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THE STRANGE CAUSE OF CHARLES COOKS
DRAfH.-Charles Cook, colored, died in River
head, L. l., on Tuesday. He was OF prodieious
size. weighing almost 400 pounds. For two
weeks he had terrible struggle to breathe, the
air passages being closed BY the increase OF
was obliged to remain constantly ON his hands
and knees, that being the only position in which
he could breathe. He died Ct length from suf-
location.
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Dakota Politics.

TEE ANTI-MoNOPs AND DEMOCRATS DON'T
FUSE WORTH A CENT.
SIOUX CITY, August 21.-The Dakota anti.
monopoly and democratic territorial and con-
gressioDsl convention, held at Elk Point yester-
day, failed 20 effect q union. The anti-monop-
olists demanded DIR. w. A. Burle.gh. The dem
ocrats had failed to make any nomination at
last report.
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REV. RoBxRr LAIRD CoLLYKR has withdrawn
from the Church Of Messiah, In Chicago, be-
cauee Of Q chronic nervous disorder recurring
skiliful attention In treatment, and rest from
mental exertion. His return to Chicago within
three years has been positively forbidden BY his
NhAEe hA WI INmAln year Ct least
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In Mr.. Beecher is convicted by the Plymouth
committee, he should Immediately start q re-
form church, taking his cue from the politi-
clans. Who always become reformers when thew
have been detected In wrong doing.-St. LOUIS
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INTERNAL REvKsUB--The receipts from this
source to-day were $500 ,5i002.
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MARSHAL BAzAIly has written b the Minis
ter Of the Interior Of the French goyerument to
his escape, reasoertipg that his only oonkderstos
we're his wife And NEPHEW.
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EDUCATIONAL.

NIRS 3 A PvCKs SELECT SCHOOL FOR
Nt BOYS. at go lsta strssI,e lrnsr Z, vii com
M &c " " urt-. fnruAl = s-lnn SsPTrNBER
18th. Please call after September 6th. saSsI-lmr
- md Of tn Sisters OF Charity, will BE-
oTen NJ kDsY, AUsa 31st. Parents
qusst-d to send tasir ehild-eE promptly. sus2o 2s
II In reGr ~ d. Sa14s7 Ernd's cSsr-s, ~ 81 10
" u con neros &C. fifth year MON pAf, eepteTrb
Numb q ~ pts limited % thirty. The obi cts
csIsFs Ct. ssscsI or poi, tee hric Photography Is
Vaag a regular sudg ard several have zo7e
fTsm this schO,i oIueraivs positions as shert, hand
Peunaasbiv- AriihmsJic szd BpCk keeping ara
specisIi5s, 70 those Who design 10 ter college
Algebra, Geometry. Plane and AnaIyticaI rrigoao-
n.etry ana The Classics are IL erO1s hly taught.
Hours frou to Price. SIS per quarter. See
cirouIsr'zi g an Il o Bolianty me- ,okstores.
year. CHASE ROYS,
su.se I'm, AN ND LIB Principal.
II 1855 street, b.. 18th 8. and Vermont ave.
Miss L ID keII h Prio- u successor to Miss B
Eo.s Ths school session viii &C mms nee sEPTEM-
eEtIssgsc For Particulars apply to the Prin-
eIpsi, the seminsry. augls-lu-
TE'Hh WASHINGTON IENsLE SEMINARY
vii b opened MONDAY september "a, 1874, ~
BUTCHER and Miss u. c. DOUGLAS, Princi-
pals. auglS Pun
nIIss EArsLs
Tor Yong Ladies', reOpeEs on MONDAY, Settem-
Circulars at GAGS L street, and at the book
ECNZkGA COLLEGE,
u Isl Der Norm CapiioI and lsf SIS northrresf
This lnsttn'i IL C nducItd By tee Fathers Of
sane as that pursued in o,beriesiitutions conduead
~ that order sehooi will be reogened on MON
suris so i6e II Of jams 'oL.RK,s.J ,Pr--..
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Mr.. BEKcHRR says that on the lst Of May,
1873, having already paid Mr.. Moulton 80 900,
be mortgaged his house in order to pay him
5000 more. After having been thus "b lack.
Mailed" he, on the first Of j ne folio wing,
writes TO Mr.. Moulton thanking him for his
..faithful, earnest, undying f1delity," and his
dresses him - his "beioved FRANKLY n.
Graphic.
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CIT is reported that Russia has 1t lest con-
sented to recognize the spanish republic.
~An the September fashions tend to
"lengthwise deeigus."
D0For fall, young girls win wear felt hats
with wing clapped on.
VThs brims Of iadiee' fall hats win con-
tinue b turn mp 1t one side.
uvFive murderers are 10 be hung In New
ORLEANS next Friday.
uvIu Q recent TRIAL In Dublin hustle vas
defined - fiction founded on fact.
OSome Jersey City Germans have started
kahl kapf (bald-headsc) assoolafion.
~Rov. q. b. True wae married the ofhsr
day = CounootcnG Hope - VII b.
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A BLACK BISHOP IN A WHITE PULPIT
The Louisville Courier-Journal of the l. IN inst.
says: GA very noteworthy event in Louisville
religious history occurred yesterday, Bishop
Miles, Of the colo-ed methodist church of mer-
lea, preaching the first sermon ever delivered
in white church in this city by . colored min
lister. Bishop Miles is here in attendance upon
the general conference Of his church, and was
invited, last week, to occupy the pulpit Of Rev.
Mr.. Settles church, at the corner OF Fifth and
Walnut streets. Bishop w. II. Miles is the
senior bishop of the colored methodist church,
and IL generally recognized as its ablest repre-
sentative. He IL large man, of much dignity
Of bearing and person; his style is unusually
fervid and eloquent, aud there is no hesitation
Of language or thought. The attendance at
the church yesterday afternoon was quite large,
many white persons being present with the dele
gates from the conference and other colored
auditors. His sermon was listened to with great
attention and interest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

