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The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
SCIENTIFIC.

A description is given of paper carpet
now made in England, and designed to
initiate parquet flooring, the paper
being printed in patterns to initiate
different woods from photographs, so
that, as It is stated, the resemblance is
absolutely perfect. The floor is first
prepared by being made perfectly level,
and the crevices filled up with plaster
Of Paris: over the surface, as thus pre-
pared, hession is stretched, and on this,
first, lining paper and then the
patterned paper Is pasted, the whole
being finished with coating Of pc
culiar kind Of varnish, described as
wonderfully hare and wear resisting.
This kind Of carpeting can be kept per-
fectly clean with the greatest ease, and
though the wear of paper carpeting may
be thought problematical, the inventor
states that he has had rooms covered
with 1t for some sixteen months, with
out showing any appreciable signs of
wear. Its appearance, also, is very
satisfactory to the eye.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
The Great Spring Medicine

is Hooflands German Bitters. It tones the
stomach and assists Digestion. 1t areuses the
Liver to healthy action. and regulates the
bowels. 1t purifes the Blood. and gives vigor
and strength to the whole system dispelling
all Dyspeptic symptoms, with it's loss Of appe-
tite, Sick Headache, languor and depression.
1t infuses new life and energy into the whole
being. All suffering from deranged digestion
at this time should take Hoofand's German
Bittera They are sold by all Druggists.
Johnston. Holloway & Co., COZ Arch street,
Philadelphia
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

ONCE there was mule. He had a
pair of timber legs with heels at the end
of them. Mule thought his master did
not give him enough corn to eat. So,
one day, as the boss was passing behind
him, he lifted up his heels and boosted
him to the other side Of the barn. This
is what Mr.. Mule called strike. He
thought he could get all the corn he
wanted now.
Presently he wanted water. He didn't
get it, though. He wanted more corn.
He didn't get that. He went to bed
that night without his supper. Next
day he didn't have to work; he didn't
have 10 eat, either. He didn'E have any
company. All he had to do was to stand
still and think. He couldn't think why
that master of his did not come and feed
him. The next day was the same, and
the next. t.
Before that mule got anything to eat
again, he had grown so gaunt and gentle
that he was willing to keep his heels on
the ground. The strike was ended.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

PROTECTING THE TRKEs.-An orchard
ist, who creased trees with lard to keep
rabbits away, tells the Gardeners
Monthly that the application caused the
bark to peal, and that new bark grew
on part of them. A neighbor "rubbed
carbon oil on a fine lot of trees" for
the same purpdse, andtae next summer
they were as dead as door nails. He
adds that when he wants a young tree
to make q fine growth he ties hay or
straw from thebranches to the ground,
and thinks he has thus insured the life
of several which could not otherwise
have been saved.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
AGRICULTURE.

SELECTING JUDGES AT FAIRs.-Every
farmer who has anything TO do with
the details of an agricultural exhiDitlon,
must understand how difficult 1t 10 70
..nlist the services Of competent persons
for the different classes, whether OF
stock. implements, seeds, vegetables or
flowers, and Of those In whom every
confidence Is placed. Ii Is frequently
the practice Of printing the names Oh
thu judges, some Of them put down
without knowing their capacity Tor the
particular committee on which tney are
placed, and nearly all Of them are Ior
the first time apprised Of their appoint
ment by seeing their names thus pup
licly announced. AS the appointees
were not, therefore, consulted as 10 tneir
convenience or willingness to serve, the
committee of arrangements" or VINO
ever else had the selecting OF the
judges, find, when the exhibition comes
around, that not more than one-tnird
Of these judges are upon the ground,
or II they are, are not always willing TO
undertake the duties, often unpleasant,
when there are many competitors.
The committee of arrangement, there
fore, at the very last moment, are COM
pelled 70 select Judges from SUCH por-
sons as may be present on the first day
Of the exhibition as 1t is generally then
that the judges 20 the rounds to gather
the needed information on which to
make the awards. In this dilemma
many persons act as judges who are In
competent for a discharge of their
duties, or are likely to be biased in their
judgments, not having the stamina, Ia
the presence of friends, to decide
against them. Hence the dissatisfaction
which 90 often follows the awards OF
the judges.
The way to correct the evil is first, to
place no man on the list of judges,
without knowing his qualifications for
the particular duty he Is called upon TO
perform and second, to notify him OF
the intention to do so and get either his
verbal Or,written consent to serve, with
the request that IL anything should
happen 70 prevent his being present In
time, to notify the committee, in order
thst q suitable substitute may be ap-
pointed.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

