Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1870 — Page 4

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' Caummutu hs* * million sores of Mor • tingle city official get* a cent of p*y st Treasure City, Nevada. DmotUM are applied in the Washington Life to make the policies larger. Cincinnati claim* to have lost sixtyfive reaident* by drowning thia year. Why ia a king who can’t talk like hi* dominion* f Because he ia a king dumb. The Stockholder* of the Washington only receive the intereat their own money earn*. The official report diapela the exaggeration! aa to the loss by the Constantinopie fire. Only 850 person* perished. Mains boasts of an eleven-year-old girl, “ who manages a mowing machine with the ease of a born former." Thh San Franciaoo Coroner’s annual report give* 452 cases during the part year —22 murders, 57 suicides, and 74 accident*. Once when a bad man died, a savage wit being apprised of the event, observed that the average value of mankind was sensibly raised.

Scon county, Ky., boasts of a hen that is nursing a pup, which she shelters and scratches for to the neglect ot her own offspring. ▲ young somnambulist recently in the harbor of Provincetown, Mass., leaped overboard, was rescued, and only awoke after safely reaching the deck. A notorious miser having heard an elegant charity sermon, exclaimed: ’’This sermon strongly proves the necessity of alm*. I have almost a mind to turn beggar." A California paper says a box of cherrits has been shipped to New York, the majority of which measure three and a half inches in circumference. It is said that a new hotel at Hampton Beach is to bear the title of the Quoquinnapssakesosanagnoc House. Tne proprietor wanted a name that was easy to remember. A lawyer in an Eastern city has conspicuously displayed In his c fUce the following suggestive notification: "Gentlemen who expectorate on the floor cannot expect to rate aa gentlemen." A Frenchman, wishing to compliment a girl as a “little lamb,” called her a “small mutton." He did not understand the technicalities of the English language. The French enamelers guarantee permanent beauty for 500 francs. It takes a month, during which the patient “ must not think of washing, nor even blow her nose." , li is estimated that America, when her productive power is fully developed, will oe-able to feed four times as many person* as there are now on the face of the earth. The first “money article” for a Philadelphia paper was written for the Ledger, July 1,1840, by Joseph Sailer, who has ever since conducted that department of the paper. In Lowndes county, Tenn., a few nights since, Dr. James C. Carroll, in applying at a house for assistance, was mistaken for a burglar by the landlord, who fired from a window, killing the doctor instantly. A St. Joseph, Mo., city councilman is reported to have delivered the following speech at a late meeting of the Council: “Mr. Mayor and gentlemen of the Council, let us put our heads together and make a wooden pavement.” A tradesman who had failed in the city of Bangor, wrote on his front door, “ Payment suspended for thirty days.” A neighbor reading this said, “ You have not dated the notice.” “ No,” said he, “ I do not intend to do so; it would run out if I did.” . Comparative Virtue.— A shopkeeper at Doncaster had for his virtues obtained the name of the little rascal. A stranger asked him why this appellation had been given to him. “To distinguish me from the rest of my trade,” quoth he, “who are all great rascals.” The famous trotting mare, Lady Thorne, met with an accident at Rochester, N. Y., a few days ago, which will probably disqualify her for the turf She fell from a bridge on which she was being led into a car, and dislocated a hip-joint. An enterprising deputy sheriff in Litchfield county, Conn., recently seized at a grocery store and removed with great care, two casks, one marked bourbon and the other rum, which were found on examination to contain eighty-eight gallons of stale rain water. A little nine year old girl named Annie Rosch, residing in Quincy, ILL, died recently from the effects of a needle which she accidentally run into her left breast * few days before. The needle was broken in attempting to extricate it, and it is supposed that theffiroken portion worked into the heart In New Yojk, a few months ago, a Frenchman borrowed $25 of a Frenchwoman, and left his daughter in pawn. The other day he wished to repay the loan, but the woman refused to give up the child, as she had become attached to her. The disconsolate parent made ineffectual attempts to recover his child, and finally appealed to the courts. In addressing a burglar for whom he was about to provide a home for a term of years, Judge Bedford,of New York, informed him that the Judge* of the court had decided to hold that every burglar entered a house intending to murder, if necessary, and to give such worthies twenty years in the Penitentiary. Never ask Questions in a Hurry.— “ Tom. a word with you.” “Be quick, then; I’m in a hurry.” “ What did you give your sick horse, t’other day ?" “ A pint of turpentine.” John hurries home, and administers the same dose to a favorite charger, which, strange to say, drops off defunct in half an hour. His opinion of Tom’s veterinary ability is somewhat staggered. He meets him the next day,. “ Well, Tom.” “Well, John, what is it»” “ I gave my horse a pint of turpentine and it killed him, dead as Julius Cmsar.” “So it did mine! ”