THE MERCY OF INDIANs.-As Or. Bard, Ha--
vey Morgan, and Mr.. Mason, three citizens of
Wind River and South Pass, says an Omaha
paper, were on their way from South Pass 70
the United States camp on Big POpoagja, and
distant only ten miles from the camp, they were
surrounded by about seventy five Sioux, snd
killed. They were in a two-hOrse wagon at the
time, and carrying the United States mail.
When found, they were stripped naked and
horribly mutilated. One Of the four wheels OF
the wagon rested on the breast OF DIR. Bard. sud
while held in that position, he had been scalped
alive. In his writings and struggles he had
torn deep holes in the ground with his hands.
Morgan lay near the wagon, naked and scalp
ed. The hammer had been taken out of the
whiffie tree of the wagon, and the iron handle
Of 1t driven into his temple and through the
head, pinning him TO the ground. IL was so
firmly Imbeded in the bones of the skull that it
could not be drawn out, and was buried with
him. Morgsn's thighs had been cut open and
the sinews taken out-probabIy for bow-strings.
Mr.. Mason had an iron rod three feet long fore
ed into his person; his legs were split open aud
the sinews drawn out. Nearly all these bar
barities were undoubtedly perpetrated while the
men were alive, or continued until death re.
lieved them from their sufferings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

THE AMOUNT of national bank note circula-
ton received at the Treasury department to-
day for redemption foots up s4is 500.
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ROOFS FOR SUMNER READING.
JUST PURLIsHHD AHD ZOE SALE Ar
SHILLINafON'S BOOKSTORE.

