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I I JMIK.VI i'AKAtiRAPHH.
IndutriaL
jig
ami profitable branch of induatry in Mex
ico
—Twche thousand operative* are out
of employment in the anthracite coal re-
OMxkete.
—It appears that siliclnm, which wai
once regarded as an impurity in cast
iron, has taken rank at last as an indis
pensab.e element In that mttal when
destined for conversion into steel by the
Be»Hem«:r process.
—The |H-ncil mill at Castlfton, Vt.,
which ba^ been idle for three or four
yeara, being put in rnnninij order
under the name and firm of the V ertnont
Blate and Alum Company, and will soon
be turning out .0,000 pencils a day.
—A new process of heliographic en
graving U given in L'An*• Srientifi'iue. A
photographic proof is applied to a sheet
'graphic proof is appiiea to a sneei
of zinc, when the silver, transferred from
the paper to the plate, produces a metallic
layer which enables the zinc to be
attacked by very dilute acids.
-Mrs. Oscar Turner, of liallard Coun
t», Ky., will go down to history as the
discoverer of a new way of propagating?
tobacco in a bad season. Down in her
vicinity the plants had all run uj to'
seed she one day cut olf alxiut an inch
of the main bud of one of these plants
and set it out, when, to her delight, the
bud took root and produced a beautiful
plant. And others did likewise and re
joiced.
—In some of the great wholesale cloth
lag manufacturing establishments in
New York city and elsewhere machinery
is employed which cuts thousands of
garments evvry day, saving the labor of
many nu n. I he machine is worked by
steam and cuts from twenty to forty
thicknesses of woolen goods at a time,
smoothly and evenly, without the aid of
weights, clamps, pins, or stitching, and
without being jammed or wisted, the
knife,
guided
by the operator, gliding i
swiftly through the cloth. Two hundred
yards can be traversed in a minute, and
the whole apparatus, weighing only
about eight, pounds, is suspended from
the ceiling when not in use. Then comes
the machine for cutting trimmings.
From twenty to ninety thicknesses of
cambric or other material are cut (the
patterns being used as in shoe work) and
are packed by slz.es and found ready for
use when wanted.
Foreign osslp.
—In a Welsh court recently eleven of
the twelve jurors w ere named Jones.
•~Dr. It. M. Hatfield defines a super
numerary Methodist minister as one
who, because of impaired health, is tem
porarily unable to perform effective
work. A preacher who is worn out and
superannuated is not a supernumerary.
—An English blacksmith, being at. pres
ent without an assistant, has for some
time past, been instructing his eldest
daughter in the mysteries or his trade,
and she is already un expert at the bus!
aess. The young lady can shoe a horse
in a good, womanlike fashion.
—Scheldt, the correspondent shot by
the Carlists, was formerly a Captain in
the Prussian 11th artillery. He had the
iron crof s of the first and second classes
and the decoration of honor. The corre
spondent of the Armiz Ztitunj/ believes
he would have been spared if lie could
have proved that be was a correspondent,
but he had left his papers with his bag
gage and his baggage was lost during the
operations at the Muro. Thus, although
it is certain he was a correspondent, he
was aliot as a spy.
—Germans in France are having a
much harder time than they had during
the war. Then they hud things pretty
much their own way but now residence
in Paris is nearly unbearable for (ler
mans. Germans who formerly lived in
Paris find, 011 revisiting that city, that
they are quite Ignored by their former
Intimate French friends. "All social in
tercourse has been broken off by the
French in a manner not to be misunder
stood." One Frenchman was called 011
by a German, and he returned the visit
by leaving at the house of the latter a
•card bearing the words, in writing, Au
fWvir Jlrrtin."
—A Paris journalist is nevor so enter
taining as when he is writing about En
gland. The following absurd statement
is made in a late number of the Vie
Parinitaite "On Hyde Park Terrace is
to be seen a house surmounted by a large
glass ease. The history of that case is
curiou." enough, and shows how the En
glish strictly observe the law. An En
glishman, having married a widow with
several children, declared that the latter
would have the right to remain there so
long as lie himself was on the spot. The
Englishman died, and the children forth
with had him embalmed and placed in
the glass case In question. The family
of the deceased brought an action for
ejectment against the children of the
widow lie married, but failed, owing to
the fact that the Englishman had not
stipulated anvthing about his body be
ing dead or alive, and as it still remains
on the spot the children are the rightful
possessors of tie house."
Religions und Fduealtniial.
—The faculty of the California Uni
Yersity has adopted a plan of loaning
funds to poor students, a practice which
Is designed to do away with the system
of manual lubor hitherto practiced ut the
University.
