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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-27
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MATCHLEsS'
Wood Tag Plug
'NOON Aob AAs
TORACCO.
The PIONEER TOBACCO CoMPAHi,
New York, Boston and Chicago.

AN ARTICLE OF TRUE MERIT.-" Browns
Bronchial Troches" are the most popular arti-
Gle in this couAtry or Europe for throat dis.
eases and coughs, and this popularity is based
upon real merit Twenty-Five cents a box.
A thoroughly good Cabinet or Parlor Organ
is worth two poor ones. Mason & Hamhn
make the best. The prices are little higher
than those of poorest organs, but it is much
cheaper in the end to obtain the best
The Mendelssohn Piano Co., No. 81 East
18th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for a catalogue.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
smoke Pogces "Sitting Ball Durham Tobacco
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-27
Sl4,4OO GIVEV away!

This is Square and Honest.
The very hest reference in this town. Send for full
particulars at once only few weeks u do the whole
business in, send 81 to s. Il. SHAW, Rock
land, MISS, for the best opportunity You ever had
to get Nice Gift, from 81 to 900, Send money
in Registered Letter. Stamps taken.
M Let
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-06-27
House

Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported bill relative TO ocean tele-
graphic communication. He stated that the
bill provided for the free landing of ocean
cables, and asserted that ii would reduce the
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05

known young lady, in rejecting q certa;,
young man, had done the wisest thin,
possible under the peculiar circumstancas
of the case.
In the next issue Of the Milky Way ih
patrons were informed that the edito,
had found it impossible TO go out to col.
lect news items, because the MAYOR, tho
editor of the Cambria Mercury, fbe
postmaster, Alexander Jones, and .
number of other individuals were sittine
on the curbstone and roasting around on
the back fence with sh5t-guns and otbe,
murderous weapons, and looking as II
they were in earnest That same night
Mr.. Gumbs slipped down on water
spout and departed for Ksnsas-more
fortunate than his brother out In the far
west, whose organ, IN announcing its
own demise, said: "Our editor has
lstely disappeared. According to the
latest information he was last seen under
a tree, slightly raised above certain per.
GODS vino were pulling at rope"-s way
OF stating lynch law that could hurt
nobody's feelings, while, as 3 friendly
tribute to the departed, il was almost a.
touching as the Foxtown Fuailiers:
" We stop the press with pleasure to
announce the deoease of our contemporary,
Mr. Sngggs, the editor of the Foxtown
Flush. He has now gone TO another
and better werld. Persons who have
taken the Flush will find the Fusiliera
good paper"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05
A Curious Cancer.

Racine tWis.) Letter in Chicago Times.
A young man named John ellis died
here Saturday and was buried yesterday.
Tine disease of which he died was osteo
cephaloma (cancer OF the bone). and the
case was of considerable interest to the
medical profession The formation was
on the right leg, extending from the hip
to the knee joint. 1t measured fifty
eight inches in circumference, and
weighed 12O pounds, being much heavier
than all the rest of the body. The
growth of the cancer had been going on
for two. years. il was lanced about a
week ago and discharged O considerable
amount of cancerous fluid, but no relief,
the most temporary, resulted. The
Times correspondent was informed by an
able physician to-day that no other case
OF the kind is on record where the cancer
had attained to anywhere 20 great q sise.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05
Under THE SNOW.

Town in the Tsl ey under the hill
Dronpeth the snowhakeg white and still
Wrappin5 the violet Rear my lest
Cold and stiff in it, Einding-sheet.
MANY alas. ar the flowers that lie
Cold and pale 'neath the winter SKY
Many the dear ones leeping low
Under the theet Of driven tnow.
Press 1t gently, The precious mound,
Pure and white be 1t ever found!
Holy anges their zigils keep
Where my darling WIS laid to sleep
Cold and viiltry the earth may pe,
Yet my spirit will stay with thee
Morning and night my heart viii go
Out in the valley under the gnow.
When through the wintTy wales o. time
Wandels the spring Of that heavenly tltnIe-
When these letters Of Sin and death
Melt away il its genial breath
When The light from the golden Mills
Earth's dear winter with gladnets thrills
Precious flowers will nlscm, know,
Lie less now meath the winter SNOW.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05
Italian Method With Diphtheria

