5 18 PUBLISHED EVERT WEDNESDAY, BY v. n. DUNN. ornoE nt borthso 4 bohduo, ELM 8T&EET, TIOHEBTA, PA. TERMS, f2.00 A YEAR. No Subscriptions received for a shorter porlod than three months. Correspondence solicited from all part of the oonntry. No notice will be taken of aranonymous communications. BU8INE88 DIRECTORY. TIONESTA LODGE Ko. 309, I. O. of O.l?. MEETS everv Friday evening, at 8 o'clock, In the Hall formerly ocouploU .by the Good Tetuplars. ' B. II. HASLET, N. G. J.'T. DALE, Roc'y. 27-tf. Samuel D. Irwin, A TTORNEY, COUNSELLOR AT LAW J. and HEAL ESTATE AGENT. Iral jmainess promptly attended to. Tionesta, 40-ly. r , WKWJ-OH PTTI. K1LM W, TATB. PKTTIS A TATK, A ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Jtbn Strut, TIONESTA, PA, IT.W.lfMoa, Qtern A. Jumii, BrMktlM, ra. Mason, A Jerks, ATTORN KY8 AT LAW. omee on Klia Street, above Walnut, Ttonesta, Pa. F. W. Hays, A TTOlNEY AT LAW, and Notaut j. PoBi.ir, Keynolda IlnkiU t Co.'a Blook, Soneoa 8t., Oil City, fa. 89-ly r. jcixmAiu v. b. mi.ir. 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Everything now nnd woll furnished fcmporior awnmmixlH tlons and Htrict attontlon uivpn to miests, Vosetables and Fruits of all kinds served In tlioir soason. bample room for Com inerclal Agents. Tionesta House. Hr ITTEL. Proprietor. Elm St, Tlo nesia, fa., ai momouinoi mocreoic, Mr, lule ha thoroughly renovated the Tioneata House, and re-furnished it mm pletely. All who patronize him will be weu entertained atreasonauie rates, zu-iy FOIKST HOUSE, D BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite Court House, Tioneata, pa. Just opened. Everything new and clean and fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly n nana. A poruon or me puuna patron age Is respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 v National Hotel, rpiDIOUTE, PA., Ren). Elliott, pronrle- , A. tor. This house has been newly rum lahed and is kept in good style. Guests will be made comfortable bereat rewonu tile ratee. 8 ly, Scott House, FAQUNDUS, PA.. K. A.' Roberta, Pro prietor. Tuis hotel has been recently re-farnished and now offers auperior ao- eoBimodations to guests, Q-'y. Br. J, L. Acorrb, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has had fifteen years' experience in a lare ana . auoeessrui practice, will attend an .Frofsssional Calls. Oflice in his Drua and Greeery 8 tors, located iu Tldioute, near lKeie iiouBe. JN HIS STORK WILL BE FOUND A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors 'lebseoo, Cigar. MUitionorv. uiohm, f units. Oils, Cutlery, all of the bust quality, and rill be sold at reasonable rates. ' JJB. ClIAS. O. DAY, an experienced lrtiysician ana urustiHt li om p,ew lorit um ehargo of tlio Store. AH prescripUqns jvl up aocuraieiy. jl a- mat. . jo. r. nix. a. b. killt. MAX, PARK, A CO., jOeraer ef Elm'it Walnut SU. Tionesta. Bank of Discount and Deposit. Interest allowed on Tims Deposits. C)olleetlansniadeonall the Principal points polleotions soiicitod. 18-ly. 4' t-f . J T- BALS, CwbUr. TIQ1TESTA SAVINGS BANK, l ' T'iPh', Forest Cp Ps. Thia sijk transarUi a General Raifking, aJollentiuand Exchange liUHinesa. Drafts on tUo Priucipal Cities of the Vetted States and Eurgpe bouKhtand sold. Geld and Silver t oiu and Government SeenriMea bouirht and sold. 7-30 Bonds rnverted on the most favorable terms. Interest allowed on time doposits. Iai. 4, tf. , i VOL. VI. NO. 21. D. W. CLARK, (cOMMIMtOnKR's CLERK, FOBRST CO., PA.) REAL ESTATE AGENT. HOUSES and Lots for Sale and RENT1 Wild Lands for Halo. 1 I have superior facilities for ancertninifiir the condition of taxes and tax deeds, Ac, and am thereforo qualified to a t Intelli gently an agent or those living at a dis tanoe, owning lunds in the County. Ofllce in Commissioners Room, Court House, Tionesta, Pa. 4-41-ly. D. W. CLARK. New Hoarding House. MRS. S. S. IIULINQS has built a' largo s'ldition to her house, and is now pre pared to accommodate a number of perma nent boarders, and all transient ones who may fsvor her with their patronage. A good stable has reoently boon built to ac commodate the horses of gtirmts. Charges reasonable. Residence on Elm St., oppo site 8. Haslet's store. 