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AccIpENTs,-Ed Willhide, living above
town cut his foot last week. DR.. Whit,
rendered medical assistance.
Last Tuesday, Alvin Springer, living
near Graceham, had his toes run over by
the Mine Bank and Furnace car. Dr.
Zimmerman rendered medical assistance
George Geyer, of Gettysburg, Postmas
ter OF that place in Buchanan's time, died
suddenly last Wednesday. He was in his
lGSth year and Superintendent Of the Re.
formed Sabbath School.
Joseph Delphys Mountain Tract of
Land was not sold last Saturday 1t is
now for private sale.
VIM Ridges little farm near Crsagers-
town was not sold at public Sale. No
SoLD.-Thc house and lot in Emmits-
burg, property of the late Peter Rimby,
was sold last Saturday by Joshua Stokes,
Administrator, for the sum Of $3.50.
Purchaser Miss Maggie Stokes.
DEATH OF JOSEPH CoRRIGAN.-We
were sincerely sorry to learn the death of
one, who was born and spent his child
hoods days in Mechanicstown and vicin-
ity-Mr. JOSEPH CORRIGAN, a man
who held the esteem of all by whom he
was known--a man of considerable bust
ness capacity. Although generous by ma
ture. he acquired sufficient to leave his
Family CONFERENCE.-The energy was only
excclcd by kindness and charity towards
othcrS.-On CHRISTMAS Day. that day OF
general rejoicing! The Day of the Christ
ian's triumph!-when all are supposed to
forget trouble anu be chcerfIi-on that
Holy day-Mr. Corrigan, wishing his much
loved family, all pleasure and Happiness,
bid them good morning, expecting to meet
them again After short drive, the
horses, however, become FESTIVE and took
fright and threw Mr.. Corrigan down a
prccipicc, which occasioned his untimcly
death.
lie was taken back to that home which
he had so recently left with his countr-
nance bcaming with pleasure and ruddy
with health alas. he was carried Lack, the
dew drops of death on his manly brow.
We deeply sympathize with his orphan
child, disconsolatc widow and bcreaved
sistcrs-ycs, SORROWS goes its rounds on
every one Of its three hundred and sixty
five days,and graves are filled on Christmas
rs well as other DAYS. Mr.. Corrigan set
tied in st, Pauls, Minnesota, when quite a
young man. H. ). L.
A COW WITH THREE CALvEs.-Nc are
informed by Mr.. Peter Seabold, overseer
ON the College Farm, that one day last
week, one of the fine breed of cows at
that place, dropped three calves, all OF
which are alive and well.
WASHING OF FEET.-Thc Church OF
God people at Crcayerstown had large
meeting at that place last Sunday. When
the ceremony of feet washing took place.
DEEP SNow.-On last Friday and FRI
dav night. week ago, snow fell i'll tins
town and vicinity to the depth of or ~
inches on a dead level. 1t fell on solid
ground and there was fine scshing III con-
sequence. The sleigh bells have been
:ingliny and slcighs running in every dl'
rcction.
PLEASANT SLEIGH RDE-Last Tues,
day, Father Hill. of Mt st. Mary,s College,
having in charge Il number Of boys Of the
Junior class, gave them an airing and
sleigh ride from the College to Cator'lh
Furnace and back again. The Juniors
were greatly pleased AT enjoying the fresh
mountain air
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leatAs.

