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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-17

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lessor Of physics. "Poyerty.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-17
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03

Wealth and poverty seem to be perpetual
ly on the increase in the world, the rich
growing rich and poor poorer steadily.
Money compounded at 7 per cent. doubles
itself every eleven years. A dollar invested,
and 1.-THE principalandin interest reinvested every
year at that rate, would in 1 900 years, it is
said, amount to more than the worth of the
weight of the world in gold. These figures
merely serve as illustration, for money in
large sums will not, as is well known, bring
2 per cent, nor can 1t generally be CON-
pounded. If money could have been COM
pounded, the present wealth of the world
would be far beyond circulation. Its con-
sumption and destruction must have been
enormous. Nevertheless, how the great
fortunes of Europe and this country must
inevitably increase, and in what alarming
proportion. If the fortunes Of the Roths-
childs, the Hopes, the Earrings, the Duke of
Manchester, the Astors, the Vanderbilts, the
Gonlds and the rest double every fifteen or
twenty years they must in time, unless by
some means arrested, as they are certain 10
be, absorb all the accumulations of the
world. The means by which they are ar
rested are usually the breaking up or dying
out Of families, their financial misfortunes,
improvidence or incapacity. It is very
seldom that family holds together, as, for
example, the Rothschilds, the beginning OF
whose prosperity dates back only about $50
years. Human nature and human destiny
are evidently opposed to the worlds wealth
becoming concentrated in few hands.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
Trin,ninr Trees.

We look upon the roots as the parts that
through which food is taken. It is more
correct to say that the stomach nourishes
rather than the mouth, and the leaves of
tree rather than the roots. BY severely
cutting back heads of trees / can almost
suspend growth. Thus we often leave
branches that know must come off next
season, simply to induce growth of the
part that is to remain permanently. Some
people seek to urge the growth Of scions in
newly grated trees by removing all large
limbs. They should remember that they
thus remove that which induces growth,
and after such severe slaughter many of the
fibrous roots will be found dead; for If they
have no work to perform they become fee
the difference between trees and vines. If
we wish the grape to grow vigorously we
cut it back closely, for its leaves are very
large, and it has the faculty of covering a
trellis with only few buds. Thus we cut
feeble-growing vines back more closely than
strong growing, for by close cutting we get
more foliage than by leaving vines long.
Therefore, in pruning trees the danger lies
in cutting too much, and with vines in not
cutting away enough. If you wish the
tree to spread, cut to an outside bud; If to
run higher and closer, TO an upper or
outside bud. Leave no crotches, as they
are certain to break when laden. Cut close
TO the shoulder but do not cut the shoulder.
Remember that he who does not trim at all
gets the most growth of tree, yet he who
trims often and wisely has the best orchard
and latest pocketbook. Fruit Recorder.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
TYPHOID FEVER.
Points by which an Often Fatal Dis
ease Way be KecOg missed.

When a person becomes ill, suffering
with slight chills, loss of appetite, frequent
nose bleeding, irregularity of the bowels,
coated tongue, rapid, weak pulse, body
temperature rising regularly about degree
daily till 105 degrees Fahrenheit is reached
with fugitive palms, especially in the back
aud head, with progressive muscular and
mental weakness and an inclination to be
stupid, the presumption is very strong that
The patient has typhoid fever, and this no.
ton is much strengthened if, with the above
symptoms, there be tumid abdomen, CUR
Cling ON the pressure on the right side.
These symptoms may exist about four
teen days and gradually abate and the pa
tent recover, but the patient may, on the
other hand, go on from bad to worse and
finally be destroyed by exhaustion, perfora-
ton of the bowels or bowel hemorrhage. If
on examination Of the body of one dead un-
der the above circumstances there will be
found numerous patches of infamed sur
face in the bowel known as the ileum II
is perfectly proper to ascribe the death 10
typhoid fever.
The poison Of the disease, which is pro-
badly microscopic plant, exists mainly in
she bowel excavations of those sick of the
disease. II is true this substance has never
been isolated and shown to men as one
would show sample Of wheat or other
seed, but it exists all the same, and when
person develops the disease il is because he
has swallowed some of the poison with his
drink, most likely, and it passes along the
alimentary canal till it finds good soil in
which to grow-that is, in the position in
dicated, known as "Pyers' patches" CLAN
dular formation bearing the name of learn
ed physician long since dead.
II is probable that some in vigorous
health might take small amounts of this
poison into the system and escape unhrfrt
A temperature of 212 degrees, that is, the
boiling point, kills the poison Of all zymot
ic diseases. Here in brief is the sum Of the
prevention of the troubles Maintain q
high state of the general health and boil all
suspected water before using. In fact IL is
we'll to use nothing but boiled water when
any epidemic disease prevails.
Some typhoid fever patients will recove.
by rest in bed using only liquid food
Others will die in spite of the best of after.
ton. These last are either constitutionallj
weak or received enormous doses Of thu
poison. Enteric fever is much the bstzei
natne fos the tnuble in question.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
Cold Rnshinr.

