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Chess.

Tradition has it that the man who invent
ed the game of chess so pleased the king of
the country in which he lived that his mai
esty called his subject to him and said VI
am greatly pleased with your invention.
1t is a most wonderful game, and l wish 10
reward you. Ask of me any favor and
will grant it, though il costs me fortune"
"Then," said the man, as he laid the chess
board before the king, "I would simply
ask your majesty 10 place one grain Of
wheat on the first square OF this board, two
on the second, and so on, doubling the
number OF grains on each square, The
king said TO him that lie would like very
much to give him something valuable, but
as all be wanted was few grains OF wheat
he should have them. The reader will
now figure up the number OF bushels the
witty chess man would receive, allowing
half million grains 10 the bushel.
Few people have the least idea of the
enormous amounts involved in problem
of this kind, which is known 10 mathema-
ticians as geometrical progression. Take
the above example. There are Ga squares
on chess board which require the doub-
ling on each of So squares ofthe number Of
grains on the next preceding square. Foot
up the amounts thus obtained, and divide
by halfa million to get the bushels, and the
result will be over fifty trilli1ns, or TO be
exact, 5O,S60, ,7O5, Do, ,5G5 bushels, worth at
Sl.S0 per bushel sol ,565, ,466, ,4O0,6l or COM
paratiyely speaking not far from Sl00, ,000,-
900, ,000.-- Milpdukee NetUs.
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NO. 81.
Thoughts from Emerson.

-'Tis the good reader that makes the
good book.
We respect ourselves more If we have
succeeded.
Health is the condition Of wisdom, and
the sign is cheerfulness.
Each man has an aptitude born with
him TO do easily some feat impossible TO any
other.
Newton was great man without tele-
graph, or gas, or steam-work, or rubber
shoes, or luciIer matches.
DO not hang a dismal picture on the
wall, aud do not deal with sables and
glooms in your conversation.
There Is not joyful boy or an inno-
cent girl buoyant with fine purposes OF du-
ty, in all the street full of eager and rosy
faces, but a cynic can chill and dishearten
With a single word.
The passion for sudden success is rude
and puerile, just as war, cannons and exc
cuIions are used to clear the ground Of bad,
lumpish, irreclaimable savages, but always
to the damage of the conquerors.
I pronounce that young man happy
who is content with having acquired the
skill which he aimed at, and waits willing
ly when the occasion of making it sppre-
ciated shall arrive, knowing we'll that it
will not loiter.
-Self-trust is the first secret of success,
the belief that if you are here, the authori-
ties OF the universe put you here, and for
cause, or with some task strictly appointed
you in your constitution, and so long as
you work at that you are we'll and success.
ful. 1t by no means consists in rushing
prematurely TO snowy feat that shall
catch the eye and satisfy spectators. 1t is
enough if you work in the right direction.
AS nothing astonishes men so much as
common sense and plain dealing, so moth
ing is more rare in any man than an act of
his own. Any work looks wonderful 10
him except that which he can do. We do
not believe our own thought; we must
serve somebody; we must quote some-
body; we dote on the old and distant; we
are tickled by great names; we import the
religion of other nations we quote their
opinions; we cite their laws.
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THE Son OF NAPoLEoN.-Prince Louis
Napoleon is still one of the most indelatiga-
BILE of students. He is now reading hard
with tutor very distinguished in France.
What most occupies the Princes attention
is a subject with which he naturally desir-
es TO be well acqualnted-the political du-
ties OF the provincial projects. His friends
complain that the Prince does not take suf-
ficient exercise, and goes too little into So
ciety, 1t is no secret that the Empress is
very anxious TO see her son married before
he passes his 22d year. The Madrilenes,
according TO Spanish correspondent, have
made up their minds that his Imperial
Highness IS TO marry the daughter of
Queen Isabella. The truth, however, is
that the selection of wife for the heir of
the Bonapartes is very difficult business
indeed, and that, at present at all events,
the Prince deyotes much more time to
reading than to love. making.
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Do NOT SCowL; it spoils faces. Before
you know it, your forehead will resemble
a small railroad msr. There is a grand
trunk line Low from your cowlick TO the
bridge of our nose. iniersected by parallel
lines running east and west, with curves
archng your eyebrows; and oh | how
much older you look for it. ScowliDg is a
habit that steals upon us unawares. We
frown when the light is too strong, and
when it is too weak. We lie our brows in
10 knot when we are thinking, and knit
them tightly when we cannot think.
There is no denying that there are plenty
things to scowl about. The baby in the
cradle frowns when something fails to suit.
The little toddler, who likes sugar on his
bread and butter, tells his Trouble in the
anne way when you leave it of. "Cross,"
we say about the children, and "worried to
DEATH" about the grown folks, and as for
ourselves, we can't help it. But We must.
Its reflex influence makes others unhappy;
for face answereth unto face in life as well
as in water. II bellies our religion. We
should possess our souls in such peace that
it will reflect itself in placid countenances.
If your forehead is rugged with wrinkles
before forty, what will it be at seventy.
There is one consoling thought about the
marks of time and trouble-the death an
gel almost always grasses them. Even the
extremely aged, in death, oGlen wear a
smooth and peaceful brow, thus leaving
our last memories of them calm and tran
quill. But our business is with life. Scowl-
ino 10 Liu1 nf . .ba
that our souls need sweetening. For PHYS
sake let us take sad iron, or glad iron,
or smoothing TOOL OF some sort, and straight
en- these cresses out of our faces before they
become indelibly engraven upon them.
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Miscellany.


