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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07
What becomes Of a Dead Horse.

The Scientific american recently con-
taihed an article on the uses to which
dead horses can be applied, in the course
Of which it is remarked that the animal
must be remarkably good one, if he is
worth as much when alive as he is to the
retorts and kettles Of the chemist. As
soon as the horse is dead, his blood is
sought by the manufacturers of albumen,
and by sugar refncrs, and burners of
lampblack Not drop is allowed to go
to waste.
The name and tail are wanted for hair
cloth, selves, bow-strings and brushes
The skin is converted into leather for cart
harness, for boots and shoes, and strong
collars The hoofs are used for combs,
homework, glue, and in old times, were
the chief source Of hartshorn, now OBJ
tained from the gas house. The flesh
is boiled down in the rendering vat, and
much fat and oil is obtained from it.
Some Of the choice bits may find their
way into cheap restaurants, and play the
part of beelsteak, or help to enrich the
hasty plates of soup Of those establish
ments. The flesh left after all has been
extracted from it that is of any service, is
sometimes burned, to be used as manure,
or is worked up into nitrogenous com
pounds, such as the oyanides, to be used
by the photographer in taking our pic
lures.
The stomach and intestines make val
liable stings and cords for musical instru-
ments, and out of the bones so many use
full articles are manufactured that it is
almost impossible to make out complete
list Of them. Among them are buttons,
toys, tweezers, knife handles, rulers, cups,
dominoes, balls; and the residue from all
these things is burnt into bone-black to be
used by the sugar reiiner, who puts in, a
second claim on the dead horse and some
part Of the bone-black is burnt white to
be used by the assayer lin testing gold /;
and when the assayer and refner have
finished with it, it is converted into super
phosphate to serve as valuable manure
on our land The teeth are used as sub
stitutes for ivory and the iron shoes, if
not hailed over the door to insure good
fortune to the household, are worked up
into excellent wrought metal Some por-
tions of the bone-black is converted into
phosphorus for the manufacture Of
matches, and lately a valuable bread
preparation is made of the phosphate, and
medicines are prepared for the cure of
consumptives.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07
For Tile Bloomfield Times.
Two Scared Lovers.

N beautiful town in the old Key
Il stone State, our dear friend, the
esquire" " has lived many year, and
raised up a highly respectable family,
which is great comfort at this period of
his life.
Thinking that visit to his friends
would be source of recreation to him
and afford great pleasure to his beloved
wife and son Willie, concluded to hitch
" Yank" to the carriage, and leave his
pleasant home for few days His young
est daughter was left in charge of the
household and kitchen furniture, and
feeling somewhat lonely when her parents
and little brother had gone, invited some
Of her female friends to spend the even
ing with her. When the fond lovers of
the fair damsels learned Of their lonely
situation ,theyat once sought their society
to spend few hours in social converse.
At about ten o'clock in the evening,
when the happy parties were nestled up
very close, comical fellow thought he
would arrest the progress of the youthful
lovers. So, when he reached the porch
of the house, he followed loudly, imita-
ting the Squires voice.
Whoa! Yank! whoa! Willie jump
out and knock the snow off your shoes be-
fore going into the house"
AS soon as the young gentlemen in the
house heard this they at once left their
sweethearts by way of the back door,
and in passing through the garden, one
fell and knocked the bark off his nose
the other Jumping the fence, and return
ed thanks that his life has been spared.
As soon as the bravo lads left, one of
the ladies opened the front door, and said;
"Willie, come in Come in Willie
And 10! no Willie was there.
The joke was then discovered but not
in time to call back the departed lovers,
that were making their tracks for parts
unknown.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07
Gbe Gintes, New BIoonrfeIo, ]1a.

dear husband, when I came home to find
all trace of you gone. We have search
ed everywhere for you. But it was not
till to-day that came on your track
Thank God l have found you at last !
You must come and live with me, to take
the place of those l have lost. The car
riago is at the door. What happy
day ~
That night, as Annie nestled in her
sisters arms, after the orpans had gone
to bed, in the grand mansion to which
their aunt carried them, she whispered,
" Wasn't right, Nellie, dear? Didn't
mother tell the truth? Yes God will
provide"
And Nellie murmured, amid happy,
thankful tears, clasping Annie closer to
her heart, eyes, darling, God will pro-
vide.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07
A New Catechism.

