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Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-In the Or

NOTICE TO CREDITORS.-In the Or.
N phan's Court of Clearfeld county, Pa
In the matter of the estate a Henry B Sm.al
late of Graham township, decd. The apprsis.-
ment of real estate set out to Margaret Smeal.the
widow of said deceased, of 4 5 acres nore or esq
and valued at s249 50, " the 5th day of 0e
tober A D. 1868, confirmed, Nj ST. by the Court
and ordered that publication be made in two
newspapers pu bIished in Gle ED county inform
ing all persons interested that the same will be
confirmed absolutely unless sufficient objection,
are filed on or before the Second Monday Of No
vember, A. d. 1868. By the Court.
Oct 81 IG BARGER, Clcrk of0 c.
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MORE HEIP-The ELL Advocate bor

MORE HELP.-The Elk Advocate, here
totore strong supporter of the Wade Hamp-
ton ticket has been purchased by a number
of the Republicans of Elk county, and will
De used henceforth in the interests of the
Union Republican party. John F. Moore,
the retiring editor, has our best wishes for
his future prosperity.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Wade Hampton is coming to his senses.
1t is to be hoped that the Southern people
are in similar frame of mind He says the
war detinately settled the ''main issues in
volved in the war ar''-secession and slavery :;
and he considers these questions settled
forever. If the late elections wrought such
change In the famous Southern leader.
how happy must be the influence which the
election of Grant will exert.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

CAUTION.-Ail pers ons are hereby eau
" toned against purchasing or taking an
assignment of a certain promissory note calling
for Seventy dollars. which made payable
TO L. L. Hewitt and was due in May. 1858 Hav-
ing received value for said note deter
mined not 10 pay the same unless compelled to do
by due process of law
Huston tp Oct Z '6S- Sip. Z. r. COOKER
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28
Tie Ticket.

We print, on the margin of this paper,
several Tickets, which are correct, and have
only to be cut off and folded to be ready for
voting. We trust that each subscriber will
cut the tickets off his paper, and take them
with him to the polls. He will then be GER
tain that there is no mistake, and that tick
cts can be had without writing them.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Mr.. Seymour has taken the stump, and
has number of set conundrums to propouDd
to his friends. Swans sing before they die,
and why should Mr.. Seymour not follow the
poetical example and talk a little before
meeting his political doom.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The Board of Canvassers of Colorado have
declared Bradford, Republican, duly elected
to Congress, he having received seventeen
majority. 1t will be recollected that the
democrats claimed the victory and made a
great ado over it.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The New York Copperhead leaders are
preparing TO carry the State by wholesale
frauds and fraudulent naturalization papers.
1t won't do. That game was attempted in
Pennsylvania and failed, and so it will in
the Empire State New York is sure for
Grant and Colfax.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The day for speeches has gone. The
hour for work is at hand. Let US push
things" on the third of November, and iu-
bilate afterwards When Gran: and Sheri-
dan had whipped the rebels at Petersburg
and Five Forks, they marched ION to Rich
mond'' -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The Hon. Geo. f. Edmunds was re- elect
ed, on October Goth, United States Senator
from Vermont. This is as it should be. A
better man could not well be found.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The World calls frantically on the Demo-
cratic party to bring up the reserves"
This would be all very well if there were any
reserves TO bring up. The truth is, the reg
uiar force, reserves, old guard and all, besides
Judge Sharswood' naturalization mills were
engaged in October, and badly beaten.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The Jersey Blues" preparing to give
the Jersey Democrats very ''black eyes on
the Sd of November. Instead of shouting
Seymour they will whisper see less.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

August Belmont, Chairman of the Ma
'ionai democratic Committee, has issued an
address In which he says the party must
stick to Seymour. He does not say word
about Blair His name is not even mention
ed. Poor fellow
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Judge John A Cary, of Chemung, the
leading and most influential Democrat of
that town, has renounced the support of
Seymour and Blair, and proclaimed him.
self an adherent of Grant and Colfax.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28
~ L L AR + | Z LID HOU S +,

