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Year: 1872

Urinary and Womb Diseases Gravel, Diabetes. Drop
syC lncontinence of Urine Brights disease Albumin
the water is thick. cloudy, mixed with substances like
the white Of egg threads like white silk or there
morbid dark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is pricking, burning
sensation, and pain in the small of the back and along
the loins, In all these conditions Railways Sarparl
Ian ReSOlyen aided by the application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small Of the back, and
the bowels regulated with one or two of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will, soon make complete
cure In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
Urine will be restored to its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1872

girl. And now, after his tIlirl at
tempt he had received a just punish
meIt' and he begged for mercy.


The Colonel told the carpenter that
as he was already punished he would
not prosecute him further, and the
Hllprit SUI! upon his knees, thanked
him for his leniency. and promised
that as long as he lived he would ney-
er make another attempt at burglary.


The next day the Colonel and his
family returned to San Francisco.
Year: 1872

ORIGINAL METHOD OF STEALING.
"A young fellow. named Mitchell.
caught III Louisville attempting to
rob house, WIS recognized as a Toto
lloilS Thief. whn three years AGO car
rled on a novel method of robbery.
lie raised pet coon, and so trained
the animal that whenever its master
would put it'down upon the ground it
would run Immediately illtg the near-
est house. Mitchell would take Ills
coon about the street In his arms, os-
tensibly for the purpose Of showing it
of. and when in front of residcnce
that he wished to enter he would LET
the coon down. In an instlut the
well-trained animal would scamper off
towards the house, and its master
would follow in pursuit. IL there
happened to be an opening anywhere
about the building the coon was sure
to find it and enter tile house at once.
Of course the people of the house
would allow the master to come In
after his pet, and while the family
and servants were lending a helping
hand 10 effect the capture Of the rtlll,l-
way Mitchell would busy himself with
every opportunity by picking up little
things here and there in the rooms IN
which they passed after the slippery
little beast. Mitchell kept up this
smart little game quite successfully
for some time, but was finally caught,
and sent to the penitentiary.
Year: 1872

The d1uikam in the exercise Of hi.
free will might have been Il sober
man. lie might lave resisted his
temptations; and at the beginning he
would have done so had he done what
he knew he could and should do. Yet
IN nine cases out of ten the present
drllnkard would have been Il sober
man had it not been for the tempt;.-
tion set before him by the liquor SELL
erS. So that while the tlllnkarl is
guilty in accepting the temptation,
the liquor seller is guilty in setting it
before ilim. ''rlleir crime is the
poison Of aSps." "yOe unto him
that givetll his neighbor strong drink.
that putteth the bottle to him and
makcth him drunken. If getting
drunk is criminal. getting i man
drunk Is also criminal.
Year: 1872

nSr 1t will be seen that our paper this
week is of little interest to any except
owners of real estate. We hope our
readers win have little patience and we
will do better for them next week in the
way of news.
Year: 1872


The horse disease Is rapidly increasing, ana fully
forty cases are reported to-day, some OF them
very bad ones. The disease has appeared In most
OF the livery and express stables The express
companies have much difficulty In moving freight,
their horses in New York as well as here being
sick with the same complaint.
Year: 1872

anected with the disease. Several horses belong
ing 10 the Midland Railroad Company were taken
sick yesterday. Two tugs were sent out yesterday
to pick up ana tow the boats on the canal. The
weather Is cool and bracing
Year: 1872




avenue line had not yet resumed operations, while
two more stopped completely.


THIRD AVENUE LINE.


At the depot Of this principal line the condition
of AFFAIRS Is very bad. Mr.. Birdsal the Assistant
superintendent Of Horses, said that he did not
believe there was horse in the stable that was
not affected by the plague. The condition OF affairs
was no worse than the day before. He found that,
In fact the horses took to their feed better than on
the day before. The company was no: working
now for money, but for the accommodation OF
the public. This stood to reason, as it
was certainly q matter OF greater gain
to rest the horses than to run as
they were doing now. II Mr.. Bergh would de.
cidedly order the line to stop he felt confident the
officers Of the road would be glad, only they did not
wish to take so important q step upon their own
shoulders. There was no question, Mr.. Birdsall
said, that 1t was cruel to drive the sick horses.
sn iSoo In the the sta Stables. He Thought It would s be
matter OF greater economy to buy 800 more horses
to relieve those which were working at present.
present disease with the exhausted horses, and
then they would all die Nine horses had died from
al e e az
IRON other sources that In all probability there
would be q complete stoppage Of tranic on the line
to-day, and that no cars would run at all.


