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AMIRACULOUs ESCAPE.

The Calaveras Chronicle relates this
account Of an accident in the Gwin
mine, which, although resulting harm
lessly, was such a narrow escape from
terrible death that its contemplation
chills the blood with horror:
A young man named Nuner a
bucket-lander, was knocked head-fore.
most into the shaft and escaped with
out any injury whatever. When it is
understood that the shaft is over eight
hundred feet deep, the miraculousness
of the escape from instant death will
be apparent. The bucket had Just
come up, and Nuner had "landed" it..
Subsequently, whilo passing between
the bucket and the shaft, Nuner was
struck by the tub and knocked head
long into the yawning abyss-a
swinging motion having been suddenly
given to the bucket by the effort of the
engineer to get the machinery "past
center" Fortunately, after descend.
a few feet, Nuner struck a timber in
the shaft, which partially broke his
fall, and at the same time was lucky
enough to be within reach of the bell
wire, which he grasped. His momen-
tum was so great, however, that al
though he clung to his frail support
with an energy nerved by desperation,
his hold was broken, and he continued
his frightful passage down the shaft.
Another set of timbers impeded his
70 III and aooin clufchinor tha hal .xx;ra
Nuner succeeded in stopping his de-
scent. He reascended and resumed
his work as though being pitched into
an S00-foot shaft was an everyday oc-
eurrence. We doubt whether the his
tory of mining accidents furnishes
parallel to the one which we have mar
rated for presence of mind and mirac-
ulous escape from what seemed newt
able death.
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Motner, motner, crled young
rook, returning burriedly from its first
flight, "I'm so frightened. I've seen
such a sight!" "What sight, my son ?"
asked the rook. "Oh, white creatures
screeching and running, and straining
their necks, and holding their heads
ever so highl See, mother, there they
CO." "Geese, my son, merely geese"
calmly replied the parent bird, looking
over the common. Through life,
child, observe that when you meet any
one who makes great fuss about him
self, and tries to lift his head higher
than the rest of the world you may
set him down at once for goose!"
Commodore Vanderbilt wears
white tie, and looks like a minister.
The correspondent of the Chicago In.
ter-Ocean says he was coming down
in street-car, when two young men
entered, both being intoxicated. Per-
ceiving the venerable gentleman, one
of the young men addressed him with,
81 s'pose yer think I'm going straight
down to h(hic) ell, don't yer?" "Why
no." said the Commodore 81 hope
not" The young man nudged his COM
panion, and nodding towards Wander
bilt, said, Hes (hic) Univers'l list !"
Speaking of the Tilton- -Beecher af-
fair, Major Bullfnch perpetrated a
solemn joke. He was out boating
with party if ladies who. for fun, be-
gan rocking the craft. Suddenly old
Bullfinch run the boat. ashore.
"What did you do that for?" de-
manded the company.
"Why" he responded solemnly,
"when she gets to tiltin' better beach
her."
The ladies screamed, jumped out
and waded ashore.
A Paris correspondent says: "There
is new fashion in jewelry which
must mention, and that is, that ladies
wear pending to a velvet strip around
the neck, or to their brooch, the med
ais or crosses won by their husbands
for the service they have rendered
their country. The gentlemen wear
the ribbons only; the ladies wear the
medals"
A Maine man, who was dying, ar.
ranged his worldly affairs very coolly.
"As to the funeral" he said, after ev-
erything else had been settled, 81
guess Sam Hubbard had better lead
the services. He's an easy, fluent
talker, and alters liked to hear him.
I've had dealins' with him, and alters
found he set out things just about as
they was"
A convivial club called "The Win.
ming Cards." has been established at
Dubuque. 1t is limited to fifty-two
members, known as "the pack" each
bearing the name Of card. The pre-
siding officer is the slack of Clubs" "
and the tray, of course, carries around
the liquid refreshments.
Ralph Waldo Emerson never had
toothache, boils, or a son belonging to
a baseball club. He said recently:
II never had q trouble or a sorrow
which eonld not forget in fifteen
minutes in the perusal of some favor
ite author."
The editor of the Worcester Gag.
cite says that dancing is apt to pro-
duce apoplexy. When he put his
arm around pretty partner for the
first time, it affected him worse than
the delirium tremens.
1t is said that Miss Kellogg, the
singer, receives on an average twenty
letters a day requesting her auto.
graph.
First irate female--"I'd hate to bC
in your shoesl" Second ditto-"You
couldn't get in them"
1t is said that Brigham Young has
made his will and given his friends
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T HI E S U N.
WEEKLY, sEM1-wEEKLY, & DAILY.

