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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

REMEDY FOR INSECT BrTEs.-When mos
quito, flea, gnat, or other noxious insect punct-
ures the human skin, it deposits or njectS an
atom of an acidulouS fluid of a poisonous ma
ture. The results are irritation, a sensation of
tickling, itching, or of pain. The tickling of
flies we are comparatively indifferent about +;
but the itch produced by a flea, or gnat, or
other noiSome insect, ,disturbs our serenity, and
like the pain of wasp or bee sting, eXcites
US to a remedy. The best remedies for the
sting of insects are those which will instantly
neutralize this acidulous poison deposited in the
skin. These are either ammonia or borax-
The alkaline reaction 0: boraX is scarcely yet
sufficiently appreciated. However, a time will
come when its good qualities will be known,
and more universally valued than ammonia, or
as it is commonly termed hartShorn it is
moreover a salt Of that innocent nature, that
it may be kept in every household. The solu-
tian of borax for insect bites is made thus -
Dissolve one ounce of borax in one pint of
water that has been boiled and allowed to
cool Instead of plain water, distilled rose
water, elder, or orange flower water is more
pleasant The bites are to be dabbed with the
solution as long as there is any irritation. For
bees or wasps' stings, the boraX solution may
be made of twice the above strength. In
every farmhouse this solution should be kept
as household remedy.-PjeSse.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

ed alive Our informant did not see the ope-
ration his overpowered sensibilities did not
permit it but an American sergeant of mar
ines did, who described the horrors of the
scene. The knife was first drawn across the
forehead, at which piercing scream was set
forth by the sufferer, and then the flesh was
pulled over the eyes, and so on till the horri-
be butchery was ended. There is temple in
Canton which visited, called the "Temple of
Horrors" because in several apartments are
the most horrible representations of the tor
lures of the Buddhist hell Bat nothing there
was more Internal than what was seen here
Such were the tOrtures inflicted by Yeh np-
on 100000 human beings in the city of Can
ton. 1t is not surprising that the news of his
death and the arrival of his body caused out
bursts of eXultation among the Chinese, who
either had lost some Of their friends under the
operation of his cleaver, or else stood in con-
slant fear for their own lives. Thousands were
put to death who were entirely innocent, ex.
cept that they happened to be the wives and
children of others, or else had common family
connections. The calmness and even indiffer-
ence with which the Chinese meet death, are
past belief, and unaccOuntable !; and yet as
the late war has shown, they are a nation Of
towards. But cowardce and cruelty usually
90 together. was told an incident in one
of these execution scenes which defes credence,
and yet is affirmed to be only the sober truth
A young man was brought on the fatal ground
with several hundreds who were to be behead-
ed the same time. All were upon their knees,
drawn up in ranks, and awaiting the fearful
signal for the commencement of the days
butchery. A fruit peddIer happened to be pass
ing, when the young man remembered he had
a few cash, or farthing pieces, in his pocket
He was hungry, for he had been brought a
long distance in his basket, and he had gone
without his breakfast. Eyeing the length of
the rank to which he belonged, he could cal
culate the time with much exactness when the
cleaver would fall upon his own neck Moth
ing daunted he bought some bananas, and ate
them kneeling the cIeaver however, almost
nterccpting them before they had passed from
the throat into the stomach Sometimes
twenty five or fifty condemned rebels were at
one time cast into the river together in their
baskets, to save the labor of executing and in
terment These Chinese are a mystery
cannot understand them.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

BRANDING FLoUR.-The editor of the New
York Examiner has been sojourning at Roch.
ester, where be visited one of the large -four
mills and was initiated into the mystery of
branding flour. He says:
Branding, to us poor outsiders, has been
a source of good deal of mystery. In our
simplicity, we have supposed brand was a
true indication of the place where the -four was
ground and the wheat 1t was made from. But
this is an egregious error There are tricks
in all trades but ours" Only the best -four is
labeled by the name of the mill where it is
ground. Inferior -four is branded Corinthian
Mill, New MILL or some other mill that is
owned by the man of the moon. All these
practices are known to the corn exchange as
we'll as at the mills but to us poor consumers,
who buy barrel of -four once quarter it
may not be uninteresting to know that all the
best family -four is branded double extra su.
perfine with the real name of the mill and
manufacturer Genesse flour is as Ubiquitous
as Orange county milk, Goshen butter, or rel
les of the ship Constitution among the curi.
Gus. Genessee -four is for the most part made
from Western or Canadian Wheat
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