SECOND AVENUE LINE.


Here out 900 horses there we're only thirty-seven
horses taken completely on, making thirty trips or
in the day. There had been only one death since
the beginning OF the disease. or the ninety-two
cara which were usually run about half were Oh, as
the horses able to work on an average only did
half their regular work. 1t was absurd, the Super.
intendent SAID, TO talk OF dummies, as 1t would
take at least thirty days to get going Mr.. Shaw,
the surgeon, said that In case the Third avenue
stopped they would have to stop too, their cars
would be swamped. As II was one car was
smashed by the multitude OF people which had rot
on board: He had strong hope that the disease
was passing away, as the sick horses were feeling
much better and were eager for their feed.


GRAND CENTRAL ROUTE.


Mr.. Carpenter, the superintendent OF this line,
said that thirty horses had been sent down from
the Third avenue stables to help them out. There
which had it were rapidly improving, he thought.
They had adopted the pIpn Of changing the horses
Year: 1872

In view of the perishable nature of
iron, scientific authority gravely pro
poses straw paper as a more durable
material for the manufacture of Car
wheels.


A MICROSCOPIC lens was recently made
in London, at cost of f250, from a
diamond. The magnifying power of
the lens is an increase over that of glass
in the proportion of eight to three.


WHEN two or more colors are mixed
together, the hue produced does not
result from the loss of the particles of
either of the colors by absorption or
chemical changes of any kind. The
microscope reveals the fact that minute
particles of each color remain entirely
separate.


THE Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
loses a very large number of iron rails
every W nter through fracture, attrib-
uted to the severity of the cold to which
the line is exposed. A portion of the
road has been laid with steel, and on
this the proportionate loss due to the
same cause is much smaller than on the
iron track.


The New York Legislature of 1901
offered prize of one hundred thousand
dollars for some motive power to take
the place of horses on canals. 1t is
doubtful whether any of the models or
| schemes thus far submitted to the COM
missioners will be accepted, as the
| problem to be solved in devising suit
able mechanism for the purpose is one
of great difficulty.


PRoF. AGAssIz brings home from his
nine months voyage 242 barrels and
boxes of specimens, all carefully packed
and in state of perfect preservation.
When arranged in the already rich mu.
scum at Cambridge, they will complete
be found in this country or Europe.
The collection of fishes alone amounts
to over 30,0OO-over 5000 gallons oi
alcohol having been used in preserving
them.


As RULE, the plumage of female
birds is less brilliant than that of their
mates. There are well-known excep.
tions, as in the case of the toucan and


paroquet, which are nearly as gayly
colored as the male birds. The theory
of naturalists in regard to this differ.
ence is, that it is accompanied by an
equally striking contrast in the methods
of nest building. When both sexes are
of ostentatious coloring, the nest is so


secreted as to conceal the female when


upon it; while the nest of those species


in which the females attire is sober and


dull, as compared with that of her com
panion, is built in an open situation
exposing the sitting bird.
Year: 1872

Many philosophers regard the faculty
of memory as being peculiar to mind,
but the Maudsley thinks this cannot be
the case, for it must exist in all the
nervecenters of the body. How, were
it otherwise, could these nerve-centers
be educated to produce movements in
answer TO impressions? A nerve-center,
wheth r of sensation or motion, that
was devoid of memory would be an
idi tic center and incapable of educa-
ton. So far from memory being a
faculty peculiar to the mind, it is. as
Mr.. Paget has suggested, property Of
every tissue of the body. The scar Of
a cut is one evidence that the tissue
recollects the injury it has received.
The whole system remembers an attack
of smallpox.


