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Phenomena Of Rain.

One of the most curious things about
rain is the inequality Gifts distribution
The reader is of course aware that rain
may be measured in inches in almost any
vessel set oft to catch it. Ii a pail for
example, be put out i'll an open space on
the ground, it will catch us much rain as
would otherwise have sunk into the
ground, on the space occupied by the pail
If We visit TIE pail after every shower, we
may by means OF two foot rule, tell
what depth Of rain has fallen. This is
the principle OF the rain gauge. In prac-
tice better means are of course adopted.
so rs to prevent evaporation and to meas
urc the depth. Now it is Of great conse-
quercc where We place our rain gauge.
1t might be supposed Of no Importance
whether it were on the top OF the house
or in the garden close by. And yet strange
to say, gauge in the garden at " estmin-
lister Abbey caught twenty-three inches
of rain in the course of the year. while
one on the roof of house caught only
eighteen inches. and ono on top Of the
Abbey only twelve inches. The fact is
rain forms at 4 very low levation-much
lower than is generally supposed; or, if
not actually formed at a worry low cleva-
ton. it increases the size of tho drops
which come from higher levels. Thus,
while Mr.. GlaiShor was descending in a
balloon, he passed through dry. AID
then through wet fog, where the drops
of rain were exceedingly fine, covering
the note book like pins points. These
increased i'll size ON approaching the earth
earth
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-27
What is CASTLE Soap?

\ subscriber wishes to know how this
differs from other soap. The hard soaps
made in this country are almost cxclu-
Sivcly from animal fats; in the south of
! Europe. where the olive grows abundant
". the poorer kinds of olive oi! are used
Common soaps are soda and animal fats;
castle soap is soda and vegetable oil. In
making CASTLE soap great care is taken to
avoid an excess of alkali Ohio soda). only
just enough being used to ncutralizc the
oil. On this account the soap is made
milder, and may lie used on wounds and
other surfaces where common soap would
irritato and give pain. The notified ap-
pcarancc is duo to 4 small solution Of cop
peras (sulpi,ate Of from which is stirred
into it before it hardens: this leaves
blush oxide OF iron in the soap which
when exposed to the air. become. chang
ed to the red oxide. White CASTLE soap
is sold. which is the same as the other,
without the colcling. Though called
CASTLE. it is Ivy no means exclusively made
in Spain: the largest share coming from
the south of France. and, indeed, it is
generally known in Europe as Marscilcs
soap.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-27
A SoInd Legal Opinion.

An honest farmer once called upon the
late Roger NJ. Sherman, the celebrated
lawyer, and told him he wanted an opin-
ion. lie had heard a great deal about
the value Of Mr.. Sherman $ opinions, and
how great many people went to him to
get an opinion, and John, who had never
had, nor never was likely to have law
suit or other difficulty for lawyer to help
him from, though he would have IN
''opinion.'
Wei, John, what can | DO to help
youa' said Mr.. s.. when John in his turn
was shown into the room.
why, lawyer" replied John. 81 hap
pened to be in town. and having nothing
to do, I thought l would come and get
your opinion
Estate your case JOHN. What's the
matter?''
''oh. nothing. amt got no lawsuit;
| only want to get one OF your opinions;
they say they re very valuable
But, john about what?"
''Oh, anything, sir; take your pick and
choice
Mr.. Sherman, seeing the notions Of his
client on the matter in hand, took a pen,
and writing few words, folded them up
and handed them to John, WHO carefully
placed in his pocket.
NV hat S to pay, sr::'
-Four and six pence > Yankee money
% cents.
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Reckoning Mu:ilated Currency.

Whenever q national bank or legal
tender note becomes mutilatcd; when
ever anybody comes into possession of 4
WORKOUT note: or whenever by accident
any money of this character becomes SO
far destroyed that it will not pass, the
owner may send it to the Treasurer Of
the United States. The mutiated cur
rency goes to the redemption division of
the Trcasurer's Office. and there .iuGg-
ment is passed OH it. or course every
prccaution is had against fraud. Quite
often :. woe-bcgonc piece Of a note will
be sent in, and after the crucial test will
turn out to be the relic OF a counterfeit
bill. Sometimes the attidavits accompany
ing a fragment of what Was once green
back are manufactured.
One of the most remarkable cases that
has ever como before the redemption di-
vision occurred recently. \ Nebraska
backwoodsman dropped his pocket-book,
containing one hundred dollars. into the
campfire. Before he could got it out tho
heat SO acted on ii that the book had
shive!ed up into hard burnt ball. lie
did not attempt to open it, but sent it on
with statement of the facts. The ball
was cracked, just as Il hickory nut would
lie in order to get at its contents. Inside
were found, intact and undamaged the
twenty and tcu-dul!ar bills that went 10
make up the one hundred dollars.
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4 Powerful C!:M:,;;r-A cement pc
culiarly adapted to stand petroleum or
any of its distilIatcs is made by boiling 3
parts of resin with OF caustic soda and
) Of water. This forms a resin soap,
which is afterwards mixed with half It's
weight Of plaster of Paris, zinc white.
white lead, OF precipitated chalk.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
Teach Your Boys.

