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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

A Southern publisher complains because
some OF bis subscribers understand the
printed words "received payment 90 the
dunning bills be cent them az an intimatiOn
that be torsavs them their debts.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06
TAKE NOTICE.

All parties are hereby warned not 10 OK.
plods any frecrackers or fireworks of any
dsscrip ption whatever on the streets Of Pst>
rsleum Centre, only on the Fourth Day Of
July. Those who do 60 will be prosecuted
to the full extapt of the law.
l. l.. BURGESS, Constable.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06
DlSSOLUTION,.

DISSOLUTION
The copartnsrship heretofore existln. be..
tween scsermerborn Il Ten Eyck 10 dissoy
ed BY mutual consent.
s: p. ScHERMERuosS.
J. A. TEN>EYCK.
Parties indebted to the sbovs firm mu,v
call Snd settle up ard save troubls.
J. A. TEN EYcr,
Dated Petrolenn Centre, April 8, 1874,
FOR SALE.
One Is borse Tiff boiler 10 complete Or,
der. ona S-bOrse Wood & Mana sueips ,pd
boiler in complete order, 275' feet 3iuch
tubing, extra heavy, 500 feet large saeker
rods, Shows Pump.
J. A. TEN EYck.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

One OF the survivors of the charge OF ths
Light Brigade at Balskavs has appeared In
Chicago. Why be should have the temerity
to venture 30 near''tbe jaws of hell" sgsiu
1t 10 difficult to coscsivs, but one gets hsrd/.
ensd to danger.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

Strawberries have arrived 10 town, and
Sehonblom, the well known grocer, always
attending closely to the wants Of b 10 custo-
msrs' has them on hand. They are nice
and. no mistake.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

The Meriden, Conn, Republican got 20
animated over the coming OF Barnum that
it published Saturday afternoons paper ct
noos, 90 that Its editors, reporters and com.
pesitors could see the show,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

wm' Simpson and John A. Gil..py, who
ran away from Ellit.vills, Indiana. l.,,
Wednesday With two young girls, named
Carrie ssdsewick and Ella Carter, and .lx
hor'ss and a wagon and buggy aud come
other property, were captured In Eas. Loui.
yesterday. Simpson 10 married man.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

Tne Newspaper reporters 10 the Missouri /
Legislature have refused donation of 1916
voted to each OF them, taking tho hies
mural ground that they had. n. right TO
saks it,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

A Wasb,ngton Inventor 10 hard at work
on a model for dog that CAD run along the
top Of fence. lie expects to wrsak des-
,ruction ON the cats and become weal.hier
than the Ro; ;hscbilds.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

The Tionesta Rspu blicao excuses 6shing
in the Allegheny River 90 Sundays because
the good people Of that place have had no
preaching for the last three weeks. Good
enough,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

When the speaker of the Arkansas Lees
islaturs said that the gentleman frsm Clay
County was out OF order, Clay County pick
ed up al iukstand, and offered to be. be
wasn't. Speaker dodged.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

Schonb om has rsopsnsd his lower grocery
store, and 1t is now running 10 full blast
Az usual that genial and popular superin/
tendsnt, Mr.. Ambrose Weaver, can be
found always ready to attend to the vents
OF customers. Pay him call.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

OrL NEws.-r hs George Smith well, on
the Panson tract 10 good for 100 barrels q
day.
Geo. Dilson & Son are starting two, new
wells.
Spencer Brothers & Truby we'll, near Dog
town 10 still doing 80 barrels. There are
twelve new rigs going. 10 ito immediate
vicinity.
P. Faust, Jr. and VIM Spencer are going
to start we'll on the Weller farm.
Three new rigs arr going up on the widi
ow Hector farm.
Jas. Psnton is putting up . rig on his
farm Pet, Progress
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

A Minnesota farmer lost . gimle', three
yesrs ago. The other day he cut down q
tree, and found .ini It thres-qusrter inch
auseL So much for putting thing out ct
interest.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

A new Engiish edition oi toe Prayer book
cbaogee, by typographical error, the verse
In Psalms, Thou hast broken my bends
.into "tbou hast broken my bones..'
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

