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ITUCTSBOZO, II. C.
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attainable :
The best data
gives ; the
Republic of U Columbia a -population' of
5,540,000.
An English penny -in-the-slot machine
company has been mulcted in damages
by the victim of a : machine that didn't'
: work. v- ; ' ' : ; r " :
The Dominion of ..Ganada'proposes to
. settle the Bthnng Sea question by buy-
to Alaska. 4 A simpler way to settle it,"
;0pine3 Uhe San Traricisco
Chronicle,
"would be for the United States to buy
; Canada ; "
-Mexico's tariff ; of $2:50 per hog has
failed to suppress the . American imports
of ,, that "article of food, ? remarks the
Boston Cultivator, but it has sent iip the
price in the City of Mexico from eight to
twelve' cents per pound. f , , .
A man- was recently sent , to
New York City because he f
. prison in
could not
, furnish $500 " bonds to' keep the peace.
As there was I no one
to. furnish it for
him thiswas practically imprisonment
zoriiie,' SO alter a coupie pit montnsjne
man was called up and discharged.
The Dutch haven't set any new fashion
'in , calling, their" Queen" "King "VVilhel-
mma
after ; fill," the Boston Transcript
nas aiscoverea. , wasn't lsapena always
spoken of as one of the f 'Kings"
Spain, and did not the Hungarians shout
as a rallying cry? "We will die for our
King, Maria TJieresat TH'H1 T-1
The Boston Cultivator thinks it strange
that 'though Germany is opposed to the
importation of American ? pork, rshe
admits our beef. -Recent shipments' of
shipments' of
dressed beef tos Hamburg were well re
ceived, and sold at remunerative-prices."
It was pronounced much superior to the
Australian beef. The masses, in'; &eW
many demand cheaper meat. They will
welcomej shipments., of -American beef,
. and before long will force the Govern
ment to admit om pork. '
'Tktt TTnf or? Clfntrx, C S . 1
. . - waiakui wMtiu iixai.c i. a rcw&riut
t Die Doav in -more 'wavs - than on. Tt
members stand as follows as, to age, ac
cording to a table compiled
1 Orleans Times-Democrat-.
by the New
12 at 86 . .
at 85 j
1 at 82 '
2 at 70
3 at 69
3 at 58
1 at 57
;4 ateav
'. 3 at 67 v
2 at 66
lat50
at 81 l v
at 79 ': "
3 at 55
3 at 53
3 at 52
at 78
1 At 65
5 a t 64
1 a t 63 :
3 at 61
2 at 60
at 77
2 at 51
2 at 50
at. 76
at 75
at 74
at 72
at 71
lat49
lat43
1 at 38
at 53
Five members
3 octogenarians, nine
teen are over, seventy' and twenty-one
have passed sixty;. ; "The hasty legisla
tion bred of .youthful L zeal is scarcely
likely to pass4 the -Upper 'House," ex
claims the Times-Democrat.
Collector -.Phelps, . of. San .Francisco,
Cal. Kin testifying before1 :'' the Con
- gressional V Committee, spoke of the
opium smoking, of . the. Chinese . and of
how they hid introduced the habit amono-
white people. ; He would have a stringent
law against the sale or use of the drug.
A ne w law would be .useless, declares
the Report. The old law and public
opinion have already greatly reduced the
use of opium. "We mean that the habit
is not spreading nearl j"as fast as it wa3V
It is advice that cannot be practiced in
secret. , The fumes of the idrusr are too
penetrating for that, while the apparatus
is clumsy, and not. easily carried about or
concealed. So morphine and the syringe
have succeeded opium and the 'pipe.
xAio uiorpiiine'. naDrc is ; ; irigntiulJy
prevalent' and will ' ' spread,"' Kq con
; gressional ? committees or laws will stop
it It aeems destined to be the national 4
vice. ' ? t -
youngest Republic xrn the American con
tinent proposes to hold a World's Fail
of its o wn. It wants to, celebrate Colum
bus's discovery and at the same time let
the worldjknow howBepublican institu
tions are; working out there. ' The ! Bra
, ziliana have no idea . of conflicting, with
thecelebration at Chicago. - Their notion
is at that their exposition may be made
r an auxiliary to the Columbian Exposition
of the United States'.; They propose., to
open it January, 1893, at - Rio Janeiro.
That is the summer season in Brazil. Af
ter a few monthstheir "idea: is to 'closV
l, and transfer their whole exhibit to- Chi
cago in time for the opening of the Fair.
