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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28
ICE At THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

The following lisa summary OF a paper
by Professor Hind, in which he describes
the remarkable effects'of an "anchor ice"
on the coasts of Labrador and Newfound,
land:
"Anchor ice is a form of ice which
occurs 10th in fresh water and sea water,
and is known tc the Germans under the
name of 'Grundeis,' to the French Cana
dams under the name of 'Frazoo,' and
to the old sedentary sealhunters under
the name of Lolly.' Anchor Ice forms
in rapid rivers, and has not un8equehtly
| been described. 1t is, however, On the
borders of the artic current, where sea
water rapidly cools in the fall of the
year, along our coasts, that anchor ice
manifests itself in a peculiar manner.
During the first cold snap, at the begin
ming of winter, say toward the middle of
November, and early in December, the
sedentary ~sealers often had small spiculn,
or needles of ice, formed on the corks of
their nets, which are set in eight, ten,
and sometimes fifteen fathoms oewater.
If the seal-nets are not soon taken up
when the corks near the bottom begin to
show the ice,needles forming about them,
they are liable to be lost. The spicule
%accumulates very rapidly, and being
lighter than the water, they will enable
the corks to raise the Whole of the net
to the surface, and if the anchors are not
frozen to the, bottom of the sea- the net
is liable to be driIted away by the tides,
1t sometimes happens that the anchors
of seal-nets are frozen to the bottom, and
when forcibly detached, they bring up
masses of frozen sand, and this from a
depth of fifty and sometimes seventy feet
below the surface of the sea. In other
words, the bottom of the sea is frozen
This remarkable phenomenon was mex
plicable till Despretz showed that sea
water in cooling does not follow the Or
law which governs fresh water
when it cools from forty deg. to the
freezing point. But sea water increases
in density regularly as it cOols, hence the
water is always at the bottom.
Sea water freezes at t~wenty-seven dogs.
Fahrenheit, or five dogs. below the freez-
ing point of water hence, as the coastal
cool in the fall on the Labrador
and northeast Newfoundland shores, the
bottom layer of water acquires, during
a cold snap, a temperature of five degrees
below the freezing point of fresh water,
and from every rough surface, such as
bits of sand, seal-net-corks, seal
nets themselves, minute spicule of ice
orm, first at and near the bottom, where
;he water is coolest, and these very
accumulate, break off, and rise
the surface, forming the folly
When sealers see Jolly forming they ct
,nce take up their seal-nets; and it
,ften happens on the Labrador that seals
AIKEN in nets sunk fifty feet below the
gurface are found frozen solid when
to the surface. Toronto Globe.
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BURYENG a FORT.

Quite an original method of taking a
fort is Subscribed in Interchangeable.
In 1896, a large Russian army besieged
the Turkish fort of Azof, which was sit
uated on q plain, strongly fortified, and
had a small but well disciplined garri-
son. Noaommon approaches could be
made to it, and the Turkish cannon
swept the level with iron hail. In this
case the engineering skill of the Russians
was bafied, but general Patrick Gordon,
the right-hand man of Peter the Great,
and the only one for whose death it is
said he " shed a tear, being deter
mined to take the place at any cost, pro-
posed to bury it with earth by gradual
approaches. He had a large army the
soil of the plain was light and deep and
he set 10000 men to work with spades,
throwing up a higR decentralization of
earth wall before them in advance. The
men were kept in gangs, working day
and night, the earth being thrown from
one to another like the steps of a stair,
the top gang taking the lowest place
every half hour in succession. In FIVE
weeks the huge earth wall was carried
forward nearly one mile, until it rose to
ard above the highest ramparts, and the
earth began to roll oyer them. This
caused the Turkish governor to hang out
the white flag, and give in. Had he not
done 50. general Gordon would have
buried the fortress.
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SYLLABUB.
KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE.

