. . . . . .. . - ... . . . . . . . 1. . . . .. - w . .. ~ ::,. ..... \,.:-.,........ . : ..• -1 ; .. ::.....,., ~ .. . , ... ~..t...„....- . _ -, . , . • , . . . . . _ . . ! ~._. • ... •I , . . . ..... . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 0 ,Rlt , -SIXTH YEAR.qt .'No. COAL TRADE A.-DVERTISEMEN+S. Vort ilicljntonb. - Pier No, 4, rani airlines& WEL D, NAGLE ;;Itz CO., incr.% and Shippers of the Burt MOUNIAIN AND BLACK HEATH COA.ES, • For 'Nfairriraclur.lii g.and Domestic nse, and Sole • - Agents In all markets • FOR mir. c4EnBVran • 7 ::PINe. KNOT WRITE,ASR, AND. . 1 1 . ;- . "JACKSON PARBERRY" COALS. 20534WIdant St., Philadelphia, ltae• :,-/.11411 Doane New TrZ i . : . • . , . .., 1 e•isl: W.P.t' rimtirr W. Natit.z. ED. SHERWIN. . 1 II itsitr,A. Riex, Jit. - 1 Jon.), '7O , l— -' •,--%-,--- -. -Nei No. 5, Port Richmond. . 1 iAAS. &:BRENIZER, Miners and Shippers of • , THE SUPERIOR . . . ' A lAJRKEY•RtTN' COAL ',. ANT; Sin.lle Aciairta eon ' I..cr, Gra i rt .& 'Co.'s . Celeitroteil ' . Pt A 1•1'K. RIDGE COAL. .1, 1 2111 TWalrint Sit., Philitdelphia;,- timers :tll Trinity Building. New Turk, i! . 1i %., 11 Donne St., Boston. , • , Feb ito.rio; -• ' . • ~.8,- _ - • CASTNER, aTICKNEY & WELLINGTON • Miners and Shippers of Coal. '3117 rt 7.63 DE - from their Burnside Ca harn 01: LEWIS NEIN (Red Asti.) •LOqUOT MOUNTAIN (White Ash.) 1 39 Trinity Building, Nets' York. - • Onirei: a 203 Walnut Street. Philadelphia. WIIAItiO Doane Street. Boston. lF No. 6, PORT RICHMOND, FIIILA. 1 tin. 1, '7O, 1- -- . 'Locust • Mountain. Mammoth Vein, Red ,Ash, • Pier 'I, portltichntood. I Lorberry, and • = • ELAIVIMETT," NEILL . &' TOWER LYKENS VALLEY . COALS „,, • • (32D IValnut . Stiort, Philadelphia. S)tippergofAntliracite &Bittuitlngtips. • - al.Neer York. . . - Doane Street. (Room Itugtou. marvlt 24, ;to • - A.(t, ENTS for the Rifle nf the celcbrnled sTrE . N.,; 1 , 1 ix IT CITY. WIGGAN & TaIEDEL'S Lociast llou it • titin'juud Burnside Shantokin , . . .1,, White Ash. Coal. . . • , • _ . „ i . f. . 1 Also;SPOllN.and PEACH mot' -TAtr; . i 1. . Red Ash Coalj , . •FROM IT.OIIOKEN, . •• •• Titi• best varieties 01 Lehigh - and Boyi.lan's -CELE LHATED FAbIILY COAL. , . • • '.! —,--- , 4.-• - : , , , - Als, Sole Agents in tile 'Eastern market for the A t latit to mid George's Creek Co.'s celebrated BITI7- MIiSPUS ;COAL. i... • IPhtladelphls,727l7 Walnut Street. 4 i mce ' New l'ork, Rooth G. Tritilty Itaildimr„ 1 . . , . Prosidenee.-21 Custom House Street, ..r. l t Boston, gr. Doane Street. February 2,:.t, 'tiii . ' I - ' Pier No. 0. Fort Richmond. • JOUN R. whu'r.p..`; & SON, • fors of Coal, 'PPS. 4, ~ . Nfo. 316 W_AL.NUT SR.,. PHILADELPHIA. ... ~ •:`, Depin!s for Stone sad ;41e of Coal : ' ~A;1.4 We.ot Thirteenth Street, New York: - : , :o. 02 Third Avenue, New York. s i ;. ,, t, i ttiYhsrc No. 00. India Street, li'rovidenre. y's Witt Of. Mt. Washintton Atentre. near , t Federal Street,. Itostoni ' "Jan. I, '74-1 _ . _ . 1 It 4.NICLIIT COAL OF LYKENS. VALLEY. ARE CAUTIONED that there . are' Collieries whist!' mine this Coat, all, of. are tinder the niatiattetnent of tin' Eor the year I‘ , 7O:•:INNICKSON t ('I)., o f rhila detolkia, will be the only Auerit. , for iits sale t 1 New Fai:tlantl..Ne:ls• York, New-Jersey, and South of Cape • lienrt,andii'j,,FlittlS,,,•:.('Cl„ofhltl tio.re for all o or ...ti z ews will deal in no WIWI' elval ~.11,4t;!%,”, and parties w isiii tie the nu reveal' Inc art,l- ~,e proeitre it of theta, The object of thiri mutton .1 • ::1141,.• TO enable those interested to. lair under :, „Tann:3y. The r'..kgents and their assistants for the ,atxive are as folloWs: SINN Wk.:SON &(:0., fleneral f.).l.. o tetitt, 132 Walnut ;area, Philadelphia; their New , ork Ottlee is at llooni Buildings, JOS. ti.• 1.1 )4 )1)Y. Agent /I.Si , ted by ELISIIA MOSELEY. .1:.-n :r2 Summer street, L , ' , . Iwo EltS k .tCt f ieneral Atte? ts. rot 4 • on-, naiCLIIIOre, repre^a'at.