FRONT STREET, PHILIPSBURG PA.
l will impeach any one who says fail to give
direct and personal attention to all customers
or fail to cause them to rejoice over . we'll fsr-
nished table. with clean rooms and new beds
where all may feel at home and tie weary be q:
rest. New stabling attached.
Philipsburg, Sep 2, '68. JAS II. GALER.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The new negotiations concerning the Ala
bama claims are said to have resulted in an
agreement to refer the differences to the
Emperor Alexander of Russia for arbitra-
ment
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

REPUBLICANS! Keep your organization
intact Beware of over confidence Let
not man be idle from now to the election
Work with will, and let not single voter
stay from the polls on Tuesday next
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

While the Democratic leaders are quar-
relling over the Democratic nominations,
tie Democratic masses are harmoniously
preparing to cast their votes for Grant and
Coltax
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Nebraska grows brighter the oftener
heard from. Her Union majority is now
fixed at twenty-four hundred-a gain of six
teen hundred and forty stree last year.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

We predicted that Grants nomination
would produce "a stampede among the
Democracy, and they are fulfilling the pre-
dicton by general retreat before the final
charge.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

REPUBLICANS OF CLEARFIELD Your
work is only half done Finish it pobly on
Tuesday next, by casting every vote you
possibly can for Grant and Colfax.
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SOMETHING NEW CLEARFIELD.

~ Carriage and Wagon Shop,
Immediately in rear Of Machine shop.
The undersigned would respectfully inform the
citizens of Clearheld. and the public in general,
that he is prepared to do all kinds Of work
carriages. tuggies. wagons. sleighs. sleds. dc
short notice and in a workmanlike manner. Or
ders promptly attended to. WM MKNIGHT.
Clearfeld. Feb 7. 1867
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Seymour is again addressing ''his friends ,
In 1868 he apologized for Newly ork rioters :;
now he extenuates the crimes of Hampton
Forrest, Semmes, and rebels generally.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The Greenville Alderman sends a sum
mons to Seymour at Buffalo. 1t is need
less to say that the whole matter is beyond
his jurisdiction.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The official vote in Ohio, including re-
ported returns from three counties, show
majority of II, 372 for the Republican State
ticket.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Grant has been sereaadcd. Seymour, it
Is said, when six months old, was raccina-
ted. Quite difference.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

The Democratic idea of dignity-a Pres
idential candidate cap in hand.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Twenty-Five Thousand ought to be Grant $
majority in Pennsylvania, and ,oW be if the
Republicans do their duty.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Othcial returns from all but two counties
In Indiana give Republican majority of
/ ,o20. Thatu do.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

STRAY STEER.-Came trespassing on
- the premises of the subscriber, in Penn
township. about the beginning of Septemberr,a
two year old black steer. The owner is reques ed
to come forward. prove property, pay charges and
take him away OF he will be sold as the Law drects
October Z !S5S-3t JOSEPH RUSSELL
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

DISSOLUTION.-The firm of Irwin L Mor,..
lius, in the Drag brsiness, at Curveusvin.
was this day dissolved by mutual consent Ihs
business will be carried as heretofore BY 10.
r. Irwin IRWIN 4 M0NTELIUS
Oct 10 1850 2I-3t
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

"OOLEN GOODS-Double Sha.l,.
w Breakfast ShawIs. Hoods Nubias, Children's
Knit Capes Scarfs Blankets, dc now opening A.
Oct Ii 1853 j. P KRATZER'S.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

do not rely on Democrats staying at home
on election day. But let every Republican
vote early.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Baltimore is getting to be an important
port for the arrival of emigrants.
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aew advertisements.

