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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

Several members Of the Partisan Bio
logical society have recently been en-.
gagged in a series Of experiments which
seem to prove that everything endowed
with life, whether animal, plan, or fer
ment, is susceptible of being brought
under the influence OF anesthetics: in
other words, may be sent to sleep. 1t
has been proved that the influence OF
anestbetics extends to all the animal lis.
sues, and last Of all to the central ner-
Gus system. Hence, it was argued.
plants having tissues, must must also be
subject to the influence of ether, etc.
Experiments have proved this to be the
case, termination is arrested BY snes-
tbetics. The water cree. Tor example,
terminates within thirty hours. Ether
arrests germinstisn in this plant, but
does not destroy that faculty. 1t merely
sends the plant to sleep, for termination
recommences as soon Is the use OF ether
is suspended. The capabiity Of being
sent to sleep is not confined to plants, i;
extends TO ferments. Thu, the 'ermeu:
of beer, when submitted far ty~enty.iour
bOurs to the influence Of ether. becomes
perfectly dormant, but RECEIVERS activity
as soon as anesthetic action is suspended.
-B0stop Chemical journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

The following, concerning the Use Of
hedgestor fences, We receive from a farmer
of experience and extensive reading:
Sooner or later the farmers in the United
States must adopt hedges for fences, as
the cost of all the fences in this country
is estimated by good authorities 10 be
about 81, 500 900, 600, or So q head for
each inhabitaDt, old or Young, and it
costs 800, 5000 annually to keep them
in repair. Recently Major Brisbane, OF
the United States army, compiled sta
tistics in regard 10 the annual destruction
of timber IN the nation, from which it
appears that the consumption requires
about 5000, 600 acres every year. He
puts the requirements for fencing pur.
poses at about One-balf Of this vast
amount, which we think is too high but
ii is nevertheless, immense, and, nOtwith.
standing the gradual increase Of tree
planting for future Use, il il certain that
a radical change in our fence system j.
absolutely necessary, or two generations
hence the country will be practically
without fences. The kind of hedge:
most grown are The buckthorn and bar.
berry tor the north, the Usage orange fol-
the south. In regard to the barberry.
the Wailing'ord Circular says: 1--WE
have a harberry hedge on our grounds
twenty-five rods long and nine years old.
from the seed. Two rows of plants were
set, the rows one foot apart, and the
plants one foo. apart in the rows, and sci
alternately to break joints. This hedge
has been clipped a little, two or three
times, TO keep it even, and is now six Oh
seven feet high, with a firm, compact
base, perfectly impervious to the smaller
animals, and stout enough to turn ordi
nary farm stock, except for a short dis
lance at one end where the soil is quite
thin" A pound of barberry, or buck
thorn seed costing 81, will produce
plants enough for one hundred rods 0
fence.-Fr0m the Hartford Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
Farm NOTES.


Who but geology, chemistry, the
quarry of the air, the water OF the brood,
the lightning Of the cloud, the plough Of
the frost? Before he was born into the
field, the sun of ages soaked it with light
and heat, mellowed his land. decomrosed
the rocks, covered it with vegetable film,
then with forests, and accumulated cubic
acres of sphagnum, whose decay makes
the peat of his meadows. The rocks
crack like glass by inequality of eontIac-
tioR in heat and cold, and flakes fall
almost continually into the soil. The
tree can draw on the whole air, the whole
earth, on the rolling main. The plant,
the tree is all suction pipe, imbibing from
the ground by its roots, from the air by
its twigs with all its might. Take up a
spadeiul or a buck-load OF loan who can
guess what it hold? But a gardiner
knows that it is full Of peaches, full Of
oranges, and he drops in a few seeds by
way Of keys to unlock and combine it,
values, lets it lie in the sun and rain,
and by.and-by it mas lifted into the air
its full weight in golden fruit Emerson.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
Military Railway Building.

