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The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28
BRUTE INTELLIGENCE.

A famous naturalist has decided
that animals have much more capacity
to understand human speech than is
generally supposed. The Hindoos
variably talk to their elephants. and
it is amazing how much the latter COM
prehends. The Arabs, he says, govern
their camels with few cries, and my
associates in the African desert were
always amused whenever I addressed
a remark to the big dromedary who
was my property for two months; yet
at the end of that time the beast evil
IDENTIFY knew the meaning of number
of simple sentences. Some years ago,
seeing the hippopotamus in manag-
erie looking very stolid and detected,
! spoke to him in English, but he did
not even open his eyes. Then I went
to tho opposite corner of the cage,
and said in Arabic, II know you; come
here to me-" He instantly turned his
head towards me; I repeated the words,
and thereupon he came to the corner
where l was standing, pressed his
huge, ungainly head against the bars
of the cage, and looked in my face
with touch of delight while / stroked
his muzzle. l have two or three times
found lion who recognized the same
language, aud the expression of his
eyes, for an instant, seemed positively
human. All animals seem to have
the home instinct implanted in them,
and languish in captivity.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28
A CLERGyMAN,s DINNER.

In sea-coast village in New Jersey
q clergyman lives who has large
family, but whose means are extreme
ly small. The family we're one day
lately in sore strait, having no meat
for dinner nor means of purchasing
any. The clergyman's wife and daugh-
tiers were in the back yard consulting
about the preparation of a meal of
vegetables, when large fish fell ia
the yard apparently from the sky, for
no one could have thrown it there.
1t seemed to come SO appropriately
as to be special providence, and was
in any case thankfully accepted. An
explanation of the affair was given
afterward by some one who witnessed
it. A large fsh-hawk had been seen
to swoop down to the sea and rise with
a large fish in its beak. The hawk
rose with difficulty, for the fish was
heavy and wriggled violently. At
last vigorous twist freed the fish,
which fell to the ground, happily at a
point where it was very acceptable.
The journal relating the incident
states the truth is vouched for by sew
eral trustworthy people. If this
fish story meanders around much
longer through the columns of the
press it will probably put the pas
tor and his family on the brink of
starvation, with the tish-hawk oppor-
timely bringing him bluefsh as the
ravens brought meat to Elijah by the
Brook Cherith.
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nothing compared with it.
-4ee.-
ROBERT BURDETTE's COUNSEL TO
HIS SON.
My son, when you hear a man,
growing and scolding because Moody
gets $500 week for preaching Christ
ianity, you will perceive that he never
worries a minute because Ingersoll
gets $500 night for preaching athe-
ism. You will observe the man who
is utterly shocked because Francis
Murphy is paid $3.50 a week for tenn
perauce work seems to think it all
right when the bar-keeper takes in
twice as much money in single day.
The laborer is worthy of his hire,
aud he is just as worthy of it in the
pulpit as he is upon the stump. Is
the man who is honestly trying to
save your immortal SOU worth less
than the man who is trying his level
best to 90 to Congress !? Isn't Moody
doing as good work as Ingersoll 2 Isn't
John B. Cough as much the friend Of
humanity and society as the bar-ten-
der? Do you want to get all the good
in the world for nothing, SO that you
may be able to pay high price for
the bad ? Remember, my boy, the
good things in the world are always
the cheapest. Spring water costs less
then Whiskey, box of cigars viii buy
two or three bibles a gallon of old
brandy costs more than barrel of
-four; "full hand" in poker often
costs man more in twenty minutes
than his church subscriptions amount
to in three years; a State election
costs more than revival in religion;
you can sleep in church every Sunday
morning, ifyou mean to deadbeat your
lodgings in that way, but nap in the
Pullman car costs you two dollars
every time; so cents for the circus,
and penny for the little ones to put
in the missionary box; dollar for the
theatre and a pair of old trousers,
frayed at the ends, baggy as to the
knees, and utterly bursted as to the
dome for the Michigan sufferers; the
dancing lady who tries to wear the
skirt of her dress under her arms, and
the waist around her knees, and kicks
her slipper clear over the orchestra
chairs every night gets 5000 a week,
and missionary gets $500 a year; the
horse race scoops in $4,000 the first
day, and the church fair lasts week,
works rs or 80 Of the best women in
America nearly to death, and comes
out $40 in debt. Why, my boy, if
you ever find yourself sneering and
scofing because once in while you
hear of preacher getting luxurious
salary or temperance worker making
money, go out in the dark and feel
ashamed of yourself, and if you don't
feel above kicking mean man, kick
yourself. Precious little does religion
aEss charity cost the old world, my
boy, and when the money it does get
is flung into his face, like bone to a
dog, the donor is not benefited by the
gift, and the receiver is not, and GER
tainly should not be grateful.
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ing bruoding, tender resting on your
heart; and he needs it every step from
babyhoo6 to manhood. The comforts
of our opportunities. Never mind
though the dress be course, and the
food plain, and the playthings few,
but answer the questions, tell the
stories, spare the half hour at bed
time, and be merry and gay, con6den-
tial and sympathetic with your boy.
And you, whose graceful daughter
is just blushipg out into the bloom
and freshness of a wonderously fair
womanliness, do not be SO occupied
with your ambition for her advance
ment in life that you let her ways and
your own fall apart. Why are her
friends, her interests, and her engage
ments so wholly distinct from yours ?
Why does she visit here and there
and receive visitors from this and that
home, and you scarcely know the
people by sight? You are losing pre-
cious hours, and the comfort you ought
to take is flying fast away on the wings
of time that are never overtaken.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28
LAW POINTS.

