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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The 81, 900 object glass in the great
Washington telescope looks like a thin
block of black ice, with tiny air bubbles
here and there.
A most interesting specimen of a long
haired elephant has been found in the
ice at the mouth of the Lena Delta. 1t
is larger and more perfect than any here
tofore obtained.
Scientists in Russia are interested in
the discovery that extreme cold converts
tin into a semi crystalline mass contain
ing large cavities. In one instance the
pipes of a church organ were go altered
by cold as to be no longer sonorous.
The railway regiment" il the Ger
man army now contains a balloon detach-
ment provided with military balloons.
They are attached by a rope of hemp, in
which there isa cable, by means Of which
balloon. The meaning of the signals is
determined by the length of time during
which the balloon is lighted up.
Professor Josef Korosi, the ~statisti-
clan, finds that the rich class averages
fifty-two years of life. the middle class
averages forty-six years IL months of
life, the poor class averages forty-one
years seven months of life. From this
1t is obvious that the possession of
wealth, and the resultant exemption
from privation, lengthen the average life
nearly ten years.
An odd coffee machine has been pat
ented in London. A lamp beneath boils
the water for infusion and at the same
time roasts the berries, which, as roasted,
are automatically emptied into a hopper,
and ground by a mill attached. Thus
the whole process of roasting the green
coffee-berries, grinding and infuslng the
same is simultaneously performed within
about fifteen minutes.
From experiments in tropical Africa
Herman Sovaux concludes that agricul-
ture is practicable, the soil--though ex-
hausted in a year by maize and manise-
being suitable for the cultivation Of
coffee, vanilla, India rubber, tobacco,
cotton and sugar cane. In the Upper
Congo country these plants and many
others grow naturally or are already Gull
tivated.!
Professor Milne supposes earth tremors
to be slight vibratory motions pro-
duced in the soil by the bending and
cracking of rocks, caused by their rise
upon the relief Of atmospheric pressure
Another investigator thinks that they
may be the result Of an increased escape
of vapor from molten material beneath
the crust of the earth consequent upon a
relief of external pressure. In other
words, these premonitory symptoms are
developed when the barometer is low.
Herr Mohs, of the Madgeburg society
of German engineers, says the deepest
borehole in existence is the one made in
searching for coal near the village Of
Schladebach, on the railway between
Corbetha and Leipsic, at the instance of
the Pr'lssian mining department. It has
been driven by hollow diamond pointed
rock drills and water flushing to a depth
of 1850 feet in three and a half years,
at an expenditure of $25, 900. Its di.
ameter at the bottom is 1872 inches, and
at the top eleven inches. The thermome.
ter registered at the bottom 1884 de-
0rees.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
How to Produce SleeD,

An excess of blood in the brain pre-
vents sleep. How to remove the sur
plus is the problem for the unfortun-
ates who wish to sleep but cannot.
A pump is needed for that purpose,
and it may be easily provided, as fol-
lows: Having assumed the usual pos
ture of repose, inhale and vexhale slow
ly and steadily long breaths, devoting
the whole attention to making inhala-
tons and sexhalations Of exactly the
same length. The length should be
much greater than that of ordinary
breathing, although not sufficient to
disturb the circulation by working the
lungs to their utmost capacity. Any
person who has force'of will enough
to concentrate his whole attention on
the maintenance of this style Of breath
ing can compel sleep in very u%ntavor-
able circumstances, and victims of in
somnia should know it. The value of
:he method is not solely in it's holding
the mind to n object Of thought, but
the process of breathing here described
is really equivalent to the insertion of
a pump in the brain to draw off its
excess of blood. To convince YOU
self that this is so. fill your lungs with
all the air they will hold, and then ex-
pei it, repeating the operation three or
four times as rapidly as possible. The
result will be a feeling of faintness,
unless you are other than an ordinary
mortal, and its cause will be a defcien-
cy of blood in the brain, produced by
the pumping process. Such violent
breathing will not produce sleep. how
ever, as there is a reaction which sends
the life current rushing back to the
seat of the mind. Scientists saw that
the reason why fear. surprise. or any
other sudden emotion often causes
faintnesS is because it rapidly drives
the blood from the brain. and the fact
is significant for those who wish TO uu.
derstand how to induce sleep, wheth.
er on the railway train or in thei,
beds at home, by pumping the exces.
of blood from their brains by a pecul
lar method of breathing.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
Some Great TOrnadoeS.

