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WAD1NG RIVER, Burlington Co., N. j., Feb.
0okL 10F5
Breathing MIiasma Without Injury.

There is no e1aggeration in the statement
that thousands Of persons residing from one
years end to another In fever and ague re-
gions on this Continent and elsewhere, breathe
air more or less im~pregnated with miasma,
without mourning the disease, simply and only
because they are in the habit Of using Hos
letters Stomach Bitters as q preventive. II
has frequently happened, and the fact hal
been amply attested Ivy the parties themselves
that persons surrounded on all sides by neigh
bors suffering the tortures Of this shiverine
and burning plague, have enjoyed absolute i'm
munity from it, thanks to the protection af.
forded by the Bitters. Nor is that standard
''anti-febrile cordial less efficacious in remedy.
ing than in preventing chills and fever, bilious
romittents, and disorders Of q kindred type.
Taken between the paroxysms, it speedily mit.
gates their violence, and eventually prevents
their recurrence. These facts, convincingly
established by evidence, appeal with peculia,
force to travellers. and sojourners in malariouf
diotricta
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Fashion Notes.

Some of the handsomest imported
bonnets are composed entirely Of large
damask roses.
Some muffs have monograms and
crests worked upon them, and others
boauets of flowers. Muffs are now per-
fumed like satchels.
Grecian passementerie made of simple
mohair, in small squares, is used all
over the outer garments and arranged
in Greek designs.
Furs will lie sparingly used upon
garments this season. Most garments
will have deep fur cuffs, collars, and
pockets without fur borders.
The small, embroidered kerchiefs of
crepe de chene are the choice to protect
the throat, instead of scarfs, and silk
h%andkerchiefs seem so long.
Painted jewelry on silk" is also
another of the seasons f~ancies, the ear
rings and pendants being exquisitely
decorated with flower designs done by
hand.
The ulster Is not the ungainly belted
garment that first came under the name,
but more of a polonaise, with plain
skirt and no trimming, relieved only
with buttons of black pearl.
In trimmings for rich wraps the novel
ty is the border of ostrich down, not as
formerly glued on the cloth, but woven
into it by a new process kept secret by
the Partisan manufacturers, and which
renders the feather band very lasting.
Japanese fans, wide spread, are fas,
tened above the chamber doors or
windows, to give q touch of brilliant
color to the room. Those costing from
three to ten cents each are quite good
enough. They are secured with brass
headed tacks.
Dragon, moss, olive, lizard, myrtle,
sea-foam, nile, salad, bottle, bronze and
hunters green are various shades of
this one color, now the favorite fashion.
The pea green and apple green, known
to the last generation, are never men
toned.
Real Roman beads are much used for
evening wear, and colored Roman beads
as we'll. Mother-of-pearl and natural
pearl combined with Roman pearl beads
form effective earrings and pins, and are
quite in demand 4; the natural pearl is
cut inta canoes.
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The DardanelleS,

The Dardanelles, or Canal of CALI
poll, is the ancient Hellespont. 1t unites
the sea of Marmora to that Of the Archi-
pelago. 1t is about sixty-four miles in
length ; the narrowest point of its width
is about n mile and a twelfth, while
the widest point is q little over three
miles. The water is.very deep the tide,
which is quite rapid, varies from l65 to
$50 feet per minute, and it makes navi-
CATION difficult for vessels, especially
when the wind blows from northeast to
southwest. The shores on both sides of
the canal present a very singular con-
trast. Those on the European side are
rocky, while those on the Aslatic are full
of vegetation, with immense valleys and
gardens, and the minarets, together with
the domes of the mosques rising above
the trees, present a highly picturesque
panorama.
The entrance to the straits formidably
defended by the two castles of the new
Dardanelles, the Koum Kaleh on the
Asiatic, and the dil-Bahri on the
European side. They are armed with
Krupp guns. and they are also defended
by other batteries erected on the coast.
Twenty-Five miles further are the two
old castles of the Dardanelles-the Kill
lid-Bahri on the European, and the Sui
taneih.K alessi on the Asiatic shore. The
latter Is the strongest of the two. They
we're constructed by Mahomet II.
At the narrowest point of the straits,
and near the mouth of the Marmora sea,
are the Notifications of Bovalli and of
Niagara. Gallipoli. which is situated at
the. outlet of the canal, is the principal
city of the Dardanelles. Lamsaki, the
Lampsacus of antiquity, is nearly oppo-
site, on the Asiatic shore.
Since the days of M%ithridates to the
middle ages, the Dardanelles have
shared the fate of Byzantium. After the
destruction of the Latin empire at Con-
stantinople, the Venetians invaded the
straits and settled at Gallipoli. In 1857
the city was taken by the Turks, in
whose possession it has remained till the
present time. In ITO, shortly after the
battle of Tsesme, the Russian fleet
forced their entrance, and went as far as
the castle on the European side.
In 1907 the British Admiral Duck
worth forced the entrance, quieted the
fire of the Turkish ~fortifcatins, burned
the Turkish feet, and on the following
day, at five o'clock in the evening, ar
rived at Constantinople. But, instead
of %bombarding the city, he allowed him
self to be entertained by the Turkish
diplomats. Pending the negotiations
between the British admiral and the
pashas, the Turks rebuilt their fortifca-
tons on both shores of the straits, and
the English admiral was obliged to fight
his way out of the straits after his fleet
having sustained considerable damages.
In 1923, during the Greek war for indie
pendence, the Ipsariots forced the en-
trance and burned three Turkish vessels.
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Al Honest Miners Story.

