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AN INTERESTING
Discussion in the Baltimore Medical
Association
On the Merits and Effects OF
Celery
As Medicine i'm the Treatment of
Nervous Diseases.

1t hssproyed to be the NOS. reliable and perma-
nent Servine and Nerve food known to the profess
sion at present 1t first used in France in the
cure of sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Neu-
ralgis, Nervousness and Paralysis with much sue
but great difficulty found in getting the
extract in a convenient and reliable for Il.
That difficulty has now been overcome by DR.. c.
W. Benson. who has succeeded In getting perfect
extract, which in conbiustior with Extract q.
Chsmomile in the form of a Pill. has exceeded all
other remedies in the Of disease. bead
aches and indigestion. The addition Of the Cham
omile not only makes the Pill reliable and rapid
cure for Indigestion Dyspepsia. but also adds
greatly ID the efficiency of the Celery as nerve
tonic.
Tie preparation Of Celery and ohamomile is at
occe of the most reliable additions to the Mate
ria Medica, and one of the most elegant and pure
medicines ever prepared, aad must become uni
versa fayorite and found in all refined households
lis efect uron the skin is well known and appre
cia.ed by all levers Of fair complexion.
These Pills are sold by all good druggists.
Price 90 cents box. six boxes for 50. So post
age free to any address. Depot 1O6 North Eutaw
street, Baltimore. Md.
Money sent by n all at prcprietor's risk. octS
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Too Well HeeIed.

Old Smokey, peripatetic preacher, Well known
TO California is such an ardent believer In
Scripture that he Is ready to bet on any propo-
s1tion which Is laid down in the Bible few
weeks ago ne visited the Lake and stopped oa
Sunday at Genbrook. Being nearly pennileSs
he determined to give an eXhortatiOn, and get
ting the use of a hall called the sinners tOge-
Their. His text was the marine episode in which
Jonah was taken in by whale.
NOW. nay hearers TO the class Of people who
never looked beyond the surface of things. this
that 1t is SO, every word OF it,"
He saw an incredul0us look on the faces Of a
few Of the hard cases In the front row, and after
pauSing a moment, continued:
"fn bet any man in the crowd 500 coin up
that | can prove every word OF 1t. Does any
body reSpond?-
He thrust his hand down into his trouser
pocket and leaned forward. No one took him
up. He went on with his sermon, showing con-
clusively that the whale did all that was claimed
OF it, and then passed around the hat.
"He that giveth to the poor lenieth unto the
Lord" he said as 1t went down the row.
Lay UP your treasures 10 Heaven, where
neither moths nor rust corrupt, nor thieves
break in and STEAL he remarked again, as he
saw the hat coming back.
1t was handed to him empty and he dismissed
the audience with hasty benediction. After
the services he met one OF his hearers and COM
planned bitterly OF the lack OF coin and entnu-
S1aSIn in the town.
'We've got the enthusiasm here, PEARSON, -
said the man addressed, but when You bluffed
US on hundred dollar bet, some thought you
must be road agent, and the rest concluded
that man so well heele0 didn't need any COL
lection in GlenbTOOk.''
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A Father Who Melted.
Detroit Free Press.

The other evening citizen OF Detroit beck
oned TO his twelve year-Old son to follow him
to the wood-shed, and when they had arrived
there he began
Nov, young man, you have been fighting
again! How many tines have told you that 1t
Is dlSgracefu1 to f1ght?n
ooh, father, this wasn't about marbles or any
thing of that kind" replied the boy.
% l can't help it. AS a Christian man it is my
dn1y TO- bring up my children to fear the Lord.
but, rather. the boy l was fighting with
called me names"
Cart help it; Calling names don't hurt any
He said was the son of wire-pulier.'
What What's that?'
And he said you was oftice-hunter."
tton?r
thing. Then ne called you htreling.''
Called me hirehng Why, I'd like TO get
my hands on him, puffed the old gent.
Yes. and he said you was political lick
splitter
have the training OF that boy for about i've
minutes! wheezed the old mau as lie hoped
around.
81 put up with that" continued the boy.
land then he said you laid your pipes for office
and got left b.! large majority. 1 couldn't
stand that father, and so l sailed over the
fence and licked him bald HEADED in Iessn two
mlnutes Thrash me IL you must, father but
Icouldn't stand 1t to bear you abused By one Of
the malignant opposition"
MY son." said the father, as he felt for hall
a dollar with one hand aud wiped his eyes with
the other, you may go out and buy two pounds
OF candy. The Bible says 1t is wrong to fight
but the Bible must make allowance for political
campaigns and the vile ISLANDERS OF the other
party. l only brought you out here 20 talk to
you. and now you can put on your coat and run
ALONG -
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Tom Hughes Tennessee Colony.


