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Price Of Food In Old Times.

Amid the never ending comments on the
high price of provisions, it is difficult for
us to realize the fact that time existed in
100 for whole day, was worth only a
shilling, and the average price of sheep
four pence. In the reign of Henry l. the
price Of wine was raised to six pence a
~e in "d df saf fiset the seers mfagh &C.
enabled to live by it. When wheat was
at six shillings quart or eight bushels),
the farthing loaf was to be equal in
weight to twenty-four ounces if made of
the whole grain, and to sixteen ounces if
consisting solely of white. And when
wheat was only one shilling and six pence
per quarter, as it sometimes was, the
farthing white loaf was to contain sixty
four ounces, and the whole grain ninety
six. Think of purchasing a six-pound
loaf of good wheaton bread for farthlng!
In the nineteenth year of the reign of Ed
ward l.. the price of provisions of the
City of London was fixed by the Common
Council at a tariff by which two pullets
were sold at three half pence, a partridge
or two woodcocks for the same, while a
fat lamb was to be six pence from Christ
mas to Shrovetide, and the rest of the
year four pence. In the fourteenth CEN
fury Parliament fixed the price of fat OK
at forty eight shillings, a shorn sheep at
pence, and the best wine at twenty shill-
ings per tun. An act of Parliament,
passed in 1888, settled the value of beef
and pork at half.penny per pound, and
veal at three farthings - Eno'ioh Nnon-
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ly in a few days. Through the opening
thus made. the worm, if undisturbed will

ly in a few days. Through the opening
thus made, the worm, if undisturbed will
eject its Young. As two or three inches
Of the anterior end now protrude, the par
asite can be easily drawn out by pulling
gently on the end, and winding it around
a small stick. or little roll of linen. The
process of extraction is a protracted one,
as only small portion of the worm can
be drawn out daily. It is necessary to
use great care not to tear the animal, as
any part left in the flesh Is apt to induce
violent inflammation, fever and other in
furious symptoms.
The Guinea-worm oftenest occurs In
the legs or feet, although 1t has been
found in the tongue, in the layers of the
nesentery behind the liver, and under
the conjunctina of the eye. 1t is stated
by one medical authority that in 172 cases
1t appeared 1A times in the feet, thirty
three times in the legs, eleven times In
the thighs, twice in the hands and twice
elsewhere. As many as fifty worms have
been reported in single person. Some
times the fever and pain occasioned by its
presence is very severe. 1t has even been
known to result in death. On the other
hand, 1t occasionally induces no particu-
larly unpleasant: symptoms.
The Guinea-worm is among the pests
familiar to the ancients. 1t has been
argued that the fiery serpents'' which
plagued the Israelites during their So
journ in the wilderness were none other
than these parasites, which, in breaking
out, cause so much heat and anguish.
They are indigenous to the central and
eastern portion of Arabia Petrea and it
is thought that, while traversing this dis
trict, the Israelites may have been at
tackled by them, and, from ignorance of
the proper treatment, suffered the great
mortality that is mentioned in the Script
ures as happening within the region
CHICAGO Tribune.
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The Guinea.WOrm.

One of the ugly parasitic worms that
find a congenia1 home in the flesh of men
and animals is the FGlarta- mediensis,
popularity called the Guinea-worm. 1t is
indigenous in certain hot countries, as
in Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, Senegal and
other parts of Africa, India, Persia, Cen
trail Asia and the Island of Curacao. The
only specimens that nave yet been identi-
fed were impregnated females; but it is
supposed that the little Tank worms of
India are the larval form of the Filaria.
The adult animal is slender and cylindri.
cal, of an opaque, milk-white color, about
one-ninth OF an inch in diameter and from
six inches to four feet in length.
The manner In which the worm enters
the human body is not known; but the
probability is, that, while still very young
and minute, it penetrates the skin. It is
related by Carter that fifty school children
in Bombay went to battle in a certain
pond, and twenty one of the number after.
ward suffered from the parasite, some of
them being attacked by four or five. Ma
tives, who are in the habit Of going bare
foot and of frequently entering the water,
are more subject to its attacks than are
Europeans. After entering the body, the
parasite remains imbedded in the tissue,
in more or less quiescent condition, un-
til it has fully matured, which takes from
eight weeks to two years. It then ap
proaches the surface, creating by its pres
ence an ulcer, which breaks spontaneou
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The Intelligent Coal Dog.