The use of cold water as q bath for ordinary
health purposes-we are not speaking Of its
use for the strictly medical purpose of re-
ducing the temperature Of the body in GER
tain states Of disease lis purely reactionary.
The cold bath is only useful, or even safe,
when 1t produces q rapid return of the
blood to the surface Immediately after the
first impression made, whether by INNER.
sion or aifusion. The surface must quickly
redden and there must be a glow of heat.
If these effects are not rapidly apparent,
cold bathing is bad, aud no such effects are
likely TO be produced unless the circulation
be vigorous and both the heart and blood
vessels are healthy. Great mistakes arc
made, and serious risks are often incurred,
by the unintelligent use Of the cold bath by
the weakly or unsound. Moreover, il is
necessary TO bear in mind that there is sell
dom too much energy to spare after middle
age, and 1t is seldom expedient for persons
much over 40 to risk cold bathing. We
would go as far as to say that no one above
that age should use the tub quite cold un,
less under medical advice, it is possible to
be apparently robust and, for oil the aver
age purposes Of life. healthy and yet to have
such disabilities arising out Of organic dis
ease or weakness as to render the recourse
to heroic measures, even in the matter Of
cold bathing, perilous.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
Ladder-Ciimbinr women.

What curiosity she would be in America,
female bod carrier She would soon retire
from that business to attitudinize in q
museum; and people would look at her,
know, with greater wonderment than ct the
best Niagara crank. But here she is so little
Of an attraction that she doesn't even draw
The attention of her fellow workmen. Her
Community is certainly not universally fas-
cinating, for she's not very clean. Indeed,
as general thing, she is very dirty. She
seems shade or two blacker than her
brother laborers. Sometimes she is young
and pretty, but oitenest she is old and halgs,
general appearance would not make b good
Advertisement picture for somebody's
soap" Her garments usually consist of q
ragged dress, polka-dotted with mud or
mortar; an erst-white apron now beclayed
into an ugly saffron: and the rough stuff
leg-covering twisted in Irvine, and even
dirtier than the apron. Physically they
are very strong, these female mortar-carri-
ers. In place of hod they use long, mar
row iron pan with handles at either end.
When they have filed the pan some one
helps them 10 lift II ON their heads, and
then with this excessive load they go climb
ing up the perpendicular ladders. They
mingle with men ON equal terms, and the
petticoats and voices alone indicate to the
passer-by that they belong 10 the tender
sex.-Ronge Correspondence.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
JUDGMENT OF EYES.
Human Character as ID il Studied i'm
the OrIlA.

Human Character as ID in Studied i'm
the Orbs.
"What do you consider the most beauti
full eyes ~ was asked.
We'll, they're very scarce" said the old
gentleman, letting his eyes wander over the
half-dozen faces before him. "Not one
here has got the ideal eye. It's perfect
violet or q velvet brown as soft and gentle
as a does. Violet eyes are very rare.
don't mean deep blue eyes, but genuine
purple eyes. Babies have them sometimes,
but I've seen only one or two women with
Them, and never man. They denote too
perfect q character for Undergraduates,
intelligence, devotion and boundless faith.
These virtues aren't often found in one per-
son.
Brown eyes2 Yes, they are plentiful,
and physically, perhaps, the most beautiful
ayes in the world. / think they come next
70 violet eyes when they are light enough to
read feeling in them. Dark brown eyes
are too deep. They seldom mirror the
heart feelings, but are fine to look at"
"Gray eyes are the most common in the
world: so what in general do they charae-
terize in the opinion of the eyeologistsn
asked youth with pair of blue-gray
orbs.
Well, there are hundred different
kinds of gray eyes, you know" said the old
gentleman. yours are one kind and
nine another. People haven't became adj
vanced enough to have more than four OF
Ave colors to apply to eyes; so any thai
are not blue, or black, or brown, or hazel
are called gray. You seldom see rea
stupid person with gray eyes, but the gen
uine gray-that is always found among
highly intellectual people. Steel-gray eyes
with large pupils denote intense feeling
blue-gray eyes are general among people
with kindly hearts. You never find real
mean spirit behind a pair of blne-gray
eyes.
Z" I've made a study of real blue eyes,
he continued. "They denote quickness Of
thought, and generally fine physical deyel
opment, when they are large and bright
About nine-tenths Of our engineers, railroad
brakemen, lighthouse keepers, policemen
cadets, army and navy officers, and many
others selected for physical perfection, have
blue eyes. Very few blue-eyed people are
color blind or near sighted.
Hazel eyes denote musical ability and
grace of person. They are very pretty eyes,
too, and then there are real green eyes.
They are not SO scarce as is generally sup
posed but haven't made a close study Of
them, or Of yellow eyes either. hear the
latter are very fashionable, but / shouldn'i
imagine yellow-eyed person would have q
nice disposition"
After further discussion abont the value
Of eyeology the old scientist put his
gold trimmed glasses over pair of sharp
gray eyes and wandered out of the square,
pausing to ascertain the color Of the optics
of every person who passed him.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
A NEW STORY.
Showing the Important Part Women
Play tm Public Affairs.


