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Some Great Aquatic FeatS.

Swimming, like Professionalism, would
seem to be n Of the progressive
sciences, the feats of Capt. Webban Capt,
Boyton exceeding those Of Byron and
Lieut.. Ekenhead us fur us the long
distance record " of Western and O'Leary
surpasSes that Of Christopher North.
Byron's famous passage ofthc Hellospont,
despite the slanting course into which
he was driven by the current, fell some
what short of four miles, although the
struggle with the tremendous rush of the
water must necessarily have been 4 very
cXhnusting one A more respectable,
though less known, feat was his seven
mile swim against the tide from Lisbon
TO Belcm Castle, an exploit equaled by
n of Edgar Poe's youthful achieve
ments. Capt. Marryat's ''swim ashore"
from his ship ut Portsmouth. in his mid
shipman days, was made memorable
rather by the rougllncss Of the sea and
the fact of its being done in his clothes
than by the actual distance. which was
but little over two miles. A Shetland fish,
erman, wrecked with his family upon a
bare rock ten miles from the nearest OF
the Farce islands, swan the distance in
quest of help, which he fortunately Oh
tanned in time. A Spanish deserter is
said to have crossed the Straits of Glib
r,ltar, thirteen miles wide, but the story
rests upon doubtful authority. Mr.. j.
B. Wilson, who attempted the channel
previous to Capt. Webb's success, ac-
complished between seven and eight
miles, or about one-third Of the entire
distance. The astounding feats ascribed
by tradition to the Greek islanders and
the natives OF the Polynesian Archi-
pelago are probably to be accepted with
considerable reserve.
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Visions of an Opium Smoker.

A. confirmed opium smoker relates
the sensations impaired by the use of
the drug rs follows: He says: Assoon as
I get we'll under the influenc, it brings
q contentment beyond imagination, and
a, sense of peace such as visits the tabled
eater of the lotos, u feeling which in its
entirety placed one in II supreme throne,
calm rs Buddha. ruling as Il MINDLESS,
waveless, .voiceless kingdom of everlast-
ing rest. TO this succeeded a knowledge
OF power to plan and execute such
schemes as are known only to the gigan-
tic and unattainable, coupled with the
thought, Il can do these things, but
I will not. What is all else compared
pared to this?" Again the scene shifted,
and in q state Of semi-consciousness
there followed each other, like u piano.
rama of Oriental m%agnificence, of tall
and stately minarets, of palaces glitter
ing beneath noon-day sun, of armies
marching forth in all the circumstance
of war, conquering and to conquer.
Finally the gigantic superseded the
beautiful and grand until sleep brought
q close to the tremendous imaginings of
4 dream. You awake, but to what?
Headache. nausea. a burning, tightening
grip ut your throat, q general sensation
such rs attends the recovery of a New
Years drunk. But the worst of it is
there seems only one remedy-smoke
again and again, leave care and sorrow
and suffering behind. Thus beginning
in curiosity, and continuing from SEEM
ing necessity. the end is w and always
Il death so horrible as to rival the tor
lures of mania q potu.
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weird and melancholy spectacle. The experl.
ment of disintecting infected houses by steam
is to be tried by our authorities.
DR.. R. W. Mitchell, the intrepid yellow
fever physician of Memphis, describes the city
as wholly cut off from the world. There are
no trains running into or out OF the town, and
nobody leaves the place without the authorizes
knowing it. No steamboats, land there at all.
The supplies are all brought down on barges'
which are dropped by the steamboats, a couple
OF miles shove the city and allowed to float
down. When they arrive at the city men in
skiffs or tugs secure them and bring them to
the landing. If there is any fever carried
aboard it is done by SOM daring peddler who
runs his wagon OF supplies into the town on
venture, sells out, and then clears out.
A recent Memphis dispatch reports forty
two new cases and five deaths, among the
latter being Major W. W. Gay, a well-knowr
and prominent citizen, who for a long time
secuted the idea that there was any yellow
fever in the city.
The house in Memphis where the FORBES
family sickened and died, in Walker avenue
was set on fire and burned to the ground
This place was filthy in the extreme. Forbes
wife and four children died. Three children
recovered. They were nursed by the How
HUB, WIN Hho W pun nASo aHAooAo VI eA'
fectants in the cellar before the nurses coulc
remain in the house. The surviving three
children mentioned were turned over to TIT
Sisters of Charity. The house was terribly
infected. 1t was dangerous to the entire
ueighborhood, and some one fired it ct night
In June, during the hot weather, a large
number OF vaults in Memphis were cleaned
out, and it has been noticed that the move
ment of the fever has followed the course O
this vault cleaning-Judge Rays, Mulbren
don's, Tobin's and other infected points.
The Mississippi State Board OF Health ha'
established a quarantine station at Commerce
Miss, where downward bound boats mus
land for inspection and for the issuance of Ger
~tiflcates to passengers. A similar station I'm!
been established ct Fort Adams, Miss, fo
upward bound boats. Quarantine against New
Orleans has been removed.
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Newspapers and knowledge.

