9 !®
1855. NEW GOODS. 1855
nm & hoe. ,
WFXtsuoKW wr
ARE now receiving their full, supply
and SUMMER 'GOOES;
DRY'GOOi&, GROCER IBS;
READY MADE CLOTHING, BOQTS Ai r
SHOES,. HATB, CAPS, CARPETS,OII4 ;
&¥?*:■
•■! GLA33WARE;tVINDO WCLASS ; -
A tw SASH, CUTLER Y;&C; I
Enatcrn Clock* Rom the best Monufkoto.
toriet, Mill warrantedtokeep good time. (
RfalU from the beat manufactories aiwnyp ,wr
hand, and'in fart nearly everything in ihalinpof
Goods can bo found in tbi? estabiishmonl'aiin' ptice*'
that canhot fail from suiting the closest 'humeri.
Thankful for past favors we would:still invite out
cos tom ora and buyers generally to an examination
of our pew slock, believing that if GOOD Goods
and LOW" PRICES are an inducement they will
make their purchases of us, JONES it- ROB. ■
Wellsboro.’ Msy 31, 1855, '
Ladies shoes & gaiter s.-_Ladies win
fjhda beautifdl assortment of Slioce, Gaiters
amt children’s shoes at JONES A
May 31st 7855,
LAWNS At GINGHAMS—A Urge. elfck of
above Goods, 1 aUo'Merinuck nod OocndeApntAs
just rac’d at [May 3lslj JONES & ROE'S.
JEW STYLeIJaNtJLEAS.—Jaat received
\ same beautiful aiyie* of Mantillas at
May 31,1855. JONES & ROE'S.
V om & SQUARE BBQCHA. SHAWLS, at
i i very low prices at JONES At ROE’S.
Bonnets, ribbons & linings, aioocuu.
dreus flats just received at JONES At ROE'S.
T) EADV MADE CLOTHING.—Jost received a
Jit large stock 'of Ready Made Clothing for the
spring and summer trade, which will be sold at a
very small profit at JONES & ROE’S.
MEN’S BOOTS & SHOES &. GAITERS—AIso
Boys shoes of every description at
May 31 185 a. JONES & ROE’S.
TRUNKS, Valises, Corpet Bogs and Satchels a
large lot just received at JONES & ROE’S.
MACKEREL by the barrel, i bbb, and I bbL, at
May 31 1855. JONES & ROE’S,
OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA COFFEE, at
May 31, 1855. JONES &. ROE’S,
DOCTOR YOURSELF!
The Pocket Mr If
OR EVERYONE HIS'
THE fiftieth Edith
with One Hundred
graving*, showing Discqi
and Malformations of thr )
tttia System tn every sin
aorf form To which t$ adi
a Treaties on the Disease*
females being of the high*
importance to married peoj
o» those contemplating mi
nor
Bv VV«, Y oorto, M. D-
Let no father Be ashamet a copy o>
.•KaCCUPiua to his child. U may save him from an
early grave. Lei no young man or woman enter
into the secret obligations of married life without
reading the Pockkt jEscolahos Let no ono Biif.
fermg Irom a iiackmg Coogh, Pain in the side, rest,
less nights, nervous feelings, and the whole train of
Dyspeptic sensations, and given up by their pliys.
teian, be another moment wiiliout consulting the
-Kscounos. Have the married, or those shout lo
tw married, any impediment, road this truly useful
(took, as it has been tho means of saving thousands
of unfortunate creatures from the very jaws ofdeath.
CTAny person sending Twenty-Five Centt enclo
ses! m a letter, will receive one copy of this work by
man or five copies will be sent for ono Dollar.
Address, (post paid.; DR. VVM YOUNG.
he. 152 Spruce Sl~ Philadelphia.
June 7, JBSJ-! v.
lo the Women of Tioga
County.
GREETING; The undersigned, citizens
of Wellborn’, Tioga county, Pa., having he
roine Vt>* proprietors of one of Hie greatest Labor
.Sannp Machines of the Age, would respectfully in
firm (he “ Lady public" that they are prepared lo
show the falsity of the old song—
•-Scold, scold, fret, (rcr.
Scold, scold away
There is nac luck about the bouse
Upon a washing day "
For their new Machine, combining cheapness and
economy of room with ease and cSbcUvcncss of op
eration, renders the washing for a large family only
a pleasant recreation. This Machine is different
from anv ever before offered lo the public, requiring
pule labor lo work it, and doing a large washing in
une-tlnrd of the lime that it can be done in the old
wav, and finally as well
The work is performed hr the friction of wooden
twits Boating in the water in which the dollies are
worked by a lever. This machine does its work
without injury lo clothes, and so perfectly, that a
dress may he washed without taking out the stays.