Whom did Adam marry and when did
he marry her? One Eoe.
What was her bridal dress Barely
nothing.
Not even a ribbon? No, she had no
need of one; she was rib bone herself
When Adam and Eve were in the
gardening business, what time did they
commence picking apples? In the Fall
What was the first step they took in
the sugar business Raising Cain.
Why did not Cane make good sugar
Because he wasn't AJle
Spirit as well as sugar, comes from
cane what evil resulted from this Gains
spirit ? Abel got sleaced.
What reason have we to suppose that
Cain also got slowed? He went immedi-
ately to the land Of Nod.
Who was the wisest man ? KnoCer.
What did he know? He knew enough
to go in out of the rain.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07
Take thy Pill.

A gentleman of the old school, thus
describes the rendering Of we'll
known hymn by modern fashionable
choir: Firstly, the soprano, ina soaring
leap, sings, Take thy pill" followed
by the alto and tenor in duet, with like
advice, (while the soprano is magnifcently
holding on to the "pill,") and as the deep
base profoundly echoes the same, "Take
thy pill" they finally unite and repeat
together, eventually succeeding in sing
ing "Take thy pilgrim to his home," ETC.,
greatly to the relief Of both minister and
people, who seem alike awfully impressed
with the suggestive advice so emphatical-
ly reiterated.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07
SCIENTIFIC BEADING.
Mechanism of Watches.

A n interesting article in the Phreno-
IN logical Journal and Pachards
Monthly for December, on the Watch
Manufacture in America" gives some ex-
traordinary facts connected with the ex-
ceeding delicacy of the mechanism Of our
pocket time-keepers. Among other things
the writer says " A hair spring, accord
ing to the Elgin standard, is a delicate
ribbon of the finest steel, measuring one
twelve-hundred-and-fftieth of an inch in
diameter, and weighing one-ffteen-thou-
sandth Of a pound troy. 1t is a foot
long'when drawn out on straight line.
y pound Of steel, worth in the bar
one dollar, when converted into hair
springs becomes worth $4,000; or more
than fifteen times as valuable as q pound
Of gold. Fer each pivot Of a watch,
jewel is selected with hole which is
degree or the 10,000th part of an inch
larger, so that there shall be just suifi-
ciont room for the pivot's play and no
more. In preparing jewels for watches,
the precious stones-diamonds, rubies,
garnets, sapphircs and aquamarines, are
set in good time-pieces-are cut into lit
tie cubes and then turned in lathe.
When ready to be inserted in the watch
plate, jewel weighs less than the one
siXty-ffth-hundreth Of an ounce troy.
The pivot hole is drilled into it with
diamond point, hardly perceptible to the
naked eye, and then polished with wire
that passes through it and whirls one
way, making $4,000 revolutions in
minute. Every jewel hole is left little
larger than the pivot, for what is called
the side shake and every shaft or axle
a little shorter for the end shake The
minute guages which measure all the
parts, make allowance for these-a bit of
calculation which they readily perform
with an accuracy unknown to human
brains
After the operation of polishing, if
single particle Of diamond dust is left in
the jewel hole it will imbed itself firmly
in the steel pivot, and there act like a
tiny chisel, cutting away into the jewel as
the pivot revolyes The utmost care is
necessary, therefore, to see that no dia-
mond dust is left in the watch.
"Thc last stage in the manufacture is
the adjusting of the movement to heat
and cold First, the watch is run several
hours in temperature of 10 degrees
then it is placed in a cold box where the
temperature is above zero, and it must
keep time alike in both conditions. 1t is
the Office of the adjustor also to try the
running Of the movement in different
positions, and if he finds no variation, it
is ready for the case
"The number Of pieces in an Ameri-
can watch varies from 1856 to $50, while
a watch made by hand in the old English
style, contained 500, if we count each
link in the chain, which in this country,
with the fussc and mainwheel, have
been done away, and with advantage"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07

B5~ When Mrs. NJ. was preparing to
act Jane Shore" at Liverpool, her
dresser, an ignorant country girl, inform
ed her that woman had called to re-
quest two box orders, because she and
her daughter had walked four miles on
purpose to see the play. Does she
know me ?" inquired the mistress. Not
at al" was the reply. What very
odd request" exclaimed Mrs. MGibbon;
4" has the good woman got her faculties
about her p 81 think she have, ma'am
for see she has got something tied up
in red silk handkerchief"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07

