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A Real PetrifactiOn.

The Raleigh On. CO. Observer says
1t is a fact not generally known that the
cemetery of the Methodist church in
Hendersonville, N. c., contains q petri-
fed human body. About the year 1886,
Miss Adeline Byers lived with her
father, Francis G. Byers, fifteen miles
south of this place, in Henderson county.
She was a bright, sweet girl, much be-
loved by all who knew her, and her
hand was won by William Pinckney
Murray, whom she had known long and
well. Soon the nuptials were celebrated,
and the bride and bridegroom at once
set out in search of a new country, fol-
lowing the setting sun to the Mississippi
valley. There they located and began
the journey Of life together in real earn
est. Prosperity and happiness can to
them until, at an unexpected moment,
death cut down Mrs. Murray in the very
prime of life.
The disconsolate widower, consigning
the body of his deceased wife to the
dust, as he supposed, sought "surcease
of sorrow" in the wilds Of Texas. A few
years afterward DR.. Josiah johnson, in
tending to return to North Carolina,
whence he had removed with his brother
in-law, Mr.. Murray, disinterredt the body
of Mrs. Murray, for the purpose 70
carrying it back with him. Imagine
how amazed he was to find it in the cof-
fin just as he had seen it there years
beforel The same features-almost the
same expression. But what he saw was
not fesh-it was solid stone The
whole body had petrifed. In that con-
dition he carried it to North Carolina
and delivered 1t to the aged father, Mr..
Byers, who could hardly doubt that his
daughter had come back to him asleep d!
The news spread that Adeline's body
had been "turned into a rock" and
great was the desire of everybody to see
it. Attempts we're made, it is said, to
steal it out of the cellar where the old
gentleman had carefully COL cealed it,
but they were unsuccessful. Ali through
the war it was guarded by the father as
the most sacred trust, but few persons
being allowed to see it. About six years
ago, however, it was quietly buried in
the Methodist cemetery in Henderson
villa
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Crown Prince of Persia,

Abbas Mira, crown prince of Persia,
is one of the most remarkable men OF
the present time. He is not q mere SOL
der, but his finer qualities render him
still more worthy Of succeeding to the
Persian throne. Moritz Won Kotzebue
relates the following honorable anecdote
of him: The Russian ambassador says
he perceived in the garden belonging to
the prince a projecting corner of an old
wall, which made a very ugly contrast
with the rest, and disfgured the pros
pect. He asked Abbas Mira why he
did not have it pulled down.
"Only think" replied the prince, 81
have bought this garden from several
proprietors in order to make something
magnificent; the proprietor Of the place
where the vol projects is an old peasant,
the only person who positively refused
to sell his piece of land, as he would not
part with it at any price, it being an old
family possession. I must confess it is
very vexatious; but, Notwithstanding, ]
honor him for his attachment to his fore.
fathers, and still more for his boldness
in refusing it to me; but I will wait till an
heir of his shall be more reasonable"
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A Convenient Cooking Apparatus,

ASwiss journal gives the following &C
count of q novel cooking stove: Herr
Boefnger, an ingenious gentleman Of
Heilbronn, has invented what he calls
a in
plain English, a patent petroleum cook
ing apparatus, which possesses the Pc
culiar quality of lighting itself at any
specified hour. The machine is furnish
ed with an indicator, the finger of which
can be turned to the appointed time,
and when the time arrives the fire begins
to burn, the water to boil, and the meat
to roast. A man who wants an early
breakfast, supposing him to be the for
tunate owner of a neutrality-suspicious.
kochapparat, has thus only to arrange
matters over night, set the indicator,
and on rising next morning he will find
everything ready without the interven-
ton Of a probably sleepy and d%iaicult-to-
be.awakened servant. This admirable
invention is exactly the thing for the
lady who advertised o short time since
for O deaf and dumb cook.
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Honor in Hfa Own Land.

