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they caught the insect But the final
trouble was inSurmountable; the captured
fly would stay on the glass tumbler that
imprisoned him; nothing could induce him
to walk on the sounding board which the
tumbler covered. But witness to the
scene describing it in Mature, found con-
ISOLATION in watching Professor Huxley
talking with great solemnity to a glass
tube two inches long, his grave tones being
loudly enuncated to a listener with a tele-
phone is distant apartment.
The philosophy of the new invention is
more difficult to explain than is the tele-
phone itself. The discovery has been made
by Prof. Hughes that the vibrations of
sound are reproduced with the greatest
delicacy and increased force, by certain
materials interposed in an electric circuit.
The reproduced sounds gain their increase
of power, doubtless, at the expense of the
current. After large number of expert
ments, he gives the preference to carbon for
this purpose; especially to pieces of char
coal that have been heated to whiteness ,
and then plunged into mercury. These
pieces, in one of his experiments, he
placed in a glass tube, and brought pres
sure upon them that squeezed their ends
together. This apparatus was made part
of il closed electric circuit of three small
cups. A Bell telephone was then intro,
duced into the circuit, and the whole thing
was complete. All that was necessary to
do was to talk to the tube, even at a re-
spectful distance from it, and the telephone
repeated the sound, at any distance yet
tried, with loudnesS dependent only on
the pressure in the tube.
This disposes at once of the fear that the
telephone was nearing the end of its use
fulneSs as an instrument for conveying
speech. 1t is only at the eginniug. With
such means there will be no obstacle to re-
porting public speaker or singer; no diff
1culty, in fact, in hearing whispers inaudi-
bic TO unassisted ears. All that has ever
been imagined as among the possibilities of
the phonograph or the telephone seems
now certain to be outdone. Since the fall
ing of pin can now be heard at the dis
lance of hundred miles, little will be
needed to realize Hoods metaphor, that
Silence herself may be making row.
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J. c. RlNGWALT & co.,
No. - n. Charles street,
June 1T BALTIMORE, MD.
Rheunlatisnl---Its Cure.
TO TIE AFFLICTED-DEAR FRIENDS

TO TIE AFFLICTED-DEAR FRIENDS:
deem it only my duty, neglect of which would
be injustice To suffering humanity. state you the
great medical effects of Pam ScGrrbcr in promptly
curing rheumatism. | have cured hundreds of cases
during tho last five years. among whcj | shall only
hri ety refer to few of the Oh. Wednesday,
July 18Th. was called to yuung suffering so
terribly that he could touched much less
Scdrctr he could both legs aud arm and at the
end of II hours he aro and walked upstairs without
help: he Is now July l7th) perfectly well. He only
used two bottles. Another case who hal been under
medical treatment about one year. u!drr
He could neither dress nnrrss himself yet in five
weeks he could do good days work usual in
rolling mill He only used five bottles of Pam Sc0rcher
To make the cure. Another of fifteen years stand
ing cured by the Pam Sedrcher This gentleman
had made very few full weeks at work during these
years, account of the aches and pains at times more
than others he suffered. He is perfectly well.
Another ease young lady who had suffered badly
for four months under medical treatment: could not
move i'll the least without suffering terribly vet in
sixteen hours after using the Pam Searchtr she arose
aud walked across the and only days were
required to restore her to perfect health again.
Another. and the last case shall refer is boy of
10 years. lie could not move at all and about
u hours he and walked the room and soon
was restored To health again by the Pam .Sedrcher-
These and hundreds of others refer to- The hook
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Cramps and Pains Diarrhra &c il aGunllv rs certain
of human being, and from six bottles has
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When this remedy becomes properly known have no
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Office for Consultation. 100 King ST Wilmington
Respectfully, J. II. SIMNs, NJ D.
Wilmington. Del
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THE MICROPHONE.

