Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              f0» AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. $ Wnkh] Jfieut5p0per—( jwafA ta %hm, fjit Blmmtfile, fining, nh Slgrrrnlfnral %\uw\8 of Ilit (taufrij, totrnrinit, Slamsmrnf, fot )--t"iua Dollars tyu Simmm, VOLUME 4.--NUMBER 26. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRU ARY 24, 1854. WHOLE NUMBER 182. POETRY. POETRY. A Prairie on Fire THE PITTSTON GAZETTE, ENQ8I8H LAVISH. Pearl oysters are found in various parts of the world—in Europe in Asia and in America. The localities from which they are procure din the greatest abundance are the Persian Gulf, the Shores of Ceylot) and Japan, the Sooloo Archipelago, and the Gulfs of Panama and California. Those of Panama and California are very large, and their shells very thick and beautiful, forming" what is usually termed "mother of pearl." A considerable profit has been derived from carrying these shells from California to China, where they are manufactured by the Chinese into a ol ornamental and fancy articles. Pearl oysters are said to arrive at perfection in seven years, and after attaining litis they soon die. They are usually procured by divers at depths from three to eight fathoms. Pearls and Pearl Fishery A correspondent of ihe Galveston News writing front Hems cpunty, Texas, on the 7lh u 11., gives the following account of the burning oI a prairie in his sectiou, by which considerable damage was done: 1 left your city on the 29lh December, about 12 A. M., reaching here (home) ihc enduing evening, about b o'clock J found my family in preaf consternation itj consequence of I he Dig Prairie, (as the sectionof the is termed from Brinson's up to the henl waters of Simm's Bayou and Clear Credit) being on fire, anil which had then been burning for (bur days, gradually ncaring us fro/n a northwesterly direction, At tills peiiod, Friday, 8 1'. M., the nearest part of the firo was some five or six miles distant, with a gale of wind blowing (rem the North, frio great and glaring was tho reflection from the fire, that I could see to read the smallest print in any part ot my house. There it con tinued to rage all uiuht. I was very un well, and suffering from much fatigue and broken rest, but to sleep was out of the question. About 8 A. M., of the 31st, the nearest column of the fire tore oast the head of Hone Pen Nayou (distant three a fearful rate, airtl carrj ing, as I then thought, inevitable destruction to ihe only settlement on that creek, Mr. Devil's; but, strange to say, it passed him without injury, taking a southerly direction for Clear Creek, (above Clear Lake) reaching Mr. Owens' farm about noon cf Saturday surface water is condensed and 3inks. The process of MYikinp goes on rapidly until ihe whole water has been cooled to 40 degrees which is 8 dog1, above the freezing point. Heluw this temperature the chillcd surface of the water instead of condensing fnto less hulk, actually expands (becomes iighfer) end remains nt the surface and the cold is thus very imperfectly propagated d6wnwards, I he aurface in the end freezes, und the icc may thicken, but at the depth of a few feet below the temperature is not under 40 dogrees, which is indeed high when compared with that which we frequently experience in our atmosphere during winter. If water in cooling below 40 degrees, obeyed the same law which if does in cooling to that point, our rivers, streams and lukes, would become mosses of ice, upon which our warm summers would make but little impression, and the , chcei fuI climate which wo now enjoy would bo lass comfortable than the frozen regions of the poles. Upon such delicate and beautiful adjustments do the order and harmony oT the Universe depend.—Scientific American. } AND fen«qiicliana Anthracite Journal PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY GEORGE M. RICH ART. The following is from Mr. Holcomb's Address before the Maryland Agricultural Society— As showing the interest English ladies take in Agriculture, 1 cannot but relate a casual interview 1 chanced to have with an English lady, in going up in the expres* train from London to YorK. Her husband had bought a book at toe stand as THE WYOMING MONUMENT. BY MRS. aiaol'HNEY. From the Hartford Courant. The Conqueror's Grave. BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. Men of thu happy land ! if ye would have That valur tfoutisn whiclD did guard your homes From foreign domination, haste tu pay Due honor to the dead, who made their breasts A shield against the foe, utid in tile cause Of holy liberty laid down to die. Flowed not their blood (root