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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16
An Operation to Help Piano Players.

Al VpcKoAOu W AcAk
A public experiment was made recent
ly At S,eck Hall, in East Fourteenth
street, New York city. in the Liberation
of the ring finger" This IS an operation
which consists Of cutting the accessor,
alps Of the ring finger, and the purpose
is to give it greater hsxibiity and free.
dom Of movement and additional
strength for playing the piano. The
operation was performed on little girl.
A portion of the hand is benumbered by
spray Of ether, cocaine is injected and
the slips are cut with q lancet. 4 oia
gram of the child's hand was made before
the operation and another after 1t, and
they showed that the hand, when ex-
tended as far as possible, was able to
reach about an inch farther than before.
while the ring finger could be lifted hall
an inch or more higher. The child said
that it did not hurt her, and . few hours
later the only external signs OK the
operation were two tiny wounds, IS OF o
needle, on each hand, when the band
ages were taken of.
Another child, Carrie Bowes, ago
twelve, was also present. She had hel
fingers liberated in this way four year,
ago and gave illustrations, to show that
the gain in strength and dexioihty wal
permanent. This was shown by playing
the piano, by the grasp Of the hand OF
mechanical instruments and by raising
the finger. even when held down BY 4
spriLg.-Oncs-a- Week.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16
The AsafHtida Rerion.

The asafetida region is thought to io-
c!ude not only the whole of Southern and
Eastern Persia, but also the greater part
of Belochistan and A~fghanistan, Turkes-
tan, and the region, now under Russian
control, eastward of the Sea of Anl. Il
is, we believe, cultivated in the Puniaub
also, and the bulk of it, at any rate, il
brought iuto commerce via Bombay.
where it is received either by way OF the
Persian Gulf or through British India.
The proportion of the drug consumed in
the East is enormously larger than that
shipped to Western countries. We find
from the statistical tables of the trade of
British India which have just been issued.
that whereas the total imports of asafe-
tida into that country during the last Eve
years have been 81, 1906 hundredweiehts,
the aggregate exports have only been
2014 hundredweights, or barely FIVE Der
cent. of the whole. The first Trustworthy
account of the collection of asafetida in
Persia was given about 200 years age by
one Engelbert Kaempfer, a German scien-
tiss; out from the reports of recent visit
ors who have observed the mode of col.
lection of the drug, this still remains the
same in all essential particulars 1. in
K%aempfer's time. According to that au-
thority, the collection begins about the
about the middle of April, when the
earth is removed from the roots, which
vary in thickness from a carrot to that of
a mans leg, and the leaves of that plant
are removed. Toward the end of Nav
the top Of the root is sliced away, and
the juice exudes and is scraped off. A
few days later another ~incis'on is made,
and this process is repeated at intervals
until the beginning of July, when the
crop is at an end. It has been asserted
that the usual asafetida of commerce in
the a%gglutinated tears is that which
exudes from the root when the whole tor
is sliced off, while the tears are the soil,
dihed juice obtained from missions only.
- Chemical and Drug.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

Too long
deluded = the unhappy victim Of
catarrh in the head. He's been
told that it can't be cured. Don:
YOU believe it. 1t can be, and i:
is-no matter how bad or of how
long standing. 1t has been done
for thousands by DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Other Q called
remedies may paUiate for a timei
this cares for all time. BY Its mid,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, it conquers the worst
cases. Its makers offer, IN good
faith, a reward of $500 for a case
of catarrh which they cannot cure.
They are able to pay it. Are you
able to take 1t?
The symptoms of catarrh are,
headache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into throat, some
times profuse, watery, and acrld, as
others, thick, tenacious, mucous
purulent, bloody, putrid and often
sive; eyes weak, ringing in ears,
deafness offensive breath smeh
and taste impaired, and general
debility. Only 4 few of these
symptoms likely to be present at
once. Thousands Of cases termi-
nate in Consumption and end in the
grave, without evcr having mani
Tested all these symptoms DIR.
Sage's Remedy cures the worst
cases. 50 cents, by druggists.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16
WISE
Few suffer unlimited insult.
Truth is a merciless iconoclast.

