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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-07


DIDN'T WANT THE 'SoRIPTIoN lilo was
an old man, and he had bit Of conductors
pasteboard stuck in his hat. He walked into
the drug store and inquired. "Have you got
any whiskey a''
Yes sir" replied the gentlcmanly drug
gist
"Gimme half a pint.'
g Have you got DOCTORS prescription? !"
mo"
Cant sell it then, sir. Jury IN session,
must be strict"
" Where can get doctor sadly in
quired the aged inebriate.
Tim a physician sIr, = willingly responded
the druggist. sa
" Can you give that--wbat do You call 1t
'scrption?" 49,.
" Well might ~ And the doctor wrote
out prescription blank, calling FOR SO many
ounces of spiritus fermenti. He filed q snug
looking bottle with the article, pasted liable
on it, numbered to correspond with the paper,
and presenting the bottle to the venerable
roysterer remarked in the most business like
way imaginable "A dollar and half, sir.
;" 4 dollar and half" grasped his aston
ished customer. Amt that pretty high mis-
ter?''
" It's our price--a dollar for the perscrip-
tion ard fifty cents for-the medicine"
" Yes WE'LL" slowly replied the wicked old
dnffer, as he slowly buttoncd up the half pint
in his overcoat pocket.
g guess boss, that don't want the scrip
tion. Here's your half a dollar, and he stuck
his tongue in one side Of his mouth winked
ironically at him Of the mortar and pestle,
and walked out. If you ever have an occa-
sion to buy physic at that drug store be sure
that you don't mention this story" If you
do you die.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12
The Markets.

The Spring shipments of the s'Min-
sota' grade of wheat have been disastrous to
the extra rates heretofore ruling for all north
western consignments. Reports of damaged
fields and the consequent untavorable pros
poets for the coming crop, however, have had
stimulating effect on prices which has pre-
vented anything like a panic. Nothing can
revive the reputation of the minnesota"
grade which has been lost by the poor care
of last years crop after the storms, but rigid
measures on the part of every farmer and all
owners Of small warehouses, to keep in the
best possible condition the grain of the COM
ing harvest. This reputation, but lately ac-
knowledged, is worth from three to five cents
per bushel, and tor an average crop would
yield the region in Iowa, Minnesota and Wis
consin which produces it, over three millions
OF dollars. The closing price in New York,
by latest advices, was, tor No. 2, Sl.l0@$1.18;
in Chicago, S1.03; in Milwaukee, Sl04; in
St. Paul, 90c.
Some Of the new offerings OF cheese in the
st. Paul and eastern markets, are of excellent
duality, and sells for lee; the poorer tor lOc.
Butter is somewhat OF a drug in the whole
sale market, as all reports agree that more
will be made this year than ever before.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

The proposed flooding of the Sahara
Desert is something more than mere
talk. Mr.. Mckenzie, the protector,
with an engineering party, is about to
leave London tor Western Africa, to
make the necessary surveys for turn
ing the waters of the Atlantic into the
great desert. He is confident that
canal eight or nine miles long will ac-
complish the object, and enable the
flooding of the low lands of the desert
to be accomplished, so that Timbuctoo
will be brought within navigable dis
tance of the sea. The opening up of
a vast trade with the interior of Af-
rica is the inducement offered for car
rying out this project.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

A great sensation has been created
at the Giants Causeway, in Ireland, by
the discovery of the ''remains" of the
giant who was engaged in the forma.
tion Of that remarkable curiosity. The
figure measures thirteen feet long by
six feet around the waist. So great is
the throng of sight-seers that admis.
sion is charged to the public. Has
anybody shipped the ''Cardiff Giant
to Ireland
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Somebody once said, :'Wherethere's
life there's soap,'' and now some mod
ern DR.. Hall says soap is terrible inju-
rious in various ways. According to
this disciple of dirt the scarbutic in.
juries attendant upon the use of soap
are not only manifold but absolutely
appalling. Then, boys, just resolve
not to use it.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Mrs. \. 7. Stewart has given away
about 100000 since her huaband's s
death, in accordance with his instruc-
tions as to the disposition Of his prop
erty. The Turkeys, and other aspir-
ants for share in the colossal fortune
should ':push things if they want to
get a ''divyy.'
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

