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The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29

ACCORDING to q San Francisco
newspaper NJ. Alfred Parafs new
method manufacturing butter from
flesh fat is now in operation on a
large scale in that city. The COM
pany manufacture butter out of suet
from fresh beef, and assert that the
article viii in every respect equal
that made Of cream. The suet is
first ground and thrown into a huoc
tank containing about one foot of
water. The mass is next raised to
blood heat, and after half hours
stirring it is left to settle. The
scraps fall and the pure fat remains.
This is collected, wrapped in cloths
and submitted to presses of trench
dous power The oIcine oozes
through the cloth and is conveyed
into another tub, where. after the aG-
dition Of a little milk nd rcnnet, it
IS agitated in the ordinary manner of
cream TO produce butter.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29
Industrial Schools as Preventive Of
Crime

Among the noted men whom the
Evangelical Alliance has called to
this country from the Old World is
Rev. DR.. Robin. of Paris. This old
gentleman has for years been engaged
in the work of establishing, promOt-
ing and pushing forward industrial
schools in his native city as a means
Of preventing crime and training
young people in the paths Of indus
try, virtue and morality, and on this
subject he recently presented his
views to the Alliance. They are of
great value. They are the result Of
long, patient and exhaustive thought
and study made eminentIy practical
by vast experience in such a city as
Paris, where boys and girls are sub
jected to varied and strong tempta-
tions where crime is decked with
flowers and crooked paths rendered
alluring by countless attractions Of
a peculiarly tempting character. The
Doctors motto is: lit is better to
prevent crime than punish it," better
for the criminals, better for society,
better in point ofmorals, better from
a financial standpoint, and hence his
attachment to industrial schools,
which he contends are the best pre-
ventive of crime that can be intro
duced and carried on by human agen-
cy and under the fostering care Of
civil authorities.
DIR. Robin divides -ch!lA=e-r-41'0-7T
whom ed1cationis necessary into four
principal divisions. Those of the first
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29
COUDERsPORT PA, WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER %. 1873

its divine warmth, will dress itself in
another garb. For "there is natur-
al body and there is spiritual body
And 1--WE know that if our earth
ly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have building of
God, house not made by hands.
eternally in the heavens" There is
no ground for presumption nor oc-
casion for despair, if it may be truly
said of our condition: "Ye are dead.
and your life is hid with Christ in
God and when He who is your life
shall appear, then shall We also ap-
pear with Him in glory" Be true
to yourself, and like inferior crea-
lures, honor your destiny. The fall
ing leaf is Jehovah's honorable dis
charge to a faithful servant whose
work is 1ceU done.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29

OUR BEST Men FOR OFFICE.-To
destroy the Republican party be
cause a few dishonest men have
crept into office through its power,
would be as wise as the killing of a
healthy individual because few boils
trouble him. The party never was
moe healthy than at present. The
few officials that are proven dishon-
est, as to the great body polite what
the spots on the sun are to the blaz-
ing orb that gives US light and
warmth. As long as the masses of
the people who compose the party
are honestly inclined we have no fear
OF party itself. Every Republi-
can convention which has met thus
far has placed itself on record as
being determined to drive men from
office who fail to practice economy
and honesty in their public duties.
We shall never free ourselves entire
ly from the influence Of bad men,
They will creep into power in spite
of the greatest care and watchful-
ness. We can, however, throw an
increased protection around the pub
lie service by more thorough ex-
animation of the character of the
men who present themselves for our
support. \ good citizen will gener-
ally make a good official. This is a
simple rule which, if practiced in the
selection of candidates, will greatly
protect the public interests. Inquire
into the private character of the man
who wants your vote, and if you find
/ him honest. industrious, charitable, a
good neighbor and a public-spirited
citizen, you can safely give him your
vote and support. You may run the
risk, even then, of being cheated /;
/ but the chances viii he so small that
YOU can well afford the risk. But to
expect to secure an honest official in
the man who never pays his debts,
who takes advantage Of his neighbor,
whose character Is s,ained by intem-
perance or profanity, is to expect a
clear balance-sheet in the other
world without paying your printers
billsin this. Nominate your best men
for Office and the risk Of finding dis
honesty in high places will be exceed
ingly small Washington Republic.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29

