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Year: 1877




The recent successful and profitable
expectation of live cattle from this Dor
to England has awakened feeling o.
deep interest among the livestock deal
ers in this city. Yesterday witnessed
another venture in the cattle trade
namely, that of exporting sheep for the
London market. The staunch steam
ship Texas, of the Mississippi and Do
minion line, which left Catharine-streei
wharf at half past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon, took cut, besides 1913 live
beeges, 1888 head Of sheep. As this il
the first expectation of the kind which
has ever taken place from Philadelphia
a representative of this journal paid a
visit to the vessel for the purpose of as
certaining how the sheep were provided
for. Arranged along either side of the
upper deck are number OF slat-pens,
constructed with view of giving the
occupants ample room to walk around.
Directly in front of each pen is a small
trough, similar to those used for feeding
pigs Sufficient space is left between
the stats for the sheep to put their
heads through when being fed, which
will take place about three times a day
Hay and corn will be the principal food
used during the voyage. Excellent ia
cilities are provided for watering the
cattle. Prior to the departure of the
vessel large tank and the lifeboat
are filed with fresh water. This amount
is suffi cient for an ordinary voyage, but
should an emergency arise, such as a
delay, the stock will not be inconven-
fenced in the least, IS the condensing
apparatus can turn out forty-hve gal
Ions of water per hour. On the lower
deck are about ona hundred commo-
dious stalls, used for the accommoda-
tion of larger cattle, In the hold and in
front of these stalls huge bales of hay
and bage of corn are piled up. The es-
timated amount of food which each ami
NAL will consume during the trip is
three hundred pounds. When the yes
sci arrives at Liverpool. which will be
in about fourteen days, the stock will be
placed on a cattl. train and transported
to London, where they will be sold at
cheaper price than in
this country. John McArdle, of the firm
Of John McArdle & Co., New York, who
owns the stock, stated that he believed
the journey could be made without the
loss of single animal. 1t might also
be stated in this connection that the
and Dominion Steamship
Company have exported 1,050 head of
live cattle since last December.
Year: 1877

NlnClnuau EnQulrersl


1t is fact that is not generally
known, that a large number of COM
mercial travellers make a practice OF
carrying portable fire escapes with
them during their travels, as a part
Of their regular baggage. The most
improved form is in the shape of
flexible ladders, made of fine steel
chains, armed with sharp hooks at
one end and furnished with rungs
or cross pieces of thick steel wire.
In case of fire the hooks are fasten-
tened inside the window-sill, the
ladder is allowed to unroll outside
the window, and it is then ready
for use. These ladders can be rolled
up into a very small compass, and
one sixty feet long does not weigh
more than fifteen or twenty pounds.
Some drummers carry, in lieu Of
this, knotted rope about an inch
thick, with a hook on the end, which
is operated in the same manner as
the ladder. How many lives could
have been saved az the Southern
Hotel in st. Louis, if the occupants
of its upper floors had only had a
few OF these inventions.
Year: 1877

upon members of the company
sometimes, but it cannot be helped
The company here is one of the
best in the country, and they are
very kind and good. The re-
hearsal over, | come home
and receive callers for an hour.
after which l dine and take
a short nap, when have to get
ready for the evening performance.
This is the mere work; but there is
the care and annoyance besides.
When l am about to play a new
character, for fortnight before the
opening night | get so nervous that
| can neither eat nor sleep. / gem
orally walk to and from the theater
for the benefit of the air and exer-
else. The evening performance
once commenced, if | am acting a
part whose emotions carry me away,
| enter fully into the spirit of it,
and think no more of myself until
the curtain falls for the last time.
| get warm and excited, and take
cold from the draughs. The wonder
is that | am not often seriously i'll
instead of merely getting those
colds from which / soon recover
The play finished, l come home in
"a state Of nervous excitement,
which sometimes continues for
hours and prevents my sleeping. |
would like to ride or drive to the
beach, but | have no opportunity.
! am in love with this State, but |
have no chance to see it. | return
to England, and the people say


oh, tell us about California; tell us
about the geysers or Yosemite or
the big trees and | am compelled
to tell them that l have never seen
them. And this kind of thing
continues for long season, or
until my summer vacation comes
an incessant mental and physical
strain"
Year: 1877

