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Statistics presented to the French
Academy show that the marriages
of blood relations form about two
per cent. of all the marriages. in
France, and the deaf and dumb off
spring, at birth of consanguinous
marriages, are, in proportion TO
the deaf and dumb born in ordina
~ wediock-at Lyons, full Is per
cent; at least Is per cent. in Paris,
and 80 per cent in Bordeaux-the
proportions of the deaf and dumb,
by birth, increasing with the de-
gree of blood relationship. The
data obtained show that, If the
danger Of having deaf and dumb
child in ordinary marriage, repre-
sented by figures, is one, there
will be Is in marriages between first
cousins, 81 in marriages between
uncles and nieces, and 20 in MARI.
ges between nephews and aunts.
It appears, too, that the most
healthy parents, if related in blood,
may have deaf and dumb children
while deaf and dumb parents, il
/, not related, very rarely have deal
| and dumb children.
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An exchange says that when a maj

An exchange says that when q man
famed Brown undertook the. other
day to expatiate upon the adv antages
ofbuilding India rubber ships, an old
sailor exclaimed, "No, mol 1t will
never do; an India rubber ship would
rub out all the lines of latitude and
Longitude, to say nothing Of the equa-
tori OF course this is q joke, but we
have always coRtended that excellent
results would follow the use of India
rubber for the purpose. Some years
ago we explained through the public
press that if our war vessels were
made of rubber We need spend moth
ing for powder. Suppose for instance,
a vessel sails in front Of Cuban fort,
the enemy fires y ball at the ship, the
ball strikes the elastic side, rebounds,
enters the fort and kills the men. No
doubt. under 4 heavy FIRE, the vessel
could demolish the fort and STAY the
enemy by hundreds without firing q
gun. In cases of collision at sea, too
vessels thus constructed would run
into each other and simply bounce
back and 20 ahead unhutf. If such
a shin should be thrown upon thu
shore violently, it would rebound int
1 deep water and get away without hurt
ing anybody, while if one of the sail
ors tumbled from the mast head Il
the deck, he would merely bounc,
around for a while, and finally settle
down as good as ever. There ough
to be law forbidding ships to be made
of anything but rubber,-Max Adler
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-17

In his lecture room talk Friday
evening MIR. Beecher said: "At the
entrance to new year may say
that during the one that has passed
/ have had very precious sense Of
the Divine presence I have had
very new and comforting views of
Christ's revelation. The year has
given me q deeper and intenser in,
sight into spiritual things than any
previo6s year. The impulse to be
like. minded with Christ has been
stronger than ever before. II have
been able to maintain a yearning,
wistfn4, loving disposition toward
all. i have had wrought in me o
kind Of giving up of myself to the
care Of God, and I can say now as
never before, Not my will, but
thine, be done. I do not remem
Der but one other period in my
life, and that was very short one,
when I had 80 close a communion
with God. I can say of the year,
as it passes into the shadows oil
memory, that it has been one OF
revelation from God unto me-"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-17

Jones went out to the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum on Thursday to in
spect the institution. Upon enter
ing he encountered q man, evident
~ an inmate and he at once en-
deavored to explain to the man by
making signs upon his fingers that
he wanted to look through the
place. The man also made signs
which Jones could not comprehend.
Then Jones made other and more
elaborate motions, which set the
man at work with greater violence,
and for the next half hour they
stood in the hall gesticulating and
twisting their fingers without either
being able to comprehend what
the other meant. Finally, Jones be-
e came angry, and in an outburst of
wrath exclaimed: a 500
s, "Oh, get out, you idiot, TIM tired
of bothering with you!' 3,
n Thereupon the man said, sssThat' s
just what I was going to say about
you" ii
ooh, you can speak, can you!
Then why in thunder didn't you
say SO and not keep me standing
q here motioning to You? I thought
you were deaf and dumb"
ssAnd I thought you were," said
the man. / 4ss8 55ii
q Il came here to inspect the asy,
lnm,' said Jones, land I took you
for patient
ssThat's what I came here for, and
thought You were an attendant.
said the man.
Here Jones and the man shool
hands, and hunted up a genuin.
attendant and went away happy
After this Jones will always u.s.
his tongue first, no matter wher'
he is.-Max Adelar.
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A western wetldins.

