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Year: 1878

A treasure up tree was seen in the
watches of the night by pedIer who was
sleeping in farm house in the Shenandoah
Valley. He told his dream to the farmer
the next morning, and on three successive
night he had the same vision. Then he
prevailed upon the farmer to accompany
him to the forest, where he pointed out
large oak tree as the one he had seen in his
dream. 1t was apparently sound at the
butt. but about twenty feet up limb had
been broken of. The farmer did not feel
like humoring what he supposed to be a
superstitious whim, but the old felloa
seemed to have confidence in his vi.iOn.
and offered him One-llalf OF the spoils If he
would help him cut down the tree. When
the tree fell there was rattle of coin near
where the limb had broken off. and small
hollow was foa,M' there. By little chop
ping a larger cavity was found, and within
was mass Of silver. Both seemed wild
with delight. and on counting mp found
that the pile amounted to 5000. The
pedler expressed his unwillingness to carry
around So much silver in his pocket and
inquired where he would be likely to get
ureenhacks for his share. The farmer hav-
ing considerable money in his house, Inn
mediately transfer red to the pedler 81, 500
n paper money and took charge of the en-
ti,,. bulk of silver. The pedler disappear
Ell. and when his partner attempted to
mass somc OF the silver, 10 1t was counter
feit. He was the victim Of > gang Of ooin-
| err.
Year: 1878

The following is from the gifted pen of
the late Geo. D. Prentice:


1T cannot be that earth is mans ONLY
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our life is
bubble cast by eternity to float moment
on its waves and then sink into nothing
ness. Else why is it that the glorious as
pirations which leap like angels from the
temple OF our hearts are forever wander
ing unsatisfied? Why is it the stars that
hold their festival around the midnight
throne arc set above the grasp of our limit
ed faculties. forever mocking us with their
unapproachable glory? And, finally. why
IS it that bright forms OF human beauty
are presented to our view and taken from
us, leaving the thousand streams of our
affections to flow back m Alpine torrents
upon our hearts? There is realm where
tile rainbow never fades; where the stars
will be spread out before us like the islands
that slumber in the ocean, and where the
beautiful beings which pass before us like
| shadows will stay in our presence forever -
Year: 1878

section was reported to the writer lis prac-
tlcally worthless except for stock, but the
table of MIR. Carpenter shows the statement
to be as baseless rs the potatoes and other
vegetables are large and excellent.


The grand Wow of the Yellowstone Sc
cured from the summit of the range dis
covers such vast extent of rolling and
flat country. grassed almost to suffocation
and watered to repletion. that the exclama-
ton Of McClernand leaps to the lips of the
astonished observer, ''Here is room for a
million OF people!'


TO BE CONTINUED
Year: 1878

What though her creek be faded now,
And care he written on her brow,
Oh, shall love her less?
What though her eye be dimhied In light,
Where once there beamei lustre bright
Say, shall love her less?
What though her smile he not so gay
Her dimples now forget to play,
Oh, shall love her less?
What though her step be not so free
As when it seemed SO proud to me
Say, shall love her less?
What though her voice be sadder grown.
And milder lie each thoughtful tone,
oh, shall love her less?
What though the bloom of youth may fade
Where one The rose ia bushes strayed-
Say, shall love her less?
Her cheek may lose its rosy hue,
Her lip fl rye, its early Jew


pll love her none the less,
The charms of youth may fade away
Like sunbean,s at the close Of day
I'll love her none the less.
She came to me when morning fair
Plays " i.h her wavy silken hair,
Came then my soul to bless;
She gave to me her pure young life,
loved her then-my virgin wife
Now IN not love her less.
She came to me buddin. flower,
Unfolding graces every hour
In yir;uous love.iness;
She came with sweet inspiring air,
Filled my young soul with pleasure rare,
And taught me happiness.
Then every day she brought fresh charms
And laid them down within my arms,
And sough: loves pure cares;
And though her cheek be faded now,
And care be written on her brow,
I'll love her none the less.
For though the life she gave to me
Seemed one of angel purity,


Lost TO all selfshness-
The ii Q she proves from day to day.
Is brighter than the morning ray
How can love her less?