4 person may see the blood,ves.
sells Of his eye, displayed, as it were,
on q screen before him, by a most
simple experiment, Let a lamp or
candle be held in one hand and the
eye directed steadily forward; now
moYe the lamp up and down, OF
sideways, on cne side of the line Of
vision; in a short time an image Of
the blood-yesgels will present itself
like the picture of a tree or shrub,
with its trunk and branches, to the
admiration of the observer.
Year: 1877

Tie widow of Stonewall Jackson, who
is living at boarding school in Charlotte
county, Va, which her daughter is at
tending, is in very moderate clrcumstan-
ccs, the General haying invested most of
his property in the bonds OF the Coafed-
eracy. Mrs. Jackson, in the course of q
about her husband, SAID:
"N0thing was so certain to him as that a
protracted struggle would wear the South
out. He helieyed that we had but one
hope, and that was to press the Federals
at every point, blindly, furiously, madly.
We must frlghten them, he used to say.
He believed that q fatal mistake was made
when our people failed to take advantage
of the splendid victory of Manassas. l
think he saw q permanent triumph just
beyond that battle. So thoroughly was
he impressed with the importance OF
pushing ahead all the time, and in the


face of any obstacle, that he was consld-
cred frantic His whole correspondence


with me was full of expressed and i'm,
p,ied horror of war and bloodshed. am
convinced that one of the reasons impell-
ing him to the positive and vigorous
course that he pursued was the knoWl
edge that it must speedily release him
from the repugnant work in which he was
Engaged"
Year: 1877

Another effort is being made to secure
the removal of the body of Gen. Taylor
from the Taylor farm, where he is buried
o few miles from Louisville, KY, to Frank
fort, KY. where it is proposed to erect a
suitable monument over it. just before
he died, Gen. Taylor asked to be buried
BY the side OF his father ON the farm, anu
forbade the removal of his body unless
the body of his father was removed with
il. The wives of both are buried near
them, aud if any of the bodies are removed
they probably oil will be.
Year: 1877

Tea drinkers will sigh over the state
mems of The Lancet. Russia monOpo-
Lies the cup that cheers, SO far a. all the
best teas are concerned. The finest Bohea
or special Pekoe IS not now attainable.
Hyson Is unknown. Souchong is scarce
ly to be procured at any price. Even the
art of brewing good tea is in danger Of
being lost. Few of the present generation
may be aware that tea should be made at
the precise instant when the water is
about to boil; but, If it actually boils be-
forehand, the opportunity for success has
Dassed by.
Year: 1877

For near twenty years regular Physician
and Surgeon of the city of Philadelphia
and for some time a resident Physician OF
the Pennsylvania Hospital. and Consult
ing Physician in other public medical in
stitutions of that CITY, with number OF
years experience as Surgeon in the vol
untecr service and regular army of the
United States. Can be consulted on long
standing and chronic diseases at that Fort
speciality.


December 10th, 1875.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Murray preached very eloquent
discourse in Music Hall, few weeks
ago, on the temperance reform. After
speaking of the power of habit, he
dwelt particularly on the practice OF
drinking. "The solemn thing is," said
he, "that it destroys men," When
man loses his virtue and allows his pas
sions to sway him, ruin has been
wrought greater than winds make
when they pile up wrecks, or fire,
when 1t lays waste your storehouses.
Never is the sky so blue, never are
clouds so dense, that cannot see in oi,
gantic letters, stretching from pole to
pole, No drunkard shall enter the king
dom of heaven'-not one. Again, you
cannot hurt yourself alone; you cannot
sin and take all the punishment your
self. An innocent one must suffer as
well as the guilty. How this can be
reconciled TO infinite justice do not
know, but il is fact. 1t is not ques-
ton ofyour own condition, but of the
condition of others. o man! when
ever you are about to lift the glass,
think not of yourself, think of those al
home, and l warn you, plead with
you, L beg of you, drink no more.
You know that there is danger. Do
not shut your eyes. If you are drink
ing at all, you are drinking too much,
and you know il. Every drunkard was
a man once, and his ruin is history
presume there Is no one here who will
stab me. Yet there are men here-I
say there are men- into whose sides
you had better plunge knife, and lei
the red blood out, and have done with
it, than TO offer them glass of wine.
You must look al the question in a ma
tional point ofview. believe that the
national salvation pivots in the long
run, on the personal virtue of the indi-
vidual. Only by a higher individual
virtue can we as a nation be saved from
the destruction into which so many
people have been swept. Tho temper
ance movement has, then, for lis widest
object not the benefit of the individual
few, but the reformation of the whole
country. The question fully stated is
this; How shall we perpetuate our lib
critics? The honor of the nation is what
really should be the great motto on onr
banners. think of man hopefully, be
cause think of him constantly as min
istered TO by God. The best way for
those who are the victims of the drink
ing habit to escape from il is, become
Christians. The sinners safetyis to he
ing near to God,
Year: 1877

