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The Republican journal., 1873-12-25

AN ART TREASURE The famous ony\
vase, which Geneva feared had disappeared
from the treasures OF the late Duke of
Brunswick, has ut length been found.
he executors We're examining the con
tents of 4 case OF iewelry, when their at
tention was attracted by two vases of Gid
ed metal that seemed to be OF little value
But, on examining these, it was found
that one OF them was much heavier than
the other, and = joint in the stem had al
lowed some threads Of flannel to pass. a
longitudinal division was found to run
down the whole length OF this vase, which
thus appeared TO be merely case for CON
cealing something else On the slit being
widencd, there appeared vase Of mar
yelous beauty, in form ike tall urn. its
slightly swelling body adorned with drink
ing scenes and women in long robes con-
Quoting animals in chains. Material and
workmanship make this vase 4 wonderful
masterpiece. 1t is known to antiquaries
as the Vase Of Mantua, . and is regarded
by them as q Semitic production. nothing
less than the holy vial employed in the
conservation Of the Hebrew Kings.
The Republican journal., 1873-12-25

EVeY lATmeT Should Nave =, ,oonLav-
wrench and riyeting hammer ,rhamn,,,, ''a1N','
work of wagons and farm imp,enan"tso ne "oDn- fI.a
quently shrink a tritle 50 that bracass' a,'I 49,
bolts have an opportunity 10 work ro,.,. ,er-
little, and if the nuts or rivets are not Wy
tghtened the parts are very apt TO COM
mence wearing, OF the nuts work off the
bolts, and the whole frame woll, 10 he.
ONE sgrained and weakened
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The object of tonic is 10 increase the elasticity
and strength of the muscular fibre and TO invigor-
ate the general system. As means to accomplish
these ends it is expected improve the appetite
and the digestive power of the stomach. These are
certainly important considerations; but to cure
dyspepsia bilious affections chronic debility in
termittent fever. and other complaints involving
arrangements OF the liver, the bowels. the nerves.
and the secretive organs generally something
more than mere tonic is required. Hostetters
stomach Bitters may be safely pronosn the
best and most wholesome Invigorant extant, but
the other special medical properties which belong
10 this remarkable vegetable restorative, have as
much 10 do with the wonderful results IL produces
its tonic virtues. For example. il has certain
Alternative qualities which literally change the
habit or constitution re-establshing The fealthy
nation b. Precipitation, vomiting or zSpurgine
It's entire effect Il to the whole machinery of
life in perfect order pitr all the fluids fncud-
ing the blood and the bile and not only TO operate
antidote to disease. where II exists. but
strengthen. regulate and othcrwls.. improve The
vscisstudes of temperature, change of wzier, in
fected air. and other p1edisposng causes of liver
and b0-spf disturbances and epidemic disorders.
Hence II is medicine for all seasons and elm es.
usefui alike TO tie traveller and the resident in
unhealthy region. anH Invaluable safeguard
against The mental depression which Is aptto over
whelm TIE weak and nervous this Somewhat
alnets.y period OF The year
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TIE IA CTS ABOUT BASKET WILLOW.

Il
We have millions of acres in the
United States better suited to the
growth of the different species of will
low than anything else, but the ques-
ton to be considered is whether there is
a market where the article produced
will command a remunerative price.
The high cost of labor in this country
has heretofore prevented us from rails
ing willow at an expense sufficiently low
to drive the foreign article out of our
markets Hundreds of men have tried
willow culture with everything in their
favor except the price of the raw ma
terial in the market, but only very
few have succeeded in making the cul-
ture a profitable business. If there is
mandatory near at hand, or if a
man can have his crop made up into
willow-ware" ON his own premises,
| then he could make fair profit on the
investment. A few years since we had
no good machines for peeling willow,
/ but this difficulty is overcome, and there
are several in use which do this work
very rapidly and cheaply. The species
of willow most commonly planted for
! the purpose named above is the SoliI
giminaljs; the cutting of plants can
be obtained of almost any of the nur-
serymen in the Northern States. As
the cuttings strike root very readily,
there is no necessity of purchasing
plants. This and other species will
grow freely in the damp soils of the
/ Southern States.
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MIRIAM CLAIRE.