A Kentucky man purchased - eofio fl
teen years ago 50 q to bsve it handy, and
the other day be was buroed up 10 . lims|
kilu, and the eofiu was dead loss.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

"Newbnrg, N. Y, calls commercial hav-
elsrs ''toreign retail merchants" and wants
them TO pay S. apiece for licenses.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

Will be given at the great ball OF Library
Building, at Louisville, on TUESDAY, July
s. 1873, at which time TEN THOUSAND
GIFTS, amounting TO grand total OF $780,
900, oil cash, will bs distributed by lot TO
ticket-h0ldsrs. No reduction In an omit OF
gifts Ut this distribution, but acn git Will
bs paid In full.
OFFICE OF FARMERS DRovERs' BANK,
LOUISVILLE, KY, April Z, 1873. {
tn 10 to certify that there is 10 tb- Fat
mers' and Drovers' Bank, to the credit Of
the Third Grand Gilt Concert for bsns.
ft OF the Public Librsry oil KY, Five Hun
dred Thousand Dollars, which has been set
apart by the Managers to pay the gifts In
full. aud will be held BY the Bank aud paid
out for this purpose, and this purpose only.
(Signed. r. S. VEECH, Cashier,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06
DISSOLUTION.
BENZINE,.

Just received a fresh sunnl,,
of Benzine, the best evs ereu
brought to town, at
j. A. TEN EYCK'S,
Petroleum Centre. May, Is, 1873. N
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-06

Mr. J. T. Coursou IL attempting to start 4.
new oil territory, sbout two miles north
sst o Tidioute. He has one we'll down.
which punps irregulsrly atths rate of one
or three barrels . day. Il looks aud smell
decidedly oily In that section, and there 10
hopes OF better show soon.-Tid, Journal
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

HoUsEwoRK FOR AMERICAN WOMEN
Miss Margaret Buchanan, in her "Queen of
the Kitchen" sets up an argument with those
of her sex who are compelled to rely upon
their own exertions for living; that it is no
more healthful, honorable and profitable to
do the work of family than to do work behind
the counter of store, teach school or labor
in manufacturing establishment. Says she:
"Housework is admirably calculated to pre-
serve q robust woman, and to strengthen one
that is weak. An hour in the laundry is better
than vial of iron. For woman not obliged
to support herself, housework is a duty.
Housework is easier than running sewing ma
chimes or making dresses. 1t is easier than
teaching; and while engaged in its lighter
forms, a young lady may find more time for
mental culture than teachers do. Housework
is the natural physical occupations for all wo-
men. 1t is net only woman's right, but it is
their duty to hold exclusive possession of the
kitchen and dining-room. 1t gives them a
great power. Upon the administration of this
kitchen hangs world of veal and woe. An
innumerable train of diseases merely, but hy-
pochondria and Mysteries, and their blue and
stunted offspring; A lady is the mightiest
sceptre on earth"
This is all very good, but before Miss Marga-
ret Buchanan or any one else can persuade
American girls to enter kitchens for hire she
must either divorce them from the idea of in
dependence, or else remove from the domestic
the badge of rnenial placed upon her by the
mistress OF the household.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

. OFF FOR THE PROMISED LAND.-We under
stand from reliable authority that one day last
week about fifty negroes-men, women and
children-passed up the Buncombe Road, on
their way, as they said, to the Promised Land.
1t seems that these poor creatures, who hailed
been @ SO SO deluded by negro preacher who
claimed to be inspired and commissioned to
lead them to the promised Land" that they
hastily sold everything that they had, inclu-
ding their growing crops, and with their fami-
lies took up the line Of march, under the lead:
ership of this self-styled Moses, for the land
flowing with milk and honey. This new
prophet told them that the land of Canaan was
about 16O miles distant, but as far as our infor-
nation goes, he failed to locate it exactly.
These "Zon Travellers" as they called them
selves, will travel great ways, we fear, before
they find the Paradise promised laud.-Spar-
tanburg Spartan.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

