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PACTS FOR THE CURIOCS.
There are twenty-seven peaks in Nerada
exceeding ten thousand feet in
height.
A Boston female lecturer claims that
the revolt of the thirteen colonies was
k inspired by Washin "ton's mother.
Professors Fischer nnd Penzoldt, of i
Erlangen, have established the fact that
the sense of smell is by far the most i
delicate of the senses. i
A Vienna writing master has written
forty French words on a grain of wheat J
that are said to be easily legible for good i
eyes. It has been placid in a glass case
and presented to the French Academy of i
Sciences. <
A peculiar custom of the Califonra J
Indians is the annual "burning." The
Indians surround the graves of the dead '
?on/1 tlwn Spt. tire tO it.
TVitu vtvvuiu^ mux* _ t
thinking that in this way it goes to the '
departed spirits. j
The Mediterranean Sea was the heart (
of the Old World; the important lands ,
of the early history of civili alien were .
grouped about its richly-iDdented
shores, generally decreasing in respect of ,
culture as they receded from it. ,
Lighting the Pnrsees' sncred fire is an 1
expeusive and elaborate process on the 1
institution of a new temple. Sixteen
different kinds of wood in 1,001 pieces
of fuel are required to ( btain the sacred 1
flame, which is afterward fed with sandal-wood,
and the cost of the process ,
averages $1^,500. There ar^? still three ,
large aod thirty-three Mnull fire-temples ,
at Bombay.
A lager beer brewer of Louisville, Ky., i
lhas a Strasburg clock of more than or- <
dinary excellence. The clock is like j
1 "~^'l 4m of Kftfnrn flip |
ortnnary cjuuns, uum j"o<? uviv>? ?
tour, whe i a little man jumps up from j
behind, with a lager beer glass in his i
hand. This he elevates to his head, and i
then says, in a wonderfully distinct and I
human" way, "lager beer," as many i
times as the clock should htrike to desig- I
nate the hour. i
Solomon's Temple was<destroycd at the 1
- command of the Babylonian "lving Ne- 1
buchadnezzar in -lis7 ii. C. The attempt '
to rebuild it wa3 not entirely successful i
until Cyrus ended the Babylonian exile, <
and not only permitted the building to |
proceed, but even returned the sacred <
utensils which had been carried olF as <
booty, and kept in the Temple of Bel. <
This reconstruction, named after the '
ruler, Zerrubatel, was not completed ]
until after forty-six years, when, under t
Darius, all the diflicultits in the way of '
its prosecution were overcome.
How the Presidents Looked.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, MadiBon,
Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van ,
Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, (
Fillmore. Pierre, Buchanan and Johnson |
wore no beards. I-inroln was the first
President who hnd whiskers. Grant,
Garfield and H.tyes had full chin
whiskers. Arthur wore moustai he and
6ide whiskers and Clevclaud wore the
moustache, but 110 whiskers.
Washington wasa manly man, majestic
in proportions, and of dignified bearing.
He was of the blonde type.
Jefferson whs tall and elegant looking,
with sandy hair and fair complexion.
His granddaughter, .Mrs. Randolph
Meikleham, is wonderfully like him in
appearance.
Madison was small and plain. He
locked like a well-to-do farmer. Mrs. ,
Madison had a majestic and queenly air, ,
and he appeared to disadvantage, phya- (
ically, in her company. Before she ]
married him she alluded to him to hor .
friends as the 4<iittle great Madison."
Monroe was a good-looking man in ,
his uniform. He likid to wear the ,
cocked hat of th-j revolution, and held (
lnnfr ho .nt i-?v the sobri- I <
IV IV OV/ AV/?f? V/ .. V-. -v-J |
quet of ' t.iC last cocked hat."
Both John Adnms and his son, John
Quincy, w.re stour, and the son was
thick set and shy t. The latter was
qnite bald.
Jackson was g..ur.t thin, and plain.
His eyes were his best feature.
Van Burin was an insignificant looking
little man, the l ast handsome of the
Presidents.
Harrison was a fine-looking, soldierly
man, even in old age, of noble features
and genuine dignity.
