The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 19, 1881, Image 4
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
By some curious blunder the reports U
of the United States land office are
foand to show three thousand five hun
dred square miles less land m Louisiana
than is shown by the county surveys,
carefully made. An area larger thanthe
combined surface of Rhode Island and
Delaware has thus been dropped out of q
United States staliatics.
The Chinese imitate their Caucasian
brethren in more ways than one. There
his existed in San Francisco for some
time a Chinese religious society called
the Sing Tong. Dissensions arose among
the brethren, and one faction seceded
and started an organization under the
name Hop Sing Tong, whereupon the
Sing Tongs raided the joss-house of the
seceders, smashed their idols, and de
stroyed things generally.
The report of Census Agent Engene
W. Hilgard, recently submitted, shows
the acreage and production of cotton by
States for the year 1879, as fcllows:
States Acres. Bales.
Mississippi.......... 2,093,330 955,.0S
Georgia ............... 2,G17,133 S14,441
Texas............-.. - 2,173,632 803,642
Alabama ........... 2,330,OS 699,654
Arkansas ........... 1,042,976 GOS,256 :
South Carolina........ I,64,249 522,544
Louisiana.............. SGI,787 508,569
North Carolina........ 893,153 389,593
Tennesseo............ 722,569 330,644
Florda..........- 245,595 54,997
isouri .............. 32,711 19,733
Indian Territory....... 35,000 17,000
Virginia.............. 24,900 11,000
Kentucky .............. 2,677 1,367
It is estimated that there are 240,000
commeraial travelers in the United
States, who cost their employers on an
average S10 each or $2,400,000 a day or
a total of $876,000,000 a year. One-half
of this amount goes for traveling and
hotel expenses. Each is supposed to go
over his route five times a year, and to
carry during that time a ton of bag
gage. This baggage being generally
bulky, it would require 24,000 ten-ton
cars to transport the trunks and outfits
of these mobilized gentlemen. The
commercial traveler is, therefore, a fac
tor in the transportation problem as
well as the strictly commercial transac
tions of the country.
The total emigration in the United
States for the third quarter of 1880 was
155,233, but the number for thq same
quarter this year is 17,000 greater.
VThe totals for the quarters of the two
years are: First quarter, 1880, 66,613,
and4fo 1881, 72,024; second quarter,
188U$ (242647, and for 1881, 311,954,
.thid q'uarter, 1880, 155,233, and for
1881, 171,803. The gain this year is
* 92,188, 4CAnada sent the most in 1880,
vid4,42,ginst '66,731~ thisr year.
Germany'sent 98,309-in* 1889, and 195,
743 4m18S1, three times as mauch as any
othM nation-Canada being second;
509,000 emigrants re supposed to re
sent again to the,.ountry of $500 000,
000,
-~- t in this co try, but the busi
ness ha now become an important in
dustry, more than 35,000,000 pounds o
honey being annually produced and
sold. The trade is principally carried
on. by-large capitalists, who often have
from 2,500 to 5,000 swarms of bees. In
California the bees are farmed out, that
is, apia-ies of 100 swarms or so are
placed in the grounds of farmers, gene
rally from three to four miles apart.
The farmers receive a fixed rent or a
share of the honey for their compensa
tion, as may he agreed upon. On an
average, one acre of ground is estimated
to support twenty-five swarms of bees
and the yield of a swarm is generally
about fifty pounds of honey a year.
ifirper's Weekly urges that action be
taken at the next session of the New
York legislature for the purchase of
the grounds on the American side
around Niagara Falls for an interna
tional park. The project, which was
first broached some years ago, has been
twice..before the New York legislature.
Oupe the measure passed the House,
bu't did not reacth a vote in the Senate.1
The other time, ahihough introduced,
no action was taken upon it in either
house. It is estimated that the amount
require& for the purchase of the prop
erty would be about $1,000,000.
The Journal of the Societe des Agri
culteurs de France publishes som3 in
teresting particulars with regard to the
forests of Europe and the rapid con
sumption of the timber which they ~
contained. Sweden and Norway, which
still do a large export trade in pine, are
now compelled to bay their oak in Pa
land; and in Russia, the forests along
the shores of the Bailtic, in Finland, f
and in the Southern provinces, are so
rapidly thinning that the forest acre
age of the empire is now only one in
ten. There are about 34,000,000 acres
of forest in Germany (of which 20,000,-C
000 are in Prussia), bringing in an in
comwof $50,000,000 per annum. The
sta'te forests are taken great care of in
all parts of Ger..?any, in Prussia alone
$500,000 being spent every year in re
0
planting. The imports of timber ex
ceed the exports by over two million '
tons.. Austria and Hungary have up-s
ward-of 13,000,000 acres of forest; but
in Austria proper the state does not*
possess more than seven per cent. of r
the wood area, and Austria is now
obliged~to buy most of her timber in C
Bosnia and Montenegro. Servia and a
Roumania have some very fine forests, i
but Italy, though her forest area extends c]
over nearly 14,000,000 acres, does not h
do much in the way of a timber trade, b
as the roads leading to the forests are al
so bad that it is almost impossible to
move the timber when cut. Much the ai
same is the case with Spain, which has
8,500,000 acres of forest; while Portu- s
~gai, which has only a million acres,h
finds a ready market for her timsber.