An interesting experiment was carried
out last month by a detachment of the
German railway regiment " in order to
determine the rapidity with which a line
Of rails could be laid down over ground
presenting considerable difficulties, anu
also to ascertain the rate at which the
work could be continued during the
night by the aid of electric and other
artificial lights. The portion of railway
constructed led from the station ofKlaus-
dorf to the summit Of some adjacent
heights, rising fifty or sixty feet above
the starting point. Its length was about
1000 PAGES, and the gradients were,
therefore, necessarily steep, in some places
being as high as one in twenty. The
work was begun at seven O'Clock in the
morning, and by midday the rails were
laid on the lower and more level halfoft the
road. III the evening the workmen we're
relieved by other companies of the regi-
ment arriving from Berlin, and although
there was no moon, the work was steadily
continued. Torches were applied where
excavations or e%mbankments had to be
made; but where more accurate work
had to be executed, or more difficult
operations had to be performed--as, for
instance, where rails had to be laid and
adjusted, the scene was illuminated by
electric lights arranged upon an elevated
platform, Shortly after midnight all the
heavy work was finished. In two or
three hours more the rails were finally
adjusted, and in the morning the regi-
ment returned to Berlin.-PM Mall
Gazette.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

The following is a part Of a letter
written by the special correspondent OF
the Edinburg Scotchman to that paper
describing the management of the farm
and stock Of the Mes:rs. Brown Broth
ers, of Berlin, H.:
Grove Park Farm extends 1900 acres,
each of the three brothers holding sepa.
rate titles for 1000 acres, and Ill the
three running the farm jointly. Almost
all the farm has been cultivated, but
DOW it is under grass, having been sown
0ut-psrt of it thirty years ago-with
timothy, blue grass and clover. The
timothy and clover grow well the first
two Oh three years, but after that the
blue grass gets the upper hand OF both,
and finally drives them out altogether.
White clover is indigenous to the soil,
which is a rich loan ~impregnated with
lime and is coming up very thickly.
Blue grass and white clover make the
very best of pasture, and just now the
cattle on this farm are standing to the
knees among grass. The farm is divided
into eight or lime fields, and fenced with
Usage orange, which with numerous
spreading trees here and there all over
the property, afford the cattle cool, shady
retreats from the scOrching sun. For
seven years the Messrs. Brown handled
Texan steers, but nOw-and for two years
back-they buy only common American
steers Their system, which is reduced
TO a simplicity and regularity truly ad.
mirable, may best beillustrated by tracing
the history of the herd of steers now on
the farm. These number nine hundred,
are rising three and four years old, were
bought in November last, mostly in
Chicago, Kansas City and st. Louis
markets, and are the best class of com
mon steers raised in Missouri and Wiscon.
sin. When brought nome, they were
graded into three lots, and put into
separate fields.
No Indian con- is grown IN the farm,
and there cattle have no hand-feediDg
whatever, except a little hay during a
severe snowstorm, and a small quantity
Of salt now and again. AS o as they
become fat they are shipped TO Chicago
in lots, and by the first OF November they
VIII be all away and the fields vacant
IOr another nine hundred, which will
nave 70 pass through exactly the same
simple ordeal. When bought in, these
s.eeIa now on the farm were lean and
weighed ON the average about 1000
11anos; now they weigh about
pounds, and It is expected that
ne time they are shipped, they
average ! $50 or 800 pounds. They
. thell kiadl lave "A al
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
CONTAMINATION n.roRr.

There's = h-sutiful face in the NlcutuiI,
Which follows me ever and near.
With smiling ewes and amber heir,
With v~oiceltEs lips, yet with breath az prayer
That ! feel bat cannot hear.
The dimpled hands aud rinz'sts rs gold
lie down ia p m7fhie sleep
stIeich my srms iur the Clsspo 81 OF,
but the empty air is strangely rJd,
And my vigil a.oRe te.p,
There's n siuiess brow W tn 2 radiant lrona,
And a cross laid low iH the dust.
There's a smile where not a Ehatow comes nov
And tears no more from those dear eyes a9Vr
50 sweet IN their ~iDICcsnt trust.
Nh, well, and summer is coming s-ain,
sin. ing her same Old song;
But on it sound. ike q cob OF pin,
As It floats in the sunshine and the rain,
Der heats OF the worlds grea, throns,
Theresa beautiful region above the skies,
And'I long 10 reach its shore.
For | know I shall mn my treasure theIC,
The laushinc eyes and amber haIt
% the loved one gone before.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
v EEETINE
Ue,. O,rn Words.