Tyier was thin and tall, and his nose 1
wa- remarkable lor si e and plainuess.
Polk was small and unattractive in per- t
son and manners. Taylor was a large j
man of rou^h exterior, but a pleasant, \
genial person. Fillmore had a diguified (
appearance without elegance, but genteel ,
and agreeable. lie was a large man of t
food address. Pierce was a slight, i
aadsome man of delightful manners and j
winning voice. Ben: Pcrley Poore, in ?
his recent "Reminiscences," says that he ,
was the most popular man personally ,
that ever occupied the Presidential chair. ,
"No other President ever won the affec- '
tions of the people of "Washington so >
completely as did he. ' His successor, (
Mr. Buchanan, wa- courtly in bearing (
and was a fine-looking man even in old ,
age. He had a ).enc'a-t for white neck- |
ties, which gave him a clerical look. (
Lincoln, 1 hough tall, gaunt and ,
homely, nevertheless h d a pleasing face ,
when engage ! in conversation. Johnson ,
was one of the ol I t'nie Presidents in the j
matter of personal appearance. He in- (
variably wore black uroaaciom, una was ,
scrupulously neat in dress. He was )
heavy built, but not stout, somewhat ,
under six feet, and had a head of beauti- (
ful outline?his only handsome feature. |
Grant had light sandy whiskers and dark ]
hair, and was of in; dium size and weight. ,
He was the youngest of the Presidents, j
Hayes and Garfield looked alike?both (
large and tall, of florid complexions and j
good looking. Garfield was the finei (
looking of the two.
General Arthur is ihe only President .
who wore side whiskers, lie was a well j
preserved man of el gaiit appearance. In ,
the matter of dress lie ranked all his ,
predecessors. j
President Cleveland i; the first of the ,
Presidents who has worn a moustache
only. He is large and strong, but not
good looking, and is fa*t growing bald.
?Neio T</rk Hun. ,
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To Extinguish:* Burning Clothing. <
J. Marshall, F. R. S , say.?, that if a j
woman whose clothing is on fire will lie (
down in a horizontal (.osition, the flames j
will become for the time nearly harmless.
and time will thus be gained for |
further action. If. then, we would su?r- .
_ O 1
gest, she has the presence of mind to
turn over upon the lighted garment, the
flame will be nearly extinguished. Any
bystander might then easily put out the
fire by means of tome woolen garment,
coat, or rug, thown over the sufferer to
exclude the air. The above writer offers
a good suggestion for fixing this useful
fact upon the minds of the young. L'e
recommends that there be at every sc hool
an example of the effect, of this mode of
action, or : every term, by means of
two uprighc models, prepared alike, and
Bet on fire simultaneously; the one being
thrown down after two seconds, and the
other after thirty seconds. "Example
w-.uld be better "than precept," we think,
in this instance. ,
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OP INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Squash Vine Rorer.
This destructive insect was discovered
soon after the middle of July, when it
was found to be working serious injury
to the squash vines. Several remedial
agents were immediately tried. These
wcrein;ccted iuto the soil close to the
?tein of the aiTectcd plants by means of
an injection pump constructed on the
principle of a hand coCn planter. The
substanccs used were kerosene emulsions
of diUeieat strength?Paris green solution,
iirae water and a solution of a mixture
of Paris green and lime. The kerosene
emulsions had little or no effect.
A. solution of Paris green, one tablespoonful
to ten quarts of water, proved
a partial remedy, as did lime water.
1'he best results were secured by a mixture
of one part of Paris green and
twenty parts of lime in a watery solution.
This mixture when thoroughly injected
iround an affected stem chocked the
work of the borer. It is believed that
this will prove a very efficient reme ly,
hnt further exneriments are necessary
before its merits can be definitely known.
? Ohio Experiment /Station.
Preparing: Land for Grass Seeding.
