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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-03
TRANSPORTATION.
Cleveland & Pittsburgh r. R.

-HszRal ON AND AFTER No
&XSG VENEER Ii, 1871. Trains
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-03

Branch OF Kohn, Adler & Co., Market St,
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
Boards and MuStaclleS.

We read in the English papers that
certain reverend gentleman has set HIM
self to attack the modern practice of cler-
gymen wearing the beard and mustache.
His principal point against these hirsute
appendages is, that, "while beard and
mustache interfere with distinct utter
ance, impeding clear and effective speech,
both together, or even one or the other
separately Obstructs the play and express
sion of the mouth, and thus hides and
hinders the manifestation of feeling" The
position taken seems to us to be false one.
The gentleman will find it difficult to
prove that the wearing of the beard affects
the contrary, We believe it to be demon
strable that the muscles of the throat
are stronger where they are protected by
their natural covering, and the bronchial
organs are less liable to disease. If such
be the fact, the voice, also, must neces-
sarily be stronger, and more capable of
the various effects which, taken together,
90 to constitute successful oratOry. AS to
whether the beard obstructs the play of
the features or not, that is mere matter
of individual opinion. To us, it adds to,
rather than detracts from, the expression
of the mouth !; but even if it were other
wise, it would be of less consequence than
the reverend gentleman ascribes to it. The
mouth is by no means of the supreme i'm
pOrtance he seems to imagine. Cicero
was better advised when he declared that
the eyes bear sovereign sway in oratory.
1t is n question, too, whether the loss of
the grave and reverend appearance I'M
parted by full beard would be compen-
stated by the more perfect exhibition of
the muscles of the mouth, even if the lat
ter were of the imputed consequence. A
worthy clergyman of Queen Elizabeth's
time gave as a reason for wearing a very
long bcard-''that no act of his life might
be unworthy of the gravity of his appear
ance.' We commend this sentiment To
the consideration of the author of the new
crusade against mans natural ornament
-Erchanqe.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

1t is from the vast fields of rOse-trces at
Puteaux that the perfumers of Paris obtain
the necessary supply of roses. Little by
little these fields have diminished, and at
last to such an extent that those interested
in obtaining the flowers deemed it time to
inquire the cause. The result of this in
quiry is that the cultivation of roses at
PuteauX threatens to be abandoned, for
three reasons. In the first place, because
the land is sold for building villas with
gardens second, because the roses are no
longer sufficiently remunerative; thirdly,
because the severe frOsts of last winter de-
stroyed the greater part of the plantations.
A representative of the Paris perfumers
asked the cultivatOrs to name the price
which would remunerate them for the cul-
tivation of the roses they replied, IS If
we receive one hundred francs four
pounds sterling] per hundred Kilograms,
we will replant our fields" The cOndi-
tons were accepted by the perfumers,
and these rose fields are to bloom again as
of old. At Adrianople the rose fields ex-
tend over some $4,000 or 1900 acres.
The season for picking the roses is from
the latter part of April to the beginning
of June, and at sunrise the plains look
like vast garden full of life and fra
GRANGE, with hundreds of Bulgarian boys
and girls gathering the blooms into bas-
kets and sacks. These rose fields gencr-
ally produce abundant crops, and cOnsti-
tute the most important source of wealth
in the district.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
Papering old Walls.

Housekeepers frequently meet with diff
ficuIty in their efforts to cover with paper
old walls that have been whitewashed.
Perhaps the walls have had a dozen coats
of whitewash, laid one over the other, and
each one is now scaling from the rest in
thin flakes. To get paper to stick to
such wall would be very difficult. 1t is
not difficult to get the paper to stick to
the outer layer, but when this layer peels
off, the paper, Of course comes with it.
The only reliable remedy for this state
of things. says an exchange, is to remove
all the old whitewash by scraping and
washing. This process is labOriOus and
tedious, but it is the only one that is good
for anything. Some persons wash the
wall with vinegar, which . kills. the lime
and allows the paste to adhere, but the
compound formed by the vinegar and
lime attracts moisture so freely that the
wall is always kept damp.
If the labor of Scraping be objected to,
the best plan is to wash the wall with a
solution of sulphate of zinc, or white Wit
riOl, a cheap salt that may be had from any
druggist. When this substance comes
in contact with lime, it is decomposed,
and there is formed a quantity of sulphate
of lime or plaster of Paris and white zinc.
The surface is therefore rendered hard
and white, and as these substances have
very little attraction for moisture, they
are not liable to the same objection thai
holds good in the case of vinegar. In
fact, the effect is to produce surface that
is composed of nearly the same materials
as hard ffnish.-Ihe Household.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
HydrOphObia.