Says Comely in his recently issued work, Tit
History Of New York State, "The day hal
passed when the benefactors Of humanity were
allAwed to live in ignominious p~overty-theil
sacrifices, their labors, u~nrecompensed. To
day, tho benefactors Of the people-the mel
interests Of humanity-these are the mel
whom the world delights to honor, and whom
it rewards with princely fortunes. As an earnest
worker for the walfare of bis fellow msn, DR..
R. V. Pierce has won their warmest sympathy
and esteem. While seeking to be their servsn,
only, he has become q prince among them. YET
the immense fortune lavished upon him BY
q generous people he boards not, but invests ir
the erection and eetab ishment Of institutions
directly contributive to the public good. the
people thus realizing in their liberal patron
age, q new meaning of that beautiful Oriental
custom Of casting bread upon the waters
Noted in both public and private life for his
answering integrity and all those sterl NC
virtues that ennoble manhood, DR.. Pierce ranks
high among those few meo, whose names the
Empire State is Justly proud to inscribe upon
her roll Of honor. Ambitious. yet moved by
eliminating and well balanced Judgment, hii
future career promises to be one Of unparallel.
ed activity and usefulness, ably ~supplementine
the work he has already accomplished, BY Life
at once noble in effort, enviable in its grand
results" While DR.. Pierce's genius and energy
have won for him so enviable q position on thu
records Of q nation, having been elected
Senator by an overwhelming majority, hi
Justly celebrated household remedies hav'
gained for him a yet more desirable place II
the hearts Of o greatful people. His Colder
Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription
have brought health and happiness to tel
Thousand households.
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A Serious Famine.

A st. Petersburg journal informs US
that a famine has broken out in the pro-
vince of Kazan in East Russia, and is
already reported to have attained serious
proportions. The city of Kazan itself
is crowded with famine stricken people,
who have fled thither in search of food,
and eagerly offer their services gratis to
anybody who will guarantee to keep
them from starvation. In the Spasski
and other outlying districts the peasants
are reduced to such straits by a success
sion of bad harvests that they are feeding
on berries and accrns. To mitigate the
distress the government has appointed a
special commission to visit the famine
districts, and the local authorities have
opened subscriptions, to which the Tar
tar merchants of Kazan have responded
in a very liberal manner.
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Words Of Wisdom.

Mankind resent nothing so much as
the intrusion upon them Of a new and
disturbing truth.
There never did, and there neve,
will, exist anything permanently noble
and excellent in tho character which is 6
stranger to the exercise of resolute self
denial.
Be careful not to interrupt another
man when be is speaking ; hear him out,
and yon will understand him better, and
be able to give him a better answer.
Kindness has converted more sinners
than either zeal, eloquence or learning,
and these three last have never converted
any n unless they were kind also.
The best time to frame an answer to
the letter of a friend is the moment you
receive it. Then the warmth Of friend
ship and the intelligence received most
forcibly cooperate.
The purposes, objects, and resolu-
tions Of life are the perfectly formed
links, and the fulfilling of these aspira-
lions is the linking of them together,
which forms the useful chain.
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HShut Your Mouth"

Catlin taught the world the importance
of shutting the mouth and breathing
through the nose. It would seem that
his little book entitled " Shut Your
Mouth " is bearing fruit in Germany,
where new thoughts receive moro
attention from physicians than any
where else in the world. Respiration by
the mouth is easier than by the nose, but
is not 80 safe. The nose to a certain
ittent fits the air for entering the lungs.
The sense of small warns us against
breathing an air loaded with poisonous
vapors. The moisture of the nasal
cavities to some extent %saturates the air,
and makes it less irritating to the throat
and larynx. The mucus OF the nasal
passage and the hairs catch the dust
before it goes far enough to harm. On
the other hand, breathing through the
mouth dries the throat and in children
may cause false Group, catarrh, and it
may so affect the Eustachian tube as to
cause injury to the ear and deafness.
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Romance of d Millionaire.

