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Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
From the Scientific American.
NEURALG/C STORM
BELTS.

Dr.. S. Weir Mitchell. n physi-
clan of Philadelphia, Pa, has re-
Gently conducted an important Sc
ries of very interesting inves,iga-
tions with reference to the rela
tions of bodily pain to the weather.
1t is an old popular idea that
diseases and injuries of the bones.
chropic rhpumati-ms, AID ancient
wounds produce renewed pain
on the approach of a storm so
mnch SO. indeed. that persons thus
afflicted frequently are able TO pre-.
dict impending changes OF wealth
er with remarkable accuracy. In
the course Of study of many OF
the cniious symptoms belonging
TO the stumps of ampnta.ed limbs,
Dr.. Mitchell frequently encounter
ed the above notion and he
became so impressed by the re-
peated testimony of patients, VIII
stated that their comfort depended
largely on the state of the weather
that he resolved TO undertake care
full research into the subject. Ie
was fortunate enough to obtain
the cooperation of Captain Car
liu, of The U. S. A., who had lost
a leg Ia action dnring the wa:, and
had necome u sefferer with neural
gia in the stump, the pain seem
lingly residing in portions of tht
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

cords of his painful sensations, in
connection with the weather re-
ports as shown by the Signal Ser
vice, for three years; aud be pre-
pared elaborate maps and charts,
showing how certain attacks cor
respond to certain periods of baro
metric depression and other
meteorological phenomena. III
brief, he conducted his self exami-
nation with an accuracy and scien
titic thoroughness which cannot be
too highly commended.
The result now adduced by Dr..
Mitchell is that there is every reas-
on to believe that the popular
view which relates some pain fits
to storms has a dis'inctfs ndation;
but that. as the single element of
mischief has not been detec. ed, he
is driven to believe that it is the
combination of atmospheric condl
tlons which starts the pain into
being. The separate factors of
storms, such as lessened pressure,
rising ten pcrature greater humid
ity. ard winds, appear as rule to
be incompetent, when acting sing
IL, to give rise TO attacks of pain.
Either it is, as above stated, a
combination which provokes the
pain, or it may be solue as yet un-
known agency, acting alone.
was observed by Captain CatIin
tha: his sensations of pain pre-
vailed wheE the aurora was inter Sc.
Whether this was due to the mag
ne:ic or electric disturbance prava-
lent or to the Succeeding storm
DR.. Mitchell thinks is questionable
About the most striking copclu-
sion reached is that relating to the
neuralgic storm belt. Every storm.
as 1t sweeps across the continent.
consists of vast rain area, at the
centre of which is moving space
"t greatest harometric depression
known as !he storm centre, along
which the storm moves like a bead
on a thread. The rain usually
precedes this by Geo miles but
before and around the rain lies "A
belt, which may be called the
neuralgia margin of the storm,
and which precedes the raiu by
about $50 miles. This fact is very
deceptive, because he sufferer may
be on the far edge of the storm
basin Of barometric depression,
and, seeing nothing of the rain,
may yet have pain due to the storm
1t is somewhat interesting" adds
DR. Mitchell. 'to figure ones self
thns-a moving area of rain cir
died by neuralgia belt $50 miles
wide. within which, as it sweeps
alcng in advance of the storm,
prevail. in the hurt and maimed
limbs of men and in tender nerves
and rheumatic joints, renewed tor
ments called into existence by the
stir and perturbation of the ele'
m0DtS.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

To REMOVE SrAINs.-A dimes
wo~th of salts of lemon, dissolved
in a pint of cold water, will remove
all ordinary stains from white
clothing, also from black or colored.
Care must be taken to rinse thor
Qnghly in several waters as saon
AS the stains are removed. 1t NAV
require two or three applications ia
complete the erasure. This is also
II very useful article for the toilet.
to remove stains from the hands OF
from the nails.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
4 BEAUTIFUL PISSAGE.

