St. Tlo-
nestn, Pa., at the mouth of the crock,
.Mr; Iltlo has thoroughly renovated the
Viynesta (louse, and re-furnished it com
pletely. All who patronize him will be
well entertained at reasonable rate. JO lv
FOREST HOUSE,
D II LACK l'ltontlKTOIt. Opposite
. Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just
opened. Kverythinv new and clean and
frih. The best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion of the public patron'
;e is rcspoetfull.VHolieited. 4-17-lv
Holmes House,
nyONKSTA, PA., opposite tlie Pot,
A c. I. Mubie, Proprietor. Uouil Stn
llini connected with the houso. tf.
Scott HOU39.
TJVAfit'NDUS, PA., K, A. Roberts, Pro
L prietor. This ho'cl has been recently
ro-furnished and now oilers superior ac
commodation to lues's. -.)-ly.
Syracuse House,
TiniOUTI'", Pa., J. A H Macikk, Propio
tors. The house has been thoroughly
refitted and is now in the first -t hus order,
with tho best of accommodations. Any
nforinailon concerniiuj oil Territory tit
till. point will bo cheerfully furnished,
-ly J. Al. MAtiKK,
Exchange Hotel, .
LOWKR TIDIOPTK, Pa., P. S. Hams
M'.ki, A Son Prop's. This house having
lieen reliteil is now tlie most desirable top-
iditK place in Tidioulc. ' A good Milliard
too, n attached. 4 ly
National Hotel,
TnVIXF.TOX, PA. W. A. Hallenback,
Proprietor. This hotel is New, and is
,-)w oien as a first class house, situate at
ee junction of tlie Oil Qock .V Allegheny
itiverand I'hihidVlphi.V Krie Kuilmnds,
pposite tho Depot. Parties having to lay
rcr trains will tlnd this tho most conveii
rnt hotel In town, with tirst-class acenm-
iioiUtious and reasonable charges. tf.
Dr. J. L. Aconb,
nifYSIOIAN AND SUKCi KOX, who has
I had fifteen yeurs' experience in a largo
and nueeBftil practice, will sllcnd all
ln..rMul.i.ul iMl (kill. .a l. l.lo it-.... 1
iroeery Store, located iu Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOVN D
X full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobaceo, Cigars, Stationery, (ilass, Paints,
,'"- v m.iTij , .i.i." mi urn i cm, nil in i mi
liost quality, ayftvill be sold ut reasonable
rates. .
JJ. R. BUlfiiF.SN, an experienced Drug
ifet from New York, has chargo of the
Store. .AH proscription put up accurately.
m. n. mat.
jso. r. unit.
A. D. KKLI.T.
MA Y,AIK P CO.,
B A"lT K B E S ,
.. .isi.-. j. ii'..i .i.i .... .
v.viiiri ui ciiu a it mil ub aiH, i inucsul.
Bank of Discount and Deposit.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits,
ff'olleetions n;adoonall the Principal points
of the V. S.
Collections solicited.
18-ly.
-J0. A. BALI. rrfl- J. T. DALK, C.l,i.r.
: TIONESTA
. u a Ai ug AJ J.X. AH 1L (
Tionesta, Forest Co., I'a.
'TMs Bank transacts a General Banking,
iC'olleetiiHf und Kxchane Itusiness.
Drafts un tho 1'rincipal Cities of tho
.United Slafos and Europe bought and sold.
liold and Silver Coin and Government
neuuriiit's uoiigut. aim aoia. -ju iiomis
v'on verted on the most favorable tonus.
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Mar. 4, tf.
SLOAN & VAN GIESEN.
BLACKSMITHS
AND
TA GON-M AKERS.
Comer of Church and Elm Streets,
TIONESTA. I j.
This fVm is prepared to do all work in
i line, and will warrant everything done
a their Hli'ipa to givo satisfaction. Par
icular attention given to
iioitsi:.snoi:if;,
ir Oiwm a trial, and you will not re
let 18-ly.
" Let ua havo Faith
VOL. V. NO. 33.
D. W. CLARK,
(COMMIHStONKIl'M l.l-MIK, KORKST TO., r..)
UK AT ERTATi: AGBXT,
TToUSESnnd Lots for Sale and REN
CNT.
u
Wild IjiiuIs for Sale.