23-ly CENTRE STREET, OIL CITY, PA., BOOKS, STATIONERY, FANCY GOODS, TWINES, TOYS, INKS, WIIOLEMAI.E AND It ETA U.. Books, Newspaper! and Magazines MAILED TO ANY ADDRESS At publishers rates. 80-ly GROCERY AND PROVISION STORE IX TIONESTA. GEO.W.BOVARD&CO. H AVE Just brought on a complete and caretuuy selected Steele 01 FLOUR, GROCERIES. PROVISIONS, and everything necessary to the complete stork ofa first-class Grocory Houne, which they havo opened out at iheir eHtiililish niont on Elm St., first door north of M. E. Church. TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS, BYRUPS. FRUITS, SIPICES, HAMS, LARD, AND JPBOriSIOXS Of ALL KINDS, at the lowest cash prices. Goods warrant ed to be ef the beit quality. Call and ex amine, aud we believe we can suit you. GEO. W. BO YARD & CO. Jan. 9, 'Ti. iONFECTIONARIE S. IAGNEW, at the Pout Office, has J opened out a choice lot of GROCERIES, CONFECTIONARJES, CANNED FRUITS, 10BACC0S, CIGARS, AND NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS. A portion of the patronage of the public la rotuipectfully soiicitod. 44-tf L. AGNEW. NEBRASKA GRIST MILL. THE GRIST MILL at Nebraska (Lucy town,) Forest county, has been thor oughly overhauled and refitted in first-ola-ss order, and is now running and doing all kinds of FLOUR, FRED, AND OATS. Constantly on hand, and sold at the very lowost figures. 43-tim U. W. LEDEHUR. LOTS FOR SALE I IN THE BOROUGH OF TIONESTA. Apply to GEO. G. SICKLES, 79, Nassau St., New York City. Tks Republican Ofllce rEEPS constantly on hand a large as k. sortment of Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Rubpicnas, Warrants, Summons, io. to ba sulU cheap for cash. tt. TIONESTA, PA., BALLOONING UNADORNED.. New York, July 23, 1773. Ever since it has been known that the Graphic people intend to allow the representatives of a few leading pa pers to nave berths in the balloon with which they intend to test the feasibili ty, of aerial navigation to Europe, there has been a steady stream of in dividuals offering their services as cor respondents on this expedition, and it would probably require the Great Eastern to accommodate all who ap ply for passage. J. he reasons why these folks want to go away are considerable. One is out of work, and wants to get anything to do. Another has a few notes coming due in September, and it strikes him that if ho were in Europe at that time his mind would bo more at ease than if he were here. Another has some theories of his own concerning the dis tance of the clouds from the earth, and he wants a chance to take up a tape line to measure it. Another has bet that the concern will come to grief in mid-ocean, and he wants to be on the spot to see that he wins his bet. But the majority seem to believe there is no particular peril, though they may pretend to think there is, and that if they go they will have good pay, a pleasant trip, and something to brag of for the rest of thoir lives ; so that whenever any one begins to talk of his shipwreck, his California ex periences, or his adventures during the war, he may crush him by telling how he went to Europe in a balloon. One young Englishman applied, whose idea seemed to be that the balloon would descend in his uncle's lawn near Exe ter, just about breakfast time; that he would get out of the car, walk into the house, and say, "Good morning, dear uncle, here is day before yester day's New York paper, just glance over it while I am eating my break fast." Yet in spite of this real belief, they all want to be paid as if they were volunteering for the lorlornest ot lor lorn hopes. The least that is asked by tho unmarried ones is their traveling expenses to New York, letters of credit ii .i I ! n lor an ine principat cities in Europe and Africa, and permission to send un limited cable dispatches. As for the married ones, they all want the office to insure their lives, and to settle an annuity on their wives, and all agree in the statement that, if these terras are granted, the aforesaid wives will make no objections to their departure But the probabilities are that if these venturesome fellows knew ex actly the risk they were about to run, they would not allow even an annuity for their wives to tempt them. What Prof. Wise says, or thinks, is not .o be taken asuospel. I here