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Hut Twain's Bouse and Work-Boom.
Mark Twain is a resident of Hart
ford, Conn., where he owns a pretty
house, which a writter thus described:
Ample grounds surround the large
two-story brick house with many sharp
gables and irregular projections, a most
artistic architectural composition. The
brick is of a brownish hue, varied with
figures and bands of light red and
black. Broad verandas flank two
sides widening out into a large out
door hall, it might be called, near the
conservatory. This airy hall is natur
ally a favorite resort for the family in
the warm weather. Many of the rooms
in the upper stories have delightfully
cosy balconies opening ont of them.
The grounds are finely shaped with
trees which, in places, thioken to a
forest-like density; and overtop the
house, giving the large windows grate
ful screns of cool greenery. The inter
ior is arranged on a generous scale.
Opposite the entrance to the large hall,
with its handsome staircase and pan
eled ceiling, is the library, a beautiful,
‘ friendly-looking room. Book shelve*
cover the lower half of the wall space.
Over the large fireplace, wWch is set
in a stately ehlmneg-pfece of richly
cajwetj wood, ie a bra* plate with the
inscription.jn ofd-Engllsh text: “The
ornament of a house is the trends who
frequent it.” Opposite the fire-place
Is the deep recess of a bay-window,
with a casement through which one
may step down into the lawn. Among
the pictures on the walls is Frank D.
Millet's excellent portrait of Mr.
Clemens, painted about four years ago
One end of the library opens into the
large and beautiful conservatory, and
beyond this is the veranda. Mr.
Clemens does not use his library for
his study,. This is in the billiard-room
in the third story, where the quietest
kind of quiet surrounds him. It is a
long room, with sloping sides formed
by the roof. It is light and airy, and
has three large balconies adjacent—
two large ones on either side and a
small one at the end. One may step
out Into these regular doors, and is not
obliged to stoop and creep through
cramped window openings, bumping
the head against the sliding sashes,
which destroy all utility In so many
balconies, making them mere orna
mental shams. Here in this room Mr.
Clemens sits writing at a plain table,
with the books he may wish to use for
reference lying scattered about him.
He makes it an invariable rule to do a
certain amount of literary work every
day, and his working hours are made
continuous by his not taking any mid
day meal at all. He is merciless to
ward his own productions, and often
destroys a whole day’s labor as soon as
it is written. He finds the final result
more satisfactory by taking this course
and beginning again than by trying to
remodel what he considers a faulty
mnnuscrlpt. In this way he often does
a certain piece of work over and over
again, at other times the first draft
is sufficient and requires no revision.
But, though an entire day’s work may
come to nought, he does not regard
the time as wasted, but deems the
practice essential to discipline. He has
destroyed hundreds of pages of manu
script in this way. He has published
scarcely a volume out of which at least
two hundred mannsoript pages have
not been culled and oommitted to the
waste-basket. From one- volume he
weeded out five hundred pages. He is
an industrious worker, and during his
recent European sojourn he kept up
his literary labors persistently.
Paining perils on the Steel BaU.
AGRICULTURE.
A man talks as easily at the rate of
sixty miles an hour as he does at an
»ordinary after dinner pace, and a vet
eran railroad man who sat with his
feet cocked on an adjoining chair, on
the Ohio & Mississippi fast train Sat
urday, let his recollections and gossips
flow entertainingly to a reporter.
‘•Ever in a smash-up?” asked the
veteran laconically.
“Never 1”
“That accounts for your lack of nerv
ousness. A child never dreads the fire
until he Is burned, and so it is with
every kind of danger. There are two
classes of engineers, who are known
on the road as “good runners” and
“bad runners.” A good runner is al
ways sent out with special trains and
in other cases where first time is to bs
made. He is an engineer who knows
the road and his engine, and will guage
the speed by the quality of the track,
taking a good many chances on safety.
I knew one of these fellows, who was
regarded as the coolest and. bravest
man in the business. He would take a
lightning special as safely through as
another would a freight. One dark
night he was hauling the night express
around a curve like a meteor. A tree
had been blown across the track by a
storm, and he run upon it before it
•ould be seen. The train was smashed
and he was badly hurt. He got well
in time, and took his place at work, but
lost it, and he couldn’t get a passenger
train on any road. The accident killed
his “nerve,” and he couldn’t take
train through on even schedule time.
He was always' lagging and behind
time. niatU the fate of a great many.
A bad accident to a fast train nearly
always spoils a good engineer.”
“They are always in danger,” said
the reporter.
“Yes; if there’s an accident they are
almost sure to be killed. They go
through life on faith and by good luck.
One day, several .years ago, I went for
a day’s hunting in the country, and
made arrangements for an engine to be
sent out for me »t 7 o’clock. It came,
and, with three of us aboard, started
to make the run of twenty-five miles
an hour ahead of the regular train.
We got out a mile or two and the head
light flickered and went down. The
engine was stopped and the lantern
was tinkered with, and we started
again. We ran a few miles, and had
to stop and tinker with the confounded
lamp again. This time it went out
clear, and to our horror we discovered
that the regular train was within five
minutes of us, and there was no side
track near. It was dark as original
chaos, not a star out. The engineer
started carefully, worked the throttle
out gradually, and all of us clinging to
the cab for dear life, the race began.
For all that we could see it was a
plunge into space. The engine snorted
and rolled, and fairly flew along the
track, until the welcome light of the
home yards fell upon us. We had run
thirteen miles on pure faith in nine
minutes, and the regular train was an
hour and forty minutes behind time!”
“That was a close shave on luck ?
“Yes; I don’t want to ride under
pressure again.”
Artificial Swarmmg of Bus.—In
the first place see that your stock is
strong and full of bees and brood, also
that you have drones hatched or about
ready to hatch; then have a new hive
just like the one you have the bees in;
bring it un close along side of your
full hive of bees and open it out; then
take out one frame trom the middle
and open out your hive of bees, exam
ining carefully the frames until you
find the one on which the queen is lo
cated, which is generally one of the
outside frames at noonday—the best
time to make artificial swarms. Take
out the frame, queen and bees, as you
will find her in the act of laying eggs
no' doubt, and hang it in ypur new hive
in place of the empty frame you took
out, which you will now place in the
centre of you old hive, of course mak
ing room by changing frames. Then
close up both. hives, so that the bees
will have their proper gpace for enter
ing and returning,.-remove your old
stand to a new location, and piaceyour
new hive with td® queen and frame of
brood on the old location, and your
work is done, letting the bees return
as usual, when to your surprise and
great satisfaction you have all the bees
that would have swarmed naturally
had you been so disposed to allow it.