Last night party drove up, as
sembled in the. parlor OF q hotel,
and sent for the landlord. They
had come in from the prairie and
were in search of an official to tie
the knot that should make them
one and inseperable forevermore.
l was invited to witness the cere-
mony, and ascending to the parIor
found the expectant bridegroom, a
man about forty years of age, and
q fair and blushing damsel Of sweet
sixteen, waiting impatiently the ar
rival of the parson. For some
reason no preacher could be found,
and they were obliged at last to
fall back upon very young fellow,
o newly elected Justice of. the Peace,
who had never before officiated at
ceremony of this kind. He was
very nervous at the idea of having
to perform the ceremany, and
brought with him copy of Every
Man His Own Lawyer through
which he looked for the desired
form. Not finding any, and the
crowd growing impatient he told
the couple to stand up and hold
up their right hands. This done
he pronounced the following charge;
'.You, and each of you, do solemn
~ swear that in the case now upon
hearing you will tell the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the
truth, and that you will love, honor
and cherish each other during the
term of your natural lives, SO helr
you God" Both answered solemn
~, 81 will" Then the Justice
charged them a dollar each, and
pronounced them man and wife
Nicola Correspondence Of the Coun
Gil Bluffs Nonpariel. f-
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Nearly seven Days ON Drii,ns ice.

Nearly Seven Days On Drifting Ice.
Two men, William McEwen- and
George Smith, went out ON the ice, on
Saginaw Bay, on Wednesday Dec: 81,
1873, to fish. They spent the after
noon fishing through the ice till about
4:30 O'Clock. when they discovered
that the ice hsd parted in a long line
abont six rods from them towards the
shore They ran toward the crack to
escape to the shore, but before they
reached it, it had become so wide it
was impossible to jump across. They
!drifted out for several miles, the ice
breaking up IN big and little pieces.
All their efforts to reach the shore
proved unavailing, till on the morn
ing of the following Tuesday, after a
night sufficiently cold to form new ice
and strengthen the old, forming an ice
bridge Of deliverance between them
and the shore, of which they availed
themselves, and safely reached it on
the seventh day that they had been
drifting. go
"A party of six, at Alabaster, volun-
teered to 60 in boat in search of, and
if possible to rescue the castaways.
Their names were Lewis Hutton, Vim.
/ Mitchell, Capt. VIM. d. Wilson, John
/ Soderman, Gustayei Eman and Otto
Whilburg, who left Alabaster Sunday
morning. 1t is supposed that these
men are all lost, as their boat has been
found capsizcd few rods from the
beach at Milestone Point. fr1j
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-17
VEGETINE.
Purifes the Blood, Rcnovates and
Invigorates the whole System. Its
Medical Properties are Alternative,
Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic.

VEGETINE is made exclusively from the
juices of carefully selected Banks, Roots and
Herbs, and SO strongly concentrated that 1t
will effectually eradicate from the system
every faint of SerOfula, ScrOfulous Humor,
TumorsI Cancer, Generous HumOr, Erysip-
ker, Faintness at the Stomach, and all dis
eases that arise from impure blood, Sciatica,
Infiammatory and Chronic Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, GOut, and Spinal Complaints can
only be effectually cured through the blood.
For Uulcers and Eruptiye Diseases of the
Skin, Pustules, Pimpies, Blotches, Boils,
letter, Scaldhead and Ringworm, NEGE-
TINE has never failed to effect a permanent
cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Com
plants, Dropsy, Female Weakness, Leucor-
rhea, arising from internal liberation and
uterine diseases and General Debility, VEG
ErINE acts directly upon the causes of
these complaints. 1t invigorates and
strengthens the whole system, acts upon the
secretfve organs, allays inflammation. cures
liberation, and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual Costive-
ness, PalpitatiOE of the Heart, Headache,
Piles, Nervousness, and General Prostitution
of the Nervous System, no medicine has
ever given such perfect satisfaction as the
VEGETINE. 1t purifies the blood, cleanses
all of the organs, and possesses controlling
power over the nervous system.
The remarkable cures effected by NEGE-
TINE have induced many physicians and
apothecaries whom we know to prescribe
and use it in their own families.
In fact, Negetine is the best remedy yet
discovered for the above diseases, and is the
only reliable BLOOD PURIFIERyet placed
before the public. Prepared by
III. r.. STEVENS,
Boston, Massachusetts,
Price 81 25 Sold by all druggists and
dealers everywhere. 43-4w
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Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Southwest Corner. Main ms. and NJ arion !.
LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY


. ger after Nine Year, Absence.
Nine years ago the wife of Friend
Daniel Pratt, at Davis Mills, in
Vassalborough, left her husbands
bed and board and removed to New
Gloucester, joining the, fraternity
of . Shakers. Whatever the cause
of this proceeding sufficient, prob
ably, in her, mind-it was kept to
herself. She packed up her furni-
ture and quietly left for her new
home. In the mean time her de-
voted husband lived alone at the
old homestead, keeping alive the
fire on the hearthstone, and NOV
ing along apparently contented and
happy, as though nothing unusual
had happened But the strangest
part is the sequel The other day
the spirit moved the old lady. to
leave Shakerdom, and return to
the scenes of her former home.
This she does, and is cordially re
oeived by the long deserted but
still faithful husband. He goes
more than half way to meet the re
turning prodigal wife. The veal
season having passed, the old gent
leman slaughtered . turkey, fatted
for the Christmas holidays, and
then e Is Joy in that house, ,,ndis
turbed by the complainings Of any
elder brother. The neighbors got
together and gave a public recep-
ton and supper in honor of the
event. And SO the aged couple,
who have passed the three quarter
milestone of century, are living
together again, contented and hap
py, and hand in hand they step
gently down the western declivity
of life toward its setting SUM-
Kennebec Me. Journal. r,n
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Mr.. Elliott, the eloquent (colored


Mr.. Elliott, the eloquent (colored
representative Of South Carolina, in
the House on the 9th, in advocating
the Civil Rights Bill, and in reply to
Beck of KY. Harris Of, Virginia, and
Stephens of Georgia, surprised the
house and we'll filled galleries, with one
ofthe most able, eloquent and mastery
speeches, that has been heard for
many day. He was greeted by . per-
feet storm Of applause, from the House
and galleries. When he concluded,
many ofthe Members gathered around
him, to shake hands, and tender their
congratulations: among them, came
some Democrats. a93h sao1t 9stt To
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-17

Papa" said little boy to his ia
ther the other day, when one fellow
strikes another. hain't he got no right
to strike back?" Certainly he has"
replied the father. THE law Of self
defence sanctions it, "Well then
I'll tell you what it is" said the boy,
"the next time you box my ears, I'll
hit you blow under the fifth rib. "
The father laughed heartily. and the
next day related the anecdote to ono
of his neighbors. <.pg
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-01-17
Peck.s experience with Coal stove.

