II PI BI.UI1KD lAEUY WEDNESDAY, BY
V. II. DUNN.
orricE in robinsou bowter's building,
ELM BTREET, TI0KE8TA, FA.
TERMS, J2.IK) A YEAR.
No Subscriptions received fur a shorter
portod than three mouths.
Correspondence solicited from nil parts
of t lie country. No notice will bo taken of
annonyihous communications.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TIONESTA LODGE
Ao. ,
MEETS every Friday evening, nt 7
o'clock, In the Hull lornierly occupied
by tho Good Templars.
M. ITTEL, N. O.
W. It. DUNN, Soe'y.
27-tf.
Samuel D. Irwin,
ATTOUNKY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW
lid KKA I. ESTATE AGENT, l-ciml
business promptly attended to. Tionesta,
!. so-ly.
a, iiwtos rams.
MM.KS W. TAT.
PKTTIS & TATE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
jAtm Strut,
TIOXKSTA, PA
W.W.Muoa,
TtoMtM, r.
Omrgt A. Jenki,
Sunkvllle. P..
Mason & Jen Vis.
A TTORNEYS AT LAW. Office on Kim
i. Street, alwvo walnut, Tionesia, i n
W. P. MercilUott,
A TTORNEY COUNSELOR AT LAW
X Tionestn, I'a. Olllee on 1.1m MimI,
The professional service of tho Hon. S
P. Johnson ran bo secured tliroutili me if
desired In any business entrusted to me In
Forest Co. Collection promptly attended
o. Alao Heal Kslate Again.
F. W. Hays,
A TTORNKY AT I,AV, nnd Notaiit
J. Pim.H'. Reynolds lluklll A Co.
Block, Soneca St., Oil City, l'a. 3l-ly
Georgo F. Davenport,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. Snoclnl nttcn
X tion Riven to tli liivcstiKutionof Ijind
Title. Coiivcvnncinn n"d Collections in
Veniiuiro. Ciawford mul pifliu'ciit counties,
All business promptly attended to. No, 8
Mercantile fx k, oil City, l'u. 8-ly
r. KINNKAR. r. II. HMII.EY
kixxica n c smile r,
Attorneys at Law, - - - Franklin, Pa
I PRACTICE in tlio several Courts of Ve
linn no, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin,
inn counties. 3H-1 y
. B. HARM. D. II. FAMKTT,
r
II A KRIS C FASSETT,
Attorney at Law, TUasvUla Fann'a
"PRACTICE in all the Courts of Warren
J Craw roru, forest ana cnungo loun
tint. y-n
J'lll 'SIVIAXS .P S11H1EOXS.
J. WINAS3, K D., aad J. E. BLAINE, M. D.
Mnvlncr entered Into a co-imrtncrsliln. nil
calls, iiij;lit or day, will receive immediate
attention, onice at resuiciico or nr. M i
nima. Elm St.. Tionestn. l'u. Ctl ly
Charles B- Ansart,
I)
ENT1ST, Centre Street, Oil City, l'a,
In Simons lllock.
Lawrence House,
1T.7M. L VWRENCE. PnorniKion. This
IV house has just been opened to tho
public and the furniture mm littins nre
all new. Otiests will be well entertained
at reasoiinbln r:ito. Is Mituntcd on Km St
opposite Superior Lumber Co. Store. 3U-ly
Tionesta House.
nf ITT EL. Proprietor, Klin St. Tlo
lilt neatn. l'a.. at tho mouth of thnereck
lr. Ittln has thoroughly renovated the
Tionaita Mouse, nmt re-turnisticu it com
letlr. All who patronize him will be
wall antortained at reasonable rutos. 20 ly
FOREST HOUSE,
T RLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
toil it House, Tlouesta, l'a. jiimi
onaned. Krorvthimr new and (Juan and
flash. The host of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion oflhn puutlo patron
as la respectfully solicited. 4-17-lv
Scott House,
TAOCNDUS. PA.. K. A. Roberts, Pro
! priator. This hotel has been recently
rs-furnished and now offers superior ae.
oommodiittons to Kiiests. -iy.