I will further say that if you happen to
have any brood-combs in any of your
hives that you have lost, bees during
the winter can be turned to good ac
count by filling them in empty frames
and supplying your new stocks with
them in place of forcing the bees to
build more. ’This w’U often save at
least forty pounds of honey for the
bee-keeper in one season in a good
strong stand of bees, as they will store
honey in place of making combs if they
have store room.
Do Thistles Enrich the Soil?—It
is stated that a good growth of thistles
(Canada) leaves the soil richer than
before. This is doubtless the truth,
and the same may be said of any crop,
provided it is not removed from the
ground. This is merely the general
way that soil is made rich in the or
ganic elements that are so essential to
the growth of profitable crops. But
thire is more than ordinary ability
possessed by the thistle plant to en
rich the soil. The roots penetrate to a
great depth, and bring up large quan
tities of potash and other valuable con
stituents, and deposit them upon or
near the surface, as their stems and
leaves decay. Again, the mechanical
action of a vigorous growth of thistles
is to .loosen, pulverize and render the
soil more accessible to the roots of
other plants. Granting that the action
of the thistle plant upon the soil is
good, we must look at the other side of
the question. What is the cost of this
method of improvement? While the
thistles hold possession no paying crop
can be obtained. When usef ul plants
are sown, they must be carefully tend
ed, or the thistles will crowd them out.
Lastly, the bringing up of valuable sub
stances from the subsoil, can be as well
done by plants that are themselves use
ful for food, as clover, etc., and no
miserable weed afterward left to in
fect the ground. The-best that can be
said of thistles is that it is a miserable
prickly pest, which, when allowed to
have its way, loosens and enriches the
upper soil.
Plants Growing in 'Windows.—
Thousands who try to grow plants in
pots, tubs or boxes tail, mostly because
they let the pots be exposed to the hot
sun. Now we never see the roots—
that is, that part which draws nutri
ment from the soil—fully exposed to
the sun in a state of nature, and this
should teach window gardeners to
shade the pots and boxes in which
their plants grow. Another cause of
failure is allowing the leaves to get
dusty. The leaves being in reality the
lungs of the plant it is imperative that
they should be kept clean. I have often
been asked why plants did not do well
in windows, and it is olten difficult to
answer without seeing the plants, but
general failures occurs from tne causes
I have named, for it stands to reason
that if half the roots of a plant are
burned off repeatedly and the leaves
are killed with dust, that sickness will
be the result. It is easy to'clean off
the dust by taking a little broom or
brush and dipping it in water and flirt
ing it over the leaves of the plants two
or three times in a week; try it, ladies.
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Seasoning Food.—Many people have
the idea that a finely tavorwi dish must
cost a great deal; that is a mistake; if
you have untainted meat, or soand
vegetables, or even Indian meal, to be
gin with, you can make it delicious
with proper seasoning, One reason
why French cooking is much nicer
than any other is that it is seasoned
with a great variety of herbs and
spices; these cost eery little; if you
would buy a few cents’ worth at a time
you would soon have a good assort
ment. The best kinds are sage, thyme,
sweet marjoram, tarragon, mint, sweet
basil, parsley, bay leaves, cloves, mace,
celerv seed and onions. If you will
plant the seedqfssny of these seven
first mentioned in little boxes on your
window-sRI, or In a sunny spot in the
yard, you "can generally raise all you
need. GatherJsSu dry them as fol
lows: Parsley and tarragon should
be dried in June and July, just before
flowering; mint in June and July,
thyme, marjoram and savory in July
and August; basil and sage in August
aad September. All herbs should be
gathered in the sunshine, and dried
by artificial heat; that flavor is best
preserved by keeping them in air-tight
tin cans, oi; in tightly-corked glass
bottles.
Turn economy, is not buying the
lowest priced article. The best is
cheapest. So with Dobbins’ Electric
soap, (made by Cragin & Co., Phila.,)
it is best and cheapest and we ask our
readers to test it for themselves.
Dklicact or Mint Scales—The fine
gold weighing scales in the New Or
leans mint are marvels of mechanical
Invention and accurate workmanship.
The larger of the two has a capacity of
10,000 ounces troy, or about 686 pounds
avoirdupois, and when loaded to its
full weight will indicate a variation of
one thousandth part of an ounce, or the
millionth part of its weighing capacity.
Another pair of scales is the one in
tended for weighing gold only'. It has
bearings composed of the finest agates
which have been ground with wonder
ful provision. So delicate is tbis
machine that it will give the
precise weight of a human hair,
and is susceptible to the slightest
atmospheric changes. Millions of dol
lars’ worth of preoious metals are
Weighed annually upon these soales.
To Bleach Cloth.—Into eight quarts
of warm water put one pound of chlo
ride of lime; stir with a stick a few
minutes, then strain through a bag of
coarse muslin, working it with the
hand to dissolve thoroughly. Add to
this five bucketfuls of warm water, stir
it well and put in the muslin. Let it
remain in one hour turning it over
occasionally, that every part may get
thoroughly bleached. When taken
out, wash well in two waters to remove
the lime, rinse and dry. This quantity
will bleach twenty-five yards of yard
wide muslin. The muslin will bleach
more evenly and quickly if it has been
thoroughly wet and dried before
bleaching.
Walking matches all over the coun
try have been the real style; but the
“true agony” has been shown in those
innumerable matches nightly walked
by anxious fathers carrying crying
babies. The remedy—Dr. Bull’s Baby
Syrup. Price 25 cents a bottle.
humorous.
A stranger, passing a churchyard
and seeing ahearse standing hard by,in-
qnlred who was dead. The sexton in
formed him. “What <»inpl»int?’’
asked the inquisitive one. Said the old
man, “There is no complaint; every
body is satisfied.” One man remained
unsatisfied when he read in a California
newspapers paragraph respecting the
vexed question of bow. Cain obtained
his wife; “You want to know where
Cain obtained his wife. Upon any
subject of a public nature we never
refuse to throw the desired light. But
this is altogether a different thing. It
is a family matter, with which we do
not car® t° meddle. Cain died some
time before many of us were born, and „ c.
such idle curiosity respecting the
family affairs of a deceased person we
regard as most reprehensible, and cal
culated to violate the sanctities of do
mestic life.”
