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Lime-Water for Burns.

The readiest and most useful remedy for
scalds and burns is an embrOcatiOn of
lime water and linseed oil. these simple
agents combined form thick, cream-like
substance, which effectually excludes the
injured parts. and allays the Inflammation
almost instantly. A case is recorded
where child fell backw I'd into bath-tub
of boiling water. and was nearly t1ayed
from her neck to below her hips. Her agOn-
les were indiscribable; but her clothing be-
ing gently removed, and the lime and oil
preparation thickly spread over the I'M lred
surface. she was sound asleep in five min
uteS. Subsequently the parts were care
fully washed with warm milk and water
three times day, the oil dressing renew
ed, AMI the little patient rapidly recover
ed. Though all the scalded skin came off
she did not have a scar. This remedy
leaves no hard coat to dry on the sores,
but softenS the parts and aids nature to re-
pair the injury in the readiest and most
expeditions manner. This mixture may
he procured in the drug stores, but if not
thus accessible. slake lump of quicklime
in water. and rs soon as the water is clear
mix it with the oil and shake it well. If
the case is urgent pour boiling water over
the lime. and 1t will become clear in five
minutes. The preparation may be kept
bottled in the house, and it will be as good
six months old as when first made
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Fuel Resources of the Pacific Coast.

The constant discoveries of immense
tracts OF coal fields on the Pacific Coast
fiom British Columbia 10 the Gulf of Cal
fnrnia. present one OF the stronget assur-
ances OF the future permanent prosperity
of this extensive tract of country. Al
though the formations are not entirely the
same a those ofPenhsylvania and Europe,
but partake of the Ign tic character, they
have been abundantly te,tpd for the pur
pose of fuel, and with satisfactory results.
Nor is this lignitic formation confined to
one particular section of the Pacific Coast,
but il is found in various degrees approach
ing anthracite, from the northern bound
arV of the UnIon to Central America. Pa
cific Coast coal is now almost exclusively
used in the far West for railroad lOcOme-
tives and for steamboats,, and for all classes
of manufactures. And as cheap fuel is
the basis upon which manufacturing in
terests must rest, these important pro
ductive industries have bright prospects
in the distant future of thousands of miles
of now unpOpulated territory. On Van
couver's Island, coal abounds In such inn
menSe quantities as 10 be pr ctically mex
haustible. and the NanaImo coal fields are
sending large quantities TO the San f an
cisco market. From the latter 300 tons
pc hdN anu INV WIN
ly discovered will soon increase the guam
tity to 800 tons. The present price of this
coal deliver. at the shaft Is So % per ton.
The Coos Bay coal fields of Oregon are
rapidly being developed. AMI coal of lesstr
comm. rcial value is constantly being dis
covered in other sections Of that State.
In Nevada two important discoveries of
coal have been made during the last twelve
months-the Pancake mines and those in
FL Dorado canyon, Lyon County. The
latter has been tested for steam purposes
at the mines on the Comstock lode, and
the prOprietors are arranging for the con-
structiOn of narrow-gauge railroad from
the nyonfo Virginia City.
Coal also exists in several sections of
California. In Shasta County one Of the
largest beds on this side of the continent
has recently been discovered. A few
months ago extensive deposits were found
in Monterey County. The Lincoln mine
in Placer is being developed, and two mar
row-gauge railroads are to be constructed
to the coal fields of lone Valley in ANA
dor County.
With such an inexhaustible fuel supply
the encOurag' ment to manufacturing en-
terprseS, upon the lands of the setting
sun, is truly great Toledo Blade.
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The Home of Fitzhugh Lee.

There are now thirty-five buildings on
the Richland farm, including three excel
lent dwelling houses, railroad depot, ex-
press office, pOstoffice, stOrehouse. black
smith shop. the rest stables, barns, tene-
ment and Out-houses. Twenty families,
white and black, live here. comprising a
population of nearly one hundred souls.
A large Touring and corn mill, with a
nrver-failing supply of water, is kept in
constant motion. Fifteen miles of fencing
have been built. He has also built a
schooner and several smaller crafts. A
new and substantial wharfis now in course
of construction, and when finished will
accommodate river steamers. The farm
contains fourteen hundred acres, six hun
dred of which are now under cultivation,
the remainder in woods and pastures.
Gen. Lee has recently introduced water in
o. every apartment of his residence. The
farm is stocked. Gen. Lee is his own
Overseer and has every thing perfectly
systematic d. On an eminenc,. stands his
office. from the r Of of which floats flag.
on which is painting of Gen. Jrb. Stu
art on horseback. This flag when up can
be seen from all localities of the farm and
denotes the generals presence, and that
he is ready TO attend to business. Rich
land is located on the banks of the Poto-
mac. and from here a commanding view
Of the river, as far as the eye can rea h,
NAV be had FTeds7IckSblEr0 Star
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A Railroad Built Through a Canon

