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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
Gas For Iron.

A revolution in manufacturing and an
enormous development Of our exports Of
iron are not unlikely to be the results of
an experiment which has just been quiet
ly and successfully tried in Pittsburg. The
firms of Sprang, Chalfant & Co. and Graf,
Bennett 4 Co. have brough the gas fow-
ing from a well ID miles from Pittsburg
through pipes to their furnaces, and have
successfully substituted it for coal in the
manufacture Of iron. The cost of their
experiment was $4,000, and each expects
to save By this new fuel about 40,O00 q
year The gas is almost pure hydrocarbon,
and comes out Of the ground with such
power as to force itself through l5 miles
of pipe The fuel furnished by the gas
well is equal to about 100000 bushels of
coal day. 1t gives a saving Of more than
20 per cent in making iron, and is, besides,
much cleaner, easier to handle, and more
rapid in heating, than coal. 4 pudding
furnace that it takes several hours to heat
By coal can be heated by this gas in three
quarters Of an hour. a larger gas-well IS
now flowing 3 miles further from Pittsburg,
with such force that the stream Of gas is
thrown flames 100 feet into the air. Its
ownership is in litigation. When this set
tied, and the capitalists, who stand waiting,
are allowed to carry the gas to the city,
the well will furnish, ii is calculated, fuel
enough to run ali the manufactures in
Pittsburg. 1t is easy to see what results
will follow from the general introduction
of this cheap, selffceding, powerful fuel,
but it is impossible to measure them. The
control of the iron manufacture Of the
world would seem to be inevitably ours with
such advantage. Other manufactures VIII
seek the oil and gas belt country. If the
supply of gas remains constant, the trian-
gular district of which Pittsburg is the
apex and the Allegheuies are the base vii
become the greatest manufacturing district
in the world.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
For Charity's Sake.

"Now you just skip out of this, )" said a
big burly deck hand in the ladies' cabin of
a Fulton ferry boat, as he caught thinly-
clad and shivering barefooted boy by the
ear and marched him toward the door
s'Get out op the deck-lively now" The
little fellow had been asking the passengers
for cents and the man had caught him at
it. "Oh, please don't screamed the child
as the deck hand twisted his ecr, "I'll go,
| will" 4 fashionable dressed woman
stepped quickly forward and her silks
rustled and her eyes snapped as she said.
''What has he done; why do you treat the
child SO harshly? ?"
"He's young beggar, mum; and the
rules don't allow beggars on the boats,
mum"
''Let him stay in here" said she, "It's
cold outside. He is barefooted, and so
young, too-why he can't be more than
five or six years DID,"
"He can stay here if he behaves himself
He mustn't beg-its agin the rules, mum, -"
and the big man let go the little ones ear
and stood watching him.
'Poor little fellow" unused the lady,
scanning the boys pale, pinched face
closely" "You look tired and hungry.
I've mind to give you something"
"It's for rum if you give him cent,
mum his folks will take it all away from
him before his foot's put ashore three
minutes" answered the deck hand.
But the kind lady handed the shivering
child one of Uncle Sans crisp fifty cent
promises to pay hereafter, saying, "He GER
tainly needs shoes and something to eat.
mistaken charity" persisted the valiant
employee ave know 'em all-heH get
no good of the money"
"He's welcome to the little gave him,
she answered, and noticing that the passen
gers were regarding he, with interest. she
added ''and believe every person in this
cabin believes am right-and that most
of them are willing to give the poor child
peny or two.
The passengers did agree with her, and
they began dropping money into the little
fellows hat until the episode proved his DO
nanZa.
The boat touched the planking. The
boy skipped to shore and across the street
TO Fulton market. The reporter followed
him round into Beekman street, and saw
him wait on the corner two mintes after
ward saw the well-dressed lady approach
from the other side of the market saw the
boy carfully empty the money into hel
gloved palm, and passing the pair heard hel
say cheerfully, "Well, Dick, l guess wei
try the Roosevelt street boat.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
Errors About Apoplexy.

In conversing with persons about Vice
President Wilson's death and its cause,
have noticed that few have a right concep-
tion of the SYMPTOMS of apoplexy. The
conditions constituting an attack are the
rupture of cerebral blood vessel and con-
sequent hemorrhage or extravasation of
blood into the brain. The effect of an ex-
trayasation of blood into the brain substance
is the same as compression by a depressed
portion Of the skill, because the brain is en-
closed in hard, unyielding bony case.
Under these circumstances the pressure
caused by the extravasated blood interrupts
the circulation in the substance of the brain,
and the apoplectic phenomena, such as
stupor, insensibility, etc., are in fact due to
a deficiency of a proper supply of blood to
the nervous mass The mechanism is prac-
tically the same when apoplexy depends on
sudden and intense congestion, or the plug
ging of cerebral artery by blood elot.
The symptoms of the disease and i'm
mediate causes of death are, therefore, due
to lack of proper supply of blood to the
brain, and not as is generally supposed, to
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
a Philadelphia Surgeons Feat.