When Daniel Drew mourns the loss
of a round million dollars in sixteen
months, and says he is now bankrupt,
before shedding any sympathetic tears
with him, it will be we'll to find out
what kind of a bankrupt he is. We
have bankrupts in these times that
have bank accounts.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

complain of dull pains in the back that grad
ually moved upward to his head, when they
became acute. He experienced difficulty in
respiring, and barked and growled like adog.
His sutterings were terrible, and in anguish
and frenzy he attempted to bite one of his
children and fought the doctor like demon.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

The Pilatka (Fla.) Herald says that
the inexhaustible supply of palmetto
in that State has suggested the idea of
a large enterprise in utilizing the pith
or bud of the root. sometimes called
the cabbage, for pickles, which is far
superior to the cucumber for that pur.
DOSe
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

In these times Of political excite
mcnt when the public mind is feverish
and unsettled, when the cauldron is
seething and bubbling, and houses are
divided against themselves, it is sooth-
ing to know that there is still a fair
demand for Mrs. Stoves Uncle Tom
Cabin.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Somebody has said that American
girls walking alone on the street of
certain foreign cities are almost inva-
4iably insulted. Let American girls
behave themselves as become account
able beings, as most Of them do, and
they will not be molested.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Chicago is financially in very bad
fix. No sooner is the monthly inter-
est on their city debt for July provid-
ed for than public meetings Of citizens
and bankers are held for the purpose
of devising ways and means to pay the
August interest.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Old Princeton college looked down
on the rest of the new world, on the
Fourth, with an air of great superiori-
ty. She had just celebrated her one
hundred and eleventh commencement
on June 2Sth, while the thermometer
registered one hundred red hot in the
shade.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

"A simple and effectual remedy for
the prevention OF milk turning sour
in the summer time consists in adding
to each quart fifteen grains of bicarb-
onate of soda. This does not affect the
taste of the milk.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

A New Bedford physician lately gave
each nackman of the town a dollars
worth of soda water tickets in the in
terest Of temperance. Now will some
body distribute a quantity of gum
through our schools in the interest of.
the anti-tobacco society?
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Mr.. Abigail Warren, of Cincinnati,
and eighty years of age, predicted sew
en- years ago that governor Hayes
would be a candidate for president in
1876. This story should have been
told previous to the Cincinnati conven-
ton.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

The New Sultan of Turkey would
alike to ex-Sultan over the overthrow
of the Turkish Empire; at any rate he
is talking of abdicating before the
downfall takes place.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12
Another AnecdOte of Abdul Axiz.

The late Abdul AZiZ, according to
a yagrant paragraph, was to be emourn-
ed as {; patron and lover of art. De
gustibus and de mortuis, of course,
but with all due respect to those wise
saws the dead sultan had most pecu-
liar taste. One Of the European artists
whom he employed was khlebooski,
member of the Sc. Petersburg academy,
who was by the terms of his contract
hired ''from sunrise to sunset to
paint battles between the Turks and
the Christians on the walls of the
palace. The sultan used to watch him
narrowly while he was at his work,
and would reproach him violently
whenever he introduced into his pic
ture a Christian bigger than any of the
faithful, or depicted an unduly small
proportion of iniidel dead on the bat
tle-tield, all of which must have been
very agreeable to an aryist-and a
Russian. On another occasion, when
the artist was ordered to paint a horse
in one Of the groups, and demonstrated
that the position was not natural, the
sultan compelled him to paint the ami
NAL up in the clouds. AS to Abdul
Aziz's musical taste, it is sufficient to
remark that the only thing he liked
was the scene from ''1I Barbiere'
where Figaro shaves the Don, a scene
which never failed to provoke him to
immoderate laughter.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

Fifteen cents per day is what some
of the Black Hills miners make" Ano
that too, in digging gold. Why, they
could do better than that at home dig
ginG potatoes.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

The roughs of San Francisco having
inaugurated war on the Chinese by
cutting off their pig-tails, have proved
themselves no more nor less than queue
k1ux
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12
TIMELY TOPICS.

