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Year: 1879

The prevention Of disease and promo
ton of health has become popular
study in the science Of medicine. The
practitioner once turned his attention
solely 10 the restoration of health, and
the journals which treated upon the sub
Iect were read only by the scientific few,
while the masses were ignorant OF all
the laws pertaining 10 the physical and
moral well doing.


To-day we, as generation, are paying
dearly for the ignorance of our progeni-
tons, who had not a thought In regard 10
diet, but ate anything and everything
placed before them-pickles ereened in
copper and brass, and containing the
| most deadly poison, always dis graced
their tables, and in place or fruit in IT.
natural state las We now have by the
canning prOcess), one WAS tempted with
preserves, very truly named 'sweetmsats.'
That they were death 10 the stomach,
especially Of children, and life 10 the
worm, that curse Of infancy, there can
be no question. And then followed the
,urc for the pests in the form of pink
root and other infamousy and
the inevitable result weakened and
diseased condition Of the stomach and
bowels, paving the way for dyspepsia in
middle life hence our first study should
be Of the digestive organs and how TO
prevent disease.


When healthful and properly ninstica-
ted food ia taken into the stomach, the
pure portion is at once absorbed by the
blood the heart, brain and lungs feed.
and the entire physical structure or ma
chinery takes new vigor, and life Is not
burden. dreary passage TO the longed-
for grave, but period OF enjoyment and
usefulness.


Let all who value health reject acids,
pepper, mustard and their kindred, and
al spices save in minute quantities hot,
lermented bread, biscuit and 'griddle'
cakes except at the morning or noon
day meal. At night they should. be
utterly discarded and in all cases their
visits should be far between. Avoid all
spirituOus liquors as satanic stimulantsi
TO the appetite. They serve but to in
fame the organs, vitiate the taste, cause
an abnormal longing for food-at one
time an unnatural craving, and again a
total destruction of appetite.


Choose food the best adapted to your
needs, varying it as much as possible
The Grahamites are usually but weak
lv set, and undoubtedly iniure their
stomachs by compelling il 10 assist in
the riding one hobby quite as much as
your pickle-eating, ale-imbibing gour-
mands. Oat meal and Graham eating
once day is correct, as those who have
tried il will acknowledge, but 10 compel
our stomachs 10 subsist entirely upon it
is against reason.


Meat and vegetables, properly cooked,
are always gratefully received and bene-
fetal 10 healthy stomach. To the dis
eased, the best advice that can be given
is TO faithfully study what they can di-
gest, and psrtake Of that even in moder-
ate quantities.
Year: 1879

1t should be borne In mind that
every farmer who viii take the trouble
10 keep up tasteful appearance about
his house, not only performs good
work for his own family, but stimulates
his neighbors to initiate him. Nothing
Is more contagious than the desire for
gardening when once il gets footing.
Year: 1879

The WONDERFUL
Effects Of the Extract of
CELERY the CHAMOMILE UPON


THE NERVOUS
System and Digestive


Organs
In Curing Especially Sick


Headache,
Nervous Headache, Neuralgia,


Nervousness,
Paralysis and Indigestion, and


" Preventing
Neuralgia Of the Heart and Sud-
den Death.
Year: 1879

The latest improvement in tele-
graphing is that of the American
Rapid Telegraphing Company, which
is about to open a line between Bos-
ton and New York. The principle
of the operation is that of telegraph
ing by passing a strip of paper,
Duncture with the message in tele-
graphic characters, through an elee-
trio current, the paper opening and
closing the circuit according as it
has been punctured. A strip of
chemically prepared paper passing
under a pencil in the circuit at the
other end of the wire received the
message in dots and dashes, accord
ing as the electricity was allowed TO
pass through the paper discoloring
it. In its earliest form it was found
that the "tailing" produced by the
rapid transmission of electricity
blurred the impressions. But this
difficulty is claimed TO be overcome,
and the "tailing" itself is utilized.
By this process it is claimed that as
high as 1900 words a minute can be
transmitted. The perforators are in
the offices of business men, who have
the messages perfected and sent to
the transmitting Office, and the rates
will be about present postal charges.
One wire is already in operation to
Providence.
Year: 1879

are needed to give Unity and religion;
but that freedom is the surest road
to prosperity, patriotism the strong
est bond of union, and az open Bible
and untrammeled church the grand
est opportunity for the extension of
Christ's kingdom.