`d Ut llar 'll rg, h. 3! .11 tsr.l4l ti. sTEItILETT. Order): , 1•01:14, he given to either of the above 'fantod ,partietr, :Ili,' tom, ane else. WM.II. h-OW LE,Genetal Marnufer th moat fear ful shape during the recent trials, did nut fall - him now. - But he felt 'a deadly sickness of heart; fcir an instant at the new, and hideous form - of 'the peril, Urns riuddenly Confronting him at the-very moment of his faneledescape. from all iris danger; knot when be was making his good resolves fora tranquil ryture; Never before had he encountered this dread _men- _ stet, but he knew its nature and ita habits well ;. for be bad often 'heard Arabs of the Upper Nileteltof their encounters with, and . victories crier it; a d he A tbeneforeuirdersiood } - .Which way the pit h. of safety lay. He el lowed the greedy 113 nkter tnapproach within two. lengths of him:—simpiffloating himself on the surface of:the water', and a- Wary eYe fiZed on every movement of his adversary. - Flight be knew would be speedy and 'certain death. Be waited until he maid see the very twinkle of its hung,ry, eye--.•then•dlved•doarn . into ihe flood, his dagger bare , in his light,- hand l' The moment after, the huge bulk of crocodile seemed convulsed with 'aandden pang as it abruptly twisted itself ironed, lash lug the water into foam with its terrible tail, -,- and snapping its jaws fiercely together; while . Its snaky eye trained sparks of fire! Then It sullenly sunk underthe water rao, and the calm niohnitglit shone on the show in:cno form of man nor reptile,on iitatcil - • .4, • "- • But the water where the croardile had stink _ .was.diseolcired with a dark ‘red . stain, which showed the Syrian's dagger had found a vul- . nerable spot. • 'He had dived beneath the scaly qmor which protected it from above, and strack an upward blow: - Next 'moment the man,rose again tb the surface, twenty yards further down stream, and struck out • vigorously for the shore,' but the current - seized and bore him still further down; And so on it floated, - In pursuit, hiStisounded;.but: not; disabled enemytterrEe•r a6B-more savage from its injur7, and displaying, nowahose vast energies hidden under its cumbronsigni mail-clad carcass. Thrice when on the very eve of being . seized and crushed- batween those, mighty jaws—which vainly snapped& together like the huge portcullis of some feu da_eastie—ilid the :Syrian' escape destruction • by soddenly diving down! And thrice did he stab with his. keen foinaid into the un-. protected flesh - aids foe under the forearm ; -while deeper grew the tinge otthe waters as "the great vital energies of the amphiblum still sustained it under the deep wounds of its desperate antagonist—whosZ human Intel ligence, craft, and Mb rage waged war-against • its superior strength." • At le ngth it seemed human lutellect,when backed' hy s eourage; was detain * • conquer brute-foree—even a conflict ap' •ren une-. " quad as this, for after the thi (pin • ',the huge, scaly bulk seemed to float almost', opts., lessly upon the water; while th e riv -ran red with the life-tide ebbitag frorn the gbasily. wounds, andthe dim eye shone no more with , hate, but had an 'almost humeri expression of agony and despair lurking in its filmy and glaring orbs. The crocodile' was well nigh struggling in its death throes " and the mighty.;, frame seemed contracted and convulsed with , the pear approadh of the final spasm. The man was nowhere to be seen. Just theft; panting, worn.; exhausted, but still unwound ed, Daoud, the dagger in WS right hand, rose to the surface, but uohappily within a yard of the almost'vanquishedmonster. The scaly thing saw `him, and with a mighty effort of expiring energy, Struck out wildly :with , his strong,tail. it fell, like a flail-on the head of Of the Syrian, stretching him senseless and , powerless beanie his enemy! The next mo meut the dying crocodile twisted his 'body round, opened his mighty jaws with 'a final and convulsive effort—and when they closed 'again within them was the writhing body of the Syrian; caught as in some liege trap. which crushed .bone, muscle, shrew, and flesh into one undistinguishable mass! And , locked tight in the death spasm, those.jaws never unclosed again. , BuS the scaly bulk of the crocodile.; bearing in Its dead jaw the corpse of its destroyer, floated down the cur 'rent of the 'Nile, under the still mciouirgiat,. to-the open.sea; which was to retain the 01- ies of both, until-the hour shall come when that sea shall give up its dead.