Pike County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 September 1881 — Page 4

1'MCDKiYTY DEMOCRAT, I’ETERSBURG. : s' INDIANA SOSOS OF BIRDS. trh© Skylark*® sotig: “ Arise, artee! Oh free*, glad wings, awake the air; On* on, above. tho light is there; Pass the fault clou-ls ami know the skies. Oh blueness: oh deep endless height l Oh uuveiled sun I Oh ecstasy of upward flight! 1 mount! 1 mount! Oh a ties! Oh sun!** The Sparrow’s song: “Lc| be to soar; Skies blacken under night pr rain; \V ild wings are weary all in vain. 1a\ the fair earth, the fruitful storo! And the dear sunbeams travoljdown.. And warm our caves, And bring gay Summer to the town. Oh sun! Oh bloom! oh safe warm'eaves!** The Linnet's song: “Oh joy of Spring! Oh blithe surprise of life! And tiowers Wake in tho birthday April hours. And won 'cr, ami are fair, and bring New promise of new jov to be. \ \4* Oh hope! oh Now! Oh blossoms lu*oa ting on the trbo! Hive! Oh day! oh lmppy.Now!” The Night Owl’ song: “Tho tiowers go dead, Weak tiowers that die tot* heat or cold, That die ere even Spring turns old; And with few hburs the day is spod; / The calm, gray shadows chase the no>n; \igkt’comes, and dusk. And soilness, and the patient moon. Oh stillness! ami oh long, cool dusk!”a The Thrush’s song: “Oh wedded wills! Oh love’s delight! She.mine, I hers! And every little wind that stirs. And every little br >ok that trills, Make music, and 1 answer it With M.ove, 1 >vo. love.* Oh happy bough whore we two sit! 1 love! 1 love! Oh song! oh love!” The ltayen’s song: “ Waste no vain breath Oil dead bora joys that fade from earth, Nor talk of blossoming or of birth, For all things are a p irt of death, fcrdve love, that seat ee waits death to die. , Spring has its graves; Our yew-tiees see the green leaves lie. Oh ehurch-yurd yews! oh sm apth new gravel !** The song of the sweet Nightingale! That has all hearts in hers, and knows The s feret Of all jioys mid woo a. And tiU the listening^-stars grow pale, And fade into the day break gleam, llbr miugled voiee Melts grief and gladness iu a dream. Bho doth not sorrow, nor rejoice. She sings: “Heart, rest thee and be froe, 1’our thyself on the nnitindcring wind! Leave the dear pain of life behind; Loosi*l heart, forget t hou art. and bo. Oh pain! oh joy of life! oh live! Afy heart isthe^e. On r»»ses of the noon! oh stars above! Dead, waned, still with me; 1 am these.” —Hood I Korda.

TUG DRESS-MAKER AT GREEN HARBOR. Mis’ Babson, the dress-maker, is the most important personage in the village at Green Harbor, ami there is no place so much visited as her shop, which is situated on the tirst floor of her own little.house at the corner.' When "mv . acquaintance with the lady lirst began, I supposed that she was single, judging not only from the fact that she was calLyd Mis’ Babson, but because there was ^something ih the twist of her natural ringlets, and in the tone of her jcw’s-harp-like voice, which suggested single-blessedness. But I soon discovered niy mistake. She is not one who makes fmr griefs unbearable by concealing them. She gives each new customer the full particulars bf her several widowhoods, and talks as if burying husbands were the chief occupation of woman. She is a tall, rather plump woman, of forty-five or thereabouts. Her mouth has a peculiar expression, owing to a habit of keeping it perpetually filled with pins. Her reddish-brow^ hair grows down on one eido of her polished brow, after a* fashion which is called by her neighbors a cowlick. Her pale complexion is delicately tinted with green, and her lightgray eyes have a glitteringTbrightness. A look of monrntul liveliness pervades her whole countenance. She is not only the dressmaker of toe village, but fills various other important positions With great credit. She makes and trims all the bridal bonnets in the region, though there is another outraged jniiuaer at the Landing « n<j set >%s on ordinary occasions. As a nurse she is quite famous, though, unless the caso be particularly attractive or extremely severe, she docs not feel justified in leaving her shop to; the tender mercies of Idelia Rosanna, the II ghtieSt niece that ever wise aunt was _ al dieted with, to devote herself to the cure of the sick. As a doetress she is also highly valued; and, as there is no regular physician within five miles, her skill is otten called into practice. When, as she phrases it, any one is ‘-.called away” in the town, her services are a! wa, s required for making the shroud and preparing the body for burial. Then, she is the very eflieient , President of the Ladies’ Sewing Soeieiyy the leading soprano ip the church choir, ! the proprietress of a celebrated eyewash, and the general adviser of both o!d and young in tho town, and several neighboring towns its well. Of late years the Harbor has been crowded with simmer visitors, and she has taken these on her hands, also. It is a fascinating place, that little

