The Volcano lubricator., December 16, 1873, Image 4

About The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879

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ST vwr to Spend a Stormy Day.
i>.?n't get up in the morning til! vor.
t-.i'i sure breakfast is ready, a::d the
rest of the family are at t!ic table. ?
Then ?et very slowly out of bed,
vawning and stretching lazily t! e
while. Dragon your clothes one af
fcr another as loosely as possible.?
Dab a little water over your face, and
dry it with the fringe of the towel. ?
Then screw up your hair in a frizzled
.v.i.d at the back of your head, and slap
u with 'he brush. !f you have a di
lapidated old wrapper lying 'round J
the house, pick it t:p and put it on; its I
just the morning for it. Don't put on
r?nv collar, nor belt; what do you care j
for looks on such a stormy morning.
Having thus completed your toilet,
betake yourself to the breakfast room
'v ith lingering steps. Arrived there, t
if any of the family should be so de- 1
mented a* to bid you a pleasant "Good |
mornin?." don't deign to notice it, but ;
walk to the table with great dignity,]
draw out your 'chair, throw yourself!
languidly into it, put both elbows on
the table (of course you don't care for
etiquette on sue'* a morning), re*t your
chin in the palm of your hand, and
exclaim, with a prodigious yawn, as
vou pass your cup for colTee, "Oh!
dear, dear, what a gloomy morning!*'
The reflection will give \ ou an appe
tite. and, besides, maybe the rest of
the family haven't noticed it. and it
may be a cheering bit of intelligence
to them.
If anybody should dare to be aston
ished at the unwonted elaborateness ot
your morning toilet, bestow upon them
a freezing look that shall silence them
at once, and stop ail further inquiries.
Enliven the meal by complaining of
everything on the table.
Af^er.having remained at the break
fast-table half an hour after every one
else has left it, you may prepare to
leave it, taking care to do so slowly
and deliberately, lest any one should
think you were obliged to leave. Now
put on a discontented, gloomy, forbid
ding look, and gaze from the window
a while, taking particular pains to
stand where every one who passes can
see vou, you will make a most anima
ted picture, and, doubtless, cheer the
heart of many a passer-by.
Don't settle yourself to do anything.
You might find something that would
divert your mind, and make it imma
terial to you whether it "rained or
shone," thus spoiling half your pleas
ure. If convenient, however, and you
are sure you feel like it, you might
empty the contents of a bureau-draw
er or two where they will be in every
body's way, with the laudable purpose
of "cleaning it up," but, for merev's
sake, don't carry out your purpose! ?
Give up in the midst of it, and hurry
those things back into the drawers in
a way that would cause the hair of the
most untidy woman that ever drew
breath to 6tand on end. Now, yon
might be seized with a sudden desire
to improve your mind by reading all
the old papers around the house. Get
them all out. Don't leave a single one
in its usual place; scatter them every
where with unsparing hand, and after
doing so conclude that>ou don't feel
like reading to-day; but don't put a
way those papers ? don't ! Leave them
all over the house; it will give it a
cheerful, tidy appearance, besides im
proving the general temper of the fam
ily. and bringing you into notice.
Of course you needn't change your
dress nor improve your personal ap
pearance in the least during the dav. ?
It is not at all lifiely that any one will
call such a stor = y day, and as far car
ing to please the eyes or feelings of
your own family, why I hope you are
not an idiot.
If any one should make so bold du
ring the day as to ask you to do them
a favor, especially if any younger
member of the family, missing its out
door play' should become restless and
fretful, and want to be amused, survey
them for one decisive moment from
"top to toe." and then, giving them a
look that shall haunt them to their dy
ing day. turn on your heel and leave
them to their own reflections.
If, after having pursued this course,
and lolled around to the best of your
ability all day, the evening should hap
pen to be pleasant, and you should don
your prettiest dress and sweetest smile,
and your "beloved Harry" should fail
to keep his engagement with you ?
good! It will be no more than you
deserve.
Pennsylvania's annual production of
minerals nearly equals that of all the
other States and Territories combined.
In the last year reported by the census,
her mints \ ieldod ji 76, 20$, 396 worth ot
minerals, and all the rest of the coun
try $76,390,504 worth.
A correspondent desires to know
"how much a United States cent of
1-97 is worth." They used to be worth
ten mills, but since the introduction of
nickels their commercial value has de
pieciated.
Fruit i!:c New York Tribune.
Prof. Hartz's Box Trick.
A respectable audience filled about
two-thirds of the large hall of the
Cooper Institute Tuesday evening, to
witness the now celebrated box trick
of Professor llarcz. After a variety
of clever sleight of-hand performances
the Professor stepped forward, carry
ing a thick given rug, probably ten
tect square. The semi-circular stage
was covered with a heavy Brussels
carpet, and at tiic back between the
pillar? were hung crimson curtains. ?