is an mlatua tion about ballooning, as about all these perilous employments which are not purely mechanical. The same thing is found among lion tamers and the companions ot other wild beasts. They like the business for its very dan. ger. Then one day the pitcher goes too often to the well. The list of tero- nauta who have died on the field of honor is very large and is steadily in creasing. I he last one lell a mile .or so the other day, and "expired without a groan," as the novels say. But then bis chances are lar butter than those of the gentlemen who accompany Prof. Wise, who are exposed to a succession of mishaps rivaled only by those of Baron Munchausen when he was blown up to the moon and the chief trouble is that there will be no survivor to tell the tale and magnify the sufferings of himself and his compauiops. These disagreable possibilities begin at the beginning. These travelers with their little carpet-bags in their hands, and cigars in their mouths no, that will not do, for smoking is strict ly prohibited with their carpet-bags ana umbrellas then, step into the car and look around them with haughty air sometimes observed in a brevet Sec ond Lieutenant of Infantry, draw out their handkerchiefs and have them rea dy to wave. The crowd looks on re spectfully. A few women cry, and some small boys on a fence call out to "let hep off." Tho signal is given. The ropes are cut. Aud then it either mysteriously refuses to go at all, or it goes off without the car, and suddenly becomes a speck in the sky, while the passengers feel like people who have gotten into an omnibus with no horse hitched to it, and an admiring throng looking on. They omit waving their handkerchiefs, they take their um brellas aud valises and march off through that shouting assemblage, de ciding to postpone their trip to Europe until a future oocasion. Or the balloon may start all right. It may soar off majestically after the fashion of balloons, and leaving far behind and below it the steeples and crowded streeU of New York, may move upon its eastward way until it gets somewhere over Windham county, Conn., when, lor some unknown rea Ion, possibly the leaking of the gas, A A tttlttJCiTlt AUGUST 27. 1873. which astronomers call "oxosmosis it will descend in an apple, orchard in the aforesaid county. The proprietor will como out of his little dingy red plank house, will ask them what they mean by commir in his orchard with their darned old basket, and demand incredible sums, Cahfoinias and Pe nis, as a compensation for damage dnne. The passengers, bein; me what bumped and tossed, will no attention to him, and will presc , be surrounded by able-bodied citizens of Connecticut, armed with pitchforks, who will take them to a Justice of the Peace, where they will be charged with having broken into this gentle man's enclosure, trampled down his herbage, and done divers nnd sundry things tending to injure the said com plainant. Sin oe there are so many of them, they will probably be called a mob, or a riot, will be committed to the county jail, to which they will bo taken in an ox-team, the journey of a summer's day. But suppose them safely off, the sky above them, tho "foam of perilous seas" below, and the steady air current whirling them along, the important question is, where are they to fetch up, for in this kind of business it is the last step which is serious, not the first one. According to the programme they are to land somewhere between Cape St. Vincent and North Cape. That is, they may land in Portugal, Spain, France, Great Britain, Hol land, Denmark or Norway, with all of which countries we are on lriendly terms, and where they might not in sist on passports. But a scientist of eminence, celebrated for his investiga tions into the Theory of Hot Corn, has stated that as tho balloon goes up it gets a twist put on it like a Villiard ball and that it goes spinning off at an r.ngle, subtended by the plane of its own meridian, or nearly so, and proportionate to the earth's parallax at that particular moment. Thereforo, the balloon will either reach Spitzber gen, if the twist is to the left, or a point near the Congo River in Africa, if it is to the right. The notions of the persons dwelling