Ds5- A Louisville girl, whose lover
calls every morning and stays all day,
and long into the night, became discour-
aged at SO much attention. and concocted
plan to get rid of him by asking him
to help TO move the piano up stairs, and
after that was done, changed her mind
and had him help to move it down. She
had it moved to and fro seven times, and
he didn't see the point, and the other
night, in despair, she threw pail of wa
ter on him out Of the window. He says
you can't place any confidence in women,
and he has presented bill for moving
furniture
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07

peA- The electricity generated by a
rapidly moving belt is immense. The
one leading from the fly wheel of the large
engine that drives the works Fin Batter
sons building, Hartford, develops elec-
tricity enough to ignite gas-light situa-
ted at least six feet from the belt. BY
presenting the knuckles ofone hand to the
belt and the point Of the osher to the
burner the gas will be instantly ignited.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07

Ds5~ A man in Sparta, Wis, wishing to
present an organ to church, wrote to
friend in New York to know what it
would cost to get one. He received
reply that he could get little cussed or
gan for 81 1900; "but if you expect to
get to heaven on the organ dodge, you
had better invest about $4,000" He
took the high priced organ.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07

c3'- There is a boy in Breckenridge, Mis-
souri,, who has no.ears. They are entirely
grown over, if there ever were any. 1t is
said that he can hear distinctly through his
mouth.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-02-07

no. There will be only one professional
BASEBALL nine in Philadelphia next sea-
son, which is one too many.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28

marn meant . friendly reference. thus; -"But IS
the lawyers differed on both sides Of the water ne
should not 90 90 much on the legal Interpretation
New York club to refer the point at issue 10 Judge
So-apd-so and the surviving donor, and he would
accept the decision. whatever 1t might be-"
Herewith now give you copies OF kilograms
which passed TO and fro since May, is7I:-
LONDON, May 81, 1871.
conmodore AsHsusy, No ssussex place hyde f.rk, to
The QUESTION your cham oion vs.ss Being settled
purpose giving the stipulated ak months notice the
York IN September. Reply paid.
BENNETT, in, New York. 20 JAMES AsnBURY, No. 9sus
Your despatch has ocen reserved Havs boon away from
az M ssp
paid
lNoSl LONDON, May 81. 1871.
SIX monhs' notice resired This condition waived the
Lvonia would leave in September.
rNo.4l NEW York. June l. 1871.
BRSNETT New York. 10 Commodore AeiiBURY, No. SuS
sex place, Hyde PARK. Lonion; ma
VIII call meeting OF club and telegraph you result What
month do you wish to race In
kNoHl LONDON, June l. 1871
Asssosr to Commodore BENNETT. New YORK
Propose racing for ,ss cup IN October As the Av0n'A vi"
TsSsss csSmSs Sss
TSs New York YacS, Club consents to waive the 81.
OF The Royal Harwich Yacht Club for american Cup
Name in October desire to race, and
answer Immediately.
AsaHuaz to Commodore Bzssrrr New YORK Yacht Club
The stipulated notice having been waived the several ubs
viii shortly You necessary certificates for the 1.-Two
n as :m s n my OF he 5 wa M
beg to Inform twelve royal or recognised yacht
not IN any degree a. ndcains that am the owner Of Il:
champion schooner OF but conveyance Of one
under
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
Marine Disasters,

