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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24


ANCIENT WoxpERs, A1inavfsl.
teen miles long, eight miles wide, and forty
six miles around, with a wall one hundred
feet high and-thick enough for three charots
abreast. Babylon was fifty miles within the
walls, which were seyenty-ilve feet thick and
one hundred feet high, with one hundred bra
zen gates. The Temple Of Diana, at Ephes-
us, was four hundred and twenty rect to tho
support Of the roof--it was one hundred
years in building. The largest Of the pyra-
mids was four hundred and eighty one feet in
height and eight hundred and fifty-threo feet
on the sides. The base covered eleven acres.
Tie stones are about sixty feet in length and
the layers are two hundred and eight. 1t en-
ploys 900 men in building. The labyrinth
of Egypt contains three hundred chambers
and twelve halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents
ruins twenty-seven miles around, contained
$4,000 citizens and 100000 slaves. The Tenn
pie Of Delphos was 80 rich in donations that
it was plundered Of $50, 900, 900, and the En-
poror Nero carried away from it two hundred
statues. The walls of Rome were thirteen
miles around.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

Eat your bread, Charles--do not throw it
away" said learned and good judge to one
Of his family, adding, for who knows III
the vicissitudes Of this life, Il you may not
some day want it.' The old gentleman had
to cough, look learned, and go away, when
the youngstcr answered more logically, /" II
eat il, how can have it when want it ~
This is the result of a learned judge having
children.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

II hate to see anything that occupies more
space than it is worth, says William Hazlitt;
g hate to sec load of bapdboxes go along
the street, hate to see parcel of big words
without anything in them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

During the two seiges Of Paris by the
Prussians and by the Versailles troops in the
time Of the Commune, $1,000 men and 1900
women were killed. So many old persons and
Young children were killed then that the
death rate in Paris during 1872, 1878, and 1874
has been much lower than usual.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

"where are your ruins--what ave You TO
teach Won the fearful lesson of decay 2" de-
manded pompous Englishman Of Snag, the
other day. "The Washington Monument,
sir was the firm and dignified reply
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

A white garment appears worse with slight
soiling than do colored garments much soled.
So a little fault in good man attracts more
sttention than great offence in a bad man.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

Boston has one man who cannot tell q lie.-
lie is deaf and dumb peanut vendor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

The scale Of good-breeding--B natural.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

rERsPIRATIoN.--Th he amount of LIQUID mat
ter which passes through the microscopical
tubes Of the skin in twenty four hours. in anv
adult person Of sound health, Is aboat sixteen
nuid ounces. Or one pint. One ounce Of the
sixteen y solid matter, made Of inorganic
substance, which, il showed to remain IN the
system for aspace Of time, would cause death.
The rest Il water. Besides the water and
solid matter large amount 81 carbonic lid.
4 gaseous body, passes through tho tnles H.
We cannot fail to understand that tlicy y. ss-
tive workers. and also we cannot hi ID ~
the Importance Of keeping them III perfect
working order, removing distractions hy ne
qnent application q water, o. BY some other
means.
Suppose we obstruct the functions Of the
skin perfectly BY vanishing person conn.,
pletely with compound impervious to mois-
ture. How long will he live ? Not over six
hours The experiment was once tried on q
child in FRANCE. Pope Leo, the tenth, on the
occasion Of his accession to the papal chair.
wishing to have living figure to represent
the Golden Age, and SO he gilded a poor child
over with varnish and gold leaf. The child
died in q few hours. If the fur of rabbit or
the skin of pig be covered with solution
OF India rubber in naptha, the animal ceased
to breathe in about two hours.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

Carpets are bought by the yard, and worn
by the foot
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

4 poor rslation--tel an anecdote badly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-03-24

An executive oilicc--the hangman's.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
WILL THE lIARKET FALL,