Whatever charlatans may say, there is
no known remedy for canine madness.
When bitten, the surest means to escape
Infection is the application of rcd-hOt iron
with n firm hand, and as soon as possible.
A curtain-rOd, small poker, a bit of stout
wire, a knife, any iron nearest to hand,
heated to a bright red, will suffice. With
this the wound must be sounded and
burned. 1t is good to put the iron again
into the fire, and repeat the operation
effectually. The pain is quite supportable.
NJ. Leblanc, senior, says that the cauter-
ization gives the person bitten, not ex-
actly pleasure, but decided satisfaction.
because the sense of preservation and
safety completely overpowers the pain
inflicted. In Hayti, where canine mad
ness is common, they apply gunpowder
to the wounded parts, and then set fire to
1t. After this a blister, and mercurial
treatment carried to salvation, complete
the cure, or rather prevent the disease. OF
course, after these necessary precautions,
any known nOstram may be employed.
Old women's precepts and popular pre-
scriptions can do no harm, and may do
good by keeping up the patients spirits,
and inspiring him with hopes of a favor
able result.
1t is great consolation to know that a
person may be bitten by really mad dog
without contracting the disease. A bite
through clothing has rarely serious conse-
quences the saliva-the only vehicle OF
infection-being thus wiped from the ami
mails teeth. Out of twenty individuals
bitten, it Is uncertain how many will go
mad perhaps none. But it Is quite GER
tain that they will not all go mad. The
cause Of their escape is unknown; but
such escapes makes the fortune of clarla-
tans, cunning men, and practicers OF
superstitions. Bitten persons, who have
taken such and such drugs, or have gone
through such and such devotional forms,
and remain unframed, never fail, they
and theirs, to attribute the result to the
means employed. But it is a reassuring
thought, likely to have a favorable influ-
ence. without hindering the employment
of rational precautions, to know that,
although bitten, 1t is quite possible not to
be touched by the poison. Infinitely bet
ter it is to persuade the patient Of this
than to hazard remedies which will make
as many victims as there are persons fool
ish enough to try them.-Applcton's
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
Defend Your Health.

The fall OF the leaves not only symbolzes hu-
man decay, but promotes it. In other words, the
enluvia from dying and rotting vegetation is I'M
favorable to health. To this and other CAUSES
especially excess of moisture in the atmosphere
may be ascribcd the prevalence of acute disor-
ders of the stomach, bowels and liver ut this sea-
SON. Every person of bilious habit is liable to be
rc-y bilious in the fall. Then, too, all persons
whose digestion is weak are more than ordinarily
dyspeptc, and individuals predisposed to collie,
diarrhna and dysentery are particularly likely to
be attacked by these complaints The most COM
plete defense against each and all of these dis
tressing ailments is bodily vigor. To obtain this
blessing in all its plentitudc where it does not ex
list, and to preserve and perpetuate it where it
docs exist, IIostctter's Stomach Bitters is ear
nestly recommended. 1t is the peculiar Office of
this preparation to reinforce and regulate the i'm
portant organs which digest and temper the food
and convert it into DEMONSTRATING blood Bodily
vigor depends upon the nourishinS qualities of
that fluid and the nutritiousness of the blood
depends upon the functional activity and regli-
lnrity which it is the special province of the Bit
tiers to secure. Hence it Is the best defense of
health at this season, and indeed ut all seasons.
When dyscntery, diarrhna, bilious collie, and
other violent affections of the bowels, become ep
idemic, they often do in certain parts of the
country in the fall, it will De found that persons
who have been wise enough to resort to the Bit
tiers preventive almost invariably OK
cmptc1t from the scOurge.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
Mental Telegraphy.

