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How to Sit,

H0Us J9eYnol persists in robbing
us Of our comfort in this style: All
consumptive people and all afflicted
with spinal deformities sit habitually
crooked in one or more curves of the
body. There was time in all these
when the body had its natural erect
ness, when there was the first depar-
ture on the road to death. The make
Of our chars. especially that great
barbarisln, the unwieldy and disease
engenderiug rocking chair, tayors
these dieases, and undoubtedly, in
some Instances, leads to bodily hab-
its which originate the ailments
just named, to say nothing about
piles, tistula and the like. The pain
full or sore feeling which many are
troubled with incessantly for years,
at the extremity Of the backbone, is
the result Of sitting in such a posi-
ton that it rests upon the seat of the
chan, at point several inches for
wand Of the chair back. A physio-
logical CHAIR, one which shall pro-
mote tie health and preserve the
human form erect and manly, as our
Maker made it, should have the back
straight, at right angles with the
seat, the seat itself not being over
eight inches deep A chair of this
kind will do more towards correcting
the lounglng habits Of our youth than
multitudes Of parental lecturings, for
then if they are seated at all they
must sit erect, otherwise there is no
seat.hold. L.
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Shetland DaintieN.

The luxuries Of Shetland are what
some people would never dream Of
One morning. had been in Ler-
wick about ten days-our landlady
brought up well grilled bird. She
Thought we might like a scorie by
way Of a change In my ignorance
I knew not then the meaning Of a
scorie Upon asking my friend op-
posite, he replied with much clear
ness, "NN hat is a scorie?-why-iust
I a sscorie.n ] concluded it was some
kind Of game peculiar to Shetland
and | had already discovered that
dainties were rare, and that nothing
must be too rashly despised. 1t was
very good, tender and delicate, and
in the end l learned that it was moth
ing but young sea-gull; gull of
the first year, when It's feathers are
yet gray, and it has not long used its
wings. Most people would dislike
the idea of eating sea gull; perhaps
| should have done so in any other
place than Shetland | can only say
that returned to the charge another
day, and without reluctance. 1t is a
very eatable bird, without suspicion
of fishiness, unless cooked when a
little too old. The Shetlanders will
not, as a rule, eat these SCORES. They
go farther and fare worse, much
worse. While despising SCORES,
which are easily obtained, they will
take a great deal of trouble to secure
a young cormorant. They cook and
eat these cormorants, which are
coarse, impossible food to any one
but Shetlander They also make
them into soup which they think
delicious; a strong, unctuous liquor
that, from its appearance, must pos
sess some of the more wholesome but
not agreeable qualities of cod-liyer
oil
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Legal Notices.
SALE Of Real Estate.

MI ADJ E6 - DALE OF ISeal Estate.
III By virtue of Decree Of, made, and en-
tered in the Circuit Court will sell at
public outcry in front of the Court House
door at Enterprise, VOlusia County Sta to
of Florida, on the first Monday, the fifth
day of August, A. D. 1878, within the usu al
hours of sale, the following Real Estate,
lying in Volusia County, Florida. and
known and described as follows: Known
as the Dunlawt0n place, being grant by
the Spanish Government to Patrick Dean,
on the 18th day of August 1904, by Patrick
Dean to Bunch, by Bunch to LawtOn, by
Lawton to Anderson, by Anderson to John
j. Marshall, including Sectional Grants
forty-three, Township fifteen, south of
range thirty three, east, containing two
hundred and ninety and nineteen Onelhun-
dredthS acres, more or less, and section
thirty seven, Township sixteen. south, of
range thirtythree east, containing seven
hundred and sixty and sixty-two one
hundredthS acres, more or less, bounded on
the north by lands of II. n Swift, on the
east by lots four and FIVE of section thirty
three, Township fifteen south, range thirty
three east, and lots two, three and four of
section four, of Iwonship sixteen, of range
thirty-three east. and on the west by lot
number one, section eight Township six
teen south, of thirty-three east, lots one,
two, four and five, of section five, Town
ship sixteen south, of range thirty three
east, and the fractional southwest quarter
of section thirty-two. Township fifteen,
south, of range thirty three east, contain
ing in the aggregate one thousand and
seventy acres, more or less, also the
land on which the dwelling of said j J,
Marshall is situated, Immediately on the
Halifax river, known and distinguished
as lot one of fractional section three, Town
ship sixteen south, of range thirty three
east, containing fifty acres, more or less.
Sold under and by virtue of q Decree
made by the Judge of the Circuit Court on
a bill filed to 1Oreclose and inforce the
lien of said John j. Marshall on said land
for the purchase money thereof and sold to
satisfy said lien and said purchase money.
Sold at the risk and for the benefit of
-Pomeroy. purchaser at sale of said
land and premises heretofore had, who
having failed to comply with the require
ments of said sale and pay the puschase
money. Sold under and by virtue of a
subsequent decree made by the Judge Of
the Circuit Court, at his risk and for his
benefit.
Terms cash. purchasers paying for titles.
July, 1878. HEZEKIAH L. OSTEEN,
8-11 Special Master in Chancerv.
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"Farming Under the Sea. :"