THE WEEKLY SUN is too widely
known TO require any extended rocom-
mendation; but the reasons which have
already given IL fifty thousand subscribers
and which will, we hope, give IL many
thousands more, are briefly rs follows:
It is first-rate newspaper. All the
news of the day will be found in it, con-
densed whom unimportant, at full length
when of moment, and always presented
In clear, Intelligent and interesting man
ner.
It is first-rate family paper, full Of on
teriaining and instructive reading Of ovc-
ry kind, but containing nothing that can
offend tho most delicate and scrupulous
taste.
1t is first-rato story paper. Tho best
tales and romanccs of current literature
are carefully selected and lcgibly printed
in its pages.
1t is n tirst-rate agricultural paper. Tho
most fresh and instructive articles on agri-
cultural topics regularly appear in this de-
partment
1t is an Independent political paper, be-
longing TO no party and wearing no collar.
II fights for the election of the best men 10
Office. 1t especially devotes il energies to
the exposure of the great corruptions that
now weaken and disgrace our country, and
threaten TO undermine republican institu-
tons altogether IL has no fear of lxnaves,
and asks no favors from their supporters
1t reports the fashions for the ladies and
the markets for the men, especially the
cattlemarkets, to which IL pays particular
attention.
Finaily, it is the cheapest paper publish
ed. Ono deiIar n year will secure it for
any subscriber, 1t is not necessary to get
upa club in order TO have THE WEEK
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single dollar viii get the paper for year.
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PITHoLE VALLEY R'Y.
TRAINS NoRTHwARD.

ON AND AFTER Monday, June 8, 1871,
" Trains will run as follows:
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Frank Robbins,
p HI o TO G r. HER
(sUccEssoR TO DEMINd.

SUCCESSOR To DEAIING.)
Pictures in every styleof the art. Views
of the oil regions for sale or taken to or
der.
CENTRE STREET, near R, r. crossing.
SYCAMORE STREET, near Union De-
pot, Oil City, Pa. 2O-tf
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TRAINS sOUTHWARD.

All Trains make close connections
at Oleopolis with trains on the Oil Creek &
Allegheny River Railway, North and
Sonth.
Two Lines of Stages run daily between
Pithole City, Miller Farm and Pleasant
vile, makingconnection witharriving and
departing Trains. 1T. BLAIR,
II. WICKHAM, Sup't.
Ticket Agent, Pithole City, Pa.
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CEN
TRIAL RAILROAD

PENNSYLVANIA CEN
n TRIAL RA1LROAU
ON AND AFTER IL p. p. Sunday May
" /, 1870, Trains arrive at and leave the
Union Depot, corner of Washinton and
Liberty street, as follows;
ARRIVE.
Mail Train, l.S0 m; Fast Line, 1919 q
m Wells accommodation No. l, 6.20 m :,
Brinton accommodation No /, $50 m I;
Wallis accommodation No ., S.55a m ;Cin-
cinnati express $50 m; Johnstown ac-
commodation 1850 am; Braddock's ac-
commodation No l, 700 m; Pittsburgh
express 1.30 p m; Pacific express l.50 p m !;
Wallis accommodation No 3, 2.35 p m !;
Homewood accommodation No l, 9.55 m;
Wallis accommodation No 4, $50 u m
Brinton accommodation No 2, Ito y IN |;
Way Passenger 1920 pm.
DEPART.
Southern express $50 n m; Pacific ex-
press 2.40 a m; Wallis accommodation No
!, 6.30a m; Mail Train $40 m Brinton's
accommodation 1920 a m +; Braddock's ac-
commodation No l, $40 p m; Cincinnati
express f1.35 p m; Wallis accommodation
2, l1.5l a m Johnstown accommo rotation
4.05 p m Homewood accommodation No
], $50 p m; Philadelphia express $50 y m;
Wall accommodation No 3,3.05p m; Wallis
accommodation No 4, COS m; Fast Line
7.40 p m; Wallis Not 8, 1l.00 p m.
Tho Church Trains leave Wallis Station
every Sunday Mt 9.05 a. m, reaching Pitts
burgh at 1905 a. m. Returning leave Pitts
burgh at 1880 p. M, and arrive at Walls
Station at 2.l0p. m.
Cincinnati express leaves daily. South
ern express daily except Monday. All 9TH
or Trains daily, except Sunday.
For further information aply to
w. ii. BECKWITH, Agent.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will not assume any Risk for Baggage eN-
cept for Wearing Apparel, and limit their
responsibility TO One Hundred Dollai sval-
ne. All baggage exceeding that cunt
invalue will be at the risk of the iner,
unless taken by special contract.
A. J. CASSA1
General Superintendent, Altoona Pa.
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BUILDING FELT