Call and examine them at SlurroekV Cabinet Shop
where tliev sre manufactured and acid by
LANDIS, STURROCK & FOBSTTHs
'Wellsborough, Feb. J, 1855.
Turning: & Chairmaklng.
T STtCKLEV, Turner, and Chnlrmaker, would
t) $ inform the public that he has recent)/ fitted Dp
ms shop in pood style, and is now prepared to manu
lacnire all Icinds of CANE A. COMMON CHAIR§,
of me best material and finish, Also Tucmqg done
in supervot style, on Reasonable terms.
SHOP, south end Main street, opposite H. W.
UdrU’jt \S agon Shot*
OAMUEL HERZOG, having rented purl of 3.
O Sucklcy's shop is prepared lo manufacture all
kinds of CABINET WORK from the beat material
and in superior style, ffc has on band acvera? su
perior Mahogony Bureaus for sale cheap.
IVcJisborongh, April 14, 1855-
YVAtfTBDs
JOURNEYMAN WAGGON-MAKER wanted to :
v work by the day, month or on share*, at (he
•nop <]C the Subscriber in Cfymer township, Tioga
Co, Pa. I have a large quantity of seasoned lum
per on hand, ready to be worked!, and would prefer
to give Ihe workman a abate of U\e proceeds.
CGAUGES PRITCHARD.
Oymer, June 14 1855. (tf.)
NEW GROCERY A PROVISION
STORE.
Maud o. ntuiitn, Dealers
• i« provisions, groceries, boots
-V SHOES, RBA.DY-MAOB CLOTHIUG, Wood
-y Wiliow Ware, Tobacco, Cigar a, JPrvUa, Conjee
ttontry, (jt., lye. At the Stand recently pecopisd
oy Robert Roy, Wellsboro’, Pa. -
Plasterj Price Reduced!
THE has jost received At Ms mill n&B r
Mansfield) 350 Jens Gayuga PLASTEB eiooCy
where he will keep constantly on hand freak ground,
plaster jO supply all llml may give him a call. Ko
mistake this tirneLightmng never strikes one tree
twice. Price $5,5(/ per ton. ' AMOS BfXßr.
Mansfield, Fob. 15,1656
W. w. WEBB, M,
HAS established himself in the practice of Med
icino and Surgery in llie Township of Liberty
Pa , where he will promptly attend til calls in his
profesmon.
Liberty, tab. 1,1854.
PARASOLS.— A beautiful arrorlmeot iutlro
ceived at (May 31,] JONES feROE’
Frlblte Medic.) Com Ban.
ion. For gale at BAILEY & FOLEY’a
fTIRUSSpS — Benjamin's Superior] Brass Tross,
X for sale by (Jane 82. V. CASE.
MILL SAWS &■ FILpB,—A large lot, jpsl re.
Ceiled at JORES 4. ROE’S.
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VOL. t.
For the Agitator.
I dreamed.
1 dresrnod that: I dwell withe brightest of o|imea ‘
And the fairest of islea, in a tropical sea,. . ;
Where summer extends, thro' all seasons and times,
tier loveliest'smiles' (met' Brossaaf end tree. ’
Th at the skies of the isle were invitingly blue,''
That the' birds were bfplomage the' tieKbsi arid.
rarest.
That aw'eetly and gdntly tlio-ao(bialling dear. <
Kissed orange tree blossoms and lilies the fairest/
1 dreamed (hat the girls of. the iele were as fair
As the goddess of Love when she rope from the
ooean;
With love-dreaming eyes shd'a Wealth of dark hnir,
That might claim from a poet a lifelong deration;
That 1 wandered at night by the light of the mooh,
With bright, laughing girls thro* tbaapice-scont
ed.groves.i \
Or dreamily sailed o’er the glassy lagoon,
Or slumbered afloat, in Ihu star.lighted coves.
• ‘ -a ' * a a
T wos a dream, and it passed, I awoke witli the
dawn— • .
Coldly awoke to the hantanr) the real!
The enow deeply drifting- on meadow and lawn,
Dispelled all too quickly pay fairy ideal.
/hare Wandered eince then hi those tropical fens.
With a lore of the beautiful ardent and strong;
And (bund that the tephyw' wero fraught with dis
ease—
That the Paradise birds wero all wanting in song.