Bobert Bloskie, who died recently in"
Wabsh, Ind., has for nine years lived h'
chiefly on dog meat, which he declared"
to bewholesomeand palatable. His fain- m
ily relished theamie food, and propose as
to continue itsuseh, ta
A PC rURE FRAUD. r
ti
ow They Manufacture Oil Paintings in li
New York for the Western Art Trade.
A writer in a recent issue of the Art
mateur has an article upon the bogus
cture trade in New York city. He
Tys: " In Levy's place the pictures are I
ot hung upon the wall. It would re
nire a large house to furnish wall space
nough to hang all Levy's pictures. In- I d
-ead of this they are arranged in huge
iles about the commodious storerooms
nframed. The would-be purchaser is t
bown whole sets of these at a time in a t
tanding frame. Pictures are sold here
ccording to their size, ar.d not accord
ag to merit. as they are all believed to
*ossess an equal amount of that.' Levy
egards pictuies with a commercial eye
olely, and if you inquire of him the
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>rice of his goods he will at once ask you
rhat size you want, and this makes you
eel as if he was about to produce
tape line and take your measure.
'We have them," he will say, "from
ixty-five cents up to .32.25." "Does
his include the frames also ?" you ask
n your innocence, and you are rather
iurprised when he answers that the
rames cost more than the pictures, for
hen you find that the pictures are
nade by the yard you feel as iE the
rames should be made by the cord.
cenes on the Hudson with str6ng
?alisades and impossible clouds, pic
ures of sheep and cows feeding near
)rooks that start in the clouds and
ome vertically down the middle of the
anvas, are the favorites just now.
" There is a great demand for these
pictures out West," you will be told,
"where the taste for art is rapidly im
proving." Levy's establishment is gen
erally full of customers, and the hands
of its proprietor, to say nothing of his
pockets, are full also. It is said
that some years ago Levy used to
be a mild, modest individual, who
worked: side by side with his men.
Now, however, since " the taste for ait
has increased in the West," Levy is a
changed man. He has a sharp, resonant
voice and a swaggering, brazen air, as if
he himself were the bassoon of the hu
man orchestra. "Tell Carlo to put
some more trees on them valisades!"
he shouts to one of his men, and at the
same time points to a stack of three
feet by two pictures representing the
palisades about to topple over into the
Hudson. A customer, who came in
while the writer was there, wanted the
names of eminent artists attached to the
pictures he had purchased. " That'll
be extra," said Levy, with an insinua
ting smile. "Oh, that's all right," said
the customer,+"only put on the r ames
of them Eyetalian fellers."
tip a rickety flight of stairs is the.
attic, and here are the rooms where the
pictures are made. Do you remember
the gaudy paintings you have seen in
restaurants adjoining railway stations?
The flocks of shaggy sheep and- the
obese cows rambling beneath incredible
trees- and over brooks flowing above
their sources? :They were painted in
this attie or if not then in some place
of like character. Here ther is no
three small rooms in the front oftthe
grret and work like beavers. They
have the knack.'of the brush and the
maul-stick, and they keep the "pot
boiling," so to speak. Here is a marine
picture on the easel of the nearest man
as you enter. The ship in the back
ground seems to have partaken of the
vim and energy of the artist and skims
the waves with no laggard prow. But
the pennant at the fore is streaming
ce way and yet her sails are boomed
:ut ini just the other direction.
[t is unfortunate that the artist
in his haste to complete the picture has
verlooked the fact that the wind never
blows from opposite points of the com
pass at the same time. " Is that so ?"
2e says, when his attention is called to1
he fact; "oh, they don't mind little
hings like that out West !" On the
road beach in the foreground are
trewn surprising kinds of seaweed, and
limbing over the rocks here and there
wre red lobsters. But what of that ?2
:a they don't object .out West to thei
vind~ being represented as blowingt
ron opposite directions in the back
~round, surely they will not object to
oiled lobsters eraw " ver the rocks
n the fore ..~ ufhotable thing
bout th ..~ .commerceal " artists is
heir prefe'rence for large brushes, such
en as are used by hsuse-painters.
heir rapidity is not less noteworthy.
hey literally "sling", the paint on. C
One would think that Levy, with his.
nmense business, grown from the
mallest beginnings, would be a happy
an. Such, however, it seems, is not C
C
he case. He has a rival who has an
stablished business in. " bogus" pic
res that bids fair to exceed in magni-.
ude that of the ambitious Levy. But
his is not all. This rival played a
riik on Levy some years ago, by which
he latter was induced to pay a good
rice for what he terms very inferior
ictures'. In other words the rival sue
eeded in " out-bogusing" the clever F
levy, to coin an expression for this
articular case. It, seems that Levy, F
1'
hile sitting in his little front office one
ornng, was accosted by a stranger,
ho told him that he had bought a lot 40
fpictures on speculation, but was a
need of money, and de- a:
red, therefore, to get rid of g
em. Levy looked searchingly at the i
ranger, who seemed to be of a timid, e:
~tiring disposition. His clothing, no b
o articles of which were of the same
lor, appeared to have been purchased I
id put on but a few hours before, ab
,et more directly established by the
othes dealer's ticket which still ad- ir
bred to his coat collar. He seemed to ai
simplicity personified, and Levy, d*
ter telling him that the market was
iry dull and pictures sold very slowly
i only at small figures, asked him a
hat he wanted for his goods. The
ranger slowly undid the cords that w
ld together a bundle that he carried
ider his arm, and displayed a great
riety of pictures. " These," said he,
are only samples. I have several be
mdred of .them which I wish to sell." fl(
What do you want for them ?" de
anded Levy. "What'll you give ?" h<
ked the stranger. " What'll you th
he "returned Levy. After they had yc
'4.
peated these questions several times,
Le stranger admitted that he knew but
tle about pictures, but, as he must sell
tem, he would let them go at a dollar
id a half apiece. They were the
ime size for which Levy asked $2.
