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Year: 1878

DYspEpsrA IT emanade mada with
honey, and used freely, is an efficient
remedy for dyspepsia.


For ScALDs OR BURNs.-Poultices of
tea-leaves, moistened in hot water, are
preferable to all other remedies in the
first stage of burns and scalds. Or take
raw onions, pound or mash fine as pos
sible, and apply at once; it will give
immediate relief.


To HEAL A Without waiting
for it to stop bleeding, press the edges
of the lacerated flesh together, and ap-
ply Immediately plaster made of a SCOT
and cream, binding it firmly on, not to
be removed till healed, without cleanli-
ness requires it. Then put another of
the same on, without delay, not allowing
exposure to the air any more than possi-
BILE to prevent.


How TO CURE SwEELED FEET AND
ANKLEs.-Take plantain leaves (Which
can be found in almost any grass plot,
and in our public parks) wilt them by
putting separately between the hands;
cover the swollen parts with them. and
keep in place by wrapping the limb
with rags or towel on going to bed at
night, or keep them on during the day if
not obliged to be upon the feet. A cure
will be speedily efebted.


ScALDING OF THE THROAT FROM SwAL.
LOWING BOILING WATER-This accident
occurs not uncommonly among the chill
dren left by themselves, and is very
dangerous, as the throat swells, and the
sufferer is in danger of being sufocated.
Send for the medical man Immediately.
Meanwhile, if it can be procured, let the
patient suck ice constan tly. and apply a
strong mustard poultice to the ontside
of the front of the throat.


BELADoNNA IN AsTHMA.-The Mel
bourne Medical Record states that
smoke from the leaves of belladona pos
sesses much more power in cutting short
an attack of asthma than that from
stramonium, long pipe being the best
means of smoking them. the smoke to be
drawn deep into the chest. Or if, when
the attack is at its height, the patient
has not the power of doing this, the
leaves map be placed in saucer con-
talting lighted charcoal or wood ashes,
which should be put on chair in front
of the patient, this chair, as we'll as his
own, being covered with large sheet.
SO as to confne the fumes, before the
leaves are put on the hot charcoal. From
two and half to five grains of the leaves
are sufficient when smoked, and from
FIVE to twenty grains when burned,
Year: 1878

There is whole sermon in the following line'
written by a colored man..
Say, Is your lamp burning, brother?


Ipray you look quickly and see;
For if 1t were burning. then surely


Some beams would fall bright upon me.
Straight. straight is the road; but falter


And oft shall fall by the way.
Then lift your lamp higher my brother.


Lest should make fatal dely.
There are many and many around you,


Who follow wherever you go,
Ifyou thought that they walked in the shadow,
Your lamp would burn brightly, 1 know.
Upon the dark mountain they stumble,
They fall on the rocks, and they lie
With their white. pleading faces turned upward
To the clouds and the beautiful sky.
Ifonce all the lamps that are lighted


Should steadily blaze out in line
Wide DER the earth and the ocean,


What girdle Of glory would shnel
How all the dark places would tighten;


How the mist would rise up and away;
How the earth would laugh out in her gladness,
And hail the mellennal dayI
Say, is your lamp burning. my brother?


1 pray you lcok quickly and see;
For fit were burning, then surely


Some beams would fall bright upon me.
Year: 1878

Milwood's. Never thought of it before.
And, to tell the truth, it has given me
several warning pulls in the last few
months


There was present the young man
Bradford, referred to in the beginning
He had not spoken during this conver-
sation. Of all who had enjoyed Medal
ry's supper on the night before, he had
INDUCED in the largest excess, and did
not really know when. or how he reached
his room at the hotel. 1t was not the
first time that wine had been his mock
err; nor the first time mornings
shame and repentance followed nights
debauch.


Telegraph p he calculated, as Hen
derson ceased speaking, and with an
emphasis that drew all eyes upon him.
there was no mistaking the signs in
lis face. He had been in the grip of
the undertow as surely as his friend who
by weak and exhausted upon the bed,
and was in almost as much danger of
drifting out to sea and drowning as this
friend had been few hours before.
His sense Of peril was SO great that he
felt a shivcr run along his nerves.