BALTIMORE, ND, Feb ~ 1871
SIN. g.. u s%rrNFNs; have GOT a sore and
,c ryT p,sfinni iorl. had sg,sle PhysiSiag, yo up' VEG
copldn, t.At H.,t, .ln vas sick for a long t'ne
Ltl NH i ,l VIII from yo9r EEREETTirSrfi sn an.
v Vaat "a, Sai ait y 81, ~ , egs e'i Ne o. r, i iei5 ne, A.,
after J h!u us'' I'M tbrn bought one other h,ottle
II h'l'I tsk XIII n vet. / iiihank God fot this remedy wv "
Saars,lf aqa gisfias G iSg yo s'i hsnith. "'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

"a feel duu, drowsy dsS'a'4's sr s s%rrrstito, and
LIycV.he, mouth tastes gS,is from torpid hlsri
Aesd ne coHted, ven sIc 'u",iiag viii cure you ~
t1ngu luAoNsut,s, enI sstatRkt SlIN9Ns Al't"
or of NE AMI pr!utaA'ut'
a.. ~ tTbR or MEDICINE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

Low spirits, distaste for company, irri-
liability Of temper and love Of retirement
exist with many persons from some lesion of
The liver; they are advised to use HONE
STOMACH BIrrERs, as il acts ON the whole
animal economy Prepared by the Home
Bitlers Co.. st, Louis No.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

STUTTERING.-This singular affection
Is treated by an ingenious invention, called
Bates Patent Appliances. Simpson 4 Co.,
Box 5076, New York, send description Of
same to all inquirers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

WEbavea largersale for Hatch's Cough
Syrup than for any other medicine Of the
kind. We have for sale all the old standard
remedies None are in such demand.
FLINT DAYTON, Friendship, n. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

You'll scratch a poor mans nose as
long as you live, il you don't forsake tae old
~monopolists, Five Ton Wagon Scales $50
each, On trial, freight prepaid, by Jones, of
Binghamton, h nghamton, n. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

HONEST vs., FRAUDULENT WEIGHT.
The purchaser is entitled to .fH rOght at.
ways in buying any commodity. DOOLEY'S
YEAST POWDER is strictly full weight, beside
winch il is absolutely pure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

POVERTY, except where there is an
actual want of food and raiment, is a
thing much more imaginary than real,
The shame Of poverty 1.-The shame Of be.
ing thought poor--is a great and fatal
weakness, though arising in this country
from the fashion of the times themselves
.--C0JbcH.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13

LITTLE expenses, like mice in a barn,
when they are many make 2 great waste.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-13
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINlMENr
FOR NAN AND BEAST.
CURE
INSTITUTE.

|H~EsH r ."'frng fal u|H.'itut. u tu- r,4...f
cue . .'.tHiNl N.N,r. itt.ug. .... # r..
WH' '"MN--" |A.i tUlhI'b v.iHIHun l jh' mr .tI
cor .HtT. .HI =. fi.a," tu, 90. f,t.Hu .rr 4 r,.H.m
% 49," ..' l'-i. Sn' 'ti,cTir OF plan. 80
u tn'Nt ng"uN AMI IUnri c an i ,itr dC
st'1'' 81 az t.'i'ilN Care cnnplet u.u-
ais 't1!ris "ANs PuIau seat s.ttu uu 90 !
h"ut' While '",rtruHi Iraitl imnnc. q un ho
e. nptu- t- .H' wtt'ut uriIu, iul. ,r.4rI
bondage 3 200 , H. Dice ~ liberty and s.pu..r..
erect cures gurantced In all eases inLcn.
II VIII MT cost ndpl Jar unless the titntiS-tff.H
that % PERFECT ANp R~ADICAL,TEE ht, been
effected. For Treatise ou. Opium Habit with most
convincing testimony, address OPIUM CVRE
LN>rirITE, 81 ana asa Worth Meridian
III, Indianapolis. Ind.
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The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
Glenn's Sulphur Soap

is a SPECIFIC in those OBNOXIOUS DIS
EASES, which have been treated heretofore
with "Sulphur Ointments" having the advall-
taee of beng CLEAN, lNoFFENSIVE and
UNINJURIOUS to CLOTHING.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
A Mau who Says he Doesn't Sleep.