■G. W. Sites.*
Select Jslfgeeaans.
PULPIT ELOQUENCE.
In the life of John Plavel, a renowned dis
senting preacher of England, it is said,.“ope
of those omens, -which are supposed to an
nounce future eminence, accompanied his
birth. A pair of nightingales made their
nest close to the window of (he chamber of
his mother, and, with their delicious notes
sang the birth of him whose longue sweetly
proclaimed the glitd tidings which gave songs
in the night." ( cannot assert that the ora
torical distinction of John C. Burriss was pre
ceded by any such incident, but it has seldom
been my fortune to hear a more mellifluous
and seductive speaker. Jn very early life,'a
student iu Washington city, I heard the fa
mous Summeriield, a young Methodist itiner
ant. His face and form were of womanly,
almost of angelic beauty. A divine lustre
beamed from his etes. His clear, full, sonor
ous voice fell like the tones of a mountain
bell iitte moment, and anon, came crashing,
thundering down, with terrible effect on the
startled masses, forcing them to cry aloud
and crowd together, with uplifted arms, as
though for shelter from an impending ava
lanche. His eloquence shook sin from its
citadels, and dragged vice sod fashion from
their "pride of place." The sensation he
produced was itemenjous. MuliiimW fat.
lowed his (botsleps. Asa field preacher, he
lowered alongside of IV hilt-field ; bullies oon
went down to ihe grave, consumed by his own
fire, and was colled to a higher sphere (or
some inscrulible purpose.
It is related of Bossuet, that when lie pro.
n<nmced the funeral sermon of the Princess
Henrietta, and described her dying agonies,
the whole audience arose from their seals,
with terror in every countenance. When
Masgilon ascended Ihe pulpit, on the death of
Louis XIV., he contemplated for a moment,
the impressive spectacle—the chapel draped
in black—the magnificent mausoleum raised
over Ihe bier —the dim but vast apartment
filled with the trophies of the glory of the
monarch,-anA with the most- illustrious per
sons m (he kingdom. He looked down on
Ihe gorgeous scene “beneath, then raised‘his
arms lb heaken’, and said, -in a solemrt, sub
duedlone, u Me» frerea Diue seul eat grand. l "
“God only With one impulsp all
the audience- arose Utroed to the altdf, and
reverently bowed.
When Dr. Hussey preached at Waterford,
on the small number of-the elect, he asked
whether, if the arch of heaven were to open,
and (he Son of Man should appear to judge
his hearers, it were “quite ■wrinin that-three
—that two-nay, trembling for myself os well
ns for you—ls ii cerlain-lhal one of us”—he
exclaimed in tones of thunder—“would be
saved 7" During the whole of ibis apostro
phe the audience was agonized. At the ulti
mate interrogation there Wai a general,shriek,
and some foil to rhe ground, M. Bridaine, e
■ French missionary, and the peer of the moat)
renowned orators of thafdloqaent nation,
preached a sermon in Bagnole. At- the end;
of it, he llfled tip his arms end thrice oried'in
a loud voice, "O; E’ernity I" At the third
repitition of this awful cry, the whole party
fell on their knees. During three days, <Am
sternation'pervaded the town. In the : public
places, young and old were beard crying,
“Mercy! O, Lord, Mercy !”
Thr progress made by'the Italians in 'Ag
riculture is astonishing. A- irdyfeter writing
from thpncigbborhOod of I’alpslriijn, remafks,
that the,plow: used; by the peasants of the
country is exactly similar in construction .tot
one contained in the Etrucean coUeciionof
antiquities, supposed' (at' be between two and
three thousand years of age. Ages base
passed away, nations base risen to grandeur
and decayed, Italy has been desolated by the
mscwaCbarbarism .and the -sharp’ sword of!
civilized ambi/jhn, bu{ the habits of the peo
ple have remained in a slate ’of peirefaction.
