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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10

PUMPS FREEZISG.-It is common TO have
a small hole in the pump tube few feet
below The exposed portions, to let of the
water and prevent its freezing. Where this
provision has not been made. the same re-
suit may be reached by placing small
nail. tack. or small wire just under one
edge OF the edge of the leather valve which
retains the water. sinking it partly into the
leather TO hold it. This will cause a small
leak, and the water will not remain long
enough 10 freeze. 1t is needed only in
Winter. Much labor is often spent TO little
purpose TO remove the solid ice in pumps.
1t may be done very easily, and with as
tonishing rapidly, by setting the end of
lead or other tube within the pump on the
ice. and pouring hot water down this tube
by means OF funnel. The tube carries the
hot water directly and constantly right
against the ice Annual Register OF Ru-
raj Affairs.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10
THE MEDICINE THAT CURES
VEGET F.

Taking into considerat ion the character OF its
vouchers, the history OF its cures and the i'm
mense increasing demand, NEGETtNE may be fair.
iy entitled the leading medicine of the age.
For scrofula in the blood, NEGErISE is an in
falliole remedy and no person need suffer from
humors. ulcers. and all diseases arising from i'm
pure blood, IL VEGsriSE Is used according to di-
rections. There is not case Of scrofula IN eNis-
tence that NEGErINE will not cure prov ided, how
ever. the vital functions have not lost their power
OF action all that may be said the contrary not
withstanding.
NEGEIIsE is pleasant to the taste, mild in Its
influence, and obsolnte in its action disease AS
the following unquestionah.e evidence will show.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10

For TIE HAIR.-An excellent hair tonic.
preventing the hair from falling out. and
al the same time stimulating new aud
healthy growth, is made as follows; ScalI
two ounces OF black tea with one gallon OF
boiling water; strain aud add three ounces
Of glycerine, half an ounce Of tincture Of
cantharides, and one quart Of bay rum.
Nix well by shaking and them perfume TO
taste.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10

Here now is advice TO farmers. 1t is
old but good:
"He who by farming woold git rich,
Must dig, and so, and plant, and sieh;
Work hard all day, sleep hard all mite,
Save every cent, and not git ute.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10

In Germany 1920 out Of every 10000
Of the population are under school instruc-
ton; in Great Britain, LOO; in France.
l,lG0; in Belgium, LII ; in Austria and
Hungary, SO; and in Russia. $50
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10
HANCOCK HOUSE |

This House is centrally located and has recent
ly been thoroughly repaired and reiurnished
throughout
The proprietor intends to give ersonal atten.
ton to the table and the wants of his guests and
hatters himself that he can now furnish as good
accommodations as can be found in the city
good Stable, and q faithful Ostler always on
N~ld. GEO. GOULD,
West End of Union River Bridget
Ellsworth, Sept. 30, ls5. lyr3
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10
For Sale.

THE privilege TO cut wood and lumber on the
/ Sullivan Granite Company's land, can be
obtained by applying 10 their Agent
FRANK S. HODGMAN, Agent,
3mos45' Sullivan, Name
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10

fTkR an extensive practice Of upwards Of
~ Thirty years. continues to secure Pa'ents in
the United states also in Great Britain, France
And other foreign countries. Caveats, ~peciaca-
lions, Assignmcnts, and all other papers for Pa
tents, executed reasonable terms. with dis
patch. Researches made 10 determine the validity
and stlity OF Patents Of Inventions, and legal
and other advice rendered in all natteTa tsuoh
the same. Copies Of the claims OF any patent
furnished by RENTING one dollar. Assignments
recordedia Washington.
No dgeney iH the URnei States possesses sup crior
faei!ife4 or obtaining Patents Gsceridinins tie
pa:eEfabt!ity OF intentions.
All necessity OF journey TO Washington to
procure a Patent, an the Ksual grcatdslay there
here saved inventors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-02-10
Boarding For Horses.

THE SUBSCRIBER has leased a stable on
i Franklin Street. opposite II. joys Blacksmith
Shop where he will keep horses by the hour day
or week Jas low any other place. All persons in
trusting their horses to as, may be assured thar
they will receive good care and good feed.
GEO. p. OsGooD.
Ellsworth, Nov. Is, 1875. %Stf
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
The Wonderful Salt Mountains of Ne
Vada.