One Of the most destructive tornadoes
OF record within the last few years was
that which visited the town of Grinnell,
that were reported from the Western
States the same dav. Nearly half of the
town of Grinnell was laid waste. The
churches. business blocks and dwellings
destroyed numbered about 100; and the
money loss was estimated at between
81, 900, 900 and So, 900, 900. Sixty-four
persons were named among the killed,
but the real number was believed to have
exceeded 100; and more than $50 more
were injured. This was one of the cases
where the reported damage increased
from day to day, instead of diminishing.
Another tornado struck Rochester,
MIMI, August 21st, 1888, killing
t%wenty-six people in the town and six
near by, and seriously injuring tifty-two,
The damage to property was put at $780,
900. A railroad train was lifted into
the air and shattered by the wind on
were more or less hurt.
Nearly fifty persons were killed in sew
eral villages lying north of Atlanta, Ca,
by one tornado. and fourteen at Amber
sons, Ala, on February 10. 1884. In
Rockingham, N. c., that day fifteen or
twenty were killed, some persons being
carried 600 or 700 feet bodily in the
air. Indeed, no less than twentv-seven
such storms occurred the same day, in
the Southern States. The total loss OF
life from all is put at 500 by Lieutenant
Finley; the wounded, $500: homeless,
1000; loss Of property, between 49,,
600. 600 and 81, 900, 900.
Twenty I'd rnadoes occurred in the re
gion extending from Illinois to North
Carolina, March 25, 1881. killing seven
ty-seven people, wounding 399, and in
juring property to the extent of $3.50,
600. Thirteen, on April /, killed forty
seven persons, wounding 33G, and dam
aged property to the extent of $3.50,
600. One in Ohio and three others II
Missouri and Iowa April p, 1884,
killed eighteen, wounded 115. and in
volvel losses amounting to $50. 600
Three on september 9, last year, one q
Clear Lake, neal St. Paul, Mimi. ane
the other two in Northwestern Iowa
killed ten, wounded seventy-ive, de
! stroyed 300 houses, and caused damag,
Estimated at 81. coo, 900. The losses a
some other places, from Mount Carmel
H.. June 4. 1877, killed sixteen, wound
ed fifty missing t~wenty-fve; property
$500, 900; Dane county, Wis, May "a
1873, killed, thirty wounded. 100; prop
erty, 5000, 900; Waltersboro. S. e,
April Il, 1870. killed. fifteen, and house
Frustrated, 100.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
1nvalids' Hotel and Surgie al Institute.

his widely celebrated institution, located
at Buffalo, n. Y, is organized with a full
staff of eighteen experienced and skillful
Physicians and Surgeons, constituting the
most complete organization Of medical and
surgical skill in America, for the treatment
OF all chronic diseases, whether requiring
medical or surgical means for their cure.
Marvellous success has been achieved in tie
cure of all nasal, throat and lung diseases,
liver and kidney diseases. diseases Of the di-
gestive organs, bladder diseases, diseases Pc
culiar to women, blood taints and skin dis
eases, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous de-
bility. paralysis, epilepsy fits, spermator-
rhea, impotency and kindred affections.
Thousands are cured at their homes through
correspondence. The cure Of the worst rup-
lures, pile tumors, varlcocele, hydrocele and
structures is guaranteed. with only a short
residence at the institution Send 10 cents in
stamps for the Invalids' Guide Book l6s
pages, which gives all particulars. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo. N. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
SCIENTIFIC CLIPPINGS.

