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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

n The finest Stock Of fashionable Hats
the latest styles ever brought to town
just received st Aldsr's.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

II The Duke Alexis. Grown Prince Of
Russia ordered one OF TIE Nobby Hats ct
ALDENS.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

a. Oh ildrsn's Liksnessss taken between
the nours Of 10 an end 2p o., st asmpstsd
h Cos Daguerrean Gallery jsnl5tE
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08
Take Notice.

Now 10 the tirs 10 buy your Apples. % I
sm selling them OF st prices that will as
tosish iou, from ond dollar . barrel and no.
wards, or anything else 10 the store, % Mr.
BriRgs 10 going 10 cloee ent sbout the first
Of the month. Call snd sec for yourseIv
e. TT BRIGGS.
Per b. q. wARSER, Clerk.
den 01,tf
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

The iupsr turbsble gentleman whose To-.
dignsnt usishbor told him be was next door
20 fool, expressed bis hearty endorsement
OF the somewhat reflective statement,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

Pictures oolorcd 10 India Ink and oil, at
Hsmpstsd 4 Cos Gallery. ian, Is.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

NJ. s. A.. Woods, who has kssn seriously
III for few weeks past, We are pleased 10
learn 10 rapidly recovering bis wontsd
bealth..
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

Smawlsy, the we'll known drsymsn Of th 10
place, concluded short time since, that a.
times were dull end money tight. be woulds
take "nsw departure spd seek "new field
aud pastures green" Accordingly like the
Arab, hs "feIded bis tsht and silently sole
swsy' as be supposed to the more busy
aslds Of OIL City. Arriving there bs sought.
the mayor and took out license for the
privilege Of driving q drsy inside the city
limits, paying therefor at tho i.ts Of $l2
per annum, and proceeded to business. He
drove through the main thorough gbfares every
day for . week, looking about for The huge
piles Of merchsudibe, the car loads Of coal
and ether articles TO In bauisd, but alas,
they were minus, and Gna IL, besrtsick and
dissustsd be mounted bis staunch drsy aud
drove back, never to leave. ~ be says, un-
til the last building 10 tern down srd Pc
troieum Centre 10 no more. Here 10 Smsw-
ley's account Of sxpepsrs while in OH City:
To packing Up and moving, 80 90
To license, IL 60
To board for self and horses, rs 90
Incidental expe nsss, 9 SO
Tstsh $57 10
By cash received for carting, . 80
Out Of pocket BY the trip, $s4 60
snawley thilks be was fortunate In hsv.
ing . tssn Of horses along 10 bring bin
back, otherwise he HUuld have miserably
persisted Ia the arssts Of Oil City.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08
Fur sale or Rent,

The building lately occupied BY A. ".
Shuts - Bakery end GsoosTy Store. Eu.
9uiss Of
Petroleum Centre, Pa. jan S0-tG
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

e~ Call and exsmips those '
Hsts and Csps just received +" ".IDENs
teb. 2l-tt a.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-03-08

'-'Ae"a aAs 4. C.'-GJ A.a's Insurance.
pay!
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

A NEW EPOCH IN MEDICAL uIsToRY- Reasou and chance" says Pliny, "led to the discovery of the virtues of medicinal herbs" In these modern days, research and experiment. have perfected the work that reason and accident began. DR.WALK- FRS VINEGAR BITTERs, are the latest result of botanical investigation and phar- maceutical science. This extraordinary medicine, composed entirely of vegetable ingredients culled from the soil of our Pacific Territory, is pronounced remedy for every dlsease-not orgamc-of the stomach. the liver, the bowels, the resp,r- atory system, the kidneys, the muscles, and the other organs which make up the machinery O. lie. All who have wit messed its effects are in favor of its unlver- sal adoption as the safest and most reliable tonic known. Free from the taint of alc,- nol, it IS nevertheless srlmulant, though not dangerous excitant. One thing is certan-no curative heretofore lntroouced to the public through the press, has ever obtained, in Sc short time, the celebrity y of DR. WALKER's CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, or been supported by such unim- peachable testimony. From that testl. mony it IS evident that this preparation ls a specific for Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility, Intermittent ana Bilious Remittent Fevers, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Rheumatism, Gout and all disturbances of the secretive and excretive iunctious.-Com.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
A PARIS ExEcur1oN-The followin.

