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FOOling With u Quaker.

lie was peaceaDle. looking man, with
a quiet looking horse attached to an un-
attractive sleigh, with unOstentatious
bells. He wore widc-rimmed hat and
shad d-bellied coat, as be drove easily
down the South Euston hill, jSurneyng
from Bucks county to the land Of North
ampton. lie was observed by fellow OF
the species rough, whom much Ioaiing had
made impudenI, and who lifted up his
yawp:
"S-a,a-y hat, where you going with
that mani"
"Vcrily, I journey beyond the river
friend,' mildly responded the Quaker,
Sand thither goeth my hat also"
"Iold up and take fellow along, can't
you?' called out the man Of wrath.
NAY, friend, my business and inclina-
tons forbid it."
"I'll soon fix that" and the fool ran
forward and jumped on the runner.
"Verily, friend, if thee insists upon
getting into my vehicle will even help
thee" and the man of pence reached out
right hand as resistless as an oyster
dredge. 1t caught the youth around his
throat worse than Il four-year old diphth-
eria, jcrked him into the sleigh and
slammed him down among the straw,
where he got tramped on by apair of No
13 cowhdes until he thought he had got
caught in shower Of pile drivers. FL
nally he got Il kick that lifted him clear
over the side of the sleigh and ran his
head into the bank by the roadside, where
he dwindled down in heap like gum
shoe discouraged by street car, and
murmured as he rubbed his ensanguined
nose in the snow:
"Who'n bazesd ever thought the
cast iron man'd gone around with steam
up an disguised rs blamed old Qua
ker."-EaStOn Free Press.
, 1878-04-26

SCHUYLKIIL COUNTY, Pa, has twelve
female postmasters.
, 1878-04-26

r,Trc culture is very interesting and
49,, .,-..lag crop is very beautiful. TIE
,rrr. at maturity are from live to eigh,
C,,,ll-u. they ne wr,! shaped and uu,hy,
rl,B glossy d.rk--rruu iodtT', aud
,.,rtrI ,i-htur nine ,crt apart. Tue flow
-. CLUSTERS at 'u. root ni tuc leaves, and
49,. small. but pure White and very irag-
-sot The fruit hl, rich color, and IL
.,uhl,,a small cherry or large cranberry
/, GROWS in clusters, close tu the brancuc-,
.rd when il bccumc, deep red j, ripe
and ready % be gathered. Tue trees arc
,,i.rd irtm seed, and DO not begin To-
Weld until the third year. In Ce-tral
America they bear well for twelve or
dltcen years, although, in exceptional
cases, trees twenty years old will yield
an abundance of fruit. The tree is par
ticuIarly beautiful when in full bloom
or when laden with ripe fruit
The process Of preparing coffee fer
market Is AS follows: The ripe berries
when picked are at first put through anna
chine called the "despulpador,' which
removes the pulp; the coffee grains, OF
which there are two in each berry, are
still covered with sort of glutinous sub
stance which adhGres to the bean they are
now spread out on large "patios," made
specially for this purpose, and left there,
being occasionally tossed about and turned
over with wooden shovels until they are
perfectly dry. They are then gathered
up and put into the ''retrilla," a circular
trough in which a heavy wooden wheel,
shod with steel, is made to revolve, so as
to thoroughly break the husk without
crushing the bean. The chaff is scpara.
ted from the grain by means of a tanning
mill, and the coffee is now thoroughly
dry aud clean. After this, it is the Gus
tom of some planters to have it spread
out on long tables and carefully picked
over by the Indian women and children,
all the bad beans being thrown out. 1t
only remains then to have it put into bags,
weighed and marked, before it is
ready for shipment to the port. On
some of the larger plantations this pro.
cess is greatly simplitied, with consider,
able saving in time and labor, by the use
of improved machinery for drying and
cleaning the cotfee.-Scr5bner.
, 1878-04-26
A EnmilY Of Exclusives.

