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South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Easy Method OF Catting Glass.

THE cutting of glass, SAYS the Tschn0l0-
gist, is an operation so frequently put in
practice in the laboratory, that any simple
means of effecting it is sure to run the
rounds of the press as o o as published.
Almost all the methods in common use
are very old. OF course, for cutting fat
glass, such as window panes, the diamond
is the best agent. For cutting rounds, or
ovals, out of flat glass, the diamond is the
best tool; and if the operator has no dia-
mond, it will always pay to carry the job
to a glazier, rather than to waste time and
make a poor job by other and inferior
means. When, however, it is required to
cut off a very little from a circle or oval,
the diamond is not available except in
very skillful hands. In this case, a pair of
pliers, or very dull scissors, is the best
tool, and the cutting is best performed
under water. A little practice will enable
the operator to shape a small round, or
oval, with great rapidity, ease and preci-
sion. When bottles or TASKS are to be cut
the diamond is still the best tool in skill
full hands; but ordinary operators will
succeed best with pastiles, or a red-hot
poker. We prefer the latter, as being the
most easily obtained, and themost efficient !;
and we have never found any difficulty in
cutting off broken TASKS SO as to make
dishes, or to carry a cut spirally round a
long bottle, so as to cut it in the form of a
corkscrew. And, by the way, when so cut,
glass exhibits considerable elasticity, and
the spiral may be elongated like a ringlet.
The process is very simple. The line of
the cut should be marked by chalk, or by
passing a thin strip of paper alongside of
it; then make a file mark to commence the
cut; apply the hot iron, and a crack will
start; and this crack will follow the iron
wherever We choose TO lead it.
For drilling holes in glass, a common
steel drill, well made and tempered, is the
best tool. The steel should be worked at
a low temperature, so as to be sure not to
burn it, and then tempered as hard as pos
sible, in either murcury or a bath of salt
water that has been well boiled. Such a
drill will go through glass very rapidly, If
kept well moistened. A good liquid for
m~Oistening such drills is turpentine, in
which some camphor has been dissolved,
This was the lubricator recommended by
Griffin in his work on chemical manipula-
ton, and it has been frequently published
since. Diluted sulphuric acid is equally
good, if not better; and we have found
carbolic acid singularly efficient.
1t is stated that at Berlin, glass castings
for pump barrels, etc, are drilled, planCd,
and bored, like iron ones, and in the same
lathes and machines, by the aid of sui
phuric acid.
A little practice with these different
plans will enable the operator to cut and
work glass as easily as brass or iron.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

selves in the luxury of bouquet, for there
are so many more necessary things re-
quired, and so many ways for money"
"Yes," answered Mrs. Manton, there
are many ways for money, certainly; but
the c~ultivators of flowers are very poorly
paid. their products require the utmost
labor, care and skill. Since l have Guilt
waited flowers myself, l will never again
begrudge the price of a bouquet. II flow
ers are not a necessity, they sweeten LIES
thorny pathway, and much money is ex-
pended upon ribbons and needless fneTy
which might better be paid for them"
as that so? l never dreamed it was
much trouble to rear flowers" replied Mrs.
Linton.
After tea Mrs. Manton said to her
friend, off you will excuse me now, l will
go and gather strawberries for breakfast
and for preserving tomorrow"
40, that reminds me" was the reply,
I" that l have brought some sugar, preserv-
ing Jars and can with me; I thought as
you raised your own strawberries, you
would not miss enough fo- my family from
your vines"
1.-The season has not been q propitious
one for b-ries, nevertheless I will share
what l have with you" repliedthe hospita-
bic hostess.
Upon going to The strawberry beds, they
found them in sad condition. The music
girl and Mrs. Linton's three children had
preceded them, and had tramped all over
the beds, bruised and jammed the ripe ber-
ries, and trodden the green ones into the
ground, so that but Few could come to per
lection, and those few Mrs. Linton pre-
served for her own use, apologizing for so
doing by saying Strawberries are so dear
in the city and as you raise your own, they
cost you nothing, and you must have
frasted upon them until they lost their
reli 81"
The Antwerp raspberries were just
ripening and the children paid their at
tention TO them next, much in the same
manner as they had done TO the strawber-
ries, and, to make e long story short,
when they returned to their city home az
the close of the week, the MantOn
grounds Looked as though a hurricane had
swept over them. Not a flower remained
to beautify the garden, the young shrub
berry was broken, the strawberry beds
ruined for the season, the raspberry bushes
broken of, ETC., etc.
1t is madness to say that when her city
friends took their departure, Mrs. MantOn
offered up a silent prayer of thanksgiving
and felt relieved at The thought that
another year must pess. before she could
be called upon to entertain any more
strawberry friends, yet as the summer and
autumn waned, her patience was often
abused with similar inconsiderate visitors,
who acted upon the theory that the good
things of the country grew spontaneously,
and that country people who refuse to d.
vide them free gratis, with their city
friends, are a small parsimonious set.
Reader, this is an DER true tale, and its
moral would point out to those who have
no experience in horticultural and agricul-
tural productions how little they really
know of the labor requisite to bring to
perfection those good gifts of Nature
which they fancy are Indigenous to rural
air and country soiL-T0ledO Blade.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
A Chinese Will.