All that is left of Blarney Castle, a
mere skell, stands somewhat apart from
the village of Blarney and the lake,
though it is near to the mansion now
occupied by the possesser of the estate.
I was admitted to the castle by the
woman, who babe me climb till I came
to the top, and she did not omit to eau
ton me against falling off OF the way
up. I climbed, and climbed, and
| climbed. Three or four times on the
way to the turrets I might have dropped
down from the doorless passages that
opened into the interior. There is not
a door left in it frem the foundation to
the top. The castle is like an enormous
chimney full Of mallWindows. By the
side of the spiral stairs that screw their
way up one corner of the building there
are small chambers-hardly large enough
for sleeping rooms, though perhaps once
used for that purpose-with walls Of
amazing thickness. On the top I fol-
lowed the wall, quite bSbad enough for
a footpath, till I came to that part of it
owhere the famous stone is~lodged, held
in its place by strong bars Of iron. The
outer ruin or turret is larger than the
castle, and is held in its place by pro-
truding stones; anywhere along the top
between the supports you may look down
the wall of the castle through the gap,
and the sight on a windy day, when the
ruins seem to quake under you, is by nc
mean inspiring. The Barney stone is
clasped to the outer parapet by the irons
I have already referred to, and in order
to reach it you must lean out over the
open space between two and three feet
in width. 1t is quite imF99ssible to
touch it with your lips without the as
s~istance of a second party who hangs ON
to you in the rear to prevent your diving
out through the chasm beneath. I was
alone; the wind whistled about my ears;
and all the grass and fern tufts that have
sprouted among the ~decaying mortar
Missed spitefully. I cautiously crept to
the edge of the wall, and while the earth
seemed to swim under me, while the
walls of the cid castle seemed to sway to
and fro, I reached out to the parapet and
touched the stone with my finger tips.
This is DIS zeal as / ever get to it, but /
have had enough. There is a stone
down stairs on the ground which is far
more convenient, and is usually substi-
tuted for the original. For more than
four hundred years this castle has been
the s~oul-Eeature of Importance in a very
cheerful though lovely landscape. The
square tower, with its machicolated bat
that is left of the castle
has been visited by pilgrims from every
cline. But it doesn't pay. It is very
dreary and very tiresome. The man on
the lawn who sells big oak ornaments is
more attractive. The woman who holds
the keys of the castle, and who talks as
if she had been brought up on Blarney
stones, is better worth your attention.
Catholic Standard.
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FROZEN BEEF E

lis also very grateful to the sick, espec-
tally those suffering with fevers, and often
reiishes, and can be retained. in the
stomach, when in this liquid state it
would be impossible. r.
SYLLABUB.
The juice and grated rind of a large
lemon, four glasses of white wine, a
quarter pound pulverized sugar; mix
and let it stand some hours; then whip
it, adding a pint of thick cream and the
whites of two eggs beaten to a froth. 1t
should be made a hour before using, set
in the refrigerator to keep cold, and
served from. a glass dish. Sprinkling
with colored sugars in designs forms a
variety.
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Five Thousand Books Given Away for
the ANkRmE.

While DIR. FL. James was attached to the
British Medical staff in the East Indies, his
high position enabled him to call about him
the best chemists, physicians, and scientists
of the day, and while experimenting with and
ameng the natives, he accidentally made the
discovery that CONSUMPTION can be positive
ly and permanently CURED. During the
many years of his s%ojourn there, he devoted
his time to the treatment of Lung Diseases,
and upon his retirementhe left with us books
and papers containing full particulars, show.
ing that every one can be his " physician
and prepare bis own medicine, and such in.
formation as we have received we now offer
to the public without price, only asking that
each remit a tbree-cent stamp for postage.
Address CRADDOCK & CO, 1882 Race ST.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28

SINGS Ike BIRD. The delight.
full effects Of this new principle, Dr.. q. II.
McLean's Cough 4 Lung Healing GIobuIes,
AS the saliva in the mouth acts On the Gle
bule d gas is generated which soothes and
heals irritation Of the throat and lungs,
makes the voice clear as bird, cures Hsarae.
ness, Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Trial
Boxes, BY mail. Is cts. DR.. j. q. Mclean,
3l4 Chestnut, 81, Louis.
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Capt. r. FL. Young, q. s. Army, says:
ssSharp's rifles are The best IN The World; 2 and
so say hundreds Of thousands Of others who
Rifle Co, Bridgeport, Conn., for illustrated
price List free.
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Two little girl,

Tive little girls were lately prattling
together, and one of them said, eve keep
four servants, have got six horses, and
lots of carriages; noW.9>what have you
got ?" With quite as much pride the
other answered: "We'Ve got a skunk
under our barn."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28

"a married man up town had blue
glass put in his wifs's sittingroom-to
match her eyes, he said. She returned
the compliment By having red glass put
in her husbands library-o appreciate
the compliment.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28

tBrOwn's Bronchial T~rOcHes.'
Coughs and Colds are often overlooked. A
continuance for anylength of time causes
irritation Of the Lungs Of some chronic
Thread Disease. aBroaun's Bronchial Troches'
are an eifaectual CouGH REMEDY.
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Six girI babe

Six girl babies were born ia one
house in Emanuel county Grgia, ID
n night recently, and man
had to own that he was gandlatIler IL
the lot.
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an experience 81 ever twentv.

