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Iceland and Icslandsru.


The Icelanders are distinguished by
truthfulnoss, mingling this truthfulness Of
their own, however, with strong suspicion
aud distrust Of others; in this resembling
the Laplanders and other Mortimer. As
compared with the natives Of Southern
Europe, they are stolid aud slow-witted.
Having little at home to stimulate in them
invention or enterprise, they are strongly
conservative; but abroad they are without
difficulty stirred to ambition aud emula-
tion. The Ieelander is "large- Drained
and strong-brained man. naturally Of a
slow and solid mental habit, but capable
Of a high degree Of education and culture.
All the Influences which surround him at
home tend to make him indolent and
phlegmatic; but abroad he becomes ener-
getic, self-reliant and courageous. What
the Icelauder was century ago, he is still.
The manner of his life has altered very
little during the past hundred years.
While the rest Of the civilized world has
been advancing with such rapid strides,
he has remained, perforce, almost station
ary. Education in Iceland is pretty gen
orally diffused, but does not reach high
standard All can, more or less, read and
write; but, owing in great measure to
the thinness of the population, the pursuit
Of knowledge seems evidently to be carried
on under difficulties, Learning among
the Icelanders," our author says, using
well-known quotation, sis like bread in
bcsieged town; every man gets mouthful
but no man a meal" There are other
places beside Iceland of which this could
be said. The female part Of the popula-
tion of Iceland is employed during the
winter chiefly in weaving and knitting,
aud during summer in spinning yarn. The
loom--a primitive construction, not much
superior, seemingly, to that used among
the ancient Egyptians and the inhabitants
of Central Africa at the present days
found in every farmhouse. With it u
clever hand will weave three yards day.
A favorite employment in Iceland is gath
ering cider down, which occupies both
| men and women, and is carried on during
the autumn and winter. Other produc-
tions of the islands are the well-known
Iceland spar and Iceland moss, the former
being crystallized carbonate of lime.-
Many families speak English and French.
The custom of drinking hcalths, which
has almost entirely disappeared among us,
is still kept up at Icelandic dinner-tables.
The drinker bows, tits his glass slightly
towards the person whose health he is
drinking, and bows again.- Chambers
Journal
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that the very wife to live In such house
is the young lady who has herself suggest
ed it, and will forthwith proceed to act
upon her advice. There are, without
doubt, good many Amelias in Chicago,
If they could only speak but the trouble
Is that they may find no opportunities,
and possibly no Henrys to chat with thus
confdentially, and 50 the old bachelors and
the old maids will multiply, and serious
problem in social science is presented for
consideration. This selfenforced separa.
tion of the sexes will just as certainly lead
to crime and immortality as any we'll un-
derstOod cause leads to an equally well
understood effect. Aud it will increase as
the numbers Of the unmarried increase,
until every considerable city Of this coun-
try will become a miniature Paris, sa se
with sadder result, as our national tenn
permanent is capable of deeper feeling and
more terrible remorse. The ratio Of un-
married persons is constantly augmeuting,
and the question of a remedy is one that
deserves the grayest consideration. In
the older settlements the females predomi-
nate in such numbers that marriage for
large proportion isimpossible is in any event.
ln the newer parts of the country, where
the sexes are in about equal numbers, the
question of expense frightens the would-be
husband, and the result is quite as bad.
The way to reform is not plain, though
the necessity for it is indisputable.
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The Rattlssnate's Poison.