A CHNAMAN died, leaving his property
to his three SONS, as follows: To Fun
Hum, his eldest, one-half thereof; Nu-Pin
his second son, one-third thereof; and to
Ding-Bat, his Youngest, o~ne-ninth there
of. When the property was inventoried,
it was found to consist of nothing more
nor less than seventeen elephants; and it
puzzled these three heirs to decide how to
divide the property according to the terms
of the will, without chopping up the
seventeen elephants, and thereby seriously
impair their value. Finally they applied
to a wise neighbor, Sum-Punk, for advice.
Sum-Punk had an elephant of his own.
He drove it into the yard with the seven
teen and said, "Now we will suppose that
your father has left these eighteen ele-
plants. Fun Hum, take your half and
depart" So Fum-Hum took his nine ele-
plants and went his way. "Now, Nj
Pin" said the wise man, stake your third
and git" So Nu-Pin took his elephants
and Travelled. "Now, Ding-Bat," said the
wise man, "take your ninth and BECOME"
So Ding Bat took two elephants and abb
s~quatulated. Then Sum. Punk took his
own elephant and drove home again.
Query: Was the property divided accord
ing to the will?
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Remedy for Rattlesnake Bite.

LAST summer, while in Kansas, I learn
ed of g certain remedy for the bite of the
rattlesnake. As it may benefit some one
of your numerous readers who may find
that he is a victim to the venomous bite, l
herewith send the cure with the advice to
try it: Make a poultice of fresh cow
manure and apply to the wound; change
every half hour. A thorough trial Of this
remedy was made on the person of a little
girl living with Mrs. Sperry, of Hiawatha,
Brown County, Kansas. This little girl
had been bitten on the arm the doctor
was sent for, tried his remedies, and fail
ed. The child's arm and body swelled
rapidly, began to turn black, and the child
appeared to be going into commissions,
when a woman from quite a distance, hear
ing of the case, came and advised the trial
of this remedy. They tried 1t as a last re-
sort, and it acted like a charm; convul-
sions subsidized, swelling went down, black
ness disappeared, the child recovered en-
tirely from all effects, and is now living as
healthy as any other child not bitten. 1t
might not act on another the same, but it
might be used in connection with internal
remedies or as a last resort, as it was in
this case.-Cer. Rural Nep Yorker.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

DR.. R. V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, n. Y, in his
book on Chronic Diseases, says in regard to
his Golden Medical Discovery, with which our
readers are familiar, 'from its wonderful
power over consumption of the lungs, L had
thought strongly of calling 1t my Consump-
tive Cure ; but from the fact that it is a per-
feet specific for the sore throat and hoarse-
ness to which ministers and other public
speakers and singers are subject, and also for
bronchitis and all sevsrs coughs, and is an in.
valuable remedy for diseases of the liver, and
also as a blood purifyer, 1 decided not to ap-
ply to it a lame which might mislead and pre-
vent its use in other diseases for which it is
admirably adapted.
at will cure a cough in one halfthe time
necessary to cure it with any other medicine,
andi it does it not by drying it up, but by re-
moving the cause-subduing the irritation
and healing the affected parts"
This valuable medicine is sold by all first
class druggists. 574
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

has been kept for one day will hardly sink
to the bottom; at three days old it will
float in the liquid, and when five days old
it will float on the surface, the proportion
elevated above the surface being in pro-
portion to its age. These phenomena are
caused by the drying out of the eggs; and
the extent to which they take place IN a
given time depends somewhat on the
weather. Smearing the eggs with lard or
butter prevents this; but these oily mat
tiers are apt to become rancid, and til s
destroy the flavor of the EGGS. Dipping
the eggs in lime water is also re M
m 9nded. The lime fills the pores OF the
eggs, and serves the same purpose that the
grease did. But Of all the materials hat
nave been recommended for This rurpo-',
water glass, or ~silicate of SOFA is tn m It
effectIal and least objectionaDle.-SVttish
H1TyDor
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Turning Down Green Crops.

