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, ■ Hr
DJ. I. J. QUATTlEiAUM,
(SURGEON DENTIST,
WILLIS TON, 8. 0.
MT BED.
Lei poets strike the tuneful wtra
In scornful Beauty's praise.
Far be from me the vain desire
To emulate thetr lam
A softer subject fills my brain.
strain,
«•
My eartteet friend! how many hours
Of rest 1 owe to tbeel
w „ b ' u Wwdaar* wdA and fortune lowers,
Thou stilt art true to me-.,
Tte satd that loro's an empty sound,
And friendship's but a name<
But thee, my bed. I've ever found,
” night, tT
N ight after
Vtstsns of infani
, the same,
arise,
'nnor arise,
yt hursery dars tonar n< i
Of rosy cheeks and kiee;
"V
I bW Oapt. w H. Kennedy’s store.
attended througbou t Barnwd)
«d AdjAOr*i counties. P.tlen,, W1 „
Dk. J. RYER80N SMITH,
twntiw lid Iffkaiifil loitift.
WILI If*’ON, 8. C.
Will at^sd eall. uiroughoat this and ad>
Jsewt eoaaties.
a OprrsHay ppp he more saiii'acterily per-
***!**j. •* big Partera, which are supplied
wrm ill the late«t spprored appliaoses, thsa
at ths rsaideaeas of pstienla.
Taprsraat disappmntmea
t*sd<nr te
sassted W eMra^oad by wail before tear.
ia * [-put
J. A. PATTEHSON.
Surgeon Dentist.
OS«e at the Barnwell Coarl Houw
•ailed oe at rraideoce P dr.
’r'n* e • ,1, A B 7 ix ftloo
<» Berawrll and Hampton counties
HtlMactioa guaranteed. Terms
enilllyj
' rosy cheeks and kleepy eye*.
And tucking up in bed:
A kiss, and then a soft good-night, •
And heav y eyelids oto. nrt
W bohii* not known the slumber, light.
Of childhood thus rep.«lDf 1
BometUne* to lie awake, and wau-h
Th moonshine on the door,
Or with a rapt attention oatoh
The creak of distant door:
Or. tf tn winter-time, l
A 1 <1 flr *- •bUe footstep! ■'r^-p.
And lights go lo and fro.
Then in youth
u* truth!
(••ding te visit him si W^Iutoa**"*" "
ar* rs
.. jMfen
To thee, my bed.
The dreams, how f
That youthful sleepers kn iw.
Drsam* of ttwe lore and friendship warm.
That only come at night;
d speis the charm.
And fade* the vision bright,
Whj* wearied with the discontent
Of others, or my own,
Bach oohSolatlon thog hast lest
. ^At ail my cares hare Bown
A*jA I have risen on the morn.
With purpose good and strong
That virtu ■ should ray life sdkmv
Content to me belong.
And lu that time when * sari are shed
r^' ' 1s ^S b ‘^ i k. foii r . ^
CUtm reef Toad o» thee, my bed,
Ahrue with melancholy.
Then time, aid piaees, aceoas I trace,
Fbe ever pass dby/^
And frteods who’re ran their earthly race
And rent them lu tha sky.
1 ^T!>jV«es uaoooth
How thou, mr bed, hast been.
ThoHira playful dwClhuoA
A f rieu d U s ary sc n •
Ou th e, her
H.rw t
How anger fie
And jietde.1
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tae
»of rust,
led to weep
i runted breast.
youth.
s»2 ’T" t""***" Wow,
Apd frlends vs hovering by
k nd age or
And wan
r »r
e low.
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uur follows^
— L wd-' ■ sw.
to
e tHd
a aorr,
1ISH Mt KV’s “HONE.”
Ml«a BndtT was rotng
1-adms UtMNn’'at last. It
**cl bui there war nothing else for hat
to <1 s i(P*em«<t Who would thuk <»I
Aar other buene to a poor,
* *hu W
■ntllwBIber uaefnlnaa^’ Haring naawxi
her dara tn other people's Route*, ao to
spank. sh« might not mind It aa nin.bs
jw riet*. an a more fortunate being.
