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propriate signs and said, "Che-bung-
wung-wangwung." The conductor
smiled at my friend and at the two
drummers and passed on. My friend
informed his employers of his good
luck, and said he thought he had ex-
pended the money profitably.
The two drmmers soon left the train.
My friend finished his business, and
returned by the same road. He got
on the train at midnight. 1t was for.
ty miles to the next station. He had
only ten cents in his pocket. He in-
tended to draw on his firm at the next
village. Settling himself in seat,
the conductor soon called for fares. Ny
friend went through with the necessa-
ry signs, and "Che- -bung-wung- wang.
wung."
"You man, want your fare" said
the conductor peremptorily.
My friend repeated louder than be-
fore, "Che- bung wung wang-wung."
"You can't play the insane dodge
on me-" growled the conductor; "pay
or III put you off,"
Expostulation was Intellectual. NY
friend and his valise were deposited at
cross.road, twenty miles from civili-
cation, on clustering January night.
Shortly afterward be met the Chics-
go agent o1 his native heath. He
gave him sample of eastern English,
and demanded the $40 out of which
he had been swindled.
"Oh!" said the Chicago man, "there
must be some mistake. Which hand
did you make the sign with ?"
Ny friend said he had used his left.
ooh !" said the Chicago man with
the GOODNESS of cucumber, chats
where the trouble is. You ought to
have used your right hand"
My friend made a sinister motion
with one Of his feet, and the Chicago
man disappeared around the corner.
Nevertheless, the drummer is q
necessary evil. He coins brass into
money for himself and his employers.
What more wuold you have?
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AN ACT OF CRUELTY Chapped
hands and face are the most serious
annoyance that farmers, and people
who labor much out Of doors, expert
ence from exposure. Exposed per-
sons, especially children, repeatedly
suffer intensely from great cracks up
on the hands, that often bleed. 1t is
cruel to allow ones self or others to
suffer in this way, when the means of
positive prevention are so easy to be
had, and so cheaply, as to pay ten
cents for q cake Of Hand Sapolio.
Hand Sapolio is not only better than
the costliest soap for removing dirt,
but it prevents chapping and renders
the skin soft and pliable. Sold every
where. 1918
They have a practical way of right
ing things up in Canterbury, N. III.
A Manchester man who had unfairly
obtained farm of dying man, to
the detriment Of the widow and chill
dren, recently visited it to cut the hay,
got his moving machine ready for use
the next morning, and retired. That
night about twenty men and women
turned out, prepared the hay by moon
light, sold the crop, and placed the
money in keeping for the rightful
heirs, all before daylight,
A genial and unselfsh consideration
Of the comfort of others is one of the
very rarest things in the world,
and when it is found it ought to be
chronicled. A Cincinnati editor, who
has INDUCED in heavy life insurance,
is said to be followed whenever no
goes a fishing by several insurance
companies afiectionately bearing life
preservers and sun umbrellas.
A murderer at Meridian, Miss,
asked to be hung on the Fourth of Ju'
ly, and the Judge kindly consented
it would help along the propo'
bration.
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Rates of Advertising.
PLAYING LEAP FROG.