si op oi ners, auu, whether you wish to maRc it purchase, or not, it is well wort h tie while to visit it on a summer morning. . To be sure, your entrance is likely to be attended with some difficulty, sis the gate of the flower-tilled yard in front is fastened by a unique sort of latch, ,.f— an invention of the latest-lamented, who certainly must have been a genius, and one which she piously retains in memory of him, though some of her customers prefer to climb the lence rather than attempt to make an en- , trance by solving its mysteries. Then a small dog, belonging' to another .lamented, objects considerably to strangers. Once inside, through the politeness of Idelia Hosanna or the aid of an experienced neighbor, you draw a long breath of relief and prepare yourself to enjoy the situation. Through the open doors and windows, on the breath of a whole-souled breeze, comes the pungent aiomaof the sea, whien sparkles not far away. You listen to its music and the sleepy rustle of the wheat-held oppos'd! whileawnituig the shop-mistress, who is idVariabty detained by some household duty and apologizes elaborately .for the untidiness of her personal appearance when she finally enters tho ?d >or in solemn haste. The sunshine ’donees on tho painted floor and peeps with eyes as curious as your own into the crowded show-case, from whose splendid abundance Idelia Rosanna is bedecked as maiden was never bedecked before. What does it not contain within its crystal clearness? Gorgeous flowers, the semblance of nothing which grows in either1 field or garden; amazing articles, designed as ornaments for the neck, heaped together in many-colored splendor; accordions, which share the palm with me’odeons in Green Harbor ideas of melody; cdttoh laces in rich flowered patterns; a dazzling display of jewelry, beads, bracelets, necklaces, with a great variety of precious stones glittering from elaborate settings; scissors, pocketknives, pink and white candy, spectacles, rattles, rainbow ribbons, crocheted edging, cough-drops, collars, golden cement, dolls and fancy soaps, to say nothing of patent medicines and a small assortment of books, evidently chosen solely for the elegance of their bindings. The well-to-do sea-captains are building new houses at Green Harbor of late, and no new parlor is complete without a few gorgeous books for the center-table. Outside the show-case are also many fascinating things—bonnets, daintily covered with pink netting a protection from the flies;, stamped patterns for rugs, in rich and Strange variety; Britannia teapots, mining like the sun over a shelf piled WWlv-new - prints, and in close proximity to these an odd collection of bootfHKiiJpiknw. - ,- The dbftr wHlch feudrm'to the sittingroom is always open, and reveals a cozy

interior. Tho clean, yellow-panted floor is covered with tho softest and brightest of home-made rugs. The windows are pleasantly shadowed with j morning-glory v.ne >, and a great many flowering plants perfume the atmos-1 pnere. Mis’ liabson bakes the same j pride in her “plaruts” which a great; many women do in their blankets and table-linen, and exhibits them with great complacency, especially her “geranium blows.” A rest-inviting chintz-covered lounge is usually occupied by a splendid black cat, and a great, plump cushioned, sleepy-hollow rocking chair has always been sacred to husbands. When not occupied by one of these happy invalids, it is usually tied up in black crape in memory of one. lierc they sat one after another, as you have been informed, through long terms of comparatively comfortable consumption. How conld one ask dor a more peaceful end ng of his days? Hero they rocked tranquilly, read the Falmouth County Ueraltl, or dozed in the dreamy light of the a'ternoon sunshine. They could not have been lonely, for there was the gossip of July Ann’s customers to distracttlie mind, and all the life of the household sounding from the busy Jilt e kityhen as well.' if they coughed, there was July Ann ready to rush in from the shop with a bottle of the “Magic Drops." If they were a tlieuld with headache, though she might have sometimes been unable to‘spare time to apply the “Electric Holier’ herself, she detailed ldelia Hosanna to act in her stead. And through the quiet evenings she always sat by her husband s side, bused either on a dress or a weddiugbonnet or a shroud, white tho visitors dropped in one after another with plenty of nows and chat. There was always a good stoek of apple-pies in the pantry, and all the hymn-singing tho most devout spill could possibly wish for in the parlor of a Sunday night. To bo sure, the graves of the departed were in sight from the sunny windows, and rather mournfully suggestive,'but still the scene must have been very peaceful, with the grass rippling and tossing in tho breeze, and there were no gravestones in the region more tine and costly than those which July Ann raised to the memory of her spouses. It was now more than a year since the last occupant of the chair had jbined those sleepers, and that the fascinating widow did not marry again was a circumstance which '■everybody wondered at. It ccrta:nlv could not be for lack of opportunity, so tenderly did she protect and cherish husbands, so amply able was she to provide for them, so popular was she with old and young of both sexes.

1 noticed that Mr. bpurlmg, the rosy ! and robust leader of the choir, directed decidedly tender glances toward the region of her crape veil over his hymnbook on Sundays, and that more than one jolly Captain,; made an errand to the shop when the mackerel schooners were in during.a “spell of weather.” “ Why isn’t she married?- she has so many admirers?” I ventured to inquire myself, speaking my thoughts aloud to Idelia Rosanna one day while waiting for this airy damsel to match a pattern of crimson worsted. “Lor’, they’re all too healthy. There hain't no consumptive or rheumatic men round jnst now, nor but one with the shakin’ palsy, that I know, of, ’n’ he’s merried. Aunt, she don’t care much about healthy folks, male or female. Diseases is fascinatin’ to her, though if she ever has as much as a u»ld or a crick in the neck herself she's blue as a whetstone.” This was two years ago. Last summer the lirst news 1 heard after reaching the Harbor wa3 that Mis’ Babson was about to be united in the holy bonds of matrimony for the fourth time. I saw at once that the chambermaid who came to attend to my roam had something on her mind. Usually extremely parsimonious in the matter of towels, she hung seven one after another in an absent-minded way on my rack, and forgot to inform me that she was a school-teacher in reality, and had only slipped from that loftier sphere of usefulness for a short time to accommodate Mis’ VVhito, the landlady. “What is it, Mary Jane?” I inquired, at length. “ You know Mis’ Babson, the dressmaker ?” 1 acknowledged fny acquaintance with this ladv, and waited with some curiosity to hear what she had to say concerning her. “ Well, don’t you think, she’s been and found an inva-' lid man and is goiu’ to get merried next Sunday! He’s a-stoppin’ at ly^r house now, with a cough thet sounds half as if ho made it. He is ruther poor ’n’ peaked, though , but harusome as a peacock.” “ But where did she find the, invaj lid?” I asked. “ 1 thought the gentle- | men of Green Harbor were all hopeless- ' ly healthy.”

