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SCRIPTURAL ANTIQUITIES.

Many rude instruments have been COL
lected by modern travellers and are but
little changed from their ancient forms.
The drum or timbrel is made of thin baked
clay, something in the shape of bottle,
with parchment stretched over the wider
part. On being struck with the finger, this
instrument makes remarkable loud sound
These relics are lodged in the London
Scriptural Museum, and are all ticketed
with the the texts they serve to illustrate.
This arrangement is very judicious, and
gives a great additional interest to the
sacred objects while under inspection.
The distaf was the instrument which
wrought the materials for the robes of the
Egyptians kings, and for the "lttle coat'
which Hannah made for Samuel; by it,
too, were wrought the cloths and other
fabrics used in Solomon's Temple. Moth
ing can be more simple than this ancient
instrument, which is q sort of wooden
skewer, round which the fax is wrapped;
AO AZ 'NSa opuh oh eho Blouiu La Luo ehH6
manner as a boys top, and the thread
wrought OF and wounl upon q reel.
''Querns," or stone hand-mills, of various
sizes, have been repeatedly found in con-
nection with Roman, Saxon and other an
cient remains in England. They are still
to be met with in constant use over the
greater part of India, in Africa, and also
those districts of the East which are moro
particularly associated with Holy Writ. It
may be worth while to mention that this
description Of mill is an improvement upon
the method of simply crushing the corn
laid on flat stone held in the hand The
"quern" is hard stone, rounded and part
ly followed, into which another stone,
which has handle, is loosely fitted. The
corn required to be ground is placed in o
hollow respectable, and the inner stone is
moved rapidly round, and, in course of
time, by immense labor, the wheat, ETC.,
is ground into -four. The Scripture
prophecies mention that of two women
grinding at the mill, one shall be taken and
and the other left. The two-handed mill
will explain the meaning of this passage.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10

THE Hessen GewerbcblaH remarks that
it is well known that iron rich in carbon is
less subject to oxidation than iron poor in
carbon-wrought iron, therefore, exposed
to influences which promote oxidation,
rusts more rapidly than cast iron. The
very simple experiment of placing samples
of both sorts in damp earth, and leaving
them there for sufficient time, will show
the difference in their rates of rusting.
The duration of wrought piping when laid
Is thus likely to be less than that of cast
piping-this being proved to be the fact
In practice. Commonly speaking, the
temperature of water running through
piping in use is lower than that of
surrounding bodies, and the walls of
the tube are constantly condensing mois-
ture, which powerfully promotes rust
ing. In house or in masonry conduits,
where the pipes can be got at and kept
protected by tarring, painting or other
wise from rust wrought iron tubing can be
employed with advantage, but in earth
they are found to be more or less destroyed
in short time.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10
HOW BRAZILIAN WOMEN CARRY
THEIR BABIES.

The work among the Brazilian Indians is
done almost entirely by the women, who
start out early in the morning with their
babes astride their hips, baskets balanced
on their heads; and putting like a diminu-
tive steam engine from small clay pipes.
The walk is often three or four miles, and
the work hard; yet long life of this drudg-
cry seems to render it easy, and they make
no improvements Their implements and
methods are crude, and, like true Indians in
natural state, they are but repettions of
their progenitors. The custom above men,
toned of carrying babies on the hip is as
peculiar as it is ungraceful. The body is
much to one side, as in the act of carrying
heavy weight in the right hand. For in
stance, the child sits astride the left hip,
one leg dangling in front, the other behind,
and supported by the encircling left arm.
A more uncomfortable looking method
could hardly be devised, and yet the jour
ney to and from the mandioca plantation
is always made in this way baby being
the proverbial accompaniment of the In.
dian household.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10

EXPERIMENTS made by Lehman upon
young animals showed that food contain.
ing an insufficient amount of phospate not
only affects the formation of the skeleton,
but has an essential influence upon its
separate parts. A young pig was fed 126
days upon potatoes alone, and it had, as a
result, of this insufficient food, rachitis
(rickets or softening of the bone) Other
pigs, from the same litter, fed upon pota-
toes, leached-out meat, meal, and addi-
tional phospates, for the same length of
time, had normal skeleton. Yet even in
these animals there was difference accord.
ing to the kind Of phosphate added. Two
that were fed on phosphate of potash had
porous bones, specifically lighter than the
others, which were fed upon phosphate and
carbonate of lime.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10

