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FOREIGN GOSSIP. —England imports annually about a million' dollars' worth of butter and cheese. --Queen Victoria’s household num h*rs just under 1,000 people, whose nggiegate salaries foot up £385,000 an nually. —ln a paper recently read before the Paris Academy of Medicine the opinion was expressed that one person in every 5,000 is buried alive. —The use of bitter willow in flavor ing and coloring tobacco is vehemently denounced by Professor Deschamps, of Paris, as "causing softening of the brain. —The French ironclad La Richelieu, the flagship of the Mediterranean squadron, is lighted by incandescent I lamps, of which there are 250. She is also provided with an ingenious sys tem of luminous signals. —According to the London Graphic there is living in Klyeta, .Japan, a family all of whose members have reached the age of 100 years, and thero has been no exception since the family was founded, A. D. 730. —Turkish armorers no longer make a secret of their manfacture of fraudu lent antiques. Visitors to Constantino 51e can see the ancient weapons of the 'urks, : Persians and Mongols in course of fresh construction. —The inmates of a lunatic asylum at Sto 'kliolm have been taught the entire process of book-making, and they have lately written, printed and bound a book which, curious to say, is upon the sub ject of madness and the psycholog ical condition of the demented. —A young man and woman in Edin burgh were lined a shilling apiece for falsely stating in the presence of wit nesses that they were husband and wife. According to the Scotch law, ; when persons are thus convicted of pretending to be marriod they are thereby married in spite of "them selves. —During a recent hailstorm in a vil lage of Lombardy a tiger broke out of a menagerie cage and took refuge in the church. An army of peasants gath- J ered, the church door was barricaded, ! and then the frightened animal, i irouchiug at the altar, was riddled with Dalis from an opening in the too , dye !ng the floor with his blood. —David Hugo was arrested for the murder of a miner named Knoblauch at Brueb, Germany, in October, 18 b during a family quarrel. He was con victed of manslaughter and sentenced j to two and one half years’ imprison ment. Ilis Inends obtained a new trial, at which it was conclusively proven that he was innocent, and he was acquitted. He had been in prison a year, and it took thirty-one witnesses to secure his release. —Euglish express trains arrived at a maximum speed in 1848, and have never excelled it. On a card o: in structions, published by tbe Great Wesiern Railroad, during the year, sixty-eight miles per hour was the rate ot speed The present rate rarely ex ceeds fifty miles per hour. 'J he fastest journey by rail on record was made on the Great Western Railway on May 11, 1818. '1 he engine “Great Britain,” took four carriages and a van or bag gage car fifty-three and one quarter miles in forty-seven minutes. The Franco-Chinese War. The bombardment of Foo Chow, in China, by the French licet on the twen ty-fourth of August, was tbe signal for the opening of a war Detween the French Republic and the Chinese Um pire. \\ hetner the struggle will be long or short can not, at this time of writ ing, be easily foreseen. Durin more than a year, the atten tion of the world has been called to the di feu ties between the t reneh and the Chinese. For many mouths those na tions have been on the verge of the hos tilities uhi h have now at last begun. The cause of the trouble is to be found in the ambition of the French to obtain control of Tonquin, the northern prov ince of Annam, a State which has long been tributary to China. France had secured a treaty with a King of Annum some years before, and it was under this treaty that she claimed the right to establish herself throughout the peninsula. Several uiontiis ago France resolved to main tain this claim by force of arms. She sent a small army and fleet to the Asiatic seas, and proceeded to the con quest of Tonquin. The French were resisted in this by semi barbarous bands of natives, who were really law less brigands, and who were called, or called themselves, the “Black flags.” The result or this irregular warfare was that the French troops and gunboats advanced