I'll give you a dollar apiece for them,'
Lid Levy. "It's very little," said the
ranger, "but I'll take it." That after
oon a truck arrived with several hun
red pictures, in all respects similar to
ie samples shown by the stranger, and
2e money was paid over. It was some
me afterward that Levy discovered
iat the pictures he had purchased
rom the stranger had been made with
tencils and then touched up with a
rush ! In reality they were worth
bout ten cents apiece. Then Levy
iscovered that this same man was un
erselling him in the market with his
wn pictures. These stencil pictures
re now made in great quantities and
ent West, where there is a iarge de
and for them on account of their
heapness. it is only by a careful ex.
mination that they can be distinguished
rom the ordinary, cheap-painted pic- i
ures, and if the parts where the sev
ral different stencils join have been a
arefully painted over with a brush it i
s said to be impossible to tell one kind
rom another.
Origin of Some Social Cnstomism.
In primitive states, the conquered man
urrenders himself, his weapons and
:hatever of his clothing is worth hav
ng; hence, stripping becomes a mark
>f submission. Cook, for instance, re
ates of some Tahitians: "They took off I
i great part of their clothes, and pu
hem on us." In another tribe this
eremony is abridged to the presenta
tion of the girdle only. In Abyssinia
inferiors strip to the girdle before supe
riors. A farther abridgment is found
among the natives of the Gold coast,
who salute Europeans by slightly re
moving their robe from the lef t shoulder;
but even there special respect is shown
by completely uncovering the shoulder.
In other tribes they also doff the cap.
Hence, it seems that "the removal of
the hat among European people, often
reduced among ourselves to touching
the hat, is a remnant of that process of
unclothing himself by which in early
times the captive expressed the yielding
up of all he had."
Not less interesting is the explanation
of the origin of shaking hands. From
kissing as a natural sign of affection, to
kissing the hand as a compliment the
transition is easy and requires no further
explanation; for a simulation of affec
tion, no less than submission, is an es
sential part of propitiatory ceremony.
" if, of two persons, each wishes to
make an obeisance to the other by kiss
ig his hand, and each out of compli
ment refuses to have his own hand
kissed, what will happen ? .Jast as when
leaving a room each of two persons, pro
posing to* give the other precedence,
will refuse to go first, and there will re
suit at the doorway a conflict of move-.
ments preventing either from advanc
ing; so, if si'eh of two tries to kiss
the other's hand and refuses to have his
of the hand of each by 'the other toward
his own lips; and by the other, a draw
ing of it down -again; and so on alter
ately. Clearly, the difference between
he simple squeeze, to which this salute
s now often abridged, and the old
~ashioned hearty shake exceeds the dif
~erence between the hearty shake and
:he movement that would result from
he effort of each to kiss the hand of
he other."
Kissing, we have said, is a natural
~xpression of affection; and it is curious)
o note the analogous manifestations
~mong animals and some of the lower
ribes of men. A dog displays lisa af
'ection for his master by licking his
and. A ewe distinguishes her lamb
>y the olfactory sense, and apparently 1
erives pleasure from its exercise. The
ame sense is used among men not only
o distinguish, as in the case of Jacob
ud Isaac, but also as a mark of affec
ion. Among the Mongols, for instance,
t is found as " a mark of paternal af- 1
ection, instead of embracing;" while I
he Burmese " do not kiss each other o
a the Western fashion, but apply the v
ip and nose to the cheek and make a I
trong inhalation."-Chambers' Journal. ti
A Cuirious Beetle. 1
A recent issue of the New York n
Times says: The golden cucuyo which o
las been at Tiffany's for some time is c
ead. It was one of four or five speci- s.
ens of this rare South American beetle h
a this city. They are regarded with b
uperstitins reverence by the women a
South America, and the few that are n
aught,. for the beetle is rare in its na- fi
ive country, are fastened in tiny fet-'u
ers of gold and worn as an ornament. g
gold or gold and jeweled hand is p
assed around the thorax to which is at- it
ihed a slender gold chain about four li
iches long which ends in a long pin. e:
his pin is thrust into a bouquet of"
owers on the shoulder or on the hat, si
ad the heetle is left to ramble the A
ngth of the chain. It is an uncanny- el
ioking black thing about two inches re
ng. The true South American cucuyo di
a fire beetle, a single specimen giving B
at light enough in a dark room to en
yle one to read a newspaper. They
-e capable of liting without food for a ls
eat length of time. There is one in
te city which is not known to have
Lten anything in two years. The
yetle at Tiffany's probably died of p
erfeeding. Its appetite was tempted
ith sweetened water and rotten weed,
t the creature paid no attention toa
.e food. A piece of banana was placed
the box which served for its cage,w
Ld it eagerly began eating it and clung t
it for three days, when it was found ti
ad. It should be mentioned in con-t
ction with the use of the living beetlem
si
an ornament to the ear or dress thata
ey have powerful jaws, and gnaw their
L through anything except metal in a
w hours.