The Reading lpa.) Times thus describes
the members of family residing in the
neighboring township. Of Albany
"KuukeI is the name OF the family
which consists Of five pcrsons--iour old
bachelors and one OH maid brothers and
sister, who are bound together 10y the
most alltctiunatc ties, and refuse to be
.cuarutcd. The sister is in her sevcutieth
wear, and il noted tor her excellent man
ugcment, welding IA great influence over
her younger brothers, who range in aye
from fifty to sixty.liye years, the youngest
being upward OF fifty years old. They
are over six feet tall, aud possessed Of
hercuean frames. The farm upon which
they live was acquired by their ancestors
over Il century ago. Their house WAS
erected more than one hundred years ago,
after the style of the first settlers, split
logs for floor, filled up with clay. They
do all their own work, and are neat and
clean in all they do. Their farm is in an
excellent condition, and produces annu-
ally large crops. They do not have their
horses shod in the winter, only in the
summer. In winter the shoes are re-
moved, and the horses are not taken fur.
ther than to water. They carry all their
grain to mill, and back on their shoulders,
never using the horses for this purpose.
Their barnroof and a number of their
out. buildings are thatched with straw.
The family is much respected and report.
ed to be wealthy. A child, who married
a number of years ago, has been utterly
discarded, her singular brothers and Sis
ter having paid her the portion to which
she was entitled out of her fathers es-
tate, and refusing to have further inter
course with her. This curious family re-
sides near Wesnersville, in Albany town
ship, and have never been out of the
country, and it is believed never out of the
township. They are said to have rela-
tives in Philadelphia whom they have
never seem
, 1878-04-26

GREECE must feel very much like the
burlington man who got up one night to
KICK his hired girls young man out Of
the kitchen because he thought he was
staying rather late, and on reaching the
oase of operations, found himself con-
Ironted by four burglars, with clubs, re-
VcIyers, dark lanterns, and quantum sutf
ot chloroform Healmost wished he hadn't
made up his mind to interfere.
, 1878-04-26

THE system of ventilation by the use of
a hollow cornice communicating with the
exterior of a room to bring in fresh air or
take out foul, is well understood. Ac-
cording to an improved form of this meth
cd, the perforated cornice is constituted
with two passages, the one next the cell
ing, and which communicates by valves
with the chimney or other tlue, is for the
vitiated air, and the lower one-open to
the external atmosphere-for fresh air.
The latter is not perforated near the en-
trance, so as to give the air direction
along the channel. The size of the chan
mel, of the perforations, and Of the open
ings of entrance and exit, must, of course,
be- npportioned to the size and purpose OF
the apartment. Various materials may
be employed for cornices Of this descrip-
tion, zinc or sheet brass usually, and
sometimes partly Of plaster, especially in
adapting the system to old cornices.
, 1878-04-26

LuNATICs DO NOT SHED TEARs.-From
the British MedicaI Journal; One of the
most curious facts connected with mad
ness is the utter absence of tears amid
the insane. Whatever the form of mad
ness, tears are conspicuous by their alb.
senCe, as much in the depression of mel
ancholia, or the excitement Of mania, rs
in the utter apathy of dementia. If pa
tient in a lunatic asylum be discovered in
tears, it will be found that it is patient
either beginning to recover, or an emo.
tioual outbreak in an epileptiC who is
scarcely truly insane, while actually in
sane patients appear to have lost the pow
er of weeping; it is only returning reason
which can once more unloOse the tOun-
tains of their tears. Even when a lunatic
is telling one in feryid language how she
has been deprived of her children, or5the
outrages that have been perpetrated on
herself, her eye is never even moist. The
ready gush of tears which accompanies
the plant of the sane woman contrasts
strangely with the dry-eyed appeal of the
lunatic. 1t would, indeed, seem that
tears give relief to feelings which when
pent-up lead to madness. It's one of the
privileges Of reason to be able to weep.
Amid all the misery Uf the insane they
find no relief in tears.
, 1878-04-26

A CERTAIN judge, whose pompous and
officious ways tempted some Of the law.
yers to acts which his honor construed to
mean contempt, fined them ten dollars
each. When they had paid their fines,
II certain dry and steadygoing old law
yer walked up to the Bench and very
gravely laid down ten dollars. "What is
that forl" said tbeiudge. For contempt,
your honor was the reply. "Why, l
have not fined you for contempt" an
swered the judge. 81 know that" said
the lawyer; "but | want you to under
stand that i cherish secret contempt for
this Court all the time, and | am willing
to pay for it."
SCHUYLKII.L COUNTY, Pa, has twelve
, 1878-04-26

