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Year: 1878

A recent traveller in Palestine was as
tonished by the number and preservation
Of roads built in the Roman era. They
were laid out on all main routes, and were
constructed so perfectly that in many sec
tions they endure to day as we'll as if Tin
ished not long ago. The country of Pal
estine was one of the most difficult sort to
carry a system Of roadway5 over, and yet
its obstacles were surmounted with the
least possible expenditure of labor. Every
route was curbed On each side by lines o.
stones projecting from one to two fee
above the surface of the soil; between
these boundaries the avenue was paved
streams were crossed by bridges, whose
style remains preserved alone in those OF
Italy to the present thour-as, for example,
those of Venice; valleys were traversed by
yiaducts; and causeways carried the line
up or down mountain sides, either by
piers of masonry or in channels $ ltfio ieatly
wide cut out of living rock. Often zig
Gags and steps were resorted to in climb


ing steep ascents. Whenever the street
passed over solid rock, the wear of char


lot wheels in the course of time made ruts
which remain to-day as plain and deep as
when the last car passed over.
Year: 1878

In writing of Madam Rachel and her
victims, the London Medical Examiner
takes occasion to point out the Stiffness of
those women who think that there is any
artificial method of preserving the beauty
of the complexion by enamelling and such
like processes. 1t says that the complex
ion is dependent on the quality and guam
tity of the blood in the skin, and the con-
dition of the cells of the skin through
which the blood is seen. The way to
ensure having proper quantity of healthy
blood in the skin is to rise early, to be
much in the open air, especially during
the hours Of sunlight to avoid overhead
ed, ertifcially lighted, unventilated rooms,
and to retire early to rest. TO keep the
cells which protect the skin in a natural
state, all that is necessary is to wash the
surface of the body with soap and water
only, or, in the case of some delicate skins
which the alkali Of most soaps irritates,
with water alone. Whoever will attend
to these directions will do ell that can be
done to preserve, as all ought to try and
preserve, their skin in the most healthy


md therefore, beautiful condition.
Year: 1878

One of the best means of aiding the
working people to better times is to place
them on the idle lands of the West. tits
vain to say that these lands are already
open IN one hundred and sixty acre farms
TO &il who are willing to cultivate them;
what is wanted is tie means of getting
there as well, says the Lowell Sun. The
persons most in need of the land are those
who cannot hope to reach it if left to
their own resources. A man out of work,
even a single man, is in most cases una
bic to leave his present locality, except on
foot, much less travel couple of thou
sand miles, pay entrance fees on a govern
meHt lot, build a habitation, buy stock
and tools, and support himself till tie
harvesting of his crop. The . ing is a
tantalizing impossibility.


The larger the mans family, the great
er to him is the distance TO the land, and
the fewer are his chances of reaching ii.
The more likely, too, is he to become q
public burden during his enforced idle
ness. 1t is quite different thing with the
man who can buy his ticket and 90 where
he pleases, putting up at hotels on the
way. lie smiles at the distance and
thinks it nothing; in fact, he is of the
class of citizens who do not want the
land, and considers the man who talks of
going to it very foolish indeed. Why not
live here and prosper2 He may be do
ing well; may be drawing dividends out
Of stock left him by a relative, and he
knows nothing of discomfort.


Even the few mechanics who have
been fortunate enough to keep in steady
work and out of debt do not comprehend
how helpless is the poor man who has no
earning. He feels dependent; has no
heart to look around him, and is often in
his weakness fam to toady to the man
who can keep him from the almshouse
or from crime with dollar or a DAYS
work. He feels as if he were sentenced
to walk upon the sea, expecting to sink at
the slightest motion. Such is the condi
ton OF many honest mechanics and labor
ers to-day in our eastern cities, who
would hail such a measure as we hint at
with the Joy Of liberated slaves. They
are tied down with the bonds of poverty,
and NOPE hopelesslv about the public
streets, the gall Of their condition embit-
tering life and destroying their manIi-
ness.