When we talk of the great possibilities
of stock raising in this country, some per-
sons are always ready with bit of skep.
tlcism. They can't see for the life of
them where we will find market for these
fine cattle and bloodcd hogs and imported
horses when everybody gets to work at it.
Take one item Of short-horns. There
never was such market for these an.
finals as now. Last year there were COM
parative:y few purchased in this State:
this year there have been large number
bought, and next year the number will be
still greater. As consequence of this
increased demand the prices are better
The time is not far distant in the future
when beefsteak will be higher than it is
now. However unpalatable this news
may be to those who buy all of that arti-
Gle at seemingly high prices now, it is
not so distastefull as the poor beef they
now eat, after they have once become &C.
customed to the steak which comes from
these short-horns. We do not fear to
predict that the time is coming when
nothing less than Short-Horn beef will
satisfy the market demands. Besides, the
English markets are beginning to draw on
us already.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
HOY TO CURE SPLIT HOOP

l had horse that had both hoofs split
from top to bottom. He could not walk
without his feet spreading apart. kept
him for three months on straw one foot
deep in the stable, but all did no good.
At last went to the blacksmith shop
and had heavy shoes made which spread
wide at the heels. 10 these heavy shoes
there was welded, at the outside of each
heel, piece made of shoe nail iron.
These pieces were made to fit we'll around
the foot, about an inch below the hair.
[ let the pieces come together within half
an inch each and turned up about three.
fourths of an inch. In the :urned-up
part a hole. was made to receive bot an
inch long with square head and screw
and nut on the other end. On mailing
the shoes on and putting the bolt in and
screwing on the nut the foot was brought
together. In this way l was enabled to
work him every day if I wished. Pre-.
vious to this my horse had not walked
one mile in three months. Next day
after had the shoes put on I drove him
in carriage 20 miles, and I have used
him ri ght along.-Cor. Cincinnati Gaz.
cite.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
From the PHILADELPHIA Presbyterian !

L. AOA AAAC AAduCliula Tc6DyICTl10
From the Worlds Dispensary Printing Office
and Bindery, Buffalo, N. y, we have received
"The Peope's Common Sense Medical Advis-
er, in plain English or Medicine simpliaed,"
by r. V. Pierce, M. D., Gounselor-in-Chef of
the Board OF Physicians and Surgeons at the
Worlds Dispensary. Whoever helps humsn-
ity IN its struggl: with its inherent weaknesses
and diseases, to bear and cure, is its benefac-
tor. Ignorance is not only Of itself cause of
disease and mortality, but it is the enemy of
every effort to cure and mitigate Nothing
will SO speedily remove this cause as know.
ledge IAN elementary one at least) OF the dis
eases to which we are heir, as we'll as those
superinduced by our own imprudence. Dr.,
Pierce has rendered, in our Judgment. q bene-
factors service. both to the afflicted and to the
profession, in his diagnosis OF the diseases
treated OF, and in the presentation of the phi
Iosophic principles involved in their cause and
removal. Aei sparing Of remedies, and usu-
ally prescribes such as are safe in unskilled
hands AS book merely of abstract knowl-
edge, it is exceedingly readable and interest
ing, especially the following subjects :--Cere-
brat Physiology, Human Temperaments,
Pseudo. Hygiene, the Nursing of the Sick,
Sleep, Food, Ventilation, cts. In one chapter
on another subject, so delicate in its nature
that it is shut up beyond the domain of warn
ln3 to all but physicians, so accursed in its
results IN modern society, he is most explicit,
and alike true to God, to virtue, to life, and to
society, shows the truth as presented in the
teachings OF Scripture, ---that life begins with
conception, ---with great force. to which il
ad Aed faithful warnings.
Price of the Medical Adviser $3.50. sent
postpaid. Address the author at Buffalo,
N Y
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
MEASURING HAY IN BULK.

So many things have to be taken into con.
slderation in calculating weig ht of hay in
bulk, it makes it difficult to get at it
precisely. For example; fine, ncw-mown
hay, like red top or herds grass, would
require 500 cubic feet for the ton; timo-
thy, $50; clover, $50 coarse meadow hay,
700 or moro. After being stacked so
days the bulk would be decreased from
five to ten per cent, possibly more, &C.
cording to the size of the stack and the
pressure upon it. Again, hay will vary
somewhat in measurement according to
the time it is cut. If this be done when
it is just coming into blossom, as it al
ways should, it will pack closer and weigh
more per cubic foot than ii left till the
seed begins to ripen, and the stalks and
leaves have grown coarser and become
drier. Good judgment and some exper.
fence i'll measuring and weighing are re-
qulred to get at this correctly. A neigh
Dor of mine informs me that he once had
the curiosity to weigh his timothy hay as
ne put it into the barn in July. He sold
it in nine months after, and on reweieh-
ing it as it came out of the barn he found,
greatly to his surprise, that it had shrunk
to within fraction of Is per cent.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
FISH BROTH.