This,-is the reverse of trbal may be'ex r
peeled from the agriculturists of
AmOWca. ■ i • -
.Art old lady, jn ■A la : objects to the
erection, of the teiograpjyri'dsrf W house ;;fir,
says’iste/ ' w Bt/pph«iT’' tJmr sßd’dbb 1 A W?r
sendin’ cannon, and bomba, along the tetegiAfl/
and (hey shot/jd bust right,%ere and (epr.eyy,,
rylhing all to pieces, 1 should like lb kpqw.
who’s coin t&pay for it 1 > fl'ake it away ,«ff
that, far I detfkfikSlbcTpesby. thidgr l no
how i"
1k
hrn
'.■m «u-
rajMmo
.ramjr, and see
ing tyefprp lifa tx . through’ whose-win
idowfl. fl. 1 Qijtl con-
descended evealphis
feet,; $B, if tsoqiiettisjjly. inviting him id share
mountain hotqjtality.Dupom, did not hesitate
to ntowyo-the dpoc; ha found Ihe key ip
the opened and entered. A, manias
seated at a .desk with. hU. hack to the door—
at the noise of the opening, he turned-his
headland recognizing'the intruder, cried joy
ously-*-
'Ah 1 it i* you Dupont I we will, take a
lurnl'iqitnediately 1’ . '
Itiwis Fournier-who thus spoke.
•Fatthi 4 am ready 1 said Dupont.
Pi took his sword from the corner of the
loom ; they fed into position—they crossed
weapons. All this passed in a moment—to
seeJrecogniaie and provoke, and attack each
other, wds ns naturally spontaneous as to
breathe. It' was only between the passes
that'(they conversed.
‘ljthougbt yoii Was employed in the ioleri
ori’ -said Fourner,
‘The minister gives me Ihe fourth divi
sion.’
‘lndeed, how fortunate! I command- the
cavdlry there. So you just arrived V
‘This instant.’
"And thought of me the. first thing—how
amiable you are!’
‘fjio, ready. I did not know you were
here;; seeing a fire through the windows, as
I was about to pass, 1 slopped to warm myself
‘Tjhis exercise will warm you sufficiently.’
The fight became fiercer—Fournier haz
arded a pass, which Dupont taking advan
tage'of, pushed him so vigorously that ho
was forced to give back step by step.
Dupont advanced, steadily within distance,
crying :
‘Ah 1 you run f you tun!’ <
‘Not at all. I only retreat. Do you
think i am going to let you split me like an
arrow.’
‘The room is small; I shall drive to the
wall !*
‘VVe shall see !’ . i
‘See then I’ und as Dupont said Ibis, he
pressed Fournier literally into the corner, and
his sword piercing the muscles of F.’s nefck,
pinnbd him to the wooden wall like a family
portrait badly hung.
‘Tfhe devil!’ cried the spitted general,
‘You did not expect this !’ said Dupont.
•On the contrary, it is you who do not ex
pect jwfiat will happen,’
MfiHitarl, hf nbt/ut tu htf}/|tuU) (trcil f*
‘Whf. the moment you draw your sword
I shdll thrust mine'into your stomach, and
you will full.’
‘True,’ replied Dupont, pressing bis sword
witl^great force into the logs of tho cottage
wall;
•Well, what the devil are you piercing the
wall Tot T*
‘1 'am Inking 'precaution againsi your lunge
in my stomach.’
‘You cannot avoid it, the moment yotf
withdraw yon die!’
‘I shall not withdraw (ill you throjy down
your sword.’ , . -V
‘ltis impossible for you to keep your arm
thus,Strained for ten minutes, it must
and you receive my ihursl. 1
‘Xan are unreasonable, your blood is flow
ing, in ten minutes your eyes will close.’
‘Vve sha|j see.’
‘Very well. lam not Impatient.’
‘Nor I, We will nbida‘the result!’
Tliis contest would probably have been
prolonged'to a filial termination, had not the
noise of their dispute at length been heard
hy some.officers in another part of the house,
wljd coming hastily upon the scene, sep
arated with much difficulty, the obstinate
combatants.
When parted they each claimed the victo
ry, and finally demanded, with gj'eal gravi
ty, ip be replaced exactly as they were when
asperated, Dupont promising to) refix his
sword through Fournier’s throat without in
creasing the wound.
They were finally obliged (q force the lat
ter to bed, and the former out of the chalet.
Noah B —was unfortunate enough in
his old age to become addicted to rather strong
potations, arid when under influence of the
spirits *os more than unusually religious.-—;
Now, on Saturday afternoon,'baking day, bis
wife who was a very industrious Old' lady,
arid in every waya model housewife, asked
Noth to -go out into the yard tad split some
wood wheat the oven -with.' Noah condo
ded before be set about it, to start off to the
tavern arid “imbibe, 1 ’ whereby, of cojitse, the
baking whs neglected. Cjnmiog back in a
short linte and utterly Obvious of-his good
wdmanVrequest he Seated hintsell in the old
arm chair, for like himself, age had made It 1
tottering in the legs, aad saraewhat weak in
the ba'dh. 11 ‘
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it- -jil) ltn\ »>
TI96A •(WhS.'iPA., THtM).« 'StORMKGy AUGIST % 1855.