AD authority to buy real estate
must be in writing.
A writing admitting a balance due,
is not assignable.
Awitness subpeaned to attend court
cannot be arrested by capias.
An Intentional destruction Of q note
by party thereto avoids it.
A party to suit cannot be arrested
while attending court, in any action
for debt.
An alien having his domicile in
this State is not exempt from taxa
ton for military purposes.
A lawyer cannot maintain an action
for counsel fees, unless there is an ex-
press contract.
A book account cannot be assigned
SO that the assignee can sue thereon
in his own name.
A master may recover the value of
the apprentices service for his unex-
PRED term from one who abducts
him.
Tearing of the seals Of a mortgage
or even its entire destruction, by an
unauthorized person, will not cancel
it.
Tho owner of lands is responsible
for damages arising from an area I'M
protected opening into a public foot
way.
An assignment Of rent after it is
due, will not convey any right of suit
to the assignee, nor divest the lessor
Of his right.
Untying and removing horse from
a public hitching post, when by any
one without authority, amounts to
trespass.
If person intoxicated fell asleep
in his wagon, and bis horse ran away
he would be liable for all damage aris-
ing therefrom.
A female cannot be arrested in a
civil suit in this State for fraud, but
she may be attached for contempt for
non-payment Of costs.
The following is debatable point
in the law, whether striking horse
attached to carriage in which a per-
son is sitting, is an assault on the per-
son.
A party whose goods are unlawfully
distrained for rent, does not forfeit or
waive any legal right by not claiming
the goods when the distress is made.
The owner of steam boiler, which
he has in use on his own property is
not responsible in the absence of negli-
gence, for the damage dene by its
bursting.
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lies in particular, and TO Christians of
every denomination in general. He
says "After the sinking Of the vessel
we landed, as you know, on the Siber-
ian coast. After proceeding some dis
lance inland we met some of Of the
native Indians, whom we found, to
our surprise, to be Christians and
Roman Catholics. After eating they
crossed themselves, shook hands and
said l.: "Prshee Bah" They also
showed us their crosses, which they
kissed, and | was very glad to have in
my possession a certain tallisman (the
Lieutenant meant miraculous medal
of the Blessed Virgin which had
been sent to me by Catholic friend
in San Francisco, with the message
that it had been blessed by the priest,
and l would be sure to be safe if I
wore it, I did not have much faith
in this, however, but when I showed
it to the natives they kissed it devout-
ly. 1t was the only article in the
possession Of the party, indeed, that
indicated to the natives that we we're
Christians. You can imagine our feel
ings at meeting these people, for they
were the first strangers whom we had
seen for more than two years, and l
never before felt 50 thankful to mis-
siOnarieS as I did on that day at ind
ing that we were among Christian
natives.
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COMFORTS.