The Professor said that many persons
thought lie had a confederate under
neath the stage, and to show that this
was not true he spread the rug upon
the carpet, after satisfying tuo specta
tors that it was urcut. An iwipain'ed I
box, about two feet 'ong and seven- 1
teen inches deep and wide, w as then j
carried upon the stage and put down
in the center of the rug. It had a
turn-over i:d, fastened at the back with
three common iron hinges, and two
stout iron hasps fitted to two staples
driven into the front of the box. A
few air-holes had been bored through
the top and side. The box had been
put together with clinched nails, the
ends being bound with sheet-iron. ?
Three gentlemen from the audience
stepped upon the stagf at the Profes
sor's request, and having given the box
a thorough examination, bound it
round and round in expert fashion, ty
ing a multipiicitv of curious knots at
every possible place. Even the rope
handles were made use of, and the
hasps, alter being placed over the sta
ples, were securely fastened by taking
a turn through the latter. A narrow
red ribbon was tied tightly about the
first knot and sealed with sealing-wax.
A canvas cover in the shjpc of a Ro
man cross was placed around the box.
and the committee wound this around
with another rope, sealing the knot as
in the other case. The Professor's as
sistant. a full-grown man, divested
himself of his coats and waistcoat, and
submitted to have a long tight fitting
sack of thin muslin drawn over his
head and body. Then, lying upon the
box on his back, he drew in his legs so
as to enable the Professor to get a
good grip on the open end. One of
the committee tied this tightly with his
own handkerchief, and it was further
secured by another piece of ribbon,
which was sealed. Three common
screens were then placed around the
box, and the Professor and his other!
assistant and the committee stepped
aside. This was at 9:30 exactly. Two
minutes later a rapping was heard, the
screens were removed, and the muslin
sack was ?eon lying empty upon the
box. All the seals were unbroken. ?
The committee undid the ropes and
lifted the lid of the box, and the m;?n
I who had been tied in the sack stepped
| out, looking none the worse, except
for a flushed face, or his close quar
ters. The sack having been untied,
j the handkerchief was found in it. ?
The Professor had in vain offered $1,
000 to any one who could take it out
without breaking the sea!, cutting the
material, or ripping the seams. lie
disclaimed any spiritualistic aid. It
is certainly a much more wonderful
"illusion" than any which spiritualists
have heretofore produced, and is far
more difficult of performance, appa- 1
rently, than the cabinet trick of the
Davenport Brothers.
The work of piercing the Hoosac
Mountain of Massachusetts, com
menced in 1S5.:, was completed on
Thanksgiving Day, though it will re
quirt several months before the debris
can be cleared away, and the road-bed
laid so that trains can commence run
ning. The estimated cost of this work
is about $12,000,000, borne wholly by
the State; and as it opens a through
highway from Boston to the Lakes,
I that city counts upon a diversion of a
large amount of Western produce,
which has hitherto found its way to
New York. As the Boston Post rath
er grandiloquently puts it: "Boston
is to sit the commercial agent and um
pire, sending and receiving, planning
and executing, while wealth seeming
ly endless is poured into her capacious
lap."
My Object. ? A London doctor
called to see a patient whose native
land was Ireland, and whose native
I drink was whisky. Water was pre
scribed as the only cure. Pat said it
was out of the question; !*c never co'd
drink it. Then milk *as procured,
! and Pat agreed to get well on milk. ?
The doctor was soon summoned again.
Xear the bed on which the sick man
lay was a table, and on the table a
bowl, and in the bowl was milk, but
strongly ilavored with whisk}.
'?What have you here?" said the
doctor.
"Milk, doctor; just what you order
ed."
"Hut there's whisky in it; I smell it."
"Well, doctor," siyhed the patient,
there may be whisky in it, but milk's
my objcct!"
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VOLCANO
is rtm.isiiKD at
VOLCANO, W. VA
j;y
!GEO. I'. SARGENT.
?;i:k ms
82.00 per year, inva
riably in advance.
NOW IS THE TIME TO SUB
SCRIBE !
SEND IN THE NAMES.
ADVERTISE !
IN THE
LUBRICATOR.
MlscelUt a //.
(
)?:. smith,
PRACTICAI
Watchmaker $ Jeweler 1
Court St., Parkcrsbur*;, West Va.
Is ottering unusual bargains, viz:
Fine Gold Opera and (icnts* Chains a !
$1.25; iS Carat Finger-rings at $1.50
per penny weight. Raymond Move
ments in fine eases at $65 a p ece, and
every other article in proportion.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c., care
fully repaired and warranted.
Please call and examine my stock.
W ANTED?
AN ENGINE,
The undersigned desires to trade a
FARM OR FIRST CLASS PROP
ERTY, in the town of Cairo, West
Virginia, on B. & O. R. R., iora
25 or 30 Horse Power Steam
Engine.
Any one desiring to negotiate such
a trade will address, with price,
J. W. CLARK,
Clover ?)ale, Dodd rid ye Co.
West Virginia.
WATCHES, CLOCKS
J EWELRY,
SPECTACLES, NOTIONS, .See.
Watches and Clocks repawed and
varranted. Every watch or clock
aid warranted lor one .year..