One mile above the ferry the Virgin
river comes in from the North, and on and
near it is perhaps, the most wonderful and
extensive salt formation, on the continent.
The formation, is in fact, one of the noun
tains of SALT hard rock salt which is blasted
and quarried out like quarries of granite
and marble. Commencing six miles up
the Virgin river, these mountains of salt
extend for thirty or more miles up the
Virgin and Muddy rivers. There are open
ings now made from six to twenty miles up
the Virgin river at different places From
six to twelve miles up these openings un-
cover species of dark gray salt, ninety
two per cent. pure, presenting to the
caSural observer the appearance of common,
coarse, gray granite. These openings are
all on the east side of the Virgin river, from
one fourth to one-half mile from its banks.
At point twenty miles up the river, and
on the western side, is mountain of pure
white crystalized salt white as the driven
snow and transparent almost as glass. 1t
IS at once pleasing and interesting spcca-
Gle to see the great masses Of crystal like
salt, as thrown out by three or four foot
blasts, These pure and beautiful blocks
resemble somewhat blocks Of the purest ice
when prepared for the ice house On plac-
ing Il mass six inches thick over the column
of newspaper, the fine print could be read
easily. The formation of the salt deposit
isno doubtvcry ancient, dating back in years
beyond computation. Long since the de-
posit was made, the great upheavals and
earthquake era have occurred, which have
changed the whole appearance Of the coun-
try for great distances around. These salt
bluffs or mountains, can bcidentifed for long
distances by the peculiar color of the surface,
which is of reddish or orange color I'm
derneath this formation, as well as in it, is
a peculiar kind Of micaceous sedimentary
granite. [ found sufficient evidence to
warrant the assumption that veins of valu-
able mica will yet be discovered in or near
the salt formation The whole country is
deserving of thorough investigation by both
the miner, prospector and the student.
Another very interesting natural curiosity
visited and examined here is a natural salt
well, mile northwest of the ferry. 1t is
on a mesa which extends up and down the
IINGI, Ou It's uOIIuClu Ddllh. IHlS uneSd Is
drift formation formed of small pebbles
and boulders mixed with earthly matter.
The well is large circular opening in the
mesa, some 800 feet in circumlerences, with
abrupt descent to the surface of the well,
which is fifty feet below the surface. The
water is exceedingly salty, far more so than
any salt spring, and has been sounded to a
depth of 137 feet. 1t is splendid natural
salt bath; in which the bather floats almost
as buoyant as a cork upon pool of water.
From careful examination of all the sur
rounding, [ feel confident that this interest
ing salt well is all that is left of once great
salt lake, which, in the lapse of time, has
been filed III by the draft formation, only
leaving the present opening as an evidence
of its former existence.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
Sweet Oil for Poison.

\ farmer writes to the College Coura,t.
at is now over twenty years since | heard
that sweet oil would cure the bite of rat
tlesnake, not knowing that it would cure
other kinds of poison. Practice and ex-
perience have taught ME that it viii cure
poison of any kind, both on man and beast.
The patient must take spoonful of it in
ternally, and bathc the wound for cure.
To cure horse, it takes eight times as
much as for man. One of the most ex-
treme cases of snake bite occurred eleven
years ago. 1t had been thirty days stand
ing, and the patient had been given up by
his physicians. gave him spoonful Of
the oil, which effected cured. 1t will
cure bloat in cattle caused by fresh clover
1t will cure the sting of bees, spiders or
other insects, and persons who have been
poisoned by low running vine called
iVy
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
How to Clean Carpets.

If brooms are wet in boiling suds once
a week they will become very tough, will
not cut carpet, but last much longer,
and always sweep like new broom. y
handful or so of salt sprinkled on the car
pet will carry the dust along with it and
make the carpet look bright and cleam. a
very dusty carpet may be cleand by set
ting pail of cold water out by the door,
wet the broom III it, knock it to get off all
the drops, sweep yard or so, then wash
the broom as before and sweep again, be-
ing careful to shake all the drops off the
broom, aud not sweep far at a time. Ii
done with care it will clean a carpet very
nicely, and you viii be surprised at the
quantity of dirt in the water. The water
may need changing once or twice if the
carpet is very dirty. Snow sprinkled over
a carpet and swept off before it has time
to melt and dissolve, is also nice for reno
waiting soiled carpet. Moistened Indian
meal is used with good effect by some
housekeepers. The broom wears out car
pets quite as much as feet do.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
Industry.