A DEFINITE REPLY.
“Wife,” said hc, “do jrer think the Lord
in Kis goodtiesa (Hie) kin Send da 'into tiro ev
erlasting?”
No pnswer from his wife.
‘‘VVife. km the Lprd ip)endto burn us all
ip (jre ,ev«flasting ~ '
Mrq. (?.- -—by.this time ,\ykB quite )t) :
censed al hep husband)* dere)ic({pps I ,g,iill oo
wjVfff- ■■ ,
“(Wtfti (bio) dp yep.tbink theTiQßitppaiP!
(bio) bur^H 8 ftl! PP> te %fflerJaslingT'
endure, and the couldn't hold her tongue any
looker iiMhU'died; fojj't.-rf . : , •’
i 1 mot if h twain for (
you to split the wood }" r • ■■<.n
■i&i y : >r 1
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ATTENTION GTRLSI
, 3RD MAXSfUONUL Eivoace-
HBar-HAot nr EtßctHicm - . —The vnlue
asia medium oi speedy communication of the
magnetic telegraph-is everywhere justly ad-
For the transmission of important
news, of business dispatches, heading off of
fugitives, and innumerable other necessary
and all.important Exigencies the lellegrapb is
Confessedly a most valuable auxiliary,—
Through its agency fortunes are made and
lost; friends at adistance are informed ol
the heoltb of each olher : and through iCfire
(ho transactions, incidents nnd misfortunes of
many of the large cities of the Unlorr, all
thrown as it Were urtder-the Argus eye Of the
great centre—the metropolis of this hemis
phere. As a mediunl by which lime and dis.
tance are almost annihilated it is open to all;
and he or, they who cannot await the mail’s
delay nor still afford to make a journey, have
through it a prompt and always reliable-means
of intercommunication. Perhaps the most
novel use to which the telegraph has been pul
is that which has come under our notice and
whicfi is as follows : Some months since a
young gentleman of this city entered the Morste
Telegraph office and requested lobe instruc
ted in such of the mysteries of telegraphery
as the operators could or would inform him
—such ns would not interfere with the secrets
of the office. The obliging operator procee
ded to do so, and In lire course of bis instruc
tions explained to the Freshman the modus
operandi of writing. It should be known
that at one of Ihe stations west of Ibis city,
in quite a small hut enterprising .village, a fe
male—the school-mistress of the village—is
the operator at the telegraph station. While
the operator in (his city was going through
his explanations, the—office called Albany,
■ and made a business inquiry, to which an an
swer was returned by the Albany operator,
who, in a professional manner, inquired the
name of the anxious inquirer, and sent it,
with the gentleman’s compliments, to the—
office, (which the female had charge of.) —
Miss C ,we mean the operator, replied,
returning her compliments, and gave the state
of ihe weather, &c., at . The gentle
man was “immensely" delighted with the idea
pf interrogating a person, and that person a '
female, one hundred 1 and fifty miles distant,
and through the kindness of the operator ad
dressed several interrogatories to her, all of
which were answered in a most gratifying’
manner. The novice in telegraphing was de
lighted, not to say enchanted. He called
again the next day, and persuaded the oper
ator, to oga i resummon jhe——-office.. _Arwio
du.i— onpiy j most delightful tele a-tele—
think of a tele a-tete one hundred and fifty
mile removed ' —--v ilh hiv ehn/mim, inenortita.
or we should say inomorat, for the novice
was all absorbed in Wiss.C , as the se
quel will prove. For several days did he call
and hold conversation with the office and
its very obliging operator, each day becoming
more and more interested. The subject of
discourse, 100, was materially changed; inso
much that the Albany operator began to- feel
in rather a “peculiar predicament’’—he being
a sort of o medium through which two lovers
were holding communication. To be brief,
the novice continued to call for a space of
two weeks, each day growing more interested,
until at last he put the question direct ond
plumb: “Will you marry me!” The tele
graph never hesitates; itjs a fast institution,
and those who are'connected with it become
“fnst,” as if'by -imbibition. The lady con
sented, and the novice, a few days after, went
■ lOi claimedhis bride and was married.
The parties are now residents of this city.
Albany Argus.
GETTING MARRIED.
