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South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

! CATARRH.
SYMrToMs.-In the early stages OF the dis
ease the patient may be annoyed with " only
slight dropping in the throat, as many
express it; the amount of discharge from the
air passages of the head at this stage of the
disease being only slightly in excess of health.
In some cases the discharge is thick, ropy and
tougn, requiring frequent and strong effort in
the way of hawking. blowing and splitting to
remove it from the throat, where it frequently
lodges In other cases, or in other stages of
the same case, the disharge is thin, watery,
acrid, irritating and profUse. The nose may
be stopped up from the swollene and thick
ened condition OF the lining mucous mem
brane, so as to necessitate respiration through
the mouth, giving to the voice disagreeable
nasal twang. The disease sometimes assumes
a dry form, there being very little or no dis
charge. In some cases the patient suffers
from headache great portion of the time, or
may experience a dull, heavy. disagreeable
fullness or pressure in the head, with confu-
sion Of his ideas, which renders him quite
unfit for business, especially such as requires
deep thought and mental labor. Memory
may be more or less affected, and the dispo-
sition OF those who are otherwise amiable is
often rendered irritable, or morose aud deS-
pondent The mental faculties suffer to such
extent in some cases as to result in insanity.
The sense of smell is in many cases impaired,
and sometimes entirely lost, and the senses Of
taste and hearing may be more or less affected.
The secretion which is thrown out in the
more advanced stages of Chronic Catarrh be
comes so acrid. unhealthy and poisonous, that
it produces severe irritation and Inflammation
which are followed by excoriation and ulcera-
ton of the delicate lining membrane Of the
air passages in the head. As the liberation
eats its way up among the small bones the
discharge generally becomes profuse and often
excessively fetid, requires the frequent use of
the handkerchief, and renders the poor suf-
ferer disagreeable both to himself and those
with whom ne associates Thick, tough,
brownish incrustatiOns OF hardened Jumps
are many times formed in the head by the
evaporation of the watery portion of the dis
charge. These Jumps are sometimes so large
and tough that it is with great difficulty that
they can be removed. They are usually dis
charged every day OF two, but only to be sue
ceeded by another crop. II is painfully IN
pleasant to witness the ravages of this terri
bic disease, and observe the extent to which
it sometimes progresses Holes are eaten
through the roof of the mouth, and great cavi-
ties excavated into tine solid bones of the face,
and in such cases only the best and most
thorough treatment, both local and coDstitu-
tional, will check the progress and fatal ter
mination Of the disease
Only a few of the large number of symp
toms which have described as common to
the different stages of Catarrh will be likely
TO be manifested at one time in single case.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

FRENCH ToAsT.-Beat four eggs very
light, and stir with them pint of milk
slice some bakers bread, dip the pieces
into the egg, then lay them in pan of
hct lard and fry brown sprinkle little
powdered sugar and cinnamon on each
piece, and serve hot. If nicely prepar-
ed, this is an excellent dish for breakfast
or tea quite equal to waffies.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

Mr.. Parsons, in his lecture on Paris
tells about a young daughter of the
keeper OF the Morgue, who is in the
habit of entering the room where the
dead are lying on the marble-slabs, In
the middle of the night, and passing her
hand over the clammy faces to see If the
jets of cold water, which are kept play
ing upon the bodies, were falling as
10y ought.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
Marriage Relations in Franee.

The following statistical statement of
the number of applications for divorce,
or rather for legal separations, in France,
is interesting. In 1869 the petitions for
separations rose from 1899, which was
the number IN the previous year, to g.
056. OF these, 2,611 came from the
wife, and only AS from the husband
Four-tenths of the whole number, that
is 1920, emanated from the working
classes, 545 from landed proprietors,
490 from peasants, and 1856 from the
commercial classes. In 442 cases the
judge succeeded in effecting a a recon-
Citation, in 282 the petition was rejected,
and in 1882 the decree of separation
was pronounced. The reasons given
in support of the petitions throw light
on the character of the lower classes OF
French society. In LAT cases the wife
had been guilty of adultery +; in 65 the
man had kept concubine in the same
house with his wife in 230 one of the
parties had suffered degrading punish
ment, and in 1853 excuses, insults and
ill-treatment were the cause of the separ-
alton.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

