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, 1877-05-25

The STVuo"ENru. 4 -eif-rs-urlirr
in,trrN,Ht fur giving tho velocity q
railroad trains las he,n invented -
Ddto. of Cass,l. which. during trial
for a year on a locomotive of th. Hsna-
Yer rual. la, proved it-rli perfectly l-.
curatc and rrlshlr By msaus ~ thu
apparatus the engineer can ~ any mo.
ment ascertain the yel"-t ~ IT th. irlin
10y looking at the .iil. ani ~ ih" cui Il
the route will H. fpuui the r.ror,l of
the transit on a roll of paper. III.
Prussian Government has dcri,lcd 20
introduce the s;atmoguph on several II
the roads leading from Berlin. for the
purpose Of ascertaining more fully iis
practical adaptation TO the purposes for
which it was invepted.
, 1877-05-25
Tonic.

Every one, at times, feels the neces-
sity Of some restorative Of the vital powers, de
pressed by mental or bodily exhaustion. In
such conditions, let every one, instead of flying
to the alcoholic or medicinal stimulants, which
must be followed by depression equal to their
excitement, reinvigorate his deranged system by
the natural tonic elements of the PERUVIAN
SYRUP. Sold by all druggists.
, 1877-05-25

One, TWO, on THREE BOTTLES of Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy will cure any case of rheu-
matism, gout, neuralgia, or lumbago, in the
world. We make this assertion after the reme-
dy has stood the test of three years, in which
time we can not recall case wherein it fell
short Of what is claimed for 1t. Let all who are
suffering try it. One dollar a bottle. H. c.
KIRK d Co., Agents, Sacramento.
, 1877-05-25

"I AN convinced that the world is
daily growing better," remarked the
reverend gentleman to brother clergy
man; my congregation is constantly
increasing" "Yes," interrupted the
brother, who happened to be peni-
tentiary chaplain, "and SO is mine"
And there the discussion on the early
arrival of the millennium dropped.-Er-
change.
, 1877-05-25

DR.. La Mars seminal EoflIs, for Seminal
Weakness, Loss Of Vlgor, Sexual and General De-
bnlty, Physical and Mental Prostration, and the
many ailments arising from indiscretion, selfabuse,
over-work and over-anxety To those In need Of a
speedy and reliable remedy for the above COM
plants DR.. LA MARS SEMINAL PILLS are rec
ommended. Thousands testify TO their meritS
Price, % 50 per bottle. Sent by express, o. D. to
any address. secure from obsrrvation. A. McBoyle
4 Co. Druggists san Francisco Up. o. box $50, sole
agents, 70 whom all orders should be addressed
, 1877-05-25

CANCER CAN BE CURED.-DR. BOND, of Phil
adelphia, announces his discovery for the radi-
cal cure of Cancer. No Rnifei No Pain!
No Cdlstic! Remedies with full directions
free. Address with stamp, DR.. Il. T. BOND, $50
North Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa
, 1877-05-25

VIZ GUARANTEE DR.. HEIsLEY's HEADACHE
POWDERS to cure the most distressing cases in
ten minutes. All druggists sell 10 cent trial
packs-regular size 80 cts., or mailed from Sa-
lem, Nj. Also Powder in Bulk for Physicians
use. Crane 4 Brigham, Wholesale Agents, cor
ner Front and Clay streets, San francisco.
, 1877-05-25

TRAPPEB's INDIAN OIL-The simplest and
most powerful remedy for rheumatism, neural
gia, sore throat, and all aches and palms. Sold
everywhere, at fifty cents per flask.
, 1877-05-25

Hrs INooME.-Some of the English
papers are urging that the income of
the Prince of Wales should be increased
by an addition of e30, 900, or $3.50, 900
a year. His debts amount to $3.50, 900,
and it is thought that it would be more
profitable to the nation to pay them than
to have him go into comparative retire
ment for the purpose of doing so. Sir
W. Knollys, his treasurer, states that
his personal expenses are very small,
and that no gentleman of social posi-
ton spends SO little for pocket money.
He has not only to keep up costly es-
adjustments, but to maintain an ex-
pensive position as leader of society.
His income is not equal to that Of a
number of his friends. When asked
lately if the report of his intending to
visit Australia was true, the Prince re-
piled that he hoped so, because he
greatly desired to see that region, and
also because he would get a free passage
there and back, and reduce his home
expenditure.
, 1877-05-25

LANDLORD RICE, of Boston, who died
the other day, kept hotel twenty-seven
years. and never heard a guest whisper
"Bugs"
, 1877-05-25