I hnve superior facilities for ascertaining
the condition of taxes and (ax deeds, ,Vo.,
and am therefore ipialiiid to act Intelli
gently as agent of those living at a dis
tance, owning lands iu tho County.
OHIco In Commissioners Room, Court
House, Tionesta, Pa.
4-H-ly. D. W. CLARK.
r.im. ptTinimoK. rr.-t.
K- U. UIlllllllMlK, Tiru.
T A. WRHiHT. Sir.
(;M. V. ItllHIIMiuK.
Ito.luow Huniicr.
THE SUPERIOR LUMBER CO,
manifactlri:rs of
Pine Lumber, Lath, Shingles &c.
Mills on Tionrstn rrerk, Forrst To., Tn.
Ynrds It flffirc for. ll k Rail Roml Sts.,
riTTsnuiioir, pa.
Jos. Y. Saul,
PRACTICAL Harness Maker nnd Sad
dler. Three doors north of Holmes
House, Tionesta, Pu. All work is war
ranted, tf.
Wrr), F. llers,
T If'ENCKD AUCTION I Elf, w illnttenit
I J to all business in that lino promptly,
at reasonable ra'es. Address
W.M. FELLERS, Newmanville.
n-3m. Clarion Co. l'a.
KIHVAKU UITIIIIIIIIO:.
E. 11. DITIIKIIXIK
FORT PITT GLASS WORKS.
Established A. D. 1.H27.
PITHFUDGE; & SQN;e
MANfrArrfm:ns op
Dithridge's xx Flint Glas3
PATENT OVAL
LAMP CHIMNEYS.
AND
Silvered Glass Reflectors.
These chimneys do not break by heal.
Ask for DrniitiiHiKs. Take no other.
DITHRIIMiK.feSON,
25-ly. Piusburnh, Pa.
IVriv It:ti'dii3; IIoct.se.
TI!. S. S. HULINUS has built a laro
l'l addition to her house, and is now pre
pared to accommodate a number of perma
nent hoarders, and all transient ones who
may favor her with their patronage. A
flood stable has recently been built to ac
commodate the horses iif quests. Chames
reasonable. Residence on Elm St., oppo
site S. lla-let's store. 'Sl-lv
"JONES" HOUSisT"
CLARION, FEXX'A
S. C. JONES - - - Proprietor.
GROCERY AflD PROVISION STORE
.v t i ox ns ta .
GEO. W. BOVARD & CO.
H
AVE Just brought on a complete and
tareiuiiy seiecicu siocK ol
FLOUR,
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
and everything necessary to tho ennpleto
stock ofii tirst-elass i irocery I louse, which
they have opened out at their establish
ment on Elm St., lirst door north of M. E.
Church.
TEAS,
COFFEES, SUGARS,
SY HITS. FRUITS,
SPICES,
HAMS, LARD,
.1 XI) PRO VISIOXS OF A LL K1XDS,
nt tho lowest cash prices. Goods warrant
ed to be of the bet quality. Call and ex
amine, and we believe we can suit vou
UEU. W. DOVARD k CO.
Jan. 0, 72.
Lloyd & Son,
WATKIt STUKKT, TIOXISTA, TA.
ITAVE JUST OPENED an extensive
11 St(l
Stock of
FLOUR AND FEED,
GRGCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
Which they oiler to the public at rates as
low as can beotlcred by any other estab
lishment in town. Give us a c ill before
purchasing olsowhore.
-;Sih. LLO V D A SON.
Mr. Samuel Hell, of W. E. Schiuertz it
Co , Wholesale Hoot and Shoe Manufactur
ers, ai Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., h:is
been atlliclod with chronic rheuiiiatisli for
thiity years, troin his riirht hip to his foot,
having to ui-e a cruti'h and a cane, at limes
so painful as to utterly incapacitate him
from attending to his business. Ilavini;
tried every remedy known, without riled,
except Gilliland's Pain Killer, he was
finally induced to try it. A second applica
tion enabled him to' lay aside his crutch,
and a third ellcdod a permanent cure. Mr.
