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According to the London 1edicol
Times and GdseHe, q party of ten medi-
cal men were dining together not long
since, and one of them, during dessert,
started the question that, sdpposing all
present were limited in their practice to
a selection of six pharmacnp0ial rems-
dies, which would, be chosen as being
most useful, compound drugs TO be ex-
cepted. Zach Of the party wrote the
names Of the six drugs he should select,
and handed them to the doctor who
started the inqniry. On sxaminiaG the
lists, it was found q majority Of votes
were given ii favor Of opium, qninine
and iron; between, mercury and iodide
u potassium the votes were equally d.
vided, as they were also between am
ulonia and chloroform.
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90 T0U ASK ME0L1OW L LIVE,

Il 4
sssS5 III JOSEPH HoBBISs.a 1s
I'D Isdhg friendly, fee.ine .ffendly,
i xoffng fairly t0'all zen,
Gssseeking to do thar t.. Others
slsTbey may do TO me again,
Hshng gnomar scorning no man,
rs hNfongng none by word or deed:
..ss Bat fosbs airing, soothing, serving,
Thu, Iive-and this my creed.
-, yr,nsh eondemning, fierce contemning,
- - n Of little Christian use;
Ygrnre loft word of kindly peace f5
IN r. S1ofh iaterrent of abuse;
~ calling things bad, calling men bad,
IA ADDS but darkness to their night;
= 4 hoa wouldst impreye ny & pfother
ietthy goodness be mis- light.
Human coldness makes the world,
s.nFv,ry bosom round me frozen,
Not IN eye with pity pearpd;
FsetiN mn heart with kindness teeming
D slsds when other hearts are glad,
" And nv ears q tear drop findeth
.7sl.Atthe sight OF others sad. ,E7.
n 81 I<syius8
So be kiud-life hath no secret
.df1bFor our happiness like this; -
-x.xisdlvheArts are seldom sad ones,
blessings ever bringet%h % bliss;
1s~ila though all the world should frown
~ la Is man, we all are brothers,
fss:j Blsck r. white o. red or brown.
44ahAY n man through all gradati0ns,
- Inti6recks IT twhere he stands.
~ i4eT divided into nations,
ssSANfed over many lands;
4 Nanis nan.by form and feature,
Ian By vice and virtue too,
kxNsii In ail ore common nature
HDeaks and binds US brothers true.
,ssN - Pen and Piosc.
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ZILLAH.

~Aad you positively refuse2''
APusisTely- absolutely. y
Aaeculiar sound, such as might is
ma ,frops the bps of a woman who
a.iy6s.to Sepress an exclamation of
m. came from the room beyond; but
b5tNo men were so absorbed by their
condensation that they did not heed it.
kbsrS iNas . singular contrast be-
txUebAB Saff,,s and no observer, look
inr& them Is they stood together,
could possibly have guessed that there
W. ehat ten years. difference in their
,ees. The.frst was bent and broken
II bfm;s cheek and forehead deeply
lined, and in hair and beard, the silver
threads had long predominated over
thxg6ad. Yet the man was not more
tha fig gears old. His companion,
aes2 icuyy appeared simply to have
reached kAas time in life when the crea-
mre 10 swhom was given dominion
msr things = seems worthy of his
ret r6fhmission. The latter was
ha69s6ne; the former had been.
q csdid scarcely have expected this,
HatisesFe4hid the younger.
nAuRIcould scarcely have expected
thstdyoat would fall in love with the
Hv.! W !, were boys together
ahf now am an old man, de-
csIet md broken, while you are in the
prAle q lie. with all the world before
yoats' Atef some such fashion runs
l1odgfe, does it notP''
4MalawsrWDuld have involved pre-
n5eatiQ4 or . lie, consequently none
vas psaf Eand when the man thus
guesnohed spoke again, it was to attack
the subject from another quarter.
UM yd6give me a reasonp''
saelsaaly Twill, Dalton. My reason
ioraahang to accept you as a son-in-
hMl1s seh6shness. pure and simple. -
eniRtend that Zillah shall remain
unmarried al her lifei'' s5s
Intend nothing. She is happy.
Let t1sf alone
Va" s9pRosing that upon that point
you xre mistaken? If her happiness
xefc 4leadt involved? Hastings be
iesAeeNe.o Tam not a vain man, but
Ithi1kslb ldvessme." Et7s
ker Goi'sSake, spare me that -
Wv not. Why should Ip It is
aatqk, Eitable. When ever yet did q
man hesitate to claim the woman he
e nseo, moving feeling that she loved
m1 1 nat has your experience beeni
nuy = never love some fair fragile girl
oetta TIM your own lifeP''
"tite6Asf mother, Dalton. Look
AmgRne kBAd and withered frame,
Aa 9skmaifI never loved womana'
Met her, you know" There
- ~ aaf,apologetic tone in the words
81 .SilI|s sasS s| bad fallen unawares upor
"M ytd never met her, and proba.
~ ~ ~ = 'th0nsand others who have
49, uls6s zillah's swarthy cheeks,
M - desired but never dared tc
,4Mhasuas shep'n aai i'9tf
,aM KhprWss shep s:s.s. ls3 81
! the question made its way through
= nearly closed door. and into the
49, oeyond, where a girl with thu
-. ~ oiack eyes and full crimson lips
s 81 ong % 6nly one race on earth
ththe intentness that longs
- eedreads coming revelation
AZ neer, gDalton,'' continued ths
~ 1 i: ifthe miserable story o1
~ s.e and love would make you any
cs;ia,n' a'ent upon robbing me of my
49, s1hotcslf itrobbery.,'
4, Asut1'do. Not robbery to tax,
81 summy heart to dwell beneath
~. % ~ dteleVe and serve you, to be
essS, I A&lsNses. of your honse, II
un,s1 als :, y1h e q }san sapon her breast
~ sas aad neither time nor strength
, 1876-06-03