REMARKABLE ATMosPUERE.-The
atmosphere Of northeastern Spain is
transparent beyond parallel. Across
the dcsolate sierras every crevice in
the distant hills is distinctly visible
aad the shadows Of the clouds fall in
clearest outlines upon the tawny des-
ert. Far off, for miles, YOU can dis
tinguish goats dwindled into flies
and soldiers dwarted to pigmies,
whose colorcd uniforms and burn
ished arms ale perfectly distinct, and
long trains Of mules, with drivers in
brigand-like costume, reduced to the
size ola child's toy. Things in the dis
tancc, 50 clear IS the air. look as #
cut by an engrayer on a precious
stone. | was told-at Barcelona that,
when General Savalls made his at
tack upon Mataro, fifteen miles dis
tant, the movements Of his troops,
the riding Of his aids, the dispersion
of his scouts, and every minute
change during the charges upon the
town were as distinctly visible as if
the panorama had been at the feet of
the spectators watching on the ca
thcdral tower.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29
SITS A YEAR

knowledge, which may qualify them
Tor the position of fore ], in the
workshops and for becoming-should
circumstances favor them-masters
in their tu'n. The children admit
ted to the industrial schools have. ON
the contrary, received only a very
l. per 1t primary instinct and
often none at all. The greatest num-
Der have passed the usual age of adj
mission to primary schools, and
reached the age of learning a trade.
Tn ymust, therefore. have the means
given them for making up for lost
time and for acquiring the instruc-
ion OF the school and that of the
workshop together"
1t is this double character of indus.
rial schools, combined with their
correctional elements, which should
recommend them to the people of all
countries. If boys and girls could
he taken from the streets. from the
arts and influences of vicious men
AMI women, and given such training
as will mould them into useful men,
bcrs of society, certainly that plan
should be adopted. Upon this duty
there can be no difference of opinion.
Tile 4ge.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29

IN western State there was occa-
sion, in suit before q justice. to re-
quire surety from two persons in be
half Of plaintiff for cost of the prose
cution ofthe action, and it was agreed
by the plaintiffs two counsel that
they should both sign themselves.
The senior did so, and turning to his
junior, whose reputation through
the country was that of jolly. clev-
er, impecunious fellow, who never
paid anything, remarked: Cd, it is
your turn" d. looked at the paper,
and then in a quizzical way shook
bis head and remarked: "No; on
the whole ! guess l won't dilute the
security"
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29
From the Philadelphia Press
Broad and Brown Thoughts.

Of all the seasons, autumn is per-
hapS the least understood. In art it
is rarely depicted correctly, and in
religion it is fearfllly obscured by
morbid sentimentaliSm. "We all do
fade as leaf is the great common
place of the superficial and by them
is made the text Of lugubrious gar
rulity, as false i'll statement as it is
degrading in influence. Because ma
ture is not grace, it does not follow
that untruth in science can become
Truth in theology.
MODEL OF BEAUTY.-Scrutinized
under microscope. or gaZed at in
the blucness of open sky, few objects
are more charming than forest leaves.
Simple in structure, graceful i'll
shape, and rich in color, they form
an exquisite veil between the ardent
sun and coy earth, through the deli
cate network Of which tickering
lights and illuminated shadows give
her hOmeliest features a wonderful
! fascination. Whenever a green leaf
trembles in the ocean of transparent
air, there the spirit of beauty pre-
sides; and, like the olive leaf in the
doves bill Of old, gives assurance of
present security and prospective
peace. Where leaves are indigenous
and keep the feast Of tabertacles
with that music and poetry which
are spontaneous in their growth,
the sterner forces Of natures are un-
known.
Leaves have as much human inter
est in their associations as Of intrin-
sic beauty in their appearance; since
upon them we depend for bowers f
delight and beds Of rcnown. wrcaths
for the brow of fame and chaplets
for the tomb. The sight Of them is
a soothing cordial through our NOR
tai career, and a blessed symbol of
what lies beyond; trees that grow
on either side of the river Of life,
whose leaves are for the healing Of
the nations, and under whose shade
God shall wipe away all tears from
our eyes.
EMBLEM OF HUMANITY.-Na,ural-
lists have done well in teaching us
that leaf is The type ofa single per
son, while the whole foliage Of tree
symbolizes a generation. When al
togetherstripped, standing bare in the
wintry blast, the trunk and branches
remain unharmcd, so individuals
and entire generations die but the
race survives. The leaf is annual
but the tree perennial; and man is
perishing, in regard to his phenomi-
nal vesture, but mankind, as an i'm
mortal entity, independent of the
earth it for a season wears, is an ex-
istence forever to endure. The trunk
and branches of a tree grow from
the outer and uppermost tips down
ward, all the solid wood being formed
solely by tie leaf. Walking in win
ter amidst woodland giants, you be-
hold nothing but the majestic and
useful monuments of buried leaves,
And SO was it designed to be with
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a Lesson in History.-A. D. 1900