Dr. J. L. Aconb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had llfteen venra' experience in a lai'K"
and aueeessfuf practice, will attend nil
Professional Calls. Oflico in his Drug and
Urooery Store, located in Tidicute, neur
Tiuiouta House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobaoeo. Ciuurs. Stationery, Olass, I'uiiits,
Oils, Cutlery, and tine Uroceries, all of the
J.(t quality, and will be sold at reasonable
ates.
II. R. DURC.ESS, an experienced Urujr
cistfroiii New York, bus cliurno of tho
store. All proscriptions put up accurately,
w.
jso. r. risk".
A. S. KKLLY
MA 1", PARK C CO.,
S -A. IsT El S
Corner of Elm Walnut Sts. Tionesta,
Rank of Discount and Deposit.
Interest allowed on Tinio Deposits.
Calleotionsmadoonall tlio Principal points
- of the U. S.
Collections solicited. 18-ly
. MS. A. PALK, Pn.-.l. T. DALE. CMbiur.
TIOlsTEST-A.
SAVINGS BANK,
Tionesta, Forest Co., Pa.
This Rank transacts a General Ranking
txil loctinu and Kxcliano IIukiiiohh.
Drafts on the I'rincijial Cities of tho
C illicit Males anil f.iiropc Ipoul'UI slid soiu
iold and Silver Coin and Government
Securities bought and sold. 7-30 liunds
ronvci ieil on tho most favorable terms,
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Alar. 4, If.
?5f tftfS-' I. O. of O. IT.
VOL. V. ISO. 10.
TEN EYCK&VANDEltSAAL
WHOI.KKAT.K A IIKTAII.
CONFECTIONERS.
STORE: No. 3 South Senoca Street,
jext noon To post okkick.
MANUFACTORY! Ho. North Srnrcti Strrrt,
ll-ly OIL CITY, FENN'A.
D. W. CLARK,
(COMMISSIONKIt'H CI.KUK, FORICST I'O., PA.)
JlEA L ESTATE AG EXT.
HOUSES and lints for Sale and RENT"
Wild l4inds for Sale.
I lmvo superior facilities for ascertaining
Ihe condition of tnxes nnd tax deeds, rte.,
and nut thercforo qualified to act intelli
gently as airent or those living nt a tns
t.ince, owninit hinds in tho County.
O 111 eo In t imimisslonors Itoom, court
House, Tionestn, Pa.
4-41-lv. D.W.CLARK.
Xow IConrillng House.
MRS. S. S. 1IULINOS 1ms Imilt a lnrq:o
addition to her house, and is now pre
pared to acroinmodnteanumber of perma
nent hoarders, and an irnusieni ones wiw
mav favor her with their pntronnne. A
iroo'd slablo hns recently been built to ac
commodate the horses ofRitests. Chnrites
renxonnble. Rosidenco on LI in St., oppo
site S. Haslet's storo. 2li-ly
A. II. PARTRIDGE,
J)KAI.Kn IX
3T TJ 3sT J T TJ R, E,
CHAMnKR SUITS, SOFAS, TABLES,
CHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, MAT
TRESSES, LOUNUKS,
SPRING BEDS,
AC, AC,
Fit A MIX a I'lCT l 'R ICS,
A HrKCIAI.TY,
Has a lnrire variety of Mouldinit of nil
kinds, and will framo to order nil pictures
brought to him in any style to suit custo
mers.
Rooms In Kecond storv of Bonner if- Mc
Kay's now buildiiiK, Klin St., Tionestn,
l'u. ;i'.-;iui
O It M STOX Wk II OS 12 V,
CENTRE STREET, OIL CITY, PA.