Hartford Post.
Year: 1878

In the hearing before Judge Pirdee
on the application of the Insurance
Commissioner for a receiver for the
Charter Oak Life Insurance company,
the counsel for the company asked for
GO or 80 days delay to further try the
scaling process, which it was thought
would be successful. The judge OBJ
jected to the delay because lapses were
forced with corporation in such
straits under form of law, which was as
bad as if forced by the managers.
Moreover, the statue was pre-emptory.
The company must make answer to the
application by next Saturday, and he
thought he should grant it no further
delay, but would have hearing him
self or by committee.
Year: 1878

THE proposal to read the President
out of the Republican party for max
ing an effort to carry out the principles
of the platform upon which he was
elected is the most conspicuous example
of monumental "cheek" in recent poll
tipa
Year: 1878

\ CALL it a ghostly warning because,
L though it came not in the night
watches, in faraway tones, from the lips
of filmy apparition, it did come to me
in the name of dear friend long since
gone to the Unknown Land.


In the spring of 1875, visited New
York, and wishing to be entirely free
for the business which necessitated
my presence there, instead of going to
the house of relative, engaged board in
convenient locality under the same roof
with an acquaintance. Excepting this
lady, one friend and cousin, no one to
whom was known was, during the
first week, aware that was in the city.
This cousin, a very favorite one, then
chanced to be in America for few weeks,
having left his wife and family tempo
rarily alone in their home in Paris. AS
G-'s evenings hung rather heavily
on his hands while away from his fami-
ly, to which he was always devoted, he
was good enough to enliven by his well
come presence many of mine, which
otherwise would have been as dull as
evenings in a boarding-house full of
strangers must be.


One evening, perhaps the third or
fourth after my arrival, came the warn
ing, delivered in very.straightforward,
prosaic, unghostly way by the letter-car-
rier. One always examines the outside
of letter to see whom it is from, prob
ably for the same reason that leads one
to listen to what others say about ones
friends before hearing what these have
to say for themselves. I looked at the
letter curiously. 1t was post marked in
the city at five O'Clock of the previous
afternoon, yet it was directed in hand
had never expected to see again save
when looked with fearful eyes over a
bundle of yellow old letters tied up care
fully in a corner of my desk at home. 1t
was curious, 1 thought, that this rather
peculiar chirography should be duplica-
ted. Then l observed, with start, that
the middle name in the direction was
not that which belongs to me, but one
which had adopted for two or three
years of my childhood, preferring it to
the family name which my parents gave
me. had outgrown the whim and re-
turned to my baptismal name, but the
friend referred to always took a sort OF
pleasure in reminding me of this and
several other childish fancies which we
had held in common. No one now liv-
ing, so far as 1 was aware, SO much as
knew that had signed the name 1 now
saw before me.


DEAREST E.: 1t is sometimes
permitted to us who have already step.
ped into the light to give words of com.
fort or of warning to those who still
wander in darkness. My word to you
now is one of warning.


"One who is very dear to you is about
to trust his life to the treacherous deep
If he does so he will be lost. Upon you
rests the responsibility. Prevent hin
from recrossing the ocean if you value
his life.


81 am now, as of yore, ever lovingly
yours, ANNIE M. H.


BY the hand of A. b. Sears, ,Spiritua
Medium"


don't think am n aturally supersti
Year: 1878

There is trouble in the First Reformed
Church OF HobokenS few days ago Deacon
Gibson told the pastor, the Rev. Charles
Parker TINT Il would be best for him TO
resign Mr. Parker is blind and is well know
~ Ncw-Jersey. He has been the pastor OF
the church four years The principal persons con
ccrred IN the matter very retccnt yesterday The
consistory, which in session last evening
took no decisive action in the case. pea
CON Gibson would not give the reasons for hi3
action hut said that charges wOnld be preferred
AGAINST Mr. Parker at some future time. Mr. Parker
said tlat he did know what the charges would be
l...a Nttvo
Year: 1878

Coal oil externally apylied is good for sore throat and diptheria.

 Vigorous motion of the jaws, as if masticating, will stop bleeding at the nose.

 A thick cream of common whiting and water is excellent for burns ol scalds.

 A spoonful of ground coffee smol dered oh coals IS the best purifier for sick or musty rooms.

 An ounce of cream tarter in pint of water drank at intervals is said tC be cure for smallpox.