••T< v, Ifib.' said, "ihor*’* araraocT
In I be HOld Udias* Homa." and the
hundred dollar* Uuit Parroo Amory LMt
me Will pay mr way in. but It woulda't
long If r
maw
kaow, ayd 1 shaR bats a warm bod
began to spend It. you
1 bat a a warm bad and
mr regular meals without warning
about wbora the nett one * com n/
from. I’m b»,«t tired worry ng about
ways and means. Seems as though I
have been about it all my HferM-rer
•inoe father was takfia with heart d *-
eav hnaniig USt Hass in a^obru. Now
that the rheumaiifm hat, ret the batter
of me, to that l can t work to co d
weather, and the doctor »av» ft’U draw
my hagurs up so that I can t u«n th. to
aoou. it doaaa t -e*m as U th«o was
anything left for m« in th's World but
the Home —and l ought t^ba thank ul
for that"’
***<* Lucy Alnofy hiay mc that you
ut»n t disdain my company. For you
See,” said Sam, who was not as black
as ho was painted, or as many liked to
suppose, “Lucy can make me what she
will; without her I shall be nothing and
nobody; but they’ve told her all kind?
of wild tilings about me; they’yo told
her she might as well jutop into the
rivef as mArry such a scapegrace. And
Rerhafis if I made her a little jealous—
you know there’s no harm in Mo/, is
there? All s fair in love; and, perhaps,
if the old folks see mc driving aboiit
with Miss Becky Thorne, my stock may
go up, ahd 1 may bo ‘saved from the
buruintr,’ as Parson Amory says.”
And Becky had consented; how
could she refuse to do a service for
■i ck a true lover? So slight a thing,
too! Sju: had often traversed the same
road since on toot, on ker daily rounds
of toil and mercy. Sam EustU had
married Lucy Amory years a.o, and
was the foremost man in the county to*
daw Strange how that friendly dime
had interfered with MJss Becky’s proa-
da; how the simple fact of carrying
ome Mrs. Lustis* needlework should
have determined her fate, and devoted
her to a life of hardship and the “Old
Ladies’ Home” at the end! Talk of
tribes! Poor Miss Becky! she remem
bered that rnce or twice the opportu
nity had oflered when she mignt have
made it op with Larry: but pride, or a
^jort-efflBe reserve, had locked het lips
■—Larry Plight to know that she was
above silly flirtations Once, when they
met at Lucy Amory'* wedding, when
they all went out into the orchard whHe
the bride planted a young tree, and the
gues's looked for fool'-leafed clovers,
■he had found herself—whether by ac
cident or design the could not tell—on
the grass beside Larry: their lingora
met over the same Ittcky clover, their
eves met ^bove it, and for ao instant
she fvii it wn her tongue’s end to con
fess all about the drive and Us result,
to put pride in her pocket, bat just then
Nell Amory- called to l^wry
“Oh a no rid spider!—on my arm,
Utrry! Kill him quick—do! Oh—oh
—ok! I shall die—1 shall faint" And
that was the end of H.
The old ore hat d. with its fragrant
' quince busbei. its gnarled apple tre«*.
! Its fonr-leavod clovers, was a thing of
the past; a cotton mill roared aud thim-
| ilcred there all day loug, where tha
' birds built and the trees bourgeoned
thirty odd tears ago It no longer b os-
soraed, eioept in Miss Becky’s memory.
She had turned her thoughU to raldng
plants, when *be wss left to her own re-
sonroes. bnf one cruel winter’s night
ki led all her slipa and the capital was
hiking ttf whmk *bs ought renew her
ito k. Blnre then ahe had gone ont for
daily sewing, had watched with the
tick, had been In demand for tampo-
rary housekeeper whenever atlred Ma
tron wished an outing: but latterly, W
e> e« no longer served her for fine Wor£
and sewing machines had been intro
duced; she was not so alert In tlfc sick
room as of yore; she moVea more slow
ly. and bar houarke-ping talent was do
longer In request: aided to this, the
bank wlnre her little earnings had been
grow ng. one day failed and left her
high altd dry. Some of bor friends had
traveled lo pasture new. some had
married away, some bad ignored or for-
ten her. A* for Larry Rogers, be
been away from Plymouth thia
S ear. Somebody bad sent him
e year after Lucy Amory's
marriage to develop hta masical genius.