A late illustrated weekly has picture
OF a big fat coal-dealer and lean ;ndi-
vidual, who asks the former for s place as
coal-cart driver. The dealer says
You cart get it; coal has fallen in
price, and we have to employ the heaviest
men we can find as drivers.'' Of course
the driver had to sit on the cart while the
cheap coal was being weighed, and few
hundred pounds of flesh did not materially
injure the coal dealer.
A well-known Memphis coal dealer not
long since had big dog of wonderful
sagacity. He (the dog stayed around the
courtyard, and whenever a coal-cart was
hauled on the scales the dog always took a
stand under the wagon like a coach dog.
He weighed nearly 100 pounds, and was
weighed as coal thousands of times, and
nearly every coal consumer in the city
purchased that dog at so much per pound,
consequently he was owned by every body.
The matter went on for months, and
was only discovered by a funny Incl
dent. A negro wanted a barrel of
coal, and wheeled handle with coal
on the weighing scales. The clerk in the
Office worked at the scales and hallooed
through the window: "Take out lot of
CAo0 CSAA' AAC ACS1O ulu ~, dAu hCpt
on until all the coal was out of the cart.
The olerk tried tho coaloc again, but tho
pea indicated too much. "Take out
more COAL" shouted the clerk; course it,
you have boat load of coal on that
car!" "Look We heah, boss" replied
the negro, 1.-THE coal is all out, and
III have to take the wheels off the cart
if you want to tighten it." The negro
looked under the cart, and seeing the
big fat dog at his post, exclaimed ::
Good heavens, massa, you's selling me
that dog for coal" The dog was missed
in few days, and was found dead on the
scales, the animal having taken some
poison accidentally, but he came back to
die at his post It was fine example Of
" faithful unto death. "-Memphis Ledger.
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cided benefit, the plants Coming out a
are taken off in spring, instead of the dull
is earlier, the plants beginning to grow
evergreen branches may be placed in
regular, even lines, tapping like shingles,
the branches lengthwise with the rows,
giving the beds a positively ornamental
appearance, instead of the rough look
caused by the use of straw, litter or coarse
manure. On large plantations evergreens
cannot often be used to advantage, and
straw must be employed, in which case
rye straw is best, on account of Its stiff.
ness, while soft, flexible straw, as of
oats, is objectionable, as it settles
compactly when wet, and tends to
smother the plants. Even corn stalks
effect a valuable service, if spread
80 thinly that half the surface is
bare, by shielding from sun and wind, and
any kind of covering, it must be borne in
mind that green growth of leaves, like
those of the strawberry, are easily injured
by smothering; and that whatever protec-
ton is employed, it must be pervious to
to green wheat plants, which are killed by
deep drifts of snow. This precaution is
not so necessary in case of shrubs which
have dropped their leaves, or of herba-
ceous perennials or bulbs, the leaves and
stems of which die down before winter.
Country residents often have number
of evergreen trees planted about their
dwellings, that are either extending their
limbs too far and interfering with other
growth, or else becoming distorted, as
they increase in size. Cutting off portions
of these limbs at fork $50 as not to leave
dead stump will improve them, and
afford a quantity of "brush," which is
just the thing for the strawberry beds.
Evergreen screens often receive more or
less cutting back, in which case an abund-
ant supply of protecting material may be
obtained. Country Gentleman.
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A Sign.Carrier's Luck.

John Weeks. for some time laborer in
Greenwood Cemetery, and latterly sign
carrier for hatter's firm on Park Row,
has been blessed with an extraordinary
streak of good fortune. He first suffered
by breaking his leg in the cemetery, and
was conveyed to the Kings County Hos
pital, where he remained four months.
After coming out he procured employ
ment as sign carrier or advertisement
toter, earning thesum of seven dollars per
week. He continued in this occupation
more than two years. Every one whose
business has led him through Park Row
must have seen him. He was man of
medium height, with gray mustache and
stolid, resolute face. A few months ago
he received letter from Mississippi in
forming him of the decease of wealthy
bachelor uncle, who bequeathed to him
property consisting of real estate and
bonds and stocks to the value of $50, 900.
He Immediately returned to his former
home, secured possession of the property,
and yesterday he was on a business visit
to New York, and he thought he would
drop in and see his old employer. Mr..
Bay congratulated him on his good for
tune, and told him he felt almost as
proud as he would if the money had been
left to him. He bought new hat and
Y. Cypress.
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No More Pooling.