Hell is a popular and well-known ciiir.cn,
is a living monument of the ell'acacy of
that great medical iliscovcrv, Gilliland's
Pain Killer. Thealllictod should ak their
grocer or druggist lor it, and trv its won
derful power. Mr. Gillihtnd, "wo under
stand, wants a respectable agent in every
town and county for it. The principal of
fice is at 7 Third Avenue, I'ituburgh Pa.
31-Jt
ri ri r Ti i
that Ri?ht maka Might ; and
TIONESTA, PA.,
HOW 1 CA.tlH to gi:t M Alillll P.
AX OI,I IMOXKKls's PTOHY.
"Your eppnliing of wn eliased liy
wolves in Citna'lii wends recti I la n sim
ilar experience I once had in Ohio,"
said tlie old pioneer, as lie shook with
suppressed emotion, hut whether of u
sad or pleasant nature could not he
nscertuinud in tho dim light of the
(i replace.
"Let us hour your yarn," wo sng
tnsted, with n reportoriul eye to tin
item lor con-sider utioii in n. dull sen
son. "O, it ain't any yarn, I nsstire you,"
said the old man, as he chuckled and
Entitled, until a glacial movement of
tohitcco juice Btn. teil front each cor
ner of his mouth und pushed its way
down Iho wrinkles that led to his
fttuhhlc-covcred chin below. "Shut
the door there so that mother cau'f
hear what's going on, nnd I will tell
you how I came to get married."
Wc complied with his request, nnd
nfter storing away a fresh pujiply of
iho weed "that cheers but don't ino
briaie," he drew his chair close to us
and commenced :
"It was in the year 1840 that I came
to Cleveland, nnd became employed
in a lianiwaro store on Superior street.
I had spent all my previous lifo on a
farm, aud had become tired of tramp
ing around over ihe pastures, fodder
ing sheep and cattla in the wintcr.iiud
Working still harder in the summer. I
won't sny anything about tlie difficul
ties I experienced in getting employ
ment upon my arrival in tho city, nor
how I tried every place in the town
before I could find it boarding place
that suited me, until I became ac
quainted with a widow lady who kept
a few boarders on what is now known
as Kuclid avenue.
"aMv landlady was accomplished,
and had evidently seea better days,
but the death of her husband had left
her in reduced circumstances. She
had two daughters, both lively, intel
ligent, and possessed of graces that
only come from association with the
bt tter class of society. They were of
extremely gay disposition, aud 1 had
not been nt the house a mouth before I
was hopelessly in love with Funny,
the eldest, and I thought at limes her
manner tuward nie was tender and en
couraging. She carefully avoided giv
ing tno an opportunity to be alone
with her long enough to declare toy
passion.
"Tho winter had nearly passed with
out liuding nie any lurther advanced
in my suit until one night in Februa
ry, after a heavy fall of snow, I asked
Miss Fanny to take a sleigh ride
with nie, to which she const nted, and
after tea I procured as high-stepping
a pair of horses as could be found iu
tho city, drove up to the hotiac of my
athnity, and iu a few minutes we were
whirling away out on the Cleveland
and Medina turnpike. I bad taken
that road partly because it ltd towards
my old home, aud also ow ing to its be
ing less trureled at night than the oth
er thoroughfares leading from the city,
and wo were uot likely to be interrupt
ed in our ride or conversation, 'ihe
uight was just cool enough to make it
necessary to place my arm around my
companion, the hoists were frisky, null
the moon shone with that peculiar
light which is preferred by lovers to
all others, unless it b that of a par
lor lamp turned down so low that as
an illuminator it is nearly useless.
"Through Brooklyn township we
whirled out into, the country, where
th lights from the farm houses became
more scattered and the baying of a
watch-dog was the only sound heard.
Fanny, who had previously sung,
laughed and chatted merrily on our
ride, now became quiet. As we came
to a rise in the road that disclosed n
level strip two or three miles iu length
before us, I said to myself, 'liefore we
havo traveled the road now iu view, 1
will settlo my fate, uud go homo a hap
pier or a more miserable man."
"Hardly hud I come to this conclu
sion before I heard a peculiar rushing
sound behind us, nnd looking around
could see a flock of sheep coming at
full speed toward us, nnd behind them
were two or thrco dogs, which account
ed fur tho fright of the sheep, which
would doubtless run for miles before
stopping, nnd cause their owner much
trouble iu hunting them up. Hut a
bright thought came to me. Fanny
was a city girl, aud hud never seen
a sheep save iu the shspe of cutlets or
rt ast at her mother's table. I would
indulges in a btrategy of the kind
w hich is considered fair in love or war.