On the Goth of December. 1873, near
Woodsboro', Mrs. MARY 4. STITELI
aged % years, II months and days
On the 18th ultimo. in Mt. Pleasant.
EMORY ALBERT, infant son OF Martin
and Amanda S. Hoke, aged 9 months and
81 days.
On The AID ultimo, in Mount Pleasant.
CARRIE REBECCA, daughter of George
and Emma Fox, aged years, months
and IA days.
On the Goth ulto, in Woodsboro', Cap
tain JOHN SMITH, of NJ, a soldier of the
War of 1912, aged about SIS years.
On the Sd instant, at his residence,
"Dun,barton Farm near Pikesville. Balti-
more county, NOAH WALKER, in the
10th year Of his age.
At Middeburg. Carroll county, on the
25ih of January, 1874, HIDE LYNN, son
of Lewis Lynn, aged year . months aud
20 days.
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coates elected by the Republicans are
understood to be favorable to the
nomination of Chas. F. Fleming for
Mayor, and a majority of those cleo
ted by the Democrats are said to
favor the nomination of R. Brown
Henderson for Mayor.
The following nominations We're
made for Common Council Republi-
cans-First ward, H. Lampe; Second
ward; F. Keefer, Third ward, w.
saunders; Fourth ward, Chas. J. Lew
Is. Fifth ward, G. de Grange; Sixth
ward Jas. Staub; Seventh ward, w.
Mantz; Eighth ward, j. H. Abbott;
Ninth ward, P. Baer; Tenth ward,
Major B. H. Schley. Democrats
T;rst ward, Isaac Titlow; Second ward,
n J. Wilson; Third ward, G. Ecks-
tein; Fourth ward, j. D. Zieler; Fifth
ward, J. Wilson; Sixth ward, S. Eb-
herts: Seventh ward, J. freshmen;
Eighth ward, J. Hooper; Ninth ward,
A. L. Eader; Tenth ward, L. S.
Clingan.
LOCAL AND COUNTY ITEMS.
We note the following sales Of real
estate: NJ. C. Urner and II. j. Mar
kew, trustees, under decree of the
court sold to-day, at public sale,
farm situated in Urbana district, and
containing ITO acres, to j. Hetfner, at
S32 per acre. Also, a farm situated
in Mount Pleasant district. Con-
tanning 81 acres, to Solomon Crum,
at So per acre.
On Saturday last, Ezra Mnnick,
auctioneer, sold, on account Of VIM.
Sbibbetts. house and several acres
of ground, few miles north Of Mid
dletown, to Mr.. Geo. Neikerk, for
$3.50.
On the same day, John H, Toms,
anctioneer, sold at public sale, near
Myersville, on account of Jas. 5.
Giadhill, executor of Mary Ambro-
seus, little farm of 80 acres, improv-
ed, to Mr.. Lewis Cline, for : $50
Mr.. Geo. W. Norris purchased Of
Jacob Gibbons 33 acres, near Mount
Philip, for $500. Samuel Dutrow,
of Buckeystown district, purchased
the house of Mr.. Owen Dorsey, south
west corner of Market and South
streets, in this city, for $1,000. David
+. Coblentz sold his house and lot in
Mdlletown to A. w. Smith, Of N.Y.
ersvllle, for $1,000.
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nea- The bodies of the Same: e
Twins are now in Philadelphia. An
examination was to have been made
in the College Of Physicians on Mon
day. all present pledged to secrecy.
Of course "the whole truth in re-
gard to the singular connection Of the
Twins will be made public in due
time.
ng~ The General Assembly of
Maryland adjourned over from Thurs
dav of last week until Monday next,
to enable members to visit the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, at Frederick, to
inspect the institution and see the
actual condition of the buildings, and
decide as to further Legislation nee
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Bridge Notice.