DIAMONDS ON CREDIT.-A French no.
bleman, who won fortune on the turf
during the early part of last season,
yielded to the entreaties of his wife, and
gave her $4,000 wherewith to buy a
diamond necklace which she had seen in
the Rue de la Paix. She took the money
and carried home the necklace, but neg.
lected TO pay for it, owing to the more
pressing claims Of the dressmaker and the
milliner, and possibly to losses incurred
at the baccarat table. The Count, not
suspecting that the diamonds had been
bought on credit, and being rather hard
hit himself at the gambling table, took
advantage Of The absence Of his wife to
raise money on her necklace. Not liking
to put the diamonds in pawn, he sold
them outright to a merchant in the Palais
Royal at low figure. The new pur-
chaser, pleased with his bargain, offered
to sell the necklace to certain jewellers,
and finally showed it TO the dealer OF
whom the countess had purchased it,,
The jewelIer WAS furious at having the
diamonds which he had himself sold on
credit offered to him for n song, and made
Criminal charges against the Count
The Countess returned from Nice in re-
sponse to u telegram from her husband,
and the noble pair scraped together
enough to pay for the jewels.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27
q uetifal.
BUILDING ON THE SAND.


'Tis well to WOO, It's well TO wed,
For so the world hath done,
Since myrtles grew and roses blew;
And morning brought the sun
But havea care, We Young aud fair
BE sure yc pledge with TRUTH
Be certain that your love will veal
Beyond the days OF youth
For if you give not hear, for heart,
AS well as haad for band,
You'll find yoa We playedlb enwise part,
And "built upon the sand"
Tis well to save, tbs well to have
goodly store of gold,
And hold enough Of shining stuff,
For charity is cold
But place not all your hope and trust
In what the deep mine brings;
We cannot live on yellow dust
Unmixed with pnrer things;
And he who piles up wealth alone
viii often have to stand
Beside his Golfer chest, and own
IT'S "built upon the sand"
'Tis good to speak in kindly guise
And soothe where'er we cam
Fair speech should bird the human mind,
And love link man TO man.
But stop not at the gentle words;
Let deeds with language dwell
The one who pties starving birds
Should scatter crumbs as well;
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand,
For those that talk, yet fail to do,
But 'build upon the sand"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

Stay ON TUE FARM. -Thore at least you
have enough to eat and wear. You can
find something to do there which will pay
you better than anything in the city,
where for every place vacant there arc a
hundred young men and women. In
such circumstances it is manifestation
of folly for people to crowd into the
city, there to scramble for the little en-
ployment that is going. Every charity
has more recipients than it can provide
for, and more suffering than its funds
can alleviele. You can't live by picking
pockets, for there is nothing in them aud
burglary is dull. If you are young
man stay whore you are. If you are a
young woman. one peep into the many
employment offices in any city, where
day after day young girls sit almost
yainly waiting for chance for honest
labor that viii save them and their hon
or, viii cure you ofany desire to come
TO the city.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

Springs are little thugs, but they arc
sources Of large streams. A helm is
little thing, but it governs the course Of
ship. A bride Bit Is a little thing but
we know its use and power. A word,
look, frown are all little things, but
powerful for good or evil. Pay that
little debt; IL it Is promise, redeem it
you know not what important events
hang upon it. Keep your word sacred
keep It to the childron--they will heed
the example. Mind little things.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27
THE SENTINEL

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the time of subscribing, or 50 90 if not paid
until the end of the year. No paper discon-
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the option of the publisher
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Yearly advertisers will be allowed to change
four times during the year without charge
Advertisements should be marked with time
and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

courage and fortitude as any other peo-
pie. They will meet the inevitable with
a coolness perfectly wonderful, as is seen
IN the executions where instead of being
placed in a box for decapitation, as un-
der the French guillotione, they lean
forward unassisted for the exocutioner
to cut off their head at one fell blow
But of that courage, based on deter
mination of the mind to display intre-
pidity;they are nationally wanting simp-
y because their teachings and philoso-
ply, thoir opinions and institutions offer
but little inducement to come to such
determination
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

a QUEER MUSICAL INVENTION. Mr..
e. B. Robinson is introducing new
musical instrument which promises to
become popular. It requires no musical
knowledge to produce the best compost
tions. 1t is q wind-instrumeEt,'' Some
what resembling in appearance cabinet
organ, and is operated by pedals but
there are no keys, and no lingering is
required in playing tune. The tunes
are prepared by perforations in broad
sheet of paper, the length of each perfo-
ration determining the duration Of tho
note. This sheet of paper, in which the
tunes are cut. is wound on u reel, and
being placed in the instrument is un-
wound by the action of the pedals, the
paper passing over bridge in which
the reeds are placed As the wind is
drawn into the reeds at the top the pas
sage of the paper over them prevents it
from entering any save those whcrc the
perforatons in the paper fall, aud the
notes are thus produced automatically.
II possesses great power, aud bass notes
are produced especially we'll. The prico
will be about $50.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