EGoTIsTIC TALKERs.--Almost every circle
is blest with an egotist, who exercises kind
of dictatorship over it. Are you in mistake as
to matter of facts7 He cannot suffer you to
proceed till you are correct Have you word
on the end Of your tongue? He at once comes
to your relief. Do you talk bad grammar !?
He quotes rules and gives examples like a
pedagogue. Does he discover that there is a
fink wanting in the chain of your argument ?
He bids you stay until he has supplied it. Do
YOU drop word to which he has devoted
much research7 He asks you whether you
know its primitive Specification, and straight.
way inflicts upon the circle long pathological
disuuisition. When you relate an incident
which you really suppose new and affecting,
your friends listen without emotion. When
you are done he observes that he heard the
same long ago, and adds very material cir
cumstance which you omitted. He is never
taken by surprise, and it is impossible to give
him any information. And yet he never takes
the lead in conversation, not advance an origi-
nal thought. 1t is his business to come after,
and pick up the words which others let slip in
q running talk, or to check their impetuosity,
that he may point out to them their missteps.
Had he lived in the day of Solomon he would
have hattered the royal sage with an intimation
that some of his proverbs were but plagiarism (;
or, had he been contemporary OF Solomons
father, would have felt himself bound to give
the slayer of Goliath some lessons on the sling,
and whispered to the singer of Israel his pri-
vate opinion that the shepherd bard did not
perfectly understand the use of the harp.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

MAD Doc B1TEs.-Thc recent cases of hy-
drophobia in this city, says the Baltimore
American, have excited discussion concern
ing the nature and origin of this mysterious
disease which may contribute something of
substantial value to medical science. We find
that large number of intelligent writer's are
of opinion that cases of true hydrophobia are
exceedingly rare, and that those distressing
symptoms which affect patients who have been
bitten by dogs supposed to be rabid are due in
large measure to the influence Of the imagi-
nation upon the nervous system.
Another theory is that the poison, when
communicated by the tooth of a rabid dog, is
held, as it were, in little vesicle or sac which
forms about the wound, and that it is not abb
sorbed until this receptacle is destroyed by the
assimilating processes of nature If taken up
by the blood Immediately, hydrophobia would
result Immediately. The fact that the wound
becomes sore just before madness comes on
shows that some disintegrating process in the
cellular structure must be taking place.
Great faith should be put in the cutting out
and cauterizing of the wound, for there can be
no doubt but that TIE poison remains there a
long time before it is absorbed.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

| LoNGsTREET AND GETTYsBURG.-Gen. Fen
dleton's statement in public lecture that
Gen. Longstreet was responsible for the loss to
the rebels of the battle of Gettysburg has
called out letter from ex-Gov. B. G. Hum
phreys, of Mississippi, who commanded a bri-
! gade in Longstreets corps at that time. Gen.
Humphreys gives q vivid account of the three
days' battle, and contends that it was not Gen.
Longstreet who disobeyed orders, but that Gen.
J. E. B. Stuart is possibly most responsible for
the Gettysburg disaster. After reviewing the
principal events of the battle, the Governor
says:
| Nearly ten years have now passed by since
the battle of Gettysburg, and with many Get
tysburg seems to be an enigma. They seem to
! be unwilling to accept Lees self-accusation.-
His overweening confidence in Stuart, they say,
reflects too much on his sagacity as General ;
and as Stuart was pet in high feather with
the army and the country, the story of his dis
regard of Lees instructions, by making bril-
| liant dash and fruitless foray on Meade's rear
instead of being on his front and keeping Lee
informed, must be lost sight of and forgotten.
Again: Ewell was charged with losing the vic
tory at Gettysburg by failing to seize Gulps
Hill and Cemetery Ridge on the first day.
Ewell was then living, and, being in good Odor
with the Confederates, readily squelched the
idea Of making him the scape-goat of Gettys-
burg. Now, nine years after the battle, comes
Longstreet's turn, and not being in high feather
and good odor with the Southern people, his
unworthy ambition" and "ill-temper with
Lee" is readily accepted as the true solution of
the enigma of the loss of Gettysburg. My love
f the true soldiers of the Southern Confeder-
acy, true when we needed friends, has not
failed me, and may be too prone to- defend
them; yet, I am persuaded, that when an i'm
partial history of our civil war can be written.
the military fidelity and heroic record of
James Longstreet will shine bright among
the brightest ornaments of the Confederate
struggle for liberty and. the independence of
the S0rth
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14
sroREv1LLE.