TREATNe.-A party of gentlemen in a
liquor saloon disputing whether the
American system of not treating was
preferable couldn't settle the matter by
talking, and SO they went to work, test
ing the matter by practice First each
man took drink by himself After that
each single friend returned the comph-
ment. And finally each man in the party
there were six of them asked ali the
rest to drink When all that was accom-
plished, not soul in the room could
tell where the discussion originated, or
what it was about.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

The rage for tortoise-shell jewelry has
SO increased that it is feared the day will
shortly come when no more will the
voice of the turtle be hemd in the land
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

Sealskin viii be as much worn as ever
this Winter We have seen some sets of
this most beautifully adorned with trim
mings of wild-duck feathers.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

WOMEN IN ENGLAND lady in a re-
cent letter from Liverpool says "Here,
as in every other hotel in England, ]
found ladies at the bar, keeping the re-
gister of arrivals, and ASSIGNING rooms
to guests, receiving payment ot bills,
&c. So in the telegraph Office, and in
all the stores and shops, young and we'll
dressed ladies form large portion of the
attendance. 1 was greatly struck with
1t, and believe it would be well for our
people to adopt the custom of thus fur
nishing employment to large and most
dependent class of our people. Where
ever there is light and nimble work to be
done, we found universally ladies en-
ployed. In the extensive draper estab-
hshment of Lee, in Liverpool, frequent
ed and patronized by the nobility and
wealthy of the land, the long lines of
counters were attended by scores of beat
tiful young girls, tastefully dressed, and
who were waiting upon the crowds of
ladies and gentlemen purchasing sup
plies
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03

A REMARKABuE CAsE.-The Syracuse
Courier tells remarkable story of SOM
nambulism- A few days ago lady liv-
ing in Onandaga South Hollow, dreamt
that her father was i'll Hastings, Oswe-
go County, and needed her. She rose,
dressed herself, and started on foot for
Liverpool, there to take the cars for
Hastings. She reached the town a lit
tie after daylight, and stopped at the
house of Mr.. Fay, justice Of the peace,
having been asleep all the time. The
story does not bear great evidence of be-
ing true, for somnambulists rarely, if
ever, remember the dreams which make
them WALL
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
CATARRH.

The following we extract from little book on Chronic
Diseases, by r. V. PIERCE, NJ D.. Of Buffalo. n Y
Our readers receive this interesting and useful little
book postpaid BY enclosing postge stamp to the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
Make Home Attractive.

There is, among the sons and daugh
ters of farmers, widespread eagerness
to leave the old homestead in order to
seek better fortune, in the over-crowd.
ed city. We do not say to young far.
mers, "Stay away from the city," "Buy
land" and such like advice, which is vol.
unteered to them on all occasions, in sea-
son and out of season. If the son of a
farmer has an aversion to agricultural, Ia
Dor, if he is con tinually trying to get
away from it, and especially, if he shows
an adaptability for other, and to him ore
congenial, pursuits, he had better, by all
means, be allowed to follow the bent of
his natural inclination. But, in many
cases, this aversion to the labor of the
farm arises from the shiftless, thriitess,
unhappy surroundings of the homestead,
rather than from any constitutional dis
like to farming. : 1t is more than proba-
BILE that no efforts have been made to rem
der home attractive as well as useful.
With the advantage of plenty of room,
the farmers home may be made a para
disc to the eye, by means of trees, shrub
berry, walks, mounds. glens, and tastefully
constructed and arranged farm buildings.
Many farm has the facilities for an ar
tifcial lake, trout pond, or a cascade,
that could be constructed at very little
expense Of labor and money. All this
would be pleasing to the dye, and would,
in some measure, satisfy the longings for
the beautiful, which exists as we'll in the
minds of farmers sons and daughters as
in the minds of those who are city born
and bred
Another way of furnishing the means
of contentment to farmers sons is to pro-
vide them with tools and facilities for do
ing different kinds Of work. Almost every
boy has natural inclination for using
tools. If he has them at hand, he will
speedily learn to do many a job of repair
ing, that would cost the farmer twice the
price of the tools. In this way, the rudi-
ments of good trade may be picked up
at odd times, when, without the tools, the
boy would perhaps be tempted to run
away, or at least, to squander his time in
idleness.
Give the daughters piano, when it is
possible, and let them mingle the pleas
ures of music with the realities of hard
work. Give to all plenty of useful and
entertaining reading in the way of books
and papers and thus will their faculties
be developed to the perfection of the
whole being The grand secret of keep
ing children at home, and of promoting
home industry, is to make home attrac-
tive.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
A Temperance Cure.