Gen. ii. V. Boynton writes to the Gin
cinuati G0zctte an interesting letter
about the records Of the Rebellion. lie
says Few had any idea Of the enor-
nous bulk of the material which makes
up the records of the late war. 1t was
stored in more than a dozen buildings,
and number OF these contain little else.
One of these is devoted to what are
termed tie records Of discontinued com
manGs, and, as this title indicates, they
constitute great portion Of the field
records of the war. This building is
forty feet by eighty, and is four stories
high. Eight ranges of wide shelves run
lcngthwise through each story from floor
to ceiling, and two thirds OF these are
packed as close as any book keepers
shelves With immense ledgers, which are
the books of letters received and sent,
the telegraph books, battle report books,
order hooks, and all the great variety OF
records which were kept at each head.
quarters and regularly copied into these
volumes. The rest OF the shelves are
packed close with unentered papers OF
endless kinds, but each containing some
scrap of war history. There are three
hundred and fifty cords Of records in
this one building. The huge volumes,
which look down from the long line of
shelves on either side OF. the narrow
aisles, are the books and papers of the
discontinued firm of Government and
army. These are small portion of the
accounts between its members and with
treason.-Bee.
, 1876-06-03
sympathy.
By R,giiaid Hbcr,

knight and lady once met in grove,
While each was in quest Of fugitive love;
river ran mournfully murmurlng by,
And they wcpt in It's waters for sympathy.
q never was knight suchasorrow that bore"
40. never was maid 50 deserted before"
- From life and ii, woes let us instantly hy,
And Jump in together for company
they scnrch'd foran eddy that suited the deed,
Bat here was brimblc, and there was a weed;
" How tircrc,omc il is ~ said the fair with Il
sigh;
So they sat down to rest in company.
They gazcd at each other the maid and the
knight;
How fair was her form, how goodly his hight ,
lone moumrul embrace" sobbcd the youth
"cre we die"
So kissing AMI crying kept company.
80, had but loved such an angel as you :"
80, had but my swain been quarter rs true"
"To miss such perfection how blinded was "
Sure now they were excellent company.
At length spoke the lass, twlXt smile and a
tear,
"Thc weather is cold for II watery bier;
When Summer returns we may easily die;
Till then let Us sorrow in company"
, 1876-06-03
A Visiting Dog.

A dog in the town of Bethel, Sullivan
County, has contracted Il curious habit of
travelling regularly three times a week
between the farms of Mr.. james Luckey
and Mr., Hogencamp, distance of about
five miles. These gentlemen, apprcciat-
ing the remarkable sagacity of the dog,
now use the animal for the purpose OF
conveying messages or letters between
the families, who are on intimate terms.
--Mi,l'ctOUA (N ~ AvguS.
, 1876-06-03