up the valley of the Bang- Koi, the principal water way of Ton quin, and in course of time captured the two most important of iis fortresses, Hanoi and I ae-Niuh. At i ac-hiinh, which is the military key of the coun try, the French eucountere 1, not the “ol ick Flags,” but regular Chinese troops. China from lirst to last had protested against the French i ivasion of 'Tonquin, and had threatened more than once to make it a cause of war. But when the French had at last completed their conquest, the Chi nese not only did no resist it, but they made a treaty with Fiance, combining her in the possession of the country conquered, and agreeing to pay trance an indemnity of fifteen million dollars. The 1 reneh then ad vanced to the Tonquin and ( hinese frontier, to occupy the fortresses there. At one of these fortresses, that of 1 ang Son, they were resiste 1 and repulsed by the ( hinese garrison which held it. It appeared that, alter the treaty had been made, the party hostile to the French in < h na came into power. The new Chinese ministers seem to have resolved that the treaty should not be carried out, and apparently the resistance of the ( hinese at 1 ang Son was the result of this change of policy. The next step of the Trench was to sei e one of the ports of tbe island of Formosa, in the ( hinese waters: and when this did not prove effectual they went further, and proceeded to bombard the town of Foo ( how. This constituted an act of war and was followed up by the hostilities which have since oc curred. Any war is deplorable. A war be tween a 1 uroi_ean power and the might iest of Asiatic empires is likely to bring in its train many wretched results. Not only will it, if long continued, be at tended with slaughter and desolation, but it will greatly impede the com merce of the rest of the world with China; it will imperil the property and the lives of the Europeans resident in Chinese ports; and it will render the position of Christian missionaries one of near and great danger. Nor is this all. A war between thesv two powers may lead to a still greater conflagration. A quarrel may easily arise out of it between several of the European powers themselves. Inter national rights may be violated and national jealousies aroused, so as to embroil Europe in a conflict the end of which no one could pretend to foresee. The event, therefore, is a misfortune ot the world, which will once raoio have to deplore the restless and grasp ing ambition which seeks territory and gain by the savage method of warfare, Youth's Companion. Timber and Tools. It is a fact well known to mill men that it is not always tbe harder woods, in the ordinary a captation of the term, that are the most wearing to the saws. Many practical persons marvel at this and wonder to themselves why a piece of timber showing small crushing ten sion and other strengths, re t uires more power to work into lumber, and at the same time wears out the saws and cutting tools faster than other va rieties of timb r, the strength of which, in most respects, is greater. A log of black walnut and one of burr oak of the t ame si/ed worked into the same sized stuff will show w idely different results on both saws and ma chinery. If we attempt to rive or split these logs the walnut will work much easier than the oak, and so far as the various strengths are concerned the oak is superior by Jar, but when cut into by tools of any description the walnut will present much greater re sistance than the oak, and the same is true as regards many other varieties of hard and soft timber. If we take a longitudinal section of these comparatively soft timbers which are so hard on the cutting edges, we will lindthe minute pores or interstices tilled with minute glistening particles or crystals, and subject to chemical analysis we will find them composed of silica, one of the very hardest minerals known, while with the hard, easy-work ing woods they will be found nearly or quite absent by both the microscope and analysis, these little particles, so linely divided as to be insusceptible of ordinary touch, are really a better grit than ordinary sand, and are the means of cutting oil the tine edge of cutting tools, as saw teeth, plane j irons, and the like. Two plane irons, made of a fine quality of steel, as near