The following singular account of the ac-
ton of toad poisoning on the human body,
is reported in the last number of the Lon
don Chemist: A child of six years old fol-
lowed large toad on hot summers day,
throwing stones at it. Suddenly he felt
that the animal had spurted some moisture
into his eye. There suddenly set in q
slight pain and spasmodic twitching of the
slightly injected eye, but two hours after
coma, jumping sight, desire to bite, dread
of food and drink, onstipation, abund-
ant urine, great agitation manifested
themselves, followed on the sixth day by
Sickness apathy, and kind of stupor,
but with regular pulse. Some days later,
having become comparatively quiet, the
boy left his bed, his eyes are injected, the
skin dry, the pulse free from fever. He
howls and behaves himself like mad
man, sinks into imbecility and speechless-
ness, from which condition he never ral-
lies.
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SClEN TIFIC.

II. LAussrDAr, discussing the subject Of
luminous signals, suggests the means by
which a simple petroleum lamp may be
made to give signals visible to the naked
eye at thirty-six kilometres. Supposing,
he says, a telescope directed in one station to
another, to which it is desired to send
light, let there be placed at the focus dia-
phragm with very small aperture, such
that the field of vision only includes the
building in which the other observer is;
remove the eyeglass, and put behind the
diaphragm, in the axis of the telescope,
first convergent glass, then q luminous
source, the conhgate image of which
produced by the glass falls exactly in the
opening of the diaphragm. The luminous
bundle will then fall on the building in
cluded in the field of vision, and the Light
will be invisible to any that are out of this
field; the distant observer will perceive
this bundle in full-he will see the object
glass of the emitting telescope Illuminated
throughout its surface, and the greater the
diameter of this, the further will the sig-
mails be perceptible.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10

THE name of "gas cloth" is given to the
new textile fabric invented short time
since by a Leipsic chemist, and which is
claimed to be both gas and water tight
stuff. 1t is produced by placing a large,
smooth piece of what is called gutta- per-
cha paper between two pieces of some
material that is not too coarse and dense,
as for example undressed shirting, and
then passing the arrangement between
heated rollers. The outer pieces of
shirting combine in the most intimate
way with the enclosed gutta- percha to
form material possessing the character
above mentioned, namely, impenetra-
bility by gas and water, and it may
be rendered still denser as well as more
resistant by being coated on both sides
with copal lac. This substance, which is
flexible, and remains proof against the va
riable influences of weather and external
temperature, can be applied to all the ordi-
nary uses of waterproof material.
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THE MICROSCOPE,

The use of the microscope not only af-
fords pastime, but by it the door of an
other world is opened. 1t induces the
habit of observation, and surrounds even
the least things with halo of interest
which they could never otherwise have pos
sessed. The smut on the ear of corn, the
disease of the leaf of the potato the mould
on the cheese, all are now full of interest
The most unpromising object often exhibits
most unexpected character, or reveals a
long looked for secret. And thus the mind
is not only refreshed but stored with new
fact, which, in its turn, proves to be only
the cradle of another; one is almost be-
wildered with the variety and beauty Of all
he ssea
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RED TAPE.

A story illustrative Of red tape in Russia
is told by an English correspondent, who
declares that it is true: An operatic singer
connected with Moscow theatre, wishing
to make short excursion into the country,
went to get her passport countersigned by
the local authorities. The presiding official
inquired for her written petition" "My
written petition |" cried the lady, 'I have
none; never knew that anything of the
kind was required" mot required,
madam on the contrary, nothing can be
done without it, Take this sheet of paper
and write according to my dictation. "
She transcribed, word for word formal
petition requesting leave of absence, which
was then signed folded, and sealed. "And
now," quoth the man in Office, ''you have
only to deliver it." ''To whom, pray ?"
''To whom" echoed the official with a
smile at the absurdity of the question; 'to
me, of course" The document was handed
across the table. The great man adjusted
ais spectacles, broke the seal, gravely read
over his own composition, and said
Madam, have read over your petition
and regret to tell you that / am unable to
grant it,"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10
A Church Given Up to Cats.