The broth or jelly OF fish, which is
usually thrown away, will be found one
of the most nourishing animal jellics that
can be obtained. Surprising poor fam
lily to buy dinner of plaice- which is
cheap fish-the plaice would be boiled,
and the meat Of the fish eaten, and the
liquor and the bones of fish thrown away.
1.-THE remains ofthe fish be put into the IL
quor and boiled for couple of hours,
the thrifty housewife will find that she
has something in her pct which is sold in
the shops as gelatine. This she may use
as simple broth, or she may thicken it
with rice and flavor it with onions and
pepper, and have nourishing and satisfy
ing meal; or should she have an invalid
III her family, one.third of milk added
and warmed with it would be nourishipg
and restoring.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
SIGNS OF SICKNESS.

One is nevc: we'll when he feels the
following symptoms Thirst before
breakfast, cold feet and hands, sour
taste in the mouth, dimness cf vision,
headache, pains anywhere, sleepliness,
feeling Of dirt in the eyes, heat in the
ears, noise in the head, loss Of appetite,
greedy to eat, nausea of the stomach.
pains IN the bowls, slightly sore throat,
unmbness of the limbs, loss OF smell and
taste, dots or specks before the eyes. On
appearance Of these things abstain from
eating and drinking as nearly as possible,
a day or two, which will remove all the
trouble.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS.

A little black pepper in some cotton
dipped in sweet oil, is one of the quick
est remedies known for the earache.
Stone jars which have become often.
sive and unfit for use, may be rendered
perfectly sweet by packing them full OF
earth and letting them stand two or
three weeks.
10 ruin oil-cloths, clean them with
hot water or soap-suds, and leave them
half wiped, and they will look very
bright while wet, and very dingy and
dirty when dry, and soon crack and peel
of But if you wish to preserve them.
and have them to look new and NICE,
wash them with soft flannel and luke
warm water, and wipe thoroughly dry.
If you want them to look extra nice
after they are dry, drop a few table
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22

spoonfuls of milk over them, and rub
them with small cloth. - = -e37s ?
Keep plenty Of dry dust for poultry to
wallow in. and they will never BE
troubled with vermin. Dust scattered
along the back, from horns to tail, will
remove lice from cattle.
70 preserve beauty, preserve your
he>l:h and spirits.
TO keep out of trouble, keep out of
debt. - 49,. -"'-'-,
Hours Of recreation are not lost hours
by any meals.
Every one. young or old, should keep
the head cool, the body warm, and the
feet dry.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
.~ FEEDING. CARRO1s.

Cattle relish carrots amazingly in the
spring, after long confinement to grain
diet. Carrots should be cut in long slices,
not crosswise; then there is no danger of
too eager animal getting choked. At
first, carrots will act as diuretic and laxa-
tive; afterwards these effects pass off: It
is claimed that the carrots are good for
the wind and that they produce a fine
silky coat. These effects are due only to
the fact that they restore 4 proper tone
to the body, and thus are conducive to
health.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22

would receive and succor them in His
name, and for dear Roberts sake. And
so-one and alive are working and
waiting for the next great p. ast. Some
Ct us will undoubtedly have i. in this
same house of Hetty's, but many VII be
sitting there inside those mansions nv
made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. God grant that none of them
go upward to it through the portal Of
starvation, whose gates scs NAV W.
Willingly have left aiar! y
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
sr.~--. .sa-s -
POETRY. -
4 CHRIS TMAS GIFT.