The fact is not generally known,
that within three hours ride of Bos-
ton large and profitable business
has been carried on ever since l849,
along the seashore, and which IS
nothing more or less than " farming
under the sea. " Everywhere upon
the coast of Eastern New England
may be found, about ten feet below
water mark, the lichen known as
caragreen-the Irish moss OF COM
merce. 1t may be torn from the
sunken rocks anywhere, and yet the
little seaport of Scituate is almost
the only place in the country where
it is gathered and cured. This VII
lage is the great center of the moss
business in the country, and the en-
tire Union draws its supplies from
those beaches. Long rakes are used
in tilling this marine farm, and it
does not take long to fill the many
dores that await the lichen, torn from
its salty, rocky bed. The husbands
and fathers gather the moss from
the sea, and the wives and daughters
prepare it for market. Soak it in
water and it will melt away to jelly.
Boil it with milk and delicious
white and creamy blanc mango is the
result. The annual product is from
ten to fifteen thousand barrels, and
it brings fifty thousand dollars into
the town, which sum is shared by
some one hundred and fifty families.
Its consumption in the manufacture
of lager beer is very large, and the
entire beer interest of the country
draws its supplies from the Scituate
beaches. 1t is generally known that
the moss, as an article of food, is
called "Sea Moss Farine.
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o., morton, Ordered that election dis
trictNo. 16 be cmposed of the FOLLOWING de-
scribed territoLy in yolusia county. Ali
of township II south, range 20 east, less
that portion lying west OF the st. Johns
river. Also section Nos six. seven, ei9h-
teen, nineteen and thirty, in township IL
south. range 30 east with voting place at
Beresford.
On MoIIoN, 1t was ordered that, that
portion of Sc ctlon, 2S, township 10, range
sections SO, 81, and that portion of sections
IS and rs lying west of Turnbull creek, in
township and range aforesaid now included
in district No. 10, be set off and included in
district No. ..
JNO. w. DICKINS,
Clerk of Board Co Commissioners.
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TREES THAT GROW SHIRTS
Humboldt says that he saw on the
slope of the Cerra Drida shirt trees
so feet high. The Indians cut off
cylindrical pieces, two feet in diam
eter, from which they cut the red
and fbrous bark, without making
any longitudinal incision. This bark
affords them sort of garment,
which resembles a sack of very coarse
texture and without a seam. The
upper opening serves for a head and
two lateral holes are cut to admit the
arms The natives wear these shirts
of Marina in the rainy season; they
have the form of the ponchos and
manos of cotton which are so COM
mon in New Grenada, at Quito and
in Peru. AS in this climate the riches
and benefcence of nature are regard
ed as the primary causes of the indo-
lence of the inhabitants, the mission
aries do not fail to say in showing
the shirts of Marina, sin the forests
of Oroonoka, garments are found
ready made upon the trees. .
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The Profits of Geese Raising.


