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Year: 1877

HOLIDAY GooDs.-We would ad-
wise all who wish to buy really good
holiday goods to visit DR.. Vivian.
There you will find a large stock of
fine goods; nothing trashy or merely
gaudy, but a display of valuable ar
ticles worth the giving or receiving
by lady or gentleman.
Year: 1877

ACCORDING to custom the ladies
of the p M. Church, of this city,
will hold their annual Tea Meeting
on New Years Day. 1t is scarcely
necessary to say that this will be a
good and profitable occasion for all
who attend. All preparations re-
quired to have this meeting equal
to any will be made. Food for the
inner-man, the brain, and the soul,
interspersed with carols, to be the
order of the evening.
Year: 1877

Having constantly on hand large
supply of various brands Of Mir
nesota llonr, we would announce to
the public that we will sell at whole
sale and retail at bottom prices for
cash. BREWER q PENuALLEGoN.
Year: 1877

HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A young
farmer named Williamowitz, resident
Of the town of Mitllin, was attacked
10y two unknown men, on the high
way between this city and the vii
lage of Miillin, one evening last week
about seven o'clock, and after being
shot in the arm, was robbed Of over
$500 which he had collected during
the day from farmers for whom he
had done throshing The robbers
were desperate and clearly deter
mined to accomplish their purpose
even though murder were necessary
to do it. There is well defined
suspicion as to who the villains are.
and lively hope that sufficient evil
dence will be developed to warrant
their arrest. They are, no doubt,
part Of a gang well known in this
locality.
Year: 1877

Major-General von Uchatius, the in ventor of the new field gun adopted in the Austrian army, publishes in the Vienna Artillery and Engineer Journal an account of some interesting experi- ments recently made by him with the object of ascertaining the effect pro- duced by firing a rifle under water.

 It is known, he says, that fishes, when they are not too much below the sur face of the water, can be shot from the shore or from boat. The armor plates of ships of war, however, do not usually extend any lower than from two to three metres below the surface, as be- yond that depth ships are regarded as unassailable even by the largest shot. This is so, no doubt, when the shot is fired above water; but Major von Uchatius wished to find the result which would be attained by firing under water.

 For this purpose he procured a wooden raft, to the under surface of which a Werndi rife was attached with

 

 the raft f1oated on the water the rifle was fired horizontally at a depth of half metre below the the surface. An at tendant then opened the lock, intro duced cartridge, placed the rifle at full-cock, and fired it from the shore by means of string attached to the trig- ger. The target consisted of wooden | board an inch thick.

 The result of the experiment. was as follows: There was no difficulty in loading and firing the rifle, and there was the advantage that after each shot the inside of the barrel was cleaned by the water. About thirty shots were fired without doing the smallest damage to any part of the rife. At each shot there was a dull sound, which could not be heard beyond distance of fifty paces, and bubbles of smoke rose above the surface. At distance of one and half metres no impression whatever was produced on the target; at one and a quarter metres the bullet entered to a depth of from three to four millimetres alu at oIlc heIIe CHe target was pierced through.

 Major-General Uchatius also made some experiments with the view of as. pertaining whether a greater effect could be produced by corking up the barrel at it's mouth so as to keep the water out, and thereby diminish the resistance to the egress of the bullet but he found that for all practical pur. poses the resistance of the compressed air in the barrel was equal to that o the water, the target being penetrated only at the maximum distance of metre as in the previous experiment.-Pal Mall Gdzette.
Year: 1877

It is very remarkable that, in spite of the excessive affection of the Greeks and