A certain Hampshire county (Mass. J
farmer, noisy temperance man, by the
way, who is justly proud of his fine i'm,
ported stock, recently fancied that one of
his best mixers, was stricken with cattle
disease, and sent in great fright for the
village farrier, do little sort of fellow,
whom he had oftcn lectured for his tip
pliDg propensities. Dick came, examin-
ed the animal, looked grave and said:
"Have you any whiskey or brandy
handy?"
"No," said the farmer.
"Pat, run to the druggist as soon as
possible, and tell him | want quart of
brandy for medical purposes"
When the liquor arrived, Dick took
the bottle, uncorked it, smelt OF it, aud
taking a good drink, put the bottle in his
pocket, saying:
"Your cow will be all right presently
| have pulled thorn out OF her foot,
and walked Oft
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
Wedding Tours.

Wedding tours have become as fash
ionable as they are expensive. As a
fashionable custom we protest against
them. Let all who can afford it enjoy
the luxury to their hearts content, but
let none in moderate circumstances, who
need thousand things more than they
do view of Niagara, or a week at Sara
toga, purchase claim to notoriety, or a
respectable conformity to custom, at an
expense Of from two to five hundred dol
lars, by spending a few miserable days
among entire strangers, amid the hustle
confusion Of hotel life, or enjoying the
doubtful luxury Of being rode on rails.
Circumstances, in this as in every ques-
ton, determine proprieties. But what
we protest against is the tyrannical rule
Of fashion. 1t has no right to dictate in
this matter. 1t may be that the fancy
may be licensed to treat with poetical
Indifference the ordinary affairs of life on
so inspiring an occasion as that of mar
riage, but we can discover no valid reason,
nevertheless, why common sense should
be entirely discarded as too vulgar or
material thing to be associated with the
heavenly bliss of material experience.
Admitting that marriage should ele-
vatc one above the unromantic things of
this world for time, we believe there is
return again in most cases to the vul-
gar things of earth, to labor, to duty, its
perplexities as well as its ordinary pleas
ures, 1t is not inexpedient, then, to be
wise in this matter. How many, how
ever, are slaves to this fashionable folly,
who have not the courage to break away
from it How many arc led into an
extravaganza in this matter which they
cannot rightly afford, merely because
some more fortunate, Cor we might say
in many cases, more unfortunate do SO.
How many, contrary to reason and good
judgment, follow this fashion, merely to
make show, for the sake of appearance,
which must sooner or later, appear to
have been false and counterfeit
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
CHICKENS DROPPING AND DIVING.

The Rural Ne1c Yorker has the follow
ing: Chickens are very often seen in
the poultry yard dropping and moping
about, and fually die before any atten-
tion is paid them; and then breeders are
profuse in their queries as to what killed
their fowls. One reason is that the chick
ens are either too highly fed or become
lousy. In the former cases the food
should be chopped eggs, bread and meat
scraps from the table chopped fine, and
let them have plenty of fresh mold and
road sand or gravel. In the latter case,
put some worm wood in their water and
grease the head thoroughly with lard or
fresh butter. In our youthful days the
first thing we did after the chicken was
out of the shell was to saturate its head
well with fresh butter. This precaution,
in our opinion, has saved many brood.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
Advancement Of Rooms.

