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A liberaldiscount made to yearly 'adfertiscts. -.IDJAU letters addressed to the Editor must be post-paid. fa,- JOB PRIWTIff- Having a general assortment of large, elegant, plain andorna tt. vumcnlal Type, we arc prepared to execute every description of Cards, Circulars, Bill Heads, ISotes, 1 ,f BlaiBli. Kcceipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER - BLANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. ' Printed with neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms ' AT THE OFFICE OF THE ' .TeffersoHta.il Kcpublicaii. r Peculiarities of our Granny. BT J. J. HOOPER. Everybody has a Granny ; at least, we never saw anybody that had not one. They appear to beTas necessary as parents else why their uni- rir!Ht.v t In pvnrv rillaafi. town, nr ritv fwe speak now within the range of our own observa- ti6n), you will find a Granny Jones, or a Granny ' Smi h or nn MUnhnU or Rr,n Who, i There is no getting along without them ! Science 1 has voted them useless a nuisance ! Intelligent people curl their noses at them ! We all say, ' your granny !" in derision or contempt ; and yet there or rather here they firmly remain, useful, God-serving, garrulous hand-maidens of Diana.' So we really believe that Gtannies are a part of the ."fitness of things," and that to make war upon them, is to strive against nature. We, for one, are more than willing they should remain; for we have always found them good old people, and they do so treasure up the past that with their queer recollections, and fanciful legends, they are making of his terrestrial coil a lame apology for enabled to beguile most pleasantly the tedious perpendicularity, was delivered of a lump of sub hours of a sick room. I T. r i , ,1 , All mankind, and all womankind too, know what aie the special functions of a granny ; so it is unnecessary to expatiate particularly thereon. We may say, however, that the practice of our ; venerable friends is not restricted, by any means, t to the principal duty and business of their lives, j If they preside at births, the natural sympathy and j connection between the extremes of life, brings them appropiiately to the chambers of disease 1 and death 3.Jck , j Kind souls! how thev lancuish with the s And with what reduced and insinuating and com - inisserating accents they recommend their bayb'iy root, and balm tea, and ally-cumpane, and multi-1 tudinous other domestic nostrums and decoctions ! , , , , .. , ,i .Lliu liv muuv.uiu ...w lliu simples have effected, under their "own Clear eves Our granny is " Granny Mitchum" and sho s an "exception" (as the saying is) to all gran- is an - exception; (as tne saying is; to all gran- moc she Mn ct tin Willi Ihp sirt n rrrpnlpr num. ber 'of consecutive nights ; walk more lightly across the floor ; look wiser; heave deeper sighs; turn up her eyes higher at the wonderful ; tell the age of more people, and the exact color of more dresses than any crannvofthem all. She ex- eels, too, in pantomime. 'The sick man is sleep - ing ; she would not wake him, for the world but it is absolutely necessary that some particular thing .should be done, for his comfort. Straight- way, she catches the eye of the drowsy maid across the hearth-she points to the fire-makes a motion as if throwing on wood twists her mouth dreadfully contracts her brow siirs an imaginary .cup with her finger and ends by looking at the sufferer and giving a series of nods. All this means-" Git The balm tea. warm it, put some sugar in it, and bandit to me!" Let Granny Jtfitchurr: alone for communicating her ideas, either with or without the aid of her tongue ! And then she is always so careful. She never treads on the cat's tail, causing an hideous squall just as the baby nas dropped off to sleep ! On the con - trary, she looks daggers, pokers, and brick-bats, -at whoever does: and soon our Granny estab- j lishes most wholesome police regulations in what- j a friend tells a good anecdote of a young Jon-soever-household whereinto she happeneih to j alharj up jn Vermont, who attended a great revi- CGranny Mitchum is short, fleshy, squab. True, ! meelin&' and 'as 50 f rked UP as 10 bo .all grannies are so, but in these the strong points : induced to tell "how he felt. of4grann3hood, the old sou', to our partial eye, Ke commenced in the usual penitential strain seems remarkable. Her old face is round and i h savjng that he felt himself to be a "poor, inde- wrinkled, and her eyes are moist ; and there is a j " . , i j ri. , , J . , nendent critter, when his pious old lather mter- molo or wart on her upper hp, concerning which , fJe,lucul 11 .... , . , , she relates some very remarkable stories. As rupted and kindly told him that dependent and not for her figure, it resembles an egg with the small end downwards with the trifling exception that a xoaist fs made, a few inches below her shoulders, !.. ho tirrhi Hravvino- nf her anron strinc. It seems : asiftheold lady were trying to cut herself in two but as it is 4he wav with all grannies, and as we have never known a case among the tribe of complete bisection, we rather suspect that "Granny Mitchum will preserve her unity to the end' of time. Our Granny has a deep-seated horror of pert, -dtvely young ladies; even if the were "in at" their . swathing, she likes them not. It is perhaps the j onlv unamiable trait in her character. There si T2 SSn; 'Ri..