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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

The Rev. ]. G. Wood delivered the
third of his pleasing lectures on natural
history at the Cooper Institute. New
York city, ON Saturday night. his sub
ject was the typical form and structure
Of the whole of the bird Tribe. He said,
among other things:
The first condition Of structure is the
manner Of procuring food, and this Is
invariable, though the notifications are
most extraordinary. We have seen that
the whale and the mole had the same
bones, but modified by the conditions
under which each creature seeks its
food. The bones Of the bird are not
different from those of the mole and
whale. But lightness Of structure is es-
sentially the condition Of q creature that
lives in the air. In the birds it is
requisite that there should be q large
surface for the attachment Of the power
full muscles necessary to raise the bird in
the AIR and sustain its fight. But it
must be light. The bone Of a bird is
hollow. It is, in fact. a tube, and sailors
are in the habit Of using bones Of the al
bahoss for the stems of smoking pipes.
Engineers have discovered that q hollow
column has the same strength as a solid
one containing the same amount OF ma
terial. This is the principle Of the bone
Of a bird. It not only Ii filled with All.
but it communicates with the respiratory
organs. The beak with the bird has to
answer the same purpose as the human
hand, and therefore the head must be
connected with a very flexible neck. To
obtain this ~iexiblIity there is q change
in the vertebrm. In the mammals the
number is always constant, whether in
the whale or giraffe or elephant. But in
birds the number varies considerably.
The swan has twenty-three, the heron
nineteen, and the saucy sparrow, my
countryman, contrives to pick up an ex-
cellent subsistence with only nine.
There is a popular belief that you can
make am owl commit suicide by wringing
its W neck by simply walking around
and around it. But this is apocryphal.
It is true, however, that an owl can
stare at you with its head whilst its
back is turned contemptuously to you.
This exhibits forcibly the fexibility of
the necks of birds. The shoulder blade
is firmly fixed to the upper part of the
ribs. The humerus, or upper part OF
the arm, is fastened to it in a peculiar
way. Then the ulna and radius are
fused together. To these are attached
feathers, which are not so much fol-
flight as is popularly supposed, but fol
the purpose of protecting the birds
body from loss of heat in its rapid pro-
gress through the air. Feathers are
non-conductors, and are in fact modified
hairs; they are set in the skin just as
hairs are.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
A Fish Story.

The latest fish story comes from
Louisiana. A gentleman travelling was
.'vertaken by a storm and suddenly
almost felled to the ground by a catfish
hat struck him on the head. In a mo-
nent he was literally pelted with fishes.
( that his horse ran away, ard he was
n great danger. Several thousand Of
the fishes were rained down in this way.
aud 1T was finally discovered that a
whirlwind had scooped them up, carried
hem df and hurled them again upon
the ground =
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

TH8 editor Of the Rome, \. T., Sen
Hnel shouts : "Give Us Free Lumber +
II there is . person in the world entitled
to free lumber it is an editor. II there
is . person who gets more Of it, though
in the shape Of cord-wood for subscrip-
tons, it Is the editor. Yes, for heavens
sake, send him . load of lumber 'free,"
and see what he will make of it-Peck's
Sun
JAPAN.-On New Years Day, ID japan,
there is great emulation among the mer-
:hants Of sound credit to make the first
sale Of goods. According to law, all
Japanese merchants are REQUIRED to set
tie their accounts and pay theirdebts by
December 31st, and are not allowed to
buy d sell goods until they have done
go.
DR.. Sanford's Liver Observation-Disclosures /;
Tonic. Will cure when other medicines lah
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
Cheese versus Heat

