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a very careful examination

a very careful examination of
the dead mans eyes was
made by means of the opthalmoscope
by Drs. F. M. Wilson, G.. L. Porter, and
n. E.. Warden. They discovered that
the articles of the retina were empty,
the retina pale, and the veins only par
TALLY filled. This condition is claimed
to be a sure, unfailing proof of death.
The demonstrations of this to all the
physicians present took some time, and
when it was ended the electrical expert
ments were resumed, in order to ascer-
tain if there was any diminution of the
contractility of the muscles. An hour
and a half elapsed since the first tests
were applied, but the responses to the
electric current were nearly as forcible
as at first. Again the dead man breath
ed, struck out from the shoulder, stared.
shut and opened his eyes, and seemed
endeavoring to speak, as before, as long
as the battery furnished the motive
power.
The last thing done with the CORPSE
was to dissect out the atlas and upper
vertebra. Then it was found that the
majority of the doctors had made
mistake in supposing that there was
dislocation without fracture. Between
the second and third vertebrse there was
not only a violent rupture of the liga-
ments, but both bones were broken on
their anterior surface, causing an aper-
ture large enough to pass in a lead pen
Gil, through which the spinal cord was
exposed. In view of the magnitude Of
the injury thus received, it was deemed
certain that sensation must have been
instantly destroyed, and, so far as hui
man knowledge can determine, Edwin
Hoyt's death must have been an abso-
lutely painless one.
Other observations of a scientific
nature were made which it is unneces-
sary to recount in this connection, but
which will be fully set forth, doubtless,
in the several papers which the ply
sicinas making the experiments will
be read before the Bridgeport Medical
society, at DR.. LADDERS house. on the
9th of June.
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The Sultan of Turkey seems to he of
a quiet turn of mind, for he has trans
lated into his native tongue, for his own
special reading, parts Of the Scientific
american.
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"Where do you hail from?" queried
a Yankee of trader. "Where do you
rain from?,, "Don't rain at ALL" said
the astonised Jonathan. "Neither do I
hail"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-06-17

Sparkling across garden fence adj
mits of good deal being said on both
sides.
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The convention then took recess, and then
Chester A. Arthur, of New York. Adjourned.
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FIFTH DAY,

The convention re-assembled on Monday,
the 9TH, at II o'clock, A. NJ, and without
delay proceeded to ballot for president.
Twenty-eight ballots were taken. The fol-
lowing are few of them, and the others
did not differ materially:
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Grant party l8delegates in Illinois, divid-
ed the Kansas and West Virginia, Ala
bama and Louisiana delegations, giving, in
each case. the congressional districts full
representation. The committee stated that
1t had been decided that the unit of repre-
sentation should be the congressional dis
trict, and in each case where a state con-
vention had over-ruled this system of rep
resentation, the action of the state conven-
ton was reversed by the admission of the
contesting district delegates, The discus
sion on this report consumed all day, the
committee report being adopted.
FOURTH DAY
The convention, proceeded to the call Of
the roll of state, for the nomination of
candidates, Blaine was put in nomination
b., Joy, of Michigan; Grant was nominal
"a by Conkiing, Of Jew York; Sherman by
Garfield, of Ohio; Edmunds by Billings,
OF Vermont; Window by Drake, of Mn
nesota; Washburne by Cassidy, of Wis.,
consin: The convention then adjourned
until Monday, the 7th inst, at IL o'clock.
A. NJ.
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proposed partisan laws.
Eighth-We charge on the democratic party tho
habitual sacrifice of patriotism and justice to su
preme, Unsuitable lust Of Office and patronage to
obtain possession of the national and state govern
ments, and the control of place and position They
have obstructed all efforts to promote the purity
and to conserve the freedom of suffrage: have de-.
vised fraudulent certificates and returns. have Ia
bored to unseat lawfully elected members Of
congress to secure at all hazards the vote of a
majority of states in the house of representatives.
have endeavored to occupy by force and fraud
places of trust given to others by the people of
Maine and rescued by the courage in action of
Names patriotic sons; have by methods vicious.
unprincipled and tyrannica practice attached par.
dsan legislation TO appropriation bills, upon whose
passage the very movement Of the government
depends; have crushed the right of individuals:
and have endeayored to obliterate the sacred mem
cries Of the war and to overcome its estimably
good results Of freedom and individual quality.
And we affirm it to be the duty and the purpose of
the republican party to use all legitimate means
to restore al the states of the union to the most
perfect harmony which may be practical, and we
submit to the practical, sensible people of the
United States to say whether it would not be
dangerous to the dearest interests Of our country
at this time to surrender the administration of the
national government to party which seeks to
overthrow the existing policy under which we are
so prosperous, and thus bring distrust and confu-
sin where there is now order confidence and hope.
The committee on credentials made a.
long report in which they gave the anti
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DemOcracyin Servia.
nineteenth Century.I