-ihe sassu heifrr that thinks "some of the greatest fools she ever saw were among' the oldest" she hain't no use for her, at all. Sich an awdacious thing, stickin out her Granny winds up with a very uncharitable ex- pression of opinion about all book-larnt young ladies, '. Granny Mitchum has always been the tele- graph of our village ; ana we win uo tier iue jua ti.ee .to say, that her wires seldom break, and her "posts never are blown down. She is always " in 'operation," and if your despatches ato not trans mitted by lightning, they at least go "on the wings i of the- wind." From house to house speeds our granny, delivering .her budget, always making the trip " inside of schedule time," and never, in any weather, or from any accident losing a mail .Her intelligence is almost invariably correct. Once, only, was our granny mistaken, and then in this wise : Mr. Snodgrass .had movedin our town, , from a neighboring county in Georgia, and had Drougnii-u Pu...s - o " -iwith him the notion that he was considerably in !""f. advance of the civilization of our place He had i anidea, which we hardly know how to express it in faff, an jflpa nrrain'St Grannies. It Was wrons (so all our people thoucht.f 'but sliil it was true, that Mr. Snodgrass would not employ a TT . l . - j ever heard of a granny's dying 1 but we trust that she may witness a thousand more Malthusian facts: ami mat wnenever sne comes m competition with the gentlemen of the faculty, she may force them to haul in their horns, and give up that there's other people knows something, besides themselves ;" for we know that such a consummation would bring to her heart such a degree of felicity, as "either wealth nor honors could bestow. i - Settling llie QueStlOH. In a backwoods Lyceum, a few evenings since, the very original question, " Which is the great est evil, Slavery or Intemperance," was discussed. In the course of his speech, the first on the floor, spoke of the inhuman treatment of the masters to wards their slaves, ol the cruel punishments in flicted, alluding particularly, to one, well-known, termed "cat-hauling." His opponent, whose appearance on the occa sion, "must be seen to be realized," then and there umiiy, 01 wmcn tne iouowing is a true anu attest ed copy. 14 Mr, President spozin you was a wife to some- hnrlv nr nthflr. and vniir hushand should enmp home , . , , , , . , , , , . , . ., drunk' and should sl '"u' andshould beat you and should maul you, and should pound you 1 1 say, Mr. President, wouldn't that be wus than SCratch-haulin !" We didn't stay to hear the de- cision, but, of course, the able debater "got his , case. i This reminds us of the Scotchman who, a few years ag0 called at the house of Lawyer Fletcher j r w.rm,ln, ,i, , , i ol ermont to consult that legal gentleman pro- ' ",,'u"a"J i& uucct ui iivuio : uc 111 rnCCsnillT. To tVl Qni.nar Umn ft Kn Sr.- quired of the Lawyer's Lady, who opened the door at his summons, j Disappointme He was answered negatively. Disappointmenl was now added t0 lhe trials of 1 ' . Scotia's son, but after a moment's consideration, a ! new thought relieved him. "Mebby yourself can ' give me the necessary information as weel as the Squeer seein' as're his wife." , . . , , ... . . , .. ' The k,nd lady ,eadlly Promised to do so, if, on , learning the nature of his difficulty, she found it in her power, and the other proceeded to state the J .cae as r0nOWs : j , ' , SPoBe 'e was an auld wh,le mear' an 1 should borry ye to gang to mill, with a grist on yer back, 1 an' we should get no farder than Stair hill, when, j all at woonce, ye should back up, and rear up, and .... itij ui j jui ( pUch up. and keel down backwards, and break yer dearned auld neck, who4d pay for yo ? not I, dearn me if I would!" i The lady smilingly told him, as she closed the . doorj lnal as he had himself passed sentence on ; h adv5ce w fae . rf superfluoua. i ' J r A Hopcfol Convert. independent was the proper word. Jonathan took the correction in a becoming manner, simply re marking that "he couldn't see the great difference j 'twixt the two." The young sinner then contin ; ued