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The Cecil Whig., 1880-08-28
THE KNELL OF THF IRON-CLADS.

\ writer i'll the 'United Service Mag
azinc," discussing Mr.. Fleuss's device
for breathing under water, says: g The
apparatus having been fastened over the
nose and mouth of the diver, when he
wishes to breathe the air out of his lungs
he does so i'll his ordinary way, and it
goes down the tubes into the bottom of
the front filter. 1t then filters through
the caustic-charyed sponge in front, and
passing along an outlet at the top, is con-
Quoted over the diver shoulder into the
other case, through which it filters in
the same way, and then ascending into
the helmet, mixes with the oxygen that
has to be let in from its store chamber.
and is ready to be breathed again into
the divers lungs.
Mr. Fleuss states that if he could
only eat under water he could remain
there for whole day; as it is, he walked
for quarter of Il mile under the sea at
Rydc, and when at Brighton he went
down during stormy weather into five
iathomS of water; and if so much can
be accomplished we think that before
long Mr.. Days lony-lost invention will
be rcdiscovered, and then the days of the
ironclads will be numbered, us boats
which could move about under water
would easily be made scrviceablc in tor
pedo warfare, Il warfare, even now, which
threatens the existence of the huge, un-
wicldy metal monsters that cost 50 much
money, and have done SO little to keepup
their character, either for strength OF
utility.
1T appears to us that ii caustic soda
i'll solution were plentifully supplied as
well as fresh oxygen, into an air-tight
chamber, people might breathe as freely
there as in the open air: and should this
prove to be the case, u submarine ship
could be speedily constructed having
engines to propel it in any direction, the
motive power of which might be com
pressed air. \ vessel Of that description
could either be Il torpedo boat or Il ram,
or he both: and as the armor does not go
below the water line II vulnerable part
in the strongest ship could always be
reached. They might certainly have
submarine ships to act as sentinels over
the ironclads, when of course there
would be battles under water; OF strong
electric lights might be sunk fathoms
deep, so that vessel that moved under
water could not approach without being
seen: still, taking all these things into
consideration, we cannot help faucying
that Mr.. Fluess' invention has sounded
the knell Of the ironclads.'
The Cecil Whig., 1880-08-28
1T is NOT BY BUSINESS" ."

\ wealthy man in st. Louis was asked
to aid i'll series Of temperance meetings
but he scornfully refused. After being
further pressed, he said:
''Gcntlemen, it is not my business
y few days after his wife and two
daughters were coming home on the
lightning express. In his grand car
riage, with lrvericd attendants, he rode
to the depot, thinking Of his splendid
business and planning for the morrow
llark! did some one say 8 Accident?"
There arc twenty-five railroads centering
in st. Louis. If there has been an accident
it is not likely it has happened on the
and Mississippi Railroad. Yet it troubles
him. "It is his business =" now. The
horses are stopped on the instant and
upon inquiry he finds it has occurred
twenty five miles distant, on the-and
Mississippi. lie telegraphs to the super
intcndent:
Il will give you five hundred dollars
for an extra engine"
The answer flashes back No.
81 will give you one thousand dollars
for an engine
"a train with surgeons and nurses
has already gone forward, and we have
no other
With white face and anxious brow,
the man paced the station to and fro.
"It is his business" now. In half
hour, perhaps which seemed to him u
half century, the train arrived. He hur-
ried towards it, and i'll the tender found
the mangled and lifeless forms of his
wife and one of his daughters. In the
car following lay his other daughter, with
her dainty ribs crushed in, and her pre-
cipus life onzing slowly away.
4 quart OF whisky, which was dranl;
fifty miles away by railroad cmploye.
was the cause OF the catastrophe.
Who dares say Of this tremendous
question, 1t is not my business"
The Cecil Whig., 1880-08-28
TITS PURELY MUTUAL.


has been organized to whom certificates for II 900
are issued. This class embraces persons from 60
to 20 years of age.
ADMISSION FEE......."............ 1920
ANNUAL DI DIES...................... 100
DEATH ASSESSMENT 20
The Cecil Whig., 1880-08-28

The DEATH FUND is created by assessments.
to be used only for mortuary purposes. The sur
Plus collected each dcdfh assessment is placed to
the credit of the Death Fund. and when sufficient
to do so. death loss is paid without an assess
mont. II will be seen that this Association
The Cecil Whig., 1880-08-28
Burdette Discou7seS on Blackberries.