It's absurd to suppose that tubes con-
veying hot water for heating buildings
can become 80 hot as to set the building
on fire. This suppositton implies that
the pipes can stand the pressure which
water can exert when raised to tenn
perature Of say $50 or 1000 degrees.
Woodwork, however, near ordinary
beating-pipes may be SO heated and
dried as to become highly infiammable.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
Reliable Dry Goods House.

If you want Silks. Black Goods, Dress Goods
or Dry Goods of any kind. below market prices,
and have the advantage Of all the great trade
sales. and Of losses made by importers, send
your orders or write for samples to B. r.
Devices 725 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
One price to al, and that the lowest
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

''Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine will positively cure any case
of rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
81 bottle, six bottles $5 Sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circular to Helpenstine Il
Bentley, Druggists. Washington, ID. @.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

MANY horses have habit of kicking
posts, and when fed showing a little
temper in this way. Three links Of
common chain strapped on the leg
above the pastern is sure preventive,
and. does not interfere with their rest.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

DR. G. w. BENsON's CELERY Il CHAIGO
Headaches, Nervous Headache, Dyspeptic Headache,
Neuralgia, Nsryousnsss and Sleepessness, and will
Druggists. Office No. log N. Eutaw St., Baltimore
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

WEAK LUNGS AXE CRUTILY RAcKED. and the
general strength gradually wasted by
persistent, deep-seated Cough. which Dr..
JAYHhs ExRncroRtnT may be relied on
from it also II troubled with either Asthma
or Rrnnnhttia
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
D. Railways Regulating Pills

Perfectly tasteless. elegantly coated. for tAo
cure OF al disorders of the stomach. liver. bow.
lis, Kidneys, bladder, nervous diseases, hAA0-
sche constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, Bill
Ousne8s. bill Gus fever, Inflammation Of tho bow.
Bls, piles, and all doran ,ementA OF tho internal
Viscera. Warranted to oroCt . positive earo.
Prise . cents per box
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

CouaHs AND Colds yield readily to Schenck's q
Pulmonic Syrup, which is q most agreeable
remedy. It heals the soreness, loosens the
phiegm and expels it from the system with
scarcely an effort on the part of the patient
For sale by all druggists.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

To THITKN STRAW HATs.-Scrape
stick sulphur with a knife, mix the
powder to mush with water, plaster it
thickly over the straw and place it In
the hot sun for several hours. Brush
OF when dry. This will bleach your
hat
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
HUMOROUS.

A STREET CAR ScENE.-"I want TO
know II this is steam injun or hoss
carf' yelled woman with a yellow
complexion like an old boot, as she
hooked the conductor In the coat collar
with the handle of her umbrella and
pulled him back with jerk that came
very near stretching him out on the
hay.
Really, mum, don't understand
you." stammered the young man.
"You don't eh? No, iii be bound
you don't; but II you don't stop this
car, and mighty sudden, too, Pli give
you . taste Of this umbrella over your
wooden head that you win understand.
Here I've been motionin' to you an
shakin' my fist at you for the last two
minutes, but there you stand GRIMM
like chessy cat at the gals on the side
walk and never onst shyin' your eyes
to see how your passengers is comm
on. There now help me out with my
baskets. and look sharp about it. You
have carried me five blocks furder'n
wanted to 90, and want you to tell me
the man that runs that car comm
yonder, to pass me back free. Pm q
patient woman, and never say much,
but I've got lots Of influence, young
man-fOr my man is fireman in q
priDtin' Office down town-and If you
know which side your bread has the
butter on, you'll attend to business q
little sharper the next time I'm aboard.
That's all. You hear me?"
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
ACHES AND PAINS.

