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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-07-28
CAKrn BREAsrs. Rheumntism. Sciat.

CAKED BREASTS, Rheumatism, Sciat-
lea, Swellings, Sprains, Stiff Joints,
Burns, Scalds, Poisonous Bites, and all
flesh, bone and muscle ailments, can be
absolutely cured by the Centaur Lini-
ments. What the White Liniment is
for the human family, the Yellow Lini-
ment is for spawned, CALLED, and lame
horses and animals.
90 OK
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-07-28

EUery facility, as to prices and terms Of
payment, is afforded purchasers of the Ter
race building lots. 1872
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-07-28

AN IMMENSE HoG.-A hog raised in
Monroe, Mo-, to be exhibited at the Cen
tennial, is described as being Of black
and white color, and is cross of the
China and Poland. 1t is five years old,
was born in Missouri, on the farm OF
Joseph Pond. 1t measures seven feet
four inches in length, three feet four
inches in height, is fully thirty inches
across the back, girths nine feet and
weighs 1910 pounds. 1t has been fed
principally upon milk, with small guam.
titles of corn occasionally to give solid.
ity to the flesh, and shows that no par.
ticular pains have been taken to give il
an artificial appearance. Its hair is
rough, its skin and flesh is rough and
thick with dandruff, and it is by nc
means a thing of beauty. Still it is
claimed that it is the largest and heavi-
est hog on the globe.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-07-28

An lrishman was brought up before a
justice of the peace on charge of va
grancy, and was thus questioned
What trade are you 7" "Sure, now
your honor, I'm sailor "You a
seafaring man! question whether you
have ever been to sea in your life 2
" Sure, now ! and does your honor think
| came over from Ireland in wagin >
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06

we fail to trace eny exaggeration Of re-
fiuement. The ordinary wOman's novel
Of to, day, written by women, and, we
fancy, chiefly read by women, would
seem TO be distinguished by marked
absence Of delicscy and refinement Of
moral and religious tone. Wehave spent
some time in looking over the novels
written by women within the last few
years, which, from their position in cir
culating libraries aud book stalls, appear
TO enjoy the greatest popularity, and we
must confess that the result has been
painfully disappointing. The works
which we have perused seem to be sys-
tematically opposed to sound cOncep-
ton OF the true duty OF art, which is to
elevata the mind and cultivate the high
er qualities Of human nature. They are,
In fact, especially directed to humanity
In its meanest and most disagreeable as
poets, and inspire, instead of healthy
aud generous sympathies with our fell
lOw-creatures, rather a feeling of depres-
sion and disgust. The most powerful
and accomplished Of living nvelists-
herself woman-shOws, we aney, some
perception of the unfortunate diff of
modern fiction, when, in the work now
in progress, she makes q mother say to
her daughter: "You do read such books.
They give you such ideas Of everything.
/ declare that when aunt and l were
your age wa knew nothing of wicked
ness. l think il was better So" And
we imagine, or at least hope, that there
are many others Of the same opinion.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
Take Of that Hat,