—It is proposed to divide the State of
Illinois into three Protestant Eplseopnl
dioceses by lines running from east, to
west. The middle district will be. called
Quincy, as that is the largest city in that
division. The plan will likely be
adopted at the General Convention in
October.
—The Jewith Messenger, discussing the
Siestion
"Is Judaism Declining?''eon
udes that, notwithstanding the elVorts
made by some teachers to erase all that
has an ancient, appearance among the
Jews, and the taunts of religious zci.iots,
yet Judaism is not declining, and th.it at
no period has the church maintained a
better condition than now.
—The ltev. Mr. Cook, who has been
for many years laboring to bring the
Sioux within the pale or the Episcopal
Church, seems to be disheartened with
his task. In a letter recently written to
the Indian Commission he declares that,
in Ills opinion, the influences of the
Gospel would be brought home to them
more impressively if preaching was sup
plemented with a sound thrashing.
—From the minutes of the General
Association of Massachusetts" it appears
that there are in that State 50H Orthodox
v4uu:diefi* Ui jpwsujs
and 11'5 acting pastorf. 25.810 male and
•Vi.O'iH female members, making 82,479
members in all. The net jrain of mem
bers during 1873 was 1.01.Y Twenty
ministers have died during the year
their average personal age
WM
sixty
years, their average ministerial age thir
ty-one years. During the last twenty
QDC
gion*. have died in Maf«avhusHts: their aver
—American maker* of tinware are age personal ago wa* sixty-two yearn, and
UlHler w lllng the British in their own their average ininift# rial age was thirty
yeiirs 2W CoDjrre pational ministers
five years. This certainly speaks w ell for
the healthfulnc-** of ministerial lite.
—The Methodist Episcopal Church is
at present carrying on missions in ten
countries, viz.: In Liberia, where they
have a resident iiisiio|, sixty-one preach
ers, and 54.100 members in South Amer
ica, with 1.000 members in China, with
thirty six missionaries, eight v native help
ers, and 1 ,W»* native members in (ler
many and Switzerland, with an annual
conference, seventy five ministers, nearly
tt,000 members, and forty six churches
in Denmark and Sweden, with fifty nine
missionaries, forty-one local preachers,
over members in India, with an
annuit
inference, seventy-eight preach-
afl(J u }U
.j
ierfj an()
1,102 members in
Hulgaria. with seven preachers in Itaty'
with twelve missionaries and helpers in
Japan, with nine missionaries. More
than $300,000 is annually appropriated i
to,prosecute these missions.
Personal and Literary.
—The oldest living ex-Congre**miH» f*
Samuel Thatcher, of Hangor, Me., who is
in his ninety-ninth year. Hen-presented
a Massachusetts district from 1802 to
1805.
—John Horn, of Detroit, is to be the
recipient of a Congressional medal in
recognition of his services in saving peo
ple from drowning. He rescued KM) per
sons from imiiending danger by flood,
often at the risk of his own life, and
sometimes at the expense of long and
painful illness.
—'The poet of the Mississippi Press
Association was interrupted while writ
ing his annual verses, and he thus men
tions the incident:
'Tl* th- «'x hiuij."' fl' iid that darken* oar door,
And our poem, uulluishud, lies dropped on the
floor
Wc wiiil,• in our agony, wrathful but mute,
Aud nil of our sentiment flfe* to our hoot,
As we wirli count benevolent friend would award
ii".
Aija prize for this poem, a patent Ilo«ardust
—On the authority of a Virginia paper
it is stated that one Mrs. Shepp is 'now
living in the Massanutten Mountain, near
Keezlelown, in that State, who has
reached the advanced age of 120. She
was married in 1774, and her husband
has been dead about sixty years. It is
furthermore stated that the old lady's
mind is clear, her «ight good, and that
she does the work of the family she live#
with, and also her own sewing!
—President Jewett, who has just as
sumed the responsible management of
the Erie Kailway, is a man of great prac
tical experience in such matters. The
office sought him, not he the office. He
was given rurtc bUun'hr as to all matters
of subordinates and detail, and his salary
was fixed at the respectable figure of
#40,000 per annum, the highest wage paid
to any railway official in the world, un
less it be the magnate of the New York
Central, and what he get* is "something
no fellow can iind out."
—It is somewhat amusing, says an ex
change, to frequent the libraries and
witness the fashionable young ladies as
they draw their mental rations. They
haunt the "new book" shelves, and
would under no consideration read a
volume that has acquired the age of six
months. Like the clot lion lliey wear, the
book must not be out of style. Their
summer reading must be light and airy
—something with which they can wrestle
and not start too much perspiration. It
must be literary organdie or French
muslin, cut and trimmed with the fresh
est pattern of high toned edging.
