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Year: 1878

they have not really been deemed necessary.
The people have not reallZed thai what they
regarded az Injuries were necessanes, aud tnat
the food upon which thew have depended for
protection from the climate and for the repair
OF the wastes OF labor. has been altogether
inadequate, and has left them with impOverish-
ed blood and tuberculous lungs.


After taking into account all the influence OF
heredlty. which is made much OF 10 treating o..
the causes OF phthisis insufficient noulishmen nj
Is responsible alike. IN most instances, for the
deposit OF tubercle and the inflammation 20
which 10 naturally gives rise. There are many
men. who, by change OF living. render th e
tuberces already deposited in their lungs
harmless. Vitality becomes 80 high in its
power that it dominates these evil influences.
and they live ont fairly long life with enemies
III their lungs. that are rendered powerless by
the strength OF the fluid that fights them. We
have seen consumption cured again and again
by the simple process OF building up the forces
OF vitality through passive exercise in the open
air, and the supply OF an abundance OF nutri-
tious food; and We have no doubt that 1t can
be prevented IN most instances by the same
means.


No human body can long endure the draught
made upon it by cold climate and by constant
labor, unless 1t is well fed, we'll clothed, and
well housed. Somewhere deterioration will
show itself, and in New England-nay, all
over the kingdom OF Great Britain it is the
same, we're the people are worse fed than here
tho poverty OF blood shows itself in the de-
post OF tuberculous matter in the lungs.
There should be by this time come improve
ment in New England, in consequence OF the
increased intelligence OF the people, but 30
long as 30 many OF them are running Vest
ward, and their places are taken by IN ignorant
foreign population, il IS not likely that the
statistics will show much Improvement for
great many years to come. II our physicians
could only be paid for preventing disease, and
could be permitted to prescribe for each family
its way OF living there would be but little diff
Guilty in routing from its stronghold that most
fatal and persistent enemy Of human life,
which we call consumption.-Dr. Holland in
July Scribner.
Year: 1878

y
DAN in the right side, under the
1 edge Of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm, The
stomach is affected with loss OF appe-
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are cos;iye. sometimes alternative
with lax; the mead IS troubled with
pain, accompanied with 4 dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss Of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful SEN
sa,ion Of having left undone some
thing which ought TO have been done.
A slight, cry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of 4 prickly sensa-
ton OF the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
tisc would 5e beneficial to him, vet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough 20 Try il. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several Of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred wh>re few Of them ex,
listed, yet examination CT the body,
after death, mas shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
Year: 1878

RICHMOND, Dec. 3, 1879


The questionable legslity OF the meeting Of the
Legislature tomorrow has been set at rest by the
action of Governor Holiday in issuing q procama-
ton convening the body in special session. The
amended constitution provides for biennial sessions
but last winter. after long and very acrimonious
debate joint resolution was passed by
bare majority Of both houses, declaring
that the General Assembly had right to
meet FOR the session OF 1s7s-9. and that
the biennial sessions did not commence until the
winter Of 1879. This Joint resolution approved
by the Governor at the time. was also bill pro-
vidinu salary for members Of the General Assembly
under the amended constitution, instead OF the per
diem under the old constitution. There Ia
prise expressed this evening at the action of the Gov
crnor in calling the Legislature together when he had
previously approved Of joint resolution declaring
that that body had constitutional right to do
The proclamation says--


Whereas grave doubts have been suggested whether the
General Assembly of Virginia, about TO will he
n constitutional body and the interests Of the Common
wealth requrng session. now therefore, dc issue this
lanaton cpnvening the said General Assembly
Wednesday December 1878 at twelve o'clock noon, In
the Capitol at Richmond


The members are nearly all here and the Assembly
will meet tomorrow under the call and draw the
salary and mileage allowed BY law.
Year: 1878

