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mm^WMmkw^^4^ t&^tttt\ ftSXSOTirT.I.L HTJBSDA*, T - -rurc»TOH, BVS ^LST » G^^E** TE . VOL. 31. ELIZABETHTOWN,-ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y., THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1883. NO. 30. a Cards. 4 GBOVEB. Dr. E. T. Strong, HAS BEXOTXD.TO Elizabethtown, N. Y., Omc i AT aza BXSU>XHC« 0. ABCL. ESQ Poetry. THB GOOD OLD WAT. M. J. McDERMOTT, ;> r at Law, ^DUDLEY, Carriage and Sleigh Bnilder, v SHEEHI, ! MineviHe, Essex County, N 7 . Y. U*JELI.»B IT LAW. Port j •nn'.r * 7 I Repairin g Don e Wit h Neatnes s aw carea for the house and men- only cWM ; But ill tee Jretb swat tall, She n^ttea as* ptnMlwaaBe John was poor, And his business was stow to pay; But to on* aalo, WMB. ahe t*a»dor c And dwelling In and Satisfaction Guaranteed. JXme in. ~ i Go and see STAFFORD, JTtSFST f,O3 AT LA' Yo-k. Boom 11. OSBOBNE OSBOBNE OSBOENE K C HALE, i t KELLOGG, C. KELLOGG, RKELEY, *.,--- PBOPBEBTOB LAKZ VILLAGE, JI Co., N. T. M)RT, N. Y. •eeently been entirely re- -d. and is now one of the r business men, an\ \ seekers, affording e .ling public. Free oar- *il8 House to the cars an< •ntion paid to local ani sa-A flrst-elass Liver With this house. POTTER, Timer, Ipe Organ _: Lake, N . Y. ADJACENT TOWNS. .xperi Us pi AJTD MORE UEL HAYNES B&EAR TEL HAYXES. Saranac, N.Y. 5 COUNSELLOR AT LAW DISON AVENUE, 3ANY, N. Y. ^nslon Notary, Detect- ee and Tax Land ess a speciality. ice CrownPointN.Y JOHNSON, 3GRAPHER >int, Essex County, 1OND8 - - PBOPBIETOB. >fttflWB. N. Y. AN HOUSE, COUNTY, N. Y. TERFIELD, Prop'r and airy •Bis hereby Riven t ua « U |i jns are forbiddou lo Shoot •r Hnnt on any of the proper- rondaok Iron and Steel Oo. - township 46, 46A47,inclu(liii H , \Utter* Tract.\ in the County of oftf. V. aud »re forbidden ( thereou i» any way, midorth* the lawi All pernouH Uv«paan :, forth© purpose of Shooting, FiaMny, will bo proAeontcid K. THOMPSON, Present, OIbJU «. 18ft. raat of any kind of rant of *ny kiDd of rant of any kind of Hi TEAM TEAM HARNESS HAENESS FARM FARM And pleasure Always on hand Always on hand BOTTOM PRICES BOTTOM PRldES Westpert ii Westport ii The place to bay The plape to bay J. 0. OSBORKE. MS? NATIONAL BANK of POET HENBY We are desirous of extending omr rela- tions with the people of Essex county, and take this occasion to invite the open- ing of deposit accounts, the purchase and sale of foreign and domestic bills o\ change, the collection of coupons, the transaction of all general banking bno- ices. Particular attention give n ipplying _investors changej or p State and railroad bonds bough to __ Unites exchan Bonds, as also the s or purchase of same. „ dsold Port Henry, N. Y., NOT 1, 1879 F. S. AJWELL. Cashier. Miss ELLA L. LAMSON, ELIZABETETOWN, N. T. Teacher of Piano, Organ and Har- mony. Terms -$10,00 for 20 'lessons of i hour rences—EBEN TouBaBX, Profs. J. C. D VCBGEJC, EBY, H . Few England Conservatory of Music Insure all your Property with W. H. CABB, Agent Tor Essex Co., Port Henry jr. T . Home Ins. Co. of New York, Capital $ 3,000,000. Losdes paid in this Company \n Essex Co. by me, to Jan'y 1st, 1882, over $24,000 . Other first class companies represented and all business promptly attended to. Call on or address as above. 8w4 FOR SALE. A OOOD FARM about oae mile west of Westport depot, known as (he Patriol \ le farm, rontainiog about Two Hun 1 acres of land, with a good house is. granery, and in fact everything to :e » good fnrm comfortable and oon lent. Well watered aud well fenced, containing lumber enough to ne&rb ;nt. Good termH given lor pn>- ._.i. ..._>-_ enquire ol For further partial JOSEPH MoRORT. Port Henry. N. Y Daxxl Carey WB8TPOBI, S. I., —MAXUFAOTUBEH i OARRIAQE, CARRIAGE, CARRIAGE WAGONS WAGONS WAGONS Horseshoeing a Specialty. mem I am oonfl- :lre satisfaction! 1 Wostport. May HJI l made at koto* by t*« in- iim B bto b Wia will .l.rt y men, *..y« en it grfrl rwhero to!work for ne, T*o on can work in apart* »lrn«v or Rife ,». , hole tlmi) lo the buatit^a. N« other ba*i ess will pny «ftu nearly aa well. No «ni i»n rail tn make enormous pay, br ButhecmUaaM, > 'iy*»r»stwUe, wen sttorto the good o»way.\ For he knew that the money that's quickly got IB the money mat's <rulcMy lost; Ana the money tfcat stays Is the money earned At honest endeavor's cost, so he plodded along In his honest style, And he lettered hunseU each day, And he only Bald to|hls ttettul wile, « We'll stick to the good old way.