Lowering my voice to the note of the
stugo Jibbcnnaiunsay, where bespeaks
of the death of his parents, wife and
friends, I said, 'Fanny my girl, are
you brave can you bear terrible
news?' 'Why, Henry, what is the mat
ter? What makes you look so pale''
Assuming n more tragic voice, I re
plied, 'I5o firm, dearest ; rely on me;
wo are followed by wolves. Look be
hind you, and you can seo the mon
sters, who are already thirsting for our
blood.'
"Sho gave a hurried glance hack
ward, heard the rushing sound it
many feet, tiie deep breathing which,
when heard in the forests of the north,
causes the wildest dismy; then drawing
MEPUBE
in that Faith let us to tho end, dare do our duty as we understand it."--LINCOLN.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1872. $2 PER ANNUM.
nearer to me, said : 'I did not know
there were any wolves so nenrlhecity,
Henry.' 'Neither did I think there
were any,' I replied; 'hut it seems we
wi re mistaken, for those behind tie are
of the gray species, and most danger
ous of any to meet. Driven by hunger
they hnvo approached the settlements,
and unless our horses can go to tho
Stone tavern in I'arma before wo are
overtaken, we are lost.'
"At this juncture tho old, curly
horncJ leader, tired nnd out of wind
from tho long run, gave vent to a pro
longed bleat, which wns fearful enough
to scare a girl less timid than Funny.
I sawed on the horses' hits, and flour
ished my whip frantically around
them, until they were cxcile'd and ap
parently doing their best to escape the
fate behind us.but I wnssecrctly holding
them back, to allow tho wolves (?) to
get closer. On came the blonly horde,
panting for breath, nearer nnd nearer,
until I began to throw out robes and
blankets 'These will keep them chaw
ing n few minutes,' I said, 'and we
may escape.' Hut the sheep had no
appetite for the robes, and were close
behind us.
"I arose iu the sleigh, gave the reins
to Fanny, saying, 'Drive for your life
I will sacrifice myself for you,' and
made n movement as if to jump out of
the elcigh. 'Never, never!' she scream.
ed, 'We will dio together,' nnd she
pulled me down beside her, to nwait
her fate. While thus employed, I suc
ceeded in obtaining a Imsly avowal of
Fanny, nt the same time I was holding
back the hordes, to let the pursuers go
by. They came; the monsters sepa
rated and passed us on either side,
while I held my hat over her fitce, that
she might not see the dreadful decep
tion I had played upon her.
"She fainted the moment wo were
overtaken by the wolves, nnd without
trying to revive her, I turned the
horses homeward aud only stopped to
pick up the robes which had been
thrown out to check the ferocins ani
mals. After driving a mile or two my
now affianced wife revived sufficiently
to hear how wo were si veil by a party
of sleigh-riders, who met ns just as
we were surrounded. Though nervous
and weak from the excitement, sho re
covered her buoyancy of sprit before
we arrived home, nnd had promised to
keep our udveuture a secret, ns I in
formed her the 'owner of the horses
would charge me a fearful price if he
knew to what lesls his steeds had been
put.' And that is my adventure with
wolves, and how I cii'me to ninny."
"But did yeur wilo never find out
tho deception you practiced?' we
asked ti e old settler, at.d he laughed
again, while thinking of his boyish
pranks.
"Not until eight years ago," he re
plied, "when I told her of it one even
ing when she was ironing."
"What did she say ?"
"Xot much not "very much," an
swered our old romancer, but remov
ing his hat, he showed us a triangular
space upon his head, such s might
have been made by a hut tinooii Ing
iron, and with not a hair upon its sur
face. Wc thought Fatiiiv was rcveng-!
l.KT -If!: TACKI.S; lil.1l.
There is something in the Scotch
brogue that is interesting to almost
every one, provided ol course they
know enough of it to understand tlie
drift of what is said. Of all Ihe ex
amples that have been given of it any
where, we think t.'iere is nothing much
better than the following:
iu a cas e in Wliiell .TcfPrnv ntul
Cockbuni, when barristers, were en
gaged, a question ar se as to tlie sani
ty of one of the pTirties concerned.