INV AND s1CQHD- HAND-ONE PRICE,
L. ON fEnsx 0ioshins soid 8 ysry fesscss-
~ ssssI :. yggSf TIS So go sossS.ssss.
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In all the mess delivered By Mr.. Beecher 70
the Plymouth Church Oommittee he did not
once offer to explain what he meant by finest
hiding" or how he came to uee the term.-
LoGisriUe C0nrier-Lo urunI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

TIE EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONGRESS, which
assemblies 1t Cooper Institute early next month,
u the subject Of much remark. An spprehen.
nected with the denomination, that it win some
how Get up itself In opposition 70 the general
convention, which assemblies at about the came
time, and that, therefore, instead Of helping 10
tend rather to multiply and aggravate them by
useless discussions on distfacting subjects.
Neither Bishop Potter, Bishop Littlejohn. nsr
congress any encouragement, and people who
profess to know good deal about IL, assert that
Il h to be engineered chiefly In the low church
interest, rs foil to high church influences IN
the general convention. That Ii the substance
OF the current talk-but Il would not be safe to
oay hoy-K. r Cor. Ph1a. LEDGER,
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BAy1LxD BuRaLARs.-A bold attempt was
made on Tuesday night to rob the National
Riars surprised and overpowsrod John Buckley,
the wstchmsn. After claiming him, they took
the keys Of the bank from hie pocket. 4 small
orifce was made IN the seone vanis Win miro
AID the bufelars dooanpod & 3. m, taxing
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LEAVE OF ABSENCE for three months from
October ist next has been granted to Secon d
Lieut.. Edw ard 7. Harvard. 18th infantry.
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Destructive Fire.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, August 2l.-A IRE yes
terday In Wilton destroyed j. L. Lyford's eleva-
tor, with 5000 bushels OF grain, and some If
teen other buildings, chiefly saloons and board
ing houses. The total lose is between 90, 900
and go, 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

FIRsP LIEUT.. j, P. STORY, JR.. 9TH artiI-
lery, has been ordered to proceed, via the 18th
mus Of Panama, to join his command.
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ARREST OF ALLEGED MURDERRR.-Corres
pondence of the Baltimore American, from
Wilnin gton, Del, ssys that joseph Taylor, jr.,
the murderer Of Robert A. Mackey, near Odessa,
in that State, q few week ago, was captured
among relatives at Bucyrue, Ohio, on Monday,
by Sheriff Roe, Of Crawford county. Taylor st
once fed to Bucyrus after commission Of the
act. Sheriff Roe 1t once opened teleeraphic
communication with the friends Of Mr.. Mackey
in Chester county, and Friday night an uncle,
bearing the dispatches, passed through VIII
miDgton en- route for Minton, the home OF Gov
ernor Poulder, In order to obtain Q requisiuon
with which 70 bring Taylor back to Delaware
for trial. The Delaware authorities will 20 on
to Bucyrun to-day for the prisoner. A reward
Of s50e-e300 by the Governor Of Delaware and
500 by the father OF the murdered man-had
heen nfdered for Taplor,s arreaf
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THAT BIT OF SOUTH AMERICAN BoHp.-
John Cowan and John Kehoe, who are held In
New York on the charge Of conspiring to de-
fraud the government by trying 70 get 81 600
for mut,lated foreign bond, were committed
to the tombs "Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

TEE INTENSITY OF THE CALIFORNIA GRAIN
CROP of this season has been frequently al
uded to, but the amount Of transportation IA
cities IL viii require gives the best idea OF Its
shipe Of u 900 tons each VIII be required 70
carrv the surplus to Europe. Not more than
Ave hundred and fifty are - yet at San Fran
viii be attracted there on account OF the slack
ness Of the freighupg business on the Atlantic
IA Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

Republfcau N0mfnati0n for Gong reos.
LnAvKEwoRTH, KS, August H.-Col. VIM.
A. Phillips was yesterday nominated by the re-
publicans Of the nrst Congressional district by
reclamation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