the same glorious I Within this lowly grave a Conqueror lies, I A nil yet the monument procluiins it not, Nor round the sleeper'*) name hath cliiael wrought The embltm* of a fame that never dies, Ivy anil ainnranth, in a graceful sheaf, Twined with (he laurel's fair, imperial leaf, A simple name alone, To the greut world unknown, Is graven here, and wild flowers, rising round, Meek meadow swiet and violets of the ground, Lean lovingly against the humble stone. Here, in the quiet earth, they laid apart No man of iron mould and bloody hands, Who sought to wreak upon the cowering lands The passions that consumed bis restless heart ; Put one of tender spirit ami delicate fruiue. Gentlest in mien and mind, Of gentle womankind, ' Timidly shrinking from the breath of blame; One in whose eye the smile nf kindness made Its haunt, like flowers by sunny brooks jp May, Vet at the thought of others' pain, a shade Of sweeter sadness chased the smile away. Nor deem that when the hand which moulders here Was raised in menace, realms were chilled with (ear. bjficc in Jenkins' une llrick HuiHtn/r, one door Smtk of Xulkertand'e Store— up etaire. Tm"Ri»rrt k Jornmi." published everyFrldsr, at Two DCM.t.AM per annum. Two Dollars and liCly Cents will lie cliaiy»l If nut paid within tin ytar. No paper will b« UlicoMlnuod until all arrearages are paid Advkbtiskmicsts are inserted conspicuously at Cink iDoli.ar per souaro of Tourletm IIubs for 11'fee Insert! out uiidTDv «NTV-»tvt l'itu additionalfiCreverysubs*-quun iwerllon. A liberal daflucttoii to those who advertise 'rbrslx ntunthsor the whole year. Jus VVoan.—Wo have couuected with our establishment a well selected assortment "t Joa T?rK whleli will sua bio in to execute, in the neatest alyle .vet) variety of printing.  we were about starting, and remarked to source That filled your own 7 Why should they longer her that "it was one of her favorite American authors—Hawthorne." I casually observed, *'i was pleased to sen young sleep In cold oblivion's tomb 1 Their gathered hones Are where the death-shaft fell, and the green turf Of lair \\ yoming'a vale hath done it. best To deck their sepulchre. )'ea, Spring hath come, Weeping like Kizpuh lor her slaughtered aon., And aprntd a mantle o'er them , and the flowers That Summer brings, have budded there, and died, These many lustrums, American authors lound admirers with English ladies," when the conversation luriKa on books and authors. But 1 said lo myself pretty soon, "this is a literary lady ( prubably her husband is an editor or reviewer, and she handles the 'scissors' for him ; at all events I must retreat from this discussion about authors. rt)odern poets and poetry. What should a farmer know critically of such things. If 1 was only in those fields—if the conversation could be made lo twn on crops or caul", then I should feel quite at home." I finally pointed out a field of wheat, and remarked that it was very fine. The ladv, carefully observing it, said, "Sir, I think it is too thill—a common fault this year, as the seeding was late "those drills," she added, turning to her husbund for his confirmation, "cannot be more than ten inches apart, and you s*e, sir, the ground is not completely covered—twelve, and eleven inches is now preferred for the width of drills, and two bushels of seed to the aero will then entirely cover the ground on good land, so you can hardly discover the drills." 33u5inf55 CnrK Though pearls are not peculiar to one kind of oyster, the pearl oysters of Ceylon aro all of one species and one shape, being an imperfect oval, about nine and a half inches in circumference. The body of the fish is while and fleshy, much fatter than that o( the common oyster ; and the flesh of those oysters which contain pearls is ustialy rank and unfit for eating, in Ihe cputre of the pearl is often found a erain of sand or other extrani nts matter, which may be considered as the nucleus of the formation, thus leading to the conviction that on the introduction of this pa ticle i:ito the body or shell of the oyster, in order to prevent the disagreeable, event of frotion, he covers it C ith successive luyers of the gluiinouj matter which constitutes the pearl. The Chinese are said to take advantage of tliis peculiarity of action in a singular manner. In the beginning of,the summer, when the ystjrs rise to the surface of the water and open their shells, five or six beads made of mother of pearl are some, limes thrown into each one of them; and at the end of the year when tney are drawn up end opened, these uro found covered , with a pearly crust, so as to have a perfeet