He bad grown into a fatnon* violin
ist, playing all over the country to
cron dev) houses, before the finest people
la the tend ft aas a beautiful romance
G n
I
Mias Beekr had had other oxpeeta- r to Mias Becky to’tead 1 the Plymouth
Uona in her heyday, wnea voung Larrv
Roger* met her and carr el her basket;
when hta strong arm paddled her down
tha broad river to churvh on Sunday
mornings; when they sang together in
the cbor from the s#m. . mu-hook;
•hen they loitered horoawani tb the
fngraat snmm. r duek, and Bird ihe
•hlp-ppor-wUl complain, au4^UrU.*d
the nre-llios ia the hedges as they
brushed hr. It so met mo* swnud to
Mis* Becky as If all thtf bad Imp-
In another ;
*t
jiened
8ho
was young *»-•. with a bloom
on her cheek; but although the rheuma
tism had bent her figure and rendered
her more or less helpless at timL yet
her dark, velvety eve* looked 09 like
•ott stars, and the ghost of a dimple
still tUckered on cheek and chin in spite
of her sixty odd years. Miss Utekv %
father had been the district I KcIkkiI-
teacberin ihose fur-oft'days of hSgirl-
hood. He had taught her the sirmdc
kwe at his oaaamand. but it whs Larry
Rogers who had laught her mude- hctir
a ter hour, in the ••inpty oi<r'’st'h.»')l
house: thev had practiced tfxodSf.
•bile he wrote the score on the black
board. But aii this had not ■'Utth'ud to
enable her to ram a livelihood. Her
education, musical and otherwi.«e?%ul
stopped short of any commercial va’ue.
In those days she liad net er rupee tgd
to earn her living by the sweat of her
brow. Larrv was go ng to give bereft
erything. How trivial the little uuamd
►eetned to day which circumvented this
fine resolve of his! But what magni
tude it had assumed at the time Un his
return from a trip to a neighboring oily,
pome busybody had whispered to Larry
that Miss Becky had been seen driving
with Squire Eiistis’ son Sam behind his
trotters. Sam wai juat home from col
lege. a harum-scamm ellow they said,
who made love right and left and gam
bled a bit; and when Larry reproached
her with it she had not denied, she hud
aimply said: “Whatthen? If you choose
to liaten to gossip rather than wait till I
tell you —”
“But you dulri t tell me, and 1’ ve been
home a week.”
** I had forgotten all about H till yon
reminded me,’' said Becky.
to drftq wi'.h Sam Lust’s'”—whK h in
credulity so stung Becky that ahe would
not condescend to explain that she had
carr ed son e needle-work tip to Sijnire
Lustia which she bad been doing for his
wife, and that as the left to walk home
8am was
chaise in
Squire had
home, 8am, and show her their paces/'
Md how she had been ashamed to rc-
the kindness, although preferring
i mai aa sue icu wmn mime
i just starting off with his smart
id new dapple grays, and the
md mid: “Take Miss Keckv
sad had
Accord about •‘oar gifted town*:
she seemed to hear the echo of bis vio
lin when the w.nd swept through the
p ne boughs. 8 be had no hitter
thought*; she. did not blame him be-
aauw she sat in the shadow, because
her llfiB had been oo orfeaa. Hhe sang
again the old tunes he had taught her,
and mode a little sunshine in her heart
AIL of happinets she had ever known he
had brought her. Why should ahe
compla n’ And now she was going to
the “Old Ladies’ Home.”
“It isn’t exactly what I expected in
my youth," she said to the old doctor’s
w.dqw.
“No; but you’ll have a nice room and
a bright fire, and the neighbors will
drop in to see you and make it seem
home-like. Now, there's old Mrs.
(>unu. Nothing can persuade her to go
to the Horae, she says it’s only a gen
teel alms house, after all; an f so she
rubs a ong with what little she can earn
and what the neighbors have a ro ml to
send in: and they have to do it mighty
g.ngcrly, too, just os if they were ask
ing a favor of her. Lor’, she doesn’t
o*rn her salt"
“I dare say,” returned Miss Becky.
“Now, if it hadn't been for the rheuma
tism, I could cam my iiviug for years
yet, and may be get someth ng ahead
again. But It seems as if the rheuma
tism laid in wait for the poor and friend
less.”
“You ought to have married when
you were young, Becky,” said the doc
tor ■ widow, who had forgotten all
about Becky's love att'air, and labored
under the impress on that she never had
a chance, an impression which matrons
are apt to entertain concerning their
aiugte fr.ends. Miss Becky had been
spivanlgsome weeks with Mrs. Doctor
Dwight, who had moved away from
Plymouth alter her husband’s death.