Prof William II. Pancoast, Of Jefferson
College, recently performed surgical oper-
alton, which was not only triumph Of sur
gical skill, but the circumstances attending
it are so remarkable, as to render 1t memo
rable in the annals Of surgery. The patient
was a boy from the Reform School. at
Janesburg, \. J. The lad had been suffer
ing from a mysterious affection Of the face,
which appeared to assume the character Of
a lnalfornation of the bone just above the
jaw, and about parallel with the nose 4
running sore was connected with this just
below the right eye, and very painful.
Physicians had been bafied from time to
time to know what to do in the matter, and
to ascertain precisely the cause of his dis
tress. One Of the officers of the institution
brought the boy to Jefferson Medical Col
lege where Prof William II, Pancoast
went to work at the case. The Professor
supposed, while lie was operating, that he
was cutting against bone, but he soon found
that the substance was iron. After con-
siderable labor breech-pin of musket,
two and half inches long, and an inch
wide in the thickest part, was found i'm
bedded in the face 1t was taken out in
the presence Of nearly 800 students, and
when the operating was successfully per-
formed, cheers went up from the whole
audience. 1t was then ascertained that
the boy was injured about fifteen months
ago by the explosion of a musket, and
strange to say, nobody had ary knowledge
IL at the piece Of the musket lock had been
imbedded in the boys face. The boy was
kept under medical treatment, but at last
accounts he was doing well.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
An Ennlish farmnr acnianr

An English farmer accidentally dropped
a grain of wheat among some seeds he was
sowing in his garden, and '.having curl
osity to protect it, gave it every chance to
come TO perfection" The result was sixty
three head (forty very large), containing
3,044 counted kernels, not including some
picked away by an enterprising hen. He
leaves the readers to draw their own conclu-
sions, only adding that, as the result of fre-
quent investigation, he never found more
than twenty-five ears to one root growing
in his fields
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
4 Snake StoTy.

George ". Bal young man of eigh-
teen years, employed on the farm of Nr.
Perry, in Westfeld, Mass. has been accus-
toned to drink. while milking night and
morning, a quantity Of warm milk 4 few
mornings since, filling to take his accus-
toned draught, something came up in his
throat, choking him. and ne fell over sense
less. ! son of Mr. Perry was surprised to
see a snakes head protruding from Balls
mouth, but on attempting to seize 1t the
serpent retreated down his throat. 4
powerful emetic was administered, and in a
short time the young man vomited up a
hooked adder" two feet eight inches long,
and about as thick as two fingers Of man s
hand. 1t lived only five minutes Ball
probably carried the serpent for at least
twelve years, as he was accustomed to drink
from small brook when boy. Since
parting from his tenant his health has great
ly improved, and his appetite IS little more
acknowledgement Jaion.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

-At Norwich, Conn, the other day a
tramp was given an old vest. lie soon re-
turned with FIVE dollar bill he found in
enc of the pockets. The gentleman of the
house was so well pleased with his honesty
that he gave him dollar, and the next
day discovered that the bin vas a wretehed~
ly executed counterfeit.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

In Virginia, Nh Allen Hannah has
married Miss Hannah Allen, and now Miss
Hannah Alien IS Mrs. Hannah Hannah,
and is, perhaps, the only woman in the
world whose whole name can be spelled
backward the same as forward That's
what's the matter with IIannah-NelC
York Commercial 4drertiSsr.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

The short-horned cattle sales in Ken
tucky this month will figure up over half
million Fifteen head we're sold for &c.
9T2 90-an average Of S464S;i per head
One herd of 73 cattle brought S123 45o,.
an average of 81 ,G9l 90 per head
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

At the request of number of farmers
of Cumberland county, n. j., Prof. Cook,
State Geologist, has made an analysis of
potatoes on which Paris Green had been
used at the rate of 10 pounds to an acre,
which destroyed the leaves, but the crop
came out good. No trace of arsenic could
be found in either the peelings or potatoes
In the test
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

William Alden, an Englishmen, residing
in Cleveland, Ohio, chopped his wife's head
off with an axe on Saturday, and then at
tackled his stepdaughter with an axe aud
hammer, and also severely injured Mrs,
Benton. who interferred TO save the step-
daughter. Both the wounded women are
expectinr 70 die from their wounds.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

y Doy!estown young LAZY caught
tramp stealing things from her mothers
clothes line, She didn't faint, but She
cody picked up broosastick, and that
tramp went away with headache.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

Iowa has heller which recently climb
ed up a ladder into hay loft. She was
prabably looking for the cow that jumped
over the moon.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
CUSTOM WORK.