The lanrl intended for sowing with
?ra$s seed in the spring should be plowed
it once by all means, as the most thor3'jgh
pulverization of the soil is indispensable
for feeding with grass without
i crop. The land should be plowed as
ieep as may be judicious, and after lying
i month should be cross-jilowcd and
thrown into back furrows and left thus
in ridges until the spring, when these
ridges arc split and the land leveled. A
thorough working with a cultivator or
the Acme has^ow acro-s the furrows will
ihen fit the so:l for the seed. The land
is then smoothed with a brush harrow or
i smoothing plank and the seed is sown
both ways to get an even stand and left
without any further work. The se.d
should 1 e sown directly after the smoothing
harrow so that as the soil settles
3own it is covere 1 sufficiently. Orchard
[jrnsi is the best 01 ail Kinas 10 mix wuu
j.'ovcr, ns both come into a fit stago for
cutting at the 6 imc time. When the
clover fails the orchard grass willoccupy
the ground fully and remain for many
pears. Twenty-five pounds of orchard
?ra;8 to ten pounds of red clover should
ae sown in such a case as this.?New
York 'Times.
Restoring an Old Orchard.
A correspondent of the Rural NewYorker
gives the following statement
ihowing the advantages of manure and
cultivation:
Many years ago a Mr. Gcrrlsh owned a
large farm in Bo cawen, N. H..on which
be set out what at that time was the
largest orchard in Merrimack county.
Aiterward he divided his farm between
his two sons, the dividiug line running
through this orchard, cutting it into
nearly equal parts. Both parts were
treated alike?with neglect. Subse
quenty the county bought the southern
farm, on which is now located the almsbouse.
Two years ago, when the present
superintendent took charge, this
orchard was a forlorn looking place,
grown up to bushes, the trees being covered
with moss and dead bark, and for
1-J i J i?
years tnc cri>[) u;tu uarui; jjuiu iui uuiresting.
The superintendent took hold
of this matter with energy, cut the
bushes, trimmed tho tree?, plowed the
Ejiound and applied uuleached ashes at
the rate of seventy-five bushels per a re,
and seeded with grass. The result was
astonishing. The difference in the color
of the foliage of that part so treated and
the remainder could be distingui-hed at
i long di< ante: ;iud while several hundred
barrels of lirst-elacs fruit were
gathered from the part so treated, on the
)thfr part there were but few apples, and
ihose of cider qual.ty. The superin;endent
says that if there is never anjthcr
spear of gr.iss cut or another apple
gathered from this orchard, the county
aa? lost nothing, for one ye.ir's crop has
nore than paid the whole outlay. The
;oil is a gravelly loam, underlaid by
lard-pan-moraine clay.
i'aluti of Swamp-Muck on the Farm.
Much has been written, both for and
igainst the value of swamp-muck as a
fertilizer. But in spite of all ob ections
;o it, the fact remains,that swamp-muck,
)f on average good quality, consisting
nainly of decaved vegetable matter,conains
one and a half per cent.of nitrogen,
[t is true, that this nitrogen is inert, and
t is necessary to take action to make it
ivailablc. To do this, is t:ie business ol
)f the farmer, who rarely iinds themate ial
with which he works already prejared
to his hand. One and a half per
:ent. is e jual to thiity pounds per ton.
rhirty pounds of tlic cheap:st nitrogen
lie-farmer can procure, is worth three
lollars. If swamp-muck, by the expenditure
of a little labor at this season,
?an be made worth three dollars a ton,
or one cubic yard, what is it worth per
ncrc if three feet deep? We forbear to
say any more than this, lest our rea lers
night think us extravagant. We would
m press upon the minds of farmers who
D\vn swamps, which are left to remain
in ightlyand unhealthfxl eye-sores upon
;heir farms, the hard fact, that they are
lot only wasting a valuable opportunity
jf improving tlieir lands, by neglecting
to drain these marshy plac.s, but are
leaving unused the valuable material,
svhicli might fertilize the upland, to make
it doubly productive. The writer speaks
From his own knowledge and experience
in this respect, having for some years
3ug and used, annually, several hundred
tons of swamp-muck,in the form of compost
with lime and barnyard manure. He
nas used it. -when dry, as litter, as an
lb-orbeat in the manure cellar, cattle
pards and pig pens, and has found it to
be worth all that the chemists have
:laimeil for it.?Anurlcan Agricultural,
Cutting Corn with a Reaper.
