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Year: 1879

The following recipe for coughs and


consumption was first used by the


Hon. Ellis B. Schnabel, of New York.


in 1S4S, but was never given to the


public until about two years ago.


Take five pounds of pure white rock


candy and dissolve it in a gallon OF


old rye whisky-the older the better.


The whisky must be distilled in the


old-fashioned way with a copper


worm. Always get the pure white


rock candy. Colored candies are in


variably poisonous. The clear white


rock is pure. crystalized sugar. Put


your five pounds of white rock candy


into gallon of whisky and set it on


your table. Let it remain there until


the candy dissolves. A week may 90


by before it is absorbed by the whis.


ky. Whenever you pass the demijohn


stop and give it good shaking and


have the others in the house to do the
same. Take sherry wine glassful on
going to bed. On waking in the morn
ing take two-thirds as much on an
empty stomach. Carry q flask in your
pocket and take spoonful q half
dozen times a day, whenever you
think of it. Your object should be to
keep your stomach continually en-
ployed in taking up rich and nourish.
ing matter. The cordial will check
cold night.sweats and the patient will
secure long and refreshing sleep. All
lung fever will disappear. You will
feel no more pain in the chest. The
only danger is that you may finally
become so enraptured with the elixir
that you will find it difficult to drop
it when it's use is no longer necessary
for the preservation of your health.
Now, as to your diet while feeding on
this elixir. You must avoid all vine |
gars, pickles, sour wines, malt drinks
and salt provisions of all kinds. Touch |
fresh pork under no circumstances.
Acids and fresh pork promote ulcera-
lion and Increase the very difficulty
you are trying to cure. No coffee
should be used, for it fevers the blood |
md neutralizes the agency of the sac
;harine matter. Drink black tea. Eat
'oast beef rare, broiled steaks, mutton
.hops we'll toasted bread and all kinds
If vegetables. One of the best articles
If food is the rum omelette, made ex-
lusively of the yolks of eggs. There
no nourishment in the white of an
gg. The object is to enrich the blood.
The blood is the great agent to build
Up weak and dilapidated constitutions
nd it must be furnished with the nec-
ssary materials to reconstruct them.
his treatment and diet 80 enriches it
hat it is bound to win in the end
rom an old Recipe.
Year: 1879

When the Russian female doctors
who heroically served as army sur
geons in Turkey during the last Turke-
Russian war returned to their country,
they found that the opposition to their
admission to regular medical practice
had disappeared. They arc now off,
cially employed, on an equal footing
with other members of the Faculty, in
many hospitals and are in different
provincial districts.
Year: 1879

Concerning the force of nature which


man will probably use when coal is ex-


hausted, DIR. Siemens, the English sci


enlist, speaks as follows in an address


at Glasgow, Scotland:


| "When, little more than twelve


months ago, visited the great Falls of


Niagara, was particularly struck
with the extraordinary amount of force


which is lost, as far as the useful pur-
poses of man are concerned. One hun
dred million tons of water fall there
every hour from a vertical height of
one hundred and fifty feet, which rep
resent an aggregate of six million eight
hundred thousand horsepower, or, in
other words, to pump back the water
from below to above the fall would re-
qu're an annual expenditure of not less
than 266, ,OO0, 900 tons of coal, calculated
at an average consumption of four
pounds of coal per horse power per
hour which amount is equivalent to
the total coal consumption of the world.
In stating these facts in my inaugural
address on assuming the presidency of
the Iron and Steel Institute, I ventured
to express the opinion that in order to
utilize natural forces of this description
at distant towns and centers of indus
try the electric current might be re-
sorted to. This view was at the time
unsupported by experimental data such
as have been able since then to col
lect. 1t would not be necessary to seek
on the other side of the Atlantic for an
application of this mode of transmit
ting the natural force of falling water
as there is perhaps no country where
this force abounds to greater extent
than on the west coast of Scotland,
with its elevated lands and heavy RAIN
falls. You have already conducted the
water from one of your high level
locks to Glasgow by means of galvan-
ic tube and how much easier would
it be to pass the water in its descent
from elevated lands through turbines,
and to transmit the vast amount of
force that might thus be collected, by
means of stout metallic conductors, to
towns and villages for the supply of
light and mechanical powerI