The BrazUiana are anxious for the United
States to extend them : a friendly hand.
They think the , co-opeVition of this
country will insure the success of their
celebration. ,The" matter has been iu-'
fomuUy brought to the attention of the
tetate Department and of Ti L
:i &TY -PPpriaW of
120003 for a United State exhibit, but
,. noaete step yet has hes taken.'
: : .' I grassVale.
Grassvale lay hidden in' the hills in fdolen
;. ;' repose, : I : ' '
It lay there! like a snowflake, In the bosom
: '"Of aiOSS.c' ' i v.-.V.;:jV ..'
Against thd mountains on the East, the East
5 ' winds vainly pressed, . . . J
And the mountains stopped the fury of the
. -; storm-burst from the "West. . !
But the Grassvale people waited for a rail
road to come down,-
And tunnel through the mountains and wind
I grandly into town;
Through the weed-grown streets of Grassvale
' j .men would saunter to and fro ;
And tell haw, when the railroad came, the
i ' littlejtown would grow.
Every night to Durkee's grocery came
f crowd of men, to talk it
With big empires . in 'their, fancy and two
' nickels in their pocket;
But the crowd trod down the dahlias in each
. j housewife's small front yard,
And whole! droves of pigs went rooting down
, '' j y thy-fillage boulevard. '
Every morn the magic sunrise all the eastern
could streak,;. -
lung His sunset banner from the
lost western peak;
rew on the houses where no paint
ret appeared, ' ( ,
that has no beauty is the first to
a beard. v '; ' '" , . .
y of the old town hall was. thrown
by the rain, :' . - ; i ...
And they (stuck a rusty funnel through the
j " bottom window pane; ,
At the little church the steeple blew off one
! tempestuous day, ,. ;
And they left it as a rendezvous where hens
- coufid go and lay. r
The great! dream of .the railroad banished
i 1 it J m 'V -.-.t- .
Althoughjthey had a suit of clothes but once
i""" in .fifteen years;
For they reasoned when the railroad should
J- f , come winding down their way
They should ha ve a pair of trousers almost
j every other, day.
Aiid wer ail wait for our railroad, while our
1 i front yards grow with thistle.
Lay and listen in (Our valley for the, locomo-
, i tive's whistle
Yes, we build up mighty, railroads in our
i superhuman brain;
'VVTifle wd ought to climb our mountains "and
jus
t foot it to the train.
S. Wf Foss, in Yankee Bladt
H LOST IN
THE SWAMP,
1 --t
LEWIS.
v BY
n. h.
"Halt
tharl"
At thi
startling
command, delivered
m a voice
harsh and peremptory.- I
stopped
and peered uneasily into the
semi-obscurity ahead.
"Thn
w up yer" hands, ah
mighty
quick, t
ol" V ' ' '
ous click of a rifle furnished
the exc
mation point, and at the soimd
.my a
elevated themselves almost in-
voluntarily.., rT i.
m . I
.;A man ciaain a tattered suit of butter
nut stepped out from behind a clump 'of
uraggieu. ousnes ana umpea towara me.
holding a cocked rifle pointing directly
atmyhiad. . I Z -V'
Seen by the dim light s filtering: sdown
through j the thick overgrowth he ap
peared a ; commonplace camp follower,
some, straggler from the adjacent forces
.who iad, like myself, lost his way, but
as he drew nearer . I noticed ,.that he
seemed laboring under some strong emo-
uuu. ,h was eviuem Dy me peculiar
movement of his body, a convulsive heave
of the chest, and deep respiration, like
that of k feeble person after CTeat physi
cal exertion. .
"Stringer, her yer seen my Martha
'round. here? My Martha, an ol' woman
with gray hair i ah wrinkled face? Tell
me or 1 11 plug ye !" ,.. ; , ' V
His yoice ended , in a scream that
echoed through the .woods .like a wild
beast's powl and curdled the very blood
inimy Wins.! ) - ' ! ' . ;
i Steppmg , hastilylback from the too
close proximityj of that rifle I . hurriedly
replied 1 ' , ... , ;
cfdl ?ny good fellow, hoJ & I- haven't
met & living soul since I lost myself in
this cufsed swamp. What is the matter!"
'The evidently half -crazed wretch hesi
tated for a moment, then grasping me by
the arm, said Ifiercelv: "I believe ve
know,
1 . ' a
ye ' hell spawn I ' Tell me what
yer done with, iny pore ol', Ionian, or.