Notice is hereby given that VIC the I'M
dcrsigned, will make application to the
County Commissioners of Frederick coun-
ty, after thirty days from the date hereof,
for the purpose ofBuilding a Bridge across
the Monocacy at SELLS FORD, on the
public road leading from Emmitsburg, in
Frederick County, to Harvey, in Carroll
County. Said Bridge to be built by Fred
erick county and Carroll county, JCintly.
WILLIAM GILLELAN,
HENRY EYLER,
JUDSON HILL,
Feb. 14.4w and others.
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At Mt. st. Mary's church, near Emmits'
burg. ON Tuesday, 81 instant, Ivy Rev.
Father Hill, Mr. WILLIAM SEABOLD to
Mis-, ELIZABETH STIMMELL, both Of
Emmitsbury District,
At Mt. st, Marvs church, near Emmits.
burg. on Tuesday, 10th inst by Rev. Dr.
John McCatlrry. Mr.. IGNATlCS WAC,
NER to Miss MARY LlEERS, both of
Emmtsburg District
On Tuesday evening, 10th instant, at It
Joscph's Catholic Church, EmmitshurE, Ivy
Rev. Father Mccarthy. Mr.. WILLIAM
FLORENCE of Emmi,sburg District, to
Miss ANNA ROBINSON, Of Adams Co.,
Pa.
On the 3l inst, ut the Lutheran Parson'
age, in Frederick. by the Rev. DR. DIEM,
HORACE T.. STULL to Miss LAURA
UOUCk, both of this county.
Onthc 9Th inst, at the same place. by
the same. EDWARD J. STCLL to Miss
.LUCRErIA :. GLAND, both of this Go.
On the Goth ultimo. at the NJ p. Parson-
nrr, in Westminster, by Rev. w. 5 Ham
mond, GEORGE A. MILLER, Of Carroll
county to Miss EUGENIA d. HORNER,
of Baltimore county.
On the 22d ultimo, near Mycrsvillc, by
the Rev. J. X. Nelson, JOHN X. HINES,
of Sharpshurg. Washington county. to N lSs
SARAiIJ. ODAIR, of Middletown Valley,
in this county
On the 2sd ultimo. near Mycrsvillc. by
the Rev. J. X. Nelson, JAMES POFFlN-
BERGER to Miss MARY DCSlNG, all OF
Middlctown Valley.
On the Goth ultimo, at Zittlestown, Ivy
the Rev. J. w. Kiracofe GEORGE II.
LEAPOLD, Of Washington county. to
Miss MARTHA HAUPT, of this county.
On the 22d of December, 1873, in Mon
ticcllo Ill.,, bv Rev. William 3. Glen,
FRANCIS b. WORDSWORTH, of Say
brook, H., formerly of this county, to Miss
EMM L. DICESON, of Leroy, Ill.
| On the Sd instant, by the Rev. A. Il.
Krcmcr, DR.. MARSHALL LEATHER.
MAN, of Lcwistown, to Miss FLORENCE
| j. RAMSBURG, of Dublin, both of this
county
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Administrators Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, That the
IN subscriber has obtained from the Or
phans' Court of Frederick County, letters
Testamentary on the estate of
JOHN YONSON,
late of Frederick County, deceased. All
persons having claims against said dcccas-
ed are hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof on before the
18th of August. 1874; they may other
wise by law be excluded from all benefit of
said estate. Those indebted to the deceas-
cd are desired to make immediate pay
mcnt.
JACOB H. YONSON,
Administrator
CORNELIUS BLACK, Agent.
tCb li4W
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NOTICE.

DERSONS owing Corporation L, Nes
l. for the year 1872 arc hereby notified
to pay the same by the Isl of February
next. Ifnot paid before said date, shall
advertise for sale property to satisfy Taxes,
and costs, after that date.
JACOB II. COVER,
jan. l0.3w Tax Collector.
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D U BLIC S A l. E.