Teach them that a true lady can
be found quite as fire. quently in calico
as in velvet.
Teach them that o common school
education with common senSe, is far
better than q college education with
out il.
Teach them to respect their elders
and themselves.
Teach them that, as they ex-
pect to be men some day, they can
not too soon learn to protec. the weak
and helpless.
Teach them by your example that
the least Of vices to which men sre
heirs, is disgusting to others and
hurtful to themselves.
Teach them that to wear patched
clothes is no disgrace, but to wear
black eyes is.
Teach them that Cod is no re-
spector Of sex, and whea He gave
the seventh commandment He meant
it for them as well as for their sis
tiers.
Teach them that by iniulging their
depraved appetites in their worst
forms of dissipation, they are not fit
ting themselves to become the hus-
bands of pure girls.
Teach them that it is better to be
al honest man seven days in a week,
than to be q Christian q one day
and q villain six.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18
HE Question OF Weeds.

Every good farmer knows that to
insure satisfactory crops his land must
be cultivated in the best manner, and
il It is SO cultivated few weeds will be
found upon it. Sometimes, even up
on well managed farms, a field here
and there, owing to adverse weather,
a shortness of hands, or q rush of
work generally, may be neglected fer
a few days and the weeds may get q
start but this happens rarely, and
an observing man can always judge
of the character of the farmer by
CHANGING his eye over his premises.
If the weeds are not to be regularly
and Systematically destroyed, the idea
of conducting agricultural operations
proftably may as well be abandoned,
for the one is Incompatible with the
other.
And even this is more p0intedly SO
with the garden. Weeds and a gar.
den crop ere as antagonistie as life
and death. They cannot stand upon
the same platform. 0ne must be
master, and it is for the owner to say
which. If q garden is Systematically
worked-and without system no gar
den is worth having-the labor OF
keeping down the weeds is reduced
one hall. But let them once get
ahead, and they may be fought all
summer and prove victorious in the
end.
Again, let no weeds go to seed I;
and do not throw into the public
highway such as do, to be washed
down upon the land of your neigh.
transformation Telegraph.
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Eercviiie.

Leadville is rightly called "The
Poor Mans Country!" There ia
more "poor men, here to the square
inch than you can fud in any other
part of the world. In fact, every
nine men out Of ten you NEE. on the
street look as if a square meal was q
stranger to them, and a good nights
rest something they hadn't had since
ther left the States. Men out of en-
ploymelt here arc thicker than sew
ing machine agents east, ana the ho-
tells are full of fellows glad to WORK
at starvation wages. No one not ac-
customed to the climate can stand it
to work in the mines, and even a res
idenoe in Leadvilie is almost sure to
undermine q nsn's health unless he
is acclimated before be comes here.
Pneumonia is carrying of the popu-
lsticn faster than the authorities dare
admit, and no death notices are pub.
lished for fear Of frightening away
the new eomers.
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Frightened to Death