Then letting his voice sink to
a whispering sob, Oh marster, ef ye'll
just give her j back to me ; we've been
nigh thirly years together, .her'n me
thirty long an happy years an' ; she
would 1 never rest easy ef , I wuz gone
even oyer night. ' We uns never had no
children, an' the love af 'em wuz added
to myTshare. . Oh.4 marster, lwon'ti ye
oDieege a poor ol' man that jest wants
to go down the iiill in
with Martha
grovelled in
intensity, of
an bother no;un!' C
He fell at my feet and
the mud, shaking with an
grief, h - , -
Here was a k quandary indeed,
and
caus
hjt mjr Own carelessness too. - It
was
a day before the, memorable 1st
e,' 1862. Company B, First New
of J
York
ignx Aruiiery, 01 wnicn 1 was a
'n A a A1- ' m m mw
distin
shed private, had been en
camped for two weeks on the Chicka-
hominy about five miles from Grapevine
linage. - r ::
Casey 3 division had crossed early that
morning, and alon?in the afternoon we
heard the sound of heavy firing; in-; the
direction of Fairoaks. -
About five o'clock a staff officer gal
loped up with orders for us to break
mmp Jimmediately and; proceed to Savage
station $ Thilej-en route ' throught the
swamp I isuddenlv remembered havini?
camp
tatio
swamp I suddenly . remembered having
lefVaJcouple;ot chickens hidden near the
01a camp, wmcn 1 nacr connscated while
out on a foraging expedition the nisrht
before. Anything in the shape of edibles
was worth its weierht in trold in' thnsu
(days,! and without more ado, I dropped
siyij tOjtne xear ana started back,, think
ing itiwould be an easy -matter to' catch
up wth the company" before' they gdt
After
securing ,the fowls I set out !
agaid, but, missing my way, became en-
hills Kf
And God t
-1 topd
But moss h
.- had
As the face
i ne cmmne
4 I
eel
uri
T.
amis
1
tangled in the swamp. The mora I
tried to extricate myself the deeper I got
- 5 .4- L J s 1
uu iug up xu. ucspaix, fcaiuown
on an old rotten log! to think it over.
. oeeizig . rugnt a Moaging in a
miasmatic , bog would : be my lot if I
didn't bestir myself,! I arose and arratn
commenced feeling my way through the
mass of noisome weeds and ' miry clay
that threatened. to engulf me at every
step. 1 ,w . - , ! -
-dusi as a naa joyously - discovered a
clearing of the undergrowth ahead and
could catch faint glimpses of a patch of
gray ssy l was summarily halted I in the
manner described above. . t :'
r The lunatic, 'for such he undoubtedly
was, soon sprang to his feet, andL I could
see that his violent mood was again
comipg on. j. bitterly regretted not hav
ing seized him whije off guard and run
the chances of measuring strength, but
he at that moment seemed so broken and
in such deep trouble that I could not for
the life of me do it4
Now it was too late,. and the situation
ll! 1
was getting aesperace. A. manaic is a
dangerous person at any time, but when
he is in possession of a loaded rifle and
looks upon you aa an aggressor, then you
are in deadly peril of your life
.', iLj uneasmess mcreasea, and it was
with. a very faint heart that I' asked him
in a sympathetic tone .if I could help
him in his search.
"Help," he: grimly replied: , "yes, Ve
kin help, an' it won't be long before ye
hnd her, or I'll mil ye like a letted dog. j
Come'along o' mel? ' ' "' ' I
Motioning me to lead the way he I
placed the muzzle of his rifle against my
back, and then we started.
The moon, had risen and her ail very
light penetrated through the overhang
ing branches, lending a weird and grue
some aspect to the scene. . Afar off the
plaintive hoot of an owl .sounded to my
overwrought nerves like an ausrury of
death. j " ' ! ' j; -
We had proceeded about two; miles in
this highly disagreeable manner! when I
noticed that the ground was
getting I
firmer, and the trees more scattered. I
Suddenly we stepped into a small clear-, j
ing, in the centre or which stood an old I
log cabin; it was eyiacnty inhabited, for
a iainc inui 01 smoKe .noverea around 1
the top of the old plastered chimney and I
on a line stretched near the house hung
scveitit ncu-wum memory uiru. , 1
I had only time for one hasty glance
when my captor j, grasped ma by tho 1
shquiaer and rushed up to the open door,
.As we stepped inside I stumbled over
some sort, yielding object and -almost
fell, f The interior was but dimly illumi
nated by a few smoldering logs oh the
hearth. .' ' I ' - I :
Releasing his grip the old man shouted
in my ear: ' '' . 1
"Stand whar yer air while I light tho
dip, Don't try to skin, 'cause
I her the
gun a-pintin', and will shoot quicker'n
lightnin' if ye move a finger I"
1 heard a fumbling in the g
00m and
the sound of a
foot kicking against
some piece ot.