At q recent lecture on the Scientific
Basis of Cookery" by Nh. W. Matthew
Williams, the properties Of casein when
separated from the cream were described,
and its high nutritive value as it exists
in the form Of cheese was explained, it
being shown that twenty pounds Of
cheese contains as much nutriment az
a whole sheep weighing sixty pounds.
The lecturer maintained that in this
country the cookery Of cheese wa
practically an unknown art, the only
form commonly known being the Welsh
rarebit. He described his own expert
ments in the cookery Of cheese by dis
solving it in milk or water, to which q
little bicarbonate of potash had been
added to neutralize the acid by which it
had been precipitated from the milk,
thus restoring it to its original soluble
and digestble form. Some original
modes of thus cooking and using cheese
we're thus described-such as cheese
porridge, made by adding grated cheese
to oatmeal porridge, to boiled rice,
mashed patatoes, hasty pudding, etc
A cheap, savory, and highly nutritious
food could thus be prepared, equal in
nutritive value to beef and mutton, and
far less costly. Milk, butter, and
''bosch" were described, the lecturer
maintaining that the latter when care
fully prepared from good beef and NUT
ton fat, and honestly sold as ''butterine,"
OF "oleomargarine," OF by any other
name indicating its true nature, vas an
excellent substitute for cream butter,
and obtainable for half the cost. The
proximate elements Of vegetables were
described, and the conversion of starch
into de1trine and sugar by cookery was
explained. It was shown that the f.
brous framework of plants. c~ellulose, has
the same ultimate chemical composition
as starch and sugar, and is convertible
into them. Achemist, the lecturer said,
could make sugar from old cotton rags or
other vegetable fibre. This change oc-
CURED in the ripening of fruits, when by
the agency of the acid of the unripe
fruit, its cellulose, O woody fibre, be-
came converted into sugar even after it
was removed from the tree. Vegetable
fibre was but little used as food for man,
but the lecturer was of the opinion that
this was simply for the want of more
scientific cookery. At present we used
the digestive organs of sheep, oxen, etc.,
to prepare our food. These animals
merely did more completely what we did
when we converted raw wheat into
bread OF oatmeal into porridge. They
selected the required constituents from
the coarser kinds OF vegetables, such as
grass, ETC., and rearranged their clements
in the laboratory of their bodies, and
thus presented us with these clements in
a form more easily assimilated by our
selves. When we should know enough
of the science Of cookery, we should do
this for ourselves better, more cheaply.
and less repulsively than now.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

LET a man put a ten-doliar bill In his
pocket and start out TO make purchases.
and about the only thing he viii have to
show for i, on his return home will Ia a
very strong breath. But give the mother
of a large family the same amount TO use
Is she sees fit, and when she comes back
there viii be a heavily loaded two-hor se
truck following IN her wake.-Phiiadei-
phid CdN
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

OLD MCsKErs. The number OF old
arms on hand III the Government Arsenal
at Washington will aggregate 100, 600
Of all kinds. They are being sold at
prces ranging from twenty-five cents to
II each The latter-price pieces are
complete, and the former either incom-
p!els .. badly susted.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
Remarkable Escape.

John Kuhn, Of Lafayette, Ind. had a very
narrow escape from death This is his own
story: Zone year ago l wasi in the last stages
of consumption. Our best physicians gave
my case up fnallxgot so low hal or
doctor said / could not live twenty-four
hours Ny friends then purchased a bottle
Of DR.. VIM Halls Balsam for the Lungs,
which benefited me. l cont;n led until Itcok
nine bottles lam now in perfect health,
having used no other medicine"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

MensamAn's Pep.oaifd Beef Tonic. the only
preparation OF beef containing its entire nusri-
hous properties. 1t contains blood making
force-generating and lifesu-taining properties;
invaluable for indigestion. dyspepsia. nerHu'''
prostitution, and all forms Of general dsblilty !;
also, in all enfeebled conditions. whether the
result Of exhaustion. nervous prostra'ion or
acute diseases, particularly if resulting from
pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard X Co.,
Proprieto q, New York. Soldby druggists.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
For Two
Generations

The good and staunch old
standby. MEXICAN MUS.
TANG LlNJMENT, has done
more to assnage pain, relieve
suffering, and save the lives Of
men and beasts than all Other
liniments put together. WHY!
Because the Mustang penp.
trates through skin and flesh
to the very bone, driving out
all pain and soreness and
morbid secretiOnS, and re1or.
ing the afflicted part to sound
and supple health.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
A Foolish Joke.