Adpertssspssnts mp tnkaTee type, OF or OF ys,
style, ,ciH Be charged double RsnaI rates No -.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

GRAPE VINES FOR SALE.-All the
" leading hardy varieties of first quality
Concord Cuttings, 81 90 per hundred.
Orders solicited as soon as convenient and fled
in rotation, by NJ. HILLS.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

DURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
l. English white lead; Oils, Taints and
Varnishes Of all kinds; g. old leaf in books. and
bronzes, for sale by A. L. SHAW.
Clearheld, October 23- 1867.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

OLOTHING-CLOT CLOTHING
~ You can get full suit Of clothes, Coat. Pant.
and Vest for six dollars att. p. KRATZER'S.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

nOOTS AND SHOES-are selling at half
ID the usual price, at J. P kRATZER'S
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REPUBLICAN ELECTORAL TICKET.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.

SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
g MORRISON COATES. Of Philadelphia.
THOMAS NJ. MARSHALL, of Pittsburg
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS.
! VIM. H. Barnes, IS Samuel Knorr
, VIM. j. Pollock, IA B. F. WagenseIIer,
Richard Wildey, Is Chas II. Mullen,
George W Hill, Is George W. Elder,
3 Watson Magill IL John Stewart
John II. Bringhurst ls Jacob Grafius
Franz c. Hootsu, 10 James sill,
8 Isaac Eckert. 20 Henry C. johnson,
Maris Hopes, 81 JK Ewing,
10 David NJ Rank, % VIM. Frew
IL VIM. Davis. % A. W. Crawford,
IL WinthropW .Ketcham "a s. Rutan
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

'The Democrats of Marion county, South Car
olna. have presented to fifteen negroes, who lad
the courage to vote against the Radicals. forty
cres of land per man - Harrisburg Morning
Patriot, October 1871. 1868.
W-h-e-w! The white mans party Civ
ing "niggers" forty acres of land each for
voting the Democratic ticket! How do you
like it, poor ,chite' Democrats of Clearfeld
countv2
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

Grant quietly smokes his cigar, and leaves
the stump for Seymour and Blair.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28

CWEET POTATOES, CRANBERRlES,
= CANNED FRUIT, DRIED FRUIT,
C0NFECTI0NARY, Just received. at
Oct Ii 1888 J. p KRATZER'S
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-10-28
QUARTERLY REPORT of the First

I vohihi bhLI IsLE cESl OF lle rlrSt
" National Bank of Curwensville, on the
morning Of the first Monday Of October, 1865.
RESoURcGs
Leans AID Discounts, {: :: Sles43l 10
U'eioratts, lss 43
Banking House, Furniture, DC !: 1924 So
current Expenses Taxes paid, !: 1909 %
S Sash Items nd Rev. Stamps, ;l4 80
Dae from National Banks {: els76 II
Due from other Banks and Bankers, q: 3o35 %
y. >: Bonds deposited with U S TT.
=, 10 secure circulation, 81 .o0s 90
y. . bonds on hand, 2 9es 90
S"'iohai BANK Notes S25 90
specie and Legal Tender Notes, /: 1872 -
Total, : : S3s7.7s4 0l
LIABILITIES.
SaPIiai S1Pn,' STOCK paid in, :: /: S1oo,ees 20
C;rdni" iund: 2e.eoo 90
IirSuiaung Notes, (: 81 ,o55 90
n uisIdusi Deposits, /: 1899 70
ny Nauonai Banks, :: Az oil
fion' ana Loss, 4: :: : 1856 70
Total Liabilities 1901, ,7s4 oil
hereby Certify that the above Statement is ..
.Iue abstract from the Quarterly Report made is
the Comptroller of the Currency
SAM'L ARNOLD. Cash.
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NIEDICAL NOTICE.-The Medical Socist, ~
wi Clesrfeld county will meet on the 6th Of
November, at . O'Clock, P. NJ in the Arbitratiob
room in the Court House, At Clearfeld
j. g. HARTswIcK, DR.. FRTZER
Oct 2l-3t. Ssc'y. PREs'r
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Horatio Seymour on the stump-PIease
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"ESTERN HOTEL, Clearfeld, Pa -Tbi,
w well known hotel, near the Court House !,
worthy the patronage of the public. The tlbl,
will be supplied with tn best in the market Tn.
best of liquors kept. JOHN D0UGHERTY
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sir, to give me vote?
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NoNS, Pistols and sword canes TO he had az
~ June, 90. MERRELL BIGLER'S.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-16
THE FINEST SPEECH EVER MADE