The Teachers AUTHoRITY.-While chill
dren are at school, parental authority has
passed from the hands of the parent to the
teacher, who is as supreme in the school room
as the parent in the domestic circle, and this
authority is as essential to the welfare of the
school rs the other is to the welfare of the
family and any interference is as unjust and
injurious in the one case as in the other. If
he abuses his authority, he is rcspons BILE to
his employers. When parents understand, and
regard the best interests of their children they
will cease to Illustrate the plans of the teacher
by unjust and indscreet interference that is
generally caused by some misunderstanding
which is the result of some intentional or un-
intentional misrepresentation by the pupil. If
parents would visit the schools, they would
become better acquainted with the teacher and
with his plans of instruction, and would there
by encourage both teacher aud pupils to labor
more faithfully and they would be amply re-
paid by the increased Improvement OF their
children.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

TOUCHING AFFLICTIoN-The Buffalo Repub-
lie relates the following instance of senSibility,
on the part of boarding school Miss:
A young lady living not over dozen leagues
from Buffalo, when at home, but being educa-
ted at fashionable seminary east of US, last
week received letter from her mother with
the usual marks of mourning upon it-black-
edged and sealed with black. She was almost
overc 0me and tainted twice aefore she could
summon courage to attempt to diSpel the fear
full suspense that was brooding over her. Fin
ally she opened the letter, and therein written
was the information that her brother-a young
man about eighteen had died suddenly from an
attack of the cholera morbus-she sank down
in flood of tears, while her fair companions
grouped around, sadly endeavored to console
her, but in vain. " Poor fellow" said she,
with succession of sobs, "my brother-my
dear and blessed brother-oh." said she for
the first time raising her head since the sad
news arrived addressing the weeping and
sympathising girls around her" to think how
northumberland his meerSchaWm jwst Begin
ming TO color SO Jeautifuuy" 4" There was nc
consolation for such poignant woe as this, and
the girls left her alone to ner sobS and the ten
der recollection of her dear aud ouly brother
and his scarcely tinted tobacco meerSchaum
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Rsy~ A "wee bit of bov" astonished hi

BS~ A "wee bit of boy" astonished his
mother a few days since She had occasion TO
chastise him slightly for some offence he had
committed. Charley sat very quietly in his
chair for sometime afterwards, no doubt think
ing very profoundly. At last he spoke out thus
Muzzer, wish Pa would get anuzzer house.
keeper Pve got tired seem you round J"
Bs~ A mother was instructing her daugh-
ter IN the duty of prayer and the sure answers
given to believers, and proceeded to repeat
the Lords Prayer. When she came to the
clause "Give us this day our daily bread, tie
little one broke ont with, "Oh, mother, say
cake, say cake"
pA-We have heard of asking for bread and
receiving a stone, but young gentleman may
be considered as a great deal worse treated
when he asks for young lady's hand and ge
her fathers foot
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

Curious FACTS ABOUT INsECTs.-The differ
ont kind of insects very far outnumbered the
species in every class of the animal, vegetable
and mineral Kingdoms, Professor Agassiz
says that lifetime would be necessary to
enumerate the various species of insects, and
describe their appearance. Meiger, a Ger
man, collected and described 600 species of
flies, which he collected in q distance of ten
miles circumference There have been collect
ed in Europe, 10000 species of insects prey
ing upon wheat. In Berlin two professors are
engaged in collecting, observing and describ-
ing insects and their habits, and already they
have published five large volumes upon the in
Sects which attack forest trees. An English
entomologist has stated that on an average,
there are six distinct insects to one plant
DR.. Harris thinks this proportion is too great
for our country, where vast tracts are covered
with forests, and the other original vegetable
races still hold possession of the SOIL There
are about twelve hundred Towering plants in
Massachusetts, and he thinks it will be within
bounds to estimate the species of insects that
nfest these plaats at forty-eight thousand, or
in the proportion of four to each plant
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TOWANDA: ::
Thursday Morning, October 6, 1859.
seletteN Qoetrg.
THE WINTERS.