While we may admit that memory is
a function of every tissue, neverthe-
less its highest development is the great
est nerve-center or brain. Impressions
received in times long past may here
remain dormant almost for a lifetime.
Consciousness and the utmost effort of
the will may be powerless to arouse
them, but sooner or later the poison of
fever, the horror of q dream, or the
agony of drowning may in moment
disslpate the cloud, and in an instanta-
neous fash the scenes of a long-forgot-
ten act appear as vividly and as really
as when they were first enacted. 1t
may even be, as De Quincy has sug
gesled, that the opening of the book at
the day of judgment shall be the un-
rolling of the scroll of memory
Scribner's for October.
Year: 1872

Above the sunset hills now the van qushcd cloud
The. light trails its Jewels along the dusty
And bird at my window the old song awaking,
Adown the meadow path the well-known way
And dream and dream am but child


again.
/ know when the blossoms of the golden bell arc
know where the fern sips the brookIets fall


ing spray
1 know of bank where daisies bloom the


whitcst.
And nook in the becches where shadows fall


the Ightest.


And cooling breczes flicker on a .utry summer


day.
1t was there by the brooksido we built a bower


of rushes,


In the shade of the beeches in that old happy
We wrought the rustic roof where the purple
And Ben trimmed it DER with the fir-trees


somber brushes,
while our merry voices blended with the


waters ripping chime.
How sweet on the air came the breath of new
How soft was the whisper of the wind in the


tree!
There were Maude's golden curIs, with the sun
There was merry little Carl. and brave Ben. the


rover


Ah. mel Ben is sleeping now beneath the


Southern sea!
And fair little Maudc in stately ship sailing,
Is sailing and sailing to a far foreign shore:
And Carl is at rest where the Northern winds are


wailing.
Where the Northern sea is meaning, and the


Northern lights are palng.
And the wild waves thunder round his bed for


evermore!
But the song of the bird in the sunlight's quiet


beaming,
The sound in the tree-top of the winds low re-


frain.
And the voice of the river with its white waves


silver cleaning.
Draw me back through the years to our youth


times happy dreaming.
10 the dear Olden time that can mover come


again!
Year: 1872

The Portland Press gives the following
account of the unique manner in which
a camp meeting was recently closed at
Richmond, Maine: "After singing a
stirring song, the President announced
that the hour had arrived for he last
act of this religious drama. The Presi-
dent, Vice-President, and other clergy
men then, arm in arm, four abreast,
took up the line of march around the
stand. About thousand joined in the
procession. AS they maj ched they sang
some of those wild, pathetic songs this
sect is SO famous for. Twice around the
inclosure the great procession slowly
tramped to the music Of the song. After
the second tramp around, halt was
made, the men forming line facing
the circle. The sisters, now in single
| file, slowly passed along the waiting line
of men, shaking each by the hand as
they passed. many of the more excited
sisters throwing their arms aroupd some
favorite brothers neck, and giving him
kiss of holy love. After the women
had passed, the last brother in the line
followed in behind, the line of men
thus doubling on itself. Here some Of
the men followed the example of the
sisters, brother kissing brother as they
passed. The shouts and amens and
hallelujahs were hearty and frequent
Perhaps thousand persons witnessed


this extraordinary scene"
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the Central Union
Agriculturist gives the following rules
for grapes:


Place the grape where it will be nei-
ther too dry nor too moist, too warm
nor too cold


AS to temperature, the nearer freez-
ing the better, SO long as it is above
freezing.


Too much moisture will freed mold
and spoil the flavor of those that do not
rot. Contact with Gecayed or broken
grapes will spoil the berries they touch


Too much warmth, if air is not ex.
cluded, will dry the fruit and make
raisins, if the fruit is good enough. If
the air is excluded the fruit will spoil
if too warm. Hence we infer that
grapes to keep should not be packed.


Put up the fresh clusters in boxes,
two or three layers deep, upon cotton,
with paper or grape leaves between lay
ers. Light wood boxes are best. Let the
size be governed by your own taste. If
from two to four pounds.


In handling the clusters, touch the
stem only. Contact with hand takes
off the bloom; besides there is danger
of bruising. Handle carefully. The
boxes ought to be covered.


People have been taught to wax the
end of the stem. There is little use in
this. If grapes are of a variety hat will
keep we'll, the peduncle lays fast hold
on the pulp, and is kept fresh by the
grape. A little drying of the fruit
causes the peduncle to wither and
break from the berry. Grapes serarat
ed from the cluster soon decay.


The Hartford often "drols from the
stem" in gathering. With the best
care it can be kept fresh but very
short time after gathering.