An inquiry was suggested in a latr
number of the Country Gentleman for a
j reaping machine fitted for cutting
:orn sown for fodder, to obviate the
slow work of reaping by hand. Since
!he appearancc of that inquiry, we accepted
an invitation from I). M. Dunning
of Auburn, to examine his orn
:rop, cut and bound with a self binder
\nd to witness its operation, lie showed
is a ten-acre Held which had been all
jeatly cut and h nd-omely boun I with
:ord, the only hand labor being that of
placing the sheave-; in sho.ks. The coi n
lad been sown with a wheat-drill, at the
ate of a bushel and a half of seed to the
xcre, all tho tubes running, the s-jii
:>cing rich and clean, without weeds,
ho surfa e remaining smooth and level,
fhe growth of the stalk-, which was too
:hick for eais to lorm, wr.s adoui live
reet high. No cultivation had been
riven. "When the growth was model ire,
he cutter bar, which was six feet long,
:ook about four feet in breadth, but on
.he heavier portions of the crop it cut
jnly two or three feet. Two horses drew
:he machine. On witnessing the operaion
in au adjacent field, there appeared
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to be no difficulty whatever in Its working.
The driving wheels ^fere of the
usual width, and where the ground was
soft sunk an inch or more into the soil; i(
and with the view of having a machinc tl
which will serve both for corn and 1
wheat, it may be well to increase slightly n
the -width of the wheels, as corn ground, ii
from later cultivation, is commonly more ?
mellow than settled wheat land. The 1<
sheaves, regulated in size by self operat- a:
ing machinery, were quite uniformly T
about eleven inches in d'ameter, and tl
weighed fifteen or twenty pounds. Atrial n
was made on a heavier crop, averaging e
about six feet high and partly prostrated 1
in some places by a storm. Ttie reaper v
went through these portions without b
difficulty when the swath was necessarily tl
a little narrower than with smaller up- tl
right corn. f:
A trial was made at our request on e
common corn planted in hills and well t:
loaded with ears, taxing one row ut u o
time. The only-difficulty in this work f<
was in the large size of the ears, which f
tended to choak the throat of the elevat- ji
ing attachment. It was obvious that p
this difficulty could be removed by mak- v
ing this passage adjustable and adapted t
to the size of the ears. Where these were t!
not large the cutting and binding were a
well performed. t
To those who have employed sickles v
and hand-cutting, the great advantage
of employing a self-binding reaper as a r
saver of labor must be obvious, especially e
for filling silos. Cutting corn in this c
way, raised in hills with ffat culture, b
where small and early ripening sorts ar,$ z
planted for removal at the beginning of
autumn, would lessen the objection to
sowing winter wheat after corn. The
difficulty of clearing the com off out of
the way in time for the wheat crop has I
been a leading objection to this course, v
which otherwise would often prove ad- \
vantageous. Or late in autumn a crop of i:
rye might follow the corn for early spring h
feeding, or for ploughing under in May T
for green manure. Corn land which ha9 a
been well manuied before planting, if c
thoroughly cultivated and mellowed, n
would not be a bad preparation for sow- f
ing winter grain, if the earlier and smaller ]
kinds have been planted. It is hardly r
necessary to allude to the advantage of r
beins able to cut up a crop of corn rap-. 1;
idly before a threatened frost.?Coun'ry r
Gentleman. ' r
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Ducks in Unndergronnd Ponds.
Panther Creek is a stream in ftorth- c
eastern Colorado. One of the sources ol J
the creek is a shallow, sedgy pond, from _
which the water pours over a miniature
precipice some ten feet in height and five 8
or six in width. The pond is the resort
in their season of a great many wild
duck?, who feed on the sedgy plants
growing on i's margin; and shallow bottom.
Last year a neighboring ranchman ,
noticed that on disturbing these water
fowl, in place of flying off to a distance, t
they circled about for a few minutes and r
then dashed through the veil of wate: c
formed by the falls coming from the
pond.