There is no such thing as rank out o.
the official circle. The Prime Minister
is as often as not, the son of peasant
several of the Senators are either shop.
keepers themselves or have brothers in
trade. On one occasion, while making
a long stay with my family in Belgrade,
I had engaged man servant. He had
stipulated for certain hours of freedom,
which were accorded, and afterward
discovered that he was an undergraduate
of the university, and attending classes
there. then heard that this was very
usual practice. The ambitious, son of a
peasant often comes to the capital, enters
himself at the university, lives hard,
ekipg out subsistence by engaging him
self as servant in a family. Certain dis
tinguished Ministers Of European repu-
tation were named as having thus
commenced their careers, end,
moreover, married the daugh-
tiers Of their masters. / have even
heard vulgar-minded European diploma
lists sneer at such men on account Of
their origin. as if all countries and all
persons were to be measured by the aris-
tocratic standard of England, Germany
and Austria.
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waye caught and peace secared-it is %
be hoped permanently. =
st. Petersburg.
ITha Penn M0nfhlYl

4
St Petersburg is city Of gourmets.
The long nights in winter, and the ex-
cessive cold and discomfort out Of doors,
drive the inhabitants to indoor pleasures.
They consequently pay great attention to
the cuisire, and the cooks become GORDON
bleus. The best cuisine is, Of course, the
French, and there are French chefs in
many Of the houses, but the Russians
have number OF national dishes they are
fond of, especially soups-cabbage soup
eaten with sour cream, cucumber soup,
and cold sour soup, which they swear
by, but which is not very agreeable to
foreign palate. The root vegetables,
turnips, beets, ETC., are remarkably good;
so are watermelons and cucumbers, while
game, snipe, woodcock, partridge, white
partridges, hazel grouse, black cock, coqs
du bois and hare are all abundant in their
season and good.
In the way Of fish, the salmon il ex-
cellent, and they have trout, pot-fsh,
perch, grayling sequis, somewhat like
striped bass, and the famous sterlet
which l do not think deserves its repu-
tation. Its roe makes the best caviare
The regular Russian restaurant is not to
be seen in perfection in st. Petersburg.
There is one in Moscow they call the
Hermitage, which is thoroughly Rus
sian. A feature of these restaurants is
an immense mechanical organ, which
grinds out lively airs during dinner. One
can hardly talk. The correct thing to do
is to take before dinner "zacouska,"
which,. being interpreted, means pre-.
liminary lunch, a small glass Of liqueur,
generally "wodki," with salt fish or
caviare, or little cheese. This is sup
posed to whet, dulled appetite. Besides
the pleasures Of the table, the Russians
rely greatly upon cards to pass the long
winter evenings.
They play great deal and play high.
Whist, with some notifications in the
counting; baccarat, and a game they call
"quinza," something like Boston," are
their principal games. Our great Ma
tional game Of poker is not unknown
among them, but its attractions are just
beginning to be appreciated. Cards are
monopoly in Russia, and their importa-
zion is strictly prohibited. The proiton
their sale go to the supporter the Found
ling Hospital, and it is magnificently
supported. Any infant can be brought
there, and no questions are asked either
as regards the mother or the child and
no payment is necessary. 1t is said to be
the only place in Russia where no pass
port is required. .
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A MONSTER sHIP.
The New 1nman Steam mer New
Building.

