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Year: 1871

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes Drop
sy( Incontinence of Urine Brighs disease AbumiRu-
ra and where there Brick dust deposits or
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 prickng, burning
sensation, and pain in the sml of the back and along
the Oins. In all these conditions Railways Sarpar-
liam Resoyent aided by tbs application of Railways
Ready Relief te the spine and small of the back and
the bowels regulated With one OF two of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will, soon make complete
cure. In few days the patient viii be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally ithOut pain and the
Urine will be restored TO its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1871

v The symptoms Of Liver
Complaint are uncaslness
and pain in the side. Some
times tho pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general co.tive, some-
times alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay
ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining OF
weakness, debility and low
sspirits. Sometimes many uI
Year: 1871

DOM Piatt, Of Cincinnati. "a not
an encouraging man TO trust with q
lady, it seems, from an account of a
drOD misadventure which he gives iq
the GdLGcy. He writes: Il never
left a depot that somebody was net
put under my care. don't know
why this is suppose il Is something
in my cOuntenance ifI knew what,
| would have it extracted. I dOn't
like having unprotected females and
schoolbOys and girls turned over to
me. It's a little hard on q man. An d
what is the good of it? Nobody
needs protection If any one docs, it
is q benevolent, gOOd-loOking, limo
Hocent sort of man-such as the
writer of this,


eI was leaving on the morning
train once from Philadelphia, when
a-respectable looking old scoundreI
in gold-rimmed glasses asked me to
taXe charge of his daughter. She
could have taken charge Of me. She
was thirty, if day, with face that
had been on the offensive for ten
years. I'd like to see any man at
tack that woman I'd 60 odds ten to
one on the scratch.


.'The old fellow seemed TO be in a
great hurry, and thrusting the lady
under my arm left the cars and drove
off. In a thin, angular voice that
was meant to be very sweet and was
not, she asked me to take her pocket
book and get the necessary ticket. 1
left the car for that purpose, but
when L approached the opening
where the ticket agent kept In sOii-
tary confinement, snaps at the world
outside, l found that ! had left my
pOcket-bOOk under my pillow at the
hotel, and, what was worse, my
watch with il. l had about twenty
minutes, and jumping into q hack /
promised the driver $40 If he would
get to the hotel and back in time for
the train. lie started off at furious
rate, ran over an apple stand, Grip
pied venerable gentleman on the
corner opposite, and in less than the
time stated / and the driver found
ourselves marched off to the station
in the hands of the police. We were
taken before corpulent Justice of
the Peace, who had as much adipOse
in his head as most men carry about
their muscles, and it took the old
fellow just two hours to try, repri-
mand and fine us for our drunken
and disorderly conduct. OF course
the train went on with my charmer.
1t went off with her pOcket-bOok. /
meyer saw her again, although made
dilligent search and advertised iB
the daily papers. But one unfOrtu-
nate day some months after, en-.
cOuntered a male member OF her
family, who made some serious
charges against me connected with
the desertiOn Ofa lady and stealing
her pocket-book. l tried to explain,
but failed to get my words in satis-
factorily, was forced to make an as
sault on this male member of her
family that ended in some black eyes
and bloody noses.


"Now, what was the good of put
ting that aged female under my care?
1t only led to her giving me that
pOcket-bOOk and the catastrophe that
followed. She could just as well
have gone off on the Pennsylvania
Central without as with me, The
thing is an outrage. If people want
to put their females under the care OF
anybody, let them try the cOndUc-
tors-they arc hired for such puT-
poses-and not impose on innocent
passengers"
Year: 1871

