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VEGETINE
IS MY FAMILY
Medicine;
1 Uisli 110 Ollier.
Providence, April 7, 1876.
MR. H. R. Stevens :
Dear Sir—When I was about 8 years of age a hu
mor broke out upon me, which my mother tried to
cure by giving me herb teas and all other such rem
edies as she knew of, but it eoutinued to grow worse
until she consulted a physician, and he said I had
salt rheum, and doctored me for that complaint.—
lit- relieved me some, but said the disease could not
tic permanently cured as it originated in the blood.
I remained a great sulVerer for several years, until
1 heard of and consulted a physician, who said 1 had
scrofulous humor, and if 1 would allow him to doc
tor me lib would cure me. 1 did so, and he com
menced healiug up my sores, and succeeded in ef
fecting an external Clive, but in a short time the
♦he disease appeared again in a worse lorm than
—. us cancerous humor upon Hi}' lungs, throat
■vc. -ml. I suffered the most tern Lie pain, and
ud h_ "tied to bg no remedy, 4ml my friends all
here sec '<d anon dm, when my attention was
houghll m. 'tiug .4 newspaper, to a VEG ETINE
ailed, while rea. Wstfahouse, No, 301 Athens st.,
estimouial of Mrs. *Ormrly residing jn South
South Boston, and I. . ~'<d|y aequinfed with her
3oston, and being perso- 'lmfllth, concluded I
ind knowing her former feeo. r Bad taken a few
rould try the Vegetine. After, -ut of my sys
,ottles it seemed to force the sores c which for a
;ei. I had running sores in my ears, ',ki* the
;ime were very painful, but 1 continued to . - say
Vegetine until I had taken about -•> bottles,
1,-alth improving till the time from the coinmence_
db nt of tie first bottle, and the sore, to heal. 1 ,
ommeneed taking the Vegetine in 1872, and con- |
tinued its constant use for six months At the pres
tone my health is better than it ever has been
nuee l was a child. The Vegetine is wliat helped
Ui. •ud 1 most cordially recommend it to all, sut
ffciers, especially my friends. I had been a sulferer
for ovei 39 years, and until X used the \ egetlne, I
found no remedy; now I use it as my family medi
, me, and I wish no other. c COOPEK>
No. 1 Joy street, Providence, R. I.
VEqEJIfIE.
The range of disorders which yield to the Intlu
-uoe of this medicine, and the number of denned
diseases which it never fails to cure, are greuter
than any other single medicine lias hitherto been
even recommended for by any other tnan the pro
pi iotors of some quack nostrum. These diseases
ure Scrofula and all eruptive diseases anil Tumors,
Rheumatism. Gout, Neuralgia, and spinal com
plaints and all inflammatory syptoms; C leers, all
hypliilie diseases, kidney and bladder diseases,
dropsv, the whole train of painful disorders which
*0 generally afflict American womeu, and which
carry annually thousands of them to pi'emature
graves; Dyspepsia, that universal curse of Ameri
can manhood, heartburn, piles, constipation, ner
\uusueßa, inability' to sleep, and impure blood.
Tins is a formidable list of human ailments lor
any siDgle medicine to successfully attack, and it is
not probable that any other article bswrc tlie public
Din the power to cure the quarter of th<*W, except
Vegetine It lays the axe at the root of the pi
jiise**, hy first eliminating every impurity from the
oiooil, promoting tlie secretions, opening the pores
-tl.'-gi, it escape valves of the system —inyjgorat-
ftig the liverib its full aud natural action, cleansing
the stomach ;.ud strengthening digestion. low
much aocca.piislied, thp speedy and the permanent
cure of not „nl..- tlye 4is£*<i ) ‘?3 we have enumerated,
but likewise ti.' wtiok train pf phronic and consti
tutional disorders in certain to tothJ'.y. 'J his is pre
cisely what Vegetine itoM, tmd it does 4 so quickly,
and so easily, that it is an a*Ciompiishcd fi}t4 almost
before the patient is aware of it hW^e.U'.
Bfcbi Remedy in the Land.
Falls, N. Y., Sept. 23d, 1876.