Give your apartments expression-ohar-
acter. Rooms which mean nothing are
cherries, indeed. Study light and shade,
and the combination and arrangement OF
drapery, furniture and pictures. Allow
nothing to look isolated, but let every
thing presentan air of sociability. Observe
a room Immediately after a number have
left it, and then, as you arrange the
furniture, disturb as little as possible the
relative positions Of chairs, ottomans and
sofas Place two or three chairs in a
conversational attitude in some CHEEKY
corner, an ottoman within easy distance
of sofa, chair near your stand of
stereoscopic views or engravngs, and one
where a good light will fall on the book
which you may reach from the table near.
Make little studies of effect which shall
repay the more than casual observer, and
do not leave it possible for one to make
the criticism which applies to so many
homes, even Of wealth and elegance
q Fine carpets, handsome furniure, few
pictures and elegant nothings-but how
dreary !" The chilling atmosphere is felt
at once, and we cannot divest ourselves
of the idea that we must maintain a stiff
and severe demeanor, to accord with the
spirit of the place. Make your homes
then, so cosy and cheerful that, if we visit
you, we may be joyous aud unconstraiued,
and not feel ourselves out of harmony
with our surroundings.-Art ReVie.o.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
The Influence Of Pretty Women.

Life becomes more harmonious, it beats
with a keener pulse of enjoyment, in the
presence Of pretty women. After ALL a
charming little figure, piquant little
foce, is the best remedy for half the ills
of existence, its worries, its vexations, its
dullness, its disappointments. And even
in the largest and more placid types of
beauty, in the beauty of Lady Dambelle,
if there is ting of stupidity, there, is,
at any rate, an atmosphere of repose, a
genial influence, moulding our social con-
verse and habits into genter shapes.
1t is amusing to see how the prettiness
of woman tells on her dress, how the or
der and propriety of her dress tells on
her home. The pursuit of beauty, the
habit of prettiness, give. an idea dignity
to the very arrangement of her bonnet
strings. In every movement, in the very
sweep of her ample folds, in the pose of
her languor, in the gay start Of her excite
ment, one feels the softening, harmonic
ing influence of her last look in the glass
She may be gay or sorrowful, quiet or
energetic, but she must be pretty. Beau
ty exercises an imperceptible compulsion
over her, which moulds her whole life in
to graceful and harmonious forms Her
dress rises out OF the mere clothing of
man into the regions of science, of poe
try, of art. A thousand considerations of
taste, hormonies of color, contrasts CORES
pondencies, delicate adjustments, of light
and shade, dictate the choice Of shawl
or the tint of glove.
And as prettiness tells on dress, it tells
on the home. Flowers, pictures, the gay
notes of a sonata, the coziest of couches,
gorgeous hues of Indian tapestry, glass
work Of Murano, hundred exquisite
something's and nothings, are the natura
setting Of pretty women. The art of the
boudoir tells on all but the chaos of the
husbands study. Around that last re-
fuge of barbarsm floats an atmosphere Of
taste aud refnements in which the pretty
wife lives and moves and has her being
And from this tone Of the home grows
the tone of society, the society laws of
goods humor, of propriety, of self-re-
straint, of consideration for others, of gen
tleness, Of vivacity. The very hush of
the rough tones that have thundered over
Peoponeses as Pericles bends over Aspa-
sa, the little turns and delicacies of
phrase, the joyous serfdoms and idleness
of the manifest and most energetic of men,
tells of the triumph of pretty women.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
To Young Men.

Let the business of every one alone
and attend to your own. Don't buy what
you dent need. Strive to use every
hour to advantage, and study to make
every reisure hour useful. Look over
your books regularly. If a stroke of mis-
fortune comes upon your business, re
trench, RETRENCH, work the harder, but
neUer Ry the track. Confront difficulties
with bold and unfinching perseverance,
and you will be honored, but shirk and
you will be despised Seek to acquire
the power of continuous application, with
out which you have no reason to except
success. If you do this you will be able
to perceive to difference which it creates
between you and those who have not
such habits You will not count your
self, nor will they couGt you, as one Of
their number. Thus will Gnd yourself
emerging into the higher regions Of in
tellectual and earnest men-MEN who are
capable of clearing the way and making
place for themselves, instead of stand
ing idly eraping, waiting for place to
come to them or for something to turn
up.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
Saving Hateful" THINGS.