EXTINCT NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRIES.
Half century ago, bellows making
was thriving trade. Every house had
its pair of bellows, and in every we'll
furnished mansion there was hung
pair by the side of every fireplace.
Ipswich, in Massachusetts,, acquired
quite notoriety all over New England
for the elegant, and substantial articles
of the kind it produced. But as stoves
and CRATES took the places of open fire.
places, and as coal was substituted for
wood, the demand for bellows dimin-
ished until the business as separate
trade quite died out. The same is true
of flint cutting. Flints were once nee
essary, not only for firearms, but for
tinder boxes, and finder box was as
necessary for every house as a gridiron
or skillet. Every one who looks to
childhood of forty odd years ago must
remember the cold Winter mornings,
the persistent crack of the flint against
the hard steel sent up from the kitchen
an odor Of igniting sulphur and tinder
which pervaded the house. 1 have no
more idea what became Of the flint pro-
ducers than the old man of sorrowful
memories, who, three or four times q
week, called at our door with birthstone
matches, for sale at one cent half
dozen punches. Both have been as
completely banished from England and
New England as have the red Indians
and the Druids.-IoLeOlo Blade.
, 1877-05-25

Will be taken for you at reasonable rates
by calling on Taylor d Co., AIS Montgomery
street, San Francisco. All work guaranteed,
, 1877-05-25

The test of true love in Wisconsin is
IN permitting a young man, with the
measles to kiss his sweetheart.
, 1877-05-25
The Camphor Tree.


One Of the most useful and magnifi-
cent productions of the vegetable king
dom that enriches China, and more par
ticularly the provinces of Kiang-si and
Canton is the camphor tree. This stu
pendous laurel which adorns the banks
Of the rivers, was in several places
found by Lord Amherst's embassy
above fifty feet high, with its stem twen-
ty feet in circumference. The Chinese
themselves affirm that it sometimes at
tains the hight of more than three hun
dred feet, and q circumference greater
than the extended arms of twenty men
could embrace. CampAof is obtained
from the branches, by stepping them,
while fresh cut, in water for two or
three days, and then boiling them till
the gum, in the form Of a white Jelly,
adheres to stick which is kept CON
stantly stirring the branches. The fluid
: is then poured into glazed vessel,
where it concretes in few hours. To
purify it the Chinese take quantity of
finely powdered earth, which they Law
at the bottom Of copper basin; over
this they place layer Of camphor, and
then another layer of earth, and SO on
until the vessel is nearly filed, the last
or topmost layer being Of earth. They
cover this last layer with the leaves of q
plant called poho, which seems to be a
species Of mentha (mint). They now
inyert a second basin over the first, and
make it air-tight by luting. The whole
is then submitted to the action of re-
gulated fire for certain time, and then
left to cool gradually. On separating
the vessels the camphor is found to
have sublimed, and to have adhered to
the upper basin. Repetitons of the
same process complete its refinement.
Besides yielding this invaluable ingre.
dent, the camphor tree is one Of the
principal timber trees of China, and is
used not only in building but in most
articles Of furniture. The wood is dry
and of Light color, and although light
and easy to work, is durable and not
likely to be injured by insects.
, 1877-05-25

THEY Cor MARRrm.-The Quebec,
Ckroniele publishes the following no.
tice, which only requires statement of
the relationship with Adam and Eve to
make it complete: Married, on Thurs
day, the first of February, at Rathjar-
ney. by the Rev. James Reed, rector of
Wexford, Henry Brown, Esq, of Rath-
,Iarney, county Wexford, brother of the
late Captain Brown, and grandson Of
the late Lieutenant Brown, R. N, to
Kate Sophia (Sophy) youngest daugh-
ter OF the late Captain James Atkins, r.
n, of Rose Rock, Wexford, grand
daughter Of the late Captain Joseph
Gray, Of jamestown House, county
Wexford, and great-granddaughter Of
the late Major Crozier, and grand-niece
Of Captain John and Thomls Gray, of
Wexford and Wicklow Militia, and of
Lieutenant Colonel LOTUS Gray, Rife
Brigade, and cousin Of the Rev. Michael
Lloyd Abioin, of Ballybrood Rectory,
and Of Lingiheld, county Limerick" T"
, 1877-05-25

The Bank of England keeps medical
man to attend its employees gratis.
, 1877-05-25

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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
Beware of the Spitz Dog.