A religious body having resolved
to build a new church, the pastor went
about begging very zealously, accept
ing not only the widow’s but the
child’s mite, In the Sunday school a
few days afterward, while instructing
the children, he compared himself to a
shepherd, and then inquired what the
latter did with his flock. One bright
eyed little fellow promptly replied,
“he shears them.”
An old gentleman complaining that
his glasses were not strong enough to
serve bis turn, was told by the optician
that they ought to be so, seeing they
were “twos.” “What have you got
after twos?” inquired he. “Number
ones,” was the reply. “And after
ones?” “Oh,” said the optician, “if
you don’t find them strong enough,
sir, you will require a dog and -
string.” ,
Haunted He.
A Workingman says: “Debt, poverty
and suffering haunted me for years,
caused by a sick family and large bills
for doctoring, which did no good. I
was completely discouraged, until one
year ago, by the advice of my pastor, 1
procured Hop Bitters and commenced
their use, and in one month we were all
well, and none of us have been sick a
day since; and 1 want to say to all poor
men, you can keep your families well
a year with Hop Bitters for less than
one doctor’s visit will cost.”—Christian
Advocate.
ty be observed that no attempt
le to hunt up out-of-the-way or
own places to find endorsement,
ire will you find such another array
of nkmes of influential people; and if
Wace permitted, there would be added
an overwhelming mass of evidence
from all parts of the oountry of the
wonderful curative properties of Sim
mons’ Liver Regular.
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
John W. Beckwith, Bishop of Ga.
Gen. John B. Gordon, U. S. Senator.
Hon. John Gill Shorter, ex-Governor
of Ala.
Rev. David Wills, D. D., President
Oglethorpe College.
Bishop Pierce, of Georgia.
Hon. James Jackson (firm Howell,
Cobb A James Jackson), Attorney at
jno. B. Cobb.
R. L. Mott, Columbus. Ga.
Mr. H. y. Moseley, in a recent lecture,
naintaiaed that at comparatively small
depths in the sea it is almost certain
ly entirely dark so far as sunlight is
concerned. Prof. Foral found that in
tie lake of Geneva, at a depth of only
31 fathoms, photographic paper was
eatirely unacted upon after protacted
exposure. We can hardly believe, Mr.
Moseley says, that the red, green, or
yillow rays can penetrate seawater
much further than those rays to which
ordinary photographic paper is sensi
tive. He dredged blind Crustacea at a
depth of 120 fathoms; the investigators
oi Lake Geneva found a blind isopod
at a depth of 55 fathoms. In depth of
560 fathoms almost everywhere,
111' depths of over 1,000 fathoms,
tfiere must be an entire absence of cur
rents in the water—any movement
must be of a molecular nature only,
excessively alow ami quite impercepti
ble to animals. Altogether, the deep
86^ cold, dark and still, must be about
the slowest place to live in that can be
Imagined. Science is disabusing
people’s minds of the notions implanted
in them by poetry.
How to Catch a Fowl.—Few per
sons know now to secure a bird to ad
vantage. Never veize a bird bj the
tail, it a fine bird, or touch the back,
but grasp both legs at once with a firm,
tight, quick hold, then raise free lrom
the ground or’perch, andhang the body
down clear of any obstacle. This
method does not ruffle the plumage,
which in a fine bird must be avoided.
When the web of the feather is once
broken, it can never be united again,
and where much handled this often
occurs, giving to the bird a ragged ap
pearance. It is the source of much an
noyance to a nice, clean, smooth bird,
to have the plumage ruffled. Their
bodily covering is regarded with the
utmost care, and the lustre and beauty
of it indicates the health and strength
of the fowl.
Sowing Rye in Corn.—If farmers
will sow one-half bushel of winter rye
to the acre in their corn, and plow it
in the last time, it will not only have a
tendency to choke out the weeds that
start up afterward, but there will be
no danger of dry murrain among cattle
from eating too freely of dry s:alk-, as
the rye will remain green through the
winter, and will be eaten by stock in
preference to the corn fodder. It
makes a desirable feed for all kinds of
stock, and aids materially in the quan
tity and quality of milk produced, be
sides proving a saving of from one to
two tons of hay for every acre sown;
and last, but not least, it affords a green
crop to plow under in the spring
which will renew and enrich the land.
Chif manure is considered by many
as a prolific seurce of scab In potatoes,
on account of the number of worms and
maggots and their larvae found in the
decaying matter. The spores of fungi
exist to a great extent in the decayed
wood, which produces fungi on the
potatoes including rot. One farmer
who used bran as a fertilizer on pota
toes alongside of another plot of land
where chip manure was used, found
the tubers under the former treatment
perfectly smooth and entirely free
trom fangus and rot, while where the
chip manure had been used the pota
toes were badly eaten with worms; a
great deal of fungus existed upon some
of the tubers, while many others were
rotten. •
“Cow-peas,” ,a kind of hybrid be
tween a pea and bean, are fed to cattle
in South Jersey with great success.
They are said to be better feed than
green corn, and just as much can be
got from the same space without im
poverishing the soil. They are sown
in drills, any time after spring frost,
for fodder. Poultry as well as cattle
are fond of them.
Cabbage and Cauliflower are bene
fited by frequent hoeing and a dressing
of guano or other concentrated manure
is often applied with advantage.
Oatmeal.—Give the children oat
meal at least once a day. It is genuine
bone and muscle food, and they must
thrive. Could our girls make the
morning and night meals on real
nourishment—not pastry—take more
to nourish the brain and nerves, we
should have less of the neuralgia among
our women. Indeed, this oatmeal
mush would aflord ample food the last
meal, which should ordinarily be the
lightest, simple, and easy of digestion,
securing good sleep, while it may well
form tt pan or the morning mdSl. Its
extensive use would do much to pro
mote health among us.
Vegetine is acknowledged by all
classes of people to be the best and most
reliable blood purifier in the world.