'sThen we're all agreed" said Hen
derson, rising. "I'll 60 at once and tel
egiaph Steele not to send the cham
payne. In the meantime you can study
the undertow question, and let me know
thu result when | come back"
What the conclusion was we are not
informed; but it will do the reader no
harm to study up the question for him
self; and SO in closing we submit it for
bis careful consideration-only remark
ing that the undertow of an indulged
appetite sets harder against man than
anything else, and comes. sooner or lat
er, to act with an almost resistless force.
Selected.
Year: 1878

A BOA AT THE zoo SWALLOWS A BLANKET


AS REMEDY FOR DECLINING HEALTH.


From the Philadelphia Times.]


Speaking Of snakes, yesterday, Superb
tendent Brown, of the Geological Garden,
said that he could tell snake story and not
q second-handed one either. About year
ago one of the large reptiles In the collec-
tien took sick and seemed to be going into
a decline. Nothing that they could give
him appeared to do him good and from loss
of appetite and sleepliness the snake became
a mere wreck of his former self. A large
blanket had been placed in the serpent's cell
for him to sleep upon. One morning the
keeper found that the blanket had disap-
peared. Search was made throughout the
cage, but without success. At the same
time the snakes body had swelled to the
thickness of q good sized sapling. He had
swallowed the blanket. But the blanket
wouldn't digest, and the snake became
sicker than before. In this manner he loled
around like wan dyspeptic for over four
weeks. Finally the blanket was discharged
by natural causes. Immediately the snake
began TO improve. The swelling in his body
gradually dwindled down and be gradually
grew larger and fatter than before, till the
box became too small to hold him. The
Keepers then removed him to larger cage.
de ate like gormand, and at times found
room Tor two or three times the customary
quantity of food. The blanket acted az
sort OF medicine upon his stomach and
cleaned him out entirely. Nov he is fifteen
feet long, eighteen inches in circumference,
ana is the healthiest boa constructor of the
lot A change Of color was the only visible
enect on the blanket. Under the microscope
it showed that it had become a little worn
6y being rubbed in the animals stomach.
IL came out undlgested and it was carefully
packed away in the superintendent private
| Office, where 1t now lies
Year: 1878

BROOKLYN, July 1S.-As the Greenpoint
mail train was rounding the curve at Bait
ing Hollow, on the Long Island road, Mon
day evening, the engineer saw q man on the
track some distance ahead waving hands
and making signals to stop the train. The
engineer shut off steam and put on the
brakes. and In this way avoided striking
with full force steel rail which had been
placed across the track. The man proved
to be John McRobble, q shiftless fellow. He
wanted to wreck the traiH and rob the pas
sengers, but repented In time to warn the
engineer and prevent terrible disaster.
Year: 1878

1t seoms at last to have been deter
mined what constitutes gentleman.
The managers of Niblo's Theatre in
New York, have given notice that men
and boys without collars will not here
after be admitted to orchestra seats in
that place. This is the first intimation
the public has had that people without
collars are dangerous, or perhaps not
respectable. OF course, it is to be adj
mitted without much hesitation that q
man without a collar does not look so
completely killing as the man who has
the patience and the knowledge to wear
one with becoming dignity, but there
are some people who seem so out of
place in collar that 1t Is uncomfOrt-
able to have them around when they
undertake to wear that ornamental ar
ticle of modern apparel. These will
have to undergo extreme unhappiness
and strike pity to the hearts of all
around them in reaching the orchestra
seats of the New York theatre. A pa
per colarSyill hereafter be a badge of
characterZyou can take box of them
in your pocketand change between acts.
Perhaps the conductor of this theatre
will also require that all the girls on
the stage shall wear so much as a collar
at least, and that will be enough of a
change from what the theatre used to
be to give it ever 50 much more charac-
ter. The public ought to have right
TO demand something.
Year: 1878