MK. 11. It. Sl'E-VENS*
Dear Sir—l desire tp st*te <v ’H 111 at I was af-
Hided with :i breaking out o£ Ui4ubu pti)*P* e *
on iuj face find neck fojr several yetis. I fit&fr wJr.4
many but nuue cured the huinor on juy
face and neck After using two or three bottles ca
your Vegetine the hnZ.' w was e,ltil : el > T cu r eJ - „ I a °
"trtaiuly believe it is the I'est luedicine for all mi-
Tdies of the blood that there i> Jn % e * E
'ild highly leeoinmend it to the anJ cte 4 P ul>lK •
tile. - Tu i y youn>> p. PERRINE, Am,.v eot
-1 "“errine is a well-known architect and buildei
,—T; 1 Vails, N. Y., having lived there and in the
, Little . - the last thirty-three years,
vic.mty fo.
v E C i: T 1 N 10
Prepared by
H.R. Stevei.‘'v^Boston, Mass.
VEGETINE IS . ' Lh ™OmsTS.
MMMM ® $
r r the ‘‘t
now prepared to furnish all eia.ses with caus
employment at home, the whole of their tune, *■
their spare moments. Business new, light an poi
itable. Persons of either sex easily earn * IG *
cents to s.i per evening, and a proportional sun >
devoting their whole time to the business. B >
and girls earn nearly as much as men. rnat all
see this notice may send their address, and t 1
unparalleled offer: To such as are not well satis
fied we will send one dollar to pay for the troil
writing. Full particulars, samples worth sove
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want permanent, profitable work, address.
tinson 6: Cos., Portland, Maine.
VOL. VIII.
Medical Dispensary.
I>r. Geo. W. Marvin again ten
! tiers his professional service to his
old friends and the public. Dispen
j sar y an d consultation rooms, No. 1
i White hall street, in Centennial buiH
fling, Atlanta, Ga., where patients
can get reliable treatment for all
diseases of the Throat, Lungs and
Catarrh. The above diseases treated
by inhalation.
Hie Doctor treats all diseases of
long standing, such as Eruptions,
Gravel, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Go
itry, Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of
the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous
Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo
men, all Private Diseases, Heart Dis
ease Swollen Joints, Coughs, Gout,
White swelling, St, Vitus Dance, etc.
Electricity‘applied in cases where
it is required. The Doctor is per
manently located, and persons who
lia> e been under the treatment of oth
er physicians and have not been cur
ed, are invited to call, as lie treats all
curable diseases, and cures guarnteed
or no pay. Call and see the Doctor
without delay. His charges are mo
derate, and consultation free. Office
hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
feb22-ly
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
This remarkable man was born at
Whitingham, Vermont, June Ist,
1801.
Joining the Mormons in 1832, at
Kirtlaml, Ohio, he soon gained by
His energetic shrewdness and influ
ential status among them, aud in
three years became one of the twelve
apostles sent out to make converts.
On the death of Joseph Smith in
1844 lie was chosen President and
Prophet. Being compelled by tlie
disasters at Nawvos to abandon that
location, he announced that Salt
Lake Valley had been revealed as
tlie Promised Land, and founded
Salt Lake City in 1847. Immigra
tion rapidly increasing the Mormon
ranks, they organized a State which
they named Desert, but Congress re
fused to admit it into the Union,
constituting instead the Territory* of
Utah, of which Brigham Young was
appointed United States Governor.
Four years this state of affairs con
tinued, at the end of which time
the Mormons defied the federal au
thority, and President Buchanan ap
pointed Alfred Cumming Governor
of Utah and sent in 2500 men to
enforce his authority. A compro
mise was effected—the Federal au
thority was to be respected, and
Brigham Young left in power as
President and Ruler of the Mormon
church.
lie is a man of uncommDii size,
of very compact build and six feet
high, measures forty-four inches
around the chest, and >s of great di
meffsions in mid-person. He has
nineteen hives, fifteen of whom are
his own, the other four being‘‘proxy
wives, ’ and relicts of Joe Smith.—
The children of these four of their
union with Brigham are credited to
Smith, and go to swell his kingdom.