CIV III fltCo4 uoulC.
Truth is a merciless icoroclast.
Alas! For those adv anced in year
only.
Generosity serves others better than
itself.
People VINO are purse proud set the ex-
act mark of their intrinsic value.
Mammon is like fire, the most useful
of all servants, the most terrible of all
masters.
Some persons have plenty of genuine
diamond ornaments, but only glass-bead
principles.
Whil9the unhappy have still nope, the
prosperous t-emblc with fear. Such IS
compensation.
Children and plants turn %instinc1ively
toward the light. Let rs emulate their
incipient wisdom.
Those who 90 hunting for trouble arc
very poor sporssulen, though they gener
ally bag the game.
You may suspect those persons who
boast of some special virtue of having
secretly the opposite vice.
By all that we circumscribe anticipa
ton. we exalt fruitlon, the measure o
which was never yet quite filled.
Grand thoughts, like orchard trees
amount TO nothing unless they blossom
and bear fruit. The fruit Of nougn i
action.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

A Russian sigh-Siberia.
For q lie red liver try Beecham's Pills.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

n7s TO $3.50 4 MONTH can be made WORKING
= ! for us. Persons preferred who can furnssi
q horse and give their whole time TO the business
Spare moments may be probably employed Also
A few vacanciesi Ia towns aud cities b. +. JOHN
son 4 CO. HOS Main St. Richmond, Va
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

There are. 536 authorized guides in the
Alps. One hundred and ninety-four of
them have taken a regular course Of In
struction in their profession and have
received diplomas. Thirty-6ve Of them
are between sixty and seventy years Of
age, and six are over seventy.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

It is remarked as a curious fact that q
certificate representing one of our silver
dollars if carried into Mexico can be sold
at a premium of more than twenty per
cent. over the Mexican silver dollar.
which contains more silver than our
own.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

FITS stopped free by DIR. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial
bottle free. DR.. Kline ,93l Arch st., Phila. Pa.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

A man likes to have good neighbors whe
be must love his neighbor as himself.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-08-16

Conductor f. d. LOOMS, Detroit, Mich.
says "The effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful" Write him about it. Sold by
Druggists 15c,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
LUCK WAS WITH THEM.
The Independents Have to Roll Big to
Win.

The Ind ependents Have to Roll Big to
Win.
The Independents had to put up a tall
game to vanquish the Centrals. The lat
ter is rolling in great shape now and is
doing better than fifteen hundred every
time at home. If they keep up that gait
next season they will not drop many
games at home. The Centrals have made
great progress this season. They swung
up 1,546 for the Greenville team to over
come, but the Independents were in luck
and they did it and won by 25 pins. The
Bischofs were the heaviest contributors.
They jointly put up AIS, leaving the 1,131
for the eight to do to equal the Hudson
City boys score. Three of the eight beat
the average, two were in the forties and
three were well up in the thirties.
Young, Fuller, Reuter-, Prosch. and
Dobke did the fine work for the Centrals.
They donated the excess which offset the
low scores of Jahr. Weimar and Danbeck,
who stopped in the twenty block, and
Metzger, who quit In the twenty station.
The Centrals held the lead, a slight
one, from the second to the eighth frame,
when they had a majority of 23. The
GreenvilIe boys then struck luck and
went to the front in the ninth frame by
II. They gained eight in the tenth frame,
and quit the winner by 20 pins; The Cen
trails gave them a royal send-off.
1ha Scara fpll0Ws.-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

mex Tuesday evening on F~rendenber-
gers Dramatic Hall alleys.
the Jersey City Athletic Clubs five,
II the sStaten Island clubs quintette
will bowl the final game of the Amateur
Athletic Bowling League.
Two games in the Jersey City Anna
teur Bowling League will be rolled IN
Monday nignt- The Centrals will bowl
on the Century Clubs alleys, and the
Lafayettes will bow at Greenville against
the Independents.
The Palnlas Will entertain the Manhat-
tan Athletic Clubs team next Monday
night.
Only three more games of the Jersey
City Amateur League. The final is be-
tween the FairmounIs Int Volunteers on
the ~latier's alleys. II the Volunteers win
the Centurys and Fairmounts will have
to roll off a tie for second place.
The New JERSEYS will bowl at Becker's
alleys this evening.
In the Herald tournament last night
the Atlanta Boat Clubs team defeated
the team of the Manhattan A. G. The
score follows:-Atianta Boat Club-Van
Raden, 139; Rairchild, 1877; Doscher, 161;
Wesselman, 1853; Mitchell, 166; total. S12.
Manhattan A. C.--Curtis, 1873; Stuart, IA;
Rorthboue, 152; Luqueer, 1879; Sage, 1879;
total, ISL.
For Nayor-Robcrt Dauis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
A BUILDING FOR THE 0'NEILIs.
The Big Plug Hat Club Projects a Great
Hall for Itself.