We appear to be only at the beginning of
discoveries in the line of the telephone and
the phonograph. An entirely new field of
science has been opened; the limits cannot
even be guessed An instrument has been
devised that bears relation to our capacity
for hearing, similar to that which the MI
croscope or the telescope does for vision.
The new device magnifies sound. 1t is ap-
propriately called the microphone By its
means sounds so faint that they have never
before been heard by human ears, may be
made of any degree of loudness. A feath
er's edge brushed over the sounding board
of this instrument has been made to crash
upon the ears of the listeners. The touch
OF the tip of a cancels hair brush was the
occasion of ga cracking noise, of which
the intensity was almost painful to the
ear" The faintest whisper of the human
voice can be reproduced in the loudest
tones. "The maiden's sigh may roar like
the cataract of Niagara"
Professor D. f. Hughes has given full
account of the microphone to the ROYAL
Society of London, and described the steps
by which he was led to the invention He
Is most widely known in England as the
inventor of type printing telegraph in
strument which is in general use in that
country. Although he is an accomplished
electrician, the apparatus which he has
employed for his new experiments is of the
simplest character, and the most trihinp
cost. With it he mas made the footsteps of
house fly distinctly audible; and all these
sounds, after being intensified, are trans
mitted to any needful distance by the ordi-
nary telephone. At recent exhibition of
these experiments to few scientific friends
in London, all the astonishing effects that
have been referred to were easily produced,
except the fly performance. With great
difficulty the philosophers found fly in
the house. With yet greater difficulty
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COLLECTION OF CLAIMS.

will give strict and prompt attention to
Il the Collection of all Claims that placed in nv
hands those prosecuted before Justice of the Peace
will receive equal attention with those prosecuted
before the Court Persons favoring with business
OF this kind may expect prompt returns
VIM. L. B0ULDEN, Sheriff
Liktoh, april ~ lofo-tf Cecil county.
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FOR SALE,

A NEW CIRCULAR SAW-Casho's
IA make-and Table in complete order; nearI,
new. viii b" sold a bargain.
Apply at the EIkton Foundry
April -, lS7S-tf CUAS H. SMITH
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27
Over.eating i'm Sum mcr.

All the trustworthy iygieni.ts and medical
an'hOri'les are unanimous in recommending
fruits and vegetables as The best and appro-
pirate food for this season, and that the eating
OF much meat, rich gravies, etc, is carefully
10 be abstained from. And vet thrre is moi,
one person in ten who carefully and inielli>
gently follows this advice In hotels aud
boarding-houses. people gorge themselves
with meats and gravies and pastry, aud won,
der how 1t is possible, after sncb strengthen
ing meal, that they feel so weak. and sllakv,
and nervous and ont Of sorts, With nothing
but good bread aud butter and n saucer of
fruit for dinner the next day the same person
would have marveled still more how in the
woli such slim meal gave him such
and elasticity Of spirits aud improved heath
Depend on it. a very large proportion of the
physical ills Of life come from too much eating
There is but little danger Of not eating enough.
The trouble with ninetenihs Of ailing and
clronical complaining city people i. injndi-
cious and incorporate eating. Lave oil
eating so much meat and greasy compounds
and rich pastry, and try simpler die, fur a
time, and. our word for il, you will soon
experience a great and marvellous change
come over the spirit Of your dream-Trea,on
Gazette.
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---s s0ss -
THE STORY OF WILLIAM
RAINES.
1t Completely Lays Over That
of EnOch Arden for Romantic
1ntere>t-He is Shipwrecked
and Left Nine Years Among
African SavageS, and His Wife
kemarrleS, of Course.
TCincinnaii GaZeiie.1


The fact that "truih is stranger
than fiction" is fully demonstrated by
the presence of William Raines in
our city. His life for the past nine
years has been passed among the un-
civilized negroes of the south-central
portion of Africa, who had no Ian.
guage, cultivation, or any idea of
time; who bad never before seen a
white man, and whose time was spent
waging war upon their neigbbors.
The history of his life is fraugbt with
fully as much pathos as the hero OF
Tennyson's beautiful creation, "Enoch
Arden." Raires worked at his trade,
that of a carpenter, until September,
1869, in ST. Clairsvile. in this State.
Fortune dealt kindly with him, and
blessed him, with a loving wife and
one child.
His uncle, who was the owner and
captain OF the bark, Mary Ellen, pre-
vailed on him at the time above
named to make a voyage to Cape
Town, Africa, with him. The cargo
WIS TO consist of farming implements
and live stock. He drew two months
wages aud gave the money to his
wife, and the Mary Ellen started
with her crew of thirty, about the
middle CT September. They pro-
gressed finely until they reached the
west coast of Africa, where they met
with contrary winds and bad weather,
and one morning about daybreak. and
in the midst of terrible storm. the
ship struck reef, and went to pieces
about two hundred yards from the
shore.
Six Of the crew reached the shore
in safety. The remaining twenty
four perished. The names OF the six
who escaped are: William Raines,
the narrator; Burrell and Thompson,
given names unknown. but both
Americans; Hook, an Englishman /;
Fielder, a German, formerly of this
State. and J. W. Lang, captain Of the
bark. The ship having attracted the
attention Of war party of negroes.
who had come from the interior TO
fight one of the coast tribes, they
watched it all night through the storm.
and when she broke up and the men
reached shore, the negroes took pos
session of them and distributed them
among the tribes as curiOsities. They
had never seen white men before and
them as something more
than human. The negroes separated.
Raines was carried about FIVE hun
dred miles into the interior, where the
tribe that the war party belonged to
lived. The king of the tribe took
great fancy to him, and made royal
pet Of him. He was allowed to 60
around of his own free will. without
guard or check Of any kind whatever.
The tribe bad no knowledge of the
cultivation of the soil their principal
food was the fruit. which everywhere
grew abundant-roOts. herbs and
monkey flesh. The country they oc-
cupied was high aud sandy in some
places, hut the water was excellent,
cool aud clear. The rivers were mud
dy aud scarce Of 6sb. The natives
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27
The Champion BullfrOg Story.