A woman named Hastings, living near
the House of Correction, came down town
yesterday in search of her husband, and
finding him hanging round the postoffice,
waiting for "latest returns" she collared
him and called out:
81 want you up home.
"Not yet, my dear; want to hear the
result" he replied.
"You come along home!" she repeated.
81 want to see this thing decided as much
as you do, but we are out of wood, flour,
meat and potatoes, and we've got to eat
whether ths country ever has President
or not"
'I'l come up this evening after I hear
the result" he protested.
"The result can be learned light here,
Peter Hastings!" she chuckled, catching
him by the collar. "Now you trot, or
I'll double you right up before this
crowd!'
"Lemme hear from Louisiana-only
from louisiana" he pleaded.
you'll hear from metz she howled,
giving him a shake, and, seeing that she
was backed by the crowd, he meekly fol-
lowed her away.-DetrOSt Free Press.
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x Conductor Who Was Living Within
His Salary.


There were several good stories told at
the conductors banquet Thursday evening,
but the one that createdt the most laughter
was that which was related by Conductor
McElroy, from Pennsylvania. He said
that conductor on an Eastern railroad
was approached by a seedy looking indi.
vidual, who wanted to get free ride, as
he didn't have money. H.. * go,
"All right" said the conductor, go
forward into the smoking car, and III fix
you all right
Soon afterwards the conductor appeared
in the smoking-car to collect fare from
the passengers. He took up fare from
everybody except the dead-beat and an
other man, who Happened to be the SUI
perintendent of the road. The Super
intendent noticed that he had overlooked
this man, and asked him why he had
done it.
Why, that's conductor" was the
''His appearance does not indicate it.
Look at those clothes" said the Superin-
tendent. . = -A = --.-f
/: "Well," said the conductor, {" he can't
help that He's conductor on Western
road, and he's one of those fellows who
are trying to live within their salary, and
that's what he has come tor. 3
This was satisfactory to the Superintend.
ent, and the man obtained his ride without
further inquiry. ~ Mr.. McElroy stated that
there Eas nothing personal in the story
Omaha Bee.
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HER TREASURES.

keep them in the old. old box
That Willie gave me years ago,
The time We parted on the rocks;
His ship lay swinging to and fro.
AT waiting in the lower bay.
! thought my heart would break. that day!
The picture with the pensive eyes
Is Wi lies: No, dear, that's young Blake,
Who took the West Point highest prize;
He went half crazy for my sake.
Here are lot OF rhymes he wrote,
And here's a button Oft his coat.
Is this his ring? My dearest May,
never took a RIM from him.
This was a gift from Howard Clay.
Just >ee. the tearls are getting dim.
They say that pearls are tears-what stuff!
The setting looks little rough.
He was as handsome as prince
And Jealous. But he went to Rome
Last fall. He's never written since.
used to visit at his home
A lovely place beyond Fort Lee:
His mother thought the world OF me!
oh no. l sent his letters back.
These came to me from Warrington.
Ru' look. what a tremendous pack!
He always wrote me three for one.
i know used TO treat him ill
Poor Jack!-he fell at Chan ellorsville.
The vignettes-all that lot-are scalps
took in London, Naples. Nice,
At Par 5. and among the Alps:
Those foreign lovers act like geese.
But. dear, they are such handsome men.
We go to France next year again.
This is the doctors signet ring.
These faded fowersy h. let me see:
Why, what very curious thing!
Who could have sent those flowers to me?
All! now have it-Count de Twill:
He married that fat Crosbie girl.
His hair was red.-You need not look
SO sadly at that raven tress.
You know the head that lock forsook:
You know-but you could never guess!
Nor would tell you for the world
About whose brow that ringlet curled.
Why won't tell: Well. partly child.
Because You like the man yourse f:
But most. because-don't get so wild!
have not laid him on the shelf
les not bySone. In a year.
Ill tell 70 all about him. dear.
Nary hinge de Ttre, in Scribner for Decemb.
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To Worry the Liver