To distinguish these plural wives
from the others they are known by
their maiden names, In the order
of their marriages, the following is
a list of Brigham’s numerous spous
al Mary Ann Angel, Lucy Decker,
Airs Augusta Cobb, Harriet Cook,
Clara IVfiEer, Emeline Eree, Lucy
Tti<ylow L\foa Huntington. Susan
Swivel/, -Margiuci Fienso, MrsTwiss
Emily' Partridge, Jwtlia llokcr,
Eliza Burgess, Eliza inow, Harriet
Barney, Amelia Falsom, Mary Aan
Cott, and Aim Eliza Webb, the nine
teenth. Brigham Young fras forty
five Jiving children; the majority
are °rown and maiiied, twenty-nine
girls and wstccn boys constitute his
family. Seven oi these daughtcis
are partners in plural marriages.—
Brigham, for the preset)t, lifts aban
doned all his other wives for bis fa
vorite, Amelia Ealsom, and upon her
is lavished all his care and attention.
Once a month occurs in the bouse
hold what is known as “ration day/'
Each family receives live pounds ot
sugar, one pound ,o£ pgudles, 11 bai
of ° soap and a box of matphoi.—
Whatever they enjoy beyond the
! plainest f0.0.d uq4 scantiest clothing,
the wife is expected fo provide for
herself and children—always except
ing the favorite. Brigham promises
his wives 8100 a year pin-money and
0 good home, but they get neither.
7’hc xepret writes of Mormonism
coiisfo tof. # ijiony of words taken
from the Scriptures ♦),4 ’’
Lost.” The‘scenery used represents
the creation and fall of man, the
coming of Christ and the 1 ricslhood
ipf ifol-pJI Smith. The candidate
( takes a solemn o r fo t;} '‘hear eternal
hostility to the (lovernmeui of foP
■United States, and avenge the mur
der of the prophet Joseph Smith.'
■ Tim hope of Brigham s life is the
rtUffe*’ Utah ns a State into
! the Union, ?>4 If i* 1
conviction of John + vt fit 1 ’ $ tr i
tain Meadows Massacre was Mb
an assurance given Brigham that the
admission would he hastened by Dus
action. Humors have been rife, since
the execution of Lee, of the hostile
intention of the Mormons, even to
the calling out of the “Nauwoo Le
o-ion,” and the alleged intention of
die United States authorities to send
m ore troops into the Territory, seems
to o;ve color to the minors.
A-fortune teller in Ohio prophe
sied the death of Hon. Alexander If.
Stephens oil the 24th of June. He
is yet alive, and his health is bettei
than it has been lor years.
THOM ASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 7. 1877.
SUGAR BEET CULTURE.
BURNET LANDNETH STATES SOME
INTFRESTING FACTS
In a letter to the Philadelphia
Times Bui nett Landreth, Chief of
the Department of Agriculture at
the Centennial makes the following
statements :
The production of beet sugar iu
1875 was 1,317,023 tons —a quantity
equal to G 1 per cent, of the cane su
g<ir manufactured in the world.—
1 lie internal revenue tax upon Eu
ropean beet sugar amounted in 1874
•> to $40,000,000. The average pro
daction of beet roots is 12 tons per
acre, yielding a fraction over 1 ton
of sugar. In Germany the average
production extracted is 9.1 per cent,
f he residuum from the express is 21
tons from every 12 tons of roots us
ed, and is valued at about $5 a
ton.
Experiments made in this country
established the fact that as many
bushels per acre can he rais and here
as in Europe, and there can be no
doubt the saccharine percentage can
Lc made as great, whilst the free
dom from internal revenue (which
is collected in all the States of Eu
rope wlieve beet sugar is made) would
be in itself a profit, $53 an acre re
venue being in some Ciises paid.—
The fattening of cattle upon the
cake or cellular residuum from the
processes is exceedingly profitable,
and stimulates the production of
hay and grain, these being necessa
ry adjuncts. The manure, carefully
saved under a system of stall-feed
ing, is returned to the lands from
whence the roots were taken, and
with judicious application of com
mercial manures, the fertility of the
soil is annually enhanced.
Fattening stock, it will bo thus
seen bocomcs a prominent feature in
all districts where the beet-sugar in
dustry is pursued, and with the new
markets opened abroad to the almost
limitless import of American beef
and mutton, this feature is tons of
immense importance.
The processes of culture require
improved agricultural implements,
with these comes closer observation
of rural affairs, and thus the farmer
is educated to habits of investiga
tion as well m agricultural chemis
try as in the study of vegetable life.
