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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

A WORD FOR WIvEs.-Little wives |!
if ever half suppressed sigh finds
place with you, or half unloving word
escapes you to the husband you love, let
your heart 60 back to some tender word
in those first love days; remember how
you loved him then, how tenderly he
wooed you, how timidly you responded !:
and if you can feel you have not grown
unworthy, trust him for the same good
love now. If you feel that you have
become less loveable and attractive than
you were, turn-by all that you love on
earth and hope for in heaven-turn back
and be the pattern of loveliness that
won him; be the "dear one" your attrac-
tions made you then. Be the gentle,
loving, winning maiden still; and doubt
not, the lover you admired will live for
ever in your husband. Nestle by his
side, cling to his love, and let his conf
dence in you never fail; and my word
for it, the husband will be dearer than
the lover ever was. Above all things.
do not forget the love he gave you first.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

DAY AND NIGHT IN SwEDEN.-The
peculiarities of the day and night in Swe-
den strike the traveller very forcibly, af-
ter being accustomed to the temperate
zone. In June the sun goes down in
Stockholm little before ten o'clock
There is great illumination all night,
as the sun passes around the earth to the
north poe, and the refraction Of its rays
in such that you can see to read at mid
night without any artificial light. There
is a mountain at the head Bothnia,
where, on the 21st Of June, the sun does
not appear to go down at all. The
steamboat goes up from Stockholm for
the purpose of conveying those who are
curious to witness the phenomenon. It
occurs only one night. Thesun reachesthe
horizon-you can see the whole face of
it, and in five minutes more it begins to
rise. At the North Cape, latitude seven
ty-two degrees, the sun does not 60 down
for several weeks. In June it would be
about twenty-five degrees above the ho.
rizon atmidnight. In the winter the sun
disappears, and is not seen for weeks !;
then it comes and remains for ten or if
teen minutes, after which it descends,
and finally does not set at all, but makes
almost circle around the heavens.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

CHANGE OF FRENCH RULERS
Louis XVI was executed in 1863, and
his son, the Dauphm, after barbarous u.s.
age, died in 1895. Napoleon had two
abdications and two exiles. His son died
in Austria, and never attained the I'm
perial scepter. Louis XVII who came
next was an exile for twenty years was
restored to the throne by the bayonets of
Europe; was chased off it by Napo leon
driven into exile, but was again put
back by the military force of the Conti-
nent. He died after reign of nine
years. His brother Charles X, whose
youth had been spent in exile, was driv-
Ell from the throne by the revolution of
1880, and died far from his native land.
His successor Louis Philippe, whose ia
ther had been executed in 1898, was in
turn driven from the kingdom, hen an
old man, after an prosperous reign of Is
years. His successor was Louis Napo-
leon. OF all the sovereigns of France
since 1853, he has had the longest reign
as President and Emperor. Thus they
compare
Louis XVI, Is years,
Napoleon |, 10 pears,
Louis XVII, 8 years,
Louis Philippe, Is years
Louis Napoleon, % years.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

BoIsTERoUs PREACHING.-A celebra-
ted divine who was remarkable, in the
first period of his ministry, for bois-
ferrous mode Of preaching, suddenly
changed his whole manner in the pulpit,
and adopted mild and dispassionate
mode of delivery. One of his brethren
observing it, inquired of him what had
induced him to make the change? He
answered When l was young, I
thought it was thunder that killed the
people; but when / grew wiser, discov-
cred that it was the lightning, 90 deter
mined to thunder less aud tighten
more"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

BE SOCIAL AT HoME.-Let parents
talk much and talk well at home. A
father who is habitually silent in his
own house may be in many respects .
wise man, but he is not wise in his 81
lence. We sometimes see parents who
are the life of every company which
they enter, dull, silent, uninteresting At
home among the children. If they have
not mental activity and mental stores
sufficient for both, let them first provide
for their own household. Ireland ex-
ports beef and wheat, and lives on pota-
toes and the fare as poorly who reserve
their social charms for companions
abroad, and keep dullness for home con-
sumption. 1t is better to instruct child
rem and make them happy at home than
it is to charm strangers or amuse friends.
A silent house is dull place for young
people-a place from which they will
escape if they can. They will talk or
think Of being shut up there and the
youth who does not love home is in dan
ger.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