\ And at lftSt there came a terrible crash, When beggary, want and shame Came down on the homes ot {their wealthy mends, While Joan's remained the same; For he had no debts and he gave no-trust, « My motto 1B this,\ he'd eay- «it* a charm against panics of every klnd- Tis sock to the good old way.\ And his wire looked round on the little house That was every nail their owni And she asked forgiveness ot honest John yor the peevish mUtrust she had shown, tut he only said, as her tearful face TJpan bis shoulder lay: ' The good old way is the best way, wtte j WeTl suck to the good old way \ -New York Ledger. \ Uncle John,\ she said very calmly, but. in a tone that told thai her mind was fuDj -I t is estimated that < bxObkaiohrty« IK A LIOHTHOUSB. Them are horrible stories' told of former A TERROR OP THB P1NBR1BS. Tk« Slde-Bttl ' to die suddenly in rough weather; when the . . , ewvivor, fearful of being charged with a Miscellany. yoft\ re- ^hfeany. LOVE OR MONEY. \ No, sir, I can't say yes to any such non- use,\ said Mr. Philbriok—\old baoh Phil- briok,\ all the irreverent youngsters of Hart- ley Corners called him. \ Why ?» •• Sim- ply because my niece oan do better. Isn't that a good reason P I think it one of the best of reasons. Good, better, best Ton nay be a man to make her happy, therefore a matah with you would be a good one. But the man I have in view for her would not on]y make her happy, bat he's got some- thing beside his head aud hands to five on. Therefore a match with him would be a bet- ter one, don't you see ?\ \No I don't see it so,\ answered Mark Anderson, \ because she loves me, and not the man you've set your heart on her marry- ing.\ , \Love! Fudge!\ exclaimed Bachelor Philbrick, disdainfully. \I have livedtwioe is long as you have, young man, and I never was in love yet.\ \Were you ever in England?\ asked Mark. \ No, and never want to be,\ answered Mr. Philbrlot. \ Then why aren't you logical, and argue because you were never there, that there is no such plaoe as England ? Ton might just as well do that as to pretend that there is no such thing as love because yon never ex- perienced &\ \I don*) want any words with spondedMr. Philbriok. \Iwon't You're like all other young men <tf these days; you think you know a good deal more about matters and things, and what's for the best, than older heads do. 1 calculate to look out for my own affairs yet awhile, and for Eittie's also. She's a self-willed, obstin- ate girl, but I mean to convinoe her that she's foolish in listening to your fol-de-roL You needn't try to convince me that I'm rrong, for you can't. I am not one of the kind to be bamboozled when my mind ia ade up.\ \I am sure that I have' no intention of trying to bamboozle yon,\ answered Ma/k. \ I have your niece's promise to marry me. U would be muoh more agreeable to her and to me, If we oonld obtain your oonsent to your marriage. But, if you choose 'to refuse it, for no bettor reason than you Lav yet given, we shall marry without it, sir.\ 'IEh! What's that?\ exolalmed Mt, Philbriok. \My niece marry yon againal my wishes ? If she does, ahe shan't have i sent of any property. Not a cent, air.\ I don't know as she wants any of it,\ answered Mark, proudly. \I have two strong arms to work with, baaked up by a big heart, and I'D see that she doesn't oome to want.\ \ Oh, fiddlesticks I\ exclaimed Mr. Phil- brick, with infinite contempt, \That's all nioe enough to talk about, now, but wait tin you have to get down to real hard work and grab for a living. Then you'll sing a differ- ent «ong. Why, hang It all, young man, don't you see that I am considering your welfare as muoh as hers, in withholding my oonsent to this foolish plan of youre ?\ \ I am greatly obliged, Pm aure, for your great and sudden interest in me,\ answered Mark, with keen sarcasm. \ I have great respeot for age and the wisdom belonging to it, but not enough to ignore my own oonvio- tions, and be guided wholly by the opinions Df others, especially when they are not back- ed by better reasons than any you have yet given.\ That's aa muoh aa to eay, I suppose,\ said Mr. Philbriok wrathfully, \that yon snap your flngera at me and my opinion f* Mark made no reply. \You oan do aa you please about it\ added KUUe Philbriok'a unole. \Bbe'a her wn mistress. If she's fool eoough to throw herself away on a poor young man, when ahe oan have b«r oboioe of tha two rlobsat ones in town, ahe can do m> for all of ma, butshemuat understand that ahe'U never handle any of my money.