“bo they be. Mr. SpurUn he s done j everything to gethisself up a pale look, lie’s eat slate-pencils ’n’ pickles by the | ton. they say, ’n’ kep’ awake nights— ; thet’s dretfuil wcarin’. yon know—but ; it didn't do no {rood. He b’longs to an awful shiftless race, ’n’ she’sgot a good | bit of property ’n’ not a chick nor a child in the world. Cap' n Loiul he , actually made a cough till he began to j hev one in reality, ’n thet scart him so thet he left off courtin’ her ’n! went | off on a v’yage to the Banks ’n’ hain’t i been seen in these parts sense. This man comes from Plumfield, thirty or | forty miles away. He heard tell of her ! over there, they say, ’n’ come over | here a-purpose to marry her, though j she’s old enough to bo his mother, j Idely she sticks to it thet he hain't got no more lung trouble then she lies; but there he sets in the rockin’-chair alookin’ at his finger-nails, ’n’ she waits upon him by inches, ’n’ doses him with enough of thet pizen ‘ relief ’ to kill a common man. She’s a wonderful | woman. Mis’ Babson is, ’tendin’ to all the business she hes on her hands ’n’ sick husban’s besides.” The next morning I went over to the shop to make a congratulatory call. There was no change around the house. : The small dog awoke from his slumbers and threatened my ankles until 1 trembled with icar. The gate, as usual, resisted all my efforts to open it, and I Idelia Hosanna, as usual, appeared to my relief. “I s’pose you’ve heard the nows about aunt's gittin’ merried?” said she. “The hull county's a-talkin’ about it, ’n’ 1 declare 1 don’t blame ’em. Walk in ’n’ take a seat.” The little shop was as bright as ever, and everything just as it had been the year before, but that the big chair, which had been decorated with black crape in memory of the departed husbands, was now radiant with a new chintz covering and was occupied by a decidedly rustic but rather handsome ! young man with hectic cheeks. I stole a good look at him, and he dropped his eyes with a somewhat sheepish expression. The window was open, and the three white headstones of the three doparted husbands glittered brightly in the little family burying-ground not far away. I involuntarily glanced in that direction. Mrs. Babson made her appearance before very long with her usual mournfully beaming countenance and the usual apologies for her neglige appearance. “ You always do ketch me look; in’ jest so, Mis’ Smith; but 1 hev so many things 1b ’tend to that 1 hev to hurry through my housework the best way I kin’n” not stop to fix up much. I’ve been makin' apple pies this mornin’, ’n’ it always breaks me down to make apple pies; for there was nay fust husban’, there warn’t no trouble in the world to him if he could only hev plenty of apple pies to eat. Many a time in his last sickness I’ve got np in the i

night t« "it him a piece of apple pi*. Not even a hymn was so eon-.o in’to him. Cap'n Higgins he sot his life by ’^m, too- only ho must have ’em. flavored with cinnamon; ’n’ Mr. Babson — Lor’, I >reckon he felt as bad about dyin’ ’n’ leavin’ apple-pies as he didiabout leavin’ his friends! How lie djid cling to life when 1 was a-bakin’!” I “And how is it with the future husband?” I asked in a low tone. “ So you’ve heard so soon! I declare, how news does travel in theso parts! Well, the fust dav he got ltore I found bo,loved ’em dearly. Whiv 1 couldn’t make up my mind to merry a man nohow that cirdn’t love applu pie ’n’ hev a cough. ’Twould seem unnatural. It’s dretful sickly round here this summer,” she added, with a pleased smile. “Shouldn’t wonder if all you city folks lied fevers.” . . | " They were married the next week with a great deal of solemn festivity. But il have heard since that the new husband was recovering his health in the most disenchanting manner, and that his devoted wife wa^so low-spirit-ed in. consequence that she could not even enjoy the typhoid fever, which was making its annual autumn visit to the town.—JjippincoU's Jftryazine.