Probably the most remarkable railroad
in the United States is that which con-
meets Golden City with Black Hawk, a
distance of n miles. IL is a portion OF
the Colorado Central, which runs betwe' n
Denver and Black Hawk. The entire
length of the road is only 80 miles. TIE
first II miles are of the usual gauge, and
ordinary in their character. For the re-
mainder of the distance the gaug. is 3
feet. The track is laid in Clear Greek
canon. side by side with that stream.
which is very swift, deep, and rocky. Be
fore the railroad was projected the crtek
covered the entire surface or bed of the
canon. On either side rise TO the height
of from 900 to 500 feet the ragged,
rocky peaks of the mountains. To lay
the road required the most extraordinary
skill and courage A portion of the bed
had to be formed by blasting the immense
rocks and laying the track on the founda-
tons thus obtained sometimes it was
necessary 10 turn the course of the streams
somewhat most dangerous undertaking
and build wall of solid masonry upon
which TO lay the track, and much of the
way, so narrow and precipitous is the
canon, it was necessary TO blast the over
hanging rocks, so that room for even the
three-foot ears might b. obtained.
The grade of this road is as remarkable
as the road itself. The distance from one
end of the canon to the other, as stated
before, Is twenty-one miles. The grade
In that distance rises 1900 feet, an
average Of about 80 feet 10 the n lie. But
in some places. for miles together, the
grade is from $50 to 275 feet to the mile,
which is said by railroad officers 10 be the
heaviest grade in the world. The canon
road is also the most crooked in the world,
and the short curves which the spurs OF
the mountains make necessary would
hardly be credited were their proportions
made known. Some idea may be obtained
from the fact that not 100 consecutive
wards of road through this canon is laid
on q straight line. The rail i very light, /
and although there are twenty-one miles 1
o. il, IL is the opinion of Prot Hill. of
whom shall speak hereafter. that the dis I
lance between Golden City and Black /.
Hawk, If laid in a raig t line, would he
Only twelve or fifteen miles. Prof. Hill /
,sys the road through the canon cost S40,-
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The New PANACEA.-Modern science
having demonstrated that alcohol l.
''nerher food nor physic." but, on the
ESontrary, species OF poison, the introduce
ton Of a potent tonic which is entirely
free from it Is certainly n subject for con-
graduation DIR WALKERS VINEGAR
BITTERs is a medicine which may be fair
ly characterized as an unobjectiOnsble
specific tor many distressing and danger
Gus diseases.
Temperance organizations, heretofore
in favor of permitting the sale of alcohol
for MEDICAL purposes, are of opinion that
VINEGAR BITTERS possesses all the efiica-
cy as an invigorant that has ever been
even claimed for spirituOus stimulants.
and on this account, As well as because Of
the singular success which has attended
its Use in dyspepsia. liver complaint, dis
orders of the bowels, nervous diseases,
general debility, and all malades growing
out of intemperauce, they warmly recon-
mend il as a restorative and Alternative OF
surprising excellence 4S
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The Eyes ImperfectiOns.

The eye has long been held up as APP
parently the most wonderful and perfect
structure conceivable, hut just now there
seems to be more critical feeling on the
subject. Several scientific papers have
lately been read on the defects of this or
gan. the last one being bv Professor Fos-
te-, before the London Physical Society.
The main deficiencies pointed out are that
the eye is not achromatic, its field of view
is very limi ed, and large field is covered
only by innuIstrable oscillations of the
eyeball. directing the visien to the diff
ent parts of the field in succession. The
lens is, technically speaking, not good
detiner, the sensitive area is curved instead
of fiat, and the picture prOducedis so small
as to prevent really good results. These
criticisms tend to show that the eye, in
stead of being so wonderful piece of
mechanism as was once supposed, is really
a makeshiit, and formed by the concur
rent development of certain sets of mus
cles, nerves, and membranes. The new
found strength of the objections is prOba-
bly, traceable to the l-pervadipg influence
of the doctrines taught by Darwin and his
followers, but the facts are not new Pro-
fessor Mcleod quotes WOllaston, who
thought that the FrauenhOfer lines d.
vided the colOred bands of the spectrum.
and that red end of the spectrum does
not appear to have boundary line, ''be-
cause the eye is not competent to
converge the red rays properly; ;" and
from this expression he concludes that
the great philosopher had very nearly if
not quite discovered the chromatic defects
of the eye. Some of the lately advanced
proofs of the eyes imperfectiOn are as fol-
lows: Its lack of achrOmatism is shown
by the fact that 30 short-sighted person
the moon appears to have 4 blue fringe !;
that in using the spectrOscOpe the red and
blue ends of the spectrum can not b" seen
with equal distinctness without adjusting
the foe sing lens that a black piece OF
paper on a blue ground appears 70 have a
fringed e.lge, if viewed from even a short
distance, while black patch on red
ground has a continuous margin. The
eve is incapable of discerning the fact thar
the - rum is Ofthe same width thrOu h
out, the blue end appearing to be wider
than the red. These are but a very few
of the objections lately raised against the
popular notion of the eyes perfectness.
and there is a pretty good case made out.
The eye is an instrument which is not per-
feet in its visual appara Us, bat is provid-
ed with a number of compromising parts
or powers which produce good results
from defective apparatus. The ability
to cover large field of view by rapid or
minute oscillations, mentioned above, Is a
case in point, and the chromatism of the
lens is corrected by the fact that the over
tapping of the images produces the men,
tai impression of achrOmati>m.-Gd laTy
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The Creation Of Woman.