Newspapers of the present day, re-
marks q New York paper, contain ar
ticles upon subjects in science, literature
AID art, which twenty-five years ago no
editor would have ventured to publish.
This fashion has it's Objectionable points.
It tends to encourage superficiality, to
engender conceit. and to lead incompe-
tent persons to form opinions upon very
insufficient knowledge. But on the
whole it's tendency is good. A little
knowledge is not dangerous unless it is
misused; and all knowledge. however
great, must be little in its beginning.
The fashion of administering literature,
science and art in small and simple doses
brings great numbers of people under
their influence who otherwise would re-
main without q tincture Of any one OF
them. People who would not touch any
bound book but a novel will read
a little paper-bound pamphlet or maya
zinc article, or if not equal to n OF
these, IN article ina newspaper upon a
subject in which they would otherwise
remain in absolute ignorance. In this
way thought is stimulated and the appc-
titc for knowledge provoked. This some
oftlle means by Which the present time
has become one of such general intellec-
tual activity The mind Of the world
at large has been excited to action by
little books on great subjects.
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Adulterati0n of Tea.

A French paper says: M Husson, q
chemist at Toul, has been investigating
this subject, and laid the result of his
researches before the Academy of Sci
ences. The leaf of the tea tree, from Its
great commercial value, has long eXer-
cised the ingenuity offraudulent traders,
and thew seem to have attained a degree
of perfection in counterfeiting the nat
ural product which is really remarka,
BILE. No ingenious proceeding is omitted
in the Celestial empire to palm on the
outer barbarian inferior or damaged
merchandise, or ever asimplei imitation.
Add to this that the European mer-
chants, or many of them,. are by no
means behind their Chinese brethren in
the arts of imitation. The Ceiestials, in
order to give the inferior or false leaf
the aroma of tea, frequently mix a guam
tity of it with certain flowers, especially
those of the olea fragrans Ca species OF
olive), the gardenia florida "a tropical
plant) the jasminum sambac, etc:
Among the leaves of other plants found
mixed with teas are those Of the prunus
Opium tree), the camellia. saeangua
Japanese camellia), etc.
It seems that in some parts of China a
| special cultivation is carried on for this
express purpose, where the vegetable
productions most in favor are willow
leaves, plucked in April and May,
which are subjected to a slight ferment,
alton, then dried and rolled and mixed
with green tea to the extent of ten to
twenty per cent. This practice, as in
genious rs profitable, was inauguratcd
in Shanghai about fifteen years ago and
is continually extending. The Chinese
carry it on openly. and seem to think
that they need not trouble themselves
about their customers, as they manage
to sell all their merchandise. However,
the fact must be added that in the prin-
cipal t~ea-growing districts the govern
ment has an efficient staff of inspectors.
so that the goods are dispatched in a
pure state. But this %precaution is OF
little avail, for as soon rs the boxes
reach the shipping ports the merchants
or brokers commence their malprac-
tees, as they are not under official sur.
Vigilance. But the very perfection of
the Chinese manipulation is the manu-
facture of green teas, nearly all the va.
ricties of which are more or less colored
artlflclally.
With a few simple substances-some
of them. however, of IL poisonous ma
ture such rs graphite (plumbago),
Prussian blue, indigo, curcuma (tur-
meric root), kaolin, etc, they can pro-
duce q tea of any desired tint with or
without the true leaf of the shrub. Eu-
ropeans, with their superior knowledge,
have surpassed the Asiatics in their
fraud by the use of still more deadly
drugs, the chromate of lead, arseniate of
copper, without speaking Of the compar.
atfve i%Dnocuous substances, sulphate OF
iron, steatite, the carbonates Of lime,
magnesia, etc, so that the cup which
cheers but not inebriates may still be
one it would be wise to avoid without a
preliminary investigation.
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Wants Us to Eat Our Food Raw.