Tapioca Custard.—Soak three large
tablespoonfuls of tapioca over night in
a pint of cold water; the next morning
add one quart of milk, a little salt, and
boil; four eggs, one’half cupful of
sugar; flavor with lemon or vanilla; a
meringue can be made from the whites
of the eggs by adding a little powered
sugar, and browning it In the oven
One teacupful of tapioca dissolved in
water over night; beat three eggs and
one cup of sugar together, and stir into
Ihe tapioca; then add one qfl-irt of sweet
milk; stir well; bake in pudding disli
until custard thickens.
To Preserve Lamp Chimneys.—
Place your tumblers, chimneys, or ves
sels which you desire to keep from
cracking into a pot filled with cold
water, add a little cooking salt, allow
the mixture to boil well over a fire, and
then to cool slowly. Glass treated in
this way is said not to crack, even if
exposed to very sudden changes of
temperature. Chimneys are said to
become very durable by this process
which may also be extended to crockery
stoneware, porcelain, etc. The ex
periment is so cheap that it deserves a
trial.
Clam-soup.—Twenty-five middling
sized clams cut in small pieces; halt
their liquor and one quart of water,
one onion chopped fine, one quart of
milk, two well-beaten eggs; two table-
spoonsful of flour and one of buter rub
bed thoroughly together, and stirred
into the liquid; season with cayenne
pepper in moderation, as it is very hot;
add a gratihg or so of nutmeg or
blade of mace; let simmer about 20
minutes; toast cutm small bits put in
the tureen, and the soup poured upon
it, is an addition liked by many.
To boil meat, when the meat is to be
eaten, plunge it in boiling water, so as
to sear the outside and retain the juices.
To make soup, when the object is to
extract all the juices from the meat,
cut up in small pieces and put on in
cold water.
It is becoming fashionable to con
nect printing offices by telephone with
churches, which enables the editorial
staff to slaughter two ornithological
specimens with a single rock, so to
speak. Journalists can play euchre
and hear a sermon at the same time;
but the advantages are on one side.
The minister can’t watch the progress
of the game as he preaches.
The latest rage among young ladies
is to possess an old fashioned spin
ning wheel for a parlor ornament.
The desire to possess an old-tashioned
wash board and tub as a kitchen orn a-
ment doesn’t rage much among young
ladies. They are about as handsome
as the spinning wheel, but they are not
fashionable.
Mr. Simpkins often declares that he
never drinks anything stronger than
claret. But coming home recently at
midnight, and putting his lips to his
wife’s ear, he whispered mysteriously:
“Hush, my dear, don’t be alarmed but
there are burglars about. They have
already stolen our keyhole; I had to
get in by the cellar windows!”
Professional pomposity is well
taken off in the following anecdote :
Dental doctor (looking learned and
speaking slowly)—“Well, mariner,
which tooth do you want extracted ?
Is it the molar, or incisor?” Jack
(short and sharp)—“It is in the upper
tier, on the larboard side. Bear a hand,
you swab, for It is nipping my jaw like
a lobster! ”
He came into the sanctum with a
large roll of manuscript under his arm,
and said very politely: “I have a lit
tle trifle here about the beautiful sun
set yesterday, which I would like in
serted if you have room.” “Plenty of
room. Just insert it yourself,” replied
the editor, gently pushing the waste
basket toward him.
The merits of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
are acknowledged by all who have
ever used it for the diseases of infancy.
Price only 25 cents a bottle.
“Will you be so kind, my little
friend, as to tell your grandmother that
the man who is taking the census
would like to see her?” said a down
town census-taker recently to a young
miss of seven summers. The little one
hesitated an instant and then replied:
“Yes, sir! I’ll tell her, but I don’t be
lieve she has any.”
The people of Williamstown cele
brated Decoration Day by having
cocking main,pigeon-shooting matches,
walking contests, and a free fight. How
true the words of the poet, “Our
heroes did not die in vain.” m z.~
“I defy the lightning to strike me!”
said an Indian man during a thunder
storm. Next moment a bolt of heaven’s
fire danced down the chimney, and
killed a dog for which he paid $28.
The boat Tace fiasco between Court
ney and Hanlan so disgusted the peo
ple of Washington with water that but
few have either drunk it or bathed in
it since.
An old bachelor being asked if ever
he had witnessed an execution, re
plied: “No, but I once saw a marri
age.” |
It’s a wise man that can recognize a
circus from the description given on
the advertising boards.
A good temperance work—Remov
ing the bars at the mouth of the Mis
sissippi.
The best accounts of battles can be
written by men who go to the rear for
water when the engagement is hottest
Prejudice Kills.
Eleven years our daughter suffered
on a bed of misery under the care of
several ot the best (and some of the
worst) physicians, who gave her dis
ease various names but no relief, and
now she is restored to us in good health
by as simple a remedy as Hop Bitters,
that we had poohed at for two years,
before using it. We earnestly hope
and pray that no one else will let their
sick suffer as we did, on account ot pre
judice against so good a medicine as
flop Bitters.”—Telegram.
A Case of Piles or 30 ’ “—-*‘- r
Boston, Mass., August 6,1877.
Besses. ?. Neustaedteb A Co.,
New York.
Gentlemen:—Enclosed please find 8100 tot
a box of Dr. a Siisbee’s • ■Anakesis." I have
been troubled with the piles since 1849, aad
have tried almost everything I eould find,
but without success. I have juet been using
yours, and have derived more benefit from it
than any that I have ever tried. Please for
ward me a box at once.
Yours truly, A I.EDYARD,
• 77 Traverse street, Boston.
Samples of “Anakesis" are sent free to all
sufferers on application to P. Neustaedter A
Co., Box 3946, New York.
What it Dae*.
Kidney-Wort moves the bowels regularly,
cleanses the blood, and radically ceres kidney
disease, gravel, piles, bilious headache, end
pains which are caused by disordered liver
and kidneys. Thousands have been cured—
why should you not try it ?—Globe.
The Voltaic Belt Co- Marshall, Kish.
WiH send their celebrated Electro Voltaic
Bella to the afflicted upon 30 daya s trial.
Speedy cures guaranteed. They mean what
they eay. Write to them without delay.
A Valuable Gift Free.