TIE CRUST OF THE EARTH.-If we
bury thermometer fifty feet below
the surface of the earth the mercury
will remain at the same point the
year round, in winter and in sum-
mcr, showing that the influence of
the sun docs not reach below that
depth. II we carry the thermometer
fifty feet lower, the mercury will rise
one degree, and will rise in the same
ratio for every fifty feet we 90 down.
1t can be easily calculated at what
depth all known substancs will melt.
This would not exceed fifty miles. 1t
will thus be seen that the crust-or
solid part-of the earth is exceed
ingIy thin, in proportion to the di-
ameter; not so thick rs an egg shell,
In proportion to the size of the
egg. With a crust so thick, con-
stantly cooling, and producing
pressure upon the internal mass
cs. it IS not strange that the bed
of the ocean should be elevated in n
single day, and whole cities have
been sunk in the same space of time.
The side of a volcanic mountain
once broke away, and the living
masses flowed out forming a river
twelve miles wide, which, in its
course melted down six hills 600
feet high, filling up valleys GOO feet
deep, and spreading over a surface
100 square miles.
Year: 1871

The cutting of glass, says the
TechnOlOgist, is an operation SO fire.
quently put in practice in the labOra-
tory that any simple method Of ef-
fecting it is sure to run the rounds
of the press as soon as published.
Almost all the methods i'm common
use arc very old. OF course, for cut
ting fiat glass, such as window panes,
the diamond is the best agent. For
cutting rounds or Ovals, out OF fat
glass, the diamond is the best tool
and if the operator has no diamond,
it will always pay to carry the Job to
a glazier, rather than waste time and
make poor jobs by other and inferior
means.


When, however, it is required to
cut off a very little from circle or
oval, the diamond is not available,
except in very skillful hands. In
this case a pair of pliers, or very dull
scissors, is the best tool, and the cut
ting is best performed under water.
a little practice will enable tue oper-
atOr to shape small round or oval
with great rapidity, ease and preci-
sion. When bottles or TASKS are to
be cut the diamond is still the best
tool in skillful hands but ordinary
operators will succeed best with pas
tiles, or q ledhot poker.


We prefer the latter as being the
most easily obtained, and the most
efficient, and we have never found
any difficulty in cutting off broken
TASKS so as TO make dishes, or to car
ry a cut spirally round a long bottle,
SO as to cut it in the form of cork
scrcw-and by the way, when so cut,
glass exhibits considerable elasticity
and the spiral may be elongated like
a ringlet. The process is very sim
pie. The line Of the cut should be
marked by chalk, or by pasting a
thin strip of paper alongside OF IL
then make a file mark to commence
the cut apply the hot iron and a
crack will start; and this crack will
follow the iron wherever we choose
TO lead it.


For drilling holes in glass a COM
mon steel drill, well made and tenn
percd, is the best tool. The steel
should be worked at low tempeFa-
ture so as to be sure not to burn it,
and then tempered as hard as posi-
bic in either mercury or a bottle
Of salt water that has been well boil
cd. Such a drill will 90 through
glass very rapidly if kept we'll mofs-
tened. a good liquid for moisten-
ing such drill is turpentine I'm which
some camphOr has been dissolved.
This was the lubricatOf recommended
by Griffin in his work on chemical
manipulation, and il has been fire.
qucntly published since. Diluted
sulphuric acid is equally good, if not
better; and we have found carbOlic
acid singularly efficient.


1t is stated that at Berlin, glass cas-
tings for pump barrels, etc, are drill
cd, planed and bored like iron ones,
and in the same lathes and machines,
| by the aid of sulphuTic acid.
a little practice with these differ
ent plans will enable the operator TO
cut and work glass as easily as brass
or iron.
Year: 1871

VICTOR HUGO is engaged on new
work entitled, "The History Of the
Year of Trouble," which will give a
history of the war with Prussia, and
of the civil war In his hands it will
doubtless be a very thrilling and deep
Iy interesting narrative Of those dra-
matte events.
Year: 1871

No young woman ever looks so well
10 a sensible man as when dressed in
plain, neat, modest attire with but lit
tic ornament about her. She looks
then rs though she possessed worth in
herself, and needed no artificial rig
ging 10 enhance her virtue. If n
young woman would spend as much
time in improving her mind, training
her temper, cherishing Kindness, mer-
cy and other good qualities, as most
do in extra dress and ornaments toin-
crease their personal charms, she
would at least be recognized among a
ahOusand-her character would be
read iH her COuntcnance.