The two methods of treating diphthe-
ria--with chlorate of potash and hydrate
of chloral-have been combined by DR.
Cesare Clattaglia, OF Rome, and, as he
claims, with remarkable success. He
dissolyes drachm of hydrate of chloral
in five drachms of glycerine, and applies
it to the false membranes three or four
times day by means of camels hair
brush. OF the chlorate of potash he
gives from two and half to four and o
half ounces of wafer, toehildren Of from
8 too years, and an ounce to adults.
With these medicines he always COM
binee tonic and restorative diet.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05
A Great Feast.
good paper

| For the first course great basin was
brought, on which was the figure of an
ass this as made of Cerinthian brass,
and was loaded with sacs, in the shape of
wallets. In one was ripe olives, in the
other was unripe olives. This vase held
besides, sn silver plates, kind OF oil
seasoned with honey, and the juice Of
peoples, steaming not sausages, prunes
from Damascus, corn and pomegranateg.
| On one side Of the table was basket, in
which was wooden hen with her wings
extended as if brooding. Under the hen
WAS peacocks' eggs, and in each egg
fatortolan dressed with pepper. Etheo-
plan slaves with long hair brought little
leathern bottles full of honey wine, fill
ing the glasses as they presented them.
ut the second course great bottle Of
well-sealed wine was placed before each
guest. The labels On these bottles read
that it was from Palermo, and hundred
years old. A round piece of merchaum
was placed on the table, marked with tine
signs of the zodiac, on each of which food
was placed, taking care that the proper
dish was in its place; that is, on Aries
was certain kind of peas sown in That
sign, on Taurus 8 sirloin, on the twins
kidneys, on the seorpin 8 crown Nero
was born in this sign J, on the lion African
figures, on each of the other pastries, sea
fish, q lobster, goose, etc. In the midst
of all this was newly-cut grass and on
the grass hive of honey.
When they had lasted these dishes
Nero gave 8 signal, and they immedi-
ately disappeared, revealing other plates
filled with rich viands, the stomach Of
boar, hare to which wings were
attached to resemble Pegasus, and at the
Jour corners OF the table figures of Satyrs
pouring highly seasoned gravies on basins
of fish. At the third course, Lacedas
monian dogs appeared, baying around q
piece of mechanism in the form of Tyre.
1t supported an immense wild boar,
from the tusks of which hung little
baskets of Syrian dates. a hunter having
given lusty thrust in the sides of the
beast, flock of thrushes few out, and
were quickly seized, cooked and served
to the guests.
Next, three white living pigs were
brought, with ornamented muzzles and
bells. Onewas selected and given to the
cook, and was soon brought back. When
it was carved, quantities of black pud-
ding, sausages, and gatherings were
taken out. and the animal seemed 10
never have been dressed. The water on
the tables fast disappeared. At the
desert, 8 vase was placed upon the table.
containing lottery withfickets, all kinds
of precious prizes, fishes, honey, pastry
and great variety of eonfita. Finally
they brought pie made of thrushes,
then rsisins, walnuts, CONNECTIONS, ounces
iarted with cinnamon, oysters, shell fish,
flowers, aud variety of precious wines.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05

he kissed her. The WEAKNESS seemed &c
have suddenly gone out of her face ana
life.
And Susie Vernon knew that there
had been romance in Miss Rayne'f
life. and that this was the best and hap
piest part Of it.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-04-05

In some lives all is bitterness with.
out one ray of hope, but they themselves
viii it so. God gives us brightness, but
we must reach out our hand TO take Il.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
Glazed Pots For Plants.