The subscriber intending to decline farm
ing will sell at Public Sale on the "Clar-
vaux Farm" near Mount St. Mary's Col
lego, on the road leading from the Turn,
pike to the Frederick Dirt Road,
On Tuesday, February "a, 1874,
at 9 O'clock, A. NJ. the following property,
to wit:
AHEAD No. / WORK HORSES, One ell
egant BROOD MARE, One Pair Of
MATCH HORSES,
calculated for HEAVY or LIGHT DRAFT
10 head of Horned Cattle, among which
are four noble
MICH COWS,
I fine YOUNG BULL, and YOUNG
IIEIFERS, heavy with calf; one three and
one four horse wagon; one pair OF wood
ladders, nearly new; one Spring wagon,
one Horse Hack, one Nanny Reaper and
Mower; one > and 3 Horse Plow, one ,
horse and Double shovel Flows. and one
Single ditto, one corn Covercr, , two horse
Uarrows, one Small Cultivator, one Grind
stone, and one Z horse Double Tree, 3 two
horse ditto, ono Pair of Spreaders, 10 Sin,
gle Trees, , pair of Hay Carriages, one
Stone Carriage, one Horse Sleigh and
Bells, > sets of Breechbands, sets Of Front
Gears, > sets of Plow Gears, , sets of Sin.
yle Harness, one set of Double Harness, +
Housings, 6 Blind Brides, > riding Brides,
& horse collars, haltcrs, one horse Line
and whip, one wagon Saddle, two Moving
Scythcs, one MSttock, one Vice. 3 pair OF
Blacksmith. longs, | hand hammer, set
of Shoeing Tools, lot of old Iron, Steel,
, Dung Forks, 4 pitch forks, Dung hook,
Cutting Box, New Bags, Grain Shov-
el, two sets Butt chains, one pair Breast
Chains. TWO LOG chains. j COW chains
Iron Wedges and Maui Rings.
Household Furniture.-One new Ten.
plate Stove and Pipe, . Bcdsteads, and
many other articles too tedious TO mention
T,ru.s Of !Sa'r-A credit of months
VIII he given on all sums above S5,hy th'
purchaser him. her or they, giving thclI
notes with approved y;and tor ANY
one paving the cash, j per cont. will b,
ia zen Off Sums of - and under CASH
No property to he removed until TIT
term. of sale are complied with.
DANIEL. J. MANNING.
ABS.ALOM SMITH, Auciioneer.
Feb Its
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DU BLIC S A l. Z.

The subscribers will offer at Public
Sale on the premises,
On Wednesday, 18Th Of Marcl, 1874
at IL o'clock, meridian,
The following real estate The well
known Wclty farm Lying and Situate III
Enmitsbprg District, and adjoining Tie
lands of Tie late George H.. Miles and
others, near Mt. St. Mary's College, con-
tanning
Ss3D LA8E2 q 5o3e
more or less, good proportion in wood
and meadows, and well laid Oft III fields,
with good fencing, the improvements are Il
a good two story Brick cased House,
1.aa with back buildings and Bans
LL1 Barn, and other necessary buildings
with fine fruit of various kinds. The above
property is finely located, and is a desirable
property, and will be sold clear OF all Gu
cumbranccs, and good and sufficient deed
made to the purchaser or purchasers upon
the payment of the purchase money, dh the
security of the same by sufficient security.
sEr There is on this farm good thriV-
ing ORCHARD of choice fruit---anplcs
peaches, pears, etc, and Il spring of excel
lent water ut the kitchen door.
Terms made known on day of sale.
WILLIAM L. WELTY,
JOIN F. WELTY,
REGINA WELTY,
JOSEPH WELTN.
CECILIA WELTY.
Feb ITS Heirs at Law.
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The Comte de Weldeck sent a bou-
quet to the ex-Empress l,uBenia on
her birthday, with a note saying that
his age was one hundred and nine
years. OH the gallantries OF these
young men.
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C., C., True Cape Cod Cranberry, best
c., sor. for Upland, Lowland, or Car
den, by mail, prepaid, Sl,oO per 100, 5?
per 900 A pric ed Catalogue, ofthis and
all Fruits, Ornamental Trees, Evergrcens.
Shrubs, Bulbs, Roses, Plants, Sc, and
FRESH FLOWER AND GARDEN
SEEDS, the choicest collection in the conn-
try. with all novelties, will he sent gratis to
any plain address. % sorts of either
Fl.wtr. Gaiden, Tree. Fruit, Evergreen,
or Herb Seeds. for 81 CO., sent by mail
prcpaid. WHOLESALE CATALOGUE
TO THE TRADE.
b. NJ. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries
and Seed Warehouse, Plymouth, Mass.
Established 1912.
Feb l4-3W
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vECc3EE @D
FL 0 IA / GUIDE
FOR 1874.