No TINE To READ.-Wc have often
encountered many who profess to believe
they have no time to read. Now we
think of it, there have always been men
of such characters, the point of which is
easily summed up. Nine times out OF
ten, they are men who have not found
time to confer any substantial advantage
either upon their families or themselves.
They frequently spend whole days in
trilling, gossiping, and swapping horses,
but they have no time to read They
sometimes lose day asking the advice
Of their neighhors; sometimes n day in
picking up news, the precise currant, and
the exchange, but they never have time
TO read. Such men generally have un-
educated children, unimproved farms
and unhappy iiresides, They have no
energy, no spirit OF improvement, NJ
love of knowledge they live "unknow-
ing and unknown" and often die unwept
and unregrettcd.
, 1876-06-03

A MOUNTAIN OF SALT.-A mass OF
90,000,O 900 tons of pure, solid, compact
rock salt, located on an island 1S5 feet
high, which rises from n miserable sea
marsh on the route from Brashear to New
Iberia, up the river Teche, Louisiana, is
one of the wonders of the world. How
this island, containing over three hundred
acres of excellent land, ever came into
eSistance in such locality, is matter
OF conjecture. Vegetation is prolific,
and the scenery is beautiful and varied.
Here is an immense bed Of pure rock salt
whose extent is, as yet, only estimated,
and scientific men are puzzled to know
what produced it.-Er.
A MEAN SET-Yestcrlay forenoon u
very scedy chap jumped into the river
near the foot OF Third street, but was
pulled out in three or four minutes none
tle'worsc for his bath. The crowd scat
tered, and after few minutes, when he
sat in the sun drying his clothes, hack
man asked: "Don't you wish yon
hadn'tl" "This is no town." replied
the vagrant elcvating his nose. "Tve
jumped into the river at Toledo and had
more'n fifty men ask me to drink !"
detroit Free Press.
II the Centennial Exhibition costs ST.
500, 900, the amount claimed to complete
it, in order to realize this sum, it will be
necessary for 100000 people to visit
it Mt the price of admission, so cent, and
as the time is limited to 1856 days, from
May 10, till November 20, deducting
Sundays, on which it is likely to be closed
it will require the daily attendance of
1900 people. This makes the profit of
the affair rather doubtful,
IDA LEWIS, the famous maid of the
light house, has just lost her husband.
He isn't dead; he only got a divorce.
Their married life was not happy, and
Whenever they had any discussion, Ida
would just spit on her hands and knock
him clear over the lighthouse as easily as
Vassar girl could skin cat. That is
why he got his divorce.
TEN car loads Of machinery, including
engines, boilers, etc. have been shipped
from st. Louis for San Francisco, des-
tined for Nicholaisk, Siberia, where they
will be put in eight steamboats,, being
built at that point for the Amoor river
Sugar Notwithstanding q candid
man.
, 1876-06-03

He wasn't to be fooled. lie came
aboard the train ut q small station south
of Wilmington, Del, and he had two
little BOYS with him. The sandwich
tiend came hustlng through the car howl
ing "Sandwichcs,n Sandwiches The
traveller seized the maniac peddlcr by the
arm as he passed, and said, "lIow much
be they y "'ren cents apiece" said the
bloated coupon clipper with the basket.
Gimme three The three were handed
out. A little doubtful about the square
ness of the trade. the traveller gently un-
covered one of them before completing
the purchase. Separating the two slices
of bread carefully he looked within. \
single glance sutliced, There was mix
ture of Disappointment and indignation
in his tone, as he scorniully returned the
provisions and said \ little Bit .
ham and some bread Look hyar! You
can't play no Yankee trick on me! TIN
from the country, but | know enough to
know that amt no sandwich. A sand
wich is II fish, And he wouldn't have
thcm.-Er.
, 1876-06-03

ANCIENT WONDERS. .--Nineyeh was
fourteen miles long, eight miles wide,
and forty.sx miles around, with n wall
one hundred feet high, and thick enough
for three chariots abreast. Babylon was
fifty miles within the walls, which were
seventy.fye feet thick and one hundred
feet high, with one hundred brazcn gates.
The temple of Diana, at Ephesus, was
i2O feet to the support of the root-it
was one hundred years in building,
The largest of tho pyramids was four
hundred and eighty-one feet in hight,
and eight hundred and tiity-three feet on
she sides. The base covered eleven acres
The stones are about sixty feet in length,
and the layers arc two hundred and
eight 1t employed $4,000 men in
building. The labyrinth Of Egypt con-
tains three hundred chambers and twelve
halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins
twenty.seven miles around, and contain
ing 100000 citizens and 100000 slaves.
The temple of Dclphos was so rich In
donations that it was plunderCd Of $780,
100000, and the Emperor Nero carried
away from it two hundred statues. The
walls Of Rome were thirteen miles
around,
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ltfuder now Goodaby. aad heaysn bless