1t would be wrong to suppose that
resumption of the use of natural
forces would throw us back to the time
of the windmill and the primitive wa
ter-wheel which used to give motion to
isolated establishments. We shall
have learned to store, to transport and
to utilize these forces in a manner
adapted to our superior requirements
and who knows whether the time NAV
not come when our descendants in the
third or fourth generation will look
back upon the indiscriminate users of
coal with something like the same feel
ing that we look upon the users of flint
and bronze implements"
Year: 1879

A NEW SORT OF GHOST STORY


The village of Martinsyille, nea


Wheeling, Va, starts a novel ghos


story on its rounds. In 1874 a mar


named Stephen Templeton disappear


ed from Martinsville and his family


He had received nearly $500 In pay


ment of note for some property he


had sold, taken a skif to go to neigh


boring swamp to cut hoop poles, and


never returned. The skiff was found


upset in the river, the river was drag


ged, and diligent search was made,


but no trace of Templeton could be


found. His wife and children gave


him up for dead, and time passed on.


The other day young man was cros-


sing swamp to reach ferry, and


says that he was accosted by the head
less trunk of a man that seemed to
rise up before him out of the ground.
The apparition said he was Stephen
Templeton, who had been foully mur-
dered for the money he had about him


-$7S5. He was cutting hoop poles,
and his murderer, whom he named,
got hold of his axe, split his skull
open, and then severed his head. He
was buried near the foot of certain
tree, which he pointed out, where his
bones might be found, together with
the axe with which the deed was done.
He wanted his murderer prosecuted,
and said that he was willing and able
to appear against him in court if nee.
essary to secure his conviction. The
young man told a few friends of this
ghostly interviewer, and they resolv-
ed that before saying anything about
it they would dig for Templeton's
bones, to prove the ghost story. They
digged at the place and found bones
and boots. OF course the remains
could not be identified, but the village
cobbler recognized the boots as his
work, and like those he made for
to accommodate his corn 8.
Those were Templeton's boots, and
the bones must needs be Templeton's
bones. Whether or not there was
any ghost came to tell them where to |
look, those young men found Temple
toms bones, that had been missing for
five years and more. The axe that
had welded among the
hoop poles was also found in the shall
ow grave according to the ghost
story. When it was noiscd about that
bones had been found,
he man he named as having been his
secretly left town and has
lot been seen there since. If he is
taught and brought to trial, in view of
he ghost story, there will be some in
rest to see if that headless trunk will
come into Martinsville court to face
he assassin and give testimony against
lin. In. the meantime Martinsville
waits for the st. Louis Rep.
Year: 1879

A Colorado paper tells the story OF
Steve Venard's fight with three robbers
in 1866. A stage coming into Nevada,
Col, had been robbed of the treasure
box by three men. A party set out for
its recovery. Venard, armed with a
Henry rifle, followed the trail alone into
one of the widest spots in that wild and
rugged region. The hills hung steep
above. The waters of ravine came
tumbling down its steep bed of powders
with a rush and noise which rendered no
sounds audible Venard attempted to
cross the stream at the head of the fall.
He walked on q short log to q rock.
Above him rose the huge mass of granite,
buttressed in front by two smaller rocks.
Between the latter was an alley up which
his position enabled him to look. At
the base of the great rock Venard dis
covered the leader of the gang sitting on
the ground drawing his revolver. Venard
levelled bis rifle upon the robher, twenty
feet distant At the same moment he
90" 'saI~ti~- tt-~ e.---o rvi-4ti.4o - Linn
over the edge of the rock. There was
no time to change his aim. He fired;
the leader fell back shot through the
heart. The other robber attempted to
shield himself further behind rock,
leaving the point of his pistol exposed
over the top. Venard covered the spot
with his unerring rife, and when the
head of the robber peared above the
rock his brain was pierced with bullet
There was yet another, but he was not
to be seen. His pistol might at that
moment be pointing at Venara. The
latter clambered up to beard him in his
den. He found the treasure, took the
pistols from The dead, covered quickly
the former with earth and leaves, and
proceeded to hunt the missing robber,
He found him running up the mountain
sixty yards Or more ahead. Venard fired
and the robber fell. Another bullet and
the last robber rolled down the hill
dead.
Year: 1879