Thus it may reaclilv be perceived
that tlie sugar beet industry is prof
itable to all concerned—all classes
participate in the prosperity it crea
tes and diffuses. No agricultural
pursuit is so beneficial to the com
munity where it is carried on—the
producer and manufacturer dealing
directly with each other.
Dr llanimoml on Sleep.
In a recent lecture on ‘‘Sleep,”
Dr. William A. Hammond, of New
Yoik, said that the brain was at
work not only during every waking
moment and in dreams, but even in
the deepest sleep it was employed in
storing up new energies to be dissip
ated in tlie future. If it were not
for the fact that some parts of the
organ had comparative rest while
others were at work, it would soon
wear out altogether. Every pulsa
tion of Hie heart, every thought of
the mind destroyed some particle of
brain matter, and, were it not for
the gradual building up of fresh
material which was going on at the
same time, it would speedily become
a wreck. It was during sleep that
this recuperative process was most ef
fective ; during wakefulness the ex
penditure of brain force exceeded
the accumulation of new matter by
a large proportion. The lecturer,
after defining sleep as due to the di
minution of blood in the brain, ci*
ted some curious instances of its ex
traordinary power. He described a
series of interesting experiments by
himself and others upon a dog plac
ed under the influence of ether, in
which pieces of the skull were remov
ed, amt sleep proved fo be accconi
panied by an absence of blood in the
vessels of the brain, and wakefulness
bv the return of the same fluid in
large quantities. Anxiety or other
emotions or affections carried to a
morbid extent were more often the
cause of wakofuto* than greifo men
tal labor, although me' latter, if
over-prolonged or repeated with un
due frequency, was equally harmful.
As the capacity for sleep depended
upon the amount of blood in the
brain, and the amount was largely
under the control of the individual,
there was no difficulty in so dispos
ing the body or the system as to in
vite sleep and overcome the evils of
wakefulness. Many persona who
would feej sleepy in a chair, would
become wide awake on lying down,
simply because of the flow of blood
fo tlip tietp]. Lor sncli persons a
high pillow, reaching well under the
shoulders, would prove beneficial.
Others, by eating a fight and easily
digested meal just before retiring, se
cured the nest of repose.
The couusul for cxrLo.erncr Idden
fiiedin the Mmted States. District
court an answer to the suit qt the
government against Air. Tilden to
recover 8150,000 income tax alleged
to be due the government. The an
swer states that foe returns made by
Tilden were all correct, and in the
years in w hich he neglected to make
returns the government eqllectoi
made an assessment, which wim t;.~
penalty attached he paid, the an
swer concludes with a general deni
al of the allegations in the complaint
and claims that Tilden is indebted
nothing to the government for in
come tax or any other account.
EGGS.
THEIR VALUE AS AN ARTICLE OK 1)1 FIT.
[From the Mi-Jic.il Journal)
There is no article of food more
Wholesome and nutritious than that
supplied by eggs. There is a differ
ence in their flavor and quality ow
ing to the difference in the diet of
birds ; vet there arc no eggs of wing
ed creatures which are unlit for nour
ishing the human body. Their
chemical com position is nearly tlie
same, for, the white and yolk
are almost invariably present ; and
these consist, in the first place, of al
bunion and water. Eggs require
for digestion as much time tts mut
ton —that is, from three to four
hour. They are |uost readily diges
ted when boiled utotil the white be
comes partially consolidated.
An ordinary hen’s egg weighs from
one and a half to two ounces ; a
duck’s egg from two to three oun
ces ; the egg from*the sea-gull and
the turkey from three to four ounces
and the egg of the goose from four
to six ounces- The solid matter and
the oil ip the duck's egg exceed
those in a hen’s by about one-fourth.
According to Dr. Edward Smith, in
his treatise on “Foods, r and egg
weighing an ounce and three-quar
ters consists of 120 grains of carbon
and 18f grains of nitrogen, or 15.25
per cent, of carbon and 2 per cent,
of nitrogen.
A writer in the Scientific Fanner
estimates that the value of one pound
of eggs as food for sustaining the ac
tive forces of the body is to the val
ue of one pound of lean beef as 1,
585 to 860. Asa flesh producer one
pound of eggs is about equal to a
pound of beef.