A "digger" from California, eulo.
giving the climate, says "There's a
mountain there-the Sawyer Nevaday,
they call it-with a valley on each side
of it. the one hot and t'other cold. Well.
git on tho top of that mountain with q
double barrel gun, and you can, without
movin', kill either summer or winter
game, just rs you WILL"
"What have you ever tried it?"
"Tried often and should have done
pretty we'll but for one thing"
"Well, what vas that?"
II wanted q dog that would stand
both climates. The last dog I had froze
off his tail, while pintin' on the summer
side. He didn't get entirely out of the
winter side, you see."
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One of the uses of the sweet, low
voice in women" is to sound well in
poetry. To get a sleepy boy up these
mornings, however, to bring in the coal,
it isn't worth speaking of. BE generally
needs a vocal admonition closely related
to q locomotive shrek, and that sounds,
rs it rushes up the stairs, like the whirr
of a dozen cat-o'-nine-tails.
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Near Lumberton, N. c., a few days
ago, while digging mari in q swamp
some workmen found imbedded some
eight or ten feet below the surface a
schooner in its natural shape, sixty feet
long and forty wide. The nails or spikes
with which it was put together were
made of wrought iron. There were va
riouo kinds of bone and teeth around
and zeal it.
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Spring Debility,

Spring DEPUTY,
Languor, lassitude, and that low state, Of the
are immediately relieved BY the Peruvian
Syrup, which supplies the blood with its vital
principal of Life element-ir o Rainfusing
strength, vigor and new life into all parts
of the system. Being free from alcohol, is
energizing effects are not followed by cores.
ponding reaction. but are permanent. Sold
by all druggists.
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Abandoned At Aea.

At all times ships Of one kind or another are
floating about at sea, abandoned by officers and
crew, in what seems q hopeless condition. Some
are dismantled and mere hulks,' some are
swimming keel upwards, some are water-log-
ged, but being laden with timber will not sink,
but are driven hither and thither as the wind
and waves may direct. 30 people afflicted
with catarrh, bronchitis and consumption, are
abandoned by physicians and friends as incur
able, yet thousands Of such are annually re-
stored to perfect health by the use Of DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy and DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. The Oatarrh Remedy il
unequaled as a soothing and healing local ap-
plication, while the Discovery purifes and on.
riches the blood, and imparts tone and vigol
to the whole system.
V1DoLIA, La., April, 18th, 1877.
DIR. PIERCE Dear SRI suffered for twelve
years with that most offensive and loathsomt
Of all .diseases-catarrh. My taste and smell
we're completely destroyed. I procured q sup
ply Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and you
Golden Medical Discovery, which I used &C
cording to directions, and a complete and per
manent cure was speedily effected. I take
pleasure in recommending them to all afflicted
Ever thankfully yours,
CLARA E. HUNT.
WAD1NG RIVER, Burlington Co., N. j., Feb
18th, 1877.
DIR. PIERCE: Dear Sir-Your Golden Medi
cal Discovery is the best medicine for coughs
colds and consumption, I ever knew. 1t hal
saved my life. = Respectfully yours,
HELEN B, MCANEEY,
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Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers! Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period Of teeth.
ing in children. Itrelieves the child from pain,
cures wind cello, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and healthto the child, gives rest tc
the mother. It is m old and well-tried remedy.
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CHEW
The Celebrated
"MAToHLKss"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
TEE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago
U.ook Ont for Them

Look Ont for Them.
Certain ~unprincipled parties have been tor
years flooding the country with immense pack
ages of horse and cattle powders which are
utterly worthless. Don't be deceived by them.
Sheridan's Powders are the only kind now
known in this country which are strictly pure.
They are very powerful.
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next legislative term, Cuba shall be represent
ed in the Cortes, at Madrid on equal terms with
Porto Rico, according to the population Of the
island and that the laws shall be equally ap-
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Discerning child (who has heard some