There is no comfort. night or day,
When teeth are suffering from decay.
And oh the pain that We shall feel
When bitter hours at last reveal
That all our woe came grim and gauut
From Vur neglect of SOZODONT.
Year: 1878

heard he had been drinking H. some liquor store on
Third-ave. Mr. Pnckney said ~ he ii not think
his brother had been robbed or murdered d.,
cause he did not have more than 50
when he left tho Office None of his jewely was
TAX from hin. The police PM detectives on the case
last evening to see II any evidence could be obtained
that death caused from any quarrel They believe
that became ntOxicat d. and while wandering
along the streets fell the and struck ON
the back Of his head.
Year: 1878

The calcined remains of Mrs. Benn
Pitman, when they were taken from the
retort of the furnace of DR.. LIE Moyne's
crer1atory, weighed fraction over four
pounds two ounces. Their appearance
generally, as described by correspond
ent present, was that of a clear white
bone ash, as of a thoroughly burned
bone pulverized by a heavy weight, in
termingled with fakes resembling fish
scales, of an extremely light pearl color.
Mixed with the bone ash were the hardly
distinguishable fibers and shreds of the
cashmere robe in which the body was
wrapped, and of the alum soaked sheet
with which it was covered, distinguish
able by the difference of texture, and
what were also believed to be the petals
of.the flowers placed upon Mrs. Pitnan's
bosom but all these were reduced to
an impalpabie dust in handling the re-
mains, which lay on the bottom OF the
retort, distributed in almost exact pro
portion to the quantity of bones that &c
to make up the human skeleton.
Year: 1878

Thrilling Railroad Experience-A Brake


man Who Was Equal to an Emer-


sency


The following intensely interesting


acc6unt of What came near being ter
rible accident on the Dtinkirk, Warren


and Pittsburgh railroad is from the
jamestown On. Y. Democrat


every one in any way conversant
With the construction of the Duukirk.


Warren and tsittsbtfeh railroad knows
how rapid is the descent ff5n tsona
into Fredonia. The fact that the great
est care has always been observed in
running trains over this part of the road
Is we'll known to the engineers and


brakemep, and they are very liable to
be "oh deck and busy when they strike
tllis dangerous locality. Last Saturday
evening, about Il O'Clock, an accident
happened at the place we have above
described which came very near ending
III geath and destruction The night
was intensely cold, at1d when the regu-
lar freight train pulled out of Cassa-
daga all the brakemen but one were in
the caboose warming up, preparatory to
standing guard over the long train of
t~enty-nlne cars when the heavy grade
was reached. Just after leaving the
station the train broke In TWO, tite last
five cars being left behind, the balance
with only one brakeman keeping on un-
aware of the accident.


The top .sf the hill was reached end
the descent began. The engineer, End
ing himself impelled along at terrible
rate, reversed his engine, though he
says he expected to see the cylinder
heads blown out and his locomotive
wreck-and whistled for brakes. The
cars were covered with ice and snow, and
the solitary brakeman took his life in
hand when, In the darkness, and the
train laundering along at the rate of
about mile minute down grade that
increased the speed every second, he
sprtng from one car to another and set
every brake on the ~hole twenty-tliree
cars. The run from the top Of tie hill
to Fredonia was made in an incredibly
short space of time, and, by the bravery
of the brakeman, the quick discovery of
the impending danger by the engineer,
and the good work of the locomotive
and every brake, the train was kept from
q plhhge INTO the Dunkitk depot ard
total humiliation The distress and
anxiety of the conductor md brakeman
in the caboose as to the whereabouts of
their charge and friends was very great,
until dispatch from Fredonia finally
relieved all fears, and that which i'll
luck had severed for while mans in
genuity soon brought together again"
Year: 1878