--Dei - ~Leon's Aslatrog kasis. • • • Tips LOWING A WINE-GIiASKL-I spent `,/' .1.) hours in the workroom fas ciliated, despite the`blinding' - heat, by the fairy forms and rainbOvi hues ea owed before my eyes; by the intense, grave,- silent, en thusiasm of, the workmen, Which eaten& itself even to the small children admitted to - watch the pro ce edings; of quitting the scene of labor until the piece; - in hand "could be secured from failure by.• coinpletion. Op , my- thvt visit. the head-, - workman Was requested* &d latl to make sfr me any article - 'I might fancy; chose a, -wine-glass with eenbosil. initial stem - and broad ti it si viiy-tinted foot. The men dipreci. - his hollow iron rod lute a pot of ma ten . • white glass, i ctaught up a lump; 'lolled it on an iron slab, popped it Into the farnace,htew - • through his rod, tossed italeft„ and a . ball appeared: His assistant , handad'hiM rod of - metal, in which a green sertentseeined coiled in a white Cage; this he caught; and, quick as lightning,. formed two initials. • touching the howl with the tip of the , hi', for which itadhered. Theo his assistantfofitred more white glase„'which was joined th the bottom of the If, spun round, opened with nippers, and so the foot was formed. Again . .into the furnace, and then the shears opened and hollowed the deep and slender howl: ,Thert the assistant handed_ a scrag of ruby:, : , : - molten glass, of which the 'master caught a k hair as It were, wound it round the rim of thehowl.and of the foot. 'Once more into an. ppei oven'where it must. , remain till the morrow to cool, and then. I drew: a long breath of relief; for—knowing that if the ; metal be:too hot or too cold, if too Wacker „.• too little be taken on the rod„ the' weight and color will be faulty; that - too tiniek. or . - foci elovr tut action on the part - of theasek“., ant, in presenting or withdrawing ,bittfrod; May spoil the whole—one cannot'wateh such processes without intense exciterrient. Title - excitement the workmen share In theirowni silent hidden ; and *hen any; ate expert:- • meat is going on, all gather roundthe master ... In breathlessanziety, whilefird sound comes from the Partedlipssav a in the form of hint or caution . , chill Alagarine. , RESERVE POWER. .not wise tV work constantly up to , the highest rate of whirl:we are Capable. If , the engineer on the_railraid - were to keep the speed of hie train up to the highest, rate be could Wain . with hia engine it would Soon be wed up;—? If a belie is driven at the tpp of his speed, for any length', or time he is ruined._ It hi well enough to'try the power occasionally of a horse or an engine by plittitigon all ote; tam they will bear, but not contionotudy,— All machinistswnstrudt their machinft so that there .shall kbe a reserve force.: If the power term' 4 , 11 1 fcaMmtmeig i rn Ober make a -horse power.. Ist_; :e ft works easily and um /.9n&• _lean who. _- boa strength to do twelve smog kiwi;a labor in twenty-fror and nor **bald do but nine- or ten house ithe " mem keett s tebodak goad I WO.. Itrzentzlinui • the eto .-propertilona._ -It keeps the -4 , =Hui eheerfuti impend, nappt.- The with izo renews tome , or - takialton any. , more - he alreadVYess....A. little extra autos Pus ' bin) outof -breath. - lie cannot: luerelyiehbt -wort for &Whew Without 4ozaev. an - el * "" plosiezt; Such atatenotaly'pole dropopide; bloodiaget llattute, 4vlttalda, - tlitataz — ndiek.l' - 1 1 00rW-we an = lanai. The great fitam , of:power h a , thef-• !Mug la the blood.' It ri nuts this machinery - Of and upon . It; 40-1., our health and strength. A.mill:eaa MOM= wizen) water is soatityf--' calt be wittad taltarrtian or the,tizna. 140 itt i rtbmili Boot Wad 4 ; 8 4.40 pat _Tha - *Web tow& moat 1115 teep to tassliala - ' sit - old'eafat Ito* 'alma that "blead