\ \ Your money la aotnething that has neve* been taken into < iwerad Mark. m«liler»Uon by us,\ ao> \ Ob, no, I suppose no( I\ aaroaatioaUy. No, no! of oourae not t But I thought thtre would b» no barm done io giving you to understand what to expert, or rather wbat not to expert from me.\ you \ If Mr. PhlUiriok, I am not tbe take mo for,\ anawerad Mark proudly, jrou knew me batter yon wmiltt tiavar (twin* t I ook»d at In wtahtoglo marry your oleoe. I want bar beeanae I love her, end beoanee she loves me. Sat your mind Is made dp, end there U no UM In wealing wotde aboat the matter. Good afternoon, aw.\ And Mark bowed blmaelf «rt. \Imnsiev. I like bis grit,\ admltae. tabek* Philbriok, a» fee yowg man west down tha walk. •' Bat the 14M of marryiat were the last men on earth,\ declared Kittie, bravely, \ Tm going to marry Mark, and I kaowwe'D be happy; and I do wish, Undo John, that you'd lock at it as we do, and oome and visit as alter we are settled.\ \Dont go to asking people to visit you on nothing a year,\ responded hex unole. And he walked out of the room. Mark and Kittie were married in a very simple, quiet fashion, and went to house- keeping in a pleasant little plaoe a few miles opportunity of explanation. This .very .week we hear ot a case: which might well seem incredible were it not amply authenti- sited. The watchmen on the Wolf Bock, opposite the Oorukh doaat, were out off from all communication with their kind through the two dreariest months of the win- ter ; and it was nearly the middle of January when relief reached them at last. Nowa- days, however, the light-warders in similar oircumstances invariably consist of three at tious of excellent food, nor are the needs of their minds by any means neglected. Still it must be an unnatural life at the best, and accept, and make the best of the inevitable. \Well if he choose, to oherish a grndgt for what we have done, so be it,\ said Kittie, \P tifid\ Pm satisfied. \ And I hope you'll never have 'cause to be sorry tor it,\ supplemented Mark, kissing hta wife's rosy oheeks. \I am sure I never Bball,\ said Kittle, one that is perilously fitted to nourish som- bre fanoiea. We may conceive that in the men who take most kindly to the occupation, the imagination is seldom strongly develop- \Poor Unole John,\ said Kittie. \He always kept his money there, so he must have lost everything. Isn't there any pios- peot of his saving anything f\ \None at all,\ answered Mark. \ sorry for him. It must be hard to be re duced to poverty in old age. especially through the dishonesty of men you have trusted.\ \ ril tell yon what I'm going to do, if your willing,\ said Kittie. \Pm going to write him, and ask him to oome and stay a while with us. HI tell him that we hardly felt like doing this before, for fear he'd think We wanted to effect a reconciliation on ac- count of his money, Now he can't .think that of us.\ \Pm willing, of course,\ assured Mark \ Pm too happy to feel sore over what hi said to me when I asked him to oonsent to our marriage. Tell him Td nke to have him So Kittie sent her letter. About a week after, the stage stopped at the gate, and who should Kittie see clamber- ing out of it bat Unole John. \Oh Pm so glad you've oome,\ she cried running to meet him. \ I was afraid yon wouldn't And Mark will be glad, too. We don't think, a difference of opinion ought to prevent our being friends.\ \ No, of course not, sinoe you had your I own way,\ replied Unole John, gruffly. But Kittie knew his way well enough to feel satisfied that he was glad enough to visit them, and consequently she felt very much elated. \ Well, I must say you look tolerably o fortable here,\ be said, after he had looked the premises over. \Of course we haven't been able to fix things np yet as We'd like to,\ answered Kittie, \but the crops are looking well, and Mark feels sure there'll be enough to turn off to make a payment on the plaoe this PWL\ Before Mark oame In to supper, Uncle John was quite at home, and be gewrted hia nephew ooriiafiy \Thought Pd oome over to stay a few days\ h» said. \ Sinoe that bank amaah-up Tve been thinking of quartering myself on my Mooda, you know.