"Is the defendant iu your opinion,
perfectly suue?" said Jefl'iey, interro
gating one of tho witnesses, a dam,
stupid-looking country nun.
The witness gazctl iu bewilderment
at the oiiestioiirr. but. (i-uca t... nnt...p
i - t, - o"u,
Jeflrey repeated the inquiry, altering
ma noiua to Ji you llllllli 1110 lle-
fendani capable of manaeini' his nun
aliairs?"
Still in vain.
"I ask you," said Jeffrey, "do you
consider the man perfectly rational, or
not ?"
fo answer yet.
"Let llie tilllilc him " sni.l ( '..,.L- l,n
'lhen, ussiuiiir his broadest Scotch
tone, and turning to the obdurate wit
ness, he began ;
"Hae ye your mull wi' ye?"
"Ou. av. said tho awkward Cimon.
stretching out hisenulf horn.
"Noo, boo Ioiil' ban ve kent John
Sampson ?" sai l Cuckhurn, taking a
pinch.
'"Kver sen ho was that high," whs
the ready reply, tho witness indicating
with his bund the alleged altitude.
"An' d'ye think imo. atwecn vou
an' me," said the barrister, iu Irs most
insinuating Scotch manner, "that
there's ony thing iiit.il tho cratur?"
1 wuilua lippcn him mi a bull
call, (1 would not trust bun with the
guardianship of a bull calf,) was the
instant mi. I brilliant rcjoiuer.
1 he end was attained, uiuid the con
vulsions of the court.
Cfeor'ia irU use none but li.ru.
papers for their Sunday bustles.
I IHMMl MONKY.
Dr. MacKenzio in nn niticlo on
coining money, says : The metal (we
will call it gold) having been reduced,
or elevated to a perfect degree of puri
ty, is cast into ingots, in crucibles of
plumbago, with the requisite quantity
of alloy say twenty-two parts of gold
to two of copper. When n thorough
amalgamation is proluced, by great
heat, the liquid metnl is poured into
irom mouli.s, from which, when cool,
it is turned out in bars twenty-one
inches long, one inch thick and nearly
two inches wide. A small peice is cut
from ihe end of each bar, and this
fragment is assayed. A small piece
of hair, about an inch in length, is put
into one of two scales, protected from
the dust by a glass ense, and so finely
balanced this morsel of hair will turn
the scale. If tho Mint nssayist, tlu.s
weighing the gold, discovers impurity
in it equal to that hair, he would reject
the bar. This assay of tho gold is
rigorously performed several times be
fore the coin is delivered for circula
tion, the bar of gold having been de
clared to bo "all right," and of the
requisite fineness, is now ready for the
rolling-room. There the first thing
done is to clip off the ends 'vith a
huge pair of scissors or shears the
theory being that such ends are sub
ject to undue contraction in cooling,
and the fact being that coin produced
from these ends would bo "dumb,"
that is, not have the proper ring. The
bars are then repeatedly passed be
tween successive pairs of rollers of
hardened steel surfaces, driven by
steam power. 15y this action the
length and breadth are extended, and
by gradually bringing the rollers
closer, the thickness is diminished.
As the bars become extended, they
are cut into several lengths ; each (if
which, iu turn, is passed through tho
rollers, until it becomes a "fillet" of
the thickness required for punching
out "blanks." Though tho rolling is
not very rapidly performed, the work
men nre careful to touch tho gold or
silver only with thickly gloved hands.
If you were to take up one of these
fillets, you would instantly know tho
reason why, for your fingers would he
as severely burned ns if you bad
drawn them across heated iron bars.
The heat generated iu tho opera
tion of rolling is very great. The
finishing rolleis are so finely ad
justed that the fillets (or thinned burs)
do not vary in thickness iu miy part
more than the len-thotioundth part of
nn inch. The fillcls finally nre put in
to the "drawing-bench," where they
are drawn between steel dies, ns in
wire drawing, to the exact thickness
of the coin required. In the process
ol rolling, the bars tiro annealed, to
remove the hardness induced by the
pressure.