HFTER an E1ptTIElC6 o. OV8 twenty
i've ysars, many leading physiefans acknoWl-
edge Nlatahe t~agaefsnbery MarshaH's Uterine
Is the only knOWn csrt4in remedy
l0rdissases Ia WhichM0menar are subject. The
Graefsnbesg K9etable Plls, The most popular
remedy of the day Tor hli0usneas, headache.
liver complaint and diseases of igestion. Sold
BIZ anduggists send fol almanacs. Graefen.
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JoHNsoN's ANoDYEE IMMINENT NAV
be adnenieteged to children with perfect sue.
cess, in cases of Group, whooping cough, in.
~luenza, and almost any Of the diseases to
which they are liable.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-04-28

VEGETABLE Pulmonary Balsam, the great
New England cure for coughs, colds and con-
sumption. Cutler, Bros. Cos, Boston, only
genuine.
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FELES
SEALS g. FOSTER,
Rn,sH Rnnr,

For 81 VIC will send free by mail and guarantee
their safe arrival:
y Roses, all different sorts,
or 90 VerbenaS, all " I"
s. 10 Verbenas and 6 Roses, different sorts,
g. Is Basket or Bedding Plants,
- 8 Bedding Plants and 5 Geraniums,
I" 10 Geraniums, all different sorts,
q Il Double Tuberose, blooming bulbs.
I" II Gladiolus, fine blooming bulbs,
4" 6Tuberose and 6 GladioluS. .
Plant Catalogue of 80 pages free.
40 Sweet Chestnut Trees for 81.
or 80 strawberry Plants, 4 sorts,
- 10 Concord Grape Vines,
g. 10 Grape Vines, 5 sorts,
{" 6Currant Bushes, 4 sorts,
s. II Raspberries, 4 sorts. :
A list of mailable Trees and Vines and a 64-page
Descriptive Catalogue free.
STORIES, HARRISON & Co., gainesville, Lake Co. o.
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OPPRESSION after. eating, headache,
nervous debility, are the effects of indiges>
ton. One, or two at most of Parson's Pur"
gatiye Pills will give immediate relief.
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A POSITIVE CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circu-
lar to Helphenstine& RertlY, Westinghouse
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RHEUMATISM cured at onceby Durangs
Rheumatic Remedy. Send for circular to
Helphenstine & Bently, Washington, D. G.
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BURNETTs FkAEoRING EXTRACTS are.
used end indaased b. the best hotels, con.
f~eetioners gfoCers, and the first families IN
the cOnntrR
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..Brown's Bronchial TroeInes.,.

DURAEG's RHEUMATIC REMEDY never
fails to cure rheumatism. Sold by all druggists
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PILES!
The ALBION Mill,

E. n. Kelley, SIpt.,
FAST KILLINGLY, CON N.
Offers for sale the following machinery. part run
ming: Two WhitinE LAsDperS, tWenfy-Atx
Cards, one Eine English Spceder- two
Brown English S~peedeFa, tive Wrappers,
ffty WRrpGr Bea mrs. two DFesSPrS, mStS
Looms. One GEaO Issan d SPOORS-
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BOOK for the MILLION.
Card Writing, A rEs c WsEK

WEhave, by actual count over forty different prep.
%aratiOns for cough .inCludin 2 all IT" BdaTn me1lTlh,s
old and now, called for in this section. WebaNr sntn
Hatch's Universal onehSyrupi for I'VE years, Wi" wi
no news pa per udVertisin g. this renedY, has had u salo
larger than any other. 1t sells steadily and main
taiHs itself and our customers speak uniioIHsig 10 's
~ CARPENTER & DARRELL, Albion, N. y.
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BREAKFAST T