PoUGHKEEpsIE, June Con- last
Thursday afternoon q tramp visited 0
farmhouse near Millertown, where
Mrs. Vinegar and an old lady over
so years Of age were alone. Mrs.
Vinegar fastened the front door and
was SHOUT 10 fssten the back door
when the tramp mes her on the
threshold aud caught hold OF her.
Mrs. Vinegar went into commissions
and died almost instantly. The old
lady had used all the strength she
possessed in her attempt TO pull the
tramp away from Mrs. Vinegar, and
her creams brought q small colored
boy to the house. He was too fright
enaG 10 call for assistance, and the
tramp escaped. end has not been
found. He is described IS en- o.dish
man, with long gray whiskers. Mrs.
Vinegar was a very estimable go
man, between 6Oand 20 years of age,
and was very active for one Of her
Sea-s.
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be divorced from him this very day.
He is worse thsD a savage
$50 be ISL cried Uncle John, en-
teriBg warmly into the spirit OF the
thing.
$50 he is"-stripping of his coat
and I'll settle the matter at once.
You stand back, Fanny III give
him such a thrashing as bell be like
ly 10 remember. Striking his wife
with a poker, indeed III rectify
matters y and Uncle John grasped
the long handled feather daster, and
fourished it tbreateniDgly around
the head of bis nephew.
"There, sir, take that, and that,
and thatl" exclaimed be, bringing
down the feathers on The shoulders
of the amazed Phil. Fanny, my
dear, I'll not leave a bone OF him
whole"
FanDy's round blue eyes had been
growing larger and larger-aad now
her Indignation broke.
John Hayes ~ she cried, you're
q heather, and On old meddliBg yag-
ebondi Let Phi alone. He's ny
dear, dear husband, aud you've no
right to touch him. He's an angel
He never intended to strike me. Stop
striking him or you'll be sorry y and
Fanny seized the broom from behind
the door, and prepared to do battle.
Stand back !" cried Uncle John
hes a monster, and deserves death.
The man who has threatened to
strike G woman ought 10 be hung on
the spot"
Fanny's eyes blazed She few at
Uncle John with the spite of q IT,
gress, and the way the trio went
round the room was worth witness
ing. Uncle John after Phil with the
buster, and Fanny after Uncle John
with the broom.
Phil made spring for the window,
but there was q wat-not in the way,
and getting bis leg eDtangled 10 that
be brought the whole concern to the
hoor. Ambrotypes, books, vases,
rare China ard a hundred cherished
curiosities, all were involved in 6 d.
rect ruin.
Phil went doga with the other
things, Uncle Joha o.umbled over
bin, and Fanny only saved herself
by seiziag the bell rope, which
brought her two servants TO the
spot.
OF course they took Phil and Uncle
john for housebrakers, and if Fan.
ny's explanations had not been en-
forced by sundry touches of her
broom stick the consequences might
have been serious.
The first moment of calm was seiz.
ed upon by the young couple to EN-
brace each other.
"My angel Fanny"
"My precious Phil"
And then followed an explosion
like the bursting of beer bottles.
Uncle John left the house during
this interesting performance, sill
firmly Of the opinion that the suresi
way Of ~reconciling q wife to her hus-
band is to get 3 third person to hell
abuse him.
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nYes,n sed I, bein suddenly pro-
phetised, II see armies Nv nien en-
pIoyed in dredgin out Secesshun Cfik,
to make It navigable. ! see a Gus.
tom House ez big eE that Nv Moo
York agoin up in the Corners, see
the SutLern Pacific Raleroade bilt,
and | see a plank road from here to
Secesshunyille with other internal
improvements, too tejos to m%enshun,
and every che nv en- at the expense
Nv The NashBel Government, wich for
the purpose only nv Sutbern i'm
provemeuts, is q Nashua. Aud ez
the North pays about nineteen-twen-
tieths Nv the taxis, there is where
we shell hev our revenge. The North
will pay and the South will reap the
benefit NV it. Little did the North
know what il vuz a doin when il took
us back"
"And ! see, sed Isssker Gavitt,
'the South fall control Nv the
Guverment 10 do ez il pleases with
ii. | see the Northern Dimoerisy in
their proper places. askin US umbly
what We want. ! see a Congris Nv
Suthern BFigadiers-l e Northern
Congrismea apologisin for essisiin in
raisin troops to conker ia, and bring
10 forth froots meet for repentance by
givin us every thing we ask tor. |
e the Suthern seller on a level with
the Fedrel %soljer, and q leetle ahed.
| see the bloc takin orr its hat to the
gray, and | see Dek0rashen Day in
the North abolished, tho for one, be-
in generus, | am willin eff they want
to decorate the graves uv their ded,
they may, eff they win do il in the
mite, without any moosic, or parade,
wich is offensive to us. see"
81 am a goin into the prophit
bizais," sed joe Bigler, only | am
goin to prophesy backerds, wich is
the safest / see G Dimekratic party
witch got into power by aksident,
aud hadn't sense enuif to keep its
hold. / see a set Nv un~conscionable
asses 10 the South who suppose that
the North, wich egregiOusly wbaled
us wunst, ain't jist ez ready 10 do 1t
agin. | see a section Of kentry pop
elstid by o klass Nv people wien
don't know kindnis and mercy when
they see it, and wieh mistakes elem
ency for c~owardice. And to take q
handspring into the futur, ] see an
election in Ohio this Fall, witch will
elene out the Dimoerisy completely
and pave the way for the eleekshun
NV Grant in 1880, with q Congris
behind him witch viii take nifty good
care that the South will git jist wat
she deserves and no more. / see the
priasiple Nv States Rites squelched,
and the old Fedrel idee mors firmly
established than ever. | see the Cor
ners remaining jist ez it is, onless the
citizens exchange Bsscom's bar for
their cornfeelds, and git to consid-
erin 6 skool-house ez nv more import
ance than a quarter racetrack. | see
the niggers geLtin out Nv here, aud
levin the kentry without labor, be-
coz the white citizens bevn't got
sense enuiT to recognize the fact that
they are men and Civ EN- the rites
that belong to en-. | see-but watts
the yoose. 700 never learn anything
or forgit anything
And after this ~depressin peace Nv
prophesy, Josef rolled off with the
remark that We wood fad he wuz a
troo prophet. Perhaps be is. But
got all | wantid to drink for an hour
or two.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Depresst.
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rr powaINa.