\ And Uncle John chuckled in e way that a man would hardly be supposed to who had lost all he had at one full swoop of die. Unole John amid a week before he said anything about going home. Then, one morning,— \ I'm going to the Corners when the stage goes,\ he informed them. \HI be book Monday, I guess.'' To* are welcome to oome and stay aa long as you like,\ assured Mark. On Monday back came Unole John. \There's something for you,\ he said, tossing a folded paper into Klttie's lap. \ Why, Uncle John,\ oried Ktttie, with tasked cheeks and surprised eyes, \ it's a for this farm to Mark and mo. What it mean ?\ tfetuiH Unit the farm's yourw, of oonrae, Ia dinner most ready? I'm nearly fern- hhed. 1 ' \ButI want to kn. from, and how,\ pereUtod Kittie. \ I don't ' where thia came \ I cant explain till Pve had something tc at\ And nothing oould be got out of Unola John until after the meal waa over. \ There fen'tmooh to explain,\ be aaid, poshing back his plate, \ I drew all my money oat of GHoverstown bank two weeks before it failed, so I didn't lose a oant That deed is the wadding present I ought to have gtven you when you got married. I own up, I was mistaken in this kuabaad of youra, tnd Pve been oonvinoed that there la some- thing in love, after all, but don't you go to browing over me for having tb own np that you were right, or I'll—I'll do something, tot I hate to give up that I waa wrong, the wont way, and I oan't atond it to be twitted of it after I have aoknowledged the o Bb$n S. fUbd OATAPALQUB BRDSTsUDS, Among the few ratios of berbariem here— r, perhaps, of a \loftier\ oWUtsatlon, fov they are very \high\—-are the enonnoua oat- afalqua bedsteada of tlm Ht. Oharles, writes a New Orleana oomaponilent or the Obloago JV«M. They era iadexoribably grand, of , with poaderooa |toats raeebing to U>< to«y oefUnii, sod a canopy, lined wife ool- ored silk, having a breea roeeite for a peak- i t Ad bd th g p •ring oentra. And, so braed CM these i owr Me. They e n thaa toUet p>s ooibkm, sod evee the company. But in many a lighthouse the occupants are held fast by the legs, for ex- ercise beoomes something more than effort 1 when it is reduced to practising the treadmill upon the steps of a corkscrew staircase, or to taking half a dozen steps upon a slimy rook at low water. The crews of the light, ships are somewhat more favorably oiroum- stanoed in this respeot, sinoe they can do their walking on a more ot less roomy deok, and they enjoy, .besides, a greater variety of oompany. But jthe life in both oases must be intolerably monotonous; and to a landsman there would be little to choose between the terrors of the one and the other, when the sea is wrapped |n impenetrable fogs or is being lashed Intja fury by howling tempests. In a storm, the lighthouse is in reality the safer residence of the two, for, thanks to the skill of our modern engineers, it is most un- likely that another Eddystone will be swept away. Yet as the waves rush up the slop- ing sides of the tower, and toss their tons of seething green 1 water against the lower courses of masonry, seeming to shake the massive structure from the light-room to the foundation, it must need nerve and long habit to resist the belief that the violence of the elements may bring about a catastrophe. As for the lightships, being moored in shal- lower water, they may be less exposed to the extreme fury of the storms, though there Ia always a chauoe of their being torn from their anchorage. But, on the other hand, in even moderately bad weather they must always be emic«n% disagreeable places of abode.- The peculiar jerking motion, when the natural heaving of the ship is being per- petually oheoked by the straining cables, is said to be trying to the most seasoned of mariners, and to be one of those inoonve- oienoes to which no custom oan reconcile Quo.—Saturday Review. A BURGLAR'S KIT. Bank very rB' tools are generally of a rder, gathered with care and til the kit ia made up. A full kit of the best order is worth $2,000. This may all go In the event of a failure of a job generally does go when - a auooessful piece of work is accomplished, as the booty is|heavy enough to carry away in itself, so that tools are left behind. Mi ohanics of a superior olass exist in larger cities who make a specialty of fashioning burglars' tools. In the absenoe of such a mechanic the tool are oolleoted id parts, but aa this a risky way of obtaining them, it ia avoided fpo eible. Kits of the tobyman's tool* are kept on hand for hire, and a good collection can be Obtained in the centres of tho bnnlnciiB for from $100 to $'200. Thoio tool rontyru arc [enerally tool makers UIHO, but often the fence hns them on htud, ami it is part of the buslnetw of tho old oraokatnon to keep Ihom. Fifty por coot, of UJO noted burglars are praotloal smithB, and thoroughly rfndorHtand the temper ami osvpiuiltv of thoir own tools. Somotinies t gang, eaub owning implements W irf !