re»ombLnce to the genuine pearl. All roun.i pearls are taken from the body of the oyster. The others are found udhering to-the inner part of the shell, being flat on that tide which is attached to the surface. Sometimes between ono and two hundred pearls have bee.i found in a shell and it often happens that three or four hundred shells may lDe opened without obtaining a single peail. The peails, after being extracted and cleaned, ara polished with a powder made of the pearls them selves. They aro of various colors, white, brown, and even b'ack. They are next as. sorted into classes, according to their size, by beinn parsed through sieves, and then, after being drilled and strung, they are | ready to be sent to the di lie rent m rkets j in various parts of India, Euroije, and , • o M O C£ m . * r | j CO „l W B « ! His» m £8§ f '4 1 f- i -r i .1^1 SB - i - .B .13 C ! 5 Friends nnd countrymen! Plant ye a stuns upon tbut hallowed mound, And trom its graven tablet teach your sons j And when its pillared height guea up toward hea- S ;g O 2 £ C3 55 s .  E 13 o * DH £ Igl^H„-«j  fliMla8Jj ven, Teach them from whencc was drawn that fortitudeWhich saved their land. Then, if you see a tear Upon the bright cheek of your listening boy, Haste with u precious seed, and charge bint there To love his country. and to tear his Ood. Hautfurp, Way 1841. And unities mustered at the sign, aa when Clouda riac on clouds before the rainy Eaat— Gray captains leading bands of veteran men And fiery youths to he the vulture's feust. Not thus were waged the mighty wars that gave The victory to her that fills this grave; Alone her task was wrought, Alone the battle fought; Through that long strife her constant hope was staid On God alone, nor looked for other uid. Iii the settlement of new countries, it often happens that the most trivial circumstances produce the most important results. According to Judge Burnet's "Notes oil the North Western Territory the question whether North Bend or Cincinnati should be the great commercial town of tho Miami country was decided hy tho fasi tliut the commandant of the niillitary station at North Bend became stronglv atacht'd to a " bluck eyed lady." who lived with hcsr husband at the Bend where ho was stationed ; and tho husband becoming somewhat alarmed at the attentions which tiie commandant pnid to his wife, removed' to Cincinnati. Finding his ladv lpve had (led, the officer thought North Bend unfit for a commercial town and moved with hi* troop-. to Cincinnati, and Iroin that day tho It'ory ol North Bend departed, and that of Cincinnati uroso. Judge Burnet remarks t (Page CO.)'- 1 he incomparable beauty of a Spartan dame produced a ten year's war which terminated in the destruction of I roy; and t.'io irresistable charms of another female transferred the commercial emporioum of Ohio to the place whefe it now is. If-the captivating AmeiicaR Helen had conl inued at tho Bend, the gurri8on would have been erected there—population capital and business would have been centered there, arnf thence it would have' been the Queen City of the West." Who alter this will sav that woman is of no importance ia the decrees ol fortune ?— How Cincinnati became a City. Jtf e o odd W » . J 9 X I V I «J So Si Sfe.Ks.CtfK' character. BY nEV. IIENttY WARD BEKCHER, I will draw a distinction between character arid reputation, which are nut synonymous. A man's character ii the leality of liiniscll ; his reputation the opinions others have formed about him ; character resides in him, reputation in other people ; that is the substance, this the shadow ■ they are sometimes alike, sometimes greater or le.ss. If a nmn be able to achieve things beyond his time, his reputution will be ditfrreut from his character. He who seeks reputation muU'not be beyond the lime he lives in. It is important to men beginning life to know what they want— chaructcr or reputation. To build a characicr is a work of time ; as ships arc built on one eltment to be used in another, so character is built in youth and home for uf.er life. Reputation is easily got ; it is generally charlatanism, empiricism, taking many forms—ad that of a patriot, a tribe numerous .as mosquitoes, who, like them, lean and hungry, suck all the blood they can get, but n.ake none—who live on sue tion. In a man, as in a ship, the material must exist originally ; a man naturally mean may be improved, but never will be a noble man. Reputation may be made for a man ; character must be mode by him, with labor and time, and it jpanxiot be taken awav. The antagonism between the two is not so great ns the disproportion. Thus, a