—Drydcn received $0,000 for his trans
latlon of Virgil I'opc received $110 for
his poem, The Kane of the Lock, $'J(i,000
for the Iliad and $14,425 for the Odyssey
—translations which occupied him the
greater i! I of twelve years Goldsmith's
Traveler brought him #105, tin Deserted
Village )s.J00, and She Stoops toConquer
$0,0U'i: Marinion paid to Scott $5,250, and
the ady of the Lake gave the generous
return of $10,000 Childe Harold gained
for its author $2(,!{?•'}, Don Juan #15,250,
and the Prisoner of Chillon $3,0*5
Thomas Campbell received $100 for the
Pleasures of Hope Dr. Johnson received
#025 for liasselas, and about #80 for the
Vanity of Human Wishes.
—This story is told of Rev. Mr. ITer
riek, once settled at Worlliington, Mass.:
He collected his own salary, Tor which
every voter in the town was assessed,
and, calling 011 Mr. I)., the blacksmith,
one day, he said: "1 have a small bill
against you." "And for whatY" "For
nreaching." For preaching?" said Mr.
D. "1 have heard none of your preach
ing." "The fault is your own," said
Mr. H. "The doors have been open und
you might have come in." Not long
after, as Mr. H. was one day passing the
blacksmith shop, Mr. D., hailing him,
said: I have a small bill against you."
"And for what?" said Mr. H. "For
shoeing your horse," replied Mr. I).
"For shoeing my horse? I have had no
horse shod here," said Mr. H. The
fault is your own," replied Mr. D. The
doors have been open and you might
have come in." Mr. ii.paid the bill and
passed on.
—Mr. Ilalstead. of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, went while in London to see Mr.
Disraeli unveil the bronze statue of the
late Lord Derby. His sketch of Disraeli
exactly as he appeared on the occasion
conveys a good idea of the present per
sonal aopearance of the man: "The
Prime Minister wore an expression of the
most funereal gravity. He looked aged
and ill. His closely shaven face was
very pale, with a sickly saffron tinge his
eyes were dull and sunken, and seemed
to look within. The lines in his face are
deep and strange, and those of an over
worked and sorrowful man. He wore a
spotless black frock-coat, buttoned about
his sleuder waist and over his ehet, and
light pantaloons, loose and long. On
taking his seat on the platform he did not
remove his hat. When he stood up to
speak he removed his hat, disclosing the
celebrated front curl (which is quite at
tenuated, and seems to reouire constant
care and cultivation), but kept upon his
hands his lavender kids. He spoke less
than ten minutes, gravely, heavily,
slowly, without vivacity of tone, and but
once varied from his accustomed attitude,
leaning forward slightly, with his hands
upon the rail of the front of the platform.
The single variation was when he unex
pectedly closed his address, when he
deliberately raised his left arm, and
pointed with outstretched finger to the
statue, which had, he said, been raised as
1
an example.' The Prime Minister had
evideutly carefully considered his re­
marks. Some of the sentences ai
to have been elaborately measured. As
he spoke the words seemed to force
themselves from his lips, which were not
once fully opened, but contracted and
bulged in a curious way."
MIscellaneffM.
—A Missouri Sheriff offers for sale al
the craps of Corn belonging to J. Brocks
De-Ceast."
—If you didn't get a sight at the comet
this time, it won't matter it will be
around again in about 270 years.
—If it is wise to have two strings to
your bow, it is also prudent to let one
of your purse-strings be a check-string.
—"Let the comet alone," says the New
York Cvmmereiul. Good gracious! v.ho's
a touchin' of it!—Berkshire (Mast.) Cou
rier.
—According to the Boston Advertiser
the fruit-dealers have lost in the imtMrta
tion of lemons from one to four dollars
per box on 100,000 boxes.
—The Pope proposes to sell certain
jewels and precious stones which are in
his possession, and two jewelers have
been sent from Paris to estimate their
value.
—Postmasters are instructed by the
department not to deliver a letter from
the Pension Office to any other than the
person addressed, or to a member of his
or her family, or to a legal guardian of
the pensioner.
—If a large woman seats herself by
your side, and on your stove-pipe hat, in
a railway car, don't try to put the thing
in shape again, but place it right on your
head just 11s it is and try to convince
those all around you bv the expression
on your face that you do not think it is
hurt at all. This is true politeness.
—A novel lawsuit is pending in Ker
honkson, N. V., before Justice Stevens.
In April last James O. Schoonmaker
made a written contract with Stephen J.