"Hard Times !'' is on every lip, and
breathed from every tongue; the banks
are cursed by one and all, the aged and
the young. The merchant has to close
his doors, and throw his ledger by; such
times he VOWS were never seen by any
mortal eye. The shopmen quit the
counters side, for customers are few; ;
the times are so very tight it makes them
all look blue. The citizen in vain es-
says to make more than his bread q
pound Of which he declares won't weigh
a pound of lead There's not day but
some one fails-scme house that goes to
smash and names that once stood high
on Change, are out for want of cash.
Those supposed to be millionaires, and
rich in shares and stocks, their million
heirs now disappoint, they fail and
leave no "rocks." "Hard times hard
times were ever seen such times, SO
hard as theseI p This is the cry, from
morn till night, in which each one agrees.
A remedy-how do you think this will
do? Pull off your coat, roll up your
sleeves, and work the hard times through
Year: 1878

Az Indiana deaf mute returned home
from Lafayette recently, in the night.
His deaf mute wife, not expecting him
to be back before the next day. was not
Oh the lookout for him, and the poor
fellow, after hammering with might and
main at the door for ever SO long, was
at length forced to make the doorstep
his bed and remain out all night.
Year: 1878

Kent McLin, a young son OF S. B.
McLin, formerly of Florida, died in this
place on Sunday night from the effects of
injuries received during the game of
base ball on Friday afternoon. A MUM
ber of boys were playing game Of base
ball, and young McLin and another
young man named Dudley were on the
same side. McLin claimed that 1t was
his turn to go to the bat, and Dudley
said it was his, and walked up to McLin
and took the bat from him. McLin be-
came angry and struck Dudley in the
stomach with his fist Dudley jumped
back, and seeing McLin still approach
ing him, as if to strike again, he COM
menced waving the bat rapidly in front
of his body and walking backward. Nc
Lin continued to approach, trying to run
in near enough to strike, holding his
head forward and down. In this
position he ran up too near to Dudley.
and the bat struck him on the temple
just above the ear, fracturiDg the skull.
THO777rspiIle (CG J Ey1terOisc
Year: 1878

] have tinallv. cum to the conclusion that
lager beer is not intoxicating.


| have been told by German, who sed
he had drunk it all mite long, just to try
the experiment. and was obliged to go
home entirely sober in the morning. l
have seen the same man drink eighteen
glasses, and if he was drunk it WAS in Ger
man, us nobody could understand it.


1t is proper enuff to state that this man
kept lager beer saloon, and could have
no object in stating what was not thus.


| believe him to tn" extent of my ab'li-
ty. | never drank but three glasses of
lager in my life, and that made my head
onlwist as though it was hung on the end
of string, but was tol that it was ow-
ing to my bile being out Of place; but |
guess it was so, for | never billed over wus
than did when got home that nile NV
wife thot was going TO die, and | was
afraid that shouldn't, for it seemed us
tho everything had ever eaten in my life
that if my wife hadn't pulled off my boots
just as she did, they would have cum thun-
dern' up too.


D, how sick was!-fourteen years ago,
and can tasle it now.


never had so much experience in SO
short time.


If any man shud tell me that lager beer
WAS not intoxicating, | shud believe him,
but if he shud tell me that wasn't drunk
that mite but that my stummick was oul OF
order, shud ask him TO state over few
words Just how man felt and acted when
he was set up.


If | wasn't drunk that mite, had sum
of the most natural simtums that Il man
ever had and kept sober.


| In the first place it was about eighty
rods from where | drank the beer to my
house. and was just over two hours or
the road, and hole busted thro each one
of my pantaloon neez, and | didn't hrv
any hat. and tried to open the door by tn,
bell-pull and hiccuped awiully and saw
everything in the room trying to ge
round on the back side of me, and sittn
down on chair, did not wait long enuf
for it to get exactly under me when WA
going round. and set down little to-
soon and missed the chair about twelve
inches, and couldn get up soon enuff t.
take the next one that cum along; and tha
amt awl my wife sed WAS drunk as I;
beast, and, rs | sed before, began to spin
up things freely.


If lager beer ain't Intoxicating, it use(
me most almighty mean-that | know.