A German physician in relation to
food as between animal and vegetable
holds that both vegetarians and meat
eaters are on the wrong track. Vegeta-
bles are not more wholesome than meat
or meat than vegetables, and moth
ing is gained by consuming a COM
pound of both. Whatever nutritive
qualities they may possess" he says,
"are destroyed in great measure and
often entirely by the process of cooking.
All food should be eaten raw. If this
practice were adopted there would be
little or no illness among human beings.
They would live their apportioned time
and simply fade away, like animals in a
wild state, from old age" 1t is hardly
probable that he will find many civilized
beings to fall into his views of eating
everything raw"
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Wanting in Love to Each Other,

Oh. there's q theme to make each dream,
And power to make each hour
AS light and sweet as the bloom ut our feet
Which is culled from the May-day flower.
Men seek too high for things that are nigh,
Foregoing the help OF brother;
Selfish and blind is the state OF the mind
When wanting in love to each other.
Oh. there's aplan to 1T axe each man
Happy the whole day through,
Nor need he to roam to better his homo
Would we find him but work to do.
There's plenty OF soil on which to toll,
And add to the golden dover,
Would men be but wise, and speedily rise
In loving and aiding each other.
Oh! there's a way to make each day,
And power to make each night
Bright as the l,ooa and the suns afternoon,
Would men be but wise and unite
There's plenty for all, the great and the sinai
And plenty to give to our brother;
We too often waste in our hurry and haste
BY wanting in love to each other.
-Oiirer Sinclair.
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When Man Ceases to be Thankful.

A man, however sensible and devout,
ceases to be thankful for the immense
fruit crop this year the moment a ten
yrar-old boy smites him, at long. though
accurate range, rs to the backot his bald
head with an over-ripe tomato about
the size ola carriage sponge. In fact,
lac doesn't think very much about the
fruit crop Mt all. His thoughts dwell
with painful interest upon the absent
hoy. who may he dimly deserted in the
sl,adowy distance, making himself ab-
scnter and absenter every jump.-B~r-
nnhn1 H1ukeue.
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According to the London Truth, Canon
Bcadon, who died not long ago, ut the
age of 1O2. attributed his long life to the
fact that he had ncver entered on any
brain work, ever of the slightest sort,
Gor some hours after q meal; that during
the last forty years Of his life he had
taken no medicine, and that he always
rose at a very early hour.
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While In New York q few weeks since we put up at
tie Grand Central for the nrst time. and we can say
with truth that 1t is the best and cheapest in New York.
We have tiled about all Of the New York Hotels and
think the Grand Central the hest Of them all. Rates
$3.50 and $500 per day. Rooms, Sl.0O per day.
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When the Bowels ARC Dlsordered

When the Bowels arc Dlsordered
No time should be lost in resorting to a suit
able remedy. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is
the most reliable and widely-esteemed medi-
cine of its class. It removes the causes OF
constipation, or OF undue relaxation Of the
intestincs, which are usually indigestion or a
misdirection OF the bile. When it acts as n
cathartic. it does not grippe and violently evacu-
ate, but produces gradual and natural effects,
very unlike those of n drastic purgative; and
irritating conditions OF the mucous membrane
of the stomach and intestinal canal which pro-
duce first diarrhea, and eventually dysentery.
The medicine is, moreover, an agreeable one,
and eminently pure and wholesome. Appetite
and tranquil nightly slumber are both pro.
NOTED by it.
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A Wise LeRtsintor'

"A N1S6 LcR1b1htOEs
He is successful because he has the manly
courage to rise above all personal motives or
interests and cast his vote and influence on the
side OF measures which will contribute to the
well. being ofhis fcllow-men. The good OF the
many, ever though it proves injurious to the
interests of the few, is the maxim OF the wise
legislator. But certain men will never admit
the wisdom of this doctrine, any more than
some selfish private practitioners will admit
the superlative value of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, because these remedies have injured
their practice. OF course, no man in his right
senses will pay q physician $500 for a consul:
tation, q bottle of bitters, a few powders, and
q prescription, when one bottle of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and a bottle OF his
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, both costing but
Sl.25, will accomplish the same result, viz.
cleanse the liver and blood, regulate and tone
the stomach, and impart a healthy acton t.
the bowels and kidneys.
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50 WALL ST., New YORK, Aug. II, 1879.
Now offered at Sit per share. Final in.
stallment OF working capital stock Of the Chey:
enne, one OF the largest Black Hills gold
mines. In the Great Belt, $40 per share net
in sight. Full reports on application.
r. C. STONE & CO., Financial Agents.
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Malignant and subtle indeed is The poison OF
s%crorula, and terrible are its ravages in the
system. They may, however, be permanently
stayed and the destructive virus expelled from
the circulation with Scovill's Blood and Liver
Syrup, a potent vegetable detergent which
eradicates all skin diseases, leaving no vestige
of them behind. White swelling, salt rheum,
tetter, assesses, liver complaint, and erup'
tions OF every description ore invariably con.
quered by it. Druggists sell it.
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PONDS
EXTRACT !.
Pain Destroyer and Specific for lnnam'
nation and Hemorrhages.
THE z YEaETABlE