Stir two well beaten eggs intoa pint of
milk, with q little salt, and a piece of
butter, melted. Then pour all into a
pint and q half of -four, so as not to have
it lumpy. Stir dP thoroughly, then
butter the cups into which the batter is
poured, filling them two thirds full.
10 preserve potatoes till spring put d
quantity Of powdered charcoal into the
bottom Of the potato bin; it will pre-
serve their flavor, and prevents the
sprouts from shooting out as early as
they otherwise would.
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10 Sehd al advertising order to I.I5O npwsrnpe
would require an investment of S3f.5O for postage:
stationery would cost nearly as much; the laInr III
addressing A-A3O envelopes il considerable; to write
A.AoO orders would be Il great task; to print them
would cost something. Our price for IL five line ad-
yertiSement III the whole I,I5O papers, one week. is
$4S.70, or but a little more than the postage.
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THE JELLY BAG

Should b made Of flannel, eight or ten
inchesacroas the opening,a and about halfa
yarddeep, narrowing to point at the bot
tom. Il can be suspended b. strings Or
loops between two kitchen chairs, if no
better conveniences are at hand. The
liquid that runs through first should be
poured back into The bag until It runs
through clear. The gelatine may be put
ID swell il water the night before if de-
sired, and then the jelly can be made in
3 few moments il the morning. II makes
q delicate dessert, and nothing is more
easilymade, though those who do not 10
about it rightly think it takes 4 great
deal Of time and trouble to make it. Tt
very agreeable to invalids, II quite
as and u admissible ID almost any dis
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LEMON JELLY.

Take one box or two ounces OF gela.
tine, which should be first soaked in
water for two hours; drain off the water;
then take two quarts Of cold water, one
and 2 half pounds Of sugar, put in the
beaten whites Of three eggs, the juice Of
three good sized lemons, the yellow rind
pared off in strips, from one, a stick of
cinnamon, ASttle nutmeg or other spice
stir all the ingredients together when
cold, then boil the whole mass together
for five minutes, and then pour through
9 jelly bag, when It may be put in glasses
Or moulds, and when cold is ready for
use. The n1oulds should be first wet in
q little white Of egg and cold water, 80
that the jelly will not adhere to them.
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NOTICES IN NEMS COL1MNS.


TohaVe an advertisement set up in the form Of
reading matter, and inserted in the n0wR columns of
newspapers, Is Il very efficient mode of ADVERTISING
These lists of newsp pers offer advantages in ths
respect which no other newspapers or lists of news
papers possess. Manufacturers and merchants desir-
ing To publish Il description of their wares or cstah-
lishments will find this plan very seryiceahlc. By
publishing a series of brief notices, they can soon
make the merits of their goods familiar to the people
OF the regions i'll which theCe papers are published.
CALCULATIONS.
The CirCulatiOns given are from the American
Newspaper Directory for 1876, and in hundreds Of
cases are too small. For instance, the Chicago led
ger, which appears at 1000 circulation actually is
sues IL, 900 weekly.
This is the only list of Cu-orrrative Newspapers
which has ever exhibited to the advertiser tho cir
%culation Of the separate papers and on this list the
actual character of each paper, whether the hest or
only paperin a place, is plainly indicated in every
case. Send for Catalogue.
Of the papers can he found in the office of Beals 4
Foster, II Park Row, New York A partial file, to-
gether with samples of all. may be found at $50
Worth Street. New York 1l4 Monroe Street, Chi
cage, Ill.,; 1865 East Water Street, Milwaukee,, Wis;
II Wabashaw Street, st. Paul. Mimi; l45 Race
Street, Cincinnati, o.; 2 Second Street, Memphis,
Tenn.
For Catalogue address
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1oeAtra charge for CutS, trade marks, unusual dis
riIp or auHertIttments inserted across two or more
H,h n INC ohtV trehty-sereH cuts are required for the
Wnule number of Newspapers. Cuts should not lie
"NcI Two ana one-ClgLth inches in width.
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1850
N Z W PER s,
CUES AND ELECTROTYPES,

