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| ;= !*, a ,riy AT Done, WATERBURY and 1. s.id CLOCK. to Bur
PM. That at stra»burg.
Waterbary Wpleted Watch company has
its wonderful clock,
_jfunous Wl mechanism, is said to sur
^completed cloak of Strasburg. It
Bien by early autumn, and
Idling be on exhibition in several of
cities of the United States,
BThas flock yet seen it but the builders.
I is eighteen feet high, with a
[and f seven feet; the width is eight
I* it is six and one-half feet deep.
lies all the choice and expensive
llso of wood enter into its construe
labinet a numberless variety of metals.
fauty. work throughout is a marvel
Hfed Five long years have been
in its construction; sometimes
1] at others five men have beon en
j u t j ie wor j.
pe Ls, is indicated in tile usual manner
lalf minutes and seconds; in addi
[-seconds. seconds, eighths, sixteenths and
I The day of the year.
and week may also be taken from
pal. Nk The number of wheels, parts,
springs and other parts of the
■inism is legion, all of which con
jte to most wonderful and amusing
bitions of historical events. The
akphases of the moon are indicated.
iitire system of the planets and
system We shown in perfect form
all tiie varied revolutions, A per
fsfem of astronomy may be studied
ingenious machinery. Many
figures represent distinguished
vmen, lawyers, physicians, orators,
L musicians, sculptors, artists and
l also distinguished men of all
R These figures are said to bo
II in wood from correct likenesses,
|e I signers most complete of the Declaration representatives. of Inde
Igce [y, assembled as represented in
the cabinet of Lincoln when the
filiation proclamation was signed,
|l urrender of Lee at Appomattox,
scenes at the centennial at Phila
m in 1876, and noted scenes and
cal events as represented in the
have a prominent place. Shake
an plays are set out with characters
a the representations of the author
ne modem setting at the theatres
dress and costume to correspond,
es and fashions of dress, both ancient
modern, down to the latest period,
f &ong the curiosities. A multitude
lausing scenes will fill out the
ipe of tliis wonderful clock. It is
t() say it will surpass any other
anical structure of the kind ever
..—Chicago Times.
Hard 1 Summer on Pianos.
knew so hard a summer on
said a maker. “Even the best
most expensive instruments have
ed, those built of the most thor
seasoned materials being the most
affected. In cases where ex
precautions have been taken.
instruments have not suffered
,the dampness particularly, the keys
(urned a deep yellow. While it is
practice to keep an instrument
when not in use, so that the
may not be impaired by
still it should be opened occa
so that the daylight can strike
If this is not done they will
turn yellow. Moths will also find
into an instrument unless it is
occasionally. Fully one-third of
I have had to do on pianos this
has been to repair the damages
by moths. Some persons, however,
hc nioths out by wrapping a piece
hor up in soft paper and laying
► keyboard.”—New York Mail
ess.
y=t results are reported from rt>
“tils with gailic of the cure of
Zachary Taylor’s Simplicity.
Taylor was protably the only
president to whom the presidency was an
™ c ? veted and unsou f ht fo '' Mrs '
Taylor was so averse to public life that , ,t
‘ T as Kud she P r ayed .T7 “« ht du ?"8
“f . candidacy .. for . h.s defeat and when
' ? ld of **“ dectl ? n f* d: ‘ W h y co » ld
1 Oiey notlet us alone, we aie so happy ,
i b< ; re - W ‘ iydo the 3' want to dra 8 « a to
lk ? llny ' 0I V Who that ever saw Gen.
Pay or a a ev0 ° 00111 f° r £et him? He
, every cordially by the
new comer
bal ^]‘ aad sa ' u ' ed ’ \ 1 -: ’ aI11 ovo ' °J d
majds ' b " de f- youn S ad «“'> the
wolds - Glad to see you. Glad to see
yoa How s your family? Hope the
C llldr ™ are aU « el1 ; His greeting was
almost equal , to Rip s , toast: “Here a to
yo “ alld you [., fa “ d .' - HjU hvo long
and pr< l >er!H '/ hardly eve1 ' ?If? ed
Ins mouth without making a mistake,
and people laughed hcaitily . StiU they
oved hlm ; t ™ stcd ;!s J ud C mei > t , and
b ’ le w , hls heart a nd i a, ! d were ‘™ e
Bteol; . and , when , 1,0 d,ed the , whole ,
"a
bon waa a mourner at Ins grave—Ben:
Perley , Poore '
Chin se Burial Customs.