mat:, tl wise, wijl be ccmt nt to bo considered wiser ; he likes a shadow three time* his size—like banks that issue three paper dollar* lor every one in specie they have—if worth a quar. t-r he likes to be called worth halt a million, until the assessor brings him' to his s-rises. He will disclaim "popularity," but claims the same thing under the name of "influence but it is what God makes a man, and what he makes of himself that determines his influence ; the weights nev._ er ask a favor of the scales ; a thousand pounds will weigh down five hundred by their natural force. So he speaks of "prudence." Prudence is coincident with rectitude ; and there have been men against the grain of life all their days who were yet most prudent men. He substitutes love of approbation for love of truth. Thousands lose their characters to sove their reputations. I will consider three classes of men : those who are ruled by a single faculty ; thoso who are controlled by groups ol faculties ; and those who have several characters at different times. ! will consider two instances in the first class ; those who are ruled by love of ap. probation and love of gain. Approbativeness is almost exclusively an American faculty ; it originates in the necessity for popular approval ; we are exceedingly vuin, and growing vainer. Our public man is the most pliant of them all ; you may knead him, and no may your neigh bor, and thousands alter him, but he is dough still ; hi* morals are not absolute, but vary with the company he is in ; his religion is like a navigator's dress, to be changed for every latitude. Yet the faculty has its uses ; without it the attrition of the world would be rough ; where it rules it causcs weakness. It leads men different ways ; some shun anything new, others flings bombs into the midst ot stale properties, and like comets, slap the sun in the face with their toils. These ultras are like the engine and anchor—both ore useful ; but much as 1 respect anchors, 1 would prefer to bean engine. The faculty is shown in fashion, whose first question is, "what will people snv V and' whose last, "what did people say !" Sometimes, 1 believe, there is a vain minister, (though I believe there is na honester class in the main,) it is hard to bear constant applause and love too; the toughesj plank will crack under perpetual sunshine ; but the minister's vanity is principally shown in fearing to lose the esteem he has gained. Characters founded on this faculty can never be great; he that does not write or speak from enthusiasm for his subject, produces nothing that will permanently control the mind. Love of applause is the fertile source of medioority ; excellence springs from sympathy with God, man, and truth.—Tribune. A small branch or creek intervened be tween his house and the fire, and which would have saved hi in from loss, had not a fallen tree laid light across the streamlet, along which the tire ran with such ce. lerity that he dispuiicd of saving his house. By great exertion, iiowever, they got the flumes under, but not till it destroyed above one huudri.d panel* of his fence.— Saturday morning, the last one of the old year, beamed bright and clear. Den»e columns of smoke and fl.nno were still traversing the groat land sea in front of me like whirlwinds. Tho wind, however, havieg somewhat abated, 1 tried to get a little sleep in my chair. i had not C»mpo. sed myseili however, long, before my eldest boy came and told mo thai the lire was in Mr. pubis's (my neighbor's) field. 1 instantly sallied forth, and found that She met the hosts of Sorrow with a look That altered not beneuth t'.e frown-thcy wore. And soon the lowering brood were turned, and took, Merkly, her gentle rule, and frowned no more. Her soft hand put aside the tisauults of wrath, \ And calmly broke in twain / The fii ry shafts of pain, And rent the net* of passion from her pall., By that victorious hand des|j«if wus slain. With love she vanquished hate und overcame Evil with good, in her Great Master's name. a a if . Ct »«c ! r- 5 E " 1« /csa e.- x v .