alike as it was possible for.a skilled mecliauie to make them, were each hardened in our laboratory by means of mercury, then linely sharpened, so that the edges of each presented precisely the same appearance beneath the magnifier. These were each inserted in an ordinary plane and one placed on the oak, tbe other on a piece of walnut, both pieces of wood having been previously dressed. At the rate of 100 pounds pressure, each iron was crowded !or ward four inches. On the oak sti k, the pressure from the rear indicated 809.5 pounds, while with the walnut the in dicator showed a pressure of over 1,- 000 pounds. The irons were both now withdrawn, and the lirst placed be neath the microscope; the one used on the oak presented a general upset ap pearance, ihe edge ot the iron showing a slight tendency to turn downward, there being sullicient heat gene.ated I y ihe friction to partially draw the temper along the minute edge, which, however, would not extend back sutli cient to materially affect the wearing and cutting properties of the iron if in constant use. 'I he iron used on the piece of walnut showed a scratch, notched appearance all along the minute edge, and by the aid of the most aecurato means of measurement at hand, these notches were all of the same depth, but differ ent distances apart, proving conclu sively that the particles of grit or crys j tais which caused them, by being hard er than the best mercury-hardened steel, were all of tbe same size, and evenly distri uted as far as regards depth of deposit in the grain of the wood. The small spaces of the iron edge between these notch s or scratches were found nearly as the entire edge appeared originally, showing again that the cellular tissue of walnut, out | side its mineral deposits, was really so ter than that of oak; hence, were it ; not for these deposits the timber would cut much easier. Of course, If the iron had been drawn back and again shoved through, the notches would have beeu more apparent and gener.l, increasing each time, and distance showed until the entire cutting edge had been of it ! self cut off. Consulting the laws governing plant or vegetable growth, we are tol i that all food belore becoming lit for assimil ation must be reduced to its gaseous state. If this be to, the question arises, how, or by what methods of plant-growth and assimilation, is it poss ble for silica to appear#n its orig inal lystalline sta e among tim tissues of the growing or mature tree *vhile it is univeisa.ly known that this variety of wood rows only where this mineral is abundant in so i.e of its modified forms. This, however, is not of great interest to manufacturers just how it gets there, but that it is present is shown conclusively. To get rid of it, even were it possiole, would destroy the beauty and general characteristics of walnut, and t > overcome its action on tools, rapid motion and softer iron is the best, safest and most efficacious method. Lumber Trade Journal. —, —*“*-*■ The seventeen-year-old girl who annually cuts her father's entire crop of wheat and mows ten acres of grass lives in I nion County this year. Be sides performing these agricultural labors, she has “set up” with a store j e’erk three nights a week, read seven ] continued "stories iu a weekly family journal, attended f>>ur Sunday-school I picnics, set the dog on twenty-nine j tramps, and fallen ofi a che ry tree. ] And yet some cianky editors continue to propound the conundrum: “What i (an Women Do?”— De.ikAs XlanuMin*. HOME AND FAJIM. —Wet tobacco applied to a bee or wasp sting will give instant relief.— Toledo B ade. —Cottage Pudding: One cup of sugar, butter the size of a walnut, one half cup of milk, two eggs beaten sep arately, one and one-half cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Serve with sauce.— N. ¥. Tribune. —An ornamental book rack is of light wood with li tie poles at each end of the shelves; to these can be fastened side pieces of plush, embroidered or otherwise decoratod. —The outside leaves of cabbage are greedily eaten by cows; but with, how ever, a bad effect on tho milk, unless care is taken to feed just after milking. Given then, the bad flavor goes off be fore the cow is milked again.