fur headache, whether Mck or nervous; rn"u,
matism. lumbago, pains and weakness In tAs
back, spine or hdneys; pains around the liveg.
pleur1sy, swell ingS OF the joints, pains In tho
bowels, heartburn and pains OF al kinds, Rad
wayn Ready relief viii AFFORD immediate oasA.
and fts continued use for . few aAys eject .
permanent cure. PriCo 80 contA
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

CURRENT JELLY WITHOUT COOKING
Press the juice from the currents, and
strain 1t; to every pint put pound of
fine white sugar; mix them together
until the sugar is dissolved; then put it
In jars, seal them, and expose them to
hot san for two or three days.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

A TRAMP was pulled off the trucks of
a passenger car the other day, and, after
smilingly submitting to the accustomed
kick, turned to the conductor and said
"Old man, you can belt away at me
with that mules head that you carry
on the end o. yer leg till you kick me
80 full o. holes that my hide wont hold
sage-brush, but you can't knock the
glory out o. me, or keep me from
shoutin' over the thought that Pm jist
315 miles ahead o. this grindin' mono
poly. froze to this train at Reno.
Whoopl"
AN INSURANCE adjuster went to see
man whose house had been destroyed
by fire. Said adjuster: 'How did this
thing happenf" House owner-"Don't
know-it's a mystery" Adjuster-
swell, l know" House owner-"Let's
have it; that's just what like to find
out" Adjuster-"It's friction" House
owner-'Frictionf frictionr What's
that?" Adjuster-"Why, friction is
the result of rubbing thousand dollar
policy on a six hundred dollar house !"
81 SAY, Jim," says one friend to an
other on meeting, "I hear our friend
has been in the oil speculation heavily;
has he made anything?" eyes," says
Jim, che has made an assignment"
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

THE Rev. Mr.. -, after sever Esyear
Of married life, was at last blessed upon
Saturday. by the addition of fine boy
to the family circle, which had hitherto
consisted of only himself and wife.
Upon the same day the church at which
he Officiated received timely and very
much needed donation; over both Of
which events the reverend gentleman
was very much elated, as he communi-
Gated them to members of his congrega-
ton on his way to church on Sunday.
1t CHANGED that, in his prayer, he al
luded to the financial event by return
ing thanks s'for the arrival Of little
succOr," and was consequently much
scandalized when couple of students
in his congregation asked him after SER
vice whether he referred to the money
or the baby.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
BOWEL COMPLAINTS.

LOo0onesa. D1arrnDA Cho era Morbus, or rA1A
nfteen or twenty minutes BY taking RadwAy1
Ready Relief. No congestion or innammA' On,
DO We Akneag or lAasttu1a, win follow ths No. q
The 4 r Deltef.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11

OUNCE MARMALADE.--Rub the ounces
with cloth; cut them in quarters stew
them in little water till they are
tender enough to rub through a sieve;
when strained put a pound of brown
sugar to pound of fruit; set 1t on the
fire and let it cook slowly till thick
enough to cut smooth.
The Virginia star., 1878-05-11
DOMESTIC.

To PRxy sx+ bAArxEss FROM NORTH
WALts.-North walls are frequently
damp from the absence Of the drying
effect Or the sun. This defect may, how
ever, be remedied by allowing Ivy to
grow over them. 1t acts both by pre-
venting the access Of rain, and by the
rootlets absorbing moisture from the
wall. In very exposed situations, the
rain Is frequently driven with such
violence against the walls as topenetrate
through them although the brick-work
is of considerable thickness. This evil
may be obvlated by dissolving three
quarters Of q pound of mottled soap In q
gsllon of boiling water, and spreading
the hot solution steadily with large
fat brush over the outer surface Of the
brick-work, taking care that 1t does not
lather. This Is 70 be allowed to dry for
twenty-four hours, when a solution
formed Of a quarter of pound of alum
dissolved in two gallons of water Is to
be applied in o similar manner over the
coating of soap. The eoap and alum
mutually decompose each other, and
form an insoluble varnish which the
rain Is unable to penetrate. The opera
ton should be performed in dry, settled
weather.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