Formerly the blackberry was regarded
as merely bramblc in this country. 1t
is still quite generally so regarded. When
a man sets to thinking it is not bramblc
healthy patch, with nothing on him but
a cotton shirt and Il pair of low trowsers
and he will come out restored to the faith
of his fathers. The greatest enemy the
blackberry has, is boys. Five boys. from
town, can eat more green blackberries
than would ripen in Il week.
For many years the great desideratum
has been a hardy berry that could resist
the premature onslaughter of boys from
town. 1t is great desideratum still.
The Schneider. variety that was invent
ed by an Iowa horticulturist, it is the
nearest approach to it. 1t is bred from
perfectly green persimmon crossed with
a dogwood tree, and still further propa-
gated with hybrid of wormwood bush
and wild crab-apple. 1t is not a perfect
defense, but there are very few boys who
care to eat more than quart of them.
Nobody else, however, can go past the
field where the Schneider is growing
without being attacked with the ASiatic
cholera. and this tends to weaken the
partial success this hardy berry has
achieved.
Then there is bug-I do not know the
name of it-tllat crawls over the berries
now and then. When you eat a berry
that has been glorified by a visit from
this bug, you lie down in the briars and
pray heaven to take you home in just
about three seconds. And if you live,
you can wake up in the middle of next
Winter, and shudder as you taste of that
berry.
When your blackbcrries grow oothick-
ly you will want to thin them out. To
this end you must kill some of them.
This can be done by digging well where
the plant stands; then turn the farm up
side down and let it dry out thoroughly
for a couple Of years, then turn it over,
upside down, and start brick yard on
the back of it. This will kill off some
of the plants. There may bc some short
er and cheaper method OF killing black
berry vines than this, but have never
heard of it. and it isn't likely that there
is any.
If you want to devote about forty acres
of ground to the cultivation of blackber
ries, plant about three hearty vines i'll
some corner of the field, about the mid
die of April. Then about the first Of
May, the man who OWNS the farm on the
other side of the road will bring civi
action against you, and try to collect
damages for destruction of his two fields
of wheat by raid of blackberry vines.
1t is not known just at what season o
the year blackberries ripen. The black
berries have never been known to ripen
If the hucksters and boys should all die
in June, it is probably that the berrie!
would ripen sometime in July or August
But they have never had chance to SET
what they could do at ripening.
The blackberry is so named because il
is blue, in order to distinguish it from the
blueberry, which is black.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22
From MT. Richard Case, of Canton,
 COnu.
D. A. MOOD.

For the past twenty years I was afflicted with Catarrh, which affected my throat to such an extent as to make my life a misery. I would wake up at nigat with sense of suf- location, as though some one was stranglng me, expecting every moment to be my last. My suffering was so severe that I was afraid to go to bed, and often did not dare to. Ten years ago my hearing became also impaired from the effects of catarrh and gradually grew so bad that of late it was quite difficult for me to hear. Two months ago I placed myself under Dr. Lighthilrs care, and the re- suit of his treatment has been truly wonder ful. The trouble in my throat is completely removed, sleep and breathe as comfortably as a baby, my hearing is restored, and my health has so much inn proved that feel like new man. In fact such 8 change for the better has been wrought in my case that thank God daily from the bottom of my heart for bringing Dr. Lighthill to Hartford and for directing me to him. I am GA years of age and have lived in Hartford county nearly all my life, and if the blessings and prayers of an old man are of any avail, the happiness and pros perity of pr. Lighthin is assured.
 RICHARD CASE. Canton, Conn, Feb. g, 1880.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22
CHOSEN BY A COMMITTEE.