— Albany lournaK —lf stock is pasture 1 it is better to have the land so used divid d into two, or better still, into three or four com partments. When they arc allowed to run over all they keep all eaten down closely, but by allowing successive por tions to get a fresh start they do less walking, waste and destroy less, and a much greater amount of food is pro duced. Boston Transcript. —Meat balls to drop into soup stock are made of veal, with - about one fourth as much suet as veal, and with three-fourths of bread crumbs with salt, pepper and parsley, or other herbs to your taste; add one beaten egg, which will moisten and hold the in gredients together; makS into round balls, drop into hoMard and fry quick ly; drain them well on a cloth, and they are ready for the soup.—Cincin nati 'l imes. ■ .—A writer on horse hoofs states that as the hardness and brittleness of the hoofs are caused by the loss of the nat ural water of the horn, through somo diseased condition, it can be renewed by restoring the water artificially. This is done by frequent washing with warm water, the use of wet bandages, and the application of glycerine mixed with an equal quantity of water. If the trouble is due to undue heat' or fevex in the feet this should be removed by some cooling medicine, as a pound of epsom salts, repealed when found nec essary. A horse that suffers much from this trouble should have the floot littered deeply with soft material and neve - stand in manure. An earth floor kept even is excellent. What Thoroughbred Horses Can Do. It has been recorded that Eclipse, whose descent is to >e traced from both the Harley and the Godolphin Arabian, galloped a mile a minute, but this, or anything approaching to this, is wildly incredible. At Brighton last year it was said that a horse called Bra r, the property of Mr. Leopold de Kothsehiltl, ran a mile, and beat the Caks winner, Geheimniss, in less than one minute, thirty-nine seconds, but this again is exceedingly doubtful. Trobably the quickest time on record is that made by the late Lord Stam fotd s Diophantus, a son of Orlando, who, through Eclipse and other horses, united in the great Arab strains. Dio phantus won the '1 wo Thousand Guineas in one minute forty-three seconds. The course is seventeen yards over one mile; and this time, over the same course, was equalled by Galopin, winner of the Derby in 1875, in his match against Stray Shot, dam of Sliotover, who won the great Epson lace f r the Duke of Westminster in 1882. It is a singular illusion to sup pose, as the uninstructcd do, that the English thoroughbred horse is a slim and feeble —what is called a “weedy”- animai. There are weedy members of his tribe, no doubt, and when exposed on a race course at two years old, which probably means some twenty months, these bant&igs may seem poor. These cajj iruly i e set down as typi cal race-horses than can the ten-year old I oy be held up as an example ot the man. The thoroughbred horse is not only speedy himself, but is the cause of speed in other’s, that is to say, from him descend tho I est hunters which Englishmen ride, and other horses whose pace is exceptionally good. “The thoroughbred oneriiever stop,” is a remark quoted with approval by that admirable writer and pound Judge, tho late Major Whyfc-Mel ville; and he notes how often it is the ease that such a horse < oes “gal loping steadily on, calm and vigorous, when the country I ehind ii m is dotted for miles with hunters stand ing still in every field.” The same shrewd critic of horses and horse manship has heard it aTrmed that “if we are to believe the hunting records of the last hundred years, in all runs so severe and nj’oti acted as to admit of only one man getting' to the finish, this exceptional person was in every instance riding an old horse, a thoroughbred horse, and a horse undei fifteen two!” and he continues “that he was a thoroughbred Jiorse seems to me a icasonable explanation of the whole.” V, hat distance and what height can a horse jump, is another inquiry which comes within the scope of this article, and if the reader will carefully measure out thirty-nine feet, an idea of the horse’s capacity in this direction will be gathered, .