The Preservation of Eggs. The question “ How can eggs be preserved lor market?” just now engages the attention of many of our readers. The following will prove of timely interest to many: . In the common “liming” process a tight barrel is half lillcd with cold water, into which is stirred slaked lime and salt in the proportion of one-half pound each for every pail or bucket of water. Some dea'ors use no salt, and others add a, small quantity of niter— one-quarter pound to the half barrel of pickle. Into this the eggs, which must be perfectly, fresh arid sound, are let down with a dish, when they settle to the bottom, small end down. The eggs displace the liquid, so that when the barrel is full of eggs it is also full of pickle. Eggs thus pickled, if kept in a cool place, will ordinarily keep good for several months. Long storage in this liquid, however, is apt to make the shells brittle and impart a limy taste to their contents. This may be in a great measure avoided by anointing the egg all over with lard before putting in tne pickle. Eggs thus prepared are said to keep perfectly for six months or more when stored in a cool cellar. •A much better way of storing eggs is the following: having selected perfectly fresh eggs, put them* a dozen or more at a time, into a small willow basket, and immerse this! for live seconds in boiling water containing about live pounds of common, brown sugar per gallon of water. 1‘laee the eggs immediately after on trays! to dry The scalding water causes the Jformation of a thin skin of hard albumen next the inner surface of the shell, the sugar effectually closing all the pores of the latter. The cool eggs are then packed, small end down, in an intimate mixture of one measure of good charcoal, finely powdered, and two measures of dry bran. Eggs thus stored l have been found perfectly fresh and unaltered after six months. A French authority gives: the following: Melt four ounces of clear beeswax in a porcelain dish over 4 gentle lire and stir in eight ounces of olive oil. Let the resulting solution of wax in oil cool somewhat, t^ien dip the fresh eggs one by one into it so as to coat every part of the shell. A momentary dip is sufficient, all excess of the mixture being wiped off with a cotton cloth. The oil is absorbed in the shell, the wax. hermetically closing all the pores. It is claimed that eggs thus treated .and packed away in powdered charcoal in a cool plice have been found a ter two years as fresh ami palatable as when newly laiid. Paraffine, which melts to a thin liquid at a temperature below the boiling of water, ami Inis the advantage of being odorless, tasteless, harmless and cheap, ean be advantageously substitute t for the wax a id oil, arid used in a similar manner. Thus coated ^md put into the lime pickle the eggs may be safely stored for many mcint|is; in charcoal, under favorable circumstances, for a year or more. Dry salt is frequently recommended as a good preservative packing for stored eggs, but practical ^experience has shown that saw alone is but little better than dry bran, especially il stored in a damp place or jjexposed to humid,air. A mixture of eight measures of bran with one of powdered quicklime makes an excellent packing for eggs in transportation. Water glass—silicate of: soda-r-has recently been used in Germany for rendering the shells of eggs non-porous. A small quanity of the clear}' sirup solution is smeared over the entire surface of the shell. On drying, a thin, hard, glassy lilm remains, which serves as an admirable protection and substitute for wax, oil, gums, etc. Eggs thus coated and stored in charcoal-powder, or a mixture of charcoal and bran, would keep a very long time. In storing eggs in charcoal, tire latter should bo fresh and perfectly dry. If the eggs are not stored when perfectly fresh,- they will not keep under any circumstances. » f ,fi A broken egg stored with sound ones will sometimes endanger the whole lot, In packing, the small-end of the egg should be placed downward; if in charcosil or other powder, they must be packed so that the shell of one egg does not touch that of another, the interspaces being tilled with the powder. Under all circumstances stored eggs should be kept in as cool a place as possible. Frequent change of temperature must also be avoided.— 'Scientific American.

A Revival of the Blue (Hass Thecry. Prof. Schlager, director of a noted insane asylum at Vienna, announces . the result of experiments made by him in relation to the blue glass healing theory, which at one time attracted so much attention in America as well as abroad. He had a room furnished with windows of blue glass, and had the walls painted of the same color. He then selected sixty persons who were more or less deranged mentally, and made them the subjects of experimentation for a period of three years, placing them at selected times in the blue room, and carefully noting the apparent effects upon them. He discovered that the abnormally aroused and excited temperament experienced a remarkably soothing and quieting influence in the blue light, and he expresses the conviction that with persons thus mentally deranged, with whom every other method of treatment has failed, this should be tried. He does not report any complete cures made by this means alone, bnt says that in most cases the treatment has proved ' beneficial, and that, if continued systematically and persistently, the indications are that it will lead to complete restoration. In no case did it work injury. He expresses the intention to continue his experiments, and calls upon all associates and colleagues In the treatment of the insane to do the same, and make careful notes of their observations. Prof. Schlager has also made valuable and interesting experiments in treating deranged persons of abnormally depressed or sluggish and apathetic temperaments by exposing them in a similar manner to red light. His conclusions seem tc< be based upon careful and scrupulous study and observation, and are attracting deserved attention.

USEFUL AND SUU6EST1TE. —A hornet's nest, being the finest wqoly substance known, is tho best polisher for glass lenses. —To Peel Peaches.—Dip theme minute in hot water, then in cool, and the skin peels off readily. —lo mix oils with water, first combine them with milk, then dilute to the desired degree with water. —Always have the patch run the way of tha'cloth, set evenly, without puckering. White muslin, etc., should always have a patch of thinner goods than the original material. —Millet is excellent for small chickens, being easily swallowed by them. Sunflower seeds may be fed freely. It promotes laying, increases the gloss of the plumage, and the general health. —Farmers who have tried the use of a few rods of portable fence for making a small inclosure for hogs and moving it around as circumstances require have found it much more profitable than keeping hogs in a pen all the while. —Prepared chalk for the toilet may be made as follows: Tie up in a little cotton bag five cents’ worth of common white chalk and boil it all day in Clearwater. Next day put it in the oven and bake eight or ten hours with a slow tire. It will come out firm, hard and free from impurities. —Sweet apples make delicious pickles. Peel and quarter them, boil them until tender in vinegar and water; to one quart of vinegar add two pounds of sugar; heat the vinegar and dissolve the sugar in it; add cloves and cinnamon, aud pour over the apples while hot

- Dr. J. B. Lawes, of England, believes that live stock demand dryer food in winter feeding than in summer. He also believes that the American farmer claims too much for ensilage, when applied to grass or clover, since they are best fed dry, the silo adding nothing to their value and the process of drying in the production of hay subtracting nothing but water. —Pepper Sauce.—Take twenty-five peppers, without the seeds, cut them pretty fine, then take more than double the quantity of cabbage, cut like slaw, one root of horseradish, grated, a handful of salt, rather more than a tablespoonful of mustard-seed, a tablespoonful of cloves, the same of allspice, ground; simmer a sufficient quantity of vinegar to cover it, and pour over it, mixing it well through.