to berate himself, and in the course of his re marks declared that ho felt himself entirely wor thy to be the recipient of the many blessings which a bountiful Providence had showered upon him, j when he was again interrupted in his eloquent de- nunciations, by his father's informing him that he should uworthy. . , . - e . ,B This was too much ; the fire of the Yankee was j up, and turning indignantly on his heel he exclaim-1 ; ed. Well father, if you can talk better than I ! can you can go ahead." The effect of his speech, can be better imagined than described. Boston Sunday News. I j & Joke for the Ladiei. The editor of a paper in Providence lately in formed his readers that the ladies always pull off the left stocking last. This, as may be supposed, created some little stir among his fair readers, and while in positive terms they denied the statement, they at the same time declared that ho had no bus iness to know it even if such was the fact, and pronounced him no gentleman. He proved it, however, by a short argument : when one stock j . .. . ' t . ff off lhe ,,,, cllinc jjjg jg puiieu ou moi, mcio jo i"1""1" ""i 11 1 rc !.n. Kttp. J (-i nnnttior rr VoiTKfl Mother. Mr. Walter Uolton saw at; - 1!i0 a w, only .9 yrS oU. who had chi.d,e. . "um ' frt on J She was married at tne age 01 . - - - granny. Jie mougni it saler, more sensible, and decidedly more fashionable, to supercede the Granny with the Physician ; and when at length it became necessary, in the progress of his do mestic affairs, to call in one or the other, he said he would have no nasty old woman about him, and forthwith sent for the Doctor. Granny Mitchum heard all about the matter, and immediately prog nosticated that Mrs. Snodgrass's baby would be a boy, and that she would have a had time. Im mediately, too, upon tho announcement of the birth, confiding in the verity of the premises whence she had drawn her conclusions she cir culated the report that the infant was a boy, and the mother in a bad ivay. It turned out, however, that the child was not a boy, and that Mrs. Snod grass did considerably better " than could have been expected." Granny Mitchum met these un comfortable facts, simply by demonstrating that the laws of natuie had somehow got topsy-turvy in favor of Mrs. Snodgrass ; and that the baby ought to have been a boy, and that its mother ought to have approached the grave so nearly, that only the miraculous decoction of Granny Mitchum, herself, could have saved her. We will not wish our granny lone life, for who From the Scientific American. Curious Drugs for Producing Hallu ciualiou. From time immemorial the singular effects pro duced upon the mind, by drinking wine, &c , has been known to the. inhabitants of every nation. It is however but a short time since a knowledge of inhaling certain gases into the lungs produced ef fects akin to that of dritiking alcoholic drinks. It is but a few years ether was discovered and intel ligently applied to produce entire insensibility of the nerves; and it is only two years since Chlor oform was brought to light, as the best substance to be used for this purpose. This singular sub stance is now employed in our Hospitals for the most humane purposes. A knowledge ofale theon, like Chloroform, has been claimed for the Chinese Doctors, as far back as the third century, but when.was there a discovery brought forward that was not claimed by some pedantic antiqua rian, for the Chinese, Hindoos, or the Egyptians. That the Chinese Doctors, used opium to produce insensibility, we do not doubt, and that they have been long acquainted with 3ome singular things, unknown to us, no one will deny, but hot gases ; and this is especially true of a singular drug called Hashish, which, when eaten or smoked, produces the most singular mental phantasmagoria. The Hindoos, however, seem to be better acquainted with it than the Chinese, but it is only within a few years since a knowledge ofits peculiar effects was made known to Europeans. This drug is a preparation of Indian Hemp. A recent article in the Paris Medical Times gives an account of an experiment made by a physician with some of it upon a numoer ot individuals, lie went to a familiar Cafe selected his subjects and give a sin gle grain to each. Some bolted it, others smoked it; one individual merely smeared about a quarter of a grain over his cigarette paper. About one grain was dissolved in a glass of Curacoa, and this was allotted to the master of the house. His two young and handsome daughters were forbid den to taste of the drug; but the physician had here evidently forgotten his Scriptural history. About three-quarters of an hour passed quitely over, and the curious were rapidly lapsing into incredulity, when a short laugh, followed by an awful