Too Late. Tl
" Can you let me have some elab- of
r " asked a traveler at av farmhouse in
it far from Austin. .v
" You can't have any," replied the
net farmer; " i've just given it to
e iogs. First come, first served, ou ~
u,'jecs jlnsO
XORA.L AND RJ GU
The Clerryman.
A man whom all may criticise,
'he old, the young, the foolish,
Who always must be keen and brigh ,
Though dealing with the old and tri
Who ne'er must show the least displ
Or grumble in the slightest measure,
If, after working all the week,
On Sunday when he comes to speak
The handful that his preacbing draws
Only respond by nods and snores;
Who daily mast his visits make,
Though many a precious hour it take;
Must visit sick and visit well,
Where live the rich, where paupers dwell;
Must wed his flock, their young baptize,
And say some nice things when one dies;
A man in whose unwilling ear
Are poured all scandals, far and near;
To whom all come with cark and care;
Who must his people's burdens bear;
A man whom men folk patronize
And whom the women idolize;
A man we laugh at when we can
Such, reader, is the clergyman.
Reliaious News and Notes.
Thirty-four missionary societies oc
upy India.
The city of St. Paul, Minn., is build
ag its ninth Catholic church.
The Episcopalian churches of Penn
ylvania have 37,183 communing maem
ers.
Six women missionaries sailed for
.ndia by the steamer Persian Monarch
or London recently.
In Cleveland 22,745 children attend
?rotestant Sunday-schools, and 7,468
ttend Roman Catholic.
King Kalakaua has subscribed $2,000
o the Episcopal cathedral now in course
>f erection at Honolulu.
One hundred years ago the Methodist
ersuasion numbered 55,000 membis.
o-day it aggregates nearly 5,000,000.
What is known in Methodist clreles
is Antioch circuit in Middle Tennessee,
aovering an area of about fifteen square
miles, contains nearly 700 Methodists,
no other denomination being repre
sented in the district.
The report of the American board
ill show an increase of seventeen nis
sionaries, 100 preaching places, 2,500
common school and 300 high school
scholars, and more than 2,000 additions
to the mission churches.
It is not only among the natives of
the Sandwich Islands that the revival
of religion is in progress, but also
among the Chinese. The Rev. Sit Moon,
who is pastcr of the Chinese churdi in
Honolulu, reports that about 250 d his
countrymen are Christians, and that the
number is co)atinually on the incretse.
The British " Salvation Army" re
cently held a "council of war," yhen
" General" Booth said :that the organi
zation now had 245 stations, 'with 470
officers, 7,000 soldiers, 4G;Q:people
attending its meetings every weekNb
an income of $250,000 a year. I great
" salvation" .emple is talked of, to cost
$500,000 and hold 10,000 people.
A Night Attack. E
It is kind of queer how "ill
make a fool of himself. Tb ght
it was intensely d
overcast with a
'. r. Mr. Ragba
~essed him tota
>ff its hinges and s
~her's bedroom win
t dark inthe morninga a
deep late. He did so and ..i~
ng the night Gallagher got a 4
hat he heard a noise outside n
ot up, and without lighting h
ight went to the window and rie1i
o look out. As he thrust his ~ad
'orward it came - ig io
vith the barn doo;Q anW'ocked& Cal
agher backward gipon the. floor. Ee
~rose, amazed, e:4cited and bruisid.
:is conclusion wepis that somebody oit
ide had laid for .him and hit him, so
te yelled definee,' to hiin and begau to
4t on his clothe>s. Having dresed
te tore outside and ft.Egxed round trying
o find somebody, but it'uled, and in the
arkness didn't discover 'the barn door.
o he went into th'e house and to led.
oon he heard another noide outside.
Lgain he sprang up and x :ushed to
ook out, and again he was', wiolentl
it upon the head. That timg& ohe was
rild. He got his sht? '' ' without
aiting to dress ran ou BE~thought
e saw the figure of a ma. le dis
mce away and fired at if dida't
l andi he fired the other bau
e tore into the house and go~t is am
mnition. He tried once more to look
at the 'window, and a fearfu ca~ whack
nvinced him that the villains a
red him. Out he went. Hs. iring
ad aroused one or two of his A 1eigh'
ors. As they drew near he t ~lazec
way at 'em, but fortu 51'ately
issed, and they fied. He kepi
ring at anything he couWd~Ir
as a man until the ammunitiTn wa
one. Then the aroused neighb Torhooi
unced on him. They thought he wae
sane. He was nearly so. ~pa~inall;
nterns were brought and the matte
plaind, and it was found t ethat th
man " first fired at was Gallv agher'
ersucker suit on the clotlnheslmne
d he had aimed to hit. Matte~lunrs hemn
eared up Galiagher was perst taded t
tire. But if he finds out whorea put thl
or there gnigwill be re 'umed.
oston Post.
Sponge Undecothingo
Sponge underclothing is tlthe ver
test, some German genins I . 'aving r
ntly invented and patented mc a line<
iderwear manufactured fi co th
>rous substance. It is cl'ain 'aed for
.at it cin be cleansed more e asily tha
>olen goods, and being mog -e flexibl
es not chafe the skin so mi -ach. It
bad conductor, and tends t. o keep tl
race temperature uniform. . new
aars this underclothing isr not liab
take cold, for it absorbs ti ~e perspir
mn without checking it. After ti
ineral and vegetable impu A( dities in t.
onges have been sufficient-i.J iy beatenl
heay hammer to admi ,4t of bei
adily washed out, the e ponges ~
ied and prepared with a .'l harP ki
iese parings are then sew W ~ied togeth'
ie fabric is prepared witi Out the n
poisonous dyes which, as y cro
cloth underelothing,somi ~timnespral
ry deleterious to thre ays .
housands of faihies have' - occsion
' the never-failing qualities of Dr. Bn
ugh Syrup, and they all un mt the pr
thsapeuzpin
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
True greatness cannot exist apart
rom high moral excellence.