Rites to the dead make up a large part
of a Chinaman’s religion. In the spring
they visit the graveyards, carrying food
and w'ine, and burn incense and utter
Payers over the graves. In the autumn
the same ceremony is repeated, only in
stead of food paper clothes and rolls of
tissue paper, representing fabrics of
linen, silk and cotton, as well as what iH
known as tai pin po, or “large flat
money, ’* are substituted for the food. If
wl ' ne is offered, a part is poured out and
thrown backward toward the right. These
hurial customs are much the same here as
in China—owing to the I King—and
often consume a large part of their sav¬
ings. The people of Sinning often put a
pack of cards—Chinese, of course—upon
the coffin as a charm against evil spirits.
No symbol of mourning is worn for those
who die in America. For the death of a
parent in China they plait a blue cord in
the queue or wear blue shoes for a certain
period.—New York Commercial Adver¬
tiser.
A Peculiar Wood in Nevada.
A Nevada paper describes a remarkable
kind of wood which is said to grow there.
The trees do not grow large, a tree with
a trunk about a foot in diameter being
much above the average. When dry the
wood is about as hard as boxwood, and,
being of a very fine grain, might no
doubt be used for the same purposes. It
is of a rich red color, and very heavy.
When well seasoned it would be a fine
material for the wood carver. In the
early days it was used for making boxes,
for shafting, and in a few instances for
shoes and dies in quartz batteries. Used
as a fuel it creates an intense heat. It
burns with a blaze as long as ordinary
wood would last, and is then found, al¬
most unchanged in form, converted into
charcoal that lasts twice as long as ordi¬
nary wood. For fuel a cord of it brings
the same price as a ton of coal. Unfor¬
tunately, it burns out 6toves faster than
any kind of coal.—Boston Budget.
An English Salt Mine.
The exploration for salt at the Imperial
Iron works, South Bank, near Middles¬
brough, for Mr. Coulthard, of London,
has just been completed. One bed of
salt, eighty-two feet thick, was pene¬
trated, and a parting of anhydrous gyp¬
sum bored through inii another bed of
salt, fourteen feet thick. As the bottom
of the salt measures has not been reached,
there is the possibility of other beds of
salt existing. The total depth of the
brine well is 1,692 feet.—Scientific Ameri¬
can.
A company in Russia has equipped
aad started for Central Asia an expedi¬
tion which will ectohilch cotton planta¬
tions.
HOW DO WE 016 OUR GRAVES?
We must eat or we cannot live.
This we all know. But tlo we all
know that we die by' eating ? It is
said we dig our graves with our
teeth. How foolish this sounds.
Yet it is fearfully true. We are ter¬
rified at the approach of the cholera
and jellow fever, yet there is a dis¬
ease constantly at our doors and in
our houses far more dangerous and
destructive. Most people have in
their own stomachs a poison, more
slow, but quite as fatal as the germs
of those maladies which sweep men
into eternity by thousands without
warning in the times of great epi¬
demics. But it is a mercy that, if
we are watchful, we can tell when
we are threatened. The following
are among the symptoms, yet they
do not always necessarily appear in
the same order, nor are they always
the same in different cases. There
is a dull and sleepy feeling; a bad
taste in the mouth, especially in the
morning; the appetite is change¬
able, sometimes poor and again it
seems as though the patient could
not eat enough, and occasionally no
appetite at all; dullness and slug¬
gishness of the mind; no ambition
to study or work; more or less head¬
ache and heaviness in the head;
dizziness on rising to the feet or
moving suddenly; furred and coat¬
ed tongue; a sense of a load on the
stomach that nothing removes; hot
and dry skin at times; yellow tinge
in the eyes; scanty and liigh-colored
urine; sour taste in the mouth, fre¬
quently attended by palpitation of
the heart; impaired vision, with
spots that seem to be swimming in
the air before the eyes; a cough,
with a greenish-colored expecto¬
ration; poor nights’rest; a sticky
slime about the teeth and gums;
hands and feet cold and clammy;
irritable temper and bowels bound
up and costive. This disease has
puzzled the physicians and still puz¬
zles them. It is the commonest of
ailments and yet the most compli¬
cated and mysterious. Sometimes
it is treated as consumption, some¬
times as liver complaint, and then
again as malaria and even heart dis¬
ease. But its real nature is that of
constipation and dyspepsia. It arises
in the digestive organs and soon
affects all the others through the
corrupted and poisoned blood.
