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Year: 1877

There is much nourishment in fish
little less than in meat, weight for
weight, and in effect it may be more
nourishing, considering how, from its
softer fibre, fish is more easily digest
ed, Moreover, there is in fish sub
stance which does not exist in the
flesh of land animals, namely, iodide,
a substance which may have benefi-
ciai effect OH the health and tend to
prevent the production of scrolulous
or turbercular disease, the latter in the
form of pulmonary consumption. one
of the most cruel and fatal with which
civilized society ia afflicted. Compar-
alive trials have proved that in most
fish the proportion of solid matter,
that is, the matter that remains per-
feet digestion or the expulsion of the
aqueous part---is little inferior to that
OF the several kinds of meat, game or
poultry. If we give attention to class
es of people, classed as to the quality
of food they principally subsist on, we
find that the ishthyophagous class are
especially strong, healthy and prolific.
In no class, except that of fishers, do
we see larger families, handsomer wo.
men, more robust and active men, Or
a greater exemption from the maladies
just alluded to- Boston Transcript.


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RELIEF FOR THE ASTHMATIC.





A smoke from the leaves of bellad on.
ma possesses much more power in cut
ting short an attack of asthma than
that from Stramonium. A long pipe
is the best means of smoking them,
the patient being instructed to draw
the smoke deep into the chest. If
when the attack is at its height he has
not the power of doing this, the leaves
may be placed in saucer containing
lighted charcoal or wood-ashes, which
should be plrced on chair in front of
the patient, this chair, a. well as his
own, being covered with large sheet,
so as to confine the fumes, before the
leaves are put on the hot charcoal.
From two and half TO five grains of
the leaves are sufficient when smoked,
aud from five to twenty grains when
burned. If the smoke is drawn deep
ly into the chest, the relief is immedi-
ate, expeetoration of phlegm taking
place. 1t is in the spasmodic form of
asthma, where there is little or no ex
pectoration, that the greatest relief is
obtained; for, when the tubes are
loaded with mucus, the smoke cannot
get access to their muscular tissue.
The relief is most marked when the
remedy is used soon after the parox-
ysm has commenced, before the spasm
prevents access of air to the smaller
tubes and air-cells. Tocacco smokers
do not. receive the same amount of re-
lief as others. Temporary headache
of a throbbing character may be pro-
inced If the leaves are used too free
ly.-[ Melbourne Medical Record.
Year: 1877

1t should be the rule that the ring
of sabres and the fash of bayonets
should not be seen or heard IN halls
consecrated to civil legislation or to
the voting BY free people. The army
should only be called in to preserve
the peace and suppress insurrection
when the civil authorities fail. II, to
preserve peaces it is necessary for
troops to take possession of court
houses or legislative halls or voting
booths, they must understand that it
is no part of their duty to discriminate
between the rights of one and another
class of claimants to seats in the legis-
lature and upon the bench, or to the
right Of casting votes Disputed claims
to seats or votes are entirely civil mat
ters, and must be passed upon by civil
authorities only /; and it is essential
that claimants shall be admitted to be
personally present in the assembly to
which they claim membership. The
soldiers first idea is to obey orders,
and he looks to some Que to give them.
Relying on this, the first to gain pos
session of the seat of authority order
out their opponents, and the soldier
blindly executes the order. We do
not mean to speak of any particular
cases past, but of the natural and nec-
essary results of the military interfer.
ence, if it is not most strictly preserv-
ed and guarded. The uneasiness Of
thinking men, not blinded by parti-
sanship, arises from the fear that the
military may be needlessly called for
and used beyond their functions.-
North American Review.
Year: 1877

SHE was fond of coundrums, and
when she learned that muller was
Latin for woman she thought she had
q good one. So she asked her husband
what was the difference between her.
self and mule. And as he had been
married several years, he was too
thoughtful to trouble her by guessing,
but kindly remarked that he had new
er been able to see any.
Year: 1877

There was a business man standing in
front of a Wooster House, picking his
teeth, the other morning. He was do
inc this in a mechanical way,a his mind
was employed busily upon a weighty
matter. While he stood there boy
approached with a bundle Of books
under his arm. He was going to school,
but he wanted to 90 elsewhere. He
saw the business man standing in the
shade and leisurely picking his teeth,
and then he thought of the hot school
room with its tasks; and Of the cool
woods and fshing-brooks, and groaned
within himself as he said: 81 wish |
was a man so | could do as pleased"
The man still stood there. He had a
note of four hundred dollars to pay be-
fore the bank closed, and he had goods
to order from a firm whom he already
owed, and he had twenty-five dollars in
his pocket and no earthly possibility
of collecting a hundred more. Then
his eye fell upon the boy going to school,
and he sighed and said: "Would to
heaven | was a boy again at school. y
DGnJaIry Ne1cS.
Year: 1877

Wealth is nota good thing in itself; it
is only means to some good end, and
like all good things may be perverted 50
as to prove the direct curse to you and
your family. Many man in the out
come Of life has reason to regret that he
ever possessed wealth. Material pros
perity has proved, in his household,
moral ruin. The riches 50 generously
given, are moth-eaten. The man has
proven delinquent in the duty pertain
inc to his high trust. Wealth is not a
safe possession without high moral
aim, and the use of that wealth to pro-
mote that aim.-Z&OB Herald.
Year: 1877

For THE ScAvENGER's ATTENTIoN.-Citl-
zens residing on Brook avenue complain
that the city scavenger goes to work TOO
early in the evening, when persons are all
sitting out on their front porches. They
want him to resume his former midnight
hoprc !.
Year: 1877

The visitors will remain in the city until
or 3 o'clock to-day, and will visit such
points as may have interest for them. The
Richmond committee proposes to give them
lunch and to make sure that they spend
their time here as pleasantly as possible.


The party 60 from here to Washington.
Year: 1877

unwillingiy TO the behest OF the de, j.
sion, but Ne are too wise TO fight against
fate, and would. rather make the best
use OF the opportunities yet left TO Us,
Our farmers have learned new lesson
IN the thrift which comes through the
universal avoidance of debt embodied
in the "pay-as-you-gof theory On
merchants have drawn in their lines OF
expenditure until income .and out-go
are nearly even, with perhaps a small
but healthy balance in favor of the
former.


Population in popular governments Is
power So too is money. Texas neels
population and money both Let the
immense energies of the people be bent
IN the direction of securing the one.
and the other fellows as matter Of
course Our State finances are upon g
sound basis. our State paper is very
nearly at par, and the new assessment
now being made will show several mil.
tions increase in the taxable value. oy er
last year The increased revenue ac-
cruing from this will pay interest on
every dollar we owe, and materially de-
crease the principal. With public credit
unimpaired and private enterprise prof
itably directed; with our fabulously rich
soils, genial climate and other agric1l-
tural and commercial facilities, and
with q national administration at least
not hostile, if we fail, then we do not de
serve success. Let every earnest worker
in every walk of life and business in
Texas, bare his arm for the coming sea-
sons struggle, and the result, instead
of simply being not doubtful, will asten-
ish the most sanguine by the fullness
of the success achieved
Year: 1877

We ARE disposed to do Mr.. Hayes
only simple Justice; no more, no less.
But when we are asked to say that his
Inauguration marks the era of the true
approach of the South to greatness, we
must be excused. Really. we must.
Hayes may prove to be vastly valuable
to our section. God knows we desire
that. but that he viii be. is entirely toe
cloudy as yet to warrant staid, steady
ournal ia saying explicitly that ii will
be. VIII our Republican friends who
write to us ON this subject make note
of this note.
Year: 1877

Our friend, Gen. Kelley, who has been
alternating between Washington City and
the home Of his son Will. in Jefferson
county, in this State, for several weeks
past, is a. present in the city. lie goes
out to his home on the mountains this
morning to spend the summer, He has
resigned his Federal appointment as
Land Agent at Santa Fe, New Mexico
inasmuch as the acceptance OF it at this
time would entail too many sacrifices on
him in the way Of selling oil farm stock
The General is the owner Of a good num-
Der Of Devon cattle, for which, III times
like these, there is no adequate price.


While in Washington he saw a good
dea! OF the President, with whom he be.
came we'll acquainted during the war,
and had several conversations with him
touching the political situation. lie feels
confident that Hayes is working earnest.
ly and devotedly for the paciiication OF
the South and tho restoration Of peace
and prosperity in that section. He
speaks Of the President as a"wisen man,
who without aifecIAtion or display
conscientiously desires to bring
about important reforms in the
civil service, and in all respects to give
the country good administration. lie
lsS'IIl bcsct by great numbers OF ax.grind.
ef'' but is not inclined to make office
changing the leading business Of his ad.
m'nisSa'ion. He feels as il he could
serve The country TO better advantage by
deVolinS himself to theshigher duties Of
the Executive Office. In thi. the Presi.
dent Is entirely correct. Our hope is that
he will continue steadlastlyjn the course
upon which he has entered. In mere
party point OF view he i, doing n
great deal for the Republicans by
thus 'disarming and breaking down
the opposition that was 80 nearly
triumphant in tao late camgaign. All
that the President has to do in order TO
give the country an administration a,
popular as that Of James Monroe i, to
peF'cvere in his present policy. Sehnrd
pressed are the Democracy for some
iauI' dnd with his policy that they arc
driven to showing that he has deserted
his iFicnd'' This simply means that they
are afraid that he will capture so many
OF their former friends and allies as to
leave the regular Democratic organisa.
,'0n in hopeless minority four years
hence.
Year: 1877

The 'eel-skin' dress is now the great
rage both in London and Paris. In
the widest days ofthe tie-back or pin
back mania there never was such
tightness in the matter of skirts as
now prevails. Whatever the paucity
of folds in the pin-back in its frontier
part, in the enormous exuberance of
the pannier or hustle the balance was
struck. But now not only is the bus
tie thing of honor, but even the nee
essa-y under-clothing is considered
deitrop. To lengthen the waist farbe-
yond its natural proportions, stiff
webbing of elastic is fastened to the
stays to the depth Of half foot, and
to this, at first, narrow skirts were
buttohed. But even this is now aban-
doned for another scheme to acquire
slenderness. Mrs. Swisshelm's much
ridiculed chemiloOn is in demand,
and garments made in this way are
sold at the furnishing shops, and pat
terms Of it pass eagerly from hand to
hand among lady friends. Some la
dies have had regular stage tights
made in thick webbing, and over
these they wear nothing but the out
er dress underskirts being simulated
by pleated ruffles of white muslin,
sewn to the edge of the dress, which
is then tied back till the woman with
In is shackled almost like convict
in a chain gang. No more uncomfor-
table fashion ever was devised for not
only are the limbs confined by the
binding dress, but the wearer must
constantly concern herself about the
condition of the bodice, that portion
being in incessant danger of turning
itself up behind wrong side out, like
an umbrella in a windstorm. The de-
sired effect of youthful slenderness is
generally obtained by the 'eel-skin,
but at good deal of sacrifice of per-
sonal eaee Paris Letter.
Year: 1877

coming unsteady; and once, striking
his foot against loose stone, he pre-
vented himself from falling by an ex-
ertion so great that the blood spurted
from his nostris, and flames seemed
TO leap before bis vision.


Still he kept on. though it seemed
madness to hope, for his pursuers had
gained on him fearfilly; he knew 1t
hy the beating of their footsteps; but
with energies inspired by mortal ter
ror, he ran on. hoping 10 gain the
brow of the hill, for there the ground
became more open, and his own cab
I'm was but few yards beyond. he
felt sure that bis pursuers would not
follow him beyond the summit, but
could he reach it before they could
close upon him?


No, not by his own exertions, for
lust as the thought passed through
his mind his foot caught under
qnarled root that extended across the
way, and he fell heavily forward his
head struck the frozen ground, and he
lay senseless.


When Peter recovered conscious
ness, he found himself hanging over
the broad shoulders of his brother
John, and about TO enter his own
door. Here he soon collected his
scattered senses, and was able to lis
ten intelligently to his brothers. ac-
count Of his rescue.


Uncle Tom Barry, in his flight, had
stopped at the cabin long enough to
shout through the window that the
wolves were out, and hurried on.


John, Who lived with his brother,
knowing that Peter must come the
same path, took his gun and walked
out to the end of the forest, where he
halted to listen.


But a very short time elapsed be-
fore he heard the sound of thepursued
and the pursuers. and rushing down
the hill, he arrived upon the scene
just in time to leap between Peters
PROSTATE form and the wolves, the
foremost of whom was less than ten
feet distant. Taking steady aim he
sent bullet into the creatures brain,
and then, while the pack were fight
ing over the dead body of their COM
rade, be slung Peter over his back,
and gained the open ground in safety.


Peter frankly told the whole truth
about the affair, from beginning to
end, and concluded the story with
the emphatic assertion that as long as
he lived, he would never be guilty oi
another practical joke; vow he
faithfully kept until his dying day.
Year: 1877

The atmosphere rises above US with its
cathedral dome arching toward heaven
of which it is the most perfect synonym
and symbol. 1t floats around us like
that grand object which the Apostle John
saw in his vision-"a sea of glass like
unto a crystal" So massive is it that
when it begins to stir it tosses about
great ships like playthings, and sweeps
city and forest like snow flakes to de-
struction before it, And yet it is so mo-
bile that we have lived for years in it
before we can be persuaded that it exists
at all, and the great bulk of mankind
never realize the truth that they are
bathed in an ocean of air. Its weight is
so enormous that iron shivers before it
like glass; yet soap ball sails through
it with impunity, and the tiniest insect
waves it aside with its wing. 1t minis
ters ravishly to our senses. We touch it
not; but it touches us. Its warm south
wind brings back color TO the pale face
of the invalid; its cool west winds re-
fresh the fevered brow, and make the
blood mantle to our cheeks. Even its
north blasts brace into new vigor the
hardened children of our rugged climate.
The eye is indebted to it for all the mag.
niticence Of sunrise, the brightness of
midday, the chastened radiance of the
morning, and the clouds that cradle near
the setting sun. But for it the rainbow
would want its "triumph and arm" and
the winds would not send the fleecy mes
sengers on errands around the heavens |
the cold ether would not shed snow.
feathers on the earth, nor would drops of
dew gather on the flowers; the kindly
rain would never fall, nor hail-storm nor
fog diversity the face of the sky; our
naked globe would turn its tanned and
unshadowed forehead to the sun.


Were there no atmosphere, the evening
sun would in moment set, and, without
warning, plunge the earth into darkness.
But the air keeps in her hand sheaf of
his rays, and lets them slip slowly
through her fingers, so that the shadows
of evening are gathered by degrees, and
the flowers have time to bow their heads,
and each creature has space to find a
place of rest, and to nestle to repose. In
the morning the garish sun would at one
bound burst from the bosom of the night,
and blaze above the horizon; but the air
watches for his coming, and sends first
but one little ray to announce his ap-
proach, and then another, and then a
handful, and so gently draws aside the
curtain of night, and slowly lets the light
fall on the face of the sleeping earth, till
her eyelids open, and, like man, she goes
forth again to labor until eveniDg.-T0-
r0ntO Globe.
Year: 1877

The fast trains are to be withdrawn,
and one of the shortest railroad wars on
record is over. One week more of fast
trains rushing across the country at reck-
less speed, wearing out cars, engines and
tracks in foolish rivalry which brought
no return to the companies, and only
made railroad travelling more dangerous
for passengers, and the old time Ia bles
will be resumed. With the old time
tables will be resumed the old rates of
fare. Verify these great railroad wars
sometimes resemble the spats of school
children. Here within q few days the
rates Of several great roads have been
suddenly dropped and then as suddenly
raised again to their old level the time
Of trains between cardinal points has
been suddenly shortened and then as
suddenly restored to its old length. 1t
is cheap wisdom to say that this caprice
and this uncertainty damage the rail-
roads and demoralize the calculations uf
the business public. No remedy has yet
been found against the recurrence of
these wasteful contests, of which this was
one of the least excusable but happily
the least destructive. The day may
come, however, when railroad managers
will not be able to indulge in any such
prepOsterous fooling at the community's
expense.-N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1877

Are the days of miracle working over9
Is not each renewing of life miraculous9
On sunny slopes the sod is green where


yesterday no life was seen; the tree tops,
with their fragrant breath, but whisper
OF life in DEATH and summer waiting
down the days where June walks up
the fowery ways, shall prove to us, in


bud and bloom, that out of trance and


out Of tomb the dead rise still, and still
shall rise, to greet the want of waiting
eyes aud glad US with sweet surprise.
Every May is fulfillment and promise.
The old miracle of growth is wrought
over and over again. Men believe in it
whether they confess belief or no. In
their faith they plant and wait, that by
and-by they may garner. In expectancy
that sees no failure, they look for April
and October, the Alpha and Omega of
agricultural trust, in this latitude. There
is no disappointment. The round that
has been shall be. The winter wanes as
surely yet as ever. God does not forget.
The miracles that once He wrought live
on in His eternal thought, and some ex-
preston find to-day where blossoms
spring and branches sway, and shadows
on the meadows play. The worlds green
wonder is aglow with promise and with
hope. And so, to walk the velvet sunny
slopes is but to find the faded hopes OF
dead years bud and bloom again-sweet
miracle in hearts of men Rural Home
Year: 1877

Peace, cvcrlastugly with those
Who still the perfect truth disclose,
And, in all places, nobly dare
The mask from speciousncss to tea'
Who, not by words but actions, sho"
The attribute, OF heaven below.
Who never with presumption scan
The fnilings Of their fellow man.
But those who'ye fallen in evil ways,
BY gentle admonition raise;
And thus in deed true homage give
To Him who died that we might live
Peace evcrlastingly with those
Who still the perfect truth disclose.
War to the utmost with all
Who hold the human mind in thraIl;
Be they bold villains, who appear
With bolder faces scorning fear
Who in their mastery of evil,
We're there a chance, would cheat the deVlI
Or be they fat professors" sleek,
Soft placed.vOices and seeming meek,
Their SEPARATIONS, worldly greed,
And selishness their only creed
Who in deceit so long have trod
They fain would hope to cheat their God.
War to the uttermost with all
Who hold the mind of man IN thral


" Y. Illustrated Weekly
Year: 1877

BRAIN WoRK.-Dr. Farquharson says
$50 long as brain worker is able to
sleep well, to eat we'll, and to take fair
proportion of outdoor exercise, it may
safely be said that it is not, necessary to
impose any special limits on the actual
number of hours which he deyotes to his
labors. But when what is generally
known as worry stepsin to complicate mat
ters, when cares connected with family
arrangements, or with those numerous
personal details which we can seldom es-
cape, intervene; or when the daily occu-
patton of life is in itself a fertile source
of anxiety, then we find one or other Of
those three safeguards broken down"
Year: 1877

CHAIR is the most lasting Of our ma
terials and survives US like love-" is a
very pretty sentiment, but how many
baldheaded men with settled look of
fear in their eyes can testify that both
disappeared simultaneously in the long
ago Of their welded life.
Year: 1877

THE country should now be the OBJ
jective point of every unemployed man
and woman, too, for that matter.
There are too many people in the cities
in all parts of the country, while there
are not enough in the country. For ten
years the towns grew at the expense OF
the country; manufacturing and mer-
chandizing attracted men from the corn
and wheat fields, the "crisis" was the
result, and now the balance is being adc
justed by the continued depression OF
mercantile affairs, while agriculture Is
in the bloom of prosperity. If man IN
the city continues unable to obtain en-
ploymert he should regard it as an un-
mistakable sign that his place there has
been closed out by the readjustment Oh
the relations of commerce to agriculture,
and that, in consequence, it is wisest for
him to accept the new order OF things,
and array himself with the class which
has no surplus-the agriculturists.
Year: 1877

THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL BEFORE


TIE SENATE COMMITTEE.


WAsH1NeTsN, Nov. 1.-THE Senate An
preparation Committee, at their meeting
to-day, considered the Army Appropriation
Dill. They struck out the amendment
adopted BY the House providing for four
regiments of cavalry and limiting the arny
70 10000 men. They incorporated the
amendment adopted at the last session
placing the army At Is 900.


RIO eRANDE DErEssEs


At the conclusion of the morning hour,
Mr.. Aa1ey, of Texas, called up he resolution
submitted by him few days ago, instruct
Ing the Committee on Military Affairs to
inquire into the e1pediency of constructing
system of defensive works on the Rio
drande frontier of the United States, and
spoke at length in regard to raids from
As1ico into Texas, and the necessity for
such defensive works.


THE SILVER BILL.


Senator Morrill,, chairman of the Finance
Committee, intends to call a special meet
ing Of the committee to-day to dispose of
the Silver bill. he is of the opinion that
the suggestions submitted by the member,
OF the New York Chamber of Commerce
and prominent New York banks last night
Will have considerable weight with the
members of the committee.


TWAS conclusively demonstrated that I.
the Silver bill should pass in its present
Year: 1877

MEAT BALLs.-Chop very fine cold
meat of any kind, and soak the same
quantity Of bread-crumbs mix them
together with an onion chopped very
fine, il the flavor of onion is liked sea
son with salt andpepper a littlenutmeg
and allspice ; mold together with one
egg; form into balls and fry in boiling
fat