Pain Destroyer and Specific for Inflam'
nation and Hemorrhages.
RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA. No other pregars.
tionhas cured so many cases OF tnesg 3issv
ing complaints as the Extract. UUn,hsn 90 PAN
In the Beck or Side, &c. Ponas EhsI =
ointment $50 centsl for use when ie aIo e y.
riothine is convenient, Is o great neip m"-
lieying infammatory cases.
HEMORRHAGES. Bleeding from toe Lnns s,s s !
ach. Nose, or from any cause, " sPeeany
Controlled and stopped. Our y.ASal syrtneeS
I9s cents1 and inhafers go cents) arc great
Aids In arresting internal bleeding.
pIpTHERIA AND SORETHR0AT: Use the Extrsss
promptly. It. q sure cure. Delay a
Gus.
CATARRH. The Extract is the only SPECIFIC lor
this disease, Cold In Head, SC. Our .Cat4sln
Cure,D specially prepared TO meet ser Soe
cases. contains alf the n~utritive qualities OF
the Extract {; our Nnsal Syringe Is lnvaiusulSS
for use in Catarrhal an reg nhssin Is cases use
inexpensive. For old ana opstina@ Aoeo
our Is Catarrh Cure"
PILES, BLIND BLEEDING or ITCHING. IT, sFa e
greatest known remedy.rapidiyfu,lng W.
other medicines have failed. Pond,s E1InsS
Medicated Paper for :lose Btu, use y q ppfntmsnt
Is of great service where the removes "a
clothing Is inconvenient.
| FEMALE COMPLAINTS. No physician neea %
called IN for the majority Of female oi seasns,
II the Extract be used. Full directions accons
pauy each bottle.
PHYSICIANS of oil Schools recommend and pre-
scribe Ponds Extract. We have letters Irom
hundreds who order it daily, In their pracuce'
for SWelllngso OF all kinds, Quinsy, Sore Tnross,
Infsmed Tonsils, simple and chronic Dl d
hna, Catarrh (for which 1t is a .sPectech Gnu-
biains. rosted Feet, Stings OF Insects, 10y
ouitos, etc, Chapped Hands, Face, ana moeeo
all manner Of Skin Diseases.
FARMERS. Stock Breeders and Livery Men should
alwayshaye it. Leading livery and streetcax
stables in New York and elsewhere aiWays
use Il. Sprains, Harness and Saddle Chafnsa
Cuts. Scratches welllngs, Sti1nesa Bleeding,
etc, are all controlled byit. q acco9ns
Of the expense Of the Extract as adapteo tor
safe use In its delicate application 70 HUN
AILMENTS, we have prepared q preparation Ior
VETERINARY PURPOSES only, which contaans
ali the strength Of the Extract. for apptcaIlon
to animals, In q cheaper form. Pr1ce Peg
gallon, VETERINARY EXTRACT, $S.6O.
CAUTION-Pond,s Extract, is sold My
In bottles, enclosed in bur wrappers. with the
words, PONDS EXTRACT, blown In the giasAs
It Is never sold I'm bulk No one can seu
except In our own bottles as above Described
SPECIAL PREPARATIONS OF PosD's EXTRACT coz
BINED WITH THE PuREsT AND MOST DELICATE
Z PERFUMES FOR LADIES BoUDoR. ,V
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Judge for yourself.