Sooner or later, friends, the time
for folded hands will come to us all.
Whether Or not We cease from hurry
now, we shall one day shut our eyes
upon it, snd lie still untroubIed by
the stir and fret of things about us.
Why not take comfort as we go?
You proud mother Of a beautiful,
active boy, of what use will it be to
you to remember how exquisitely fine
was his rainment, how daintily spread
his bed, and how prOfuse his costly
toys9 What the child needs is mother
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now TO sPoIL AHUsBAND.

-
Snarl at him.
Pay no attention to household ex-
penses.
Give as much as he can earn in
month for new bonnet.
Tell him as plainly as possible that
you married him for a living.
Keep the parlOr for company aud
don't let him put his foot in it.
Tell him that the children inherit
all their mean traits Of character from
his side Of the family.
Raise Tow if he dare bow pleas
antly to an old lady friend that he
meets.
Get everything the woman next
door gets whether you can afford it
or not.
Give him to understand as soon as
possible after the honeymoon that kir-
sing is good enough for spooney
lovers, but that for married folks it is
cOnfoundedly silly. If he takes to
kissing the cook or chambermaid
don't be too hard on him.
IF he has an extra amount Of brain
work and comes home with his ner-
vous system all on stretch-don't
try to keep the children quiet. Tell
them to make all the noise they want
to, and their father is an old cross.
patch any way.
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FOR HORSES.

No horseman should be without a bottle
in his stable in case of accident as it is 8
sure cure for the following diseases of the
horse;
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28
ing over the other, 8 feet long from
tip to tip, good-for-nothing lump Of
fish, weighing 800 pounds.
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.

~N--~~~-~
The great wall Of China was meas.
ured in many places by Mr.. Unthank.
an American engineer lately engaged
on survey for Chinese railway.
His measurements give the height at
IS feet, and a width on top of Is feet.
Every few hundred yards there is a
tower "a feet square, aud from 20 to
45 feet high; the foundation of the
wall is Of solid granite. Mr.. Unthank
brought with him brick from the
wall, which is supposed to have been
made 200 years before the time of
Christ. In building this immense
stone fence to keep out the Tartans,
the builders never attempted to avoid
expense. For 1900 miles the wall
goes over plain and mountain, and
every foot of the foundation is in solid
granite, and the rest of the structure
solid masonry. To some places the
wall is built smooth up against the
bank of canons or precipices, where
there is sheer descent of 1000 feet.
Small streams are arched over, but in
the larger streams the wall runs to the
waters edge; tower is built on each
side. On the top of the wall there
are breastworks or defences facing in
and out, SO that the defending forces
can pass from one tower to the other
without being exposed to an enemy
from either side. To calculate the
time of building, or coss of this wall
is beyond human skill. So far as the
magnitude of this work is concerned;
it passes everything in ancient and
modern times of which there is any
trace. The pyramids of Egypt are
nothing compared with it.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28

Lieutenant Danenhower tells an in
cident of his arctic experience, which
will prove Of deep interest to Catho-
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28

Something new will appear each month
medicine.
The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28
CERTIFICATES.
Philadelphia, January %. 1ss.


.PhlIadeIphla, January g, 1857.
d. d. Tomlinson,
Dear Sir: Having heard so much Of the
virtue as n curative of your Celebrated II
ii. ii. Remedy" one Of my daughters, who
has suffered very much from painful bun
your medicine as q liniment, and, to her
great joy and surprise, after few applica-
tons was permanently relieved OF both pain
and DunfOn- My wife has such confidence
Units virtue that she resorts to it as q rem.
edy for all the ills any member of the family
may be afflicted with. Several of our friends
and neighbors, after having used it, speak of
it in the most glowing terms To hear some
speak of its very great powers to cure one
would almost imagine no other medicine
was necessary. am, very respectfully yours,
JAMES MAHoNEY, Ssh North Fifth st.
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Philadelphia. No. 81 Crease St

Philadelphia. No. 81 Crease St.
To the Proprietor of the H H. II. medicine:
Having suffered nearly three weeks with
the neuralgia, being SO bad one arm be-
came paralyzed, the doctor could give me no
relief. One of my neighbors told me of your
Celebrated II. 81. H, medicine" sent and
got one bottle. ! found SO much relief got
another, which madsa perfect cure, and
most heartily recommend 1t TO any one who
are like afflicted. Any one can learn from
me what think oft.
Yours Truly, MRS. HENRY BATH.
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FOR EXTERNAL USE.

