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Year: 1873

Cancer has fallen into the hands Of
such stupid, reckless quacks, says Dio
Lewis, that it is very difficult to speak
of it with patience. will give yo1 a
case which I think resembles yours. A
slight, pale mother of forty-eight dis
covered a small tumor, in which she
frequently experienced needle-like
pains. Some one suggested cancer, and
away she ran in great fright to famous
cancer-doctor. He assured her, in the
most awfully solemn way, that it was a
terrible case, and thar if she had let it
20 q week longer before coming to him
It would have been too late. He then
proceeded to inform her that for three
hundred dollars, half down, he would
cure her. With great difficulty, and at
great sacrifice. she raised the money,
and put herselfunder his treatment.


He applied plaster, which immedi.
ately made an open and very painful
sore, which bulrowed 30 deeply into
the flesh that the tumor came out. She
was now in a most wretched condition.
As this lady's mother died Of cancer, l
fear that in her present exhaustion she
NAV succumb to the same malady, for
she is clearly in the cancerous or scrof-
ulous condition. In every case OF can.
Ger, it is not the tumor, but the condl-
ton behind the tumor, and which pro-
duces the tumor, which is to be treated.
II lis very doubtful if the knife or the
arsenic plaster ever yet cured cancer,
while there is no doubt that very
large majority of the cases of cancerous
tumors may be cured or entirely ar
rested, and brought within safe limits,
by the following management: =,


|. Wear wet compress covered with
half dozen thicknesses of dry flannel
every night over the tumor.


9. Go out much in the sun.


8. Breathe full OF the purest air day
and night. ,.
no trash.


5. Go to bed at eight o'clock, and
sleep as long as possible. Lie down
an hour in the middle Of every day, and
try to sleep.


6. Cultivate a cheerful, jolly tenn
per.


7. Exercise freely every day in the
opea air.


8. Keep your skin open by regular
morning bath in soap and water:


This I have no doubt will cure
yOu.
Year: 1873

The mountain that the morn doth kiss,
Glad greets its shining neighbor:
Lord heed the homage Of my bliss
The incense Of my labor!
Sharp smites the sun like burning rain,
And field and flower languish:
Hear, Lord! the prayer Of my pain
The pleading OF my anguish!
Now the long shadows Eastward creep,
The golden sun is setting:
Take, Lord the worship Of my sleep
The praise Of my forgetting!
Year: 1873

CINCINNATI, Dec. 8.-The Financial
Committee Of the Board Of Trade reports
resolutions that all the restrictions Of ma,
tional banking, as q special privilege,
should be removed, and The right 10 Issue
notes should DO given to .alls companies
furnishing capital on the present basis Of
security; that In this way the public debt
can be funded OF home in bonds at rate
not over four per cent interest, and these
bonds might be convertible into green.
backs or currency when necessary; also
Q resolution asking Congress to forbid the
payment Of interest on current deposits by
national banks.
Year: 1873

PrTTsBuRdH, Dec. THE inveatiga.
ton by the Finance Committee of The
City Council during the past week In re-
lation to the halt million Of dollars worth
Of water bonds placed in the National
Trust Co., which was suspended by the
Secretary OF the Water Commission, re.
suited last afternoon In o charge Of con.
splracy 10 defraud the city being made
against some Of the officers Of the Bank
and Secretary Of the Water Commission
A charge OF embezzlement was also made
against the Secretary OF the Water Com
mission. The party all gave bail except
the Cashier ot the Bank who has beer
missing since their suspension.
Year: 1873

passage In Revelations, "And he laid hold
on,Satan and bound him Thousand years,
after which he must be loosed for little
season. he had become possessed of the
idea that the season Of diabolic rule had
begun, and that men could avoid its influ-
ence only by hbsthiniDg rigidly from all
physical grossness. TO maintain his own
ethereality, while printing his pamphlet
upon ahand-press which he had brought
with him, he lived exclusively upon corn
meal and wafer, refusing to touch bread or
meat. Though very taciturn aud lofty in
his manner, he seemed TO be actually in
sane on this subject only, but died u vic
tim to the poor diet and hard labor i'm
posed by his delusion.-M X. Word.
Year: 1873

Difference between tlic Two Sides OF


the Heart.