Lieutenant Cameron, the African
traveller, enjoyed luxury permitted
to few men. On his last trip he
didn't see newspaper for three years.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12
SUMMARY: OF THE NEWS.

Crimes, Criminals ana Casualties. ~
"A negro is before the court in At
anita, Ga, for bigamy. : :!
Twenty-four sheep in a,fock of so
in Monroe county, Iowa, were. killed by light
ming.
An unknown insane man killed a
we'll known citizen of New Fork, named
James St. Clair, on the night Of the Sd.
Alexander Sleeter, of Marengo, Iowa,
committed suicide, Wednesday, by hanging.
Grief for the loss of favorite child is alleged
as the reason for the rash act.
A boy named Stansberry, living near
Cairo, vas playing with a metallic cartridge
when it exploded, the ball entering his head
through his mouth, killing him instantly
Willie Morgan, son of State Senator
Bright Morgan, and Victor Monroe, SON of
prominent citizen of fernando, Miss, were
drowned in Harmon lake, near there, i'll at
tempting to save the lite OF companion
Two other young men narrowly escaped the
same fate before the youth for which, Morgan
and Monroe lost their lives were rescued.
Personal, Impersonal and Political.
Hungry and impudent tramps annoy
northern Iowa. The people are almost equal
ly divided between shot-guns and law as to
the best method OF getting rid Of them. = r..
General Marshall Lefferts, while on
the way to Philadelphia, on the Sd, with the
veteran corps Of the 7th regiment, suddenly
died, and the whole regiment returned home
with his body.
The compromise between the Senate
and House on the postal appropriation bill
fixes postage on third-class matter, such as
transient papers, magazines books, etc.,. at
one cent for each half ounce.
The htirs of Conductor Locke, who
was killed about one year since on the Sioux
City and Pacific railroad, near the former
place, have been awarded $1,000 damages by
the Harrison county circuit court.
Joseph Daily, 7G years old, residing
in Philadelphia, attempted to kindle q fire,
by pouring coal oil into his stove: An ex-
plosion took place and the unfortunate man
was horribly burned about The body and face,
the flesh coming off the bones in some places.
His recovery is very doubtful.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

The leading English medical jour-
nails say that in spite of the certificates
of nineteen physicians, the indications
are that the late Sultan was murdered.
The Grange advance., 1876-07-12

The best vinegar in use for picking
in this country is that made from the
western high-wines. In a vinegar
made fromswood the pickles soon be-
come soft, and even cider vinegar,
though the best and most wholesome
for table purposes, win not preserve
pickles more than a month. All the
artificial vinegars made from acid fail
in this respect, and from vitriol es-
pecially. Cucumbers picked in high
wine vinegar will keep for an almost
indefinite time, and will come out as
good as at the first, after in interval of
several years.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
anction Sales Of aeal estate.

CXECUTORS' SALE of VALUABLE REAL
~ EsrATE at Fanwcod N,y2 on TuE5pAf, a. b NJ
public adotiQn close by aer Ot tbe executors u
Hair,t Squc deceased the Farn formerly oWne and oc
,pd by her The place c0atus - Oi lsad, ard has
nearly 20Ua huntage Marine ulc ma lol Lead
ing Cn parfcld Scatci pns, and Flaw69d PARK % Rah
way I il only ~ Ins3 from Painei aud alOins snds
owned by tue CeDtr Land Improvements co. t,ine from
Work only 30 minutes 20 FanwOOd railroad station
about roo yards building There l. EsD raDtage OF
GOO rsf on SqH!grayp lain thoraagtaTc leadnS from
Marnc ave tn %ctherwOod The ground u hgh aud ron
under good ~ cultivation, - wei" warr and as
ucuv of Sada The house contains ~ tOOinS
ontbudngs nc,iln comodi0us barn. two COW aodses two
wagon houps woTshnp and honncry, all IN goOt r0pair ?
The place uraby adapted Tor caancy sdcnce, build
ing sites. az gnrlcnns !. y. SQyIER; } ExeeHtors
GEO SQEIGR,f NN1''
~ B-Traa leaves sJ0t o. Libsry-st, \. Y., at p ~
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Giln sscaI Estate Gor Sale.