The fool who thinks it is funny to play
a practical Joke has come to grief by SO
doing In Albany. He was in u dry
goods store, and saw a gentleman whom
he recognized as an acquaintance. He
stepped up quietly behind his friend
who WAS standing by the counter. and
took a small package from his outside
pocket. The joke ought TO have come in
here. but it didn't The clerk saw the
affair, and, thinking he had detected a
thief plying his vocation, at once took
the supposed culprit 10y the collar. The
Joker explained his joke, and called ON
his friend to help him out Of the scrape :
but, to his CONSERVATION. the gentleman
proved TO be al utter stranger 70 him
Every one decided that the poor ioker
looked like q hardened thief. and a DO
licemaN was at once sent for. After
much difficulty, however. the joker con
WINGED the minion Of the law that lie was
a respectable man. and he was released.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

Piso's Cure for Consumption does not dry up
q cough it removes the cause
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

Any man may do a casual act OF good nature
out a continuation of them shows 1t is q par
of their temperament. -Sterne.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

We ought not to judge of man merits by
their qualifications, hut by the use they make
of then.-Chauon.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

One should seek for others the happiness one
bsires for ones self.-Buddhist scripture,
Siam.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

Samaritan Ne7cine relieves the brain of NOR.
bid fancies. Its a pure family medicine.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

Great men undertake great things because
they are great. and fools because they think
them easy.-vauyenargues.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

Every mans work, pursued steadily, tends
; to become an end in itself, and SO bridges over
the loyeleSs clasns IF his Inf Eliot.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
Maryland, Ny Maryland"

Maryland, MY Maryland"
Pretty wives and
Lovely daughters"
"My farm Hes in a rather low and mia.
matte situation, and
'My wifef'
'WhoF"
"Was q very pretty b'onde.~
Twenty years ago, became
'Sallow.r
Hollow eyed!"
"Withered and aged"
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors though she made no nor
ecular complaint, not being of tie grumpy
kind, yet caused me or at uneasineSS
"a short time ago l purchased your ren
ely for one of the children, who bal q very
severe attack Of biliou~neSs. AMI 1t occurred
to me that the remedy might help nv We
- ! found thar our little girl upon recoy.ry
had
LOST
"der saIowness, and looked as fresh as
new blown daisy. Well, the st"ry iss7on tod
Ny wife to-day has gained her old time
beauty with compound interest, and is nov
a handspsia, all Diseases Of the Aaous,
as can bd, Blood, Skin and. Bowels.
for pretts Of Letters proving its Curative Powe,
Bitters AN L N LONG TRIED RENED
1.-The dear crreature Just loookee{ over my
shoulder and says, i can hatter equal u the
days Of cur cour;ship,' and that reminds ne
there might be more pretty 'cires i ny
brother farmers would do as | have done"
Hoping you m a long be spared to dogco1
thankfully remain,
Most truly yours,
c. l. JANA
BELrsvuLE, Prince George Co, May n
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

"Sdmdritdn Nerrine cured me of St. Vitus
Dance" said I. ]. Osborn, Richmond. Va.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

The Might Of the Pen.
Oh, the orators voice is q mighty power.
As it echoes along tie green,
But the fearless pen has more sway DER men,
To sound the praises Of Carboline.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

No woman can be handsome by the force OF
features alone, any more than she can be witty
only by the help Of speech.-Hughes.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

Sloth, like rust. consumes faster than labor
wears. while the key often used Is always
biirht.-Franklin.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

ladies and children's Boots and Shoes canno
run over if Lyon 8 Patent Heel Suffers are used
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15
The Mixhr Of the Pen

It's easier for the generous to forgive
Than for ofense to ask il.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

lNt Institutions IN NewY York subject
Ia t""NNk department. Of the State
Felrese!.; e~arly sea. 900, 600 IL tLeG
resources.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-15

DR.. Sanford's Liver Observation-Disclosures /;
Tonic. VIII cure when other medicines fah
The state journal., 1884-05-24
GOTHAM'S ARTHUR MEETING.
The Presidents Strength Increasing Daily
With the People.