Why are the affections of the two sides
Of the heart essentially different in their
nature2 Why do those Of the leftsije OF
the heart point to an infammatory origin;
those of the right side of the hear, with
but few exceptions, to q non-inilammatory
origin2 There must be some cause for this
difference. What is it? The reason is
found in the difference which exists be-
tween the constitution Of the blood which
reaches the left side Of the heart from the
lungs, and that which reaches the right
side of the heart from the general system.
The blood reaching the left side of tho
heart from the lungs has been replenished
with all the elements necessary for the
growth of the tissues; it has been purified,
renovated, and vi7ifed by the oxygenation
in the lungs, and it is thus rendered in the
highest degree. stimulating to the left
heart. The blood reaching che right side
of the heart from, the general system has
been deprived, by the requirements of
growth, of the chief portion Of its nutri-
ent materials; it has been fouled by the
debris of tissue waste; it has been further
poisoned by its impregnation with carbon
10 acid gas it is therefore a depressant,
rather than healthy exciiant, to the
heart. True, it brings with tito the cham
bers of the right heart the products of the
digestion of food; but what are they, either
as nutrients or excitants when they reach
that point2 They are no more than inert
passive elements. Not until
they have passed TO the lungs, and have
there received the viyifying influence of
oxygen, can they enter into the real COM
position of the Blood, and thus become ac-
tive, exciting, disposable constituents of
Black, in Popular Science Monthly
Year: 1873

SALT LAKE CITY, July PA fnghtful
tragedy occurred at the mouth OF Brigham Canon this
afternoon. ranchero named Cotton and his two sons
killed BY another ranchero named Butcher. with
rifle. The Of the triple murder is unknown but Is
probably the result OF old feud.
Year: 1873

TIE increase Of salaries voted by the 42d Con-
gresa does moi give general satisfaction to press OF
the people. 1t is loudly complained of by able
nsWspapss in both parties and by the independent
papers generally. ItCannot be true that the Presi'
dent Of the U United States requires City thousand
dollars year to hveon. His house is furnished and
kept at the expense of the government, and most
of the servants about are paid out of the public
treasury; and the cost of the State dinners and
public receptions are taken from the same trea-
sury


When these facts are considered snd it is re-
membered that all former Presidents Lave lived
uPon $4,000 year; and that General Grant him
self has vel upon that in the most elegant style
passing most of his summers at the fashionable
watering places and has also grown rich. it is lit
tie wonder that the people should grow indignant
at doubling his pay, now when taxation is bearing
30 heavily upon all the working classes


The increase OF salaries is not likely to produce
any change for the better. 1t viii not make men
lsss corrupt or more honest Neither will it cause
our public men to set examples in frugality, tenn
psrancO and morality,


The old statesmen who lived upon eight dollars
day, were no respect less able less learned in
the Law or in the science Of government. Indeed
1t is generally acknowledged that they were su-
Psrior in al these respects to the men who fill the
halls of Congress at the present day. The same
rsmarks viii apply 10 the salaries Of the Secrs-
tAriss and many other officers which the bill that
was passed on the heel of the adjournment has
raised to such high figures. Certainly if there
was any guarantee that virtue and honor and in
Segrity would be promoted By this process, the
people would not make 50 much objection TO it
But the higher the salaries are the lower the
standard Of morality seems at Washington.


Again, Ii this process is submitted 10 quietly |
how long viii it be before, by vote of the two
houses, the salaries may not again be doubled p
The people will then have to grOan aud bear it,
as they do now. There Is no remedy so long as
the seductive character of Washington society
remains as it is. The only remedy will be found
In making an entire change in the political party
under whose management the present corrupt aud
rulnous condition of affairs has been brought
abOat.
Year: 1873




Much has been written OF late in re-
gard to the eligibility of convenient
and suitable locality for the establishs
ment of a Summer Hotel, for the re-
quirements Of families in the city dur
ing the hot months, and number OF
places in the vicinity have been mem
toned as desirable for such purpose,
but to my view the proper locality, have
ing the necessary convenience, seclusion
and ruralhH has not yet been found.
The object is to have resort in the
country that offers the most complete
contrast TO the city, which will prove a
beneficial place of recreation to the
mind as well as TO the body. The Mas
tional turnpike does not offer any such
place. The seeker after health and
recreation from the noise and smoke
and cares Of the city would avoid the
travel, the dust and the heat Of that
thoroughfare. Points on the river,
below and above the city, at conven-
lent distance or the railroad, are in
greater degree Objectionable. The din,
and smoke Of great manufactures that
now exist, and are multiplying in these
directions, would destroy all idea OF
quiet repose and healthful recreation.
To get rid of all OF these, one would 60
out OF town.