r IBoston Hsmld!
A new steamship, which, when com.
pleted, will be the largest and fines,
merchant vessel in the world, il now
being built at Barrow, England, for the
1nman Line. She will be ready for use
in the spring of 1881, and will then be.
gin making regular trips between this
portland Liverpool. The City of Rome
was regarded as the most appropriate
name which could be given to this addi-
tion to the Inman feet. Her dimensions
are to be as follows: Length of keel, SAG
feet length over all, 800 feet: breadth OF
beam, 50 feet; depth of hold. 38 feet 8
inches, and depth from top Of deck
houses to keel, 81 feet.
Her measurement will be $500 tons, or
over 2,000 tons larger than either the
City Of Berlin or the Arizona, and 800
tons larger than the Servia, the new
Cunard steamship which will be COM
pleted this fall She will be over four
fifths the size Of the Great Eastern. The
engines of the City Of Rome will be Of
$500 horsepower, with six cylinders,
three of which are high-pressure and
three low-pressure. There will be eight
boilers, heated by forty-eight furnaces,
and the vessel can be propelled at the
rate of lS4 knots an hour. She will carry
four large rnasts and three smoke ftin-
nels. A large spread Of canvas can be
set, which will enable the steamship to
make good time, it necessary, without
the aid of the engines. ......
The saloon. and state-rooms will be
placed amidships, and will contain every
facility for comfort and luxury. All the
latest improvements are to be added, and
the entire cabin will be splendidly fur
nished and upholstered. There will be
275 revolving chairs at the saloon tables
and the state-rooms will easily accom-.
modate 300 first-class passengers. A draw,
ing-room, which can be occupied by 100
ladies at once, will be placed on the deck,
Immediately over the saloon. The smok-
ingWom will be above the drawing
room. and will accommodate 400 smokers
at once. The saloon will contain six
bath rooms. There will be room on board
for almost any number Of steerage pas
sengers, and space for an enormous quan-
tity of freight in the hold.
The City Of Rome is to be built Of
steel, with double bottom and eleven
bulkheads. Two longitudinal bulkheads
are to be run through the engines and
boilers space. These will greatly decrease
the danger Of the vessel sinking in case
of a collision. The top decks are to be
Of the best teak. No expense to be
spared to make this magnificent steam
ship perfect in every respect. She will
have the highest classification of any
vesselin the Liverpool Red book and in
the British Lloyds. The Inman people
expect that, SO far as the transportation
Of passengers and freight goes, the City
of Rome will prove the monarch Of the
seas.
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A fortuneJteller has brought a foolish,

A fOrtune-telter mas Drought FOOLISH
woman to her grave in San Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schreiber had been married
about twelve years, and had been COP
tented and happy. By frugality and in
dustry they obtained the homestead
where they resided. A year or two ago
they invested in mining stocks, and Lost
considerable money. A short time ago
they were induced to sign two docu.
meuts, which they did not understand
because written in English. One related
to mining stocks, the other to the i'm
provement Of Hamilton-square. One
Friday night, Mrs. Schneider accompan.
led by her husband, visited woman
protesting to be fortune-teller. SHE
told Mrs, Schreiber that in consequence
of her unfortunate transactions in stock'
she would be beset with great trouble
that q great dark cloud was hanging
over her home, and that she would make
fortune in stocks and marry a ricf
man. These statements greatly afectee
a very nervous woman. She swallowed
a great deal of cold poison-enough te
kill heretofore morning.
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How Ceiluloid Is Made.