 Romans for all sorts of games and sports,

 horse-racing in our sense of the word

 had no existence among them. The great racing capabilities of the horse were, indeed, fully recognized and abundantly utilized; but it was always

 in harness, and almost invariably in double harness, that he was brought into the lists; and the art of riding, whether on the flat or across the coun- try, seems never by any accident to have been made the subject of match or a bet. The course, moreover, upon which

 the Greek horses were driven was very different from the smooth turf of Epson or Ascot. The hippodrome was an in closed space, surrounded entirely with rows Of seats raised on artificial or natural mounds, and the whole extent of it's circuit was not as much as half a

 mile, the soil of it, in spite of all pos slble precautions, being always of a

 sandy or dusty nature. One of the con- sequences of this limited sphere of ac- tion was the necessity of increasing greatly the number of circuits or 'Iaps' to be accomplished in the race; and it is | clear from the accounts which have come down to us that as many as eight revo- lutiOns were sometimes required to complete the race. In the earliest times | this was not the case, and in the | chariot-race, of which such a detailed account is given in Homer, the drivers may go and return once to and from a | distant rock. But in the Olympian and

 Isthmian hippodrome the distance

 from the start to the first turn was

 only about four hundred yards. Here

 a stone pillar was erected, and the

 chariots were obliged to turn sharp

 around it, and leaving it on the left, to

 return in directly opposite direction till they arrived at another similar pil-

 lar, which they rounded in like man.

 ner, and so orounded on the second Clap ''

 Of course the act of making so sharp a

 turn was that upon which each chario-

 teer especially prided himself; and, in

 deed, considering that as many as 8

 dozen chariots were often engaged ir

 the competition, they deserved all the

 credit they may claim. Between the two

 turning posts was low wall, which

 prevented the returning chariots iron

 careening against those proceeding ir

 the opposite direction, and there were

 umpires on the spot to decide any case of wilful collision or fraud of any sort
Year: 1877

One of the bad and sad things of hu- of well-to-do people who justify their lack of benevolence by the fact that it is difficult to know where aims are well bestowed. In this objection there is just enough truth to stagger people of poorly developed reasoning powers. It is true that in giving away aims in almost any form there is danger that those who deserve them will not get them, and that those who do not deserve them will, But in numerous cases this difficulty may be removed by little patience. It is safe to assume that any man who really wants to help the de- serving poor can, without much diff culty, find some trustworthy and com petent person who is fully capable of judging of the necessity and deserts of particular cases. Nearly every respon- sible head of family knows of one or more poor families who would be glad of help delicately given. In world so full as this of bitter elbowing, it is per haps too much to expect of an ambitious man that he should step aside from the tolls of competition and grope among noisome purlieus for the penniless and destitute. It may, perhaps, looking at the thing severely, be his duty to do so, but practically we must allow some thing for the weakness of human nature, and not put too tight strain on him. But we venture to say that he must be an abnormally situated man who has no sistance he is justified in trusting in this matter. One of the most contempt ible of pretexts for penuriousness is that which dwells perpetually upon the risks which beset charity.
Year: 1877

Regent street, the great shopping ground of fashionable London, is haunted now by new variety of in- genious and audacious thieves. Good looking, weH-got up footmen, some times in one livery and sometimes in another, watch carriages as they stand about near some favorite shop, and while the coachman has gone little way for a glass, and the footman is gossiping with his fellows round the shop door, walk boldly up. open the carriage door, and make off with any available article. If caught at the door of the carriage there is the ready ex- cuse of having been sent to Lady So- and-So's carriage for some parcel, and ready apology for the mistake. The makeup of these thieves is perfect, and as varied as that of detective.
Year: 1877

A successful business man told me there were two things which he learned when he was IS, which were after wards of great use to him, namely, ''never to lose anything and never to forget anything." An old lawyer sent him with an important paper, with certain instructions what to do with it. "But," inquired the young man. ''sup- pose 1 lose it; what shall 1 do then ?'' The answer was with the utmost em- phasis, "You must not lose it n' "I don't mean to-" said the young man, "but suppose 1 should happen to?" But you must not happen to; 1 shall make no provision for such an occur renee; you must not lose !' This put new train of thought into the young mans mind, and he found that if he was determined to do thing he could do it. He made such provision against every contingency that he never lost anything. He found this equally true about forgetting. If certain matter of importance was to be remem- llc plIlncC IL uOWIl OH HIS nllllQ fastened it there, and made it stay. He used to say, 'Nhen a man tells me that he forgot to do something, I tell him that he might as well have said, I did not care enough about your busi- ness to take the trouble to think of it again. l once had an intelligent young man in my employment who deemed it sufficient excuse for ne- glecting any important task to say, "I forgot tn' I told that would never answer. If he was sufficiently inter- ested, he would be careful to remem- Der. It was because he did not care enough that he forgot. I drilled him with this truth. He worked for me three years and Curing the last of the three he was utterly changed in this respect. He did not forget a thing. His forgetting he found, was a lazy, careless habit of the mind. which he cured.
Year: 1877