The road 10 ruin is always kept BE-
good order, aud those who travel il b s.
the expenses
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

Not O miss--a pretty widow.
A has.y man never wants voc.
Words are bu, thc froth Of thought
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

TnE WFE's VIcroRY. For half an
hour before the circus opened Yesterday
an anxious looking middle aged man was
observed walking around nervously, as
If be had a free ticket and was afraid
the show was on the point of breaking up.
When the ticket wagon was opened ho
made rush for it and bought PASTE
board, but while on his way to the tent,
ticket in hand, woman lodged into the
procession seized his collar, and for balf
a moment the air seemed full of heels.
'Goiug to the circus, eh 2" exclaimed
the woman as she slammed him around.
Sneaked out of the back way, and made
a bee-lne for here did you?
"Let up on me--stop For heavens
sake stop this disgraceful conduct p he
calculated as he tried to keep her at
arms length.
"Gentlemen," she said to the crowd as
she held up first one foot and thenf the
other, see them shoes ? I've worn them
better nor u year, and there hain't moth
ing left but heels and shoestrings. All
the children are just as bad off, and wo
don't have half enough to eat. That ex-
plains why am bouncing him--why
I'll make his good for nothing heels
break his good for nothing neck.'
They fell over rope as she grasped
him, and in the confusion he broke away
leaving the ticket on the ground. A
boy handed it to her, and wiping the
mud off her nose with her apron, she
said:
81 hain't seen no giraiFes. nor snakes,
nor hyenas for twenty five years, and be-
ing this ere ticket is bought | will walk
in and view the gorgeousnoss, and the
children shall come tonight if | have to
pawn the wash tub to raise the money"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

Mr.. Rand Of California. says that T
saw a snake which measured forty-Gvr
feet in length. In tho neighborhood g.
New York It would cost $500 to get a.
drunk as that
Montgomery County sentinel., 1878-09-27

A man in Illinois committed suicide
by drowning, lately, in six inches Of
water. lie couldn't have done IL alone
but bis wife, with that self-sacrifcing
devotion and helpfulness so characteri-
tic Of the sex. sat on bis head.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11

The Portland Oregonian asserts that
Senator Mitchell's political prospects in
Oregon are annihilated."
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11

The San Francisco Bulletin is at pres
emit giving good deal of advice to the
thousands of unemployed men in San
Francisco, winding up its articles gener-
ally with the advice: "Take your blank
cts and go into the country" This is all
very we'll as far as it goes, but it is quite
probable that the editor Of the Bulletin
has never tried the experiment OF hunting
work with his blankets on his back.
Perhaps it looks foolish for men out OF
work to hang around big city, yat the
majority of those idle men know better
than the Bulletin man what the chances
are for work in the country. Newspaper
men who are given in O general way to
tell unemployed men to 60 to the country
and get rich wouldn't write So positively
about the matter if they had ever had
an experience of that kind themselves.
1t isn't pleasant experience to tramp
along country road seeking for work
with food and shelter extremely uncer-
tain at the end OF the weary walk. A
man who has nothing but his muscle to
rely upon for livelihood has a hard row
to hoe in any event. and il the Bulletin
must publish editorials telling men to
leave the city and go to the country, it
should at least refrain from following
those articles up with dispositions on
"What shall We do with Our Tramps?"
That is rubbing it in.-[ Eureka Repub-
lican.
The Portland Oregonlan asserts that
Senator Mitchell's political prospects in
0rannn ora % annihilafad ~
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11
NEW TO-DAY.
MIR. O'DOUGHERTY,S OPINION.