The following is from the reveries
of Il bachelor. by Ike Marvel: IA
poor man without some sort of re'
li9ion is at best but poor reprobate,
the football Of destiny, with no tie
linking him to intinity and the won
drous eternity that is even wo-se-a
flame without a heat, q rainbow with.
out u color. flower without perfume.
A man may. i'll some sort. tie his hope
and his honor to this shifting ground
tackle, to his business or the world.
but 4 woman without that anchor
called faith is drift and a wreck
A man may have some sort of moral
responsibility out of relation TO man
kind, but woman in her compare
lively isolated sphere where affection
and not purpose is the controlling
motive can find no basis i'm any other
system or right action but tEat of
faith. A man may craze his thoughts
to truthfulness in such poor harborage
as tame and reputation may stretch
before him, but woman, where can
she put her hopes in storms. if not IN
Heaven? And that sweet truthful.
ness, that abiding love, that enduring
hope mellowin9 every page and seems
in lie, lighting them with radiancs
when the worlds storms break like
an army with cannon. Who has en-
joyed the love of Christian mother
but will echo the thought With energy
and hallow it with tears!"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
SPR/HGIIME.

Dear faded flowers, they bloom again,
Like echoes of the SDrinTtime gone;
And mossy hillside. shadowy glen.
Break out in beauty like the dawn.
In regal beauty. leaf and bud
Bend meath the kisses of the breeze,
And '.Spanish Mkt re for the Blood
Smiles from the fences. rocks and treec.
Dear. smiling spring. what tender hope
Breathes from the life-awakeni1g soil
How "B0los' Anti-bilious Hope"
And ''Dr. CAST les Castor Oil"
Bid frightened nature wake and smile;
For springtime blossoms fill us less
With thoughts of pansIes Than with vile
"Panaceas'' for ''BilhousnesS."
If TO the wooded nook we stray,
Where every swelling germ is huge
With lite. each gray-browed rock will say.
Use Philogaster's Vermifuge."
IF fram these silvan bowers we fly,
We fly, alas! 10 other ills!
And farm-yard gates and barE-doors cry.
Take ''Ginsingrooter's Liver Pills"
Each blue-eved violet hiGes a ''Pill.''
There's cent of '.Rhubarb' in tho air !;
"Rheumatic Plasters" line each hill,
And "BitterS'' blossom everywhere.
With "Agne Cures the eyes are scared !;
The nj is thick-or thin, 1 meant,
For natures face and cloth $ are Smeared
With universal Liz nent."
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
RONANCE or HISTORY.

Conrad, the Emperor OF Ger
many. was remarkable for his un-
sparing punishment of all who
crossed his purpose. A quain'
but true legend recites that Ger
tain Count Lrpold. who was one
Of those fearing death. fed into a
remote forest and lived in a hut
with his wife. It happened that
while hunting, Conrad came to the
spot. and passed the night with
them. That pight the counts wife
became the mother of son. and
the emperor dreamed that the
child then born would be his heir
AS the same dream required twice.
he was greatly troubled and the
next morning he commanded tw"
If his servants to kill the child
They took it away; but being
moved to compassion by its smiles.
they placed it under tree. and
brought back a hare's heart to the
emperor. A certain duke, passing
by soon after, found the child, and
took it home to his wife, and
adopted it as his own. Afterward,
the emperor being with this duke.
and hearing him relate, as a forest
adventure. the history of this boy.
who was then present, began to
suspect that the victim had es
capped. Being confirmed in the
opinion, he took him into lis ser
vice as a page, and then sent him
with a letter to the enpress, IN
which he charged her upon pain Of
his displeasure, to have the bearer
put to death. The youth set out,
and after seven days came to a
certain priests house. who received
him with great hospitality. The
priest was struck by his comely
air, and by his travelling SO far
While he slept he looked at this
letter. and discovered the hcr,ible
fate that awaited him; SO erasing
the writing, he substituted these
words
This is the youth whom I have
chosen as the husband Of our
laughter. l charge you to give
her t" him quickly"
Next morning the lad awoke re-
freshed. and said
"Adieu, dear host"
The priest replied
Remember me when you are
emperor
The boy only laughed, esteem
lug it jest; so they parted. On
arriving at Aix-la Chapelle he de-
livered lis letters. and so wei! did
the strafagem succeed, that when
the emperor wlote soon after, to
ask if his orders had been oheyed
the empress assured him that the
nupiials bad been celebrated with
great celerity. rs he desired. The
emperor hardly believed his eyes
when be read her letter. Mnrnt'
ing his horse, he rode off immedi-
ately and with great speed to AK
la Chapelle. On his arrival the
empress presented their danghte:
and son in law. For a long time
the emperor seemed lost IN aston
iShment and uncertain what to do.
A. length nature prevailed and he
exclaimed
The will of Heaven cannot be
resisted y
Then he compelled the two
sqnires to reveal what they had
done and the count to come from
The Black Fon est and receive back
his son with peace from ihe EN-
peror, who left bim as heir, and
who succeeded him as Henry II.
On the spot in the forest where the
child was born WAS erected after
wa:d DIS the noble manastery OF
Hirschua
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