Geese are profitable birds for the
poultryman who has ample space to
give them in which they can satisfy
their roaming instincts unrestrained
by the necessary limitations OF a city
poultry yard. The universal improve
ment which has resulted from the
efforts OF jealous fanciers in the past
few years has extended itself to all
classes ofteathered stock and includes
the various varieties of geese, Of which
the Emoden and Toulouse are the
best known. This improvement is
shown not in an increased egg pro-
duction flor 10 one has succeeded III
changing the natural habit OF the
goose in this particular in as great a
degree as has been done with towls,)
but in the increased size OF the mature
birds. Almost all varieties OF geese
are good sitters and need only the
most ordinary precautions III setting
them to insure favorable results.
After laying out their batch OF about
dozen eggs they feather their nest
in a manner almost identical with
that employed by their wild congen-
ers. and at once commence the duties
of incubation. After few weeks
trial the eggs may be given the sitter,
and little care is needed for the
next month, during which she will SIT
quietly, provided she is not too much
annoyed and interfered with. At the
end of a month the goslIngs will APP
pear in good shape to begin life on
their own account. For the first day
or so they require only the same diet
Of boiled eggs and bread crumbs as
chickens OF any domestic fowl receive,
with, perhaps the addition Of little
tender grass, cut fine, on the second
day. In the course of a few days
they will become strong enough to
commence Investigations of the near
neighborhood, and may be transferred |
from the nest to a coop Slated up so
that the old goose will be confined,
while the openings between the Stats
will permit the goslings to pass in and
out freely. When the goslings appear
10 have gained sufficient strength for
longer expeditions, the mother may
be given her liberty, when she will
lead her flock all over the pastures |
and may 6e trusted to care for them
by her owner. Geese left |
at large in this way viii thrive and |
grow tat simply on what they can
pick up suited to their taste on almost
any uncultivated meadow. Grass
and various wild plants furnish their
staple food from April to November,
at which time the young are ready
for market. Geese frequently attain
great age, and birds OF forty are by
no means unheard OF, while a recent
report mentions venerable specimen
of sixty years A goose at least forty
years old and still yearly laying her
clutch Of eggs and bringing forth a
fine brood Of goslings is mentioned
in a recent work, and youngsters Of
twenty are by no means rare. Geese
raising can hardly fail to be profitable
to any one having the proper facilities
for their culture, for their expenses
for food are almost mU, while the
profit from the birds weighing forty
or fifty pounds to the pair is by no
means inconsiderable, and live geese
feathers will always be in demand
World.
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SPOTTED FRUIT.-L0 Science pom.
T0us says that nj. Dachartre present
ed recently to the Academy of Sci
ences at Paris a paper by M. Prill-
ieux on the dark spots which appear
on the skin of apples and other fruits,
giving the results of observation as
to whether or not these and the
cracking of fruits were due or not to
parasitic fungi. He finds that there
is "unique " proof that disease is due
to the presence of fungus, which
not only penetrates the epiderm, but
also the solid tissue of the fruit.
The fungus attacks the leaves and
branches, as well as the fruit, and
thus travels by means Of propagation
by gratis. And this is the chief
reason why it often seems to be con-
fined to one variety of fruit. The
name of the small fungus is C2ao1o-
spo1au5 dentriticuDe of Wallroth. M.
Duchartre pays compliment to the
address to the Pathological Associa-
ton at Chicago, in 1875, by Mr.. Thos.
Meehan, of Philadelphia, and con-
tends that the observations there
noted correspond with the recent re-
searches Of NJ. Prillieux, and which
prove, he says, that on both sides OF
the Atlantic microscopic fungi clearly
explain these morbid appearances.
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TN TIE COUNTY COURT vo-

Iusla County
In the matter Of the petition OF II. Fl.
DeYaIman. administrator Of the estate of
the late Abner Shearer, deceased. for the
sale of Real Estate.
Under and persuant to an order made in
the above matter by Friedrich j. LaPeno-
there, County Judge of Nolnsia County and
dated 18th June A. D. 1878 | will sell at
public auction ON Monday the 5th day of
August 1878, at the Court House at Enter
prise, between the usual hours OF sale on
that day. the following described premises
to wit: The east half of the south west
quarter of the southeast quarter Of the
northeast quarter of section Is, Township,
range 30 east, Florida, containg five acres
with the Improvements consisting of an or
ange grove situated thereon.
Terms cash, purchaser paying for titles,
Dated June 2sth 1878, -.
GEO Fl. PARKER e
Gil Commissioner
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NOTICE-On Monday, August 9th
- 1878 will apply by petition to Hon.
W. a. Cooke, Circuit Judge of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit of Florida at his residence
for an order to sell for the benefit of Mar.
garet Watson, Elizabeth Watson and Flor
ence Watson, minors, all their right. title
and interest Of in and to certain Real
Estate situated in Volusia County, Florida,
and known as parts of u. W. of S. 6. t 10,
July 1878. MAIIssA WATSON.
ITO Guardian of Minors above named.
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TN THE COUNTY COURT and

Of PROBATE, Volusia county.
In the Administration of the Estate of
Arthur R0ssetter, Jr., deceased: Notice is
hereby given that | have been, BY the
County Judge of Yolusa county, appointed
administrator of the above estate, ana that
all persons having claims against the same
are requested to file the same with me duly
authenticated without delay. and all per
sons indebted to the said estate are re-
Beresford p. o., Volusia co., Feb'y 26, 1873
A. L. ROSSETTER,
teb2S-6m Administrator.
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GULF FISH.
How They Should be Cooked.
RED SNAPPER.