sAaE sSrs.n =. from "a.
ws lasting
IS hs rsF Of s sD.s fearful
from the yards and broken mas.s sprung decks
% Il. 70
ws M Cape y IL as p9' n
Cuff Stream. From that time to philadelphia had moderate
rainy weather passed number Of disabled vessels steering
o Sem WV MAsS IN, The savannah Republican Of the
loss Of the above vess The steamship San Salvador
s %rn to Svr Port CAPTAIN Hepy
Eli. ssnssTi BENJAMIN %ainxrsh,. Grs. mate
Eawaru lance White aman four coorcd seamcn and
on 90 FEET s,' q Fl ss
u hs on
n' wnqn north Of IsC Shoals a. noon rss
ss,m .ryal and close reeied manssi At this time the
sna supposed 70 have open forwsrs threw
board the dock load took IN the sorm rysai Ied and
Ten mites sw w. from ry%s shSas she rolled over Der
ssns asy were EXPOSED 10 the sea- which was con.
OF, also ibboom opmss and both the eyes
Ssd IN. i %
And smdsn house and all The stores and water were gone
log IsSn Sss @NTnng In the morning wen, A. her
nothing Il, previous Saturday at noon During
caught water 10 from showers which satisfied our
n e ssw edS wS nss h Y s
AL zone we remained in b snston four o'clock on
s na ~sS W. ssi .a
Iss ssni VIM boat Gsn
sS' as Sa'sSs
pa.' 81 publish BIT sps s
s as Il publicly ~. our "s
thank most warmly Captain Nicferson and also Francis
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
OCEAN STEAMERS.
O5Sy.
ARRIVALS.
REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHT

REPoRTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS.
=, s,ss%:ap cy Of PARA Br) MIehoa liverpool Aug
j Rs Ass e. q NIL. J.
o 10 ,hp Nsll,s Br9 bound west; same day dalOn
vest, Sz;S I Il w barr Esnns S,l bound
BSokiyn, A6y.snia Italy Britannia, ii bound east
A. wnss much os as Sss-sgc
Aas "A lat N e 49, Ion % a. passed bark Alaska r for
s!.sun;hp EIony souder Burdct new Orleans Aug Is,
s nns .n' Bar a'' with "d'e and passengers to Frederick
,a%SD sn% y.seS Aug
Steamship South Carolina, Beckett Charleston Aug e
tle Pm passed bark bound north, showing wbns flag
ssanshp Isaac Bell Rskamsn Richmond, City Point and
Norfolk with mdse and passengers to the Old Dominion
STEAMSHIP John Gibson Winters, GEORGETOWN DC, with
msss an% s.na % HsIes with ms. to III.
Lorlard Steamship Co.
vita nsssns ss- s w. co.
sas and Avg = ~ ion - S @
inst Len poFy bark Anne Augusta for St JasO''o n'h
EG; ss Hys, Ts Ss Won log
august ~ u 70 Ion s had heavy gale so from sE lasting =
s%s. csy Gr cSps So s. ssp 1 ds .a
Fra M S2 os o ArsSS ws W no
Mos:.es 70 order, vessel 70 Pension Go. had moderate
Brg cvgne A.nbs, tF. Esuqusr g Pierre Mart Is days
Win Bs Jsnns 70 bsn foro sie d.y
with coffee &C. to Boomer, Graves 70. HAD roush
Maggie @ sra oS Ssys WIN s .Gy 15
deased steering Nc. Lief, 10 port sc6rs John Rowe ids
ses sn a. c su
with awooi, % Denote vessel 70 master Had hno
Brs Maud Potter tBr), Shields, NASSAU days. with salt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
sHIPwRECK on THE SOUTH COAST.

Tae Loss OF the S:camship Lodoua-The Cap
thin and Twenty Men Drowned-Other
6hipwreckS.
JACKSONVILLE, F1a., August %, 1871.
The steamship LodOn asstranded six miles north Of
Cape Canaveret. The beach for thirty miles Is
strewn with her cargo. The captain and twenty
men were lost. The first Oticer. second olcer chief
engineer rst assistant engineer, the cook, one fire.
man, Captain Harvey's messboy and five Seamen
were saved
The brig 9. d ". Welsh, 81 Philadelphia. went
ashore fifteen miles south Of Cape Canaveret Her
cargo OF sugar was washed out. Captain watson
was drowned.
The brig II. G. Berry, OF Baltimore, went ashore
nifty yards from the wreck Of the S. & W. Welsh
She is a total wreck. She had cargo Of sugar and
molasses.
The bark Vida, from New Orleans bound TO
COwes went ashore Blk miles south OF st. Angus
tine. Her cargo OF tobacco and stores is a total
loss One man was drowned.
The brig Pomona, OF Richmond. Me- went ashore
twenty-five miles south Of Cape Oanaveret August
II. Her cargo of cotton can be saved
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
THE RECENT STORM.
Effects OF the Cyclone Along the
Southern Coast.
Great Destruction Of Property-eeveral VESSELS
Wrecked-Damage to the Rice Crop in
Georgia-The Epidemic in Charleston
CAUSED by the storm-Yellow
Fever in Savannah.