‘■uch a distance a steeple chase horse called Old ( handler is re ported to have covered at Warwick some years ago and there is more than one apparently authentic record of a horse clearing seven feet in height. The scene of one such exploit was at the Fho nix Park, and the horse was an animal descended from a famous winner named Potgos, himself called Turnip, ihe animal belonged to Sir E. Crofton, and the Duke of Uiclimonti, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, wagered £SOO that this height could not be cleared. A wall of the requisite dimensions w’as built, and when tin ished Turnip was ridden at it. He did what was asked of him in perfect style, but it happened that his grace, not knowing that the feat was ready fo 1 erformance, was not looking when ti jump was made; and Turnip was therefore ridden over it again, not onh successfully but easily. The wall oi Hyde Park, opposite Grosvenor I lace, six and a hal feet on the inside, with a drop of eight feet into the road Deyoud, has also been cleared. -English Ulus trated Miga ine. The Professor and His Barometer. A characteristic story comes from Sewanee College in Tennessee. The students were to have a holiday. The afternoon before the day one of the sci entific professors noticed alarming changes in his barometer. The sensi tive instrument clouded up, showed great depression and was in a terrible state altogether. The Professor foresaw unprecedented storms and cyclones, and after deliberation rescinded the order giving the boys holiday the next day, postponing their proposed excur sion. The next morning the sun lit up a cloudless day. balmy and mild. The boys, appreciating the situation, put on rubber coats, boots and attended recita tions with umbrellas raised. They rushed through the soft sunshine as if pursued by howling winds, and shook themselves on entering the lecture rooms as if emerging from drenching rains. The Faculty gave it up finally, let the boys off, and the scientific pro fessor is overhauling his barometei".— Atlanta ( Ga .) Constitution. ■■ ■■■ A Change of Heart. A rich man was approached on the street and asked to contribute to a char itable purpose. He declined on the plea of hard times. Just then a third party appeared. He was a newspaper reporter. “Are you meeting with much success?” he inquired of the collector. “I am doing splendidly,” was the reply; “just look at .that list of names.” “May I make aeopy of it for publica tion?” “Certainly.” “I guess you may put mo down for say $50,”, .whispered‘jthe rich- man.— Detroit Post. —Church bells are going out of use in every large American city.— N. Y. Tribune. It is hotter to be provided with cheap and simple remedies lor such common disor ders as Coughs, Colds, &c., than to run the risk of contracting a fatal disease. Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam is a sure and safe remedy for all diseases of the lungs and chest. If taken in season it is certain to cure. It has been known and used formally years,and is the best remedy intheworld for Coughs, &c. Professor Young has discovered some new wrinkles on the face of the plariet Ve nus. No doubt she is growing old.— Lowell Courier. “Rough on Pain,” Porous Plaster, for Back ache, Pains in the Chest, Rheumatism. 25c. Can the girl who elopes be termed tho “maid of the mist?”— Boston Star. Stinging, inflammation, all Kidney and Urin ary Complaints, cured by “Buchupaiba.” sl. Astronomers and theatrical managers both discover new stars. — Boston Star. “Rough on Coughs.” Troches, 15c; Liquid,2sc, Cor Cougiis, Colds, .Sore Throat, Hoarseness. A good definition of flirting is “atten tion, without intention.” Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia, Sexual De bility, cure!' by “Wells’ Health Kcnewer.” sl. / An irritable customer who bargains much, but buys little, is productive of counter-irritation. “Rough on Corns.” 15c, Ask for it. Complete cure, hard or soft corns, warts, bunions. ♦ Modern young ladies are very fond of reflection —in the looking-glass. Sufferers from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc., should try “ Brown’s Bronchial Troches ,” a sure remody. 