Still. hardly think that lager beer il
intnxic,,ting for hav been ,old so; and
am probtb the only man who ever dranl
any when his liver was not plumb.


don't want to say any hing against ;
harmless temperance beverage, but if
ever drink any more it will be with m.
hands tied behind aud my mouth prize,
open.


don't think lager beer is intoxicating
but if remember rite, think it tasted Il
me like glass of soap suds that a pickle
has been put tew soak in.
Year: 1878

There is one rather absurd thing about
postal cards that seems not to be generally
known. A good writer, who gets things
down fine, can put several thousand words
on card, and the cost is cent, but if he
pastes printed slip containing a single
word on the card the expense is six cents =:
one. paid for the card, and the other five
collected from the receiver, yet if words
are printed on the card itself it is all
right. If II person pastes printed slip
on card, the size of II postal card. and
puts the card and slip in an open envelope
the government will carry card, slip and
envelope for cent, but il charges six
conts for carrying postal card and slip,
without the envelope! Therefore, if you
have occasion to paste printed para
graph on IL postcard, put it in an envelope
and the additional weight will be carried
four cents cheaper than the card alone
goes. 1t looks ridiculous to carry five
thousand words in an envelope for cent
and then charge six cents for carrying
half ~ dozen words on card without the
envelope.
Year: 1878

The following maxims for school teach
ers were handed us by II worthy member
of the profession, and this is the season OF
the year when school teachers abound
Read them:


Find fault civilly.


Never scold.


Never punish in anger.


Never give IA command you do not mean
to have obeyed.


Never threaten.


Do right.
When you consent, do SO cordially,
When you refuse, do so finally.
Commend often.


Behave well yourself.
Act and speak as if all would behave
well.


Make strange if any one misbehaves.
Govern much by your eyes.


Study self possession.


Have few rules.


Anticipate misbrhavior.
Let discipline be just and impartial.
Never give an unnecessary command.
The best teachers are those under whose
blackboards we find most dust.
Year: 1878

A FINE THoUGHT-When the sun
rises there is light. Why, do not know.
There might have been light without the
sun. and might have been sun that
gave no light but God has been pleased
to put these things together-sunriSe and
light So. wherever there is pray er, there
is II blessing. l do not know why. There
might have been prayer without II bless
ing, for there is, in the world of wrath ;
and there might have been blessing
without prayer, for it is often sent to some
who sought IL not. But God has been
pleased to make this rule for the gov
ernment of the moral and spiritual uni
verse, that there shall be an answer to
prayer. -Spurgeon.
Year: 1878

DEATH FROM RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT
Mention was made few days ago OF the
case OF Amy Holmes, colored woman who
had been patient Of DR.. G. w. West,
and Tho had lost her mind from religious
excitement incident to the recent revival.
She was carried to the PineI Hospital, but
her case being an aggravated one, she was
sent out to the Central Lunatic Asylum,
where she died.
Year: 1878

JACKSON WARD.-To-day for the first
time the Conservative people Of Jackson
Ward have the. option Of sending to tho
Council men Of their own party. The
whites constitute o maj 5ority Of the qualified
voters Of the ward. All they have to do IS
to turn out and vote the Conservative
ticket; then victory for them will be sure.


The can didates and their friends must be
aettyn
Year: 1878

Rev. w. H. H. Murray in the Golden Rule.