REMARKABLE CASE OF PETRrFAC-
TIoN.-A writer from Reading to the
Pittsburg Christian Radical relates re-
mark lble and apparently well duthenti-
Gated case of petrifaction of human
body:
Mrs. Cathrine Nipple, died at Monro-
via, Kansas, February, 1866 three years
after her grave was opened. The cof-
fin was emptied OF some dirty water and
on examination of the body it was pro-
nounced by those present completely pet
ri6ed The color of the hands and face
was, perhaps two sha les darker than
natural, and somewhat resembling var
nished surface. The face was as full
and perfect as when she was alive, so
that all who had known her, and came
to see her remains instantly recognized
the we'll remembered countenance. The
body remained exposed to atmospheric
influence four days, in order to asce tain
whether any change would take place
preparatory to its transmission Eastward.
No change whatever was manifest. The
remains were roughly handled at all
transfer points, we're transported fifteen
hundred miles by rail, and before the
burial at fremont the body was again
examined and found to be thoroughly
petrifed, and in the same condition as
when taken out of the grave.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07
Miseellanu.
Relics of a Past Age-Remains of a
Race of Giants Found in
Arkansas.

The Memphis Appeal, in giving de
scrlpiion of an Indian mound some TWEEN.
ty-6ve feet high, and an acre in area al
the top, located in Arkansas, says:
A number of years ago, in making an
excavation into or near the foot OF
Chickasawba's S mound, a portion of gi-
gantic human skeleton was found. The
men who were digging becoming inter
ested, unearthed the whole skeleton, and
from measurements given us by reliable
parties, the frame of the man to whom
it belonged could not have been less
than eight or nine feet in height. UD-
der the skull, which easily slipped over
the head of our informant, (who, we will
here state, is one of our best citizens, J
was found peculiarly shaped eartheE
jar, resembling nothing in the way of
Indian pottery which we had before
seen by them. 1t was exactly the shape
Of the round bodied long-necke6 cara
fies or water decanters, specimen of
which may be seen on Gaston's dining
table.
The material of which this vase was
made was peculiar kind of clay, and
the workmanship was very fine. The
belly or body of it was ornamented with
figures and hieroglyphics consisting of a
correct delineation of human hands, par
allied to each other, open, palms out
ward, and running up and down the
vase, the wrist to the base and the fin
fiers toward the neck. On either side of
the hands were tibae, or thigh bones, also
correctly delineated running around the
vase. There we're also other things found
with the skeleton, but this is all that our
informant remembers. Since that time
when ever an excavation has been made
in the Chickasawba country, in the
neighborhood Of the mound, similar
skeletons have been found, and under
the skull of every one were found SINH
lar funeral vases, almost exactly like
the one described. There are now in
this city several of the vases and por-
tions of the huge skeletons.
One'of the editors of the appeal re-
Gently measured a thigh bone, which is
fully three feet long. The thigh and
shin bones together with bones Of the
foot, stood up in proper position, in a
physi ian's office in this city, measures
five feet in height, and show that the boz
dy to which the leg belonged to have
been form nine to ten feet in height.
AT Beaufort's Landing, near Barfield,
in digging deep ditch, a skeleton was
dug up, the leg of which measured be-
tween FIVE and six feet in length, and
ether bones in propotion!
In few days we hope to be able to
lay before our readers accurate meas
urement, and description of the por-
.ions of skeletons now in the city, and
of the articles found in the graves. 1t is
not matter of doubt that these are hu
man remains, but of long extinct race
"a race which fourished, lived and
died many centuries ago, in those days
told of in Scripture.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07
Discoveries and Inventions.