Boraic Acid for Skin Diseases.-Boraic acid has lately been used abroad with great success as an eternal application in the treatment of vegetable parasitic diseases of the skin. In the different forms of the tinea-T. tonsurans cercinata and in that very troublesome form of the disease which affects the scrotum and the inner side of the upper parts of the shighs of many Europeans inI India, it's application is said to act like charm. A solution of a drachm of the acid to an ounce of water, or as much of the acid as the water will take up, is found to meet the requirements of the case satis- factorily. AS further treatment the af- fected parts should be we'll bathed in the solution twice daily, some little fri- tion being used, and the solution al- lowed to dry on the part.
Year: 1877

BRANDED PEAcHEs.-To every pound of peeled peaches add one pound of sugar and one gill of white brandy !; make a syrup of the sugar, add only enough water to dissolve it, let it come to boil, then put the fruit in and let it boil five minutes; remove the fruit carefully, then let the syrup boil fifteen or twenty minutes longer, until it kettle at once from the fire; pour the hot syrup over the fruit and seal at once. If, after the peaches have been removed, a reddish liquor oozes from them, drain this off before adding the clear syrup. Put up in glass jars that have been rolled Tn hot water. The peaches should not be over-ripe. White cling-stones are, perhaps, the best.
Year: 1877

LAMB CHOPS ALA V1LLERo1,-Remoye the spine, flatten and pare nicely eight large Uncovered lamb chops, season with salt and pepper, and put into a sautoir with four ounces of melted butter; fry slightly brown on both sides, drain and press between two tin sheets with weight on top; immerse in lukewarm and pretty consistent bechamel or Allemande sauce, arrange on dish and cool thoroughly; then roll in pulverized crackers, dip in beaten eggs and roll again in fresh crumbs; smooth nicely and fry of a nice color; dish up in circle, fill the centre with fried parsley, put small paper rutfles on the rib bones, and serve.
Year: 1877

SPINAcH.-The market gardeners as well as those who only wish to suppl y their own tables, should now make pre- parations for sowing spinach; any va cant land that is is rich enough will answer, but as it needs preparation and as the manure also needs to be thor oughly prepared, it will be we'll to be- gin now to get ready the manure and work it thoroughly fine. Land from which peas or potatoes or some other early crop has been cleared, should be cleared up and ploughed so as to be ready for the seed. For fall use and for storage to be used in winter, spinach seed should be put in about August 15. For wintering over in the field, it is sown from September 1st to the 18th.
Year: 1877

Since then our chemists and practical men have learned that certain sub stances when applied to the soil produce certain effects upon other substances in

 the soil and fit them for plant food !; that, for instance. the action of lime as a manure is very slight, but that it's

 chemical actionu pon other wise unavail- able elements in the Soil is very great.
Year: 1877

"BoY," SAID gentleman to the hostler of hotel on alighting from his phaeton, "extricate that quadruped from the vehicle, stabulate him, donate him an adequate supply of nutritious ailment, and when the aurora or morn- ing shall again illuminate the oriental horizon will award thee pecuniary compensation for thine amiable hospi- tality." The boy ran into the house and told his master that Dutchman wanted to see him.
Year: 1877

JERRoLD once went to a party at which Mir. Pepper had assembled his friends, and said to his host on entering the room, My dear Pepper, how glad you must be to see your friends mustered"
Year: 1877

Hold om Boys.-Hold on to your tongue when you are just ready to swear, lie or speak harshly, or use an improper word.

 Hold on to your hand when you are about to pinch, strike, scratch, steal or do any improper act.