A book on the Liver, ita diseases and their
treatment sent free. Including treatises u]
Liver Complaint*. Torpid Liver, Jaund
Biliousness, Headache, Constipation, . .
sia, Malaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanford,
Broadway, Mew York city, N. Y.
The theory was some time ago advanced
by an English astronomer that, owing
to peculiar solar and lunar action, the
earth and moon would eventually come
into collision. This theory was op
posed by some of the most learned sci
entific men, who showed tliat, owing
to the position of the tidal wave, the
moon is drawn not exactly in the di
rection of the earth’s centre of gravity,
but a little to the east of that centre,
and that in consequence of this she is
made to recede from the earth, her or
bit is enlarged, and her angular motion
diminished. Such an argument, how
ever, it is replied, does not affect the
theory propounded—that is, the condi
tions thus named by its opponents do
not, in the least degree, prevent the
consumption of the vis viva of the earth’s
motion around the common centre of
gravity, although, to a certain extent
at least, it must prevent this consump
tion from diminishing the moon’s dis
tance and increasing her angular mo
tion ; but as tbis cosumption of vis viva
will go on through indefinite ages, if
the present order of things remains
unchanged, the earth and the moon
must, ultimately come to^e her with
results wbteh the imaginationuRO only
faintly conceive.
Ho, Ye Baldheads!—There is just
one way, and no more, by which you
be cured—use C mil olive, a deod
orized extract of pretroleum. It will
positively produce new hair; there is
no substitute for this marvellous petro
leum hair reaewer.
A pint of water is equal to about
twenty-seven cubic inches, or a square
box three inches long, three wide and
three inches deep.
Linseed oil, boiled with substances
for clarifying and imparting drying
properties is the usual vehicle for oil
varnishes.
Frequent application of neat’s-foot oil
to belting promotes regularity of speed
durability of leather and economy of
use.
The Florida cedar is universally nsed
by pencil makers, on account of its fine
grain, softness and strength all com
bined.
A Sheffield manufacturer is re
ported to have told his workmen to
vote just as they pleased—“in tact, I
sha’n’t tell you how I am going to
vote,” he said. “After it is over 1
shall have a barrel of beer brought into
the yard.” (“Hear, hear,” shouted
the men.) “But I sha’n’t tap it unless
Mr. Wortley, the tory candidate, gets
A new anaesthetic by W. B. Maclene
is undergoing experiment by the Edin
burgh Odonto-Chirurgical society. It
consists in combining the administra
tion or exhibition of ethylen-dichlo-
ride with nitrous oxide gas; and this
is effected by placing a small quantity of
the ethylen-dchloride on a little
sponge held by a clip in the way-tube
of the nitrous oxide inhaler, leaving
space enough on each side of the
sponge for the free passage of the
nitrous oxide.
Circuses never want to take a town
y storm. They prefer clear sides.
Some admiring poet said of his best
girl, “Upon her face a thousand dim
ples smile for me.” Which only adds
more emphasis to the adage, “Love is
blind.” How like the mischief a girl
vould look with a thousand dimples on
ner face. The poet must have meant
freckles.
You may say what you please about
it, but there is luck in horseshoes. A
woman nallLd-fis^lRLagainst a wood
shed a month ago, and last week her
husband elopfed witBSHhe hired girl.
The man had nou’rarned a cent for
more than two years.
A murderer was hanged in Texas
the other day, but it was by a mistake;
the worthy citizens thought he had
stolen a horse.
Courtship is a novel; marriage is
history.
tbis season ot the year, an obstinate Diarrhoea,
or some serious affection of the stomach or
bowels. Imperiling the life of the patient. It
you would treat each complaints In a rational
way, try at once Dr. Jayne’s Carminative Bal
aam, a simple but safe remedy in Bach attacks,
and equally effectual in all cases of Cramps,
Cholera Morbus, Dysentery and Sommer Com
plaint,
A house without newspapers is like
a house without windows.
Among the recognized small vices
are vice-presidents.
The sea sick, man finds it hard to
hold his own.
8500 Reward— Catarrh Cure.
Some people would rather be hum
bugged than to get “value received”
for their money. Hence it is that such
persons run after this and that pretend
ed cure for catarrh, forgetting that Dr.
Sage’s Catarrh Remedy is so positive
in its efiects, that itB former proprietor
advertised it for years throughout the
United States under a positive guar
antee, offering $500 reward to an in
curable case and was never oalied upon
to pay this reward except in two cases.
This remedy has acquired such a fame
that a branch office has been established
in London, England, to supply the
foreign demand for it. Sold by drug
gists at 50 cents.
UNABLE TO BREATHE THROUGH NOSE.
1’ORTLANDVILLE IOWA,
March Ilth 1879.
Dr. R. Y. Pierce ;
Dear Sir—Some time ago I bought a
Donche, some of your Dr. Sage’s
Catarrh Remedy and Golden Medical
Discovery and commenced to use them.
The aches and pains as well as sore
throat and catarrh from which I have
been for so long a time a sufferer, have
intirely left me with their use. I feel
like a new man as well as look like one.
For four years I was unable to breathe
through my nose. From the use of the
Catarrh Remedy I can do so now free
ly. Your medicines I know to be all
that they are represented. Long llvfe
Dr. Pierce and the gentlemen connect
ed with him.
Gratefully yours. Watson Smith.
July The Month of Battles.
July divides with June the rank of
the most warlike month in the year,
scarcely a day of the whole 31 being
unmarked by a great battle. Its open
ing days have been sufficiently signal
ized by the three days’ fight at Gettys
burg; bat in addition, the 2d is mem
orable for the capture of Alexandria
by Napoleon in 1798, and the 3d for
Ihe surrender of Paris to the Allies, in
1815, and the Austrian defeat at Sado-
wa. The 4th, apart from the crowning
glory of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, marks the alliance between
England end Spain (1808) which led to
the Peninsular war, and Gen. Grant’s
capture 01 Vicksburg in 1863. The first
Russian conquest of Ears occurred on
tie 5th, tbe defeat of the Austrians at
Vagram by Napoleon on the 6th, the
Branco-Russian treaty of Tilsit ou the
7th. The 9th has the twofold celebrity
of the Czar Peter III.’s murder by
Gregory Orloff and the surrender of
Fort Hudson to Gen. Banks. Napo-
1 ton’s Confederation of the Rhine, the
first sketch of a united Germany was
termed on the 12th, his Legion of
Honor instituted on the 14th, a day al
ready memorable tor the fall of the
Bastile. On the 16th (1815) Napoleon
surrendered himself to the English.