One of the stateiest relics of Old Lon
don, the Church of st. Bartholomew the
Great, in Smithfeld, has been aban-
doned to the cats. An antiquarian COM
plains, in letter to the Echo, that those
agile and musical animals innocently dis
port themselves by day in choir and
sanctuary, and profane the sacred walls
by night with the widest orgies. The
altar is covered with loathsome looking
thing which was once velvet cloth, and
is embellished with two common earthen
pots, containing artificial plants blooming
with paper flowers. The Goals are seen
in heap on the floor, and every
thing hetokens the most heartless neg
lect. Yet this fine Norman priory is
one of the most precious monuments of
antiquity.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10

The Journal Of Chemistry says there is no
nation in Europe SO advanced in its methods
of teaching agriculture as Italy. 1t pos.
sesses two high schools of agriculture, a
school of forestry, school of horticulture,
one of viniculture, two veterinary schools,
and twenty -one secondary schools, varying
in prominence and organization, but which
may be compared broadly with similar
French colleges These institutions are
largely subsidized, either by the State
or the province where they are stu.
atsd.
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From Colonel ID. MCDANIEL, Owner
OF Some of the Fastest RUM
ming Horses ia the N Grid.

JEROME PARK, June 81, 1877.
This is to certify that l have used DR.. Tobias
Horse Venetian Liuimcnt and Derby Cund tior
Powders, on my race-horses, and found them give
perfect satisfaction. In fact, they have neve
failed to cure any ailment for which they werC
used; the Linment, when rubbed in by the hand
never blisters or takes the hair of; il has moro
penetrative qualities than any other have tried
which suppose is the secret of Is wonderful sue.
cess in curing sprains The ingredients from
which the Derby Powders are made have been
made known to me by Dr. Tobias; they are per
fectly harmless. D. MCDANIEL.
FROM COLONEL g. ". DhEAVAN.
New YORK April 70, 1877.
After years Of use, it gives me pleasure to certify
to the virtues of Dr. Tobias Venetian Horse Lini-
ment. Ii has saved the life Of one of my four
horse black team. This recommendation l give
without solicitation, as think owners of horses
should know its value
CHAR Es H. DELAVAN,
No. 126 West Twenty-second street.
The Family Liniment is 25 and 10 cents; the
Horse, 90 cents, in pint bottles; the Derby Pow.
ders, % cents box. Sold by the druggists
Depot, No ~ Murray street, New York
.ap26s&w1y
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father put $10,950 into nocket In his
shirt, and started out te spend the other
$50 in a frolic. That night he slept on a
bench in bar-room, and in the morning
every cent of the money was gone.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10
Advertising Cheats.

1t has become so common to write the
beginning of an elegant, interesting article
and then run it into some advertisement
that we avoid all such cheats and simply
call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters
in as plain honest terms as possible, to in
duce people to give them one trial as no
one who knows their value will ever use
ANYTHING else.
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READ THE CERTIFICATES.
)ne Thousand Dollars will be paid if they are moi
all Genuine.


State of New Jersey. Bergen County, Township oi
Hackensock S..
Thomas Johnson of said township, being duly
sworn, doth depose and say, that he has beer
severely afflicted with rheumatism for above Il
year, and was so bad that he could scarcely walk
being bent almost double, and was utterly unable
to do any work Having heard Of the wonderful
cures made by DR.. Tobias Venetian Liniment, he
was induced to try it, and after using it shorl
time, was able to go to work again, after ben@
unable 10 do anything for nearly year,
I. JOHNSON
Sworn to before me.
]. II. BGINCK ERHoFF. Justice of Peace
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J. H. BGINcKERHoFF, Justice of Peace.
GROUP.