Independently of the wealth, influence,
and greatness which industry gains for us,
it carries along with it another great ad-
vantage-it is conducive to the preserve
tion of health. All things in nature are
preserved in their native purity and per-
fection, in their sweetness and in their
lustre, by motion but, when resting they
become corrupted or de6led The air,
when it is famed by breezes, is pure and
wholesome but, when inactive, it is thick
and putrid. Metals, when in use, are
smooth and sparkling but, when laid by,
they contract rust. The soil, when titled,
yields corn but, when fllow, it is over
grown with weeds and thistles. In fact,
everything in nature is preserved in its
proper condition by constant agitation.
So the mental and bodily faculties of man,
when in constant exercise are preserved
and improved; but when unemployed,
they become dull and heavy, as if they
had contracted rust BY industry alone,
then, do we preserve our healths and per-
feet our natures.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
A Sample Case.

CHAPTER LIT was New Years morn
ing. He had been thinking deeply for a
day or two, and there was IA Spartan look
on his face as he sat down to breakfast.
He was unusually quiet, though he said
he never felt better in his life
CHAPTER I-Rising from the table he
drew forth his tobacco box, and said to his
wife:
Hannah, I'm going to quit the weed" o."
"Nor'
eyes, I am I've been a slave to the dis
gusting habit for forty years, but now I'm
done with it Come here, Hannah"
She followed him to the door, and he
flung the box out far into the back yard
CHAPTER III.-Four days had passed.
Dried pumpkin, cloves, spices, gum, and
dried beef had been chewed in place of the
accustomed quid. The family cat had been
kicked out of doors the dog had fed the
hired girls nose was up; every peddler in
town came to the door.
"But you will stick to your resolution,
won't you ?" asked his WIFE
II will or die p he replied
CHAPTER LAsT.-It was dark A man
sneaked around the house-on his knees in
the paved around fingers clutched
an object-lid flew open-moved his right
hand to his mouth "Yum But what
a fool | was p
Moral Don't learn to chew.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
Thoughts for Saturday Night.

No fool can be silent at feast.
Next to faith in God is faith in labor.
The greatest pleasure of life is love.
To live long, it is necessary to live slow
ly.
In bringing up child, think Of its old
age.
Love can hope where reason would de-
spair.
Indolence and stupidity are first cousins.
The miserable have no other medicine
but hope.
While we are reasoning concerning life,
life is gone
The love which arises suddenly is the
most difficult to cure.
We can do more good by being good
than in any other way.
TO give pain is the tyranny, to make
happy the true empire Of beauty.
He shall be immortal who liveth till he
is stoned by one without fault
/ think it best not to dispute where
there is no probability of convencing.
As words can never be recalled, speak
only such words as you never wish to re-
call.
Our souls must become expanded by the
contemplation of natures grandeur before
we can fully comprehend the features of
man.
1t is the mind that makes us rich and
happy in what condition soever we are /;
and money signifies no more to 1t than it
does to the gods.
We do not take possession of our ideas,
but are possessed by them. They master
us and force us into the arena, where, like
gladiators, we must fight for them.
Enjoy the flowers on your pathside bat
do not spend too much of your pilgrim
time and strength, too many of your pre-
cious sunlit hours, to stoop and gather
them.
Let us carefully observe those good
qualities wherein our enemies excel US, and
endeavor to excel them by avoiding what is
excellent in them.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
NO. 3.
No Rest.