This is no rhetoric; we have spoken
with these honest, depressed souls, and
know what we are talking about. W.
want them put on the public domain, SO
long used to fatten Understanding capi
tai, and there employ their willing hands
in building up homes for themselves, pro-
ducing food for others and adding wealth
and strength to the nation. They have a
first right to it; corporations and specu-
!&tors have long since had their share.
Workingmen. think this thing over
among yourselves. Even you who do
aot calculate to turn farmers would be
bettered by having less idle labor around
looking for your places. 1t will benefit
all men who labor or depend on labor.
Year: 1878




When purchasing globe, procure rs
widemouthed one as possible, and when
in use it should never be more than
three parts full OF water. By these
means you will secure as much air as
possible for the fish. Keep the globe in
the most airy part of the room-neither
in the sun nor near the fire. Change
the water daily and handle the fish ten
Derby when doing so. A small net is
the best thing with which to remove
them. The best plan is to have two
equalized globes and change the fish
from one to the other daily. always be-
ing careful that the fresh one is perfect
ly clean, and the water triver water is
far preferable) is fresh and'clean. New
er give the fish food; all they require is
plenty of fresh air and fresh water
they will derive sufficient nutriment
from the animalcule contained in the
water. Numbers of people kill their
fish by giving .hem bread; for. though
bread is good for goldfish, and they will
eat it, the uneaten crumbs immediatly
get sour and deteriorate the water, to
the great injury of the fish. Keep the
globe out of the reach of cats and dogs
Year: 1878

| flowing down the mountain side, which
forms the torrent that runs through the
bottom of the defile. The mountain


stood up in front of us like avail, but


away up in little indentation was a


hut. We asked if men could possibly


live in such a place. The answer,
laughingly given, was that they could,
and that We would see how they lived
there, for that hut stood on the summit
of the FOrclaz, the mountain that we
must go over, and that the road Leo 10
the hut. We were astonished, but sub
missiye; in fact were willing to go any
where TO get away from the miserable
region we had just passed through.
Then the road began TO ascend, zig-za..
roundabout, turning and twisting, up
the most perpendicular side of the hill.
1t was 4 hill of hills; most exhaust
ing drag up. We did it; got to the hut
on the summit; found it little inn,
and then were rewarded with mag
nificent view. On one side of the mar
row ridge on which we stood was the
deep valley and the terrible defile
through which We had passed, with all
the Mont Blanc range of Alps behind
1t. Walking a few feet to the other
side was seen the valley of the Rhore,
two great mountains guarding the head
of Lake Leman, and the Jungfrau and
the Bernese Alps farawav behind them.
The horses rested few minutes and
then started down hill again, for the
road zig-zagged down that side in the
same fashion as it zig-zagged up on the
other. There was Martigny. almost
beneath us, looking SO near, though far
below, that you could almost throw a
stone and hit the little church spire.
We trotted briskly dow n hill, sometimes
in imminent danger of rolling over a
preclpice; sometimes through woods
and bushes; sometimes on so narrow a
ledge that there was scarcely rooEl for
the wagon; and the further we went,
though still down, down, the more dis
tant seemed the town. Occasionally a
cow disputed the road with us, and
there was as much trouble getting her
out of the way as there usually is with
a COW on a railroad. We jOlted over
stones and went around sharp angles,
all holding on tight, and the wagon
brake fixed firmly. 1t was one of the
worst rides that any one could take, and
after two hours of it down hill, with
every bone bruised sore, we at length
got down to Martigny, which had SEEM
ed from the summit to be so near; and
near it was, so far rs horizontal meas
urement went, but perpendicularly it
was great way off. After nine hours
ride We turned into the great St. Ber-
nard road, and the horses trotted mer-
rily into the town. They had accom-
plished the worst days work they could
be put to, and we had ridden through
the worst pass in Europe.
Year: 1878

The Alpine flowers have remarkably
deep and vivid coloring, The most
brilliant blues and red, with rich
brown, shading to black, are observable
amidst the white and yellow flowers of
the low countries, and these tints like
wise seem to assume purer and more
dazzling hue in these nigh regions. A
similar richness of color is met with in
the vegetation of the polar districts,
where the hues not only become more
fiery, but undergoa a complete alteration
under the influence of the constant
summer light and rays ofthe benighted
sun, white and violet being often deep
ened into a glowing purple. The Alpine
plants often grow in dense masses, and
their extraordinary splendor of color
ing lends that magic charm to the fresh
green turf which renders the pasture
lands of the High Alps SO famous.
Year: 1878