Discerning child (who has heard some
remarks by papa)-"Are you our new
nurse ?" Nurseries, dear" Child
"Well, then, I am n of those boys
who can only be managed by kindness ;
so you had better get some sponge cake
and oranges at once"
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II We had q voice like thunder We would use
it to advise all people everywhere to get OF
once q bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
or at least to find out about it. AS 3 proven.
tive of .,diphtheria, pneumonia, congestion and
all dangerous throat and lung diseases its
ualna Ia nrinalaaa
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vnTun rnIrUFIpT A practical Scientific, Mechsu
lUuNu 0LlGNllDl, ical and Art journal for ANA
tours. Describes Experiments in Chemistry, Electrici
them. Tells how to make cheap Microscopes. Tele
scopes. Galvanic Batteries. ETC., that will work well
directions for working with Lathes,. Fret and Scr1l
Saws. Carpenters Tools, etc. Describes simple anc
amusing feats Of Natural Magic and Legerdemnin anc
tells how to make the apparatus for performing them
Contains an account Of New Scientific Discoveries
Edited by Prof. John Phin. Sixteen large svo page
Trial Trip. four months, 10 cents postage stsmps)
Address, JOS. f. SMITH, 178 Broadway, New York
p q Bor lS75.
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Cottage Gingerbread.
Take one cup Of butter and lard melted to-
gether, add one cup Of New Orleans molasses
stir into this one cup each Of sugar and cold
water, two large t~easpoonfuls ginger, two eggs
beaten, and four cups flour, having in it three
large t%easpoonfuls Dooley's Yeast Powder.
Bake in moderately hot oven.
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Sold by DRUGGISTS.
That wonderful bilious remedy, Quirk's
Irish Tea. It costs only Is cts q package.
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February numbered 6,O71, $40 pieces, worth
SO, 478, 1874.
The treasury department is preparing for
the immediate execution of the silver law. A
device for the new dollar has been proposed by
DR.. Linderman and approved, and the mints
will be put at work Immediately.
Murphy, the temperance lecturer, has closed
a five weeks, engagement in Washington,
whence he goes to New England. While in
Washington he procured $1,000 names to the
pledge.
Owing to the large amount of business on
hand it is thought the session of Congress
will be prolonged to summer.
Albert B. Porter, Of Indiana, has been nomi-
mated to fill the vacancy in the office OF first
comptroller of the treasury, occasioned by the
death Of Mr.. Taylor.
The balance Of trade in favor of the United
States for the last nine months is $135, 600, 600.
Foreign News.
A house in Tientsin, China, in which refugees
from the famine-stricken northern provinces
had assembled for shelter, took fro, and Of
almost three thousand persons in the building
all but about one hundred lost their lives.
Late reports from the districts in which the
famine is raging, give q heartrendlng account
Of the restitution and suffering which prevails.
Children are sold by hundreds by their starving
parents, and many instructions have occurred
among the people rendered desperate by seeing
their families dying before their eyes.
Cardinal McCloskey presented bis homage to
tho new Pope, and said he had no reason
to deplore the lateness OF his arriva' in Rome,
as the conclave Of cardinals had made 80 excel
lent o choice.
In the House of Commons the colonial mar
rage bill, which was opposed by the govern
ment, was adopted by q vote Of 1872 to 161.
1t enables the offspring Of a marriage conclud-
ed under colonial laws with 2 deceased wife's
sister to inherit property in the United King
dom.
Edward Shaw e. Co., spinners at Belfast and
Celbridge, Ireland, have failed for $500, 600.
Lord Napier, Of Magdala, is 10 be command
er-in-chief (. any expeditionary forces which
England may send to Turkey. Sir Garnet
Wolseley is to be his chief OF staff.
The surrender Of many Cuban insurgents is
announced, and the Instruction is said to be
practically at an enc.
General Grant has arrived at Constantine
pie.
The treaty OF peace between Russia and Tur-
kew was signed at San StefanO. Russia aban.
doned her claim onthe Egyptian and Bulgarian
tributes. In st. Petersburg the news was re-
ceived with great rejoicing, all immense crowd
appearing before the palace and singing God
save the Car
Pope Leo XIII. was crowned in the Sixtine
Chapel at Rome. The ceremony waB perform
ed before the cardinals and O few other per-
sons.
Smallpox has been raging to q terrible OK
in the Department of Lozere, southern France
The captain-general OF Cnba has issued a
proclamation looking to The reconstructlon OF
affairs in the island. He states in the proclama-
ton that the time has come to introduce such
reforms as, withoutEinsurrection Cuba, would
have enjoyed long ago that dating from the
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HAPPY RELIEF:

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other remedies had failed, I Waited the Laboratory and
convinced myself Of its genuine merit. It Is prepared
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to produce astonishing results"
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OutdOne by a BOY.


A lad in Boston, rather small for
his years, works in al Office as err
rand boy for four gentlemen who
do business there. One day the
gentlemen were chatting him lit
tie about being SO small, and said
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"You never will amount to much,
you never can do much business,
you are too small"
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81 don't know as 1 ought to tell
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