Four per cent. of the more highly
educated of all nationalities are color
blind.
Water strongly impregnated with
gar is becoming very popular in Eu-
rope as an insecticide.
According to Science the shrinkage
of the Swiss glaciers. due to a success
sion of warm years, has come to a halt,
and many of the glaciers have begun
TO advance again.
NJ. Jamin attributes the cold nights
usual in April and May to the fact.
which he deduces from the expert
ments of Mr.. Glashier and others, that
the minimum Of vapor in the atmo-
sphere prevails then, the maximum be-
ing in August.
In a communication to the London
Royal Society, it has been shown that
iron bars are elongated by magnetiza-
ton; that steel oars are elongated, but
not TO the same extent, soft steel being
elongated more than hard steel; and
that nickel is shortened.
Richard A. Proctor says no opt!ca.
continuance whatever can mGke an OBJ
ject look brighter than itreally is apart
from absorption, which diminishes
light, We g~ct-exactly tie same bright
ness, neither more nor less, whether
the object be fled OF purified.
The extreme height reached by
ocean waves, according to careful
measurements by the Hydrographical
, Bureau, is from "a to- ~ feet, the aver
age height of great waves being about
80 feet. During storms in the North
Atlantic, waves sometimes extend to a
length of 800 and 600 feet, and last
ten or eleven SeconCS; while the largest
wave observed is said to have had a
length of half a mile, and to have
taken % seconds to spend itself.
In the experiments Of Coleman and
Mckendrick, as reported to the Glas-
gov Philosophical Society. a live rab-
bit survived an hours exposure to q
temperature of 100 degrees below zero
1t was not frozen, its body heat being
reduced only to AZ degrees. Live frogs
became quite solid in half an hour at
20 to 80 degrees below zero, and in
two instances recovered from the
freezing, Intense cold for many hours
failed to destroy microscopic organ
isIns, whose vitality was simply arrest
ed by freezing, and was resumed when
suitable temperature was restored.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
Interesting to the Bald.

4 Hamburg brewer has just died,
leaving a sum Of 1000 thalers to be
awarded every year to the baldest man
in his native country. Experts are to
be appointed on each occasion to count
the number of the hairs on the heads Of
the competitors. In case two or more
competitors have the same number of
hairs, the prize is to 90 to the Youngest.
Lastly. IL nj any time completely aid
man sho1iarturn up. without a singh
hair on his head. the happy mortal is to
rccelvt the capital sum. the interest Of
which constitutes the above annuity.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
The Pronunciation OF tsunpI =,

There is probably no combination Of
letters IN our language so va,iouslv
pronounced as those in the ending
''ough." 1t is, in fact, pronounced in
no less than seven different WAYS
having the sounds of o. uF, of. ND, or.
90 and ock. These difficulties have
been summed up IN the following
amusing rhyme:
" rs not aa easy task to show,
How. O. II. 6, h sound since though
An Irish Tough, an Englis slough
And cough, and hIceough Nil allow
Differ us much as tough and ftyouqh.
lhere seems no reasons why they do.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Count on the fidelity of the man who
carries his heart in his hand and wear
his soul in his face.
CGeerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. It has been called the bright
weather of the heart.
A contented mind-heart-sunshine-
takes a glory out of gloom, and can turn
the most untoward events so that they
will prove a faithful spring of unmeas-
ured Joy.
Witty savings are as easily lost as the
PEARLS slipping off q broken string, but
a word of kindness is seldom spoken n
vain. II isa seed which, evsn when
dropped By chance, springs up into Z
HewsR.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
A Practical Business COLLEGE.
[AnshriIie christ10n Adrocote

J-HHSttt-V - 1uUOClUt.
When Mr.. R. w. Jennings opened his
practical Business College In Nashville
his large circle Of friends expected that he
would make an institution of unusual ex-
cellence. This expectation has been fully
met His school answers to it's name-it
is practical, qualifying pupils for actual
business. Mr.. Jennings large acaualnt-
ance among business men enables him 10
help in securing good paying positions
for his worthy pupils. This College is
strongly endorsed BY the wholesale mer-
chants and bankers of Nashville, by
Bishop McTyeire, DR.. j. B. McFerrin. by
practical business men in Louisville.
Memphis, Atlanta, and Knoxville. and
by the editor of this paper.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

TIE purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil
In the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
hvers, upon the seashore. 1t is absolutely pure
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it pre-
fer 1t to all others. Physicians have decided it
superior to any of the other oils in market. Made
by Casweu, Hazard d Co., New York.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Leghorn hats are, trimmed with wide
etamine ribbon with a large bow in front,
and also with White muslin and apeline,
with ostrich tips and clusters of flowers.
The brim IS usually without facing,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
Home ITEMS and Topics.