Shis was there chiefly in order to put
some stitches .iflto the widow’s ward
robe. which n^Wy else would do so
“ reasonably.” that lady’s grief having
incapacitated her for holding a needle
or riving her mind to the ma'erial de
tails of “seam and gusset and band.”
But during the visit Miss Bocky had
been seized with her sharpest attacRAf
“It’s such aa every-day affair for you rheumatism, which had kept her in bed
itvltak fiovm iei ' aoKti K s«\ . frvt* WivnlrN fill Hilt* U7 ■ rod tK**»WA avrKw *«aS
*
haps she was thinking of the pretty,
comfortable home waiting for her
friend, and wondering why their fort
unes were so unlike, ^
> ..Write when you reach Plymouth,
find let mfi khow hofi? yotl re suited,”
said Mrs. Dwight; ami just then the
cars gave a lurch and left her behind,
and Miss Becky turned her glance in
wards. Somebody had taken the seat
beside her.
“Your friend was speaking df Parson
Amory and Plymouth,” said he. “ I
couldn’t help hearing. I was born in
Plymouth myself, but I haven’t met a
soul from there these twenty years. I’m
on my way down to look up my old
friends.” *
“ Twenty years is a long time,” an
swered BeckV. “ I’m afraid you won’t
find many of your friends left, You’ll
hardly know Plymouth.”
“I suppose not—1 suppose not. Rave
you lived there long?” a
“I? I have lived there allH»y days.”
“Good! I’m hungry for nows or the
people. Did Parson Amory leave a
fortune? He was called clote. Where's
Miss Nell—married or dead? can see
the old place in my mind’s eyfi; and the
parsonage uncer tne elms, ana tne
orchard oehind It, where Lucy Amory
S lanted a young tree on her wedding
ay, and the gown little BeckV Thorne
wore—by-tho-way, is she alive? Do
you know her?”
’ Miss Becky hesitated an instant.
“ Yes,” she replied, “1 know her—
more or less. Sue’s alive.”
•• And marriedi**’
“Well, no; she never married.”
“ She must be sixty* odd; she was a
pretty creature, such dimples—I sup
pose they are wrinkles nowl Where
nave the years gone? Is her home in
the old place still?”
*• Her home”’ said Miss Becky, flush
ing a little. “She has none. She is
on her way to the Old Ladies’ Horae. ”
"To the Old Ladies' Home! Becky
Thorne!” he gasped, “and l—”
“You seem to have known her pretty
well," aaH Miss Becky, who was oegin-
ning to en oy the incognito
“I should think so! I've loved Becky
Thorne from my cradle; we had a silly
quarrel which parted us—such a tritte!
— when I look back. Do you ever look
beck, madamef"
The twilight was falling about them;
Becky’s face had grown a shade or two
paler all at once; she turned her dark
r* vety eyea full upon him with a startled
air.
•• You.” ahe said, “you must he Lar
ry Roger*!” The* the color swept to
her cheeks in a crimson wav*. “ Do
you know i never lhought you bsA
grown of# file wfTnftff‘ fv# c ^kj kn<Ar
me? /sun Beaky Thorns"
J u*t then the train thundered through
the tuunel, and they forgot that they
were sixty odd.
“Ou the way to the Old l^sdias’
Home.” she wr*to Mr*. Dwight; “I
was persuaded to go to ao old gentle-
man’s, instead.”—Mory .V. /Wscotf. in
(Mr Contimnt * ,
for weeks, till her wages were exhaust
cd by drugs and doctor’s fees. It w
at this time that she made up her mind
to go into the Home on her retufa to
Plymouth.
Mrs Dwightxaw her off at the sta
tion. “1 hope you'll find the Home
cozy.” she said outside the cwr-window.
“It's loekv Parson Amory left you
hundred dollars alter alL He might
have 4—Med
•*y«k i
Pennsylvania Ou Welle
The steady decline In the yield of pe>
Iroleum in the Pennsylvania oil regioni
is causing capitalists to turn their atten
tion to the greater utilization of the
natural gas, which is a peculiar feature
of the region. The drilling of wells is
always attended by the appearance ot
Inflammable gas in larger or in smaller
quantities, but its presence is not a nec-
ensary attendant of the finding of oil.