"JAKE, wbar you get snch fine
'broidered shirts rs that yon had on
at de mectin' las night 2" asked
Pete, as Jake stood at the village
post office door trying to stick ).
nent brass pin into his paper collar
and fasten that article in position.
"You doesn't pear TO 'preshiate nv
circumstances, Pete" II knows
dat you amt yearned 'nuf' money
to buy de buttons on dat shirt sense
| know'd ye--I 'preshiates dat,''
retorted Pete. "Ycu's off de track.
Pete, and dar you'll stay till your
nudder gifts ter be a wasllerwo.nan.
You hear dat?''
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
TER MADE FROM
OXEN.

AT a recent meeting of the
Scottish Society of Arts, DR.. Mac
Adam read a paper on butterine
from oxen, in which he claimed
that it was quite as pure as butter
He said the original or raw mate
rial now used was the best * suet,
which was taken in a thoroughly
fresh state, aud, lhe mambranous
parts being cUt away, was gently
heated in IL steam pan until the
finer and pnrer part OF the fat was
lidnified. This was then run off
and while still warm was skinned
repeatedly, aud thereafter was al
lowed to cool. The semi solid tat
thus obtained was pressed through
bags for further purifcation, after
wards churned with some milk,
and kneaded aud salted in the usn-
al way. In chemical properties
the butterine which WAS thus OBJ
tanned was almost Identical with
ordinary butter, the only difference
being u few per cent of volatile fat
ty acids forming butterine in the
true butter. Fully 60 per cent. of
both butter and butterine consisted
OF more liquid fats. which were
common to both; in fact, the but
ter was practically the animal fat
which the COW had passed through
the udder in milk, from which it
was manufactured, and the butter
lue was the finer part of tie AMI
NAL fat, which the OK had stored
up In the suet from which it wa
manufactured.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
"What do you do for living ?"

"What do you do for a living?"
asked farmer OF a burly beggar.
who applied at his door for cold
victuals and old clothes. Il don't
do nothing much but travel about,
was the answer. "Are you good
at traveliug?' asked tho farmer-
Yes" replied the beggar. "Then
let's see you travel" said the farm
2r
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

Nor ALLOWED TO Dye HIS HAIR.+
George Klein, of Memphis, is very
bald, only a fringe of hair remaining
low down on bis head. He recently
had the smooth surface dyed with
ve-y bright colors, divided into
squares of crimson. yellow, green.
and SO on. His poll, under good
light, looked like section of rainbow
He went to church, and detruoted
attention from the services. lie went
to the theater, and received more
notice than the performance did. At
length he was committed to an asylum
as lunatic. He declares that q
country is not free in " Mhich O man
may not dye his head according to,his
own fancy.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

LoT's WIFE LIcKED.-The sea
holds 6O,O00,0OO.O O.Oo0,O 900 tons of salt.
Should the sea he drie'! up. there
WOULD be a deposit of salt over the
entire bottom of the ocean 40 feet
deep, and if the salt were taken and
spread on the land it would cover it
tc a deptl, Of 900 feet.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

When woman makes up her
mind that hen shall not set, and
the hen makes mp her mind she
will, the Irresistible meets the i'm.
movable, and every law cf nature
is broken or perverted.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

Adelaide Nelson received for four
weeks at the California theatre, San
Francisco, Sl7,5OO. 1t was the lare-
est engagement ever played there.
surprising Booths and the FloreHces',
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