 Hold on to your feet when you are on the point of kicking, running away from study or pursuing the path of error or crime.

 Hold on to your temper when you are angry, excited or imposed upon, or others are angry with you.

 Hold on to your heart when evil as- sociates seek your company and invite you to join ill their games, mirth and revelry.

 Hold on to your good name at all times, for it is of more value than gold, high places, or fashionable attire.

 Hold on to truth, for it will serve you well, and do you throughout eternity.

 Hold on 10 virtue-it is above all price to you, ill all time and places.

 Hold on to your good character, for it is and will ever be your best wealth.
Year: 1877

The Visual Purple of the Eye.-We have several times alluded in.shese col umns to the so-called visual purple, or seh-pmrpur, as the c erman physiologist, Boil terms it. The visuaI purple is a colored sheet at the back of the retina of the eye, and becomes impressed by llghc Tn the same way as a photographic film. The light must, however, be very intense to make an impression, and it was only by exposing a rabbits eye in dark room to the action of 8 ray of light coming through shutter for three minutes that any image could be pro- duced.

 It has been a question how long the visual purple remains after death. Boil found that rabbits eye immediately after death was in position to receive an image quite as readily as when alive and he asserted that he believed the visual purple to remain unbleached and photographic many. hours after death! The German physiologist has been lately able to prove that in the human being such is the case for two hours and three quarters after death, at any rate. The subject in this case was criminal who was executed in Vienna on the 9th of March last, at a quarter past seven in

 

 in badly lighted yard, surrounded by high walls, and immediately after death the executioner, as is customary, closed the eyes of the body. Other means were then taken to keep light from the retina, and after an interval of couple of hours an examination was made by Boil of the eye. A microscophic in- spection at once showed the existence of the visual purple, so that the eye still possessed photographic properties, but no trace of an image was to be ob- served on the retina of the dead man. But even had slight impression been bleached upon the purple film, say that of the prison wall, this would, never tbeless, have disappeared again, since the membrane behind the retina pos sesses all the properties of re-sensi- tiger, and would have restored the purple color again in very short time. That the visual purple does not lose its properties till some time after death may now be taken for granted.

 So far as regards the possibility of an image existing on the retina after death so as to be discovered some hours sub- sequently, we may safely decide in the negative, judging from what we know of the seb-purpur. It is only, as we have seen in the case of the rabbit, where the object is very bright, or it is steadily reflected upon the eye for some time, that an image appears; and then the latter must be Immediately fixed in alum, as otherwise the mucous sensi- tiger does Its work, and the purple color is restored. No doubt when the eye looks upon very light object-the sun, for instance-and the vision remains persistent for some minutes, or seconds, afterwards, our eye has received photo graphic impression, but this not likely such circumstances would it appear possible to secure photograph upon the seh-purpur, or visual purple of the Neaos.
Year: 1877

A RHEUMATIC old gentleman, whose son was careless about shutting the front door after him, called out to him one cold day, when he had left the door swinging wide, ''See here, young man, you leave that door open too much P 'Do 2' was the response. Then how much open shall leave it?' "I mean you leave it open too often!" thundered the old gentleman. "Oh, well, how often shall leave it open?" politely inquired the son. The father did not dare trust himself to reply.
Year: 1877

ECONOMY IN CLOTHING.-One of the most important items in the family ex= penses is the clothing, especially since there is so much of what is called

 'cloth''' made up, for boys and men, ] that will hardly hold together With the average family the income is limited and the.prices of shoddy articles are so small that there is strong ifiducement to purchase the so-called "cheap' goods. It is perhaps not too much to Say, that the majority of people buy low-priced clothing. But, as a matter of fact,1 they are the most' expensive goods that can be worn. A strong, fine

 textured, well-made article will out wear at least three of this poor material and it does not really costas much, con sidering the amount Of wear, to say nothing of the shabby -appearance of faded cloth-the vexation of having thes garments continually breaking to pieces, the necessity of daily repairs, with the 5tilsafe feeling when one steps little high, or puts on an unusual strain. The excuse which we have suggested for buying such goods we know is hard one to meet-being in l the majority Of cases the want of money to get better goods: But it is better to make thesold coat last allttle longer, tand put all the money into the rest of the suit, and when the money one will soon have to find to supply another cheap suit is at hand, get good coat r As a wise and economical rule, one lshould never purchase anything but a tgood article.