Many years ago natural gas was discor-
ered' lu Fredonla, Chautauqua County,
N. Y., and it has been to constant use,
both for fuel and light, at Kast Liver
pool, O., for twenty years, and no petro
leum is found in either place. The
E resenee of this gas in the oil regions
as been one of the main pauses of the
development of the territory to so great
an extent that the exhaustion cf the
petroleum deposit has been accomplished
years before it otherwise would have
been, for its adaptability and economy
as fuel has permitted operations to be
carried on where otherwise thev must
have been attended with loss to the pro
ducers. It takes froth throe to twenty-
five days to drill a well, and companies
controlling the supply of gas furnrih
fuel for the boilers at an average cost of
91 •kfi per day per well. To buy ooal
or wood for thb purpose would cost sev
eral times as much.
Bradford and nearly all of the oil-
region town* are lighted and heated by
the natural gas. Tno “gas streaks,” as
those districts are called where the gat
is found without oil, are very extensive
In this field, and they were secured by
companies years ago These com panics
—the Keystone Das C imoaay and the
Bradford Gas-Light and Heating Com
pany—furnish nearly all of the gas sup
ply. They are chartered by th* State
The latter company supplies this
with light and
supplies this city
light and heat. Its pHsoiMl
“streaks” are the Rixford and the West
Branch. The former is sere* miieo
southeast of this city, and the latter lies
two miles to the southwest. 8lx wells
take the supply from these streaks,
three on each. The lUxford gas is col
lected in immense Iron reservoirs at the
wells, whence it is forced to Bradford
through iron pipe*. For four miles of
the distance the pipe* are tit inches in
diameter, and for the other two miles
eight inches. From the Wot Branch
wells the g*t reaches the city through
eight-inch pipes by Us natural force.
The pressure of this gas at Bradford ia
six pounds find a half to the inch. In
genious pumps of recent Invention fore*
the gas from the Klxfovd receivers,
where it ha* a pressure of forty pound*
to the Inch. L**s than a year ago thb
Rixford gas reached this city by Its. nat
ural fores at the spells—a force sufficient
to supply Bradford with one mitlioo
cubic feet. To drive the gas that dis
tance now requires the use of a four
hundred-horse power engine, and the
natural force of 170 pounds to the Inch
has declined to twenty-tire. The ma
chinery for pumping tne gas cost $50,-
000.
many fatal accidents. Veins of it ara
sometimes suddenlv penetrated by the
drill, and it issues wkh great foroe to tb*
surface. In such case it is liable to
become ignited by the lamp in the der
rick or the forge, or by the fire-bog
of the boiler. If, is more by good lock
than anvthin? else then if bociinanteo<
tne demex house escape with their iivee,
for a frightful explosion occurs. Even
if the lamp or boiler are removea far
from the derrick, an explosion is apt to
occur, especially if the atmosphere is
murky and heavy. Then the gas settles
to the ground, and If blown toward the
light'or fire an explosion is inevitable.
Gas is found in large quantities in the
Sheffield district of the Warren oil field.
On# of th* heaviest wells ever struck H
at Shutfietd. It nas been burning with
a flame fifty feet high for years, and its
roar may be heard for miles. \ Another
heavy well (s the Murrayville well, in
Washington County. There is a gre*t
gas streak in that region, and a com-
pany has been formed and chartered by
the Stat.: to supply Pittsburgnand other
places with light and fuel from it.—
Bradford {Pa.) Cor. PkiUultl^kia Prttt.
Farmers and Their Health.
you osr
and 'chs
By “farmeri” we include, of course,
their wives, children, and we have often
thought, with the general lack of pre
cautions for preserviag health, what
wcmdsrful constitutions wc have
heri'.od. Were it not that ws|
had a great store of vigor from ou
ecstor-s to draw upon, we should
been long ago a nation of invalid*
But a* on’’ aunot alwav* draw upon
bank account without adding to his de-
jx>iits, so. »ooaer or later, if we con
tinue to violate all the laws of health,
our dra t* will be met with—“no funds. '
The fa mfir, of all men. needs health,
and farmers, as a rule, are th* most
healthy of all people, and this ia
spite of a general neglect of the sani
tary law* If are were to say that we
proposed to make tame "Hygienic
Suggestions,” they would probably be
passed by. So we give some xujrapt*
lions about keeping well. < ne of the
general rule* given for every one, ia ell
climate*, is to take a dally bath. or. afi
least, a bath once in every forty-flight
hours. A daily bath, m g« < r iUy ea-
derstood. is ira;>oeeibt* to moat (armert;
but a pail of water and a large towelM
within reach of every farmer and everir
one elee. Wet one end of the towel,
and go over the whole body, and rub
dry with the other end. ' If tw* towels
can be efbrded, eU the
large one, properly used.
