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The Tidal Wave.

The great tidal wave of May and 10'on
the Pacific is an interesting subject of study.
1t was evidently the product of great sub
marine upheaval, attended by vibration of
the earth over a vast area. The point of up
heaval is thought to have been in latitude %
degrees west, and short distance off the
South American coast, about $500 miles
south of San Francisco, and the time half
past A. NJ. on the 9th of May. The wave
traversed this distance in ten hours, reaching
San Francisco about haltpast 6 \. NJ. on the
10th, showing that II Travelled at the rate of
$50 miles an hour 1t reached the coast Of
New South Wales, about 5000 miles off, at
) 30 A. NJ. on the 18th, apparently day later
than It's arrival at San Francisco; but as New
South Wales is IN longitude 80 degrees east
there is a day lost between the two places,
and i l. probable that an accurate calCula.
non would show that its arrival in the two
places was nearly simultaneous Its most
marked effect was on the Peruvian and Chll-
ian coast, where there was FIRST a violent trcm-
or of the earth and next an influx Of tbs
wave, which rose TO a height OF forty or fifty
feet At Valparaiso 1t exhibited itself al,
hafpast 9 i. ". cr the evening of the 9Th,
showing that the point ct upheaval was about
$50 miles north OF that place. 1t is probable
the whole Pacific ocean shared in the dis.
LOUts Republican,.
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One of the most curious and costly OF all
the anomalies chargeable upon Protection"
appears 10 be the way the game has worked in
the matter OF so simple but necessary thing
as salt The subject has considerable light
thrown upon it IN the published proceedings
Of the National Butter Cheese and Egg As
ISOLATION, whose convention was held some
months ago IN Chicago. The question before
the convention was with respect TO which
was the best salt for dairy purposes, and the
answer was given with great unanimity that
certain brand called Ashton's, prepared in
Liverpool, was actually Indispensable to the
making o. the very best quality OF butter. 1t
seems that Orange county butter owes its
fame TO Ashtons salt, and butter experts
claim to be easily able to discriminate be-
tween brands in which this particular kind
of salt has or has not been used. The stan.
dard of Ashtols salt we are told has been
kept uniform for half centsry Its texture
or grain is peceliar-unique so TO speak 4;
and it cannot be initiated here or elsewhere,
as costly and elaborate and long-continued
experiment secras to have demonstrated. OF
course, Onordaga has pitted itself against
this wonderful rival, and done everything TO
triumph over ii that money and influence
could do. Onondaga manufacturers have
tried IN vain 70 initiate the Ashton salt, and
seem ne nearer to accom- fishing the much
desired end than they were at first. So, fan.
ing To make so good an article, they must
needs have their own inferior commodity
protected" Congress very Ohllglngly com.
plies with the request Of the Onondaga salt
manufacturer, and imposes heavy tax on
the Ashton salt so necessary TO the produc-
ton Of good butter. The average duty on
salt from 1889 TO 1862 was about eight cents
per bushe of flfty.slx pounds, allowing for
some periods when it was admitted free. The
&C; Of July II, 1862, put the duty up TO TWEEN.
iy.iour cents per hundred pounds, in sacks,
equivalent al three bushels no poCnds) a
sack at So gold, TO protection OF fourteen
per cent; al 50 sack, TO 2JA per cent; at
s. a sack, to 40S per cent. A sack OF Ash.
tUr's will salt about z ,000 at half an ounce oil
salt to the pound Of butter. The butter pro.
drced IN the country from 1862 to 1877 was
1900, 100000 pounds, needing I,OOOOOO
pounds OF salt, the enhancement In the cost
Of which 10 dairymen was $4,000. The total
enhancement in the cost of sal, consumed by
the country In the same period was Si0,0OO,.
| 600, and yet no good came of it, the foreign
competitor was not driven from the market,
and the revenue derived by the government
from il was in all only about Sl,5CCOOO. The
country was taxed forty millions TO produce
a million and half Of revenue, with the
specious pretext of an incidental protection
which did not exist at all. This Is the price
which the country pays IN order that the On
ondaga manufacturer of an inferior commo'
| di,y may obtain an advantage over foreign
manufacturers OF better and an essentially
necessary hrtlcle.--N. j. Mai
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MEpITATIoNs IN A CEMETERY.