Persons having deformed feet; bunions or corns, or
children with weak ankles, crooked limbs, can have
here class materials and al reasonable prices
Shoes made to suit their cases. =,
Having lad Z large experience in New York We feel
r,n6ent that we can st customers zs 70 qualities ana
riea s o. our goods both for general and special sale
are warranted 70 be represented Please give u
call examine our goods and materials consisting Of
eores glazed French. Mat and French Calf Kid long
Grained Brush and Pebbled Goat Morocco French and
American calf and Kip skins, all of which will be
cbeerfIIy shown 10 those VINO may call Intending 10
make a first rate wearing article have nothing to
conceal either in stock make from the public but
would invite their closest scrutiny -
IuIv = s55-tf Il. Z. CROMMETT co.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

The town of Greeley, Colorado, wraps
itself up comfortable over the reflection
that ten thousand buffalo hides will be con-
verted into robes there, this winter.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23

The corn crop of Missouri is enormous,
selling in some counties 3. Is cents eushsl.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
SOMETHING NEW
4 SHOE MANDATORY.

The undersigned would respectfully give notice that
thew have established Williams Hall building cor
ner Of George and Monroe streets, >troudsburs Pa
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
SHOE MANUFACTORY,

for the making Of al kinds Of Lady's and Genilemens
and ChiIdren's Boots and Shoes and CpPcrs faFtieu
lar attention paid -
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
D P. j. L 8 II It z,
SURGEON { MECHANICAL DENTIST

'- rs .s o-ice Main street in the second story
~. atoms u-lcE bu.i4inC. nearly opposite the
51-r5 lio-s-. ard ns Eaters himself that oy eigh-
80 ears constant practice and the earnest and
'-i s,-ei5a % al matters pertaining TO his pro-
s.- mar nc l. fully able 70 perform ali operations
"a -e-1- line la the most careful and skllful man
a attention given % saving the Natural Teeth !;
-. g. 3 '21 i-seuion II Artificial Teeth Rubber,
.-'@T ~ Continuous Gums, and perfec: FITS In al
s, persons know The great folly and danger OF en-
s5s-T work % te mex Perienced 70 those liT
--- - distance April I3, Is7t.-tf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-12-23
SINGLE-SEATED CARRIAGES,
~ith TOP or without top, all styles.
Delivery and Express Wagons,

Of different styles shipped order All work warrant
"a in every particular for one year. viii make 10 or
der anv stvie Of Carriage light Buggy that may be
wanted None but frs; class work leaves my shop !
use only first Glass stock and employ first class work
men and feel confident that give entire satsfac
ton 10 all Who may purchase my work All orders by
mail shall receive prompt attention Hoping that
NAV able furnish the citizens Of StrOudsUurG and
yjrntv With any thing that they may want in my line.
address all orders 70 -
LEANDER EMERY,
Harcngo, Calhoun County, Michigan.
April q iS-J.-Iy.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-11
The Louisville Lottery.

The fifth and last drawing Of the
Louisville Library Association, which
took place on the 9th nltimO, has
aroused general Indignation among
ticket holders. The first postpone.
ment was male from July to NOvem
Der 30th. The second postponcment
was made to February 9th, 1875
When this last postponement was
made the Louisville Library Associa
ton, through its managers, published
rs n fact worth knowing that already
four liilhs of the tickets had been sold
and the money received therefor was
safely deposited in the Drovers Bank,
in tho city of Louisville. The total
number of tickets to be ssld amounted
to one hundred thousand, each for $50
thereby making the total amount TO bt
derived into the fund five million dol
lars. Had four. ffths of the entire
number of tickets been sold, as the
Courier. journal alleged had been done
the amount turned into the association
would be four million dollars.
Now, with II ~postponement Of the
drawing to the 9th of February it was
natural 10 expect a further sale o.
tickets. In fast, says the Memphis
Appeal, "a large per centage of the
onc-ffth of the tickets remaining has
been sold, yet the total sum allowed to
be drawn was but S950,000, when il
should have been $4,000, 600 at least,
allowing that only four Gfths Of tue
tickets had been sold. This would
have given the Library Association
the bcneli. Of 100000, this sum be.
ing the half Of four iifths Of $4,000.
600. However. no such thing was
done, and instead of the prizes being
reduced ore. 9Th merely, a reduction
Of sirty two per cent. is made"
The Appeal asks if no tickets have
been sold since the last of November"
and states that the agency IN Memphis
sold, within a few days before the
drawing. s13 900 worth Of tickets, aud
wants the Library Association to in.
form the public of the reason for the
reduction OF s~ixty-two per
cent. Query: Can't ticket.holdcrs
bring suit against the Association?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-11