The people of this place have accidentally
discovered how to utilize bulfrops by convert
ing them into churuers Of butter The discovery
was Thus reached: A farmer iu the nei,hbor.
hood Eaving placed pail OF milk in a spring
TO cool over u,ght went there the mex. morning
and found, it is so'emniy asserted, instead Of
the pail of milk large bnlfrog sitting in
contemPlaiive mood upon a large roll Of fresh
butter The sole explanation is the frog had
jumped from the water INTO the pail, and in
trying TO extrira'e himself had. 10y 'iiIiseu, and
continued strokes OF lns long legs, clnrned the
milk into tuuer-N Niddieforn (Cf Ga:ctt
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27

Valuable Plantation to Lease
for 1873.
The Psnmsien Known as the VIM. r.
Adams place will be rented for the year
1879. Apply to
C. n. MOORE
or WILEY P. HANGHAM.
Jan. &. lsfS-G
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27
.WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT."

Through the weary day on his cnuch he lay.
W ith the Iiie-ride ebbng slowly away.
And the dew on his cold brow gathering fast.
While the pendulum numbered moment,
passed.
And heard low Yoire whispering say:
when The tide goes oitI he Will pass away,
Pray for souls serene release,
That weary soul may rest in peace
When the tide goes ont
When the tide goe. ont from the .ea,gir; lrn,l
II bears strange freight from the cleaning sand
The white winged ships rha, silent wait,
For lavorinY wave and wind that's late,
The treasures cast on the rocky shore,
From the stranded ships that shall sail no
more.
And hopes that follow the shining seas
Oh. the ocean wide shall win all these
"Whcn the tide goes out
But, of all drift from tue shore 10 the sea.
Is the human soul TO eternity,
Safdest, most solemn of ala soul
Passing where unknown water, roll,
+ ioaiing away from the silent shore,
Like faied ship 10 return no more;
Where shall the surcing current tend,
Slowly dividing friend from friend,
When the tide goes ouiT
For one parting spirit. pray, oil pray.
" Nh'ie the tile Of life is ehbing away,
That sonl may pass over summer seas
That ciasred of OLD the Hr>perides,
la a barGne whose sails. by angel hands,
Shall be fured on a strand of Golden sands;
And the friends thar stand on a silent shore,
Knowing that we shall. return no more,
Shall wish us JOY Of voyage iair,
With calm, sweet skies aud iavorin2 air,
when the It'd" goes on, "
n L DISrrrcr
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of sounds. accompanied by gestures
One sound. with appropriate gestures
could have dozen different meanings
There was no sickness or malaria %
any kind. there being but seven death.
by natural causes during his whole
captivity. This he attributes to their
manner of living. Their principal
weapon was n spear or javelin, which
they could throw with marvellous dex.
terity and for great distance The
only covering which they wore was
breech clout for the males, and a
short skirt reaching to the knees for
the women. The dress was made OF
the fibre next the bark in a tree, the
nnme Of which be never heard. lie
also speaks of a medicinal plant,
which the natives use as u purgative,
! and which they call cutch cav.
After being with them some wears.
and having gained their confidence,
they allowed him to wander away
from the camp and stay away for a
day at time. After a while these
huuting trips were heightened to two
days, then three, and one fine morning
found him on camel hurrving to
Cape Town. At the end of the sec
ond day, the camel. having been driv-
en- day and night, dropped dead from
exhaustion, and be had to finish the
distance on foot. He arrived, finally,
at Cape Town. where, with difficulty,
he could make himself understood,
and passage to San Francisco was
furnished him.
Here, through the lodge Of which
be is member, he found that bis
name had been on the death list for
six years.
But the saddcst part of his story
comes now, after reaching 81. Clairs-
vile. Upon his arrival here, he found
that his wife, despairing of his return,
and believing that be was dead, after
be bad been gone three years, had re-
married to a worthy citizen of that
place. Hi' meeting with his wife,
after his return. can better be imag-
ined than depicted. With a noble
self-denial, which his long captivity
may have made easy, be refused to
assert bis claim to his wife and chile,
whom he still loves dearly, but has
left to bis wife the privilege of choos-
ing between her two husbands.
He has been positively identified
by Mr.. L. H. Anderson, of St. Clairs-
vile. and is at present with bis moth
er. at Georgetown, XIV.
While in Africa be several times
beard from his uncle, who was a cap.
tive, and at one time tribe from the
north, who came 20 visit the tribe he
was with. brought word that men like
him bad crossed the country further
north. These men be believes to he
Stanley's party. The place where
the ship was wrecked is about five
hundred miles north of Cape Town.
and just above the mouth of a small
river. In his escape be thinks he
crossed this river near the beadwaters,
where it could be waded with ease.
Being desirous Of placing the
friends of any of the above parties in
communication with them, Le will en-
deavor to get the government 10 aid
him in efforts to rescue them. Truly
his experience has been wonderful.
and after listening to his recital the
effort to put it on paper with a titbe
Of its interest seems futile.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27