Outward Bound.
Floating, Goatin g, from dawn TO dusk,
Till the pearly twilight dies,
And the mists float up from the sapphire sea
And cloud all the sapphire skies.
Floating floating, while golden stars
Seem TO float in a sea overhead,
And starry Ii ghts from sea below
Glow orange, and purple and red;
Till we seem floating out from the sea Of life,
The tempests Of passion, the storm-wnds Of strife
out into strange, mysterious space,
Till God shall hnd us landing place.
Drifting drifting to lands unknown,
From world Of owe and care,
Drifting away to home untried
And heart that is waiting there.
o shipi sail swiftly-O waters deepl
Bear me to that haven unknown
Safe to the tender love that waits
To be forever my own;
TIL we drift away from the sea Of life,
The tempests Of passions the storm-winds Of strife
out to 4 haven, out to q shore
Where life is love forevermore.
IGood Words.
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TIE SUN AND THE EARTH.-New evil
dences are now quite numerous Of the con-
nection between disturbances in the solar
atmosphere and in the earth's magnetism.
For the last year or two there have been
few remarkable displays of the aurora, and
that period has been also one of singularly
few sun spots. On the morning after the
great auroral display Of last week, Profess
sor G. A. Young made an examination OF
the SUMS surface, and found the protuber-
ances in the ehromospheFe more active
than they had been previously for four
years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-07-06

A young lady in Albany went up stairs
10 her room on Sunday night, and before
locking the door looked under the bed to
see if there was any one there. There was
somebody there. 1t was a man. With re-
markable presence of mind she quietly
walked down stairs to give the alarm and
the intruder was arrested. Ever since the
Garden was planted, gentle woman has
made It a point to look every night for a
man under her bed. Her discretion and
prudence have at last been vlndicated.
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BRATTLEBORO, VII. FRIDAY, JULY g. 1877.

@k00 REWARD will be paid for "a
VVVV bottle Of any other Extract or
Essence Of Ginger n found TO equal in
fine flavor, purity, and prompt medicinal
effect saRfOrd's Jamaica Ginger. sam.
pies free at all Druggists and GrOcers.
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p A II H N IT'S
r.. H. EDDY.

No. 40 state st., opposite KiIby, Boston,
CtECUREs Patents in the United states also in
- Great Britain, France and other foreign coun-
tries. Copies Of the claims Of any Patent furnished
by remtting one dollar. Assignments recorded at
Washington No Agency in the United States possess
superior facilities for obtaining Patents or GsesT
tainiRy the pdtsntGbihty Of intentions,
R. Il. EDDY, Solicitor Of Patents.
TEsTIMoEIALs.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy one Of the most capable and
successful practitioners with whom have had ohcAl
intercourse" CHAS. MASON, Comr Of Patents.
'Inventors cannot employ q person more trust
worthy capable Of securing for them an early
and favorable consideration at the Patent Once"
EDMUND BURKE, late Comr Of Patents.
BOSTON, Oct. 10, 1870.
r. H. EDDY, Eso.-Dear Sir; You procured for me
in 1910 my hrst patent. Since then you have acted
for and advised me in hundreds of cases, and pro-
cured many patents, reissues and extensions. have
occasionally employed the best agencies in New York.
Philadelphia and Washington, but stll give you al
most the whole Of my business, in your line and ad-
wise others to employ you.
Yours truly GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston, Jan. l, 1877,
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Pot & BEDDING Plants, Bs2.9 Ies s.:sH, s.s%

house every day Also full assortment Of Flower
and Vegetable Seeds, for sale at the lowest
Ates. l. \. THORN 4 son. 10
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CHILLS AND FEVERS,