 But the care of clothing is very inn portant matter. It makes a great differ ence in the looks and wear of hat or coat, whether it is thrown down on the | lounge or chair when taken off, or care fully hung up. With two boys the expense of their clothing is often nearly 1 one-half in difference, mainly, as we think, because one of them will always hang up his clothes carefully, while the others may be found anywhere-when they can be found at alll Properly brushing and cleaning clothes, and mending them as soon as required, rather than waiting until the thread ravels out, or the tear has grown too large to be neatly repaired, add greatly to their durability. When they get a little seedy, have some tailor who does the work cheap and will give them a good cleansing and pressing. This may be done several times to a good suit, ] and each time they will "look as good new" Here is where true economy comes in, in the care of clothing, and proper attention to repairing and cleans ing. More than half the expense can be saved in the bill for the year if pains are taken to secure material worthy of such care.-Goiden Rule.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Judge Humphreys this
morning rendered n decision in the caae OF
Senator Patterson. of South Carolina. II was
a very exhaustive treats going over consider.
able ground. and viewing the question involved
In al lie phases


The judge read from q manuscript which
covered eighty. eight pages. and took over an
hour In its delivery. He holds that u Senator
is not n fugitive from justice. but therein dis
charges his dutioa IA Senator The proceedings
out OF party strifes, and not a desire for pun
ishment ] think ] am bound to take judicial
cognisance that party organ isation. is one
thing and fae ion TO destroy ia another.


The most cruel tyranny would be the applica-
tion of the civil forms of law to the dominance
and triumph Of tho passions Of u faction. !
cannot re all TO myself the duty to give MD IN
placing manacles aud handouts around aud
about the individual citizen for the purpose Of
surrendering him bound into tho hands of
those who may not be dispassonae enough to
yindie3te the true right of the individual. or to
those who might be led by impassioned ap-
peals to a condition of mind that they could
not resist.


Zeal for the correction of wrong has often led
to the conviction of the innocent. It. il tho
duty Of the courts e. sit still, deiberate, and
with civil procedure throw their protection in
such direction Ms may curb and control way
ward nc ion.


Let the man be remanded to the body of
which he IL u member. That body is legally
consttutionally, morally and intellectually
capaeitated to dispose of the questions involved
and to condemn or acuuH discharge him
from arrest on tue warrant for his extra dition
and the same is hereby ordered.


. At the close OF the reading of the decision
Patterson, who was In court with one Of his
cons and Judge Samuel Shellabarger and Col
gratulate by friends, and retired evidently re-
aAiitAiStt,55tt tff htHYr burden ~. hia mind
Year: 1877

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that t'the
seating OF Kellogg will be slap in the face
to President Hayes This is the first CON
vincing argument that we have seen in favor
OF the seating Of Kellogg.-[St. Louis Globe
Year: 1877

ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC VICTORY
Well, after all the fuss and fury of the
Radical whites and negroes combined
with the working men and communists,
to defeat the Democrats in Baltimore
they failed; and the people of all class
rallied to the Democrats and gave them
solid majority of $4,000 1t is a clean
sweep.
Year: 1877

A Coon BARoMsrER.-Tske . COM
mon glass pickle bottle. wide mouthed:
fili it within three inches ofthe top with
water. then take Q common Florence
oil flask. removing the straw covering
and cleaning the flask thoroughly, plunge
the neck Of the task q far n u will 70
into the bottle, and the barometer i,
complete. In fine weather the water
will rise in the neck Of the task even
higher than the mouth Of the pickle bot
lie, and 10 vet, wiady weather. il will
fall to within IN inch Of the aa~k. Be-
fore heavy gale Of wind. the water has
been seen 10 leave the Gask altogether
as least eight hoers before the gale came
to it, height. a.