-»Vmegar Pies. —One and a half enps good vinegar, one cup of water, lump of butter size of an egg, sugar enough to sweeten to the taste; flavor with lemon: putin slew-pan on stove; take live eggs, beat the yelks with one eup of water and two heaping teaspoonfuls of Hour; when the vinegar comes to a boil put in the eggs and flour, stirring till well cooked; have ready crust for four pies, put in the tilling and bake; heat the whites with two spoonfuls of white sugar to a froth, spread on the pies when done and color in the oven. These are excellent. —Our readers must remember that only recently has it been clearly demonstrated that a dead branch on a tree makes almost as great a strain on the main plant for moisture as does a living one. It, is one of the most important discoveries of modern botanical science to the practical horticulturist, as bv this knowledge he nan save many a valuable tree. When one has been transplanted some roots get injured, andfthe supply of moisture in the best cases is more or less deficient. Any dead branch, or any weak one, should therefore be at once cut away.,—Gardner's Monthly. —Cure for Lockjaw.—Here is the f citntific American's remedy for lockjaw. It is certainly very simple, and easily tried: “Let any one who has an attack of lockjaw take a small quantity of turpentine, warm it and pour it on the wound, no matter where the wound is. and relief will follow in less than a minute. Nothing better cau be applied to a severe cut or bruise than cold turpentine; it gives rebel almost instantly. Turpentine is also a sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate a piece of flannel with it and place the flannel on the throat and chest, and in every case three or four drops on a lump of sugar may be taken inwardly.” —Matrimony Tart.—Pare and core a dozen apples; put them intoasaucepan with a little water to keep them from burning; boil them until you can pulp them, but do not forget to frequently stir them; then add quarter pound of currants, two ounces candied lemon peel, and enough sugar to sweeten it nicely; if liked, also, a little grated nutmeg. Pour this mixture into a large dish that has previously been lined with a thin paste. Then roll out another piece the same size and thickness, which place over the top; press the edges toget her all round, make a hole in the'center, the same as for mincepie, and bake. What Causes the Blood to (irculate. To what degree the heart is aided by other forces is yet a matter of investigation. • Probably there are several forces assisting. The elasticity of the arteries increases their carrying capacity. They arc firm, elastic tubes, which expand under the pressure from each heart-contraction, and then by their own elasticity contract and help the onward flow pf the blood. In the smaller arteries the flow loses the intermittent character it possesses in the larger arteries, and becomes a steady stream. The elasticity of the arteries serves precisely the purpose as the air-cham-ber of any foree-mimp, that of equalizing the flow, and so increasing the amount delivered. Tho whole force is derived from the heart; the arteries eatisc the force to act continuously. The veins are lax tubes, somewhat larger than the arteries, and capable of holding alt the blood of the body. They convey the same amount of blood as the latter, but more slowly. In the larger veins, however, near tho auricles, the velocity may be two hundred millimeters per second. They are provided with valves which effectually prevent the blood from flowing backward toward the heart. Any compression, produced by muscular contraction, or otherwise, will, therefore, assist the forward flow of venous blood. This is oho explanation why exercise * hastens the circulation. The movement of the chest in breathing probably aids the pulmonary circulation, the blood, as well as the atmosphere, tending to till the vacuum during in

spi ration. Physical capillary force is not generally regarded as an active force m the circulation. But there is an admitted force in the capillaries, resulting from the attraction of the tissues for the arterial; blood, containing the required oxygen and nutriment. “The vital condition of the tissue becomes a factor in the maintenance of the circulation.” It is this forco, primarily, which adapts the amount of blood to the varying needs of any organ; the nervous system regulates the supply by varying the caliber of the vessels. The force in the capillaries, or some other force, carries the blood, after death, from the arteries, where the heart leaves it, into the veins. Finding arteries empty after death gave rise to the idea that they conveyed only air; whence the name. It was this belief which Hairvey overthrew in 1620.— Popular .Science Monthly. —On British railroads the guards are sworn in ns constables of every county through which the line passes—an ob> vious convenience in case of » row.

—Among the recent entomological contributions to the American Naturalui is one by George Mars, of Washington, D. C., on a tube-constructing spider which he has discovered in the grounds of grass lands. The nests of these insects are outwardly about three-quar-ters of an inch high, oomposed of grass, sticks of wood, etc., and much resembling a bird’s nest. Within they are cylindrical, and communicate with a shaft some eight or nine inches deep, at the bottom of which was found (in October) a torpid spider. The nest and tube were strengthened by a lining resembling a very tine tissue-paper, Which showed under the microscope no webstructure, but a hardened tissue, like varnish. Several of the nests were found, all constructed on the same plan. Nests of a similar character, but not identical, are described by Mr. Nicholas Pike, Mr. S. H. Scudder, and Mrs. M. Treat, as having been found in the sand near the seashore. Mr. Marx believes his specimens to beof a different speoies from the others, chiefly because the nests of the latter appeared to be used in summer and to contain eggs, while his nests were fresh in the fall, dilapidated and empty in the summer, indicating that they were used only as winter residences. —It has long been known that wood set in mortar is preserved against decay, and many stories have been told of the lasting qualities of wood which had come in contact with this substance. A naval journal stated recently that a lime laden coasting schooner of unseasoned Maine timber, which went ashore and bilged forty years ago, was raised some time after, and is stall in service; and an English paper gives the history of a platform of nine planks which has been used successively by father, son and grandson for mixing mortar, was then thrown aside and allowed to be overgrown with grass, but when brought to light again, sixty years after, was found to bo still in a perfect state of preservation. Strangely, no systematic attempt to utilize this knowledge has hitherto been made, but now a method based on this principle has been devised in France, and is simple, cheap, requiring no special apparatus, and also effective. The plan is' to pile the planks in a tank and to put over all a layer of quicklime which is gradually slacked with water. The time required depends of course on the thickness of the wood; timber for mines will be thoroughly impregnated in about a week. The material is said to acquire remarkable consistency and hardness after this process.