Henry 3. Welcome, Of New York CITY,
writing to the Scientific Amsrican, says:
MY attention has been attracted by !.
statement made in your issue Of December
4, 1875, page 1853 After showing tho
fallacy Of certain stories which have been
widely circulated in print, and BY word Of
mouth, which have gained credcnce. re-
garding the toxic effect Of the spittle Of
man when administered to venomous rep.
tiles, and relating the incident of the boot
which contained a serpent's fang and was
credited with 50 fatal record, YOU ststo
that the inventor Of this story did not
know that the rattlesnake poison Is only
active when freshly injected from shc
poison bag.
The story, Is Of course, improbable; but
the error Of your statement Il very clearly
shown BY the following experiments by
Mitchell with the venom Of that reptile.
He says that 'sit is difficult to conceive Of
the singular energy Of the venom Of The
rattlesnake without carefully conducted
experimental research, or Of the tenacity
with which its powers are preserved ii ne
presence Of violent chemical reagents and
extremes Of heat and cold. The dried
venom retained its potency after two years
Of climatic changes; nor was it's action ID.
any degree changed BY strong sulphuric
and hydro-chloric acids, ammonia, chlorine
water, soda, or potassa. Freezing Or BRO
longed boiling in no way impaired It's
deadly qualities He used the venom
after Eve years keeping, and found Il m
injured.
Dr.. Weir Mitchelfs reports Of his e.
haustive researches with this virulont BODY
are richly worth perusAl, showing q be
does the precise manner IN which Il Il 40
swiftly and fatally transmitted through
the serous tissues, and conclusively settling
the fact that the serpent cannot inoouIats
itself, point which wau for Z lonr tims
disputed. His reports On this subject sna,
be found in the Smithson;an Contribstions
1860, and the New York 1ie1ioal .jourxal
January, 1868.
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Some Queer Railway Builders,

There we're workmen on the Pacific
railway even more curious than the Irish
or Chinese navvies. During the summer
Of 1868, the Laramie river became very
low, much to the distress Of contractor
who had cut great many thousand cross
tics-the timbers on which the rails are
laid-and which he expected to float down
to the point where the railroad was to cross.
He was at first at loss to know what to
do, but resolved, finally, to build dam
across the river at various points, and,
when the stream was thus made high
enough, set his raft afoat. Large parties
Of men, therefore, went to work building
the dams No sooner would the men leave
off work at night than thousands of beavers
would begin and work hard at the dam
during the night
Water is always as necessary to the com,
fort Of beavers as on this occasion it wa.
to the welfare of the contractor; and il
was probably for this reason, and not be
cause they wished to see the railroad fin
ished, that the beaver community Joined
in the labor of building the dams. 81
Nicholas for December.
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Ghinos Abroad.
HUNTING THE WILD BOAR IN INDIA.

In view Of the failure which the Prince
Of Wales witnessed in India of the attempt
10 spear wild hogs, the Saturday Rerieo,
Of December II /, gives an account Of the
more excellent way by which experienced
hunters in other parts Of India attain far
different results. 1t says:
With the spread of agriculture and the
Increase Of the rural population the wild
animals Of the forest, it is well known, dis
sppear. Some are killed of, but the great
e proportion betake themselves to those
huge forests which are still to be found,
BOT materially thinned .or contracted, in
Central India, in parts Of Madras aud Of
Eastern Bengal, and at the foot of the
Himalayas, ut intervals, the whole way
rom Chittagong to Punjab, As general
rule the first To become scarce are the wild
Elephant and rhinoceros next go the tiger
md the larger kinds Of deer, together with
such winged game as the wild peacock and
the jungle fowl. The hog-deer and the
Wild hog lingcr behind while there is yet
my cover untouched by the axe, or wher-
eser the grass, burnt by the pcasantry in
one season for the pasture, springs up
ngain obstinately in the next rains. Last
80 a
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Winter Time.