A PARIS ExEcUTIoN.-The following strange story is told of aa execution of communists in Paris: The condepned alighted without evipcing any emotion and marched firmly to their respect i've posts. They all asked not to have thei~ eyes covered and not to be at- tached; but this favor was refused in consequence of the bad way in which the soldiers fired at the preceding execu- tion. Frapeois for short time opposed the men ordered to bind him, anl alto- oether behaved with an energy which those who saw him on his trial would never have give.l him the creiit of pos sessing. Abbe Follet having embraced the prisoners and withdrawn, Franeois. Dalivous. and Aubrey raised feveri>h cry of "Vive la Commune!" upon which Saint Omer turned round to his compan- ious in misfortune, and said, "No, no! vive la France! Dipu protege la France has Ia CommCne!'
 At thls moment the adjutants dropped tn. ir swords and a noise like the roll of mitraill. use tore the air; the men who
 al cried "vive la Commune" fell stone dead; but as for Saint Ome r, he re named standing moionless at his post, and it was supposed for a moment that he had escaped unsettled. Gu examination, however, it was found that hls chest was riddled with bullets, and that one ball had passed through his neck. Death had been Instantaneous, but the body had r. served the riaidity of d man nerv- ing himself against his fate. The troops then detled, drums beating and bugles sounding, and thus terminated another scene in the saneuinary drama of the in. surrection.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

ADVICE TO TRAvELERs.-Well,s says forelgn correspondent, give this but of personal experience for the sake of giving a piere of good advice, or rather for giving 1t force. French landlords are now going upon the principal of the Arkansas Bonn
 face, who charged $34O for a breakfast. His ordinary price was $1 day, but as it had been nearly a year slnce he had had a call, he had 10 keep up the expenses ot his hotel. The best way for travellers coming abroad this season or next, is to be in a measure independent of these people. Buy in London good English luncheon basket. which is both elegant and easy to carry, to see Fontaineblcau, Saint German, Saint Cloud, and other historical places, butsno one cares to see them at the cost of fifteen to twenty dollars head. One dollar will fill your lnnch-basket in Paris. and by taking an early train you can reach Fontai bleau m time to see the most re- markable part of the forest before the pal
 ace is opened. Picnic in the woods-and there are lovely spots for it-vislt the pal
 ace at l2, then go to the other s'de of the forest, and take the evening train back to the city. In this way every thing of note can he seen, and one returns without hay
 ing the unpleasant sensation ot being rob- bed. Most Englisbmen do this now, and it is for this reason that the ''expense of the hotels" have to be put upon Americans and such stray French travellers as can be caught. II those Americans who are com ing to France this season will profit by this bit oi advlce, l shall have done them good service on the score of morality bad language is said to be immoral-ano shall have saved Jim a snug sum In gold.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
SDeO,al Notlces.
What We Need when DebIlitated.

What We Need when DebIlitated.
 Appetite and digestion languish at this At the very time when the body needs renovation and support the stomach, its commssariat department apt to prove delinquent Under such circumstances the necessity for wholesome stmuant tonic and corrective is self-evdeat and consequently the demand for that peerless combination of the three required elemens hostetters Stomach Btters more urgent than at midsummer.
 is true that few medical bgots-fosss 'eft over' from the dark ages-recommend violent purgation and water gruel for indigestion and it's accompany ing ills; but they make few proselytes The majority of the community sane, and all sane people ar, aware that pure and powerful vegetable tonic with alternative properties, like Hostettes Bitters. is tn vousness and the "consequcntia damages they infct
 The human intel ect. unlees hopelcssly diseased o, egregiou y humbuSged, declines to astonsh the weak ened human stomach with rcs cathartcs that rushing like avalanche through the ntestines. threaten tt Ike the inner membrane with them. To a signif cant catch-phrase, the meth ods of treatment are played out"
 It is clearly understood that medlcated stmulant essential to the renovation of exhausted frame that you cannot strengthen woman by dosing them with prostratng preparations This is era O. common sense and common sense approves of Hostel ters Bitter the best article extant for invgoratng regulating and purifying the system and defending il against poison in the air breathe the water W, dr,uE
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
PRISON PuN1sHMENrs An exch