The winds, sweeping on in their morning now,
Shake the leases downward upon my hair,
And forms that lost in the long ago
Come to me now through the scented air;
But oh, the dearest that wapders TO me
From the dim aisles of the years agone-
The CLEAN of her beautiful hair you see,
AS shadows creep TO me, one by one-
You would say it was the sunshine's dying glow
/ know, fun well, tbs der amber hair,
And perhaps you think her whisperings low
Are but sighings Of the perfumed air;
know she VII come with the twilight gray
They say she is in hefznossy tomb,
But her form is never from me away,
When shadows fit softly through my room
All, Miriam Claire with thy golden hair,
And thy loyelit eyes with their azure CLEAN
/ hear the low sweep Of thy garments rare,
And know tits no shade or fevered dream;
For music is thrilling upon the air,
Swept from the harps OF that Unseen Land,
And soon shall meet thee, Miriam Claire,
Ioveliest one of the Angel Band
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WHAT BURIED HERcULANEUmq


What was the fate of HercuIaneum
during the eruption of A D. 79? What
( special phenomena were displayed on
the side of Vesuvius? What causes
buried flourishing city in an instant
out of sight of the inhabited world? 1t
has been proved that Pompeii suffered
an intorment so incomplete that, after a
few days, its inhabitants could recog-
nize their dwellings, could encamp
above and clear them ont Hercula-
neum, on the contrary, was buried so
deep that the next day it was impossi-
BILE to trace a vestige of it.
The ready answer to all these ques-
tions usually is, Lava worked all
the ruin. Herculaneum was swallowed
up under eighty feet of lava. If works
of art, bronzes and pictures have been
miraculously preserved, it was due to
the impenetrable shield of lava. Weld
ing only to cutting tool, that protect
ed them from the ravage of time. :" This
explanation is tempting. Fancy pic
lures waves of fire rolling upon the
city rising like the tidal swell, surging
in through doors and windows, sweep
ing around and moulding everything,
then slowly cooling, and preserving for
posterity treasures that labor must un-
veil, repaid by their recovery in I'M
harmed beauty.
This is really the opinion that all Eu-
rope holds, and even at Naples almost
all visitors of Herculaneum declare
that they have touched the lava with
their own hands; and, in books written
ON the Vesuvian cities. more than one
traveller affirms as positively that the
difficulty of cutting the lava presents
the chief obstacle to the disinterment
of Herculaneum. How can one ven
ture to meet such convictions by assert
ing that water, not fire, overwhelmed |
Herculaneum that it was not a torrent |
of glowing lava, but flood of mud and |
wet ashes that filed the city. How up
root a prepossession so deep that the |
works of biologists and Swans have
failed to shake Dufrenoy proved that
water alone swept over Herculaneum
heaps of scoria and prumice, crumbled
from La Soma Dyer, Overlook, Ernst,
Breton and others, have affirmed in
various languages, to no purpose, that
nothing but ashes, wet to paste and
hardened by pressure, covered over
Herculaneum; no one needed them,
md the blame continues to be thrown
IN the lava, which make excavations so
costly and laborious.
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BLAST FURNACES.

From the earliest times, as among the
native smiths of Africa to-day, the
blast of a bellows has been used IN
working iron to increase the heat of the
combustion by a more plentiful supply
of oxygen. The blast-furnace is sup
posed to have been first used in Bel
GUM, and to have been introduced into
England in 1858. Next came the use
of bituminous coal, urged with a blast
of cold air But it was not until 1929
that Nelson, an Englishman, conceived
the idea of heating the air of the blast,
and carried it out at the Muirkirk fur
naces. In that year ne obtained a pa
tent for his process, and found that he
could from the same quantity of fuel
make three times as much iron. His
patent made him very rich : in one sin
gle case of infringement he received a
check for damages for one hundred
and fifty thousand pounds. In his
method, however, he used an extra fire
for heating the air of his blast. In 1897
the idea of heating the air for the blast
by the gases generated in the process
was first practically introduced by NJ.
Faber Dufour at Wasseralfngen in the
kingdom of Wurtemberg.
In this country, charcoal was at first
used universally for smelling iron, an
thracite coal being considered unfit for
the purpose. In 1920 an unsuccessful
attempt to use it was made at Mauch
Chunk. In 1853, Frederick w. Geisen-
hainer of Schuylkill obtained patent
for the use of the hot blast with anthra-
cite, and in 1895 produced the first iron
made by this process. In 1871, G. E.
Detmold adapted the consumption of
the gases produced by the smelling to
the use of anthracite; and since then it
has become quite general, ana has
caused an almost incalculable saving
to the community IN the price of iron,
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FRUfT ALSIyG.