It is curious to some >o note how people’s
ideas of preparation for this species of amuse
ment vary. Moze and. Lizo “take a notion
to each other,” Moze buys a second-hand
bedstead, three wooden chairs, a table, a
small looking glass and a light stand, while
Lize provides a hen feather bed, four sheets
and two coverlets, sbme little minor arrange
ments, and a disposition to make the best of
everything forthwith. Two dollars are paid
for the minister’s blessing Upon their joint
adventure in housekeeping; the scene where
of is a threesinry back room. With a seven
by-nine chamber attached, where (he first ba
by is born before either parents is of age.
Mr. Couni-ihc.cosr On the other hand, nev
er thinking of the matter until he is thirty
courts Miss Prudence for fourteen years, per
petually putting off the ‘‘happy day,’’ because
he hadn’t got quite enough to buy n nine.slo
ry front on Style street, and furnish two suits
of reception rooms in ebony and marble;
preferring (for such acquisition) to wail until
boil* are 100 old—almost to be glad the sus
pense ,ts ended. ’ They get, the, big house,
have a grand weddipg, a great many enemies,
a few friends, anil no ohiltjren, .
‘ After two sumptuous funerals, and a long
law suit, the properly is at length equally di
vided be(«een tho "Timbuctop Female Mora)
Hefortn Association” and Iho lawycra who
contest the wjl) qp behalf of a blind cousin,
who fights it on the ground of “insanity,”al
leging (he long couttphip of thepartieS ns ev
idence.thereof, The cousin being’ at length
defeated, ibo Timbuoloq directors -compro
mise by paving the opposing council’-*' fee*
and costs, and lbe morblb front omd nil its be
longings, is convertedimocnsh.
Ten years afterwards,- the books of the
saxton nnd the stone in tho fcemetry arfe tho
only records of the existehen of Mr; Count*
tha-MSI- and his Tdl'gOtfon bride. Futitiy
worltffvevy.
. Gathbb upicriowledge witha diligent bond,
it isthd only enVtVity good that wilVnoV some
times give you pain.
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at/!:
i’UBLISHE&S’ & PROPRIETORS. '■
In Ihe way: of dentistry, Dr. Tuskmaker,
the iniimale fried of John Phoenix, of the Pi
on’epr Magaiine, goerabead of all competi
tors. Nothing appalled him, and he was as
ready to pull a tooth as largo as a Polyglot
Bihfe, as to extract one of a child’sfrOnt teeth.
As proof of this, John relates Ihe 'follow.
ic ®! : ■
“Dr. Tuskmaker was never regularly bred
as a physician, Dr surgeon, but he possessed
nnftirally a strong meohaica) genius and a
find appetite ; and finding his teeth oft great
seryico jn gratifying, the Tatter propensity, he
'concluded that ho qou)d,do more good in the
world, and create more happiness therein, by
putting the teeth of his inhabitants in good
working order, than in any other way ; so
Tuskmaker became a dentist. He was the
map that first invented the method ol placing
cog-wheels in the back teeth for the more
perfect mastication of food, and he claimed to
be Ihe original discoverer of that method of
filling cavities with a kind of putty, which,
becoming hard directly, causes the tooth to
ache so grievously that it has to be pulled,
thereby giving the dentist two successive fees
for 1 the same job.
Tuskmaker «ns ono day seated in his of
fice, in the city of Boston, Moss., when a stout
old fellow named Bytes, presented himself to
have a tooth drawn. The dentist sealed his
patient-in the chair of torture, and opening
his mouth, discovered there an enormous
tooth, on the right hand side, about as large,
as he afterwards expressed it, “as a small
Polyglot Bible! ’ I shall have trouble with
this tooth, thought Tuskmaker, but be chip
ped on his heaviest forceps and pulled. 1'
didn’t come. Then he tried the lurnscrew,
exerting his utmost strength, but the tooth
wouldn’t stir.”
“Go away from here," cried Tuskmaker
to Byleg, “ond return in a week, and I'll
drdw that tooth fur you, or know the reason
whv.”
Byles got up, clapped a handkerchief (o his
jaw, and put forth. Then the dentist went
(o work, and in three days he invented an in
strument which he was confident would pull
anythlhjf. It was n combination of the lever,
pu|ley, wheel nod axle, inclined plane, wedge
and screw. The castings were made, and
the machine pul up in the office, over an iron
chair, rendered perfectly stationary by iron
rods going down into the foundation of the
building, in a week old Byles returned ; he
the iron chair, the forceps
connected with'the machine attached firmly to
the tooth, and Tuskmnker, stationing himself
»r» t hn ran r. J.w1.1 ./* -l~- - i"~~- . frr
length. He turned it slightly. Old Byles
gave a groan and lifted bis right leg. An
other turn; another groan, and op went the
leg again. —*
“What do you raise your leg for asked
ibe doctor.