1t is reported that scientific Russian
has discovered what we have many times
heard predicted would be discovered and
practiced, a system consisting simply In
the exercise OF power to impress upon
other peoples minds, ut whatever distance
away, the words and ideas which at the
moment occupy his own. He is said to
claim that he can teach this system, that
it will do away altogether with the tele-
graph, and is absolutely practical. This
Russian is only asserting that he has dis
covered what many intelligent people
have been impressed with the belief will
sometime be discovered. And there are
singular experiences current going to
prvDyc It's posHitdIity
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
American Ingenuity.

a correspondent of the Baltimore S,ui,
who has been looking ut the records of
the Patent Office at Washington, writes to
that journal as follows:
1.-The inventive genius of the country.
as shown by the records of the Patent
Office, has had a most extraordinary de-
velOpment within the last five years. Up
to 1850 the patents but once reached .OO',
per annum. From that period until 1850
no year showed 5000 patents, while the
average of five years past has been over
1900 per year.
1.-THE patents of a month show, in no.
table degree, the wide range of subjects
upon which the inventors of the country
are exercising their gifts and skill. In
size they extend from IA needle sharpener
to propeller machine, and they cover
improvements in nearly every branch OF
human art. Among the recent inventions
are "A device for attaching buttons to
clothing with screwdriver; an attach
ment to pianos, so that the strings may
be touched mid-length with a pedal-Inove-
mcnt, and sounds similar to a violin or
guitar obtained; a chld's carriage, so ar
ranged that when the handles are dropped
Il pawl stops the wheels and arrests the
motion at once, and when grasped the
pawl is released; a pencil-sharpener, that
operates as handle for stumps of lead
pencils; breast-pins and earrings, with
tubes to hold artificial flowers; an appa-
ratus for drawing on boots, consisting of
n strap passing round the body below the
waist, having at each end a hook to ell
gage the boet-tu%S; a medical compound
tor the smallpox, composed of, first, salt
peter. gum camphor, and charcoal; sec
ond, black cohOsh water; compound to
cure cholera intantum, composed of olive
oil, mutton tallow, saltpcter, cinnamon
bark. and charcoal; a boquet holder OF
aft al hat If IL,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
American Cars and Engines.

No little interest has been excited of
late by large order for railroad cars and
locomotives, which it was understood had
been received in this country from Ger
many. The stream of manufactured arti-
clos had been so long running toward US
any considerable portion Of 1t should turn
Eastward especially when it was to
empty where workshops were filled with
the best of skilled and cheap labor. To
send our manufactures to Egypt or Tur-
key, or some of them to Russia, might not
be so strange, but the case was entirely
different when their destination was Ger
many, France, or England. NOtwith-
standing, however, any apparent improb-
abilities in the case, it turns out that the
Emperor William has sent to this coun-
try IN order for two thousand railroad
CARS and fifty locomotives, to be made af-
ter our most improved American pattern.
Railroads are In progress within the En-
pire which will soon need this new stock !;
and it is no small compliment to our me
chanical skill, and especially rs displayed
in railroad equipment. that American pat
terms should be preferred to any other.
The whole order was first sent, through
the Consul General OF the German Gov
eminent at New York, to Pittsburgh
limited to three months. With this part
Of the requisition it was found impossible
to comply. The order was then offered
to large establishments elsewhere i'm the
United States, with the same conditions
as to time /; but when it was found that
none Of them could fill it, the order was
again sent to Pittsburgh, with year al
lowed in which to make up the stock.
This might perhaps, have been attempted
at first but in the interval between the
two orders, so many large and pressing
demands for work had come i'm from par
ties in this country that the German order
could not be attempted, even with the ex-
tended time. 1t has since been divided
between different Car and Locomotive
Works in various parts of the country
". Y. Mercantile Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
French Women and Dress.