We did not fear them Once,-the dull grey morning
No cherries burden on our spirits laid;
The long night watches did not bring warning
That we were tenants Of house decayed.
The early snow like dreams to US descended;
The frost did fairy work on pane and bOugh;
Beauty, and power, and wonder have not ended
How is it that we fear the winters now?
The house fires fall as bright on hearth and chamber
The Northern starlight shines as coldly clear
The woods still keep their holly for December;
The world has welcome yet for the New Year.
And far away in old remembered places,
The snowdrop rises and the robin sings,
The sun ana moon look out with smiling faces
Why have days forgot such goodly things?
Is it that now the North wind finds us shaken
BY tempest fercer than its bitter blast?
And fair beliefs and friendship have fOrsaken
Like summers beauty as that tempest passed?
And life grows lealess in its pleasant valleys,
The light of promise waning from its day,
Till mists meet even in its inward palace
Not, like the outer mistS, to melt away?
It was not thus, when dreams of love and laurels
Gave sunshine to the winters of Ouryouth,
Before its hopes had fallen in fortunes quarrels,
Or Time had bowed them with his heavy truth:
Ere vet the twilight found Us strange and lonely,
With shadows coming when the fire burns low,
To tell of distant graves and losses only
The past that cannot change and JciH not go.
Alas! dear friends the Winter is within US;
Hard is the ice that gathers round the heart,
If petty cares and vain regrets can win us,
From lie's true heritage, and better part.
Seasons and skies rejoice, yea, worship rather -
But nations toll and tremJle, even as we;
Hoping for harvests they will never gather,
And drcading Winters they may never see.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

A TOUCHING lNCIDENT.-A few days since a
lovely little child of four summers was buried
in New Haven. On leaving the house of its
parents, the clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Jay, pluck
ed up by the roots beautiful little forget
me-not," and took it with him to the grave.
After the little embryo of humanity had
been deposited in the grave, the clergyman
holding up the plant in his hand said
81 hold in my hand beautiful flower which
plucked from the garden we have just left
BY takirg g it from its parent home, it has with
cred, but here plant it in the head of this
grave and it will soon revive and flourish
$50 with the little flower We have just
planted in the grave. 1t has been plucSed
from its native garden. and has wlted, but it
is transplanted into the garden of Immortality,
where it will revive and flourish in immortal
glory and beauty"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

TRUrH.-Nothing appears so low and mean
as lying and dissimulation and it is obserya-
BILE, that only weak animals endeavor to sup
ply by craft, the defects of strength, which
nature has not given them.
Nothing is so delightful as the hearing or
speaking of truth for this reason there is no
conversation so agreeable as that of the man
of integrity, who hears without any design to
betray, and speaks without any intention to
deceive.
Truth is always consistent with itself, and
needs nothing to help it ont it is always near
at hand, and fits upon our lips, and is ready to
drop out before we are aware, whereas lie is
troublesome, aud sets a mans invention upon
the rack.
Truth, in everything, is still the same, and
like its great Author, can be but one and
the sentence of reason stands as firm as the
foundation of the earth.
Truth is born with US, and we must do
violence to our nature, to shake off our vera
city.
Now by the Gods, it is not in the pOw'r
OF painting or of sculpture TO express,
Aught so divine as the fair form of Truth
The creatures of their art may catch the eye,
But her sweet nature captiyates the soul.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06
No Gloom at Home.