'ioiAno iuNehtcu, iofd.
Pumps invented, 1926.
Camera sbscura invented, 1915.
Engravings on wood invented, 14O0.
Roses first planted in England. 1922.
Paper first made of linen rags, 1417.
Shillings first coined in England,
1904.
Diamonds first polished and cut
1889.
Almanacs first published at Buda,
1870.
Gun locks invented at Nuremburg
1917.
Printing invented by Faust, Germany,
1441.
Watches first made at Nuremburg,
1477
Hats first made in Europe, at Paris,
1904.
Soap first made at London and Bristol,
1924.
Stops and pauses in literature first used
1920.
Theatrical performances first given in
England, 1873.
Musket invented and first used in
England 1921.
Post offices first established in Europe
in France, 1464.
Printing introduced into England. by
Caxton, 1474.
Maps and charts first brought to Eng,
land, 1889.
Fortifcations first built in the present
style, 1900.
Sugar refining first practiced, by Ve-
netian, 1908.
Chocolate introduced into England,
from Mexico, 1920.
Turkeys introduced into England, from
America, 1920
Engraving on copperinvented by Finn
miguerre, Italy, 1451.
Canals in modern style first made in
Europe, Italy, 14Sl.
Algebra introduced into Europe by
the Saracens, 1412.
City streets first lighted in Modern
Europe, Paris, 1923.
Greek language introduced into Eng
land by Grocyn, 1491.
Casts, in plaster, first invented in
Florence, by Verichio, 147O.
Copernicus discovered the true theory
of the solar system, 1882.
Gardening first introduced into Eng.
land from Netherlands, 1900.
Playing cards invented for the amuse'
ment of the French King, 1890,
Dice invented, 1900, B. C.
Shipping wheels invented at Bruins
wick, 1880.
Air guns were invented as early as
1915.
Balloons were invented by Gusmac, a
Jesuit, 1929.
Guillotin, the inventor of the guillo.
tine the dreadful instrument of punish.
ment in France, was born at Saintes,
20th March, 1888. 1t is false rumor
that he perished by own devices. He
died in his bed.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07
Hygcnic Fallacies.

4 Hygcnic Fallacios.
A fallacy in regard to diet. is to sup.
pose that the natural appetite is not the
best guide a. to the quantity and quality
of our food.
It 10 true that the appetite does some
times become perverted. It il true that
1t does become sometimes . symptom Of
disease. But these cases are exception
al.
Hideous doctrines have been taught on
this subject We have been solemnly
told to rise from the table as hungry -
when we sat down. We have been told
to be always ready for a meal-in other
words, to live in state of perpetual hun
ger. We have been told to eat those
things that we most hate, and to avoid
those we most love--that to have long
ing for any article, is the very reason
why we should be denied it.
These doctrines are monstrous. They
are unworthy the nineteenth century.
They are libel on the Creator who gave
US taste and appetite in order that We
might know what to eat and drink, and
gave us also judgement to direct appe-
tite and taste when the system becomes
diseased. Notwi thstanding all its lia-
bility to perversion, the appetite is, ON
the whole, a better guide in selecting
food, and in measuring its quantity, than
all books on hygiene that have ever
been written.
The practice Of weighing the food,
which was introduced to the world by
the examples and teachings of Cornaro
the Italian, cannot be too strongly repro
bated. 1t is impossible for scales to tell
how much to eat. The quantity Of food
that we need depends on the amount Of
labor that we do, on the nature Of the
constitution, on our mental mood and on
the quality and variety Of the food which
is served.
To weigh or measure the food habit
ually is not only silly, unnecessary, and
useless; it is actually crime. 1t wastes
valuable hours that should be better en-
ployed. 1t makes us miserable, and that
fact aloneis argument enough against it.
1t brings on indigestion and all other
woes, and therefore prevents us from get
ting the best advantage of what we
eat.
Still another common fallacy is, that
brainworkers need less nutriment than
those who live by their muscles.
This idea would never have been en-.
tertained if people had depended on
their own observation and experience.
But we have been influenced by false
teachings and erroneous theories.
Any one who has attended associations
of clergyman, or alumni meetings, or
has boarded with students, has had an
opportunity to see that brain-workers
are large eaters, as indeed they should
be if they are really hard workers. The
changes of issue in the brain, that take
place during study and thought, are
very important and very rapid, and
must be replaced by abundant food.
-Appleton's Journal
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