! Lesson in History.-A. D. 1900.
1t was summer evening,
Old Mr.. Smith had come
From san Francisco, by balloon,
To.his suburban home
Where, by the shore OF klamath lake,
His pleasure he was wont to take.
He saw his grandchild, CClfaxine,
While playing at croquet,
Ron something large and smooth and round
To her brother. Henry Clay,
And ask the young sport if lie knew
Where that queer paleZoc grew
The old man Smith stepped up and took
The relic in his ha,.d,
And shook it till il ratified out
A ball or two of sand.
'TiSs0me squaw ModOc' skull, " quoth he,
who fell i'll tae great victory"
Now tell us what twas all about"
Young Henry Clay inquired
While on her mallet COlfaxine
Leaned with = look inspired,
Come tell us who the warriors were,
And why they killed each other here"
1T was the Yankees, said old Smith,
Who made the MOdocs run,
Because they coveted the lands
The red men hunted on
It's somewhat mixed, but all agree
That twas a famous victory.
Men, babes and women, fifty-three,
Followed the Indian cAief;
One hundred times as many whites
Brought Mr.. LO to grief:
And every red was killed, said he,
in the great Modoc victory"
But what good came Of it at last"
Asked gentle Colfaxine;
Good? Why, we got their land, You bet
The home you re living in;
And many heather scaip won We
liz that brave Christian victory.
Great praise our Colonel killem gained
And exc our flag ween."
"But did they read the bible them"
Said pityins COlfaXne.
why, that cannot say" quoth he,
But twas a glorious victory"
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29

\ CERTAIN lawyer had his portrait
taken in his favorite attitude-stand
ing with one hand in his pocket.
His friends and clients all went to
see it and everybody exclaimed,
"Oh, how like! it's the very picture
of him" An old farmer, only, dis
sented. "Taiut like - exclaimed
everybody; just show US where
it amt like" "'Taint! " no, 'taint!"
responded the farmer. Don't you
see; he has got his hand in his own
pocket; 'twould be as like again if
he had it in somebody i
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-10-29