On bright, clear Sabbath, the gently stir
ring breeze, the bird song and brightness
combine To make cheerful Sabbath among
the hills. Far away In sheltered corner
stands this little sabbath retreat-thls meet.
ing place among the hills. How strangely
sweet are the surroundings this morning in
this little sanctuary, where | remember my
mothers voice once joined, whose strains
now mIngle with Gods children above
strains sweeier thereon earth forgotten
now mlnglng above in the chorus OF the
lamb. How sweeily steals into my heart the
memory Of those other days, and her glsriiied
spirit rests in sweetness around my heart
the rest so sweet from LIES cares and tolls
sci free-;o know and feel her presence
around me tins morning. ! lay my hand
here; her old hymn book, worn with the years
that are gone, opens al the old famllia, hymns
shs lcTsd, snd my eyee are dimmed with tears,
while Around me are flowers everywhere
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We came INTO possession a few days since
Of some facts illustrating a most wonderful
and remarkable case and one that has few if
any parallels in this region of the State, and
which we give to our readers, vouching for
It's correctness In the Smiths Grove region
there lives the family Of Mr. w. j. Dicker-
son, gentleman vel! and .avorahly known
in the county. In the family there is bright
little boy nine years old, named James. Last
August he and his mother were pairing apples
for drying purposes with an ordinary machine
used fos THAI purpose. A three-eights inch
screw dropped from the machine, and James,
childi.he, put the screw into his mouth and
accidentally sucked it down his wlnd.plpe.
! lolent coughing followed without ejectng
the screw. On the first Of September the
little boy was taken to his bed, first with
chils and fever. This was followed with il.
termlttent fever which in turn was succeeded
by pneumonia and constant coughing, with
eXpectoration from the right lung. The suf
ferer continued TO grow worse, until in spite
of the best medical treatment and appliances
he wasted away to almost a skeleton from
what he had been. Death seemed Inevitable
and near at hand. Suddenly there ensued a
violent jerking cough, and the iron screw
was elected from the right lung, where it had
been since he swallowed it, over five months
ago. Proper restoratiyes were given, and the
little fellow has been steadily improving and
growing rapidly. He is now well and fat as
a pig and keeps the screw as memento,
while his father and mother are the happlest
two people about. The circumstance is GER
tainly a very singular one, and Is slbstan-
TALLY as we have related it.-B0rltRg Green
(hY) PaRtdordph.
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shade, at a table grooming with fattormng,
heat producing meats. On these he gorges
himself, until he Is as filed to repletion as
during the coolest days OF December or Jan.
uary. it takes repeated warnings and long
experience to teach HIM that 1t is just as
senselcss 10 do this III the depressing days of
July and August as it would be for him 10
wear his thick wooden fdnnels and overcoa,.
True philosophy would teach us to be as
careful to keep the inside Of The body as cool
as the outside.
A great deal OF stuff has been written con
cernlng the danger of cold drinks and eating
ices and creams There is danger under GER
tain circumstances as, for instance, when
large quantities are guped down while the
body is over-heatcd. But when no more heat
is experienced than what is inevitable in
warm weather from any, even the highest