Above all things there should be no gloom
at home The shadows of dark discomfort
and wasting fretfulneSs should never cross the
threshold, throwing their large black shapes,
like funeral pals, over the happy young spirits
gathered there. If you will, your home shall
be heaven, and every inmate an angel there.
If you will, you shall sit on throne and be
the presiding household deity. o faithful
greater than thine
And let the husband strive to forget his
cares as he winds around the long narrow
street and beholds the soft light llumining his
little parlor, spreading its precious beams on
the red pave before it. The night is cold and
cherries, perhaps, and the December gnst bat
ties with the worn skirts of his overcoat, and
snatches, with rude hand and wailing cry,
at the rusty hat that has served him many a
year. He has been harasSed, perplexed, per-
secuted. He has borne with many cruel
tone, many cold word, and nerved himself
up to an energy so desperate that his frame
and spirits are weakened and depressed, and
now his limbs ache with wearineSs his tenn
Piles throb with the painbeat caused by too
constant application. He scarcely knows how
to meet his wife with pleasant smile, or sit
down cheerfully to their little meal which she
has provided with so much care.
But the door is opened, the overcoat thrown
hastily off. A sweet voice falls upon his ear,
and the tones are so soft and glad that hope,
like winged angel, flies right into his bosom
and nestleS against his heart.
The latch is lifted, and the smiling face Of
his wife gives an earnest welcome. The shin
ing hair is smoothed over her fa: brow in
deed she stole a little coquettish glance at the
mirror hanging in its narrow frame just to see
if she looked neat and pretty before she came
out. Her eye beams with love, her dress is
taSteful-and-what Why he torgets all
trials of that long, long day as he folds her in
his arms and imprints kiss upon her brow.
A home where gloom is banished, presided
over by one who has learned to rule herself
and her household. Christianity oh he is
thrice consoled for all his trials He cannot
be unhappy ; that sweetest, best, dearest So
lace is his-a cheerful home. Do you wonder
that the man is strengthened anew for to-mor-
rows cares
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

THE ROMAN SENTINEL. -Whe Pompeii was
destroyed, there were very many buried in the
ruins of it who where afterwards found in very
different situations. There were some found
who were in the streets as if they had been at
tempting to make their escape There wero
some found in deep vaults as if they had gone
thither for security. There were some found
in lofty chambers but where did they find the
Roman Sentinel The found him standing at
the city gate, with his hand still grasping the
war weapon, where he had been placed by his
captain, and there while the heavens threaten
ed him, there while the earth shook beneath
him, there while the lava stream rolled, he had
stood at his post, and thereafter q thousand
years had passed away was he found. So let
Christians learn to stand to their duty, willing
to stand to the post at which their Captain
has placed them, and they will find their duty
will support and sustain them.-Rec. S CrOley
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

Follow THE RIGHr-No matter who you
are, what your lot, or where you live ; you can
not afford to do that which is wrong The only
way to obtain happiness and pleasure for your
self, is to do the right thing. You may not
always hit the mark but you should, never
theless, always aim for Il, and with every trial
your skill will increase. Whether you are to
be praised or blamed for it by others whether
it will seemingly make you richer or poorer, or
whether no other person than yourself knows
of your action STILL always, and in all cases.
do tie right thing. Your first lessons in this
rule will sometimes seem hard ones, but they
will grow easier and easier, until, finally, doing
the right thing will become habit, and to do
q wrong will seem an impossibility.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

AN ARrEsIAN WELL.-We learn from an
exchange that they have an artesian well at
Louisville, Ky, which is 2,OS6 feet in depth
Three years were occupied in boring it. 1t is
piped for only 80 feet, and the water pours
forth at rate of 23S gallons per minute 1t
rises in pipes ITO feet above the surface, and
has temperature of 76 l-2 degrees Fab. 1t
is perfectly lmpid on issuing forth, and has
specific gravity of lob, furnishing, accord
ing to analysis, the gases, suIphurated hydro
gen, carbonic acid, and nitrogen, containing
most of the chlordes, sulphates, bicarbonates,
and phosphates with iodine and bromid mag
nesium. The taste is a combination of salt
and sulphur. BY touching some of the screws
about the machinery, it throws a stream of
water l2O feet above the pipe. A deep well
and tall throw, this Louisville we'll We
should like TO seq it.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