Case, tinsmith, as follows: If Case,
within three months, would get married,
Schoonmaker agreed to board him and
his wife free for six months, and furnish
them free an eight dollar-a-day rig" for
three days to make a wedding tour. If
Case did not get married within that
time he was to pay double board for six
months and twenty-four dollars, the
price of the "rig" for three days. The
time was up on the 6th of July. Case
was not married, and Schoonmaker de
manded the terms of the contract. Case
refused to live up to his agreement,
and Schoonmaker sued hiui.— Washinytm
Star.
—Three men-of-war ships—Dutch
French and English—while anchored In
port, were contending with each other
for the best display of sailorship, so the*
captain of each vessel determined to send
aloft an active sailor to perform some
deed'of grace and daring. The Dutch
captain sent a Dutchman, the French a
Frenchman, and the English an Irish
man. The Dutchman stood on the top of
the mainmast with his arm extended!
The Frenchman then went aloft and ex
tended
Inth
hands Now the Irishman
thought if he could stand on the top of
the mainmast with a leg nnd an arm ex
tended he would be declared the most
daring sailor. Nimbly lie clambered aloft
until he reached the highest point, then
IN- carefully balanced himself on lnith
feet, extending his right hand with a
graceful motion. Then he threw out his
left leg until it came in a line with his
right arm. In doing so he iagloriously
lost his balance and fell from the must,
crashing through the rigging toward (lie
deck. The various ropes against, which
he came in contact broke his fall, but his
velocity was not too great to prevent his
grasping a rope attached to the main
yard. To this lie hung for two seconds
then dropping lightly to the deck, landed
safely on his feet Folding his arms tri
umphantly, as if fall and all were in the
programme, he glanced toward the rival
ships aud Joyously exclaimed "There,
ye frog-atin* and sausage stuffed turrin
ers, bate that if you can!"
Adullcrntiou.
A NKW Yoitk correspondent of the 15os
ton Journal writes: Our community is
greatly stirred by the revelations made
on the adulterations of food. The prac
tice runs into confectionery, jellies, and
especially teas and coffees. A great many
men are particular about their coffee.
They buy the berry, burn it carefully,
and have the aromatic beverage made
under their own eye. After they have
done all they are only drinking* white
beans. There is a machine here for
splitting beans and grooving them. Theb
aic' then dried to the color of coffee and
soaked in a solution which gives the cof
fee taste. Teas are sold here cheaper
than the pure article can be bought in
China. There is not tea enough in all
China to answer the American market,
to say nothing of the million pounds
consumed in England *loue. The prin
cipal adulteration is in China. There
there is a mile of houses with boilers
and coloring matter in the open ports of
China, run by Englishmen and Scotch
men, whose business it is tc doctor the
tea for the market for which is intend
ed. This impure article, ma.r in huge
kettles and dried in pans, is
called by the
Chinese cheat-tea. \Ve have houses here
that openly advertise that they can color
and make over teas of any brand or style
required, and offer to repack in the
chests so as to defy detection. The tea
trade here requires a capital ef yver
thirty millions."
Bedbug Poison..
ConuosivK st'HLiMATic, one ounce com
mon whisky, one pint shake occasion
ally until tfie sublimate is dissolved, and
then add a teaspoonful of spirits of tur
pentine, more to give a smell than any
thing else, to prevent accidents by heing
mistaken for something to drink. Too
much turpentine will precipitate calomel
from the solution. This is certain death
to the night-crawlers, and can be applied
with a goose-ouill to their quarters with
out injury to furniture.
Another, equally sure in killing, as well
as preventing their collecting in joints of
bedsteads, is: Mercurial ointment, one
ounce spirits turpentine, half-pint mix
well together until thoroughly incorporat
ed and use with a feather. ^This is not
as nice a preparation as the first.
Another formula often used is to take
half an ounce of quicksilver and beat up
with the whites of six eggs and use as
above. As the eggs are only intended to
suspend the mercury, the writer thinks
the yolk would be much better, but has
not tried either, knowing the first two to
be good.
In using any of them it is very neces
sary to watch for the breeders, and when
found stick a pin through them.
All the above remedies owe their kill
ing qualities to the poisonous effect of
mercury.—Cor. Country GeiUlenuin.
Peek's Sales aad Begalatloas
"OR IKI CONVENIENCE OF XEBCKAJfTB,
BAXKER8 AND OTHERS.
I.
UPON entering this office you are par
ticularly requested not to use the door
inat, as we wish to accumulate soil in
side for a potato crop.
n.
Please leave the door wide open, or,
should you forget yourself and close it,
slam it like thunder. [Winter arrange
nient.j
in.
If the proprietor is engaged in conver
sation and it is your turn next, please
lean vour chair against the wall and
whistle Mulligan Guards if you can't
whistle, sing.
rv.