and most piercing shriek, issued from an inner apart ment. The youngest daughter, following tradi lional example, had tasted of the forbidden object, and was suddenly struck with delirium and hys terical movements of a very alarming appearance Conciousnesswas only one half obliterated, and the mind seemed to make supernatural efforts to es cape from the chain about to be thrown around it The shrieks were rapid, most violent, and is a pe culiar kind. The girl felt conscious that she was raving, and earnestly entreated all around her not to conclude that she was mad ; each appeal being terminated by a heart-rending scream. Some in ternal sensation also compelled her to cry, every now and then, that she was dying. With great difficulty she was conveyed to bed, where the de lirium continued for four hours. As if a signal were sent by this mischance, the young men in the cafe went off about the same moment. The ef fects were not, however, so violent. They were extremely varied. The individual who had smoked some hemp (half a grain) in his cigarette was sud denly attacked by violent fits of laughter, which compelled him to roll on the floor, during which he exclaimed that something was raising him up to heaven. These fits resembling hysteria, did not last more than ten minutes. Another individ ual, instead of being agitated, fell suddenly into a deep sleep, bolt upright against the wall, with the chin sunk on his chest, features in the most per fect calm. Were it not for the deep, slow inspir ations, one would have thought him defunct, for the face was deadly pale. So profound was the sleep, that it continued for three hours; despite the shouts and screams of the excited bacchanals who danced around him, for in the majority the hemp merely procured intoxication. In all, the excitement was soon followed by an invincible tendency to sleep ; the benches were strewn with the slain, and de lightful dreams, producing strange laughter, re paid the adventurous tasters for their curiostiy. The love of excitement is so strong in man that he seek it by some means or other, hence in those countries where wine is forbidden, opium and to bacco are used as substitutes. At the foot of the Himmaleh mountains, a hemp grows wild, from which a liquor is made which produces intoxica tion of the most dreadful kind, exciting every pas sion in a high degree. A man under its influence looks like a madman, and exhibits his excitement by dancing, singing, shouting, and tossing his arms. The Hindoos, some of them, are very fond of it; particularly peltry-bearers. They say it makes them forget all their pains and fatigue. The name of this hemp, and the preparation from it also, is "Bhnm." The drug " hashish" is made from this hemp, and it has been reared in France for experimental purposes. The peculiar effect of the "hashish" is the inversion of the order of time a minute becomes an hour, and scenes like those decribed in the Arabian Nights Entertainments flit before the mind, with all the wonderful pheno mena of genii, faries, pallaces of cold and silver the real scenes of " Alladdin and his Wonder ful Lamp." A frequent use of the drug is danger ous to sanity and health, as is the use of all unnat ural stimulants. In commenting upon any sub- Jject, authors and editors snouiu always nave t-. 1 I I l I , moral in y,ew-to warn where there is danger to encourage where there is hope, it is a lact mat , mnst everv nerson often craves for some mental j aiimii iii . 1 1 iiin I li I iniiv nil. ..v... 1 1 .rA.r .nnntitd ltttlftt 1Y O fl j " . . " 0n that which destroys it passions and appetites, and brings them into the subjection of whatsoever is pure and lovely, ex- libiis a greatness of mind. Regular habits, plain bod, cheerful and healthful exercise, the perform ing of charity and the reading of good authors, will impart a cheerfulness of mind and a health fulness of frame, which no one knoweth but those who follow after these things. Sleeping in Meeting. There are some persons of a temperament which should preclude them from indulging in sleep at meeting. Of this class are those who w - start, kick, or jump in their sleep. Such an unfortunate predisposition is annoying and troublesome in the extreme. A single tleeper of this discription may break the slumbers of a whole slip of orderly hearers. Wo once held a seat by tho side of a man who regularly over turned the cricket on waking up, and who had, on several occasions, scattered (he contents of the box of sawdust in every direction, persons afflicted with such constitutional maladies, if they will go to church, should take some so porific or composing powder before starting. We have seen those who, on awaking, be tray a feeling of manifest amazement and be wilderment, as if they did not