 The ammonia of the commercial fertilizers manufactured in the sub ufbs of Augusta, Ga, has completely driven out the chills and fever and other malaria that used to infest that locality.

 TIE ABUSE OF CoNDIMENTs.-- Ii does not follow that because condi ments are useful, that we may not have too much of them; on the con. trary their best effect depends upon their being used in moderation. The more decided the flavor of any arti ce of food, the sooner does it pal upon the appetite. It is one of tho peculiar merits of French cookery that flavors are so delicately blended no one is specially prominent, anc yet by their different combinations { wonderful variety of appetizina effects IS produced.
Year: 1878

Guests at hotels in New Jersy are not permitted to mash mosquitoes on the walls, buff must get 'em down on the floor and choke 'em to death and rIng for the porter to draw off the corpse.
Year: 1878

A correspondent of the Southern Plantation writes as follows about the flour of a well known plant: l have discovered q remedy for consump. tion. It has cured number of cas- ses after they had commenced bleed ing at the lungs and tle hectic flush was on the cheek. After trying this remedy to my own satisfaction, l have thought philanthrophy required that 1 should let it be known to the world. It is common mullen, steep ed strongly and swectened with cof fee sugar, and drink freely. The herb should be gathered before the end of July if convenient. Young or old plants are good, dried in the shade and kept in clean bags. The medicine must be continued from three to six months according to na- ture of disease. It strengthens and builds up the system instead of talk ing away the strength. It makes good blood and takes inflammation away from the lungs. It is the wish of inc writer that every periodical in the U. B., Canada and Europe should publish this receipt fol the benefit of the human family. Lay this up and keep it in the house ready for use.
Year: 1878

TaE farmers Of Mississippi county
have called meeting at the courthouse
in Charleston on the llth inst, to devise
measures for harvesting their crops.
The early season and the warm rains
have advanced the small grain SO fast
that the harvest will begin nearly a
month head Of the usual time, and so
as to interfere with the cultivation Of the
corn crop. There is s.id to be scarcity
Of reliable hands in that region, and The
farmers want to consult how to gel
through with their work.
Year: 1878

The Chemical News notes the exhibi
tion at the Paris Exhibition, OF the pro
ducts OF a new industry in connection
with the utilization of Stag from iron
blast furnaces Before a method was dis
covered OF converting this subs stance into
W that is known as mineral wool, many
attempts had been made to utilize this
product, which covers so many acres OF
once fertile ground IN the iron districts
As it is it is generally considered as so
much waste it has been broken up for
road paving or made into blocks for
building purposes, but as the product
will not pay for its own transport, only a
small quantity can be employed, and that
only in the neigh hborhood OF iron works.
Several persons have tried making glass
OF it, and have succeeded by adding the
constituents that were wanting; but to
get the Stag to condition in which the
matter can combine, it has TO be iquefied
by heat, which involves a very great ex
pense After many experiments, Mr.
Britten has succeeded in utilizing the
material, and also the heat from the fur
naces and an English company has been
formed to work his patent. The com
pany has erected glass works in North
amptOnshire, close to a set of blast furna
ces, and they are now in operation. The
Stag flows into a tank at one end. and is
there mixed with the required ingre
dients for making the glass, fused, and
fined the melted metal then flows thro'
a bridge to the other end of the tank,
where it is worked, and atterward blown
into bottles. etc. As the slag is already
melted, it does not require so great
heat for the combination with the other
substances, and also it furnishes more
than hall the material of the glass Thus
the glass costs less than that made by the
ordinary method The natural tint of
the product is greensh, but it can be
bleached or colored at will. The furnace
now at work produces ninety gross of
bottles a day. 1t can readily be seen
that it will be cheaper tor ironmasters to
have glass works attached to their own
works, as the cost will not be so much as
the alwsys increasing cost OF ground to
dispose of their Stag on Scientific
American.
Year: 1878

At a recent meeting of the New York
Pathological Society, reported in the n
I Y Medical Journal, DR.. Finnel presented


on behalf of a candidate, the entire scalp
| of a woman % years of age While visit
ing an oleomargarine factory, she stoop-
| ed down to examine some of the process
| es Behind her head was q revolvin e
shaft, and in some manner her long hair
became wound round the shaft. The
| rapidity of the shaft was such that the


whole scalp was torn off without giving
sufficient pain to draw her attention to
the condition Of her head. The first
seusation she experienced was coldness
of the head, and on putting up her hand
she found that her hair was gone. Fol
lowing the injury there was no shock and
no pain. On examining the head the
denuded surface was seen to extend from
the base of the occiput to the left eye
brow The eyebrow was gone, and the
left ear was so much injured as to hang
down by strip of skin.