All YOUR own fsult
If you rAnain sick when you can
Get hop bitters that never-Fail.
The weakest woman. smallest child s,s
sickestinvalh can Use hop bitters with; safety
and grea. good
Old men tottering around from Rheum,.
tism. kidney trouble or any weakness will h.
made almost new by using hop bitters.
@My wife and daughter were maa.
healthy blythe use of hop bitters and RI.
ommend them to my people.-Nethodis.
Clergyman.
AK s1y good doctor if hop
Bitters are MOI Nc BEST family medicine
Or earth |!
-Malarisl fever, Ague and Bi,iousness
will leave every nsighborhood as soon as hon
bitters arrive.
My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all out OF her system with hop Bit
ters."-Ed Os,cego Sun.
E-Keep the kidneys healthy with hon
bitters and you need not fear sickness
The vigor of youth for the aged and in
firm in ht Differs !!
at tbs change of life nothing equals
Hop BItteiS 20 aiial al tTouoieS incident
Thereto"
THE hes. periodical for ladies to take
monthly, and from which they will receive
| the greatest benefit is hop bltterS"
Thousands dis annually from some form
of kidney disease THAT might nave been pre-
| vented by timely use of hop bitters.
Indigestion, weak stoulach, Irregular
ties of the bowels, cannot exist when hop bit
tiers are used.
A timely 4 = use of hop
Bitters will keep a whole family
In robust health a year at a little cost.
TO produce real genuine sleep snd child
like repose all night, tax & little fsep hitters
on retiring.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Chapped hands, face, PIN les and rough
akin cured by using Juniper Tar soap, made b,
Ca.weil. Hazard i Co, New York
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

"Golden Medical Discovery will not cure
person whose lungs are almost wasted, ,t Ius Il X
Is an unfailing remedy for Consumption -
taken in time. All druggists
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
Novelty is the great parent Of pleasure

1t is easier to retain health than to re-
gain it.
= Do not examine too minutely the &C
ton of your friends nor the motives
which actuated them. If they have
acted with a want of delicacy, appear
not to understand it; or, what is more
simple, think that it was a mistake on
their part.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

WHts yod get 4gt,r boots ana they
Strengthened us Lyons Heel oHhhemfort and
will save you money, give zen s0uho
keep them straight.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, dis.
gushing everybody, but use DR.. Sages Catarrt
Remedy.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

highly perfumed Soap WIN NOT he.l OF o sase
skin diseases, neither viii it beauh1y ~ ~ Am
face and bands; Try 'Beesons n AIit OF b
mail VIM. Dreydoppel Philadelph'a' r.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Lowell: No man il born into the world whose
work is not born with him.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Speaker Carlisle is counsel in 8 iar
Frankfort over a 50, 600 t~horoughoreo oun
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
No opiates or poison.
Only twenty-five cents.
Bed Star Cough Cure.

Novelty" the great parent Of pleasure.
1t is easier TO retain health than to re-
gain i.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

In Melbourne the letter-carriers are clad in
scarlet-coats. waistcoats and trousers.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Man Is made out Of the dust OF the eai'n' ~
some of them are terras all their lives.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small dose
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Small and steady gains give competency with
tranquility Of mind.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

LordTennyson has been elected president OF
the London library.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

