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Good Living and Dyspepsia.

From DIR. HOlbrook's Liver Complaint"
Good living is said to cause dyspepsia;
but the most healthy people / have ever
known have been among those who lived
well-who ate freely several times day
of the most nutritious food. By some it
is said that tobacco, snuff, tea, coffee,
butter, and even bread cause this COM
plaint but whoever will make inquiries
on this subject throughout the COM
munity will find that this is seldom true.
In fact dyspepsia prevails, according to
my experience, altogether the most
among the temperate and careful
among those who are careful as regards
what they eat and drink, and the labor
they put upon the stomach, but exceed
ingly careless how much labor they put
upon that more delicate organ, the brain,
Such people often eat nothing but by
the advice of the doctor, er some treatise
on dyspepsia, or by weight; nor drink
ANYTHING that is not certainly harmless :;
they chew every mOuthful until they
are confident, on mature reflection, that
it cannot hurt the stomach. Why, then,
are they dyspeptics? Because, with all
their carefulness, they pay no attention
to the excitement of the brain. They
continue To write two or three sermons
or essays every week, besides reading a
volume or two, with magazines, reviews.
newspapers, ETC., and attending too much
other business calculated to excite the
mind. To me it is not strange that such
persons have nervous and stomachlc
affections The constant excitement of
the brain sends an excess of blood to the
head, and therefore other organs are
weakened, and morbid sensibility is
produced, which renders the stomach
liable to arrangement from very slight
causes
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THE SIGNAL,

The day is come for the ship to SAIL and for John to
ge to sea,
And his aged mother is freting with the bairnie
her knee;
The morning meal is scarcely touched, and the wife
is still for sorrow,
For her good man will soon be gone, she viii be
lone tomorrow:
Black clouds are lowering in the sky, but between
them streams the sun,
With the light of hope in the dark time that for her
- lsJust begun
Oh, may his heart keep true hers and the ship
in safety run!
And now they are waiting on the beach, and John
with uneasy breath,
Is fearing to say the sad farewe'l-farewsn the
shadow of death;
They have little to say, ard little know of writing
in the books,
But though they have lack of words they talk to
each other with looks;
They can feel the heart in the hand, and read what
is written in eyes;
They can tell OF their joys and their sorrows in
kisses and in sighs,
And so can they speak to each other without the
words of the wise.
There is the good ship the Mary Ann, at her moor
iDgs in the bay;
And boat is grating the sand and really to sail
away
To the waiting ship wi h John and his mates. All,
there's the signal gun
And the husband turns to kiss his vile, and they to
each other rum
1t is at last and her good man is with the other
tars;
She will, weeping, watch the good ship go till the
dark clouds hide he SCARS;
And then for long lonely nights by the below
the silent stars.
From BeHJrdUiG.
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FOHEEGE.

The principal countries of Europe owe
about $17,5OO, 100000 exclusive of the unse-
cured paper currencies and home debts
William NJ. Tweed and his cousin,
William Hunt, have been arrested in Port
VigoOn on board of Spanish merchantmen.
Carmen. Tweed was travelling under the
name of Secor. Both prisoners are lodged
in a fortress.
Earl Russell again writes a letter call.
ing for an autumn session of parliament. A
letter from the bishop of Manchester, calling
upon the people as a nation to subscribe for
the relief of the Bulgarians, contains the fol.
lowing sentence: "Come what may, and
do not see that anything is likely, or even
possible to come, which can endanger the
position of England, but it seems impossible
if we are to have any reward for our honor OF
our good name, that we should any longer
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-09-22
Strange Fancies of the Little Russians.
Cassel's Magazine