The scalp measured "a inches in cir
cumference, and was attached to the hair
80 inches long. 1t was at first proposed
to apply the scalp, but on examining
there was noticed such an amount of
grease adhering to the raw surface that
any effort at union was thought to be
useless


DR. Finnel said it was the intention to
tan the scalp. and thus allow the patient
to use her natural hair, but not in the
natural way.


DR. Abbe referred to a similar case
which occurred four years ago, and was
under treatment in St. Luke's Hospital
The amount OF scalp removed was nearly
identical with that presented, and the
manner in which it was done was similar.
Three mont b. after the injury, granula
ton extended over the denuded Uranium
It was found. in the use of gratis that
those only were successful that were
placrd within 40 inch from the cicatrical
m irgins. The gratis were the size of
canary seed, and, during the four years
that the process OF cicatrizatien contin-
ued. about twelved thousand were used.


DR. }. C. Peters referred to the case Of
waiter at a club house, who was scalped
by falling mirror. The scalp was sepa-
rated into two flaps which were attached
at their base These We're brought into
position, and withia few days union
took place i Scientific American.
Year: 1878

ence of, perhaps because at the South 1t
hardly exists. Appeal will be made to
the tribunal of public opinion.


After all public opinion is the supreme
power in this country. Constitutio us,
and laws, and elections, and votes in
! Congress, and judicial proceedings are,
in the long run, subject to public opinion;
| in fact, they are a little more than the
regulated and formal ascertainment and
expression of it. To the ballot box stuf
| fer of South Carolina or the bulldozer OF
Louisiana, it may seem that public opin


ion is impotent, and its expression little
better than an amusing farce; and so
Tweed thought. Long familiarity With
the tricks and crimes by which the
expression of public opinion may be pre-


vented or perverted, or falsified, often
makes men blind to the fact that there is
any such force at all behind the machin


cry which they manipulate But it rules.


in the end. 1t sent Tweed to Jail 1t
has made it impossible for Mr. Tlden
ever to be the Presidential candidate of
any party And it will finally reach
very just and rigorous settlement with
the Solid South


The trial at that bar has begun already


AS fast as the South has become solid, by
means which public opinion begins to
understand, the North has become unit.
ed That means that voters by the
hundred thousand have decided not to
support party which countPnancPs
corruption and fraud and systematic
assassination and massacre. 1t means
that great many voters who were dis
posed not long ago, to reject the Repub-
lican party for either of several reasons,
have once more determined to stand to
that party until they have stamped out
of existence a Democracy which seeks to
obtain power by such means as have
produced a Solid South. There is no
excitement about this change of purpose.
No clap trap has produced it. Shallow
falsehoods about the perfect freedom"
and absolute quiet at the South have
not concealed. and will not conceal,
evidence Of the methods by which enor
nous Republican maj critics have been
trampled out or disfranchised in the
count Every day at that bar of public
opinion. the trial of this case goes on, and
every day the free North becomes more
and more determined to stand together
at the polls until there shall be free
South If the Southern people them
selves take active measures to expose
seize and punish their own criminals, and
to prevent crime against free government
in future. they will do something to
c0unteract the work done hitherto If
they so defend fraud and sustain crime
that punishment Of the guilty is render
ed impossible. let them take warning
that no man for whom the South votes
will ever be chosen Presid ent, or enjoy
in any future Congress the position of
leader of a majority The Solid South is
virtually dsfranchising itself by its
frauds and crimes.
Year: 1878

full bearded grandfather recently
had his beard shaved off, showing a clean
face for the first time Tor a number of
years. At the dinner table his three.
year-old granddaughter noticed it, gazed
long with wondering eye, and finally
calculated, Grandfather, whose head
you got onP'
Year: 1878

