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smethurstses Wax-work show.

S|methurstses, mum-yes, mum, on
accounts of me bein' Smethurst an the
waX-works mine. Fifteen year I've
been in the business, an If l live fifteen
year more / shall have been in it thirty {;
for waX-wOrks is the kind of a business
as a man gets used to and friendly with,
after a manner. Lor' bless you! there's
no tellin' how much company them
there waX-works is. I've picked a com
paniOn or so out of the collection.
Why, there's Lady Jane Grey, as is
readin' her Greek Testyment; when
her works is in order an she's set a.
goin', Hftin' her eyes gentle-like from
her book, | could fancy as she knew
every trouble I'd had an was glad as
they was over. And there's the Royal
Family on the dais all a settin' together
as free and home-like and smilin' as if
they wasn't nothin' more than flesh an
blood like you an me an not a crown
among 'em. Why, they've actually
been a comfort to me. I've set an took
my tea on my knee on the step there
many a time, because it seemed cheer
fuller than in my own little place at the
back. If / was a talkin' man / might
object to the stiffness an n general fix
edness in the gaze, as perhaps is an
objection as waX-works is open to as a
rule, though | can't say as it ever i'm
pressed me as a very afiable gentleman
once said it impressed him.
"Smethurst," says he, "yOu must
have a blamed clear conscience Though,
bein' rather free-spoken, blamed was
not the precise word employed)-you
must have a blamed clear conscience or
Pm blamed if you could stand so many
blamed pair of staring eyes gimleting
you year in an year out. An as to
them with works." says he, "they're
worse than the others, for even if they
turn away a minute they always turn
back again, as if they wouldn't trust
you out Of their sight"
But somehow, | never thought of it
in that way, an as to not liking the
quiet, why shouldn't II In "A general
way ! haven't got no more to say than
they have, and so it suits me well
enough. ] will own though, as I've
never felt particular comfortable in the
Chamber of Horrors, a. 'never wouldn't
have had one, but even in a small col
lection like mine the public demands it,
an wouldn't hear of bein' satisfied
without one, "for" says they, "what's
the use of a wax works without Man
ming an them, an the prisoners in the
dock an the knife as the young woman
was cut up in pieces withY" SO | was
obliged to have the little back room
hung with black, like Madame Tussaud's
In a small way, and fitted up with MUIR
dcrs and a model Of the guillotine and
two or three heads Of parties as come TO
q untimely end In the French Revolu-
ton ,-SCribRer,
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individual can do. Publishers know
that his check is ready for any amount
Of space he contracts for. He can select
for advertisers the papers best suited 10
their trade. He can guide In regard TO
the setting-up of the matter, and see
that the advertisement has the best To-
cation. All his great facilities are
placed at the disposal Of his customers
without charge. Pettengill's Agency
is centrally located, being opposite the
new u. s. Post Office. 81 Park Row,
n. Y; 10 State Street, Boston; and
70l Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The
business is done on a perfect system.
On file are all the leading periodicals
daily, weekly. monthly, both of the
United States and the British provinces,
ready for inspection. Advertisers can
know at any time whether their con
tracts are being carried out. lnforma.
ton concerning advertising is cheer
fully given. Contracts are made for
advertisements in any and all papers In
the land. Estimates and costs OF inser.
tiOns are given without charge. Con-
nected with the New York Agency is a
fine reading-room, free to all business
men. Prudent men do their advertising
as they do their other business. They
do not deposit in shaky banks. They
do not take policies in a life insurance
company that cannot pay expenses.
Men want sound banks. They carry
life policies in a company that has re-
pute and success. If they are In trou-
bic, they call in eminent counsel, who
know what TO do or how to do it. 1t is
on these principles that Pettengllrs
Agency has attained Its high repute. IL
has made the fortunes of many of its
customers, as well as its own. Its high
mercantile honor is its capital. 1t keeps
up with the times. 1t offers its unsur-
passed facilities for advertising to all
business men who wish to make their
trade known in all the land.-BOstOn
Wdtchman and Reflector, july ISt, 1875.
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A writer in the Contributors Club"
of the August Atlantic tells of his dis
may when, in speaking to some Eng
fish friends about the star group of the
"Dipper," and Of its being the only one
of the consultations whose appearance
really conforms with the name, he was
met with the blank query
"What is a dipperP"
"Here," he says, ''were people with
whom | could talk for an hour about
Locke, Berkeley and Hume, who didn't
know, after all, what a dipper was"
When he tried to explain the result
. was
"a ladle! We understand. Oh, yes
A ladlel !"
SIN this case" the writer adds, ''not
only the words but the things varied;
that Is, they don't have clippers strict
ly so called, in England"
When Professor Proctor was asked
by the editor Of st. Nicholas to write a
paper on the constellation of the "Dip.
per-" he appeared embarrassed for a
moment, and then said
"Oh! You mean the 'Cleaver.' We
call that constellation the 'Cleaver' in
England"
However, the professor had at last
found out the American name, and
could so far Americanize himself as to
give a capital paper on the clipper" to
st. Nicholas, which appeared several
months ago.
The breaking up Of the constellation
of the Clipper" is prophesied in an
article by Professor Richard A. Proctor
In the forthcoming (September) st.
Nicholas. The professor finds logical
reasons for his belief In the motions of
the stars composing the constellation,
and illustrates these with careful dla.
grams Of his own. In one map the
clipper" Is shown as it was 1000 0
years ago, and In another as 1t will be
100, 900 years hence. Five of the seven
stars, the professor claims, form
family and travel together; but the
other two have have distinct motions Of
their own, and are slowly drifting out
of their relative positions in the "Dlp-
per-"
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A Two.FooTRULE-keep your feet dry.
Walking,