‘‘l can’t help it,” said the patient,
"Wod/’ replied Tuskmaker, “that tooth is
bound to come now.”
He turned tho lever clear round, with a
sudden jerk, and snapped old By le’s head olea r
and clean from his shoulders, (caving a apace
of four inches between the severed parts I
They had a post mortem examination—the
roots of the tooth were found extending down
(he right side, through the right leg, and turn
ing up in two prongs under the sole of the
right foot 1
“No wonder,” said Tuskmaker/'be raised
his right leg.”
The jury thought so too, but they found
the roots much decayed, and five surgeons
swearing that mortification would have ensu
ed in a few months, Tusk maker was cleared
on a verdict of “justifiable homicide.’’. He
was a lifile shy of that instrument for some
time afterward; but one day an old lady,
feeble and flaccid, came to have a tooth drawn,
and thinking i)-would come pul very easy,
Tuskmasker concluded, just by way of varie
ty, to try the machine. He did .so, and,at
the first lorn drew tho old lady's skeleton
completely and entirely from her body, leav
ing hern mass of quivering jelly in her chair-.
Tusk maker took .her home ins pillow-case.
She lived seven years after that, and they
called her the “India Rubber Woman.” She
had suffered terribly with (he rheumatism,
but after this occurrence, she never had a pain
in her bones !• The-dentist kept them in a
glass case. After (his, the machine was sold
to the contractor ofthe Boston Custom House,
and it urns found that a child three years of
age could, by aaingle turn of the screw, raise
a stone weighing twtenty-lhrbe tons. Smaller
odes were made, on (he same principle, and
sold to the'keepers of hotels and reslurnnls.
They were used for boning turkeVs.
There is no moral to this story whatever,
and it is possible that the circumstances may
have become ilighlly exaggerated. Of course,
there can be no doubt of the truth of the
majn incidents.
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The New idETAt, kivmmvti.~ lt, is s(a.-
led that the French Academy, of. Spiertpe will
probably eoonannoonce the.success of one of
its members in producingilhu new metal, al
uminium, in abundance, and nl a very low
price. HiiberlOt Sbecosl, $BO a pound, ren
dered it very nearly useless, in spite- of its
mbny and- admirable qualities; Mr. Dbvjm.*
is said to have discovered a -means of produ
cing it for a pound. It is light like glass;
white and brilliant like'silica; inoxidoble like'
gold j malleable like copper, as easily moulded
as iead/a’s tenacious as iron,as abundant ss
clay, and the Academy hopes soon to be’ as
chiap ns dirt. It will be wise to wait for the
cohhnriauoo of this intelligence; inwbrch,
however, there is nothing impossible.
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SCUlUffft.
DENTISTRY.
MINIE BULLET.
A oorrjMpoqdenf pf a^Syra
cu»e sends ps the foildwjng 4 ;
•-' "W .common wiMi iMaf tboutaodsof your
J with' s'atisftgiSon'
5 nJ accurate ‘dAaatfptioasof tha
Pf* inventions niBM in this and
other c<mntri6r ;Cons}ae t |nd that all such
accounts ate of deep Ibterestw s'large num
ber of fyour reapeni i torty optorttf
mty W Mfomt ytto of do mietesting iovehlldtf
=thaf has recently .come node* my noticed ‘
‘‘Tbe invehliort l atlude to Is that of a md
chine by which toilets for the Minie rifle ate
‘awedged’ from solid bars of led. These
bullets, as you are doubtless aware, are of n
peculiar form, differingfrom the common
rbund bullet in being of s'conical shape with
a cavity in the base. Hitherto they have
been invariably cast in molds in the same
minnet that the common bullet is cast, by
.which process it is' impossible to make tolls
of equal weight or 'free from Imperfections,
which faults, as they exist 'in a greater or
less degree, affect the accuracy of the rifle.