And injure the system generally, take blue
pills and calomel. To regulate it, and en-
dow the entire system with healthful vigor,
use Hostettel's Stomach Bitters. Bilious
invalids, which of these two recipes will you
adopt? We doubt not, the latter. BY SO
doing, you will avoid the disastrous conse-
quences which the persistent or frequent
use Of mercury entails, and effectuatc the
desired reform in the action of the hillary
g glap {h TlthgHt aapSsrb YeM
ed n of the G M h 'n ss an
under the right shouldcr-blade, furred
tongue, high colored urine, nausea, vertigo,
dyspepsia, constipation, heaviness of the
head, mental dependency, and every other
manifestation or accompaniment of disor-
dered condition of the liver. The stomach.
bowels and kidneys also experience their
regulating and tonic influence.
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of the Leeds Industrial-a few of the
10000 share holders, the legal owners of
this building, the thirty branch stores, the
shoe mandatory and the great fiour.mill
at Marshall street in the Holbeck district.
Every man and woman Of this company
has five or more shares in the society, or
has paid down good shillings to let them
earn the shares. Each one of these peo.
pie participated in that handsome divi-
dend of e16, 5O6 lis. Sd. that was paid last
quarter day. That is more than two
pounds year apiece, or two shalings and
trlfle over in every 240 pennies they
spent at the stores, besides the interest at
five per cent. year on their share capital
of e122 ,3S2 us. 11119d.--Charles Barnard,
in ScrSbner for December.
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Covering Strawberries.

1t is hardly necessary to inform our
readers that all strawberries, no matter
how hardy they are reported to be, win
ter better by being covered before the
severe weather of winter fairly sets in,
or even afterward, if before the first
thaw. Evergreen branches have one i'm
portant advantage-they may be put on
before winter begins, without any danger
of smothering the green plants. We have
.found very thin covering, if only
enough to hide the ground below, Of de-
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Decidedly Lazy.

Laziness was his foible. He had that
unpleasant quality in its supreme condi-
ton. The throne of Incidence was vacant
on our coast until Cyrus lolled forward
and fell into it.
He was own brother to the snail, and
no relation whatever to the ant. Even his
cautious father, discoursing of him one
day, acknowledged that "boy was rather
chicken hearted about work." Unaided
locomotion was distasteful to him. If
sent on an errand to the next cottage, he
waited patiently for an opportunity to
transfer himself bodily into the tail-end of
somebody's passing wagon, considering it
better to be thus assisted along than to as
sumo the responsibility of moving for
ward on his own legs. He spared himself
all the fatigue possible to mortality, and
overcame labor by constantly lying in
wait for ga lift," as he called it. He
was the only seaside STRIPPING ever met
who eschewed fishing. Most boys are
devotees of the rod and line, but Cyrus
was an exception. The necessary anteri-
or search for bait was too much for his
inertia. Clam and worm might lie for
ever rndlsturbed, so far as he was con-
cerned.
His dilatory habit rose sometimes to
the audacity Of genius. He could consume
more hours in going a mile to the village
postoffice and returning with the mail
than one would credit, unless his gait
came under personal observation. We
took kind of exasperated delight as we
used to watch him trailing along the
ground, and we felt fresh wonder ev
cry day at his power of slow procedure.
1t seemed a gift, an endowment, now for
the first time vouchsafed to mortal inert
ness. The caterpillar would have been
too rapid for him; he would lose in a
race with that dull grounding. He
seemed to be counting myriads of some
thing in the road. When he cautiously
and laboriously lifted up one foot, it
seemed an eternity before the other fol-
lowed it. He would frequently drop
asleep in getting over stone wall, and
his recumbent fl CURE was imprinted under
all the trees by the roadside" A Pecu-
liar Case" in Scribner for December.
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A Couch, Cold or Sore Throat,