Americus GA Republican: A gentle
man of the new Twenty-sixth District, of
this county, informs US that on last Sat
urday, as he was riding through the
country, he witnes sed the most novel
sight of bis life. 1t was nothing more
nor less than white lady plowing, her
husband acting as the horse, mule OF
steer, as the case may be. He was regu.
larly harnessed, and dragging the pillow
as complacently as an OK. The gentle
man spoke to the woman about her team.
and she replied that ''this was the only
way she could get any work out OF Elan
and she would make him do what she
could" The plowed ground was vel
broken up, and showed that the woman
was expert in the use of the plow, and
the man can be horse when he will.
Year: 1879

PTTTsBURG, Pa, April 30.-A bold but
unsuccessful attempt was made at noon
to-day to rob the Working Mems Savings
Bank on Ohio street, Allegheny. The
bookkeeper OF the bank had gone to din
ner, leaving the cashier, Geo. G. Walker.
alone. Two men entered the bank and
one Of them advancing to the rear ooun-
ter asked for silver for dollar bill.
When the cashier advanced with the
change in his hand he was confronted
with a cooked revolver and told to make
no noise or he would be shot. Dropping
the silver Walker seized the revolver and
succeeded in wrenching it from his as
sailant, who then clambered up and got
on the counter and was reaching for the
money on the counter when Walker open
ed fire on him, firing two shots at hnc,
also two at the other robhar, who, in the
mean time, had climbed over the front
counter, and was advancing to the rescue.
The strangers, dismayed by their warlike
reception, then turned toward the door
and fed and have not yet been arrested.
The officers OF the bank say they sus-
tanned no loss.


Later developments in the assault on
the Workingmen's Savings Bank to-day
are that the thieves succeeded in carving
off twenty three hundred dollars, but in
their hurried flight dropped package
containing seven hundred dollars, which
was picked up on The street and returned
to the bank officers. The thieves on
leaving the bank made for the river and
succeeded in getting over to this side
whore the clue to their whereabouts was
lost
Year: 1879

washed ashore, and it is said that few
days after the wreck the father of VIII
liam Marshall, the Lieutenant Comman-
der Of the post at Lewes during the war
of 1912, and several others, secured
enough of the precious metal to make
them rich for the time being. This
came ashore on fragments of the ship,
and was picked up on the most seaward
point of Cape Henlopen.


But this wreck is not the only one that
has brought the party here. Sometime
between the revolution and the war of
1912, an American brig bound from Liy-
erpool to Baltimore, with specie on board,
was wrecked upon shoal lying out from
Synepuxette Beach, and there was beat
ell to pieces by the heavy surf. A gold
laden Spanish vessel was also wrecked
upon the Hen and Chicken Shoals, just
off the beach south of the cape. This is
one OF the most treacherous and fatal
beaches upon the whole Atlantic coast.
More wrecks have occurred here than
upon any similar extent of shore with
which the United States Life saving
Service have anything to do. Upon This
beach where so often have beer found
the corpses of unfortunate mariners, gold
and silver coin has been washed up by
the waves. No later than last fall, after
the terrific storm in October, two pieces
of gold coin and a Spanish dollar were
found neaE the edge of the surf. This,
more than anything else, has led the
party already alluded to. to think there
is some likelihood of the recovery of a
quantity OF the lost treasure.
Year: 1879