><JO1H thoir pofiflotslotw, tnd than mnko up a full \kit.\ Tho tool makers havo thitir npoolaltion. Homo nr<> fa- mous for ubiMol*, 1 otunr for punolicH and Jimmies, and one maknr inn<le a national re- putation for e nloii] e of load and oopper that entirely snpemodod that foroely u«ed of •t««l, deoauxA of tho dull, nlmoat Imiiieleas, blows it strike. -Clebeland Herald. MILLIONS FROM HOTHINO. M » Wk* !!••• « f»o» the Uotlva a the ' SUBMARINE DIVING. •f FartaaVa JUMdar Clear Vp. \ Wall, look at tbe Milla family. Here I* D. O. Mills, worth, I expect, $80,000,000, and a very prudent and careful man in everything he does. He kept e little grocery tewhere up tbe Hudson river. He had a ooosia, Joe Mills, who waa opening oyatara in Fulton Market, and if you watch Joe to thia day you will IM him draw hia ooet-eufl hia noae, a habit he acquired when he waa in the market with bis oyater-knlfe in hia hand. Inn look at Oomraodor* Oarriaon. He wu A Dutch IHIY, brought np In tha tflgh- Hudson river. He becainp a { kind of a common workman on veaaela and finally on •Uamore, aud ao worked hia way g to be the purser and captain. Than California waa ennnad and bloomed nto gold and Oarriaon became tha rival of Van- dettfit\ \Well what was Jim KM M ot the first erd ef him T\ ••B* wee a milkman in one of U» -tij lewne of OaMornta, driving hie milk wagon bio the plaoe end esrvjaff «Je cmOo»era wife aft . Xeeoe, however, does not bold IS* poettoc b« did here a few yean ago, ~ ' \ \ baa bed great lose* and bee eve* W lo mortgage We Newport reel To those unacquainted with the pineries Of Northern Michigan they possess many strange and startling features, but to some all other ways in which death may be met sink into insignificance beside the attacks of an animal known as the side-hill moody. A \ i has had experience in tbe pine woods thus describes one said to inhabit the region of the Au Sable: It has a head like that of a horse, but much larger, with an alligator mouth. Its feet are armed with long, dokle-ahapedolawB, and its track, when made upon soft ground or snow, re- sembles that of a snow-shoe. When dis- turbed at night the animal is said to emit from bis body a pale, phosphoresoent light It has a leathery wing like that of a bat, stands folly twelve feet high and is capable of carrying a horse in its jaws. A numbei of men have been driven from this portion of the State through fear inspired by this animaL A number of good stories could be told of the terrible fright some have experienced from the supposed presence of this animaL It is said that a number of years ago, In a camp not far from where Mioe now stands, a man from the southern portion of the State was kept in mortal fear for weeks and' continually on the lookout for one of these monsters to come tearing through the woods! on its errand of destruction. When the fel- iw bad earned enough money to get home with he Btaried for the railroad, but was obliged to put up for the night at a cabin whore two men were \ keeping baton. 1 During the night be related his experience! and one of the shanty men said he believed the animal came there last night, as he had; heard its wings squeak. After the three had retired for the night some -field mioe began foraging around outside and one of tbeoabin men said, with a sudden start, \That's it.\ The other (suggested that it sounded like rats, but was assured that there was not a rat within fifty miles. Our hero felt the marrow of his bones distill into a I cold sweat, as he expected to see the animal' break into the cabin. How he passed the' night can be imagined, and when morning' came his haggard oountenanoe was the very j picture of abject misery.