az D1S rug Adb S1uD 1rOJcCls - oEcsb
Hall for Itself.
One hundred and fifty members of the
O'Neill Association met last night in
Decker's Hall on York street, and dis
cussed the matter of securing d perman-
emit location. John Bell, of the "Three
Bells" rendered the temporary use of
his rooms on Henderson street. His in
vitation was accepted.
The O'Neill's propose to erect a build
ing that will cost between twenty-five
n fifty thousand dollars, with one of
the finest ball rooms in the city. 1t is
said $4,000 can be raised in t~wenty-four
hours for this purpose. TIE proposition
is to erect a building that will be an or
nament to the city and at the same time
be a paying investment.
President Clark, Assemblyman Michael
Mullone, City Collector O'Neill, Justice
Weed, John Bell, Frederick Budden, DR..
William Dimond, Louis Heller and many
other prominent members of the associa-
ton favored the proposition. A commit
tee vas appointed to select a site and re-
port at next meeting. The committee
was instructed to wait upon Mrs. Kline,
the owner of the recently burned build
ing, and see if a lease of the ground
could be secured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
Atlantic Cattle ships.

The boats each carry from 800 to 800
cattle per trip. The largest cargo ever
taken over consisted OF 1900 head. The
greatest number ever slowed on an upper
deck for a single passage vas 1926 head.
The voyage consumes from eight to six
teen days.
Cattle are hardly ever sick at sea. They
readily catch the motion of the boat, and
after couple of days find their sea legs
as ready KS the most AaFdened, Meather
beaten Old salt Of the brine. Iftbhey Show
snnyzsigns of .'palensss about TIT @ills,,,
they are doctored with salts Thejsystem
of chipping cattle is encumbered with far
lesslf difficulties than That OH eaftNingY
rules applied is 8 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
BwELVHDHRHS BEAqBN.
TWAS a Close Fight with
Big Scores Bowling
and Sporting.

Every available inch of space at Duke
& Ramsay's alleys was covered last night
by IN enthusiastic crowd. How they did
root. The attraction was the five-men
team tournament and the contest Of the
two leaders.
The audience witnessed superb work.
Four scores exceeded two hundred and
two were in the ninetics. The game, too,
was close, and the spectators grew excited
and yelled and %appIauded continually.
The contest was between the teams
selected by the Pin Knight and the Belve-
dere Clubs. They were q tie ut the close
of the first and second frames. The
knights went to the fore by five in the
third. Their lead went down to w in
the fourth, up to four in the fifth and in
the sixth they lost it. as the Belvederes
stepped III front by six. In the seventh
the Knights just squeezed ahead again by
one lonely gain. In the eighth frame
they increased their lead by five
lead had been only six pins, In
the ninth frame the knights
put on a little more steam and their lead
went up to nine. 1t was in doubt who
would win, When the tenth and final
frame opened. The five knights struck a
rafting gnit and added 90, a average of
over IS for each man. The Belvederes
could only find II, and lost the game by
20 pins. 1t was one of the finest strug-
giles seen on a bowling alley. Bald and
Tompkins, of the knights, went over the
second century mark, and Duke and
Ennis We're close to the second hundred
mark White had q fair score. The aver
age of the quintette was 1871 and a frac-
ton.
Kundahl and Lutz. of the B~elyederes,
did excellent work. They both merit
over ten above the two hundred line, and
kundahl came within one of equalling
Beltcher's 215. Piercey and Smith went
into the seventies for the Bergen boys,
but Martin dropped to the forty round.
The game between the Malta and
Nameless teams was an interesting one.
They moved evenly until the ninth frame.
The Maltas had the lead by a solitary pin
at the close of the first frame. They made
1t II in the second. In the third they adj
vanced it to 80. In the fourth they in
creased it to A. In the fifth they had it
by 81 1t looked one sided.
They swept out the lead of the Maltas
and secured it by one pin. In the seventh
they added II and held the advantage by
Is. In the eighth the Maltas were again
on top by l pin. In the ninth the Name
less Clubs team secured the lead by
10. In the tenth they improved their adj
vantage by IL pins and won the game by
so pins. This was q remarkable change
from the first half the game. when the
defeated team was over half a hundred
ahead.
NJ r. - 4-~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