The comfort of a bath of K3tfMd
thr farmer after a day**^ LJa the
field when iNTf skin tV'D ■f'kvftfc
duo, has only to be e4f Rk*d to
AN!*!
—The world doe* amt
to be informed a* to be
Hannah Moore."'
—At present the t/H
which can be bestowed Upon
is something to da—,/afltes J.
- “W’bo shall deride WlM
disagree:-” We don't know whoi
but we do itnow that the Coroner
ly does. - 7%c Judge.
— ••Guilty or d<$ guilty?”
tch Justice of e prisoner.
" “Den what you w*at
utyour bi/nem.”
er
y
a grudge, and th
tinuc to owe. —&
c man who bregged
about being a good sVeter, 1
oT tem that topic, and is
thebqjrs what a “beer “
wheah - Chicago Cheek.
—Afouth End
one servant to do her
i wo. She says help ere
and when you we left
easier to do the work
than of two,-—BoMoa
—One mact be
even, lor thereby he
too mush truth. A
of on a journey seat
e donkey, with a«
siying;
TTTTISB^
make
It
so
A HLraar* Tragedy.
A strage case is causing a sanitation
at bcituate Jonathan Hunt, eighty
year* of age. who lived on Bay street
with bis wve, forty >ears younger than
himself, had not been seen bv the
neighbors for several days, and sus
picion* being aroused by the answers
of tbe wife in response to inquiries
about him. olficera were sent to make
an inreetigation. When tbe officers ar
rived they found the house securely
fastened, and rn eotrantv was fore biy
made. Here they found Mr*. Hunt in
a very depressed si*^ of mind. Upon
being interrogated as ta the where
abouts of her hjsbqnd. $ic informed
them that ha wm a’ ed an#tbcn started
on a run. She went swiftly through the
rooms, coming to a fourth, when sne
shut the door and placed herself again t
It. remarking “He U hdrv; you must
not come In ” She was removed, when
the officers found Mr. Hunt lying upon
a bed. dead. Mrs HuntcoUhl give no in
to ligent account of herbuebond's death,
but said he was taken h ck Sunday
u ght; that she had wrapped him up in
blankets and wai chert oy him ever
aince. bnt nothing further could be as
certained from her. During the con-
i creation she made many incoherent
utterances regarding the past U'e oilier
hu*l and and herself, and convinced the
officers that she was hopelessly in-ane.
When Mr. Hunt's death occurred, or
what was the cause, is a matter of con
jecture at the present time. It was
learned last night that he had been un
well lor a number of days, and that last
Thursday ho called on Dr. Vinal, who
found, upon examination, that he had
ever,-symptom" of paralysis. In view
of this eircumstaiicc. coupled with Mr.
Hunt's advanced age, tfas is thought
to be the most probable cause of death.
—Scituate (Man. \ Tirnit.
—f igures giving the statistics of the
manufacture of petroleum in the United
States, received from the Census
Bureau, show that for the yoar ended
May 81, 1880, there were e ghty-slx
firms ungaged in the business, with an
invested cap tal of 8>7,805,74fi, using
raw material to the value of $84,9jy,-
101, turning out of manufactured pro
ducts $43,706,218, employing 9,869 per
sons, to whom the sum' of $4,881,572
was paid ia wages.
• —The number of square feet in an
acre ifi 43.560. In Order to have this
area the piece of land must be of such
a length and breadth that thetwomulti-
«ptied together will produce the above
number. 1 hns an acre of land might
be 48,560 feet long by one foot broad;
21.780 feet long by two feet broad; 12.-
ply
ing I
260 feet Ion;
ree broad, and so on.
land is to be exactly
must be 280 feet.
v ’
a St Paul paper, tb*
ne*ota aro rightly
cover j.OuO
riettos to
thirty iDfereat
tract*
cf Ik*!
The natural gas is found in the largest
and greatest force in the third
, and seldom deeper tha.' fifteen
teet in the sand. It is present, how
ever, in all three of the sands tn a:me
wells. The wells are drilled just as oil
wells are, and gas territory ranges from
$160 to $600 an acre. It it destined to
be worth much more when the finding
of gas may be calculated on with cer
tainty. In|the Bradford field ga* has
been found at no greater depth than
twenty-two hundred feet. It is used
just as it issue* from the depths of the
wells, no refining being necessary. Tbe
ga* of some district* is better aixf cleaner
than that ot others, tbe Bradford artici*
being especially excellent in quality.