He who waits to do a great deal of
ood at once will never do any.
It is to live twice to be able to enjoy
he introspect of your past life.
Have patience with all things, but
hiefly have patience with yourself.
Many preserve themselves by hum
ling themselves; the bullet flies over
dm that stoops.
Hope is like the sun, which, as we
ourney toward it, casts the shadow of
>ur burden behind us.%
Glory not in thyself, but rather in thy
teighbor. Be lowly in thy heart, that
bou mayest be lowly in thy actions.
Do not begin to quarrel with the
world too soon ; for, bad as it may be,
it is the best we have to live in-here.
He who easily forgets benefits done
boward him is probably possessed of a
ahallow brain as well as a callous heart.
Neither a man nor a woman is entirely
afe until he or she can endure blame
and receive praise without excitement.
The chief properties of wisdom are,
to be mindful of things past, careful of
things present and provided of things
to come.
It is a very curious fact that the lapse
of years, while it lessens our enjoyment
of life, but increases the natural desire
of living.
How many hopes may have quivered
for us in past years-have flashed like
harmless lightning in summer nights,
and died forever.
When people undertake to restrain
themselves without knowing how, they
are often worse off than if they had left
themselves alone.
He who wishes to secure the good of
others has already secured his own.
One forgives everything to him whc
forgives himself nothing.
Unclaimed Money Orders.
"Is it true," inquired a New Yorl
reporter of Postmaster Pearson, " tha1
there are nearly $2,000,000 in the United
States sub-treasury, representing accu
mulations from unpaid money-orden
for several years back ?"
" Yes," replied the postmaster. " ]
suppose that in round numbers the;
old about that amount belonging t<
careless persons whom it is impossiblb
for us to find."
"What do you propose to do witl
this money, Mr. Pearson?"
"Congress will probably be asked a
its next session to make some dispositioi
" Why was not this done heretofore?
~~o ell, there is no legal limitation t<
the time when funds of this characte:
may be.accounted for. The postmaste:
cannot tell when the parties to a mone:
Sorder may correct fatal mistakes in th<
order and demand their morney. Yol
Iknow we must always be prepared ti
pay on legal demand."
"an you give me a general idea c
~which such a large, un
io of money comne
is due to a lack oi
*oncerning the operations oi
*wunder which the money-orde:
system is organized. Then a grea
many people who understand the pro
visions of this law are habitually care
less and overlook some of the necessara
details in making out the order. Fo:
iistance, they may get the name of th<
payee wrong, or they may neglect t<
otify him by mail. Then, again, the
person to whom the mone-y is sent ma;
be a traveling man, who has left the
town where the order is payable, an<
m ay never return there again. N
legal provision has been made for ad
vertising for these people. The indi
vidual amounts which go to make u:
the large sum of unpaid money-order
in this office are, generally speaking
small, and have no doubt long been foi
gotten by the persons who sent then
as well as by the persons who were t
rceive them. All postoffices which d
a reasonably fair share of money-ord<
business have the same trouble to coi
tnd 'with, but some day or other Col
gress may definitely settle postal r
sponsibility in the matter."
M~iraIculous Escape.
rIt. Pleasant (Iowa) Journal.]
It is an experience vouchsafed to ye:
few, to tread along the border land
dath and yet come back to lire,preserve
aifby amiracle. Yet such was the e
perience of Professor Tice, of St. Lon
th today following the conclusion of b
course of lectures at Bnrlington. low
lately, as we learned from Mr. Sam11l
P Ple, the well-known druggist of lN'
Pleasant, in relation to the case. P
ffssor Tice gives the strongest indors
ment of the efficacy of St. Jacobs (.
which it is possible to .give. It pr
duced immediate relief in an attack
neuralgia of the chest, where the pnl
rd gone down to thirty-five per m:
1e, and scarcely perceptible. In h
anan hour his pulse was restored to
normal beat of eighty. Four appoil
mnts of lectures bad to be canceled
consequence. Professor Tice cred
the St. Jacobs Oil with havang say
> his life. Mr. Gee. P. W- Willey, t
wdely-known teacher here, in respoz
totoan" inquiry concerning the remet
d. With great pleasure I bear t e~
mmny to the peculiar healing propert
of St. Jacobs Oil, in rheumatic pai
HHving been a sufferer with this
tessing malady for years I do say 11
th curative effects of the St. Jact
Ol in my case surpassed those of
ss oher rheumatic remedy, many of wh
it:Iad been forced to use. .1\r. E. Re
spoke from personal experience in si
in that he had suffered a great a
from rheumatism, and been troubled
is different times with sore throat.
eepuchaed a bottle of St. Jacobs
frm Mr. Pyle, and after three or f
oeaplications was relieved of his ailme
e appking Mr. W. A. Rouse what he ki
ea-abobut the article he said : After g:
e ssuffering with pain in the lefta side,
tended wih severe colic, I was rec<
e mended to use St. Jacobs Oil. I 1
7 chased a bottle, took two doses and
g plied some externally. I was rehi
re immediately and have not experien
e.y fohichc I hasuffered feri
r. than one year having left me. .
see experiences as these. carry, convic
aewit wth em to all fair-mmnded
asestthoghtful people,; and more fir
esstblish the merit of that fan
reeedy which, too, has our indo
The area of the State of Californ
15 :j yj~jo acres.