ROOKS,
STATIONERY,
FANCY GOODS,
TWINES,
TOYS, INKS,
WIIOI.i:Al.r. AND ItlCTAl!..
Books, Newspapers and Magazines
MAILED TO ANY ADDRESS
At publishers rates.
30-ly
ITEW
GROCERY M$ PROVISION STORE
IX TIONESTA.
GEO. W. BOVARD & CO.
II
AVKJuNt brought on n complete ami
FLOUR,
GROCERIES.
PROVISIONS,
and everything necessary to tho complete
stock ofii flrst-chissGrocery House, which
they have opened out lit their establish
ment on Elm St., first door north of M. K.
Church.
TEAS,
COFFEES,
SUGARS,
SYRUPS,
FRUITS,
w rir L.""kj
IIARIS, LARD,
A XD MO riSOXS OK A LL KIXV8,
at tho lowest cash prices. Goods warrant
ed to bo of the best quality. Call and ex
amine, and we believe we can suit you.
GEO. W. BOVARD k CO,
Jan. 9. '72.
tONFECTIONARIEg
T AGN EW, at the Post Oflico, has
1 J. opened out a choice lot of
GROCERIES,
COXFECTIONA II IKS,
CANNED FRUITS,
'10IUCC0S,
CIGARS, AND
NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS.
A portion of the patrouu;?o 0 tho public
is resspeeuuiiy suiicucu.
4t-tf L. AGNKW.
TIONESTA, I'A., FEHJtUAUV 2(5? 1873.
Till! NEATKH'P KWINDI.K YET.
Tho other tiny at about 12 m. a Car
riage, elegant enough in nil its ap
pointments to be privato "turn out,"
drove tip to tho door of the largest
jewelry establishment on Chesnut St.,
not far from Twelfih.Pliiladelphia and
from it defended n gentleman, nt least
so from appearance, attired in the
most fashionable manner. Saunter
ing inside with nt) easy grace, ho re
quested to see some jewels, stating that
he desired to make a large purchase.
He carried in his hand a hansome ense
or ling1, which, ho deposited on 1110
glass before the clerk w ho stepped for
ward to wait upoi him. lie was very
particular in his choice, but at Inst
selected about $2,000 worth of iowolry
of various kinds and styles. As the
clerk was about to put tho numerous
little boxes into oat largo receptacle
the stranger snid "Wait oinoment,
We can do better." and opening bis
case, which remained upon the count
cr. he took from it nnd hnnded to the
clerk a neat box with a key, sufficient.
Ir larcre to hold all his purchases.
Into this the clerk put tho jewelry,
p. . . ..... ,
and handed it bnck to his customer,
who locked it, leaving the key in the
in the leek, and replaced it in tho
batr. closing the latter. Then put
tinir his gloved hand into the breast
pocket of his coat as if to take out his
Doeket-book, he exclaimed in great
surprise, "Well, how forgetful I am
I have left inr book and money at
the hotel. I must go back and get it.
Very careless of nic, very. Yau w ill,
of cuurse, want to keep this. It
wouldn't do to trust nn utter stranger
with such vuhtables, and,opening the
bng, he ngnin took out the little box
and handed it to the clerk. "It's very
annoying, but I will drive right to the
Continental, and bo back in a few
moment,"
With a fow commonplace remarks
tho elegant gentleman returned to his
pnrrini'o. and was seen to drivo nwav
in the di.-cction of tho Continental,
taking with him the nice innocent littlo
bag he had brought. They wailed at
tho store for him a long time to come
back. I:i fact, he hnsn t. come back
yet. At last a light dawned upon the
terrified cUrk, and he reached for the
beautiful little box with the beautiful
little key. "Oh. it's all right, of
course," he hoped in spite of his suspi
cions. "Something hns detained the
gentleman, but I mnv as well make
sure." He is sure now. The beautiful
little box with the beautiful littlo kev
contained old worthless iron padlocks
No news of the thief. Every reader
will see at once how tho swindle was
accomplished, ihe man had two
beautiful little hoses with two beauti
ful littlo kevs in the inncccnt little
bag, nnd, of course, gave the right one
(that is, for hinn to the clerk when
he left.
co
WH AT TO 1M i ASK V ACCIDENT.