A Prince once said TO Rabbi Gamaliel
" Your God is a thief; he surprised Adam
in his sleep, and stole a rib from him.
The Rabbits daughter overheard this
speech, and whispered word or two in
her fathers ear, asking permission to an
swer this singular opinion herself. He
gave his consent
The girl stepped forward, feigning ter
ror and dismay, threw her arms aloft in
supplcation. and cried out, MY Hege,
my liege, justice! revenge!"
"What has hap. ened?" asked the
prince.
A wicked theft has taken place." she
replied. "a robber has crept secretly in
TO our house, carried away asilver goblet,
and left golden one In It's stead"
What an upright theft" exclaimed
the prince. " Would that such robberies
were of more frequent occurrencei''
behold then. sire, the kind of thief
that our Creator was; he stole rib from
Adam, and gave him a beautiful wife in
stead"
"Weil said" avo we'd the prince.
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profession and they make so much noise,
live so much in the public eye that hey
Get the whole of us bad name some
tunes, but that affects US very little. They
don't get far their career Is soon termi-
nated.s The telegraph is long NOWADAYS
and reaches too far for a man to cut up
many didoes. First thing he knows, in
one of his drunken sprees. somebody tele-
graphs or writes to his folks that their
traveller has been drunk about town for
five or six days and they bet er get him
home, which they do mighty quick Then
again there are men who smouch fifteen
or twenty dollars week by representing
they have been TO such and such places.
wnen all they ever did was to talk to a
merchant from town whom they met by
chance on the platform of another place
fifty miles away they charge travelling
expenses all the same, but such things are
like all her forms of human swindling
and dishonesty. found out sooner or later.
You mustn't judge all travellers by the
misdeeds of few, for no class of men
work harder and more faithfully than
they do.
DIGNITY OF THE PROFESSION.
Get snubbed sometimes? don't I'M
aerstand you! Rebuffrd! Why, who
should rebuff me? I amt bOotblack or
match ppddler! 1t is favor man does
me to buy my goods He knows that as
we'll as / do. You don't rebuff Your
grocer do you, when he brings your order
in, or your butcher? Not much. I'd like
10 see the man cOu DIN { approach. All
men are approacha lie in one way or
another; If you know your business you
know how TO meet them. No merchant
ever tried 10 put on airs with me, simply
because L always respect myself Ii
| doesn't take long to see that. A good
many men are sent out in driving time,
who never ought TO be- on the road at all
and they get rebufftd right and left. Ia
rebuff ,em myself. remember one young
man who was standing in a store when
entered; the proprietor came up to me
and began talking, but stopped and turneC
to the fellow still standing there:
WE'LL" he said, ''you have your an
swer, what are you waiting for?' Il an
waiting for an order" says this brigh
young merchant. ''Our folks told mt
never to leave store until got an order
and you haven't given me any, so though
I'd wait" The merchant laughed aDC
finally persuaded the young man to leave
very disconsolate, without an order.
Here We are at the depot at last" AMI
swinging off he platform he shouldereC
into the crowd and went his ways.
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WILHoFT's ANTT-PERIop1c OR FEVER AND
AGJE Tonic This invaluable and standard
family medicine is now a household We. d
and maintains its reputation unimpaired. II
is Endorsed by the medical profession, and
prescribed daily in the Charity Hospital and
other hospitals In New Orleans. Wilhoft's
Tonic is thus highly recommended by the
leading medical men of the country, and is
worthy OF such Endorsement. WHEELoCK,
FINLAY u Co., PrOprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BIZ ALL DRUGGISTS
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Ira horse has good constitution and has
once been good aorse, no matter how old
or how much run down he may be, he can
be greatly improved, and in many respects
made as good as new, BY liberal use OF
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Founders.
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A JOURNALIST named Erna