FINDING A SrowAwAY.-In Southern ports
it is customary, before a vessel sails, for an id
spector to board the vessel and make strict
search for runaway negroes. If none are found
the vessel is allowed to clear short time
since vessel had loaded a: st. Mary's, Georgia.
for Northern port, and when she was ready
to sail, one of the gang of negroes that loaded
her was missing. 1t was suspected he was on
board He had secreted himself under the
forecastle floor, and the strictest search among
the cargo failed to show his hiding place
In this extremity the inspector, who was in
the forcastle, remarked that the negro must be
found if the vessel had to be burnt The poor
darkey hearing the remark, and fearing that
the threat might be executed, called out, "No,
Marsa, John, don't burn de vessel, dare's no
nigga here" This led to the discovery of the
poor fellow, and he was dragged out.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

DEATH OF DR.. GRAHAM-A dispatch from
New Orleans announces the death of DR..
Robert NJ Graham, from the effects of q
wond received in a shooting affray with Mr..
Ernest Tolledane. The affray grew out of a
political difficulty. This is undoubtedly the
same Dr. Robert NJ Graham who figured in
the New York Courts in the year 1854, as the
murderer of Col Charles Loring, of California
at the ST. Nicholas Hotel Col Loring, with
his wife, occupied apartments at the St. Mich
olaS, as likewise did Dr. Graham and his family
their respective rooms being contiguous. On
the afternoon and night of Tuesday, August
/, Dr. Graham under the influence of liquor,
created considerable disturbance in the hotel,
but was induced to retire to his room, where
he remained quietly until towards daylight, on
Wednesday, when he arose from his bed, and
wanting water left his room, and commenced
to ring the chambermaid'S bell violently in the
hail. Col Loring, whose wife was i'll remOn-
strated with him, and requested him to deSist,
but Graham paid no attention to his appeal,
and at last Col Loring went down to the Office
of the hotel to obtain the removal of Graham.
AS he was ascending the stairs on his return,
he was met by Graham, and an alteration
ensued, which resulted in the stabbing of Lor-
ing. The weapon used was the long blade of
a sword d-cane, which was plunged into Loring's
side with great violence, where it was twisted
about and hent before it was pulled out. A
corners inquest was Immediately commenced,
which resulted in the committal Of Graham to
abide the action of the Grand Jury. The trial
was commenced in the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner, before Judge Mitchell, on the Sd of
October 1884, and continued until the even
ing of the 9th, the jary, the next morning,
finding q verdict of manslaughter in the second
degree. He was sentenced to the State Prison
at Sing Sing, but was pardoned by Governor
Clark OF the 4th of March, 1856, after serving
upwards of year of his time.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06

THE Milky WAY-The milky way forms
the grandest feature of the armament. 1t
completely encircIes the whole fabric of the
skies, and sends It's light down upon US, accord
ing to the best observation, from no less than
100000 of suns. These are planted at
various distances, too remote to be more than
feebly understood but their light, the med-
um of measurement requires for its transit to
our earth periods ranging from ten to thou
sand years. Such is the sum of the great
truth revealed to US by the two Herschels, who,
with zeal which no obstacle could daunt,
have explored every part of the prodigious
circle Sir William Herschel, after accomplish
ing his famous section, believed that he had
had gagged the milky way to its lowest depth,
affirming that he could follow cluster of stars
with the telescope, constructed expressly for
the investigation, as far back as would require
$4,000 years for the tranSmition of its light
be permitted to doubt this assertion, as the
same telescope, in the same master hand, was
not sufficiently powerful to resolve even the
nebue in Orion Nor must we forget that
light, our only clue to those unSearchable
regions, expands and decomposeS in its pro-
gresS, and coming from point so remote, its
radiant waves would be dispersed IN space
Thus the reflection is forced upon us, that new
clusters and systems, whose beaming light will
never reach our EARTH still throng beyond 4;
and that, though, it be permitted to man to
behold the immensity, he shall never see the
bounds of creation.-MarreLS of Science.