WORTH KNowING.-One pound
of green, copperas, costing seven
cents, dissolved in one quart OF
water, and poured down water
closet, will etfectualiy concentrate.
and destroy the fouiest smells. On
board ships and steamboats,, about
hotels and other public places,
there is nothing SO nice to purify
the air; simple green copperas,
dissolved thoroughly in anything
that will hold water, will render "A
hospital, or other places for the sick,
free from unpleasant smells. In
fish markets, slangher- houses, sinks,
and wherever there are offensive
pntrid gases, dissolve copperas and
sprinkle it about, and in a few days
the smell will pass away.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

How FISHES BREATHE. The
breathing of fishes takes place by
means of their gills. The water,
which is inpregnated with atmos
pheric air, is taken in at the mouth,
and forced ont again by the apcrt
urts on each side Of the neck. 1t
is thus made to pass between tee
gills, which form a comb~like set OF
vascular fringcs, supported by a
system OF bones termed bronchial
arches, and during this passage the
air is absorbed by the blood OF the
fish. Fish have little blood, and
therefore require little oxygen, the
oxidized blood being chiefly con
fined to a few internal organs, as
the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs and
giils. For this reason the flesh of
most fish is white and apparently
hloodless.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31

No ORG AN FOR ''OLD ST.. p WHY
he didn't want one is told by thu
Atlanta Constitution
Some Of the members were dis
cussing the question of getting an
organ for the church. Old ST re.
marked -
"When yer passes round dc hat
fer dat amusement jess skip me ~
Whaffer we Go dat !''
"Kase | don't want none oh dis
hoah bpllns-music in de church dat
I'sc pendin' on fer saIfashun !"
"Wha: kim Of music do you
want %
81 wants de same ole music dat
de good Lawd wound mp in dc
nigger's SOL, an dat biles out in
strcems OBJ praise dat wakes de
naborhood f'om slumbcrs -
jess plane singin', eh g"
'PIal'c singin', yer idgit do you
call dat plane singin' when dc kan
gersashun jess filings back hits
heads an sings Send down dc
charryut' fun de bottom OF bot
lungs at once 2
L calls dat plane singin' =
'Den yer all better stick ter
plane singin', tpo, 'kase I'm tinkin'
dat de only win Cat yer needs to
l"ol; arter is dc horn Oh de angiI
GabrI! =
They concluded to drop the organ
question.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
Justly Famous Medical SPRINGS

In the Mountains of the Virginias SO widely known
for the healing virtues of their waters and whose
br1ci atmosphere and beautiful surround nps
offer Irresistible attractions well to the fnva i'd
IS to the tourist and pleasure seeker
The GREENBRIER Waite SULPHUR
SPRINGS are located directly the line of tn g
Railroad, while the Sweet, Healing, Hot, Warm
A um and others within a short distance of it
and easy of access by regular lines of Glass
Stages.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-31
EXCURSION TICKETS AT LOW
RATES

naenceg June'lst and ends October 3Ist of each
year. at all the principal Ticket Ofces in the Uni
ted states
For Rates, Imformati N, Tickets, &C &C.. ap-
ply to GEO. NJ. MCKENZIE
Ticket Ag't, Greensboro, n G.
u @. DsME, Sole Agent.
U. r ao~aap, Gent Psz'ngr and Tiekit Agt
Jam. n
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-29

Street Commissioner Marker is confined
to his bed by sickness.
VIM. Fl. Atwood, Esq, was suddenly
called to Galva, his home, this morning,
on telegram announcing the serious i'll
ness of his mother. He returned on the
afternoon train.
Mr.. John H. Cook, a we'll known rail
road man, and for some time in the service
of the st, L., R, l. & c. road at this point
and a boarder at the Harper House has
been appointed station agent of this road
at ST. Louis. He takes the place of one
H, ii. Rapp, one of Osterberg, Skinner &
Co.'S favorites,
Last week, Friday, we had very short
call from Timothy Dutton, Esq, and
James Taylor, Esq, of Edgington,
The next day Esq. Dutton, who
remained in town over night, called again
Mr.. Dutton settled in Edgington in 1888,
and the next year was chosen justice of the
peace, which office he has held since that
time-37 years. He has been town clerk
for the last Is years. He has been a con
slant subscriber to THE ARGUS since ii
was started in 1851. Mr.. Dutton is ma
tive of Mortified, Mass, and is now y
years Of age. He says the infrmities OF
age admonish him to retire from Office and
he shall not be a candidate for clerk again,
He is a most excellent man, held in high
respect by all who know him,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-29
What the Bilious Require.