In has got into the papers that blowing
down green crops produces acid in the
soil from the decomposition which is hurt
full to crops; that it is better to turn under
when the crop is matured, that the decom-
position will then be slower, and no hurt
will result.
This is doubtless true with some soils
those deficient in alkaline matter. But
as most soils contain lime and potash and
other kindred materials, this acid is not
only harmeless but beneficial, as it unites
with the alkalis making plant food, which
otherwise might lie as it already has for
ages, useless to vegetation
1t is for this reason that the turning
under of green crops is highly recon-
mended, not because its chemical action is
known, but because experience has demon
strated its advantage. The great majority
of cases have demonstrated that it is a
good thing to turn down the full, blossom
ing, ~succulent crop. The alkalis are most
always present in some form to take up
and unite with the acid. In soils where
the acids remain free, would it not be well
to sprinkle the clover with line before
blowing, or previously apply it to the soil ?
In such a case, lime would be a benefit in
any event, as the soil requires it.-UticG
Herald.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
How We Used TO be Physicked.

Who does not remember the time when spring
purgation was considered indispensable to sum-
mer health? No matter for WY faces. the inevita-
bic salts and SIENNA, rhubarb. or calomel and jalap,
must be administered. These 'spring medicines"
the youngsters were told, were to keep them hale
and hearty during the summer. We all knownow
that this was a fallacy; that new vigor, not deple-
ton, is what is required at the commencement Of
the summer ~solstiee. AS a preparation for the en-
ervating effects of oppressive summer weather, a
course Of Hos etter's Stomach Bitters is highly
expedient. This famous vegetable preparation
has three prominent properties: 1t renoyates, pu-
rifles, and regulates all the functions Of the body.
1t is composed exclusively of pure vegetable pro-
ductions, viz: the essential principle of Mononga-
hela Rye, and the most eficacious tonic and alter
alive roots, barks, and gums known to the medL
cal botanists. Hence, it is an absolutely safe med
icine, and no tincture of the Pharmacopeia can
compare with 1t, either in purity, or in the variety
Of its objects, and its comprehensive results.
Happily for mankind, the theory that it was neces-
sary to PROSTATE a patient in order to cure him, is
forever exploded, and the true philosophical doc
trine, that vigor is the great antagonist of disease,
has taken its place. Hostetter's Bitters is an in
vigorant, and hence It is the proper medicine for
the feeble at this most trying season of the year.
Be sure that you obtain the genuine article, as
there are innumerable vile limitations in the mar
ket. Look TO the ornamental stamp, the engraved
label, and the name blown into the glass. Hostel
ter's stomach Bitters is sold in bottles only.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
SARSAPARILLIAN RES0LVENT,
The Great Blood Purifier.

Euery drop Of the SARSAPARILLIAN RESOLVENT
communicates through the Blood. Sweat, Urine. and olhe
fluids and juices of the system, he UfgOr Of Lge. fortre
pairs the wastes Of the body with new and sound material
ScrQfld, Syphilis. Consumption, GNldHIn. dsseotss, ~
GERS IN MsutTOdt and mouth, TmD9Ors, NOdesH The 0d1ld1
and Other parts Of The system, Sore Eyes, StTuHlOT0Ms DIS
chGTgss from ne Ems, aRdthe tnorst LoTHls or Skn ds
eases, ErUpiOns FsreT Sores, Scgd Head, Hing Worm
Sdt Rhstun, ErysipaGs, Acne, Black spots, Worms nine
Flesh, TuqOTS, CGRoerSLRhe Womb, dRdd medkeRH0
and painful discharge, NightSre0ts, LOss Of SDa1HGnd
all tnnses NJ TIE lie principle, are tuNfR Tie cuTdtre
range Of his loORder Of Modern Chemistry, and a Jet
dITS use lctH prOretO any person using uJOT eAtd o.
these forms Of dise0se is pOteH tpOlrer 10 cure them
If the patient, daily ecOmingreduced by the wastes and
decomposition that's continually progressing. succeedstn
arrestng these wastes, and repairs the same with new ma
teiGl madefrum GOodheathy biOOd-and this the SAR
SAPARILLIAN will and does secure-a cure Is certain;
for, when once this remedy commences its work of purit
cation. and succeeds in diminishing the loss ofwastCS. its
repairs viii be rapid, and every day the patient will feelhlm-
self growing better and stronger, the food digesting better,
appetite improving, and flesh and weight increasing.
Not only does the SABSAPARLLLAN REsOLVENT excel
all known remedial agents in The cure OF Chronis, SeroIu-
| lous, Constitutional and Skin diseases; but it Is the only
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