Though a good deal astonished the t
ranchman had then no time for investigation
of the singular circumstance, apd ?
not until a short time ago did he follow t
the tracks of the ducks through the fall
ing waters, .beyona a sugniuucKimr ue
experienced no inconvenience in passing
behind the falls. Once there and the
way was clear. Opening before him was
a passage three feet in width, and ol
sufficient height to allow a man to pass
upright. The walls of the subterranean
way were dripping with water, and' undoubtedly
passed directly beneath the
pond. He ha 1 not gone many yards before
the sound of great quacking fell
upon his cars. Hastening his pace, he
S')on came upon a large cavern, in the
center of which was a lake. The sur- j
face of the lake was thick with ducks, j
The water fowl was mostly mallard and c
teal, though several oth'jr varieties wer< r
represented.
On the approach of the intruder the j
ducks rose in an immense cloud and dis- a
appeared through an opening beyond the c
lake. One adventurer followed them and p
found another and similar lake, covered T
with wild ducks. Again the fowl arose, c
and with frightened and clamorous ,
quacks thronged through another pas c
sage-way. Here the pursuer found th'; ?
la gest lake of all, and the end of the c
1. * ~ stVtAtm TKA /liinlrt I
oU UlL'ITclUUilil \>iUU WUKIU. AIIV MUVA. jj
now took the back track, and he could
hear the rush of their win^s and tin
saund of their ha'sh notes growing
fointer as they sought the safety of the
outer a'r.? C.'ieyenne {Wyoming) Leader t
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A. T. Stjw.irt's Watchfulness. t
a
Stewart's powers of observation wen t
astonishing, and when he made his torn 1
throagh the waiehouse there was nothing j
.'o trifling as to escape his glance* An e
instance of this which came under m^ 1
own notice, is as follows : Six months C
before his death I happened to be in the 2
palace of fashion when its master was
making his rounds, and I heard him exclaim
as he approached the calico *
counter: "Don't cut any more of these g
remnants ; if a woman wants six yards ^
and the pitce has eight she can take all
or none." As he said this his eye rested c
on a parcel which lay on the floor, s
" Whose package is this ? " he inquired. 0
"Mine, sir,", was the rep'y. "Then,' ?
sir," said he, " it is in a very unsafe
place." As he passed on the calico man t,
said to the under clerk: "Why didn't
you pitch those remnants under the
counter when you saw tne om man com- j
ing i" The fact is, Stewart had noticcd t
they were cutting off a small piece f/om 6
one of the remnants, and this watchful- f
ness in a man worth thirty millions shows s
A rare intensity of observation. C
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A Retreat in Dull Times. j!
"Dull times are driving many people J
to poultry keeping." says a faim and a
garden journal. We can readily under- p
stand that poultry kc 'ping wouid have a _
tendency to enliven things when a person
found time hanging dull ou his
hinds, y There is an exhilaration in attending
to a lot of setting hens that can
he found in scarcely any other employment.
Nothing dull in that, certainly.
Keeping poultry out of the vegetable
garden is a lively occupation, too. Dull
ness and ennui have no opportunity to
get their work in when a man fills thai
task thoroughly. But for downright
reci eat ion nothing can possibly equal ill?
amount that a man gets when he >its up
nights with a .^holgun and gur.rds his
hen ioost f. om the depredation* of the
piowling chicken-thief. Finding times
(lull rret thee to a hennery. and quickly, |
loo.' 'Farewell.? Texan SiJ'ti.'jSt
How They Fixed It.
O'er the silent slumbering city
Niglit had spread bet-sable pall
And a dense funereal bla lcnt-ss
Left its bliadow over all.
Smith and Jones and Brown together
Chanced to be that somber eve,
And the darkness brooding o'er them
Could not fail to make tbem grieve.
"Ah. it's sad to see this blackness
O'er our town," they softly s-aid.
Then they put their heads together
And agi eed to paint it i ed.
?Merchant Traveler.
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The Mandolin.