Winter is an affiiction only in places
and with people where or with whom there
is no suitable means for guarding against
its rigors. To well-fed, well-housed, well
clothed people winter Is as delightful a,
any other season Of the year. Not tC
mention out-of-door sports, such as skating
and sleighing, the winter supplies us
within-doors with some of its best delights
1t is then that we come to understand the
full significance Of the word home When
the storm is shaking our easements and
the night is black and dangerous, then
within the drawn curtains and around the
blazing fire we discover how secure, and
glowing, and peaceful, and rich in afec-
tions are hearth and home. Perhaps Of
all our boyhood recollectious those of the
old winters 6reside are the keenest and
most pleasant. When the first good snow
fall comes this season read Whittier 5
"Snow Bound" by the brisk blaze Of crack
ling logs with the sound of the outward
blast in your ears, and sec what relish
the old-fashioned picture will give you.
By the blaze Of cracking logs, did we
sayP Alas, firesidcs and hearth stones
are things of the past and with them have
gone nearly all the best charm. of winter
home. Modern life is surrounded with a
good many Inconvenience, but every in
novation like furnaces, registers, and stoves
in our households signalizes the death Of
some cherished pleasure. Your furnace
no doubt diffuses an even warmth through
the house, but in shutting up the fireplace
we scatter the household and break up the
old-time family circle. It drives out of
the home an artist who was wont to paint
delicious pictures on your walls and tint
the cheeks of your dear ones with rare
glow. 1t excludes friend whose bright
sparkling chatter once entertained you
many long evening and whose blaze and
glow rarely failed to gil your heart with
cheerfulness and gratitude. There are
indeed, even yet few old fashioned peo-
pie who cling to wood fires, but many of
the younger generation remain ignorant of
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While ten men watch for chances, one
man makes chances; while ten men wait
for something 70 turn up, one turns some.
thing up; 50 while ten fail, one succeeds,
and is called man Of luck, the favorite
of fortune. There is no luck like pluck,
and fortune most favors those who are
most Indifferent to fortune.
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He that speaks the truth win find him
self in sufficient dramatic situations.
Christepher North
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-08

When you get into hot water, % d
your fiiends You'll fad them eoo'
enough.
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-08

A tablespoonful of black pepper put in
the first water in which gray and buff lin
ems are washed win keep them from spot
ting. Il will also generally keep the color
Of black or colored cambrics or muslins
from running, and does no. harden the
water,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-01-08

Resignation, though,a christian trait, il
yet sort Of endless suicide. as
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When the comnanv is not LARGE and the
animals are not very numerous three or
four men will race tovetber for the smear
/. be;ng a universal rule that tho honor
belongs 10 the man who draws ..6r.t blood u
The resnl, : depends on ! variety Of con
s;dsr.,ion. The boar driven an, Of one
match will snde,vor 10 Gain another cover
IF tba friendly shelter Is about ! m;le off
there !. NO reason 10 exnect tba, The ami.
NAL will turn and charge. miles, !. he ona
of an unusually savage nature IF The
SECOND cover 4 two or ,bros m;los from
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-07
The State Medical Association.
FIRST DAY.

"WEDNESDAY, May 81, 1876.
The Association met i'm annual session in
the Representative Hall last Wednesday, al
IL o'clock.
DR.. p. f. Whitehead, OF Vicksburg, ex-
President, called the Association to order
and introduced DIR. Nj. ). Craft, OF Jackson,
President elect.
Rev G. b. Galloway opened the proceed
DR. II. Kells, in behalf of the Committee
of Arrangements and the physicians of
Jackson, welcomed the, Association to the
capital Of the State
DR.. NJ. ). Craft, President, read his annual
address.
DR.. II A. New, of Port Gibson, Recording
Secretary. not having arrived, DR.. Writ
Johnston, of jackson, was requested to act
as temporary Secretary.
The roll was called and the following
members answered to their names:
Drs. VIM. Aills of Stems Greek =. T.
Bailey, of Jackson; }. w. Bennett of Brook
haven; j. J.. Carter, of Jackson; j. ID.
Campbell, OF Shuqualak; w. NJ. Compton,
OF jackson; NJ. 5; Craft, of Jackson; Il.
Fowler, OF DaleVilIe; G. b Galloway OF
Canton; c. b Henderson. of Drasonviiie; 5.
V. p. Hill, Of Macon; Writ Johnston, Of
jackson; R"bt. kells, of jackson: b. T.
Kittrel, of Black Hawk; Geo. Latimer, Of
Raymond; ID. McCallum, of Leake; +. j.
Mccormick Of Yaz2o City; 7. j. Mitchell.
of Jackson; Il. A. New, of Port Gibson A.
G. Smythe, of BALDWIN; j. NJ. Taylor. OF
Corinth e. Y. Thompson, of Macon; r. G.
Wharton. of Port Gibson ; z. +. Whitehead,
Ii. c. McLaurin, of Brandon.
DIR. Il. A. New, Recording Secretary, hAv-
ing arrived, the order OF business was called
and the following new members were elect
ed: Drs. Geo. X. Harrington, James Nc
Willie, and Theodore Artand, of Jackson
A. K, Hardin, Of Oxford -. NJ. Mcfarland
of Water Valley; X. b johnson. of Madi-
son Henry Izard of Garlandsville; G. A.
Rice, of Brandon; w. w. Hall and VIM.
Powell, of Grenada, and ID. A. Kinchloe, Jr.,
of 6ardis. Adjourned.
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ALBANY. June. 1876.
HHOrsde Combat.