DR.. ToBIAs--I wrote to inform you that the
child of a friend Of mine was cured of Group, a.
ter being given up to die by thee physicians One
hour after your Venetian Linimcnt was used 1t
was out OF danger. | hope you will publish this,
so that mothers may know they have a rem dy for
this terrible complaint / lost child by croun
previous to hearing OF your Liniment but now
never feel alarmed, as | have your medicine al
ways in the house. ] have also used It for pains,
sore throat etc, and always found it to cure.
JEREMIAH CASEY.
II North Moore st Get. New York
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SAMARITAN'S GIFT.

The only real and positive cure for dis
eases arising from indiscretion. Basam
vegetable; cure in from TO days. The
medicines given by quacks are Balsam Co.
pabia and Mercury. The first can be smelt
from the breath worse than bad whisky,
and the mercury ruins the system. And
again, no person who cares anything for
his reputation wants to be seen going into
the shops of the vendors of those disgust
ing drugs with which the afflicted are
gorged Male So female So, to any address.
Sold by ERNST WILFERT, corner Fourth
and Walnut. and by druggists.
anl6.lvr.M S.tM.Lan22. lvrw
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II North Moore st eet, New 70


1, l52 South Sixth Street. Philadelphia, Pa:
l have used for wears DR.. Tobias Venetian Lini
ment for dysentery, dyspepsia, and often taken a
teaspoonful in wine-glass Of water, TO tone the
stomach and alay fatigue | found it invigorat-
ing and perfectly innocent, so rec mmend ii with
confidence. GEORGE W. JONES.
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WHAT HoRsEMEN WANT.

CONDITION POWDER.
Such are found in DR. TOBIAS HORSE LINZ
MENT in pint bottles and Derby Cond ton Pow.
ders
NO PAY
If not superior to any other. The Horse Lni.
ment is only half as strong as the Family Lni.
ment, and will not take the hair of if used d.
rected
The public appreciate it, as during the Epizootic
GLAD three Thousand one bundled ana fOrty-one
bottles were sold in one day, as the following oat
will show:
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This is to certify that l have used DR.. Tobias
Venetian Liniment for dysentery, toothache cuts
pains in the limbs &c. and always with imme
diate relief. | recommend it TO the public as a
remedy which will never fail them. No family
should ever be without it.
A V ApPI EG ATE
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NO PAY


This is to certify that sold, on the 2Sth instant
GID three Thousand one hundred and I0ry-one
bottles OF my Venetian Linment
S. |. TOBIAS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th
day of October, 1872. j. s. HART,
Commissioner oil Deeds
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TO THE LADIES
Certificate of the Surgeon of the Royal Nal
Steamer America.

This is to certify that | have used and rerom
mended DR.. Tobias Venetian Lniment, and, have
found it useful in variety OF cases. 1t also gives
relief from the annoyance and irritation
on mosquito bites, and Prevents
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J. A. GRAHAM, NJ. R. c. s.,

Royal Mail Steamship America, jersey City,
July 2Sth.
Th usauds of other certificates can be seen at
the Depot.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-05-10
PROF. HARRIS RADICAL CURE
FOB sPERMATORRHGA.
SEMINAL PASTILLE'

A Valuable Discovery
and New Departure In Med
icsl Science, an entirely
New and positively elect
i've Remedy for the speedy
aud permanent Cure Of
Seminal Emissions 6C
1mpotency by the only
true way, VIE: Direct
A,,,.I.1.t,1- - A.. uu,.
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South Amboy, New Jersey.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-06-05
A Way They Have.

Young ladies in Moscow think moth
ing of shooting fellow in polite society.
Three weeks ago a young nobleman
named Bairaschewski was seated at
home in his salon, entertaining few in
innate friends. In the midst of lively
conversation the door suddenly opened,
and there entered young lady named
Yraskowia Katschka, about nineteen
years old, handsome and prepossessing,
a member moreover, of a well known
and very noble family i'll the wilma
District Perfectly calm and self-pos-
sessed, she gracefully saluted the Wis
itors present in the chamber. Then,
drawing a revolver from her pocket, she
deliberately shot Bairaschewski through
the head, so that he fell to the ground
dead instantaneously. So rapidly and
coolly was the deed committed that all
was over before anyone in the salon at
tempted to interfere Yraskowia made
no attempt to escape and permitted her
self to be arrested without the slightest
resistance. 1t is said that two days be-
fore his assassination Bairaschewski re-
ceived a threatening letter from the Elk
ecutive Committee of the Revolutionary
Society, which he handed to the police.
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HAVE you THE.
P IL. He .Em . =
A sure Cure Found mt Iast.-SO one Need
Sysr