To TIE HONORABLE, THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS.
GENTLEMEN: Upon careful examination Of
the Statute regulating the manner of paying de.
| linquent takes, am of the opinion that the
District Attorney is only strictly within the law
wnen requiring the delinquent taxpayer to COM
ply with tho provisions of Section 3l48, Com.
Laws, Vol. Q. viz:
"After the last day of November, and before
the institution of suit. the delinquent taxpayer
| must go to the Auditor and obtain from him o
certificate, containing description Of the prop
erty and the taxes due on it. This certificate he
| shall then pre.ent to the County Treasurer as
ex-officio Tax Receiver, to whom he shall pay
| the amount assessed against him, with the ten
per cent. additional for delinquency. The
| him duplicate receipts for the amount paid, one
| of which receipts shall be filed with the County
Auditor, and the other with the District Attor-
| ney:"
The service upon the District Attorney of this
| duplicate receipt precludes him from COM
| mencing suit against the delinquent taxpayer.
1t appears to me, from the strict construction
of all the Statutes having relation to the mat.
| ter, that the District Attorney Is not au-
thorized to receive, or collect any taxes
until after suit has been commenced,
when he assumes direct responsibility to the
| Treasurer and that the additional bond re-
| quired by Sec. 1852, I'd Vol Compiled Laws, has
only relation to the responsibility incurred by
| him for COLLECTIONS and PAYMENTS after SUIT
| commenced. l am aware that heretofore the
| requirements Of Sec. S148, Com. Laws, have not
been exacted by the predecessors in office Of the
pr sent District Attorney, and, as matter Of
convenience to taxpayers. this departure from o
strict compliance with those requirements was
not held, or felt to be injudcious. Neverthe-
less, the letter Of the Statute prescribes that
such is the mode of payment
l would, however, respectfully suggest to
your Honorable Board, in view of the fact that
| the strict enforcement Of Sec. 3148 il now re-
quired for the first time ny the present District
Attorney, that some notice of this new depar-
ture from an established precedent be given to
the delinquent taxpayers, who IS far % have
learned, are all under the impression that the
District Attorney is the only person to whom
they should pay their delinquent taxes, after
the delinquent list has been placed in his
hands.
PIocaE, May 8, 1878.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11
CARD.

On the 2lst Of April Geo. shoemake came to
my livery stable and hired horse for one day
to go to Eagle Valley. He has not since re.
turned. The horse was sorrel, called "Sorrel
Johnny" Any person returning the horse to
me will be literally rewarded. am under the
impression that said Geo. Shoemske has left
here and this is o caution to the public to be
on the lookout for him. JOE COOK,
Meadow Valley Street.
Phoebe, May II, 1878. ma-l1-1t
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11

Spanish bull fighters find their profes.
sion, though dangerous. very lucrative.
The iavorite Of Madrid, Frascuelo. pos.
ssssss fortune OF $40O. 900, a magniA.
cent house, and q wife who 10 the pref.
tisst woman in the city. He is also .
member OF the most aristocratio club II
Madrid.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11
$40 REWARD!

r osT, CASE OF GIANT POWDER.
IL marked F. ". Clute, from 8 wagon in
going fIom my store to the powder house. near
the Raymond Ely work. Any person return
ing the same to my store on Meadow Valley
street will receive the above reward.
ma11-lt F.W. CLUTE.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11

No rest IL given the Mollie Msguires
in Pennsylvania. They are being pur-
sued With IN earnestness that leaves
very little hope Of escape to any who
we're parties to the terrible murders Of
past years.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11

Since tho existence OF the Bank Of
England. the paper for its notes has been
made by the Portal family, whose ances.
tor came over from Bordeaux in barrel
after the revocation Of the Edict of
Nantes. bringing with him the art of
making fine paper. which, like those Of
silk weaving and dyeing scarlet, was. up
to that time. unknown in England.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-05-11

Silver State: Chief Naches informs
us that he has concluded to abdicate his
Craftsmanship OF the Piutes, settle down
on bis ranch and become an American
citizen. He is an Indian of more than
ordinary intelligence and having lived for
years, when youth. in Santa Clara
Valley. California, where his sster Sarah
Winnemucca was educated, knows more
about the whites than the members OF
his tribe who have always lived in Nevada.
The Indianapolis Journal calls upon
the Republican party to make it part of
it's mission ITO crush the Communists, y
who. it AYERS, are menacing religion and
society.