The Concord is very little better.


Observe, if when you draw berry
from the cluster it brings out the pud-
uncle from the center, it promises to
keep we'll. Tenacity to the stem is
your criterion. The stronger the hold
of the berry the better it will keep.


Then, for keeping, a tough skin is
Year: 1872

How newspapers are missed at sea.
correspondent of the Woodstock
Patriot, writing of his voyage across the
Atlantic, says: (: "One of the features of
sea voyage which is very difficult for
landsman to accustom himself to, is the
entire absence of all news from the out
side world. Accustomed as we are to
have our daily paper on our table every
morning, and to glance over the news
that untiring correspondents have
cleaned from every part of the world,
1t seems strange deprivation to pass
day after day in entire ignorance of
whatever is transpiring among the busy
haunts of men. There is no postoffice
to go to two or three times day; no
letters to be received from friends and
kindred. The ships company is, for
the time being, community apart by
itself, and it has to live as it were in
world of it's own. Yet even here there
are advantages to offset these incon.
venienccs. The favored speculator can
rest for while, with no gold specula-
tions to perplex and annoy him. We
are for a season out of the reach of the
telegraph, where no gloomy, worrying
dispatches can ferret us out. The letters
that await us at our journeys end are
read with hungering delight and en-.
.joyment such as we dc not feel at other
times. With an appetite sharpened by
abstinence, we eagerly glance over the
files of newspapers, and we learn to APP
preciate how much we are indebted to
the press for large share of our enjoy.
ment and instruction. | have spoken
of the social spirit which manifests it.
self among the passengers. But toward
the end of the voyage one finds that
there is also another aspect of the sub.
ject under the workings of the same
social law-we cluster into atfinities on
shipboard as we'll as elsewhere. Many
persons who were quite intimate at first
have very plainly become tired of each
other, and were it not for the fact that
they are cooped up and walled in on
shipboard, would get as far away from
them as possible. can imagine that
persons who are not specially congenial
to each other,i if thrown together in this
way for two or three months, would
come to hate and loathe each other. So
true is it that many people are best
friends at distance, and that it does
not do to see too much of one another"
Year: 1872

In reply to numerous inquiries as to
whether "wolf teeth" in horses cause
blindness, we explain this question
somewhat fully, that our correspond
ents may see the matter in its true
light. At the age of five every horse
has or has had what are called wolf
teeth. They are pointed teeth, situated
at the sides of the jaws towards the
front. These teeth are naturally shed
soon after their appearance in most
cases, but sometimes remain during Il
heightened period, and as they are fol.
lowed by other teeth, it sometimes oc-
ours that an interference is occasioned
when they do not fall out, and they are
crowded in the gums and cause irrita-
ton. in cases when from cold or neg
lect the eyes of the horse are injurious.
ly affected and at the same time there
is trouble with these teeth, it is very
probable that the irritation may sym.
pathetically increase the trouble with
the eye. But it is altogether an indi
rect effect, and if the eyes are properly
cared for, the teeth would never affect
them. When the interference is no
ticed the wolf teeth should be drawn
not knocked out; when there is no in
terferance they may stay in their places
without inconvenience until they droI
out.-An,srican Agriculturist.
Year: 1872




Men aud women make their own beauty
or their own uglinoss Lord Lytton
speaks in one Of bis novels, ofa man who
was uglier than he bad any business to
be; and II ho could but read IL, every
human being carries bis life in his face,
aud i good looking or the reverse as that
life has been good or evil On our feat.
urcs the tine chisel Of thought aud emo
ton are externally al work Beauty Is
not the monopoly ofhloomlng young mon
and of white and pink maidcns. There
Isl slow growing beauty which only
comes TO perfection in old age Grace
belongs to no period IN life, aud goodness
improves the longer IL exists. have
seen sweetor smiles than from lip of
seventeen


There is the beauty Of youth aud the
beauty ofholinoss-a beauty much more sol-
dom met and more frequently found in the
armchair by the fire, with grand-child.
ren around It's knee, then in tho ballroom
or promenade. Husband and wife, who
have fought the world side by side, who
have made common stock OF Joy or sor.
row, and aged together, are not untre-
quently found curiously alike IN person
al appearance, and in pitch and tone Of
voice--just as twin pebbles on the beach
exposed to the same tidal influences, are
each others second self. lie has gained
a feminine something, which brings his
manhood into full relief She has gained
a masculine something, which acts as
| foil to her womanhood.
Year: 1872