Ye people of this land and ye
people of God, sever not your regard
for your country and for your re.
ligion. Realize that a national day
may be a thoroughly religious day,
and that a religious day may be the
day of the most ardent patriotism.
You remember how, IN that fearful
struggle through which we passed a
few years ago, patriotism and relig-
ion were welded in one. The church
upheld the country, and the country
appealed for the prayers and the
love of the church. Together they
suffered; together they were deliver
ed. And would that the lesson thus
sorely learned might go with us in
the returning era of prosperity; that
as then, so now, church and nation
might be so far one in our regards
that the principles of religion might
control our political life, that the
loving spirit of religion might heal
the wounds of strife and cover the
fountain of bitterness, that the chari-
ties of religion might educate the ig-
nOrant, and lift up the degraded,
and that all our people might lay
this lesson to heart as their national
motto; "Righteousness exalteth a ma
tiOn," and this as their national hope;
BLESSED is that people whose God
is the Lord" So shall we be saved
from again passing through the fire
and water, and we shall come out
into the wealthy place of Gods bless
ing.


Finally, all these lessons of the
way of Gods providence are but
types of a grander fulfllment of the
text. Not earthly success is our best
reward. Not national extension and
prosperity is our brightest crown.
Not even the millennial age of a
world worshiping our King is our f.
nal glory. For the wealth of earth
shall perish and the nations of the
world shall die, and even the thou
sand years shall be numbered with
past eternity. But beyond; lol
the throne of God; 10! the wealth
on high; 10! the country that abid-
eth.


For this, our heritage of glory be-
yond all measure, we bring to-day
our highest thanks. The king of
kings has issued a Proclamation of
Thanksgiving, and invited us all to
the feast of praise. All! what a
Thanksgiving Day will that be when
from the North and the South,
the East and the West, of all nations
and kindreds and peoples and ton
cues, the ransomed of the Lord shall
come to Zion with songs and ever
lasting Joy. Beyond the fire and the
water, in the wealthy place of Gods
own home.


There is the throne OF David,


And there, from toll released,


The shout of them that triumph,


The song Of them that feast.


They stand-thOse halls OF Zion,


ALI jubilant with song;


And bright with many an angel.


And many a martyr throng.


Those ageless walls are bonded


With amethyst unpriced,


The saints build up the fabric,
Year: 1879

DR.. Stevens


Dear sir,-1 feel it my duty to say one word
in regard to the great benefit have received
from the use Of one of the greatest wonders Of
one of the greatest sufferers for the last eight
years that ever could be living I do sincerely
thank my God and your Vegetine for the re-
lief have got. The rheumatism has panied
me to such an extent, that my feet broke out
in sores. For the last three years have not
been able to walk; now can walk and sleep,
and do my work as well as ever did, and
must say owe it all to your purifier, Vege-
tine MARGERY WELLS. 81


Vcgetine:-The great success Of the Vege-
tine as a cleanser and purifier of the blood is
shown beyond Q doubt by the great numbers
who have taken it, and received Immediate re-
lief, with such remarkable cures
Year: 1879

Stop up your ear with your finger.
You hear r,aring as Of a miniture Nj
agara. Remove your finger and put IN
its place wad OF. cotton, or anything else
you choose. The roaring is gone. Did
you ever think of the cause of this? The
roaring which you hear is the sound of
the circulation Of the blood in the tip Of
ayonr finger. Try it.
Year: 1879