PRISON ADJUSTMENTS An exchange gives the following description of prison punishments in use only few years ago: The bed of roses, mode of punishment devised by 8 convict, has been done away with. This bed consisted of a dark cell whose floor was covered all over with hard wooden balls fastened so secur, ly thIt they could not be moved. Couvlcts were forced to enter this cell and lie for days unOn this couch to lie there until their fl sh bore great cents aud their bones ached with thousand aches from the pressure of the hard knobs. Then there was another favori:e instrument of punishment which has happily been dis pensed with. This was termed the cruel fix-and consisted of long iron bur weighing seventy-fve or a hundred pounds. This was so arranged that when the arms oi the mau to be punished were extended each wrist was attached tu an end of the bar, aud clasp from the centre attached around bis neck. Thus i: was impossible for him to move his arms in any position. I myself have seen a convict sand until he fell from exhaustion, and then was again lifted to his feet by two brother prisoners. Whe,, he fell again 1t was ID g faint, and with the blood gushing from his nostlils and mouth. The cage. which IS still in use. we saw while walking through the prison yard. This consists of cil cular cage of ho"p ped steel, which is made to fit over the convicts head and fasteu around hls neck. It is impossible to lie down witt this head-dress, for one runs the risk oi being strangled to dea h if he presse. heavily upon the cage. Men are often required to wear this for several days il succession.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

LONDON MILK.-London does not seem to have any better luck, than New York in the milk que tion. A report was made to the Poor Lrw Board of England, by MT. F. w Russell, superintendent of admiralty Contracts in London. on the supply of provi>ions for the workhouse of the metropolis. Fifty-seven samples of milk so supplied were examined bN tho most trustworthy processes, and showed the following results: Only two samples came under the d signajl"n "be~t unskimm-d milk ;' eight were possibly neither skinned nor watered but simply rather poor by nature-that is to Say, poor as yielded by the cow: the remainder were either skinned or watered, or both. Ten were found to be totally skinned and very largely water ell, and no less than seven samples con- sisted of milk 50 per cent, water 50 per cent. milk and water half and half. Mir. Rowsell observes that though no poisonous or deleterious matter was found in the samples collected, dilution or adulteration with water is shown to such an extent as seriously to compro- mise the character of the milk, and to make it utterly unreliable as fooi for h. fants or aged persons. The hfe of an infant depends upon the quantum of nourishment in the milk given to it. A list of the prices paid for milk under workhouse contracts in force last year shows that the charges made differed greatly the range was from 7ad. to Is per imperial gallon. The list shows genuine milk supplied at Std. or 9d; and 1t shows Tod. charged for milk totally skinned and very largely watered. an,1 1s. where the cream had been skinned of and a little water added.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
Hor.-Midsummer heat is often sever.

Hor.-Midsummer heat is often severe even in the northern cities. But let us not complain when we remember that in Thibet, ill Central Asia, the intense heat often reaches 15Oo in the day time, white at night it IS really cold. In Senegal, Africa. on the Island of Guadaloupe, in the West Indies, and in the Great Desert of Sahara, the temperature often rises to 1900. The plaques and pestilence of Persia are engendered by an atmosphere heated 70 1859, while in Calcutta and in Central America the mercury reaches 120o. Some of the interior valleys of California have maximum temperature of 110o, and in some parts of Utah Ter ritory 105o IS the midsummer heat. The extreme summer heat in Montreal is often 1t3o-as high as that of the des serts of Arabia. The summer limit in New York State is 1u2o; the scale goes downward till we come to bleak Nova Z-mbla, where, in midsumme, days, the mercury does not rise above $40.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
Women and Marriage.