Science teaches us that the crust Of OUT
earth is perpetually moving, and that the
sea level is constantly changing. Our globe
has its daily rotation on its axis and its
yearly revolution about the sun The sun,
with all its satellites, sweeps on towards u
moving point in the constellation Hercules
Every so-called "fxed STAR is iii Motion
Fifty thousand years ago the constellation
of the Great Bear, or Dipper, was IA starry
cross. \ hundred thousand years hence
the imaginary Dipper viii be upside down,
and the stars which form the bowl and
handle will have changed places. The
misty nebulae are moving, and, besides, are
whirling around in great spirals one
way, some another. Every molccule of
matter in the whole universe is swinging
to and fro every particle of either which
fills space is in jelly-like vibration Light
is one kind Of motion, heat another, cleo
tricity another, magnetism another, sound
another. Every human sense is the result
Of motion. Every PERCEPTION, every
thought is but motion of the molecules
of the brain translated by that incom-
prehensible thing we call .'mind" The
processes of growth, of existence, of de-
cay, whether in worlds or in the minutcst
organisms, are but motion.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
Iron Rust a Cause Of Fire.

The rather old notion that fires may be
caused by iron rust is thus defended by a
recent English writer: When oxide of iron
is placed in contact with timber, excluded
from the atmosphere, and aided by slightly
increased temperature, the oxide parts with
its oxygen, is converted into very finely
divided particles of metallic iron having
such an affinity for oxygen that, when after
ward exposed to the action Of the atmos-
phere from any cause, oxygen is absorbed
so rapidly that these particles become sud
denly red hot, and, if in sufficient quantity,
will produce temperature far beyond the
ignitibIe point of dry timber. Wherever
iron pipes are employed for the circulation
of and heated medium (whether hot water,
hot air or steam, and whenever these pipes
are allowed to become rusty, and are also in
close contact with timber, it is only necessary
to suppose that under these circumstances the
finely divided particles of metallic iron be
comes exposed to the action Of the atmos-
phere, (and this may occur from the mere
expansion or contration Of the pipes) in
order to account for many of the fires which
periodically take place at the commence
ment of the winter season.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
5000 REWARD!
Z S S & N G
FaOII S'E'ROUDSBURG

4 tall-complexioned YOUNG MAN, aged
) #. 6 in, height l50 lbs. Had on when last
seen two pairs of swallow-tailed sealskin
trousers, fashionable mutton outlet waiscoat,
with deIirium trimmings; doubie-barrelled
frock coat, with horse collar and sausage
lining patient leather-bottom top shoes, laced
up at the sole, and buttoned inside.
lie is deaf and dumb of one eye and hard
of hearing with the other, with slight squint
in his eve teeth stoops very up right with a
loud impediment in his look, chignon on up
per lip with whiskers bitten off short inside /;
mouth like a torn pocket; hair of deep scarlet
blue and parted from ear to yonder; Calves of
legs rising / years, to be sold cheap on ac,,
count of the dearness of milk; very liberal
with other peoples money, and well known to
a good templar, having been eleyenteen years
a member Of the l. 0. G. T. q Often Get
Tight Society.
ANY one who knows of his whereabouts will
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15


The Memphis Ledger says that fruit and
eggs are now being shipped from that city
to cities North in large quantities.
The price of wool is so low in California
that many sheep raisers have commenced
killing their stock for the skin and tallow.
The State Prison at Concord has more
than paid expenses for the last year The
earnings were 1899 and the expenses
S15,S2l.
The fund which has been collected as
testimonial to Captain Webb, who swami
across the English Channel, now amounts
to about $4,000.
Fifteen eels, weighing forty-fve pounds,
were, few days ago, taken out of water
wheel in Templeton, Mass. The largest
eel weighed five and three-quarter pounds.
There arrived at the port of New York
last year from the West Indies y, 5000
oranges, about 600, 600 punches of bananas,
5,250,0OO pineapples, aud 7,5O0,OOO cocoa
nuts. 49,
The other day Black Hills stage driver
under-t took to horsewhip his passengers into
getting out and pushing up the hill, but
the gold-seekers ompted their revolvers into
him few times, held a coroners inquest,
and found that he died of pneumonia.
"You cannot keep me down" shouted
a somewhat windy orator at public meet
ing; though may be pressed below the
waves, | rise again; you will find that |
come to the surface, gentlemen. "Yes,
said an old greaser in the audience, ''you
come to the surface to blow"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
For Sick Headache.