Three columns of scandal or romance,
as the case may be, about Mrs. W. @.
R~alston, are printed in the Chronicle of
San Francisco. In 1856, when Mr..
Ralston was a steamboat clerk, he visited
New York, and met in society Miss
Louisa Thorne, a lady connected with
COMMODORE Vanderbilt's family. The
two became warmly attached, but their
union~Was-~epposed by her wealthy
parents. Her untimely death brought
the romance to an end, and her lover,
inconsolable e her loss, sought relief
in the distractions of business. An ex-
quisite miniature, painted upon ivory,
which she had given, before her death,
was never farfrom him. Before he mar
riedp Miss Lizzie Fry, he told her, with
rare f~rankness, that he never could love
her or any other woman; that he had
consecrated his affection to one who had
gone before him; but if she, with the
full knowledge of the facts, would accept
marriage with him, he would make her
as happy as he could. She accepted the
terms and the wedding took place; but
although outwardly all went fair with
the married couple, they were not mated.
After her husbands tragic death, Sens-
tor Sharon settled up the estate, at an
immense personal sacrifice, and contrived
to put Mrs Ralston in possession of over
$500, 900. ''H Late in 1875 she went to
Paris with the intention Of occupying a
modest house, living quietly and educat.
ing her children. On the voyage to Eu-
rope she made the acquaintance of a
gentleman who represented himself to
be a o Of an American contractor in st.
Petersburg. She lived very extensively
in Paris, and her new friends were con-
stantly at her house. When she returned
to San Francisco last summer, she was
induced by her friends to convey what
was left of her estate, much of which
was already squandered, to Col. J. D.
Fry, in trust. At Rawlings she Joined
her Paris associate, and before she sailed
from New York for Europe she demand
ed Of Fry a reconveyance of her proper
tv and a surrender of the trust. When
this request was complied with and the
balance of 800, 900 drawn, she dis
patched E. @. Ames. a Providence law
Yer, to San Francisco with a power of
attorney. This is, by implication, an
expression of dissatisfaction at the man
ner in which her husbands estate has
been administered by Mr.. Sharon. Mr.
Ames has called upon the senator for an
account Of the estate, andhas taken pains
to- resent the insinuation that his clients
Paris friend is rogue.
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4 Chinaman's Letter,

The hyoC County Independent, a Cali.
}ornia paper, says: See Lee, a Chinaman
ling business, at Darwin, writes, in a
Try legihle hand, a letter to the sheriff
in relation to his taxes, the following
being a literal copy save in punctuation:
DARWIN, December 10, 1877.
Sheriff.: I. have my Propties
tax" did not giveing up, but Frank
speak to me five month. they cone and
geteng the tax, hut now they did not
come to-day. I bring the money to the
deliver. sent up to you of $22. they
said you not take silver, taking gold
coin. now I have 1922. all the money I
have. will I come up one or two Week
then I paid. ,nyou!want silver money
I send it up to you at 9th day of Dec.
1877, and you sent back a letter to me.
SEE LEE,
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Foreign News.

Baker Pasha valentine Baker, once q
colonel in the English army has been pro.
NOTED to the rank Of acknowledgement In the
Turkish army
Francis Vincent. Paspall, the well-kuown
French chemist and politician, died in Paris
aged eighty-three.
A revolt took place among the garrison
Of Sandy Point, Straits Of MAGELLAN, and the
convicts there we're liberated and committed all
manner Of excuses. The mutineers killed
their captain, wounded the governor Of the
colony. and burned q large quantity Of public
stores. About fifty persons in all we're slaugh.
cred by them.
Victor Emmanuel, king Of Italy, diedin Rome
on the ninth, aged fifty-eight years. His sud-
den death cauged much emotion throughout
Italy, and some surprise in other parts OF
Europe: The newspapers Of Italy appeared
in black. At the time Of bis disease bis bed,
side was surrounded by his wife, son, ministers
Of state and others. Immediately after his
death the kings son, Prince Hubert, was pro-
I, and issued q proclamation to the people an.
nouncing his fathers death. The new king
will keep bis fathers ministers.
Aspecial dispatch to the London Times from
Berlin says PRUSSIA having consented to en-
. IN ACkoI1dL1OAD " OIL wv -
the preliminaries Of peace are not settled be.
~forehand, the conclusion Of a truce is prob
able"
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says The
Grand Duke Nicholas has telegraphed the fol.
lowing to the emperor from Lovtcha: ~ am
happy to congratulate your majesty upon
brilliant victory gained this day. General
Radetzky has, after desperate fighting, cap.
tured the whole Turkish army defending the
Shipka Pass, consisting Of forty-one battalions,
ten batteries and one regiment Of cavalry.
Prince Mirsky has occupied Kezanlik. General
scobeleff holds Shipka."
A large fire in Honolulu destroyed public
end private property worth over S25O,O00.
The body Of Victor Emmanuel was embalmed.
King Humbert received dispatches Of sympathy
from all the European rulers.
The Russians captured $4,000 men, 1000
horses, twelve mortars, twelve siege guns and
eighty field guns at Shipka Pass. The Grand
Duke Nicholas has declared that Russia will
not grant an armistice until peace conditions
are submitted by Turkey, while Lord Derby
accuses Russia Of bad faith, in not opening
negotiations for an iarmistice.
A C~onstantinople dispatch states that the
German and Italian ministers have notified the
Porte that If it permits the English feet to
come to Constantinople Germany and Italy
will also demand permission for their fleets to
pass through the DardanelleS.
The Turkish minister of foreign affairs and
Namyk Pasha have been appointed to negotiate
with the Grand Duke Nicholas for terms OF
peace.
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CALIFORNIA; FAMOUS BANK.