L
With the People.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-The success
Of the Arthur meeting in New YORK on
Tuesday night is conceded. Despite the
efforts of the friends Of rival candidates
to make it appear otherwise, the Presi-
dent is gaining ground on all sides. j.
B. Mccullough, the managing editor of
the Globe Democrat of st. Louis, is in the
city and has had a long inter
view with the President. Mr..
MCullagh says that he will support Mr..
Arthur, because he is certain if any Re-
publican can win it is Mr.. Arthur, and he
goes in to win. Yesterday three of the
Maryland delegation called upon the
President and frankly informed him that
while the delegation had been reported as
favoring Mr.. Blaine, at least ten out of
the sixteen would support him. They
were accompanied by Representative
Holton, the Republican member from
Baltimore.
A stiff breeze blew up in the Demo
cratic camp to-day upon the circulation of
a report th9t Sam Sloan, president of the
Delaware and Lackawanna railroad had
written q letter to a prominent BUSINESS
man that he would support Mr..
Arthur Mr. Sloan is a Democrat
with a capacious and well-stocked
exchequer, and such an announcement
was naturally calculated to disturb the
equilibrium of the much troubled Democ-
racy. But this is not all There is q
wide spread feeling among Northern
Democrats to come to the support of the
President. They have no confidence in
their own leaders, and feel that they
could more consistently support the Presi
dent than take up new man. Mayor
Martin, of Boston, is mentioned among
this class X.
The state journal., 1884-05-24
GOULD AND VANDERBILT.

New YORK, May 23.-Jay Gould yes
terday sent the following cable telegram
to William H. Vanderbilt, at London:
Since your departure the failure of
Grant & Ward, the Marine bank, Metro
politan bank and others have so greatly
disturbed confidence that good securities
have suffered large depreciation in com
mon with poorer ones. But today we
have steadier market and better feeling,
with no further failures and none likely
to occur. Mr.. Sage opened his doors to-
day and accepted all outstanding privi
leges. think matters will continue to
improve. The new pools between trunk
lines on a money basis were completed
and signed to day. Mr.. Fink is now
considering an advance of east-bound
rates to 20 cents, which he will probably
order. All threatened disturbances among
roads west of Chicago have been averted.
The crop prospect throughout the West
and South and Northwest were never look
ing more prosperous than now, which
will guarantee large fall business.
Mr. Vanderbilt's reply was as follows:
Very much obliged for your message.
My advices look as if the depressing in
tluences of past week are almost over. |
think you will find results will be in ac-
cOrdance with the views expressed in
your dispatch.
The state journal., 1884-05-24
INDIANA's CANDIDATE.
BEN Harrison FIrst, Last and Am the Time.


WASHINGTON, May Eek Represen.
tative Baker, of Indiana, delegate at large
to the Chicago convention, is in the city.
To day he called upon the President and
had long interview. The Indiana dele
CATION is considerably mixed on the ques-
ton of Presidential candidates. Leaving
their favorite, Senator Harrison out of the
question, there are several votes each tor
Senators Edmunds and Sherman and
General Sherman, and those remaining
are about equally divided between Presi-
dent Arthur and Mr.. Blaine. Indiana,
however, is for Harrison, and will keep
him in line as dark horse. The dele
gates here say that eff Indiana presents
any one to the convention it will be
Senator Ben Harrison, and no one else.
This means that Indiana will not present
the name of Postmaster General Gresham.
This occasions much surprise, as Gresham
is man of undoubted ability and per-
son Of whom any State might be proud.
What the Indianians Say About Their Fa-
VOrite.
The Indiana friends of the Senator
urgetheir champion upon his clean record,
his recognized ability and his experience
in public affairs. They also present him
as possessing the prestige of three gener-
atoms of service in places of high public
trust, not as Office hunters or holders but
as the chosen representatives of the peo-
pie. Benjamin Harrison, who was one OF
the Colonial Governors of Virginia, was a
member of the Continental Congress from
that State and also one ofits signers of the
Declaration of independence. The son,
| William Henry Harrison, of Ohio, once
Governor of the Territories of Ohio and
Indiana, fought the battle of Tippecanoe
and was later elected president of the
Wings in the campaign of 1910. His son,
| Scott Harrison, was elected a member of
Congress from Cincinnati, and his son,
Benjamin Harrison, is now Senator OF
the United States from Indiana. The In
dianians also claim that the nomination OF
Senator Harrison would elicit the old
| Wing element of the South and North
which went into the Democratic party.
| Senator Harrison also has the name OF
standing by his friends and of keeping
his promises both before and after the
election. K.
The state journal., 1884-05-24

ERIE, May 23.-The receivers investi-
cation of the affairs of the broken Erie
Savings Bank reveals greater rascality
than was suspected. OF three hundred
thousand dollars deposited, not more than
fifty thousand dollars will remain for dis
tribution. At another large meeting of
depositors yesterday committee reported
legal opionion that individual suits must
be brought against the stockholders. On
this there was a rush for the lawyers and
a scramble for precedence on the Common
Pleas dockets The Court House was
thronged with litigants. Many stock
holders who retired from the bank years
ago but omitted to publish legal notices
are said to be litble in law for losses. No
tidings Of the absconding president have
been received.
The state journal., 1884-05-24
THE NEW TREASURY FORCE.