Suspend the total is pore refined than to
 say hang it all.
 The horseshoe doesn't bring good luck
 when the horse applies it.
 dead snake can be brought to life with a pint of whiskey You drink the whiskey and
 then look at the snake.
 It is said that baby will cry no harder if a pin is stuck into him than he will if the
 cat won't let him pull her tail. It is there
 fore cheaper to pin him.
 Mr. Edison wishes it understood that the
 reason why his electric light refuses to show itself is because the poor thing has no new spring bonnet.-Philadelph Chronicle. Tilden was seen buying some flowers last week. and John Kelly at once started the rumor that he visited the cemetery and laid
 them on his own grave.-Oil City Derrick. M Meissonier, the great French artist,
 paints very slowly. The same may be said of house painter working by the day, but this doesn't make him great artist.-Puck- A close observer of human nature remarks that boy who wont take as big bite as he can from another boys apple is disgusting his real feelings and should be narrowly watched.
 Emerson says everything good in man leans
 on something higher. We differ with Elmer son. The good man leans upon staff which
 is lower than he; it is the bad men who take
 to the higher lamp post for support. Jersey City Journal.
 Miss Mayfower-Do you paint from Nature very much, MT. Daub? Artist-O, no prefer original things-out of my hear, you know. Miss M-Out of your head? That's what you mean by the frenzy of genius, suppose. Harvard Lampoon. Major Mordecai, of the Whitaker court is lineal descendant of him who sat at the gate of-now look out -haze-you-ear-us s.- Philadelphia Bulletin. G Hosephat! what g pun! And yet we have seen Mordecai-d jokes, as it were.-Norristown Herald. bohemian of the first water was recently turned out of his lodgings and installed in a miserable little room, absolutely without furniture. He met friend and said to him, Lend me chair What for? was the an- swer. My dear sir, should be so ashamed if burglars should come into my room.- Boston Courier.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22
The Duck-Hunter's Story.

From the Lockport (N. 1.) Daily Union. 'Speaking of duck-shooting on St. Clair Flat" sighed an old citizen as he took seat in a gun-store yesterday, q don't think there are many birds up there as there was ten or fifteen years ago. Why, sir, the chan nels used to be just black with 'em, and they were so tame that you could knock 'em on the head"
 Everybody sighed to think those good old days and ducks could never return, and the veteran hunter continued: T remember was out one day in April. got in among the bioeds, and how many dc you suppose I counted?" ''Wen, now, suppose could lie about it and say I killed nine hundred, but I'm get. ting too near the grave for that Mo- didn't kill blasted one, and that's where the strange part of the story comes in. When began to lift that gun up those ducks knew what was up to just as well human be- ing and what did they do? Why, sir, about two hundred of 'em made 0 sudden dive swan under the boat, and all raised on hel l port side at once and upset her! Yes, sir they did, and ther ell was in the North Chan nel, in ten feet of water, boat upset, night coming on, and in my wet clothes" ''Well?"
 ''Three hundred" ventured one of the au dience after long interval. E'Three hundred! Why, I always killed 1 over thousand every time I went out No sir. l counted over It, GOO Jgreat, big, fat plnmp, delicious ducks, and then I had only counted those on one side of the boat.'' ''How long did it take your? 'sI don't know, sir. I had no watch witt I me. Time is snothing to 8 man counting \ ducks. I counted aloud, and when the ducks ! were small counted two for one. By an6 | by got tired of counting and got readyssfol the slaughter"
 ''How many did you hllY' 'fWell, I climbed up on the bottom of the 1 boat, hoated five miles, and was picked uI 1 by two Indians. We lowed that upset boat to an island, and here another curious thing 1 comes in. Under the boat were one hundred and sixty-four large plump ducks. They hac
 been caught there when she upset, and al we had to do was to haul them out and raI | them on the head"
 'eWhy, why didn't they dive down and ge 1 from under the boat" asked an amateur | duck-shooter.
 'sWhy didn't they, sir-why didn't they
 We'll, sir, might have asked 'em why the,
 didn't, but it was too late, a cold wind ha. l sprung up, and didn't feel like talking
 All know is that I counted over 16, ,O0
 ducks, was upset, captured 265, and hay
 ffdayits here in my wallet to prove every
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