THE fire department of New York con-
sists of one chief engineer and nine assist
ant engineers, and 5S4 company officers
and men. The apparatus in actual use
consists of 81 steamers, with tenders and
hose complete, and 10 hook-and-ladder
trucks, fully equipped. The number of
fires occurring during the period between
April, 1870, and April, 1871, was 1,105, and
the aggregate losses thereby amounted to
81 3S9OOI.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

-"Gris," the humorous correspondent
of the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle, has
been doing up Missouri for that paper. In
a letter from Palmyra, Missouri, he gets
off the following: "They tell some anus
ing anecdotes of one of the earliest set
tiers here. He was the first postmaster.
If a man wanted q letter he would be con
PEELED to hunt up the postmaster, and
would very likely find him in aheld, plow-
ing. On inquiry, If there was anything
in the post office for him, the postmaster
would stop his team, sit down on the
ground, and, removing his hat, take out
the letters deposited there, running them
over to see if there was one for the appli-
cant. Il declare he would sometimes re-
mark, this post Office is increasing SO 1
shall be compelled TO buy a bigger hat.'n
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

"THE WIND IS TEMPERED TO THE sHoRN
LAMB" otherwise the delicate organization of
woman could never bear up under the severe
trials which it is her lot TO endure. AS q
means of sustaining her strength, and bring
ing her safely through the difficulties and
dangers of which she is by nature the heiresS,
no medicine ever prescribed is comparable to
DR.. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR BIT
TIERS. In all arrangements of the female sys-
TEN it restores regularity, promotes physical
Yigor and mental reDose.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

THE CHLDREN's HoUR.-Two full
page and other smaller illustrations are given in
the July number, with reading matter well calcu-
lated to amuse and instruct the children. Speci-
men numbers OF this neat little monthly are sent
to applicants on receipt of stamp for postage. T.
S. ARTHUR & Sons. Philadelphia, at s1.s5 ayear;
five copies, $500: ten, and one extra, $1,000.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

ARTHUR's LADY's HOME MAGAZINE
"The IIappiest Time" a pleasant picture of
childhood and age, is a double-page illustrate n
In the July number. ''Intot the Country" Is an en-
tertaing sketch with fuIl-pags illustration. There
are slsO several fashion illustrate, ms. Published
by 7. S. ARTHUR & Sons, Philadelphia. Terms,
SEA year; three copies, 40; four, So; eight, and
one extra, S12; fifteen, and one extra, go.
Splendid new steel engravings to getters-up OF
cluha
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

THE NATIONAL SCHOOL FESTIVAL
The July number of this quarterly magazine is
issued, and is filed with q choice collection Of
original dialogues, Rotations and other exercises
for Sunday and Day School exhibitions, concerts
etc. Published quarterly by ALFRED L. SEwEIL
& Co., so Washington street, Chicago, H., at fifty
cents a year. Single numbers fifteen cents.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

PAIN KuLER.-In another column will be found
the advertisement Of Davis Pain Killer. there is
probably no other preparation manufactured that
has become so much Of a household word as the
Pain Killer. For thirty years it has stood before the
public, and the innumerable testimonials that have
been called forth voluntarily, testify fully to its
merits. Ween you need q family medicine buy
the Pain Killer.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

Little Johnny's mother reached for
him with her slipper the other evening for
hooking the jelly, and after giving him a
good spanking, she was surprised to hear
him laugh over it, aud demanded the cause
of it. AZ was thinking how l had fooled
you it was Garry who hooked the jelly"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