Two teaspoonfuls of finely powered char
coal, drank in half tumbler of water, will
often give relief to the headache, when
caused, as in most cases it is, by super
abundance Of acid in the stomach.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15

esThat is what | call finished sermon, !"
remarked man as he was coming out of
church 4Yes, finished at last, replied his
neigbhor, though I began to think it
would never be.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15

/ - you kno e1thaf =. RI.
tssr.' ';5SS5aFty I, Sons are ! only Under
hssesli - T. > Toudsburg who herstands their
b aar 2s II not, attend aineral managed
Vii Sea 9iner aer Undertaken town, and you
'aae Is, '74-tf ''-'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
Burns and Scalds.

For burns and scalds take the white of
an egg and apply Immediately as plaster,
and the pain will cease almost instantly.
This recipe is nearly always on hand in
most families, and nothing can be found
better.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DEM

These superior and Beautifully finished in
,1'A9a,s so far cclipsed tlfr competitor in
,""ae purity, sweetness an delicacy of tone,
e 10 carry of the first and dy premium Civ
~ =. 10 exhibitors Of reed Orgls at the Monroe
''e54'y ey Fair held Septembeg5, 1874.
Oal-h1 III SIGAFIrS.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-06-15

ANY one who knows of his whereabouts will
please report at the
, 1876-01-31

from tl1e soutb, md II shey nro granted, aa
they probably will 30 fur ~ tho Dcmocrntio
House ia concerned, almost auy of thom will
cnt up MI tho checso.rnring retrencllment 1t
is proposed to practice on the cost Of sup.
porting tho cadets at West Point, and in re-
ducing tho pay Of the officers Of tho army
and tho salaries of the diplomatic SERVICE
The impwlont claim OF Texas spooula-
tors for what Is called defending tho
frontier from 1876 To 1851, during tho
blessed rule Of JAMES BUCHANAN, calta for
sl,63G,4l7. This nlone will consume tho
savings on tho salaries Of tho Foreign Minis
tcrs md Consuls, and on army officers md
West Point cadets. To satisfy tho above l;st
of claims will croato an immense deficiency
TINT will hive to 10 suppliol by increasing
taxation. And If this bo not done, tho Gour-
cr-s'oar7aAt calls 1t injustice to tho South |
Tho figures VIC hnvo presented abovo are no
less suggestive as applied to the much-
vnuntod Democraticpromises of rotronchmont
and reform. Without taking into account
the hundrcd-1nillion subsidy to Ton sco17's
proposed Credit Mobilor construction ring
for his Arizona & Now Mexico Railroad,
for which tho CouricrJouraal is continually
howling, or tho refunding Of tho sixty mill
ions Of cotton ta1 to tho spoculators who
hold the claims or the multitude of Oonfcd-
crate personal claims for pay and relief that
are pouring In from all parts Of tho South,
VIC submit to TINT paper that tho South Is
making up for lost timo while it had ono leg
out of tho Union in very industrious and
, 1876-01-31

In n recent nrticlo upon the tclegraphic
announcement TINT tho oxtrorno Ritualists In
tho English Church wero negotiating with
tue Vatican, preliminary to secession from
the Established Church to Rome, wo took oc-
caaion to doubt tho truth Of tho announce
nent, and pronounced it MS in all probability
a religious sensation. Such now appears to
DO tho caso. The poeo della Verita, printed
in nomo, stranuously denios tho existence of
any such negotiations. In addition to this,
the Rev. FnEDEn1oE GEonoE LEE, tho Vicnr
OF AL Saints, Lambeth, who WAS credited
with tho letter to Archbishop MANNING md
the promotion Of tho petition to tho Pope, Inns
written d letter to the Manchester Guardian
Indignantly denying my connection with it.
The London Morning Post nrd Now York
Herald will evidently have to try again.
, 1876-01-31

aels IN tho Arctic soa engaged in tho pursuit.
OF right whalcs amounted TO 1884 barrels OF
wl'alo md walrua oil, md 14,0o0 pounds of
whn1obono,-the largest average Of nuy sca-
son since 1870. Tho pursuit OF sperm whnlcs
has bcon only moderately successful. Tho
entire imports Of whalo oil during tho yoar
amounted to 42,C17 barrels; OF sperm oil,
0l.5o1; md Of whnlebono to 872, ,8O3 pounds,
tho imports for tho District Of Now Bed
ford being far in excess of those ut Province
town, Boston, Edgartown, Now London,
Now York, and Snn Francisco. The supply
OF oil Is thus fully up 10 tho tlomand.