Cultivation of tb ground, after the
setting of the trees is of great impor-
lance. An orchardvell cultivated and
MANFRED Will do much better than
one neglected, as field of corn well
cultivated will surpss another which is
/ entirely neglected Whatever is
worth doing at all isworth doing well. 3"
( Therefore, if it is with while to plant
an orchard, it will b. found most profit
able to carefully cultivate it afterwards.
Many young trees have been trans
planted and not the East liberalization
given to them. Eh grass and weeds
are permitted to grow about them and
rob them of sunlght air and nourish-
ment. If any have survived such treat
ment (and many have 1t is a very en-
couraging circumstance and proves how
well adapted our sol and climate are
for the successful pI&uction of the
apple. - -
of tie trees 70 -.
frequent and the soil
large, 50 as to to sss5s ground and
commence bearing, the eoil should be
stirred but few inchesin depth near
the trunk of the tree and as far as the
limbs extend mulching should be suffi-
cient to prevent growth of grass and
weeds. The stirring q the soil and
top dressing may be continued with
profit as long as the orchard continues
fruitful. Or, the space between the
trees, not occupied by the mulching,
after it becomes difficult to work
team among the trees, may be laid down
to grass and sheep pastured in the or
chard, as some very good orehardlsts
recommend or which we think pre-
ferable, the mulching may be extended
so as to cover the whole surface of the
ground.
The best manure to be used IN the
orchard is a compost of muck and
ashes, and which should be freely used.
Farmers cannot be too strongly I'M
pressed with the importance Of bestow-
ing better care and good cultivation
upon their orchards, which even with
neglect have proved to be the most
profitable part of the farm. Few real
ize what a great change in the prodnc-
tiveness of an orchard can be effected
ed by good cultivation The cultlva-
tion of what trees farmer has VIII
often prove of greater profit than large
~ increasing his number Sand negiec'lhs
this.
A MAN in Oregon has n "1.n
wings. He keeps it dhais.i' order 70
prevent q rise IN veal.
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them.
EVERY MIND HAS IT'S SPECIAL CT
PdCJTK