COIds aud ChiIis, Fererish Symptom,
Pdt"s tn fhe Homes, Catarrhal
SyS'pFOms, RhcHmafie s. .N'eH-
rdIgic SB1pfOnss, SOreMe1
aud PdiHs Ia the Mas
eIes dHd JOinfs.
Elegantly havo red, purely medicinal, it should be in
every family, on board every ship, and the constant
companion Of every traveller. It utterly surpasses
all the common household remedies in the cure Of
ailments Of sudden and often fatal termination Ask
for sAEFoRD's JAMAICA GINGER, the only genuine
preparation Of Jamaica Ginger Choice Aromatcs and
French Brandy.
Sold by all Wholesale and Retail Druggists Grocers
and Dealers in Medicine. Price, so cents. Dealers
should purchase original packages Of dozen to OBJ
tain the trial bottles for free distribution. WEEKS
POTTER, General Agents and Wholesale Druggists,
Boston.
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DISEASES OF THE BOWELS,
DISEASES OF THE STOMACH,

DysPePSiG, FIafHTeHcy, SIHggfsL DEges-
fiOH, IV'dnf Of Tone and .Gcffrify fH
the Stomach aud BOWeIs, OPP
PressiOH after Rafisg, his
imR OTFOOd, aud Sfmi-
Tar .EiIneHfs.
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SANFORD'S
JAMAICA
GINGER

Is prepared from the true Jamaica Ginger, combined
with choice aromatcs and genuine French Brandy
and is vastly superior to every other Extract or
senee Of Ginger before the public all OF which are
prepared with alcohol by the old process It instantly
relieves
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-30

CURE FOR RHEUMArIsx-Take one or
two strong doses Of rhubarb; . single
dose Of from to 2 fluid ounces Of the
tincture has been found to be quite eff
,cacious.. -. ~, 1-...t..-
- sNEURALGIA AND RHEUMATIsM--Two
tablespoonfais each Of beefs gall. lauda-
nun, spirits Of turpentine, hemlock oil,
sassafras oil, and amber oil, ha.f q pint
OF alcohol; mix all together; apply . or
- times a,day-3s 3x9a 3ahesaT obi
+akCHlIKLAixlLlxlxRxr-zO One drachmt sn;
gar Of lead, 2 drachms white vitriol; !;
powder and add ounces OF water !;
shake well before using; the bestutime
for application is in the evening it Il
MOTTO be used on broken chilblains..
lii IMPORTANT ADVICE. - Never leave
clothes near the fire place TO dry; mol
smoke or read in bed by candle or lamp
light; nor put kindling wood to dry on
the top of the stove; NOR take light
into q closet; nor pour out liquor near
an open light = nor keep oilo burning
fluid oflany kind in rooms fwhere there
is q ifeI5f4Bc 5af 10 s89i5sut stEie0Esa
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-01-30

HChieseo Times: For the alobe DEM.
ocrat's Logan is in a tight place, hnt Bs
has been in tight places before" read 'hs
has been tightin places before. .slw2
o A Telegram to the Daily News RON
Rome says the Popeshas, privately mott
hed four italian, two French, two Span
ish and two Austrian ecclesiastics that
they are to be anointed Cardinals st tile
next Consistory. io 'nsmF'iiss 9 1854.
h9sA school teacher In Des Moines raised
false alarm Of FIRE just to see how the
youthful pupils would dismiss .them.
selves, and it was striking success,
several Of the Youngsters being seriously
injured. s' e'e 'f''H'''s
~ There is q Universal salisfactionir the
news that Boutwell, is defeated for the
Senate. Mr., Hoar Is elected as Senator
from Massachusetts, and Mr.. Boutwell,
will probably retire from public life and
sink into his natural obscuri,yJlods stli
"A dispatch from Paris says The recent
hostile utterances Of the German press
have caused very serious impression
there. The French journals advocate a
strict attitude Of Northumberland IN re !.
gardIto foreign affairs. Theysden that
any extraordinary measures of srsy or.
ganization are on foot. .r1H
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Fact. for the Cnrious.s.