DR.. w. H. Wahl tells in the Journal
of Industry what cellulod is and how it
is made. Briefly defined, celluloid, he
says, is a species Of solidifed eollodion,
produced by dissolving gun-cotton (py-
roxylin) in camphor with the aid Of heat
and pressure. The gun-cotton is ground
in water to fine pulp ina machine sim
liar to that used in grinding paperpulp.
The pulp is then subjected to powerful
pressure in perforated vessel to extract
the bulk Of the moisture, but still leaving
it slightly moist for the next operation.
This consists in thoroughly Incorporating
finely comminuted gun oamphor with the
moist gun-cotton pulp.
With this mixture any coloripg mat
ters required can now be incorporated.
The next step is to subject the mass to
powerful pressure in order to expel from
It tho remaining traces of moisture and
incidentally to effect also the more inti-
mate contact of the camphor with the
pulp. The dried and compressed mass is
next placed in a mold, open at the top,
into which fits solid plunger. A. heavy
HyuTdullC pTcSSuIc 10 pIOuSut w UtdT
upon the plungers sand at the same time
the mixture il heated by means Of a
steam jacket surrounding the vessel to. a
temperature OF about S000 F.
When the mass is taken out Of the
press, it 'hardens and acquires the ex-
traordinary toughness' and elasticity
which are the distinguishing character
isties of this remarkable product. Cellu-
loM is used largely as a substitute for
ivory, which is initiated with great sue
| cess. Yortoise-shell, malachite, mother
of pearl, coral and other costly and ele-
giant materials are also SO successfully
| initiated that an expert can hardly de-
1 tect the original from the copy. Cellu-
loid is also used as substitute for por-
celain in the manufacture Of dolls, which
4 will stand a good deal Of rough usage
without breaking. Quite recently, too,
\ it has been combined with linen an2 used
A for shirt-bosoms, cuffs and collars.
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fro BIZ CONTINUED

All nations dance. The performers
of jigs, quadrilles, waltzes, sarabands,
polaccas, polkas, if r'eged "all hands
round" would circle the globe. Dancing
is the pleasure Of infancy, and would be
Of old age if old age could engage in
it. Great men have danced, from Hoio-
mon to George Washington, who was a
particularly good performer of the
minuet. It is a pity that an amuse-
ment in itself. graceful and healthy, and
adapted to 80 many tastes, should have
been abused and vulgarized; that it
should have been perverted to base uses,
and have found 80 many questionable
votaries.l New York Tribune.
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Dr. R.aolsffs and sla-fa.hi.ned


flondon Quarterly Revicw.l
In DR.. RadcliAe-who fourished to-
ward the close of the seventeenth CEN
tury, and was Court Physician to the
Princess Anne and to William Hive
have the type Of distinct class Of physi-
clans, not numerous, indeed, but of which
every age affords one or more examples
1t has been said by distinguished mod
ern physician that no one ever got rap
idly into large London medical practice
and retained it long. Radcliffe, at all
events, and some others, are marked ex-
ceptions to any such rule. He said that
he had not been settled year in London
when he got 20 guineas a day by his
practice, and he continued, 50 long as he
practiced, to be in receipt of one of the
largest incomes ever made by a physician.
From the King and the great person
ages about court he received large fees.
For attendance ON the King alone, dur.
ing the first eleven years of his reign, he
had on the average more than six hun
dred guineas and was once Ordered 800
guineas out of the privy purse for
the cures of NJ. Bentinck and M. Zule-
stein.' On another occasion having been
sent to Namur to cure Lord Albemarle,
after weeks residence in the camp
abroad, his Majesty generously gave him
an order on the Treasury for FL 200,
and his Lordship presented him with
400 guineas and a diamond ring. The
large sums Of money which DR.. Radcliffe
made from his practice afford us an op-
portunity of saying few words respect
ing physicians fees in former times.
DR.. Gibbons, who lived. in Radcliffs
vicinity, is said to have got more than
FL 900 year from patients whom the
great man could not attend to; and a
certain cambridge, the apothecary whom
he patronized, died worth f50,0OO. His
fee for going from his residence in
Bloomsbury Square to Bow was 5guineas.
Such fees are not more than would be
had in the present day by any physician
Of eminence; but, considering the differ
ence in value of money, at that time.
they were certainly large. Medicine, as
profession, is paid better in this coun-
try than in any other, fact mainly ow-
ing TO the higher social position which its
practitioners hold; but the average
income Of medical men throughout
this country is very much cover
estimated by the public; and although
the generality of medical men are in
finitely better educated in the present
day than they were.i in Radcliffe time, it
lis very questionable whether the public
are more. liberal to them. The late ac-
complished DIR. Thomas Young used to
say that no one should attempt to estab4
li4h himself as a physician in London
who had not a private fortune Of $500 or
46O0 a year., This could not now be ac-
cepted, when a much larger number Of
aspirants, with equal claims to public
patronage, are to be found in the ranks
Of physic. But the public are apt to
forget, when estimating the gains Of
physician, the length Of time and the ex-
penditure incurred before any adequate
income can be secured by legitimate
means, and how short is tho time ere
fashion changes and new names attract
the attention of capricious patients.
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This Oldest Newspaper i'm tho World.