Speaker Corn of the Arkansas Leg.
islature is quite deaf" Az.
aidnche.
Probably on account of his ear be-
ing so busky.-Grdphic.
But it won't interfere with Corn's'
talk -Hackensack Republican.
We are amazed and shucked at
these jokes.-BOston Traveller.
Do they cali Mr.. Corn kernel -
Worcester Press.
If you've got your stalk of puns all
shelled out, let's have the other corn.
cObitaDts.-BOstOn Post.
We are cornfounded.-Jackson
Clarion.
IfCorn stands such pulling Of his
ear first thing be knows some fellow
will crop it.-Forest Register.
This fellow has been SO we'll shuck
up that it ia time to Corn(er) him:
Who will bring the next grlst to the;
mill ?-Brooiharen Ledger.
Oh. sbucks! II that Corn don't
shoot he ought to have the starch Ia.
ken out OF him.-Brandon Republican:
"Fine nninsook, embroidered, makes
lovely little slips for children" ssys a
fashion writer. Orange pee! on .
sidewalk continues to b. go,d enough
for men.-Picayune.
When Ifaves was a boy and heard
other boys arranging for a good thing.
he invariably said, Sou NAV counl
me iu u''-P"nY"n..
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27

There are generally about six Of
them in the bunch. with light dresses
on. and they have three poles with AZ
many hooks and lines among them.
As soon as they get to the river they
look for good place to get down OH
the RATS, aud the most ventursoms
one sticks her boot-heels in the bank
and makes two careful steps down.
then suddenly v finds herself at the BOT.
tom with both hands in the water.
and a feeling that erybody 10 this
wide world is looking at her, and shs
never tells anybody how she got there:
The other girls. profiting by her OK.
ample. turn round and 90 down the
banks on their hands and toes, back.
ward. Then they scamper over tho
RATS until they find shallow
place where they can see the fish, and
shout. "Ob, see one!" "Where?"
There" "Oh, my! so he is." Lets
catch him" who's got them baits!"
"You lazy thing; you're sitting on
my pOle." All these cxclamntiors
are gotten off in q tone that awakens
every echo within a mile around
and sends every fish that hears
it into "gallopping Mysteries" Then
the girls superbuman excrtions man.
age to get worm on the hook, and
throw in with a splash, like the
launching Of a washtub. and await
the result. After while a feeble
minded sun6sh con,rives to get
fastened on the hook of q ti,nid
woman, and she gives vent to her
tongue-"Ob. something's got on nv
book!" "PuIl up. you little idiot I"
shouted five excited voices, az poles
and hooks arc dropped and they rush
to the rescue. The girl with the bits
gave spasmpdic jerk. which sent the
unfortunate sunny" into the air the
full length Of the line. and be comes
down 90 the nearest curly.head with
damp Hop that sets her to clawing
as though there were bumble.bees in
her hair. "Oh, murder! take it swsy!
Ugh, the nasty ,hing!" Then they
hold up their skirts and gather about
that fish as it skips over the logs, ono
all the time holding the line in both
hands with her foot on the pole, AZ
though she bad an evil-disposed godt
at the ether end. Then they talk
over it: How will he ever get OIL"
"Ain't it pretty?" "Poor, little thing,
let's put it back ~ How will We
get the hook from it?" "Pick it up."
says a girl who backs rapidly out of
the circle. Good gracious, I'm afraid
of it! There. it's opening its mouth
at me" Just then the sunny" wig.
giles oil the hook and disappears BE-
tween two logs in the water, and the
girls try for another bite. But the
sun comes down and fries the back of
their necks, and they get three head.
aches in the party, anG they all get
cross and scOld at the fish like 50
many magpies. If an unwary club
dares to show himself in the water