This paper is prepared by a corpse Editors Of special
qualifications, and every palnsls taken to makeltlndispenE
able to every Railroad Man. tits altogether independents
avoids all undue putting Of men or corporations, gives
news fnny and impartiaIly, aims especially to give pTacfE
cal Information which viii directly aid its readersin the
rosecution of their business. Business men and In the
1uRoAD GAzErTE the earliest information Of theopa
eofnew stations on railroads IN course Of construction,
dare thus enabled to establish relations with such town
mthe beginning Of their existence
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Dr.. RAnwAYs rERFEeT PURsATTYE Pills,

perfectly taStelcSs, elegantly coated with sweet gum, purge,
regulate, purify, cleanse and strengthen Railways Pills,
for the cure Of al disorders Of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels,
kidEeyS, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Headache, COns1pa-
ton, COstiveness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, BiliOusness, BIZ
iOus Fever, Inflammation Of the Bowels, Piles, and all De
fragments Of the Internal Niscera- Warranted 10 efecta
positive cure. Purely Vegetable, containing no mercury,
minerals, or dcleterious drugs.
~ Observe the following symptoms resulting from
Disorders OF the Digestive Organs:
Constipation, Inward Piles, r Iness of the Blood in the
Head, Acidity ofthe stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust
OF Food. Fulness or Weight IN the Stomach, Sour Eructa-
tons, Sinking or FlutteJtng ut the Pit of the Stomach.
Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering attic Heart, ChOkine, or SutOcatng Sensations
when I'M Lying Posture, Dinness Of Vision, Dots or
Webs before the Sight. Fever and Dull Pain in The Head
A few doses OF RADWAYrSPuLS will free the system
from all the aboyenamed disorders. Price, % cents per
box. OLD By DRUGGISTS.
REAL FALSE \ TRUE.- Send one letterstanp
to RADWAY & co, No. 81 Maiden Lane, New York.
Information worth thOuSandS viii be sent you
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
An LFTTER

from a prominent gentleman and resident Of Cincinnati
Ohio, for the past Orty years well known to the book pub
lshers throushOutthe United States:
NEW YORE, Oct. 18th, 1870.
DE-. RADwNY-DaQr Sir IL am induced by a sense Of
duty To the suffering to make q brief statement Of the work
ing OF your medicine on myself. For several years i had
been affected with some troubled IN the bladder and urinary
organs, which some twelve months ago culminated In a
most terribly affecting disease, which the physicians all
said was a prostate structure in the uretha, as also infiam-
nation Of the kidneys and bladder, and gave II as their
opinion that my age-B prevent my ever
Clans, and had taken alarge quantity OF medicine, both al
lOpathic and homeopathic, but had got nOreheL. Ihad
dies; and some four months ago read anodce In the Phil
adelphia Saturday EceaiHO Post Of a cure having been
effected on a person who had long been suffering as had
been Iwentright OF and got some OF each-yOUr Sarsa-
pariIian Resolyent, Ready Relief and Regulating Pills
and commenced taking them. In three days was greatly
relieved, andHow feel as well as sever.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

rheumatism says "No description of my case
can convey the amount of benefit l have de-
rived from the use of JohnSon'S AnodyRe Linz
iment. l believe it is the best article in the
world for rheumatism.n
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

If a horse has agood constitution, and has
once beena good horse, no matter how old or
how much run down he may be, he can be
greatly improved, and in many respects made
as good as new, bya liberal use Of Sheriddn's
Cavalry Condition POWDERS.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07

Somebody has written a book entitled
What shall my son be?" Upon which
some n replies, eff the boy be as bad as
the book the chances are that he will be
hanged.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-07
Tumor of Twelve Years Growth Cured by
d Resolvcnt.

BEvEELY, Mass July IS. 1853.
DE-. RADwKY:-Ihave had Ovarian Tumor in the Oya-
ries and bowels. All the doctors said ~there was no cure
frit." l tired everything that was recommended; but
nothing helped me. ] saw your ReSOlvent. and thought |
would try II; buthad no faith init because l had suffered
for twelve years. ItOok six bottles Of the ResOlvent, and
one box Of Railways Pills, and two bottles Of your Ready
Relief; and therci nota sign of tumor TO be seen or felt,
and l feel better, smarter, and happier than l have Tor
Twelve years. The worst tumOr was IN the left side Of the
bowels, over the groin. write this to you for the benefit
Of Others. You can publish itif you choose.