On Monday from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
 On Tuesday from to 10 a. m.
 On Wednesday from 3:30 to p. m.
 On Thursday from a. m. to 3 p. m.
 Prepared to give his personal attention to the treatment and cure of Deafness, Catarrh, and Diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Ner- vous System.
 For upward of twenty-five years Dr. Light hill has been at the head of an extensive met ropolitan practice, devoted exclusively to the relief and cure of those important ailments, and it is with pardonable pride that he refers to the extraordinary success which attended his efforts. His recent discoveries are of the highest practical importance, rendering treat ment SO effectual that relief is experienced at once, and permanent cures are often effected in the most stubborn and aggravated eases :; and it is one of the happy features of his practice that the applications cause neither pain nor distress, and can be readily admin istered to the most timid or nervous person. candid opinion will invariably be given as to the possibilities of cure, and no case will be accepted for treatment which does notpre- sent a reasonable chance for success.
 In evidence of the success of his practice, Dr. Lighthin takes pleasure in submitting the following testimonials A mass of similar credentials may be seen at his office.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22
From the Rev. D. J. Clark.
Pastor Congregational Church, East Ha'
 

Pastor Congregational Church, East THa-
 ven, Conn.
 It affords me great pleasure to add my tes- timony to that of others in favor of Dr. LighthilIs success in the cure of catarrh. His treatment of my wife has proved so ben eficial that cheerfully recommend him to the confidence of the afflicted. The catarrh in the case of my wife was of long standing and in its worst form, against which many remedies had been tried in vain. The very first treatment applied by Dr. Lghthil per manently removed some of the most trouble some features and the results ever since have been of the most gratifying character. Our people may congratulate themselves on hay ing at their command the services of a physi- clan so skillful as Dr. Lighthill in the treat ment of that troublesome disease, catarrh.
 D. J. CLARK.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22
Saturday Morning, May P, 1880.
THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION.

The managers of the Illinois convention went much farther than those who controlled the conventions in Pennsylvania and New York In the two latter States the delegates were instructed to vote for Grant, but the se- lection of some delegates opposed to him was not prevented. In Illinois they made it cer- tain that Grant would get the full vote of the delegation by selecting committee composed of nineteen Grant men, who selected forty two other Grant men to speak for the majori- ty of the convention. In order to do this it was necessary for the majority of the conven- tion to take away from the districts of the State the privilege, not to say the right, of selecting delegates, for some of the districts would have sent delegates opposed to General Grant
 Under the circumstances no different action was to be expected but the course taken is a hard one to defend. It shuts out nearly half the delegates and those who elected them from representation at Chicago. The arbi- trary suppression of so large minorityjs unjust, and is felt to be so not only by those suppressed and unrepresented, but by inde- pendent and fair-minded men outside the State.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22
From Col. D. A. Rood,
Proprietor of the United States Hotel
 Hartford, Conn.

Hartford, Feb. Il, 1880. Dr. E. B. Lighthill:
 Dear Sir-Prompted by feeling of justice to you and a sense of duty to the public l take this method of expressing my grateful appreciation of the able and skillful manner in which you treated my wife for Catarrh. When placed her under your professional care she suffered so severely that she could scarcely obtain any rest at night, but your first application afforded decided relief and your subsequent treatment has proved per feet success. In the course of my experience have seen a good deal of physicians and medical practice, but must confess that your method of treatment for Catarrh is superior to anything that has yet come under my ob- seryation, and in fact is so rational and effec- tive that it must commend itself at once to every unprejudiced mind.
 Yours truly, D. A. MOOD.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

Bismarck knows what to do with editors who are impertinent. Herr Fusangel printed an article in his paper censuring the govern ment in mild terms, and he is now publish ing series of articles descriptive of his life in jail, which commenced soon after the article on the government appeared. He was first confined in cell without ventilation, dimly lighted by heavily grated window. His bed was a straw sack covered with two woolen blankets. Neither sheets nor pillows were furnished him. There was a stove in the cell, which was heated now and then for. the purpose of suffocating him, he thought. Much of the time he had no fire, and then he nearly froze to death. His food was soup and chunks of meat, which he had to eat without knife or fork. Books and writing materials were de- nied him. After time the jail doctor saw that the poor journalist was likely to die under this treatment, and had him removed to the hospital where his food was better and he was allowed to read and write. There he was told by the authorities that if his paper published anything objectionable to the Gov ernment during his imprisonment he would be sent back to his old quarters Unfortu- nately for him. in spite of the orders he had given his assistants, an article did appear which aroused official anger, and he was re- turned to the cell his books and writing ma terials were taken away from him and also his clean linen and his toilet articles. Herr Fusangel protests against this treatment in the name of humanity, and says that when he was sentenced to two months imprison- ment he was not sentenced to be tortured by cold and coal-smoke and by a wretched bed and unfit nourishment, nor to be persecuted intellectually by being deprived of the means for employing his time in reading and writ irQ
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