in this last named country as to the rights of property and person are not very distinct to be gin with, und the travelers may be stripped of all they have on. The heat of the climate is such that they will not mind this much, but they will also be held as slaves and put to hard work, which is not pleasant, and will lower their opinion of the colored race. They had better read Capt. Riley's narra tive of his adventures in Africa, and see what a time he had of it. But this is cakes and ginger-bread to what will happen if they go to the northeast, on the way to the Polar Sea. Beneath them, they see vast stretches of half-frozen water, broken by land, fringed with icebergs, and covered with eternal snow. ' No hotels, no grocery stores, no place where they can stop and buy even a box of sar dines or a can of oysters. It is posi tively distressing. Provisions are nearly out. Home is several miles away. It is getting chilly. The gas is nearly all exosmosed. They are coming down nearer and nearer to earth, whether they will or no. After having eaten their valises and umbrel las, they will probably cast lots as to who shall.be but let the curtain drop here. Then it is very possible that the balloon may burst while it is high up in the air, and the contents will run a lively race to the ocean. While they are coming down they can amuse them selves by estimating the height, and then, multiplying their own height by the square of their velocity, get a fair idea how hard they will hit. Of course this will not save their lives, but it will serve to pass the time. Down they will go, unnoticed and un cared for, unless some ship should happen to be sailing by and tho Cap tain should make an entry in his log book to the etlbct that several things, supposed to be meteoric stones, fell near them that day. Jvery scientiiio reader can imagine for himself the hazards to which one of these great balloons is exposed. Tranquil as the bright worlds beyond the clouds may appear, they are in a state of constant change. Tiny spheres of matter break up aud dash earthward, but are most ly cousumed by reason of the intense heat generated by friction with the at uoephere before they reach the surface. Just fancy the cousequences if one of the messengers ot wrath, more dan crerous than the ancrel with the fierv sword, were to hit the balloon. It would blaze in a minute, and the car would come tumbling down. Or the balloon may fail them, ana they may have to take to the lite-boat. It is s delicate operation, this swanninz hor see, &p.d if successfully done, results in leaving a party of people, mostly un accustomed to sailing, afloat in cockle-sbell, possibly to be becalmed far from vessels, and to be driven to act as if they had been caught 04T 1 bpitzbergen. $2 PER ANNUM. Besides, these volunteers do not seem to remember that, when they get in those higher regions which the bal loon must necessarily travese, in order to get tho benefit of the great air riv er, they reach a placte whero the cold is so intense and constant that the chilliest days of winter are as nothing to it. Here, too, it is always blowing a steady gale of about five hundred miles an hour, an irrresistiblo torrent which will sweep tho balloon before it no one knows whither. It may be borne into some airy maelstrom that lies far away beyond the uttermost stars. It may be hurried beyond the bounds of space and wrecked on the shores of unknown worlds, whence the uewspaper representatives could see the sun that lights us shining as a mere point in the inflnito distance. Let these young men reflect how they will feel when they are up aloft, wild winds screaming and howling through the cordage of the balloon, they them selves lushed tightly to the car to keep from being blown out, the thermome ter sinking lower and lower until the air itself becomes glittering crystals which sting their faces and their life blood running more and more slug gishly. Their frozen hands cannot pull the ropes to dioarge the gas. The in tense froBt does its work, aud with eyes frozen in a glassy stare, they sit in an eternal sleep. The balloon, with this lemarkablo cargo, might go floating along tor years, the flying Dutchman of the upper world, a waruing to