The FINEST SPEECH EVER MADE
The Westminster Rerie,o pronouuces
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
the finest that ever fell from human lips
In view of this fact, and that il is even
more pertinent than it ever was, we need
make no apology for to republish it, espe-
cially as it will occupy but little space.
We give it below:
-Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth upon this continent
new nation, conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal Now we are engaged
in great civil war. testing whether that
nation, or any nation SO conceived or
dedicated, can long endure. We are met
to dedicate a portion of it as the final
resting place of those who here gave
their lives that that nation might live
1t is altogether fitting and proper that we
should do this.
But in large sense we cannot ccnse-
crate, we cannot hallow this ground.
The brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated it far
above our power to add or detract. The
world will little note nor long remember
what we say here, but it can never for
get what they did here. 1t is for us, the
living. rather to be dedicated to the I'M
finished work that they have thus far so
nohly carried on. 1t is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the gre;5 task re-
naming before us-that from these hon
ored dead we take increased devotion to
the cause for which they here gave the
last full measure of devotion-that we
here highly resolve that the dead shall
not have died in vain-that the nation
shall, under God, have new birth of
freedom, and that the government of the
people by the people, and for the people.
shall not perish from the earth
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-16
Arctic Outdoor Life.

The Toledo Commercial publishes
letter written by one of the late tele-
graphic expedition to Siberia. The wri-
ter says:
:" GU say that you cannot imagine how
we live in such a climate. | could not
until | tried it. I did not believe that
it would be possible for me to lay out on
the snow without shelter in a tempera-
ture of even 20 degrees below zero. but
have done it once in so below, and re-
peatedly in As. One of Bush's parties,
in February of this year, passed the
night on an open, barren steppe, with
their spirit thermometer standing IS be-
low zero, or 100 degrees below the freez-
ing point. Quicksilver they moulded
into solid bullets with four minutes ex-
posure to the air. 1t is true they did
not dare to go to sleep that night, but [
believe that had they been properly fit
ted out with heavy furs and wolf:skin
sleeping bags to tie up tightly over the
head, they might have done it with per
feet safety. m afraid you would think
that was availing myself of traveller
privilege, and relating a very large
yarn" if [ told ycu how comfortably
have slept on the snow in temperatures
of 80, 40 and As degrees below. We are
obliged to sleep in fur bags, Of course,
with our faces entirely covered, and to
to take the utmost care to have our fur
stockings perfectly dry, but 1 have slept
in that way through the long Arctic
nights as comfortably as ever | did in a
bed at home. From September, 1865,
until came aboard the Onward few
weeks ago, l never slept in bed or on
anything softer than the snow or board.
So you can imagine that the sensation
was a curious one
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-16

The LAW OF DISASTER. -Considerab BILE
attention is being paid just now to a mat
ter which has before engaged the minds
of thinking men in Europe and in this
country. 1t Is the increasing evidences
that both disaster and crime move in cy-
cles. A French sdudnt some years ago
boldly announced that crime was govern
ed by law in some such way as cholera,
and he had large array of scientific date
upon which to rely. The recent almost
simultaneous occurrences In widely scpar-
ated quarters of the globe-cruptious,
hurricanes, cataclisms, drouth and stel-
lar phenomena and earthquakes, has not
only set the journals to talking, but called
forth some very curious and startling
speculatlons from observing philosophers
and from statisticlans The fact is that
the most casual newspaper reader can
draw his own conclusions from ample
telegraphic details. There is no mistak-
ing the periodicity of great disasters
Even railroad accidents are gregarious,
and there are times when wife murder
becomes as much of mania as does ever
suicide. or meerschaums, or any other
folly: We are having such an epidemic
OF disaster and crime at the present time
and there are those who do not hesitate
to col meet them by some occult law past
explaining. What l intended to say in
this connection was that human wisdom
seems to repeat Itself like human history
NJ. Dufour, French scientist, has dis
covered lately that meteors shed upon
our atmosphere an impalable dust, which
the microscope proves to be, mainly,
phosphorus in a decomposed form, and
another learned man has published an in
teresting theory setting forth that crime,
is induced by atmospheric influences,
which may be affected if not caused by
meteoric changes. At this rate of pro-
gress we shall get to computing and an
nouncing accidents and social disorders in
advance, and then we shall be where the
world was in the time of the astrologers,
those much-abused Magi, who were
thought to BE in league with the Evil
One because they foretold calmly by read
ing the stars-whereas they claimed to
be better read in nature than the igno-
rant world.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-16
Shocking.