ADVICE TO MoTHERs.-MRs wISsLow's SooTH-
ING SYRUP should always be used when children
are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little sufferer
at once; it produces natural. quiet sleep by re-
lieving the child from pain. and the little cherub
awakes as bright as q button.n 1t Is very
pleasant to taste. 1t soothes the child, softenss
the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regu-
lates the bowels, and is the Lest known remedy
for diarrhea, whether arising from teething or
other causes. Twenty five cents a bottle. ~
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
lappy Humors Bowl.

The members Of the Humor Bowling
Club had IN abundance Of sport on Fren-
denberger's South street alleys last night.
They also did some remarkable bowling
in the main contest of the evening. Gen
sen, Weber and Steitz went way beyond
the second century line, and the latter
lmade $50, and took the club medal. The
met average was l77M.
4 The ScOre:-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
Totals. ~ IS . III Totals

Totals. 4. - 70 IS IS III Totals 80. s IS &c 6s
SCORE BY FRAMES.
Nameless 3. G -. 90 $50 1874 26 S2t 42S SD 58I $50 III
Malta h. C.........O l4I 227 800 375 444 4s4 53s 6S1 ISL
AvernGes-Nameles B. G., 142 is; Malta 3. C.
1856 10.
Umpire-R. Taylor.
scofers-M. Maybe, N. B. G.; M. Barker. M. B. C..
For Mayor:-RObert DaUis.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

The Scots had d meeting last night.
Joe Classy was defeated by Tom Nc
Cue, of this city, at Hoboken last night.
They spared for points.
Washington will be in the Atlantic AS
soclation.
Worcester is moving slowly, but will
rot fhnra
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

Independent. 14 a21 40 $40 79s go 1l05 1913 1892 1871
Central. ...,.,l6i SS AIS b2I s27 gT2 I'LL 1896 1915 l546f
Umpire-F. Hoffman.
scorers-A. Auziere, / b CT; +. zann, c. Z. c..
For Mayor:-Ii0begt DdUiS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
score oil the two games Follow

SCORE BY FRAMES.
Pin Knights. -. los 1871 28i 500 40 $50 6S 745 SAG $50
Be1vedere. -. lbs lg1 29 1851 AS 561 647 740 SS7 914
Averages-Pin Knights. 1877 As; Belvedere, 1872 As.
Umpire-R. Taylor.
seorcrs-M. Maybe, Pin knights; N. Barker. Bel
vedcre.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

when Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

The Teutonia Bowling Club occupied
Henn's alleys last might, and as usuai,g'
had a merry, sQsiable season. They also
did big execution with the pins. as shown
IN the score sofrsthe principal contest,
when an average d. 1875 Was Made. The
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

Total. ...ssIg4l44 Total (. .as.sH,gs,,t1,0 l3
For MdyoT-Robert DdpiSs gssa y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

Strikes. spares and Breaks.
The Garfield Bowling Club, and a
Hoboken Club win bowl q match game
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22
Notice To Contractors.

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
y the office OF the Board of street and Water
Commissioners on Monday, March 24th, 1850. at ten
o'clock q. m, Tor the Improvement OF
HOPKINS AVENUE
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-03-22

Dated jersey CITY, March III. 1859.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23

vention OF an Erfurt mechar,ic. A
The name indicates, they are made Of
regular brick form and size, the walls
being LIZ inches thick. but no mortar
or other binding material is intended
to enter into their use, the method Of
adopted being as follows:
The upper and lower sides OF the bricks
arc provided with grooves and protect
ing ribs which fit into one another
easily and perfectly, so as to make IA
uniform and complete union or combi-
nation.
+. There are in addition two large cir
culsr openings in the upper side of
each brick, arranged to receive suit
ably formed projections on the lower
side OF the brick above, one Of these
projections being also hooked shape,
thus securing more secure hold; and
in order that the joints be made and
remain air and water tight, a fluid is
applied to the surface of the bricks with
q brush. The non-conducting air
spaces in the bricks. and the ease with
which they may be put together and
taken apart without injuring them, are
cited as special advantages in their
favor as a substitute for ordinary
bricks and brick construction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
The Canadian Northwest.