tfuder now Good-by, aud heaven bless
you, my honest felloWH' sslsaufbap
Baker, junior, whoseemcd with every
word to become thicker ana thicker in
his, utterance, then placed in Abel's lap
q small canvas bags which gave ferth .
chinking sounds and once again hearth
'ly wringing the old inan' IS .hsnd,
bounced from the rbon1s ere any one
could bid him farewell. sasa
.4~-Ak y--Fd1llly WazisE label,
s'give Resthas WefHh4aE
The girl knew what he wanted, and
placed ,the box before hin. Shrsaw
his Angerrs draw from i'll 7 contents of
-I;1,s:i precious relics 81 . bygcne day 3 tiny
baby's shoe which had never belonged
to her. Theaold man held il withm his
hands, and, after gazing at it for few
seconds, drew i rsverently to his lips,
and murmured.;; e Ny boy innocent,
my boy innocent! oh, that he had lived
rtoTsee this dxy!'nHsb hsi atsta4itaa@i
at Tom Smith stole his arm around the
waist. of his betrothed and drew her to
the window. They raised the blind,
and looking out Witnessed the heavens
resplendent with myriad stars and q
bright crescent-shaped moon. u tsffa
"Polly, DEAR. said Tom, s it's the
first day Of the new moon. You, ought
to wish, and what you wish is sure to
come true, 's-~sss as-s~----~-
b sis it, Tom gsrepied The girl, with
a wistful,, Trusting look in her eyes that
made him draw her still nearer to him.
tDo you know r Have watched for
the new moon and wished regularly
the asst sam saTae t44 thing fasI many months
"And what was.your wish, PpnyP'.
inquired TONI archly.i iQ thihk he
knew. although he pgeteerndaed pgern De TO- be
"Oh, il rwere 70 tell. you now the
tcharm might fail. Ask me, d8ar, when
the the 2e3t new noon moon ,s>mes, and perhaps
ia xThen, dariing, a1 shall b msaand
wife" His voice had sunk to a,wAisper,
but it reached her ears, ana, when the
words ceased, 1Ref head sank upon his
shoulder The fir8s in the CRATE died
away, the candle upon the table flick
'ered, and, IL length, went odt but,
with its last ray, it-sh0Wed the old man
wrapt in the contamination Of his pre-
cious relic, and The two lovers ioin6 in
heart and mind stila gazing upon the
apeaceful splendpr OF the stsF-chsckered
ornament. -Tinsley's Magazine.
i L y 4 s.kEs r. a
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vi beware II Dist.a iss1S

dnN lysGuaH ~ ..9<b essststsEI0lJ
The injuries done by dust are among
the MOSS serious ITO Mhfcf mechanics
and operatives are subjected, Where
ever filings and fine particles of any
kind are produced, It IS very Important
tosprevent theifs intr0ddetion mto the
lungs even an occasional exposure may
do harm, and one continued for months
and yeats will ceussdniy proiuce1 fatal
results. ...a III a.
'HfDf. VB.a VIZ KichaFdson, 81 london,
aftey, several experiments Nth inhaling
air through cotton, layers Of Grape, ETC..
informs nsf thats 'hs finds the Best dr.
rangement TO be, q number Qf. feathers
arranged around the outside Of per-
ferated breething tube of convenient
size, so as closely to cover all. the per-
afofatons; by breathing through the
tube. the feathers are drawn down to
the perforations by inspiration, and by
I expiration ithny 6 are liftedE from the
openings, and all the ,intercepted dust
Is blown III. The latter makes the ar
rangemeltA with aeotton or Grape OBJ
jectionable, as their pores are soon filed
with the dist as wSn as the moisture
exhaled by the breath. The tnbe is at
tached to an arrangement which allows
it to be put on and taken off as easily
as p pair pf. spectacless II5uq sal
A natural protection against breath
ing! dust ID also offered to most males Of
the, Caucasian race i'm the beard and
hairs around the mouth. These should
not be removed by any persons exposed
to dusty atmosphere, who. therefore
do a very dnwise thing If they indulge
inlthe vice of shaving, whicnis nothing
less than an attempt to improve upon
natures protective provisions. Three
evils result from this pfaftiea.p 1st.
/ Stimulating the continual growth of the
hair (which will hecom0 ssIow, and
! finally cease il not: interfered With
While this stimulated growth is q steady
unnecessary ,draiA ON the .powara Of the
vital system. 3D.. The removal of a
natdral protection, against cold from a
place where this protection, Is more
needed than is generally supposed. Sd.
The irkmoyat ofh dust protact0f. Hbove
/ referred to. Men inclined. TO pplm0ns-
~ cShsadp ptfcn should especially guard
against shaving, and ast gthfir bperds
! grow as nature intended, only curta,l.
ing alisae wAed iir 9ec6if16e .iRcohtSA.
.sRs lssRs'E glN16glfsI saI1q Ell. .ds6on
/ ,,aa dIrrf karf a Ii n r..s N ~
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MiIE5 3 u 60! 90
GO1NG TO SCHOOL.
A. an lg.AaAn3 p