JnrOWS out Wltcnlng charm TO the
calm panoramic view and helps to
form commingled splendor which
outblushes all the gorgeous banners
of the most splendid Orient. This
is not death, as stupid sentimental
lists pretend, but life at its height of
power and promise. Allnoble vital
ity bears a fiOrid tone, not raw but
rich. No relationship is more init
mate and divine than that which ev-
er exists between the beauty of holi-
ness and the holiness of beauty; and
this is best exemplifed by the fading
leaf at the eliminating moment,
when the brightest tints express the
ripest life.
Thus it is with a departing Chris
tian. "Precious in the sight Of the
Lord is the death of his saints" pre-
cious and also beautiful. They come
to their last hour like the mellow
fruit that gathers into itself the en-
tire life of the tree, all the dew and
sunshine Of summer; and, giving up
to heaven the glowing wealth of
priceless hues thence derived, at last
bends and breaks the branch from
which it hangs.
Such an exchange of being is ut
teri Y separate. at once its own glory
and reward. Sadness is swallowed
up nj victory. 1t is not death that
DESTROYS, but life pressing from a
lower to a higher sphere; the pass
ing shadow between faith and sight.
hope and fruition, transcient and
transparent as the las fImy cloud
that wells for a moment the full
splendorS of sunrise.
SECURELY.-A leaf, however SYM
metrical its form, lovely its hue and
exquisite its texture, transccnding
all human inventions. is only organ
lied dust. What you hold and the
hand holding it, as material things,
are alike subject to the doom; "Dust
thou art and unto dust thou shalt re-
turn" But the plastic life which
substantiates, stands under, the tran
sient material, to mould its delicate
libers and etch its tender lines, is
spiritual and knows 10 grave.
The two-fold man
Holds firmly to the natural, to reach
The spiritual beyond it;
Some call the ideal, better called the
real.
The falling of leaf is preparation
for new life and is necessitat0d by
it. 1t falls naturally only when that
using from the root, has first perfec-
ted and then pushed it off. Only
the mortal portion goes down, the
same that came mn and only to he
succeeded by another exactly the
same vithout 4 particl4 lost 10 the
universe If is the law Of vegetable
avictanc. tb,t po sraci,pan shaII bo
diminished until a new one has been
fitted TO take it's place. Life in fact
never more abandons than the season
of anparertIv universal death. An
other wear is hidden alonr the most
naked bough. every tiny bud of
which carries the sure prophecy of
uninterrupted BEING in its bosom.
With the great Apostle of analogous
life each leaf may say. Il die daily
that | may live eternallv. Nature,
superabounding with vitality, is
careless of her dead and for the rea
son that her robino of life Is cease
less, she never puts on mourning.
The forest does not miss the fall
ING leaf. so with ourselves. We
die, but others will step into our
places as we superseded those that
went before, and the world will 90
on. The branch cf society from
which we depart abates none of it's
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'ODERSPORT. PA.

,,'Yt a,ta,'a, stones, etc, Enished 70 order,
'easonshIe;, we and workmensnip, on
sslrss Iaii saii, or left at the of4'ce OF JOT;R
'ec7iye Prompt attention
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-15
Autographs by Telegraph.

A very curious and complicated
transmitter, used in France, is an auto
graphic instrument by which the fac
simile of the handwriting can be pro-
duced at any other Office where a
similar instrument is used. II is es-
pecially used for messages relating to
transfers of money, as it affords the
receiver an opportunity TO test the
authenticity of the dispatch by the fac
simile of the sender's signature. IL is
said that on an average nearly thirty
messages an hour can be transmitted
by it. The message is written on
chemically prepared paper, and the
price varies with the size of the paper.
The instrument can transmit steno-
graphic writing, and then it's rapidity
is said TO be truly prodigious. Por-
traits and drawings can also be trans
mitted by it.
1t seems almost incredible. But the
reader who has followed the explana-
tions heretofore given, can form a gen.
eral idea of the process by Imagining
two great pendulums made TO swing
simultaneously, one ut either end of
the line. Each moves a metallic point
back and forth over the surface of
chemically prepared paper, and after
every movement the position of the
pencil is changed hair breadth down
the page. If, then, at the instant that
the metallic point at one terminus IS
in contact with line of the manuscript
or copy, Geographic current is trans
mitted to the point at the other ter
minus, and passes thence through the
paper, il will produce a discoloration,
which will be dot or line, according
to the duration of the current. II the
autograph be closely inspected, il will
be seen that il is made up of very fine
parallel liLes. -HarDer's Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-15

The pairiarchs took no mercury no bismuth, no
Iodine, no bromide o. potassium. mo strychoria, no
quinine. Happy old gentlemen they did not even
know Of the existence ~ these "specihcs" aud yet
they lived until It seemed II Death had forgotten
them. Their medicines we're herbs aud roots. They
have left this fact record and the world seems 10
be now taking note o. and returning 10 the FIRST
principles Of medication. Hostotter's ~ omach Bit
tiers, the purest and most efeacious vegetable re-
storatiye Of the day, is also the most popular.
Thousands Of persons who only few years ago be-
eved implicitly In all the polsons which figure In
the pharmaoUpia, now pronounce this paatable
tonic and Alternative an alLsuficient remedy for
dyspepsia, nervous debility constipation bilious
complaints, headache observation-disclosures, aud all
The ordinary disturbances Of the stomach the liver,
the discharging organs aud the brain. The time Ii
not far distant when most % the powerful aud ven.
Omous drugs now 30 recklessly Administered by
practitioners 81 the heroic school, In cases that
might easily be controlled by milder treatment, will
be utterly discarded by 81 philosophical physicians
Az u Ia. the thinking public, who are generally
ahead 81 the profess ouhls, have already put the
dangerous preparations aside aud adopted Hostel
teris Bitters Va their stead safe aud exceilen
household medicine, adapted 20 almost every all
fnent except the organic aud deadly contagious dis
eaaes. For more than twenty years this famou
restorative aud preventive has been annusI
strengthening IT, hold upon the public eonhden1e
aud Il takes the lead Of every advertised modi
/ cine Manufactured Ia this country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-15
waters Necessity for sheen.