exercise, draughts of water may be quatled by
mouthiuis at Il time, or even the coolest Of
creams and ices be slowly eaten with spoon,
without any risk, save in exceptional cases
Of course there are many ignorant and obstl
nate people, who, eating and drinking habit
ually like pigs, cannot be satisfied with this
quiet and temperate mode of endowment
They pay the penalty Of their dlsuualitica-
ton. But for intelligent people, who will
learn how to eat and drink reasonably, there
is abundance of heathful pleasure for the
palate, even during the hottest of hot DAYS.
Eating and drinking correctly is an art, and
has to be acquired-Ne,0 York Telegyam.
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from the woods, trophies of the school chill,
dren's rembles Looking wonderingly at
surrounding scenes, man, not past the prime
OF life, takes his text from place forgotten.
4 missionary sermon. How strangely clear
the story of the cross--ot the men aud wo.
men who left home and country % publish
salvation IN heather lands, battling IN the
ranks OF Jesus Poor only in the Masters
cause, rich N the SaviOur's love, well may
they sing from Greenland's Icy Mountains
4 pleasant sabbath service, and these chill
! dren, whose sweet voices mingle IN the Sab
bath music and school, what will the years
| bring them batting with temptation and sin ?
All! who can tell OG ,D,sy coming years Of
| the Journey just begun. Years may come
and 90, and returning may ask for these
faces-fOr the faces fallen asleep IN LIES bat.
tle-Hut they are all here, tho there are faces
gone forever iron. ,44.s .uiI. / miss them
here, and realize il ali the more 10 lift the
latch of rustic cemetery. The white stones
rise up In every place before me. Just be
fore me q stone, and on the top, Ia cut letters,
I"Gone Home,'-the name Wiley. IN up
lifted hand points where the freed spirit has
gone. IL the cold stone the letters cut in
verse
GO home, dear friends, and 10.
an not dead, but have 70 sleep.
Tho cold and silent IS my bed,
Ny rest Is swect-Hy sorrows ied.'
Above the sleeping face lay some delicate
wild flowers, some snow balls, and think OF
him and his short, sweet sixteen summers un-
til God called him 10 dwell among the an.
gels. How well We knew HIM! How many
loved him. Yetthe dear Father loved him best,
and carried HIM over the dark stream, where
tb ore il no night no sorrow. The lines rs | !
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\ grocer doing business on Michigan Grand
avenue was yesterday asked TO trust c1lored
man one day for quart of strawberries.
Cant do it-you'd never pay he replied
"Ill pay de money atOre eight o'clock IN
de mawning," earnestly continued the color
ed man.
perhaps YOU might, bu; don; believe it.
If you have no money now how will you
have il them
Don't AK me, boss-I'll have de cash suah.
lie just peIspirIng TO death for de want d
strawberries
DOCS any one owe you: :" asked the grocer
NO, sab"
Then how do you expect 10 get any mon
evs'
"Oh, de pay will be all right
81 guess rot. You'll have to Try some oEe
else" .,,
Boss, you hez pinned me right Io"G 10
cod facts" said the customer. - wants
strawberries. an 6ey haz get to come, an
derefore. let me say dat wasn't going gu;
tonight TO steal chicken an sell EN- 20 GET
money
"Ah, you wasnr:"
"No. SAB. cause dun pulled EN- in last
night. an devil be sold TO butcher dis even
InT. Dai's de cold fact, mister, an now w-ap
mn dem strawberries al, doaB' souse my con
fidence. ~-D,tg0H Fro Press.
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Summer i.nilng.