Chill the air and hard the gr0und;
Not one ray Of sunlight lietk
DER the moor with hollow sound.
Moaning low the GELD Wind sighethe
Sower, break the stubborn soil,
lavish in it's burrows hesping.
Cease not from thy patient toll,
Sowthe seed and wait the respinz.
Sumner sunshine on the hin
Birds On every green tree singing;
Shouts ofjoy the son air tn
Home the harvest they arc bringing,
And the s0wcr en- the plain,
Hi long buried seed now finding
Mellow heaps Of yellow grain
Into golden sbeaves is binding.
Ia the dark and narrow tomb,
C0stller seeds VIC bury weeping.
Aud enwrapod in quiet gloon,
Leave It 10 the Masters keepiac.
To the end we cannot sec,
Path her heavenly vision iendine,
into Gods supreme decree,
We IN meek sabmission bending.
on cur lives a constant chill,
Like on wintry landscapes lying,
Ever falls: we trust Him stiil,
On his iaithfulncss reiyiae.
E.arih shall melt with fcrycni heat,
Time be but an ended story,
We our buried treasures greet,
Sown In tears, but reaped In gioIy.
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bloody Double Tragedy.

OTTAWA, I'LL, june IA bloody
double tragedy resulted today from
a long-standing feud between the
White and Corners families, of this
city and vicinity. Lawrence White
was shot dead by a revolver in the
hands of d. 7. Conner, and Corners
himself "a Immediately thereafter
killed by a bullet from some unknown
hand. Revolvers were freely drawn
and used among the remaing parties
of the quarrel, but no further deaths
resultes. The cause Of the quarrel
is not known.
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Shot by Her Ia

HAMBURGH, n. J., June 5.-Tbis
village was thrown into q fever of ex-
element this evening by the shoot
ing of a woman. Frederick Grill, an
old farmer living near here, quarreled
with his daughter, Mrs. William Bah
cock, a woman 25 years of age, and
shot her,, causing almost instant
death. Grill surrendered himself to
the authorities here, and was remov-
ed to the county Jail st Newton. lie
says that he was so crazed by anger
that be did not ~realize what he was
doing. He is o man of excellent hab-
its, but has en- ungovernable temper.
His daughter leaves two small chill
dren. She was highly respected.
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Murder mud suicide.

CINcIyNATI, June G-Mrs. Mag
dalena BoescSof, Of Dayton, Ky, op
posite this city. in a ct Of anger last
week, badly injured the little daugh
ter Of neighbor. Last night the
little gir. grew dangerously i'll. Mrs.
Bceschof hearing CT it and anticipa-
ting that the girl would die. com
mitted suicide by throwing herself
into q cistern. She had told her hus.
band that if the girl died she would
kill herself rather than have her chill
dFen disgraeed by her execution by
law.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-06-18

A newspaper man in Texas has
married 81, 000, 900, and a sorrowing
brother adds "please exchange"
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BETTER TINES.