,as9da sd3 s3-a-liN< !.
Isss BY GEORGE COOPER. i,. :etjf
.....a her over the meadow brook,
Be- neyISH. - faet abe timiilly set iotg Ill
VIII S fhey We're y on'the mossy stone
Ea a S9s pPsliPps hP! ripplss vet s9a ash
:osls the brook, and it seemed to sing
- - J Min their school books wandered on
~ he clover laden ground.
-. ....aanwstairyouu were u Is {" =
N v"nr ewes Of heavenly blue: .,,.,,..
Wy ssiSnp1es uhyed On y our cheeks. as play
4 ~ ! rose the drops OF dew. e. .4uet,
sss1 u { rose : u he drops, drops Of dew.
1Is. sy.she IN breozes nerrily hlowiilul 4
n 9odr lbs they we're tints of the ripening
,a,,H HGtsei assaBns'a s'a +isaddyy glow. : -
u xasso me, ts3f1nitlsd 1ild among the srassl
ysa spsX nssssfs sss Is Hai Waited I for you
B1t tae willow shaded brooks ,a., All 28i |
49,. them the fragrant blossoms have come
s1IS VI Nhnsl,e~ klff Mnany'A time
~ h,;dce is over the brook that sings,ss
Az 6d ItnpleaSant shyme;
,anssre ytwins upon the bank ''s
a1Sof the happy sehoolrday time,
'bney ~A''' 'A' '' .sszS
-. dream there is with grander flow,
SW'M : sstcrner,sUddefsong;
N EsS ,ss ass eGss e5ass dsssr Z slcnsi ts'' '
s.sIddsia66 aBfI,s MILESTONE. s@D
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.vArNfa IkRsETfirsnes aid dRa Mmiiy
9 and friends haae az been haYipg Frtsy
for breakast, turkey tor thinner. and
tnfksHtRf tes d2IaMest pait0aA tzin
of cars rsa In i9te flSSk gs q tbs birds anf
leaving the owner no alternative but to
"kill and eat.n
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-06-22

The largest tree standing in the Unit
ed States,' says the Inyo (Cal.) Indepen-
dent, is on the head of Bear Greek, north
fork of the Tule River. The exact di-
mansions OF the immense redwood giant
we do not remember, but believe it is
something over As feet in diameter. A
San Francisco party, having made ar
engagements to present this monster at
the Centennial, have given the contract
to Tulare man, Mr.. J. G. Cramer, to
remove the bark with eight inches of
wood from the surface of the tree, cut,
or, stripped rather like the slaves of
barrel, without feeling the tree. These
pieces are to be cut 40 feet long, and,
when put together in Philadelphia will
form two rooms inside 20 feet high. In
these rooms cabinets of California speci
mems and curiosities will be neatly and
appropriately arranged.
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Cross, sicky babies and children may enjoy health
and mothers haze rest, if they will Castora.
Worms feverishness, teething, aoiaad collie,
stomach and undigested food make children cross,
and produce sickness.
Castora will assimilate the food erpel arorms, and
correct all these things. For twenty years Doctor
Pitcher experimental in his private practice to
duce effective Csthartic and stomach regulator
which would be effective Castor Oil, without its
unpleasant taste recol
The reputation OF his experiment extended. Ply
sicians and nurses rapidly adopted his remedy, to
which he gave the name of CdStorid.
Castoria is pleasant to take honey, regulates
the stomach and bowels, and does not GRIPPE 1t is
adapted to all ages contains alcohol and is abso-
laately harmless to the most tender infant.
Try CastoIia once, and you will never be with.
out 1t.
Prepared at the Laboratory of J. D. Rose Co., 46
Dey Street. New York. may-1S-13t