The Little Russians inhabit an inland
district in the southwest of Russia
They are primitive people, and of their
funeral rites a striking account has re-
Gently been given by member of the
st. Petersburg Geographical society.
When any one dies i'll Little Russia a
Jug of water is placed on the window
sill, that the soul may be able to per-
form it's ablutiOns before setting out on
its long Journey. That it may have the
sun to light it on its way, the funeral
takes place at sunset. Within the coffin
are placed various articles of food and
clothing along with some money, that
the deceased may have a prosperous
start in his new life. The shavings of
the wood of which the coffin has been
made, and the tools used by the dead
man, if he has been an artisan, are also
enclosed In it. With these are put the
parings of his finger-nails, which both
men and women in Little Russia pre-
serve all their lives, in consequence of
superstitious notion that they will ena-
BILE them to climb the mountains that
separate the earth from the mysterious
region of the dead. Female mutes are
invited to follow the coffin, and an old
woman scatters handsful of wheat over
the mourRers and along the road, pro-
ceeding which is considered lucky for
the living. The coffin is surrounded
with cows-this being the continuance
of an ancient custom prevalent among
the HindoOs; it is thought to purify and
disinfect the dwelling in which the death
has taken place.
The little Russians believe that the
soul remains for some time in the house,
in the shape of butterfly; and cats and
fowls are driven away for fear they
should eat it up. After the funeral a
banquet is held, at which cover is laid
for the deceased, who is supposed to pre-
side during the festivities. The dead
are held to be hurtful rather than WELL
disposed to their surviving friends. This,
however, is not always the case; mothers
sometimes, for example, revisit their
children and lavish great tenderness upon
them. But it is essential that the chill
dren keep the visits secret, or they will
call down the vengance of the mother
on their native village. These are strange
notions, and we linger over them with
pleasure. They invest death with sort
of romance, and rob it of half its ter
POrS
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LORD BEACONSFIELD.
His EIcVatIo the FuIHtInient Ofn I'rOPh-
Ccy by Himself
Jondon AthenHum.

Whether the motive of Mr.. Disraeli in
retiring to the house of lords were per-
sonal or political, there is no room for
doubt that he contemplated the move
ment nearly half n century ago. In n
passage of " The Young Duke he boldly
announces the intention he has fulfilled
before our eyes. Mr. Disraeli, however,
is one of these, of whom prince Bismark
is another, whose frankness in declaring
their intentions is often so emphatic that
people at the time find it difficult TO be-
iieve in the sincerity OF their utterances.
So long ago as the year 1920, in the ju-
veniIe production alluded TO will be
found (book v, chapter six what, by
the light we now have, must he regarded
as remarkable passage. IT does not
come from behind the mask OF one ot the
characters in the novel, but from the au-
thor i'm his own person, in crltlclslng the
orators of the day, and discussing the diff
ference appropriate TO the two houses
of parliament. The audacity OF the
phrase "if | have time" approaches
sublimity:
One thing * clear, that man may
speak very well in the house ofcommons,.
and fail very completely in the house OF
lords. There are two distinct styles
requisite. intend, i'm the course OF my
career, if have time, to give specimen
ofboth. In the lower house Don Juan
may, perhaps, be our model IN the up
per house, Paradise Lost"
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asst.

Charles Francis Adams has accepted
the democratic nomination for governor of
Massachusetts,.
The cotton business at Fall River,
Mass, has had a sudden revival, and for the
first time since 1873 all the mills are running
at a fair profit to the manufacturers. Fall
River is a great manufacturing center, and
when business is brisk there it is generally
brisk throughout New England. On account
of the reductions in wages, labor costs no
more now than in England, and the opera
tives in American mills compare favorahIy
in skill with those abroad. American good S
too, are well able to compete with English.
OF the 10000 operatives in Fall River all are
employed, except, perhaps, few stragglers,
which would seem to indicate that the hard
times are about over in at least that section
of the country.
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Wall street Gamblers.
New York Herald.

The idiots who are deceived by bogus
drafts, or the notorious "saw dust game
or by "three card monte men," or by
the Elusive bottom oC roulette (Which
the gambler controls with his FOOT or
the game of rouge ct noir, or lat Of keno
or faro, or any of the plain Y gambling
sports, in which the professional player
has ninety per cent o. the adyailC-
aee-these idiotic players, who readily
accept these terrible odds a.e nothing
compared with the madmen OF Wall
street VINO risk on bonds they never
knew and stock they do not own the
happiness Of themselves and al who de
pend upon their success. What do such
people mean as they crawl between,
heaven and earth? II is the old story oi
fraud on the one side and OF faith on the
other.
THE engineer whs said that his loco,
motive ran over and killed two hundred
and seventy nine rabbits in Nevada was
al once elected president Of liar CLUB
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HISCELLANEOUS.