THE. AMERICAN KING.-The wealth and
power of MIR. Cornelius Vanderbilt is assuming
appalling proportions. The great consolidated
railway Zine from the West to the Northern
seaboard, which he controls, is represented on
the New York Stock Exchange by sureties
equal to S215, ,900, ,000 and its gross income last
year was not less than S45,000,0 ,00)-more than
the whole income of the United States Govern
nent few years ago. In commenting upon
this fact Rarper's Weekly remarks:
It is impossible to contemplate this vast ag
gregation Of money power and commercial con-
troll in the hands of one man without feeling
concern for the result. Neither military nor
political, nor commercial supremacy can be-
pushed beyond certain limits without danger.
It would seem as though the limit in this case
had been reached. Yet not content with the
mastery of 2,150 miles of railway, involving
in a large degree the control of the internal
trade of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and New York, it is we'll understood that in
October next, at the annual election of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, the Com
modore will enter into possession Of that great
property likewise. with its sixty or seventy
thousands miles of wires, its forty millions of
capital, and its eight or nine millions of reve-
nue.. When this occurs, not only will the
commerce of the four chiefState of the North
be subject to Mr. Vanderbilt under such fee
BILE restrictions as our Legislature. may impose
but the whole telegraphic correspondence of
the country will obey his law. He may pre-
scribe DOT only what shall be the price of q
barrel of -four in New York, but also when,
how, and at what cost citizens may communi-
cate with each other by telegraph. Of course
he will be subject to legislative control What
that will amount to we all knew. In the past
no Legislature in this State has ever dared to
beard him. He will be bold man, indeed,
who attempts to do SO now, when his resources
are so unbounded and his power SO far reach
Ing. It was said that the late James Fisk, jr,
who controlled paltry 450 miles of Erie, run
ming through half settled country, could on
any emergency bring 5000 votes into the field.
At how many votes, then, must we reckon the
master of 2,150 miles of railway through q
thickly settled country, and $4,000 miles of
telegraph? 1t is, moreover, one thing to pass
laws, and quite another to execute them against
a man fertile in resource, energetic in action,
obstinate in combat, and iDexhaustible in
purse.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

AN ERECT PosrURE.-A writer on health
very Justly condemns the habit of lounging, in
which large numbers of persons indulge, as
injurious to health. He says: can erect
bodily attitude is of vast more Importance to
health than is generally imagined. Crooked
bodily positions, maintained for any length of
time, are always injurious, whether in the sit
ting, standing or lying posture; whether sleep
ing or waking. To sit with the body leaning
forward on the stomach, or to one side, with
the heels elevated to the level with the head,
is not only. in bad taste, but exceedingly detri-
mental to health. 1t cramps the stomach
presses the vital organs, interrupts the free
emotions of the chest, and enfeebles the fnnc-
tions of the abdominal and thoracic organs,
and, in fact, unbalances the whole muscular
system. Many children becomes slightly
hump backed, or severely round shoulderedl,
by sleeping with. the head raised on high
pillow when any person finds it ssise easier to 9d si
in straight one, such persons may be sure his
muscular system is badly deranged and the
more careful he is to preserve straight or an
upright position, and get back to nature again,
the better"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