Amuse your boys if you wish to keep
them at home. Play whist withe them
at home. Play whist with them.
WHAT I here some Of you say,
why, | am member of DIR. So-and-so's
church" We'll, let him go to the dogs
for once; let your church 60 to the dogs,
and save your boys from going. When
[ was young man at college there was
deacons son there at the same time,
and he told me he learned to play ''old
sledge" in the hay NOW when his father
was reading commentaries. 1t is fact,
and not matter of laughter, and that
same young man died a drunkard and
gambler. He lived in the Connecticut
Valley, and l could give his father
name if l was so disposed Bob told
me more than a dozen times if his father
had only played some kind of game
him-''if he had only been human with
me, Deacon Murray said he, Il should
have been a church memb Der just as you
are" want you to understand l was
deacon then. l think Bob was right.
So | say play whist with your boys, play
dominoes or checkers-in fact any pleas
ant, healthy game. Read poetry with
them, for boys like poetry; if not, read
bear stories. Get him to read to you;
and here let me say that this is one OF
the best possible ways to keep your
boys home, and one of the most bene-
fetal in its effects Teach them to feel
that you are dependent upon them for
company. So l say to you, make your
home happy in way that boys like, and
not the way some churches like. Boys
are worth more than church forms, for
boys are germs of angels, or else they
are the seeds out of which devils
spring. If felt that my boy would eat
peanuts in church, that he would 60 to
sleep because he was not interested. l
should spend one-half of a day under
the hedges or by some running spring,I
should preach to that boy in way that
would make him forget his peanuts and
sleeping in church. The running spring
should remind him of that fountain of
living water which flows from the throne
of God. If there was bit of sea, it
should remind him of that sea of crys-
tai before the throne of God. If there
was an empty acorn, it should remind
him of the temple of clay, out of
which the spirit had departed All
things should be service to God. the
fields and the skies should be the church;
and that boy should be made follower
of Christ in that way because he is best
adapted to that kind of service.
Year: 1878




The foe of American social life is in
the tendency to luxury and effeminacy
among the well-to-do young women of
our cities and large towns They do not
realize how this dreadful mania for ex-
pensive pleasures, and life of alternate
idleness and amusement, is destroying
their health, abolishing true marriage,
feeding the fame Of gross sensuality
and intemperance among young men,
and saddening the hopes Of the best pa
rents in the land. Some Of them will
never know of it in this world. But
most OF them have no real purpose to
waste their lives in this wretched way.
And it is a high crime in mothers,
teachers, ministers Of religion and the
public press to pander to this insanity.
Thousands of good hearted young girls
are sacrificed every year, when little
wise and loving guidance could save
them. But we feel that they should be
told that unless they change this life
they will pass away like the flowers Of
June, and more hardy and resolute
class occupy their places.


American society will shed every class
OF triflers, male or female, that does not
do it's work, like the forests shed their
withered leaves. Let them awake from
their dream of social indulgences; learn
to live out of doors; to build up their
I health; to cultivate more simple tastes
in dress, and more moderation in pleas
ure; study domestic economy, study
social skill and tact; fit themselves for
the noblest positions ever yet offered to
their sex, and learn that woman is the
soul Of American life, not the tinsel on
| its garment.
Year: 1878

THE PRESS AS AN EDUCATOR.

 In our country we owe more to the press than we are willing to ad- nit; it is one of the factors of our advanced civilization it is one of the great civilizers of the age the press speaks for the people, and the people literally think through the press. The influence for good of the public schools and press of our country are reciprocal; the bond of union is vital. the one cannot exist in health and vigor without the aid of the other; they go hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder in the great work of revOlutionizing and refining society, and in purifying, quicken ing, strengthening and elevating in dividual character.

 CO-oPERATIoS or PARENTS WITH

 TEACHERS.

 The success of the teacher de pends in q great measure upon the cooperation of parents; there must be this union of effort if we would secure high standard of intellec- tual culture or that character of dis cipline so essential to good moral and mental development.

 That system of education is best which develops the physical organ ization, the moral powers, and the intellectual faculties of the child and of man to a complete and con- sistent whole" Therefore that plan of education should be adopted m our school, seminaries and uni versailles, combining theory and practice, thinking and doing, for in childhood there should be implant- ed the principles of bold. independ ent man and womanhOod vigorou: bodies with minds which love the truth and dare maintain the right to obtain these great objects there should be, indeed there must be, the most hearty cooperation between parents and teachers; with this mu. tual help we may realize the idea oi Addison, when he declared that Education is to the human sou what sculpture is to the block ot marble" Plato said, In the world there is nothing great but man, il man there is nothing great but 1nind.' As mental development proceeds according to direct laws, il is the duty of the wise teacher tC study and apply those laws, in hi; great life-work of instructing tht young, ever pursuing that natura' order of development which is SC beautifully illustrated ip. the grand work of nature.