Ninevah was IA miles long, 8 lmiiee
wide and IS miles round with wall 100
feet high andthick enough for svciiarl.
OTIS abreast. asoR gssl s1.i I'D ia sl,sers
Babylon was so miles within the walls,
which were IS feet thick and 100 feet
high, with l00, ,brazen gates os~sM
The Temple Of Diana at Ephesus was
l20 feet to the support OF the roof-it
was 100 yeats In building. 70 5"Ys' ~
|, The largest OF The pyramids il, ,4sl
feet in height and 1853 feet ON the sides.
The base covered II acres TIE stones
areaabout 60 feet iniength,) ,sndthe.lay-
ers are 2OS. 1t employed 350,000 men
in building. -
bd The iabyiinlhin Egypt contains 800
lchambers and II halls. lilS 1sgma4sysa
sThebes, in Egypt, presents ruins ~
miles around, and contained $50, 900 cit
izens and 100000 slaves 'saso41sq
The Temple. of Delphos was so rich
lin donations that it was plundered oi
$50, ,000,0 600, and the Emperor Nero car.
ried Sawayfrom it 1900 statuesJs'EIsiasI
The walls of Rome were l3 miles
l around. ------..s-..4 - . .....s...-
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tkts Arts ssa,la 's, Seieafes,, ,,.i 6Dutatiaa,

! bnll's eye. Frost was getting pretty
sAaky u So, Charley. .says,, "Shows me the
room, and With his lamp IN ono, hand
and q, pistol Ia the other lie, pushes In,
leaving Frost there IN the hall watching
the square hole 10 the, door, between; the
shutters, and expsstius every pinnte
that II would clpse up. i must have
been ten lnipntes, before Cslcott came
mack. He bad The, lamp iii band yet,
Frost SAW that be was. as white As, .
sheet AAIl ps said was, Some crso down.
vs. NJ @R;Yorq iAe sig1 a. ss F,sinR2,.
j, When they got TO the bottom, the
shutters separated and dissppeared, and
The mep walked out. where's the
kpIunderS,', asks Frost sI ,hayn't got
|it,G says charls1,;; ~ Il tell you It's no use
LTrtlle ,,map is hurgIsr-proof, IL yop
s.'sssiisss g, - s., 1, ST. hask and w yeur'
With this cock and 1 bull story they
got back to their rendezvous. And il
was never known, don't believe, till ]
interviewed Calico Charley up there al
the prison, that he had met his own ia
ther that night. According to Charley's
story to me--the old man said he was
q waiting for him. And so struck wa.
the son with remorse that he lost all hi.
pluck and GOODNESS. Whether he evcI
went back 10 the cid man after he go
rid of his pal never heard. But th'
gang had two notions, one was that th'
place was under, special charge Of th'
devil, and the other was thst Calico
Charley grabbed lot Of the plunde
and then got up the story to stop tn
mouths of the rest of 'em. l.... ....f...
But the devil had nothing to do will
the place. 1t was all fixed by the oil
mans ingenuity. The house was al
wires and levers from one end to t'other
He could turn a crank up in his be-
room and shut the whole house up 8
| tight as a drum. Then he'd slip dowl
into his, cellar, turn half ton OF char
coal into his furnace and kill everybod
lin the place, unless everybody crawle,
out Of the one exit, and then the aol,
fellow had them at his, mercy, one b.
one .,c se,y, 60, : an - -
The last time heard from Charley
the Warden said he had invented me-
catch.lock for the cells that could nc
be opened by any one but the keepe
without its, ringing the alarm bell. nd
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q The BLACK Hills.a

ls WASHINGTON, Jan. s2-Ths House
Committee on Indian Affairs agreed to
recommend the passage Of Mr. Seeleye's
bill to ratify the arrangement with the
Sioux Indians for the relinquishing Of
their title to the Black Hills country.
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Five hundred Sioux families have
crossed into Canada, bat are peaceably
disposed. h7a2i5 sd .iaGa ba8 ,io9rsdf
~ Mr.. Orion promises to lay the tele
grams before the House Committee, and
the result will be . slight glimpse Of the
bottom facts: The dispatches which
will be surrendered will open up all The
sweet commune between the Republican
National Committee and Stearus, Cham
berlain and Kellogg a.'iSg ha t'''1
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8 He Left Something.