Frof. Wilder, of Cornell University
gives the following short rules for ac
tion in case ot acccidcnt, which it will
be found useful to preserve or remeni
ber :
For dust in the eye avoid rubbing
dash water iuto them; remove cinder,
etc., with the round point of a lead
pencil.
Remove water from the ear by tepid
water; never put a hard instrument
in the ear.
If any artery is cut, compress above
the wouud ; if a veiu is cut, compress
below.
If choking, get upon all fours and
cough.
For slight burns, dip the part in
cold water ; if the skin is destroyed,
cover with varnish.
Smother a fire with carpets, &c. ;
water will spread burning oil, and in
crease danger. Before pushing through
smoke take a full breath and than
stoop low; if carbonic gus is suspcted,
walk eroct.
Suck poisoned wounds, unless your
mouth is sore; enlarge the wound, er
better, cut out the part without delay;
hold the wounded part as long as can be
borne to a coal or the end f a cigar.
In case of poisoning, excite vomit
ing by tickling the throat, or warm
water and mustard.
For acid poisons, give alkalis ; for
alkaline poisons give acids; whit of
an egg is good in most cases ; in a
case of opium poisoning give strong
coffee and keep moving.
If in water, float on the back, with
the nose and mouth projecting.
For a fit of apoplexy, raise the
head and body ; for fainting, lay the
person flat.
One of the most remarkable in
stances of presence of mind and the
virtue of soft soap was shown in Dal
ton, New York, the other day. A
man working near a revolving shaft
was caught in the main belt and was
in a fair way of being dashed to pieces
when a boy standing beside the shaft
sei.cd a dipper of soap and threw it
upon the belt, causing it to slip, and
release the muu fiom certain death.
fleittiWksiii
MAItK TWAIN'S l.CCTt'UE.
Mark Twain delivered a Lccturo in
Ilartfold, Fridny night, the proceeds
of which, amounting to $1,600, were
given to the city luhrmary society tor
Ihe benefit of the suffering poor.
Frsvious to the lecturo be published a
enrd announcing his chaintabie in
tentions, which is decidedly racy read
ing. "Soveral of us, he says "have
conceived the idea that we might
raise a thousand dollars through the
medium of a lecture, to be given next
Friday night, by the undersigned.
I am thoroughly and cheerfully willing
to lecturo for such an objoct, though
would have serious objections to
talkinir in my own town for the benefit
of my own pocket we freebooters of
the platform consider it more gracetut
to fly the black rag in strange waters,
and prey upon remote nnd friendless
communities." Tickets for the lecture
were placed at tho high price of one
dollar each, and Mark explaius and
excuses the extravagant figure this
wav: "The lecture itself being worth
nearly twenty-five cents, the ticket
purchaser would really be giving onlv
about twenty-five cents to the charity
if the tickets were fiftv cents j but by
making the price a collar, tho pur
chaser has a chance to make a good,
honest, undcfiled contribution of seventy-five
cents." We quote further :
Lucca charges ?4 a ticket, nnd so
my first idea wns to put our tickets at
$4 too, nnd run opposition. But
friends said ne, there was a difference
Lucca Rings. I said very well, I
would smg, too. I showed thorn what
I could do. But they still objected,
and said that n iner6 disturbance wns
not singing. So I have come down
to a dollar, but I do it with reluctance.
I must not deceive any one; there
fore I will say, in parenthesis, as it
were, that I am going to deliver a lec
ture that I delivered before tho Young
Men's Institute two or three yenrs ago
a lecture on the Snndwich Islands.