Niue-tenths of all ihe school teach
ers in Massachusetts are women.


How TO keep your head clear
shave every hair of.
Year: 1871

This immediate locality was yesterday
favored with copious fall Of rain, which
was very acceptable TO a dust-beridden
q immunity, and also TO those whose cSterns
and wells have been exhausted by the dry
speE,
Year: 1871

An Indianapolis correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial tells the
following story of a man whe In this
connection has rather a suspicious
name:


John Dye, an old and respectable
citizen of Hancock county, in this
State, has had his grave dug for sever
al years. He accomplished this work
with his own hands, excavating the
earth to proper depth, laying a stone
slab on the bottom, and walling up the
sides with brick. A similar slab is
intended to cover the grave, and, what
is singular, Mr.. Dye has scooped out of
the neither stone hollow for his body
to rest in, with an elevation in which
there is another hollow for the head.
1t is his desire that when he dies he
shall be dressed in certain specific
clothing, and that blanket shall be
laid in the tomb, upon which his re-
mains are to be laid. Another
blanket is to be spread over
him, and the large slab of stone
placed on the tomb; the earth filed in
above. 1t will be seen that he does away
with the use of coffin entirely, aud he
further requests no burial service be
used or sermon preached, and that no
monument be erected to his memory.
Recently heavy rain caved in the earth
above the tomb, and Mr.. Dye set about
repairs with yigor that was surprising
To prevent recurrence of the accident
he has walled the grave up to the sur
face of the earth, and carefully covered
it with boards and sod. The grave is
on his farm, and within a few feet of
the railroad Mr.. Dye is notyet an old
man, having barely passed three-score
He is hale and hearty, and lives in the
old tavern-stand, where the mail-wagons
in winter, and the gay stage coaches In
summer, used to stop for dinner and a
change of horses. His memory is stored
with rich Jokes and adventures of that
period, and he owes a sort of grudge to
the locomotive which has deprived him
of his entertainment aud profit.
Year: 1871

A MONTANA paper says: "Many
have seen and pdmired the rock globes
found on the Cannon Ball River, which
empties into the Missouri several hun-
dred miles below this point They are
perfect spheres, varying in size from
marbles to many pounds weight. Brok-
en- open, the center is found to closely
resemble iron ore, and they give forth
an unmistakable metallic ring when
struck with q hammer Another stream
has been found in Eastern Montana in
which these wonders abound. The
popular notion of their formation is,
that they are the result of descending
lava, which has been thrown mp to an
immense height by volcanic CONFUSION
the same physical law acting that is
applied in the manufacture Of shst. |"
A HORSE in Brunswick, Me-, having
got into the habit Of leaving the stable
tor the field at viii, his owner stuck .
nail over the hasp fastening one night
In the morning, however, the horse
was In the garden as usual He had
pulled the nail with his teeth, unhasp-
ed and opened the door, and still more,
he had taken the garden gate from its
hinges and not dropped it, but actually
Get it up beside the fence.
Year: 1871

The new Tax law took effect Oct. l,
but ite effect was only measurably felt
until November. Its full effect viii not
be felt until the next collection of the
income tax, in May and June. 1871
Year: 1871

so young, it will be dream in your
life Oh yes, You will surely forget"


Your Majesty will forget, but L
never can and never shall"


And without letting her blush, Louis
XIV showered kisses and caresses on
the daughter of Eve who had forgotten
that unstained blood ran in her veins,
and gave herself up entirely to a dream
of love.


The hours fitted away as they only
can for lovers, and the beautiful un-
known tore herself away from the arms
of her royal lover.