TON Hughes second letter to the London
Spectator, dated Rugby, Tennessee, contains
this interesting passage: "The drink question
has reared Its balerul head here as it seems to
do all over the world The various works had
gone on In peace till the last ten days. when
Two young natives toted over some barrels of
whiskey, and preached them In shanty, on
small lot OF no mans land in the woods. some
two miles from hence. Since then there has
been no peace for the manager. First, a iaborer
or two was suddenly missing from his work
ON the road; then, mechanic became inco.n-
petent here and there on the hotel or az the
sawmills: till on Saturday last the crisis
came, snd some twenty men got drunk
and gambled all through Sunday, getting very
near free fight in the end. and on Monday halr
the work collapsed. Happily the feeling OF the
community is vigorously temperate, so energetic
measures are on foot TO rot out the pest. A
wise state law enacts that no liquor store shalt
be permitted, under heavy penalties. within
four miles Of an incorporated school; Sd We ar
pushing on our school house. and organizing q
board 10 govern 1t. Meantime we have evidence
OF unlawful sale lin quantities less than pint),
and OF encouraging gambling. by these pests,
and hope to make an example or them at the
next sitting OF the county court This incident
has decided the question for US III we are TO
have influence with the poor whites aud blacks,
We must be above suspicion ourselves. SO no
liquor viii be procurable at the Tabard the new
hotel OF the English colony, and those who
need IL win have to import for themselves"
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The Story of a Rat.

A colored man whom shall call Elias, who
serves as coachman for my friend MI. NJ, says
the philosopher, OF the syracuse heratd. was
infested with rats. He devised an apparatus,
consisting OF an empty barrel with an inviting
but untrustworthy top, which he put to effective
use as a trap for the sleek marauders. The
landlady was delighted, and paid him cent
for every rat he caught-and the name Of his
victims was legion. Each morning, after he
had counted the spells OF the night and
received his pay, he would take his rats
in a bag to the proprietor OF q sporting
establishment down town, who paid him two
cents apiece for them and presumably turned
them to profitable account In his pit. Among
his catch one day was handsome female spaci-
men tOwhich Elias took decided fancy, and he
resolved TO tame her. She responded kindly TO
his advances, and became In time SO gentle that
she would eat out Of his hand and play about
his person, running up and down his sleeves,
and SO forth. Her affection for him and her
bic way. Somebody carelessly let her out Of her
cage during her owners absence and In a few
moments she had found her way into one of her
accustomed holes in the wall and was glorying
In her freedom.
Weeks passed, and, as she did not appear
again, she was given up for lost. One evening
Elias was smoking quiet pipe IN the laundry,
when he saw rat put its head out of q chink
In the wainscot. BY way Of experiment, but
scarcely hoping for success, he called softly the
name OF his Old pet: Jimmy jimmy" To his
surprise the animal from M hiding
up his trousers leg into his lap and composed
itself for his careSses. 1t was indeed his miss
ing jimmy. She allowed him to carry her back
to her cage. and. when there, went straight TO
the saucer from which she had been accustomed
to eat her food and drink. For long time az
ter that master and rat were inSeparabie; but
and In his new home had no convenience for
keeping bis little companion, so he sold her for
two dollars to retail liquor dealer, who put
her behind his bar for the entertainment OF his
nr1Sfn nd In
her.
One day Elias was passing the shop, and It's
owner called him In. II have lost jimmy" said
he, land none OF us can recover her. II you get
her for me will give you fifty cents" The
challenge was accepted On the spot, and the COL
ored man tried the magic OF his voice. 1t was as
efficient as before. Out OF hole near by trottSd
jimmy, apparently overloyed to see her friend
once more and surrendered herself to his hands
with Ingenious confidence. From that day to
this, IL recall his story right, he has never seen
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Numerals and Forms.