From the Pittsburg LEADER
Colonel Bangs is very bald, and, in
order to induce his hair TO grow again,
he Is using very excellent article called
"hair vigorn upon his scalp. A week
or two ago he was summoned as jury
man upon q case in the circuit court,
and, upon the day OF the trial, remem.
bered that he had not applied the
"vigor" to his head that morning. He
had only few minutes to spare, but he
flew up the stairs aud into the dark
closet where he kept the bottle, and,
pouring out some fluid in a sponge, he
rubbed his head energeticslly. By some
mistake the colonel got hold of the
wrong bottle, and the substance with
which he inundated his head was not
"vigor," but the black varnish with
which Mrs. Bangs decorated her SHOES.
However, Bangs didn't perceive his
mistake, but dsrted down stairs, put on
his hat and walked to the courtroom.
It was q very cold morning, and by the
time the colonel reached his destination
the varnish was as stiff as q stone, his
hat glued fast to the skin, and his eff
forts to take it off gave him frightlul
called by the crler. He was
ing trouble; but he took his
seat in the jury-box, and determined
to explain the situation to the court at
the earliest possible moment. Pres
emily the clerk screamed: "Hats off in
rourtw The colonel grew crimson in
the face. Hats off!r yelled the clerk
again, and the colonel was about to re-
ply, when the judge came In, AID as bis
eye rested on Bangs, he said: "Persons
in 1.-THE courtroom must remove their
hats"
Bapgs-May 1t please your honor, l
KEEP! my hat on because
Judge-Well, sir, you must take it off
now.
Bangs-But I say kept it on because
Judge-We don't want any argument
upon the subject, sir. Remove that hat
this moment, s'r.
Bangs-But if you would only give me
chance tC-
Judge-This is intolerable! Do you
mean to insult the court, sir? Take your
hat of, sir, or / will fine you for con-
tempt.
Bangs-Wen, it's very hard I can't
say word by way Of ex-
Judge (warmly)-This is too much!
You've got more audscity than mule.
Mr.. CLERK, fine that man fifty dollars.
Bapgs-Judge, this is rough on me
L
Judge lin a furious rage)-W do
it yet. Why, you impudent scoundrel,
I've a notion tO-Mr. Clerk, fine him
one hundred dollars more, and Mr..
Jones, you go and take that hat off by
force.
Then the tipstaff approached Bangs
and hit the hat with stick. 1t didn't
move. Then he struck it again and
caved In the crown; but it remained on
Bangs's head. Then he picked up q
Drown on Evidence" and mashed the
clown in fiat. Then Bangs sprang at
him, and shaking his fist under the
nose Of Jones, he shrieked: "You mutt
tOn-headed scullion! I've a notion to
kill you! II that j4ckass on the bench
had any sense he could gee that the hat
is glued fast. I can't take it off if 1
wanted to-" Then the judge removed
the fines and excused him, and Bangs
went home. He SLEPT in that hat for
week, and even when it came off the
top of his head looked as black as il NOR
tificstion hsd sci in,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
The Late Archbishop of Hall
fax.


In losing Archbishop Connolly, of
Halifax, the Catholic church in Canada
has lost one of its oldest, wisest and most
liberal prelates. He was man whose
character was best portrayed in the
motto ne had sdopted-GTatid Vobis ct
DdT. When DR.. Walsh was sent to Nova
Scotia in 1912 as coadjutor bishop, the
propaganda designated Connolly, then a
priest of twenty-seven, to accompany
him as his secretary. In 1851 he was
made bishop of St. John, and in 1859 he
succeeded DIR. Walsh in the arch-episco-
pal see of Halifax. Archbishop Con-
molly was an ardent theologian, and had
indeed maintained in 1859 q famous
public controversy with Judge Wilmo-.
But for all this, there was no man so
thoroughly tolerant, and 20 beloved and
respected by his fellow citizens of differ
ent creeds. The best proof of this has
been afforded by the harmony in which
the PrOtestants and Catholics Of Nova
Scotia have lived through these stormy
days in the religious history of the do
miniln, while in Ontario, Quebec and
New Brunswick there have been striv.
ings, bitterness and bloodshed. Such q
rsbid anti. Catholic paper as the Witness
regrets his loss; the Halifax Chronicle, o
strong Protestant journal, pays the most
affecting tribute to his memory as q
christian, patriot and gentleman, and
Rev. George Grant, of the Presbyterian
church OF Halifax, does net hesitate to
publish letter, in which he says: "He
was q man Of peace, ever seeking to
build bridges rather than dig bitches be-
tween men of different creeds. He was
a great man, with an eye that discerned
any spark OF greatness in others, with a
noble scorn of all that is base, and with
resolute strivings after great things. He
was good man, beloved by the poor,
by all he ever employed, and by all who
really knew him." Such tributes as
these, at such time of strife and jeal-
ousy between the Catholics and Protes.
tsnts in Canada, speak volumes for the
character Of the man to whose memory
they were paid.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
Noted Women.