A lien may be calculated to con
sume one bushel of corn yearly, and
to lay twelve dozen or eighteen
pounds of eggs. This is equivalent
to saying that three and one teiPh
pounds of corn will produce, when
fed to a hen, one pound of eggs. A
pound of pork, on the contrary, re
quires about live and one-third
pound of corn for its production.—
When eggs tire 24 cents a dozen and
pork 10 cents a pound, we have a
bushel of corn fed producing $2.88
worth of eggs and SI.OO of pork.
Judging from these facts, eggs
must be economical in their produc
tion and in their eating, and i special
ly fitted for the laboring man in re
placing meat.
Thi: Providence Tool Company
are making 000 guns a day for the
Turks, and have yet-180,OO*’) to make
before the contract is completed.
The Dismal Swamp canal is to be
sold by auction to the highest bid
der in Norfolk. Va., next August.
The work cost over $1,500,000, but
is not expected to bring more than a
fifty part of that sum.
The little tour of Salem, N. C.,
ships annually 1,000,000 pounds of
dried blackberries to Chicago. It
costs one cent a pound to deliver
them there, where they are sold at
fifteen cents a pound.
Tiie census returns of Sweden and
Norway for the close of 1875 have
just been published. The former
has a population of 4,383,291, and
the latter of 1,817,237, making the
total population,o,2oo,s2B,
A lady who is very successful in
raising poultry says when the wings
of her littlo turkeys begin to lop
down, and they look sick and weak,
she pulls out the longest feathers on
each wing, and they are all right in
a few hours. She very seldom loses
any, and she has tried jt for years.—
If it is so, it is worth knowing and
practicing.
The report of the Siver Commis
sion, which is being prepared under
the supervision of Senator Jones, of
Nevada, is very nearly finsihed, It
is expected that the report will be
npidc pubfic in a fey flays. Jt js 411
exhaustive argument in favor of foe
double standard and remonetizing
silver, and will no doubt form a ba
sis of future discussions on the sub
ject in Congress. The position is
taken that the contraction of the
QipTflncy, caused by tile demoneti
zing of silver, lias arrested business
enterprises, and largely contributed
to the present depression. The
opinion is expressed that with sil
ver demonetised, specie resumption
would be impossible ; that if the
Secretary of Hie Treasurer could pos
sibly resume, it would he only tem
porary, and the result would he n
great'foiering grid 4 refout fondly
to tlie issuing of paper money. Sen
ator Jones favors the passage of a
bill to declare the old silver dollar a
legal tender for all debts public and
private • and directing that upon
any person bringing silver plates,
bars or bullion to the mints, it shall
be the duty of tlie government to
coin it, charging only such seignor
age as may be necessary to cover the
expense. " Another provision of the
bill would Uo to provide foat' aiiy
person depositing in the mints a sil
ver bar of a given weight and fine
ness, it shall be the duty of the gov*
ernment to give the party so depos
iting 4 uefoiucufo hi jffip}? deposit.
This corresponds to the gold notes,
the principal being the same. The
Senator’s views in respect to phe 4
por cent, bonds are, that they will
no pa value in gold Qf silver coin at
the option of tlie government, and
that the opinion of the Secretary of
the Treasury is of no more binding
forpe than that of any other individ
ual.— WashingtQA Slur.
SoiuetliiiiK about Ancient
Book**.
BY MARYP. IIALE.
!
Did you ever consider rho difficul
ties of acquiring knokledgc before
the art of printing were invented ?
What kind of schools, think you.
were there in those days ? And
what did children do without storv
hooks or pictures ? for none but
the rich could afford to have paint
ino-s.
There were books, to be sure,
many centuries before printing was
invented, but they were very scarce
and rarely to be found, only among
the clergy and in families of the no
bility. Even Alfred the Great could
not read till after he was twelve years
old ; but from the written books of
his mother, he learned many of the
paslms and the prayers of the an
cient church.
About this time more than ten
centuries ago, a countess in England
gave two hundred head of sheep and
a large quantity of rich furs fora
volume of homilies. The oldest
school in England was supposed to
have been founded by Bt. Augus
tine, at Canterbury. .When he
came into that country the Pope
sent with him a number of books.