the Balkans as the dividing line, does not.
and can not, work a division of the race
occupying both sides The common SYM
pathies and sentiments Of race and tribal
afiinities will still remain. Out of these
there must naturally spring coalitions
and combinations of which Russia. if de-
string it, will not be slow to avail herself
hereafter, and mold them to her own pur-
pose. The erection of one great and in
dependent State to occupy the peninsula
of Southeastern Europe would probably
have been the means of keeping Russian
intrigues at bay; whereas the present di-
vision, now boasted of by Beaconsfed as
the triumph of his diplomacy, will open
the field for Russian influence among all
those peoples who, of the same race, will
naturally look to Russia for aid in secur-
ing their political independence. A
strong State, or nationality is far more
difficult Of outside manipulation than
numerous small ones are. Hence,
Beaconsfeld, with his character
istic love of present applause,
may have been planting germ that, in
its development, will cause a commotion
infinitely more difficult for England to
suppress than even the present one, and
which will open the Eastern Question
under auspices that England will be un-
able to control.
Lord Bcaconsfeld is credited with the
epigrammatic assertion to Prince Bis
marck that he did not come to Berlin
"to yield" He had placed himself in
position to declare war any day. He
had brought Stpoys from India to Malta
for mcnacing Russia. He had armed a
fleet and sent it to the Dardanelles and
the Sea of Marmora He entered the
Congress- called to deliberate on peace,
with his hand on his undgawn sword.
Hence he dramatically exclaimed: 81
did not come here to yield" II he did
not come to yield, then he came to die
tate If there was to be no concession
as a ground of peace, then the matter was
to be determined by dictation. And yet
English Tories are heard applauding this
expression to the echo, and the eccentric
British Premier takes glory to himself as
a master spirit in diplomacy.
1t is certain that the Eastern Ques-
ton" is farther from solution now than
when the Car encamped within sight of
Constantinople, Englands pugnacious
interference has set back the day for the
settlement of that question. But the
present pacifcation, if effected, and for
which Lord Bcaconslicld assumes all the
glory, is no more than an adjournment
of the ISSUE and which Russia will un-
questionably call up under circumstances
when England can not gainsay nor resist.
The time may come when England's
power will all be needed in some other
direction, and then England's extremity
will be RuS,ia's opportunity.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

II we sit down at set OF sun.
And count the things that we have done,
And, counting find
One self-denyinI act, one word
That ca, ed the heart Of him who heart'
One glance most kind,
That fell like sunshine where it went,
Then we may count that day well spent,
But il through all the lifelong day
We've cased no heart by yea Or nay;
II through it all
We've done no thing that we can trace,
That brought tn" sunshine to a face
No act, most small,
That helped some sonl and nothing cost,
Then count that day as worse than lost,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

SOME members Of the Organ Associa-
ton and a few other people are still una
bic to free their minds from the idea that
the organ should be made money-mak-
ing institution. As long as the debt re-
mained, there was some ground for this
idea, but now there is none. The great
organ, like the great Hall, should be
made a source of pleasure to the people,
and they should be taxed as lightly rs
possible for this pleasure.
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Arc You Afflicted,

and wish torecover the same degree Of health,
strength, and energy as experienced in former
years? Do any of the following symptoms or
class of symptoms meet your diseased condi-
ton? Are you suffering from i'll l-health in
any of its many and mdltifarious forms, con-
sequcnt on lingering, nervous chronic, OF
functional disease? Do you feel nervous, de-
bilitated, fretful, timid, and lack the power
of will and action? Are you subject to los
of memory, have spells Of fainting, fullnea
Of blood in the head, feel listness, mOping
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