II is a great mistake to suppose that
sheep can get along without suffering
or retain their health without water.
Alderman Mechi, the celebrated Eng
lish farmer, writes as follows TO the
Mark Lane Express:
II is great mistake, and the cause
of much suffering aud loss, not TO
supply sheep with water, especially
milk.giying ewes. During the drought
OF 1868 many hoeks were ruined by
want Of water. | know of striking
instance where the animals wasted and
were sent TO Chelmsford market in
evil condition, the owner being igno-
rant of the cause. The dealer, who
bought them 4" for a song" first exam
ined the whites Of their eyes, thinking
they must have the rot or iaundice :
but seeing all right so far, he found
that supply of water was the only re.
storatiye required. Grass in a succu.
lent state, contains 20 per cent. OF
moisture, but when dried, very much
less. The same remark holds good for
clovers,. &c. When we give cake, corn,
malt.combs, bran. &c, which VIC
always do, il becomes absolutely nee.
essary 10 provide water, or the animals
will not thrive. Give them the Oppor.
tunity Of Judging for themselves by an
always available supply, and they will
always exercise a proper discretion II
the matter. An iron waser cart is Oh
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-15

POPULAR FALLAoY AND DEcEPTIoNs. -
It is an infirmity of man to cling to the
teachings of past generation, and TO
stubbornly resist the light of reform
and progress. Health-reform and
Temperance. growth are iealously
watched over by the Poison Bitters
compoundets One great prevailing
deception of the present age, is the
impression that every human biped of
either sex must be stimulated, and the
poisoned chalice is labeled "Medicated
Bitters, the better to palliate their use
and prolong the epidemic. One of the
most Jealous workers to cure this NAL
ady, DR. JOSEPH WALKER, Inventor and
Proprietor of the famed CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BIrTERs, believes in making
Bitters that are "true medicine" and
advises the sick man to swallow a
draught that will wash out the Leprosy
of his disease. In this faith he is
steadfast, and his VINEGAR Buffers,
though contradiction to the general
character of all other Bitters, are, as a
great success and Life VitoIiser, evil
dence of one popular fallacy and cor
rected.-COm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-08-15
Monkey Emotions.

The moral and physical emotions of
the anthropoid apes are just now the
subject of considerable discussion and
inquiry. Sir Edwin Landseer, as is
well known, painted picture of n
weeping monkey and it is now con-
coded that some species exercise an
atfectionate care for their dead. Mr..
James Forbes adduces in evidence of
this an observation of his own, to be
found in his Oriental Memoirs" and
suggested that the very primitive re-
lgion-worship of the ancestors
common to to the lowest savages and
the highest anthroPoid monkeys. The
passage is as follows:
"One of shooting party under a
banyan tree killed female monkey
and carried it to his tent, which was
soon surrounded by forty or fifty of the
tribe, who made a great noise and
seemeddisposed to attack the aggression
They retreated when he presented his
gun, the dreadful effect of which they
had witnessed, and appeared perfectly
to understand. The head of the troop,
however, stood hls ground, babbling
furiously the sportsman, who, per.
haps, felt some little degree of
conjunction for having killed one of
the family, did not like to fire at the
creature, and nothing short of firing
would suffice TO drive him Off At
length he came to the door of the tent,
and, finding threats of no avail, began
lamentable moaning, and, by the
most expressive gesture, seemed TO beg
for the dead body. It was given him /;
he took it sorrowfully in his arms and
bore 1T away to his expecting compan-
ions. They who were witnesses of this
extraordinary scene resolved never
again to fire at one of the monkey
race "