At this school, Ad rain a learned
man for those days, delivered in
struction orally to crowds of pupils,
in divinity, astronomy, medicine,
arithmetic and in the Greek and
Latin languages After this, schools
began to multiply in monasteries
and at Bishop’s —for youth on
ly ; not children. Yet few as these
schools were even Charlemagne was
advised by one of the learned arch
bishops of England to send tin no
ble youth of France and Germany to
bo educated in the “excellent schools
in Britain, Owing to the scarcity
of books many men in the prime of
life were quite ignorant and were
glad to attend these schools.
When Alfred the Great was king
lie exerted himself most strenuously
to extend the means of education.
What would you think, in these
days, of sending governors and may
ors and aldermen to school 7 Vet
this is what Alfred did, and he
would not promote to otlicc any un
educat. and person. No board of edu
cation was ever more zealous in en
deavors to diffuse knowledge than
this good king. And ho studied dil
igently himself and translated many
books into the Saxon language.
This was ten centuries ago. Even
kings, before Alfred’s time, used
“their marks” in signatures. “When
1 took the kingdom,” he -’ays, “very
few could understand their prayers
in English, or could translate a letter
from Latin into English.
Yet, even a few hundred yeas lat
er, hooks were so scarce—printing
not being yet invented—that in a
college at Oxford, there was this di
rection : “Let no scholar occupy a
hook in the library over an hour, or
two hours at most ; so that others
he hindered from the use of the same.
In many places hooks were kept in
chests or chained to the desks, to
prevent their being taken away.—
The hooks that were to be found
in noblemen’s palaces in the 13th
and 14th centuries, were beautiful**
ly written upon parchment, for pa
lter was then unknown. They were
highly illuminated, and the bind
ings very costly, being of silk and
velvet with gilt clasps. Some of
these books are still to he seen in the
British Museum, with initial letters
finely ornamented and painted with
red arid other colors,
The tirst hook printed in England
was called “The Game and the Play
of the Chesse,” in 1474. It also
contained “Sayings and Stories,”
and the author expresses the hope
that any “of whatever estate or de
gree lie or they stand in, may see in
this little boook that they may gov
ern themselves as they ought to do.
The first printed books for school
were a prayer-book and a pri jper.
The “hornbook” was a single prin
ted sheet, containing the alphabet,
syllables of two letters and the Lord's
prayer. This was pasted upon trails
parent horn, to preserve the page
from mutilation. So much
value was at;ached to school-books
that great care was taken even of
the last. Yl P h°w Mach im
portance was a dictionary from iho
following item of the records of Bos
ton, Lincolnshire, 1578. In the
quaint language and spelling of the
age, it reads, “that a Dietionarye,
shall he bought for the seollers of
the Free Scoole ; and the some boke
to be tyed in acheync, and set upon
a degk iq me %C2Qto, wlicreunto any
auollet may have access as occasion
may serve.”
Vet, with all these disadvantages,
knowledge began to spread rapidly,
and many of those who when chil
dren studied lioiii •,‘horne-hookes
hanging at their girdle,” became
great and learned men.
a
The Secretary of War has left for lo
wa,
Charles Frederick Crisp, the Jatc
ly appointed Judge of the South
western circuit, will he 33 years old
next January, 29.
Last Thursday morning fire was
discovered about light in the office
room, second floor, on lilakes Block
in Macon. It had been pent up all
night by the room windows and
doorsbeiug closely shut. It is sup
posed to Kavp originated by the doc
tors using a cigar box filled with
saw dust, as a spittoon, and throw
ing a cigar stump in the box after
smoking it. But little damage.
The “4'la-.* 4 u|" Tthe 4*ru<luu-
Uni; 4 la** of Tlm* U c*l I’oim
’'Military Aeadeui}.
The graduating Class of 187 7 at
the United States Military Academ\
B est Point, N. Y., had manufac
tured, at a cost of three hundred dol
lars, a beautiful “Class Cup,” to he
presented to the first hoy-baby horn
to any of its members who shall
marry. It is in the shape of a gob
let, of sterling silver, ten inches high
; the bowl lined with gold, and frosted
outside. Around the bowl is sus
pended a miniature army belt of
gold, inscribed with the motto, “To
our Godson.” Attached to the belt
in front is a sword, of exquisite work
manship, a perfect fac-similein min
iature of a regulation weapon Up
on the obverse of the howl are en
graved the arms of the Class, repre
senting Minerya and Mars standing
on either side of a shield, on which
is the inscription, “U. S. M. A.,”
with date “ ’77” above : the whole
surmounted by an eagle. I’lie fig
ures of Minerva and Mars stand up
on a scroll engraved with the motto
of the Class, “7v7 Minerva el Marie.