The fillets nro handed, when they
finally leave the rollers, to a workman
called the "fryer," who punches a ti ial
Id sink out of each, and weighs it in a
hr.I.mce; if it vary more than one-
eighth of a grain in weight, that niiet
is rejected. After this, it' tlie trial be
satsifiictory.n final rolling reduces it to
what may be called "coin thickness."
Next the fillet passes into the "cutting
room," where the coins are punched
out of it by steam and pneumatic
pressure; tho fillets being fed into tho
the press rapidly, ns each of the twelve
cuts out sixty blanks in each minute.
The scraps left aftt r the punching ari-:
culled "scissel," nnd are taken care of
lo he remelted. Each Mark, actually
an unstamped coin, is weighed in the
automaton balance which tests twenty-three
blanks per minute, and en eh
to the .001 of a grain. All under
a certain weight are pushed into a box
to be remeltid; all oivr it are put
aside to be reduced by filing. The cor
rect blanks nre separately rung on a
sounding iroii, and ihose'uhieli do not
give a clear ringing sound are rejected.
This ordeal passed, tho blanks are
"milled'' on the tdtie bv a machine
which raises or ribs the edge, nnd
makes them iierfeclly round. They
are then filed, to take off any wiry
rising which the process may have pro
duced. Alter this thty are annealed,
to soficn them before they are struck
with hardened skil dies, and ulso put
into a pot of boiling diluted .-ulphui ic
acid, to remove any oxido of copper
from the surface. Next they arc
washed with water, dried with great
care iu hot sawdust, and finally put in
to au oven, at a temperature slightly
above that of boiling water. Tlu.-e
processes produce the beautiful bloom
which may be observed in new coin.
Now the blanks pas into the stamping-mom,
to receive the impressions,
on bo;h sides, which will convert them
into coin. In the Mint in Loudon the
Mumping presses make much noi.-e,
and convey the idea, by the tremor
which their coiicus.-ioii mutes, that
ihe liiihjiu; illicit pr. badly fail down.
Iu the Mint at l'hilaih Iphia ibis iio-e
ami this concussion arc n..t perccpti
dle. There are two dies iu each coin
ing pre ss. The lower one is stall. 01111 v ;
the other is firmly lixed into a screw,
worked by cieani, whi h, each lime 11
descends upon a blank, placed on the
lower die, lual.t s the dolled ilouoh
impression, te hiiicallv designated the
"obverse" und the "rt verse." A sled
ring or collar holds the coin while it
is being stamped,' and the impressed
coin falls out ns soon ns completed. A
person attend to each press, nml reg
ularly feeds it with a succession of
blanks. Tho machine does nil the
rest seizes (he blank, pushes it for
ward on the die, holds it steadily there,
jerks down nnother die on it, with a
heavy ut noiseless thump can mill
it, if required and finally drops it
down.
A somewhat amusing incident is
told of a woman whose husband, a
' wealthy man, died suddenly "without
leaving any will. The 'widow, desir
I ous of securing the w hole of the prop-
city, conceal 'd her husband's death,
! and persuaded a poor shoemaker to
take his plane, when a will could be
i made. Accordingly he wns closely
! inufHed in bed, as if very sick, ami a
I lawyer culled in to write the will. The
t shoemaker in a feeble voice, bequeath
,ed half of all the property to thowid
ow. "What shall bo d.,no with the
remaider?" asked the lawyer. "The
I remainder," ho replied, "I give and
j bequeath to the poor little shoemaker
! across the way, who has always been
1 a good neighbor and a deserving man; '
, Thus securing a rich bequest for him
self. Tho widow was Ihuiidentruck
i with the man's audacious cunning, but
I did not dare to expose the fraud, and
two rogues shared the estate.
The John O'Gront Journal says:
A clergyman resident in this country,
while on his pastoral rounds a lew
days ago, met a tinker lad playing on
j the bngp:pes. lie listened with atten
tion to the various airs played, nnd
expressed his aduiirariun of the excel
I lent, manner in which the minie had
j been performed ; but being apprchtn
' sive that the performer's musical tal
ent had been cultivate 1 at the expense
; of knowledge of a more momentous
; character, he asked him if he knew
! "What is man's chief end?" The
musician, after a pause, replied, "I
jdinna ken, I'm sure; but if ye'll
! whistle 'l I'll play 't !"