25 cents a box. A Mf.adville girl who has fallen in love with a journalist refers to him as tbs papier mache. — Oil Cits Derrick . THE MARKETS. Cincinnati, November 3,1884. LIVE STOCK—Cattle-Commonfi 75 2 50 Choice Butchers 3 90 @ 4 60 HOGS—Common 3 50 @ 4 15 Good packers 4 35 @465 SHEEP—Good to choice 3 25 @ 3 .50 FLOUR—Family 3 20 @ 350 GRAlN—W’heat-Longberry red @ 80 No. 2 red @ 78 Corn —No. 2 mixed @ 44 Oats—No. 2 mixed @ 27VS Rye—No. 2 54 @ 54f< HAY—Timothy No. 1 10 25 @ll 00 1 HEMP—Double dressed 9 00 @ 9 25 PROVISIONS—Pork—Mess 14 00 @l4 25 Lard—Prime steam @ 7 10 BUTTER—Fancy Dairy 24 @ 25 Prime Creamery 30 @ 32 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES— . Potatoes, per barrel 150 @1 65 • Apples, prime, per barrel.. 125 @1 75 NEW YORK. FLOUR—State and Western....s2 60 @ 3 00 Good to Choice 3 65 @ 5 75 GRAIN—Wheat —No. 2Chicag;o @ 83 No. 2 red 85<4@ 86 Corn—No. 2 mixed 53%@ 55M Oats—mixed 32 @ 37 PORK—Mess 18 50 @l6 75 LARD—Western steam @ 7 52*4 CHICAGO. FLOUR —State and Western. ...$3 75 @ 4 50 GRAlN—Wheat—No. 2 red @ 753 S No. 2 Chicago Spring 74K@ 74*4 Corn —No. 2 41 @ 42 Oats—No. 2 25*4@ 2534 Rye • @ 4&$S PORK—Mess 13 25 @l3 50 LARD —Steam @7OO BALTIMORE. FLOUR—Family $3 75 @ 4 75 . GRAlN—Wheat—No. 2 ; 81*4@ 81*4 Corn—mixed 47!4@ 48*4 Oats—mixed : 30 @ 32 PROVISIONS—Pork—Mess .... r # @l7 00'. Lard—Refined * @ 9^ INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No-2 red $ @ 74 Corn—mixed @ 40 Oats—mixed @ 25 LOUISVILLE. Flour—A No. 1 $4 15 @4 35 .GRAIN—Wheat —No. 2 red @ 75 Corn—mixed, 44 45 Oats—mixed @ 28 M PORK—mess @ls 50 LARD—steam @ 9 GERMANR^Iif FOB PikHVT. CURES Rheumatism, N euralgia, Sciatica Ltimbaaro, Backache, Heartache, Tcoth&he, Sore/Throat, SweUlngfj Strains, lirulaea, linriiM, Scanty, Froit Blies, And All Other BODIXY PAINB and ACHES. Bold 1 7 Druggists and Dealers everywhere. Fifty Cents a bottle. Directions In 11 L.'inguagos. THE CHARLES A. TOGELER CO., C&ucceMvrs to a. ▼otiw.sa a co. j Baltimore. Kd..T7. S. A, DR. DAVID KENNEDY’S W*«»/*■ 'REMEDY For the Cnrc of Kt«lney and Iffver Com plaint*, Constipation, and all disorders arising from an-imjHJAa-etatsef tho BLOOD. To women who suffer from any of the ills pecu liar to their sex it is an unfailing friend. All Druggists. One Dollar a bottle, or address Dr. David Kennedy, Rondout, N. Y. THE READING Of this Notice May Save Your Life—Re moval of Stone* from the Kidney*—A Com mon Complaint Among both Nexei und Age*—A Brilliant Recovery. *■ • Si’tsin’gfield, Mass., March 22,1884. Dr. David Kennedy, Rondout, N. T. .’ Dear Sir—For ten years I had been afflicted with Kidney disease in Its most acute form. What I suf fered must be left to the imagination—for no one can appreciate it except who have gone through it. I re sorted to many physicians and to many different kind* of treatment, and spent a great deal of money, Only to find myself older and worse than ever, 1 may say that I used 25 bottles of a preparation widely advertised as a specific for this precise sort of troubles, and found It entirely useless—at least In my case. Your FAVORITE REMEDY—I say It with ft per* feet recollection of all (hat was done for me besides-; is Ihe only thing that did me tlie slightest good; and I am happy to admit that. It gave me permanent relief. X have recommended FAVOIUTE REMEDY to many people for Kidney disease, and they all ftgreW with me In saying that I*lt. DAVID KENNU DY’S FAVORITE KE.HEDI' has not its equal In the wide world for tills distressing and often fatal complaint. Use this letter as you'dcejn best for the benefit of others. . , YVmrs, etc.. Lyman Crawford. n U What is Catarrh? It Is a disease of the LY'S TjSKi mucus membrane,gen £*£sll erally ortgihatlng in EbjCUtF* f’l -* the nasal passages and Ej Rflo *8 ■ maintaining its strong jete Hfi' [lft * n head. From Bp’ , -~{*o'/Z*2n • r'Mi this point it sends forth JFllAVfTVrb'lll w poisonous virus along cy M the membranous lln- Epb' tCqfe Inga and through the , <3/<.T digestive organs, cor- Siffl rupting the blood and / c producing other troub .rib'"'' IcKiune and dangerous .''.'S’- 1 » Ti {Vo af« Halm Is a \ 0*' V mc * 1 remedy based Upcifl a jggfegy \ I correct diagnosis of bJS t his disease and can be HAY “fejfikV&rt depended upon. 50 cts. *■ at druggists; 60cts. by mall registered. Sample bottle by mall 10 cts. Ely Bros., Drugglßt3, Owego, N. Y. MASON A HAMLIN PPM Hl© iiosmss. UKbAifiO 122,00 to S9OL Highest Honors at all GREAT WORLD’S EXHIBITIONS for Seventeen Yean. Only American Organs Aw arded, such at any. For Cush, Easy Payment* or Kented. 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