The howl rests upon the outspread
wings of a golden eagle which in
turn rests upon the dome of a mini
ature silver temple, within which
stands a golden cradle containing a
sleeping infant, while in alternate
openings between the six colums
which support the dome appear three
silver cherubs coming forth with out
stretched arms, rejoicing. Upon
the rounded base on which the
temple rests, four wreaths of laurel
and oak are worked in oxidized siL
ver each wreath encirling an engraved
picture representing one of the four
branches of *he military service.—
The infantry is represented by a
scene in camp life ; the artillery, by
a siege battery ; the cavalry, by a
company in full charge; and the
engineers, by a picture showing the
erection, under fire, of a pontoons
bridge. The only polished portion
of tne work is a narrow ribbon
around the extreme base. By an in
genious device of Homer Leo& Cos.,
makers of the cup, it can he taken
apart and the cradle removed, to per
mit of the name of the baby-owner
being engraved upon it. Frank
Leslie's Magazine.
Tliat lSurrcl of Salt.
One of the firm who run a com
mission house on Woodbaidge street
street is a man of muscle. lie can
lift a barrel of flour as easily as a
common man lifts a'hag of oats, and
it scarcely makes his cars grow red
as he heaves a barrel of salt into a
farmer’s wagon. For weeks past he
lias been boasting ofdiis • strength
of muscle, and wanting to see some
thing lie couldn't lift, and the hoys
around the store got their heads to
gether the other day. They took a
salt barrel and filled it with broken
pig-iron,old weights and other things
put two inches of salt at either head
and rolled it to the curbstone ; and
at a favorable hour a dray hacked up
m the most innocent manner and an
order from a grocer for a barrel of
salt was handed out. The drayman
and two of the hoys folded around
the barrel so long that the strong
man got out of his chair m disgust,
threw off his coat and said ;
“You fellows had better get por
ous plasters for your backs. Get
out of the way and give me a
chance !”
He seized the barrel by the chimes
and lifted away. It didn’t move.—
He spit on his hands and laid out to
pull hoops right out. The hoops
stayed right there. Bo did the har
rcl.
“It takes four good men to lift
one of them barrels,” said the dray
man.
“Nonsense ! I've lifted a score of
them, and I’ll pick tnis up or break
my hack. 1 guess the salt must be
wet,”
He got in position, drew a long
breath, and then lifted till his eyes
looked like two towels left on the
clothes-line in a dark night. The
barrel didn’t lift. Pig-iron was too
much for muscle, and the lifter sat
down on the walk. His hack used
to he plumb lip and down, but it
hasn’t been since that lift. His ey
es are getting hack to their original
positions, and the rod is leaving the
hack of his neck, and lie secs two
men handle a hag of dried apples or
a bushel of beans without a word of
comment.—[Detroit Free Press,
Grant has absolutely put up at Gen.
residence and proposes to
make him ded-head him the balance
of his stay in England. A special
guard should be sent at once fur I'lys
ses to bring him l\Gm,o. fie has dis
graced \hp American nation, over
there, long enough.
Governor Robinson of New’ York
continues the reduction of expenses
in New York and the yefonu com
menced by Governor Tilden. He
Signed a bill, a few days since that re
duces Muuicipal salaries in Brooklyn,
to the extent of forty live thousand a
year.
The quantity of beer produced in
England annually is prodigious. In
1853 nearly six million bushels of
malt were consumed in its manufac
ture, and nearly a hundred and fifty
thousand jieople were engaged in re
tailing the beverage, while enormous
quantities were exported. Besides
beer the English people made in the
same year more than thirty million
gallons of spirits, or about one gal
lon for every man, woman and child
in the United Kingdom.
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Boston Journal's Wellington CorTespoodencr.