There is no odor from It in burning, but
before it is consumed it ha* the same as
petroleum. In earning it through the
towns and Into buildings the same sys
tem is employed as in conducting artifi
cial gas, and for illuminating purposes
is burned in the ordinary gas fixtures.
In many parts of the oil regions the
pipes are laid on the surface of the
ground, bat in the larger towns and
cities they are buried. For beating pur*
poses a pipe is conducted from the main
Into the stove or range The end of the
pipe in the stove is perforated to _
spreading flame. A stop cock on tl
outside of the stove regulates the sup-
ly. The Are is kindled simply by turn
on the gas and throwing a lighted
match lu the stove, in grates the effect
of a coal fire is obtained i;j the placing
of pieces of earthenware inside. These
become red-hot, and glow with the true
anthracite cheerfulness.
For Illuminating purposes a uniform
charge of fifty cents a month is made tn
tb*consumer. Where twelve burners
sre in use a discount of twenty per cent,
is made. To large consumers, such as
hotels, stores, etc., a furthef discount
from the twelve-burner rate Is given.
An ordinary family parlor or cook stove
pays 14 a month for fuel, vyhile ranges
and large heaters cost $6 a month. In
the early days of ga* burning in the region
an ordinary stove consumed about 300
cubic feet an hour. The subject has
been given mach scientific study, how
ever, and a regulator devised by which
the amount consumed is much reduced
without affecting the heating power of
the fuel. The gas is not measured. It
is a matter of much surprise to the
stranger visiting this region to see tha
gas in buildings and on the streets bam-
ing all dfcy as well as daring the night.
No one ivies the trouble to turn off the
gas. It u believed that the gas would
be consumed and wasted in other ways
even if It was turned off, and ao it bums
from one year’s end to the other. For
heat and lighting tbe gas oompaoieff're
quire pay To advance per month, but
well-drilieni pay at Um *m of tk* month.
At oop time the Keystone Company I
five hundred drilling w*U*
foetr pipes, out not on* quMtor of
nnmber are drilllag no*?. The a
through tb* <?il rewtone ,wr» **•
Custom Tfie
quickly, and rub
briskly,' as not to get at all chilly.
On goiag to tod. change the clothes,
and I those token o f are to be worn
the next . day. turn them to that they
may dir and dry thoroughly. In eat
ing. eepecially in warm weather, “go
•low." Do not come In. hot from wore,
and at ooce sit down at the table, but
take time to coet off, and at meals eat
slowly Many look upon the time spent
at meals aa wasted, while it is really of
tbe greatest impart am*. Kat slowly,
and chew well If you can prolong the
time at uiea^ i»y pleasant converaat on.
do io. Do not be in a hurry to resume
wor ; after meals in hot weather. Take
a long nooning. Better spirits. - and
increased vigor and strength, will far
□i' >nmhan make up the time taken to rest.
A general fault of our sleeping rooms
is lack of ventilation. One rcsaon for
th s is the attempt to ko«p out tiles and
mosouitoes, by closing the room* dur
ing tne da w Framus upon which wire-
cloth. or the cheaper mosquito netting
i* stretched, will keen out insects and
allow of needed ventilation.
. Farmer* who work all day. are not
Often trou’dad With sleep leas ness, in
somnia, as it is called: yet 2t is in som*
cases a disease, and the more fatigued
one may bo, tbe less he is inclined to
sleep. A brisk walk before bed-time,
and a sponging and nibbing of the
whole body, witn a wet towel around
the head, will often break up the very
unpleasant habit.
Farmers are very apt to neglect their
teeth. Every one should have a tooth
brush, not too hard, and brush the
toeth, using water freelv, on going to
bed and again on rising.—American
AjjricuUuritt.
Searching for Pap*.
A )*dy In the street met • little girl
between two and three years old, evU
dently lost," and crying bitteriv. The
'took the baby's hand and asked
“ Wn ar* Uula airy
All of different rotas
On* of us la
tramp sppltod
for B Ailckel l
“Ch/t
-A
Austin
bread.
m-ss tkat 1* more
“ I’d oko to open a bank if If
get the tools.” was tb*
Texat kifUnaM.