Times grow better Enthusiastically.
Not that men are making fortunes in
a month not that ordinary invest
ments pay 10 or Is per cent. !; not
that ordinary business profits are
large enough to justify reckless luxu-
ry of living T; not that every plausible
fellow can raise unlimited capital to
develop his latest device for making
q sure thousand out of an Investment
of q paltry hundred. Times are no
better that way than they were (;
chaps who live only by their wits are
little further from the aforesaid wits
end than formerly. But real legiti-
mate trade is better; the volume of
general business is now steadily in
creasing; profits are reasonable, not
large; confidence is almost wholly
restored; men breathe more freely.
Real estate is partially recovering
and seems to be slowly rising in val
ue.
In many localities rents have been
advanced this spring and l~essees have
consented. Capital is plenty for any
solid, safe investment; interest is low
er than before in forty years, and the
margin on gold has disappeared. The
number of unemployed has diminish
ed materially in the last year. Now
let some grambler make something
else out of this than "better tines if
he cani
MoRIEY
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m n "a WEEK in your own town, and no cap
VII ital riSked. You can give the business a
Mill trial without expense. The best oppor-
tunity ever offered for those willing 70
~ work. You should try nothing else until
you see for yourself what you can DO at the bust
ness we offer. No room to explain here. You can
devote all your time or only your spare time to the
business, and make great pay for every hour that
you work. Women make as much as men. Send
for special private terms AMI particulars, whichwe
mail free. IS Outfit free. Don't complain Of hard
times while you have such a chance.
Address II. HALLETT, Portland, Maine.
June II.
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TRADE FOR WOOL.
FIJI

XIhInSy%a:s5 s@% s 5 5s q + 3 3s VI. .i. !. En-. 'i as
above. No one can tain f1 mac
money fast. Any one can do the work. Yg e-
make from s. cts to = an hour ty devotIr- VIM.
evenings and spare line 10 the business -.
nothing TO try the business. Nothing Ike n a.
money making ever offered before. Bushes
pleasant and strictly honorable. Reader. fl I'm
want to know all about the best Paving tusi-.s
before the public. send rs your name ard ve viii
sendyou fun particulars and private tg-ms .rs
samples worth p also free ylu can thenuaksw.
up your mind for yourself
Address GE0RGESTINSON NCp.
JuneH lur.iaIL- Balm.
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way let him know IN order TO make sure 0feet.n,
enc, as he in his 70 unds Of selling night ~ hrl
all who wan rakes.
Aay29
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.aaress" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ncp.
IL Portland Blaine.
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Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough,
Dizziness. Sour Stomach, Eruptions, Bad
Taste in the Mouth. Palpation of the
Heart, Pain in the region OF the Kidneys,
and a thousand other painful symptoms,
are the oflsprings of Dyspepsia.
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EYyNNE.EM
PROVERBS.

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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-19
THE OUTCOME.

All is not harmony in the demo-
cratic camp, neither on the general
question Of politics nor the special
policy Of finance. The cold, rigid posi-
tion of the dominant party in congress
has withered and wilted before the ter
rible simoons Of fact set loose by the
president in his vetoes. Some there are
who have all along objected to the OBJ
structive policy. Others were passive,
but acted with the majority simply be-
cause Of a belief in party gain.
The balance, who comprised the
majority, were booted and spurred to
ride over the president, veto, constitu-
ton, or any thing else to gain a partisan
advantage. Things are now changed.
The dawn of wisdom is creeping slowly
over the minds of the latter class and
they are coming to the conviction that
even if they were right they haven't
the power to put their ideas into force.
Hence it is a useless and foolish strug-
gle against the DEGREES of fate. There
fore they are disposed to come down
handsomely and pass the appropriation
bills in shape to avoid the presidents
objections.
Thus they will go before the country
with the incubus of defeat resting
heavily upon them. Their plumes OF
victory, elevated at the opening of the
present session Of congress, will fall and
mingle with the dust; their banners
and eagles forsaken and left by the
wayside, while q wearied and disgust
ed band will straggle homeward one by
one in divers directions, and no band
of music will precede them, nor well
come them, nor will peans of praise
burst upon their ravished ears when
they set foot on their native heath. Not
even the village martial band Of three
generations will play even SO much of a
reception as "Johnny comes marching
home" Each will stink away to his
home, unsought and unnoticed, while
the p%erspiration of despair will deluge
his brow. And in the privacy of his
closet [every democratic statesman has
a closet he will record a solemn and
dark affirmation he never swearsl that
he is an ass; his coadjutors are asses;
his party is a conglomerate ass; and
that he will henceforth and forever for
| swear politics, Amenl