Last year country editor offered his
paper one year for the largest water
melon. Instead of doubling up his sub.
scription list by the grand scheme. the
melons did nothing but double up the
editor,
Year: 1879

Nervousness in the sense of feeble
ness, or lack Of stability Of the ner-
vous system, as distinguished from
the rest of the body, is word Of
modern origin; neither the ancients
nor the midi#vals used this term in
modern Specification; it is pre-emi-
nently an American term, since the
state or tendency Of the constitution
suggested by it abounds in the north
ern and eastern parts Of the United
States more than in any other part OF
the world. The. number of those in
the middle or higher classes Of Amer
ican society who, without ever being
sick, never know what fnll, rejoicing
health really is; who live constantly
in a lower plane Of being than
is normal in man; who are weak all
over, though not specially and con-
stantly weak in any one organ, and
who, though theJ may never expert
ence piercing and grinding pain, yet
suffer at times, if not always, that ex-
haustion which in many respects is
far worse than pain-is very large,
and is, or has been, apparently in
creasing
Year: 1879

If the farmer has a barn, and a
fence around it, let him plant, outside
of that fence, row Of evergreens,
closely together, so that nothing can
injure them, and in few years he
will have such protection from the
storms for his stock that no money
could induce him to remove the trees.
We know this to be fact, and we
further know that where such wind
breaks exist no shivering stock is to
be found. Of course we would not
have these trees all around the barn.
but just at those parts where the
storms are most prevalent. And
where farmers have barns, or protec-
tion by buildings, and wish to have
protection in some way, let them Sc
lect some suitable field, and hedge it
in with the same kind of trees, in the
same way they would their barn
yards, they will meet with success, as
every person who has tried the exper-
iment knows. Let these wind break
ers be planted during the coming sum-
mer, and in a few years no farmers
will complain of having no protection
for his stock.
Year: 1879

Mr. JAMES HI. BArTERroN leaves in
few days for the Salmon river country
to look after his ground there. His
placers are situated not far from Yam
kee Fork, and he intends working
them this summer. From him we
learn that large number of miners
from Butte and other portions Of the
country have gone 10 the new Ell Do
rado, OF iLtend to do so at an early
day-[Deer Lodge Mon, New
Northwest.
Year: 1879

The Los Angeles (Cal) Express
says: "We heard good story the
other day about Governor Irwin.
which we give as it came to us, with
out vouehing for its entire truth: The
Governor was making one of his off
cial visits to the Napa Insane Asy-
lum, and while passing through one
of the female wards was introduced
by the Superintendent as Governor Ir-
win One of the patients, fat old
lady, Immediately took him by the
arm with the salutation: How are
you, Governor? Let's take walk
His excellency humored her for awhile,
and then tried to leave her. Not a
bit of it, said she; you don't go until
you have kissed mel And rumor says
that the Governor was compelled to
purchase his liberty at that price,
Year: 1879

The volumes Of the Magazine begin
with the Numbers for June and December
OF each year, When no time is specified


1t Will be understood that the subscriber
wishes to begin with the current Number.
Year: 1879

The gates at the passenger
depots which shut out all people
not having tickets for the trains
we're Yesterday closed at the
Union Depot against an elderly
woman wearing spectaCles ana
using an umbrella for cane.


Cant pass without a ticket,
said the man at the gate as she
came up.


st want to see if there's any
body on that train going to
Port Huron she answered.


Cant pass without a ticket,
madam


give got a darter in Port
Huron, I have


Cant help it please. Ny
orders are very strict


Il tell you I want to send
word to my darter!' she eZ-
claimed. adjusting her spectacles
for a better view Of the official.