all who carry curiosity beyond natural bouuds.and at last, iu the slow course of time, it would descend somewiiere.and the people gathering around would see these frozen men, sitting iu a cirole, clothed in the garments of other days, with gaunt and obsolete instruments and utensils around them. It mnst be remembered that these people are not going to travel in a Pullman dining car. They havo no stoves, for fire is a dangerous thing in the windy ways they are to traverse. Their cofJ'ee is warmed only by the heat generated by slacking time. They cannot even smoko. lhey cannot ex ercise. I hey have to sit wrapped in overcoats with gloves on, and cannot plav cards, lhey can only talk with chattering teeth and blue lips, and sigh for land and wish thev had not come. Is it, then, worth while to ex nose one's self to all these discomforts and perils for the sake of a little money, and a little temporary reputu tion? Aud if they die, on the sea or shore, there will merely bo a para graph in the papers that the several idiots, names given in lull, who under took to go to Europe in a ballcon, died, as might have been expected "Tho sacrifice of so many lives might be mourned if their misfortune did not deter better men from following their example. A Nelson street dry goods man.who is well known for his politeness, has a father who is an excellent citizen, but not a very smooth talker. They were so busy at the store Saturday afternoon that the old gentleman was called in to help. Among the customers was a young lady who appeared to bo wait ing to trade with him whose elderly apperance invited her confidence. Soon an opportunity afforded, and leaning over tho counter as at; invita tion lor him to do the same, sua wins nered her order. He bent closer to er. aud said, "What's that?" in voice that started the perspiration to her forehead. Again she whispered. "O. elastic I" said ho in a tone that could be heard on the walk, and look ing much pleased with his success. What kind nt clastic? he added, bending his head closer to the burning face of the perspiring maiden. Onoe more she tremblingly whispered. "Fo garters, hey?" he repeated, even loud er than before, without noticing the horror-struck expression of the almost fainting young lady, "bomcthmg lan cy. I supposo, he went on to say, in happy oblivion of tho store, full o people ; "young peoplo now-a-days want things nico. My old woman uses a shoe string, and sails around with out noticiug the uitlerence. lhen be got down with the box, and turned around to show it, but tho customer was goue. He stood around with the elastio some five minutes in waiting but she did not return, and it is likely ne lias lorgotico an uuout uio uircutu stances now. A solicitor who had reccutly been engaged by a prominent life insurance hrm, returned to the olhce ot his cm plovers the other day, and complaiue that he had been suubbed by a gentle man on whom be had called. "Suub bed," cried the manager, "snubbed Why. what did you do that he should have suubbed you? I have solicited life insurance from the Atlantic the Mississippi, and have never yet been snubbed. I have been kicked down stairs, beaten over the head with chairs, and thrown out of the window, but snubbed, I have never been." The solicitor is driving a coal wagon. Rates of Advertising. One Square (1 Inch,) one Inertion 91 SO. nommsre nno month - - SW no Square " three months It UO ne Kiinaro " one vear - - 10 On Two Squares, one year - - IS to wmrnrtoi, - - so UO Half " '..-- W) 00 One " ' - - . - 10Q 00 I-iral notlcen at established rates. Marrlntre and diiath notictw, prHtis. All bills I7r VAiLrlv rlvnrtiMntnn.ilM .wil- lecU-d quarterly. Temporary nrivortise-i. nicnts must be paid for in advance joD stk, an on uoiivory. The directors of the Dublin ( Ire land) Tramway Company have be-. conio suspicious of their conductors, and have been trying to circumvent them. At first each conductor waa given a strip of tickets, and he was t ive one ticket to each passenger, wha was then to tear it up. The conduc tor's receipts were to correspond with his ticket strips. But people hated the company worse than the conduc-. tor, and would not tear up the tickets; the conductor would use them over