"I must leave your majesty now-I
have already been too long"


"Call me Louis; and what name
shall l treasure in my heart 2"


"Alix"


"My sweet Alix, one more kiss"


My own beloved Louis, farewell Z"


"Wait, my own, only for one mo-
ment."


And the king went to a drawer, and
taking a small miniature of himself. he
presented it to the young girl.


She pressed it to her lips, and, with
q gaze In which alteration was depicted,
she threw herself once more into the
Kings arms, gave him long, passion
ate kiss, and said:


"Tm yours unto DEATH Probably
we shall never meet again, but when L
die this will be found lying on my
heart"


Once more the picture glided for
their exit. Louis took the arm of the
Pink Domino and led her to the car
riage that awaited her. There was one
more pressure of the hand, one more
farewell, and the carriage rolled away.


Alix re-entered the park and flew to
her room, but, oh, horror she found
herself confronted by her father! She
uttered loud shrek and fell senseless
to the floor. The duke raised her,
laid her on o couch, and divesting her
of her domino, and snatching the mask
off her face, he looked for few minutes
at the lovely form before him, but
without the slightest touch of tender
ness or forgiveness-her doom was
sealed


He left the apartment, and before
Alix had recovered from her fainting
fit he had returned, and wrapping her
mp in Q large cloak, he carried bis bur
den down stairs, placed her in trav-
cling carriage drawn by four horses,
sat by herside, and gave orders to the
postillions to start off.


The rapid motion of the carriage re-
called the unfortunate girl to her sens
es, and by the gray dawn of the morn
ing she met once more the naughty
and scorntul gaze Of the duke. Tremb-
hing, and almost dead with fear, she
threw herself on her knees to implore
her fathers forgiveness, but it was in
vain; he did not inquire of her doings,
but told her 10 be silent: his curse was
upon her he said, and Alix knew well
what il meant.
Year: 1871

PRooP OF CHARACTER.-On the trial
of criminal cases, it is we'll known, the
prosecuting officer cannot adduce evi-
dence of the bad character of the pris-
oner, except to counteract proc fof good
character brought forward in the first
place by the defendant. A change in
this practice, however, has been effect
ed as the result of the law, which, in
New York and other States, allows a
defendant in criminal case to testify
in his own favor. Thus in the Supreme
Court of the Fourth Department of the
State of New York, it was recently de.
cided that when a person on trial upon
an indictment for any offence, volun-
teers as a witness in his own behalf, he
subjects himself to impeachment the
same a0sny other witness upon the tn
al, ana by making himself witness he
puts his character for credibility as q
witness in issue collaterally, and can
not complain if bis character suffers in
the Investigation Upon these princi-
pies it was held that after the prisoner
had offered himself as q witness, and
was examined and cross-examined, the
prosecuting officer could bring forward
evidence of the Defendants general bad
character, in order to impeach his
credlbility rs a witness.
Year: 1871




Some years ago, when Paducah was
smaller and not SO pretentious q place
as it is now, the question of common
schools was up for debate at a meeting
of the debating club. A well known
lawyer of the city who now presidss at
the head of country affairs being as
sigued in the debate in the negative, or
opposition to the schools, made an able
argument against them, and concluded
by stating that it was best for people
not to have too much education any
way, as in such cases they resembled
his friend on the affirmative,
whose great learning rendered him
rather a worthless member. Now this
friend is q well-known mechanic of the
city, who has had legislative honors,
and did service as preacher. He at
once rose to his feet and said, "his
friend, the lawyer, reminded him of n
circumstance that occurred on Caney
Ford, in Tennessee. There was but one
man in the settlement who could read,
and that was the postmaster. Once q
week, when the mail arrived, all the
neighbOrs gathered at the postoffice to
hear the newspaper read On one oc-
casion the postmaster was reading
an account of the great emigra-
ton going on from the old to the new
states in the West. I'm some places it
was so great that the emlgrants had
eaten up ali the corn. The postmaster
was proceeding to finish the account
when one Of his auditors told him to
stop and explain what emigrant meant.
This bothered the postmaster, and,
when pressed, said he did not exactly
know what emigrant meant, but he sup
posed it must be either q coon or hog,
as they were 'hI on corn.'" 1t is
useless t.. add that this anecdnfa floor
ed the lawyer, and the school question
carried.
Year: 1871