Glazed pots are condemned by most
writer's. The majority of these writer's
are greenhouse men, or those with but
little experience with growing plants in
the dry air Of our parlors and living
rooms; and in watering, those in glazed
pots would naturally receive the same
supply as those in cinnamon porous pots
alongside. The evaporation from tho
porous pots wonld take place much moro
rapidly than from the glazed, and the
one would be comparatively dry while
the other would be still wet. The next
watering repeats this process, and the
result is quickly seen. The plant in the
glazed pot perishes at once, or drags out
a sickly miserable existence. Glazed
pots can be used with good results in the
parlor or living room. If the drainage
is good, so that the surplus water can
pass off, there are many plants will grow
we'll in them. To this may be added
that many people are very irregular in
watering house plants. They forget to
attend to it until the dry and parched ap-
pearance of the earth admonishes them of
their neglect. Of course the plant in the
unglazed pots suffers worse under this
treatment, for the earth gets dry from
top to bottom, while in the glazed pot,
the great bulk Of the Garth being protect
ed from rapid evaporation, may remain
comparatively moist, though the top is
dry-J0ur7aQI of Chenaastru
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09

gauge placed about seventy five feet
above deck registered one-sixth, or Is pei
cent, more of pressure than similar in
strumcnt near the deck. 1t is this cir
cumstance which, gives, perhaps, the
chief advantage to the tall-masted clipper
IN making the great races over the high
seas. ...r 49, ...,.. =
But the remarkable voyage here record
ed appears to be chiefly due to the i'm.
proved charts and sailing directions fol-
the course from our Pacific coast around
Cape Horn to England. Twenty or TWEEN
ty-tive years ago Lieutenant Maury said
"Tho average passage out from Atlantic
ports to San Francisco is 1870 days, but
vessels with these charts on board have
made it in 107, in ninety-seven, in nine
ty-slx, and even in ninety days." He
was, of course, then abiding to the ex-
ploits of the best clippers, carefully using
the improved charts and new sailing d.
reetions, based upon the extensive re-
searches Of the National Observatory.
But these exploits do not eclipse or de.
tract from the fine passage which has
just been made by this San Francisco
merchant vessel. With the increasing
knowledge of ocean meteorology now
afforded by the Intentional researches
ana the International weather charts and
OF the nothern hemisphere, and with a
ship canal through the Nicaraguan 18TH
mus, may form some idea of the time
and expense that will be saved to the
the commerce of the world in the transit
of ships from the North Pacific to the
North Atlantic Ocean. The reduction
would certainly be more than so per cent.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
A Memorable Ocean PASSAGE.

A late issue of the New York Maritime
Register announces the quickest passage
said to have been made by a sailing YES
sci from our Pacific cost, by way Of Cape
Horn to England. The ship Wildwood,
of San Francisco, Captain Hartman. ar
rived at Queenstown with cargo of
grain on the 9th of September, having
made the passage from Astoria, Oregon,
in n1nety-six days. She was built at
Puget Sound, and was designed for car
rying spars, being 1913 feet long, with 40
feet breadth of beam, but only 20 feet
deep. AS the Wildwood does not ap-
pear to be regular clipper ship, her run
must be regarded as great nautical feat.
In the regular clipper the tall mast, en-
able the wind force to exert decidedly
greater propel]ing power than on the
shorter masts of the ordinary merchant
man. A French writer, Admiral Series,
in the pages Of La Nature, scientific
journal, has very recently recorded some
experiments made on board a trigate
ship to test the relative power of the
wind at different elevations above the
deck, IN which it was found that WIND
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
Surgeons Duty in a New York Hos
nital.

The surgeons quarters are on the
third floor, overlooking the hospital
grounds and the river. Overhead is one
of the amphitheatres, and from time b
time the quiet is disturbed by the stamp
ing of feet in applause as one of the pro-
fessors makes telling point. The sur
geon is still a student, and devotes hn
leisure to Gray's ':Anatomy'' or Ros-
GOES Chemistry unless his apartment
is taken possession of by social band of
his associates, in which event even tho
thunders Of applause overhead become
lnaudible. But the moment the gong
on the wall sounds, off starts the doctor,
and, without waiting for him to enter
his seat. the driver lashes his horse a.
soon has he appears at the door. The doc
tor is young and athletic, how ever, and
inviting us to follow him, he quickly
overtakes the ambulance and vaults In.
The case is not one of great emergency.
A policeman beckons us to the door of
dismal looking beer saloon where a
poorly-dressed old man sits, coughing
and gasping in a condition of extreme
exhaustion: lie complains that be has
been suffering for over six months; that
liz cannot Walk across the room without
severe pains in the breast, and that he il
constantly expectorating phlegm. He is
blacksmith by trade, and has been iv-
ing on the small wages of the occasional
jobs he has been able to do since his ILL
ness began, cooking and sleeping in the
smithy. ''Any frends?" asks the doctor.
'No.' "Any residence?'' mo" "Any
money!" "No." ''How old are youa''
"sixty last January" and continuing
his laconic interrsgstions, the doctor fills
a blank, writes "pIeurisy" in the space
left for the diagnosis, and James Waldron
is helped by the policeman into the am
bulance, which contains the softest couch
the poor old man has stretched upon in
many weary day. The city is divided
into precincts for the ambulance service,
certain hospitals receiving all the ambu-
lance cases occurring within specified
region, and James Waldron belonged t.
an institution not far from the lower end
OF Tenth avenue, to which be was duly
delivered,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
Misunderstanding.