What a strange disposition is that
which leads people to say "hateful,"
things for the mere pleasure of saying
them. When you have done your best
to please, and are feeling very kindly aud
pleasantly, out will pop some underhand
stab which you alone can comprehend
sneer which is masked, but which is too
we'll amied to be misunderstood. Just
half dozen words, only for the pleasure
of seeing cheek flush and an eye lose
its brightness, only spoken because he is
afraid you are too happy or too couceited.
Yet they are worse than so many blows.
How many sleepless nights have such
mean attacks caused tender heartel menl
How after them, one awakes, with aching
eyes and head, to remember that speech
before everything,-that bright, sharp,
well aimed needle of speech that probed
the very centre of your soul !-Household.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08

The Fate of a Fighting Dog.

A man he owned a terrier dog
a bob-tailed onery cuss-
And that there purp got that there>man
In many an ugly muss;
For the man he was on his muscle,
And the dorg he was on his bite;
So to kick the dog-goned animile
Was sure to raise fight.
A woman owned Thomas cat,
That fit at fifteen pounds
The other cats got up and slid
When that there cat was round.
The man and his dorg came along one day,
Where the woman she did dwell,
And the purp he growled ferociously,
Then went for the cat tlke-everything.
lie tried to chew the neck the cat,
But the cat he wouldn't be chewed,
So he lit on the back of that there dog,
And bit and clawed and cawed /!
Oh the hair it flew and the dog he youled 4!
As the claws went in to his hide,
And chunks of flesh peeled from his back;
Then he fumuxed, and kicked, and died
Inc man he ripped, and cussed, and swore,
As he gathered a big brickbat,
That he would be burned essentially
Ifhe didn't kill that cat
But the old woman allowed she'd be bless'd if
he did,
And snatched up an old shotgun,
Which was fired, and peppered his diaphragm
With bird shot number one.
They totted him home on n widow blind,
And the doctor cured him up;
Butshe never was known to fight again,
Or to own another purp.
Folks may turn up their snoots at this here
rhyme,
/ don't care cuss for that;
All want to show is, that fighting dorgs
Nay tackle the ,rrong Ton, cat.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08
NO. 7.
SlurS on Women.

OF all evils prevalent among young
men, we know of none more blighting in
its moral effects than to speak sighting
ly Of the virtue of women. Nor is there
anything in which young men are so
thoroughly mistaken, as in the low esti-
mate they form of the integrity of women
not Of their own mother and sisters,
but of others, who they forget, are some
body else's mothers and sisters. As a
rule, 10 person who surrender to this de-
basing habit is to be trusted with any en-
terprise requiring integrity of character.
Plain words should be spoken on this
point for the evil is general one, and
deep rooted. If young men are some-
times thrown into the society Of thought
less or lewd women, they have 20 more
right to measure all other women by wbas
they see of these, than they would have
to estimate the character of honest and
respectable citizens upon the develop
ments of crimes in our police courts
Let our young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
utter faith in women. No worldly wis
dom, no misanthropic philosophy, no
generalization, can cover or weaken this
fundamental truth. 1t stands like the
record of God itself-for it is nothing
less than this-and should put an ever
lasting seal upon lips that were wont to
speak slightingly Of women.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08

An old negress who was on exhibition
in New England "as the oldest living per-
son" rather overdid her part the other
day, when asked if she ever seen George
Washington, by saying, "0h yes he used
to come mp where lived in New Hanp-
shire every year to the Fourth Of July
celebration, aud we always made heap
of him, which was the reason he liked to
come"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-06-08

\ Snowman in the State of Main want
ed to exhibit an Egyptian mummy, aud
attended at the Court House to obtain
permission. "What is it you want to
show ?" inquired the Judge. can Egyp-
tian mummy more than three thousand
years DID," said the Snowman. Three
thousand years old !" exclaimed the ejudge,
jumping to bis feet, "and is the critter
alive ?"