este al ~ said the old man, in accents
of intense scorn. "Steall Why, you
would be astonished to fad how large a
proportion of the travelling public are
internal thieves. They steal the bed
cloths, pillows, boot-jlcks, soap, soap.
dishes-everything, in fact, which they
can carry off, Everybody, steals soap.
We expect that, and don't kick. You'd
be surprised to hear that noted Indiana
politician makes practice of putting
the soap into his valise every time he
pays his bill. He doesn't seem to use
much of it himself, but think he takes
IL home to his children. The first
thing to be done when fellow comes
to the Office to pay his bill is to send the
porter up to his room to see if anything
is missing. When a fellow comes with
his valise In his hand we are unusually
suspicious. The only way to get even
with the thieves Is to keep 'thief ac-
count.'-Whenever anything is missed
| charge 1t up at fair value, and the
next time | catch a thief in the act
make him pay the entire amount or go
to Jail. One day a nice looking fellow
came down with valise In his hand
and inquired the amount of his bill.
The minute l saw him | knew he had
stolen something so | rang the bell and
gave the porter the wink, | pottered
about the books while the porter was
gone, and could see he was getting un


easy. He had notion to bolt, but just
then the porter came down, and saw
by his eye that something was missing.
Jumped over the counter and grabbed
the rascal by the throat. open that
valise, you ID thief says l. He
got very white about the gills and began
to beg. When the valise was opened,
sure enough there WIS a new bed
Year: 1878

You lean from your easement small,
And look with longing eyes
To the hills beyond, nor see


The beauty that nearer lies.
And you sigh in discomfort


That your life Is narrow and small
Do you not know, little maid.


That your narrow life holds all
That can make 1t sweet and true
That can make il fair and blest?
OF all the worlds good gifts


You have the very best.
Out at work in the fields,


Husking the yellow corn,
Is man whose honest heart


Beats for You night and morn.
We're you TO search the world,


What would You hope to find
Better for heart or hand


Than this you would leave behiud7
All I! little girl, the hills


May glow with a splendid grace,
But the valley, after all,


ls very pleasant place.
And nothing that life can give,


Be It ever 30 sweet and good,
Could be one-half 30 good


As this love beneath your feet.
Though the hills seem glory-crowned,
Yet the hills are bleak and drear,
But the valley is sheltered; warm,
Stay in the valley, dear.
Year: 1878

1t is related that a bear and its owner
lately arrived toward night at village
near The city of Lyons, France, and the
latter sought admission into the only
inn of the place. = he host at first de-
clined to admit the strange pair, not
knowing where to place the animal, but
finally he consented to receive them.
The bear was placed in a pig sty, and
tis occupant, fat pig, which was to be
killed on the morrow, was let loose in
the court yard In the middle of the
night cries for help, proceeding from the
pig sty aroused the house, and the host,
his wife, and the servants at once ran
to the spot. 1t was then ascertained
that a thief, excited by the splendid
condition of the pig, had determined
upon clipping with it, and had entered
the pig sty with that laudable intention,
The bear displeased at being suddenly
awakened by this enterprising individ-
ual, rewarded him with fraternal hug
which caused the would be thief to Cry
out so Justify. The man was delivered
from the paws of the bear, but only to
be handed over to the hands of justice.
Year: 1878




The contract system for cleaning the
streets and removing garbage was abolished
last night, by strict party vote Of Coun-
Gil. This is bold move to enable the Re-
publicans to carry the next municipal cleo
tlon. The work has been done as efficient
ly as could have been expected by the
contractor, unspurned by the proper Com
mi,tee, and why. in times like these the
majority in Council should saddle the city,
with increased expense is question which
cannot well be answered. If it can be shown
that the work will be done better and as
cheaply by the Street Com missioner let that
official speak out. If he elects to be silent,
it is sure sign that economy is to be
subordinated to party success. In such
case we are certain that the people will
settle with those members, and the party
which puts any uucalled for burthen on
their shoulders in our present condition
As champions of economy the Democratic
members deserve we'll of their municipality.
Year: 1878

The Jersey Shore fishermen deny the
story In circulation that an epidemic pre-
walls among the catfish in the Delaware
river, and that great numbers are dying
from the disease. No more dead fish are
found along the shore of the river than Is
usual, and no instance has been made
known where any person has been injured
In health from eating catfish caught in the
river and tribulatary streams. ln
Year: 1878

NOT WHAT 1T WAS EXPECTED TO BE,


The Smyrna Times says: We have heard
from several of our farmers who have
threshed out their wheat and the yield ie
not what they expected. The mistake may
have been made in expecting the Yield OF
grain to, be in proportion to the iuxriant
growth of straw, Nor is the price going
to be at all satisfactory. The very best and
dryest new whest is bringing in Philadel~
phia only 95 cents. Our home dealers seem
to hesitate, from the depressed market, to
settle on price. But little of the new crop
is really fit for market.
Year: 1878