The New Haven Palladium, relates .
story that "takes the cake" 1t says:
The story is told of Hartford gentle
man who lost 500 in bills, and remem-
bering that he had had the money last
at his butchers went there to learn that
Just after he had left man came to the
in his pocket as if he had lost something.
Then looking down he saw roll of bills
on the floor, picked it up and counted it.
There was just 500, and from it he paid
for what he had bought =, A week later
the second person returned the $1G0 to
the first, with the following strange ex-
planation: On the day referred to he
had been out to Windsor to collect some
money, and, in his haste to return to
Hartford, thrust it, 500 in bills, as he
supposed, into his vest pocket. When
he went into the market above referred
to he naturally felt for it, and missing
it, looked around for it and saw the roll
on the floor, which he supposed was
his own. He had used it during the
week, and only on that day had ne put
ON his working coat. While at work he
wanted match, and in feeling through
the pockets of his coat, to his astonish-
ment he found the 500 he had put
there instead of into his vest pocket.
As soon as possible he went to the
market to see if any one had lost that
sum of money, and this led to general
settling all around. He did not know at
that time that he had been suspected of
the theft and did not imagine that he
was in danger of arrest.
Year: 1879

AN important postal regulation,
which has been in force for months, ap-
pears to be very little known among
business men, to whom it is of some
pecuniary interest. Under its operation
an unrecsipted bill or statement of
accounts can be mailed in an unse aled
envelope at a postage Of one cent. To
receipt bill, or to write upon it such
words as, Please remit" will, however
subject it to letter rate of postage; but
arequest for remittance may be printed
as part of the head. Newspaper pub
fishers have the right to inclose with
their papers either receipted or unre
ceipted bills, but the addition of any
written request will be treated as an in
fringement of the law.
Year: 1879

Two young Frenchmen at Dover, N.
H., are engaged in business as soap
makers. Friday morning one of the
partners went to the shop, built a fire
under the boiler and went out; return
ing half hour later he was astonished
at hearing tremendous rumpus in the
boiler, and on taking of the lid dis
covered his mate therein, and very un-
comfortable. The parboiled man ex-
planned that he went to Salmon Falls on
Thursday evening, got drunk, and in
some way blundered home, into the
mandatory, and into the boiler, where
he went to sleep, only waking when the
boiler commenced to heat up.
Year: 1879

z II Is natural for US to "keep to the
right" We read and write to the right :
we turn to the right when passing some
body in driving or riding on horseback ;
we like to have the wall to the right
when walking or running in an inclosed
room we deviate to the right from the
straight line when walking blindfolded,
etc. The partiality is a natural instinct
1t begins t. show itself when a child
has reached the third year of age, and
1t does not leave man until he become.


debilitated by old age or insane. With


Insane people, the Instinct is reversed


they keep TO the left, and In lunatic asy
lums it ia generally considered goot
symptom, an indication of return L
the normal state. when the partialit,


for the right side reappears with
! patient.
Year: 1879

The Boston Herald tells of a firm in
that city that employs thirty-five girls
in making coats. These girls concluded
to make the members of the firm pres
ent, so each one gave one dollar, with
which two albums were purchased. As
a suitable time to make the presenta-
ton, the afternoon before Thanksgiving
was chosen, and the gifts were received
with seeming qualification. But when
the next pay day came each girl found
the pay of half an hour, the time occu-
pied in making the presentation, taken
out of her wages.
Year: 1879

The editor of the Warren (R. ~
Gazette, who lately retired from the
ranks of journalism, says in his valedic-
tory address:


Our reasons for quitting the business
may seem odd to some people, but to us
4 ey are sufficient, We can earn our
wing with less irritation aud discom-
fort. If We want a d liar why should
We stretch u hawser around the whole
State of Rhode Island to get itf Why
earn it quietly, in our own. time and
in our own way2 Alone in the world,
and feeling ourself to be one who, like
Goldsmith's Hermit. wants but little
here below, nor wants that little long, y
we can see no good reason for torturipg
ourself by courting unnecessary sannoy-
ances F. the last three years our
position has been such as would be
exemplified by that of crow, which,
though requiring for its sustenance only
few kernels of grain, and for its rest
but perch in a juniper, should be
foolish enough to rent an entire corn.
| field aud twenty acres of woodland
with all it's consequent cares. Surely
| the mind is worth something. WI
have felt out of harmony with oul


situation, and gladly return to h,


ownership of ourself.