THE JERSEY CITY SCANDAL--Faaerdt of the
ptetim:-The fate of poor Mary Pomeroy, the
alleged victim OF the Rev. Mr.. Glendenning,
has caused profound sensation on Jersey City
Heights. The popular feeling OF sympathy for
the unfortunate girl was strongly marked by
the attendance Of ladies previous to the funeral
announced for this afternoon from the residence
or deceased's uncle on Van Reypen avenue.
Floral offerings Of the most beautiful and chasts
was almost invisible beneath them. Miss
Pomeroy had but one near relative, brother
who reside s In the Wees, and he came on BY q
late train last night In order to attend the
obsequies. He Was deeply affected BY his sisters
untimely fate, and was much touched By the
marks OF earnest coincidence extended to him
by the ladies Of the best known families on the
Heights. The infant left by Miss Pomeroy il to
be christened this afternoon, and tho name Ia
Mary Pomeroy GlendenninR, the mother before
her death Nesting that the truth Of her te-
ment as to the little ones parentage might be
indicated by bestowing upon her the name Of
her putative father.-N. =. Ezpress, 20th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

CONGRESSIONAL NoMINATIoNs-The demo-
Gratis OF the LIST district Of Vermont have nomi-
mated Homer w. HeatoD, of Montpelier, for
Congress. The democrats of the 18th Penn
syivania district nominated Hon. Hendrick b.
Wright for Congress on the first ballot. III. A.
Gambler, of Dekalb county, Ca, has been NOM
mated for Congress on the eighth ballot. Hon.
John Hancock was renominated for Congress
by the Brennan (Texas) convention YESTERDAY.
The democratic Congressional convention for
The second district of West Virginia have nom
mated Charles j. Faulkner, of Martinsburg.
The republican Congressional convention for
the first district of Georgia met yesterday
After q stormy session, In which the colored
element colitended for a colored Congressman,
j. T.. Bryant, deputy United States collector
was nominated, Sloane, late Congressman, de.
Ginning. There were several parties in nomina-
ton, including A. III. Wilson, United States APP
praieer, and II. M. Turner, colored. The civil
rights bill in toto was made the issue. The con-
yention was in session from II m. to $50 D. M
The democrats OF the nineteenth (IIl.) district
have nominated Hon. s. 8. Marshall, the pre-
sent member, for Congress.
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wy .u,NIznl ELIleott Clty p o. HsryIand

- Corner 81 DeE51TfOH and HoHfEoDsTg Sfs.,
GEORGETOwN, d. O.
Grafsf0l fer the encouragement az the past year
ISil Reopen my Academy on MON DAY Sepsem-
tSr tth. Number limited. Private instruction in
matcs, &c, and evening classes ~ lhe school
Circulars found At the Book Stores or a. ny resi-
de- c.. adjoining the school room.
Us-3n& 2av 2u CEAELkS II, NOURSE
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AN EXTENSION OF LEAVE for six months, on
surgeons certificate of disability, has been
granted Capt. Verplsuck Van Antwerp, mill
tary storekeeper, quartermaster's department.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
COMIQUE-sUMMEk fHEArER.

n 'VNiIQCk-SOuNB IhEA \ I'm
AUGUST 1O-Hvery Might, aud two Mstinees.
first appearance Of ths greatest OF character de-
snce Of the dsshins' sons aud. Dance Lady and
sppesrspcs Of the celebrnt.d Z. TAYLOR,
Artist, and Ethiopian Ccmediau, Performances
Si e.neluas sssh evening with 8. Clarke. great
NATIONAL PARE.
A match race will take p,sce on SATURDAY
ter ot a mile, for $50 aside A. F.sAISA1-
Leapey names gray stallion SNOW S[SN~S
.a GSas! names D McPFaTTr Superintendent
oLpEo.} ON Kxhibitisn and sale N.w 3 o
sfH ST. AT 1rH 81.
doors above odd Fellows Hall,
Onoice Oh Paintings, Engravings, Chromos, 40.
Also: isfssss .t1sa Pspss nsnsuins:: Winso.
sels, Rings, Nails, &C., in the District
~Piease remember Name and Number. jelly.
ALL KIRDs OF GENrLEMENs OAsT-OFF
"A WEARING APPAREL can be sold to the yery
61s street between 6tn and 7th streets north
Dash paid. jys-tr
EXCURSIONS, &c.
COLORfD CAMP MEETING Ar AOOOrINK,
u commencing THURSDAY, the goth; continu.
ing fer seven days. Tue new and -
commodiops and stsunch steamer Ge9=G
Will leave 7th street wharf at 10 a. m AID D. m.
daily. ard on Sunday at q. m. Returning, reach
sUsl-a. NE GREGG. Captain.
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INOX'S EXPRESS