Walking is next best. The difficulty
is about baggage and sleeping-places;
and then there has been this absurd
theory, that girls cannot walk. But
they can. SchOOl-boys-trying to make
immense distances-blister their feet,
strain their muscles, get Disguised,
borrow money and ride home in the
stage. But this is all nonsense. Dis
lance is not the object. Five miles is
as good as fifty. On the other hand,
while the riding party cannot well be
larger than four, the more the merrier
on the walking party. 1t is true, that
the fare is sometimes better where there
are but few. Amy number of boys and
girls, if they can coax some older per-
sons to go with them, who can supply
sense and direction to the high spirits
of the juniors, may undertake such a
journey. There are but few rules; be-
yond them, each party may make its
own.
First, never walk before breakfast.
If you like, you may make two break
fasts and take a mile or two between.
But be sure to eat something before you
are on the road.
Second, do not walk much in the
middle of the day. 1t is dusty and hot
then; and the landscape has lost its
special glory, BY ten o'clock you
ought to have found some camping
ground for the day a nice brook run
ming through "A grove,-a place to draw
or paint or tell stories or read them or
write them; a place to make waterfalls
and dams,-to sail chips or build boats,
"a place to make a fire and a cup of tea
for the oldstcrs. Stay here till four in
the afternoon, and then push on in the
two or three hours which are left to
the sleeping-place agreed upon. -Four
or five hours on the road is all you want
in each day. Even resolute idlers, as
it is to be hoped you all are on such
occasions, can get eight miles a day out
of that-and that is enough for a true
walking party.
Remember all along, that you are not
running a race with the railway train.
If you were, you would be beaten GER
tainly and the less you think you are,
the better. You are travelling in a
method of which the merit Is that 1t is
not fast, and that you see every separate
detail of the glory of the world. What
a fool you are, then, if you tire your
self to death, merely that you may say
that you did in ten hours what the loco
motive would gladly have finished in
one, if by that effort you have lost
the enjoyment of nature and
that You started for. HaIe's
HOib 10 DO II,
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An atmosphere impregnated with the seeds Of
malaria, is rendered harmless by the timely
use OF Hostetter's Stomach Bltters and If a
resort TO this benign protective agent has un-
wisely been deferred until the fever fits have
developed, 1t will have the effect Of checking
them and preventing their return. This state
ment il corroborated by Thousands who have
tried this medicine for fever and ague and
bilious remittent fever, besides affections Of
the stomach, liver and bowels peculiarly rife
in malaTious localities, Throughout the West
indeed in every part Of the American continent
where malaria prevails, it ia the accepted
specific. Nor is the area Of its usefulness
circumscribed by the limits Of the United
States, since it is widely used in South Amer
ca, Mexico, Australia, and elsewhere.
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HoEING WHEAT.-I have learned that
wheat a be hoed with horse as readily
as corn, and as fast as it can be drilled,
the implement occupying the same
space, and the number of hoes being the
same as a drill; and when hoed it looks
as much improved as a corn.field dressed
out with a cultivator. 1t does not de-
stroy any greater percentage of the
plants than is done In c%ultivating corn.
Any man that can manage a pillow can
manage a wheat hoe as readily. ! can't
see any reason why it wOn'the wheat
as much to hoe it as any other crop, so
rs TO let In light, heat and fertilizing
gases of the atmosphere to give vlgor to
the plants.
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DR.. Sherman.