The 19th and 20th witnessed the cele
brated “capitulation of Baylen,” by
which two French corps yielded them
selves to the Spaniards as prisoners of
wsr. On the 22d (1774) Russia first be
came mistress of the Crimea. The
ssme day saw Frederick the Great’s
victory at Burkersderf, one of the
most gallant achievements of the Seven
Years’ War. The 23d, on the other
land, witnessed one of the few Aus
trian victories of the famous contest—
that of Zkllichau, in which the
Prussians were defeated with great
loss. Tbe 25th has the honor of one of
the hardest battles of modern times,
that of the Pyramids, where the hith
erto Invincible Mameluke cavalry were
broken and almost destroyed *by the
steadiness of the French grenadiers.
Wellington’s victory over Marmont at
balamanca, and the treaty of Prague,
(1866,) which finally expelled Austria
from Germany, mark the 26th. The
22th witnessed the fall of Grahame, of
Claverhouse, at Kllliecrankie, in the
very moment of victory, and the over
throw of Robespierre. The execution
of the latter and Wellington’s splendid
Mctory at Talavera have immortalized
the 28th. To this last may still be
.added the Russian defeat at Plevna,
the opening battles of the Indian mu
tiny, and several of the hardest of the
numberless conflicts around Richmond.
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ASE
Alterative. Tonic. Solvent
and Diuretic.
system every taint ol Sere-
_ jla, SererslMi Hniaor. Tamara, cu
ter. lUeero.i H.n.r, Erysipelas,
■alt Rbws. Syphilitic Diseases, Cas
ks!-, Falatmeaa at the Steueeh. and all
diseases that arise lrom Impure tlood. Sci
atica, Inflammatory and Chronic Rhcn-
niatl.ni. Neuralgia, Goat and flploal
Complaints, can only Be effectually, cored
through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Plaeeaea ot the
■hln, Paatales. Pimples, Blotches,
Belts, Tetter, Ntaldbtsd and Ring
worm, VEGETINE has never failed to affect a
permanent core.
For Pains In the Back. Kidney Complaints,
Dropsy. Female weakness, Leucorrhoea, arising
from internal ulceration, and uterine disease!
and General Debility, VEOKTINl acta directly
upon the cause! of tnese complaints. It lnvlgiv
rates and strengthens the whole system, ecu
upon tire secretive organs, allays Inflammation
acres ulceration and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual CoeUveness,
. alpltatlon Of the Heart, Headache, Piles, Nerv
ousness and General Prostration of the Nervous
System, no medicine has ever given each per
fect satisfaction ss tha VEGETINE. It purifies
the mood, cleanses aU of the organs, and poa-
■esses a controlling power over the nervosa
system.
In fact, Vegetine Is the best remedy yet dis
covered for the above diseases, and is the only
reliable BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before
Che public.
Vegetine.
PREPARED BY
H. B. STEVESS, Boston, Hass.
Vegetine is Sold by all Druggist*.
HOSEJtlfc
Bitters
Serve an Injunction on Disease
By invigorating a feeble constitution, renovat
ing a debilitated physique, and enriching a thin
and innutritlous circulation with Hostetler’s
Stomach Bitters, the finest, the most highly
sanctioned, and the most popular tonic and
preventive io existence. For sale by all Drug
gists and Dealers generally.
[ The Only Medicine
That Acta at the Same Time on
Tie Liver, tie Bowels and tie Kidneys.
■ These great organs are the natural deans-
| era of the system. If they work well, health
| will be perfect; if they become clogged,
1 dreadful diseases are sure to follow with
TERRIBLE SUFFERING.
BlUo—iiew, Heidaehe, frrspflwia, Jaaa-
dice, Constipation and Piles, or Kid
ney Complaints, Gravel, Diabetes,
or Rheumatic Pains and Aches,
are developed because the blood la poisoned
with the humors that should have been
expelled naturally.
K IIKV’E Y-WORT ,
will restore the healthy action and all these
destroying evils will he banished; ner
them and you will lira but to suffer.
Thousands have been cured. Try Itand you
will add one more to the number. Take It
and health wlllonce more gladden your heart.
Why Mhr laagerfroa flute-neat flfuiAeMaff WM
Whyh—11hShtr— tnmCsmUpaHtesaiMlat
KrDsrxr-WoBT will euro you. Try a pack
age at once and be satisfied.
It is a dry vegetable compound and
One Package makes six quarts of Medicine.
Tour Druggist has it, or teta get it for
you. Insist vpon having it. Price, $1.00.,
WELLS, BICEA2S302? * CO., Proprietors,
I O OVia send post paid.) Barllagtoa, Y*.
•HUNT’S
REMEDY
THE GREATEST
KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE
ETEB KNOWN.
HUNT’S REMEDY has saved from linger
ing disease and death hundreds who have been
given up by physicians to die.
HUNT’S REMEDY cures nil Diseases
of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urinary Organs,
Dropsy, Gravel, Diabetes, and Inconti
nence and Retention of Urine.
HUNT’S REMEDY encourages sleep, creates
nn appetite, braces up the system, and renewed
health is the result.
HUNT’S REMEDY cures Pain in the
Side, Back, or Loins, General Debility,
Female Diseases, Disturbed Sleep, Loss
of Appetite, Bright’s Disease, and all
Complalnta of the Urino-Genital Organa.
HUNT’S REMEDY quickly induces the
Liver to healthy action, removing the causes
ghat produce Bilious Headache, Dyspepsia,
Sour Stomach, Coativeness, Piles, 4c.
By the use of HUNT’S REMEDY the
Stomach and Bowels will speedily regain their
strength, and the Blood will be perfectly purified.
HUNT’S REMEDY Is purely vegetable, and
meets a want never before furnished to the pub
lic, and the utmost reliance may be placed in it.
HUNT’S REMEDY is prepared express
ly for the above diseases, and has never
been known to fall.
■ One trial will convince yon. For Sale
by all Druggists. Bend fox Pamphlet to
WM. E. CLARKE, PmNleoce, R. L
Prices, 75 cents, and $l.br(large size)
pula, ra.