furuiture. ' The idea
struck me that now would be a crood
chance to escape. II
If I could only get through the door
and acrosa the clearing in safety it would
be a comparatively easy matter to secure
shelter in the friendly depths or tho for-
- , r ..... 1 . .
est.
Moving silently toward the :; square
patch of light near the door; I 'braced
myself for a sudden dash, and tripping J
fell full length on the door. : I
Bang I, spat I a bullet struck just above
my ueou, sending a cioud 01 dust into
- , , . 3. . . .
my face. :For the space of a minute all
was still. I was afraid to move after the
warning. It was too close a shave to run
any more risks. ' I "- . - ;
Suddenly a famt gleam lighted-up the I
room and 1 saw him standing a few feet
away holding a tallow dip above his head
and peering in my direction. I . -.
Jrie held the sun in one hand. and had
evidently, reloaded it. Shambling over
towards me he viciously poked the muzzle
Into iny side, muttered some incoherent
words in a sing-song voice. I lay still as
death, not daring to move a muscle; and
the cold perspirrtion
started
at every
pore. . ... .
.Apparently sausneo, ne moved away
and stood hia guxi in a corner;' then, with
tears running down his cheeks, he burst
into a paroxysm of grief awful to behold. J
UfnHinM'im A n j-i - . ; A. I t I
ubii.vuu up ouuuunu mo iibbio ruum, i
his arms raised
ui tin attitude of prayer,
he moaned:
"O Martha, why hev. ye left your ol'
man? Hain't I alius been kind an' faith
ful, au' hain't. I love ye from the time I
first saw yer pur ty face? Won't yer come
back, dear . an liven up .the lor house
again? It is so lonesome nowj The fire
is a burnin' in the chimney, anM done.
got1 everything reddy-jest as ye- alius
ike it:" - !' ' vt. - 1
His voice was! as a little child's in its
pleading monotone. .:,; 4.,. ;
Seeing that hi attention was still at
tracted, I cautiously regained my. feet
ouu, giouuug WiUUBHUC, JUUICU UUWU
upon the body of the dead woman lying
in a pool of blood I ' ' '
A dark stream welling from a hideous
wound in' her breast showed how she
had met her death. : 1 V
It flashed upon me that this must be
the . lost Martha, : probably killed by,a
chance bullet from the battlefield. '
it was an piain now. rne old man.
t .11 1 mwmm m ' '
crazed by las terrible loss, had; with' the
vagary of . sudden insanity, j refused to
recognize his old helpmate in the disfig
ured remains, and had gone.to seek her
in the trackless J swamp. '-; It was pitiful
indeed, but I had to look after my own
safety, and not waste any time about it
either. . .,' . ';,.. jv- -.
There was something ridiculous in tho
idea of beincr 'shot bv a lunatic after
passing unscathed through the fiery or
deal of several pitched battles. The
thought nerved me to action." " v
Creeping quietly 'over the hard clav
floor to, where the maniac stood 'looking
into the fire-. I cave a sudden lean, and
lghted squarely on his back. - T2Ie.vio-
ent shock knocked him down almost on
tho burning loirs. ;
Instead of stunning him It onlv acted
ml W r.- 1
with the fierceness of -wild an ,.kI
first I had the upper hand, then my ad
versary, with almost superhuman power,
wrested himself free . and. grasped mo
around the neck with a death-grip. I
could feel mytelf growing weaker and
weaker, and knew I must conquer soon
or givo 1p4 l : - ;
: Resolving to make one more effort, and,
having noticed that in our furious strug
gle we had nearcd an old iron pot, I
grasped his hair with both hands and
dashed his , head with violent force
against the iron;- His arms relaxed, and
I rose to my feet trembling in every
limb!,
;lt was enough. There on!yt remained
one idea, and that was to leave such 'dan
gerous quarters without loss of time- -In
a second I was at the door. and. .not
looking backward, passed out into : the
free air, thankiag God for my escape.
gashing rapidly across the clearing to
where an opening showed the presence
of la road, I hurried from the fatal spot
expecting to hear the sharp ping of a
bullet at every step.