How BAR ROOM LIQUORS ARE MADE
There may b. seen daily on Chestnut
street man dressed in faultless apparel,
with great diamond on his breast, vain.
" endeavoring to Out.glitter the mag
ni6cent solitaire on his finger. In a
German university be learned chemistry.
and not even Liebeg knew it better.
His occupation is in mixing and adulter-
nation Of liquors. Give him q dozen
casks of deodorized alcohol, and the
next day each OF them will represent the
name Of q genuine wine or popular spirit.
He enters wholesale drug store, bearing
large basket upon his arm. Five pounds
Of Iceland moss are weighed out to him.
To raw liquors this imparts degree of
smoothness and oleaQinousness that gives
to imitation brandy the glibness OF that
which is most matured. An astringent
called cateohu, that would almost close
the mouth of glass inkstand. is next in
order. A couple OF ounces of strychnine
next called for, are quickly conveyed to
his vest pocket, and pound Of white
vitrol is as silently placed in the bottom
OF the basket. The oil of cognao. the sui
phuric acid, and other articles that give
iire and body to liquid poison, are always
Kept in the store. The mixer buys these
from various quarters. They are staplel
OF the art.-[ Philadelphia Bulletin.
Year: 1878

wine can be fortified without de-
lection; and therefore it is such a
wine that goes to England. The
Russians like very sweet wine; but
sweetness conceals quality. They,
too, get an inferior article. The
Germans like dry, or tart wine
but it is their habit to drink cham
pagne last at dinner, after they have
drunk Sausterne, port, Burgundy
or sherry; consequently their taste
is impaired when the champagne is
reached, and they do not obtain a
prime article. The French are
economical, and do not pay enough
for the best quality Of wine. They
send it away and pocket the money
fer it. They like a moderately
dry wine, but their favorite is claret.
The Americans, too, prefer a dry
wine; they prefer also champagne;
they drink it early at a meal, and
they pay well for it. Now a dry
wine must be of fine quality in or
der to be considered fine by con-
noisseurs. The Americans are con-
noisseurs, and for this reason, as
well as for other reasons just men
toned, they get the best champagne
that is made"


The speaker then proceeded to
explain the process of making
champagne. In June the vineyards
present blush fuzzy appearance,
owing to the color OF the sticks two
feet high that support the yet leaf
less vines. The same sticks are
used year after year, taking their
color from the action Of the atmos-
phere. In July and August the
plants have sprouted and the vine
yards are a tender green. Toward
the end Of September the grapes
begin to ripen, and in October the
vintage time has come, and the
hillsides are picturesque with men
and women in big, round fiat hats
with blue and red streamers, and in
white muslin frocks and dresses.
After the bunches are plucked, old
women select the choicest of them,
throwing them into baskets to be
sold to the manufacturers. The
land in France is divided up into
small sections, and cultivated by
Independent owners; so that each
great manufacturer Of champagne
buys his grapes from a large num-
ber of producers.
Year: 1878

Kind OF Elevators Used in Paris


HOGeIs.


Yankee elevators are used in
Paris. The appalling accident at
the Grand Hotel, which occurred a
month ago, shows that the lifts are
as dangerous as they are clumsy.
Owing to the fracture Of a chain,
or to some defect in machinery, the
car, instead of gently descending
from the second floor went up like
q rocket to the roof of the fifth
floor, and there received such a
shock that the chains attached to
the weights were broken. Three
persons who were in the car were
killed outright, and another was
dangerously wounded. The car
plunged down from the roof to the
ground floor with a crash that
alarmed every one in the hotel.
Baron Shack was the first to open
the door, and he found his wife
lying dead on the bottom of the car.
They had left their rooms together,
and she had stepped into the car
while he preferred to 90 down by
the staircase. There were no signs
Of external injury, save a slight flow
of blood from the nose, and it il
probable that the baroness and
the other victims died from cere.
bral congestion, caused by the shock
and the rapid passage Of the car.
Year: 1878