SCIENTLFIC SCBAPS.
A new variety of coloring matter is
extracted from a wood called Beth-a
barra, from the west coast of Africa.
During the last three years Germany
consumed 2,657,530 tons of rails. Near
ly all the rails were made of steel.
Spent hops are rich in fertilizing
qualities, and valuable for applying on
a light soil, where they keep it moist.
A variety of coal said to be the most
highly carbonized member of the coal
series known has been found near Lake
Onega.
Vaccination has recently been suc
cessfully used in France for securing
sheep and caltle against carbonaceous
diseases.
A brain preserved and metallized by
the galvanoplastic method hits been
lately presented to the French Academy
of Medicine.
If a freshly cut tuberose or any other
white flower be placed in diluted scar
let ink, the liquid will be drawn up into
it, coloring the veins.
The specific gravity of a fresh-laid
egg is between 1.0784 and 1. 0942.
When exposed to the air it loses water,
and its gravity becomes less.
Coal dust is an important factor in
colliery explosions. A mixture of coal
dust and air is non-explosive, but if fire
damp is present a highly explosive com
pound is produced.
The Baddhist God of Wealth.
One of the commonest idols in Japan
is that of Daikoku, the Buddhist god of
wealth. "lHe is jolly and roguish
looking usually," says Miss Bird, in her
recent work on Japan, " as indeed the
god may be who leads all men and fools
mos'. He is short and stout, wears a
cap like the cap of liberty, is seated on
rice-bags, holds a mallet in his right
hand, and with the left graps tightly a
large sack which he carries over his
shoulder. The moral taught by this
figure has long since been forgotten. It
teaches humility by its low stature. Its
bag represents wealth, requiring to be
firmly held when attained. The cap
parly shades the eyes, to keep them
bent down on the realities of life. The
mallet represents manual labor, and the
rice-bags the riches to be acquired by
following the rules which raise the
lowly. Traders, farmers, and all who
have their living to make, propitiate
Daikoku, and he is never without offer
ingsand incense."
Fir tree oil, used in the destruction
of insects, mixes freely with water, as
other oils do not.
The production of opium has greatly
increased in Persia within the last two
L~years. _______
The idea of the kaleidoscope first
occurred to David Brewster in 1814.
The Louisville Commercial eites the case
of Captain Charles N. Corri, of that city,
fwho was cured by St. Jacobs Oil, after suf
-fering for years' with rhenmatismaork2
(Yeb.) Repuiean.
New York is: the greatest bay-pro
of its hay in 1S79 was $60,627,240.
The Philadelphia Pay Hor minntob
Mr JT. A. Walton,ot1245 North Twelfth.
street, that city, as an ~enthusisstic indorrer
of St. Jacobs Oil for the relief and cure of
diseases of horses.
It is stated that there is anew method
of storing up electricity by means of
metal piles.
Bogus cerIficates.
It is no vile dragged 5tniY pretendinlg to be
made of wonderful foreign roots, barks, etc.,
a~d pviffed up b~y long hogus certificates of pre
jtendel(d mairaculous cemes, but a simple, pure,
effective medicine, mado of well-known valma
ble remedies, that furnishaes -'.s own certincates
-liv its caires. We refer to Hlop Bitters, the
ijirest and best of medicines. see "Truths"
a " Proverbs," in another column.
?IR.LND has 3,000,00O aeres of drainable
Sland. _____________
II0W TO SECURE HIEALTHl.
It t an:;e any e-:e w~ll suffer it.-m dieranemenlt:
1trc.~ht on by imptie,. l:00, when SCoVILL's sAJRs A
PARILLA AND sTILLiINGIA.or BLOOD AS D LIVEli
SY U P will restore health to the physical orgzanl7zath-n.
It is-a strengthe ding~ syruP. pleasant to taske. and the lI Esl
0BLOOD PIFIER~ ever discovered,. curing~ scrofuta
Syphilitic disorders, weakne.ss at the Kluineys, Erystpetas
3talria, Nervous disorders. Debility, Ihilious compaaint:
.and Diseases of the Blood. Liver, Etdneys, stormch
skin etc. ________ ____
- Eey's Carbolic Troehe., preventt an cornta
. gious diseabes. such as Diphtherda, Scarlet Fever
~woopilg Cough. and cure Coughs and Ceod
Elcsnt t o the taste and a good disinfe-ctant.
Vogotino
THlE DOCTOR'Si ERTJFICATE.
READ IT.
n.I.AtrtE. washingtonl Co., Ill., Jan. 14. 1878.