•* TyUMMAII! Pnrrah ! From Hoxlco to Maine,’
— n -, at 1 t - a ™ pftKn Sou*. I'rice. 35 cents,
mailed by music dealers, or the Chicago Music Co.,
MHIIKI ■««yh | niB llaSltCarstf l» M
llPlIlfVI to20d*ys- VopayMlICDred
W I III VI ba. J. WKrKtM«, Lebanon. Ohio
0. Ditson & Co. OT Sol. Agent, for 11
United Btates for the extensive catalogue of
Mo’s Musical Publications.
tori os, Operas, 4c., 4c. Send for Catalogue.
We call special attention to the valuable series of
Primers or Easy Instruction Books, of which very
popular ones are, THE RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC,
i50 cents), by Camming*. THE ART OF PIANO
FORTE PLAYING. ($1), by Paner. THE ORGAN,
Br.StaiDer. StNGlNG,< 92). by Randeg-
ger. MUSICAL FORMS, (91), by Pauer. HAR
MONY, (§1). by Dr. Stainer. INSTRUMENTA
TION, <*1), by Prout, and TH® VIOLIN, ($1), by
Tours.
Bend for Gen. Garfield’s Grand March, (40 cts.) and
Hancock’s Campaign March. (40 cts.) Fine Music
and elegant portraits of the Presidential Candidates.
Teachers will not fail to examine, during the sum-
DR. RADWAY’S
WORSHIP, (SD. for Singing Schools and Choirs:
and for." ‘ . —
BOOK, i
r, THE AMERICAN ANTHEM!
.... BELLS,
(50 cents),nearly ready; for Sunday Schools. WHITE
' ' and for Temperance work, TEM
ROBES, (30 cent*
PERAlfCE JEWELS (J5ct«.),and TENPEBANCE
LIGHT,(I2cents) Allure first-class books. Don’t
fail to examine.
Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston.
J. E. DITSON 4 OO. 1228 Chestnut St.. Phila.
MAKE HENS LAY.
Am English Teternary Surgeon and Chi
traveling ii
— tie
1 Oattli
n Teternary onrgeon ana Luemisi, dot
_ this country, say ■ that most of the Horse
Powders here are worthless trash. Ho
•ays that Sheridan’s Condition Powdori are abso
lutely pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on
earth will make hens lay like Sheridan’s Condition
Powders. Dose, one teaspoon to one pint of food.
Bold everywhere, or sent by mall for eight letter
■tamps. I. B. JOHNSON 4 CO., Bangor, Mo.
COPY PAD. SSf TO*
on# equal to those sold Tor 92 to 95, for one-thi:
the money), and Receipes for 30 kinda of Ink,
“ cents, by return mail. Address
H. BLEDSOE, P. M., Alvarado. T<
BEAT WESTERN
GUN WORKS,
PI M, trash.
confer n favor upon the advertiser and the
confer a favor non
publisher by ataaag
tUement lathi* Jour
SAPONIFIER
lathe OJ<l Reliable Concentrated Lye for FAMILY
iOAP MAKING. Direction# accompany each ean
for.making Hard, Soft and Toilet loap quiekly.
It is lull weight and strength.
▲8K FOR 8APONIFIEB,
AND TAKE NO OTHER.
PUFA SALT MANVre C*re FHILAP’A
REWARD of Bleeding!
Blind, Itching, or Ulcerated
Piles that IleBIng’a Pile
Remedy fails to cure. Gives
immediate relief, curse eases
of long standing In 1 week,
and ordinary cams in S dug
CAUTION dbi yflUflw
4r black m Pi'
AGENTS WANTED to Sell the NEW BOOK;
FARMING FOR PROFIT
TELLS HOW TO
Cultivate all the Farm Crop# In the Beat Manner;
Breed-Feed and Care forStockjGrow Fruit; mewegty
Farm Business; Make Happy Homes, and
How to Make Honey on the Fan
BupeYtus celebrated Single Breech-loading Shot,
Gun at 9)4 up. Double-barrel Breech loaders at 920
np. Muzzle and Breecb-loading Guns, Rifles and
Pistols of most approved English and American
makes. All kinds of sporting implements and arti-
reopired by sportsmen and gun-maken. COLT’S
NEW BREECH-LOADING DOUBLE GUNS at 9»
up—the best gnns yet made for the price. Bend
stamp for Price List.
JOS. C. GKUBB & CO.,
712 Market Street. Phila., Pa
Are sold by all Hardware and Flames* Dealers. There
Is no one owning a horse or mule but what will find In
this line of goods, somethin? of great value, and es
pecially adapted lo their wants. COVERT AI’F’G CO.,
Wxar Teot.N. Y, Sole Manufacturers.
THEBLATCHLEY
PUMP
for elsterna or well* of any depth.-*
Plain. Iron, Porcelain, or Copper-lined.
Brands, XC. «, XIX.GG, G M«. L
B, BB. B Ho. L For sale by the
Hardware trnde. Country stores. Pimp makers, eta.
Sea that the Pump you buy is stenciled
Cm G. B LATCH LET.
308 MARKET Street, PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
ty - Fits, Spasms and ConnlslMS ’
^ Cured by the use of
K WILLIAM 5. PQfISrS SPZLZPST N1I72N1.
Send for fre« copy of XriLcrrr Journal to Wa. &.
SEMI Fk.mck, Wholesale Druggist, St. Juteph, Mo.
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIES,
FOB THE CURB OT CHRONIC DISEASE,
SCROFULA OB SYPHILITIC, HEREDI
TARY OB CONTAGIOUS^
Chronic Rheumatism. Scrofula, Glandular
Swelling, Bhoing Dry Cough, Cancerous Affec-
tions, Syphilitic Complaints, Bleeding ot the
Longs. Drspepela. Water Brash, Tic solorenx.
White Swellings, Tumors, Dicers. Skin and Hip
Diseases, Mercurial Diseases, Female com
plaints, Goat. Drop y, Balt Bhenm, Bronchitis,
Consumption.
Liver Complaint, &c.
Hot only doss the Barsspertffian Eesolvent
excel ail remedial agents in the cnrectchronlc.