Very intellectual women are seldom
beautiful. Their features, and particu-
larry their foreheads, are more or less
masculine. But there are exceptions to
all Tulee, and Mrs. Landon was an ex-
ceptiOn to this one. She wss exceeding
ly feminine and pretty. Mis-. Stanton,
likewise, was an exceedingly handsome
woman; but Miss Anthony and Mrs. Liv-
ermore are both plain. Maria and Jane
Porter were women Of high brows and
irregular features, as was also Mics Sedg-
wick. Anna Dickinson has q strong,
masculine face. Kate Fields has a
gOod-lOoking, but by no means q pref
ty face. Mrs. Stowe is thought posi-
lively hemely. Mrs. Burleigh, on the
contrary, is very fine-lOoking. Alice
and Phoebe Gary were very plain in fea-
lures, though their sweetness of dis
position added greatly to their per.
sonal appearance. Margaret Fuller hsd
a splendid head; but her features were
irregular, and she gas anything but
handsOme-though sometimes in the
glow OF conversation she appeared al
most radiant. Charlotte Bronte had
wondrously beautiful dark brown eyes,
and perfectly shspeS head. She was
small to diminatiYeness, and was as
simple in her manners as child Julia
Ward Howe is hne.looking woman
wearing an aspect Of grace and refine
ment, and OF great force of manner in
her face and character. Olive Logan is
anything but handsome in person, al
though gay and attractive in converse
ton. Laura Holloway resemb les Char
lOtte Bronte, both in personal appearance
and in the sad appearance Of her youth
full life. Neither Mary Booth nor Ma
riaR Harland can lay claim to handsome
faces, though they are splendid speci-
mems OF cultured women; while Mary
Clemmer Ames is just as pleasing 10
features as her writings are graceful and
popular.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
A Laughable Escape Of a Sea-
Lion.

Oshkosh WIS., Correspondence of the Chicago
Times
To day circus exhibited in this city,
and the. town was crowded with psopIs.
About nine O'clock, the man baviI
charge OF the ses-liOns YVES sent 70 Lake
Winnie b3go, at the foot OF Merritt street,
with the cage containing the monsters,
in order to fill the esge-tank with water.
On arriving at the lake, the wagon was
backed into the water and the outside
doors thrown open, when the sight Of 90
much water excited the animals, and,
after tearing around, one OF them sue
ceeded in breaking through the wire,
escaping into the lake, but before its
mate could follow ore of the men
jumped into the water and hastily closed
the outside door, stopping all egress.
The freed animal SWAN out about q
quarter of mile and disappeared. All
that was now left for the keepers to do
was to return to the show and
tell their story. To say that the
management were excited would
hardly express it, and the man was
promptly discharged. a reward of five
hundred dollars was offered for the cap
ture Of the animal, but as yet the deep
has failed to yield up it's new and strange
inhabitant. This ses-lion was q valua-
bic feature to the show, as 8 whole litter
OF little lions was expected in q few days,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
Disinfectants.
rom the London Times.J

From the London Times
The sixth Of the new series of reports
of the medical officers of the privy
council and local government board con-
tains an article on the study Of disinfect-
ants, by DIR. Baxter. A great number
of very careful experiments were made
with view to test the disinfecting prop
critics of the so-cslled disinfectants COM
monty used. Evidence was adduced to
show that carbolic acid, sulphur, per-
mapgsnate Of potash, and chlorine, are
all endowed with true disinfectant prop
critics, though in varying degrees. The
effectual disinfectant operation OF chic
rine and permaDgaDate OF potash ap.
pears to depend fsr more on the nature
of the medium through which the par
ticles of the infective matter are distrib.
uted than on the specific character Of
the particles themselves. A virulent
liquid cannot be regarded as certainly
and completely disinfected by sui
phur unless it has been rendered
permanently and thoroughly acid.
No virulent liquid can be con-
sidered disiafecled by carbolic
acid unless it contains at least two per
centum by weight Of the pure acid.
When disinfectants are mixed with q
liquid it is very important to be sure
that they are thoroughly incorporated
with it, and that no solid matters capa-
bic Of shielding contagium from imme-
diate contact with its destroyer be over
looked. Aerial disinfection as COM
monty practised in the sickroom, is
either useless or positively Objectionable
owing to the false sense OF security it is
calculated to produce. To make the
air Of room smell strongly OF carbolic
acid by scattering carbolic powder about
the floor, or of chlorine by placing a
tray of chloride Of lime in a corner, iR,
80 far as the destruction of specific con-
tagis is concerned, an utterly futile pro-
ceediDg The practical result of these
experiments goes to prove fist, that dry
heat, when it can be applied; is pr bs-
bly, the most efficient of ali disjnfect-
ants; second, that the old plan of stop.
ping up crevices, and fumigating with
sulphur and charcoal, is more efficacious
than any other proceeding with more
modern disinfectants; third, that the
Use of csrbolic vapor for disinfecting
purposes should be abandoned, owing to
the r. lstive feebleness Ond uncertainty
of its action.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
Quaker Women.
Mscmillan's Magazine.J