Play tm Public Affairs.
Grant and Hancock, although able to
command and hold in absolute obedience
hundreds of thousands of men, took back
seats when they were at home. Perhaps
you do not know how the unfriendly feel
ing arose between Grant and Hancock. II
is a most interesting story and extends back
before the war, when Grant and Hancock
were both young men. Both were stationed
at st. Louis at the time / refer to and
neither Of them had been married q great
while. Mrs. Hancock came from a South
ern family. Her feelings were all that
way, while Mrs Grant, on the other hand,
Hancocks moved in little better circles than
the Grants, There never was good feeling
between them, and Mrs. Hancock snubbed
Mrs. Grant a fact which Mrs. Grant never
forgave. After the war Grant came to
Washington with his family to establish his
headquarters there. They went to Will
lard's Hotel, but the bills were too high for
the Generals purse, so he told his wife that
he would like to 60 to housekeeping, and
asked her at the same time to select proper
residence. Mrs. Grant went out and finally
decided that General Hancock and Mrs
Hancock were occupying the house which
she would like. She went home and told
her husband and he made out the necessary
order. You see Grant outranked Hancock
and was entitled to the house according to
precedent and esta shed usage. Mrs.
Hancock, however, not to be outdone
by Mrs. Grant, 80 she persuaded her hus-
band to write a sharp note to the General
Then came Mrs. Grants turn. She made
up her mind 70 have that house or die, al
though there were thousand other houses
just as good in the city, so she influenced
her husband to reply in kind to Hancock.
There was quite correspondence, but
Grant of course, came out ahead and got
the house. A few days afterward Grant
and Hancock met in the street. Grant ex-
tended his hand as though nothing had
happened, for he was not man TO bear ill
will against another for some petty, foolish
thing, but Hancock deliberately turned his
back upon him. When the assignment of
way up in Minnesota, where he kept him
six years. Meade was given the division of
the Atlantic, with authority to establish his
headquarters either at Philadelphia or New
York. As Meade was a Pennsylvania he
chose Philadelphia. After Meade's death
Grant assigned Hancock to the command
of the division of the Atlantic, with author
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03

Liquids and Powders That Are and
Are Not Injurious To the Skin.


Are Not Injurious To the Skin.
Cleanliness is sine qua non of beau.
ty of the complexion, though it does NOT
play great part in the health of the
skin.
Water is seryiceable to the skin in only
moderate amounts and at moderate tempera-
lures. Very cold or warm baths, when
used in excess, diminish the elasticity of the
skin and its power of resistance to external
irritants.
Distilled and so-called soft water are
more suitable for washing and less irritat-
ing than hard water
The hard soda soaps are usually prefer.
able to the soft potash soaps for toilet pur.
poses. The quality of soaps depends upon
the quality of their constituents and the
thoroughness of their saponifcation. Good
soaps must not contain free alkali or any
foreign irritating substei CO. The addition
of moderate quantities of perfumes does not
materially change the quality.
Simple, finely ground powders, such as
starch, magnesia, etc., are entirely innocu.
GUS and often act as useful protection
against external irritants.
Frequent application of alcohol Gas in
bay rum, Florida water, cologne spirits,
etc., abstracts the water of the skin, makes
it dry and brittle and impairs its nutrition.
This is also true of glycerine.
All toilet washes containing alcohol to
any considerable extent should be avoided.
This is true to a still greater extent of Other
additions to washes, such as corrosive sub.
Innate, mineral acids, certain metallic salts,
etc.
Camphor acts merely as bleaching
powder. This is also true of benzoic resin,
sulphur flowers and substances containing
fannie acid.
The use of sweet smelling oils and fats
should be employed TO greater extent than
is now done for toilet purposes.
This is particularly true with regard to
the growth of the hair. The nutrition of
the scalp should be increased by the ration
al application of fat (for example, in the
form of oil baths by means of the applica-
ton at night of sponge soaked in oil upon
the scalp and the greater use of SIM
pie pomades. These should be applied to
the roots Of the hair rather than the shafts.
Substances should be avoided, or spar
ingly used, which abstract water from the
skin and the roots of the hair. DR.. Yon
Ztenseen on Skin Diseases
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
euiieless Innocence.

