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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.