There is no kind of adornment SO at
tractive to the eye as flowers in the win.
dows of our houses, particularly during
the season when outdoor gardening is
out of the question and the hoar frost and
snow cover the country with their win
try pail. AS matter of expense, they are
to be had at very low rates, and the labor
and care of attending upon them is al
ways pleasure, rather than a task, to
those who truly love them. And who
does not love the bright and beautiful
flowers? Every one acknowledges their
refining influences, and no one can enter
room red lent with their perfume, and
| where the windows are garlanded with
the arabesque leaves of ivies, maurand yas
and Cobeus scandens, and where stands of
flowers fill up every intervening space,
without exclaiming: "What perfect
bower of beauty you have created here!''
Such bower is within the means of
hundreds and thousands of jewellers IN
both city and country, if they will only
purchase supply of plants and com
mence their gardening operations at once.
If a stand of flowers would intercept
the light too much, brackets can be Sc
curely fastened to the wall, and they can
be so arranged as they will hold quite q
number of large plants; and this will
leave The lower part of the windows free
from all obstacles r..
| In the centre Of mullioned window a
bronze bracket can be fastened to the
moulding which will hold four large pots
Of flowers. and adorn the window with
grace and loveliness. In the centre of a
large pot, containing Lady Arabella flu
chsia, whoseNpink and white pearly flow
ers droop in large clusters from its grace;
full stems; while from all sides sf.the pot
hang in thick masses the succulent leaves
and stems Of tradescantia, the prettiest OF
all pretty crecpers. These vines will en-
twine about the whole bracket, and fall
in beautiful confusion over the bottom OF
the window. Upon the three other
branches of the bracket place scarlet and
white geranlums, in full flower: and an
achyranthus, whose rich crlmst and ma
room 7arigated leaYes WILL add colorlc2
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
cold Nails"

The Boston Commercial tells this anus
ing story: The why old president of a
commercial bank is known among the
younger financial fry of his town as "Old
Naiis'-posslbly from his incisive decis-
ions and driving way of doing business.
Some time ago business man of the
place, and brct..er in good standing of
the church, had a note discounted at this
old worthy's bank. When it came due,
the president, at the solicitation of the
maker friends, though against his own
Judgment, extended it. When the final
time of payment came, the note was dis
covered to be a forgery. to the scandal of
the church and the establishment Of the
town, but not to that OF the astute bank
president. IT..
The brethren. however, rallied around
TIC erriag one, the note was paia, and
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09

the matter supposed to be hushed up.
Some time after, however, the bank re-
ceived letter from another financial IN
stltutlon, asking their opinion as to Mr..
--'s note.
'Old Nails said he would answer the
letter whrch he did as follows:
President---B Bank:
DEAR S1n-In regard to Mr.. - Is
note would say: If it IS forgery it will
be paid by the First--Church, of Bush
ytown. lit is genuine, it is not worth
Respectfully yours,
NATHANIEL NAILS,
President.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
FALLING.