■ - I ■» 1 * o. "fail* i** S-fi g c j _• sHs J|c| * U,jj5J«S5e -i If the goddess Ceres had appeared with her sheaf, or her ornaments, I could not have been taken more by surprise. A lady descanting on the width of wheat drills and the quantity of seed ! O M- JOB PRINTING "I will try her again," said I, "this may be A chance shot," and remarked ill refer, ence to a field of ploughed ground we were passing, that it broke up in great lumps and could hardly be put in good •tilth. "We have much cloy land like this," she replied, ''and formerly it was difficult to cultivate it in a tillage crop, but since the introduction of Croskill's Patent Clod Crusher, they will make the most beautiTul tilth on these lands, and which are now regarded as emong our best wheat lands. Her glory is not of this shadowy state, G.'ory that with the fleeting season dies ; But wnen she entered at ihe sapphire gate, What joy was radiant in celestial eyes ! How heaven's bright depths with nounujjig weU comes rung, And flowers of heaven by shining h?.cd.a were flung. ■rtnd He, who long before, Pain, scorn, and sorrow bore, The Mighty Sufferer, with aspect sweet, Smiled on the timid stranger trom hia seat; He who returning, gioriuus, from the grave, JDrag£ed Death, in chains, a crouching slave. OF EVERY MJfCHJWN If rally nnfl •xpsditious'y executed at this OFFICE. jy j]lanls of all kinds ahraiis on hand. | On rcti«onablc Icrina. in the short period 1 had endeavored lo re m§CSMM MflCl pose, the wind had changed westward, and coming in strong gusts, und threatening our devoted farm from three points. iMr. PlUsslon Gazelle Printing Office, See, n» I linger here, the nun grow* low , Cool airs are murmuring tbut the night is near. Oh, gentle elee|jer, from thy grave 1 go Consoled though ami, in hope unci yet in (car. Brief in the time, 1 it now, The warfure scarce bc^ilii; The conversation turned on cattle ; she spoke of the best breeds of cows for the pail, (the Ayrshire# and told me where the best cheese was made— Cheshire the best butter—Ireland—where the best milk mitids were to be found— Wales. '" Oh !:' said I, ''1 was mistaken ; this charming intelligent woman, acting so natural and' UnaflVeU'd, dressed so neat and so very plain, must be a farmers wife, and what a helpmate h'e hits in her? She is not an extravagent wife either, not an ornament about her, \eC, a single bracelet clasps a fair rounded arm—that's all." The train stopped at York ; no sooner had my travelling companions stepped upon the platform, than I noticed they were surrouuded by half a dozi'ti servants—men and maids—the men in full livery. It turned out to be Sir John and Ladv II——.This gentleman, I learned, was one of the largest landed proprietors in Berkshire,and his lady tho daughter of a Nobleman, a Peeress in her own right ; but her title added nothing to her ahe was a noble woman without it. Dobie thought I was absent (rem home, nnd 1, on my purl, expected he also was away; it whs, therefore, a mutual gra'.ificaiiou to find that wo could join our exer- Pilbton, I'a. l»ITTSTOH Dasuerrean Gallery. Vet all may win the triumphs thou hast won. Still (lows the lount whose wutcrs strengthened llieo; The victors' names are yet too few to (ill Heaven's mighty roll; the glorious urinory, That luiumtercd to thee, is open still [I'utnuin's Magazine. tions lor common safety Oar best cfFarf CiniinnaU G Room* in G. R. Lore 8• Co'x J'hicnix Store —Entrance South End—first itoor to the right. vp stain. WOHK DOM 1.QUALLY Wtl.MN AKT WKATHCT liowever, could not stem the burning tide, arid at 3 1'. M., it took my fielil, burning down three sides nearly of my fence, arid for the ;;ext hour our houses seemed doomed lo destruction- About 4 P. M., the other two columns of fire, which had been traveling down upon us Iroin ihe uorlli- Our younj friend and whilom townsman' Mr. Rout. R. Tavloh, Machinist in the P. 8 R Railroad Company's works, ReaCf. ing, has, wc are gratified to learn, obtained a l atent far a ne*' Patent Siearn Hammer, which possesses very great merit and prom, isc to superceed all others now in use. Now Patent -team Hammer. America jsn 13*51 The oysters usually adhere lo llic rooks and lo each o'lier in immense liC ftps and clusters, until age lias enfeebled the fibres of their beards by which they cling; and at an age of probably between six and seven yearn, breaking from their hold, they may bo found in peilociion on some sandy bottom near their original domains. The beds ol ovstera on tho rocks arc said sometimes to exceed eighteen inches in thiol', new Attempts hove been made to trans, port the peorl oyster to a more northern climate, both in liuropo and Ameica, but invariably «ithout success. In the Island of Ceylon instead of opening the oysters immediately after they are gathered, they are suffered lo remain in heaps on the shore until they have undergone the process of putrefaction und become dry. DR C. r. HARVEY, A New Fbas* in the Main* Liquor Law. SIMMS MBTlBf Messrs. Editors:—The New York Day Book contains the following :— It was ft scene of terrific grandeur a« the united body ol the flames shot up nearly a hundred feet hijjli. u esD mot Franklin