Mr.. Boggs is a we'll -to-do, big, fat
farmer, living in the southern portion
of Harbercreek, where the local ep-
tion law doth flourish and the the sup
ply of Wahoo bitters has long since
been expended in correcting incident
cholera. Boggs came to town yester-
day, and the family wagon, besides
bringing his wife, furnished room for
a couple of maiden sisters of certain
age, who also wished to do some shop
ping. Of course he swgged a few
glasses of lager, partly because its rari.
ty made it very palatable and some
thing had TO be taken to balance the
evaporation caused by the intense heat.
Boggs was about ready to start for
home, his cOuntenance lit up by the
sunshine of a beaming smile that
showed him to her at peace with his
fellow-men.
As he turned on State at Fifth
street, his attention was attracted to n
group Of boys. Happy little fellows,
unconscious of the interest Boggs was
taking in them, they played at leap
frog and then one put his hands ON
the top of hitching post, lightly
bounding over, leap frog fashion, and
the others all following suit, even the
smallest one springing up on his hands
and going over like jumping jacks.
Boggs gazed at the last with curious
sort of fascination and then at the
post, and there was an almost irresisti-
BILE impulse at work which plainly
said, "Boggs, just jump over that post
as you used to jump when you was
boy" The lager may have had lit
tie to do with the infatuation, but the
longer Boggs looked the more he felt
impelled to try it, and casting hasty
glance up and down street to see that
no one was looking, he ambled at the
post. 1t would have been all right
but that at the critical moment his
strength failed him. AS he made the
best spring of which his corporosity
was capable, his right hand slipped
the post was hemlock and gnawed ut
the side-and was instantly the recep-
tacle of dozen slivers. But for that
he might have got safe over. The de-
fection caused him TO lureh to the
right, and fall with his bread basket
on the end of the post. A few nails
had been driven there for the horses
to gnaw at, and one of them caught
his pants by the waistband, and ripped
them from the band clear down his
right leg, and held him there, head
doWnwards, with mashed hat over
his eyes, in the gutter, his No. II boots
waving helplessly in the breeze. A
triple scream, which he recognized as
the voices of his wife and two maiden
ladies, reused but didn't release him.
A bottle of cholera medicine, which
smelt very much like Monongahela
whisky, got broken in his pants pocket,
and ran down his reversed duds, soak
ing him to the neck 4
Two sooty Samaritans from the coal
docks lifted him down and tenderly
helped him to the wagon, where he lay
on the bottom, in shame and sorrow,
while the wife of his bosom drove the
team and delivered temperance lee
ture. AS for the spinsters, they rode
home in virtuous indignation, upon a
hay rack, with a man who neither
layers nor plays leap frog over hitch.
ing posts. Erie Dispatch,
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The Shah himself Is an ugly ouss.
He resembles closely the pictures of
the more cruel of his forefathers con-
tanned in the early editions of the
Arabian Nights, dare say he has
caused many a poor fellows head to
be chopped off on a notice of five min.
utes, aud il would not surprise me to
learn that he has a trick of making
himself a widower three or four times
a month. A ferce-eyed, tallow-vis-
aged, ugly beast as ever wore dia.
mond or carried a cimeter; his Grand
Vizier, .who is along with him, is only
triAe the less brutal and vicious. If
you met either in a dark alley you
would tremble for your life. If Cap
tain Jack has a worse contenance he
is no true Modoc.-[Henry Watterson.
A New Hampshire paper speaks of
the idiots who are climbing the White
Mountains 10 get view Of the cows
pasturing in the meadows below"
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FOREST HOUSE.

n BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
IL. Court House, Tionesta, Pa. just
opened. Everything new and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion of the public patron
age Is respectfully solicited. 4-l7-ly
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National Hotel,

rINIDIOUTE, PA, Benz. Elliott, proprie-
l. tor. This house has been newly furn-
ished and is kept in good style. Guests
bic rates. ely.
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i. II. Heivly,
Tionesta House.

NJ ITTEI., Proprietor, Elm ST. Tio-
1tl. nesta, Pa, at the mouth of the creek,
Mr.. Title has thoroughly renovated the
Tionesta House, and re-furnished 1t COM
sletely. All who pntronize him will be
well entertained at reasonable rates. 20 ly
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The latest thing in hotels is suggest
ed by an ingenious correspondent of
the Galveston Ne,cs 1t is to be call
ed the Aerial Sanitarium. 1t is to be
huge balloon, firmly secured by
strong attachments at proper height
Galveston" he says, lis Within one
mile of the most delightful climate in
the world, and this climate is directly
overhead" To the enormous balloon
there is to be attached a frame work
of sufficiently strong wire, fitted up
to accommodate 100 guests. This
airy saloon will be reached by small
er balloon acting as an elevator. When
the barometer indicates disturbing
weather, the gas can be let off and
the whole establishment. brought down
to solid earth. We can imagine car
avansary Of this kind perfectly de-
lightful. Owing to the purity Of the
air the chambermaids would bloom in
perpetual youth and in such vicinity
to the immortal gods every man wal
ter would develop into a Ganvmede
and every table girl into q Hebe. As
the gentlemanly clerk, what limit
would there be to his celestial gifts
and graces? And here would the
landlord grow solid, impressive, and
jovial as Jove himself! So near the
moon and stars, what more charming
place could there be for flirting? And
when we call to mind how easily the
bores could be thrown over, we feel
that we need say no more.
Says the Sacramento Record: The
Sarsfeld Guard, which appeared in
the procession of the Fourth, had at
its head the following six tall men !:
Mike Byrte, 6 feet 81 inches; S. b.
Cam, 6 feet 81 inches; j. j. Hackney,
6 feet 6 inches; A. j. Holland, 6 feet
81 inches; d. Gillis, 6 feet 2 inches !;
G. S. Major, 6 feet 8 inches, There
were three others belonging to the
corps who, if present, would have
made the average weight of 256
pounds, whereas it was 251 pounds,
the aggregate being l, ,506 pounds for
the six men; and in length they would
make nearly 3S4 feet of pioneers. One
of the absent pioneers of the company
breathes in an upper atmosphere 6 feet
Z inches above the earth, and weighs
80 pounds, if I'll that is said of his
corporosity be true. He started to
come into town from the country to
join in the pioneer rank, but as he
rode his head struck limb far up on
wayside tree, and his injuries pre-
vented his participating and looking
down on his fellows. The Stockton
company has eight pioneers who weigh
just ton, but they are all short and
stout. The Sarshelda claim their big
men beat them, six weighing over
three-fourths of a ton, and tauntingly
ask the Stockton boys, "How is this
for high ?"
An Eastern paper says, "Every day
the advantages of the postal card sys-
tenn is becoming more and more appa-
rent. The other day merchant sent
his porter to the mail with about
eighty business letters written on pos
tai cards, who several hours after was
dicovered by a clerk of the house,
standing in front Of the letter box,
reading each letter before dropping il
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Scott House,