By the machine tc which I call your atten
tion bullets of'atly size are made, and they
ore free from all air-blubbers and other im
perfections, and have the further merit of be
ing exact in weight. The machine is com
prised within a space of a foot square, and
weighs about 65 pounds, There are no
springs or cogs in’ it and there is very iliii’e,
liability of its gelling out of order. The bare
of lead, rolled to a proper thickness, are fed
into a hopper and run under a d s e which
‘swedges’ out the bullet, and at the same in
slant the cavity is pressed into the base ; the
bullet is discharged from the die, which again
receives the bar and repeats the process.—■
■ The machine thus makes two bullets a sec
ond, or 120 a minute, and is capable of even
faster work. It requires little attention ex
cept to keep the hopper supplied with lead.—
'lt can be worked by sieam-power or hand,
“The inventor of (his machine is a young
mechanic named William A. Sweet, of the
firm of Malcolm and Sweet, manufacturers
of Minie Rifles in this City. Mr. S, is also
the inventor of a breach-loading Rifle, which
has been received with great favor, and ia
under consideration by the military authori
ties at Washington. He has now in hand a
repealing pistol, which is to be of convenient
size, and capable of discharging t,wenty limes
without reloading. ‘ '
“In the United States service the Minie ball
is cos! in the ordinary way of making bullets.
A number of unsuccessful attempts have been
made to improve in this slow and unsatisfac
tory process, A machine by which the round
ball is 'swedged’ out is in use in Ihe service,
but it differs entirely from the one 1 have de
scribed, I have forwarded to you by express
several specimens of the bullets mode by Mr,
Sweet's machine,"
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* UMi
Wavs of Committing , Suicide.—Wear
ing thin shoes on damp nights in rainy
weather.
Building on the "air tight” principle,
leading a life of enfeebling, stupid lazi
ness, and keeping the mind in a round of un
natural excitement by reading trashy novels.
Going to balls In all sorts ol weather in
the thinnest possible dress. Dancing till in a
complete perspiration, and then going home
through the damp air. ■ -
Sleeping on .feather beds in seven by nine
bedrooms.
sunemng on hot and very highly stimula
ting dinners.
Beginning in childhood on (eo, and going
on from step to another, through coffee, chew
ing tobacco, smoking aod drinking.
.Marrying in haste, getting an uncongenial
companion, and living the real of life in men*
tnl dissatisfaction.
Keeping children quiet by teaching them
to suck candy.
Hating without lime to masticate the food.
Allowing love to gain to so absorb our
minds, as to leave no time to attend to our
health.
Following an unhealthy occupation because
money can be made by it.
Tempting the appetite with niceties when
the stomach says no.
Contriving to, kepp in a continual worry
abofrt something or nothing.
Retiring at midnight and rising at noon.
Gormandizing between tnpals.
Giving way to fils of anger.
Neglected to lake proper care,of ourselves
when a simple disease first appears.
The House of Framcun tn Paris.—The
hotel which Dr; Franklin occupied during his
mission at the Court of Louis XVI., remains
siill in existence, although it has undergone'
many changes and alterations since ihe day
when within its walls our Minister to France
pondered over the critical position of Ameri
can affairs, and matured those wise plans
which resulted in securing to America the
alliance of the French, and ensuring and has- 1
tening her ultimate independence. The build
ing is siiuathd in Pussy, one of the suburbs
on the western side of the city, and is now'
occupied as a Calholic school 1 for boys. Thd
greater part of the bouse has been rebuilt and
remodeled lb accommodate the wants of the
school, which numbers more than si* hundred
phpils. The first 'lightning rod which was
ever erected in France, and wns plhced opon
this house by Franklin himself, is still shown
to visitors, and is very similar in appearance
to those now in use. In a rear apartment of
the building is preserved all the wobd work of
Franklin’s grand salobn, Doors, panels and
window frame? in considerable number show 1 ,
that the saloon mast have"been of large df"
mansions, and the elaborate wbod carvings
and profusion of gilding indicate that it was
sumptuously adorned. 1 ;
"Tost, ! hear you have stolen one of ray
turkeys."
"Well, mnssß,” 9*ys‘Tom, "since Tee'
notched, ['ll just own I tuk it { I wan’l g ! vf me 1
to deny it, no how.’*
"Now, Tom, ybu know I don’t allow steal.'
ing on my land 'and I must punish yon lb?
this."
“Pray, mnesa, don’t, you hhln’i lost noth*
in’ iCTdid steal dat turkey."
"How is lhal l” said bis’master.
“Well, ybd ■ see'/massa, I tuk de (urkeyi
and I dond it u(>. When I (uk de Idrkeyj add'
eat it, it got to be part Of me, and rttade tiiord
nigger Tor you, rrrnssn. So you SeewAd fyou
lost in turkey you made iip in nigger ~ r> '■ v
Tom oas excused for his *tt: ■ ’• ■'