l am of the opinion that every mind
that comes into the world has its own
speciality-it is different from every
other mind that each of you brings
into the world a certain bias, a DISPOSE
ton to attempt something of its own,
something yoUr own-an aim little
different from any of your companions
and that every young man and every
young woman Is a failure so long as
each does not find what is his or hers
own bias that just so long as you are
influenced by those around you, so long
as you are attempting to do those
things which you see others do well in
stead of doing that thing which You do
well, You are so far wrong, so far fail
ing of your own right mark. Every
body sees the difference in children.
They very early discover their tastes.
One has a taste for going abroad. an
other for staying at home; one for
books, another for games; one wishes
to hear stories, another wants to see
things done one is fond of drawing;
the other cannot draw at all, but can
make machine. This difference, as
you advance, becomes more pronounced.
You are more distinct in your concep-
ton of what you can do-more decided
IN avoiding things you cannot and do
not wish to do. Now I conceive that
success is in finding what it is that you
yourself really want, and pursuing it,
freeing yourself from all opportunities
of your friends, to do something which
they like, and insisting upon that thing
which You like and can do.
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PISTs and quarts of filthy catarrhal dis
charges Where does it all come from? The
mucous membrane lining of the chambers of
the nose find its little glands are diseased, SO
they draw from the blood its liquid. and expos
IRE TO the air changes it to corruption. This
Hfe-liqnid was to build mp the system, but it If
extracted and the system is weakened by the
loss. To cure. gain flesh aud strength by
usirg DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
which also acts directly upon these glands,
.,.syreetiDg them Also apply ~ Sage's Ca
I'm -fsefnedv with Dr. Picrce's Nasal Deuche,
the ONLY method of reaching the upper cavities
where the discharge aecumulates and comes
from The instrument and two medicines sold
for - by all druggists 621.
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If / were to give you a motto to GO
through life with one that would stand
you for warning and counsel In any
strait in which you might find your
selves, would give it in this one word,
Now"
Don't waste your time and your
strength, and your opportunities, by al
ways meaning to o'something-do it.!
Only weakness comes of indecision.
Why, some people have so accustomed
themselves to this way of dwadling
along from one thing to another, that it
really seems impossible for them to
sqnarely make up their minds to any
thing. They never quite know what
they mean to do next, their only plea
sure seems to consist In putting things
off as long as possible, and then drag
ging slowly through them, rather than
begin anything else.
Don't live single hour of your life
without doing exactly what is to be
done IN it, and going straight through
it from beginning to end Work, play,
study, whatever it is, take hold at once
and finish it up squarely and clearly,
and then to the next thing without let
ting any moments drop out between. 1t
is wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people contrive to make
of day; its as if they picked up the
'moroents that the dawdlers lost. And
if you ever find yourself where you
have so many things pressing that you
hardly know how to begin, let me tel
you a secret; take hold of the very first
one that comes to hand, and you will
find the rest all fall into file and follow
after like company of well-drilled sol
diers; and though work may be hard to
meet when 1t charges In a squad, it is
easily vanquished when brought into
line. You may have often seen the an
ecdote of the man who was asked how
he accomplished so much In his life.
" Ny father taught me, F" was the reply.
when had anything to do, to 90 and
do tt!'' There Is the secret-the magic
word "Now."
In PAPER read before the Chirurei-
cal Society of London, DIR. OgIe stxes
1t as his belief that the superiority of
the right hand, In works requiring
strength and skill, is not due merely to
custom and usage. His reasons for this
opinion are that the superior power of
the right side is not confined to the
arm, but extends to the leg, and that it
commences In the arm before use or edu-
cation begins and continues in spite of |
all efforts to resist or divert it. This |
superiority has resemblance to some
maltormations, nasmuch as it is heredi- |
fary and is met with more frequently IN
the male sex, not only in men, but in
apes and parrots. The author further
asserts that the left side of a right
banded man is greater than the right.
md vsce versa, and he suggests that this
reater development of the left side Is
ne 70 the greater quantity CT blood
thich IL receives.
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stantly and died Immediately. The
other mouse evidently was in mortal
fear, but suffered no harm which led
to the conclusion that some hours are
required for the secretion of venom be-
fore the reptile is in condition to strike
another blow. The poison is seldom
fatal to men, although the wound is
nainful
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EIsrkN.