—An (esthetic Washington
■mve* in the best soc ety of th* i
lives In a suite of rooms and
own cooking on an oil ttov*.
that she has her kitchen hung wife
Japanese faot—two for five cent* -M
what save* kar—l kiiaUeipMa Sewn
—Tb* Vow*!*.—
Ifeetateet
On* of us la sums is set.
Oar at us Is found ta )W|
TotSsr you may sau la H<
Aa* <*• fowrta a ho* wWL
It ths tflh yuw atataU mm a,
lioan oevrr fly from yea.*
rum aid snjwmn.
lady
where she was going.
“Down to find mv
v
was
the
sobbing reply.
at y<
papa
your papa's name?” asked
What
the lady.
• His name is papa.’'
“ But what is nis other uamer What
does your mamma call him?”
“She calls him papa,” persisted the
little creature. *#
The lady then tried tol ad her along.
“You had bettor come with me. I guess
you came this way?” .
“ Ye*, but I don’t want to go back. I
want to find my papa, ” replied the lit
tle girl, crying afresh, as if her heart
would break.
“What do you want of your papa?”
asked the lady.
“ I want to kiss him.' ,
Just at this time a sister of the child,
who had been searching for her, cam*
along and took possess on of the little
runaway. From Inquiry it
that the little one's papfc whom eh# Wa*
Uv seeking, had recently died,
tired of waiting., for him to
oat'hpH enn
aiy^ail
«ightj4o*t per***.
•win WarofoiTOM
wheat.—
—It Is Mk) that th* Peeekblow
has don* remarkably well tW*
While other vartof
in the summer di
held on. and * as ~re*dj S
growth Of tubers aft«r th*
bWL *-
—Onus Cabbie Beat
Tclkecfftwo egg*, .me half -~ r _
cud m vinegar, bwtiw si** *f
t end pepper. Put th* nrin-
eauce pan and stir hntil U
boils: (ben stir ia one cup of ATOMS-
Four over the cabbage while hot.—As-
trod PoM.
—Pork to tbe Buehol i On* baeh*l ai
corn should give ten pounds of pork h*
fallen when fod ou lha ear. On*
bushel o: meal dry fed will give
pound* of pork. • One bushel of
mixed wit* water will give thirteen
pound* of pork. Ou* bushel of meal
cooked iu mush wlilgive fifteen w
of pork. — Pr udical Former.
— According to Fooretary Uolri s)
report, agriciuiure ia t'oaneoUcot m»y
be considered a more than ord.naxily
remunerative busineas, none of this
farm* in Middlesex County, for in
stance yielding a return of le*s than
five per cent on the capital, whil* sev
eral gave twenty percent, aa *
high *i twenty eight p*r cent
—< f all roots, except potato**,
arc most sensitive to fro*t Carrot*,
being m >sily deep in tbe groond. wfQ
stand considorabl* freesing
much injury, provided they ar*
thaw in the ground. Parsnip*Mid v*f*
etabln o vribf plants are bolter for Wing
loft out all winter; end of parsnips, «■*
pccialiy. only enough should b* pot lo
the ceFar for usfi when thoe* out pi
door* cannot b* got at—Exchange.
—Save the bock wheat ch*% say* *
correspondent of the Husbandman, and
use it as an absorbent in the ©ow *Nhlo
Being fine and dir, ft make* one of Mi*
best absorbents for this purpose, H*
find* a corn basket full ( on* I
bushel) will absorb all the
ten cows over night, and keep 1
and clean. He hal made a pi ,
saving all of his own and buyinggf hM
neighbors for one dollar per Mod of
fifty baskets, and it oavs w*lL
urin* from
p them dry
prnetkoflf
so earnestly seeking,
had she, tired of wait!
Empty and Frit.
entleman who was looking for a
ing place rung the door cf 0
parsimonious old landlady xifd
tho door was opened to s toft
man, who was on* of the PO*ffd<W
if lie Could get board there.
The young man shook hi*
“ Is the house fullP’
“Yes,” said tb* tall
‘(he house ia full, W$"
gaunt voice, “tb* 1
Tho gsutiemmT
boarder walked oR
oat of hollow I
copied air. Bnt Hi
ia& ta
fit*. -
come home, had gone
ClevcUnui lUraU.
•■on
-la
i a me artfad* o<