A Cleveland paper says that Mrs. uAfne4o 70
writing a biography of her husband.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Important.
When you visit or leave New York city. .eosSSr.ni
e1pressage and e3 caffiaGe hire, and SOP
Union Hotel, opposite Grsrd Central depos. ,rulion
600 elegant rooms. lifted up At & cos. On oas Rle.
dollar. 81 and upward per day. Europesn Eo-ss cars,
vatcr. Restaurant supplied with the best. Fsrs;,;e.
stages and elevated railroads TO ali depoS.. Iinion
can live better for less money at the = ae,ty
6otelthan at any other frst-cisss hotei IN 4
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Simplicity of character is the natural
result 81 pfefeund ,houghiA
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

Twenty-four kinds Of coffee are advertised ps
a New York importing house.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05
The Mirror

is no hatterer. Would you
make it tell a sweeter tale?
Magnolia Balm is the charm
er that almost cheats the
looking-glass
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

None genuine without a bunch Of green
Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with Hop" or Hops" in
their name.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

-"Au your own fault
If you rNnain sick when you car
Get hop bitters that never-Fail.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1885-12-05

The weakest woman. smallest Mic a,s
sickest invalid can Use hop bitters With SAFETY
and grea: good.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1885-07-11

gu fiinmern. Oils n%otbmenbige sSolqe
oapOlt bat ma es icbt mDgli6er Weile
nit einem Snoianeraufitanb gu tbun,
belen unterbriidung @uneerte BON
Menfdenleben fo1tet unb pieneiGt cine
Miaion ltnfeften berurla6t, Der Ser
ni6tung BON @%igentbum ear ni1t gu
geoenfen.
Derglei6en S6dbungen lino gar
ni6t ilbertrieben unb la1ien fi6 3. 9.
bur6 ben Dor einisen Sabren %erfolsten
Nufltanb ber Ne3 perces ino Oregon
unb Montana bemeilen. 9ieler Stamm
mar muir 80 Mann fart, aber bod
Ddbrte es bier MDnate, ebe ct BON 1000
Mann Ser. Staten GabaIerie nit Ell
tem Wufpanoe BON 2 MiIionen Dollars
&~riegsfoten beSiegt purbe; urtb bies
gei9ab erf, na66em Die Smbianer mebr
tpie bun6ert 9nliebler abgel6la6tet
batten. Mas wirb ba er1t Der Grieg
gegen Die @bepeunes fir Opfer perlanz
gen, beren Ma6t auf 5000 Mann ge=
f9dbt tpirb.
Nus benz Dben angefu6rten 8riefe
bes Sen. pope ldBt ii1 iibrigens aud
bas unfinnige Der felt SO Sabren be-
folgten SnbiauerpoIitif erfenren, bie
es mod INNER ni6t fertig gebra6t bat,
ben Snbianer=N ufftdnben elm gnbe gu
MAIDEN. Nnftatt bic Snoianer mad
utto na@ gu cipiIifren unb iie gu niibli=
9en Wieni6en gu MAIDEN, 5ablt man
linen 9ribitt, bamit 1e fi1 bes &allz
bens unb Morbens entbalten unb iiber=
tpeiIt tbnen einem 2anbcompler Ser inn
@tanoe tpdre, cine bunoert Mal 10 gro=
BE Wn5abl bon meiben @niie6lern gu er=
ndbren.
gs gren5t nirfli9 ans Wunberbare,
tpie ft9 bieie sermerfi6e Snbianerpoli=
tit 10 LANCE aufredt erbalten tounte.
Was miiroe man ). 9. nit BEN Nniieb=
lern III Meif=8 irginien %bespnnen baben,
bic ia aud am 9ungertu6e hagen muBz
ten, bdtten es li9 bieie e%infalen IaHen,
in einen anbern Staat gu bringen unb
bic ibnen feblen6en 2ebensmittel NIT @ez
malt gu rau5en ? sic mdren Der beroienz
ten @trafe nidt entgangen. Mit ben
Snoianern perbdlt es ii9 aber anbers,
benin iie io0en ia bas @e9t bonn unre6t
ni9t unteri6eioen f6nnen unb trob Der
50tdbrigen Bepormunbung bur9 Uncle
Sam, 1T es Dem 2ebtern nod ni9t ge=
lungen, ieinen Miinbelm ben unteri6ie6
flar au MAIDEN.