This fish varying in weight from
three pounds to thirty, should be
either boiled and dressed with drawn
butter and egg, or oyster sauce
Baked, stuffed with oyster dressing
or plain. Broiled after slicing
lengthwise, removing the back bone
Fried, dip the slices in corn meal and
cook in hot pork fat, Cape Cod style.
BLACK GRoTPER.
This fish, with flesh similar to the
Iallibut, should be skinned, then
cook same as snapper.
RED GROUPEE.
This fish has a distinct lobster
flavor. skin and cook same as snap
per: requires more cooking, as the
flesh is harder; when well done, will
suit the palate Of any lover Of good
eating
Blue FISH
Eat this fish broiled, fried or
baked; prepare for baking by stuf-
ing and score with a sharp knife to
backbone, and insert thin slices OF fat
picked pork. For broiling, split
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The death OF the widow of the
Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, sug-
gests how startling are the inroads
Of death upon the prominent men OF
the country. Out of all the Presi~
Dental and Vice-Presidential candi-
dates before the people in 1860
only seventeen years ago-but two
are alive, Hannible Hamlin and Her
schel V. johnson. Lincoln, Doug
las, Breckenridge and Lane, and Bell
and Everett, are all dead.
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TN THE CIRCUIT CoURT-7tl

= Judicial Circuit, Folusia county.
William Allan VS.. NJ. NJ. Hedges and jose
phene NJ. Hedges. Amount sworn to,
( $517.81 tef5 n
The defendants and all others are hereby
notified of the commencement of this suit.
that an attachment has been issued, and
demur to the declaration filed in said cause.
by the first Monday in October next, the
same being rule day, or Judgment will be
taken by default. 80. III
May 90, 1878. JOHN B. STICKNEY.
s3aa'.t ttofs Fl G.. 3. BUCKNOR,
my29m3 Pltf's Attys,
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-26
Attempt at Suicide on Santa
Catalina.

Quite a number of our people
have a passing acquaintance with
Capt. Jerome, gentleman who
came into this city short time ago
from Arizona, and who was for
merly Captain in the regular ar
my. While in Los Angeles Capt.
jerome put up at the st. Charles
Hotel. Some days ago he went
down TO Wilmington and was af-
forwards taken over to Santa Cata-
lima Island in a sloop. While
there he formed one of the house
hold of the Messrs. Brown & White
ly, who live in shanty there in
pursuit of their avocation as sheep
herders. Last Thursday Captain
Jerome, who had been drinking
freely, watched his opportunity
and, drawing a pen knife. cut u
terrible cash in his throat. He
next slashed both his arms, aiming
to make his suicide effectual by
severing as many arteries as posi-
BILE. He was at once secured by
the occupants of the shanty, who
took such measures as their knowl-
edge suggested to stop the flow of
blood. With infinite difficulty they
got the poor fellow aboard the sloop
and brought him back to Whining
ton. From thence he was brought
up on the train yesterday and
lodged in tho hospital. He an
nounccd it TO be his purpose to
make clean job of it next time, at
the very earliest opportunity.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-26