Quite bluster in the war circles of the Old World last week. The British fleet was ordered to pass the Dardanelles and go up to Constantinople to protect the interests of the British Empire there, while the vic torious troops of Russia were marching steadily but surely to the occupation of the Notifications in and around that city. The Sultan of Turkey protested against the pas sage of the Dardanelles by the British, but his wishes and protest were net needed, and thus was broken by England the sacred treaty of Paris. At one time it seemed as if war between England and Russia was to be lnaugurated without the usual farce of diplomacy, and that, within, as it were, few hours of the first indication of belig- erency between the two nations; but as we write now, (Aonday evening" the first blus' ter has subsided, and Congress of nations is decided upon to meet at Baden Baden to see if & little cold water thrown on the in famed passions of the Lion and the Bear by the neighboring powers, cannot be made to cool or satisfy their unsuitable de- sire for more blood. Russia has signlfed her desire that the United States be made one of the nations selected to arbitrate the matter, but it is now very uncertain as to whether our Government will depart from it's long established principle of non-inter- ference in the affairs of the Eastern counties. Russia recognizes the fact that she has very good friend in the American Nation; and that scarcely SC much can be said of the relations between Great Britain and our country. The part that England took in our war of Rebellion is by no means forgotten; cautious enough to be sure, to keep herself sufficiently ou of our troubles to not become entanglec into an alliance with the side that was tt lose in the struggle, but meddling as far a she dare her motives manifestly being tt encourage the weakest side to fight on, ant continue the struggle till, like Kilkenn! cats, but little would be left of either party and she could perhaps step In and ''lor' it' over us again as she was wont to do il days of yore and now in the war of th past year between Russia and Turkey England has been meddling around amongs all the combattants pretty much all tn time in fact she seems to have her nose i

 every muss, and if in this case she get pretty severely snubbed, very few teal

 will be wasted on this side of the Atlanti over her misfortunes.
Year: 1878

EDITOR CONN. WESTERN NEWs.-1n MT. Wendall Phillips brilliant lecture on the ''Lost Arts," he forgot to mention the art of making buckwheat cakes. Yet it is lost, as all old people will tell you; as hopeless ly as the malleable glass of the Romans. All chemists tell us that the extra white wheat flour, which the fastidious taste of the day demands, is not the most nutritious. s'By sitting out the bran," says Johnston, in his admirable "Chemistry of Common Life," i've render the meal less nutritious. weight for weight" Our fathers ate black bread and were content we must have it SO white that it is little more than starch, but then how nice it looks. Our love of show spells even our bread. As wheat flour however, has little specific flavor, it loses to the taste only certain sweetness by too fine bolting.

 Buckwheat is not used as food for men in Europe, at least not in England. Amer ica lmmortalized herself by the inventor of the buckwheat cake. Its delicious flavor was all it's own and could not be initiated it was unlike everything else but this flavor resided in the hull. In an evil hour some one got up an extra hulling machine. Nev- CT was seen such white huckwheat flour; !; such nice looking cakes. Onr people went for show in this as in all other things. All our buckwheat ;s now advertised and rec commended as ''extra hulled," and whether the cakes made of it are wheat, rice or In. dian, DO mortal can decide by any marked extinct! The present generation for the most part think they have eaten them but they haven't. Occasionally some wanderer into Western Virginia or some other out the-way spot, where the mills are primitive, comes back raving about the delicious cakes in that ar-off region, and wonders why they cannot be made at home. These were the convictions of the writer, grounded on science, borne out by early recollections and confirmed by abundant testimony. Al last he resolved to try an experiment. He went to the mill and begged for some buck. wheat with little hull left on. He had to plead for two winters before the worthy miller, with good-natured scorn, as he sur veyed his improved machinery, would grant his absurd request. At last the meal came, and such cakes! The old delicious buck wheat taste had come back, and they seem. ed mole digestible too. When the supply gave out and we had to try the fashionable -huled, although the cakes were light and crisp as ever, none of us, not even the children cared for them they had no spec fife flavor their peculiar charm was gone. What hardy miller. rising above the preju dices of his day, will offer for sale to the public buckwheat flour, not extra-hulled He will deserve monument as the finder of lost art. CONSERVATIVE.
Year: 1878

GoDEY.-There comes Godey's Lady's Book again, the number for March being as sweet as peach and as fresh as a morning glory. Godey is always interesting and very popular with the ladies.