— Mioe Mail. CUTTING OUT A KIDNEY. rhe Tenth Operation of the Kind Knows la Americas Surgery. An operation of an advanced nature in tbe science of surgery has recently been pei. formed in this city, remarkable from the danger attending its performance, except by the most skillful surgeons, and also aa being the first of tho kind that has ever been sue- oessfully performed in this State, the tenth (n the United States and the seventy-sixth, it is said, on record in the world. Tbe op- eration consisted in the extirpation or cut- ting out of a kidney, known to the profess- ' as nephrectomy. The patient was a married lady residing in this city. The operation was performed on October 14 by Dr. de Vecohi according to the meth- od of Knowlsley Thornton, who, at the Samaritan Hospital, London, removed the right kidney from a young girl on the Iltii of last month. The surgeon made an incis- ion of three inches down to the peritoneum, and then extended it to five inches. • Aftei tearing with the hand a few recent adhes. Ions, the enlarged kidney -was raised, the measures necessary to prevent hemorrhage were adopted and the organ was then cut from ite attachments. No hemorrhage o c ourred and the smaller vessels were oarefullv tied with catgut. After the usual process oi cleaning the wound the incision was sewed up, lightly dressed, and the patient was put to bed. Of course she was in a conation that required careful treatment to keep her from sinking. This consisted mainly in a& ministering stimulants, and without any re- lapse or unfavorable symptoms nho reoov- ered rapidly and is now entirely out of dan- ger—in fact, almost entirely well. The lady 1B rather young and of a dolicate stitution. ' This is the second attempt tlmi Las been made to perform this operation in tl)is State.' The first one waa made some yours ago by a physician in this city, and the imticut, whi was a female, difea under tho operation. This is Jtho first time it has beoo «m ooeafiilly done. — San Franciea) GJivonirle. CONGRESS TEARS AGO. \ Oath,\ In conversation with a desoend ant of Morse, tbe discoverer of the tele- graph, aaked him : \ Was there any job in that first telegraph appropriation ?\ Wall, that ia a singular question ; but I noHwer you that there vta». Congreas- ; Smith communicated to Morse his ieBire to have a pecuniary interest In th< matter. He received four shares out of the ilxteen into which the whole patent wai divided. Morse held nine shares, Smith four, Vail two, and Professor Gale one. Fov patents in foreign countries, where Smith waa to go out aa the agent, he was to get nve sbarea inatead of four, and Morse was to have eight instead ot nine. Smith got leave of absenoe from Oangreaa, aud was not a oandidata for re-eleotioo.\ \ Did he pey money for his share r \I cannot anawertha*. If he did not, tbe trawMedon shows that in thoee days, aa now, a little healtby jobbery might make muoh mom noise than do harm. Mr Smith may have paid cash, but certainly hia services to Morse ia getting tbe appropriation were worth hia share. Possibly he waa to pay out of the proflta which were to be put hia account.\ Wall how rnooh money was aaked forT Morse thought tnat $20,000 wookl be enough, bat 110,000 was requested. It waa a good while before Ooagrees aoted, and in tbe meantime Mores went for the third tin* to Europe. Indeed, be waited two yeats fDrtbeeppropateate.\ ' Although the diving bell is said to have been known to the fhosnidans 820 B. 0., but little progress appears to have been madei»iUuse,anduptothemMidleof the tost.century scarcely anything waa known regarding the bottom of the sea, except what was thrown up on beaches or from chance specimens seoured by eoandicg Hnea or sea- dredjring. With the appliances of modern science men have attempted to extend their knowledge as well as to work under water. The expert native divers of Ceylon and In- dia, in securing coral, pearls and sponges, are enabled, on an average, to remain under the surface about two minutes, although in, stances have been noted where an endurance of three and a half minutes has been at- tained, Suoh specimens of endurance are rare and seldom attained without serious in- Jury, soon resulting in death. Submarine armor of various kinds has been made use of with more or less Buocews; but in 1830 the discovery of India rubber afforded an opportunity for important additions and im- provements to submarine diving dresses. M. Bouquarol, a French mining engineer, and M. Denayrouzo, a lieutenant in the French navy, perfected wbat ia known as the Denayrouzo apparatus, the beet that has ever been produced. It consists of an air pump, a receiver and reduoer, a diving cos- tume and the requisite hose, signal