lea tarmer's sleigb, in which vas seated
% man and.a woman, tipped over 10 the
snow on Cassi avenue yesterday, as the
horses turned out to pass q load of
wood, Three .cr four pedestrians right
ed the sleigh, and the, farmer wasn't .
moment climbing back into the seat ard
starting or When he WAS acblock sway
the wife sodiscoveredii in the snow and
pulled out, About that time sbe team
turned around aud came back,and as the
farmer drove up The puzzled look On his
face changed to o. smile and lie called
OUT .,.tY, ~ ,,.--.
NJ swan to gracious! but I'm glad /
hsppened to look around and fne / had
left something! Climb up here Mary,
and I'll maui the harness right of that
nigh critter !'-Detrois Free Press.
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yCanpt. ri Willard Gl.zierr. rs5f q 1s, Bosto,, M,

81 Capt. Willard Glszier, Of Boston,
has just returned TO that city after 4
horseback ride TO San Francisco! > He
started on the 9th of May, 1875. ana
reached his destination on the Gath of
November. The. actual number of days
in the saddlesewss,1lA4, which gites an
average Of % 7 10 miles per day, The
Captain tested the merits Of S33 hotels,
farm houses and ranches, and made spe
cial visits to 100 public institutions snd
places at resort I'd He killed sibuffalocs,
8 sntelopes and % prairie 1wolvess Avas
captured By, the Sioux, killed two VI
|thew, escaped and came home BY rail-
road. - a'.I ~ e".. " -"
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orsaan,za,lon ii iowa Militia.

,. DAyEspoRr, Jan, .22-Gov, Kirkwood
has issued an order for the reorganiza
tion of the State militia, under the name
Of the National Guard OF the State Of
Iowa, All artillery companies are or.
dared to meet January 81, at their re
spectiye armories, to, elect officers. 80
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HAD LEN, Rad.

s.oAomaas with atwo.dayss beard and, an
excited eye dashed into Q; Ma ain street sa-
loon this morning., and gasped out to the
bar Keeper: ''For the love Of God, give
me drink of whisky!" 'What onT'
said the unimpressible drink builder. -
P"Oh, sdonttalk! appealed the trembling
iwretchp t'Iimu gettin'aFem ssure.uoI See
swipgless men, beardless, horses, hornless
dogs and hairy cats, Quickp Good
Lord" gasped the bar. keeper, passing
over the bottle Quickly, "tske d big horn
and go and see asdoetor. .shisFhe sfiieted
man took two drinks and bOlted2 This
afternoon the ,bar,keeper looks like q
person who has learned somslhing, snd
who is brooding upon deeds ofbiood =
God HiH, ,Ners ST e.le1fya edT-wa
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Niaetesn Comns In one Grave,

AsHraBuLA, Jan l9 The fnneral ser
vices over the bodies Of the unidentified
dead took place to-day. Nineteen bod
les were lowered in the grave at Chest
nut Grove Cemetery Three bodies stil
remain in the vault in the hope tha
friends may yet be able to identity then
by pieces Of clothing clinging to them.
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where the Coiored Troops snow.
gsdT .saigfed DIscrelIOn, aga ebHad

|ba They have some sensible coIofed
brethren in New Orleans a When aPack
ard wanted the ,coloreds troops to charge
upon the intrenched Nichols forces in
The st. Louis hotel they refused to do
so unless Kellogg and Packard would
lead the advance. AS Kellogg and Pack
ard wouldn't lead, the coiored troops
didn't fight at all, and peace vas pre-
servedaIin n Louisiana - Philddeiphia
Times. irars,.astl lne vlirsnErA aalnnf
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Wlid' Bili's Murderer 10 sl swlag..s y :

ed YANkToN. ID T, jan, l9--In the Su
.preme Court OF the Territory to day, the
judgment Of the U. S District Court in
the case against Jack hMcCa for the
murder of Wild Bill WAS affirmed, and
Mccall will be executed on the 1st day
OF March lu IsE,1G is3iiadsdqiE 9ds1
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H..7TiIssfr Hr..7TiIssfrisa iIa AND PAPER HANGING
HOUSE PAINrER.

aI,HB andsrsisEsd Is prepared to do sil man
nsr az hsuss painting at iev rates. He
has hsd ten years experienee In the business
.and selieits the patronage Of the pablo gen.
.eraS,v. WII.LIAX 3. SLOAN,
jAnl'7sr. Antioch ? O., Monroe Co. o,
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L. p. FARQUHAR. M. ID.
fRoruoerlv Of Zanesyilie. Ohio.1

% Physician and. Surgeon,
Once and residence IN the Kirkbrids property
~ " OOD,SrFIEL L D., OHIO.
Having located 1t the above place., offers his
Professional services, where he hopes by
close attention. 20 business TO merit public
confdsncs and patronage.
Chronic Diseases will receive special
attention. may4, 4,'.sI.