HAS THE BEST FACILITIES
FOR PICNlCS AND EXCURSION PARTIES
IN THE CITY.
Office, sos Pennsylvania avenue.
jy92mF GEO. W. KNOX, Proprietor.
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n ID. n. ATINEMKTZ,
- ,ss, rxyr. 5hsTitf .vrrrr -
6S !ust received . PEARL DERBY CAssI-
NEE Hat, being good substitute for the Straw
Also,
Iearaole Straw and HsiE Cloth BATS q reduced
Poeket Irassllug GAPS.
GLASS HAnM0Cks, price ESQ iyso Or
G1HKkAL knPLoYAKNT OTYIO1.-n
Nm a. Sei, e an :. g s%fSZ fs!,ssls ssEysns
uts sress, bstvssn Q s.1 = xxssS. w. ~
so1 WI - Deo1v01 ans1. S1Ssi.iv
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CEORGIANA EXCURSIONS
FOR
LEONABDTcwy, PINEl POINT, NAB
STALLS AND POINT LOOKOUT.

These Excursions, so popular the past two seasons,
VII be resumed on SATURDAY, IL
The splendid steamer Georgian as 3k1E1z<zE>ks
viii leave the 7th street wharf at D. N. EVERY
5hTU kDA1 during the season, and returning leave
Point Lookout AZ D. m. Sunday, arriving at wash
ingtOn at o. m. Monday,
s. aie boom tickets for sale at Office OF W O. v.
n. Z c B. Rsilrssd, No. sos Pennsylvania ave.
Bound TIP Tickets, S2G For sale only at the
boat.
Z. NIGHTENGALE, Agent,
Jel-3m It'll street Wharf,
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DATAPsCO FEMALE INSTITUTE,

EKAR BALTIMORE, Nd.
This Institute has been in operation for thirty.
eight years. The number Of pupils is limited. It's
location is rre-erinentIy healthy, il CENTRAL and il
essily reached by railroad from Baltimore and
Washington eiti,s.
For Circulars address
MRS. 3. d ARCHER,
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rLEHWOOD INSTITUTE, MD.

Things before worcs-Nature's System of Instruc-
non Ihs most approved Object Teaching Forms,
Ulasrsnst Models. Philosophical and Chemical a D.
Paratus, Cabinet Of Minerals Geologic Al spscrens
DiOTsuic Paintings, ilastr alive Of Art and Science
&C &c Number 81 pupils limited. School select
ard prominent for its beautiful, retired and health.
tu location, its perfect discip ine and home com
forts.
kS-For Circulars, address
PROF. l.. q MATHEWS, A. M,
eueISm GieuWOOd, Howard comfy. Md
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BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c.

p Z NJ o v Al.
RICHARD ROBERT6
havine improved and enlarged his old stand, No.
Iol0 Ith street, just above New York avenue,
making IL one OF the finest stores in that vicinity
las Iecccupied IL with cheice selection OF MEN
BOOKS, SfATI0HDRY, &C., 40. ausS 2w
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BROOKLYN, January ?, lSi-H @. B.-Dear
Sir: hereby authorize Mr.. Francis ID. MOul-
ton 20 act In my behalf in full settlement with
you OF al my accounts growing out OF nv con-
tracts for services 20 the Independent and the
Brooklyn daily Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-21

j. p. BIeELow, of the loan division of the
Treasury department, left here last night for
New York. whence he win sail for Europe on
Saturday IN connection with the delivery OF the
bonds OF the new loan.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-05
A New Theory About Comets,