The French woman has sentiment of
shape and color, of varieties and illnesses.
which is proper to herself, and which
women of other races do not attain, unless
by rare exception. She has an instinct of
singular precision in every thing which
relates to dress; her faculty of COMPARE
son is marvelously rapid her innate
sense of the laws of harmony in outward
things attains the nature of 4 science. And
the word science is employed here in its
purest meaning, as signiiicatIve of knowl-
edge which has been controlled and syste-
matiZcd by the application of method. 1t
is not a hap-haZard feeling; it is Il resolute
conviction. 1t is not an accidC mt of mo-
mentary experience; it is an infused
faith, matured and verified by patient
study, thought and observation. Rcadi-
ness of decision. facility of execution, are
the first consequences of this state of
mind there is no hesitation about choice,
no uncertainty of selection; the thought
is so well prepared beforehand that the
most subtle difficulties, the most appar-
emily impossible solutions, are disposed of
with unerring certainty. And these solu-
tons are aided by hardness of lingering
and deXterity of touch. which also are pc
culiar to the race. and which render pos
s'blc the incarnation of fantastic fancics
which heavier manipulatOrs could never re-
aliZc. Starting with weapons such as these,
aciNc" ny poti H,', anu ii'tr.' .'ic it''ii
woman has reached Il type of dress which
others may strive to initiate, but which
they do not attain. II is not enough to
copy: possession of the sclf-samc objects
does not suffice; they must be put up,
they must be worn, As their inventors
wear them. Here, again, comes in Il local
virtue which cannot be transplantcd the
art of carrying dresses is almost purely
French. Not one English woman in u
hundred thousand can disguise her ma
tionality behind foreign cloihcS; the indie
Unable pcculiarItics which early teaching
gives are beyond her reach. She may
struggle, but she fails; aud although she
may be quite convinced that She LOOKS the
part she wants to play, the least practiccd
eye detects the sham.-Biack,oooG' Noga-
ys,yc,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

A DEATHS HEAD AND CRossBoNEs
ought to be the trade mark of every dealer
in Rum Bitters. But no; to proclaim
their real mission would ruin them, so
they sail under false cOlOrs, and do their
deadly work surreptitiously. Fortunately
their triumphs over credulity are nearly
at an end. Ever since the introduction OF
DR.WALKER's CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TIERS the sale of all the burning fluids adj
vertiscd as g tenics - has been rapidly de-
clining. They are still the unwhOlesome
solace of individuals who wish to satisfy a
morbid appetite for strong drink without
compromising their responsibility; but the
sick are everywhere discarding them, and
adopting the VINEGAR BITTERs. The
success of this wonderful vegetable rem
edy astonishes DIR. Walker himself. lie
believed, when he gave it to the world,
that it was an unequaled tonic, free from
the objections urged against the indicated
fire-waters and dilutions of strychnine,
quinine and other powerful alkaloids em-
ployed in modern practice; but he
scarcely expected that it would prove
specific for chronic dyspepsia, liver-com-
plant, incipient consumption, confirmed
rheumatism, govt, scrofula, nervous affec-
lions, general debility and all diseases that
disorder, without destroying, the vital
machinery. Yet this, unless thousands of
witnesses have conspired to deceive the
public, is actually the case.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
The Consequences Of Discovery