Among the young ladies who sat at
the receipt of customs in a western
church fair, and retailed kisses at the
nominated value of ten cents each, was
vinegar -visaged old mald, who had
crowded herself in on the gauzy pre-
tense that she felt 1t her duty to do her
share toward helping along the good
cause. When it came time for closing,
the young ladies turned over to ths
church treasury from IS to $40 apiece,
while the ancient female handed in a
solitary dime, the value of one kiss that
she received from a blind man whose
taste was so vitiated by tobacco chew
ing that he was unable to detect the
imposition.
Year: 1878

Every burden of sorrow seems like a
stone hung around our neck, yet they
are often like the stones used by the
pearl divers, which enable them to reach
the prize and to rise enriched.
Year: 1878

This Liniment has proved itself to ba
one of the best remedies ever used for
Burns and Scalds. Its quickness in allie
Waiting pain when applied, gives it grea'
superiority over all other preparation
Year: 1878

at l o'clock, p. M,


the following real estate to wit:
All that parcel of land, situate and lyinn
on the road leading from McchanlcslowI
to Mt. ST. Mary's College, about p miles
from each place, containing


13 - ACRES OF LAND,
more or less, divided into three fields and
enclosed in good fencing. The improve
mcnis consists of good LOG HOUSE
one and n half stories high, IL good barn
and stabling, smoke house and other nee.
cssary buildings in good order. There is
also a young


AND THRIVING ORCHARD
in full bearing Of choice fruit of various
kinds on the premises, and Il well of never.
property is well worthy the attention of
any person desiring pleasant home. Any
person or persons wishing 10 view the
property before the day of sale will call on
the subscriber in Mrchanicstown or on
Mr.. Nelson Barton living on the properly
as Tenant either of whom will take pleas
use i'll showing the property. The right
to cut and thrcsh the grain growing upon
the premises is reserved for the tenant


Terms of Salr.--One half cash on the
day of sale or on the ratification of the sale
by the Court, the balance to be secured bv
note, twelve months rom the day of sale
with security satisfactory to the Agent of
Executor and bearing interest from the
date of sale. Upon the payment of the
whole purchase money good and suffi
ccrt deed will be given The purchaser
10 be at the expense of conveyancing.
Possession given the lst day of April 1879,


FREDERICK WHITE, gent


for Jacob Stoutfer Executor.
Year: 1878

We have occasion to advert TO the
arrogant to ne assumed By some fthe
friends OF tbis gentleman IN urging bis
claims to the Democratic nominat.on
for Governor. We now add sample
of gush in the same direction: The
Louisville News says;


"Theie is no man in Kentucky who
can make a better Governor than the
Chief Justice of the State lie is one
of the most ablcst men in the Common
wealth. His political record is free
from blemish. The Democratic party
is largely indebted to him for valuable
services.


Now, in search of facts, we ask Of
our res spected Louisville contemporary
what is the political record OF the
Chief Justice? We know thai
he entered into the late =cramb q iJr
the SenatoSship, but beyond that have
no knowledge of his connection With
DO litics What are the services for
which the Democratic party is so
largely indebted to the Chief Justic?


While the News will do the Judge
service by giving the desired infor-
nla ton it may further aid him BY
clearing up some reports which have
got afoat up this way; as for instance,
that on his defeat for Senator the Judge
took fit of the pouts, and refused
to publicly aequiesce in the selection
Of Gen. William; and further that the
blow of defeat so staggered him that
he was unable for two or I,ree weeks
to attend to his judicial duties:-Cog-
ington Common wealth.
Year: 1878

REPREsENTATIvE Turner of Kentucky,
put in a good word the other day for the
veterans OF the Mexican war, and illustra-
ted the chivalric feelings OF a soldier IN a
short speech ON the bill 10 grant pensions to
the soldiers and sailors OF the Mexican war.
In the course OF his speech Mr.. Turner
said


MY purpose in taking the floor was to
respond TO what, with all due Difference
seemed to me an ungenerous argument urg-
ed against the bill by the gentleman from
Vermont Mr.. Joyce) and the gentleman
from Illinois Mr.. Hayes, to-wit, that the
bin should be rejected because, forsooth
some soldiers would be entitled to the benefit
OF it who in obedience to honest convic-
tions or local prejudice had joined the rebel
army or sympathized with the rebellion.