Eyes. but we can't help that,
YOU see. Please show yonr
ticket"


Il want this ere railroad to
understand that I've got a dar-
ter in Port Huron, and she's got
q baby four weeks old, and I'm
Going to send her up word in
spite Of all the gates in this de-
poi"


please show your ticket,
madam"


'T tell you once more


please show your ticket,
madam"


She gave the old umbrella a
whirl and brought it down on
his head with all the vim Of an
old. fashioned lOg-raising, and as
he staggered aside she passed
him and said:


"There's my ticket sir, and
I've GOT more behind it! Mebbe
one man and a gate can stop me
from sending word to my dar-
ter to grease the baby's nose
with mutton taller if the wealth
er changes cold, but I don't be-
lieye it.


And she walked down to the
train, found some one going to
Port Huron, and came back
carelessly humming the melody
of the "Three Blind Mice. -
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

The farmers way ont Of hard
times is to keep pegging away;
live within your income, and
save a little for a rainy day; sell
your surplus stock and grain,
even if you can't get yonr price,
take what you can get, use the
money to pay your honest debts;
if you owe no debts put it at in
terest, and don't go ION credit"
any more; work steady and be
economical; make no foolish OF
bad trades, and the first thing
you know you viii be sitting up
cross-legged with peace and
plenty.
Year: 1879




Winnie s. Turner writing to his uncle
William of the accident by which his father
Daniel r. Turner-lost his leg, says while
in the polishing shop of the granite works,
his frock caught on the vertical shafting and
he went round four times, when man caught
him and held him up that the shafting
turned in his clothes till they could stop the
wheel. There were four posts at equal dis
tances from this revolving shaft, and his right
leg swung against these with such force as to
reduce the ankle bone and the leg above to a
complete jelly. so that he was obliged to SUBJ
nit to amputation, which took place at about
| O'Clock A. NJ, Thursday the 9th inst He
passed very comfortable night, and although
badly bruised all over. we do not think he is
injured internally The shafting could only
be stopped by shutting down the gate, and
that was number of rods distant from the
scene of the accident, and they calculate that
if he had not been caught he would have
gone round five hundred times before they
could shut down. He could not possibly have
come out alive, so it might have been worse
than it is.


Mr. Turner had resided in Augusta about
90 wears and was well known as a hard
working, industrious, sober man, and he has
large family of five children, dependent
upon his daily labors, and now that he is
incapacitated for labor and among strangers,
it must afford his old neighbors a great
amount of satisfaction to be able to express
their sympathies for this truly unfortunate
family. and no doubt many besides those who
have already contributed will gladly help to
render all the relief in their power to cheer
the wearisome days and nights of the poor
man and his dependents Any sum however
small left with II. II. Hamlen, at the post
office, will be thankfully received andprompt
! ly forwarded
Year: 1879

New YORK, February TO- A Washington
special says an effort will be made in the
house to have an investigation to discover
what means were employed by the McVeigh
Commission to induce the members of the
Packard legislature to desert Packard and go
over to the Nichols government.
Year: 1879

The lecture in the Baptist church, last
evening, in the popular course, was delivered
by Rev. II. W. Tilden the esteemed pastor
of the church, to large audience. The sub
ject of the lecture was "A Visit to Chamouni," I"
the sweet and pleasant little village that lies
lecturer gave a viyiddescription of the noun
tain itself, the graphic delineation of which
made the historic old mountain stand out be-
fore the audience with almost the distinctness
of reality. Many who were in the audience
to the lecture the second time the present
season.
Year: 1879

few irresponsible lunaties, but by horde of
advanced rebel lines who used all the
power of the Federal Government, patron
age, courts, marshals, army (the navy only
excepted because from the nature and stu
alton of the country it was impossible) to
further their purpose. Keep on, gentlemen.
Perhaps you think it very able in you to
indulge in such attempts at wit, but we fear
them not, especially when they serve 10
open such gate as this and give us such
opportunities 10 show up your hypocrisy in
such matters. 1t is most dangerous thing
for one to he witty at the expense Of the
full and perfect truth.