The consequences of any discovery are
incalculabie. Davy investigated the ma
turc of the flame, and communicated his
discoveries in Il lecture before a large au-
dience. He demonstrated that it was
within our power to produce a flame
which, ut a state of extreme heat, con-
tanned either free oxygen or unburnt car
bon; that large CRATE with limited sup
ply of coal would generate the former, the
oXidizing flame, while a small CRATE with
a large amount of coal would YELL the
other, the flame devoid of oxygen. but in
which combustiblc substances might be
melted without the dagger of combustion.
Among the hearers sat a young man by
the name of Cort, who directed his mind
to these remarks. Up to that time cast
iron was converted into wrOught-irOn by
heating it with charcoal and exposing the
melted metal to IL blast of air. BY this
process only small quantities of wrought
iron were obtained ut Il time, through the
necessity of producing but one bloom, in a
heat, which might easily be hammered
out; and also on account OF the cost OF
charcoal. In this process mineral coal
could not DE placed in contact with the
iron. because the never-failing presence of
sulphur in that kind of coal would render
the iron unfit for Use. From Davy's lee
tlIre on the flame. COrt struck upon the
idea of decarbonizing cast-iron without
exposing it to the danger of the contact
wi h coal, by allowing the flames only of
the coal to play upon the cast-iron. Thus
originated the wonderful operation called
the pnddiing process. Large quantities OF
cast-iron are melted on the floor of Il re-
verbcratory furnace $50 named from hav-
ing an arch which throws the flame back
on the from, anda portion of the carbon in
the iron is burnt up by the oXidiZing flame:
as soon rs the iron passes from the liquid
state to pasty condition, the pudd!cr
rakes it by means of a long iron bar called
a y,nd,iie. and finally separates the whole
mass of iron into large Jumps, each weigh
ing from 60 pounds upward. After this,
the opening in the door of the furnace is
closed, and the hot oNidiZin% flame allowed
to impin"e upon the balls until they are
completely converted into bar-iron. The
balls are then placed under a hammer; ami
rolled into bars between the pudd(Mg-
r0tis.
The ancient mode of rciinin" iron need
cd no roll, u hammer was sufficient now
a-,ltys. the huge quantities of refined iron
turned out by the pudding furnace, re-
q,lirc more than II hammer. The in
vcntion of the puddling-rolls was the
natural sequence of the pudding fur
mace. This furnace yields more than
hundred times the quantity of bar-irOn
produced by the bloOmcry of former
times and the biooms-Or balls-can be
made of size sufficient to be turned into
iron rails OF from lG to u feet in length.
-Fi1edcrich Noh'.
q
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

of the breath through the tube rOtates the
lower portion, and Il strong blast sustains
the lower part in mid-air by the action of
spiral vanes a toy sewing machine, the
invention of a Baltimorean; a toy bank,
in which an automaton banker stands to
receive money, and, when spring is dis
engaged he turns round, the door is shut,
and the money is deposited in the back
part of the bank
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

SAN Francisco is in IA fermcnt concern
ing railroad subsidies. The majority of the
voters of the city petitioncd for grant of
ten millions of dollars to the projected
Atlantic and Pacific road but the City
Council refused to entertain the propo-
sitiOn. In lieu thereof they have passed
an order to submit TO vote Il proposition
to grant subsidies of two and hall mil
lions TO the San Francisco aud Colorado
road, and other amounts Ia the Northern
Pacific and Santa Cruz IaiiroadS-
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

AN ADVANTAGE. "A great advantage pos
sessed by the Evening Star Stove is that, Ow-
ing to its capacity and draft, you can burn
almost any kind of wood, and, on account
of its substance and retention of heat, you
can run it with green wood after it is heated,
by having small amount of kindling mate
rial. Those having to prepare fuel for Ordi-
nary small stoves will appreciate this advan-
t1up
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

THE PAIN KILLER.--Special attention is
invited to the testimony, voluntarily given
by Rev. =. NJ. Baker, of Elmwood, in severe
case of Asiatic cholera. We would also say
that we have frequently tested the merits of
the Pain Killer. and we advise no person to
be without it.-Proyidence az. ~ Adoe7fiSer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19
Extract of a Letter from General Gicary
aiOvcrmOr Of Pcnnsy vnmIn.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
HARRISBURG, Pa. Feb. q, ISL.
DR. SIIALLENDERGER:
regard your Anti
dote as n public benefaction.
In the fall of 1854. it proved itself in my
case, as well rs in many others that came
under my observation, 4 most invaluable
remedy for Fever and Ague, not only prompt
and powerful in curing the disease, but sin
g,Ilarly pleasant and beneficial in its general
effects upon the system.
JOHN w. GEARY.
Medicine for sale by all druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-10-19

The official statement Of the losses sIis-
tanned by the army of North Germany
alone, during the late war, has recently
been published. The number OF dead
amounted to 4O,ssI; of missing. 1909,
the greater part of whom are supposed tn
be dead; IL ,527 were killed on the field
Of battle; 1910 died eventually of their
wounds 316 were accidentally killed
and 30 committed suicide. OF dysentery
there died 1000: of typhus, 6,535; OF
bronchitis, 800; of other acute diseases,
521 Of smallpox, 26l of gastric fever,
159 of various chronic diseases, 2l0 OF
apoplexy and heart-disease, 81. The en-
tire loss of the German armies, north and
south, amounted to about $1,000.