In my opinion, and l have given the
subject some attention, the most desir.
able locality for o resort Of the Kind
mentioned, is the place known as El-
lendale, on Wheeling creek, two and a
half miles from the Elm Grove depot
on the Hempfeld railroad. This spot
affords the desired requirements. 1t is
convenient OF access from the city by
railroad and carriage; it is IN the deep
seclusiou of the country; the scenery
about it is picturesque; the creek which
passes by it offers every facility for fish
ing and bathing, and q pleasure boat
could be added at email cost, with suf-
ficient still water for the pleasure and
,xercise OF boating.


There are woods, felds, and orchards
r,r every required purpose OF support
nd amusement; the wide lawn about


ne Old stone mansion, filled with grand
rIi trees, is certainly the loveliest spot
within fifty miles Of Wheeling. There
are abundant springs Of pure cold wa
ter on the place. An addition to the
house with modern Improvements
would answer every requirement as a
summer resort. Everything could be
raised on the place to supply the table,
while the farm could he worked at an
independent profit. | have lived in
Wheeling fifty years, and EN- familiar
with every foot of is surroundings, but
l don't know o place in the neighbor-
hood so desirable tor summer resi-
dence-so convenient to the city, and
away from every disturbing cause.


l am informed that this place can be
purchased at a reasonable price. At
Elm Grove real estate has reached city
prices. ROANOKE.
Year: 1873

PHILADELPHIA, August l9.-The night
freight express from New York broke
in two about the middle OF the train at
Pearson's station, about eighteen miles
from this city. last night. Nine freight
cars were wrecked and the midnight
mail and the New York Herald light
ming express were delayed on the road
preventing them from reaching this city
till very late this morning.
Year: 1873

While recalling the various plans tol
hunting bees, it occurred to me to tell oul
brother bee keepers of Il very simple methoC
to catch absconding sWarms. The idea is
new to me, and though some of our readers
may know and practice this method [ have
| never seen it in any bee journal


The idea was impaired to me by neigh
Dor bee-keeper who showed me two tint
swarms he had thus obtained during the
past summer. propose to adopt the plan
this season, and know that a great many
of our readers will also, if they Should
chance to read this, for it is a sure thiuu
and not patented.


5huuld you antor q tract Of e,vlla..I in
bee keeping neighborhood in the height
of the swarming season yOu will observe
many bees searching closely around the
trunks of large trees. When they find q
cavity suitable for a future habitation. they
return to the hive and are ready to guide
the new swarm to their new home, if they
succeed in getting away from the apiary
and we know that many do Now, We
want those swarms, and how are we to Get
them? Why, simply this Take a few old
bee gums or box hives, nail bottoms to
them, have a few small holes in the sides
for entrance and ha & them in few of the
large trees-and if an absconding swarm
enter the forest, it is almost sure to enter
one of your hives, which can be removed
to your apiary at your leisure.


Don't leave any large holes in your decoy
hive, if you do squirrels are sure to enter
also My neighbor overlooked this matter
and found in one of his hives not only a
swarm OF bees, but also a nest Of squirrels
all living harmoniousy together. Cor. Am.
Bee journal.
Year: 1873

correspondent of the London Field
gives the following method as having
proved in his experience entirely etticaci-
| Gus -


And what, you will ask, is my talsman
Simply ball of gray or white brown linen
thread. / take ball OF this in my hand.
fasten the end of it to one of the twigs of
| the gooseberry orscurrant bush, and then
cross the thread backwards from twig to
tWig in perhaps dozen different directions
fasten off, and the thing is done; and it will
last two years-the thread on the trees,
| mean. 1t is not necessary the thread
should be white or coarse it ought rather
to be tine and dark-a thing to be felt, not
seen. have watched the birds after per
forming the operation; they came boldly to
settle on the trees, and they strike against
these, to them, invisible snares, for which no
doubt they are deemed to be; they fy off in
terrible hurry, and settle on the walls and
trees round about, longing and getting
hungry, till at last they disappear, and you
will see them no more.