After runnimr a mile or so T had the
grat good fortune 'to stumble on the
bridge, and feebng myself safe at last,
passed over and j rejoined . my . company
.just as inc nrst gray streams 01 dawn gave
V.U . 11 -m
the signal for recommencing hostilities.
The next day I told my story to the
Captain, and he i sent me back with a
squad to find out what had become of
the old man.
On reaching the clearing
the onlv thins that met our view was :a
heap of still smoldering ruins, in i which
we discovered the , charred remains of
the old couple.
He had found his Martha Kcn
Yerb
-World. . 1
1 " Lassolnsr a Grizzly.
One of the most exciting hunts had
by Mr. Pacheco.k the recently appointed
Minister to Central America, occurred
during one summer night off the Cali
fornia seacoast ' where the seals were in
the habit of going. The bears came
there for the purpose , of capturing and
feeding upon the seals. Mr. Pacheco
and his riders took a station at the ton
of a high blutt to wait .for the return of
tne hugh grizzly that they had seen go
down below to feed. ' He came back .
aoouc xi, ciocjf, ana . wnen -. ne was
faitly upon tle top ' of the cliff the four
lassos whirled and the bear was ciught.
iuci were . never more success! Ul in a
first effort. ..The four lasso3 were thrown
as if directed by one hand.. ; Each paw
was caught, but the bear was greasy
from his seal feeding, and one lasso af-.
ter. another supped off. ' Of course, in
such hunting each rider has two or three-'
lanats in reserve. As the lariats slipped I
on. we oear cnargea. 10 protect tnem
selves it was necessarv to . throw new
z 11 . rw . . , . f I
ropes and upon the instant,
This fight kept up for nearly an hour,
when the bear and his hunters both gave
up the contest. 4 He Was too slippery t6
be held, but the persistence, of the hunt-
ers Had so daunted his spirit that he Vas
very glad to run off at the last, when the '
hunters became convinced that it was a
hopeless case. 1 Mr. Pacheco has killed
many grizzlies. In one instance he
had : a very j narrow escape. This
was - when ; he was riding along - upon
tne banks 01 a dry bed of a stream. , The
grizzly he was after - was thirty feet bei
low him. As a proof of the wonderful
agility of this animal, Mr. Pacheco says
that this particular bear, without tho
slightest warning of attack, bounded from
the bed of the stream clear and clean . to
the flank of his horse. It was the sudden
bolt of the animal which saved the rideri
The other" hunters came up in a moment
and in three minutes afterward the beaf-
that had made ' such a courgeous charge
was lying helpless in tho nooses of. the
hunters. Chicago Tribune.
A Peculiarity ef Russian Customs.
Our St. Petersburg correspondent, savs
the .London A eies. sends us a curious
story of the operation of -the'eustoms
la.ws in . Russia. . It appears that the
British and American Congregational
Church, to celebrate the jubilee" 'of ifa
foundation, resolved on : getting a new
organ, and at the expense . of $2500 ob
tained from London- an instrument which
duly arrived at Cronstadt. But here the
difficulties began.; There were forty
cases, and these happened to come in two
. .- .... . ....-
rimo ThlriftTirA -in yrA an il Ain-V. n An
ships, thirty-two in one and eighi in an-
otner. vnurcn organs are , practically
1 1 . sai 1 ....
unknown in Russia, where, church mu
sic is entirely, (vocal. - The only instru
ment known corresponding to the organ
is one which is found in every trakteer
or tea house and. is ';. of the? nature of . &
musical box. with a few pipes.
The "'. custom house officials claimed
the.duty on six organs, saying there were
pipea enough for so many., ; After long
negotiations the organ, was ,, allowed to
pass througn under protest and is now
beinir erected f under ' the supervision of
the custom house authorities. 1 Two of
ficials, .with swords, are on, duty at the
door and watch every one going; Out to
see that he does not take an organ away
with him.'. During ; Divine seryice the
guards take an occasional, peep. to see
that everything is above board; "
. Making Artificial Rubies.