200 PAGES; 800 ENGRAVINGS, and
COLORED PLATE. Published Quar-
terly, ct 20 CENTS year. First No,tIr
1874, just issued. A German edition at
JAMES WICK.
nov 29-4w Rochester, n. \.
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DR.. J. Walkers California Vim
cgar BittCrS arc Il purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from tho ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Calior-
MA, the medicinal properties Of which
arc extracted thcrcfrOm without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked "What is the cause of tho
unparalleled success OF VINEGAR BIr-
IEEs?' Our answer is, that they remove
the calSo Of disease, and tho patient re-
covers his Aca..A, They are the great
blood purifier and l!.l: giving principle,
d Ier.te. Rcnorator and Myieorator
Of tie system. Never before in tho
history Of the world has q medicine been
compounded possessing tho remarkable
qaa..i.Us Of VINEGAR BITTERa III healing tho
sck Of every disease man Is heir to. They
are gentle purEativo as we'll as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver ak, Nisccrai Organs il Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DR.. WALKEE's
NiXK"AR ilTrhRs are Apercnt. D!aphoretic,
Carmiuativc. Nutritious. Laxative pluretc,
seLAtiye. CoUntc".luitau SuLoHtc, Alters-
t!vu, and Anti Bilious.
r. IL. rIcDONALD X CO..
Druggists and Gen. A CTS San Francisco California,
and cor o; Washington and Charlton Sta. y.
Sold ~ AL Druggists and Dealers.
~ I,,
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y U Bill AL T..

THE undersigned administrators de ho-
mis- non. of GEORGE ElLER, deceased,
will sell at Public Sale, on the premises
in Eylcr's Valley, on the old llager>,own
and Emni,sburg Road, about 1 mites from
the latter place,
On Friday, February 20. ISL,
tIo Enllowinr VALUABLE
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ssa- Elitn" is a beautiful
poem b. a native writer.
After The 2:,22l then comes S., Pat
yick's ,lav in the morning.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-24

PRESIDENT GRANTS ANCESTRAL RE-
COED.-A Hartford paper says that Mr..
Heath, of that city, has recently been en-
gagged in hunting up President Grants an
cestral record, tracing it back to Matthew
Grant, who came from England in the ship
Mary and John, to Dorchester, Mass, in
1880. Mr.. Heath has written the record
from that time until the present in the
most elaborate manner, with fine steel
pen, and is soon TO place it handsomely
framed, upon exhibition in the Capitol ut
Washington. Mr.. Heath traces the Presi-
dents alicestry, from 1870 rs follows Mat
thew Grant removed TO Connecticut in
in 1880, and with 0thers formed the
Windsor colony in 1851. We died there in
1871. Matthew married in 1862, Priscilla,
whose family name is not given. From
Matthew the succession is traced Though
Samuel, his son, Samuel, Jr., Noah, first,
second, third, to Jesse Root Grant, of
Pennsylvania, who removed to Ohio in his
youth, where he married in 1921, Hannah
Simpson. His eldest sOa, Ulysses 5. Grant,
was born April y, 1872, at Point Pleasant,
Claremont county. To show that General
Grant belongs to military family, it may
be said that his great-grandfather, Captain
Noah, second, served in the expedition
against Crown Point, in the year 1865, and
he was killed there. The Presidents
grandfather, Noah, third, served with dis
tinction in the Revolutionary war, among
the volunteers from Connecticut, and in
1887 removed to Pennsylvania.
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in a very brief space of time Marian and her
husband were driven to Hallowell House.

in a very brief space of time Marian and her
husband were driven to Iallowell House.
And there, drawn up in array on the
lawn were old Gilbert and Polly, and all
the rest of them, waiting to welcome back
their old mistress.
Marian turned to her husband, who with
smiling face was presenting his wife to
the servants.
"What does it all mean 20 she asked in
puzzled tone.
"NOthing-except that my name is Gle
ment Burke Hallowell, and you are my
wife. Pardon my deception, but fell in
love with you before l saw you. / knew
that no ordinary woman would have sacri-
feed what you did from a sense of honor
and | resolved to know you. I felt sure
you would not prosper my suit if was
known to you as the heir, so / was a poor
artist instead and, darling, am a very
poor artist for l never drew thing in all
my life. You know you used to tax me
last summer with my miserable laziness,
but L was on an entirely different kind of
business from picture making. And you
say you forgive me p
She could do no better, she said, seeing
that he had already settled everything his
own way and she glided gracefully into
her own place as mistress, and Hallowell
House
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-04-24