—The omnibus line at Quincy, Illinois, is owned by Miss Lillie Slocum, a very prepossessing young lady of about nineteen. When rushed with business she often takes charge of one of the vehicles and attends the trains and boats, collecting the fare from passengers and seeing to the handling of their baggage. It is a little trying on the nerves of a total stranger when he alights from a train to have a charming young lady with ripe, pouting lips come tripping up to him with *‘ Would you like a ’bus, sir?” Yet it is said to be a daily scene at the Quincy Depot. The first impulse of the persoii addressed is to glance quickly around to see if any one is looking, and then he grins from ear to ear and says, “ I don’t mind,” and his astonishment goes away up above par when she politely points out the omnibus a short distance away. There are busses and ’busses. —Edward De Ryt, a farmer living in the township of Grand Rapids, Mich., stepped into a nest of rattlesnakes with his bare feet. There was only one place on his foot where the poisonous fangs made any perceptible cut, and from this blood flowed freely, canwing with it, as Dr. De Camp believed, all of the poison. But for the flow of blood the doctor (thinks he would have died before he could have reached medical aid. —The Tombstone Epitaph mentions as one of the most engaging sights in that fast city of the frontier, a stalwart negro who strolls up and down the streets at intervals, ringing a bell and proclaiming that a game of keno is about to begin at the establishment to which he is attached.

—Carrie Moynehan, of Logansport, Ind., aged thirteen, has an insane desire to kill herself by jumping beneath every train that passes her mother’s door. Her mind-trouble dates from the time of the killing of her brother in a railroad accident some months ago. —A Philadelphia paper asserts that sucking pigs and cocoanuts are the fractional currency of King Kalakau’s dominions. Imagine the consternation of the foreigner who slings out a dollar bill for a nickel cigar and is given a litter of pigs in change. —A Syracuse maiden has promised to marry live different men. The papers refer to her as “a promising society belle.” —Last words of adyingparagrapher: “I hope I have been given proper credit u® above.” , _ THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. September 16, CATTLE—Native Steers.?9 00 a COTTON—Middling_ FLOUR—Good to Choice. B 10 WHEAT—No. 2 Red.. 1 48 No. 2Spring......... 1 & CORN—No.2.....— TO OATS—Western Mixed........ 44 PORK—Standard Mess.19 75 * ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling....'.. ® BEEVES—Choice. 5 40 ® Fail-to Good....... 3 00 a Native Cows.. 3 00 a Texas Steers... 8 00 ® HOGS—Common to Select.... B 00 ® SHEER—Fair to Choice. 4 00 ® FLOCK—X X X to Choice.. 0 30 a WHEAT—No. 4 Winter.. 1 44 ® No. 3 “ .. 1 34 © CORN—No. 2 Mixed.. 63 a OATS—No. 2. 42 ® RYE—No.2... 101 m TOBACCO—Hark Lugs. 5 50 ® Medium Hark Leal 825 e HAY—Choice Timothy.21 00 ® BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 26 ® EGGS—Uhoiee..... 52 a PORK—Standard Mess.... 19 50 ® BACON—Clear Rib. 11 ® LARD—Prime Steam. 11 ® WOOL—1Tub-washed.iuediuin 35 a Unwashed. S3 ffl ' CHICAGO. V CATTLE—Native steers. 5 40 HOGS—Good to choice. 6 00 SHEEP—Good to choice.. 4 00 FLOUR—Winter..;.... 5 00 Spring......*••••• 4 00 WHEAT—No. 2 Red... 1 33 No.2Spi'ing........ 1 21 CORN—No.2. 64 OATS—No.2... 39 ® RYE. 102 PORK—New Mes»....19 65 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers.. 5 €0 Native Cows... 2 50 HOGS—Sales at. 6 00 WHEAT—No.2. 1 31 No. 3. 1 11 CORN—No. 2 Mixed..... 02 OATS—No.2. 42 NEW ORLEAN8. FLOUR—High Grades.. 7 25 CORN—White.. 98 OATS—Choice. 56 HAT—Choice.. M 00 PORK—Mess. 20 75 1881. 12 00 l-’X 8 00 1 49 1 39 11 43 20 00 11X 6 50 4 no 4 00 4 13 7 UO 4 00 7 25 1*44* 1 33 64 43 1 08 6 50 9 00 22 00 28 14 19 75 H* 12 38 24* 6 75 7 00 4 50 0 25 5 50 1 34 1 28 65 40 1 «i* 19 75 5 50 3 00 6 75 1 32 1 18 63 43 BACON—Clear Rib... COTTON—Middling.. 8 25 1 00 25 00 "21 00 II.>4® 12X - 11X Tn* Louisville Commercial cites the case of Captain Chss. N. Carr], of that city, who was cured by St. Jacobs Oil, after suffering for years with rheumatism.—York (Mb.) Republican._