4
Year: 1879

THE story Of the death of man
named David Meiustholer, in Nemaha
County, Kan, from falling meteor or
aerolite, turns out 10 be true. The sky
was very clear at the time Of the occur
renee, and the aeroiite, falling out of
space, struck his body with such force as
to drive it partly into the ground. The
unknown messenger of death was COM
posed almost entirely of iron pyrites.
Year: 1879

PARIS has now 10000 meters of
tubing laid down under the main thor
oughtares for the purpose of unifying
the time of all the public clocks and
setting them all by observatory time.
These pneumatic clocks will also be
placed in private houses and in future
the time of day will be laid on Just as is
done with gas and water.
Year: 1879

The New York Star says it costs more
to bury a Brooklyn alderman than it
does to keep him in Office. Such pomp
was displayed at the burial Of one few
days ago that it could not refrain from
drawing this conclusion.
Year: 1879

fHE Erie Railroad, notwithstanding
the foul play Of which it has been the
victim in former years. is still a very
powerful corporation. A report from the
directors shows that last year the gross
Year: 1879

That a fish may be scaled muci
easier by dipping into boiling water
about minute.


That sal, fi>h are quickest and
best freshened by soaking in sour
milk. .....


That milk which has turned or
changed may be sweetened or rem
dered fit for use again by stirring in
a little soda.


That milk may be kept sweet by
adding TO il very small quantity
of borax.


That salt will curdle new milk !;
hence in preparing milk porridge,
gravies, etc, the salt should not be
added until the dish is prepared.


That clear, boiling water will re-
move tea stains and many fruit
stains. Pour the wafer through the
stain and thus prevent its spreading
oyer the fabric.


That a tablespoonful of turpen-
tine boiled with your white clothes
will greatly aid their whitening
process.


That boiling starch is very much
improved by the addition of sperm
or salt, or both, or a little gum ara
bic dissolved. .-


That blue ointment and kerosene
mixed in equal proportion and ap-
piled to bedsteads is an unfailing
bug remedy and that coat of white
wash is ditto TO the walls of a log
house.


That kerosene will soften boots or
shoes that have been hardened by
water, and will render them pliable
as new.


That Kerosene will make your tea
kettle as bright as new. Saturate a
wooden rag aud rub with it. 1t will
also remove stains from the clean
vanished furniture.


That cold rainwater and soap will |
machine grease from washa-
BILE fabrics.


That beeswaX and salt will make |
your rusty flat-irons as clean and
smooth as glass. Tie lump Of
wax in a cloth and keep it for the
purpose. When the irons are hot
rub them first with the wax rag and
then scour with paper or cloth
sprinkled with salt.-Rural World.
Year: 1879

Gladstone says: IL submit that
duty is power which rises with us
I'M The morning, and goes to rest
with us at night. 1t is coexiensive
with the action of our intelligence.
1t is the shadow which cleaves TO
US, go where we will, and which
only leaves us when we leave the
light of life"
Year: 1879

| AS feeder the snake is mighty irreg-
ular, and his appetite is always about
four times too large for his organs of di-
gestion. They have long since found
this out in the Zoo, and Mr.. Brown, the
Superintendent, is just now in dilem-
ma to know how he will be able to find
the proper food for the serpent family
/ under his care. The small species of
land snakes feed on toadS, lizards and
grasshOppers, and other members of the
insect and reptile world, and at times it
is very difficult to supply the demands
of these insatiate "varmintS." The
king and calico snakes belong to this
same class, but if a famine should occur
these two species are enthusiastically
inclined, and would weather the hard
times by swallowing each other.


In the big case in the snake-house are
twenty-six boas, the largest of which is
fourteen feet i'll length and twenty-four
inches in circumference The business
of boa is simply to load his stomach to
repletiOn, and then to tie himself I'D in
a graceful knot and doze calmly for sev-
eral weeks, while the spectators gaze on
him and speculate on his easy job, and
what they would do if they were to en-
counter him alone in jungle, with moth
ing but a Barlow knife as weapon of
defense.