By his application, in his method Of cure, avoids the
injuries trusses infiict, and restores the parts injured
10 natural vigOr and healthfuiness.
The cure is effected by DR.. Sherman's method with.
out an operation, simply by external local applica.
lions, both mechanical and medicinal, made daily by
the patient, who can perform any kind Of labor during
the treatment with safety from the dangers of in
nhamed rupture, and without interfering with the cure.
References given to gentlemen in the city who have
been cured. A large number Of original photographs,
the condition Of patients before and after
cure, can be seel at the office. Terms moderate. Con.
sultation free; Those from the country can receive
treatment and return for home on the same day.
Books, with photographs of bad cases before and after
cure, mai ed for 10 cents.
DIR, SHERMAN nay BE CONSULTED AT HIS
OFFICES, 20s BROADWAY, N. ".
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A New USE FOR ONIoNs.-A New
Hampshire paper states that the speed
lest way to cure the epizootic and make
u horse thoroughly happy is to give him
onions. In proof whereof the case of a
Portsmouth horse is cited, which had a
severe attack of the disease, and his
owner placed half a dozen onions In
with his regular feed, The horse ate
three of the onions Immediately, and by
the time he had swallowed them, began
TO cough and sneeze and prance about,
appearing quite indignant, and refusing
TO touch the remaining onions. For
full five minutes he wept at the nose,
and then-he was a cured horse. He
has not had a cough, a sneeze nor any
symptom of the epizOotic since, but he
had the courage to eat the onions re-
naming in the crib the next day after
the cure.
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CUIDOlld Oxygen TT4atIHlt

This is no system of medication confined In its action
to narrow limits, being oxygen mngnetized tits
the most wonderful YiinIfEer oil the human body ever
ills, and a larger proportion Of patients than any other
agent. Eight years OF large exp srience tnlly confirm
mako known and available to the sick the Wonder
full Virtue of the Compound oxygen ltia
the safest, surest aud cheapest remedy In the world,
Let all cOnsunlptiyes, dyspeptics, paralYtlcs, %(recentl,
and all even discouraged %inyalids, send fol, our bro.
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A Fact in PhySCs.-The following
fact In physics has lately been suggested
as capable of being utilized In making
what may be termed an electrical selec-
ton of the metals, or in conducting ex-
perlments where the quadrant electro
meter Is Objectionable, or where its cost
precludes its employment. If caoutch-
Que, or any other non-conductor, be
rubbed with a metal, electricity is de-
veloped, and the path of the metal will
be detected If a powder made of red
lead and sulphur be busted over the ca
outchOuc. Negative electricity Is i'm
parted to the sulphur and positive to
the red lead by this sitting, and there
fore the ingredients of the mixture are
separated and attracted to that particu-
lar track which possesses the opposite
kind of electricity. TO cite an example
which the investigators, Dr.. Guthrie
and Mr.. ARROYO, have given, iron pro-
duces negative electricity when rubbed
on caoutchouc, and when the mixture
Is applied the collection of the red lead
upon the places pressed by the iron is
very decided. OF course, other mix.
lures may be similarly used, and in
carrying out the electrical selection of
the metals III this way much instruction
will be afforded,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-13