most secure and convenient that
could be desired. With the doors
closed, or nearly closed, no glim-
mer of the light would be given
out to attract the notice of a passer-
by and any sound made in forcing
the safe would be deadened by the
thick walls and ponderous doors of
the vault. The task was doubtless
too great for one man to undertake
and he must have had one, and
probably had several accomplices.
In removing the coin from its place
of supposed security, there was
only one means of exit and that
was through the door opening upon
Spring street. In front of the
building or near it, they doubtless
had conveyance in waiting, to re-
ceive the stolen treasure, as
the weight of such considerable
amount of money, even though the
bulk of it was in gold, would be too
great to be carried very far. The
only real exercise of Caution re-
quired in the whole procedure
doubtless occurred at this juncture.
For one man to make several exits
or for several men to make single
exit from the building, loaded to
their utmost carrying capacity, and
that at the most public spot on the
most public street in town, aid with
a lamp burning not five rods off,
musthave necessitated good de-
gree of finesse. That the burglars
were fully equal to the emergency
however, Is proven by the
hardness of the alarm, which was
given number of hours and posi-
bly, more than u day after the rob-
berry was perpetrated.
Provided the robbers are not ap.
pretended and the stolen money
recovered, the loss will fall wholly
upon Mr.. Long, and will prove al.
most his financial ruin. Nobody
who knows him can fail to sympa-
thize with him in this terrible Ca
lamity.
Now that the full circumstances
of the method of keeping this
money have been brought to light,
it is an easy matter, of course, for
anybody to suggest how certain
things might have been done
differently. 1t is much to
be regretted, however, and we
think Mr.. Long and Mr.. Phelps
will cencede the fact-that the lock
on the vault door was not changed
from its former combination. 1t
is stated that at least ten men
are familiar with that com.
bination, and in dividing the
responsibility among so many
people, unjust suspicious must nee
essarily fall on the innocent and
render the apprehension of the
guilty exceedingly difficult.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-26
fortunes that Need Not be Endured.

People suffer great deal of pain I'M
necessarily. Among tortures that need
not be endured are those inflicted by tho
rheumatism and govt, since the acrid
element in the blood which produces
them by contact with the sensitive COW
ering OF the muscles and joints may be
eliminated by the use of that mate less
depurent, Hostetter's Stomach Ritters,
before the inflammatory symptoms are
developed to any great extent. When 1T
Is considered what excruciating tortures
rheumatism inf cts, and what o tenden-
cy 1t has, when fully developed, to at
tack the heart, the advisabllity OF an
early use OF such q reliable antidote be-
comes at once apparent. The rheum attic
virus Is expelled from the blood by the
increased action of the kidneys-which
act as strainers-produced by the Bitters,
and the sufferer will find, II he uses this
supreme defensive agent, that he will be
protected against the return OF the agon-
iztng complaint. Dyspepsia, fever and
ague, liver and bowel complaints and
other fnaladies arc also cured by this ad-
mirable remedy.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-26
Btsse Hall.

The second of the three match
games for the championship, be-
tween the Young Oak Base Ball
Club, of Vernon District, and the
Academy Base Ball Club, of this
city, was played on the 2Sd inst,
near the corner of Tenth and Pearl
streets, the Academy again VIM
ming. One of the Academy club,
Bragg, while engaged in wrest-
ling, received severe sprain of
the shoulder, necessitating his
being sent home. A substitute
was appointed in his stead. The
folio wing is the score:
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-26

There is some ground to hope
that a train may arrive in Los An
geles from San Francisco to-day,
though it may possibly not arrive
until tomorrow. lis certain that
the gaps will be closed by tonight.
The road is now open to CAL
iente from this end. There is
not a break at present existing on
the whole line of the Southern Pa
cfic, from San Francisco to Los
Angeles, except in that portion of
the track between Caliente and
Pampa. On its also being repaired
by to-day rests our hopes of q re-
sumed communication with San
Francisco which will be signalized
by the possible arrival of train
during the next thirty-six hours.
Should the train come in on We'd
nesday, we shall have been exactly
eight days without mails or up
country newspapers.
Mr.. w. A. Knapp, the former
Superintendent of the A. & P. Tel
egraph Company, in Los Angeles,
and the uptown ticket agent of the
Southern Pacific Railway, has been
transferred to the home Office of the
railway company in San Francisco.
Mr.. Knapp and family left on the
Orizaba for the new scene of his la
bors. He was an urbane and PAINS
taking official, who made hosts of
friends In Los Angeles. He is sue
ceeded as uptown ticket agent by
Capt. ]. b. Moor. most compete mt
and courteous official, from whose
uniform politeness, combined with
rigid attention to business, both the
company and the public, we feel
confident, will largely benefit.
During the firing of the salute on
the hill on the evening of WASH
ington's birthday, an open window
In the house of Mr.. Gallardo, editor
of EL Eco dc la Putria, was
slammed shut by the conclusion,
the sash in it's descent breaking the
shade of a new patent chimneyless
lamp. A little daughter of Mr.. Gal
lardo, who was playing on the floor,
was struck on the face by one of
the pieces, the hot glass sticking to
her cheek and burning it quite Sc
| Verely.