Thb Pittsburgh Commercial records the death of Mrs. Margaret Burns, in her 104th year, and adds: “ She never had a cough or any other lung disease in * her life; never wore spectacles, could see to thread a needle, and up to the time of taking to her bed could read her prayer book, which was in right large print. She always had excellent health, and never, under any circumstances, could she be induced to carry a cane. She had a >cmarkably good memory, and .could recognize without difficulty persons she had not seen for twenty years, an instance of this being afforded while she lay sick.” Whbat for Hobsbs,—-The Oneida Community. Circular of a recent date says: For the past month our horses have been fed wheat instead of corn. One bushel of wheat is mixed with two of oats, and the ground product fed with cut hay. The experiment was tried because corn was as high priced as wheat. Wheat has now risen fifteen cents per bushel, and consequently corn will be used again. The horses are, hqpvever, stronger and sleeker when fed on wheat. If barley does not command a good price next fall, the experiment will be made of feeding it to the horses, in imitation of the Arabic custom. ■ k sailor was called upon the stand as a witness. “ Well, sir, co you know the plaintiff and defendant ?” “I don’t know I

the drift of your word*,” answered ■ the sailor. “What! not know th* meaning of plaintiff and defendant t" continued the lawyer; “a pretty fellow, you,to come here aa a witness. Can you tell me where on board the ship it wa* that thia man (truck the other one J" " Abaft the binnacle,” answered the sailor. “Abaft the binnacle!" rejoined the lawyer, i “ what do you mean by that?’’ “A pretty fellow you," responded the sailor, “to oome here a* a lawyer, and don’t know what abaft the binnacle means!”

Thh Ban Francisco Bulletin, in noting the fact that the bay it foil of tiger shark*—a man having caught five in a abort time with a hook and line— throws in the following advice to small boys who disport themselves in the brine: “ The largest of these isjfl re feet long. It Is said that these fish are very fond of human beings for food, and usually swallow their victuals whole. While the five feet sharks demy to six feet men as a matter of convenience, they are especially fond of three feet and a half and four feet boys on account of both convenience of size and delicacy of fiber. Juvenile bathers should be exceedingly cautious until the tiger shark goes to sea,”

From the Springfleld (Mas*.) Republican we learn that a poet mortem examination showed that the recent death of a young lady at West Waterville, Mass, was caused by the use of a Jute “switch," the insects bred in it having eaten throufgi the skull and attacked the brain. Noting the operations of the pests upon the heads of the gentle sex in Springfield, the Republican says; “The disgusting little borers that fill the fibers of the jute plant, whether used in massive chignons or long bunches, are causing a lively and by no means pleasing excitement id various quarters Finding their way to the heads of their harborers, they burrow there until the scalp is raw, and in some cases affect the whole nervous system and craze the brain. In this city several women lie in danger of death from these loathsome insects; one of these dwells on the Hill, another on Dwight street, and the disease in its lesser forms is quite frequent

Dr. Gautz a celebrated German physiologist, has been applying himself for some time past to experimental investigations for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent internal refrigeration is injurious to the system. Arguing from the extent and number of the epigastric vessels, and their extraordinary influence upon the general pressure of the blood, Dr. Gautz hod been led to the conclusion that the extensive use of cold liquids must necessarily contract the minute arteries of the epigastric region and the adjacent organs, thereby increasing the arterial pressure of the blood, and inducing hemorrhage of the lungs, apoplexy, and kindred diseases. A series ot experiments upon dogs seemed to give positive proof that such was the natural result. It has been suggested that the startling number of what are termed sun-strokes which have occurred during the present season may have been Induced to some extent by the excessive consumption of ice-cold sodawater. Whether or not this idea has any genuine foundation, prudence would suggest a very guarded use of icy drinks at times when the system is in an overheated condition.

How Two Uncles Made a Mistake Early in the Morning.

The old adage that “mistakes will occur in the best of families,” was fully exemplified several mornings since at the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton radroad depot, in Cincinnati, on the arrival of the 6:30 Detroit train. An old gentleman, in fact two old gentlemen, were at the depot with their carriages anxiously awaiting the arrival of friends. The train, which was prompt on time, came dashing into the depot, and the nice looking old gentlemen, doubtless representatives of a large rent roli and divers bonds, as their appearance betokened, hurried to the sleeping car and promptly stepped in. The first of the twain walked briskly along until he caught sight of a very prepossessing young lady, apparently about fourteen years of age, whose eyes sparkled and whose face was radiant with smiles, and then going toward her he inquired if this was “Cousin.” The young miss, not waiting to hear the sentence finished, put a pair of lovely arms around his neck, and then the youthful lips imprinted a hasty kiss on his cheek that caused a very perceptible fluttering beneath the old gentleman’s linen vest, that indexed itself with smiling emotion on his face. “ W hy, surely, uncle, don’t you know me ?” came from between the rosy lips after the echo of the kiss had died away, and the youthful arms released him. “ Well, I thought it was you, but was not certain. But come; let’s to the carriage; breakfast is already prepared in anticipation of vour being hungry after a tedious night’s ride.” And then spring and winter, figuratively speaking, passed out, and the two stepping into the carriage, were driven a few squares to a stately stone-front mansion, bespeaking a life of ease and luxury to those who dwelt under its roof. Entering the dwelling, the young lady was shown to her apartments, with a request to come into the breakfast room as soon as she was ready. A few minutes sufficed for the washing of her hands and face, an<j the arranging of her disordered toilet, and then youthful feet came pattering down stairs and into the breakfast room. < “Why, where is aunt?” were the first words of the little beauty. “ Oh, she is not up yet,” replied the stately old gentleman, who was all eagerness to be at his chocolate and paper. “ Well, then, uncle, I will take the head of the table.” And down she sat at the head, and entered at once upon the duties of the table. Bo delighted was the old gent with her as the breakfast proceeded, that he forgot all about his paper and the war in Europe, and never once thought to glance at the stock market reports. In the midst of this pleasant state of affairs the aunt made her appearance, and was taken aback with surprise at what she saw. J . TTT, _ « *4 . j • • . e