M'Kean Miner.
State Treasurer Livsey has selected an
exceptionally competent force to helphim
through with his two years labors in
keeping track of the States funds. His
cashier is Hon. IA. @. Greenawalt of Cham
bersburg, who formerly represented
Franklin county in the House. For the
past four years Mr.. Greenawalt has filled
the position of chief clerk of the Treas
ury, where he has shown the capabili-
ties which merit his promotion to the
cashiership. The clerks are Capt Jne.
E. Stott of Coatesville, Warren B.
Kelley, of Reading and John Finney,
of Philadelphia. Capt. Stott has risen
from the position of messenger under ex-
State Treasurer Butler, to that of leading
clerk under Treasurer Livsey, not only
because he is good clerk, but largely on
account of his genial, gentlemanly ways
Kelley was executive under Governors
Hartranft and Hoyt, and in that capacity
exhibited clerical qualifications of the
highest character. Mr. Finney is new
man in the Harrisburg departments,
as is Mr.. Anter, the messen-
ger, who is also from Philadel-
phia. They were backed, how
ever, by the strongest of recommended
tons. Ben Thompson, the old Grand
Army war horse, proposes to look after
the affairs of the Treasury during the
night time, particularly when he is not
engaged in the luXuriant pastime of doz-
ing If there are any burglars in this
part of the State who are thinking of
making a raid on the State Treasury any
night during the coming two years, we
desire to inform them that Ben. will see
that the floor, walls and ceiling of the
Treasury Department are painted red
before they reach the vault.
The state journal., 1884-05-24
THE BOYER ESTATE.
The Court Orders a Reduction of the Fe

The Court Orders a Keduction OF tho Fees'
In court this morning Judge Simonton
made decree in the case of the estate of
George Boyer, in which an application
was made for reduction of the fees of
the trustee and the attorneys. By the
decree the fees of the trustee are reduced
from 1922 to $548, and the fees Of the
attorneys are reduced from 1895 to $50.
This is all the estate is liable for. Any
additional fee beyond the $50 for the at
torneys shall be paid by the trustee. This
is the case in which Mr.. Alvah H. Boyer
appeared before the court and made an
eloquent protest against the payment of
the large fees, which he denounced as eT-
hnrhitant
The state journal., 1884-05-24
WEDDING AT LEBANON.
Miss Hattie Coleman and MIR. Glover the
High Contracting Parties.


LEBANON, May 23-Miss Hattie Cole
man, daughter of Mrs. G. Dawson Cole
man, was married here yesterday to Mr..
G. Glover, of New York. The marriage
was solemnized in the North Lebanon
Presbyterian church by Rev. S. A. Mar
tin. The best man was d. G. King. of
Newport. The bride was given away by
B. Dawson Coleman, her brother The
ushers were B. D. Coleman, of Leb-
anon; S. V. r. Wessman, of New
York; r. G. Braydon, of Phil
adelphia; II. L. Mills, OF New
York; II. Broca, of Philadelphia; A. Van
CORTLAND, of New York A. Laroy, of
New York; J. Robinson, of New York !;
H. Hoppin, of New York; L. d. NorTie,
of Michigan. The bridesmaids were Miss
Coleman, of Lebanon, sister of the BRIDE
Miss M. Coleman, of New \ ork Miss
Fear, of Philadelphia; Miss d. A. Glover,
of New York Miss D. N. Biddle, of
Philadelphia; Miss T. Arthur Of Phila-
delphia; Miss Fuller, of New York, and
Miss Norrie, Of Philadelphia. The guests
came in a special train from New York,
Harrisburg and Philadelphia. The we'd
ding cakes weighed ton and were much
admired