A Hong-Kong journal furnishes some
particulars concerning the Peking Ga
zette, the oldest periodical in the world.
Its circulation is estimated at oyer 1OO,-
900. There are 10 publishers in Canton,
each of whom employs about 10 distrib-
utors, 20 that there are 100 distributors
in the city apl suburbs alone. The Ga
zetts is printed from movable types, and
each publisher takes q certain number of
copies. It is delivered every two days
to subscribers, who are Of two classes.
The first retain the pamphlet and pay
about 20 cents month; the second pay
ABOUT half that sum and return the Ga
zette to the distributor the next time be
comes round. Together with it is deliv-
cred the local ssofiicial sheet" the matter
of which is collected from the yamens
daily. This is printed from wax blocks,
which are then ,remelted and available
for another days issue. = =
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CHAPTER Nv.

Anyhow, he was a very miserable man
o. be paced his study that cold January
night. The fire was out, but he never
needed it, was hardly conscious Of the
cold. Inner discomfort yanquishod
outer, and he might probably have
walked the room all night had not his
reading-lamp went out with a sudden
spiutter and compelled him to grope for
lucifers and candle. -.
But though he went to bed, the winter
morning had broken before be closed his
eyes, and sleep brought troubled dreams,
in which Spazzagaiera and Mrs. Peel,
somehow united in one person, perpet-
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Don't Get the Chills.

# you are spbjectto the ague you must be
sure to keep your liver, bowels and kid
news in good free condition. When 50, you
will be safe from all attacks. The remedy
to nse 10 Kidney Wort. 1t ID tho best pre-
ventation OF all malarial diseases tAat y0p
can take. See large advertisement
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j. Il. BRfNcKERHoFF, Justice of the Peaea
GROUP.

DIR. T6BIAs-1 write to inform you that the
child OF friend of mine was cured Of Group, af-
ter being given up to die by three physicians One
hour after your Venetian 1iinimtnt was used It
was out OF danger. I hope yon will publish this,
so that rRptheH may know they have a remedy foe
pfevibts to hearing Of your Lininent, but nov
never feel alarmed, as I have your medicine ai.
ways in the house. I have also used itfor painsL
sore throat. ete, end always found it to cure. =,
.,.-. t.. JEREMIAH CASEY,
... 17North Moore street. New York
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Multitudss Of people require an altera.
tive to restOrs the healthy action of their
system and correct the derepgements aiat
creep into 1t. Ayers Sstsaparilla tones
and lrsitaJiFee tho bleed, and restores The
yig0r Of health.
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~ innocent to take internally.
READ THE CERTIFICATES.
One Thousand Dollars will be paid If they are moi
all Genuine. a9.i X
SEVERE RHEUrrATIsNI.

State OF New Jersey. Bergen County. Townshipos
Hackensack. 81.
Thomas Johnson OF said township, being duly
sworn, doth depose and say, that he has been
severely afflicted with rheumatism for above q
year. and was SO bad that he could scarcely walk,
being bent almost double, and was utterly unable
cures made BY Dr. TobiaS Venetian Liniment, he
was induced to try It. and after using IL short
time. was. able to 60 10 work again, after being
unable to do anything for nearly year,
Sworn to before me. ,'--" = -, .
J. H. BRrNcKERHoFF, Justice of the Peaea
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From Col. G. T.. DeIeyap.

fF New YORK, ApriI3 lsr.
After years of use, 1t gives me pleasure to ce tfy
to the virtues of Dr.. Tobias Venetian Horse lIini-
ment. 1t has saved the life of one of my four
horse black team. This recommendation i give
without solicitation, as think owners OF horses
should know Its value.
CHARLES II. DELAvAN.
No. 126 West Twenty street.
The Family Liniment ia rs and 50 cents the
Horse, 90 cents, in pint bottles: the Derby Pow.
ders, % cents . bog. Sold by the druggists
Depot No. u Murray street. New York.
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