AS regards peas and other seeds, which I
always sow in drills, | simply stretch a
thread, sometimes two, along each drill at
about two inches from the ground, support
ing it at that height by little forked sticks
If you put it much higher than this the
pifuS 40 not seem TO care Tor 1t, 1t does not
touch them that is the grand secret, some
thing they do not well see, nor know what
it means.


l have seen people put thick white
string with feathers tied to it, and perhaps
two feet from the ground. The birds soon
understand these and care little for them !;
in short, | know to my cost it sometimes
acts as lure, as a notice to the birds that
there is something to be had worth looking
after. | will answer for it, any one adopt
Ing the plan | recommend will never have
cause to complain of the birds, however
numerous they may be.
Year: 1873

Dear gracious Lord if that thy pain
Doth make me well, if l have strayed
Past mercy, let my hands be laid
One in the other; not in vain
Would | be dressed, Lord, in the beauteOus


clay


Which thou did'st put away.
But if thou yet canst find in me
A vine, though trailing on the ground,
That might be Strengthened up, and bound
To any good, so let it be;


And, haply at the last, some tendrl-ring
Unto thy hand shall cling.
| have been too much used, | know,
To tell my needs in fretful words
The clamoring of the silly birds
impatient for their wings to grow,
Has thy forgiveness; o my blessed Lord,
The like to me accord.
OF grace, as much as will complete
Thy will in me, pray thee for;
Even as rose shut in drawer,
That maketh all about it sweet,
| would be. rather than the cedar, fine,
Help me, thou Power divine.
Fill thou my heart with love as full
As any lily with the rain;
Unteach me ever to complain,
And make my scarlet sins as WOOL
Yea, wash me, even with SORROWS, clean an 4


fair


As lightnings do the air.
Year: 1873

OF the gross amount of hay cut on my
farm, cannot give as accurate an account
as l would like to, as | have no reasonable
convenience for weighing the whole crop.
could give the number of loads drawn i'll,
but that would not give others very cor
rect idea of the number of tons. | shall
leave the estimates to the judgment of the
Committee. The present condition of the
fields and the prospects for next years
crops speak for themselves. The best
can do toward fixing the amount of hay
raised, is to give the number of animals
fed from the twenty-five acres Two horses,
eight to ten cows, two to four yearlings
and two to four calves are fed very literally
from the hay products each year, which is
equal to q little more than one full grown
animal to every two acres of the whole
farm, excepting the cows are pastured in
part, about one month, between green rye
and the time of cutting corn fodder. The
calves and yearlings are also pastured out
side OF these acres, to a small extent.


| am sorry that it has not been con
venient for all the members Of the Commit
tee to visit the premises and Judge for
themselves of the comparative condition OF
the land which | have entered as a hay or
grass farm. A w. CHEEvER.
Year: 1873

Our Castine correspondent writes that
capitalist from Boston are negotiating for
the purchase of some two huudred acres
OF land on the Peninsula of Castine, near
Dice's Head, and if successful will build
a hotel and expend large amount of
money in making the beautiful town of
Castine summer resort. Bangor Whig.
Year: 1873

1t is said to be late discovery, that the
shrinking of f1annels in washing is caused
by the change from hot to cold water, to
rinse. Wash in water warm but not hot,
and rinse in some of the same temperature
Year: 1873

Tipkins aroused his wife from a sound sleep
the other night, saying he had seen ghost in
the shape of an ass, "Oh, let me sleep was
the reply of the irate dame, g and don't be
frightened at your own shadow
Year: 1873

Five years have slipped away, bringing
little outward change to the quiet dwell
lers beneath Squire Strong's comfortable
roof The squire and his wlte still go
about their daily duties, with the same
quiet yet energetic faithfulness, while
their seats at church and at the weekly
prayer meeting are seldom vacant, even
when the wintry drifts and summers heat
dlscourages many a younger Christian
from venturing beyond the shelter of his
own roof. AS for Say-no one has no.
ticed it, and yet there is change, deep
and abiding as it is beautiful.