immediately ro- collect where ihey where, or what ihey had been doing. Such conduct is, to say the least, highly impolile. An experienced sleeper, un der whatever circumstances he may awake, will exhibit no unusual emotion of surprise. It it equally bad taste to appear to notice the slum bers of others. A single officious gazer will often direct the attention of half the house to a sleeper, who, but for him, would have escaped observation. Snoring in respectable congre gations has long since passed into disuse But it may sometimes happen that you have taken an old style sleeper into your pew, who either has not abandoned the habit or cannot do so. In such a case, the only way of saving yourself from mortiiicaton is, to resolutely de termine to sacrifice your own comfort for lhe good of your friend ; in other words, to keep awake yourself that you may keep him awake In this connection we may suggest, that chtl dren who have not been taupht to smother their risible or lachrymose tendencies, should be sedulously kept from church. Ladies also, who have ever been known to faint, should, in warm weather, ait near a window, or else be well instructed in the fan exercise. The bus tle and confusion created by a regular faint awaken many who vould otherwise have en joyed their nap to the last prayer. A choloric old gentleman of our acquaintance was once so exasperated on being awakened in the mid dle of his nap, by a woman who had fainled, that, in the heat of his passion, ho solemnly vowed never again to sleep in meeting, from sheer spite, lUtcs. Theeo being lhe days of high winds nnd high kites, we suggest 10 our young friends tho idea of trying their artistic -kill of making their kites into forms of living things. It is rath er too bad that our boys should bo away be hind the heathenish Chinese in this respect; but they are, nevertheless. A missionary ia that country says : 4,The sky is in a univer sal flutter of kites. I counted this afternoon from my window ninety-throe, which were flown at various heights with great skill, some represented hawks, and admirably imitated their manoeuvres in the air, poising themselves, and sailing and darting ; gaudy butterflies floated around ; and dragons formed of a long succes sion of circular kites, with a fierce head, flew about the sky. Tho majority wero of merely fanciful shapo. Loud noises, like a wind in strument, could be heard from them. The most amusing form was that of a huge hah, as it swam through the blue aboe, moving its tail and fins with a ludicrously natural effect. Those like animal are also flown in pairs and made to fight." Now, boys, try your Yankee ingenuity, and let the Celestials know that you aro up ro the age with something in ihe wind worth looking at. Tribune. Caesar's Ride. Ca33ar had been a faithful .servant at one of our country Inns for many years. His master was kind to him, fed and clothed him well, and told him he should be well cared for in his old age. Caesar look ii into his head one day that he would like to take a ride, put up at an Jim, bo wailed on, as he did to others, and put through in style. Well, Caesar," replied lhe good master," you shall have my best horse and chaise, and take Phillis with you, and here is a five dollar note for you to spend. So you may go and blow it out straight." Cajsar and his lady were soon 44 done up" in iheir best 41 fixens," the chaise was ready, ihey jumped in and drove off in high glee. They pulled up at the inn at the next village ; Caesar gave his horse in charge of the ostler with di reciioria to give him a peckof oats, and rub him down well he ihcn waited upon Miss Phillis into lhe house, called for a room, a pack of cards, a bottle of brandy and a good dinner. As sonn as dinner was over, the brand' used up and they tired of playing 44 high low Jack," Cai-ar called for his team and his bill. The horse was soon harnessed, aud 4'iiems" placed in Creiar's hand ; he could not read, but when, the landlord told him the amount was two dol lars and a half, the eyes of our ebony hero ,4ln their relaxing circles rolled in white!" in oner astonishment. 