Victoria C. Woodruff has addressed
to several New York papers q letter in
reference to certain remarks made in
regard to her by Gen. Tracy, one OF
the counsel for Beecher. She goes ON
to say:
MY name has been handled and
banded about, both by tue press and
parties to the case, as if it could be
done to, whatever degree with impuni,
ty; as if any cpitiets were jlstiiiable
that could be made the vehicle of the
embosomed venom that has been
ranking in ONE breasts ever since l
made tins scandal public. If the par
ties to the defense are really as anx,
ious to know the precise character of
Dir. Tilton's relations with me, ms their
diligence in hunting and pumping all
of my employees would seem to indi-
cate. why DO they not inquire Of me?
| assure them that l can give some in
formation that they will not be liable
70 get elsewhere, not only about Mr..
Tilton, but about some of the rest of
the crowd, if permitted. Dare they
call me? That is the question. Or
are they afraid of the woman whose
name they toss about with so much
freedom, while the name OF, or refer
ence to, every other woman connected
with the parties to the case is carefully |
excluded? Have both sides agreed
not to call me, so hat they may make
whatever use Of my name, and intro
duce any testimony they may elect to
blacken it, without fear of being con-
lradicted and without giving me any
opportunity for vindication? Is this
The game they are playiug2 If so, it
will not avail them. The great public,
which is by far the most importsn,
ury in the case. is scrutinizing every
'ct of the trial rigidly, and it is sus.
pretty widely, that l know
more. and perhaps could tell more,
acts than any likely to be wrung from
ny o! the witnesses who, it is now
understood, are to be put upon the
tand.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-11

to teach prejudice was disarmcd, and
he always found ready and willing lis,
tcners. Here Is the great mistake ana
fault Of the church people Of our day
The poor are Of themselves. They are
always with them, They are one with
thcm--the same souls, the same proba'
ton, the same destiny. 1t takes a mean
and myopic vision to detect the trivial
accidents which distinguish them. lhc
poor are not a distinct class, The soul
Of every individual among them Is
worth as much as the soul OF him who
sits in the highest seat IN the church
and makes himself the chief support oil
tho pastor. Do preachers remember
thisf Is it as grateful for them TO
work earnestly for such souls rs Tor
those of the sleepy occupants oil the
luxurious pews2 Is the manner OF the
preacher as d%ercrential 10 the poor rs
10 the richY Why should ii not be so :
In either case he should see himself
only as in the presence OF q soul, ana
surely nothing in his eyes can trans
cend the value of this. These qucs'
lions, we know, arc often in the minds
of christian men and women, ana
doubtless they furnish many q perplcX'
ing problem for those who are earnest
y cudeavoring to preach the gospel,
We trust these hints OF ours VIII ne'
lie misjudgcd.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-11
Non-R Resident Notice.
j. NJ. Russey VS.. The Heirs of Eliza Wag-
ner, decd, ct ais.

J. M. Russey VS.. The Heirs of Eliza Wag
ner, deed, ct ais.
Upon motion, and it appearing to til,
satisfaction of the Clerk Il Master, from
compliments Petition in above cause
which is sworn to. that the defendants
ThOs. III. COley Il wife Eliza COley, C. G..
Taylor 4 wife Teresa Il. Taylor. and w.
Palmer Il wife Susan Ella Palmer. are
nOn-residents of the State of Tennessee. so
that the ordinary process of law cannot
be served upon them.
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four successive weeks in the
Home journal, published in Winchester,
Tenn, requiring said nonresident defend
ants TO appear on or before the 4th Mon
day in June next, before the Chancery
Court mt Winchester, Franklin county,
Tenn. and plead, answer or demur to
compliments bill, OF the same will be ia
ken for confessed and set for hearing ex
parte as to them.
Witness my hand, at Office in Winches-
ter, Tenn, this Feb. 10th. 1873.
I. III. FINCH, C. Il NJ.
mar4-4w AZ
Fitzpatrick, Gregory " Davis, Solicitors
for Petitioner.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-11
COurier-JOurnal Items.

The New York Tribune thinks that
Chambers notorious laxity of morals
in public and private" contributed not
a little to his recent defeat. No doubt
of it. The Radical party of to day is
pure and virtuous itself, that a maj
whose moral character is not as pure
and unsullied as the icicles which hung
from Diana's temple, stands no more
chance of securing its support than an
idiot would have stood twenty years
ago Of being elected to the Presidency.
An exchange says that "no Russian
ever talks about the weather" Then,
if they have no Beecher- Tllton scandal,
and no Congress made up principally
Of ring thieves and idiots, what the
dickens do they talk about?
After all, was not John Young
Brown wrong2 If we had to describe
all that is pusillanimous in war, cow
ardly in peace, forbidden in morals, in
famous in politics, and damnable in
everything, we should call it-well,
upon the whole, we should call it But.
lerism too.