Anything relative to the great I'M
known territory in British Columbia
and extending to the Arctic Ocean is
of interest to the people Of this coun-
try. 1t is not likely that much of this
territory will ever have great agricul-
tural value. but its wealth of forests,
mines and fisheries willsupport large
population which must derive it's chief
food products from our own North
west with which it is naturally con-
nected. Mr.. William Ogilyie Of the
Canadian Land Survey has recently
made two years exploring expedition
through a distance of 300 miles,
much OF it never explored by white
man before. His surveys extende /
down the Yukon River. then through
various rivers to the great Mackenzie,
and finally from the Mackenzie basin
through q series of lakes that extends
clear to Ottawa. There is still large
fur trade in this region, and where
stations for purchasing furs are estab-
lished Indians come long distances 20
dispose of them. There are very val
liable gold mines in the Yukon region,
both on the American and Canadian
side OF the boundary line. Most of the
natives are very ignorant and afraid to
tell what they know lest it attract
white adventures, whom they have
good reason for dreading.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of the Modern Girl.

The conditions of modern life in this
great and growing country are such
that the average American girl of more
favored circumstances may step from
the school room, generally before she
is 70 years old, into a station where
the demands of domestic, social, chart
table and practical affairs leave her
little time for further systematic study,
and yet tax every resource Of her store
OF knowledge and requirement. IL,
then. she is confronted with subjects
of which she is ignorant but with
which she should have acquired at least
a speaking acquaintance while at
school, she may justly reproach her
teachers that they have adopted the
mistaken policy of educating a girl
who was to leave school at 20 Oh the
plan requiring a continuance at school
till at least %. Scribners.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
A Bcx-Toed PARENT.

Down where the redbreast calls his mate
Down where the moonbeams kiss the fern
Two lovers stand by the garden gate;
Her hand in his and his in her,n.
And they were happy and blithe and gay
incoming and spooning the hours away.
The bulrush bobs in the bustling breeze,
The crickets chirp and the raccoons roam
The rlng-doves roost in the rustling trees,
And the moon looks down thro' the CLINT
ing gloam
On fair young face upturned to his;
1t is blushing red--he is talking ''biz.'
Adown the smooth hoWer-bord walk,
A box-toed parient creeps apace;
He drinks in awhile the whispered talk, n
Then plilnts his boot on the lavender basr
OF proud young Romeo's Sunday wear,
And drives his spine clear thro his hair
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-10-23
RELAXATION NECESSARY
The Brain Should Not be Ruined BIZ Unneces
sary Toll


Some brain workers toll on year
after year. contenting themselves with
the relaxation OF a day or two now
and then. They have no real vaca-
tons, and the brief intervals that they
are away from their duties do them
but little good, not being long enough
for them to forget their work and
vexatlons and get out of the groove
they have been running in. There
comes at last to these men time when
memory weakens, when it is hard for
them to fix the mind upon one subject,
and their work seems to grow more
and more irksome. And in conversa-
ton there is a slight tendency to in
conference. 1t is rather difficult for
them at times to express themselves
clearly; the suitable words do not come
to them as readily as they once did.
When conversing they start in we'll:
and after short time their ideas are
somewhat confused and they are oblig-
ed to make considerable effort to keep
their attention fixed upon the subject
they are discussing. In writing there
Is a hesitancy, especially On long
words or sentences. They are obliged
to stop and think, seeming TO drop the
thread that they have been holding.
These are signs of mental failure, and
must not be disregarded. In this con-
dition of brain exhaustion not only
are the reasoning faculties sluggish,
but unusual effort is required from the
weakened will to keep the attention
fixed. Good mental work is then ac-
complished only at the expense of the
brain, which is still further weakened
by every intense effort. The time has
now come when mental rest is impera-
tive. And it should be as complete as
possible