According to a medical journal, bath
ing should always be avoided under
the following circumstances, namely
"Within two hours after meal when
exhausted by fatigue or any other cause
when the body is cooling after perspira-
tion-the bath to be taken when the
body is warm, provided no time is lost
in getting into the water. Bathing in
the open air should be avoided altogeth-
er, if, after having been in the water a
short time there is sense of chilliness,
with numbness of the hands and feet
Vigorous and strong persons may bathe
early in the morning, on an empty
stomach, but young persons and those
who are weak are safer in bathing
three hours after meal, the best time
for such bath being two or three hours
after breakfast. Those who are sub.
ject to attacks fgiddiness and faintness
and those who suffer from palpitation OIL
other sense Of discomfort at the heart
should not bathe without first consulting
their medical adviser
Year: 1877

Whereas. ordinary ice is usually from
two to ten feet in thickness, that in the
Polar sea, in consequence of having so
few outlets by which TO escape TO the
southwark in any appreciablc quantity,
gradually increases in age and thick
ness until ii measures from 80 to 120
feet, floating with its surface at the
lowest part fifteen feet above the water
line. When two pieces of ordinary ice
are driven one against the other and
the edges broken up, the crushed pieces
are raised by the pressure into high,
long, wall-like hedge of ice. When
two of the ancient floes of the Polar sea
meet, the intermediate lighter, broken
up ice which may happen to be floating
about between them alone suffers; ii is
pressed between the two closing masses
to great height, producing a chaotic
wilderness of angular blocks of all
shapes and sizes, varying in height up
TO fifty feet above water, and frequently
covering an area upward of mile in
diameter.
Year: 1877

FIRE ISLAND, July 27, 1871


The gas house Of the Surf Hool, at Fire Island was
destroyed by fire this afternoon. There full els
tern of water and hand engines the premises with
which the fro was prevented from spreading There
was very little excitement among tho guests Of the
hotel
Year: 1877

TrrusvILLR Pa, July o. 1871
The extensive barrel works Of the Standard OIL
Works of this place were entirely destroyed by fro at
two o'clock this nornng. The lire is supposed TO have
been the work of an incendiary.
Year: 1877

THE Victoria ''Colonist," of the 22d
is responsible for the following: A
female passenger by the Dakota, at
tempted to kidnap a young girl
daughter Of respectable parents, re-
siding in this city, yesterday morn
ing, The girl had gone down to Es-
quimalt to see friend off and was
Immediately locked up in one of the
staterooms. When the hackman,
who had driven the girl down to Els
quimalt, saw the steamer leaving the
wharf, and his late passenger not in
sight, he loudly called on the captain
to stop. Capt. Morse ordered the
steamer to return to the wharf, and
the girl was released and sent ashore.
But for the clamor raised by the hack
man the girl would have certainly
been kidnapped.
Year: 1877

ST. LOUIS, June THE San Francisco
train wreckers in custody had a partial
preliminary examination to-day at Rich
land. Their counsel obtained change
Of venue, and the cases were adjourned
until tomorrow, when the examination
will be concluded. There is strong
feeling against the prisoners. II it can
be proven that the men have really been
In the diabolical deed with which they
are charged, it is probable that a special
term OF the Circuit Court will be called,
a special grand jury empannelled and in
dictments found, and the men tried and
executed with the least possible delay.
It is the purpose Of the Governor and
prosecuting officers to give the offenders
in the case short shrift.
Year: 1877

THERE is n slight unpIeassntness Of
feeling between Washington, Pa, and
Waynesburg, on the ground that the
former did not contribute muniiicently
to the Narrow Gauge railroad now build.
ing. The Reporter Of yesterday replies
caustically to taunt OF the Waynesburg
Republican in regard to niggardiness on
the part Of the Washington people, by
remarking that they have spent large
sums in the IIempfeld and CHARTERS
roads, and that the building Of these
roads at 20 much cxpensc to Washington
county has Injured to the benefit Of
Greene county, and made her present
narrow gauge enterprise necessity II.
we'll as possibility.