Afottnd the Christmas tree we stood,
And watched the children's faces,
As they their little gifts received =;
With childish air and graces.
We grown folks had our share of fun
In Making wee ones merry, ! 5!
And laughed to seetthe juveniles q
Kiss meath the 'tDolly berry,"
Beside me sat sweet Bessie Moore, 80, /.
lovely. dark.eyed maiden,
While near her stood our little Eve,&
Her arms with love- gifts laden,
Until around the room she went,
The blue eyed baby shyly, 49,,
And, blushing red, into each lap
Her offerings dropped shyly.
But when to me the darling came
All empty handed was she,
And when I asked, "Why slight me thus?"
She answered, Sob, because We
We dinna know you cumming here!'
And then, with blue eyes shining,
TO Bessie's side she went. her arms
Her sisters neck entwining.
"But something must have, said ~
1'Ay Christmas night to gladden."
A shade OF thought the baby face
Seemed presently to sadden.
Till all at once, with gleetul laugh
*'Uht know what do, Sir!
I've only sister Bessie left,
But I'll dive her to you, Sir I"
Amid the laugh that came from all
Idrew my new gift to me,
While with flushed cheeks her eyes met mine,
And sent a thrill all through me-
"Oh blessed little Eve ~ cried l,
"Your gilt welcome gladly"
The little one looked up at me,
Hall wonderngly, half sadly.
Then to her father straight turned,
And humbly asked his blessing
Upon my Christmas gift, the while
My long stored hopes confessing.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
The Utmost Satisfaction

is expressed by every one who takes ad-
vantage OF the great sacrifice being made
by Merrill, Allen & Co., Of St. Paul,in clos.
ing out their splendid stock of books, sta.
tionery, pictures, &c. Libraries, both pub.
lie, Sunday School, land private, are improv
ing this opportunity to replenish. There
is no time to be lost. A large stock blu.
selling fast.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
Impo, tant Proclamation:

Merrill, Allen & Co.. St. Paul are clos
ing out at and below cost their entire stock
of books, stationery, pictures and fancy
goods. This is splendid opportunity for
every one who can use anything in their
line. Go there or send orders by mail
and save money.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22

A young man employed on commerce
street is six feet eight inches high, and
weighs little over hundred pounds.
They judge by his appetite that he is hol-
low clear down, and think of amputating
one foot and using him for a stovepipe.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
The Grandest Opportunity Yet.

Books. pictu!es, albums, writing.desks,
games and fancy goods in an endless var.
iety, at prices below any competition, at
and below cost, for cash, at Merrill, Allen
& Co., St: Paul. Orders by mail with
money will receive prompt attention.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
Schcnk7s Mandrake Pills.

Will be found to possess those qualities nee
essary to the total eradication of all bilious at
lacks, prompt to start the secretions of the
liver, and give healthy tone tothe entire sys-
tenn: Indeed it is no ordinary discovery in
medical science to have invented remedy for
these stubborn complaints, which develop all
the results produced by hitherto free use of
colonel, mineral Justly dreaded by mank nd,
and acknowledged to be destructive in the ex-
treme to the human system. That the proper
ties OF certain vegetables comprise all the vir.
tues of calomel without its injurious tenden-
cies, is now an admitted fact, rendered indis-
putable by scientific researches sand those who
use the Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied
that the best medicines are those provided Y
nature in the common herbs and roots of the
fields.
These pills open the bowels and correct all
bilious arrangements without salvation or
any of the injurious effects OF calomcl or other
poisons. The secretion of bile is promoted bv
these pills, as will be seen by the altered color
CT the stools, and disappearing of the sallow
complexion and cleansing ofthe tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each
box Of pills.
Prepared only by J. H. Schenck & Son, at
their Principal Office, corner of Sixth and
Arch Streets, Philadelphia, and for sale by all
druggists and dealers Price Is cents per box.
Chapped hands, face, pimples, rineworn,.
saltrheum, and other cutaneous affections cured.
and rough skin made soft and smooth, by
using Juniper Tar Soap. Be careful to get on
~ that made by Caswell, Hazard & CO.. New
York, as there are many limitations made with
common tar, all Of which are worthless.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22

WHEN WRITING to Advertiser.
Please say yoa kaW tho Advertise.
ment in this paper.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22
GOdeV'S LadV'S Book.