The quick, sharp spirit, that so often
gave offense in her earlier girlhood has,
somehow, unconsciously perhaps. become
toned down into pleasant briskness that
is pleasing to all, and fits well with the
matured and more softly rounded face,
that has lost its look of keen suspicious
ness, and wears an expression far more
in keeping with the ever kindly, often
tenderly sympathizing words, that now
seem native to her lips. Nor have these
graces of mind and body been suffered to
develope in unnoticed obscurity. More
than one Of the young farmers therea-
bouts has been seen to tie his horse at
Year: 1873

In the Fifth District Court, Mrs. Mary


Coddy applied for writ of habeas corpus
for her four year old child. The detention
was caused by debt of $50, which the re-
lator had not iquidated. Judge Cullom,
before passing on the case, gravely ap-
pointed Colonel Louis Power curator to
represent the defendant, who was present.
The court having by its own action given
him his first case, heartlessly decided
against him, and gave the child to its
mother.


Judge Hawkins, in an oral decision. YES
terday demolished the application of Mr..
Edward Booth for an injunction against the
collection of the City Park tax. He re-
viewed the provisions of the law on the
subject, and showed that the court had no
power to grant the plaintiffs demands 1t
was bordering on cruelty for the court to
address itself particularly to Mr.. Booth,
and suggest that he had more power to
alter the law as Senator than the judge
had as a judicial officer. The remark that
MIR. Booth had better take his seat in the
Legislature and vote against such laws he
disapproves of was probably not relished
by that gentleman, and it is feared the
good seed fell on stony ground.
Year: 1873

The social world of Washington received
a stunning blow one day last week in the
reported failure Of Sprague Brothers. Not
that such failure affected the said social
world Immediately, tor the charming queen
of society, Mrs. Sprague. is yet in mourning
for her distinguished father, the late Chief
Justice, and giving up her princely resi-
dence in the city has withdrawn to her
fathers late residence, three miles out upon
the Bladensburg road. This lady, whose
heart is nearly broken by the death of one
SO near and dear to her, announced her in
tention to give up the place in society she
has made SO graceful and celebrated, and
devote herself to the domestic cares and the
private duties of her beautiful life. But
we all know that one can not SO readily ab-
dicate throne or throw aside crown, and
after the first keen grief Of her great loss
wore away the claims of society would
again prevail. Rumor says that, however
embarrassed financially the Senator may be,
he has yet provision made to the family
that makes them independent. Aside from
the marriage portion settled on Mrs.
Sprague, the advent of each child was the
occasion for gift of $500, 000
Year: 1873

An exhibition was given yesterday, at
No. IS Orleans street, of new air compress
sing engine which is a great improvement
on any Of it's predecessors. The patent was
originally obtained by Messrs. Normean &
Dutrich, who have sold their rights to the
company organized by Mr.. Emile Daboval.
The system on which the engine is coz
structed is new, is not liable to get heated
as the pistons work in water, and can be
operated to more advantage than any other
system and at less cost. 1t can compress
air at any pressure at 800 pounds to the
square inch or upward, can be used for bor-
ing of tunnels, working mines, manufactur
ing ice, to utilize water power or propel
street cars.


For the latter purpose it is specially
adapted and will attract the attention of
those interested in street railways. By
means of peculiar and ingenious regulator
the exact quantity necessary to propel a
car given distance can be distributed from
the main reservoir to that of the truck.
This overcomes the great obstacle which
has hitherto prevented the application of
compressed air as q motive power.


A large number of gentlemen were
present at the exhibition, and the engine
was thoroughly and lucidly explained by
Mr.. Daboval, who succeeded in satisfying
all of the value of the invention. The
cheapness of the engine, and the ease by
which it could be worked were not the
least of its recommendations.


The company is now fully organized and
is ready to 90 to work. Further particulars
may be had OF Mr.. Daboval, at No. Is Or
leans street, where the engine may be seen.
Year: 1873

A parson, who was not over promptly
paid by his Pensioners, on entering the
church one Sabbath morning, met one OF
the most wealthy of his flock and asked
the loan OF a sovereign. Certainly" said
the man, at the same time handing over the
coin. Dominic put it into his pocket, and
preached his preach in most capital style,
and, on coming down handed the identical
sovereign to the man from whom he bor-
rowed it. why" exclaimed the lender,
you have not used the money at ALL" at
has been of great service to me, neverthe-
less.' replied the parson; II always preach
80 much better when have money in my
pocket" The hint was taken, and the rest
of his salary was got together the following
afternoon.