Never neglect an opportunity to im
prove your mind if we are temporarily
absent, sit on the desk, pick your teeth
with the gold pen and read the letters.
More may be found in the right hand
drawer.
y.
Smoking is particularly agreeable if
you are out of poor cigars we will lend
you a pipe.
VI.
If you see any spittoons please expec
torate on the floor, as the former are only
for ornament.
vir.
Our office hours for listening to solic
itors of church subscriptions are from
eleven to one for book agents one to
three advertising men all it ay. We at
tend to our own business al night.
vni.
We need about one million dollars
more of life insurance. If you are ac
quainted with any agent, please send him
in be hasn't been here since yesterday.
IX.
Don't hesitate to ask for a loan, the
larger the better but talk about some
thing else half an hour beforehand—time
isn't worth a cent a year to us.
x.
Persons having no especial business
with us will please call as often as their
health will permit, or send doctor's cer
tificate in ease of absence.
XI.
Parties leaving date calendars will
oblige us by placing them for the pres
ent in the basket under the desk, or
until we can get a room with more com
modious walls.
xn.
Bill collectors will hang statements on
the file and call on Saturday at four
p. m.
xrn.
This store eloses at three p. m. on Sat
urdays.—St. Lmiis Rrpublinan.
How Mike Saved His Friends*
THE Lawrence (Mass.) American says
that some men who attend horse races
aud buy pools arc sensible enough to
keep quiet when they have got 'em
wrong," as horsemen term it. Others,
and they are in the majority, howl, swear
and curse the judges
or drivers, and while
it is somewhat amusing to watch these
squealers," as they are vulgarly yet ap
propriately termed, it also sets one's wits
at, work to invent some method by which
all pool-buyers could be satisfied. But
occasionally you will find a horsemen
with a tender conscience and rare solici
tude for his friends, and such a man is
the affable Mike Carroll, who owns many
horses and drives them at races. On
Wednesday a hirge number of persons
bought pools on Mike's bay gelding,
Essex, and that horse taking the first heat
these men bought more pools on Essex
against the field. But Mike lost the next
two heats, which were won by Emperor,
and the pool-buyers looked sad, and as
Mike returned from the stable they gath
ered around him and complained that
heir money was on his horse, and that
he was "throwing" the race. Here was
a rare chance for an exhibition of Mike's
solicitude for his friends, and his gener
ous heart prrfmpted him to say: "Gen
tlemen, I'd afraid my horse is off, and 1
don't think can win this race I'm
sorry, but I tell you that I am not pulling
the horse, and I don't want another driver
put in I'd rather lose a good deal of
money, and I'll tell you what I'll do:
You're all my friends, and I don't want
you to lose any money on me, and I'll
take all your pools off your hands rather
than have any hard feelings." This was
fair, and the crowd began to pass in their
cards, which Mike willingly accepted
with smiles of rare benevolence. This
little matter having been adjusted, Mr.
Carroll mounted his sulky, and without
effort won the next two heats and the
race, pocketing the purse, the large odds
which his friends" would have won, aud
a handsome gift from a man w ho had a
heavy pool at stake, beside his own pools.
Mike played his little game shrewdly,
and the greenhorns, though losing noth
ing, failed to make a dollar. A few were
shrewd enough to hold on to their
chances when they saw the owner and
d.iver willing to be so generous to his
friends.
k Dog's Strategy.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Wea
togue. in Simsburg, Conn., sends the Hart
ford'w ord of the death of one Tip,
upon which information that paper re
marks as follows:
Now Tip, although nothing but a dog
—a part black-and-tan" dog, too, with a
cur cross—was yet more intelligent than
some human beings. He had the faculty
of reason just as clearly and unmistaka
bly as human beings have it the differ
ence being not in kind but in degree. He
Was a Hartford dog, and wc witnessed
the occurrence described so long ago in
the Times, to which our correspondent
here refers:
We havf preserved
yearn
a *cr»p of paper
which
con-
tiiln" little Item relative to Tti *aj{ncity, and
which wan inililixlicd iu the Hartford
Time* ilfu-cu
It is worth repeating. He was in a
private ground where another and larger
dog had got possession of a bone. Tip'
yearned for that bone as much as Seward
yearned in 18«M) for the Republican nomi
nation for the Presidency. 11c failed
after various efforts to snatch it away
and then he suddenly ran off two or three
rods to a certain tree and began pawing
and snuffing fiercely about the roots, and
setting up a tremendous yelping and
barking. Shot,'paying little attention
to all this, kept on munching his bone
and then the howls and yells of 'Tip'
became fierce indeed it was just as if he
had holed a bear or a tiger. He barked
with an energy and earnestness indicat
ing that he was really 'right upon" some
desperate varmint. He pawed, snuffed
eagerly at the ground and tore up the
Boil as if his life depended upon the
rapidity of his work, and kept barking
more and more fiercely. Shot' became
interested. This fierce barking, snuffing
and pawing evidently meant business.