Use for strains, sprained joints, sore shoul-
ders and backs, thrush IN feet, scratches
sweeney, fistula, poll evil, distemper, curb,
splint, blood or bone SPAWN, ringbone. and
will remove all swellings and cal1ous Jumps
left from kicks or other bruises, without
injury to the growth fthe hair Has proved
sure cure for epiZooty.
For epizootic and distemper use nom one
to two tablespoonfuls in q bucket of cold
water, for their drink when watering, and
bathe the throat until 1t blisters then put O
cloth around the throat to keep it warm.
VIII also cure the worst. case of collie in
ten minutes, and relieve bots, by giving one
to two spoonfuls IN pint OF milk warm wa
Yer. BE sure and get the genuine, put up by
the proprietor in Philadelphia.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-21
TIE FRUIT CROP OF THE EAST.

1t is of considerable interest to our
fruit packers as well as growers to be
able to gauge the condition of the
crop throughout the Union. Re
ports have been for some time con-
fiicting and contradictory; but the
latest report am immense crop every
where. Particularly is this the case
in peaches, which in good years flood
the markets of the East, and rot on
the ground, vainly seeking pur-
chaser. The New York Commercial
Bulletin of a recent date says: can
immense fruit crop is promised in
the Delaware and Maryland Peninsu-
la, which will compensate in part for
the partial shortage, consequent upon
cold weather in the early part of the
season at the West. A Wilmington
dispatch says the peach yield this sea-
son, from present appearances, will
be phenomenal" In. Mills, Su-
periEtendent of the Delaware Divis-
ion of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
& Baltimore Railroad, who is said to
know more about the outlook than
anyone else, because he has to trans
port the fruit to market, says that
from the way things look now the
crop may exceed the superabundant
one of 1875, when in the height of
the season there was a constant glut
and thousands of baskets of peaches
rotted under the trees. In that year
the railroad and steamboat lines were
unable to carry the peaches to mar
ket, and the growers were almost as
badly off as when there is only a
very slight crop. This year. how
ever, not SO much trouble OF this kind
will be experienced, as there are nu-
merous canning factories now in
operation. which will probably be
able to use up all the peaches that
cannot be taken to market in their
fresh state" Reports from the West
also show great crops, SO that it is
not very reasonable to look for high
prices in fruit this year, except in de-
scriptions special to California.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-21
LONDON FISH EXHIBITION.

Chairman Williams, of the House
Committee of Foreign Affairs, has
submitted to the House report on
the joint resolution recently agreed
upon by the committee proposing an
appropriation of $4,000 to furnish
an American exhibit at the London
Fish Exhibition, to be held in May,
1883. The report in urging the adj
vantages to be derived from partic-
ipation in the exhibition, says: Zone
Of the immediate results Of the partic-
ipation by this Government in the
exhibition at Berlin, in 1850, was the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-21
THE QUESTION OF AMERICAN FLOUR
ADULTERATION

In the issue of the 9th of April of
Parqoenheim's Mueller Zeitasng of vi
emma, the following paragraph ap-
pears under the heading of "Flour
Adulteratlon in England" This re-
port says: can examination of i'm
ported American fiours made short
time ago, gave the striking result
that nearly the half of them were
found to be-adulterated with Plaster
of Paris, baryta (sulphate of barium)
or with potato or maize flower. As
much American flour is also imported
into Germany, this experience de-
serves the more attention, because
sulphate of barium possesses poison
GUS properties. (Among others it is
one of the effective poisons for rats
and mice.) Plaster of Paris is like
wise possessed of properties injurious
to health, while maize and potato
flour are at least of less value than
wheaton -four. Potato flour, when
bad or diseased potatoes are used,
acts Injuriously. The English re-
ports complain that the flour adulter-
ated in America is frequently adnl-
terated second time by the English
Dealers" This communication OF
our Vienna contemporary would lead
its readers to believe that the English
people have stomachs and digestions
OF extraordinary power. Plaster of
Paris is not usually considered very
nu' 'ritious article of diet, and even
the Bread Reform League would hes
itate to recommend it for forming
bone; but We fancy it would be safer
than the sulphate of barium, which
our contemporary stat.s is SO effect
i've for the destruction of rats and
mice. We should be glad to learn
where the English reports" referred
to appeared. for no report of such
adulterations has ever come to our
knowledge.
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OF BALKY OR uNRuLY HORSES