Every woman with any romance or magnanimity has, so far as she contem. plates marriage for herself merely in the abstract, an ideal, or some vague assem- blaze of high qualities which stand for such. She can only suppose herself vol untarily linking her fate with another, if that other is man excep. p.ionally good or noble, or at least distinguished ] among his fellows. At all events he must be something quite above the common run of men about Ter. The typical old maid has had this ideal, and been faithful to it; it may be for want of adequate temp tatlon to inc,ns lncy. Some women the charming woman, for example have not been allowed to keep their ideal. They have lost sight of it in find. ing themselves the ideal of some one else. Our typical vestal has never been a charming woman, though she may have many excellent gifts and graces. Women are so made, happily for men, that gratitude, pity. the exquisite plels- ure of pleasing, the sweet surprise of finding themselves necessary to another s happines tor heing hattered into the notion,) altogether obscure and confuse the judgment; they either forget their ideal altogether, "r think they have found it in the very commonplace mor- tai who is their choice. But to some women this does not happen. The natural instinct to please is not strong ln them. They only care to please where their taste and judgment approve, and thelr manner is cold or indifferent iu general society. There is French pro. verb, compounded of resignation and worldly policy. which represents the submission and destiny of the attractive woman: Q"omd om 'e'a pas ce qu'ou aime II faM dinaea' ce 2 Ion e. It is not that the other is deliberately unattractive, but she recognizes no necessity. She doe. not want to please out of her pale O. sympathies; and the alternative has nc terrors for her. In fact, she has forsee1 that single life is her probable destiny It is not at all necessary that this unat tractiveness should have to do with 'nscious want of beauty. A beautiful woman, as far as color and outline con stituie beauty-bu failing in bewitch ing qualities-may repel admiration b, indifference, and live to glorify the sis terhood to which her manner devote her; but it is the woman of common place exterior and sensitive mind tha IS most commonly left alone with he ideal. We believe that almost any wo man who is not what is called particu lar" may marry If she chooses-that is if she does not speculate upon herself or share the worlds unfavorable view o her personal pretentions. -Blackwood' | MG01gi0e
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
Caught by a Boa Con>trictor.

After breakfast we started for the lagoon. We had set our hearts on seeing Manatis-" sea cows"-which are still not uncommon on the east coast of Trini- dad, though they have been exterminated through the rest of tha West Indies since the days of the Pere Labat. That good missionary speaks of them in his delight fnl journal as already rare in the year 1895; and now, as fur as I am aware, none are to be found north of Trinidad and the Spanish Main, save few round Cuba and Jamaica. We were anxious, too, to see, if not to get, boa-constric
 tor of one kind or other; fnr there are two kinds in the island, which may be seen alive at the z ,ological Gardens in the same cage. The true boa, which is here called Muhaiuel, is striped as well as spotted with wo patterns, one over the other. The Huillia, Auaconda. or Water
 boa. bears only few large round sp"ts. Both are fond of the water, the Huillin living almost entirely iu it; both grow to very lurge size and both are danger ous-at least to children and small ami mals. That there were Hnillias about the place, possibly within fifty yards of the house, there was no doubt. One of our party had seen with his own eyes one of seven-and twenty feet long killed, with a whole kid inside it. only few miles off. The brown policeman, cross ing an arm of the Guanapo only month or two before, had been frightened by meeting one Tn the ford, which his ex- cited imagination magnified so much that it's head was on the one bank while it's tail was on the other-a measurement which must, I think. be divided at least
 by three. But in the very spot in which we stood, some four years since happen ed what might h we been painful traee- dy. Four young ladies, whose na mes were mentioned to me, D eferred, not wisely, bathe in the still lagoon to one in the surf outside and as they dis ported themselves, one of them felt her self sslzed from behind. Fancying that one of her sisters was playing tricks, she called out to her to let her alone and looking up, saw, to her astonishment, h. three sisters sitting on the bank, and herself alone. She looked back and shrieked for help, and only ju in time
 for the Huillia had her. The other three girl, to their honor, dashed in to he, assistance. The brute had luckily got hold, not of her poor little body, bnt oi her bathing-dress, and held on stupidly
 The girls pulled; the bathing dress, which was luckily ot tbih cotton, was torn of
 the Huillia slid back again with it in bis mouth into the dark labyrinth of tn, m ,ngrove roots, and the girl was saYed
 Two minutes delay. and his coils would have been around her, and all would have
 been over.-Kinqley's West Iadies.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