A little boy in Sunday school put a
poser to his teacher. The lady was tell
ing her class how God punished the
Egyptians by causing the first born OF
each household to be slain The little
boy listened attentively At the proper
interval he mildly inquired: What
would God have done if there had been
twins 2?
Year: 1878

She asked the clerk if he was positive,
thoroughly convinced the eggs were
fresh "Oh yes" said the young phi
losopher Il know they are Why, the
farmer said none OF his hens were more
than year DID,
Year: 1878

Though the tropical shrubs of Queens
land are very luxuriant and beautiful,
they. are not without their dangerous
awbacks, for there is one plant grow
ing in them that is really deadly in its
efiects-that is to say, deadly in the same
way that one would apply the term to
fire, as if certain proportion of ones
body is burnt by the singing tree, death
will be the result. 1t would be as safe
to pass through fires as to fall into one
of these trees. They are found growing
from two to three inches high to ten and
fifteen feet. In the old ones the stem is
whitish, and red berries usually grow on
the top. 1t emits peculiar and disa-
greeable smell, but is best known by its
leaf, which is nearly round, and having
a point at the top, is jagged all around
the edge like the nettle. All the leaves
are large--some larger than saucer.


Sometimes, says traveller, "while
shooting turkeys in the scrubs ! have en-
tirely forgotten the stinging tree, till
warned of its close proximity by its
smell, and have then found myself in a
little forest of them. was only once
stung, and that very lightly. Its effects
are curious; it leaves no mark, but the
pain is maddening, and for months after
ward the part, when touched is tender,
in rainy weather, or when it gets wet in
washing, etc. l have seen man, who
treats ordinary pain lightly, roll on the
ground in agony, after being stung, and
I have known horse so completely mad,
after getting into a grove of the trees,
that he rushed open-mouthed at every
one who approached him, and had to be
shot in the scrub. Dogs, when stung,
will rush about, whining piteously
biting pieces from the affected part. The
small stinging trees, few inches high
are as dangerous as any, being 50 hard tx
see, and seriously imperiling ones ankles
This scrub is usually found growins
among palm trees"
Year: 1878

There is reason to believe that there
are different degrees of civilization
among animals as well as human beings
and that, too, corresponding to the de-
velopment of the race with which the
animals come in contact. Nothing is
more common among higher civilized
people than instances Of the faithfulness
Of dogs to their masters, whose lifeless
bodies they often watch over until al
most famished from protracted absti-
nence from food. But among the bar
barous tribes in south Africa the conduct
Of their dogs is quite different. Among
the many horrors of the war now prevail
ing there it is . common sight to see .
dog feeding on the carcass Of his master
who has been killed in battle-a sight,
We venture to say, unprecedented among
civilized nations.
Year: 1878

A CURIOUS case of gun-bursting came
came to notice few days since. A gen.
tleman was cleaning his gun with swab
and string, when the swab became
jammed, to remove which he took . joint
of fishing-rod which happened to be Just
twelve bore, fitting the gun nicely; but
the moisture from the swab swelled the
end of it, and this also became i'm
movable. Leaving the room for few
minutes, he was startled by report,
and returned to find that his new breech.
loader had become bankrupt by the
swelling of the rod.
Year: 1878

IN the Paris international exposition
s'f this year there is to be chess congress,
which will probably exceed in import
ance any previous thing of the Sort An
apartment in the main building is to be
fitted up, and the French government is
to give an object of art worth 5000
francs as a prize to the champion.
Year: 1878

A QUEER death took place in York
State last week. 1t was the demise Of a
savings bank of sheer old age. The Che
mango Valley Savings Bank died because
quorom of trustees could not be OBJ
tained-six of the thirteen were dead,
and the other seven were so old that
they wished to retire from banking. 1t
has paid everything, and has $l30.65 on
hand. The balance is not overwhelm-
ing, but it is on the correct side of the
ledger
Year: 1878

THEY have peculiar feature of dead
headism IN Germany, where, in fact, it
is made compulsory by the government.
Not only is every theatre in Germany
obliged to admit military officers and
men at reduced rates, but the manager is
also bound, by clause in his license, to
reserve a certain number Of free tickets
for each representation for the disposal
of the military authorities. In Berlin,
where there are ten theatres, from forty
to fifty officers and from two hundred
and fifty soldiers tickets are distributed
daily among the regiments of the gar.
risOn.