Since torpidity of the liver is the chief
cause of its disorder. it is evident that
what the bilious require is an alternative
stimulant which will arouse it to activity,
an effect that is followed by the disappear
ance Of the various symptoms Indicative
of its arrangement, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters invariably achieve the primary
result mentioned, besides removing the
constipation, fatuleuce, heartburn, yell
lowness of the skin, and whites of the
eyes, pain in the right side and under the
right shoulder, nausea, vertigo, and sick
headache, to which bilious invalids are
peculiarly subject. As remedy for
chronic Indigestion, mental dependency
and nervousness the Bitters are equally
efficacious, and as a renovant of lost vigor,
a means of arresting premature decay, and
a source of relief from the iCfrmities to
which the gentler sex is peculiarly subject,
they may be thoroughly relied upon.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-29
Obituary,

THoMPSON-Athis residence in Moline town
ship, on Sunday Jeu. 2Sth 1877. John Thompson
aged II years.
Deceased was born in Indiana Co. Pa,
Jan. 14th 1906 moved to Rock Island Co.,
Ills. in lS43 aud has resided on the farm
where he died since 1859,
Mr.. Thompson was an exemplary mem
Der of the NJ. E, Church for the last 40
years. He was also member of the Old
Settlers Society since It's organization. He
was good citizen and held 10 high res
peet by all who knew him.
lt will be remembered that Mrs. Thomp-
son was accidentally thrown from a wagon
in July 1873, and lost her life, since which
time Mr. Thompson has seemed, at times,
melancholy, aud peen in failing health.
The surviving children are William
Thompson and Mrs. j. d. Taylor, of this
city, and Mrs. james G. Wells, and Mrs.
Susan Higley, of Moline, and Miss Katie
Thompson, who resided on the farm with
her father.
His funeral will take place from the N.
il. Church Moline, at l / a. mon Tuesday.
the 30th. The Old Settlers Society and
friends generally are Invited TO attend.
Union please copy.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-29

Upon entering the Ninth Street NJ. Z.
church, yesterday, every member was
agreeably surprised to see two large and
costly upholstered chairs on the pulpit
stand, aad the question rapidly went
around, where did they come from? p
who gave them to the church ?"-but no
one coald tell until after the morning ser
vices, when it leaked out that Mrs. Alfred
Caulclesure. a worthy member of the
Christian church. had raised funds and
purchased and presented them to the
church in gratitude to the members
who had persuaded her husband to Join
the church during theslate revival. The
chairs will be highly priced By the con
gregation.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-29
Who Shall be The Fifth Judgeq

Some of the newspapers seem to think
that the committee of Is on the electoral
count will be closely divided on party
lines, and that the!5th judge will have to
decide every question in regard to disput-
ed electoral votes. We anticipate nothing
of the sort. The questions to come before
that committee are questions of law and
of fact, and we do not expect, among the
distinguished lawyers and jurists who will
compose that committee, a division on
party lines; nor do we care which of the
four judges, Davis, Bradley, Swayne and
Hunt shall be selected. The choice is
confined to associate justices, thus exclud-
ing the chief justice. The case of Tilden
and Hendricks is SO clear and just that we
would be willing to submit it to any 5
Judges on the bench, although of the 9
are of Republican iantecedents and were
appointed by either Lincoln or Grant.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-29

A WONDERFUL REMEDY. The Worlds
Great Cough Medicine. DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption will cure a
cough in one-half the time necessary to
cure it with any other medicines, ana it
does it not by drying it up, but by remov-
ing the causes. Subduing the irritation
and Lealng the affected parts For all
cases of hoarseness, suppression or loss of
voice, severe chronic or lingering coughs
bronchitis, or affection of the throat and
lungs, it will be found to far surpass any
medicines that haYe ever before been of
tered to the public 1t has wrought a
complete change in the cough medicines
Is entirely different from all others. If
you would convince yourself of its wonder
full qualities call at the drug stores and get
trial bottle free of cost or a regular size
bottle for one dollar.