EAGUNDUS, PA, L. A. Roberts, Pro-
L prietor. This no el has been recently
rs-furnished and now offers superior ac-
eommodations to guests. 25-ly.
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ID. w. CLARK.
New boarding House.

MRS. S. S. HULINGS has built large
lti addition 20 her house, and is now pre-
pared to accommodate a number of perma-
nent boarders, and all transient ones who
may favor her with their patronage. A
good stable has recently been built TO ac-
commodate the horses of guests. Charges
reasonable. Residence on Elm St., oppo-
site 5. Haslet's store. 23-ly
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DR.. i. L. Acomb,

physician AND SURGEON, who has
L had fitteen years experience in large
and successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and
Grocery Store, located in Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
a full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will be sold AT reasonable rates.
DIR. CHAS. o. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Druggist from New York,
has charge of the Store. AL prescriptions
put up accurately.
, 1873-05-24

on the ground, and Immediately got up,
and taking the hint, remained where they
were. We had still to cross the bar, and
1t was nearly dark. After attempting to
cross it once or twice, and being carried
back by the breakers, I thought as we
were armed of hauling the boat on to the
beech for the night, as there was no
%anchoring inside the bar, for excepting
close to it, there was only q white sheet
OF foam, which, on receding, left the boat
nearly high and dry on the coral. At last,
after waiting for about a quarter of an
hour longer, there appeared to be a lull.
1t was now or never the crew gave wav
with a viii, and we succeeded in cross
ing, getting only one heavy breaker over
us from stem to stern; the boat, however.
going through it like a fish. We had the
poor children slowed in the bottom of
the boat. We looked anxiousIy round
after we had passed, to see if the sea had
taken one Of them out; indeed it was a
miracle it did not. On inquiry we heard
from them that the dhow was crammod
with slaves, but that on seeing the shin
the Arabs said, pointing to the snoke
from our funnel, Z White man is ligbtino a
fire to cook niger With and by this they
persuaded the poor creatures to risk jump
dhg into the water when they grounded.
On the % h we chased a full SLAYER on
shore IN the same same way, The mo-
ment they saw US they s,eered through
the breakers, and we could see one or
two hundred negroes landing from her.
Our boats were able to land clear of the
surf, but only rescued one male slave,
who was in such a wretched condition
that he could not crawl from the beech.
He told US that there We're 1I9 ia tho
dhow, that some Of them, in the same
state as himself, were carried up the hill
by the other slaves" The work contains
a map and illustrations from photographs
, 1873-05-24