{rJ.'Slbi5 tto cerifythastlIhad been suffer
igrona lOs. C~ancr 0:, mye rmht breast. whi"
-r ver:. ry i.1hy, aial all my frm'nds hadpgven in
u, to die~. whl. I he-ird or ournmenicne. EGErrT*
Lrcomendedt for Catrer andl Cancerous Humors.
o~.iuencd to take it. and soon found myself begin
ni to feeIl better ; my: health and spirits b~oth fel
of.'r-ign intenee which it exerted, and a foi
noth traml the time 1commlenred the use of th
sIcrs the ancrcm C iIE 1oltit.T
I etf htI am p~ersonally ac,iuainted wth Mr
..rrsand I consider her orne tf ,,r ~
-AL DiSEASmts oF 'rE BLooD.--f VEoETrrINE
reii~ticet~ i
s for yars, mit i at prool. if yo ar a
;e~ Bledj Jirr. Th great source of diea
-e uites in the 1-leea: an-i no miedicinie that (I
no at dir.ely iipan it. t a purify and renovate.,
alig hst clipo pulic attntion.
Vegetine.
s-I regard it as a Valuable
FAMILY MEDICINE
J. 1, 1878
n.Ii t 1 plaure'in' sang tht I h
us d te Xeg.tin- t in~ my faily w;th good resul
g a ag kniowni er severail cae of remiarkai
at-enres ciccd hv it. regard it as a valuable lam
ea dicie. Trulyyu Y. WM. McDoNALEt
at, The RteY. Win. Mclonald is wyell known throit
He the United states zas a niste r in the M. E. Chur
Vegetine.
at..PREPARED BY
Le H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mas
eatat
at- egetinle is~ s'om bygf prucggisti
1~s
W. F. Cody, known to fame as "Buf
ialo Bill," was shot at three times'by a
:rank at Council Bluffs, Iowa. One of
Lhe bullets grazed his cheek, and was
iattened considerably.
At Baltimore, a man who was being
shaved heard a runaway, and, thinking
it was his team, jumped up and had his
ose nearly cut off.
Nullifying a Grave ia.k.
Residents and sojourners in fever and ague
locations, who are wise enough te test by ex
perience the genuinenesa of the claims of Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters to public confidence,
nullify a grave risk, which without the protect
ing aid of this fortifying agent could not safely
be encountered. Both air and water are the ve
hicles for the dissemination of the disease, and
irregularities of the system which this fine al
ternative is peculiarly adapted to correct, and
that want of tone which is specially favorable
to the contraction of malarial fevers, are con
ditions which must undergo a radical change
ere positive immunity from the scourge can be
hoped for. Quinine has no continuous effect. is
a; dangerous drug, and works incalculable after
mischief to the system. The Bitters, on the
other hand, is not only safe, but the good ef
fects which it speedily produces do not wear
out as the medicine is persisted in. It rega
lates and tone i tne stomach, liver, bowels and
kidneys with certainty and promptitude.
Tat wisest man may be wiser to-day than he
was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day
Ladles, Delicate and Feeble.
Those languid, tiresome sensations, causing
you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet; that
constant drain that is taking from your system
all its former elasticity, driving the bloom from
your cheeks; that continual strain upon your
vital forces, rendering you irritable and fretful,
can easily be removed by the use of that mar
velous remedy, Hop Bitters. Irregularities
and obstructions of your system are relieved at
once, while the specal causes of periodical
- are permanently removed. Will you heed
this? See Truths"
WA3T we charitablyforqire will be recom
pensed as well as what we charitably give.
Restored from a Decline.
Nor.rn GR.oZ, N. Y, April 25, 1880.
Pr. Rl. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y.: Dear Sir
I feel it my dn to write and thank you for
what your "Go.den Medical Discovery" and
. Favorite Prescription" have done for my
daughter. It is now five weeks since she began
t hior use. She is more fleshy, has more color
in her face, no headache, anf is in other ways
greatly improved. Yours truly,
S ~Ms. 3MARcEIA MYE=s.
THE reproaches of enemies should quicken
us to duty, and not keep us from it. -
Unlike other cathartics Dr. Pierce's "Pel
lets" do not render the bowels costive after
operation. but, on the contrary, establish a
permanently healthy action. Being entiarey
regetable no particular care is required while
using them. By druggists.
IT is not death that m akes the martyr, bu
the cause.
"Gonr.-sv MEDc.LDiscoflnT" (Trade-mar
registere -) is not only a sovereign remedy for
consuI tion, but also for consumptive night
sats, bronchitis, coughs, spitting of blood,
weak lungs, shortness of breath and kindred
aged ins of the throat and chest. By drug
Aorr fifty per cent. of the area of Ken
tacky is in primitive forests.
Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
A. international fish exhibition is to be held
at Pensacola, Florida, in 1882.
Bed-Bugs, Roaches,
Rats, eats, mice, ants, flies, insects, cleared out
by "Rough on Rats." 15c., druggists.
INIroNo, Dis2EksIA, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MEsxs's PEProNizED BEEF ToNIrC, the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious propertes. It contains blood-making,
force-generating and life-sustaining properties;
is invaluable in all enfeebledeconditions, whether
the rcsult of exhaustion, nervous prostration,
overwork, or 'acute disease, .atcual if
reslting from pulmonarycopait-Caswell,
Haad & Co., proprietors, ewYork.
SrE as Lnr.rr.-There is no diseaeof
he hknisa system for which the VnstrzN can
notbe sed with perreec safety as it does nod
contain anymetallie oompoun~A
Are you baldCa.nE a doodorized ex-a
.tractof petroleiimyithe Qlycure for baldni s,
~aeein p o stbisnotheimO
edelghfk sI f 1e~oI.-s sl
a au at u tery onalc- n
clso othr'ig redieents tohthe yu n or bealte.