>>-'-~~-
E0E SALE-On West Forty -Dlnth-st., near
Seveidhavp valuable threesOry browD-siOne witt bs
sold very low. RULAED q WHIfING, Beek,nan-sI
TOR SALE-On the crown of Murray Hill,
80 fees hOm 5thaye, the oc=ant frat class fo1rsioy
lot, No Yves. 37tae % ax0OxlUO;
price, $4,000; possession immediately. Apply TO C. Ia
RICHARDS, owner 10. West a9th-st., after p m
S33 so 5g ssp a6tsE ss second iUs %oer
frOIl 5tvc No Esss s2lst ftrDied fail lot without
iucunbancc third payasRt n mortgage owner
Iboed ~ be tn the house. before II
O'clock and fr0m 20 Q T. m.
SMOKY CHIMNEYS CURED.-No cure no
~ pay cooking snges that heat the above warranted
send Tor crcuSrs. HULL, GRIPPEN Co.. 3d-ave. aud
24th-st
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
fousss an0 farms Wantro.

XYyANTED-A four-st0ry, brown stone frout
w HOUSE lgi stoop IN sooa orier ahd wei fnrnlsssd
TO $4,000 Address Hi. l particulars T. b. NJ, Box $780,
n. \. 20.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Gounlrn propertp 60 Get.

Tr1O LET-Untl May or LONGER, on On, basis snsa o.
1aa se or loo Hsly tur.ssn VIE 81 ass
800 eAieksas iarao roTTAoE nESlDENuhs 4. IvOse e
stable garden 10 shade s%H st I EJaa5etn T. r Depot
otrai n r. of H. IL asd 40 minutes rue oy a. Sassss
navemrnss near healthy ecaaon Ras.nss ses or 70 The
t,srefal parties apply t1ls ssck y" $40 v'o-
oxv 4 n a Roon, n No GssssasL
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Real estate Go Gxchcnse.

WILL PAY large percentage cash and
i Good lee and clear REAL ESTATE FOR stock oil MN
CHANDISF ranging FROM IS. 900 30 SlDl0oo .
Il. FACE DAVIS ~ Ptnest, New.fork.
VNTANTED-S35O OGO HOUSE, east from
Sixth.aye and below seventy fourthst In EXCHANGE
for smaller houses. RU LAND q WHITING, Bee<i3a's 81
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
miscellaneous

nELMONICO's REM0VAL.-L. DELMON-
iCO wi remove from 5tlavo Nnd i1thst. 10 Broadway
5thave. ana 20thst (Aaaisonsqunrel MONDAY sept IA
rsNHE TOLL-GATE Prize Picture sent free!
An ingenious gemi 80 objects to hndl Address, WIN
stamp, y. c. ABBEY. Buffalo " y
PERFECTION
BOKER'S BiTTERS.
r. FUHKE, ia, SOLE AGENT, ..a
No. 7S Johu. st., ny Pvstohss QUA ''"s''
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
oFFIcTAL RECORD CT MORTGAGES.

and Si.hst; years 5000
cor 3thayc and Si,h.st year ...... 1900
same same o. sad s5h st year, $4,000
1d 9Sa 2iSs i4d 3" years a. " N 5000
p7ahst e S of ASsse e. $4,000
a ave; G''j years ca $500
ssGI st SS r. T. 'y yesSs :. sOop
b PWSst rvag. 1Ga aD c2Sa WdidI year 27oo
fieseT eS so 6l ai t wof ave. wears 21oo
Ssme n aaus Of 6;hst W II lc;asye; years. 2I0O
same IA ssn, a. al 5lsf v u lOthvc. years - 1900
same TO sarne 5O,hst Of l0thave; years. 200
Sac. Of BOth Al, OF l0i, years 2foo
n5eSv tYc $ ;ds,Sand snr 70 1000
lDneiaLj J. Y. SkNAGR. Deputy Negtsshr
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Gitp propsrtn Do Set.