Tobacco and Cigars of the finest
urands; Tips and Wheeling stogies.
Italian strings. Cartridges, & c.
Orders promptly attented to and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Raymond st, next door to Lubricator.
VOLCANO, WEST VA.
PHCEN1X FIRE
insurance Company,
ov
Hartford, Con necticut.
The 27th Financial Statement of the
r n <e x 1 x
on the first day of January, 1S73.
Cash on hand, anil in bank. ?303.3St 16
U. S. and State stocks and bonds, 129,842 50
Loans on approved securities, 5O/12S .jo
Hartford Hank stocks, 473.700 00
New York Hank stocks 33 -4 00 00
Miscellaneous Rank stocks, 5*>950 00 :
Corporation & R.H. stocks, bonds, 275.262 03
City and water bonds 178,470 00
Real Kstatc, 79*012 46
Cash assvtts. $1,582,646 55
Tota liabilities, ?285.720 73.
SlIAFER & SteBX, Ag'tS.
Volcano, West Va.
JOHN SCHAFER
BAKERY, CONFECTIONARY
And First-class Groceries.
OYSTERS,
Raymond street opposite post office,
Volcano, Wc6t Va. tf
XI (J 11 O L A S 1! (J L'$ 1'J,
JLOItGE it. NICHOLAS, PROPRIETOR
Volcano, West Virginia.
The patronage of the travelling public is
respectfully solicited.
Volcano, November 21, i S72.? I r
j M. BENEDICT,
Manufacturer of
Snr7.Tr Jfod. ? and tiovinrj Pities
I nave on hands at all times a large assort
ment of the very besi in the market.
J. ?>I . Benedict,
\'olcano. Wood county West Va.19' juneS-71
w.
II. SHARP, M. D.
Physician & Surgeon,
1
VOLCANO , WOOD COUNTY , I
|
West Virginia.
The Mansion House
MARIETTA, OHIO.
SAM'L E. LEWIS, Fiop.
This elegant house has
just been opened in strictly tirst
clafs style, having been thoroughly refitted
inside and out. Contains some ot the finest
sample rooms in the'eitv; and is delightfully
situated 011 the Ohio* river, convenient to the
steamboat landing and railway station.
june 2 -St.
GO TO
SHAFER & STEEN
For Your
DRY GOODS
GROCERIES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Li A Ul) 1VAHE, TIX JVA 11E,
Qt'EENSWARE, NOTIONS, I.ADIEk
I I;its, Ribbons, Gents furnishing goods, Ready
Made Clothing, Ooots Shoes, Wall Paper
Carpets, Hats, Caps, Mining Powder, etc.
If you want a good fit, for a suit of clothcs,
For a pair of boots, or for a fashionable shirt,
cut low in the neck, be accommodated by
leaving your measure at the store of
april 29 ly. SIIAFER & STEEN.
yOLCANO"
COAL BANK
Coal Delivered at Summit of
Jlill,
or on the line of the
Laurel Fork and Sand llill
liailroad and Baltimore
and Ohio liailroad.
ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED.
IV. C. STILES. Jr.,
General Agent, Volcano, \V, Va.
apr.'o'yitf
-yOLCANlL
Oil 8c Coal Company,
N ewDominion Oi 1 Co.
LAUREL FORK
Oil & Coal Company,
Producers ol
HEAVY AND LIGHT
West Virginia Oils'
\V. C. STILES, Jr., Ocn. AKt,
aprao'jill. Volcano, Wood Co., \V. Vi.
Vg 1 ca no A < I vcrtiscincnta.
. II. Thomas, Wm.Sciulj.ino
V.'v. A". Bowen.
pHOMAS, SCHILLING & CO.,
Will pel! you all kinds ol
Sroccries & Produce
AS CUKAI* AS1 nr. CJIEAPIiST,
W1 invite their friends of White Oak and
vicinity to call and examine their large
and oxtensive Mock
T^IIOMAS, SCHILLING & CO.
? DEALERS 'IN?
DRY GOODS
Spccial bargains In'
DRESS GOODS,
HOSIER 3 *, GL O VES,
UNDERWEAR,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
NAPKINS,
TOWELS,
TABLE LINEN
Just received th? largest and best selected
stock of Dry (Minds ever hronjjht in this mnr
ket, consisting ol
LAWNS,
ALPACAS,
SURGE PLAIDS.
MOHAIRS,
BROCADES,
POPLINS,
SILK POPLIN REPP,
ALL WOOL DEL A INS,
ClIAMBRAS,
GINGHAMS,
JAPANESE EMBROIDERED
MOIIAIRS.
BROWN AND BLEACHED
MUSLINS. CALICOES,
and in lact everything in the Dry Goods line,
and altogether the nicest lot'of goods
to be found in Volcano, which tney
will sell at unprecedented
LOW PRICES!
Way* Call and examine. '
nPIIOMAS, SCHILLING & CO.,
General Dealers in
NOTIONS!!
BOOTS, SHOES,
READY MADE CLOTHING
HATS. CAPb,
a large and general assortment of
Hardware, Stationery,