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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-04-11

BLUE GLASS OR SUN BATHs.-The
accounts of cures effected by sun
baths under associated blue and
white window panes which General
Pleasonton first published have been
so widely circulated in all their de-
tails that we will not 60 over the
ground again. The diseases tor
which, according to his observations,
these sun baths are most useful are
those which depend to great extent
on nervous debility-fnnctional dis.
eases Of the nervous system, result
ing in sleeplessness, loss Of appetite,
neuralgia pains in all parts Of the
body, and all sorts Of unaccountable
symptoms. Several cases Of entire
recovery from rheumatism, and one
from sciatica, are reported. If all
his accounts were simply the ipse
dixit of Gen. Pleasanton we should,
from our knowledge of the exaggera-
ted Importance which his Jealous eye
detects in facts Of little significance,
be inclined to discount them several
per cent, but since d few of them
were the personal experiences of 9TH
err people, told in letters to him, and
since reports are accumulating from
all parts of the country Of wonderful
relief from pain, and other diseased
conditions, by such sun baths, we
will, after deducting something for
the influence of faith or imagination,
allow that very considerable benefit
may be derived from them. Whs.;
gives US faith, however, is net the
honest source from which many of
these reports come, bit it is a gene
rally accepted fo.ot that there is q
healthful an9. vivifying influence in
the sunbeam. We do not believe
tina. this is increased by any electro
magnetism developed by the inter-
position of colored glass, for the un-
modified sunlight is capable of pro
dacing all the beneficial effects which
are now enormously attributed to
some added Influence of blue glass.
II Dr.. Ed. Foote, Jun., in New York
Herald.
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MO-. 81.
Singular Dream.

About year or more ago q man
lost his wife by death, and was there
fore left q widower. Time wore on,
and grief at his loss wore off; but
one night his former wife appeared
to him in the form Of an angel
The once beloved introduced to the
solitary man woman whom she
whispered to be his second wife,
The face and form were strange, but
the tone and features were much i'm.
pressed on the mind Of the man.
Several weeks passed on, but he fail
ed to find womaa's face correspon.
ding with the likeness he carried in
his heart, until one day fair ono
passed him on the street. The mys-
terry was solved, the dream had part
ly come true; but the woman was a
stranger. Time, however, worked
out such matters, and a few weeks af-
ter the twain met at party, became
acquainted, and the sequel was that
the dream was fully realized. The
couple are now living together id
happiness. The New Jersey Mes
senger (Swedenborgian) speaking of
premonitions says; "They are caused
by spirits. who are always present
with man, and are constantly exert.
ing an influence upon him. This in
fuence is generally inappreciable.-
1t does not take away mans free
dom. 1t is not casual and special
instance of :Providential care, as the
Bible abundantly testifies If we
were more susceptible to their infu-
ence, they would keep us from natu-
raj and moral danger much more FREE
quently than they do now. The
aversions and attractions, and the
unaccountable misgivings or conf,
sence which we some times expert
ence, are due to their influence. Wa
are subject to bath good and evil in
fucnces from this source; and wd
come more fully under the good or
evil according to our character. AZ
we shun evil and live according to
the commandments, we come moro
fully Under the power of the angels.
who can protect us from danger and
lead us to good. Some persons are
more easily impressed by their in
fluence than others, and there may
be times when we come more fully
under their power than at others
But the angels and good spirits al:
ways do the best they can for us.
We are always in their presence, and
as men advance in spiritual life, they
will be lead more entirely by the
Lord by means Of His word and the
messengers He sends to us.-[Otta-
wa (Can. Press.
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-"WHAr gender is sugar2' asked
a teacher of the grammar Glass;
"What kind of sugar2'' asked a boy,
"What kind?" repeated the teacher,
what has that to do with it?"-
"Why, if its maple sugar it's femi.
nine gender said the boy. '.Why
feminine gender1' asked the teacher
with a puzzled face. Because you
can't tell its age" promptly replied
the boy. i
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in order; we did not return until past
ten o'clock, when, to our surprise,
we found the servant sitting in the
hall with the front door open. She
began to cry on seeing US, saying
she had been much frightened. She
told US that after we had gone out,
and she had changed he1 dress, as
she was coming out of per room,
which opened on to the ront stair
case, she thought she saw be coming
upstairs, only I had changed my
dress and had on long white one;
she exclaimed, ooh! MISS A.,
you are never going out nst now, in
your best white dress2'
"By the time she had said this the
figure was close up to her; then she
saw it was a woman dressed in a
long, trailing gown Of some white
material but she could not distin-
guish my face. The figure stopped
when quite close to her, and sudden
ly she thought what it really was
the ghost-upon which, with a
scream, she spralg over the flowing
train, ran down into the hall, aud
had been sitting by the open door
ever since, She had seen the figure
walk into the drawing-room.
The girl was so much alarmed
that | told her she could make up a
bed for herself in the room that !,
with my sister, was occupying, 1t
was the bed room where l saw the
old man by the fire. That night
passed quietly, but the next night a
strang thing happened. We were
very late; it was past twelve before
we all three retired to our room.
You will understand that there was
no one else in the house but our
three selves. AS the door would not
latch securely, placed before it, to
keep it shut, a chair, with a heap OF
things upon it. The servant and my
sister were in bed. I was standing
by the dressing table, when sudden
ly the door was pushed open so VIC
lently that the clair was thrown out
into the middle Of the room.
turned round sharply and there saw,
standing in the doorway, the tall fig
ure of woman in a long white
dress, such as had been described by
the servant. The sudden opening of
the door had so terrified both the
servant and my sister, that [ was
compelled to give my attention to
calming both of them down. I did
not tell them what had seen, as l
would not brighten them more. I
should add that when the figure went
away the door was drawn to again.
''Some few minutes passed before
l had quieted my sister. then
lighted night lamp and put the
candle preparatory to getting into
bed myself. TO my surprise 1 saw,
when the room was thus darkened,
that there was bright seam of light
all round the door, which would not
close tightly, I went and opened the
door, and found the whole passage H.
Illuminated by this white light, as
light as day, but saw no more of
the figure. This frightened me
dreadfully, but could only jump in
to bed, and feel glad it was our last
night in that house.
81 should say that for many years
that room had been nailed up, as un-
fit for occupation, on account of the
haunting; it had not been very long
unfastened when we went to stay
there. y E. J. Theobold, in the
London Spiritualist.
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Ghosts.