The call for the Maine Republican State
 nominating convention says: ''For the first
 time in the history of Maine the attempt was
 made in 1879 to deprive the people of the
 right to choose their own officers, and to cor
 ruptly continue in power those whom the
 people had rejected. The authors, abettors,
 and aceompIces in this crime against free
 government are now seeking to come before
 the people under some new party name
 availing themselves of an alias, the common
 resort of those who seek to escape the re-
 sponsibility and punishment of their crimes
 Against these men, under whatever name
 they may appear, all those citizens who con-
 demn the nefarious plot to destroy the rights
 of suffrage are invited to unite, without re-
 gard to past party affiliations, to preserve honest government for the honest people of Maine" There is no doubt about the answer that will be given this call. The honest citi- zens of Maine will not condone the outrage ous fraud attempted by the fusionists
 The conservative London Lancet has taken up one phase of the modern civilization in a protest against that cruelty to women'' HAioi4 ID OAoICl5ou III b14e large relall eSLaD- hshments, especially in London. Young women who come up from the country in robust health are rapidly consigned to life l of continuous suffering in consequence of the rule which obliges them to stand upon their feet, whether occupied with customers l or not. The Lancet has delayed comment until compelled to do so because of the i'm. l portance of the case. The matter is one ot great importance in this country also, where | the number of women employed in stores is rapidly increasing. Employers say that il
 women were allowed to sit occasionally il l would interfere with the proper discharge Q.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

But when the avenger, through the mouldering all "The work is done," shall say, Nature, that most benignant mother, shall Hide Worth1essness Away. For gentleness and fondness you revealed, O sorrowful Brute-K Sometimes, when forth your sweetheart to the field You led to taste the Spring, Remember you how rose or violet deep Into her hand you pressed, Or how the odorous lilac used to sleep On her beloved breast? Poor corpse forsaken of your mistress, think In the earth remind you still Of the geranium and carnstion-pink
 Upon the window-sin. How well you loved their honest country faces Spangled with morning dew; What fragrant kisses with what modest graces They waited unto you You to the Flowers kind and they shall follow Your ashes to the ground Their roots shall strike down to the grave hoI-
 low
 And clasp your body round. In their alembics mystic will they change you, Kind chemists of the tomb AS stem and leaf and flower rearrange you, To bourgeon and to bloom; So if unto your grave some evening strays your Widow as well she may, Beneath splendid pail of gold and azure It shall be hid away. And when your body-when the formless Thing From out the cold and night Thanks to the flowers, to Life again shall spring Again shall see the light, Some beauteous summer evening, when in splendor And song the sunset dies ;- Ambassadors from mother Nature tender Shall come the butterflies And futtering Der the grave in salutation, Kisses of peace shall shower Kisses of pardon from the Brute creation To you, become Floweri
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

thing have stated Does any man here want to see the documents ?''
 No man did. They all looked out of the windows, and wondered if they could lie that way. when they had passed. three score years
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

large bean pole is on exhibition at Mir Alexander Weeds jewelry store, Stamford. It is twenty three inches long and was brought from San Domingo. It has the shape of a human tongue and some ungallant males say it represents the tongues of the other sex.s
Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-22

tional church in London, is authority for the story of the recent conversion to Congrega- tionalism of Charles Reade, the novelist. MT. Reade, who is now sixty-six years old, has heretofore been member of the Church of England, presumably in good standing, but not especially interested in religious matters. Recently, owing chiefly to the death of a much loved friend, his so-called conversion has taken place, followed by determination to devote his pen hereafter to religious uses. Mir. Stanton says he has prepared copious autobiographical notes, dating from his con version, and giving history of his spiritual transformation.