I do this because Father Hawley's
need is so pressing thnt I have not
time to prepare a uew lecture. I hap
pen to be just fixed and primed for
this Sandwich Island talk, fur the
reason that I have been rubbing it up
to deliver before tho New York Mer
cantile Library some days hence.
Now we offer these following terms:
all who have not already heard the
lecture can pay a dollar and come iu;
and all who have heard it before can
commute for two dollars apiece nnd
remain at home if they prefer. In
which ease the police will bo instruct
ed not to disturb them. But if they
come to the hall they must behave,
and not cry over old jokes that made
them sad when they heard them before.
Duval is the great three-card monte
man of the Missouri Valley. From
St. Louis to Omaha he takes his wind
ing course back and forth, filling his
pockets with his "littlo joker," and
spending his Sundays at Kansas City,
where he may be seen on bright days
driving out ns pretty a wife s there is
in the West. Now to the Rev. Mr.
Mosher, of Omaha, there came a still
small voice, telling him to nriso and
convert the wily Duval from his wick
ed paths, and restore him to the ways
ot righteousness. After much cogita
tion, it occurred to the Reverend that
the best way to accomplish his mis
sion would be to play with the gam
bler, win his money, and then return
it with benevolent unction, together
with a touching lecture about the evil
of his course and its wroug to himself,
to the world, and to his lovely family.
The game commenced, and, as the
parson had arranged, the money was
won, nnd the lecture, delivered but
it was Duval who did both. "Parson,"
said ho, folding away his religious
contribution of $1,000 in his vest
pocket, "I've been on the road twenty
years, and you guiltless, good-hearted
ministers nre the largest source of ray
income. You can't play monte, and
you don't know it."
A London detective put his head in
to an omnibus one day, just as it was
starting off, with the remark, "Pass
engers will do well to look out for
their pocket-books ; there are two
members of the swell-mob in this 'bus."
Thereupon a grave looking old gen
tleman, with eye-glasses and a gold
headed cane, hastily got out, saying,
"if that is the case, I won't go iu this
'bus." He wns followed by a clerical
looking gentleman, with a white
choker, who. remarked that he "would
not ride with such company." Aud
thn the detective closed the door,
and shouted to tho driver, "All right;
drive on ; they've got out."
A Philadelphia manufacturer is
preparing a plan for a column one
thousand f'tet high, to bo constructed
entirely of iron, in open work, from
the summit of which tho grounds of
the CeDtenial imposition are to lie
illuminated by means of a Drummond
light. If adopted, it will bo the lof
tiest monument in the world.
$2 PER ANNUM.
A TAME HE lit.
Mr. Goodrich, in his "Animal
Kingdom," when referring to bears,
says :
"Some years ngi a boy of New
Hampshire found n very young cub
near Lake Winnipeg, and carried it
home with him. It wns fed and
brought up about, the houe of the
boy's father, and became hs tame as
a dog.
Every day its youthful enptor had
to go to school at sune distance, and
by degrees the bear became his daily
companion. At first the other schol
ars were shy of the creature's acquain
tance; but ere long It became their
regular playfellow, nnd they delighted
in sharing with it the little store of
provisions which they brought fur
their sustenance in small bags. After
two years of civilization, however, the
boar wandered to the woods and did
not return. Search wos made for him,
but in vain, Four succeeding years
passed away and in the interval
changes had occurred in the school
alluded to. An old lady had suc
ceeded the ancient master, and a new
generation of papils had taken the
place of the former ones. One very
cold winter day, while the schoolmis
tress was busy with her humble lessons,
a boy chanced to leave tho door half
way open on his entrance, and sudden
ly a large bear walked in.
The consternation of the old lady
and her boys and girls was unspeak
able. Both schoolmistress aud pupils
would fain have been nbroad ; But
tho bear was in her path, and all that
could be done wns to fly ofl'ns fur ns
poisiblo behind the tables nnd benches.