Street, next diDor to Dr. Doofittle, WILKKS-BARRE, Pi November 11, lt$53. A liquor dealer in Bostou has been sued bv a firm to whom lie has sold some fifty thousand dollars worth of liquors, since i.!is passage of the Liquor Luw, for all the mcney paid and received for the liquor. The ground upon which the money is sought, is that the sale of liquor is illegal, the article being contraband, or, in law, worthless. This suit will bring this question to an issue, and decide the'.constitution, aliiy of the Muine Lavv, Should the law be sustained, we do not see how the defendant can judgement. Millions of dollars are at hazard, and once let it be established,that the sale of liquor is illegal and that money paid therefor may be iecovered from the payee, and every liquor dealer in Boston will be bankrupt. Fortunately lor us, tha fiisi fire had burnt up the grass just where the last two bodies of flame met, so that the devouring element received a check to its impetuous career. Providence also kindly interposed by lulling the wind, so that we were ena- li is thus described by a writer in the Harks County Prets :—]n the fust place the valves, potts ana passages arenew, and so arranged as to admit steam that will give a powerful downward stroke, as welt as ari«e the homrrcr. The hammer we witnessed weighs forty pounds, over which the operator lias an en'ire control, and with which he can deal out blows over t)00 pounds in weight, and again bring it down with (he weight and quickness of a hand hammer, lu cne moment he can give the hammer a range of a number of feet and bring it down with great force and ellect, and the next moment a range of but a few inches, and dealing cut gentle, and if desirable, quick blows. "You can givo the same hammer a long or short range, deal out heavy or light blow;, strike quick or slow, entirely at the will of the operator. 'Phis hammer also dispenses with the recoiling spring, which in other hammers jars and often puts out of order the entire machine. The hammer, alter s'riking the spring with as great force as it does the anvil, soon splinters and wears out the handle of the hammer, causing considerable delay and expense in replacing a new ono, all ot which is avoided by tt. 11. Taylor's Patent. E. M. TURNER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pittston, Luwrne County, Pa.—Office with T E. (JlKti», o»er the Plank Store. bled still to pre-erve a shelter for our BALDWIN 8 BRADY'S mim is m8K AND OBNGRAL STAGE OFFICE, and families Mr. Dobio had on hundred panels of fence burned. 1 be lieve, however, that 1 an. the heaviest"suf ferer as lar ns I can yet learn, as nearly the whole of my farming improvements arc destroyed, thus preventing and stopping litis year's agiicultural pursuits. With this weather, however, it is impossible to calculate the damage and losses that will result to the largo stock raisers, as the pior cattle are Hired ol any kincf of food. The whole prairie, for miles and miles in extent, being covered by one sable pall of ashes, even the timber bottoms did not escape the scaring flame, the herbage being burnt up, 'down to the very water's edge. Wo. I OS, Kacc Street, ISAAC H. BA1.DWIK. i HAMUF.L, A. BRADY. \ Lain of Dun vlllu nnCi Blodtnifotirg, P*. D TKRMS ONE DOLLAR l'KR DAY. March 11, 1053. Winter Evenings. A winter evening is like an orange fully ripe. It is partitiaiitd into from three to six hours, according to our habits, each of which is distinct in its ofllces, and like "the quarters" of that favorite fruit, can be peeled out with ut draining a drop from the others. And evpry hour is full or juicy, luscious cooling minutes, that dissolve away into the experiences of wise people, comforting and blessing on their way, as the orange-pulp does the palate of the achool boy. A witj'er evening out may be very profitable, and very entertaining, but at home it is golden, and its winged hours are dripping with humble joy*. Lectures, concerts, 8c., are very well in their way ; they are ja gifiat comfort to baohelora and mistaken couples, who do not -live, but board, and to, travelers sojourning for a day or two- But why families should desert their glowing fires and parlors warmed tn just the desired heat it n marvel. Why a man of taste should eat dry bread and rancid butter on the soiled cloths of eating houses, is a wonder, when the table at homo smokes with hot dishes and savory Then the pearls can be removed with comparitively I ill 1c diflicully from the shell. Soihetimes the body of the fish is of a brilliant scarlet hua ; and then the inside of the shell possesses the same peculiarity of color. • The oyster, and particularly the pearl ovster is generally admitted to be sonie- CJRIQG9, ZABRI3KIE A. LOVELL, -WHOLESALE (iROCBRS AND Our own liquor dealers are making no preparation for the pessage of the Mair.e Law in (his Stale. They say that it never can bo enforced, and they mean to buy and sell the same as usual. But il those who pay their money for liquor can sue and recover back their money a year or iwo years afterwards, what will the busi ness be worth ? IV haps they had better look into the matter a little before it is top late. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Wo. 254, Washington Street : (Betwwn Murray and Robinson SU.) Jimh M. ) Elicit. I. N. Zauuiskik, D II8SSKH O. l.nVKI.I.. J thing of a' philosopher, and given to habits of meditation. Perhaps it is so. But wr; can hardly suppase that as he lies quiescent beneath the waves adhering to his cor.- NEW-YORK, [Aug. IS, IM3-ty. The World and Chance WYOMING HOUSE, al homo, lie ever dreams that lie is con How often might a man after he had jum. bled u set of letters in a bag, fling thorn out upon the gtound before they wcu'd fall into an exact piem, yes, or so mu;h as make a good discourse in prose And may not a book bo as easily made by chauGe, as this great volume of the world? How long might a man be in sprinkling colors upon a canvas with a caraless hand before they could happen to make the exact picture of a man ? And is man easier made by chance than his picture 1 How long might twenty thousand blind men which should be srnt out from the several remote parte of England, wander up and down before they would all meet upon Salisbury plain and fall into rank aud lile in the exact order of an army? And yet this is more easy to be imagined, than the inumerebie blind parts of matter should rendezvous themselves into a world. — Til- |(NEAR THE RAILROAD DEPOT ) stantly engaged in the manufacture of beautiful ornaments for beings ol another race ; and that one day the rude hand of man will tear him from his native clement and pull him to pieces for the sake of his beaulilu! pearls. —Boston Journal. Scrantou, I'a. J. C. BURGESS, Proprietor, Charges Moderate, Peptainbc 23, IftSi. '•Our liquor dealers are making no preperation for the passage of the Maine Law in this Slate, " says the Day Book, l'robably not. They think this "Temperance fanaticisms'' will soon expand and vanish into srnuke. Gentlemen liquor dealers, let me tell you that you will find yourselves egregiously disappointed. Iteform based on intelligence and principle anil right, never go backward. Tha temperance movement, is an onward movement of tbe age. The masses are seeking a higher state of civilization and advancement, and they ejfpeel to attain it, as a means to this end, they sen that the rum traffic must be suppressed and with strong hands and determined purpose, they are moving in that direction. For years they have been dilly dallying with the license system— trying to reform it—to suppress the evils that flow from i'. But they have become heartily tired of this kind ot effort. Thev see it ia a vain thing to attempt to purify streams which flow Horn a poisoned fountain. The fountain must be dried up—the supplies cut off* and nothing short of this will moet the emergency of the case.— Selling intoxicating drinks as a beverage, must and will ootne to an end.—J'tuladelphia Sun. There is another decided advantage in the new in vet) l ion worthy ol consideration, ft is the perfrct simplicity of its construction, and the easy access to all its parts, also (he ease and quickness with which, you can reinofo and replace any part if out of repair, and the improbability of its' L'ettini out of repair hv reason of its simplicity. The old fashioned hummers are ttrcre complicated, and consequently get out ot repair thoro Easily, and" may take days to repair, while tho now invention more rarely gets out of order by reason of its simp'icity, and when damaged, or has any of its parts broken, can bo repaired in as many hourr as the other days, ori account of the easy access to any of its parts, and nlso the ease with wJiich they may be removed. We venture to predict that It. R. Taylor's Patent Steam Hammer will supercede, in course of time, all other steam hammers now ia use.—Pollsville Emporium. ,SCRANTON HOUSE, ANATOMY OF THE TEETH. OPPOBfTB BunAHTONBfc PLATTd 8TOKE, SCRANTON, PA. TD. K. KRESSLER, Proprietor. A nerve, an artery, and a vein, enter ti e root of every tooth ; "and all through an opening just large enough to 'adinit a human hair." The dental pulp is the termination of the nerve in the crown of the tooth. In the molar teetli it is about the size of a small shot. Some anatomists call the whole of the nerve the dental pulp. If. n.