Five hundred cattle in the form of
meat are henceforth to be shipped every
week from the United States to England.
There it is sold at less than half the price of
the domestic article America will yet do
an enormous trade in this staple.
Therep0rt of the conference committee
appointed by the Methodist Episcopal church
south to decide upon basis for the union
of the two churches, is wise document.
The divine purpose and scriptural founda-
ton of both churches is acknowledged, and
the future unity is decreed. Sensible rules
are laid down in regard to the settlement of
the ownership of property in dispute, and a
desire is manifested to secure harmony and
charity and perfect brotherhood throughout
the Methodist body. This union, besides the
good effect which it will have upon the pro-
gress of religion, cannot fail to produce
marked results politically. Removing the
distinction between the northern and south
ern churches will tend to obliterate the dis
tinction between the unionist and the recon-
structed rebel.-NeU York World.
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Startled Watchers.

Mrs Roney, of this county, has a child
five or six years old that has been sick
with sore throat for several weeks, and
one day last week it seemed to die. 1t
had no pulse so far as persons present
could discover. 1t was laid out for dead
and coffin made. The persons sitting
up with the corpse grew sleepy, and
were nOdding, when suddenly the child
threw aside its grave clothes, gotu from
the table where it had been laid, and
went to the cupboard and got something
to eat. As soon as it saw that some one
was awake it called loudly for milk.
Such was the superstition that no one
would for some time touch or 90 near
the child. The mother came in, and
after some hesitancy caught her hand.
and the electricity seemed to restore her
courage, and convince her that it was no
ghost. She got the milk for the child.
After eating it was placed in bed. 1t
seems that this sudden exhibition OF
strength was a freak of nature, for in
four hours the child was dead.-1forgdn-
fO1gD N ~ RLgde
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Remarkable MeteOric Shower il
Sweden,
From Nature.

From Nature.
~ A fall of meteorites, we learn from
AftOnblad, took place on June 2Sth, be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock in the
morning, near Stalldalen, station on
the Swedish central railway, in the
northernmOst part OF OrebrOlasn. Sew
eral fell, some on the ground and others
in a lake. Two were found, one about
the size of the fist, and weighing four
and a halt pounds, the other smaller.
Eyewitness stated that a loud whist
ling was first heard in the air from west
to east, and light was plainly distin-
guishable although the sky was clear
and cloudless, thereafter two very sharp
reports were heard, the second succeed
ing the first after mOmentary interval,
followed by several Others less sharp, re-
sembling thunder, after which the fall
ing stones we're observed by eight or ten
persons; and, finally, there was seen in
the air whirliDg smoke, not very high
up. A meteor was observed slmulta-
neously at Stockholm and at other
places. At thirteen English miles south
west of LinkOping it was seen high up
in the sky. and then sank down in about
ten seconds toward the horizon in the
west. 1t had the appearance of large
d
The bright sunshine, left behind a clear,
shining streak of six or eight feet in ap-
parent length, which fiuslly broke up
into a multitude of star-like sparks.
Here no noise was heard. According to
communication from the Stockholm
meteorological bureau there is reason to
believe that the phenomena rose from
the "kulblixt" Ooudre globuLaire) which
Ian nd
object, and often, on approaching the
ground, assumes heightened form and
a binding white color, and bursts asun-
der, commonly with loud report. As
all who observed the meteor, both in
Stockholm and Sedermanland, saw the
luminous appearance in the same direc-
tion, nameley, west-noI thwest, it is
probable that the light proceeded from
the main mass of the meteor situated at
a very great distance. The phenomenon
observed here (at Stockholm) must
therefore have been so far an illusion,
the object instead of being, as most Peo-
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-09-22

OF Rufus Choate's wit volume
might be compiled. Ofa party in suit
he said: Why doesn't he pay back
the money lie has ill got? He is so
much of villain that he wouldn't if he
could, and so much of a bankrupt that
he couldn't if he would" OF very
crooked flight of stairs he said, " How
drunk must a man be to climb those
stairs !" OF one of his female clients he
said, 4" She is a sinner-no, not sinner,
for she is our client; but she is a dis
agreeable saint ~ He defined the law
yer's vacation" as ''the space between
the question put to witness and his an
swer." OF the homely chief.justice
Shaw, az venerate him as the Indian
does his leg, curiously carved ae-
knowledge that1he is ugly, but 1 feel that
he is great" OF the constable who re-
peated the word "having'' mauy times
in his return, "He has greatly over
worked the principle"
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Anew and Powerful Explosive.