One of the things which the public does
not concern itself shout As much as II ought
Ia is the kind and amount OF food II shall ca,
during the summer. The generality of the
people 20 on in the sine way during the
Summer, that they DO 10 the winter, with re-
spect 10 the food they eat, varying II only as
thc seasons themselves vary il. The average
man or woman Is not apparently aware that
the heat of the human body may be materi.
ally increased or decreased according TO the
Kind and amount Of FOOD that is imbibed.
True, most people when the hot weather
comes along rush spontaneously TO fruit ana
cram themselves with berries, cherries,
peaches. wA,ermelons. canielopes, pears, and
often swallow much more than is good Tor
them. Hence cholera morbus, diarrhTa and
ether similar affections Of the stomach. But
very little oF no care Is taken in eating heavy
bel In ~ grra, quantity as during the COLI,
eat months Ia winter. Ii Is no inirequen'
sght 10 see man ST down, when the ther-
momeief Is At Dlre,yfve degrees IN the
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From Sandwich.

Foutlh of July was not known here. ~
caravan OF 100 teams, disjolnted, went to
Mllington TO hear Dr. Pierce and Will NJ.
Carleton.
Two houses and three trees were struck by
| lightning within the last week.
The friends of Charley Baldwin and Fred
Douglass here are glad TO know of their good
success on The Herald at MarseiIes.
Mayor j. NJ Hummel, the fartamed adver.
tlser and boss agricultural implement seller
of Sandwich, has already paid out $1,000 for
advertising, and his sales amount TO $4,000
for the first six months of this year.
The candidates for county offices gradually
thicken; already Messrs. \. E. Bourne, II. r.
Hall, S. L. Graham and Curtis are out for
school superintendent, with the chances in
favor of Mr. Bourne.
A few nights since some roughs here
bounced young man named Lang and his
friend Geo. Beck from Worthwhile for no 9TH
or cause than that they were young farmers
sons thigh responsibility. Beck was some
wha, injured, but Lang proved his proves
by smashing four men IN two minutes. Lang
had been in the regular army five years and
returned three months since, aud the TREND
of General Custer proved too many for the
young blades
| Elmer Emmons was arrested and lodged
in the calabOose-during the night some con.
ireres assisted him in escaping by smashing
the lock and the 4 DOR with sharp crowbar.
A number of men tried to capture him Satur.
day afternoon but failed to do so. lie, with
George Barnes, who was also arrested and es.
capped from the officer, the first named OF
whom has wife and family, are marauding
| in Little Rock Creek timber.
| G.. II. Robertson is delivering g series of
Bible lectures Sunday evenings al the Pres.
byterian church Besides the Sunday school
these are the only religious exercises held
J there.
! Rev c. Il. Black, so unceremOniously, TN
lawfully and treacherously dismissed by the
trustees of The Presbyterian church, has &C.
cepted call at FL Paso and has moved thith
Ter.
The Evangelical Temperance Alliance met
at the Congregational church Tuesday even
ing, and the exercises were of varied and
instructive nature. j. /. Montgomery, with
others, addressed the meeting.
The Red Ribbon Society Is firmly ground
ed and steadily increasing in members.
Persons fined here now must either pay
cash or work on the streets-no more feeding
convicts without compensation.
. Will Thomas was arrested on suspicion o.
assisting prisoner to escape from Jail. His
Examination came off before Esq. 5. b. Stun
son on Monday of this week, and owing TO {
lack of sufficient evidence the prisoner wa,
discharged.
The new parsonage Of the Lutheran churci
is nearly completed.
A. \. Marcy is away fishing at Silver Lake
and DIR. V. Nermilye will 90 this week.
Republicans are vexed because Hayes i
quasi democratic.
Mrs Ormsman died July :, aget 81 years.
o. " JSO
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of hay solely for the pleasure OF lodging IN
hog wallow. II you doubt it can show Jou the
hog.
A cute man says that he thinks in times like
these instead Of giving credit 10 whom it is due
the cash had better be paid.
No one ever knew until the other day that q
seamstress in Chicago was living on the income
of six cents per day. When the fact came out
several charitable ladies made her presents Of
old dresses and paper window shades.
The Moawequa Register gives plan that beats
them all: "An excellent and quick way to raise
beats is to place bent pin on the boxes where
they are wont TO congregate."
The New FORK Herald calls him Hilton, the
Moabite.n We thought there was Moa bark than
bite to him.-Bost0H Post.
A red hot item from the Bingham Dtmocrat:
This is the season when q fellow likes to sit out.
on the shed roof at night with nothing on but
his hide, and study astronomy and bugo!osy.
Gen. Grant should be presented with the free
dom Of the city Of Chicago. II would not do him
any good, but It might help Chicago St. Louis
Times.
Who now will doubt the stability Of our form
of government. y fourth Of July orator, after
contemplating its props, stays
and underpinnlng, declares that ut IS granite
based, mountain buttresscd rock-rootcd, lava bal
lasted, adamantine ribbed, cloud. capped, angelic
sentineled, heaven canopicd, and practically ii.
illustrates that the voice Of the people whose gov
eminent Il isis the voice Of God
II has been made against tho law for post
master to give a mans letter to his wi!o Egt
the thing mustn't stop here; now we want g
method TO prevent her from sorting oreg the
-'~utg Of his inside pockets, and perusins his
on, oor, '-sp0Ddence while Morpheus is hold. |
, ad, Ii'n in IN HE .s-GlOJC lmocat.
WAR.
Wheneer contending Princes fight
For private pique or public right, (,
Armies are raised, the fleets are manned
They combat both by sea and land.
When, after many battles past,
Both, tired with blows, make peace at las, !
What is it, after all, the ptoplc get? |
Why, tdreS sidotcS, UOodeH legs and dbt.
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II Won wish 10 subscribe for a Magazine CT
Newspaper, call st osmrn * Hafenan's' west o.
the Court House.
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NOTE, LETTER. AND hill;
y uF Nfls -rIr.rf On t-st-ciass style, By OSNAN
ifspENAS FEKz rEApKl OFFtcE.
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SEE FOR YOURSELVES.

,I Iss 4, se sal ssA'yCIIr x DRUG esrolxn;
AMI zines i. a. 1'4N"
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CREAM OF OUR EXCHANGES.