the soil unfavourable to the healthy growth of young
or tender plants. The general effect Of the presence
OF alkaline substances in the soil is to COunteract these
two evils. They combine with and thus reno We the
sourness of the acid bodies as they are formed d.. In
consequence OF this the soil becomes SWeeter, or more
prOpItIOuS to vegetation, while the natural te ndencv
OF the vegetable matter to decay is no longer arrest
ed, but accelerated. You will recollect, that the great
end which nature has in view, so to speak, in all the
changes to which the subjects organic matter in the
sou, IS to convert it, with the exception of the nitro
gen, into carbOnic acid and water. For this purpose,
IT combines at one time with the oxygen of the air.
whilst at another it decOmposes water and unites with
the oxygen or the hydrogen which are liberated, or
with both, to form new chemical combinations. Each
OF these new combinations is either Immediately pre-
hmInAry to, or is attended by, the conversion of a por-
ton OF the elements of the organic matter into one
or other OF those simpler forms of matter on which
plants live. Now, during these processes acids are
constantly formed. With these acids the carbonate of
Time, when present, is ever ready to combine. But in
so combining 1t gives off the carbonic acid with which
It IS already combined, and thus a continual slow evo-
iution OF carbOnlc acid is kept up as long as any un-
.decompoSed carbonate remains in the soil. The eff
feet of burned lime is more powerful and more imme-
dlate than that of unburned, and especially for such
lands as abound in that dead or inert form of organic
matter which requires a stronger stimulus. e. the
presence of mo re powerful chemical afinities, to bring
1t into active decomposition" "Nevertheless,' saws
the Professor in another place. :" there NAV be loca-
lilies where mari, or she'll, or limestone sand exists
In greater or less abundance, and in such places it NAV
be a question of some Importance to determine which
1t would be better or more economical to apply. In
such a case you may safely proceed upon the princi-
pie that the lime in the marls, &c. will ultimately pro
duce precisely the same effects upon your land as the
, 1873-05-24

By referring to page 539 Of J5hnston's Lectures. il
Will be seen that this will give about % lbs. of Mos
pIh.ate OF lime, or bone earM, to every ton of mari and
TINS Will be equivalent again TO about half a cwt of
bone duSt. Now, as we all know that bone dust is one
OF me most expensive manures in the market we
may see at once that this phosphate of lime in or
mari is also OF high value. " Of two marls.o saws the
professor at page 800, " both containing carbonate of
lIme' that viii be most useful TO the land. which CON
taIns also, as many do, a notable portion of phosphate
OF lime" why IS this substance valuable as an adj
dItIon 10 cultivated laud? Because it enters into th.
composition OF most plants, and it must be. there
iore' taken up by the roots from the soil" Neverthe-
less II is not an abundant material in soils. For the
CROWN OF such plants as contain it, as most do. il
must be present IN some degree for their vigorous
gro Win II must be present in such proportion that the
roots may REALTY obtain it and where it is not patu-
rally present II the soil in abundance, it ought to he
sUppIl"d by the agrlculturist, whose business it is. if
he is a scientific and would be a successful planter. to
see that the plants fanny particular crop may find in
the SOIL all the materials Of which that plant is COM
posed These materials are, in fact, the food of the
piahts-many manures act as StimuLantS TO the growth
OF plants but the inorganic materials of which we are
speaking are It's food, and are to constitute part and
parcel OF The very plant which we propose to reap.
Wen then' does the cane possess any notable quantitv
OF phosphate OF lime 7 Yes, IN a very large degree:
and this has fortunately been ascertained beyond ali
doubt, by the highly valuable analysis of the ash Of
cane-plants made by: Mr.. HerepatR of Bristol. I had
, 1873-05-24

No. 33 a 81 a og 35 Strandgaden i
Byen Christiansted, hvori er gjort
UdI9g for Skatterne for 1871, blive
opraabt til Salg i Oyereenstemmelse
med PIacat 22de April 1917 we'd 3
Auctioner, som afholdes paa Auc-
ti%onscontOiret som f0Iger:
lste Auction Mandagen den Ode
Juni d. A. Formiddag kl. 10 slet.
eden Auction Mandagen den 23de
Juni d. A. Formiddag KI. 10 sIet.
3die Auction Mandagen den 7de
JUL d. A. FOrmiddag Kl. 10 slet.
Udlagsforretningen Conditioner
ne for Salget, Vurderingsforretningen
og Panteattest vile findes fremIagte
til Ettersyn paa Auctionscontoiret.
Christiansteds AuctionscOntoir den
I4de Mai 1878.
II. A. JURS.
, 1873-05-24