they poke at him with their poles,
much 20 his disgust. Finally, thev
get mad oil over and throw their poles
away. hunt up the lunch.basket, climb
up into the woods, where they sit
around on the grass and eat enoGgh
Of dried beef and rusk and hard.
boiled eggs to give wood.horse the
nightmare; after which they com.
pare notes about their beaux till sun!
lown. when they 90 home and plant
envy 10 the hearts of all their muslin:
te-laine friends by telling what Just
= splendid time" they had.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27
SIMON FOX,
Hams! HamsI

ssDOLAND CfIINA--Csnvassel Sugar.
cured; cheapest Ham on the market
MAGNOIIA--Cantass Suga'-cured; ur.-
surpassed for excellence Of cure aud delicacy
Of favor--in srock at
mchsO EFT EGGLESTON & cos.
Richland beacon., 1878-07-27
Messrs. E. T. Eggleston & Co.,

"hNE REMOVED ACROSS THE
III Street from their former stand TO ~
Levee aud "A Water Streets.
where they will be pleased to meet treir
friends and patrons who will find a carefully
selec,ed stock Of STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,. rs well as full line Of PRO.
DUCE, GRAIN and LlQUORS-nll pur.
chased advsn'ageously for CASH. and Of
frred At lowest possible figures. defyins COM
petition.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-21

Strength of character consists of two
things power of will and power of self
restraint. Itrequires two things, there
fore. to its existence strong feelings and
strong command over them. Now, it is
here We make a great mistake; we mis-
take strong feelings for strong character.
A man who bears all before him, before
whose hown domestics rremble, and
whose bursts of fury make the children
of the household quake because he has
his will obeyed, and his own way in all
things--we call him strong man. The
truth is, that is the weak man; it is his
passions that are strong; he, mastered by
them, is weak You must measure the
strength of a man by the power Of those
which subdue him. And hence com
posure is very often tie highest result of
strength. Did we never see man receive
a fragrant insult and only grow little
pale and quietly reply9 That is man
spiritually strong. Or, did we ever see a
man in anguish stand as If carved out of
solid rock mastering himself? Or one
bearing hopeless daily trial remain
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-08-21
The Man Of the Southwest.
From Edward Kings Sketches.

From Edward Kings Sketches.
The Southwestern man is usually large.
in stature, sinewy yet spare Of frame, and
nature has favored him with manly and
graceful bearing. There is freedom in
his walk and p;cturesqueness in his
speech which makes him marked man
the moment he ventures out Of his own
section. Perhaps only generation ago.
he emigrated from New En- gland or
Northern New York to Texas, or Ar
kansas, or Missouri, but the ichor in his
blood seems to have been changed in
that time; he is new man. Even his
methods Of thought are different Enc
man Of the Southwest possesses many of
the good and few of the bad traits Of the
Southern character The energy of the
West is always at hand to correct his
nature when it seems liable to succumb
to the Incidence of the South. He abhors.
the llstlessness which allows property to,
go to decay, fences tolrot, and lands to.
become exhausted simply because the
owner is too lazy to arrest the downward
progress. After the war had passed he
sprang into an abnormal activity for the
purpose of repairing the ravages which
had occurred in the disastrous years. The
Southwesterner has not made himself so
well known as the Californian, but some.
day he will be studied carefully, and will
afford richer material for the romancer
and the essayist than ID to be found on
the Pacific Coast.