In New Jersey, many, many years ago,
good-natured man and his long.
tongued, Specializing wife were attend
ing social party. Almost every three
minutes his wife would check her hus-
band thus:
"Now, William, don't lean back in
your char in that way
Come, William, dom talk so loud. ~
''Now, William, don't talk SO loud.
snow, William, dom get so noisy over
there
''Say, William, let the girls alone and
sit by me-
At last forbearance ceased to be vir-
tue, and the husband, who was really
pitied by all in the room, arose and said:
Il beg pardon of the company, but as
my wife insists on being boss all the
time, it is no more than right that she
should have these.
And he deliberately took off his pants
and handed them to bis wife, and then
sat down in his boots and drawers.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-01-16
Scientific.
INcoMBUsrrBLE WOOD.

1NCOMBUSTIBLE WOOD.
A French chemist has recently been
experimenting to find an easy and cheap
way of making wood incombustible. He
reports chloride of lime to be the best
agent for this. It is true that this will
only protect the suface, but it will pre-
vent the flames from spreading. Chic
ride CT lime, or, more properly, chloride
of calcium, is obtained op large scale
by decomposing bones with hydrochloric
acid, which dissolves the calcareous parts
without attacking the gelatine they OBJ
tain. This neutral and liquid chloride
contains IS per cent of anhydrous chic
ride. To this liquid an equal weight of
Stacked lime should be added. and it may
then be applied to the woodwork to be
preserved. The operation should be re-
peated twice with common white-wash
brush
ELECTRICITY AND SEEDS.
A novel field of investigation has been
opened by NJ. Blondeau, who has been
studying the action of an induction cur
rent on fruits and seeds She electriza-
ton of apples, pears and peaches, he is
led to believe. hastens their ripening.
For the purpose OF comparison, a guam
tlty OF cereal grains, peas and beans.
which had been submitted to the action
OF an electric current, were placed in pots
filled with good garden earth, and other
unelectrlfied seeds were planted at the
same time and kept under the same con
dltlons. The result was that he electrii
ed seeds always sprung up first. grew
more rapidly, and gave much more Wig
CT Jus and fruitful plants. One singular
fact, which is given on the authority of
the experlme lter, is, that many of these
plants obstinately persisted in growing
upside down; that is, with the true root
coming up into the air, while the plu-
mule was directed downwards into the
SOIL
MEASURING THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
That there is an almost invariable con-
nectlon between the transparency of the
air and the state of the weather, is a mat
ter of common observation. For an ex-
PLANTATION of this fact, Professor de la
Rive, Of Geneva. adopts the view of
Pasteur, who believes that the atmos-
phere near the earth is full of myriads
OF organic germs which, when dry. form
a light fog and intercept light. When,
however, they are saturated with moist
ure they become transparent, and a
heavy rain washes them to the earth. So
again, the atmosphere is dearest during
the winter season, the cold being fatal to
the life of these germs. If now, this ex-
PLANTATION is the true one, Professor de la
Rive rrgues, then any continuance for re-
latIvely measuring this transparency may
be OF great importance in a sanitary point
OF the view. Such an instrument the
Professor constructs by using a double
telescope with a single eye-piece, by
means OF which the images of two objects
OF different but known distances can be
compared and the transparency of a
measured stratum of air readily determin-
ed.