There is force in these remarks Of the
Reporter. The Greene county people have
made terrible amount Of fuss over thcir
narrow gauge project, and taken their
time to do what they have done go far.
Year: 1877

Many an unwise parent labors hard
and lives sparingly all his life, for the
purpose of leaving enough to give his
children a start in the world, as it is call
ed. Setting young man aAoat with
money left him by relatives is like tying
bladders under the arms of one who can
not swim; ten chances toOne he will lose
his bladders and 90 to the bottom.
Teach him to swim and he will never
need the bladders. Give your child a
sound education, and you have done
enough for him. See to 1t that his NOR
ais are puae, his mind cultivated, and
his Whole nature made subservient to
laws which govern man, and you have
given what will be more value than the
wealth of the Indies.
Year: 1877

\ strange discovery is reported from
the lake of Geneva. A tourist having
lost his trunk, two divers were employed
to search for it. While they were below
water they found what they supposed to
bec village, since covered by the olake.
Their statement led to an investigation
of the spot by the municipal authorities,
who took measures to ascertain the truth
of the extraordinary account of the di-
vers. On covering the placid surface
with oil. these later were able to distin-
guish the plan of town, streets, squares,
and detached houses, marking the bed of
the lake. The rudy hue which cbarae-
terized them led the observers to suppose
that the buildings had been covered with
the famous vermilion cement which was
used by the Celts, Cimbri and the early
Gauls. There are about 200 houses ar
ranged over an obong surface, near the
middle of which 5 q space more open,
supposed to have been used for public
assemblages. Atshe eastern extremity
lies a large squaresower which was taken
for rock. A Superficial investigation
seems to indicate that the construction
of these buildingsdates from some centu-
ries before our era. The Council of Vaud
has decided to have the site of the dwell
ings enclosed by jetty stretching from
the land, and to drain off the water, so
as to bring to light what promises to be
one of the most pteneStlng archaeological
discoveries of our Gay.
Year: 1877

A basket was hung at the gate Of the
hospital in London, in which the children
were deposited, the persons who brought
them ringing bell to give notice to the
officers in attendance. In order TO for
ward the 'little innocents" up from the
country, a branch of the carrying trade
was established, and babies arrived in
London in increasing number from the
most distant parts OF the country. Large
prices were, in some instances, paid for
the conveyance, a fact which more than
hints at the position of the parents, and
as the carriage was prepaid, there was a
strong inducement on the part of the car
riers to get rid of their burdens on the
way. Many of the infants were drowned /;
all of them were neglected and that,in the
large majority of cases, was equal to death.
1t was publicly asserted in the house of
commons that one man. having the
charge of five infants in baskets-they
appeared to have them packed like 50
many sucking pigs--and happening to get
drunk on the journey, lay asleep all night
on common, and in the morning three
out of the FIVE were found dead. Many
other instances of negligence on the part


of carriers, ~ tlting in the death of in
faDts intrusted to them for carriage to
London, are on record. Even the cloth
ing in which the children were dressed
was often stolen on the way, and the
babes were deposited in the basket just
as they were born. 1t is reported that a
foundling who lived to become worthy
banker in the north of England, but who
was received into the hospital at this


timey being in alter life anxious to make
some inquiry into his origin, applied at
the hospital, when all thesinformation he
could obtain from this source was that
he was put INTO the basket at the gate
Year: 1877

A male child, four months old, was
taken by its mother, Mrs. Margaret
O'Hara, to the eastern district hospital
of Brooklyn, to be operated on for NAL
formation of the face which gave itsome-
what the appearance of horse. An
elongation of the nasal bones, which
swelled out toward the chin and met the
lower lip, which was thus depressed, gave
the appearance of two large nostrils.
The appearance was increased by the
stertorous breathing Of the child. DR..
Brady had the infant put under the in