The 'thunder-bolt," as the N. Y.
Herald calls it, which Mulligan, the wit
ness, has hurled at Blaine, has we'll nigh
sent him down among the dead men.
This witness has testified to the fact of
Blaine's numerous brokerage transactions
while member of Congress, for the
Union Pacific Railroad. He had posses
sion of large file Of letters written by
Blaine, which the latter has got posses
sion of by cunning trick, and has
refused to submit to The examination of
the investigating committee. 1t is stated
that these letters would prove him a
double-dyed corruptionist, and his con
duct confirms the suspicion. In either
event, they will destroy him. If they
are published, they will proye the charge.
If they are not published, they will be left
hanging over his head by a thread. No
party will be likely to trust its fortunes
to leader occupying position so equiv
ocal
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The Board Of Peniteutiary Inspector
(Messrs. Shelton, Smith and Rickhsml "n
In session yesterday examining HE h.a' "
the leasing Of the Penitentaryi alter .
careful consideration Of the bids, i9lf .-
number, the contract was awarded io9''..
>. Hamilton g. Co. The contractors as'
TO pay one dollar and ten cents .Sl lyl p,
month for all convicts worked OUTSIDE "
che walls, and to take the buildings tla M.
prisoners and "the lame, hale and Dizzy
that haYe to be kept inside, free Of e2PsH
TO the State. 1t will be seen that the bs"..
70 the State will be regulated enuft9
the number Of prisoners. The Boaf1 N
elded that the other bids were private, 81
declined TO allow their publication '
we disagree with the Board, and cou'u.
the question a public one in VINE.
whole people were Interested, ana N-
a right to know exactly what Nn
Tered for this institution, we feel A''1.
that they 1.-THE Inspectors) have acted wa ~.
out fear or favor for the intefess o.
state which they represent.
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Presidential Notes.

A Richmond correspondent of the
Chicago Times says of the Virginia del
egation to St. Louis:
The eighteen district delegates to St.
Louis, so far as they have expressed
themselves, are chiefly for Tilden, be-
cause they believe HIM to be the strong
est candidate, but all say that if it shall
there appear that Tilden is not as strong
as he now appears, they will concentrate
on Hancock.
The Missouri delegates stand 10 for
Hendricks, 10 for Tilden.
The tennessee delegates are all for
Hendricks except two.
The California delegates are for Til
den and hard money:
The Minnesota Convention endorsed
Tilden hard money and Reform.
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WI IL EFT Nc

HEADERS. Elk. Con-. dem. -CoNsERvA TIvEl
PARTY, STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Jackson, April IL, lS76.)
Committee met pursuant to a call of the
Chairman. A quorum being present, on
motion the following resolutions were
al opted:
RESOLVED, That a State Convention be
called to assemble at Jackson, on Wednes-
day, l4th of June next, for the purpose Of
appointing Delegates to the National DEM
ocratic Convention, 20 meet at st. Louis on
the 9th June next, and to take such tur-
Their action as may be deemed necessary by
the Convention.
ResOIced, That this Committee recon-
mends that primary conventions be held in
the several counties OF the State, on Satur-
day, 81 of June next, to appoint Delegates
to the State Convention, and also to the
Congressional Conventions to be held in
their respective Districts.
Res0lUed, That this Committee recon-
mends that the County Conventions author
ize their Delegates, when they Assem- BILE
at Jackson on the 18th of June next. TO Sc
lect Executive Committees for their res
pective Congressional Districts, TO call Con-
ventiOns in those Districts to nominate can
didates for Congress.
j. Il. GEORGE, Chm.
Attest: MARION SMITH, Sec'y.
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SIX O'CLOCK, p. NJ