Though not particular to shade as to
what their diet shall be. yet your zoolog-
ical boa is something of an epicure in
his Way. Nature has provided him and
other members of the reptile Tribe with
an accommodating head, the roof of
which in manner lifts off and allows
the introduction of toothsome morsels
that would crowd quarter peck meas
ure to hold. Up to the present time
these monster bOas have been fed upon
rabbits or rats, and just now rabbits and
rats are becoming scarce. They have
been tempted with sportive and inno-
cent little kittens, and an occasional pup
has been placed at their disposal, and at
times spring chickens and pigeons; but
the boa can not stomach cat, has little
appetite for the dog, and goes square
back on the feathery tribe. Hence it is
that his diet is reduced right down to
rats, with now and then rabbit to reg
ulate his liver.


Every geological garden grows i'm
mense crops of rats, and rabbits are pop
ped into the world in astonishing num-
bers. But the appetites of the snakes at
the zoo have been telling on both fami-
lies, and the prospect is that the supply
will shortly have to be obtained from
the outside. Each of the twenty boas
consume from three to four month.
and in the course of year they manage
to absorb about four tons of these little
animals. Not long since a prairie dog
was forced into the cage, but the big
snake only winked at him and allowed
him the liberty of the inclosure without
molestation.


Having coiled its body about it's little
victim, and squeezed the life out of it,
the snake proceeds to swallow it leisure
ly. Having got it back of its jaws, it
coils up gracefully, drops into torpid
state, and remains oblivious to the pea
nut munchers and nervous old ladies
who peer at it through the glass from
| day to day.
Year: 1879

Thos. Dunfee was constable of this
township, for Is years in succession, and
was absolutely unable to read and write
using our infOrmant's own language,
he didn't know b from bunch of
grapes" and it frequently occurred that
he would have documents of different
characters and import in his possession
at the same time to serve. Our Old-time
constable would on such occasions put
different kinds in each pocket. and there
by solve the difficulty by serving AS
from his right pocket and BIS from the
left. This instance is simply given for
the benefit of the young students of our
country'S history, as sample of the
sturdy old pioneers that conquered SO
many rugged difficulties in our early his
tory. To them all honor-to them ever
lasting remembrance and affection in the
minds and hearts of their countrymen.


And now, as matter of interesting
history, CLEANED from the running con-
versation of this grand old hero Of the
pioneer era or this county. 1 desire to
give few brief items relative to Pult-
ney township, and this letter, already
too long, sEall terminate.
Year: 1879

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside of San
Francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to US will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1879

Meantime, Captain Carrolps efforts
to save the helpless women and
children, and the steamer, never
relaxed, though so basely deserted
at such critical moment. He
finally backed the steamer off from
the reef, though in badly dam
aged condition, Seeing the Mon
tana safe, Kearney and his com.
panions returned. AS he stepped
on board, Captain Carroll, enraged
at the baseness of the desertion,
struck him in the face, telling him
to the deck like q dog, and then
spurned him with his foot, as he
would any other cowardly cur.
Kearney rose up weeping and
begging for mercy, but the Cap
tain's rage was not Modified, and
he was again Kicked down. Sub
sequently the Captain ordered
Kearney to be put in irons, and on
the first occasion of the steamer
making q landing, the outraged
and indignant Captain cast him
ashore, as a wretch undignified by
the slightest feeling of humanity
or honor.


And it is this man, Denis Kear-
ney, as vindictive, malicious and
mischievous as he is cowardly and
inhumane, who would destroy the
peace and prosperity of California.
A man who would basely desert
women and children to momenta-
rily anticipated death to save his
own poor and paltry carcass, fit
tingly sustains his record and his
character when he endeavorG
by all means In his power
to blast every person and
everything that can be in
fected by his blaspheming tongue.
Too long has this coward been al.
lowed to impose upon the commu.
nifty and threaten our laws and
property. Even his own followers
have become disg usted with his
pusillanimity, and the nightly ex.
posures of bis tyranny and cow
ardice will quickly end the reign
of the would.be Caesar who had not
the courage to do his duty.