The mandolin ia the reigning fash- T
>nable caprice, having quite superseded
ie banjo in the esteem of the ladies,
hat it should have done so is by no
it ans strange, for it is really a charm- w
? IliiU ti-V\on a f oil ^o.
Jil.HU 1XJOI/1 U11IVUU " u\,u MV U4I V?w
ently played, is not very difficult to ?]
?arn, and has a good deal more style tt
nd finish about it than the banjo has. L*
'he only unpleasant feature about it to li.
be learner is the knife-blnde likc sharp- n
e^s cf its line wire strings. There arc w
ipht strings, in pairs, all of steel wire, at
wo pairs are wound with German si!.- m
er, and are not so cruel a~ the oth rsi. k
ut the unwound four, haidly thicker
lian horse-hairs, seem to cut to the bono tt
he fir.gi r ends that press down upon the
rets. Of courte th.it pain and troublo
nds when eath finger of the left hand is
ipped with a bony, callous spot, and st
nc must expect some such trouble in
omigac'ose acquaintance with any it
tiingid instrument. When nature hii9
lovided that protection, the mandolin w
I'aycr. if an e.\pert, con produce some Ci
ery pleasing effects by producing the w
r nes> by percussion on the strings over
befrcis. instcr.d of by strumming wun ^
bit of tortoise shell held between the h
humb and forefinger of the right hand, &
rhich is the ordinary way of playing. e
Tl:e tone of the mandolin very much P
esembles that of tb? zither, having tie *
amc ck-ar penetrating quality, but the 0
omiass of the instrument and its capa- o
clitics are much below those of the 81
ithcr. ?New York Sun.
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A Cure for Insomnia. tj
A lady v ho took cxceptron to her hus- ?<
land's habitual wakefulness is credited J!
pith the inventic n of a mechanical de- tj
ice that it is promised shall do more to ?
nduce sleep than a'l the opiates, chloral o
iydrate?,and raw onions have ever done. *r
['he machine looks like a very long S.
,nd is m^ dc in ha d rubber, with a pad 0
in one of its inner curves. At one end is -J
. soft leather strap; at the other its curve *
orms n handle. In use the left lu.nd ^
mi's down the strap?after the instru- p
nent is placed on the neck?and the ti
iglit hand laid ou the handle presses down n
" > J ?n
irmly, but not too nrm y, ine puu wmuu esls
on the carotid artery, so as to di [
ninish the flow of the blood to the brain, t
Dining sleep the brain is apparently r
jloodlcss. A rush of blood to the bruin v
;rcatcs insomnia. It was not remorse so "
nuch as an e>cess of blood in Lis briin t
hat kept the Thane of Cawdor awr.'ie. fl
The "scmnolizer" keeps back the blood o
nd sleep ensues naturally. ^
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A Mania for Collecting: Carpet. h
A carpet merchant in Vienna hm a n
:urious collection of ancicnt woolen and r
inen cloths, including more than 300 r
pccimens. J any of them have been t
aken from tombs, and are stretched on I
olios of cardboard to preserve Item. k
Some of the fragments aie only a foot 8
qunre, but the larger ones make up an ^
ntiro Roman toga, which is said to bo t
be only one in ihe world. There are a t
1 ? rlr/iocoa nnrj n 1 0
jrtm IJiailjr cuiuiuui^iu U.V0VW Mw?, .. .
leal of knitting udcI crewel work.
Double chain stitch se< ms to have been ii
is familiar to Ihe Egyptian seamstresses, v
etving with Lone needles, ::s it is to 5
nodern women. Thc:e are some very jj
jtaint end unusual designs in the old a
olleetion .of clotlis. l.ut there are also c
ome ver$ common things. It is curious *
0 find that the common blue chcck pat- a
ern of our dusters and w orkhousc aprons *
vis in general use amonpr thu J gyptians i
nore than a thou-and years ago. a
Cats In Great Britain. t
The number of eats in the United ?
(ingdom is estimated at fully 7,000,000. ii
1 cliaLge this from the olden days when J
ats were so scarce in Britain that strin
f?nt laws were ]as:cd for the p inish- j
iicnt of peisons who killed orstole them.