81 bore an humble part in the Mexican
war, and was . friend OF the Union and adj
hercd to the fortunes OF the old flag in our
late unhappy section strife in Il section
where il was n sacrifice OF property and pop
ular favor, and brought neither place nor lat
contracts, and | hope may, without otiense
be permitted to doubt whether the gentle
men from Illinois and Vermont and their
constituents could have been successfully
subjected to such a test of their devotion to
the Union as were the Union men Of my
section.


"The sensitive loyalty and assured lnfail-
bility of those who never cease 10 pursue
their fellow citizens who have dared TO dill
fer with them, and which would withhold
from whole class of deserving veteran sol
diers a lust and merited pension lest some
Of them who had dared to differ with II,
and 70 express that difference in words or
acts, should receive the benefit OF the gamer
al provision, might we'll be cited to the no
bic conduct Of the officers Of the army OF
Spain toward their fellow-oficers who had
participated in the late Carlist rebellion and
fought against them in obedience to local
sympathy and honest convictions"
Year: 1878

Chicago lntef-Ocean-


Tony Denier. one of our best clowns.
Is we'll known in Chicago as Humpt
Dumpty. His knowledge of tie circus
and symnastic business lately stood
him Ia great need in his new avoca
ton a. farmer, AS il enabled him to
eave he lie OF little darling not over
five years Of age As he was leaving
his farm gate With his buggy team, he
happened 10 look across he field and
saw an enraged COW dashing at little
daughter Throwing the lines to his
colored boy, he made back spring
from the carriage, cleared the gate with
one bound, threw himslf in front of
the child, and met the furious charge
of the COW which he seized by the
horns. and was tossed high in the air.
No, Tony held on to the horns md his
knowledge of circus business enabled
him, when he received the shock of
the toss, to turn in the air a com-
pleie somersault aud alight on the
cows back, which so astonished the
COW that she tanned down immediately,
and was riden and driven home by
Tony.
Year: 1878

If we can judge from the large crowds
that are daily TO be seen at the Cheap and
Fashionable Store Of HENRY BUCHAA-
AN This house is doing splendid ousi-
ness and Mr.. Buchanan is looking closely
after the interest Of his patrous-thsy all
90 away pleased.
Year: 1878

QUEER, isn't it? A 42O grain dollar is at
a discount, while a 4l24 grain dollar is at
par. This is one of the queer financial
freaks of our very queer Government, as it
is being queerly administered by such queer
persons as John Sherman and R. B. Hayes.
-'Salem Sunbeam.


1t has been said, that politicians will say
anything, and the above is an instance of
the truth of the remark. The Sunbeam is
fairer than the average of political papers,
and yet it makes the Two persons named
above responsible for a thing it knows they
were directly opposed to. President Hayes
even took the high prerogative to veto the
Bland bill, and yet because he is admins
tering law passed over his veto in
obedience to his oath on taking the execu
tive chair, he is held responsible for "queer'
administration. President Hayes and Sec
retary Sherman have enough sins to answer
for without being responsible for the act
of an infatuated Congress. We give thu
above as sample of the way politician
treat each other, and the man who adhere
to his political paper is fed every week will
just such travesties of the truth as is Sc
forth in this item.
Year: 1878