MScInlllanS MaSahlne.I
The position of women is undoubtedly
higher among the Friends than in any
other society. From George Fox's time
an equal place has been assigned them
in the family of God, as in the human
family, in the church, as we'll as in hu.
man society. Their divine commission,
"Go tell my brethren that I ascend to
my Father and their Father, to my God
and their God," has been recognized
and narrowed by no human Limitation.
Without committing ourselves to the
bold rationalistic exegesis Of the Qua
keress, who, when hard. pressed by Ger
tain Pauline. texts relative to women
keeping silence in the church, replied,
"Thee knows Paul was not partial to
females" we may say that the Friends
alone have proved themselves free from
the old tendency to stick to the letter of
scripture, and Elm against its divine pro-
gressive spirit, binding women, after
nineteen centuries Of freedom, with
precisely the old WORKOUT bandages
and restrictions which were necessary
to preserve social order when first chris
tianity enfranchised women, and pro-
claimed the equality Of the sexes. And
perhaps that laboriOus society for the
pIoIeCtIOH vi IIoNIuence WHICH eAlSls III
our midst might study the result with
advantage, and might even learn in
time that, as we do not make laws to
prevent weak armed men from being
blscksmiths, to quote from John Stuart
Mill, so we need not in the long.run
make restrictions to keep women rom
spheres for which Providence has I'M
fitted them, nature being sbundsntly
strong enough to preserve the order OF
the sexes without the help of our
clutches. Free to exercise any excep-
tional gifts in public, and taking their
regular share in the business of the
church, the Quaker women are pro-
fOundly domestic, though with certain
largeness of mind and absence of femi-
nine littleness which doubtless springs
from wider training.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
THE OLD COAT GRAY.

II lies there slonei II Is rusted and faded,
With patch on the elbow, hole in the
side
and ever
Look on it With pleasure ard touch 1t with
pride.
We see a proud youth hurried on to the fray,
with his form like the oak, and his eye like
How gallant he rode in the ranks Of .'the
Gray"
II is rough 1t is worn, 1t is tsttered in places,
But love 1t the mo for the story IL bears
A story of courage 10 struggle with sOrrOws
And heart that bore brayely Its burden Of
cares,
In the silkiest sheen when he wore 1t away,
And his smile was as bright as the glad sum
When he spIang to his place in the ranks of
"the Gray"
There's rip in the sleeve, and the collar is
The buttons all gone with the glitter and
gold;
lis thing Of the past, and we reverently lay
Away with the treasures and relics of old,
As the gifts OF love, solemn, sweet and I'M
And cherished as leaves from a long van
iShed day.
We will keep the old Jacket for the sake Of
Who rode in the van in the ranks of "the
Gray"
Shot through with a bullet-right here in the
shoulder,
And down here the pocket is splintered and
soiled.
Ali more-see the lining is stained and dis
colOredl
Yes-blood. drops the texture have stiRened
and spoiled,
1t came when he rode at the head of the col
umn,
Charging down in the battle one deadliest
day,
When squsdrons of foemen were broken
asunder,
And victory rode with the ranks of " the
Gray"
mingled,
To me it is precious-more precious than
gold;
In the rent and the shot-holes a volume is
written,
In the stains OF the lining is agony told.
That was ten years ago, when in LIES sunny
morning,
He rode with mis- comrades down into the
fray,
And the old coat he wore and the good sword
he welded,
Were all that came back from the ranks OF
1.-THE Gray"
And 1t lies there alone; Will reverence ever,
The patch on the elbow, the hole in the side,
For gallanter heart never breathed than the
loved one
Who wore 1t in honor and soldierly pride;
Let me brush of the dust from its tatters and
Let me foidit up closely and lay it away
1t is all that is left Of the loved and the lost
Who fought for the right in the ranks of "the
(iraV.b
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06