LoHuon Live Stpck Journal
l. Place yourself against his near
shoulder, and with your right hand
seize the foreleg just above the past
ern joint, rise the foot as high as you
can and force it forward. This will,
in most instances, prove efectual.
2. Stand in front of the horse and
draw his ears through your hands for
two or three minutes, stroke his nose,
and lastly take him by tile head, and
in an encouraging voice urge HIN to
go forward.
8. If in single harness, and with a
two-wheeled vehicle, take your ami
mails head and turn him around tour
or FIVE times, keeping the insid e
wheel as near as possible in the same
place.
4. Tire your stecd out by remaing
perfectly quiet until he starts off him
self. l once sat in my cart nearly
two and half hours in this way.
Now and then horse is met with
that refuses to draw at all. Put him
in cart in a, shed and keep him
there until he walks out. In one i'm
stance that came to my knowledge,
the obstinate one was thirty-six
hours in the S. ats before he gave in.
If it is intended to cure restive
horse, he must be used solely by one
and the same person, and caught
young; and let his rider or driver
bear in mind that with both restivc
and nervous horses, the voice will
prove more effectual than the whip.
Stick to your nag, if possible, under
all circumstances; for, rely upon it, if
he can once get away from you, he
will rcdonble his efforts to do so
again. Unfortunately there is always
risk in buying once willful steed,
for in fresh hands he may revert to
his old tricks.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-21
THE IMPENDING FATE.
An Interesting Chapter from the Life of a
Prominent Bostonian.

Boston Globe
The readers of this paper were
more or less amazed at most re-
markable statement from ore of our
leading citizens which appeared in
yesterdays issue. So unusual were
the circumstances connected with it.
and SO much comment did it occas-
ion on the streets and in the social
circles, that representative of this
paper was commissioned to investi-
gate its details and varify its facts.
The article referred to was a state
ment made by Mr.. B. +. Larabee, of
the New York and Boston Dispatch
Express company, whose Office is on
Arch street. Mr.. Larabee was found
by the newspaper man in his private
Office, and on being questioned said:
"Well, SIR, logically I haze been
dead, but really l am as you can see
me. A little over year ago / was
taken sisk. My trouble was not Sc
we're at first and I thought it was the
result of a slight cold. Somehow /
felt nncomfortably tired at times
although l took an abundance of
sleep. Then, again, had dull and
strange pains in various parts of my
body. My appetite was good one
day and I had none whatever the
next and my head panied me more
or less much of tho time. A while
afterward l noticed much that was
peculiar about the fluids / was pass
ing aud that sediment, scum and
strange accumulation appeared in it.
Still l did not realize that these
things meant anything serious and /
allowed the illness to run along until
on the 2sth day of October ] fell
PROSTATE while walking along Tre-
mont street. | was carried home
and did not 60 out of the house until
the middle Of December. ! then
went down town and attempted to
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-21

establishment of agencies for the sale
of American fish products in nearly
every country in Europe. As another
result American boneless Goldfish has
been adopted as standard article OF
food by seventeen Or more of the reg.
iments of the Germany army, and its
introduction into tht commissary de-
partment of the navies of Germany
and Russia is seriously contenpla-
ted. The consumption of picked fish
in Europe is known to be immense,
and yet American picked fish, the
finest in the world is scarcely known
there. The export of these goods
from the United States to Europe in
1869 amounted in value to sl34,7s
and in 1881 to 81, ,9O2,1OO. This can
and should be increased hundred
fold"