Americans say: “As black as the devil the French say as blue, the Spaniards say as green, \he Italians say as gray, and the Chinese say as white. It must be sad to be a devil and be so mlscolored. Tun Philadelphia Easy Hour mentions Hr. J. A. Waltonof 1219 N. Twelfth street, that city, as an enthusiastic indorser of SL Jacobs Oil tor the relief and cure of diseases of horses. ___ A New York base-ball player has been lined $20 for Insulting a newspaper man; but how came the newspaper man In such bad company f—Airir Earn EtgUler,

— y - b It Fault]* tk»t a remedy made of such common, simple plants as Bops, Buchn, Mandrake, Dandelion, &c., make so many and such marvelous and wonderful cures as Hep Bitters do? It must be, for when old ana young, rich and poor, Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and Editor, all testify to having been cured by them, we must believe and doubt no longer. See other column.—Post “Smith,” said Brown, “there's a fortune in thsf. mine?” “I know It,” said Smith; “ I’ve put my fortune in it.”—Philadtiphia Sun. The Laclede Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Messrs. J. L. Griswold and W. F. Sperry, weH-known and experienced hotel men, have recently purchased the above property and have redecorated, refurnished and reappointed the hotel at an expenditure of $40,000. The plumbing and sewerage has received especial attention. All improvements have been successfully embodied to secure the most perfect sanitary conditions. The house is supplied with the electric light, electric bells, hot and cold water, new passenger elevator, telegraph and ticket offices, and contains 300 rooms, and has the most central location in the citv, situated on Chestnut, extending from Fifth to Sixth Streets. Being owners of the property, with no rent to pay, Messrs. Griswold & Sperry are prepared to cater to the public at the low prices of $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00 per day. Gladstone and the English Workingmen. Gladstone made an address to the workingmen of England,urging them to be tolerant toward the Communists who had been expelled from France and Germany, and urged them to study their models tn all branches of the mechanics’ art, as being in many cases very superior to the English models for similar work. He also called attention to the spirit of utility which was manifest in American machinery of the best class. He urged the English to do this intelligently and pationtly, and that thereby they might" be able to retain the markets of the world. The English stove-makers have been familiar with the models of the Charter Oak Stoves for several years, as some of the greaLhotels are using them, and to this day they nave never turned out a stove that had the grace, form and fitness for the desired use which are striking characteristics of the Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges. (1-23). How to Secure Health. It seems strange any one will suffer from derangements brought on by impure Wood, when Stamps’ Sarsaparilla and Stillingia, or Blood and Liver Syrup, will restore health to the physical organization. It is pleasant to take, and the Best Blood Purifier ever discovered, curing Scrofula, Weakness of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Malaria; all Nervous disorders, Debility, Bilious complaints and all diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, Stomach, Skin, etc. As a health renewer, it acts like a charm. Baker’s Pain Panacea cures pain in Man and Beast. Use externally and internally. Dr. Roger’s Vegetable Worm Syrup instantly destroys worms and removes all the Secretions which cause them. It Acts Sure and Saffe. The celebrated remedy, Kidney-Wort, can now be obtained in the usual dry vegetable form, or in liquid form. It is put up in the latter way for the especial convenience of those who cannot readily prepare it. It will be found very concentrated and will act with equal efficiency in either case. See adv. _ uBouxh on ICnts.” Ask Druggists for it. It clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, Hies, vermin, insects, 15c. Redding's Russia Salve is the universal remedy for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, etc. Save your wagons, your moi^ey and your patience by using Frazer Axle Grease. National Yeast always makes good bread. For the Cure of Coughs, Colt}s. Hoarseness. Asthma, Bronchitis. Croup, Influenza, Whooping Cough, Incipient Consumption, Ac. Isrice only 25 cents a bottle. ~DR. JOHN BULL’SSiti’s Tonic SPA FOR THE CURE Of FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the public for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY aud PERMANENT cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills aud Fever, whether of short or long standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern country to bear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no case whatever will it fail to cure if the directions are strictly followed and carried out. In a_great many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, aud whole families have been cured byasiuglehottle.witha perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, and in every case more certain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller Moses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in difficult and long-standing cases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowel* in good order. ''Should the patient, however require acatharticmedicine, after having taken three or four doses of the Tonic, a single dose of BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient. The genuine SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP must have DR. JOHN BULL’Sprivate stamp on each bottle. DR. JOHN BULL only hfis the right to manufacture and sell the original JOHN J. SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, of Louisville, Ky. Examine well the label on each bottle. If my private stamp is not on each bottle do not purchase, or you will be deceived. im.. arosisr bull, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the DayPrincipal Office, 819 Male St.. LOUISVILLE, KY. K! ON EY - WORT DOES IWONDERFUL CURES! | Because It acts on the LITER, BOIYKLS| and KIDNEYS si the mu> time. eefuse it oleanees th# eyatem of th# poison- j I pus humor# that develop# in Kidney end Uri-1 ■nary Diseases,Biliousneee, Jaundice, Conatt-1 Ipation, Piles, or in Rheumatism, Neuralgia, I I Nervous Disorders and Female Complaint#. j qn WHAT PBOPLM SAT t Eugene B. Stork, of Junction City, Kansas,! [says, Kidney-Wort Caret* him after regular Phy-1 sicians had been trying for fear years. Mrs. John A mail, of Washington, Ohio, says I her boy was given up to die by four prominent I Physicians and that he wee afterwards eared by I kidney-Wort. H. M. B. Goodwin, an editor In Chardon, Oh ■says he was not expected to live, beiug bloat beyond belief, but Kidney-Wort cured him. Anna I* Jarrett of Booth Salem, N. Y., taysl that seven yearaimfTcrlng from kidney troubles■ and other computations wae ended by the use of H Kidney-Wort. | John B. Lawrence of Jackson, Tenn., suffered 1 for years from liver aud kidney troubles andU after taking “barrels of other — ”r Kidney-Wort made him weU. ’ Michael Coto of Montgomery Center, Vt.| suffered eight years with kidney difficulty and| —. - *- ■was nnable to work. Kidney ■“well as ever.” Tort made him I KI DNEY WORT