To DRY HERBs.-They should be
picked just before the plant blossoms;
wash them to free them from the dust;
place them on a sieve to drain; then
put them in the oven, and let them re-
main in till they are perfectly dry;
afterwards rub from the stalks, put in
glass jars, and cover closely.
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rheumatism Quickly Cured.

Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, will positively cure any case
Of rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price
81 a bottle, six bottles. So. Sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circular to Helphenstine q
Bentley, Druggists. Washington, d. c..
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"SUPPosE we pass a law, said a severe
father to his daughters, "that no girl
eighteen years old who can't cook a
good meal shall get married till she
learns how to do it?" "Why, then,
we'd all get married at seventeen" re-
sponded the girls in sweet chorus.
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Mothers. Mothers. Mothers,

Don't fail to procure MRS WINSLOW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases Of teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest 10 the mother.
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LITERARY young man at a party
"Miss Jones, have you seen Crabbe's
TalesP" Young lady, scornfully 81
was not aware that crabs had tails"
Literary young man, covered with con-
fusion: 81 beg your pardon, ma'am
| should have said, read Crabbe's
TalesP Young lady, angrily-scornful:
"And | was not aware that red crabs
had tails, either" Exit young man.
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AN EXCELLENT RECIPE FOR DOUGH-
NUTs.-One pint of clabber milk, n
~teaspoonful of soda, one coffeecup Of
sugar, and spice to t~aste-adding a little
salt, make the dough only stiff enough
to roll and drop into hot lard and fry to
a light brown. This is an excellent re-
cipe for doughnuts.
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HoMINY OR HULLED CoRN.-ln these
days when potatoes are scarce, this is
one of the many substitutes, and a
nutritious and healthful dish. One
form Is corn soup. At night take out
what will be eaten at breakfast, set out
of doors to freeze hard. In the morning
take the same ingredients as for an
oyster stew, milk and cream, or water
and butter, salt, pepper, and crackers,
or flour to thicken a little. Put these
and the frozen corn all on the stove
.ogether. Cook five minutes after it
boils.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-13

"JEssIE, what was Joe's arm doing
round your waist when you were at the
front gate last night?" asked a precious
boy Of Lis sister. "His arm wasn't
round my waist; ! won a belt from
him, and he was taking my MEASURE"
replied the indignant young lady.
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FRIED PATTIEs. -Mince a little cold
mutton, beefor veal, allowing one-third
ham to two-thirds of the other meat;
add an egg boiled hard and chopped
fine; season with salt, pepper, mace
and a little grated lemon peel; moisten
with cream. Make a good puff paste;
roll thin and cut into round pieces; put
the mlnce between two of them; pinch
the edges well to keep in the mixture,
and fry a light brown. To be eaten
warm or cold, as liked.
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NATURES REMEDY. -
IAE CREA1 Bluop PuNHER/

THOUSANDS VIII bear testimony (and do Il vol
UNFAIRLY, that NEGETIEB is the best medical
compound yet placed before the public for rem
ovating and pur flying the blood, Graduating all
from the system, inylgoratlng and strengthen.
ing the system debilitated by disease, In Iact IL
Is, as many have called It, The Great Health
RestOrer.n
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Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists,
IL u p Il U II Il,