DIR. Compton was appointed a delegate To
the America Medical Association Sew
erai address es were made upon medical
topics.
DR.. Wharton read paper on Electro
Therapeutics.
Ihe following committees were an
nounced Drs. j. NJ. Taylor, b. f. Kittrell.
ana Z. *. Wharton, on nominations of
Representatives to the International Medi-
cal Congress, and American Medical Asso-
ciatio2. Drs. Till, Hall and Rice.
pr Iaylor read paper on necrosis, and
Dr. Galloway one on Diphtheria, Several
papers sent were referred for publication.
Inc following representatives were an
pointed to the american Medical AesooidP
non Drs Compton, Vaughn, Lipscomb
Hard' Bailey, Wharton. McLaurin. Uar1
rington, Thompson, Hardin, Wright Whit
neld, Graft, Campbell, Latimer, TAYLOR and
= Adjourned 10 an entertainment at DIR.
Crafts residence. ~
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THIRD DAY.

NINE UNLOCK, A. N.
Or. Writ johnson read a paper on sVnbi,
lictlc directions of the nerves, and DIR. 4 8
oihy ne one on the use of forceps IN oil.
A number of standing reports were re.
The following officers for the ensuino
year were elected Ni"
Or. r G.. Mccormick, President.
Dr' X. u. wharton, lst Vice President
" a: q. Smythe, 2d Vice President
pr w: NJ. Hall, 81 Vice President.
Dr. writ Juhnson, Recording Secretorv
Dr' =. a. Rice, Corresponding Secretary
Dr. Robt. Kells, Treasurer.
Dr. B. +. Kittrell. Orator.
Dr. n. ). Graft, Alternate
ed: were appoint
Powell. AA"Snesj anu
-EI3XEcUTIvE.--Drs. Taylor, Comntor
IAensa Banks, Whitehead, WbaPton'
vaughn, Smythe, McCallum, Hughes Kit
GIenada was selected as the place of tho
next ~, meeting, and first Wednesdsv IN
April, 1877, as the time. SuSy IN
me usual resolutions Of thanks wero
adopted and association adjourned sine AZ
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Accepting as true the charge of Gov
ernor Tilden s opLosers that an adverti-
sing firm, Bates & Locke, in New York,
has been sending ont for insertion in
Democratic newspapers, at stipulated
price, paragraphs favorable to mis- nomi-
nation, we see nothing in it as serious US
it appears to some of our contemporaries
1t is simply the act of Jealous supporters
who are anxious for the country to be
informed of his merits and are willing To
pay for it. In this particular, it is de-
parture from the usual custom of poliIi-
cal asplrants who expect newspaper
men to furnish the ink, paper, labor and
capital for putting them into notoriety,
as service that ought, as matter of
course, to be performed by public
drudges. These friends of Tilden have
not proposed to buy up any body. He
who would attempt such thing with a
five, ten, fifteen or twenty dollar adver-
tisement would be a fool as we'll as
knave. But they simply say to newspa-
pers in business way, here are some ar
icles favoring the nomination of Gov
ernOr Tilden, and We propose to pay for
their insertion at a stipulated rate 1t
may not be discreet, but We fail to see in
the fact the raw head and bloody bones
which some people have cOnjured. Gov
ernor Tilden is said by the New York
papers to have been entirely ignorant of
this performance of his superserviceable
friends and it ought not to weigh a
feather in determining the question of
his qualifications and availability.
THE STORY sQUELCHED-Gov. TILDEN
NAILS IT TO THE COUNTER.
Since the above was in type, we have
received the following, which speaks for
itself:
ALBANY, June, 1876.
The Argus contains the following:-
at is alleged that firm of advertising
agents have sent circulars to certain news
papers containg extracts from other news
papers favoringGovernor Tiiden for republi-
cation as advertisements or or compensation
We are authorized to state that no such act
has been done by that firm or by any other
firm, or by any person whatever with the
authority, direct or indirect, or with the
knowledge of Governor Tilden, or by the
agency or with the knowledge of any body
about Governor Tilden."