But the bear troubled nobody. lie
walked quietly up to tho fireplace and
warmed himself, exhibiting much sat
isfaction in his countenance during
tho process.
He remained thus about a quarter
of an hour, and then walked up to the
wall whers tho provender bags and
bnskets of the pupils wero suspended.
Standing on his hind feet he took hold
of these successively, put his paws into
them, and made free with the bread,
fruit and other eatables therein con
tained. He next tried the schoolmis
tress's desk, where some littlo provis
ions usually were; but finding it
firmly shut, he went up ngain to the
fire,and, after a few minutes' stay be
fore it he walked out by the way he
cani3 iu.
As soon ns tho scool mistress nnd
her pupils had courage to move, the
alarm was given to the neighbors.
Several young men immediately start
ed after tho bear, nnd ns its track wns
perfectly visabb upou the snow, they
mou camo up with it and killed it,
Then it was that by certain marks
upon its skin some of tho pursuers
recognized the old friend of their school
days. Great regret was felt at the
loss of the creature. It was liko kill
ing a human friend rather than n wild
animal,
rs hoyh.
The iuterrogativo style of lecturing
or puolic speaking is not always a sue
cesslul one. An incident in tho ca
reer of a certain temperance lecturer
sufficiently illustrates the fact :
Billy Boss, a temperance lecturer,
at Rushville, Illinois, was preaching
to the voung on his favorite theme.
He said :
"Now boys, when I ask you a ques
tion you musn't be afraid to speak right
out and answer me. When you look
around and see these fine honses,
farms and cattle, do you ever think
wh owns them now? Your fathers
own them, do they not?"
"Yes, sir," shouted a hundred voices.
"Well, where will vou fathers be
twenty years from now ?"
"Dead !" shouted the boys.
.1 hat 8 right. And who will own
all this property then V
"Us boys!" shouted the urchins.
"Right. Now, tell me did you ever
in noing along the streets, notice the
drunkards lounging around the s:v
loon door, waiting for somebody to
treat them ?"
"Yes, sir ; lots of them !"
"Well, where will they bo in twenty
years from now?
"Dead!" exclaimed the boys.
"And who will be the drunkards
then ?"
"Us boys!"
Billv wns thunderstruck for a mo
raent, but recovering himself, he tried
to tell the bovs how to escape such a
fate.
An Iowa country squire concludes
marital ceremony thus : "Them that
tho court has joinud together let no
man bust asunder; but sutler little
children to come unto them, so help
you Uod.
The namo "Joo Bridgor" is owned
by six different men in Bullitt county,
Ky. They distinguish tlioni by saying,
"IliO Joe who shot old Campbell,
"tho Joe who killed Hill Gordon,'
etc.
Rates of Advertising.
One Square (1 Inch,) one. Inertlon - $1 W
One H'ii,'irn " onomonih - 3 Oil
OneM'umro " tlireo months -0 00
One Sipinre " ono yenr - - 10 0i
Two Squares, one rear - - 15 0
QimrterCo). ' - - - ;0 00
Half " " - - - f.O 00
One " " - - - - 100 (S
Lcir.il notices at established rates.
Marrhvjo and iloaf h notices, pratis.
All bills for vearlv advertisements ro
lected quarterly, 'rempoiary advertise
ments must be paid lor in advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
A SI.KillT MISTAKE.
A negro, in Kansas City, named
Peto Mnybcrry called Hannibnl
Ctesnr for short with his son, Henry
Clay, went to tho woods one day Inst
week, to look after some rabbit traps
they had set. While at work, the fierco
bnrking of their bog, caused Henry
Clay to cost his eyes heavenward, and
he immediately sung out "possum dar."