Flood and O'BrIen's Great Bank in San
Fr~ancisco-Sketch ofrhe Owners.
A San Francisco letter to the Boston
Journal has this account of the Bank of
Nevada and its owners: Gold tossed
about and trucked about as lead and
copper in New York. Mere boys with
canvas bags in their hands go around
carrying and collecting the precious
Eetal. Kegs Of gold and bags of gold
al thrown on a cart as if they were kegs
Of nails. In the principal iewelry stores
necklaces, diamond studded belts, and
sets valued at all the way from $40 to
100000, are exposed to view and are laid
within grabbing distance. The Bank of
Nevada is the great gold bank of the
II. Its vaults are said to contain over
ten millions. Trays of gold stand on the
counter, not Gagged in and wired in as
with us, but with as little guard around
the money as is thrown around silks in
adry goods store. Yet nothing is stolen
and nobody attempts it. The bank is
owned by Flood g. O'Brien, the great
Bonanza men. Their income is fabulous
- from the mines alone said to be three
millions a month. They began life
humble enough. They were traders in
a small way, and the store is still pointed
out were they served their customers for
years. They made friends with the
miners, trusted them for goods, loaned
them q little money, and when the miners
hadagoodthing they let Flood & O'Brien
know it. They were careful, prudent,
saving men, and ALWAYS had ready cash for
small ventures. The Bonanza possession
was the result of this thrift and forecast.
Flood is fifty years of age. He is slightly
nndersize, sturdy and stocky in build.
Il face is expressive of self-possession,
resolution and common sense. His
family consists of a wife, a son and a
laughter. The daughter is a young
lnIyof prepossessing appearance, who
r:ltso no airs. Mrs. Flood is a matronly
A.ly, quiet and benevolent, and enjoys
the esteem of her neighbors. She re-
fuses to give large parties, because she
would have to ignore her friends and &C
q~uaintances of humber days. The
family live costly in a comfortable house,
which would not be considered more
than respectable for a well-to-do me-
chanic or q moderate shop-keeper.
Floods word is as good as his bond any
where. O'Brien is an older man, fully
seventy. He is tall, with very gray hair,
and slightly stoops. Flood holds the
fort in the Presidents room, and is seen
by few persons. O'Brien can be found
outside III the banking room, a sprightly
Old man, apparently looking after things.
Hesis unmarried, but lives in princely
style in a mansion built by Senator
Sharon. His relatives keep his house.
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Disease Grows Apuce,

Disease Grows Apnce,
Like an i'll wind, and cannot be mastered toe
early. What is a trihing attack Of sickness
to-day, may, if unattended to, become q seri.
GUS case in q week. Small ailments should
be nipped in the bud before they blossom into
full blown maladies. II this advice we're ct.
tended to, many a heavy bill for medical at
tendance might be avoided. When the lvel
is disordered, the stomach foul, the bowels
obstructed, or the nerves disturbed, resort
should at once be had to that supreme remedy
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, q few doses Of
which will restore healthy action and put the
system in perfect order. It is q wise precau'
ton to keep this incompatible preventive il
the house, since it checks, with unrivallei
promptitude, disorders which breed others fal
more dangerous, and in their latest develop
ments are themselves often fatal.
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Women dispute about other matters, but all
agree on the merits of Dooley's Yeast Powder
as par excellence the best Of all. Grocers
throughout the country keep it, and find 1t
gives supreme satisfaction. By using 1t the
housewife is cure Of delicious bread, rusk,
rolls, biscuit, buckwheat cakes AID all the deli
cacies made from flour.
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From a WeIi-Known Writer:

From Mrs. Mary Francis, well known as " Margaret
B.ount."
BRIaHrBANK. Woodstock, VT, Oct. &, 1876.
SETH ". FOwLE l. Sons: ,,,,,
Geotlemen-Twu years ago I began to take the PEhu'
through insipient dyspepsia and defective circulation
Of the blood. Three bottles OF the
Hue appetite, sleep soundly and can walk tiye miles
easily without resting, or busy myself out OF doors ell
day long without fatigue. -
4 lady cousin, VINO resides with me-. took the Syrup
during her recovery from a serious Hines. OF some
w.eks She has been an invalid for years. Five b Ittles
OF the Syrup have so huilt up her system tn It she now
eut. quite heartily, sleeps we'll and can WAX three miles
lin fine weather. without fatigue. l consider the msdi-
cine 10 valuable to persons OF s~eientary pursuits, or 70
those who suffer from languor OF low spiri.s. that | relate
this personal experience of its effects to you, .eaYlng
YOU to maks what use you please OF my letter.
Yours, very respectfully,
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IAN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, ETC.'-Sheri-
dams Cavalry Condition Powders will positively
prevent all ordinary diseases common to horses.
cattle. sheep, hogs and fowls, besides con-
stantly improving them in appearance and in
yalue.
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The constantly increasing sale Of Burnetta
Cologne, confirms the opinion Of the bes'
judges, that it is equal, il rot superior to any
domestic Or foreign. It also received the high
est award at the Centennial Exhibition.
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CAuT1oN.-We caution our readers to beware
of diphtheria, pneumonia influenza, bronchitis.
congestion Of the lungs, coughs and colds al
this season Of the year. Get q bottle OF John.
sons Anodyne Liniment and keep it ready fol-
instant use. It may save your life. It haf
saved Thousands.
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The Greatest Discovery Of tho Axe Ia DR..
Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment! 30 years before
the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dysenteryf
Collie, and spasms, taken internally; and Group, Chronic
Rheumatism, Sore Threats, Outs, Bruises, Old sorcs.
and Pains in the Limbs, Back, and lest, externally
It has never failed. No family will Q er be without It
after once giving It q fair trial. Prize, 40 cents. Dr..
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE EMINENT, In Pint
Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to any
other, or NO PAY, for the cure Of Collie, Outs, Bruises
Old Sores, eto. Sold Dy all Druggists. Depot-1O Park
PIaca. Nav York.
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A Miserable Being >,
is one that is bilious. Get from your druggist
q package Of Quirk's Irish Tea. Price rs cts.
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PERUVIAN SYRUP
PERUVIAN SYRUP
From chas. H. Colgate, ESQ.,,
OF the firm Of Colgate i Co.. Manufactures of Flavor
,,o Hxtr.,ts y 4 R1.rkafops STRAIT RnstOn

OF the firm Of Colgate / Co., Manufacturers of Flavor.
ing Extracts, II Blackstone Street, Boston.
SoMERvILLE, Mass, Dec. s 1876.
MEssRs. SETH W. Fowl f & SoSs:.
Genn,men-Last Spring my little daughter. nged five,
became very much emaciated with loss or appetite, and
great prostration OF strength, so much 90 that W. Hefe
through the SUNNI, r, and caused us much anxiety.
After trying various remedies without deriving any
benefit our family physician recommended tho use
OF PERUVIAN SYRUP. After using it one week
We saw a marked improvement in the .chid,s con.
ditiop, and in a month she was rapidly gair ing health
aud strength, her appetite being excellent. At this
date she is perfect y we'll, vita round. pinmp cheeks
and healthy color, and is aeni attending school regu-
to the PERUVIAN SYRUP. and feel that ] cann.t too
highly recommend it IL Il tonic.
Very gratefully y9n-s' corc,rp
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Forty years success is sufficient evidence o
the value of Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup as q cure for
Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness' Sore Throat.
It contains no opium is pleasant to the taste.
For sale by oil Druggists.
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CHEW
The Celebrates.
"MATCHLEss"
Wood Tag Plug

TIE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago