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Year: 1879

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son. Va
/ John W. Fisher has arrived from the
East and is preparing to return again.
Mr. Fisher comes back distinguished in
ventor.s He has practically secured his
patent for. an attachment to the sewing
machine, that promises to double, treble
and quadruple its capacity. He had a
model made, in Washington and the nee
essary steps taken to acquire his patents
in this and foreign countries. Then he
ordered machine from the White Sew
ing Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, with
the attachment and placed it on exhibit
ton for few days at 920 Arch street,
Philadelphia. While there, sewing ma
chine men and the best workmen inspected
the new wonder and were unanimous in
their opinion that it run without. a fault,
and was the most startling innovation in
sewing machines since Howe's genius
created the first one. Everybody was as
tonished at its simplicity and remarkable
rapidity. @.@ 4-


The invention is this: In the place of
one round hole in the needle bar Mr..
Fisher has made a groove III which he can
adjust two or more needles to any desired
position for long or short stitches The
groove in the throat plate is oblong so as
to admit as many as four needles at one
time. In making q single seam three
needles appear to be as many as the in
ventor thinks practicable These needles
pass through the material at the same mo


ment, constructing three stitches as neatly
as a single needles makes one. One spool
of thread is required for each needle, and
one shuttle, which passes through three
loops. On one side of the work you have
the lock stitch, and upon the other the
stitch Of the single needle. The improve
ment with four needles makes a double
stitch in One-fOurth the time that the
Singer Domestic, Wilson or White does
now. The Importance Of this invention
has parallel in Edison's duplex and
quadruplex telegraphic instruments. Ed
ison doubled and quadrupled the capacity
OF q wire for receiving and sending mes
sages. Mr.. Fisher has done the same
thing in the sewing machine. He does
not increase the motion of the machine,
but with the same power and modest
addition Of one, two or three needless Gre
ates the duplex, triplex and quadruplex
stitch. One machine sewing as fast as
three machines will be sight Thirty
machines doing the work of ninety, and
thirty operators doing the sewing of nine
ty, will be economy that every large es-
tabllshment in the country will jump at -


Mr.. Fisher claims that he can sew three
yards as quickly as one yard is now
sewed by the ordinary machine. As
there is no temptation to make long
stitches he claims that the work done by
his improvement will be far better and
stronger than the single needle work.
Seven-eighths of all the sewing can be
done by two or more needles, and there
fore Fishers Duplex will be IN demand in
every house, dressmaker's room and fac
tory in the United States, Canadas and
England i -+ r ~. =
Year: 1879

The House Democratic Committee OF
eleven, to confer with the Senate Commit
1ee as to plan of action had meeting yes
to-day, but agreed upon no plan. Most
Of the committee are soft money men and
time was lost in trying first the financial
,ch an, no in general
Year: 1879

G. w. Powell, the great fish man of
the Third street market. They are
now plentiful and persons wishing to
put up supply for the summer should
procure them at an early day. He
cleans them already for sailing.
Year: 1879

A writer in the Transcript says in re-
gard to corns IL have been treated
with great ridicule for asserting they


are dependent upon the digestion; but
| have observed these things, and the
ridculers have not. With me, when |
am in the best OF health they disappear,
and only come or inconvenience me in
proportion IS am careless. This | have
ascertaned over and over again. OF
course they are made better or worse by
different kinds of boots or shoes but nc
kind of boot or shoe will bring them
unless there is tendency from lmpro-
per living. Pressure would only affect
as long as it lasted, but would cause no
formation without some superfiuity TO
work upon. The reason why corns
shoot OH the approach Of rain is that the
change of the atmosphere more or less
deranges the digestion, which causes a
throbbing sensation. / have made these
remarks because the state of the feet is
of so much importance TO our comfort
and activity, and because ! think they
are applicable to general mana. ement OF
ourselves and may be useful to those
who subject TO gout, rheumatism,
cramp and other d stress of the limbs.
Year: 1879

WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Beck
succeeded in getting through the Senate
to-day his important resolution providing
for a special committee fthree Senators
and three members to investigate the
question of revenue collection and to in
quire whether what are now known as
permanent appropriations ought to be
abolished and all appropriation for carry
ing on the Fovernment be made annual
ly in detail by Congress. A strong eff
fort will be made to get this resolution
through the House, in which event Mr..
Beck will have plenty of employment OH
his hands during the recess.
Year: 1879

Hundreds or cases of BRIGHT'S DIS
EASE OF the Kidneys have been reported
cure. For Neuralgia and kheumatio
iseases II is al most a specific Physical
and Mental Debility from the use of AlcO'
bel, Opium and Tobacco or from any un
namable cause, find in this Food u natu
raj and pot remedy.


For THE INTELLECTUAL WORKHb
Year: 1879




Ralph was most reluctant to yield to this
unlooked-for demand. Wilfred, too, stood
his ground, until the seconds, who were both
infinitely relieved at the interruption, de-
clared it impossible that the duel, under the
present circumstances, should be allowed to
proceed In some confusion the party broke
up, and retraced their several ways home.


With the involuntarily lifting of the load
from his heart, which naturally accompanied
the first moment of escape from the impend-
ing crisis, Wilfred experienced strange feel
ing of trouble and uncertainty. He, like all
the rest, had heard Mrs. Barstow's words and
marveled at them. Had she used the term
"Brotler" merely in the general sense which
implies the common tie between all human
kind, or was there some deeper Specification
attached to it, which he was bound to find
out and make her explain? In any case, he
felt that the explanation must be called for
without delay; and after stopping for few
minutes at his own residence, to find that
Madame was not yet out of her room, and to
leave word with servant not to wait break
fast for him in case he should be late, he pro-
ceeded directly to the house of Mrs. Barstow,
which Ralph, after most exciting interview,
had quilted just five minutes before his ar
rival.


Fanny, a second after those momentous
words had passed her lips, would have given
fortune, had she possessed one, to recall
them. But in the overpowering terror and
agitation which had mastered her, she had
only thought of the most effective means at
Year: 1879

bewildered and oppressed with his own tor
ment, should find it, at first, impossible to
understand her. But by degrees the story
was made clear to him, and strange enough
one it seemed-only nothing could be stranger,
more dreary than his own fate. Nothing
could impress him very strongly, just yet,
outside of the trouble which lay so fresh up
on him.


II did not believe there could be so much
wretchedness in the world" he said, drearily,
by way of comment. -.....


"Be comforted, my dear boy. You will yet
be happy" said Madame darcy, pressing his
hand. "You are very young. Life cannot
look dark to you forever"


He shook his head. It was not worth while
to enter into an argument about it. He
slipped away as soon as he could from the
babble of talk, which confused him. He
wanted to be alone-to rest his aching head
if possible, to sleep. Anything to escape
thought, for thought was torture to him. But
first, he must have his letter mailed. A SER
want could do that for him. He gave it to the
coachman, with instructions to put it at once
in the postofice, then called him back, re-
voked his directions and desired him to take
it to Mr.. Courtaine himself, instead, but to
wait for no reply.


And where was Ralph all this time?


Reader, fiction is strange, but truth is some.
times stranger still. 1t seemed as though a
crisis had come all at once upon all these
lives, hitherto separate, now so unexpectedly
woven together. AS though the fates were
not content with the sudden unraveling of so
many mysteries, the uprooting of ties dearer
than life, and the formation Of new and un-
looked for ones, another startling shock was
in store for those who had already learned
and endured so much.


Wilfred had shrunk, with inexpressible dis
tate, from the idea of the link Of brotherhood
between himself and his fathers eldest son.
Ralph, too, had repelled the relationship with
scorn. A Power, stronger than either, came
between them to lay the question Of love or
hate forever at rest At noon, on this day, as
Ralph passed through the street on his way
from his place of business, he suddenly turned
dizzy, reeled and fell. A crowd collected.
He was carried into drug store, physician
was summoned, and everything was done for
his restoration in vain. He was dead
stricken down without warning, by disease of
the heart.


TcoNcI,11sIoN NEXT WEEK.
Year: 1879

whom such award shall he made to enter into q written contract with said board for the erection anl com plction of said building or buildings, and shall require such person or per sons entering into said contract to give bonds to said county in double the amount of the contract, with two or more sufficient surcties, condition ed for the faithful performance of the contract, the Sureties to be approved by the probate judge of the county The expense of advertising for pro- posals 10 build the county buildings herein specified shall be paid by the person or persons to whom the con tract shall be awarded; and no con- tract shall be entered into with any person or persons until such expen scs are paid, and all other expenses not otherwise provided for, shall be paid out of the fund provided by this act.

 SEC. H. The beard of supervisors may agree to pay, and pay, upon said contract as follows: Upon the con- plction of onethird of the work, one fifth of the contract price may be paid; upon the completion of twO-thirds of the work, an amo-nt sufficient, with the former payment, to make Onc-half of the contract price; and the balance of the contract price shall be paid upon the compile ton and acceptance of the buildings under contract by the board of su- pervisors.

 SEC. F. Five thousand dollars of the bonds provided for by this act, or so much thereof as the board of su- pcrvisors shall deem necessary, shall be applied to furnishing the said court house and jail, and in fencing and Ornamcnting the grounds about said court house, and thirty-fivc thousand dollars of said bonds, or so much thereof as shall be deemed necessary by the board of supervisors, shall be applied to the construction of court house and jail; and neither the said bonds, or the proceeds arising from the sale of said bonds, shall be applied to any other purpose than that named in this section.
Year: 1879

IS our issue of the 9th inst, we stated that all our members in the legislature voted to postpone the bill removing the capital This was mistake. Mr. Rumburg did not vote to postpone the bill, and is therefore entitled to this correction.
Year: 1879

Says Richard Proctor: The time in
which the moon passes through all her
phases is about twenty-nine and half
days, and is called a lunar month. You
can illustrate the moons phases very
we'll with small white ball, in a room
lit by one bright lamp, near one side of
the room. If, standing as far away
from the lamp as you conveniently can,
you turn slowly round, holding out at
arms length the small ball suspended
by thread, or, better. placed on the
end of an upright knitting needle. you
will see the ball passing through all the
changes of the moon, except, perhaps.
one. When the ball as you turn round,
is farthest from the lamp, your head
will probably be in the way of the
lamps rays, so that the ball will not be
seen fully lit up, like the moon when
she is opposite the sun. If the ball is
on the end of a long knitting needle,
however, you will see it then like the
full moon.


This little experiment illustrates an
other change which the moon sometimes
seems to lose her light on one side.
Gradually more and more is lost, until
at last she either disappears altogether,
or shines only with dull blood red OF
coppery red color. That is because,
like the ball in your experiment, she
comes into the shadow of the body round
which she is travelling. Usually the
moon, as she circles round the earth
passes either above or below this shad
ow, but sometimes she passes right into
it. She would then disappear altogeth
er land sometimes she does), but the
air around our earth, by bending the
suns rays inwards towards the axis o.
the shadow, lights up the moon with tht
same sort of ruddy light which we re
ceive from the sun at sunset. For a
that time it is only because of the airs
action in bending his rays that we see
the moon at all. So the sun still pour,
a ruddy light on the moon when she il
immersed in the earth's shadow
least he usually does. When the moor
disappears altogether, | suppose it il
because clouds prevent our air from
acting on his rays in the way have de
scribed.
Year: 1879

1t was right that Gen. Thomas should
have worthy monument at the capital
of the country he fought for. and that
it should be inaugurated with all the
dignity that immense multitudes and an
imposing parade, and notable speeches
by the most distinguished soldiers could
give to the occasion-for he was faithful
among the faithless. When the war
broke out he was Major of the Second
United States cavalry, of which Albert
Sidney johnson was Colonel, and Robert
E. Lee Lieutenant Colonel, and of which
Gen. Hardee and other rebel officers were
members Thomas and Lee were inti-
mate friends, as we'll as brother officers
in the same regiment They were both
scions of wealthy and exclusive families
Of the old Dominion, both were trained
soldiers, both entered the army in early
youth, and obtained special promotion
for high merit, both were confronted
when the rebellion opened with the great
question, State or Country? Lee hesitat-
ed and was lost. Thomas saw his duty,
and did it. He never for moment
wavered in his loyalty to the flag and
the government. Thomas and Lee never
fought directly against each other, for
their commands were in different fields.
If they had been matched against each
other. the rebel chieftain would have
been compelled to own that in his old
comrade he had an opponent worthy of
his steel. For Gen. Thomas was one of
the few generals of the war whose record
shows no serious blunders or reverses.


Thomas was with the Army of the
Cumberland from first to last. He mus
tered into service its first brigade. He
Year: 1879

At the recent banquet of the Army of
the Tennessee, to the toast: "Babies, as
thew onmfnrt ,ls IN nnr enrrnrn Lot re not
forget them in our festivities" Mark
Twain responded as follows:


81 like that. We haven't all had the
good fortune to be ladies. We haven't
all been generals or poets or statesmen.
But when toasts work down to babies,
we stand on common ground, for we
have all been there; we have all been
babies. 1t is shame that for thousands
of years the worlds banquets have utter
ly ignored the baby. as if he didn't
amount to anything. If you gentlemen
will stop and think a minute or if you
will go back SO or 100 years to your
early married life and contemplate your
first baby, you will remember that he
amounted to good deal, and sometimes
over. You soldiers, you all know that
when that little fellow arrived at family
headquarters, you had to hand in your
resignation. He took entire command.
You became his lackey, his mere body
servant, and you had to stand around,
too. He was not commander who
made allowances for time, distance,
weather or anything else. You had to
execute his orders whether it was possi-
BILE or not, and there was only one form
of marching in his manual of tactics,
and that double quick. He treated you
with every sort of insolence and disre-
spect, and the bravest of you didn't dare
to say a word. You could face the
death-storm of Donelson and Vicksburg,
and give back blow for blow; but when
he clawed your whiskers, and pulled
your hair and twisted your nose, you had
| to take it. When the thunders of war
were sounding in your ears, you set your
face toward batteries and advanced with
1


steady tread; bat when he turned on
the terrors Of his war troops you advanc-
ed in another direction, and mighty glad
of the chance, too. When he called for
soothing syrup, did you venture to throw
out any side remarks about certain ser.
vice being unbecoming an officer and q
gentleman? No, you got up and got it
If he ordered his pap-bottle, did you
talk back? No, you went to work and
warmed it. You even descended so fal
in your menial office as to take sup al
that warm, insipid stuff yourself to see
if it was right, three parts water to one
of milk, touch of sugar to modify the
collie, and drop Of peppermint to xii
the immortal hiccough- l can taste i
yet. And how many things you learned
as you went along. Sentimental young
folks will take stock in that beautiful
old saying, that when the baby smiles
in its sleep it is because angels arr
whispering to him. Very pretty, bu
too thin. Simply wind on the stomach
My friends. if the baby proposed to taxi
walk at his usual hour, 2: 80 in tn,
morning, didn't you rise up promptly
and remark, with mental addition
which wouldn't improve a Sunday schoo
book much. that it was the very thing
you were about to propose yourself? /? Oh
yes, you were under good discipline, anc
as you went futtering up and down tn,
Year: 1879

Better cut the tongue out entirely
than not to govern it.


There is nothing terrible in death but
that our life hath made ID so.


All lives have their prose translation
as well as their ideal meaning. :.


There can be no peace in human life
without the contempt of all evil.


When man has forfeited his integ-
rity nothing else will save his turn.


Wisdom is pedestal from which envy
or malice cannot hurl the occupant.


The man who is always fortunate can
not easily have a great amount of virtue.


AS too long retirement weaken the
mind, so too much company dissipates
it.


DESPAIR aives the shocking case to
the mind that modification gives to the
body.


Physical force, moral force, and the
police. are what keep the world going.


Mankind thirsts hundred-fold more
for wealth than it will ever hunger after
righteousness.


1t is easy to pick holes in other peo-
pies work, but far more profitable to do
better work yourself.


Death, to the Christian, is the funeral
of all his sorrows and evils, and the re-
surrection of all his joys.


To be wise is to feel that all that is
earthly is transient, and to experience
misfortune is to become wise.


The keenest abuse of our enemies will
not hurt US so much in the estimation
of the discerning as the injudicious praise
of our friends.


If we grieve the spirit of God by our
lightness. worldliness or presumptions,
we do but fill our own cup with worm
wood and gall.


He that has really felt the bitterness
of sin will fear to commit it and he that
hath felt the sweetness of mercy will
fear to offend it.


When true genius appears in the
world you may know him by this sign,
that the ounces are all in confederacy
against him.


Sensibility is like the stars they can
lead only when the sky is clear. Rea-
son is the magnetic needle when the sky
is wrapped in darkness.


There is this difference between hatred
and pity: Pity is thing often avowed,
but seldom felt; hatred is thing often
felt. but seldom ayoWed.


Be careful not to interrupt another
man when he is speaking; hear him out
and you will be able to hear him better
and be able to give him better an
swer.


1t requires great deal of boldnes'
and a great deal of caution to make ;
great fortune, and when you have got it
it requires ten times as much wit t.
keep it.


No man has come to true greatnes
who has not felt in some degree that i
life belongs to his race, and that wha
God gives him He gives him for man
kind.


Men talk too much about the world
Each one of as is here, let the world g
as it will, and be victorious or not vic
torious, has he not life of his own t
lead?


A weak mind sinks under prosperit
as well as under adversely. A stron
mind has two highest tides-when tn
moon is at the full and when there is n
moon.


In the dark we are most apt to b
frightened the clearer sight we have {
the sovereignty and power of HEAVIER
the less we shall fear the calamities (
this world.
Year: 1879

UNHoRNING CALvEs.-The horns of
cows seem to be neither ornamental nor
useful. As means of warfare they can
have consideration, but warfare and GO
ring IS precisely what we desire to keep
away from the barnyard. English
farmers, where herds are probably more
precious and closer confined than in
America. have introduced the practice of
unhorning cattle by clipping the short
projections in calves when half an inch
long, using simply strong pair of
shears. 1t is true it hurts the calves
somewhat There will be little bleed
ing. but that will stop in an hour or
two, and the calves will soon resume
eating.
Year: 1879

room in your undrcss uniform, you not
only prattled undignifed baby talk, but
turned up your martial voice and tried
to sing "Rock-a-by, baby, in the tree
top" for instance. What spectacle
for the army of the Tennessee, and what
an affliction for the neighbors. too For
it isn't everybody within mile around
that likes military music at o'clock in
the morning. And when you had been
keeping this sort of thing up two or
three hours and your little velvet head
intimated that nothing suited him like
exercise and noise, what did you say {?
You simply went on till you dropped in
the last ditch. The idea that a baby
don't amount to anything! Why, one
baby is just house and front yard by
itself. If one baby can't furnish more
uusInoss Unau you ooI
terror department can attend to, he is
not enterprising. Irrepressible, brimful
of lawless activity, do what you please,
you can't make him stay on his reserva-
tion. Sufficient unto the day is one
baby. AS long as you are in your right
mind, don't you ever pray for twins.
Yes, it was high time for the toast-mas-
ter to recognize the Importance of babies.
Think what is in store for the present
crop. Fifty years hence we shall all be
dead, trust, and then this flag, if it
still survives, and let us hope it may,
will be floating over republic number


ing 2OO,0OO,OOO. According to the
settled laws of increase, our present
schooner of state will have grown into a
political leviathan, a great Eastern, and
the Graded babies of to-day will be on
deck. Let them be well trained, for we
are going to leave big contract on their
hands. Among the three or four million
cradles now rocking in this land are
some which the nation would preserve
for ages as sacred things, if we could
know which ones they are. In one of
these cradles an unconscious Farragut is
at this moment teething. Think of it.
And putting in world of dead earnest,
unutterable, but perfectly justifable
profanity over it, too. In another, a
future renowned astronomer is blinking
at the shining milky substance with but
langnid interest, the poor little chap,
and wondering what is to become of
him. In another, future great histo-
rian is lying. and doubtless he will con:
tinue to "lie" till his earthly mission is
ended. In another future president
is busyins, liraevic miUil Prvreuna0,
problem of state than that of what the
mischief has become of his hair so early
and in mighty array in other cradles
there are some 10000 future office-seek
ers getting ready to furnish him the oc'
casion to grapple with the same OLD
problem second time. And still il
one more cradle somewhere under the
flag the American armies is so littlt
burdened with his approaching grandeur.
and responsibilities as to be giving hi
whole strategic mind at this moment tt
trying to find out some way to get hi
own big toe into his mouth.