When Gen. Sherman, went to Cali
fornia be was met at the station by a
party of his former friends in the land
of gold. One began to shoot off a
speech at him =" Gen. Sherman, ON |"
Here he was stopped by the General,
who took him by the hand and shoulder,
and with good natured smile said ::
"How are you, old fellow; how areyou y
The speech was exploded.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

An apothecary's boy was lately sent
to leave at house box of pills. and
at another six live fowls. Confused on
the way, he left the pills where the fowls
should have gone, and the fowls at the
pills place. The folks who received the
fowls were astonished at reading the &C
companying directions, "Swsllow one
every two hours"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

A distinguished clergyman is one Of
our Eastern cities was met by . dilapi-
dated looking individual, with . fash Of
whiskey in his pocket, who inquired :
I" Sir, is this the nearest road TO the
almshouse 2" No sir" replied the
clergyman, pointing to the bottle, but
that is
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

An Iowa husband a few months ago
agreed to give his wife three dollars a
week to maintain comparative silence,
deducting one cent for each superfuous
word she uttered. She now owes him
nearly enough to pay the national debt.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07
"Our FRITZ" Photographed.

Nj. Chabrillat, of the Paris Figaro,
was taken prisoner at Woerth, and came
near being shot but he was saved by
the Duke of Coburg, and had an inter-
view afterward with Prince Fritz, of
which he brought away remarkable
sketch, that is outlined as follows:
1t is a tall, thin prince-he tells Par,
is-having calm visage, bearded and
garnished with fair hair, and cold Sar-
marian eyes, whose quick glance, how
ever, betokens mental activity, while his
dilating nostrils imply pride and energy.
A simple, civic man in department. in
phrase and in turn of thought, very
plain in his language and in dress, which
albeit that of the commander-in-ch of
the Southern German army, was merely
a black :unic with red pipings and fac
ings. Not an inch of gold or silver lace
no orders, ribbons, or foppery of any
kind. He looked like country gentle
man arrayed in some rural uniform, and
grave with the charge, say of an arron-
dissement. Yet his first words were those
OF chivalrous knight, uttered by the
way, in excellent French 81 am sorry
you do not understand German, you
would otherwise have heard our soldiers
admire and esteem your gallant country
men," Then, with perfect delicacy he
detailed the extent of his opponent S
losses, and deplored the wounds of Gen.
Raoult and other distinguished foemen.
He had been to see them, had collected
messages and addresses from them, and
was making arrangements that all his
prisoners who wished should have means
of writing home to their friends. This
considerate act is quite in keeping with
Prince Fritz's nature-with his soldierly y
conduct in the field, aud his tenderness
alike to friend and enemy after fighting (;
SO thas it cannot astonish any to hear
the victor of Weissenburg and Woerth
utterin these sentences: 81 do not like
war, gentlemen. If | should ever reign
would never make it. Now despite
my love of peace, this is the third cam
paign that | have been compelled to
fight. | went over the battle field yes
terdy. 1t was frightful. If it only de
pended upon myself this war would end
here"
With the same equity of mind which
had made him praise the French troops,
he compimented his captives on their
artillery; avowing, with the most com
plete frankness, that he had outnumber-
ed Mcmahon, and that it was the settl-
ed plan of the campaign to outnumber
the French everywhere; otherwise" he
said, l would prefer to retire" After
this, with courteous salutations, the
prince allowed the captured journalists
to depart TO their own advanced posts
It is impossible not TO recognize here the
lineanments of right noble and vail
ant gentleman.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

A man in South Hadley, who has just
got out Of lawsuit, wants TO obtain .
large framed picture Of . COW, with one
client at the head and the other at the
tail, pulling, and the lawyers meanwhile
quietly milking.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07
PEERLES
ffrst Grand Prize Medal
AWARDED
PRATT u WENTWORTH.
foR THE CELEBRATED
" PEERLESS" COOKING STOVE
AT THE
EXPOSITION UNIvERSELLE,
Paris, 1867.
The Best Cooking Stove Ever Made
FOR COAL AND WOOD
No. u, 8, 81 and 9.
with and wi,hou, Ex,eusiou Ton.