What is the use of exploring unknown
and dangerous countries'for rubies when
the secret ot; their- artificial i production
has . been discovered? .This was tho'
question which the Adtdcmy, of Science
discussed on-'the report of- MSI. Fremy
andiVerneuil'who, for sometime past,
have been making chemical, experiments
in the manufacture of these stones. More
valuable than mere theory "was the fact
that the, two chemists - exhibited i some
hundreds of specimens ' of tho . glit
tering red. crystals they had succeeded
in producing. The rubies were admitted
by all to be. much superior to anything
hitherto manuf act ured. No little danger,
however, ' attends " the process. ' The
chemicals have to be fused at a heat so
intense that V M, Verneuil, durincr .the
course of the experiments, nearly lost
his sight. " While manufacturing rubies
the two chemists "found that, at a certain!
stage pf . the Operation, crystals . of the I
the color of sapphires were produced, I
but the'hue hitherto obtained has' not J
been eq'ual to the tint of the real ?em. - f
Pall JaW Gazette. ' J
SCIEJOTFIC AND INDUSTRIAL
An "atmosphere" is a pressure of 14.7
pounds to the square inch.
. Doctor Koch's lymph is described as;
of a rich amber j color, covered witlr
foam. . ' ! -
. A Pcnsyl vania ; manufacturer claims
that he can manufacture aluminum fox
fifty cents per pound. x;
The city of Denver, Col., is discussing
the possibility of establishing a plant for
"furnishing its. own electric lights. .
Of the 4200 species of flowers now
cultivated in Europerit is said that only
ten per cent, givei forth any odor.
'The experiment of chloroforming a
person during sleep has been made sue
cessfully. It cannot, by any meSus be
"said to be uniformly successful, v - .
A good way to keep modeling, clay
moist is to.kncad dry clay with glycerine.
The mass thus obtained . continues moist
and plastic for a length of time.
The Hungarian Government "favors a
scheme for, an electric railway between
Vienna and Buda Pesth, a distance of
150 miles, to run .single .cars every ten
minutes. j .
Celluloid in solutionis now being ex
tensively used as a lacquer for all kinds
of fine metal work and as a wood var
nish, with results' that tire said to be su-
J perior to the old methods.
It is said that the torpedo . boat Bath
urst, that recently made-a mean speed of
24.45 knots per hour, represents the last
refinement of mechanical engineering,
and that it hardly see ma possible to im
prove upon her as long as steel remains
the chief material of construction.
' The apparently almost inevitable fail
ure of some one of the thirty, or there
abouts, machines employed in working
a full equipped great gun has caused a
reaction in England in. favor of smaller
guns and of doing away with as much
machinery as possible. The Thunderer's
100-tohners have been taken out and re
placed with 29-tnners4.worked entirely
by hand.. j .
Many authoritativo disclaimers have
been .recently made against the indis--criminate
use of such preservatives , as
borax, boric acid and salicylic acid, more
especially as applied to milk, cream, and,
other articles of food and drink. , The;r
actual injuriousness is not asserted, but
in many cases it is believed that their -function
'can be performed better: and
more safely by refrigeration. !"
The steam engines of the world rbpre-
senti .approximately, the working.power
- of 1,000,000,000 of rne.n,..or niore than
J V 1 11 . . '1' ' . x '
double the, , working population of the
world,"the total population of which is
usually estimated at l,455,923,00ain
habitants. Steam has accordingly ena
bled man to treble his 'working power,
making it possible for him to economize
uis puysicai sxrengia wnue aitcnuing to
his intellectual development, j
A prize has been given in France by
the Society for the Encouragement of
National Industry, for a process for re
covering tin contained in tho wash of
water from silks which have been treated
with bichloride of tin, for the purpose
of giving weight. . By adding milk of
lime to the water, and by properly agi.
tating, the tin,1 settles down in a few
hours in the state of oxide, which can
be readily collected and disposed of.
A quick and easy method for deter
mining whether or not a fabric is "all
wool" is given in the London Lancet.
This is to separate - the warp from the
woof and to hold each to a flame...- Wool
burns into , a j shapeless mass' and n6
threads can' be traced in its ash. .If ns-
moved ' from .the fire before it Is all
burned it ceases to blaze; cotton, on the
contrary, continues to burn steadily, and
its ash retains the shape of the thread. .
P. T. Barnuiu'ii Childhood Philosophy.
If you would be as . happy a3 si child.
please one. f ;
Childish wonder is the first step inhu
man wisdom. . 1 - I ;
To best please a child is the highest
triumph of philosophy. ; , -
To "stimulate wholesome curiosity in the
mind of the child is to plant golden
seed. . j. . . I " .