A common oddly Is the tendency to visualize
numerals in peculiar manner. which charac
teriZeS, as have roughly reckOned, about one
woman in every fifteen, and one man In every
thirty. Those who do SO are never able to dis
soctate any single number from It's own par
ticular place in the field OF their mental view,
so that when they think OF series of numbers
they always visualize them in certain form.
Either the numbers are all visible at once. as
IL they were printed on cards and hung In
space, according to some grOteSque pattern. or
the mind travels along blank but familiar
path to the place where the number that is
thought OF Is known to reside, and then 1t starts
lnCO view. There are many weird varieties OF
this singular tendency to visualize numbers
In forms. which / have lately described and
Will not here repeat Suffice 1t to say that they
date from an earlier period than that to which
recollection extends. They manifest themselves
quite independently OF the will; they are 1nva-
rlaDiy the same In the same person, but are
never the same In two different persons and
the tendency to see them Is strongly hereditary.
have now collection of hundreds OF them,
not only from English men and women, boys
and glris Out rom american, French. German,
They are found useful In the simpler kinds OF
mental arithmetic. Those who see number
forms have usually some equally persistent
diagrams Of the schooLroom. 1 am well ac-
quainted with an accomplished student OF his
tory whose mnemonic form for all historical
which has blossOmed, as it were, into
large excresenees whereon the sub sequently
staapdee room rn are ses na
helpful because their shape Is correlated with
the subject they portray. They are not ike the
Jtngling nonsense verses and bad puns upon
which many persons base their memory of facts
The persist ency OF the forms under which nu.
| merals and dates are visualized testtnes to q
want OF fexibiity In mental imagery which is
CHARACTERISTIC OF many persons They fnd that
the first image they have acquired Of any scene
is apt to hold Its place tenaciously 10 spite of
subsequent need Of correction. They find q dlf-
ficulty In shifting their mental view OF an OBJ
positions. II they see an object equally often
in many positions the memories confuse one an
other. They are less able TO visualize the fea-
lures OF intimate friends than those of ners0ns
OF whom they have caught only single glance.
Many such persons have expressed to me their
grief at finding themselves pOwerless to recall
the looks OF dear relations whom they hai lost
while they had no din ulty In rec0llecting faces
that were undressing TO Ihem.-GaltOn in
F0rtntghtly Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09

A FABLE.

Once uron time wolf observed lamb
1eedlng out OF sight OF the shepherd In charge,
While skulking along towards It's victim the
wolf fell over cliff and was badly injured
The shepherd heard its yells Of pain ana came
running UP to despatch the animal With club.
case!'' cried the wolf.
''But you are philosopher and l am only a
shepherd was the reply.
.1t was your lamb who pushed me over this
cIf, said the braZen wolf as he sat up, and by
the useof big words. wise looks and arguments
based On Ifs, he convinced the shepherd that
IT was his duty to take him home and heal his
injuries
When the wolf was able to walk he demanded
LAMP as compensation for his bodily suffering
and loss Of time The shepherd demurred, but
the wolf quoted an old law by which any per-
son harbOrlng wolf should be fined and I'm
prlsoIed ana he declared he would go before
the nearest official and make complaint This
brought the shepherd to time, and the wolf had
lamb for dinner. To get rid OF him the peasant
reduced his fare TO black bread and water. but
the wolf ate what was given him, and eX-
planned
II shall not gain strength and be able to leave
you until have batter food"
The peasant then changed his fare TO the best
and the wolf ate his fun and Observed
''AS long as you can afford such fare you can
not grumble at my staying
In few days he demanded fun grown
sneep 70 soften the pangs of parting, and
when the shepherd complained, the wolf Cried
why, am working for your interest. not
nine MN me less sheep you have to mind, the
LEGS care you VIII have
This sopht5try silenced the shepherd, and the
sheep was killed. While eating it, the wolf got
a bone In his throat, and called out for help,
adding
1t will be much easier for you to remove
this bone than to dig hole and bury me-.
BY falsehood you gained my sympathy
replied the peasant by philosophy you got
into my house; by logic you ate lamb; by
Subtiety you beat me out of sheep; by
Providence you have bone 10 your throat. and
wont!"
Moral.-Don't feel yourself entitled to a wash.
tub because somebody gives you clotheSpin.-
Detroit Free Press.
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THE SONG OF THE FLIRT.