The POPE.-Recent advices from Rome
confirm the impression very generally Gu
teftaIned that the health of Puts TX. is at
lenght giving way and that the longest and
no. the least ~eventful Pontiicate on record
IS drawing to its close. His Holiness is
elghty-one years old and however the weak
ness from which he is at present suffering
may terminate, his end cannot in the nature
OF things be very far off. That this should
create considerable anxiety amongst oil
Roman Catholics, and specially amongst
those responsible for his successor, is matter
OF course. Bnt it has its interest for the
rest Of the ciyiIis-d world Acontempora-
ry, specuiatlng upon the effect Of the Pope's
health upouthe future ofhis Church, says:-
. The PapAcy is an organisation whose
ramllcatlOns stretch out with more or less
OF life and power intoeyery part of the earth.
10 millions OF people Scattered over all
lands Rome is the focus of ecclesiastical life
and power, and the pore is the center of
that life and the depasitary Of that power.
With at least a dozen centuries Of history
before us as wei as all the associations of
modern times, it is almost impossible t. ima-
CINE Rome without her Pope, or a Pope
away from Rome. Yet it is far from i'm
provable that even this may be seen before
long. Everything leads that way. This
very Easter Just passing will be memora-
BILE for the absence of those time-honour ed
ceremonies which, by their solemnity and
magniticence, attracted visitors aud pill
grlms OF all ranks and countries to the
, 1873-05-24

central shrine of st. Peter. Rome is full
OF sojoufhers, but Rome without the Pope,
without the Easter celebrations and bene-
dIction, is not the Rome of modern history.
La its way this one fact may seem a full
matter, but it is al index. It points to
what will be again. 1t speaks ofthe com
PIetion Of a period, the passing of glory,
the decay of an institution, the failing Of
a power. And when people think of the
age and weakness of the venerable Pontiff,
and OF the change inevitably coming their
question is not only who will the new
Pope be, but what will he be ?"-Ibid.
, 1873-05-24

and sketches taken on the spot by the
author. A more unbiased narrative has
seldom come under our notice, and we
can cordially recommend it to the notice
OF all who are DESTROYS of being informed
upon the siave-trade, which Sir Bartle
Frere is endeavouring to suppress, and of
the dangers and adventures incidental to
dhow chasing The European MAIL.
, 1873-05-24
AUCTION.

I5FTER Begjering af Fogden i
c Ch~ristiansted vii
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-19
GEN. O. O. HOWARD is reported

GEN. O. O. HOWARD is reported largely delinquent in money trans actions connected with the Freed mans Bureau, and that his manage ment of the Howard University, at Washington, has greatly embarrassed that institution. He insists on his innocence but the War Department finds delinquencies enough to justify an inquiry of the Attorney General as to how the General should be tried therefor. Whether he is or is not dis honest, we shall not now even give an opinion, but our observation of his course in Arizona led us to the con- clusion that disreputahle men if not noted scoundrels, took kindly to him and received more consideration at his hands than those who sought no favors of him but told him much truth without any reference to "the love of "the Lord Jesus Christ (which he 80 persistently mixed up in nearly all his conversation of public nature.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-19

TERRITORIAL TREASURER P. R. Fully wants its directly understood that he will not receive any but pass able currency into the treasury. He says 1t will be useless to offer mutilated bills, for he will not accept them.
 MT. Fully has appointed Judge W. J. Osborn deputy treasurer. A more efficient deputy could not be found or desired.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-19

JUNE 30, Assistant Surgeon George McMiller was ordered to Camp Grant for duty, and Acting Assistant Sur geon H. M. Mathews was ordered to relieve Dr. V. Havard at Hualpai, and the latter to report to Division headquarters for annulment of his contract; and July 1, It. Frank Michler, Fifth Cavalry, was granted 8 leave of absence for thirty days, with privilege to apply to the Ad- jutant General of the Army for an extension of five months.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-19

ONE Joseph Felmar recently passed through Tucson and out of our hear ing, so we are informed, talked of doing us violence for publishing his terrific falsehoods. That we deserve punishment for giving newspaper publicity to any thing Joseph reports, hardly admits of a doubt, and we urge upon the officers who employ him to summarily discharge him that he may come in and do the job.
Arizona citizen., 1873-07-19

JULY 5, there were nine deaths from cholera in Nashville and the dis ease had entirely disappeared on the Sth. At Memphis on the 5th, there were five deaths from cholera and on the 9th but one. At Cincinnati on the 5th there was one death from cholera, and none occurred on the Sth. The disease, according to latest re- ports, is abating.