At recent meeting of the Lawrence,
Kansas, Academy of Science, paper
entitled Speculations on the Nature
of Comets Tails" was read by Professor
F. w. Bardwell, who took the ground
that a comets tail is no more a part of
the comet than is shadow part of the
object which gives it form. He sup
poses that the resting medium sur
rounding the sun for great distance is
itself self luminous in degree, as indi-
Gated by the zodiacal light; that the nu-
cleus of comet is merely large mete-
orite; that in it's rapid motion through
the resisting medium near the sun,
great heat is thereby developed, in
creased by the heat of the sun, causing
some of the elements of the nucleus to
become volatilized, and thus to present
the phenomena of the coma with its
glowing gas; and, finally, that the
bright train called the tail is merely an
effect of an increased luminosity of the
portion of the resisting medium behind
the comet, caused by the action of the
sunlight and passing through the glow
ing gas of the coma, and projected be-
yond in form usually approaching that
of conical surface.
Prof. Bardwell predicts that, on the
appearance of a comet with a bright
train, tests of spectrum analysis will show
that this train is not nebulous, as Bessel
and others have supposed, and not of a
meteoric character like that of the
nucleus as Schiaparelli and LIE Verrier
suppose, but chiefly of a zodiacal ma.
ture, and probably, in a slight degree,
rejecting sunlight.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-05
VIII Wonders Never Cease {?

When DIR. Walker proclaimed that he
had produced from the medicinal herbs
of California an Elixir that would re-
generate the sinking system and cure
very form of dis ease not organic, the
ncredulous shook their heads. Yet his
VINEGAR BITTERs is now the Standard
Restorative of the Western World. Un-
der the operation of the new remedy,
Dyspeptics regain their health ; the
Bilious and Constipated are relieved of
every distressing symptom the Con-
sumptive and Rheumatic rapidly re-
cover Intermittent and Remittent
Fevers are broken; the hereditary taint
of Scrofula is eradicated Skepticism
IS routed, and this wonderful prepara-
tion is to-day the most popular Tonic,
Alternative, and Blood Depurent ever
advertised in America. We don't sell
Rum under the guise of medicine. We
advertise and sell pure medicine
which will stand analysis by any chemist
in the country.-C0na.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-05
Value of Sleep,

We do not propose to wear this sub
ject threadbare yet, attaching the
Importance we do to sleep as recruit
ing power, hesitate not in speaking a
word in its favor at all times. 1t must
be remembered that sleep repairs not
the vital functions only, but simultane-
ously those functions which we distinc-
lively describe as mental attributes, and
of which the brain is, to our limited
comprehension, the organic instrument.
The intellectual part of our nature,
taking the phrase in it's largest sense,
is exhausted by its continued exercise,
in like manner as the bodily organs,
and requires the intermittent periods
of repose and repair. If other proof
were needed of the great function which
sleep fulflls in the economy of life. it
may at once be found in the effects
which follow the privation of this re-
pair. A single sleepless night tells its
tale, even to the most careless observer.
A long series of such nights resulting,
as often happens, from an overtaxed
and anxious brain, may often warrant
serious apprehension, as an index of
mischief already existing, or the cause
of evil at hand. Instances of this
kind, we believe, are familiar to the
experience of every physician. But
here, as in so many other cases, the evil
of deficiency has its counterpart in the
evil of excess. Sleep protracted be-
yond the need of repair, and encroach-
ing habitually upon the hours of wax
ing action, impairs more or less the
functions of the brain, and with them
all the vital powers.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-02-05
Canning Fruit.

Canning fruit has become an extern
siye industry. The peach-packing es-
adjustments are chiefly in Maryland
and Delaware, and there were about 49,
100000 cans packed last year. The
Eastern States, New York, New Jersey,
and Maryland furnish most of the can
ned tomatoes, 5000, 900 cans have been
put up from last years crop. From
100000 to 100000 cans of corn have
been packed. Maine furnishes the
best corn, where also are situated the
largest lobster establishments. Oysters
are put up in great quantities along
the Chesapeake. Pine-apples are large
ly canned at Nassau, Bahama Islands
In fact, almost every kind of fruit ol
vegetable may now be obtained fol
table use in the winter season so can
ned as to preserve very perfectly the
natural fresh flavor.