HOUSE and STORE, No. 2,274 Third-aye.;
Al Elat go Lexiu sCnave, and Lot on San2;t n.ir
Greenwich st. 10 LET Inquire OF ROBERT !. bhO"N'
20 Nassau.st., room ~
HANDSOMELY FCRNlSHED HOUSES on
Z & and aiaininE 5th, Madison and PaTkayez AZ iqs
CEFC RNISIED UQl SIS (ai siLesl seb ~
Gated. JOSIAH JEX, i,29j Broadway
SEYERAL WEST SIDE HOUSES, FRENCH
- APARPsff,N'rS. and FLATS. from $500 90 $1,000
j. W. STEVENS. broadway aaG o3dst
no LET.-A neatly FURNISHED stone front
HOUSE 55th st Tor Is m0ntls Low 70 goOd tehahl
Apply ~ OWNER l55 Duane az, n, y, Clly
rV,O I.ET--33 West 45th-st., 4-stOry, HIGH
soop rasaeaiats pesssssioi open To-day and asSi@Sy
toe y. m. ------------------------
rI,O LET-FURNISHED HOUSE on Madison
4 ave botHeen jSth and a3tl ss, aud STABLE 1y0'h
ing on Sg:l-sL Apply TO J. RoAAINE BROWN' L-So
Brcad@ay.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Sales bD AucIlon

A. MERwIN AaCuoneeF
DY BANGS, MERWlN & Co, G56 Broadway,
ID near Bond dst-Sales OF Books WORKS 0! AI. SC. SC
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

.T,pERgEY COWS and CALVES FoRsAi.S' .,l y y.
a address r. O. Boa i7s. Iryinssoa'oe na"''~ - -
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
BROOKLYN l)rOperlp Dc Gsi.

FURNISHED HOUSE to LET ne nIst.
49, story and basenent bro house WIN eAus
"a, snaygn "a 2l Firsplace Ciaionst Tho housSs
nlr and hsSdsouey furnished and viii Oe rented low
drsabr ,ensat Apply on psenlses ----------
Tg,O .TT-3-story brick SCH0OL-n0USE, 90. 90
-, sstoTy sn brSx p~ oa Rroslyn
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Ccuutrp Real Gslale for SaIs.

A WBLL-LOCATED SUBURBAN RESI-.
N DENCE-One hour rom city, valusd al $1,000; mot
gage. : 100; TO EXCHANGE Tor tARM -
+. IT, HOUSTON, SO Liberty st.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

A PLACE in perfect order containing iiv'
n acres 0rcarl Q: plss saa pears dISlGs cariass
chester Co.. TO let 5000 year. ID. c. uAFIiAND, No.
EOwsry.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

baltimore SOUTHERN HOME SCHQOL
~, Iad es and little grls established 1875 Prn
so. Mr. and Mis- Wilson A. Cary, Mira Con Joan PeerAmi
Ffoucn tile language spoken.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12
Eam Schools.

NOLUMBIA COLLEGE LAW SUIIUOL.-
~ rhe nineteenth OF this Institution viii com
nence at No. 3 Great Joness, NeU York WEDNE ESDAY
oct A. H continue until May u, 1871 Catalogues con
taniug full information may be ooane by pereona aphca
Joncssi, by letter addressed at he
number TO THEODORE w DWIGHT PTotessor &c
AW SCHOOL Of the UNIVERSITY OF
IL THE CITY or SEw.Y oRK The eighteenth snnnsi
tiop papers, &C., apply TO w. T. MARTIN, Secretary Of
Council I41 Broadway or d. r. JAoUkS, Secretary o rae
Eitv, 20 Chambers-sG
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

11FZANDIE INSTITUTE Tor young gentIe
Il man 81 Wess SSdsE-Elevonth year complete studies
circulars on demand.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

FNGLISH and FRENCH SCHOOL for BOYS,
n pittsseld Hass Tho school year opens "Wednesday,
-. 50 ID REID, j a. NJ. JAMES VhUCHER a. NJ.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

ENNGLEW0OD, N. J.-Classicai and Mathe-
H. matlca Boarding School for Boys ReoPens SegL IL
1878 ss00pe year, ncaing Dodern iansiases KUKs-
TEINfgn & WHITE Prns.
New-York tribune., 1876-09-12