\ STORY OF A HAUNTED HOUSE.
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Iowa divine, and he ought to be sue
cessful when be comes down on the
flesh. pots.
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THERE'S LOVE AND LIGHT ABOUT
U.s.

Cheer up, sad hearts, tits not all dark
That broods upon our morning;
Above us sings the heavenly lark,
And sweetest light is dawnng.
For all our grief there's sweet relief,
Tho all the world may doubt us;
Oh, never fear, the day is near,
There's love and light about us!
There's love for thee, sad waiting heart
There's light for thee, dark sorrow
And love and light shall JOY impart,
And cheer the coming morrow;
Then look above, and see the love
That shines rs day without us;
Yes, look and see, that wide and free
There's love aud light about us!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04

An ounce weight and a ton weight of
iron viii fall down pit with equal speed
and in equal time. Until about 300 years
ago, all the learned men in the world dis
believed and denied it. Calico, an
Italian, taught the contrary TO the popu=
lar belief. The University of Pisa chal-
lenged him to the proof. The leading
tower of that city was Just the place for
such en- experiment. Two balls were OBJ
tanned and weighed, and one was found to
be exactly double the weight of the other.
Both were taken to the top. All Pisa
looked on, and crowds of dignitaries
were confident that young Calico, then
obscure and despised, but honored and
immortalized now, would be proved to be
in error. The two balls were dropped at
the same instant Old theory, and all the
world, said that the large ball, being
twice as heavy as the less, must come
down in half the time. All eyes watch
ed, and, 10 all eyes beheld them strike
the earth atsthe same instant Men then
dlsbelieved their eyes, and repeated the
experiment many times, but each with
the same result. The little ball was big
enough to destroy theory 1000 years
old; and had it been little as pea, it
would have destroyed it just as well, or
even more quickly.
But how was this ? Did not the earth
draw down the large ball, which was
double the weight of the smaller, with
double the force? Did not the double
weight indicate the double force2 Yes,
truly; but in drawing down the large
ball there was double force of resistance
to be overcome, and as the two forces
acted in given proportion on the large
bal, and in the same proportion ON the
less; the velocity of the two was equal,
though in bulk they were unequal.
Let us suppose that there be two wagons,
one with load of five tons, and the other
ten tons, and that the unequal loads are
drawn by an equal e-power-should
not their speed be equal, though their
weights are unequal I? No. There
must be double horsepower to draw
the double weight, to obtain equal speed.
Let ten-pound weight and a one-pound
weight fall to the earth at the same time,
and the earth must draw down the heavier
weight with ten times greater force than
the other that they may have equal
speed, and it does SO. A ton weight of
iron and an ounce weight, leaving the
top of pit at the same instant, would,
therefore, at the same instant fall to the
bottom,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04
A Bear Repulses an Alligator.