11 tl ose times tlie cats belonging to roy,lty
wore specially protected, and if any
ine killed one of the raouscrs that a
guarded the Prince's granary he h;id to a
iay a fine of as mu<h wheat i:s would t:
over the cat when lnmir up by th'i tail,
villi its head touching the floor. Any I
we v, ho ha* ever had occasion to make | h
i hcn]> of wheat will know that. 111 tne e
nsc of a goal sized cftt,tli:s would mean 8
10 small quantity. 0
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France's Flghtin? Strength. b
The following arc the latest figures of 8
ho strenglh of the French army. They u
,re tiikcn from the book, "Avant la Ba- 6
ail'cl" which was published not long c
go by the '"Patriotic I e igue." and has p
iecn a sort of nine days' wonder in Paris.
There are eighteen corps d'nrn ee. com- t
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)flicciB, flien, U?l,2fl2; horses, c
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Mr. Arthur thurtltff, l'arker, I)akota,writes o
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THE COCAINE HABIT.
h ? Worst Slavery Knowu-Sew Itovolalations
of Power.
Cincinnati Tinie.i Star.
When cocaine was discovered the modieal
orld exclaimed "thank heaven!''
But UAefi-1 as it is, it is also dangerous, esseially
when its uso is perverted from the
widening of pain for surgical operations, to
le stimulatino and destruction of the human
xly. Its first elicits are soothing and capva
ting, but the thraldom is the most horble
slavery known to humanity.
J. L. Stephens, M. D., of Lebanon, 0.,
as interviewed by our reporter yesterday
S the Grand Hotel, and during the conversion
the doctor said: " The cocaine habit
a thousand times worse than the morphine
id opium habits, and you would be astonhed,"
he said, "if you knew how frightfully
le habit is increasing."
"What are its effects!"
"It is the worst constitution wrecker ever
nown. It ruins the liver and kidneys in
?.lf a year, aud when this work is done, the
;rongest constitution soon succumbs."
"Do you know of Dr. Underbill's case here
i Cincinnati s"
"That leading physician who became a
ictim of the cocaine habit? Yes. His case
as a very sad one, but the habit can be
lred. I have rescued many a man from a
orse condition."
"What, worse than Dr. Underbill's?"
"Indeed, sir, far so. Justin M. Hall. A,
[., M. D., president of theState Board of
health of Iowa, and a famed practitioner,
ad Alexander Neil, M. D., professor of sursryin
the Coin in bus Medical College, and
resident of the Acalemy of Medicine, a man
idelv known, Rev. Wr. F. Clanceyjof Indina-olis,
In:]., from personal experience in
pium eating, etc., can toll you of the kind
i success our form of treatment wins, a^d
5 can H. C. Wilson, formerly of Cincinnati,
rho is now associated with me."
"Would you mind letting our readers into
lie secret of your methodsr
"Well, young man, you surely have a good
it of assiiran e to ask a man to give his bus
less away to tbe public; but Iwou't disapoint
you. I have treated over 20,000 paients.
In common with many eminent pnyicians,
I for years made a close study of the
fleets of tbe habits on the system and the
rgans which they most severely attack.. Dr.
[all. Dr. Neil and Mr. Wilson, whom I have
lentioneJ, and hundreds of others equally
s expert, made many similar experiments
n their own behalf. We each found that
hese drugs worked most destructively in the
idneysnud liver; iu fact, finally destroyed
Item. It was then apparent that no cure
ould be effected until those organs could bo
estored to health. We recently exhausted
he entire range of medical science, experimenting
with all known remedies for these
rgans, and as the result of these close invesigations
we all substantially agreed, though
ollowing different lines of inquiry,
hat the most reliable, scientific prepaation,
was Warner's safe cure. This
ras the second point in the discovery,
'he third was our own private form of treatment,
which, of course, wo do not divulge to
be public. Every case that we have treated
irst with Warner's stfe cure, then with our
iwn private treatment, and followed up
gain with Warner's safe cure for e few
reeks, has been successful. These habits
au't be cured without usiug it because the
labit is nourished and sustained in the liver
,nd kidneys. The habit can be kept up in
noderation, however, if free use b? also
nade. at the same time, of that great
emeay."