M RS. SYLVANUS REEDS BOARDING AND
I'VE DAY SCHOOL, for Young ladies Nos AMI 8 East
Ffty.thnlst., ew.NOrk. HEOPENS Oct. l. French and
practically tluch careful training Primary
Preparatory Departments Collective OF study meets
al demands for higher education Of Arrangements for
health and comfort generous successful Kinder
garteu connected with the scaUol.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
From ne Rissc~ri R>p,sblic7n tS Loxis)
A Remarkable Professional success

Among the notable professional men
of this country who have achieved ex-
traor,iiuary success is Dr. X. V. Pierce,
of Buffalo, n. Y. The prominence
which he has attained has been reached
through strictly legitimate means, anu,
so far, therefore, he deserves the enVi-
able reputation which he enjoys rms
large measure of success Is the result Oh
a thorough and careful preparation ior
his calling, and extensive reading dur
inc a long and unusually large practice,
which have enabled him 10 gain hlSh
eommendation, even from his profes-
sionaI brethren. Devoting his attention
to certain specialties of the science he
has so carefully investigated, he has
been rewarded in remarkable degree
In these specialties, he has become
recognized leader. Not few OF the
remedies prescribed by him have, IL Is
said, been adopted and prescribed by
physicians in their private practice.
Ills pamphlets and larger works have
been received as useful contributions TO
medical knowledge. He has recently
added another, and perhaps more impor-
tant work, because of more general APP
plication, to the list of his published
writings. This book, entitled Ihe
People's Common Sense Medical Advi-
SER" is designed to enter into general
circulation. DIR. Pierce has received
acknowledgements and honors from
many sources, and especially scientific
degrees from two of the first medical
institutions in the land. lO
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
Ethics Of the Household.

There is a disposition among us to
look down on household work as some
thing menial and unworthy of women.
In many instances they prefer TO en-
ploy help and increase the expense of
living until bankruptcy arrives, then
evade the payment of debts thus con-
contracted. Those who pursue such a
course, it is hardly necessary to say,
would keep their hands and sonls
cleaner by scrubbing their own floors
and basting their own roasts. This is
the pride of wearing fine garments,
and feasting on woodcOck and cham
payne without needing how they are
TO be paid for, yet disdaining the use
full and wifely work of a family. Here
is presented an Interesting question in
ethics. The moral sense takes differ
ent forms in different countries. The
Greek pilgrim, having bathed in the
Jordan where Christ was baptized. be-
lieves himself sure of heaven and en-
titled TO a large license in the conduct
of life. In Sparta it was not so much
the crime of stealing as the discovery
which was culpable. In France bank
ruptcy is social Ostracism, and in the
United States it is an event which
hardly affects the social position. The
married woman of France who disuri-
butes her favOrs TO Others than her
husband may possibly be regarded
with indulgence, but if she attempts to
cheat her creditors she is hurried be-
fore the tribunals of justice. In Am
rica she may cOnnive with her husband
in evading creditors by having proper
ty transferred to her, but she may not
put stabs into the marriage contract.
1t is well, therefore, not to assume mo-
raj superiority, for virtue is more or
less relative or conventional.-Ihe Ga
ldJU.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-16
Aboriginal wooden Legs.

A discovery has lately been made on
an island in the Mississippi which
shows that the aborigines of America
were not wholly unacquainted with
mechanical surgery, but occasionally
wore W OGDEN legs when deprived of
their natural limbs. In a subterran-
can cave hewn out of solid rock, many
thousands of years ago, was found,
among other remarkable articles, a
skull as brown as a polished walnut,
perfect In every respect, and of extra
ordinary size, also an almost complete
skeleton with a wooden leg. The fas-
Jennings of the artificial limb consisted
of petrified leather and bronze buckles.
The original leg appears to have been
removed half way between the hip and
knee, This discovery is regarded as
extremely interesting, as not only
proving that wooden extremities were
fashionable in early ages, but that a
knowledge of bronze was among the
learning of the abOIigines.