1 4iIs dal all ?" he ex claimed,'4 w al, if dat be the case, just lake out do hojs again, rub him down, gib him annoder peck, and end up annoder dinner, bottle of brandy and cards, for Ue on a blow out, you see, and Masa gib me de V to do it tip brown!' Acquittal of ;i IVitcii. In Montrol's life of tfnssot an anecdote is given of Lord Mansfield. On going tho cir cuit, h had one day a poor old woman brought iclore turn under an accusation of witchcraft. rho' exceedingly infirm, it was asserted by all the inhabitants of lhe village in which she re-' sided, in exact proportion to the absurdiiy of what they advanced, that she had been seen walking with her feet in the air and her head downwards. The witnesses exhibited the greatest eagerness that she should be punished as a witch. The Judge, after listening with the greatest composure to the depositions-observed with a solemn countenance, 44 Since you hare seen this poor woman walking in lhe air, ihough her legs are scarce ly able to support her on the earih, 1 can of course, entertain no doubt of the fact : but this witch is an English woman, and a subject as well as you and I to the laws of England, every one of which L have just run over in my mind, without being able to hit upon any one which prohibits persons from walking in the air if ihey should find it convenient. All those persons, therefore, who have seen the accused perform her serial promenades are at libertyao initiate her example.'- Cradle oj Twin Giants. Printers' Curiosities. BY THE TYP03. A crust from a printer's pi. A cloven fool of the devil. A wheel from the royal cha(i)sc. A toe-nail of a foot-line. A heel-bone of the sheens-foot. u The pleasures received from an em brace?1 A tear that fell from a capital . A lawyer that plead a printer's case. Some fur from the top of a small cap. A candle made from printers' phat. Some bark from a printer's stick. . 4 it A stmg found in the devil's tail. A sight from a shooting-stick. r A glass of grog drunk from a printer's bar. A feather taken from the bed of the press. 4 A quoin from a printer's batik. The index of a printer's guide. A uniform worn by General Intelligencer af the battle of Composition. An insult from an imposing-stone. And a few debts from delinquent subscribers, which we hope will be paid as soon as circum stances will permit The poluiion of the chloride of zink is an efloctual remedy against bed bugs. It is appli ed with a brush, and is the discovery of Sir Wm. Burnett. Pretty Good. An old lady living on one of the telegraphic lines leading from the city, observed some workmen digging a hole near the door. She inquired what it was for. ' To put up a post for the telegraph," was tho answer. Wild with fury and affright, she incontinently seized her bonnei and ran to her next neighbor with lhe news. What do you ihinkl" the exclaim ed, in breathless haste,4 they're a settin up that cusid paragaph right agin my door, and now I reckon a body can't spank a chid, or j scold, or chat with a neighbor, but that plaguy thing 11 be a blabbm' it over creation. I won t stand it I'll move right away, where there ain't none of them onnateral fixins'i" Newcastle Coal in PotSsvillc. The strange fact is stated that coal from Newcastle, England, is taken to Pottsville lo be ued in the workshop of the Reading Rail road company, the price of it under the present tariff being lower than American coal. Henry Clay is now in his 74ih year. Dan iel Webster is in his 69th year. Col. Benton is about 07 years of ge. Lewis Cass ia 68, John C. Calhoun is G8. Mr. Seward is about 50. Mr. Cooper is 40. He is one of the youn gest members of the Senate. Mr. Bradbury is about 45 years of age. Truman Smsth is about 60. Mr. Bright, of Indiana, 3S. Mr. Douglass, of Illinois, is 37. Mr. Dayton, of New Jersey, is 43. Mr. Downs is 49. Mr: Dickinson is 50. Mr. Clemens is 55. Mr. Upham is 50. Stringent JLiqtior Law. The Massachusetts Legislature has passed a stringent license law, prohibiting the sale of all spirituous or fermented liquor in a less quan tity than twenty-eight gallons, except for me chanical and medical purposes. It authorizes town corpotations to appoint suiiable agents for the sale of liquors, who shall bo paid lor their services from the corporation treasury. The penalty for infringement of this law is impris onment in the county jail, or hard labor in the house of corredion from ten to thirty days S20 fine, and sureties to keep the peace and lhe liquor law for a year. For a second coiir viction, sixty days' imprisonment. Cigar making in Havana. The proposition to get up an ''industrial ex position' of Cuban manufactures, at Havana, in May next, has brought out some curious statistics relative to the iobaccoriists,by far lhe most important branch of manufacturing indus try of Havana. The report of the seccion de industria slates that each cigar maker will roll daily 300 cigars, at an average of 50 cents a hundred. Supposing them to work twenty days in each monih, this will give 72,000 ci gars annually per hand. The consumption in the island they estimate at 440 millions, and supposing lhe exports lo be 160 millions, this w ill give 600 millions a3 the annual cigar man ufacture, giving emyloymenr in its various branches to fully 10,000 people, tho vahje of u hone labor is not less' than-, four milltousHoQ dollars. - . ' . I -id vJ i a h Jl:t- IK.. 1
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