PARKERsBURe, July 1.-The man
who does not sleep, Saunders, now re-
sides near this place. Some time in
1861 or 1862 Saunders enlisted in the
Fourth West Virginia Volunteers. For
several years he has not slept at all, so
he says. But it becoming known direct
" in camp that he made such preten-
sions, it aroused the curiosity of many
of the men and officers, and they set
watch upon him. l am told by a
Colonel that he and many others lost
great many nights sleep in endeavoring
to entrap Saunders, but during the
whole time that he remained a member
of the Fourth he was never caught
asleep. He stood guard night after
night, and week after week, paid by
seepy-headed soldiers to take their
turns, but never was caught mapping.
He hauled coal several weeks in success
sion, only stopping long enough to eat
and change horses, and ploughed in the
fields with FIVE or six stalwart men un-
tilhe wore them out completely, but
never seemed to tire. During the year
1868, think it was, he went to Phila-
delphia and was examined by the lead,
Ing physicians Oh Ile country. lucy
sat up with him in relays of five, night
and day, and kept up an almost con-
slant stream of conversation with him,
and at the termination of twenty. nine
days discharged him with certificate,
but could give no explanation of this
freak of nature. Many stories of the
untiring energy and activity of this man
are told and all agree who know him
that this antipode of Rip Van Winkle
is the most sleepless man they ever
met
Mr.. Saunders is now about fifty-six
years Of age, and says that he has not
known what sleep is for eighteen years.
He himself cannot account for it, as he
says the change in his physical organ
ization occurred within three days, and
that he never was sick III his life, and
took medicine but once, and that was
when he had catarrh, about three
years ago. He is hale, hearty man,
and bids fair to live many years yet.
He is conscientiously opposed to making
display of himself, or no doubt would
long ago have been before the public as
one of the human curiosities of the
world.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
A NNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
Franklin Twp. School District

ROBERT ANTHONY, Treasurer, in
account with Franklin Township
School District, Carbon County, Pa,
for the Year ending Bounty Ac.
count) June 4th, 1877.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
Lost in the WOOdS.

HoNEsDALE, Pa, July 5. - Royal
Adams, his wife, and a five-yea old
son are visiting Mr.. Adams father at
Lordvilie, N. Y, on the borders of
Pennsylvania. On Tuesday the little
boy wandered off. Theie is a dense
forest on the outskirts of the town. A
neighbor had seen the child going in
that direction. A search was made for
him by his father, but he could not be
found. The entire village then joined
in the search. 1t was kept up all day
and all night During the night vio-
lent storm of wind, rain, thunder, and
lightning passed over the vicinity.
Trees were blown down and struck by
lightning around the searching party
In the woods. There were several mar
row escapes from death, but there was
no cessation in the hunt No trace of
the boy being found, and catamount
having been seen in the vicinity only a
day or so before, and bears being known
to be plenty, it was the belief of many
that the child had been devoured. At
sunrise yesterday, hOwever, the father,
who was about to give up the search in
despair, discovered his boy in hollow
stump, high in the mountain, two miles
from Lordville. On being called, he
spTang from the stump, and chung to
his fathers neck, almost crazed with
joy.
He had gone to the woods to hunt
flowers, be said. He wandered about
all day Tuesday calling iOr his papa
At night he cIept cryingintO the stump
He called several times for his papa
when, he says, big dog came up to thu
stump and growled at him, soaring hin
so he was afraid to move or speat
again! What be thought was a dol
was a bear beyond doubt, The boy
clothing. was almost torn from him, ant
his flesh was badly lacerated. Nea
where he lay three large trees had 6eel
blown down, and one was struck will
lightning. Aside from soreness an,
stiffness and little nervousness. n
serious consequences have resulted t
the child.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
What an Ex-COnfederate Thinks
About MIR. and Mrs. Hayes.