A careful examination of the statistics
of death from hydrophobia which we
publish in the article entitled Beware of
the dog" will convince any reasonable
person OF the danger attending the in
PRODUCTION into this country of the Spitz
dog. Since his advent there has been an
alarming increase in the number of
deaths from hydrophobia. This is due
to the savage habits of the animal, which
render him a most undesirable neighbor.
The Spitz dog comes from the forests of
Pomerania, where he exists in a semi
savage state, and where he is in constant
contact with the still more savage wolf.
Although domesticated the savage in
stincts of the brute remain, and, unlike
other CANNES which have long dwelt
with man, the Spitz seems incapable of
forming a lasting friendship with his
benefactor. 1t is well ascertained that
he is liable to turn upon his master at
any moment, and those who have visited
houses where the Spitz has been admit
ted as a pet probably entertained a lively
impression of his pronounced hostility 10
strangers. The beauty Of this animal
is well calculated to make him a favorite
with the ladies, who do not think of the
terrible peril to which the possession of
their pet exposes them. In the case of
children the danger is particularly great.
az the young people always make a friend
of dog, and are always given to in
dulging in practical Jokes at the expense
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16

/. Peter was crucifed in Rome, and,
at his own request, with head down.
ward.
2. Andrew was crucifed by being
bound to a cross by cords, on which he
hung two days, exhorting the people
till he expired.
3. st. James the Great was beheaded
by order of Herod, at Jerusalem.
4. st. james the Less was threwp from
a high pinnacle, then stoned, and finally
killed with a fuller's club.
,. st. Philip was bound and hanged
against a pillar.
6 st. Bartholomew was fayed to
death by command Of a barbarous king.
Z. ST. Matthew was killed with a hal
bert.
5. st. Thomas, while at PRAYER, was
shot with a shower of lances, and after.
ward run through the body with a lance.
=. ST. Simon was crucifed.
70. Thaddeus, or Judas, was cruelty
put to death.
ii. st. Matthias: The manner Of his
death Is somewhat doubtful one saws
stoned, then beheaded another SAYS he
was crucifed.
IL. Judas Iscariot fell, and his bowels
.ushed out.
IL. 81. John died a natural death.
IA. -. Paul was beheaded by order
fNerO.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
A Mothers Influence.

Another instance of a mothers power.
full influence is given in what an Ameri.
can minister says of his recent visit to
Stockwell Orphanage, London "There
were five %Spurgeons present, and all said
a few words; the father, John Spurgeon,
and his two sons, j. A. Spurgeon and
Charles: then the two sons of Charles,
Master Thomas and Charles. 1t was an
interesting sight. After the meeting
Mr. Spurgeon introduced me to his father,
and we conversed together, as we walked
about the grounds, for some considera-
BILE time. OF course, ] asked him of his
family. He Is sixty-six years of age.
He has eight living children. He has
spent his life in the ministry. In the
course of conversation he said L had
been from home a great deal, trying to
build up weak congregations, and felt
that / was neglecting the religious train
ing of my own children while / toiled
for the good of others. / returned home
with these feelings. | opened the door,
and was surprised to find mont of the
children about the hall. Going quietly
up the stairs, | heard my wiie's voice.
She wa engaged in prayer with the
children. l heard her pray for them one
by by name. She came to Charles,
ind specially prayed for him, for he was
If high spirit and daring temper. |
istened,' said the old gentleman to me,
.arefully, listened till she had ended her
PRAYER, and | felt and said; Lord, l
viii go on with Thy wCrk The children
rill be cared for. ~"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
An Awful Picture.

The late lamented vice-president once
exclaimed "In this country, and in
this age Of light and knowledge, we
have an army of five hundred thousand
drunkards! An army of half a million
drunkardsi in christian America" Genial,
amiable Charles Lamb once uttered
this most pathetic cry "The waters
have gone over me. But out of the
black depths would / be heard: l would
cry out to all who have but set a foot in
the perilous food. Could the youth to
whom the flavor of his first wine is de-
l%icious, look into my d~esolation, and be
made to understand what a dreary thing
it is when a man shall feel himself going
down a precipice with open eyes and a
passive will, and yet to feel it all the way
~emanating from himself, to perceive all
goodness emptied out of him, and yet
not be able to forget a time when it was
otherwise, TO bear about him tine piteous
spectacle of his own self-ruin could he
see my fevered eye, feverish with last
nights drinking, and feyerishly locking
forward for this nights repetition of the
folly, could he feel the body of death
out of which / cry hourly with feeble
cutlery TO be delivered, it were enough
to make him dash the sparkling beverage
to the earth in all the pride of its
mantling temptation, to make him clash
his teeth"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
Eminent Counsel.