Ford's Lacon Democrat indites strong pui
of a soap sold by local dealer, and as an eyi
dence of IFS virtue the editor says he used 1t OF
his own person and came out of the bath viii
looks changed from those OF an old bachelor t(
youth OF TO- and fifteen pounds lighter!
Wouldn't wonder. The residium OF that wash
was sufficient to fertilize half acre garden
plat.
We have opened few papers in the last month
that have not, in connection with their local
high school exercises and commandments,
had a world to say in praise Of the "dear girl
graduate" Few acquitted themselves better
than the author of the following, which was "got
Off by one of the dear girls in Peru, we believe:
Here, as we stand in fair array,
lpon this sad commencement day,
And bid each other lcng farewell,
Our Paris muslin waists do swell,
Our painted lips breathe perfumed signs
Upon the platform as we stand
And each one grasps q kid gloyed hand
Twelve button-all the style they are,
-Four dollars and six bits pair.
Please tell me, If youll be SO kind
How does my filter look behindf
Ana do you think the audience knows
wear = paiF Of striped hoseY
usy'ii see my white hit shoes
Pm sur these are tWOs.
Threes are nv number
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EDDING AND INNlIALA ION
w PhPNi. su!.ueiOnes az osHsn = hApemAhs
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..Tne Conflicteor Ages. u

Men differ on nearly every issue There
have always been opposite parties in politics
and religion, though the measures fought over
one day may be universally adopted at another,
and those sacrificed regarded rs heroes and
martyrs Medicine has also been subject to
revolutionary disturbances. When Drs. Har-
vcy and Jcnner announced their discoveries,
they were held in contempt and ridiculc by an
incrcdulous and ignorant public; yet to-day
they arc received and honored by ALL as bene-
factors. When DR.. PIERCE announced his Dis
core,y, many seemed to doubt, and We're. skep-
teal concerning all medicines and doctoIs, but
proof of merit has dispcllcd all doubt and to-
day the Golden Medical Discovery is the stan
dard remedy in curing the most obstinate dis
eases of the liver and blood, having almost en-
tirely superseded the old time sarsaparillas by
reason of it's superior merits.
NORWICH, Chcnango Co., N. Y, Nov. 3, 1876.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D.:
was afflicted with scrofulous affection on
one of my legs. It was very troublesome for
over two wears, so much so that could not
wear 4 boot, and had to keep my leg ban
daged It resulted in a raw sore. 1t got
so bad that it became general talk that
would have to undergo amputation of the limb.
One physician told me he never saw such sore
cured I commenced taking your Golden
Medical Discovery together with your SRelletss
as directed on the bottles, andsNhcn IhAd cons I
sumed six bottles of Discoyeryamy legwa on !
tircly well, and has reInainedsso eyer since,;
"A period of over two years. and l woulds
not swap it for fifty wooden legs
Yours truly, JOHN SHATTUCK.
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A Bitter Lesson for her.

A dark haired, slender young girl, with
large brown eyes and pleasant face,
stood at the prisoners dock in a New
York police court. She was neatly dress
ed, though her attiSe was we'll worn, and
she stood with bowed head, while an &C.
casional sob shook her slender form.
Two other female prisoners stood IN the
dock with her. The one on her right was
a bold-faced woman, dressed in cheap
but gaudy finery, bedecked with tawdry
1ewelry and evidently familiar with her
surroundings. The other was an old
woman in dirty rags, which she scarcely
held upon her shoulders with one thin
and grimy hand. Her eyes were bleared
and her face bruised and bloated.
The judge looked at the strangely as
sorted trio. Then he said to the weeping
girl:
"How is it that so young a girl as you
should have come to this?"
II did not intend to get drunk judge "
said the girl. 81 went to a woman g
house and we drank some beer together,
and somehow don't rememder what hap
pened after that until I found myself in
the CELL #
Chow old are you?"
81 am going on sixteen sir.''
"Sixteen How do you like your
neighbours? Look to your right; that is
your next step. 1t won't take very long
for you to reach that stage if you con.
tinue as yon have begun. Now, look tc
your left: that is nearly the end, but it is
the sure end of the downward path.''
The young girl sobbed, but said moth
ing.
''You are young" resumed his honor
':This IS your first offence; I hope i
will be your last. You can CO."
The girl left the courtroom with hang
ing head, but the poman on the RICH
laughed and the woman on the left leerec
as they waited for their turn.
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Poor Girls.

The poorest girls in the world are those
who have never been taught how to work.
There are thousands of them. They have
been taught to despise labor, and depend
upon others for a living, and are perfectly
helpless. The most forlorn and miserable
women on the earth belong to this class.
It belongs to women to- protect their
daughters from this deplorable condition.
They do them great wrong if they neg
ect it. Every daughter should be
aught to earn their own living. The
rich as we'll as the poor require this treat
ment.