The paper money frenzy now floating on
the top wave of our political waters is hav.
ing fine illustration in Constantinople.
The large issue of paper money by the
Port has made it so worthless while wheat
is SO high that the bakers have decided to
discontinue the sale of bread. The Sultan,
alarmed at this striking development Of
worldly wisdom among that important class
of his subjects, has remitted the grain tax
and appointed commission to devise
means for retiring the paper currency
The bahel-. j presumed, will give the
commission a chance, but it will be many {
day before that country, rs will be the cas-,
with ours Unlimited amount o
greenbacks should be issued, can attain


healthy condition and labor have fai
profit for a fair days work.
Year: 1878

As business investment, ii win pay him
hundred times the price Of subscription. be-
cause it will keep him posted in the market
quotations. so that. as a producer, he may
stand on equal ground with the speculator in
knowing tho state Of the market. He will not
then be dependent on his neighbors for that
knowledge which is money in his pocket. He
will be also constantly advised Of the current
Of events, political and otherwise. He win
know what is going on in the world. and be in
constant communication with IL. 1t will add
to the intelligence of himself and household.
If he has a daily mail, the farmer should BY all
means have the Daily American. which viii
cost him ten dollars per year, including the
postage. If be cannot get the daily regularly,
then he should take the Semi-weekly Ameri-
can, price SID per year, postage included
And If he cannot conveniently obtain either Of
these editions promptly. he certainly can get
the Weekly American. which has all the mark
ct quotations of the week. including those Of
the day Of publication, which will cost MIN
only two dOllarc year. postage Prepalc by the
publishers. 1t is best 10 have the Daily II you
have the postal facilities; but in any event.
you should have the Weekly American. If
you try it one year. you will never stop it and
never regret it
Year: 1878

They tell ola Yankee who fattered his
girl so much that she got so proud at
last that she refused TO speak to him.
A western man says that that story
reminded him ofa man in st. Louis who
had some rather dull stock to sell. 1t
was thought pretty good stock, but
it was slow and considerably "below
par" Advertise it" said one of his
friends. He did so, and at last brought
it up to so good a position in the mark
ct that, seeing how well it stood, he


concluded to hang on to it for himself.
Year: 1878

eating too much. This chance of over
eating is also greatly favored by having
a variety of dishes and different favors
to tempt the palate. Anice, clean, we'll
laid table-cloth, with sparkling glass, a
cool room and pleasant companion are,
methinks, essentially accessory to din
ing well. When 1 advise you to dine
off one joint, by no means forbid the
use of light puddings or tarts, nor of
salad in summer time, or few walnuts
and raisins to wind up with in winter.
What l do wish the reader to remember
most particularly is that over-eating is
most injurious, and that too many dishes
do not agree with each other, and con-
sequently produce languor, istlessness
and dyspepsia. The habit of taking
brandy soon after dinner is also hurtful.
1 assure you that if the stomach needs
any FLIP of this kind, it is because far
too much has been put into it.


Now as to the last meal of the day,
namely, supper; you must, think,
study your own peculiar constitution
with regard to it. 1t should not be par
taken of too late, neither should it be a
heavy meal, for if you lie down to rest
with stomach filled with undigested
food, it cannot do you good, and your
sleep will not be refreshing. On the
other hand, no one, and more especially
the nervous, should go to bed fasting,
for nothing more effectually banishes
sleep than hunger.
Year: 1878

More than one of the great families of
Russia have sprung from very humble
source, owing its subsequent greatness
entirely to some fortunate accident. The
first of the Ostermanns, who have since
produced commander-in.c chief and o
prime minister, was young German
immigrant from Pomerania, who attract
ed the notice of Peter the Great by his
prompt translation of dispatch which
the czar wished to send to one of his
foreign adjutants. The history of the
Menschikofs is still more romantic.
Their founder, Alexander Menschikof,
was a pastry cooks boy in st. Peters
burg during the same reign, and on the
occasion of state dinner at the palace,
was sent thither with basket of tarts
made expressly for the czar himself.
Hating to rest on the way, he was ac-
costed by two we'll dressed men, one of
whom engaged him in conversation
while the other inspected the contente
of the basket, after which they suddenly
disappeared. As the boy stopped to
pick up his load, passing dog snatched
one of the tarts, but had hardly swal-
lowed it when he dropped dead, with a
frightful howl of pain. The quick-wit-
ted lad instantly OWNED plot TO poison
the czar by this means, and fastening
to the palace, told the whole story. He
was at once rewarded with post in the
imperial household, and eventually rose
to the rank of chancellor of the empire,
which he held till the accession of Peter
II. The latter, however, disgraoed and
banished him to Siberia, where he died /;
but the Empress Anna reinstated his
family, which has ever since held q
prominent place at the Russian court.