WooI.-For many years to come. California and the Territories of the far West will form the great wool-producing SC ction of the country. In California this interest has already acquired great importance. That State has now about eight millions of sheep, which will be in creased by at least three million lambs tho pres ent season. The sheep are sheare twice year, and with g 'od sea- sou the two clips might he expected to av, rage ten pounds per head This would make the wool crop of California 0,O00,- 900 pounds, or 25, GOO, ,OOO more than the tot,l product of the United States in 1861. This springs clip, however, is not. expected to yield over four and a half pounds, instead of six. which is the average for the spring clip alone. The spring clip is expected to bring thirty Ave cents pound, returning over $12,- OOo, 900 to the growers, with another clip to come in the fall.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30
Real Mosquitoes.

As we were iourneyipg along the Da- kot prairies says letter wrlter,the last hour of daylight overlook us, bringing with it a scene of magical beauty. < As soon as the sun had dipped beneath the sea of verdure an ominous sound caused me to gallop on with increasing haste.
 The pony seemed to know the signiti- rance uf that sound much better than it's rider. He no longer Jagged nor needed the spur or whip to urge him to faster exertion, for darker and denser than on the previous night there rose around us vast numbers of mosquitoes choking masses of biting insects, no mere cloud thicker and denser in one place than in another, but one huge vail of never-ending eects, filling nostrils, ears and eyes. Where they came from l cannot tell :; the prairie seemed too small to hold them the air too limited to yield them space. l had seen many vast accu- mutations of insect life in lands old and new, but never anything that approach I'd to this mountain of mosquitoes on the prairies of Dakota. To ssy that they covered the coat of the horse rode wonld he to give but fain' idea of their mum bers they were literally six or eight deep upon his skin, aud with single sweep of the hand one could crush myri- ads from his neck. Their hum seemed to be in all things around. To ride for it was the sole resour @. Darkness cam
 quickly down, but the track know no turn, and for seven miles1 kept the pony nt gallop, my face, hands aud neck cut and bleeding. At last in the gloom l >aw, down in what appeared to be the bnttom of valley, lone white wooden building with lights showing out through the windows. Riding quickly down this valley we reached, followed by hosts of winged pursuers, the edge of some water lying amld tree covered banks. The water was the Red River, and the white wooden steam-hoat building the steam oat International. * It took us but little time to rush over the paneway and seek safety from the pursuers within the precints of the steam boat, but they were not to be bafflrd easily they came in after us ill millions like Bishop Haddo's rats. they came Gin at the windows and m at the doors" until in a very short space of time the interior of the bnat be
 came perfectly black with insects. At tracted ny the light, they aocked into tn.
 aloon, covering walls and ceiling in one dark mass We attempted supper, but h,d to give it up. They got into the coffee, they stnck fast in the sofr m lting butter, until at length, feyerish, bitten
 bleeding. and hungry. sought refug. beneath the gauge curtains in my caoir and fell asleep from sheer exhaustion.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-30

THE EFAsMoNs.-A fashion journal says tie tffort to banlsh polonaises will fall. These garments are so easily made, so graceful, so convenient and comfortable, that ladies will not willingly relipquish them. Tue fancy for skirts ruff]ed to the waist bebind, and worn with an apron front and ba>que, will bring into favor the polonaise lately introduced by Worth, in which the basque and apron are com bined. This garment descends to the knee in front, is sloped sharply upward on the sides, and has merely short has que behlnd, dispensing with the long back breaths now used. A fully ruffled ski,t is worn with this, and is well dis played on the sides and back, making a very dressy costume. Plaiuer suits will have the simple st, fish rendigote defined by Madame Ray mond 10 be 8 "polonaise without drapery." The>e over dresses are being made at the furnishing houses. They have two or three collars laid one above the otler, like those on the great coats worn by our grandfathers. The lowest collar is large enough to be called & cape. A model costume is of gray aud blue cashmere the body of the redin. gote is gray the collars, cuffs, border, and large buttons are deep sapphire blue. Two buttons define the waist be. hind.