(No Tar used), for outside work and in
side, instead of plaster. Felt Carpetings,
&c, Send two 3-cent stamps for circular
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Allegheny Valley Rail Road.
Oil Creek & Allegheny River Rail-
way, and Buffalo, Cory & Pitts
burgh r. r.

ON AND AFTER Monday, February .,
~ 1874, trains will run rs Follows;
Srr TTnNC NOrtb,rorl Co,,th,.a~1
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
Recollectfons of a Dentists shop.


Mark Twain, in his book about
England, tells how he had the tooth
ache one night in London, and gives
some pleasing recollections of the
dentists room which he was wont to
patronize when he lived in Elmira.-
He says: .4 a-- s.. azz
Onenight that tooth did just jump,
and every time it jumped it raised my
head right off the polloW. How 1 did
lie awake and think about the dentists
shop in Elmira, where had been un-
der torture so many times-of those
pretty dental instruments, so polished
and SO cold! How did long to lay
my cheek against one Of those short,
thick, heavy twisted chaps, with the
bow-legged, f1uted and curved handles
and short, haWk-bill jaws How /
reveled in delight at the thought of
having such a thing clutch my refrac-
tory tooth and "yank it out!'~ With
what pleasureable emotions came
crowding into my mind the recollee-
tions of that dentist and his room and
his fxtures-his big, easy chair, with
the pretty white curtained window be-
fore it, and the nice, big, red glass
spittoon to the left, with the hole in
the bottom, and the bits of red cotton
and the bright pieces of gold and
blood stained saliva on the Sides
And then, the pretty little bureau with
the bottles on the top and the little
yellow drawers which he jerks out SO
gently when seeking for some new
| and more delicate instrument of tor
ture. And then that beautiful little,
round, velvet covered stand on the
gas fixture in front, coveredhNiths the
nice drills, and pretty files, and the
lovely little croWbars with the stained
ivory handles, and the long steel
crochet needle with which he hunts for
new cavities, and the little round paste
board box full of gold "plugs," and
the dirty little napkin, and the rubber
ball syringe, and the singular smell of
his thumb, and all that! Oh how
nice
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
Items For The Ladies'