A WOODEN RAILRoAD-FIFTEENM MILES AN
Hour MADE w1TH EAsE.-The Clarendon
Press, of the 18th, contains lengthy account
of the wooden railroad or tramway which has
been lately built, and which brings Manning
Court House in communication with the out
side world:
"The South Carolina Central Railroad had
been allowed to drop through the hands of the
original projectors, and a considerable amount
of cutting out and grading had been accom-
plished, when Messrs. Land & Pritchett, large
turpentine distillers, doing very large busi-
ness, purchased the right of way and set about
to construct road that would take their pro-
ducts to market. The road from Manning to
Lanes Turnout, on the Northeastern Railroad,
was cleaned out and graded, and laid with
scantling. This road is fifteen and half
miles long. The bed is constructed precisely
as all other railroads are. The whole structure
above the bed is precisely similar to other rail-
roads, except, in place of iron, this road has
wooden stringers, four by five inches, fastened
down to the eross-ties by long iron spikes pass
ing through both stripger and cross-tie, making
the the stringers both steady and firm. These
stringers are five inches upon their face, and
the tracks or wheels of the running stock are
five inches upon their face. The friction in
running being distributed over wide surfaces,
the injury to the rails will be less. The fanges
in the wheels are two and half inches deep,
thereby preventing any probability of running
off. A portion of the road has been in opera
tion five months, over which trains have been
running daily, and most of the stringers are
smooth. The rolling stock on the road is COM
mon, but quite efectual. The engine is worth
only eighteen hundred dollars, but is sufficient
to carry seven or eight loaded cars, at the rate
of fifteen miles per hour. The proprietors are
now gone to the North for another engine of
greater capacity. The road is regarded sue
cess, and answers all the purposes of first
class iron road. The road has cost about
twelve hundred dollars per mile. BY this
road fifty thousand pounds can be sent twice
day.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

The VALUE OF THINGs.-One of the most
frequent errors We all make in life is the valu-
ing the thing according to the difficulty of OBJ
tanning it, and this error is universal. We do
not believe anybody is free from it. No doubt
the desire of overcoming difficulty was i'm
planted in the human breast for very good
reasons, but we have carried this desire to an
extreme, and it mostly renders US blind as to
the real value of the object we pursue. In love,
for instance, the earliest conquest is the best.
We know that this is very daring remark,
but we are persuaded that it is true one. The
love which soonest responds to love, even what
we call love at first sight, is the purest love,
and for this reason, that it does not depend
upon any one merit or quality, but embraces
in its view the whole being. That is the love
which ialikely to last, incomprehensible, unde-
niable, unarguable about. Bnt this love often
fails to satisfy man or woman, and he or she
pursues that which is difficult to obtain, but
which, from that very circumstance, is not the
best for him or her. The same thing occurs in
friendship. The friends that are the easiest
made are the best friends and the most lasting.
But often an ill-conditioned or even cantank-
erous man offers some attraction, by reason of
difficulty, to other men tn gain his friendship.
After much effort, what friendship this man can
give is perhaps gained, and is ultimately found
out to be worth but little. AS an additional
argument for not being led away by the diff
Guilty of.the pursuit. let US remember how very
short life is. In material things the folly of
pursuing them eagerly, merely because the pur.
suit is difficult is very apparent. A man will
seek after more almost hopeless honor, or some
station in society which he never attains, or
finds worthless when attained, and all the time
he neglects the pleasant things in life which
are around him, and within reach of his hand.
The daisies and the primroses and the violets
he passes with an unheeding eye, caring only
for some plant that blossoms once in hundred
years. We repeat our belief that the most fire.
quent error in life, is the placing an inordinate
value, merely on account of its difficulty, upon
that which it is difficult to attain; and we
would have for motto one that has never yet
been selected by mortal man, and which should
run thus: "Choose the easiest" We are not
afraid of quelling mems efforts on high en-
deavor by this motto. They will always be
prone enough to run after what is difficult
Arthur Helps.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-08-14

NorH1Na-AND BLASTED LITTLE OF THAT.
"A good story is told of old Jimmy McGill,
who resided during the war in East Tennessee.
Guerrillas, representing both parties, kept it so
warm in that forsaken region, that it was dan
gerous to belong to either side. McGill had,
in trying to ride both horses, got several black
jackings, first from the rebels and then from
the Yankees. AS they were dressed alike, ne
made several mistakes in trying to pass Tor
either Union or Southern, as he thought would
suit the crowd. At last he was met by a party
whose politics he couldn't even guess at and
the following conversation ensued:
"Sir, are you a Union MANI"
'No, sir,' replied McGill.
care you rebel, then?"
"No, sir" =. :.
"Then what in the devils name are you"
roared the captain.
"Well, sir" hesitated McGill, ITO tell the
honest truth, I'm-nothing-and bat blasted
little of that"