There is apparently no end to the in
ventions of explosives and motors of great
force. The latest is thai discovered by q
party in 'Petrolia, Pa. It's workings have
not been kept a close secret, but have
been publicly exhibited before large gath
erings of people, and from the printed
reports of the public experiments we have
the positive assurance of its being a real
ity. The new invention is claimed to be
an explosive with force of one hundred
per cent. greater than nitro-gl lycerine /;
and what is most important considera-
ton, is that it can be handled with COM
parative safety, the great force being de-
rived from mercury, which is nowhere
near as susceptible to friction as nitro
glycerine. A correspondent of the Titus
vile Herald, writing from PetrOlia, gives
the following account of recent public
experiments with the new discovered eX-
plosive: 1.-TWO ounces Of the stuff was
put into small tin pepper box and
placed upon a steel plate half an inch in
thickness, said to be capable of resisting
a pressure of 175,000 pounds to the
square inch. When exploded, a hole the
size of the box was made through the
plate with the edges as square and clean
as though made by a drill. Three ex-
periments were afterwards made upon
half-inch boiler ple e, and the result was
the same as upon the steel. One table
spoonful placed upon three thicknesses
of the best boiler iron aud exploded with
out any tapping, wilrperforate all three"
It is claimed that the new explosive is
equally, if not more, efficient for rock
splitting or blasting, and exhibitions of
its powers for this kind of work are TO be
made before long.
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SUMMARY.

Germany at present leads European
countries in the mileage of its railroads.
Great Britain held first place at the be-
ginning OF 1872, but during the year
Germany opened l ,493 miles of road,
against $50 in Great Britain. France
opened 573 miles of road Austria, 467 :;
Sweden, 406; Switzerland, 2S3; Italy,
1876; Denmark, 1870; Russia, 81; Portu-
gal, 90; and Belgium g. The total
mileage in the principal European coun-
tries is as follows: Germany, 1882
Great Britain, 1859; France, 1914;
Russia, i ,525; Austria, 1922; Igalv,
/ III; Spain, 1902; Sweden, 2.465
Belgium, 2,167; Switzerland, 1923 /;
Holland, l,0ll. In proportion to area,
Belgium has the greatest railway mile
ag, of any country in the world. Great
Britain stands next in order, and in pro-
portion to her population stands fl rst in
tie scale. Russia, in proportion to her
immense area, has the least railroad de-
velopment of any European country.
Forty-eight and One-half per cent. of the
railread mileage in the world is in Eu-
rope.
North America has fOrty-three and a
half per cent. of the total milage of the
world, and the United States alone forty
and a half per cent. The number of
miles in the United States is 74,1S3; in
Canada, 4,S37, and in Mexico, 377.
There were constructed in the United
States in 1875, l 1,545 miles. This is
more than was constructed in any other
country, though when the area is taken
into consideration the progress was not
near so great as that of Germany, and
less than that in a number of other
countries
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"WhoaI Charles Henry-git around
there-stand over and take that
this-and some more Now come up
and toe the mark!'
Charles Henry kicked the anvil off the
block as she kicked his ribs, but she
kicked the hardest, and when the horse
shoer stuck his head into the shep the
horse was half over bench, but as meek
as lamb.
"Now purceed," said the woman, as
she picked up her pipe. when hoss
goes to fooling around me and aching for
a row, he's laying up sorrow for his gray
hairs"
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A Shower of Bugs.
Nebraska City Press.