The Oldest Magazine in America "a PPEMIC
CHRoMo,' The MORNING CALL, will be given to ever
Subscriber, whether single in club who Days in q,
vance for 1870 and RENTS direct to this office
Address, L. A. Cooley PhiiadeInhia Pa
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-22

ADu tcnucTIy, Her lalrs gOlOen nalr mingled
with his black, matted curls, her baby
face, pure and white as the snow drifting
in through the paneled window, pressed
to his wrinklcd, emaciated no less
pallid cheek. There we're tears
on that cheek-her tears-frozen
drops more precious in the
sight OF Coz than your diamonds to You,
madame! There lay the pennies Kate
had given-furg away because of no
avail Dead in that lonely room she
found him--dead, and she could call back
no warmth to the stiff fingers, or sight to
the CLASSY eyes, or smile to the shriveled
lips with paitry money or precious kiss
Dead since yesterday, both of them
Robert and Hetty !--frozen stiff in that
agonizing last embrace, and sve decking
our Christmas tree the while and prepar.
ing our costly gifts and dinners. God
forgive us!, Not a hand, of all the
happy millions in the great city, to come
and close the staring eyes! Not an arm
to lift them from the floor, and prepare
them for the grave. Not grave to re-.
ceive their deserted bodies; no coffin. no
mourners-nothing! Nothing but Gods
merciful love for them; and for us-the
millstones hanged about our necks and
the everlasting moan of the sea of Re.
greet which tstlrges over us! = ~
Looking upon those dead faces. we.
one and all, vowed deeply and truly that
Gods little ones should never again ask
from us bread and receive stone: but
that with open arms and purses we
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-10-21
MONEY, STOCKS, ETC.

NEW YORK, October %.
Money market easy at per cent,
Prime mercantile paper 697 per cent.
Custom receipts, sS27.OC0.
Assistant treasurer disbursed $4,000.
CleaTings, s33,0O0,000.
Sterling weak. Sterling Exchange is quoted
at 81 rs for 10 days, anu 81 500 for sight.
Gold closed at llG1s, after selling at ll65s and
ll6A.
Rates paid for borrowing were ZIG, 5-64 1882
7-6i, Is, Lie, LEA and l-32 per cent. per diem. A
dispatch from San Francisco says that s49S, 00(
in gold was shipped to New York to-day.
Rail DAD bonds were firm in the late after.
noon dealings, especially for Pacific issues, which
sold at 1929 for Union firsts; IS for sinking
funds; 1855 9lO64 for Centrals and 9l11 for Cali
fornia & Oregon branch. Rock Island rs brought
lU9. Sp culation on Stock Exchange to-day was
active am buOyant with an advance in prI ces
ranging from u to "a per cent, as compared
total s les were larger than any previous for a
long time past and al intervals co siderable
excitement prevailed in board dealings. and
showed a fur her Increase OF confidence, and
altogether a much better feeling prevail ed. Pa
cifc Mail was the leading feature, rising from
3ssS TO S954 and closinz at 1875 on large busi-
ness The greatest advance VAS in Unto Pacific
which rose fsom ga to 6S14 and closed at $50.
yanced from ~ to ~ and Lake shore from
5o5s TO 561s ON la ge transactions. The closing
sales were at 751z@161s respectively. Nor hives:
from 1917 to 5I14; st Paul from 80 10 SS5z; pr
ferred from cps TO q; OhiOs from
10 to 1919 and Hannibal q st. Joseph
from IL to i77s. In some cases there was par
tial reaction towards the close. Michigan Cen.
trail rose from Is 10 oss4, but afterwards fell of
to 5s4. Erie ranged between l5ss and l5sz.
Missouri Pacific declined from l415 to 10, closing
al the latter price. Atlantic q Pacific Telegraph
advanced to %, Missouri Pacific continues ex-
ceptionally weak because of 4 on-paym OF
tn dividend advertised as payable to-day. A
statement issued from the Atlantic & Pacific
railroad Office shows that from Jan. LIST to Oct.
l4th, the earnings of that road fell off $685.
and The earnings of the Missouri Pacific and its
branches for the same time show a decrease OF
SOU, 1886.
Transactions on Stock Exchange were 2S5 900
shares, OF which S4,0OO were Pacific Mail, 200
Western Union. 0.OU0 Northwestern common.
1900 st. Paul common. 1000 preferred, +,U0 Erie.
69,UOO Lake Shore, 6,OOO OhioS 300 Union Pa
cific and 5000 Missouri Pacific.
GENERAL sToOKs.