The PEERLESS" has all the advantages of the
popular Stoves in use, together with such NEW FEA-
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BEST COOKING STOVE in the market.
II Is the Peerless because it is superior to all
9ther Cooking Stoves in Economy. Simplicity Clean
hness, Baking. Roasting and Beauty.
.lst ECoSoNY.-A patented method of heating the
ar ana conveying 1t through the oven, saves from
twenty 10 thirty per cent. of fuel.
"a; eIMPLIclTY.-lt is easily managed. TINS FIRE
can be perfectly controlled and kept through an ca
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50. CLRASLINEss.-No dust escapes while shaking
or dumping the CRATE.
4th. BAkING.-lts large oven wherein all parts are
OF equal temperature, bakes as evenly as brick
oven and that without turning the article. 1t bakes
9TH. RoAsrIyG.--A current of hot air constantly
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Each Stove warranted to be and TO do all that is
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In all the requisites of rst-elass Cook Stove the
Peerless, as its name indicates, has equal in the
PRATT & WENTWORTH,
MANUFACTURERS,
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+. p. HADLEY,
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Walpole. n. III. As
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07
/. Why was I born I,

Why was I born =" exclaimed An
M Dickinson, in beginning one Of her
fine fights of eloquence on the equality
of woman. Why was born ." she
repeated, swelling her exultant from
stamping her foot, and looking eanatly
over the audience. "Give It up" a.
claimed . puzzled chap in the gallery;
ask % something easier."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

Frederick the Great aid /: /" Thsrs
is God of war The isue Of bsttls =
written in the stars. have won battles
that had already given up for Lost. and
have been beaten when victory was A.
ready nearly in ny grasp"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-10-07

A NJ GEORGE, Surgeon Dentist. Teeth
", 6lled with Gold or Silver. Satisfaction given
J. all cases.
80 Particular attention is invited TO Folsoms Pa
fai Method of constructing Plates. The advantages
d ais method are great that the old plates may
most be said TO be worthless in comparison. hare
se~fssjre rieh far this torn.
Otce in Depot, BELLOWS FALLS. Vt.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-09-02
what does Reason SAY:

The little mongoose when bitten by deadly
serpent resorts to certain plant, eats of it,
and escapes the effect of the poison. That is
instinct. Human beings on the other hand,
must depend on reason and experience in Sc
Letting the means of protecting health and life
against unwholesome influences. Now, what
does reason say on this vital subject2 Does il
not tell US that to invigorate and purify the
system is the best way to protect it against the
invisible poison which generates diseased
Surely.it does. The next question is, what
guide shall we follow in choosing medicinal
safeguard? Reason replies let your monitor
be experience. Well, the experience of eigh-
teen years comprised in one Wnbroken series Of
satisfactory testimonials assures us that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters possess Strengthening,
regulating and antiseptic properties which an
not combined in the same happy proportions
eng atbsF t as "a
sort when our health is imperilled either by
or by any other cause, whether Inherent and
constitutional or connected with our habits,
occupations and pursuits.
The venom of a noxious reptile is scarcely
more subtle and dangerous than that which
turks in foul air and impure water. To escape
the levers, bilious disorders, disturbances of
the bowels, and other serious malades pro-
duced by these insalubrious elements, it is alb
solutely necessary that the stomach and all the
secretive organs should be, so to speak, in a
robust condition. Upon the amount of resist
ance which the vital system can oppose to the
deleterious influences that assail it, the safety
of the health depends, and it is because the
GREAT VEGETABLE 1NvIGoRANT imparts energy
and regularity to the most important functions
of the body, that it can be recommended and
guaranteed as an Invaluable preventive medi-
cine.