Captain D. J. Bruce, Of Mechanics
vile, Cedar county, writes to the Iowa
City Express of his misfortune in being
bitten by mad-dog, and of his subse-
quent search of a maidstone to cure the
bite. He says: ~ was bitten on Satur-
day, July Isl, on the left wrist by a
small dog, which l did not at the time
think WAS mad, though killed it i'm
mediately. l had no suspicion till the
fourth of July, when l felt a sharp pain
start from the wound and extend to the
back of my neck and to my face. This
would last but q moment, and return at
intervals, each time getting worse.
Having heard much of the virtues Of the
maidstone, at once made inquiries for
one, and on Wednesday evening was
told that q gentleman named Turner
Evans, Of Iowa City, had one. At
eleven O'Clock that night 1 left this place
for your city, but owing TO the food in
Cedar river did not get through until
noon the next day. We learned that
some years ago Mr.. Evans had treated
soma cases in Iowa City, and by search
ing old newspaper files it was ascertained
that his residence then was Paris, Linn
county. kilograms were sent to Marion
and Center Point, and was finally put
on the track to Paris, where L found
Messrs. Evans & Co., who have the mad
stone. This was on Saturday, eight
days after the bite. About five o'clock
in the afternoon on that day the stone
was applied. The first application OF the
stone proved that the dog which bit me
was mad. and that my system was be-
coming impregnated with the virus.
The stone held on twenty-five minutes
the first time, when it was full, changed
color and fell off. Another scarification
was made and it was again applied, and
so until it had been applied seventy
three times, holding on each time from
twenty-five minutes to one hour, until
at last repeated efforts showed the REM
edy had done its work, for it would Rd-
here no more, which is indicated by its
failure to stick, and its change in color
from natural dark brown to a deep
green color. At the first application it
was very painful, but grew less 80 each
Time until the last. The owners OF the
stone, Messrs. Evans & Fleming, live
near Paris, Linn county, and in the past
twenty-five years have saved many per-
SONS from the horrible death of hydro
phobia, and have in the same time res
cued thousands OF dollars worth of
stock from loss by the same cause. II
any one says there is no virtue in the
maidstone, let him be referred to me and
hundreds of others for proof that there
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
A Brahman Debtor and Cred
itOr.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.l
A singular case Of attempted suicide,
which brought the Vedic superstitions
and the penal code into embarrassing
contact, is reported by the AlIahabad
correspondent OF the Times of India.
ga Brshman of the Brahmans" claimed
a debt or a concession from an adver-
sary. His opportunities being of no
avail, he at last avowed his intention of
sitting in "Dharna" at the door of the
other until his demand should be COM
piled with or Heaven release him from
his sufferings, and so cast the blood of
the holy upon the head OF the obdurate.
He accordingly "sat," but, the opera
ton became tedious after q time and
not producing the desired result, he pro-
claimed his determination to live no
longer on the earth with the stiff.
necked. With his janeo in one hand,
and dust from the threshold of his op-
pressOr in the other, the Brahman forth
with leaped into the village well. Seized
with terror and remorse, his opponent
rushed to the m nth of the fatal well,
and, with hands clssped, in contrits
tones besought his injured victim to
avail himself of the rope thrown down
20 save him, aud only to come up, when
III would be well. Thus adjured the
loly man consented to be pulled to the
urfsce Of the earth again; whereupon
he was seized by bis adversary and
landed over to the police OH charge Of |
attempting to commit suicide.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-06
AT LAST.

Down, down like a pale leaf dropping,
Under an autumn sky,
Ny love dropped into nay bosom
Quietly, quietly.
There was not ray of sunshine
And not sound in the air,
As she trembled into my BOSOM
My love, no longer fair.
All year round in her beauty
She dwelt on the tree top high;
She danced in the summer breezeS,
She laughed to the summer sky.
l lay so low in the grass dews,
She sat so high above;
She never visit OF my longing,
She never dreamed of my love.
But when winds laid bare her dwelling,
And her heart could find no rest,
1 called, and she fiuttered downward
Into my faithful breast.
know that my love is fading;
know that l cannot fold
Her fragrance from the frOst-blight,
Her beauty from the mold.
But little, little longer
She shall cOntented lie,
And w1ther away in the sunshine
silently, silently.
Come when thou wilt, grim winter,
My year is crowned and blest;
If when my love is dying,
She die upon my breast.