THE Journal of Chemistry thus talks
The tight waists, the low necks to
dresses, and the high-heeled shoes, are
most fragrant abuses, and ought not to be
longer tolerated. We shall not quarrel
with the little jaunty hats of the ladies,
for they are indeed pretty, and no harm
results from them, as of all parts of the
body the head needs the least clothing
But, to pass to the other extremity, we
have to say that the detestable high heels
to boots and shoes, running as they do al
most to point, are spelling the gait and
running the ankle. joints of children and
young misses We are careful to order
our shoemakers to remove such heels from
shoes before permitting them to be
brought into our dwelling. Heels of mod
crate height and good breadth are of great
service in elevating the feet, so as to avoid
direct contact with the moist earth, and
they also give support and add firmness to
the step. Why should Fashion push good
devices to absurd EXTREMIST We must aid
In dethroning the tyrant when her DEGREES
lead to the physical or moral injury of the
race. The present fashion of leaving the
neck and the upper part OF the chest bare
Is fraught with evil consequences. II
would be less Objectionable in countries
uniformly warm but that our daughters,
here in this frigid and changeable climate,
should constantly expose to the chilling
winds vital part of the body, is one OF
the evils of fashions which should be dis
countenanced by every mother, and father,
and brother"
Year: 1871

The following is from the Scientific MIS-
celLdHy: Damp, when it enters a house,
says DR.. f. X. Smith, comes in at the
roof, at the doors and windows, through
the walls, from the ground, or through
leaking of pipes. The enterance of damp
through the roof itself is fortunately so
unpleasantly conspicuous, owing to its
staining the ceiling, that it is not long in
being found out, and before repairs more
or less complete are made. But for this,
roofs would be more commonly untrust
worthy than they are, and injury to health
and life would Oftener occur through their
failure. Many roofs are, however, so con-
structed that in times of great rain and
snow an inudation is inevitable; and the
situation of such houses as are near trees
exposes them every autumn to the danger
of over1ows from cutters stopped up with
dead leaves. Roofs, to remain dry, should
be of sufficiently steep pitch for the
nature of their covering; flat tiles re-
quiring a sleeper roof than "pan tills,"
and these latter a sleeper roof than States
Whatever the covering, the material should
be good and we'll secured. Roofs should
be so arranged as to dispense, as far as
possible, with cutters and flats occurring
in the middle of the builing, but should,
if practicable, throw off the whole of the
water to the sides. The point where they
join should be especially vulnerable, aud
should be especially protected, either by a
lead flashing" or bya cement tillet, with
a small protection formed TO overhang it
in the briekwork. 1t is essential that tiles
or states should overlap one another suf1-
GENTLY, and that if The covering be OF
metal (as lead, zinc or copper it should
be so laid as to be free to expand or con.
tract with change of temperature and in
exposed situations it is essential for tiles,
and desirable for states, to be bedded in
mortar. This, however, must be so done
as not TO prevent their being free drip
from one tile or slate on TO another; other
wise the mortar will become satura ed,
and will conduct the water TO the inside
of the roof
Year: 1871

A LADY in Berkshire, Mass, recently
applied camphor 10 an aching tooth, and,
sitting by a stove TO warm II, suddenly
tainted, and falling over the stove burned
herself so severely that her life was in
danger.
Year: 1871

AN obituary lately appeared in an ex.
change, of which the following is the con.
cluding sentence; "The deceased had a
vigorous frame, sold goods on the one
price system, and died lamented by many
who did, and many more who did not
know him"