WASHINGTON, August a. 1871,
Much interest was felt here to-day on account Of
the rumors that the cyclone had been very destruc.
tive In the vicinity OF Richmond. Nothing definite,
however, had been received nc the Signal Bureau at
late hour this evening. The officer In charge re-
ports that the cyclone last night came up the coast
OF Florida and Georgia, passing through East
Tennessee and Ohio and Western Pennsylvania and
New York. terminating It's fury in the New England
States. It's variance Is attributed to the low
pressure In the direction OF the lakes. throughout
the Southern district however great destruction OF
property is anticipated.
Late adviccs from the Southern Atlantic seap0rts
show that the nrst passage OF the cyclone a week
since was very destructve.to shipping at sea. The
schooner william B. Mann, OF 226 tons burden,
owned at Philadelphia, was wrecked north OF Frying
Pan shoals, N. O., and the crew rescued and taken
to Savannah. The Norwegian bark Hida, from New
Orleans TO Bremen, stranded In the same storm of
ST. Augustine, and the Spanish bark America was
towed into Savannah completely disabled.
The damages to the rico crops IN Georgia and In
the vicinity IN South Carolina has been doubtless
very great. The accounts received here have been
discouraglng. In the Ogeechee district the crops
are all under water. although water at this season
NAV not prove positive injury II not attended with
other circumstances, such as the breaking OF banks,
the blowing up OF gates and the rendering OF the
stalk, which upon the fall OF the water wall leave
the grain PROSTATE. Both on the savannah. Black
and Oseechee rivers the gale hasbeen very disas.
trOus.
The epidemic from yellow fever at Charleston is
wholly attributed to the effects OF tho recent
storms, and every precaution is being taken to
prevent the spread OF the disease. Tho announce.
ment that the fever had assumed this form induced
the Board OF Health OF this city, at its session last
evening to adopt precautionary sanitary and quar-
antine regulations looking to the prevention or the
Introduction Of the disease In this city. At Alex
andria similar steps nave been taken by the local
authorities 1t has also been ascertained that there
are fears Of the appearance of yellow fever at savan
nah, making 1t doubly necessary for the authorities
here to exercise the greatest vigilance In checking
its introduction through the crews Of vessels con-
stantly arriving from that port.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,

WHITE SULPHUR SpRIN0s, Va, August 81, 1871.
AS far as heard from THIS portion OF the State
has gone for the calling Of q Constitutional Con
vention by the following majoritIes:- Creenbrier.
county, 900; Monroe, A; Payette 900; Mercer coo.
Among the late arrivals are Judges Christian and
Staples, OF the Virginia Supreme Court; Rev. DIR.
Curn Rev. DR.. Jeer. Rev. Jr. Norwood, Major ID. Q.
ernor Maryc.
Al The fancy ball last night given TO tho children
no grown person was allowed TO dance without a
little boy or girl partner.
II has been raining heavily for the past twelve
hours--the first rain he re for q month.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
THE MAGNIFICENT METROPOLITAN,

This grand caravansary, at the corner OF Broad.
way and Prince street. under the propretorship OF
Messrs Tweed Garfield, will be open to-day for
inspection tomorrow for The reception OF guests
Tonight there will he q grand opening supper, IN
preparing which M. Ludin, the chief cook, It 10
said, spent several days and nights dreaming and
devising dainty and delicate dishes to astonlsn and
appease the eyes add appetites Of those before
whom they may be placed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
THE YELLOW FEVER AT CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON, S. O., August 81, 1871.
since last Friday three new cases Of yellow fever
have beeh reported in this city, Ono OF the cases
previously reported has proved fatal. The excite
ment occasiOned by the appearance OF the disease is
sub5iding and the feeling In the community Is quiet
and hOnaful.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-28
BELOW.

Bark Ebenezer Nor, Dirkctyeit. Cardiff July 10
Bark Frehenicl tNG), Waobter, Bremen July 20.
Bark puva IBr), Larkin, Leith July 10 al By pilot
boat Isaac Webb, Nos.
Park stoykodd-r tNor) Ramlo1, Lsghorn May % (by
pilot boat Abraham Leggett Noe.
Wind Ut sunset SW, fresh.