Often the whole body—including
the nervous system—is literally
starved, even when there is no
emaciation to tell the sad story.
Experience has shown that there ie
put one this remedy that can certainly
cure disease in all its stages,
namely, Shaker Extract of Roots or
Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup. It
never fails but, nevertheless, no time
should be lost in trying other so
called remedies, for they will do no
good. Get this great vegetable
preparation, (discovered by a vener¬
able nurse whose name is a house¬
hold word in Germany) and be sure
to get the genuine article.
GIVEN UP BY SEVEN DOCTORS,
Shaker Extract of Roots or Sei
gel’s Syrup has raised me to good
health after seven doctors had given
me up to die with consumption.—
So writes R. F. Grace, Kixkman
ville, Todd Co., Ky.
HE HEARD OF IT JUST IN TIM*.
“I had been about given up to
die with dyspepsia when I first saw
the advertisement of Shaker Extract
of Roots or Seigel’s Syrup. After
using four bottles I was able to at¬
tend to my business as well as over
I know of several cases of chills and
fever that have been cured by it.
So writes Mr. Thos. Pullum, of Tay¬
lor, Geneva Co., Ala.
WORTH TEN DOLLARS A BOTTLE.
Mr. Thomas P. Evans, of the firm
of Evans & Bro., Merchants, Horn
town, Accomack Co., Va., writes
that he had been sick with digestive
disorders for many years and had
tried many physicians and medi¬
cines without benefit. He began to
use Shaker Extract of Roots or Sei
gel's Syrup about the 1st of Jan.
1887, and was so much better in
three weeks that he considered him¬
self practically a well man. He
adds: “I have at this time one bot¬
tle on hand, and if I could not get
any more / woul -s. not take a ten
dollar bill for it"
All druggists, or Address A. Y. J.
White, Limited 51 Warren St. N
An Old and True Friend*
Such is Thomas, the ‘No-Shod- ly
clothier of Columbus, to the well
dressed portion of the people of the
county of Harris. He has done as
much as any man to educate their
taste in dress and to teach them that
it pays to wear good clothes and to
always buy the best. He proves the
last proposition on every customer,
for every sale he makes establishes
its truth. A man cannot buy a suit
of Thomas without being pursuaded
before he needs another that it pays
to buy the best.
Mr. Thomas, at his store next to
the Rankin House, is constantly re
ceiving his fall and winter clothing.
He makes a specialty of wedding
outfits and he can suit you if you
contemplate matrimony. He also
carries a full line of samples and he
can suit any taste in his special order
department.
Hr. SETH N. JORDAN,
Operating Surgeon and Physician,
Broad St. # Columbus. Ga
Crops *hort I n' C J Edg»», of Co’
nuibos, I as mh.o< d the prices on liH
tock of boots end whoes.
A Good One Prom a Reliable Man.
Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 20 , 1886.—My
boy in row tigbtoen years old, n«d b-n
boeo Sick all hn life, and n«*t able to do
any work of any bmd I ih*o^hf he Lu
dropsy, his blood had was almost like w*ter.
Ho has never any appetite or color,
and was unfit for anything, Letup in sunii
an awful condition. J have during the
lost ten years expected him to die at >,ny
moment, be could not walk 100 vard*
without resting two or thrae times. In
three or four days after paving him
Briggs’ Kuuubalter Tonic Pills ho did u
whole days work in the field, being r >
much improved. He now ha-* a good sp
petite and is rapidly improving in stregth
and color. 1 know the Pills have given
him a new lease of life, and I recommend
them shove every medicine on earth. My
wife ha* also been in feeble condition for
some tim *, sod they have improved her
also very much. If anybody needs a ton¬
ic, my aivice is, bay B'igys’ Wnnnbetter
Tonic Pilia R H 'Inti HIMKON.
Bold by Dr 8 G Uiley, osll on bm for
few sawplee Nnnnbetter Liver Pills, Ac.
Lippman Bros , Whole-«!e DroggiVs,
Wholesale Agents, Savannah, Ga.