J Quad Lewis, a Detroit journalist,
has a romantic history. By being
. blown up on a steamboat ho was en
abled to "realize" handsome')' on n
damage suit. With his hard earned
. cnpilal he then entered a country
printing otliee, where ho afterward
wrote an account of "How it Fee's lo
1 be Blown L'p" his fiist effort in liter-
, tu re. '1 he sketch had a great run in
the newspapers, and Quad, astonished,
kept on writing. Ho h now one of
; the spmklirg writers of the Detroit
1 iM'ce I'ress, nnd concocts romances of
seven! v five chapters for the literary
II-. . -
weeklies at an t iioniiuiis salary.
A very singular 1 r. pertv of ice is
; shown by placing a wire across a mass
of that substance, and weighting it so
that it will cut its way through rapid
ly. The ice will reunite behind the
wire nml can bo ns easily cut at any
other points ns where the wire went
through. A Scotch experimenter has
slo iouibl that a muss of ice placed
on wire gnc.e iii.d ti.lijectcd U slight
pressure, will (.ass through the gauze
am! reappear 0:1 ihe ether tiila in a
solid mi:ss of the same shape and licar-
lv the same wc!"!i
bef. re
"You have been hire along lime, I
suppose," said a pompous Iviglish
traveler to au old hunter in Oregon,
who had been ailing 113 his guide.
"You bet I have," said the hunter;
and then pointing to M it Hood, he
continued: "You see lhal. mountain
there? Well, sir w hen 1 first came to
Ibis country that mountain was a hole
in the ground."
I came for the saw, sir. What sau
cer? Why, the saw, sir, you borrow
ed. I borrowed 110 saucer. Sun: von
did, sir; you borrowed a saw, sir." I
never saw yoni saucer. But you did ;
there's tho saw now, sir. Oh, you
want the saw ; why didn't you say 00?
A young mail hunting turkeys nt
Kalamazoo, Mich., thought he saw one
iu the gra-s, but a coroiie.'s jury de
cided that it was the head of ihe lar
mor who owned the premises, and was
taking a nap.'"
Is there any dancer of ihe lion-constrictor
biting? usknl u visitor of a (mi.
logical showman. Not the least, replied
the show man ; he never bites ; he
swailows his will le whole.
The g'rls nt Saratog'i object, to be
ing pressed to maul v vests which wear
hard lumps in the shape of gold
watches.
An editor's pocket Mas picked at
Litchlicld, Illinois, nnd he tried to
make the public believe he lost i.
"Fan him with your boots" is said
by those familiar with the subject to
be the latist thing iu slang.
An idd holy, writing to her son out
West, warns him to beware of biliioiis
saloons and bowel alleys.
A lady ei'leicd a
asked for a bottle of '
dice."
"Do vou rujov gooi
ry?" "Why, yVs, I,
drug store ami
'J.iiij's Fxperi-
I he ihh, Z icha
1 be sure; who
.lie Ml I !
Why lire hhu I -mil 1 ;i! a . w icked
nun? Bicau-e tl.cv ;:-cgiw;i 1 j 1. e.
Rates of Advertising.
Ono Sipiaro (I inch,) one lnrrtlons - 81 .10
OneHipmro " one month - a no
One H pmro . ". throe, months - 00
One Sipiare " midyear - - 10 00
Two Sipinres, one year -' l.i (HI
(Juai te ol. " " . . . . ;so (it)
Hall' " " . . . 50 (hi
Ono " " . - . . pin oil
r.usiness Cards, not exceeding ono inch
in length, f 10 per year.
I.r::al notices nt established rates.
These rates nre lotar, and no deviation
vill Iih made, or discrimination amoiifr
(iitrons. The rates ollcred nro such,
will make it to the ad vantage of men doi. j
business in the limits ol tlio circulation of
ti.e paper to ndvertlsn liberally.
Tho latest novelty in sti'cides comes
from Cleveland, where nn individual
who had drawn a blauk in a lottery
went to his death after tho following
unique ond elnborato -preparations :
He first procured a loaded revolver
und connected it with clock work, so
that it should be fired offat a certain
time. He then got into bed, and, af
ter placing the pistol behind his ear,
took a dose of chloroform. Under the
influence of the narcotic ho then went
to sleep. At the given time the clock
work pressed the trigger, discharging
the pistol, and launching the slumber
er into eternity. " This device is an ac
cession to the plain self-shooting and
hanging of ordinary suicide, and in its
mechanical merits, seems tieate:', if uot
quieter tli.in the gullotine.