=
We never had coal stove around
the house until last Saturday.
Have always burned pine slabs and
pieces of our neighbours fences.
They burn we'll, too, but the fence
got all burnd up, and the neighbor
said he wouldn't build new one,
SO we went down to Jones and got
q coal stove. It is called the era
diant Home,o and any man that
says we didn have radiant home
at our house for about four hours
last Saturday night is a Democrat
and villain. You see we didn't
know anything about coal stoves;
we filled the Radiant Home about
half full of pine fence and when tie
stuff got well to going we filed the
artesian we'll on top with coal. It
simmered and sputtered about five
or ten minutes, and all went out,
and we put on an overcoat and a
pair of mittens and "went out too,'
to supper. We remarked, in tho
course of the frugal meal, that
Jones was ssfraud" for recommend
ing such COMPOUNDED refrigerator
for man to get warm by. After
supper we took a piece of ice and
rubbed our hands warm, and went
in where that stove was, resolved
to make her draw and burn if it took
all the pine fence in the First Ward.
Our better half threw a quilt over
her, and shiveringly remarked she
never knew what solid comfort was
till she got coal stove. Stung by
the sarcasm in her remark, we turn
ed everything in the stove that
was movable, or looked like it had
anything to do with draft, and
pretty soon the Radiant Home be-
gan to heave up heat. It was not
long before she sputtered like the
new Silsby steamer. Talk about
your heat! In ten minutes that
room was as much worse than a
Turkish bath as Hades is hotter
than Liverman's ice-house. The
perspiration fairly fried out of a tin
water cooler in the next room. We
opened the door, and the snow
began to melt as far up vine street
as Hascomb's house, and people all
round the neighborhood put on
linen clothes. And we conldn't
stop The COMPOUNDED thing. We
forgot what Mr.. Jones told us
about the hampers, and she just
kept a billing The only thing we
could do was to go to bed, and
leave the thing burn up the house il
it wanted to. We went to bed
supposing that the coal would
eventually burn out, but about
twelve o'clock the whole family had
to get up and sit on the fence
Finally, a man came along who
had been brought up among Goa
stoves, and he put a wet blanke'
over him and crept up to the stove
and turned the proper dingus, ant
she cooled off, and since that tim,
has been just as comfortable al
possible. If you buy a coal stove
you want to learn how to engineel
it, or you may get roasted. LA
Cross Democrat. 42,i sd
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The Arabs have fable of miller.
who was one day startled by . camel's
nose thrust in the window Of the room
where he was sleeping.
1T is very cold outside, said the
camel; II only want to get my nose
in" - asIio1lts ila e ai.i Z.
The nose was let in and then 1.-The
neck, and finally the whole body.
Presently the miller began to be ex-
tremely Inconvenience by the un-
calmly companion he had obtained. in
a room certainly not long enough for
both.
'Ifyou are Inconvenience you may
leave said the camel; .'as for myself,
I shall stay where / am m =
The moral of the fable concerns all.
When temptation occurs, we must not
yield to it. We must not allow so much
as its nose" to come in. Everything
like sin is to be turned away from
He who yields even. the smallest de.
gree will soon be entirely overcome
and the last state of that man was
worse than the first. - ,.
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There were only eight votes against
the repeal of the salary bill in the
Senate, and of these three we're Re-
publican and Eve Democratic or indie
pendent. Twelve Senators were alb
sent or not voting, and Of these three
were Republicans; the other nine
Democrats or Reformers. OF those
voting to repeal, nearly four fifths
were Republicans. The record speaks
for itself.
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Filming individuals for drunkenn ess
is decided by the Supreme Court to
be unconstitutional; but it's clearly
right to confne the drunkard until he
gives the name of the liquor-seller
who sold the liquor and caused the
drunkenness.
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Deere.se ef revenue.