Seeing vlexunler 11. .Stephens
carried into the Supreme Court
room a few da vs ago, to argue a ease
f was reminded of an incident which
occurred about live-and twenty years
ago, when Senator Edward Everett
and M. do Sartiges. the French Min
ister, resided in adjacent houses on
G. street. One evening as the guests
invited by M. Surtiges to a dinner
party arrived, Mr. Stephens came
with thorn in euming drew. The
polite Frenchman, not having invi
ted the well-known representative
from Georgia, asked him if ho de
sired to converse with him on any
subject. “No thank you !" replied
Mr. Stephens, who went on chatting
with the other guests. M.dc Sarti
ges went to his dining room, told
his buttler not to announce dinner
until that little gentleman in the
parlor had gone, and returned there
After waiting a quarter of an hour,
with the full knowledge that his
good cheer was being spoiled, he
again approached Mr. Stephens, say
ing : “Meestear Steven, would you
like to see me about something 7”
“No Sir !No Sir !’’ wasthe prompt
reply, and, as the disconsolate host
walked away with a gesture of des
pair, Mr. Stephens said to the gen
tleman with whom he was convers
ing “What does that imperlient
little Frenchman mean by thinking
that I want to talk with him 7”
“That,” was the reply, “is our host
you know, and perhaps he invited
you to have a little chat before din
ner.” “Our host 1” exclaimed Mr.
Stephens, “why, l came to dine
with Senator Everett, of Massachu
setts !” 'flic juke was too good to
be kept quiet, and after Mr. Ste
phens had left the guests at the
French legation in a roar, Ife crea
ted another hearty laugh in Mr.—
Everett's drawing room next door,
where the guests for another dinner
had been waiting his arrival, lie
had gotten into the wrong house.
Worthier Public* I,and* ofiiie
Mato.
At a recent meeting of the Nat
ional Academy of Sciences in Wash
ington, Maj. Powell gave an account,
of the humid oragricultural lands ami
the arid or worthless portions. The
unsold public lands in the humid re
gion arc almost wholly uiidersirahle
property In Florida there are 1,-
800,000 acres of this sort, h eluding
the vast swaps of the everglades.—
In Alabama there are 4,000,000 ; in
Louisana, 5,000,000 ; in Mississippi
3,375,000. The and regions of the
United States extend over 1,487,3-
87, square miles ; of this nearly 700,
000 square miles may be called a
pasturage region ; 320,000 a moun
tain region ; 126,000 desert lands ;
the “bad lands” nearly 100,000 ;
timber lands and plateau region each
about 75,000 ; canon and lava re
gions together about 100,000. Maj.
Powell says that there is not enough
public land in the United States
which a poor man could turn into
a farm to make an average county.
All of the best lands have been ap
propriated and, unless the rocks con
tain valuable ores, or the soil timber,
they arc worthless to settlers.
Cost ol- corn. —The Galena, 111.,
Industrial Press reports a meeting
of the Farmers’ Club itt Warren, 111.
at which the cost of producing a
bushel of corn was the subject of do
bate. Tne speaker who opened the
debate said lie had figured the cost
of plowing, dragging cultivating,
harvesting and rent of ground (or
interest on valuation of land), and
would not put the cost at less than
ten dollars an acre ; he figured the
average yield per acre at forty bush
els, which would make the not cost
twentyfive cents a bushel put in the
crib, so that the grower would have
to sell above that figure to secure
any profit at all. Another member
did not think corn couid bo put in
the crib for twenty-five cents ;
thought it would cost nearer forty
cents thail twenty-five, aud also said
the average yield would not go over
twenty-five bushels to the acre. Does
not consider this locality a good
country for corn, though corn is our
principal staple. One of the speak
ers thought that tho first statement
mado had put the rent or interest on
the land to a high figure; he
thought corn could be produced for
twentyfive cents per bushel, but not
for any less, lie thought one-fiftli
of the corn raised was in jured by
over cultivation. He believed four
times cultivating ample, and the
first time die shovels should be run
close to the rows ; if ground is mel
low, run shallow ; half the labor
should be done before the corn is in
sight, Another member stated that
he never had exceeded forty bushels
to the acre as an average for a crop,
and that on the best of land and un
der the most favorable conditions.—
Land in this vicinity should be worth
five dollars an acre for rent, in other
localities more distant from market,
less. It takes a spry luisker to get
through forty bushels a day, and a
very good farmer to make forty bush
els to the acre.
Governors Robinson and Hampton
had an interview in New York, and
Governor Robinson expressed him
self much gratified with Hampton’.■
policy, which he thinks will result
in much good to, not only South
Carolina, but all the States. South
Carolina will not repudiate any of
i her indebtedness.