After the boat started Mr.. Hayes
came and stood in the cabin door, as II
he expected to be recognized and shak-
en- hands with. He seems to be pretty
Thoroughly broken into this business Of
hand. shaking. Nobody at first came
near him, 80 / thought I'd break the
ice. did so; introduced myself; told
him ] was Soutberner, and found him
very affable and good natured. Hayes
is a good, well-meaning man. His nose
isn't quite so we'll proportioned as it
ought to be, and there's reddish hue
at the end. But the hue is constitution
al, I think, or maybe its sunburn. l
found Mrs. Hayes quite alone on the
promenade deck, so l introduced my
self to her. She's smarter than Hayes.
She's a more refined woman than | had
expected to find, and a handsome wo-
man, too. She doesn't look so old as
the pictures makes her out; her hair is
Black as jet, and her teeth white and
regular. While / was conversing with
her, Mr.. Hayes came along, remark
ing, "Well, I thought I'd lost my wife. y
/ call her the best man of the two
She's got character, lots Of it, and it's
bound to be felt. l found her up this
morning on the boat bright and early,
also alone. 1t was pleasure to me to
be of some little service to her in point
ing out the localities Gil the Sound and
East river as we came along, of which
she was entirely ignorant. The young
Hayeses were on board, and it was
quite evident from their conversation
that the never saw salt water before.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14
EDU HR Ill N O. 'S

Reber'S Block, Bank to- Lehighton.
Notice. To the Public A. J.
DURLING'S Family Drug and Medicine Store
I'm DIT. ReDer's Blocltl is OPEN on SUNDAYS
tr NJ to 10 O'Clock A. M, 1 to 2IV &5to7P.
hesidence-1st door above M L. Church
"A. j. DurlIng, our popular Drug.
gist, having dispensed WITH the services of n
clerk" is behind tina Counter Dealing ont and
Compromising Nice, Pure, Fresh, UnaduIterated
Mel cines for the Sick and Afflicted at Reduc-
ed Prices
AT A. J. Durling's Drug Store.
you can get your Prescriptions end Family
RecipesCompoundeda accurately & scientifically.
AT A. j. DurliDg's old established
DRUG ana PRESCRIPTION STORE, YOU can
rely on getting a Strictly Pure Article. No
mistakes from incompetent assistants as he dis.
penses and prepares with his own hands.
1t is just splendid What? Why
that New Perfume got at DURLING's Drug
store. His own make up-he calls it MY
OWN" 25c. and soc. per bottle
1000 lbs. Pure Caustic Soda, or
salted Potash, for SOAP MAKING, Just receiv.
ed at A. j. .DURLINGs Drug store, and selling
at very low price.
Wall Paper Wall Paper Wall
Paper At A. ]. DURLING'S Drug Store
NEW STYLES just received at Greatly RE.
DUCED PRICES. Call and Examine.
"A. j. Durling, our popular Drug
gist. having an experience of II Years. knows
whereof he speaks, when he says he guarantees
that EVERY ARTICLE bought at his DRUG
STORE is of the PUREsT and BEST that can
be found in the Markets
"A. j. DurlIng, the Druggist, has
just received Fresh Invoice of Fine FRENCH
and CALIFO ORNIA BRAN DIES, OLD HoL
LAND GIN, OLD RYE WHISTLES Import
! ca PORr and SHERRY WINES Domestic
| Gil NTON and otaer CRAZE WINES fol
Medicinal and Sacramental Purposes.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14

"A Methodist church in Topeka,
Ks, was torn down after having stood
seven years. 1he receptacle in the
corner stone was opened. Among the
various things, such as are usually pre-
served in like sanctlfed places, was
found to the horror OF the bretherp, a
bottle of whiskey that some irreverent
wag had slipped in when the stone was
consecrated. The pastor poured the
rare old liquor on the ground.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-14

Being a powerful DEoDoRIZER. DIsIEFECTANT
and COUNTER JRRITANT, yet entirely harness 1t
positively cures ali local DIS EASES OF THE
SKIN as If by magic.
It thoroughly bleaches the cuticle and PER.
MANENpLH BEAUTIFIES THE CON-
PLEXION with q certainty unknown TO any
article ever invented for tnat purpose.
1t is emuhatically the remedy for SCALDS
and BURNS, Instantly removing all soreness
without pam, and etfectlng cure in every in
stance.
AS a preventive and remedy for GOUT and
RHEUMArI SM, its effects are really wonder,
ful.
1T is q sure preventive of all diseases that are
communicated by coming in contact with the
persOn such AZ Itch. etc.
SPRAlNS, BRUISES and CUTS are cured
with unfalling certainty.
It removes DANDRUFF, and prevents the
hair from falling of OF turning prematureiy
gray.
1t completely DISINFECTS CLOTHING
trOmsthe sick-rOom OF person, that has become
impregnated with disease.