A party of six gentlemen were taking a
sail up McGirt's creek, Florida, recently.
While proceeding up the stream their
attention was arrested by the spectacle of
black animal, which they took to be a
hog, swimming from one bank to another.
Suddenly the serrated back of an alliga-
tor, who doubtless considered himself in
suited by the invasion of his domain, was
seen cleaving the water in the direction
of the intruder. AS his ponderous jaws
were about to close upon the victim,
bruin raised one of his massive paws and
bestowed hearty twack upon the skull
of the assurian, which caused him to dis
appear beneath the surface. He soon
emerged again, but the near approach
of the boat prevented renewal of the
contest. The party were, unfortunately,
unprovided with weapons of any descrip-
ton. One of them, Selling plank lying
in the boat, struck the bear several blows,
and another broke an oar over his head,
but failed to prevent his reaching the
bank, up which he scrambled more
frightened than injured. He was well
grown, weighing probably $50 pounds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04
Preventing HydrOpllObia,

DIR. Gryzmala, of Kriuoe Ozivoe, Po-
dolia, reports. that during the last ten
years he has treated at least a hundred
cases-in human subjects as well as
beasts-of bites of hydrophobic animals
with the powdered leaves of zanthium
spinosum, with success in every instance
but one, although cases of bites infiict-
ed at the same time, but treated in other
ways, had terminated in death. Tie
drug is described as possessing sudorifc
and slightly diuretic properties. The
dose for an adult is nine grains Of dry
powder Of the leaves, repeated three
times day, and continued during a
period of three weeks. To children
under twelve years of age half tile
quantity is given. Journal de znerd'
peuttque,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04
Terrible Effects of lightning.

=. A thunder storm in New Jersey re-
Gently was the most severe that has been
seen there for years, and great damage
was done in the interior of the State.
At about two o'clock, when the rain be-
gan falling, Mrs. Elizabeth Sandow,
wife of Augustus Sandow, a wealthy
farmer of Homestead Station, Hudson
county, was in the fields with her child,
Mary. She ran to shed near the farm
house, followed by Frederick Muller,
the hired boy. The boy picked up a
small piece of telegraph wire on the way
and carried it with him. The lightning
struck flagstaff on the barn and splin-
tered it. Mrs. Sandow fell PROSTATE,
and the child which she held in her arms
was thrown several feet away. Muller
was instantly killed. The electric fluid
struck his hand, in which he held the
wire, and ran upward to the shoulder,
leaving black streak. The childs leg
was blackened and burned. 1t died
within q few minutes. Mrs. Sandow
wasn't disfgured. She was picked up
dead
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04
A Benevolent MOcking Bird.

We find the following in the Eagle, of
Reading, Pa: Some time ago two
robins mated and built nest in one of
the trees in Colonel Borbon's yard,
South Fourth street. The fierce little
sparrows interfered and the nest was de-
stroyed. The sparlows then departed.
The robins then built another nest, and
in due course of time brood of little
young robins appeared. Hanging I'M
der tree near by is cage containing O
hooking bird. Several days ago Col.
Borbon passed through the yard and
noticed the robins fly up against the
mocking birds cage, and the birds make
a queer squeaking noise, creating the
impression that they were fighting.
Colonel Borbon at last thought SO, but
when he endeavored to chase the robins
away from the cage the women folks of
the house said they were not fighting,
but, on the contrary, the mocking bird
was feeding the robins, so that they
would have plenty for their little brood in
the nest. The matter was then inquired
into, and it was found just as the women
folks had represented. The robins fly
up and hang to the wires of the hooking
birds cage; the bird inside hands out
all the dainty food provided for him,
consisting of crackers, grasshoppers,
pieces of hard boiled eggs and other
food. The robins receive it in their
mouths and fly to their nest. When the
robins come to the cage the hooking
bird makes singular and unusual
squawking noise, and then proceeds to
share his food, unmindful of what his
own needs may be. The three big birds
and those in the nest are happy family
of domestic goodwill, and their per-
formances are extremely interesting and
novel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04
JeWsharDg.