no matter how insignificant he may consider Il, for
every man who has died from it once fattered himself
that 1t was but a trifling ailment, and every mau who
now suffers from 1t and the injury Of trusses to such
an extent that life has no enjoyments once regarded
IT. as unworthy special attention. 1t is not a s~tandstill
%atiiiGtion, II is steadily progressive, even unto death,
fectually relieved of it before the day of suffering and
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To CAN PEACHES possible procure
the large, firm, white freestone varie-
ties, but we have put up even little
seedlings that were delicious and kept
for three years. Sugar over night, or
for several hours at least prior to cook
ing, putting eight pounds of sugar to
one bushel of fruit; put on and let the
kettleful come gradually to a boil, re-
moving all "scum;" have your glass
jars on a stand or table, with wet towels
placed beneath them, and with a jar
funnel and small dipper fill the car
with fruit and syrup; wipe the mouth
and screw down the lids, or put on the
cap and cement If used. Our peaches
beautifully white and sufficiently sweet
to require no more sugar.
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GAIL HAMILTON says this voluntary
resignation" by office holders all over
the country is very much like that of
the old farmers wife. "Was she will
ing to die ?" inquired the sympathizing
neighbor. "Willing," responded the
bluff old widower, "she was Obleeged
top
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SoNGs OF BEULAH the new Sunday-School
Singing-book-price 35 cts. $50 per hundred.
LEE & WALKER, 1ll3 Chestnut st., Philad'a.
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JULIENNE SoUP.-Puta piece of butter
the size of an egg into the soup kettle;
stir until melted; cut three young
onions small, fry them a nice brown;
add three quarts of good, clear beef
stock, a little mace, pepper and salt;
let it boil an hour; add three young
carrots and three turnips cut small, a
stalk of celery cut flue, a pint of string
beans, a pint of green peas. Let this
boil two hours; If not a bright, clear
color, add a spoonful of soy.
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Too CURToUs.-A country paper in
an obituary notice ola Subscribers son,
says: "He was an uncommon smart
boy. He had a little too much curiosity,
perhaps, or he wouldn't have peeped
into the muzzle Of his fathers shot
gun"
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ASPARAGUS resembles long sermons
in n important particular-the ends
are mostly sought after.
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DRIVING OXEN.-I have seen a man
drive oxen and 90 eight or ten feet
forward of them, swinging his whip,
and saying, "wO hish, come along"
and run the stoneboat against a stump
and stop the team; he would go wo
hishing along until by and by he would
miss his team, then he would turn and
yell, Two back, you are always running
against something" He would then
Whack them over the heads, gee them
on, get started again, and the very next
time he came along there with another
load of stone would go through the
same motions, run against the same
stump, address the oxen In the same
disrespectful language, rap them on the
head again and 60 on. 1t is a great
shame that such men are allowed to
drive a team at all. l heard a neighbor
once say, 81 can work my oxen all day
and not tire them as much as the boys
Will in an hour" Which was no doubt
true for | have seen him work them all
day and not strike them once, or speak
20 them louder than Inow speak to you.
His boys were very good boys, and no
worse than nearly all the others In the
same neighborhood, but they lacked his
good judgment and experience. Among
all the Institutions for the instruction
of boys, none is needed more than one
where they could go and learn to use
and feed a team properly. Such a
school would be a good place for some
men to go to.
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A LITERARY GENTLEMAN, wishing to
be undisturbed, n day, instructed his
Irish rvant to admit no one, and, If
any one should inquire for him, 10 give
an e~quivocal answer. Night came, and
the gentleman proceeded to interrOgate
Pat as to his visitors. "Dld any one
call 2" Eyes, sir; wan gentleman"
"What did he say?" 'He axed were
yer honor in?" "Well, what did you
tell him ?" "Sure, | gave him a q~uivikle
answer, jist." GLOW was that?" 81
axed him was his grandmother a
monkey"
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"WHY don't you wear a hush mar"
asked a little boy. "a hush What Is
that, my dear2 | never heard of such
a thing "Why, yes you have, ma. |
asked Aunt Mary what made her back
stick out so, and she said, Hush, my
dear SO you know what a hush is"
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