The total custom receipts at the
port of New York for the calender
year 1872 amounted t. $40, 69Oz73.
For the present calendar year they
have amounted, up to December 18th,
to $116. 361 ,645, as shown by the fol
lowing table of monthly receipts:
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The Rev. Dewitt Talmage took for
his text, a week ago last Sabbath, the
words, "How old art thou?" 1t is
said as soon as it was announced, a
crowd Of indignant ladies, over whose
heads an uncertain number of sum-
mers had smiled, rose and, with an in
jured air, left the house.
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SOLICITORS OF PATENTs, Attor-
neys for Inventors. Experimental Ma
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Manufactured for Inventors, O.
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This decrease of receipts is due in
part to the reduction of customs du-
ties by the last Congress and in part
to very considerable decrease of i'm
ports within the last few months, as
compared with the previous year. The
imnort entries for the month of last
August amounted to 432632, 800; but
for November following they were but
$40 ,890, 987 showing falling off of
nearly ono third. The customs du-
ties collected in August amounted to
S13,454,7S5, and in November they
were but 81 ,958, 287, CT. less than forty
four per cent, of those in August. To
this add the fact that about two
thirds of all foreign imports are enter
ed at the port of New York, and we
have no difficulty in understanding
why the revenue receipts Of the Gov
eminent are so largely reduced. ea.
As matters now stand, the current
expenses of the Government are in ex-
cess of it's receipts, and have been for
some months past. Congress, must,
hence, at once curtail expenses or
make provision for an increase Of rev.
enue, as the only means of avoiding an
Increase of the public debt. But for
the forty-four millions ofretired legal
tender notes, upon which the Secre-
tary ofthe Treasury has already drawn,
the Government would have been un-
able to meet its current liabilities.
This state of things demands q prompt
remedy, and it is the duty of Congress
to furnish it without delay. It is not
a question of partizanship, but Of ur-
gent public necessity.
New York Independent.
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$50 Persons believing they have made an
invention or discovery in art or science, and
DESTROYS of knowing whether the same has
been patented, by transmitting to us a
model, or drawing, or a sufficient descrip-
ton to make the Invention Ineligible, can
have q thorough examination made in the
Patent Office, and the result of said exam
ination forwarded to them for q reasonable
compensation.
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Complaint, Constipation, Vomiting Of Food
Sour Stomach, Water Brash, Heartburn,
Low Spirits, etc. In thirty five years never
Sold by druggists generally. &. E. POTTS
& CO., go Main street, Agents for Richmond,
Indiana. Depot, las Eighth street, N. Y.
Circulars mailed on application. 43-4w
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DIR. J.. Walkers California
Vinegar Ritters arc a purely Veg
etable preparation, matlc chiefly from
the native herbs found on the lower
ranges OF the Sierra Nevada noun,
tains of California, the, medicinal
properties of which are extracted
thercfrom without the use of Alcohol.
fhe question is almost daily asked,
"What is the cause of the unpar-
:illcled success of VINEGAR Brr-,
TIERS II Our answer is, that they
remove tho cause of disease, and
the patient. RECEIVERS his health. They
are tho great blood purifier and a
life giving principle, perfect, Reno
vator and Invigorator Of the system.
Never before in the history of the world
has u medicine been compounded pos
sessing the remarkable qualities of Viz,
EGAR Buffers in healing the sick of
every disease man is heir to- They are
gentle Purgatiye as we'll as q Tonic.
relieving Congestion or inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DIR. WALK
ER's VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperieut. Dia-
phoretic, Carminatiye, Nutritious, Laxa-
tire, Diurctic, Sedative, Count Irlitant,
Sudorific, Alternative. and Anti Bilious.
II. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists & Gen. Agts., San Francisco. Califor
MIA. & cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, Y
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
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Susceptible of being illustrated by a model,
or if It consists in a chemical compound;
samples Of the ingredients in their CONNER
cial state, and also in the proposed prepared
form, should be sent. -
Also, full description of the invention
or discovery, and its advantages should be
given as is practicable, to aid in the proper
preparation of the papers. EA*
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New and Second Hand, Of First Class Max
ers, will be sold at Lower Prices for cash. or
on Installments, in City or County, during
this Financial Crisis Of the Holidays, ~
than ever before offered In New York.
Agents wanted for the sale Of Waters Gel
ebrated Pianos, Concerto and Orchestral Or
CANS, Illustrated Catalogues mailed. Great
Inducements to the Trade. A large discount
to Ministers, Churches, Sunday Schools, etc.
49, .......l
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VIII receive personal and prompt attention
ALL INFORMATION

In reference to Patent Laws cheerfully given
Copies of the Laws and Rules and ReXula-
tions of the Patent Office, will be sent gratis
on application. In applying for Paten
the applicant should
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D. P. HOLLOWAY & o.

Have engaged insthe4business 81 soneiu In
siness entrusted to them will receive prompt
attention. So
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COPIES OF CLAIMS

Since 1896, will be furnished ON the reception
of 81, the applicant giving the full name OF
the patentee, nature Of the invention, day
Of the patents, etc III
Washington City, Dec. q, 1871.
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The Diamond.

The unr;vaIlnd br;Ili,ncv ~ tbi. r..nlon-
dent gem has slwavs a.trse,ad un;yerssl
adm;ration M other snbs,aaes natural
or arti6cial can rival its lus,re ~ rich
with prismatic colors =, d;ffars from III
other gems in not be;ne c,mnosed az Garth
but Of carbon
The colors ~ diamonds are var;ous
The finest are colorless IN themselves and
have only what tbcv derive from refractino
the rays of light-tbese are recorded ns ai