In Japan, Married ladies shave their
eyebrows and blacken their teeth =
Here they blacken their eyebrows and
WhIten their teeth. ''Matter of tastn ,,
all. o'
In packing summer dresses for tray-
cling roll them up in wrapping paper.
Don't fold them. BY following this
rule the dresses retain their fresh, stiff
appearance, and have no ugly folds or
creases that won't come out
The practical and useful accomplish
ments are beginning to be appreciated
IN the education of females. The
Hartford Female Seminary this year
gave prizes for best bread, and next
year prizes will be given for best gen
| tlemen's shirts-cut made and "done
| up'' by the same hands.
A recent writer says that a lady NAV
be known by the tone of her voice.
A coarse, unrefned woman never has
smooth, pleasant utterance. The voice
can be cultivated so that harshness
and roughness will disapper. The
trouble is that most people are care
less and slovenly about speaking, and
fall into bad habits.
In New Orleans the ladies use fun
ny cosmetics. Young girls grease
their faces at night with citrine ofnt-
ment, which, after long use fades the
trekles. Others wear a mask of buck
skin lined with linen that has been
dipped in wax. This is fitted to the
face so as to exclude the air. Con
slant use soon bleaches the face per
fectly white. Madame Vestris slept
in a paste made of the whites Of eggs
boiled in rose water, to which was ad-
ded half an ounce Of alum and half an
ounce of oil of sweet almunds.
Dio Lewis says pale woman makes
a very good ghost, but not very much
of woman. Such women are afraid
of sunshine. What nonsense! Pale
ness is not health, nor beauty, but the
opposite. No one can have a beauti-
full, healthy, fair complexion without
sunlight. The only grapes that get
perfectly ripe, the only peaches that
take on those beautiful red cheeks and
offer that luscious sweetness, are those
on the outside, where the sun can shine
on them; and the only girls with red
cheeks and sweet breaths-the only
girls who become fully ripe-are those
who baptize themselves in Gods glOr-
ious sunshine Ohio Farmer
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
Queer Story.

The Washington Evening Star print!
a communication making the announce
ment of the supposed existence of {
race of Albinos on the Rio Grandt
river, near Santa Fe. The paper vouch.
es Tor the standing and good charac
ter of the writer.
Ihe communication states that in
the month of July, 1845, the writer
was travelling east from the Pacific. and
seeking a gap or pass through the
mountains, which would lead to the
Rio Grande river, south of Santa Fe.
he found a passage which led into
their country It was canon Of 80
miles in length. From the outlet of
the canon he travelled about mile,
when he found three women and two
children, their skin as white as snow.
Immediately one of the women left the
place in haste, and, about sundown
three men came riding rapidly down
on the finest horses he ever saw
They were well mounted and well
armed. They Immediately dismounted
and disarmed him. They were white
men, such as are frequently seen in
ONAVS~ - Ss 0AA 6OLASbAH4OS III NdlIIOFuIa.
The next morning, early, he was or
dered to mount his mule; one of the
men rode ahead of him, and the two
others followed behind. After riding
about 20 miles they dismounted, and
ordered him to do the same. They
had short confab together, and he
was ordered to mount his mule. They
then gave him all his arms and traps,
with the understanding that he was to
make good time out of the canon, and
continue in that direction without look
ing back.
From that point he travelled over 80
miles before he reached an Indian viii
lage. It was that of tribe of Co
manches. When he told the chief by
signs, that he came out fthose noun
tains, he was afraid of him. He said
that they were the abode of the evil
spirits, and that no Indian that went
into those mountains ever returned
from them.
He describes the country as circu-
lar, surrounded by deep and high
mountains, covered with snow, with
out break or pass. 4..
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
Obliged to Work.

Formerly they were in the enjoy
ment of great wealth, and now, in con-
sequence of the war, they are reduced
to the actual necessity Of working for
q living. Two of the daughters have
opened a school, and work like
slaves"
The condition of the family thus
brought to our notice is not peculiar,
and it touches our sympathy only as 1t.
is followed up by the statement that
it is very hard to find work to do, and
the young ladies cannot secure sehoL'
a-s enough to make their labor proht-
able. .z.....
We know hundreds, and there are
hundreds of thousands of families who
,york for living, as we do, and do
not find it irksome, or hardship, or
an evil Ill-requitted labor is very
hard to bear. But it is better for the
body and the soul, for the family and
the State, that all should have work
to do, and do it. Life is more enjoy
able; even the sleep of the laborlng
men is sweeter than that of the IDLE
and play is more delightful that fol
lows upon work. So that "belng OBJ
liped to work. is not such q dreadful
thing after all. Thank God for some
thing to do. Do it with a will. And
GREAT will be your reward.-IN. Y.
Observer.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
BasWOOd Bark.