The counsel employed to represent the
cases of the respective high cOntending
parties before the great court of arbitra.
ton are men of distinction, and yet the
charters of the gentlemen selected on the
different sides are in some sort typical Of
the character of the cases. On the dem
ocratic side the case will be in the hands
of Jere s. Black, the ablest lawyer 10Y
at the supreme court, a democrat of the
Buchanan school, and a keen, i~ncisive
reasoner upon facts as well as principles.
He will be assisted by Lyman Trumbull.
who has no superior Us a clear. headed
constitutional lawyer; Matt Carpenter,
the brilliant but erratic lawyer of the
northwest, who is one of the most cogent
reason rs at the bar, amazingly we'll
read in constitutional law, keen in logic
and severe in ~denunciation; Judge Camp
bell. who has been himself an associate
jus ice Of the supreme court, and Ben
Butler, whose peculiar powers and ex-
cellent knowledge of the ms aud outs of
Louisiana politics, of which he himself
WAS in some cort the founder, eminently
fit him to cross-examine the Louisiana
returning board. What Butler fails to
extort from Wells, Kenner, Anderson
and CaSanave will probably not be worth
knowing. This line of counsel shows
plainly hat the democrats intend to
present the law before the court in the
strongest shape, and sift the facts in tie
minutest manner. In a word, they
mean business, and wish everybody to
know that they think they have a case,
and intendt to presentitin the best posi-
BILE form. On the other hand, the re-
publican case is to be confded to Mr..
William NJ. Evarts, the eminent coun-
sci who led the forlorn hope to the de-
of the late Henry Ward Beecher
to Mr.. Stoughton. of New York, who
has taken Edward Pierrepont's position
as the thick-and thin advocate of Grant
in its last and first phases and to
Mr.. Bob Ingersoll, the corrupting sky.
of hy-up.the-creek republicanism,
he whose flowers of oratory spring up
from seeds borne to inaccessible shores
On the bubbles of bOsh. In other words,
democrats mean to present their
case in a legal way, and the republicans
a rhetorical way. One side will take
the supreme court the other side will
nagnilequize to the select audience of
confederate Y roads. One will hold up
he constitution the other wrap itself
nee more in the bloody hirt.-BahimoTe
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
The I" Dead-Beat" Danger.

In "Topics of the Times" in Scribner
for January, DR.. Holland discusses the
dead beat: What are we to do with
these people? How is this disease to be
treated These questions demand an
early answer, for the evils to which they
relate are increasing with alarming
rapidity. There is the general feeling
that they will take care of themselves 80
soon as prosperous times shall return
but, as we have alseady said, this is a
mistake. The dead-beat will never re-
form. The tramp will be a tramp for
life, shifting from country to city as his
comforts may demand, and ready to be
led into any mischief which will give
him grub and grog. There ought to be,
this very winter, in every state in the
union, such laws passed as will restrain
the wanderers, and force them to selt
support in some public institution. A
standing commission of vagrancy should
be instituted in every large city and
every county in the land and institu
tions of industry established for the pur-
pose of m~akingthese men self-supporting,
and of curing them of their wrotched
disease. We have lunatic asylums, not
only for the benefit of the lunatics, but
for the relief of the community, and
among the dead beats and tramps we
have an enormous number of men who
are just as truly diseased as the maddest
of men in Utica or at the Boomingdale
asylum. Something must be done with
them, and done at once, if we are to
any comfort by day or safety by
for men who are 70 demoralized az
to beg from choice and die by profession,
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
uaRHirp Ll,r ~ AUSTRALIA.