1uence of chloroform, and in about half
an hour handed the child back to its
mother With mouth, nose aud nostrils-
Year: 1877




The marvellous success which has at
tended my treatment of scarlet fever by
sulphur induces me to let my medical
brethren know of my plan, so that they
may be able to supply the same remedy
without delay. All cases in which used
it were very well marked, and the epi-
dermis on the arms in each case came
away like the skin Of a snake. The fol-
lowing was the exact treatment followed
in each case: Thoroughly annoint the pa
tient twice daily with sulphur ointment;
give five or ten grains of sulphur in a
.5tLle jam three times a day. Sufficient
zlphur was burned twice daily Con Goals
q j shcyeD TO I'LL the roem with tie
fumes, and, of course, was thoroughly
inhaled by the patient. Under this
mode Of treatment each case improved
Immediately, and none were over eight
days in making complete recovery, and
l firmly believe in each it was prevented
from spreading by the treatment adopted.
ore case was in a large school. Having
had a large experience in scarlet fever
las. year snd this, feel some confidence
in my judgment, and 1 am of opinion
that the very mildest cases I ever saw do
not do half so well as bad cases do by
the sulphur treatment, and, as far as
can judge, sulphur is as near a specific
for scarlet fever as possible.---London
Tggglf
Year: 1877

Cholera Morbus is now travelling
through the country, ostensibly for its
health, but really in the interest of Sor-
row and Suffering. 1t has been TO oil
City, and having had brief but spirited
interview with it, we desire to warn the
public againstit Cholera Morbus doeeff t
say much. 1t appreciates the fact that
actions speak louder than a street mer-
chant with a new kind Of glue. 1t is
quiet and unassuming, and allows its
victim to make all the fuss 1t is the
champion wrestler of the world, catch-as-
catch-can, or any other hold, and as a
prize-fghter is 60 be avoided 1t has no
respect for the rules of the p. R., and viii
strike below the belt nine times out of
ten. Without word of warning it will
catch a man in the stomach, and double
him up quicker than the kick of mule.
If the victim be a short ma. he will roll
up like a dough-nut. If he be a tall man,
he will fly together like a watch spring
In this condition he is Of no earthly use,
unless as a worm in a distillcry. A man
rolled up like a thread on a spool can't
be expected to do much work. But to
hear him groan and complain and carry
on in one way and another, you would
think he did more hard work for less
wages than any other man on the face Of
the earth. In this condition he will do
almost anything He will roll over the
floor like a hoop-snake, to the infinite
amusement of the neighbors' children,
who are doubtless peeping through the
blinds. And to hear him yell for the
camphor, the mustard pl&-ters, the tur-
pentine, his wife and mother, and all the
doctors this side of the Rocky mountains.
is enough to move the stones of Rome to
pity. But it doesn't move the cholera
morbus. Because the cholera morbus is
a slayer. Every time the victim yells,
say for aqua fortis, the cholera morbus
might be heard to reply: 90, I'll give
you aqua fortis, you miserable worm -
and then it thumps him in the bowels
until he prays for the rocks and hills to
tumble in upon him. He does this be-
cause he realizes that, compared with
the cholera morbus, the rocks and hills
will sit as lightly upon him as an alpaca
coat. There is nothing no mean for
cholera morbus to do. 1t will take a
man of the build of Carl Schurz, tie a
bow knot in his middle, and offer to sell
him for a neck-tie. Avoid it as yeu
would the tax collector.
Year: 1877

"A Texas lady was recently bitten by
pole-cat. The pole-cat is said TO be a
very pretty animal, but its propensity to
bite Will always keep 1t from becoming a
pet among the ladies.-C0urier-JoayHal.
Year: 1877

an ugly looking child, but still with a
child's face The flesh was cut from the
protuberance, and the bone was broken
off to the length of an ordinary nose.
The cuticle and flesh so cut away-were
formed into the base OF the nose, --oles
being made for the nostrils. The large
cavernous opening then seen was bridged
across to make an upper lip by joining
the two cheeks. Mrs OHara said the
cause of the deformity was the antenatal
shock, received through a neighbor who
was driving horse. Her husband is a
laboring man, and they have four other
bright children from two to nine years Of
age. The deformed child is a hearty,
healthy infant, and, it is thought, will
survive the operation.-N J. Tribune.