A JOURNALIST named Ernaul, in Paris,
has been sOrely visited. An aristoerstic
Colonel of the Guards drove his wagon
over Ernaul's wife, nearly killing her. and
treating the affair as matter Of course.
The husband furiously challenged the
dandy officer to fight. but the ariStocrat
declined on the ground of station. Ernaul
thereupon Fl ed at him with revolver.
and was rnn through the lung by one of
the ariStOcrat's fii--nds. Republicini.m in
France seems to be but political idea,
after all.
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ALMOST every newspaper man in America
has transacted more OF less business with
Geo. p. Rowell 81 Co, Advertising Agents, of
New York, and we venture to say that not
treatment at their hands.-Galeaa (W.)
E1-efts
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A GENTLEMAN afflicted with the chronic
rheumatism says: "No description Of my
case can convey the vast amount OF benent
have received from the use of JohnSoH's Ar
odyne LinimeHt. believe 1t is the best arti-
Gle in the world for rheumatism"
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ArTENTIoN.-T UNITED STATES pIsrEN

Use CoRNELI's PILE OINTMENT, sold by
Druggist. ". II. Cornell, 2 o 'r, st. Loui>
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DIR. TUFTS Hair Dye Is egsily rpplied, In
ma RS A bpHufifal n a, or brown, and arts like
mage. Try a box, and you will not be disAp-
DOin ed. -
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Usage, Iowa, was named after Orrin
Sage, who died recently, aged "a.
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Tn v Iso compound he r celeb ated Pie, W rBi.
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"Black sheep in the business! Certain
" there are just as many as In any other
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Mechanical DiSeaseS.-PersOns an-
gagged in Paints and Minerals, such as
Plumbers, Type-setters. Gold beaters, ana
Miners, as they advance in life, are subject
to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard
against this. take dose of WALKERS YIN
EGAR BITTkRS occasionally.
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Swellings, Ulcers, ErysiPelas. Swclled N-rA
Gotre, Scrufulous InfammatioLs, lndC.si
determinations. Mercurial Affections, I'D
Secs, Eruptions of the Skin. Sore Eyes, -
In these, as in all other constitutional ola
cases, WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs Law
SHOWN their great curative powers IN th'
mos, obstinate and intractable cases.
Smyrna times., 1875-04-28

THB LOSSES BY THB Coal SrRIKES-The
strikes in the coal regions of PENNSYLVANIA
are said to be rendering coal so scarce that
the furnaces and iron works which are
fortunate enough to have orders are unable
to run. This cause, together with the
demands of the furnace hands for higher
wages. are said to have led to the shutting
down OF large number of manufacturing
establishments. Where orders are urgent.
some are using coke in the place of coal.
The New York Daily Bulletin saws it is
stated on good authority that not less than
$2lOWO.0OO of investments in the Schuvl
kill coal regions alone are now living idle.
with no fewer than fifty thousand people
out OF employment, many of whom are
suffering for the necesSaries of life. The
most of the idle industries of PENNSYLVANIA
are regarded as the direct consequence of
the IRON workers strikes, or Indirectly of
those OF the coal miners The BaHtttn
makes a rough calculation that there are
to-day nearly one hundred thousand persons
and nearly $j0000000O of capital living
'dle IN that single State-.impy because of
the strikes. 1t is impossible to calculate
this loss in all its ramifications but it daily
equals magnificent fortune worse than
thrown away. To gain some conception of
the aggregate amount, we have only to
multiply the one hundred thousand persons
by what would be their average wages->ay
81 per day-ond We have los, on the
laborers part Of $2OO,OOO per day On the
part of capitalists We have to compute the
interest on the money invested. not calcllla-
ting for amy deterioration Of works and
material by disuse. Here we have. Mt six
per cent. interest for the working davs Of
the year, over $4,000 per day. These
figures clearly show upon whom the great
bulk Of the loss falls The weaker and
least able party-the workingmen-are
thus losing s to every s. entailcd upon the
employer class. The workingmen may
Well be asked. does this pay? On the en-
Ployers side it is only loss of profits; on
that Of the employed it is question Of the
actual necessaries of life 1t is possible
that in many cases concessions ought to be
made on the part of employers. but a resort
to arbitration, which has become in mercan
tile circles a popular method. is a more
rational and effective way ofse ttling Difficult
ties than the use of terrorism and force
Bait. SIN.