Very likely that pert whiffet of a dog had
found at least a 'coon. He would go and
eee. Dropping his bone he ran to the
tree and began eagerly to snuff about.
Tip'—little rascal!—had planned for just
this. Watching his chances, as soon as
Bliot' gave him a chance, he sprang like
an arrow back to that bone—grabbed it,
and made such time as Goldsmith Maid'
never dreamed of in securing a safe re
treat in a place where he knew 'Shot'
couldn't get at him. His cunning trick
was successful he obtained that bone.
And if there was not reason in the calcu
lation of this plot—real human reason—
what was it?
Locusts In Algeria.
TH*following letter from a correspond
ent in Algeria wi'l give some notion of
the ravages of the' locusts in certain
places at the present time: "If the
ancient Egyptians could return to life
again they would here witness their
terrible plague of locusts. Let any one
imagine an aerial torrent descending upon
al) the fields and devouring every par
ticle of verdure in a few minutes beans,
potatoes, maize, every kind of vegetable
and fruit, in fact, and, what is worse
still, the foliage of the trees. At Bou
Ismail, the Mayor offered a reward of a
franc for every kilo of locusts' eggs. In
a very short time he was obliged to de
sist because of the largeness of the sum,
2,(XX) francs being quickly expended. If
the corn had not been ripe, not a single
grain would have survived this invasion
but, fortunately, it was too far advanced.
The vines have been ruined, causing a
great loss to their owners. My bees
were going on well but for the last
month they have been surrounded by the
devastators, and I have hardly any hope
that they will be able to resist them.
One neighbor, to protect his garden from
the ravages of crickets and locusts,
spread his linen all over the vegetable
beds and fruit bushes (but would you
believe itVjthe monsters devoured all from
underneath. In some places the locusts
have not done any damage themselves,
but have left in passing such enormous
quantities of eggs that every effort to de
stroy them has been vain. I11 Kabylia, one
of the most fertile and best-cultivated
districts of Algeria, some of the crops
have had to be replanted in consequence
of the locusts. Large numbers of trees
have been attacked, and just now the
olive, fig trees and vines are menaced by
the crickets in spite of the strenuous
exertions made by the natives to destroy
the eggs. But it is not only these plagues
that the unfortunate colonists have to
contend with enormous flights of spar
rows have done great mischief in Milia
nah and Orlcansville this summer and
some districts have suffered from drought,
so that, all things considered, the agri
cultural prospects for this year are not
very hopeful in even the most favored
spots."
Hot Air and Cool Booms.
BECAUSE, when the air of the streets
marks W or 40° on the Fahrenheit scale,
a room overwarmed by a fire can be
cooled by opening the windows, the
average British householder adopts the
ready conclusion that whenever a room
feels hot the way to cool it is to let in
the external air. Accordingly in these
piping times he, and still more often she,
opens the sunny side of the house, and
lets in air of a temperature varying from
100w to 120° or so. Then, because in a
very short time the room naturally
enough becomes much hotter than it was,
it is considered that the windows are not
opened widely enough, and, the supposed
error being remedied, a still larger quan
tity of hot air is then let in. And so we
find matcrfamilias sitting with a very
light inuslin upon her frame, and a great
deal of perspiration upon her upper lip,
her face the color of an Orleans plum,
and her condition of mind to the last de
giee dejected, simply because she per
sists in disregarding the most elementary
principles of natural philosophy. We
tell her that if she w ill open the windows
on the shady side of the house only, and
keep the others closely shut, her dwell
ing will be at least not hotter than the
shady side of the street, whereas by her
arrangement it acquires the heat of the
sunny side. We tell her, also, that if her
house be large and the inmates few, she
may live in a delightful state of coolness
by only opening the windows at night
and keeping them closed during the day
Her house will then be some ten or fif
teen degrees lower in temperature than
the st reets, and convey very much the re
freshing effects of a cool bath upon en
tering it. We tell her all this, and she is
very much interested. At our next visit
we find every window open and the
house full of red hot air. It stands to
reason," she says, triumphantly, "that
you cannot cool a house without plenty
of ventilation."—The Ijinrti.
Is Salt Food!