Curious jewsharps are made by the
japanese and Fijians. Those of the
former are twelve inches long, made of
wood, and have reed tongue, which is
vibrated by the finger, and the sound is
given by the force of the breath and
modulated by the lips and cavity of the
mouth. These instruments are also
used in Burmah. The Fijian jewsharp
is of bamboo the tongue is made by
leaving vibratables slip when carving
longitudinal opening in the bamboo
strip. 1t is about foot long. The
Kafirs and the Tahitians have taken
great fancy to the jewsharp of the white
man, and it is rapidly superseding the
instruments of native manufacture. The
goatra of the South African bushman is
a sort of complicated jewsharp, in which
a quill is distended by the string of a
bow, and is breathed upon by the player.
A gut string is attached at one end
to one extremity of the bow, and
the other to an oval-shaped piece
of bustard quill, which is dashed to
the other extremity of the bow. The
quill is of an attenuated oval
shape, and its quality, as well as the
tension of the string, determines its
musical tone. The performer holds the
bow nearly horizontally, steadying him
self by placing his elbows on his knees,
his right forefnger into his right ear
and the forefnger of his left hand into
his left nostril. He is then ready for
duty. He breathes upon the quill,
eliciting tones both in expiration and in
SEPARATION. The instrument is the most
ingenious to be found in South Africa
and is a great favorite with the people,
though monotonous and weak in Tone
The string adds resonance to the tones,
which are like those of o jewsharp,
though inferior TO the latter. 1t seems
that no regular tune is attempted, but
the variations of tone follow each other
much as when person unskilled in the
jewsharp ELECTS sounds of varying pitch
by changing the position of his lips and
the strength of his breathing. When
the instrument is used by woman she
holds it differently grasping the mid
die and holding the instrument per-
pendicularly she blows upon the quill
and taps the string with small stick.
When the woman plays it is called O
| ioum-ioum,
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small squad Of sixteen police, who dared not
oppose the immense crowd. At eleven O'Clock
at night a mob attacked soldiers stationed in
the vicinity Of Sixteenth and HAlstead streets
The military at length replied with two volleys
and killed and wounded a number Of rioters
About twelve persons were killed during the
day and large number wounded. Several
hundred rioters were also arrested. In San
Francisco the citizens had formed themselves
into committees Of safety for the protection o.
person and property. A gang OF "hoOdlums ="
sssailed citizens and firemen who were attempt
ing to extinguish an incendiary fire at the
Pacific Mail steamship dock, and q desperate
fight ensued. The rioters were eventually
routed. One Of the citizens was killed and a
large number Of persons on both sides were
wounded, some fatally. In other parts Of the
country the strike seemed to have reached its
highest point The strikers ON several roads
resumed work, while on others they were evil
IDENTIFY only awaiting overtures from the railroad
officials to go back to their positions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04

Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly
give their Endorsement to the use of the Graef-
enberg- MarshalPs Catholicon for all female
complaints. The weak and debilitated find won
derful relief from constant use of this yalu-
able,remedy. Sold by all druggists. $3.50 per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Graefenberg Co.,
New York
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04

A valuable COW, belonging to gentle
man of West Sutton, Mass, was taken
with hydrophobia few days ago. She
beloved and struggled in great agony
during the spasms, became loose from
the stanchions, broke off one of her
horns, and became so dangerous it was
necessary to shoot her. The COW was
bitten in the jaw by dog, while being
driven from the pasture with others,
about two weeks ago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04

1t is remarked of many young men
nowadays that they show decided de-
termination to stand by the churches
'nlarly at the hour when the girls
out to be escorted home.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-08-04
Appetite n Necessity.

Appetite ID necessity. Without it, sufficient
food is not received into the stomach, either to
noulish the system or to give the slim illus to
the bowels which they require. Both these
organs and the liver become torpid in con-
sequence, and the blood grows poor in
quality and quantity. Improve the appetite,
therefore, and avoid such results. This is
most effectually done with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, tonic appetizer and altera-
wonted zest for food, but enables the stomach
to digest, and the system to assimiate it.
Flatulence, heartburn, nausea, and every other
concomitant of indigestion, are removed by it,
as are also biliousness and constipation.
Each nerve and fiber of the blood is made to
Jingle with health by its use, and it is the
leading remedy for dependency.