Certain young Indian gentlemen,
who were pursuing the study of tho
law, were one evening invited by the
Master of the Temple to spend tho
evening at his house. Tho time set for
tho arrival of tho interesting party
arrived, but nobody came. When
nearly an hour had passed iu fruitless
waiting, the doctor's lady rang for tho
maid, w ho had not becorno quite ac
customed to tho ways of tho house.
She entered in a state of considerable
excitemeut. "Have noue of tho gen
tlemen arrived ?" asked her mistress.
"Nn," answered the do.nestie ; "but a
lot of Christy Minstrels have been a
ringing at the bell, and I have been a
driving 'em away."
Oshkesh, Wis., bus had nn Enoch
Anleii, but he didn't como back ami
gaze through the window at tho felicity
of the reconstructed household, anil
then go into the green and yellow mel
ancholy business ; not any. He kick
ed the new husband out, sorted over
tho children nnd sent his brats nfter
him, nnd nfier threshing his wife, set
tied down into n peaceful and happy
head of the family.
Two Irishmen, on a sultry night
took refuge under the bedclothes from
n party of mosquitoes. At last one of
them, gnping from heat ventured fo
peep beyond the bulwarks nnd espied
a fire fly which had strayed into the
room. Arousing his companion with a
punch, he said ; "Furgus, Furgus, it's
nn use. Ye might ns well come out.
Here'i one of the ernythers searching
for us will n lantern.''
Occasionally, when the train arrives
nt Middlctown, Conn., a nice young
man jumps off ami kisses the best look
ing girl nt tho depot, supposing her to
be his sister. He npologizes bo nicely
that the girls me getting so they look
for him regularly. Some big brother
will pull his nose yet.
A Sunday school (eacher who had
almost become discouraged over the
listlessiiess of her class, at last K it re
warded by nn interesting look from a
little girl, the reward wns lost when
the little creature touched a bracelet
on her arm, nnd asked, "Teacher, aie
them threaded ou Mastic.".
"Charles," said a young lady to her
lover, "there is n ithiug interesting iu
the paper to-day, is there, dear?" "Ni
tore, but I hope there will be one day,
when we both shall bo interested." Tho
lady blushed, nml said, of course, "For
shame, Charles !"
A baby hud the misfortune to swal
low the contents of nn ink bottlo. Its
mother, with wonderful presence of
mind, immediately administered a box:
of steel pens ami two sheets of foolscap
paper, and the child has felt write in
side ever since.
"Do you ihink Jonah cried when ho
was iu the fish's belly?" was the ques
tion put to an oily seaman by n sleek
querist. "Don't know," replied Jack,
"but should think not, as there, was
plenty of blubber without his'n."
At n certain church fair a sot of
Cooper's works was promised to tho
individual who should answer a set of
conundrums. A dashing young fellow
was pronounced the winner, nnd re
ceived n set uf wooden puils.
A printer out west, whoso office is
half a mile from any other building,
and who hangs his sign on the limb of
u tree, advertises for un apprentice.
He says: "A boy from the country
preferred."
Two undertakers meeting tho other
day, 'die of them remarked on the vast
increase of mortality. "Well," replied
the other, "you're luckier than I, for I
have not buried a living soul these three
weeks."
A i-tory is told of a person asking
anothtr whether he would advise him
to lend a certain friend money. "What,
lend him money? You might give him
an emetic, and he wouldn't return it."
A lady about to marry was warned
that her intended, although a good
man, wan very cecentne. Well, sir.)
s.iid, if he is very unlike other turn, ho
U more likely to make u good husband.
Wine is a mocker; stiong driuk is
raging; uud whosoever is deceived
thereby is not w he.
Tin; hirge.-t d.iirv in Calil'orni.i con
tains l.'JOd cows, ihe milK of which is
elan n- .1 lit. bint, r by - earn. .'
Jitinie .1 I 'i- 11 i., the lie.-', telegraph
' 1 later iu Muloj'.ii'.