We notice that quite a number of
our exchanges are advocating the cx-
pcdlency of state convention for the
purpose OF doing away with the pres
ent registry law and many others of
similar character that now cuinbcr
our statute books. We heartily con-
cur III the move, and no one who has
ever thought of the cost of the regis
tration law OF this state will oppose
it. 1t is not only expensive, but it is
one of the most obnoxious features
of that infamous Instrument drawn
up by Charles Drake called the con-
stitution of Missouri. 1t was forced
upon an unwilling but helpless peo-
pie, and the sooner it is stricken from
the statute books the better.
Year: 1872

The Portland, Oregon, papers are
still giving the experience OF the party
of fifty Bostonians an acute rasca'
named Robson, led into the country OF
the Nez Perce Indians in search OF
fabulously productive gold mines, and
then deserted. Many Of those inno,
cents abroad quietly. bst sorrowfully,
returned to Boston. Others, however,
taking with them the maps Robson
had made of the location of the mines,
pushed on. They proceeded up the
Columbia and Snake rivers and then
into the mountain fastnesses, and every
man, woman and child they met told
them something about the party by the
name of Robson. They learned that
they were the fifth or sixth party that
specious rascal had led into the wilder
ness to humbug and swindle. They
met many persons who had been victim
lied by him and some who were thirst
ing for vengeance, and declared they
would kill him on the spot should they
ever fall in with him. At last they
reached the region designated on the
map, and found that the map was like
the story OF the mine, work of an i'm
aginative brain OF the party by the
name Of Robeson. Sadder snd wiser
meu they returned to Portland.
Year: 1872

Much interest continues TO be attract
ed in Great Britain by the successful
performances Of Dank's iron pudding
furnaces which promises to be very use.
full to the manufacturers there. This
furnace is substantially an iron barrel
lined with fire brick. rotating horizon
tally, with the flame OF a furnace
passing in at one end to the CRATE, and
out at the other end to the chimney.
Within this barrel the iron to be pud-
died is placed, and as it slowly revolves
the iron keeps rolling over and over to
the bottom, and so presents constantly
a new surface to the flame. This con-
tinual turning over supercedes the
necessity of stirring by the puddler. and
labor is thus saved and larger charges
can be worked than when the stirring
has to be effected by manual labor.
Year: 1872

The City Civil Engineer Of Sandusky,
Judge Morton, is now engaged in sur
veying route for the Wheeling and
Lake Erie road between Milan and
Sandusky City. The friends of this
enterprise have the utmost confidence
in it's success and are pushing forward
the work with comnendable energy.


Is it not about time that steps were
inaugurated for the extension Of this
road to Toledo? By running it on the
proper line it would open market for
the immense forests OF valuable timber
living near the Lake shore between this
city and Port Clinton.-Ioledo CONNER
rj1l
Year: 1872

NARRAGANssrr, August %. - This
season is proving itself the most bril-
liant and at the same time freedom
from the foolish overriding style Of our
watering places and summer resorts Of
any heretofore recorded of this place.
At least fifteen hundred people enjoyed
the surf bathing this morning, while
nearly that number lounged upon the
shore or rode up and down the beach in
their beach wagons. All Of the hotels
are full. Excursions to Rsck Island
and around the light ship are OF daily
occurrence. The steamer Florence phys
between here and Newport twice a
day
Year: 1872

SOME idea of the extent Of the fruit
business in Southern Illinois, this sea-
con, may be gained from the fact that
the Illinois Central railroad runs train
expressly for fruit OF from fifteen to
twenty-five cars on the Chicago branch
every day.
Year: 1872

THE baby oyster is not bigger than a
fair sized pins head at the end of a
fortnight, and at three months only o.
the size of a split pea. 10 year he
will become as large as an ordinary
hslfpenny, and at the end oil four years
growth he is tit for market.
Year: 1872

WHEN John Adams was ninety years
of age he was asked how he kept the
vigor of his faculties up to that age
He replied, "By constantly employing
them. The mind OF and old man is
like an old horse; if you would get any
work out of you must work it all the
time"