A strange sight greeted the eyes of the
ianitor Of the first Presbyterian church
as he entered the church last Friday
evening. The pews, pulpit, floor, chan
delier, and walls were covered with
millions OF small bugs, which, on close
inspection, resemb4ed faxseed. These
bugs were swept up and carried out in
buckets, and Mr.. Williams, the janitor,
informs us that he filled four buckets full
of the insects, and carried them to his
chickens. He brought about a half a
bucket down as a specimen. The street
lamps at night are also literally covered
with these bugs, so much so that the
light is obscured. They are perfectly
harmless, as far as damaging anything
is concerned, and do not seem to live
more than three days. When they alight
they appear to be stunned or drowsy,
and make no attempt to fly away OF
move. Where they come from or what
they are called we are unable to state.
GOETHE: 1--WE are only alive when
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WIsE's EXPERIENCE wITH LIGHTNiNG
pons The gronaut Wise, who has
made a good deal o. study OF electrical ctr
pping rods are useless in electrical storms,
hnt that metal roots are IN absolute pro-
tection. He says that during recent
storm several hag5tafs were shivered
down 10 the point of contact with the
metal roofs, when the damage ceased,
me fluid dispensing over the exPsnee OF
,n.taI. This corresponds TO hundreds Of
other cases that he has examined and
he declares his conviction that the
lightning rod, as protection in itself, +
of no more value than a bodkin would be
10 ward off the ball fired from a Colum-
biad"
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u II"1I1 V'IV TIT 'VI IOI w F7'1l III " TT y
on. and other reliable sources, as follows:


As you see this statement tOOts up for the
year 1860, 1881, COO, and in 1875, 9,O21,OOO,
showing an increase in the past fifteen years
of 5, 100, 900, in the fourteen principal cattle
growing states and territories, and to this l
can add the number Of cattle Texas drives
and ships to the north (as she did not furnish
the east and north any prior to 1S6O) and 1
find that we now have about three times as
many as fifteen years ago.
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TWEED CAUGHT.
The story Of His TraVeIs-HOw He EIuded
the Spanish Authorities. and How
He was Captured.

the Spanish Authorities. and How
He was Captured.
1t was found in July last that Tweed
was in Santiago de Cuba, having passed
there from Havana. General Jouvellar
was applied to by the American CONSUL
to have Tweed secured and sent TO the
United States. General Jouvellar was
quite willing, even in the absence of an
extradition treaty, to Oblige the Ameri-
can government in return for their cour-
tesy in Arquette's case some years ago
Tweed, however, was apprised in Santi-
ago of his impending danger and sailed
for VigO, Spain, July 9th, on board the
sailing vessel Carmen. Mr.. Cushing
thereupon notified the Spanish govern
ment of the fact, and found them willing
to arrest Tweed and return him to Cuba,
or deliver him up to the American con-
sui. Every precaution was taken by the
Spanish government to secure Tweed's
arrest in any port of Spain, or on any
coast-line by which he might arrive.
authorities, especially those of Vigo
and the Gallician coast. On September
9th, the Carmen hove in sight off VigO,
and was Immediately boarded by the
government of Pontevidra. The COVER
nor at once recognized Tweed from pho
tographs which he had in his possession
for some time previous to the arrival of
the fugitive. Tweed was entered on the
ships papers in the name of Secor, and
was accompanied by man giving his
name as William Hunt, who is said to
be his nephew. Both were Immediately
secured and thrown into the calabOose
under a strong guard, but were subse-
quently transferred, by order, to a for
tress in Vigo, under the command of the
captain-general. The first secretary of
the American legation has requested the
extraditiou of Tweed, and he will conse-
quently he handed over to the Ameri-
can authorities.
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The Railroads of the World,

DIR. G. Stuermer, of Bromberg, Prus-
sia, has collected statistics showing the
railroad construction of the world during
the year 1875, and the total number of
miles in operation at the close of the
year. With corrections of the Uuited
States and Canada made by the New
York Railroad Gazette, the summary of
which is as follows:
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throw, or even allow it to be supposed that
we throw the shield of the protection of Eng
land over a power which, relying on that
protection, has done deeds which has startled
and shocked the whole civilized world"
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pie estimated, within a few thousand
feet, being actually at a great distance
Later information shows that the phe-
nomenon was visible over a great part of
middle Sweden.