lbood'S OtcTi-FOr somebody Else.
In the louiest things that are worn
With her cheek peculiar red,
maiden sat, in gentleinan's vest
This one idea in her head;
To be st tched. stitched, stitched,
49, Yet little more tight in her skirt,
HE While with her voice disdainfully pitched,
She sang the gong of the Flirt."
"Work, work. work.
In the brOiling drive and row,
And work, work, work,
At the sitting crush and show,
And I'm SO sick of il all,
That to- morrow I'd marry-a Turk.
If bed ask me- -,i, would s For after this.
Work, work, work.
On the lawn il the lazy shade,
Work, work, work,
In the blaze of the baked parade.
Tea, aud tennis, and band
Band. and tennis, and tea
If can but ogle an eldest son,
They're all the same to mel
''You men, do you dare to sheer,
Because they simrer Not nice, my dear
AS if they had ne'er in their lives
Been stitched, stitched, stitched,
Each rrude in her own tight skirt,
And wouldn't have been, without blush,
Had she had the chance--a Flirt.
'.And why do 1 talk of blush?
Have much of Modesty known?
Why, TO. Though, at times, her crimsoned cheek
Grows not unlike my Own,
Yet strange that, not for my life,
Could redden as she does, deep.
wonder why color called up s so dear
Laid on, should come SO cheap,
But work work work,
With powder. and puff and pad;
And. work work, work.
For every folly and fad,
With IrnoSen's artless gaze?
No,-Phryne's braZen stare,
With soul undone, but bOay made up,
I've all the fun Of the fair!
80 I work, work, work,
My labor never fags.
And what are its wages? A spinster's doom,
And llace-or the roll Of hays.
Still C2-le away by the wall
playful, kittenish thing;
Autumn well written all over my face.
Though my feet have lost their spring.
SO at times, when I'm out of breath,
And the men off in pack
To danxle about some chit just out
Who snirks like garrison hack
j try for a short half hour
To feel as used to feel
When girl, if my bolduess was all assumed,
My hair, II Least, was real.
And at times, for short half hour,
II seems q sort of relief
To think of Fred, and the few bright days
Before he came to grief,
My work. May be, Had a heart,
Ny tears might flow apace;
But tears must stop-wheD every drop
Would carry away ones face."
In the loudest things that are known,
With her cheeks a peculiar red,
maiden sat, i'll gentlenans vest
his one idea in her head:
To be stitched, stitched, stitched.
Yet little more tight III her skirt;
The while with her voice disdainfully pitched
(Some ears at the sound. / wis might have itched)
She sang the ''Song of the Flirt.n
London Punch
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Science i'm Court.


DO you plead guilty, or not gullty?" asked
the Judge addressing Simms.
II doesn't plead at all. l isn't no lawyer. Yer
can't ketch me wild yer pints."
Look out, you impudeht rascal. Are you
guilty or not guity?'
"Now yer's gettin' at de Jacks. has de honor
"Iis he is, Jedge," exclaimed Cobb "He hit
me la de mouf wild his fist"
Il neber fetch de man."
Didn't you hit him in the mouth?" asked the
No. ssh; | didn't put my ham on him. In
TACK. neber fetch him.
Judge, swar on de bigges Bible dat ne hit
Now, look heah," said Simms, s.de courts
Of dis Ian amt techntcum enuf. When yer Jerks
man up On charge yer's got ter stantiate de
charge. Ell dar WuZ noah eddycstfon 'mong de
niggers am white folks dar wouldn't be halt de
trouble in de courts. Is my ham techin' dis
table, Jedge?" And he placed his hand en- the
desk.
Oars whar yer's off. Case why? Cordln'
ter de flosofy what Use been studyln' yer can't
fetch nothing" Dat Is air tween my ham an de
table. Ef my han toteh de table hit would
prisoner turned to Cobb lis yer gwine to put
yerself in such ignorent light? Yer's been
Stugent too long not to know better den dis. Is
yer goin' roun' town branded wild 1gnorence? Is
yer gwine ter add yer weight to holm de cullud
people OF Little Rock ter de groun'? Now, ez
stugent an, q man what understands nosoty, did
l fetch yer?"
Come to think oh hit" answered Cobb, 81
doan believe yer did,
Now, Ant'ny, ez a stugent an man OBJ
sc fence, diGn't yer run agin post an knock
dem teef out?"
'Viewin' this subjeck In scientific light,
believe did,
''An' now, Antny as a stugent an a Iarned
man. won't yer withdraw dis case pendin' agtn
me- in which yersef is de scientific planter, an
In what l is de scientific 'fendant!"
Eyes, will. Jedge. q s man ne5er hit me-
an hereby wtddraTS de mistake"
..Dat was 'zackly right" said Simms, as the
two men went down together. 'Et ali de men
of science would hang tergedder dis way. dar
wouldn't be half de trouble an Oneasiness In de
WOrl'."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09