Closer inspection showed a pair of
glittering eyes glaring diwn from the
tree, which was prima-facie evidence
of the negro's delight. Henry CUy
at once stationed himself r the fovt,nx
in hand, ready to finish th enemy,
while Hannibnl Ca:nr retired a short
distance and took careful aim with an
old blunderbuss. Presently down
came the hammer, nnd shortly after
the gun w?nt off. So, likewise, did
Ilnunibal Ctcsar, who for a few min
utes gave as fine specimens- of gronnrl
and lofty tumbling ns could be expect
ed with a shoulder out of joint. Mean
while the varmint came down from
the tree with a yell, and proved to be
a wildcat, landing with a lunge plump
on the top of Henry Clay's devoted
head. In less than a miuuato the
place where the wool ought to grow
was as bare as the cliffs of Dover, and
Henry Clay, with his heart full of ag
ony and his mouth full of fur, struck
rightand left with his legs and arms like
a hurricane. The mongrel dog now
joined in, and tho battle became gen
eral nil along the line. Mistakiug
Henry Clay's revolving pedal exterm
itios lis the primal cause of all the
yells and commotion, he grabbed at s
heel thnt waved over tho scene of
conflict like the black flag in a sen
fight, and proceeded to chew and tus
sle aud pull with a zeal that in a short
time promised to swallow Henry Clay
bodily. Hannibal Ctesnr in tho mean
time lmvinar Eot through with his cir
cus pcrfom.mce, seeing he had barked
up the wrong tree, started on with the
rapidity ot n railroad train aim me
noise of a steamboat whistle. This
started the wildcat, and he left the
scene hirsing, spitting nnd sputtering
and careering over tho ground like a
runaway Ba'ocock Fire Extinguisher.
When Hannibnl Cwsar returned he
found Henry Clay seated on a log
mending his scalp nnd spitting fur out
of his mouth, with somo shreds of
cloth hanging on him looking as is lie
had just come nut of a threshing ma
chine. He toted him home with the
a.lvice: "I tell you chilo dey"s de
sassiest varmint dero is to get a hold
on." Indianapolis Sentinel.
Dualine is fully as powerful, though
supposed to be a safer explosive than
nitro-glycerino. It is a mixture ot
tho latter with paper pulp, sawdust
nnd some other substances, which al
lows of its being handled in n solid
state, nnd iu this consists its claim
upon safety. It is manufactured in
round sticks, and tho greatest care
nnd prccnutiou must be exercised, as
tho slightest concussion or even tho
rough Lreaking of the stick will ex
plode it with tcrriblo violence. In
deed, it is open to question whether it
is any moro secure thnu the liquid
nitro-glycerine. Twenty-pounds of
this stufr would, if praperly confined,
raze to the ground any block of build
ings in the city.
The amenities of telegraph operat
ing are illustrated by the following in
cident, said to have occurred In a New
York office : Early one morning the
young gentleman operator, after re
peated calls for a young lady opera
tor in another office, nt last gets a
response, and then "click, click," ho
telegraphs back te her, vehemently,
"I have been trying to catch you for
the last half hour!" In a moment the
reply comes tripping back to him
over the wires from the telegraphic
maiden i "That's nothing. There is a
young man here who has been trying
the same thing for tho last two years,
and he hasn't caught me yet!"
Prof. Steuben, in an elementry text
book, recently published, brings the
doctrine of vibration down to tho
co milieu understanding by stating that
the "vibratory phenomena will be
best understood by putting the infinite
variations of molecules in juxtaposi
tion with the effect of percussion on
air waves, and testing the difference
between the outer aud inner rapidities,
as determined by the immoveable
points of inertness at tho center of
contact aud the confiucs of compact.
"Pa," said Charley to his paternal
progenitor, holding up a Sunday
school picture-book, "what is that?"
"That, my son, is Jacob wrestling with
tho angel." "And which licked?" in
quired young hopeful.
The following item could only origi
nate in San Francisco: "Another Cal
ifornia widow is to claim the sympa
thy of Pacific jurymen on accouut of
five grains of strychnine found in her
dead husband's stomach."
. Highway robbers arc operating sue
cusslully in New York.