No logician of the male sex living can
split finer hair in argument than plain,
innocent, unsophisticated woman. Her
simple distinctions are inscrutable, but
can't she stretch the meaning of the Ian
guage and make words embrace everything
she wants to? "My husband always gives
me my money once week, you know
said one little blonde woman with an ex-
preston Of guilelessness on her face that
would deceive professional mind reader;
"but he used sometimes to get short next
day and take it back" "Well, you could
put II in your bureau" He'd rummage
everywhere till he found it, but l got the
best of him and now he never can find it,
Where do you put it ?" 81 put it in his
coat pocket when he comes home and take
IL out before he goes out"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
Disappointing.

Here is book mentioned in this paper
entitled Hints on Husbandry,'" said Miss
smiggle, II think I'll go down town and
buy me copy" Her brother TO whom the
remark was addressed, smiled and said
nothing. That evening at the supper table
he inquired -" Did you get the book you
spoke Of to-day, Miranda p "Ye-esn was
the somewhat reluctant reply. "And how
did you enjoy its" well, reckon its a
good enough book, but the title is kind o
dissppointin'."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
nrors pocksts FOR women.

Why should fashion dictate that woman
should have one tiny pocket hid somewhere
in the plaits of the dress, SO that she often
has to ask the dressmaker 10 find II, and
carries her purse in her hand rather than
bother herself to look for IL? A man may
allow himself twelve pockets. He knows
where to find his watch, his purse, car
tickets, handkerchief, cigars, tickets, and
can even stow away an opera glass, q box
of confectionery and pocket pistol. There
should be more even distribution in this
matter, and the women allowed six good
sized pockets at least.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03
A Dear Darling.

"Ah, George" she murmured as they
irove along the moonlit road, am very
lear to your" And George, as he did q
little sum in mental arithmetic, in which a
team and his SO salary largely figured, soft
ly answers Very DEAR
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03

Why are CARVER g. WILLIAMS sell
ing so many carpets? Because they have
new and handsome patterns at low prices.
March %, 1886.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03

Spriggs How much older is your sister
than you, Johnny Johnny--I dunno.
Maud ulster be 25 years, then she was 40,
and now she amt only IS. guess Wen
soon be twins.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03

For Fancy Groceries, go to q. ].
Fisher.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-03

We keep constantly on hand allkinds
of Fresh Meat c. J. Fisher.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-30

Scene at the baseball ground. A
ball was knocked sidewise aud caught
on fly.
Foul and out |" was the cry of the
umpire.
A charming high school girl, look
ing at the game, CALCULATES.
"Ah, really How can it be fowlf
/ don't see any feathers ~
An she turned to her attendant
with an inqniring look
"Well--oh! Yes, you see.n he
stammered, "the reason you don't
see the feathers is because it belongs
to the picked nine.'
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-01-30
work and Pay of organists.
london Truth.


should advise parents in search OF a
vocation for their boys to make them brick
layers, carpenters footmen, or anything
rather than professional organists. The
popular idea Of the organist Is that he is
one Of the few happy mortals who are paid
for attending divine service. His rate
of pay may be judged by the following
facts: The churchwardens of All Saints
church, Kensington Park, W., recently adj
vertised for an organist.
The following is copy of the printed
List OF Duties" he was expected TO per-
form should he be sufficiently fortunate to
be chosen: Personally to play at morning
and evening survives on Sundays Person.
ally. or by deputy, to play at tbs afternoon
services on Sundays Personally, or by
deputy, TO play at daily choral evensong
To conduct daily choir practice Of boys from
S:45 to $50 a. N. To conduct practice Of
full choir on Friday evenings from to p.
m Salary, 40 pounds sterling. with fur
Their sum OF 10 pounds sterling for deputies"