again, and thus Ins income was kept up. But now the remedy is reached. Every ticket is numbered, the number is printed on it; and at the end of each month tho comrtAnv has a crninrl lnftn- ry with three hundred prizes, ranging iiuiii ten fuuiiua iu une euuiiiig. x.acn ticket has a chance in the drawing. Nobody throws away his ticket now : every passenger is too busy looking after Ins own interests. Persons of nobility travel ineognito in the cars for the sake of chance in the lottery ; and the atlairs ot the company are unpro. cedentcdly prosperous. The plan Is soon to be imitated in England. Sunset Cox tells a good story of his first meeting with Mark Twain. Mark called on Mr. Cox at the capitol In Washington and sent in his card as Samuel L. Clemens. Mr. Cox, being totally unacquainted with the name, left his seat tc see what the stranger wanted of him, supposing, of course, the card was a business one. Mr. Clemens began by saying, "I called upon you on my wife's account." Mr. Cox said "Ah," in an unenlightened manner. "She kuows you, pursued the visitor. "She told me she had Bat on your knee." "On my knee?" ex claimed Mr. Cox. "Really, sir," he said, "your languago is incomprehen sible." "Yes," resumed Mr. Clemens, he used to sit on your knee; she was a little girl then, and I was not there so I'm not jealous ; don't take the trouble to apologize." 1 Here the laugh came in, explanations followed, and a pleasant acquaintance was fbrm- ed on both sides. A suit took place the other day in which a printer named Kelvey was a witness. The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson. 'Mr. Kelvev. did von witness the af fair referred to ?" "Yes, sir." "Well, what have you to say about it?" 'Thought it the best piece of punctua tion I have seen for sometime. "What do you mcau by that?" "Why, that lirown dotted onoot llendersou scyes, for which Henderson put a period on Brown's breathing for about half a minute." Tho court comprehended the matter at once, and fined the de fendant ten dollars. A local politician in our neighbor ing county of Crawford was discover ed at one o'clock in the morning, dress ed in home spun and plowman's shoes, with hayseed in his hair and a pitch fork in his hand making a set speech to an imaginary Farmer's Grange. He had the doors barricaded and the win dow partially blinded. After an ora torical enort ot surpassing eloquence he stepped forward and becau hand shaking with the chairs, when he. .heard voico troro the outside congratulating his horney-hahded effort, and all at once the light went out and sileuco reigned supreme. The two most important PostofHcoa in Kentucky are hold by women. At Louisville, Mrs. Porter, formerly of Covington, and daughter of the late Governor James T. Moorehead ; at Covington, Mrs. Sultana S. Farrell,ne Sebree. It may not be out of place to explain why tho Covington postmis tress was named bullaua. Her lather was a steamboat mau,and at the time of her birth was the commander of the peerless Sultana, at that time tho quoon of tho western rivers. And so it happened that the name of tho prida of tho waters was bestowed on the pet of the household. A man of Springfield, Yt., has In. vented a now suspension bridge. It consists of a single wire stretched across Black river, aud a car that will contain two persons travels back and forth on the wire. J he east end ot the wire is 'the highest, and the mo mentum of the car serves to carry it across, a distance of two hundred feet in fifteen seconds. Iloturuing, the car travels to the center of the wire with out help, and from thence is drawn up by a cord attached to the car, the en tire trip occupying only thirty seconds. The balloonists are waking up gen erally. Professor H. A. King informs tho Buffalo press that he is construct ing an immense balloon with a capaci ty of 1)0,000 cubic feet in which ho will ascend from that city uhout Sep tcmber 1, His experience demon, strates that a steady current of air from West to East does not exist at any height. While under certain cir cumstances an aironaut might sail over tho Atlantic, he scouts tho idea, that a modo of transit is reliable over a large body of water.
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