sure cure for the blind, bleeding itching and III,
cerated piles has been discovered by DIR. Williams IAN
Indian remedy called DIR. Williams Indian Ointment.
single box has cured the worst old chronic cases OF
twenty five and thirty years standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after applying this wonderful sooth-
ing medicine Lotions, instruments and electuaries do
move harm than good. Williams Ointment absorbs
the tumors allays the intense itching particularly ut
gives instant and painless relief and is prepared only
for Piles itching of the private parts and nothing else
Thousands of cured patients attest Its virtues and
tributon to medicine of the age 1t matters moi how
long severely You have been suffering, Won can be
cured .
again and for whole year; and yet the fungus
growth which caused much pain, itching and
misery increased until despaired of life. For six
months lay IN Canadian hospital undergoing mex
pressible agony but found no hope Last Fall ! came
to Cleveland and underwent a terrible aoIeration by
three doctors at the Cleveland City Hospital from the
effects OF which never expected to recover After ly
ing weeks my back in bed, l was still in no better
condition. for in less than two weeks after leaving the
hospital the whole trouble grew fast and great as
ever. But, thank God, some one recommended Dr.
Williams Indian Ointment which tried, and to-day,
the growth has disappeared, the pain and itching is
gone am happy and hopeful and life has new charms
for me. 1t is all due to this wonderful Ointment which
will never fail to recommend so long as live. Moth
ing else it to me, could have stayed the growth
of nv terrible malady JOHN MORGAN,
Cleveland, Ohio.
'John Morgan is my brother and can fully bear out
his recommendation of Dr. Williams Indian Ointment.
NV brother would doubt have heen in his grave long
ago but for this Balm of Gilead" Il. P. MORGAN,
Teacher of Photography Spencerian business College,
Cleveland Ohio.
G1we could if necessary print pages Of letters from
druggists and persons cured praisng this wonderful
healing ointment 1t has larger sale and takes the
lead of any other Pile remedy in the world.
Sold by Druggists everywhere. Sold Wholesale by
Rcdingt0n 81 son. San Francisco.
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NEW WORK...NOW READY.
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE
The Physiology Of Life & Marriage,
BY J. y. JeAselyn. NJ. D.

The most intensely interesting work issued nom
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a b. Malthus Bradaugh the social rcforner and Mrs
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The most Of vitality laid bare, In Ian
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If you are going to paint your house,
barn, wagon or machinery, the wonder
full Imperishable Mixed Paint is surely
the best, for it is warranted by their
agents in your own town not to chalk,
crack, peel or blister; to cover better and
work easier than any other paint Tue Impcr.
ishable Paint was awarded the first premium,
over all other paints, at the California state
Fair, 1873. and the Gold Medal n. the Oregon
state Fair 1873. Get circular from their
Agent, which explain this wonderful disrov-
cry. Try the paint and you certain would
have no other.
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JAMES CARROLL.
Gan old miner) Tecoma, Nevada.

Two surgeons, from the National Surgical
Institute, which has reputation extending
throughout the civilized world for success in
the treatment of spinal curvature, paralysis,
hip diseases club feet, diseased joints,
crooked limbs, piles. fistula and nasal ca
tarrh, will visit Portland, Oregon, at st.
Charles Hotel, from May 18th to the 18th
inclusive, and Walla Walla, W. T., at the
Adams House. May 22nd and 23rd, 1879.
These surgeons will bring with them an ex-
tens,ve outfit of costly apparatus for
Strengthening the worst deformities. This
is an opportunity which should not be ne
elected by the afflicted. Examination free.