The last leaves are falling.
Falling and flying.
Along the dark air
The tempest is crying,
The trees are all bare,
With it's voice Of despair
Winter is calling
The leaves to their falling :.
How fair was their budding
Their golden unfolding;
Their verdurous gloom,
And delicate splendor.
More lovely than bloom;
With tracery tender
And emerald plume
The wild forest studding.
How bright was their dying!
What rashness of glory,
The rainbow defying,
On mountain sides lying,
La valleys reposing.
What wonderful story
Their bravery told
Ia scarlet and gold;
But wan with the cold
They arc falling and flying.
Yet, once despairing,
A low voice is singing:
They have their repairing
Far down in the car.A
Is springtime preparing
Her wonderful birth.
Her ever upspringing
Reiterant mirth.
But for thee, but for thee,
Sole leaf on the tree,
All gone before thee.
What springtime shall be!
There remaincth for all
That thou fall"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
The Age Of Oaks and YeWs.

Oaks and yews, the most venerable oil
our trees, says ad English paper, are, in
several instances, SO old that it is diff.
cult to form On estimate Of the time
which has passed since they were plant.
ed. Several oaks felled in Sherwood
Forest, about quarter OF a century ago
exposed, on being sawn up, the date
1919, and the mark or cipher of King
John; and it has beeu calculated thai
these trees must have been several cen
turtles old at the time the marks were
made. It IS we'll known that the oak
which is said to have proved fatal
"To the Red King, who, while of yore
Thro' Boldre wood the chase he led,
By his loved huntsman's arrow bled,"
was standing, not long since, in the new
Forest, in Hampshire; they who think
this tree insufficient to record TACT of 50
ancient date should be reminded that
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder says: "Seven
hundred years make no extraordinary
period in the existence of an oak. Some
oaks blown down in bennington Park
we're supposed by the interior rings to
have been nearly eight hundred years old,
and it is supposed, On good authority,
that there Will exist IN England oaks
which were in existence at the commence
ment Of the Christian era.'' A veneer
able oak stood not long since at Tormond
Wood, in Stirlingshlre, under which,
tradition says, William Wallace convened
his followers. There are vcstiges of the
ancient druids in the nelghberhood of
this tree, which was twenty two feet in
circumference. There is another famous
Scotch oak, called the Wallace oak, at
Elderslie, near the place where Wallace
was born; There are OTHER oaks in
Great Britain which are probably more
than one thousand years old. The most
useful age of this tree, for building pur-
poses, is from fifty to seventy years.
When we consider the slow growth of
the yew, and the large size in which
some yews still in existence have grown,
it seems probable that their age is not
less than that of some of the famous
British oaks. Many have been recorded
Of the circumference OF twenty-six feet,
and there are some even larger than this
In Fotheringale church-yard, IN Perth
shire, is an old yew, much shattered and
nearly dead, the trunk of which measures
ffty-six feet and six inches in circumfer.
ence.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-09
Fertilization of Flowers by Insects,

MIR. CASTOR Boomer, an European OBJ
server tor number Of years past in vari-
GUS parts of Europe, in which times he
has carefully examined some 800 plants,
with reference to form, color, perfume
and nectarl-ike secretions, boldly chal-
lenges the opinion OF such observers as
Darwin, Delpina, Mueller, Lubback and
others, as to these characteristics being
adaptions to secure the visits of insects.
and consequently the fertilization OF
flowers. He gives details in recent num-
bers of the Bulletin of the Botanical So
ciety of France as follows:
81. The development of colors in flow
ers has no relation to the development of
nectar. In closely allied species Of tho
same genus, the most conspicuous flow
ers are not those which are most visited
by insects.
20. In diecious flowers provided with
nectar, the insects do not visit first the
male and afterwards the female flower.
''3. Bees become accustomed to color,
but as much so to those which are incon-
sp1cuous as to those which are brilliant.
For the same weight of honey a green
surface is as freely visited as a green
surface with background OF red.
~. The development of spots and
stripes on the corolla has no relation to
the production of nectar.''
Mr.. Boomer has spent much research,
according to the most authoritative inform;
alton we have. His conclusions are that
these accommodations occur generally in
these organs of the plants where develop
ment is active, as in the young leaves and
ovaries. He finds that when the emis-
sion of the liquid secretlons cease, tho
sacharine matters contained IN the nectar
les return in other parts, and concludes
that they are used in the neighborins
parts in subsequent development. That
in fact, the hectares, whether floral or
extra f1eral, whether they secrete liquid
or not, act as reservoirs of nutrlment,
and this in direct relation to tho life Of
the plant.