tubes, ropes, weights, ladders and tools. A Sub- marine lamp is abo provided, and in the Italian navy the diver can disconnect him- self from the pump, carrying a supply of condensed air in a magazine on his back. This apparatus works automatically; though the air pump may be worked irregularly, its action is regular. When the diver is down the air he expires rises in bubbles to the surface, by which means his condition is known by the watchful assistants. In the old diving dress the expired air passed into the space between his body and the clothing and out from a valve in the helmet; but as the oxoeBS of air applied escaped in this way also it could not be told from this whether the diver was alive or dead. The divert suit consists of, first, a pair df thick rubber leggings and boots combined. These end at the waist in an iron band furnished with iron clamps. Straps of lead weighing ninety pounds, «nd which are made to fit about bis ankles and waist are intended to give him weight enough to withstand the current. On the upper part of MB body he wean a large copper helmet, with strong ringbolt on the top, and below which, securely fastened to it, is a rubber jacket,'ending in an iron band, so constructed as to meet that of the leggings and be tightly fastened to i t The sleeves of this jacket are gathered around his wrists and tightly tied. The jacket is of a more pliable stuff than the leggings, so as to enable, him to more easily use his hands and arms. The diver puts on his leggings, and then a hook attached to the end of a rope rove through a block and generally worked by a steam engine, is hooked into the ring on the top of the helmet, and this with the jacket is hoisted and let down over his head. With this once on the diver above the ocean's surface is perfectly helpless. The front of the helmet has a glass door covered with wire, which is opened for him while the completion the dressing goes on. The sleeves of the Jacket are tied, the bands of his leggirigB and jacket are screwed tightly up, the leaden anklets and girdle se- oured, air pipe screwed on, and shutting the ds*r of the helmet, the diver 1B ready to be *swung off.\ In his hand the diver carries a Blender cord, with which he signals his wants from below. The depth at whioh men oad descend with armor on has been tested with the following results: The diver can breathe, and his organs may retain their normal condition and he preserve bis presence of mind, to a depth of 180 feet, but when that depth is exceeded by ten or twen- ty feet the external pressure causes physio- logV«l effects on hit organs, independent of hiswilL Within the limit of 180 feet secur- ity to life is perfectly assured with a practi- cal diver.—Sun tfrdnctoeo Ohronfde. THB PROST LINB. The energy displayed by the press of the State to bring Florida ont to the front in 3ouble-quiok time is intense and everlasting, says a correspondence of the Philadelphia Times. There Is truth in what is written, no doubt, but there is a counter truth thai experience finds out It is the overdrawn pictures ol'a heavenly elymum, the flaming word-painted ohromos, the overdone tributes that suggest doubts. People come'and are disappointed at finding malaria 1 instead of paradise, and there is enough ruin and cold to unsettle their minds in the belief that tub is the land \ where it is always afternoon. 1 Florida is not tropicnL Tropical produc- tions cannot be counted on aa a regular thing, m a aemi-tropieal climate. There is \frostHne but it is a shifting thing.. A obempion of the soil, after defending it from \ttiemuttered enntes of those who bavei left,\ writes: \No well-informed would set out a thousand orange trees above latitude 29° without running the risks of frost and ' die back,' and I don't wonder at the disappointment of many who, after yean of patience and toil, find their labor was in Tarn.\ Thia is straight-forward. The: majority of writers so fight and defeat the \ frost line \and it H<. xhirts around for it- aeliaa to make one think it in a cross' be- tween a \will-o'-the-wisp\ and a shooting \Lass Taaao. um 1 r over the Bto burg aud P.xoiuae Beitroed rehUae the foi bwlagi The oan were peering over a trestle, aad joet in fwmt at w« eat at. of* eotored wamsa, who showed gmit alarm, ani, as it arterwaexla tomed «st, tm.cl.ted| that the whole tain of ear* wu* flying tafOfefh I e sir. It was not maay uiJtrotea, i that lbs saennfaotara of milk safe* •he beetle, and as soon «tbe* ts m kite «!•.»«•*• *»»»*% Md eseUaud, ia e 1 , thm toe* *••*• • I -It eeeme iwedlUe, bet it b aa » 4aaft $4,000,000 Worn ot ooei avamna in the PittBbnrg mining dktriat . —The coinage of gold , fteoel year was nearly $U,___, . than in any pcevioas Teat lathe attarr at tbe mints. < * — Atteehecsaidtoa&tlegb) in aoboai ifi»naught?girlBhoold butt yoo. 1*. a good girl you would forgive her, wtnldat A Otnootis CAUWDAB. —Tho other day We were shown a curiously notched atiok, UM property of one ot th« olrWt French - settlers., The attek is made to aaxwer the purpose of. whole set of books, ami similar ones are need' : by moat of the old «V»II<SU xettlers iu this 1 loeaUty who are unable to read or writs. Thoogb they are not very suggestive of an meaayblaoreeourat«r*»orditl» said thai by tha nse.of eereml U«deoinotohesanexa«i . aooMot oan token*. Those etioks aw about half «> loot tn tenet* ae&fftehape aqnanvm ' at to allow four row* of notches, on.oasach edge. TheooeinmeoUon waewallooTMed with SOJAII notches of diiereot shapes and •laes, and w*a waooount of the days of I*** oou)dostohaer. n -Mushroom towns ace not whet? av noted to new States. Unr mootae as» « dense Virginia forest oovtrei tha ate of Pocehontas, which now hate popukafaa ef 3,000. AooslniinewMtheoaaeV^ -A family of eight persons, in < day-, three at each meal They paid last year as much for tobaeeo ae bacon, soTdeal- er who supptted them esya. Themelae toek tobacco and &e the girla dipyei era& —JohnDayfoundartwtohof tfty sate on a Colorado trail without a bar. Be set up one in a tent forthwith and few traveDea were able to get past without yielding to (he unexpected temptation. Be made mnaay fastandkeptUinatinliox, wUob was under the counter When he )was awake and beneath his pillow when |he slept The other day he waa found with keif a tat* bullet holes in his head and aB the paete gone. I —There is no older superUtkm than titat regarding the seating of thirteen at table. Although its origin is generally owttted to the Last Supper at whioh the Lord eat wfcli his twelve Apostles, there is a story ia the old Noree mythology of the gods sitting down to a feast with Loki in the Valhalla. Baldur was the thirteenth at the table and Baldur had to die. The Turks have almost expunged tbe number from their vocabulary. The Italians never use it in making up the numbers for their lotteries, and tne thir- teenth card in one of their favorite games bears the figure of death. —The life of the Nevada polioe official k not always a happy one, as the following letter of resignation wiU show: \We step down and out with a feeling of relief. We are a few grains heavier than when: we as- sumed the responsibilities of keeping ths peace of this neighborhood, having during that time acquired what might be ieMMd lead poisoning. Weybum's hoBsc we «av tinually earry in our lung, and, it is a,eoa> ; stant reminder to us that Hfe k uaoertem. Since we have been constable of tifc kmi our receipts from that of&oebeve toeo $880 less than what it cost B» » g * pattWt? cured of our bullet wound.\ „ , -I t is not on the gtege and m »t*si akme that a wealthy relative tame ui m, «ae i nick of time to relieve 6%tres»* anf pt*ttr- ty-strioken virtae. An mstaiK* oooaete* m Burlington, Tt, last weA : A wea»hrQ*g- fornia sheep-breeder^^H ^ t three times over-h u world, and she was a nfeoe b abouts where unknown to bia>. ¥w *m> years be had been mjk^^^gmft * F her aud last wiwk stUMftaJfttlin'finding her. She was employed ~~frl&i^ ?urJington, and had for era hard struggle for existenoe. of uncle and niepe wss,•efte«*s»>- a' one on all sides. The audaffluenoe. . , „ > —The other day the Headetsoo ware- house in Athens, Chk, praneaed a bate * cotton, and while putting it on^' \ ! saver dollar dropped oat from b bagging. Ouecfthehandaqio ed the change, thinking «lost J panion. As the cotton fall upoft *• $ another dollar raited Oj drayman necretiy to posing it to be the ] -Two p called at ttis honse of a ««otk»ea who was giving a fancy, dr^8,ba& sdsted that the «i«« >5f* .'Not at altf private housed\ (( of the policemen, \ I must take the names t\ \D-'^i pbHcemen went to wk« E sM b i^lia comfortable. of them waUced upito l^mself out a gfc.ss of '• ri>hthave ed,\ respond^ ffeshments were roar of laughter, he n were i^ meek ever More upa and dowt* during- ::&*£ S^i^riPKKJfW^W