I)u. EKNKHT WETXMAN, in Tfte flcienc.
of llmlth, argues earnestly that common
salt (chloride of sodium) is neither nutri
tious nor otherwise necessary in the
human system. Its presence in all parts
of the body he regards as a proof that it
is not assimilated, and so not useful the
appetite evinced for it by men and many
animals he declared to be an acquired,
or, at most, an inherited taste, existing
among mammals only, who taste the salt
in the mother's milk. But even these
he says are not always fond of salt.
There is no reason to believe that the
aborigines knew anything about it aud
many cattle will not touch it until they
are educated to like it—often a matter of
difficulty. The necessity of salt to the
performance of certain organic functions
he denies as pure dogmatism. Finally,
he considers the evidence offered by ex
periments, premising that so far as well
ascertained facts go there is abundant
evidence that, instead of men becoming
diseased for the want of salt, they be
come disabled by free use of it. Scurvy,
kidney diseases, etc., are ascribed to it!
Certain experiments on cattle made by
Boussingault and quoted by Dalton
showed that of two lots of bullocks the
one lot which received salt in its food
was greatly superior at the end of a
year to the other lot which received no
salt. The latter presented a rough and
tangled hide, with patches of bare ekin—
in short, a mangy appearance, coupled
with a dull and heavy condition. But
Dr. We 11111 an says this only proves that
cattle which have used salt all their lives
suffered when suddenly deprived of it
It wa« like depriving an old toper of
his toddy."
The doctor underrates, it seems to us,
the functions of the salt in the blood
and certainly he ignores the salt-loving
propensities of wild animals. What he
would say to the arguments of that
fierce salt-lover, Dr. Carl Both, who rec
ommends this substance as warmly as it
is here condemned, we cannot say. But
we ought to add that Dr. Wellman ad
vises the health-seeker to dechloridize
himself gradually, and not all at once.—
Chrittian Union,
YarnaU'8 Misfortune.
THAT case of Yarnall's is exciting
good deal of interest down our way iust
now. Last spring Yarnall began to visit
one of the Metcalf girls, and for awhile
he was so attentive there that everybody
felt certain there would be a match. jn
toward July things seemed to be com
ing to a crisis, and in fact they were, for
Yarnall had made up his mind to pro.
pose to Matilda. It was on a Friday
evening that he called for the purpose
and as the weather was warm lie sat in
the parlor with her without a light, the
front windows being open. Yarnall
didn't perceive a good chance of intro
ducing the subject for some time, and
his nervousness made him warm. Just
as he was on the point of proposing he
wanted to wipe his brow, but he found
that he had left his handkerchief in hia
hat. He excused himself for a moment
while he went into the hall to get it, and
as he did so Matilda went out through
the back parlor door to get a glass of
water, iter mother came in as she went
out. and when Yarnall returned lie found
the old lady, who is a widow and also
named Matilda, sitting on the sofa. Sup
posing, of course, that it was his own
Matilda he summoned up courage and
asked her to be his. The old lady was
surprised but widows are courageous
and she accepted him on the spot. Just
as he was recovering from his amaze
ment at the sound of her voice a shriek
was heard and the younger Matilda fell
fainting on the carpet. Yarnall tried to
explain, but Matilda refused to believe
him and he finally left the house in dis
gust. Then the old lady sued him for
breach of promise and Matilda acted as
witness. It seems likely Yarnall will
lose, and if he does he will remain a
bachelor.—Max Adeler, in Danbury News.
A coRRKfcPONiiKXT of the Minneapolis
Tribune, writing of the grasshopper
plague, estimates that some 4,000 people
will require aid from now until they can
realize on their crops next year—fully
twelve months.
EVERY one knows that a eold or cough
ought not to be neglected, and that if it
is
not attended to in season it may result fa
tally. Our advice is to take care of it before it
is too late, and u»e Dr. Wishart's Pine Tret
Tar Cordial, which can be had of any drug
gist. Dr. Wishart's Worm Sugar Drops are the
best remedy for worms ever discovered.—Corn.
Dir» you ever *ee a child that did not have
holes through the toes of its shoes V If you
did they were protected by SILVER Tfl't*.
They never wear through nt the toe. Try
tlern.
He hi ErM
"Pan following letter from B«v. U. S. UERT, Pastor
M. E. Church, Natlck, Maw., will be read with Inter
est tiy many
phi/mciana.
Also those suffering from
the same diseases as afflicted the son ot the Kev. E. S.