A Cough, Cold or Sore Throat,
Requires immediate attention, and should
be checked. If allowed to continue, irrita.
ton of the Lungs, permanent Throat affec'
tor, or an incurable Lung disease, is often
the result "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs,'
having a direct influence on the parts, give
immediate relief. For Bronchi is, Asthma,
Catarrh, Consumptive and Throat Diseases,
TRoCHEs are used al raus NTH good success.
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An Irishman named Lynch, belong
ing in Gardner, Me-: died in the town Of
Whitefield, in the same State, not long
since, and on preparing the body for the
tomb, Government and other bonds to the
value of some $4,000 were found in a
pocket that was fastened about his person.
Those who knew him supposed he had
some property, but did not think it was
in this form, or SO large in amount.
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John Brougham greatly admires the
nobler sorts of brutes, and talking the
other day of high-minded lions and mean
men, he epigrammatically said: " Man is
a monopolist of an Immortality he IS not
sure he possesses"
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sSEEz1Na CArARRu, Chronic Catarrh, W.
cerative Catarrh, with all their sympathetic
diseases, promptly relieved and permanently
cured by SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE FOR ca
TARRH. 1t instantaneously relieves and al
most invariably cures.
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The poet Whittier has reached his
sixty ninth year, and grows more tender
and grand in his manhood as age ripcns
his intellect.
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SAVE Your HAIR.-If you wish to save
your hulr anu Kecplt strung auu ncaltDy, use
EuRNETr's COCAINE.
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TENNESSEE has 226 convicts at work on
the Cincinnati Southern Railroad.
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JFSrfFWn 81 cN': I I--H'Ui, B-P4Te RtLbtr.
AND WE ATEIEE GUARDS
Keep Out of Houses Cold. Rain, D.s: and
Snow. Carpenters and others "rt of work send
for Circulars to WILSON, fElEI J. & CO., 1879
So Clark Street, Room q. CHICAGO. LII.
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The ,Church-Hill Ayenue.

We think it strange that the project OF
connecting Church Hill with the lowest point
on Main street by the easy grade Of the ave-
niue from Twenty-frst street to the Masonic
Hall, on Twenty-ffth street, should be per
mitted to rest as though it were dead. 1t
would be am Improvement highly advan-
tageous to the whole city, but Of especial
benefit to Church Hill. J. The ,street-cars
could successfully. reach the summit on
Twenty-fifth street, and from that point a
wide plateau would be opened to their move
.ment. a., 81. g
This improvement would give an UMPIRE
,cedented impulse to Improvement on Church
Hill, and soon would appear its good effects
In fine houses, fine streets, improved
grounds. and lively intercourse. The park
on Chimborazo Hill would soon become q
superb ornament where low are the marks
OF squalid wretchedness and. decay IAN or
naraent that would grace one OF the most OBJ
servedand most observatory spots IN the city.
1t is most conspic uols TO the traveller as he
approaches by the river and the York River
railroad, and itsaords the very finest view
Of Che winding river and its lovely land
;scapes and Of SUR ding country. s.
The avenue would, besides being the In
seentiye to hmpro yement and the means OF a
great deal Of public enjoyment ], very much
increase the value OF Church Hill property
and add materially 10 the resources OF the
city It is Oh inan soyemsat, that ought to
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CHEsrrn, GHEBrERr1Efp COUNTY,, VA.
81 Mr.Editofs Sir, ill ydu allow me space
In your valuable paper TO express my great
Jog At; the Democratic victory. Although
am coloret man I; can assure you that no
CONSERVATIVE feels more delighted than / do
at the victory. I was born slave, raised and
owned by Mr.. Austin Sale, OF Amelia
county. confess that / felt highly delight
ed at my freedom, but have ever loved the
southern white men, and ielt dependant on
them for employment and support. I have
voted the Conservative ticket ever since !
was entitled to O vote, and through all OF
their dark days and hard struggles have
stood with them, and now they. are victori-
GUS, want.ito let my friends know through
your paper how reioieed feel 4 am
farmer, and work hard to- make an honest
support. Made a very good crop Of Tobacco
last year, and intend to double my energies
next year, forfI feel stimulated to work
when i feel that THE affairs :of our country
are in the hands OF honest rulers. The
election passed off here quietly. The RAIDS
pitched IN right and left, although 1t rained
all day. Il Chester is on the lookup; houses
rent high and all filled forf7next year, Not
wishing to 5trespass on your valuable time,
! give you three hearty cheers for I1iden
and Hendricks. and remain att 2gf1lE Il +
,.-i.1 Your obedient servant; Gl;t!. -
HENDERSON GREENH1IL.'