Do you wish1o do something towards
making your d ne happy? Do you de
sire that yoA brothers and sisters
should be glad to have you with them,
and that you should always be a well
come companion 70 your parents or your
children? Do Won want to have your
society coveted everywhere, and to feel
the while, that Won are doing good as
well as giving pleasure Would you
like to help peonle to think well, and to
have them save their best thoughts for
you? Wouldit please you to get all
the good you can ont of the people you
know?
III So learn to listen.
Bat first lean what listening is-for
1t is not merely the exercise of hearing.
The stupidestof MS all can keep ears
open and mouth shut. To listen prop
erly means to. make other people talk
properly. That is a social definition, if
1T is not a Websterian one. The good
listener is Cause of talking in others,
t'ni ~ 81 PANpT exercise OF tlllS Ndlu-
able and too SARGE gift. makes the diff
dent say whatthey think, and the YER
bose think what they say. For the
greatest talken aSs careful when they
find they have {! pa a listener. They
know that they hay not often be so for
tunate, and they talk their best. The
adept in listening may sometimes hear
more pressing than he likes, but if ne be
skillful this VII not often happen.
When it is impossible to get anything
interesting or M ont of a man, he
:: !, J 80 =
To be sure 1t Y very hard for some
persons to listen Thel have a rift for
talking, and they ike /. exercise if.
But these are the very PERSONS who
should do great deal of listening
They know what luxury it is to talk.
and they should give their families and
friends chance to learn the art. Be
sides, like farmers, they will often find
much advantage in arotation of crops
\ season of listening is often a most ex
cellent preparatEe for season of talk
1t is often supposed that if "A man ha.
a good thing to say, he viii say it. bu
this is not necessarily the case. Very
often he never says it, because no on,
will give him a chance. He don't wanr
to waste his speech on fools, and tn,
smart folks Wanting TO content himself
with hearing what they have 10 saw
This happens-not il connection witt
very good things perhaps, but Will
things that might lad to very gooC
things-every day nd every hour, il
thousands of familie, all over the lane
to say nothing of ociety.
There are those wb so seldom hav,
a chance to speak interested ears
that they gradual Withdraw them
selves into themselys. where, not gen
= orally finding much, hey intellectually
pine away.
To be sure, we sbuld not fail to be
come good takers, we can; but, d,
what we may, we "a only make ON,
talker of ourselves, hereas, by proper
, listening, we may mae a dozen talker.
of other people.-ScbRer's
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MOLES.

Ladies have a horror of those black
enemies orS The face called moles.
Even homely men dislike them, but
there they ordinarily remain as guides
in giving description of an applicant
for passport.
a mole is a thickening of the epider-
mis-, or outer skin, probably induced by
an obstruction in the outward ends of
acluster ofsudorific ducts or sweet tubes.
To be clear of them readily, run a fine
needle through one of them from one
side to the other.
Let an assistant take hold of both
ends of the needle and pull so as to
make neck of clear skin at the base.
1t is neither painful nor difficult and at
tended with hardly a tinge of blood
Next Egate that neck behind the out
dragged mole with delicate, strong, wax
edsilk thread that utsoffthe circulation;
clip away the unused thread and await
the result A slight local inflammation
ensues which is the gluing together the
new surfaces of the stitched skin
In a few days the old offence drops
off, deprived of nutrition, leaving nc
scar. If little reddish by the remains
OF a subsiding inflammation, wash the spot
occasionally with cold water. Proceed
to the next, and the next, seriatim. Be
fore aware of it, any mole disfgured
face may become as good as new.
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% PREVENT SOWS YING
THETR YOnNG


1t is well known that sows not un-
frequently attack and destroy their
young or, if prevented from this, will
not let down their milk, so that the
young pigs necessarily die from want of
nourishnent When this condition of
things is not caused by a diseased con-
dition of the uterus, it is said that the
SOW can be brought to terms by pouring
mixture of ten to twenty grains of the
spirits OF camphor with one to three of
the tlncture of opium, into the ear
The SOW viii Immediately lie down on
the side of the ear to which the appli-
cation was made, and remain quiet in
this position for several hours without
interfering with her pigs; and ON re-
covery from the stupor with have lost
her irritability in regard to them. The
experiment has been tried in Germany
hundreds of times, according to one of
the agricultural journals, without any
injurious effects. 1t is also said that
the eating of pigs by the parent SOW
can be readily prevented by rubbing
them all over with brandy, and making
the same application about the nose OF
the SOW herself"
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THERE is, probably. no way in which we can
benefit orr readers more than by recommend
ing to them for general use Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment. 1t is adapted TO almost all the pur-
poses of family medicine and as specific
for coughs. colds, whooping cough, soreness
of the chest, lame stomach, rheumatism. spit
ting of blood, and all lung difficulties. it has
no equal that ever we saw or head of.
THE propnety of giving condition medicine
to borses, cattle and sheep. was discussed and
admitted by many of the agricultural societies
throughout the State last fall, and we believe
that IN every case but one they decided in
favor of Sheridau's Cavalry Condition Powders.
Good Indictment.