—A carrtftffe will bo in roftdlneM to convey ipie»tJi to i!m» hoHw, on tho arrival of tho p.Mwngttr train at the Railroad Depot. [Hept. 83, 1853-1 y morsels. 072)2 IPA'BX asm. Young men should make much of their winter evenings. They are ihe school houra appended to their business days, so that none need lack an education. Some, indeed, have no evenings, and a sad time they must have .of it. HYDE l'ABK, PA, By WAMBOLD 8 HUFPORD, The ivory of llie lootli (that part which lies under the enamel) is composed of an immense Dumber of little pipes, or tubuli, which make that p*rt oC tlie tooth porus. This accounts for the rapid deoay of u tooth when the enamel is gone. The acids o! H e saliva, heat ond cold, penetrate these cells and cause h sudden destruction or the too.h. Filling the cavity solid with some metal ia the only cure. The nervo from one toot)) eonoeotu with the nerve to every tooth in either jaw. This is the reason why the paiu i« so often felt on th» opposite side from where the cause exists. Pain is often felt in ths upper jaw, when the cause exists in the lower. The superior (upper) molar teeth have three roots. They sometime* (not frequently) have four and even five roots, while the inferior (lower) have but two. The bicuspids usually have but one root, or two united so as to have the appearance of but one. They sometimes, howaver, occur with two distinct roots. The incisors and eye teeth ,never have nrMDr«-than one root. e. CU 9® in I. Warn hold, 93, JK.VJ, 6m Henry IIafford, lolson. WYOMING HOTEL, Bf «. W. 9IERCEIII2AV, tio. 333, Greenwich street, near Duane NEW YOfJK; But there are many who, in these leisure evenings, have made themselves masters of one or two modern languages, acquired a familiarity with several practical scienocs, and very greatly enlarged the circumference of their knowledge. An hour a day works wonders for a iearner in any department, and a good heart with a manly earnestness of purpose surprises him at the year's end with the length of the road traveled over. When one comes to appreciate the value of (he avewines at home, be will know how highly to prize tho priv. ileges what aro aflorded by lecture*, schools and libraries,—Record. » i— . Law of freezing water—Beautiful edju t meet Tbero are many well ktiowi) laws of matter, which have the appearance of being divinely provided tor tho benifit of man Thus by a very peculiar law, Contrary, as il wpre, (o a general law, the riyers and fountains in our climate arc prevented from freezing to any great depth. Tho effect of heat upon bodies is lo expand,,and cold f9 contract tl\em. If this law constant in its operations, ill respect to water, ice would commence to form at tlie bottom ot lakes river's, and brooks, then they would rapidly treeae upwards and destroy every living tiling therein. This is provided' against by a beculiar law. The water ot our rivers and lakes, above 40 degrees, Fahr., when exposed to a greater degree dfcold, cools rapidly at its surface,; which r July 15, 1853 W. TO0XD8, Fashionable Barber and Hair Dresser. In the Room adjoining Uohcn'x Clothing Store and opposite the Eagle Hotel, PitUton, Pa. WOULD ie»pcctfully inform the public that he hlln taken the Shop formerly occupied by Lyman Fogg, where ha would be pleaded to wait on them. Pituton, Nor. 1853. cough ane imi.n in the Breast —Equal parts hoar hound lops, tlacarn. pane roots Young Wiliiam roots and tops. Boil until the strength is extracted, adding boiling water as it decreases, then strain and put in sufficient sugar to make it very sweet ; boil down to a ttiick syrup. For a tight cough, the addition of teaspoonful of tincture of lobelia to each pint, when cold enhances its value. It is tonio, diurelic, expeotorant and eipmenagogue.— Ohio Cultivator, Puzzle. What word is it, the first two letters ot which are male, the first three female, the first Tour a brave man, the whole a brave woman ? Why cau a person cook eggs soon, er-in England than in America f Ans.— Because in England all that he has to do is to steal them and they imonedia'.ly become poached e^gs. (Hr Sinoe Gubbina went through the operation figuiatively palled 'bursting up/ he has adopted the Mahometan method of computing time. H« now dates front the Hegira, or Flight of the Profit. -• — — EAGLE a?HOTEL. GEORGE LAZARUS, PITTSTON, Pa. 1850. ; "Flour has ris," and it is owio" to the "yeast-ern question," of coutse—SuHday Courier. What knife is usud for cutting caper* y " -J? jr.v * '- " * * ' • ■4* * V •. +? r •* •