•fo we bold At Aicru »rr. •these familiar words recall io the farmer and others interested, the uafonunat! necessity of sometimes getting rill of Stock that is not otherwise salable on account of blemishes or imperfections. To improve upon this method, by showing how to restore y oar Stock to first-class condition. Is tie plan herewith presented. The signal benefit of the Great German Kernedy to manki nd very reasonably induced its application to the sufferings and ailments of tire dumb creation, beginning with the Horse. Peo]>le who tried it were more than surprised by its results, as attested in the speedy and permanent care of their Stock, and they gladly announced their experience by word of moyth and by the public press, until to-day Farmers and r balers, Srocxmx asd Breeders, the oocaTRr ova*, are using Sr. Jacobs On. with delight, satisfaction and

pront. me mistake of thinking that . anything is I good enough for a Horse.

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10 muue uy who humanely regard fb^ welfare of their faithful dumb creatures, ami pro-ride, for their comfort with good fowl and slielten and for their health by a constant snwply of St. Jacobs Oib,—the safest and speediest relief lor Diseases of Horse? and Stock ever discovered. Whenever there appears any evidence whatsoever of disease or injury among Animate, they should have the nest possible treatment, as it never pa^s to defer attention to Stock. Inasmuch, then, as It Is the part of common prudence to use the surest curative means in the, beginning, every Stable, Farm and Stock-yardi should be abundantly supplied with St. Jacobs Oil*, which is used and recommended by the best Horsemen in the country as an article which will relieve more promptly and certainly the ailments of and Injuries to Stock than any other remedy known. For Stmvin. Kincbone. Win<l-Gall. Flesh

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ib, uim«Dsss, quuuesn, wi w«jww ; cl©, Acute and Chronic Founder, Mange, 1 Corns, Whitlows, Itroken Knci s, Cots, Col«c, Sore Throat, Distemper, and many other Diseases, especially* Foot-Rot in Sheep, St. Jacobs OIL affords insti nt relief and a sure cure, and costs but Fifty Cents. Pamphlets containing full direclions for home treatment of diseases of domestic animals, sent upon application, by 0 A. VOSELEE ft C0„ SalUmare, Mi WOMAIPS TRITJIHnPHI HRS, LYDIA L mim, OF LYHII, MSS,

DISCOYXRRR OF LYDIA E. PINILHAM’S VEGETABLE COMBOtm Tho Positive Con? for oil those Polnftal CnmftWuU :»»d WedmeasM so common to onr best female population. It will cure entirely the worst form of Female Com* plaints, all orarian troubles, Inflammatior and Ulceration, Falling and replacement:*, andth< consequent Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted to tho Change of Life. It will dissolve and expel tumors <*om She uterus in an early stage of development. Tho ten lency to cancerous humors there is chocked very speedily by its use. It removes faintness, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness of the stomach. It cures Bloating, Headaches, Nervous I *rost ration, General Debility, Slecpicssnoss, Depression and indigestion. . ^ Tha^ feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight and backache, is always permanently cured by its uso. It will at all times and under all cireuinrtances *ct in harmony with the laws that govern the fe male system. For the cure of Kidney Complaints of either sex this Compound is unsurpassed. LYDIA E. PES*KHAU*8 VEGETABLE COMPOUND is prepared at 283 and 235'Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Prico$L Six bot tles f or $5. Sent by mail In the form of pills, also in the form of lozenges, on receipt of price, $1 per box for either 1' rs. PinJcham freely answers all letters of inquiry. Send for pamphlet. Address as above. Mention thin /toj er. No family should be without Ltt>lA E. P1NKHAITS LIVER PILLS, They cure constipation, biliousness* and torpidity of thcliver. •£> cents per tox. Soli by RICHARDSON A CO., it. Louis, Mo. _ FOR SALE BTjf 1>RUG GISTS._ AGENTS co^«o^- WANTED

'f*2*o«isi* Shaken la K»c*T Joint And f!be7 with fever and ague; or bllloua remUtenV the system may yet be freed from the mallgaant vtrna with Hoatctter'a Stomach Blftors. Protect the-systent againat It with this beneficent anti - spasm jiIJc, which Is furthermore a supreme remedy for liver complaint* constipation, dyapepata. debility, rheumatism, kinde/ troubles and other ailments. For sale hr aU Hrv£fteta and Dealers generallyTHE ST. LOUIS MIDLAND FARMER IS THE Best and Cheapest AGRICULTURAL monthly. No Premiums* So Hubs. We simply ask\£> cents for each -stfbscrfption. EVEliY EAUMEU WANTS tt. Estab% lislied nine years* Sample copy for 3-eent stamp. Address, . * # <‘w MIDLAND FAR HER, St. Loni*, Mo.

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