FAN FILTRATION. When a lady uses
her fan in an outward movement, that is,
away from her into space, it means that
she is married and you must not hope. The
contrary movement, inward, from space to
the body, means that she is free. If, how
ever, this inner movement, is made by fam
ming in downward direction, it means she
is a widow if in an upward direction,
that she has never been married. A clos
ed fan, held upright, means ''do as you
like" An open fan, resting on the breast,
means ''silence." A closed fan, presented
to you horizontally, means IAN invitation
presented by the small end, Indifference. -
With one leaf open, friendship - two
open leaves, sympathy y three, Glove and
passion \ talking FAM should be COM
posed OF seven leaves, TO correspond with
the seven days of the week. The hour you
are expected at a rendezvous is intimated
by so many taps being made ON the leaf
which represents the day. y closed fan
placed on the lips means don't tell.' n
circular movement of the fan means ''we
are watched"
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SUNBURY, Pa. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL a. 1874
Select poetrp.
THERE Is NO DEATH.


There is no death The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweled crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no death The dust We tread
Shall change beneath the Summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbOw-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear,
The forest trees drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death The leaves may fall.
The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of the May.
There is no death An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread;
He bears our bestowed things away.
And then We call tn em ''dead.''
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
-,
The bird-like voice, with joyous tones
Made glad these scenes Of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Amid the tree of life.
And where he sees a smile too bright.
Or heart too pure for taint and vice.
He bears il to that world of light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With JOY we welcome them-the same.
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe -
Is life-there is no dead.
R.,1,s I'm
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THE FOOD OF UUMAIING- -BIEDS.-The
long bills of humming- birds have been held
by some naturalsts to be tubes into which
they suck the honey from flowers by a pis-
ton-like movement of the tongue. Mr..
Belt, the author of The Naturalist in Nj
caragua,'' dissents from this view. The
humming- bird undoubtedly sucks honey
from lowers, but lis principal food is in
sects. Some species in Central America
are seldom seen about flowers, and Mr..
Belt never examined the body without lind
ing insects in its crop. The tongue, he
states, for one-half its length is composed
of semi i-horney tissue, and cleft in two !; the
two halves are laid flat against each other
when at rest, but can be separated at the
will Of the bird, and form delicate pliable
pair of fOrceps, most admirably adapted to
picking out minute insects from among the
stamens of flowers. The woodpecker,
which has similar extensive mechanism
for protruding its tongue to great length,
uses it also to procure its food-in this case
soft grubs from holes in rotten trees and
to enable it to pull these out, the end of the
tongue is sharp and horny, and barbed
with short, stiff, recurved bristles.
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MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGS.-The
white of an egg has proved of late the most
efficacious remedy for burns. Seven or
eight successful applications of this sub
stance sOothes pain and ehfectually excludes
the burned parts of the air. This simple
remedy seems preferable to collodion or
even cotton. Extraordinary stories are
told of the healing properties of a new oil
which is easily made from the yolk of hens
eggs. The eggs are first boiled hard, and
the yolks are then removed, crushed and
placed over fire, where they are carefully
stirred until the whole substance is just on
the point of catching fire, when the oil sep
arates and may be poured of. One yolk
will yield nearly two teaspoonfulls of oil.
1t is in general use among the colonists of
south Russia as a means of curing cuts,
bruises and scratches.
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why did the general take you on his
stafr?' was asked of young Hussar not
long ago by an enthusiast. oh, I'll tell
you-because l cut Through the
ranks of the enemy, you hero Uninterrupted =
the enthusiast (she was lady, "Oh,
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