I would rather be called the children's
friend than the world's king, i
Amusement to children is like rain to .
flowers. " . t ?
He that makes knowledge most attrac
tive to the young is tho king of sages.
' v"i"i?u lauguicr is xne ecno oi neav--
enly music-.
The noblest
art is . that of making
others happy.
Wholesome
recreation
fl.-.
conquors evil
Innocent amusement
transforms tears'
into rainbows. J .'
- The First Spectacles.
' The first spectacles, which were very
expensive, were made in Italy. Some
what laler the; mahufacthre of cheaper
glasses sprang! up . in Holland, and it
spread latp inthe fourteenth century tor
uermany. , ' liurnberg . and Rathenow
acauired fame for their p Izssp btwpn-'
1490 and 1500. For manv veara p-lassa
w o
were used .onlyas means of aiding bad
eyes. First in Spain appeared the fashion
of wearing glasses merely for the sake of
wearing them. It spread rapidly to the.
rest of the Continent, and brought about"
the transformation the old thirteenth
century spectacles into eyeglasses,' and
eventually intb the monocle, "the cos
mopolitan trade mark of the dandy,"
Boston Cultivator.
: ; . " A !lYiUy'jage. : ;
Mr. : Justice ! Maulo once addressed a :
phenomenon of - innocence in a smock -
frock in the following words: Prisoner
at'the bar, your counsel thinks . you in
nocent ; I think you innocent,- but a jury
oi your own countrymen, in the exercise
of such common sense as they possess.
which does
not seem to be much, hare
found you guilty, and it remains that I
should pass upon you the sentence of the.
law. That sentence is that you be kept
in imprisonment for one day,-and as that .
day was yesterday, you may now 50 about
your business." Green Djf.
ErCTTLIlENT. IN .ROC II ESTER.
- f m Fhylcia. .
An caustul article from the Rochest
J7. Y-, Democrat and Chronicle was rl
ceeiVj republished In this paper and ws a
KibjacC of much .corament . '71iAt tii ar
tide caused even mora commotion in Roch- "
estarv the following from the kuss paper
shows:. -
Dr.' J, B. Henion. who is well known not
only in Rochester bat in nearly every prt
of America, ent an extended GrtcJe to this
paper a few days since, which was daly pub
lUhed, detailinfr his reoiaxkabls erperjenca
and rasctis from whatseeaied to bo acsrtaia
death.- - It-would b impossible to enumerate
the personal enquiries which ha-re been taada
at our office am to tna validity of the article,
but they have poea o numerous that far
ther investigation of the subject was de-mei
neoessary. ,
With this end in view a representative of
this paPer called on Dr. Henioa. at his resi
dence, when the folio whig interview oc
curred: rhatarticJa of yoara. Doctor, ha3
created quite a whirlwind. Are the state
ment about the terrible condition you were
in and the way you were rescued such as you
can sustain?"
' "Everyone of them and many additional
ones. I tias brought so low byneglectin
the first and most simple syrancoms. I
not think 1 wa sick. It U traa I had frequent
headaches; felt tired most of the tma; could
eat nothing one day and was raven aai th
next; felt dull pains and my stomach was out
'of order, but I did not thins: it meant any.
thin a: serious.
symptom instead of t disease for yeara, and
it is Jblh time it oeosed. The symptoms I
have just mentioned, or any unusual action
or irritation of the water channels indicate
the approach of kidney disease more than a
eough announces the coming of consumption.
"We do not treat the conrn, Jbuf try to heip
the lungs. ,Ttr should not. waste our tima
trying to relieve the headaches, pains about
the body or other symptom bat ro directly
to the kidneys, the source of most of theu
ailments." ' -
This, then, is what you meant when yon
said that; mtfre than one-half the deaths
which occur arise from Brlghfs riiseisaL is it.
Doctorr . .
"tToaiesly. Thousands' of disdasas are tor
turing people to-day, which in reality are
Blight's disease in some of its mny forms.
It is a Hydra-headed monster, and the slight
est symptoms should strike terror to evcrv
one who has thenu I can look back and r-
ceil hundreds of deaths which physicyns de-
dared at the time were caksed by paralysis,
apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia. msia.ial
f ever and other common com plaints- which 1
see now were caused by Blight's disease. "
"And did all these cases have simple symp
toms at first 7 "
, , Every one of them, and might have been
cured as I was by the tim&yuse of the same
remedy. I am getting my eyes thoroughly
opened in this mutter and think I am help
ing others to see the facts and their posohle ,
danger also,"
Mr. Warner, who was visited at his es tab
is exit on N. St. Haul street, spoke very ear
nestly: VU is true that Bright disease had in
creased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable
statistics, that from 7J to S0 its growth was
over 250 per cent... Looic at the prominent
men it has carried off, and is taking oS erery
year, for. while many -oxa "dying apparently
of paralysis and apoolexy, thy are really
victims ef kidney disorder, which causes
heart disease, paralysis,' apoplexy, etc.