WHEN MISS NELSON died the seals were am xed
BY authority on the rooms which she had occu-
pied In the Hotel Continental. The rooms ne
msined in that condition until sill rormalittes
were COMPLIED with and the probate of the Eag
lsb count was verified. Then the JUICE de
Palx in person attended, accompanied by his
registrar, and possession OF ali the property
was delivered to Mr. George Lewis, as executor
OF the dead actress This Consisted of Jewels and
money estimated TO be OF the value OF e3, 600
II may be interesting, says the Pdrisian, as
to say that when the room was opened it was
ascerr aimed that the windows had never been
Gle SEQ, and that anybody might easily have en-
the windows The Juge de Paix seemed quite
surr rised when Mr.. Lewis directed his attention
10 tie tact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09

SUBSTITUTE FoR OIL ON WHETsToNEs.-Instead
of oil, which tkickenS and makes the stones
dirty, a mixture OF glycertne ana alcohol may
De used The proportions OF the mixture vary
according to the Instrument operated on. An
article with large surface razor. for instance,
sharpens best with q l,mpid liquid, as three
parts Of glycer.ne 10 one part OF alcohol. For q
craving tool, the cutting surface OF which Is
very small. as Is also the pressure exercised On
tne stone In sharpening, It Is necessary 70 en-
Three drops OF alcohol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-10-09

FRENCH POLITENEss Mile. X. waits one
morning In vain for the arrival OF her Old music
teacher. At last his little daughter makes her
appearance In his stead and says: Mamma
seBds me to say that she hopes you will excuse
papa FROM coming to give his lesson this morn
ing, because he Is lead"
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DOYNTON'S 1850, FURNACES,

CAST OR WROUGHT IRON,
SUITABLE FOR COAL OR WOOD,
BRICH-SET IND PORTABLE,
Are powerful heaters; remarkably durable; ecc-
nonlical in fuel; give universal satisfaction;
have no bclted joints; are free
from ZaEeS.
TIE most DURABLE FURNACE the CHEAP
EST to bay. Fitted with CLISKER- CLEANING
anti-frcti0n CRATES; ASH-SIF TING CRATES
and ASH PANS; LINED FEED DOORS, DRAFT
REGULATOR, etc Have many ATTRACTIVE
and PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS never before
adopted.
RICHARDSON, B0YNTON 6. Co.,
MANUFAO URElsS,
23& Water street, New York.
For sale by
G. q. BALL,
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1880 FALL CAMPAIGN. 1880

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ocu lOll Pennsylvania Avenue.
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A hare CHANCE
IA TO GET
A GOOD SEWING MACHINE
AT Low PRICE.
We offer this week
Singer, with all attachments t............S17.0 90
-.
Howe, drop leaf and drawers. ............... 90 90
NGeeler q WI SON.. low
AL other MACHINES at the came reduced prices.
OGr stock is the largest and most complete in the
city comprising everything in the business. Call
early and make your selections at
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Gas 9th street N. We
st. Cloud Building.
eE- All kinds repaired. oct2
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-23

THE October exhibit of the Depart
ment of Agriculture gives the condl-
ton of the cotton crop OF the OmUeu
States as SO, II decline of s per cent.
since September 1st, and gain OF :
ner cent. over the Department eX-
hibit for the same time last year
There will be heavy decline OF per-
centage from the 1st of October, owing
TO the long continued rains in the cot
ton producing districts OF the Missis-
sippi valley region. This falling OH
will not only be considerable in the
quantity of yield, but will be still more
noticeable in the inferior quailty ol
thc product to that of the crop last
wear. The Atlantic States all report
favorable weather and crop two weeks
earlier than last year. A greatly III
creased yield is reported in IeXaS' oc
this AGAINST G5 last year. The greatest
decrease in Tennessee, 81 TINS ag'uls
LOG last year.