S XETN TANASNOREQUAL!
IN CMNANY O lMES.AYFOM
J. N. HARR'S, C &d Co., ror~iersad
.ihrafc~so h CINCIN AT, an L. Si
I~FORILE1YLLTY DRUASTS.
A( R uLt. -Ar unat scwaned for Life ofn-ed
den't atrtld .0 A~ cle e -th fuler ist crm
4 anr oter br.ona te o one t. Aget nevr ld.
necsa AlEPETOAe ImnT prSOts.L
fee. GoE HARS& oNC., Popritr
I FO SAE B ALL DRUGISTSE.Y
rep.gC~ aefor Lpe of1Pre
1 Guidetog.~.byt e by~'n mi.5da mpr CoC
wel nur- ai red: rdc L.W. t T e la, tl B'wa he
Tereate st Inverste nts d"in LibealWtrm
~en cta. oraers for the 2 t Star opgledanerm<
.sother butn o oe. Agent e.
--ec.say Al ae cimm :.,se troeet. l'riue.ten
iree t at fre . A sW TnO & Co. Portland. M
strm. ETTA'S HEADA
- hot im b toC pand PNER
thce ne"rvo u yem, anLQ-se the
I reauesr Inetentctin ofthe Wol
use u PaetRle
A fun siz e box ofantese aluat
WEATHERm-U ROT
We admire the of the unfbrtUS~tS
nan who, when ev hadbeen wepbe
way,said," Well, there'll be weather and tax
eft, atany rate." Alas! weather I the Yellow
dog" of all subjects; everyone tinks ith
spea right to try to better the weather,_and
hurla his ainthemas gaislt "Old Probabilltel,"
and all who endeavor to assist hmre 4
the weather. The following cmulctolI
from prof. Tice of St. Louis, 3[o- the eond
meeoologist mad weather prophet Of thke West.
It does not discus the weather butsoehg
more import tohose who sfer
with that painful iled he speaks of: 'The
day after concluding my e at r t
Iowa, onthe 21stof Dcemberlast Iassed
with a sudden attach of neuralgia in the chest,
vielg mc hxcrc atr.g pain and almost revent
Ig breathing. My Pulse, usually 60, feR to 5
intense nauseaof the stomach succeeded,
cold, clammy sWeat -
The attendin hysicar-coiid do nothing
lieve me. suffering for three hours I
thought-as I hid been using ST. JAcOBS OIL with
1ooc 'ect for;-heumatic - iL&
I saturated a piece of flannel, lre enoug to
cover my chest, with the Oil, and appliedit, M
relief was almost instantaneous. Inone -hourI
was entirely free from pain, and would bav*
taken the train to fill an Itment that night
in a, nei-ghboring town h my friends not dis
suaded me. As it was. I took the night train formy
home, in St. Louis, and have not been toubled
since.
4 _ ]KINlFACT OT
Id islaenie Req ,
465 FULTON ST.,
SMBROOKLYN.
IM Ortalt to tlle Ilis oi AmieGicL
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They cure EVERY FORM OF DISEASE known to
man, without wedifle. chwnges of diet, or
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LlUA. are now rejoicing in the blessings of RE
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Allcebks and postoffice orders for " WLLSONU01
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V nermthe list of thousaneo WISNA
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REPRESENTATIVE REFERENCES:
Hon. Hnratio Seyour, Utica, N. Y.; Hon. Peter
Cooper. Hoa. Thurlo Weded Conmnodore C. X. Gar
rison, General S. Graham, Judge Levi Parsons. of
N. Y. City: J. B. Hoyt (merchant). Spruce St.,N. .:
D. V. Fairwether, (merchant). Sprce St.. X. Y.; B.
l;. Stimuon (merchant), S c , N.Y.; Thomas
Hall. 181 Clinton Ave.. jrook Colonel Bayard
lark, 54E th St.. N.Y.: Hon. Yohn Mitchell (treas
ure. okh M-4
The Purest and Beat Medicine ever lade.
Aco of Hops, Buchu, Marow
dalt and Dandelion aine& aand
most C urative propertieso an oher Vte
es theg Blood Purifier, Liver .
eg u I ater 9and MeO and Heiaov
Agent on
n diseas e an long.eM where H
opragvS! t vgtmg
To all whose e ploymencuse ire .lr
ty ofthebowelsOl rinl lans, o wod e
Icating. -
No matter whatyour t.e dings or- symaptones
re what the discaoor all i s e Hopi
ters. Don't waituntilyonase *o11k but ifyou
only feel bad or miserable, usethemi, Ata
It ma ave yourlite.It1e% ~ inr
curorhep. Do not suffer orietyonrmd
s.... -aue..ruehm.- tO.e o
memher.BopRBitesfs'o i1
drknnostrmbatthesUrst
nsaovermade:.the erusn
BoX 7
5,000tin theints ois norean
li e and dn taa te.~aUX Su gace
dahferal bsui, t. -h etcaOa
y ? ie to mkoney deware cfh)n
lntae ieo orriartedesidentrm. Adine s
orrit Eta te..ms to me is C ton.laas e.
- urace .il eGo e
Sod vrweeor sui Bvra, fr catterlotams.n
GES ~uNSY6 'TS. Bn , as.
A; cSME N jodE~oomonr. S
tam stmpfo
sitat.iornd ttddrs o41ines, ane fsl
tir et atio alddress.
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