Nearly every week tue papers record the
death of soma promineat-rman from this
scourge. - .Recently, bow ever, the increase
ha been checked, and 1 attribute this to the
general use of my remsdy."
VDo you" think many people are afdicted
with it to-day who do not realizs it, ilr.
Warner!" ,
A prominent prefe9sop in a New Orleans
medical college was lecturing before hit cla
on the subject of Bright's diss&sd. . He had
various fluids under microscopic analysis,
and was showing the stu teats wnat the in
dications of this terrible tuaiaiy were. 'And
now, gentlemen, he said, as we have seen
the unhealthy indication?, I will show you
how it appears in a state of perfc health.
and be submitted bis own fluid to the usual
test. As be watched the result his counte
ance suddenly changed his color and com
mand both left hi in, an t in a trembling
voice he said: Gentleme:i. I have made a
ginfal discovery; X hare Slight's disease of
a kidneys;' and in lees than a year be was
dead. ' The slightest indications of any kid-,
ney difdeuity shoull be enough to strike
terror to any one."
. You know of Dr. Henion's case?"
"Yes, I have both read and heard of it :
'It is very wouderful is it not?'
2ib more so than a great many others test
hare come to my notice as having been cored
by the sa me means."
V You believe then that Bright' diseass
can be cured." -
'I know it can. I know it from my own
and the experience of thousands of promi
nent persons who were "given up to die by
both tneir Ruysacians . ana inenas."
You speak Of your own experience, what
wasitr y
A fearful one. -4 had felt languid and
unfitted for businesVf or years. Bat I did
not know what ailed me. When, however, I
'found it "was kidney difficulty I thought there
ywas little hope and so did the doctors. I have
since learned that one of the physicians of
this city pointed me oat to a gentleman on
"the street one day, saying: there goes a man
who will be dead within a year. - I believe
tua words would have proved true if I had
not fortunately us I the remedy now knowa a
as Warner's Safe Cure.",- . . . r
Didyou make a -chemical ansiTsfa'iof h
case of Mr. H..-H. Warner' some-, three year .
ago, Doctor? was asked Dr. S. A- Let ti more,
one of the analysts of the State Board' cf
.Bealth."
"Yee, sir.'
.What did this analysis show youf
M A serious disease of the kidney'
"Did .you think Mr, Warner ooold re- .
coverr!
"Ho, sir, I did not think it possible-''
- -ma you enow aayuung aoout the remedy
vwhich cured him! - -
"I have chemically analysed it and fd it
: pure and harmless,
- The standing of Dr. Henioa, Mr. Warner
and Dr. iAttimore in the community is be-
yond question,' and the statements ther niata
cannot v for. a . moment ' be doubted. Dr.
lIenion'Syxpeiiice shows that Brishf s dia
ease ,of the Kidneys is one of ' the most de
ceptive and dangerous of all disease, that it
is exceedingly common, but that it can be
cured if takes in time. '" -
Cat of the Hands.
"Wash them'in hot water, using almond
meal instead xf soap just before you
to bedj and during the day don't wash
them too much in cold water. A wom-ia
who has very beautiful hands told me that
durinir the daytime she wiped off any
stain that might be upon them with a
piece of kid on which was a little vaseline.
However, I am a bit old-fashioned anil
E refer water to this. Then when you
ave the time, sit wiih your finger-tips
in a bowl of hot water, and after they
have soaked well, dry them and trim the
nails, keeping the skiu at the base of each
down in its place. Push it down cither
with the end of a soft ivory file, or a bit
of wood, but do not cut it off. Do not
point your nails, and do not polish thera
too much. The first makes the skin su
persensitive and causes it to grow quick
er, while the second and third trs
counted vulgar. Ladies Home JoomaL
- James P. Scott, son of- Thomas A
Scott, late president of the Pennsvlrania
railroad, proposes, by way of experi
ment, to "plant 1C0O acres of rice
Kusimmre, Fl. N
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