A young woman sh0 emiswted from
EnRiand ~ Queensland has written twn
epfightig letters ~ friends No he eii
tltnd home, which ore printed IN The
Middleset Registsf she ieiis her sister
In England Who talks ~ iaiaihg her, that
she may ~ we'll make her wedding dfess
before che leaves. ~ wives afe badly
needed IN that distaHt colony "Agd
nov with regard b. your luggage. Oct a
good, strong wood ~ tin hos. and pack
IN al the things you do not want on the
vOyaFe4d0 not open the bON. Have y
large carpetbag with what things you
want for the voyage. Leave home IN y
thick dress and have y thin dress in the
/ bag for the weather. Also, some change
| ~ Old linen-not too much-a little tea
and sugar, q few sweets and biscuits, and
a piece Of good cheese you will find the
incest. Don't forget to bring some bak.
ing powder; you will find il very useful
on the voyage. You will not want any
thing for seasickness. II you are IN the
doctor will see that you want for nothing.
You may bring all your clothes out with
you, as you will want warm ones IA well
"a thin ones. If you have any books,
bring them, IA they will help you TO pass
many a dreary hour. | would not bring
any new dresses, as they are about the
same price out here as in England"
In a lettertO her expected sister.in-law,
the same lady speaks of the superior hap
piness of welded life. Welded life re-
minds me of a horse with his feet hobbled
you may go so far. but not any further.
You may laugh and talk with your old
friends aslong as you like; but you must
not go out with them to places of amuse-
ment, or above all, accept a present from
any. That will never do. But after all
its a jolly, happy life for one, to have a
home of your own, some one to look after
you, and some one to look after, and |
find that we girls are better married than
single" She speaks of the wilderness of
the country and their rude domestic ar
engagements: 81 like the bush, and |
have a first rate bumper to live in. We
have a bed room and a sitting room. and
| cook out of doors. The humpey is a
slab one, with a bark roof and a slab
floor. Between some of the slabs there
are cracks large enough to put your hand
in; but | like the bush, and Harry likes
it because he can have plenty of shoot
ing, He often brings home a couple of
ducks or water-hens, and sometimes a
turkey, and at other times only two or
three parrots. am keeping their wings
and tails to send home to you they will
do for your hats. You ask whether the
sun shines from three o'clock in the
morning 10 seven in the evening, No,
but it does from five in the morning till
seven in the evening, and there is no
twilight in this country. 1t is dark as
soon as the sun goes down"
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16

One N fha isHf ho0fs ~ gifis IN New
| Yaft fIfY fubl fhfa IN ita f~rFniatl0n4
simple aHli sasY filling dfess fsqaifed D
sfhs principals Wnstiaie tisif pfefsft w.
otample and gfaf dgfiHr a.hdut hour
cslie8 dfeufH a writer in giging advice
about school dress insists fbat NE Wh0ol
fgom j. nst NE place iof ne display ~
wealih nv fehloB and therefore, tie
school dfcss ghUuit W. mHrsUl w Fimrlica
Anything which divefts the atten.
ti0n ~ the pupil from her school duties
IL ~ injury 10 her, but " will accord
with The observation " teachers thaf
fine clothes Oitener work mischief o.
their weafer IN this respect than mean
clothes DO. The highoat-minded children
ere oitenest found in plain earh, while
those bc-ringed and heruhed and sthcr
wise sbowily attircd are generally quite
destitute Of intellectual home culture
Their mothers have been too busy with
their clothes 10 pay much attention 10
their brains. This sounds severe would
NJ were not true
" While Overattcntion 10 toilet mat
ters Is a hindrance 10 study, negligence
and untidiness are carefully TO be avoided.
Clean clothes, plainly made, need not be
expensive, either Of time or money, and
II proper regard to personal cleanliness in
all lis details Is what every person owes
10 himself or bis associates.
1t is very desirable that the pupil
should have ut least two school suits, for
in the crowded schOol-roomI the clothing
soon becomes saturated with the exhala.
tons floating in the atmosphere, and an
airing OF the clothes every two or thee
days is necessary to keep them fresh and
sweet. Especially is this true of clothes
that are not put into the wash-tub, and
ofshoes. Wearing these after a days sun
ming and airing will give one a sensation
almost as pleasant as that Of putting on
new clothes.
" As a rule, the more simply a child is
dressed, the more attractive it is to all
sensible people. The b%ewildering maze of
and embroidery, and knife-plait
ing and shirring, and great, broad, brown
sash, big enough to shroud the child in,
with which little girls and boys in kits
are dressed, is simply shocking to the
people of correct taste. Let us not have
it in the school-room."
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
The Jewish Restoration.

A curious rumor is afoat, for which
we do not vouch, that the porte, in its
ea~gerness for money, has offered to sell
the hereditary pashalic of the holy land
to any candidate accepted by the Jews
in return for a loan. The transaction
would be one of the most singular in
history, but it is not beyond tie range
of possibility. Palestine needs nothing
but irrigation and trees, and though the
Jews dislike agriculture, fellaheen sufi.
Gent might be attracted from Egypt.
The restoration Of the Jews, with Lord
Beaconsfeld for first king, would be an
incident romantic enough to satisfy
even the imagination Of the author Of
"Alroy ."-Lo1don Spectator.