The attention of Advertisers is called to our List
of Weekly Newspa pers.
Send for Catalogue.
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l. II ~ spa psfs are Of the better class; the quality
>, ,sa pa i %y dthar them is Of a higher price than that
- ?rh ~ onHtl concerns, they are better edited by
IiGfcr priced men, having grentcr cxnrrience'
Their aggregate and average circulation ia f.roo
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-08

titled that Butler, q member Of the
House from that county, who was sup
posed to be In limited circumstances
before the election, Immediately after
purchased q half interest in a steam
saw mill for $1,000, which occasioned
surprise and remarks among the neigh
bors.
The parties managing the ~investiga-
ton saySthey r only on the threshold
Of the testimony.
Mosier, of Wasco county, who APP
and
wanted money for his vote, and after
wards voted for Grover, and who told
Goodman, senator from Linn county,
Fthat- money could DO had and That It
was right 10 take it, Is nowkeepiug ont
of the wal. of the United States mar
shall. When last heard from he was
100 miles from here. 1t Is not proba-
BILE he will be found. 1t has not been
possible to find Butler, Mosier's fellow
member, and 1t Is feared both will elude
the commission who are making every
effort to secure the attendance Of these
persons.
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rRLEoRAPHIc TICKS.

roll E--. zHZ- a.
Gen. Grant will dine with King Leo
pold to-day at Brussels. , -ef
Strong rumors have reached London
from Rome Of the death of the Pope.
O'Leary, the pedestrian, failed to
accomplish his 500 mile walk in New
York. 7EED .
Barlow s. Bros large shipyard at
Jacksonville, Ind, was burned Satur-
day; loss, $50, ; ~
Commodore N. Meredith, of Maren-
go, was drowned near Columbus, Ohio,
while fording a stream. So -
Willis Beard and Willis Eastman
were drowned, Saturday, at Concord,
N. H, by capsizing in u pond.
The Boston wool market continues
brisk, and there Is good demand for all
grades: Receipts about U0, 00O pounds.
Seven hundred and thirteen Mormon
emigants arriyedi in New York on Sat
urday, and promptly left for their des-
tination. r-
Young, McNaughton s. Co., import.
ers of drygoods at Montreal, failed yes
terday. Liabilities, $4,000; assets,
go per cent.
John A. Kasson, minister to Austria,
and Theodore Tilton and two daugh-
tiers sailed for Europe Saturday in the
| City of Brussels.
Geo. W. France has commenced suit
against the st. Louis Dispatch for
alleged defamation of character, claim
IL g S25, 900 damages.
A military company left Covington,
KY, to assist the sheriff of Carter
rnttpfu In orrcGtinn q 1.as,l nf t,nr.a-
thieves and desperadoes.
At the i~nter-college athletic con-
tests on Saturday, Columbia, Prince
ton and the University of Pennsylva-
mia carried off the honors.
Subscriptions in New York to the
new 4 per cent. bonds up to the open
ing of business on Saturday amounted
to a little over Sl2, 900, 900.
A base ball player was killed at
Poughkeepsie during u game there on
Saturday, a runner striking him on the
head as he stopped to catch o ball.
Captain Joseph E. Griffith, u gradu-
ate of West Point and connected with
the Engineer Corps, U. s.. A., died of
apopleXy at Iowa City on Saturday.
Joseph McCammon and Major Thos.
Bradley, of the board who aie investi-
eating alleged irregularities in the Iu-
dian office, left Washington for the
west Saturday evening on official bust
ness.
G. C. McClay, wife and baby, Mrs.
T. l.. Mccullough and baby, and Mrs.
Brown were given poison in some milk,
at Upton, Mo-, by Il negro woman, on
Saturday, and are now in a critical
condition.
The Democratic ring judges in Mary
land, recently indicted for their crimes
by tile grand Jury, have retaliated Ivy
procuring the arrest on a charge of
perjury of Gen. John. S. Berry, fore
man of the grand jury. Geli. Berry is
one of the most eminent citizens of
Maryland, of high character and great
wealth. This action of the judges Will
not help their case.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-08
The National Rife Association.

New York, July THE National
Rifle association yesterday accepted
the medal offered by Gen. d. D. Wylie,
Chief of Ordnance, to be shot for with
the military rifle at 800 and Loco yards,
with seven shots ut each distance. A
letter was received from Thomas ].
Jacques, chairman Of the New South
Wales Ride association, relative to the
match for the Centennial trophy. He
suggests us the views of the ~associa-
tion that the ranges should be 800, 1000
and HOO yards, IS the distances are a
better test of skill than those adopted
at the late match; that the match
shonld not be shot on any ground on
which members of any of the Compel
ing teams have frequent opportunities
for practice; that no member Of any
competing team be allowed to fire on
the range selected for a match; that
the match be shot every third year, in
order that teams from distant countries
may be able to participate. {