"Yes, it is a world famed and justly celeirated
specific! Like n:auy other physicians,
used to deride the claims made tor it, but I
now now for a fa.t that it is the world's
;reatest blessing, having sovereign power
ver hitherto incurable diseases' of the
idneys and liver, and when I have said
hot. -cminc man I li/ivft said nearlv everv
hing, for moit diseases originate in, or are
ggravated by, a depraved condition of the
;idne.vs."
"People do uot realize this, because, singuar
as it may seem, the kidneys may be in a
ery advauced stage of decomposition, and
et owing to the fact that there are but few
lerves ol sensation in them the subject will
lot experience much pain therein. On this
ccount tho isands of people die every year
f kidney disease unknowingly. They nave
o-called disorders of the head, of the heart
ind lungs and stomach, and treat them in
ain, for the real cause of their misery is deanged
kidneys, and they were restored to
lealth tho other disorders would soon disppear.
l)r. Stephens's experience, that can be conIrmed
by many thonsands whom he has
reated, aids only more emphasis to the exlerience
of many hundreds of thousands all
ver the world, that the remedy lie refers to
3 without any doubt the most beneficent
iscovery ever given to humanity.
There are numerous Masonic lodges in
Vance composed exclusively of women.
Hint* to Conniiniptire*.
Consumptives should use food as nourishing
s can be had, and in a shape that will best
grco with the stomach and taste of the patent.
Out-door exercise Is earnestly recommended
f you are unable to take such exercise on
orseback or on foot, that should furnish no
xcuse for shutting yourself in-doors, but you
hould take exercise in a carriage, or in some
ther way bring yourself in contact withthe
pen air.
Medicines which cause expectoration must
le avoided. For five hundred years pnyIcians
have tried to care Consumption by
i-ing them, and havo failed. Where there ia
reat derangement of the secretions, with
ngorgement of air-cells, there is always
rofuse cxpcctoration. Now Piso's Cure reioves
the engorgement and the derangement
f the secretions, and consequently (and in
his way only) diminishes the amount of mater
expectorated. This medicine does not dry
ip a cough, but removes the cause of it.
When It is impossible from debility or other
auscs to exercise freely in the open air, apartaenta
occupied by the patient bhould be so
entilated as to ensure the constant accession
f fresh air in abundance.
The surface of the body should be sponged
s oftcu iis every third day with tepid water
nd a little soft-soap. Cjhis ia preferable to
,ny other.) After thoroughly drying, use
riction with the hand moistened with oil,
:od-Liver or Olive i* the best. This keeps the
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lores Ol uie saui inuouii, yuauic wuiuiviuu,
rhlch contributes materially to the unloading
f waste matter from the system through this
rgan. You will p ea:.3 recolWc we cure this
i sease by enabling the orpais of the *vs:em
o perform their luncti ns in a n rmalway,
r. in other woids, we remove obstructirn-*,
chile the recuperativo powers of the system
ure the disease.
Wis will hore say a word in reg.ird to a cough
n the forming stage, where there is no contitutional
or noticeable disease. A cough
aay or may not foreshadow serious evil; take
t in its mi.des*. form, to say the least, it is a
u s:incc, and should be abated.
A cough is unlike any other symptom of disase.
It stands a conspirator, with threatenng
voice, menacing the health and existence
f a vital organ. Its first npproacu is in whisers
unintelligible, and at lirst too often uneeded,
but in time it never fails to ma e itself |
nderstood?never fails to claim the attention ;
f those on whom it calls.
ir you have a cough without disease of the
ings or serious constitutional disturbance, so I
inch the better, as a few do es of Piso's Cure
rill be all you may need, while if you ro far
dvanced in Consumption, several bottles may
e required to effect a permanent cure.
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All plasters are not a ike. Hop Plant ere afford
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Straighten your old boota and shoes with
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Bronchitis Is cured by frequent small doses
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Catarrh
Ii a complaint which affect* nearly everybody more
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