The organs of the British Tory party
are jubiIant over what they call Beacons-
fields triumph in the Congress at Berlin
II is claimed for their Premier that he
has thwarted Russia at every point; and
that under his diplomacy the Russian
conquest Of Turkey has been turned to
dust and ashes; that the Gar gets moth
ing for all his pains.
These triumphant announcements are,
to say the least, quite premature. 1t is
true that Russia has been required to
make some important notifications Of
the treaty of San Stefano. But these
concessions Russia had, Of her own mo-
ton, proposed before the Congress as
semblcd, 1t required no great stroke of
diplomacy at Berlin to accept them.
Thus far in the proceedings of the Con
gress that much is about all that the
British Premier has achieved There are
other points of concession upon which he
is yet laboring, and with fair promise of
success; but they are not by any means
secured.
The policy of Russia by the san stefano
treaty with Turkey was, among other
things, to institute an independent State
out of Roumelia and Bulgaria, whose
territory should touch upon the coasts of
both the Black Sea and the Egean; but
placing the organization of that new
State under European control. Eng
lands pretense was that this new State
would become Slavic in its character, and
therefore an adherent of Russia; and
through which Russia would ultimately
make her way out upon the Mediterra-
mean. 70 this England strenuously OBJ
jected as prejudicing British interests"
Combining with Austria to enforce this
objection, the boundaries Of Bulgaria
were "rectifed'' by the Congress so as to
limit the southern boundary of the new
State at the Balkans. And this was the
only grounds for proclaiming Beacons-
fields triumph.
Doubtless Russia greatly desired the
extension of those boundaries to the
Hgean, but she could scarcely have
expected it on submission to the Con-
grcss As now ''rectitied," the boundary
al the Balkans is precisely the same that
Napoleon proposed to Alexander of Rus,
sia in their memorable conference on the
raft at Tilsit in 1907. So that, in this
regard Russia has lost nothing, though
she has not gained all she desired. Or
the north of the Balkans there will be
erected tributary State, semi-independ
ent in its government, like Roumania
and south of the Balkans there will be {
Turkish province, having Christian
Governor, though with Mahommedar
garrisons on the frontiers of the Balkans
This is certainly no inconsiderable at
tainmcnt, even for the interests of Rus
sia.
But the grand purpose of this Congress
of the Powers was to effect settlemen
of the eyer-troublesome Eastern Cues
ton" For the attainment of this primar.
purpose the diplomacy of Beaconsfeld a
Berlin has been far from fortunate. La
deed, it may be questioned whether th'
very steps taken by the British Premie
in that Congress, and over which tn
Tory press of England is now shouting
"Io triumphe!" may not be the mean
of reopening that question at some no dis
tant future, greatly to England's disad
vantage
The division of that portion of Euro
pean Turkey into separate provinces, wit
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29
Unfit for Business

or pleasure, and subject to fits of melan
choly? Are your kidneys, stomach, urinary
organs, liver or blood in disordered condi
ton? Do you suffer from rheumatism, neu
ragia, or aches and pains? Have you been
indiscreet in early years and
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

THERE Is q nvrooTer whose name Is Death,
and there is mower whose name should
be Destruction. The last daily bulletin
of this machine which harvests humanity
as we'll as hay, reports the amputation OF
a mans legs in Kentucky, the mangIing
of a hand in Indiana, and the cutting OF
of two childrcn's feet in Ohio.
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Broken Down in Health

and spirits from disorders peculiar to their
sex, and who, from false modesty or neglect,
prolong their suherings. Why, then, further
neglect subject so productive OF health and
future happiness when there is at hand
means of cure? Why not throw off the yoke
altogether, and seek remedy that has
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

AND now the Organ Association
whines to be respectfully treated" If
it will get out of the way people will try
to forget some of its shortcomings, but
they are not inclined to do 50 while it is
struggling for further control of the or
gan,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

or carried the marital relation to excess in
later years? Have these indiscretions and
excuses left you in weak and debilitated
condition? Are you timid, nervous, and for
getful, and your mind continually dwelling
on the subject? Have YOU
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

A woman in London adyertises her
ability to make women beautiful, starts.
scrofulous rash out on them, and then
blackinails them into paying immense sums
to have it removed.
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Science and Common Sense

to commend it?-a remedy OF indisputable
efficacy, and the most certain means Of re-
storation to health and pristine vigor?
There are many diseases of an acute and
febrile type that we do not propose to cure
by means Of Electricity; but from all that
Electro-P Physiology teaches us, in regard 70
the m0dlg o,,erdndt OF the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29
Lost Confidence in Yourself

and energy for business pursuits =? Are you
subject to any of the following symptoms:
dreams palpitation of the heart, bashfu.ness,
restless nights, broken sleep, nightmare,
confusion Of ideas, aversion to society, dizzi-
ness in the head, dimness OF sight, pimples
and botches on the face and back, and other
despondent symptoms? There are
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-29

The various shades of humanity were
represented on the gallows yesterday. A
Bannock Indian WAS executed in Idaho,
and Mexican and negro were hanged
in Texas.