Scrofulous. Constitutional and Skin Diseases,
hot it Is the only posture cure for
KIDNEY JlNB BLADDKB COMPLAINTS,
of Water, Incontinence
. rase, Albuminuria, and In all
saare where there ere brick-dost deposits, or
the water is thick, cloudy, mixed with sab.
stanore like the white of an egg, or threads like
whits silk, or there is a morbid, dark, billons
appearance snd white bone-dust deposits, and
when there Is a pricking, horning sensation
when r*— l -g water, and pain In tne small of
the Oask and along the loins. Sold by Drug
gists. PB1C* ONB DOLLAB.
One bottle csntalns more of the active prlncl.
Use of Medicines than any other Preparation.
Taken In Teaspoonful doses, while others re
quire Are «r six times as much.
EADWAY’S READY BELIEF
Cores the Wont Palis In Iron
One to Twenty .711 an tea,
Mot One Heir.
Radway’s Ready Relief
IB A CURB FOR KVKBY PATH.
lonawl
r other
u the first and Is the ONLY Pain I
Instantly- steps the most exern
allays Inflammation and cures Conges
whether ot tne longs, stomach. Bowels
glands or organs, by one application,
IN PBOM ONB TO TWBNTY MINUTES,
no matter how violent or excroclatlng the
the Bhenmatic bed-ridden, Infirm, Crlr
Nsrvona. Neuralgic, or prostrated with -
may anffer.
Rsiwayl Beady Belief will AS-
ford Instant Ease.
Inflammation of the Kidneys, laflam*
matloa of the Bladder, Inflammation
•r the Bowels. Congeation of the
Longa, Sore Throat, Dlfflcalt Breath*
Inn. Palpitation of the Heart, Hyater*
lea. Croup. Diphtheria. Catarrh, la-
fluenaa. Headache, Toothache. Hen-
ralffla. Rheumatism, Cold Chills, Afi4
Chills, Chilblains and Frost Bites.
The application ot the Beady Relief to tht
part or parts where the pain or difficulty exists
will afford ea-.e and comfort.
Thirty to sixty drops in half a tumbler oi
water will In a few moments cure Cramps,
gpaams. Soar Stomach, Heartburn, Sick Head
ache, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind in' tht
Bowels, and all internal Pains.
Travelers should always carry a bottle of Rad-
way’s Beady Belief with them. A few drops in
water will prevent sickness or pains from
of water. It is better than French
or Bitters as a stimulant.
FEVER AND AGUE.
FEVER AND AGUE cured for fifty cents.
There is not a remedial agent In this world that
will cure Fever and Ague and all other Malari
ous, Bilious, scarlet, Typnold, Yellow and other
fevers (aided by RADWAY’S PILLS) so quickly
as RADWAY’S READY RELIEF. Fifty cents
per bottle.
Rad way’s*, Regulating Pills.
Perfect Purgatives, Soothing Aperients*
Act Without Fain. Always Reliable
and Natural in their Operation.
A VEGETABLE SUBSTITUTE FOB CALOMEL.
of the stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Blad
der, Nervous Diseasbs, Headache, Constipation,
Costiveness. Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Billons*
derangements c
Warranted to effect a perfect cure. Purely
vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals or
deleterious drugs.
fWObserre the following symptoms resulting
from Diseases of the Digestive Organs: Consti
pation, Inward Plies, Fullness of the Blood in
Bead, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea. Heart-
born, Disgust of Food, Fullness or Weight In
the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Flut
tering at tne Heart, Choking or suffering Sen
sations when In a lying posture. Dimness of
Vision, Dots or Webe Before the Sight-Fever and
Dull pain In the Head, Deficiency of Perspira
tion, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes. Pain in
the Side. Chest. Limbs, and Sudden Flushes of
Heat. Burning in the Fle^h.
A few doses of Radwat*s Pills will free the
system trom all the above-named disorders.
Price* 85 Cents per Box.
We repeat that the reader must consult out
books and papers on tbe subject of diseases ana
their cure, among which may be named:
sad True
“Badwny an Irritable Urethra,*
’•ladwaj an Scrofula,”
and others relating to different classes of Dls*
SOLD BY DRUGGISTSr
BB AD “FALSE AMD TRUE.* 1
Jla. MSh Warns, Car. Church It, Maw
Yark.
^"Information worth thousands will he sent
to yon.
TO THE PUBLIC,
t
There ean be no better guarantee ot thevaltit
of Da. BaswaVa old established S. K. B. Km.
mas than the base and worthless imitations ol
them, re there ire raise Resolvents, Relief;
and PUISi Be sore and ask for Radway’s, and
se. that A. name “Badwaj” la o> inst Jfl
StnrfiTaiil great Catarrft duett
Is tbs safest, most sgrssablssnd •factual raasdsli
Om world for th« cars of CATARRH. No auites
feast what ate. or how loac •tending, hr gmm
STURDIVANT’S CATARRH
afltr aad Impartial trial, yoa
mis feat. This medicine Is w
kre taka bv the most delicate l
5HmfiamdS HOLLOW AT 4 CO/, •
StroetTrliladelphis.
s m:
TBAB and axpen.ee to ecente
Outfit Tree. Addreee
O. VICKERY, Auaoeta, Me.
CONSTIPATION
■AND PILES. •
ETOHEY DISEASES,- 0
aro quickly and surely cored bythsaaaaf MEHUY-WOHr. Ah snr
having such an Immense aala la all parts of tha eoanfey* wathaoa naiasfl _
aad tons to the (Heawi organs, aad through thaw daaaba ntea <
humors. Kidney diseases of thirty yearastandtaghaaa ham sarad.iSae m
Ao^ which, have dlstrecaed tha victims far y—. We have ulamee iftaSaiij as:
power. Mo longer pee Alchollc Bittern, which do more harm Aaa gcoA or datete gflla, bat aaaa
"""‘fffineeeiipoitpald.) *
Golden Medical Discovery
rwne a wwuen slow
Blotch, Pimple, o
Ikls, in short, all •
g, and invigorating n
ing, and invigorating medicine,
vcially has It manifested ita p
re Byes, Be ro falsa* boras sad
,
~ or body, frequent headache or diasinoss.
rrerjmire «n «**_??
Sfity druffiata.
m. naga-iB*j»**»«■■*■»ffyg-as***,»
HhslWsI takaflr. rtareaita flniaitraiflilT.1