The inner bark of the baswood, OF
linden tree, is in Russia manufactured
into a great variety of articles, includ-
ing grain bags, wagon-covers, sails,
ropes, etc. A million trees are annually
required to supply the material, the
value of the products amounting to $2,-
100000. The bark is collected by the
peasants in May and June, when the
circulation ofthe sap renders peeling
easy. The bark of the lower part of the
stem, generally used for roofing, is pro
cured in pieces about ST by 81 feet aad
is heated and pressed to prevent cur
ling. That of the upper part of the
trunk is tied in bundles, and rOtted in
water until September, when it is dried
and ready for weaving. The heaviest
fibre is sold at the Nishni Novgorod
Fair for S24 per cwt.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
Approved June 20, 1871.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 67.]
AN ACT to create two additional land dis
tricts in the State of Kansas.


Be it enacted By the Senate and House of Rep
resentGtiUes of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That all the western
portion of the State of Kansas, included as
follows, to- wit, commencing at the north east
corner of township ten of range sixteen, and
running thence west to the western boundary
of the State; thence south along said bounda-
ry line, to the fourth standard parallel; thence
east, along said parallel line, to tie south east
corner of Rush county; thence north to the
place of beginning, be, and hereby is, consti-
tuted a new land district, to be called the
western land district.
SEE. 2. That all the western portion of the
State of Kansas, included as follows, to-wit,
commencing at the north eastern coner of Bar
ton county, and running thence west to the
northwest corner OF said county; thence south
to the south west corner of said county thence
west along the fourth standard parallel line
to the western boundary of the State; thence
south along said boundary line 10 the south
east corner of Barbour county; thence north
constituted a new land-district, to be called
the Arkansas Valley land district; and shall,
in addition, include in the district the lands
lying in Rice and Reno counties.
SEC. 3. That the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, is here
by authorized to appoint register and a re-
ceiver for each of said districts who shall dis
charge like and similar duties and receive the
same amount of compensation allowed to 9TH
er officers discharging like duties in the other
land offices of said State.
Approved June 20, 1874. '.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
The Grandeur of Faith.

We recently called on lady of cul-
ture and refinement who, having just
taken possession of O new house with
elegant surroundings, had suddenly
been called to face the approach of a
fearful disease that seemed beyond hu-
man power to avert. With loving
husband and winsome daughter, with
home filled with evidences of wealth
and taste, encircled by warm, true
hearted friends, with everything earth
Iy to make life glad and joyous, we re-
marked, "You have everything to live
for. Does it not depress you to think
that all this must be given up if this
disease is not stayed ?" The reply,
simple, earnest, truthful, was, "Why, l
have everything to die for.'
o, the grandeur and beauty of that
faith which sees through the rifted
clouds the glory beyond; which can
say, amid deepest darkness, the morn
ing cometh that faith which, with
things seen and temporal, most beau
tiful and attractive, can raise one up
into full appreciation of the things
that are unseen and eternal; that faith
which bridges over the river, enabling
the believer to tread with firm foot
step and alone the way that leads to
the unknown land; that faith which
will lead one encircled by richest earth
ly gifts to say, ~ have everything to
die for r"-T Advance,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-08-20
Oranges in the South.

1t is admitted by Southern papers
that the establishment of Oranges of
the Order ofthe Patrons of Husband
ry has been productive of many bene
fits to that region. They have given
an impetus to white immigration, SO
much needed to occupy and fertilize
the lands trampled over by hostile
armies, and denuded by the calamities
of civil war. The area of acres plants
ed in cereals has greatly widened in
the last few years, rendering certain
localities independent for home sup
plies of food. Manufactures are also
springing up, wherein the abundant
raw material of the.'South is wrought
into fabrics, which, before the war
were almost entirely imported
Georgia has attained pre- eminence
in this respect. Fhc State now boast
numbers of cotton mills, inwhich sew
eral thousand operatives are employ :
ed, and which impart degree of pros
perity that is felt by all classes and
conditions society. The Patrons have
besides exercised an influence in
toning down he rancor of party spirit,
which had most demoralizing effect
upon industrial pursuits. The avow-
ed object of the Patrons is to stimu-
late the growth of agriculture, and to
improve the condition of those who
engage in it. This mission they have
accomplished, not only in such of the
Southern States as have adopted the
order, but throughout the entire coun.
try, and if they continue to practice
upon the design which has been de
clared to be the paramount object in
their organization, the measure of their
usefulness will be as boundless as the
wide field in which they propose to
conduct their operations.-T Call.