Best. No person can doubt this testimony, and there
Is no doubt about the curative powers of YzoniNt
Iff A'I ICK, Maw., Jan. 1,1ST3L
Dear Sir—We have (rood reason for regarding your
VBOITINK a medicine the (irate*t
VIIIH--. we feci
assured that 1t has Twen tho Tiii tiud of savin* our son's
life. He t.i now fievi-Nii'en y :irs of tor Hie last
two yin s hi? tia« suffered rroin -.-.in of his leib
caused liy scrofulous tiifecfion. anil
vsa.s
no far reilnceil
that nearly all who baw huu thought his recovery iia
possible.
A
council of able plijhii innR could (five us
lint tlio falnte.it of his ever ralline, two of tho
number declaring that he was beyond the reach of
liuman remedies, that even air.put.itinn could not cave
him, as lie had not vljjor emmeti to endure Hie opera
tion. Just then wo t-oiiimeiM'ed (fivinit him
VM.E-
TiNR.and from ti,nt titno tin- prewnthe has hern
continuously improving, ile ha» lately rtMumed hU
fitudicH, thrown away crutches) and canu, aud walks
about cheerful und n'rronj?.
Though there is still srtme discharge from the open
ing where his limb w:ts lanced, we nave the fullest
confidence that la a llttlo time he wUl be perfectly
cured.
He has taken abont three dozen bottle* of VEGE
TIN'K, but lately uses but little, as he declares that he
Is too well to be Inking medicine..
iCuspeeUuily
Miia. L. O.'F. BEST.
The rMW»of disorders which yield to the tnflneiffe
of this medicine, and the number of defined disea.-eS
which it never fails to cure, sr» greater thait »ny oilier
•fngle medicine nan hitherto been even recommended
for. by any other than the proprietors of some quaclc
nostrum. The-e diseases me crwfuia and
all Kruptlve
diseases and Tumors, IChetnn.iUim, Gout. Neuralgia
and spinal complaints, and all Inflammatory symp
toms. Ulcers, all Syphilitic diseases. Kidney mid lihul
der diseases, Dropsy, the whole train of painful disor
ders which so generally afllii t, American women, and
which carry, annually, thousands of them to prema
ture graves IK
"jiepsla, that universal curse of Amer
ican manhood ifcarioiirn, I'lles, Constipation, Ktrv
ousness. Inability to
sleep, aud Impure Huod.
Tins is a formidable list of human ailmcnti for any
single medicine to
successfully attack, audit is not
probable that any one
article before the public has tna
power to cure the quarter of them eveept the V KOK
tINK. If lays the ax nt the root of the tree ufdKeasa
by first eliminating every Impurity from the blood,
promoting the secretions, ope
ui tig the pores
the great
psca|M'-valves of tin: system —invigorating the in er to
its full and natural action, cleansing the stomach and
strengthening digestion. This much accomplished,
the speedy ami the permanent cure of not only the
diseases we have enumerated, but likewise the Whole
train of chronic and constitutional disorders, is cer
tain to FOLLOW. This is precisely what
VKOKTI.VB
does, ami it does it so quickly aud SO easily that It is
an accomplished fai almost before tho patient is
aware .it it hi rnself.
VWitri.NE IS SOLO BY ALL DBIJUGIKTS.
Naturs's Great Remedy
FOR ALt
THROAT*™ LUNG
DISEASES!!
It is the vital prin-.iple of the Vint? Tr-, obtained
or a peculiar process the d.shll .tion of tar, br
Which its highest
mctiif.irial
I. IRCI'KKS,—fut
pr rt.tui are rttainecx#
Aajr even in iu crude suite lias bocn recomaK*nleJ by
eminent physicians of e:ery tch?oL Jt is confidently
Ouercato theaffheted for
the following simple reasons:
by abruptly stvpptng tut cough—
but by dissolving the phlegm and nature to
throw off the unhealthy matter causing the irritation.
In cases of iMWco.vsuMn ion it Ixrth prolongs and
renders le*s burdensome
the iife of the atfltrtrc sufferer.
a. Its healing principle acts upon the irrst ited sur.
lace of the lungs,
penetrating to eark diseased fart*
relieving ana
subduing i-nfi,imtrui/urn,
3, IT I'UHlFIKS AND ENRjr HLS THR BLOOD. PoSlt IV6*
ly curing al) humors, from the common riMfi.B or
KRUJTJON to ie severeut cases of Scrofula. Th xisands
of affidavits could be produced from those who huve
felt the beneficial effects of
PINB
Turn
TAJK COKDIAL
in the various diseases arising from ntwtrriis Q9
THE BLOOD.
4.
It in\rig9rat** th* digitfh* mm and rtttorm
the appetitt,
AU who have known or trird Tr. L. Q. C. Wis
hart s remedies refiinre no references* frott us# but the
Dames of thousands cured by them can be given to
any ooe^ who doubts our statement. Dr. L. Q. C.
Wishart s Great
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