By sendingthirty-fv cents, with age, height,
color Of eyes and hair, you will receive by re-
turn mail q correct photograph of your future
husband or wife, with name and date OF mar
rage. Address W. Fox, P. o. Drawer 81,
Fultonville. N. Y.
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The famous Mason s Hamlin Cabinet Or
CANS, which are certainly the best Of these
instruments in the world, are now sold for
payment by lnstallments, bringing them with.
in reach OF those who can max only small
payments at q time. Any agent tor their sale
will rive partinulars
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An EXTENDED PoPULARITY.-Each year
finds " Browns Bronchial Troches" in new
localities in various parts Of the world. For
relieving coughs, colds and throat diseases, the
Troches have been proved reliable. 25centsa
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From Washington.

William NJ. Roach, cashier of the Citizens
National Bank OF Washington, is o deiaulter
to the extent OF $60,000. Speculation i'll
stocks is supposed to have caused his iuin.
Secretary Schurz, accompanied by Webb
Hayes, q son of the President, has left WASH
ington on O six weeks tour Of inspection OF
the Western Indian agencies.
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Any one unable to Iead music OF IN.
skilIed in organ . playing may produce
from the Organ not only the part they sinzs
6ut ali the other parts, By the uEe Of the
Wit6 this new invention, ensily attached
IN the keyboard Of any Or9an, q little
NV N oirI, knoWfng a tune, can play
"a we'll as a music teacher. AdaDted
- Families, Sunday.Scho0ls, and Lodge
Meetines, Address for Circular q Terms
THE sELF-oRaAN1sT MFG 90,
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Nobody should complain of sea-sick-
ness when he considers that even the
ocean is confined to its bed.-BGyGrd.
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Western and Southern States.

Thaddeus Bnber, Il st. Louis plumber, quar-
relied with his wife and left his home. Alter
an absence of several days he returned home,
shot and instantly killed his mothcr-ln-lnw
and then shot his wife, inflicting a mortal
wound. He then lett the house, but was
arrested.
Bob McCorklc, a colorad man sixty years
old, was hanged at Taylolsville, N. c., tor
the murder OF J. Wesley Wycof, q white
farmer with whose wife the condemned man
had been intimate. The murdered mans
wife has been sentenced to n life imprisonment
AZ M accessory to her husbands murder.
a fire at St. Louis destroyed m elevator
cont lining l50, 900 bushels OF grain; three on
tcnsivc icc-honscs und other adjoining build
ings were also burned, cntailing n total loss OF
about $4,000.
During Il storm lightning struck n st'blc
near Thornton, Va, killing two young men
and severely injuring two others who had
taken refuge therein.
At Deadwood, Dakota, Captain j. S.
Mitchell, who lately arrived from Evanston,
Wyoming, committed suicide by shooting. On
the same night L. F. Whitbcck, local editor of
the Deudwood Pioneer, shot nj IL colored man,
who he claims had assaulted him. The bullet
missed the colorcd man, and struck rs. MAR
Inn, formerly Wholesale grocer ot Dcadwood,
on tho forehead, intlicting n probably fatal
wound.
G. II. Bussing & Co., Cincinnati bankers,
who were recently reported rs having been
robbed OF $40, 700, have failed Tor $lO0,O0o.
Two coaches OF 4 so~uth-bound train OH the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad
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rbe t,re,t Hotels OF New York,

ChewJackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
n C;1bart moLea onlv nnre starches,
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Per11s Of the Iteep.

1t is now believed that thirteen vessels be-
longing to the Gloucester (Mass) fishing fleet
went down In the February gales, carrying
with them 143 men, and leaving 50 widows
and 1877 fatherless children. The vessels sup
posed to be lost were valued at $4,000. The
Cnpe Ann Advertiser says:
"For the past two years our fishing losses
have been comparatively light, but In 1876 the
record was melancholy one In the De-
cember gales OF that year 10 vessels and 93
men went down, and the losses for the year
numbered 27 vessels, OF q value of s150,000.
and 212 men. In 1875 the losses numbered f6
vessels and 1913 men.
'In 1873 81 vessels and 174 men were lost.
leaving AZ widows and Sc fatherless children
Is vessels and 124 men went down ON Georges.
the Banks and in the Bay OF st. Lawrence, In
The Lord's-Day Gale August "a OF that
year. In 1871. 10 vessels and 140 men were
lost.
'In 1862 we had February t24) gale similar
to that Of this year. when, out OF a fleet of m
sail upon the Banks, 15 vessels and 100 men
were lost, leaving 20 widows and IA father
less children. The whole number of Iosses
for the year was 10 vessels and 1862 men"