“ Why, who have you breakfasting with you ?” exclaimed she, looking with exceeding interest at theyoungmiss. “ Why, you have not forgotten Cousin Nellie ?” says the paterfamilias. “ Cousin Nellie ?” echoed both the aunt and the astonished miss. “Why, that’s not Cousin Nellie? ” “ Why, no,” responded the little cousin ; “lam Cousin Lucy. Why, if I didn’t think you were uncle Charles,” and here Cousin Lucy broke down and a tear dropped from her eye at the sudden disappointment she had experienced. At this stage of the scene old gentleman No. 2, whom we left at the depot, entered the house, bringing with him the cousin they had expected, and after a hearty laugh on the part of the old graybeards, they all sat down to the table at the request of the aunt, and amid the most lively remarks and hearty laughter at the mistakes at the train, completed a breakfast which we will guarantee will not soon be forgotten by them. It appears that old gentleman No. 2 had fallen into a similar mistake, but before arriving at home, which was in the western part of the city, he discovered his error in conversing with the fair young occupant of the carriage, and learning the name bf the person that she had expected to meet at the depot, and whq turned out to be an acquaintance of his, he drove to the house in question just in time to add to the interest of the |

surprising denouement and give evidence, as we have stated above, that “mistakes will occur in the beet of families."

Some Facta Coneerning Memory.

The indestructibility of mental phenomena is remarkably exhibited by the experience of persons rescued from hanging or drowning, or who were suffering from the delirium of disease, or from In- . ury to the brain. It is related that a lady, who became delirious three hours before her death, was able to carry on an extended conversation in German—a language she had not spoken since her tenth year. Five years before, while visiting Germany, she had been unable to converse st all In her native tongue, although repeatedly urged to do so.

Here the memory of German must have existed during her whole life, but was only manifested under-the stimulus of the great mental exaltation of delirium. Dr. Rush mentions a lady whose paroxysms of Insanity were indicated by her conversing in Italian, which she afterwards discarded for French, and finally shifted to German—speaking them all fluently. Yet, when well, she spoke nothing but English, although she had once known something of these other languages. The Countess de Laval, during an illness, was observed by some servants to talk in her sleep in a language which none of them could comprehend. Upon waking, she herself knew nothing of the meaning of the words when they were repeated to her. Shortly after, she had a nurse from the province of Brittany, who recognized what she said to be in the language of that country, where the countess had been born and nursed in a family in which that language alone was spoken, so that she knew no other; but, when she returned to her parents, she had no opportunity of keeping up the use of it, and had, seemingly, forgotten it. All are familiar with the oft-quoted incident related by Coleridge, when an ignorant domestic, during the delirium of fever, repeated passages from Greek, Latin and Hebrew authors, which had been read years before in her hearing by a learned German pastor in whose family she lived, and of which she recollected nothing when she was well.

A clergyman of good mind and excellent education, we arc told, “ was thrown from his carriage and received a violent concussion of the brain. For several days he remained utterly unconscious, and at length, when -restored to health, his intellect was observed to be in a state like that of a naturally intelligent child, or like that of Caspar Hauser after his long sequestration. The good man again, but now in middle life, commenced his English and classical studies under tutors, and was progressing very satisfactorily, when after several months’ successful study, the rich storehouses of memory gradually unlocked, so that in a few weeks bis mind resumed all its wonted vigor and its former" wealth and polish of culture. For several years he continued his labors as a pastor and suffered no symptom ot cerebral disturbance.” Here, manifestly, memory retained the knowledge he had once acquired, but in some mysterious manner it was put out of the reach of the mind, until he had partly reacquired it by study. Without doubt, the principle of the association of ideas enabled him to recall his previous knowledge from these small beginnings, The Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg, who attended the dying beds of many German immigrants, noticed that, shortly before death, in their native language, no matter how rarely they spoke it in common life, in a state of health. A physician, who had in early life renounced the principles of the Roman Catholic Church, during the attack of delirium which preceded his death, prayed only in the forms of the Romish Church, while all recollection of the prescribed formula of the Protestairt seemed wanting. In this case, the memory was acting in spite of the reason and will, reproducing scenes which the mind desired to forget. Another gentleman became unconscious from being thrown from his horse and striking on his head. When, after the lapse of a week, he was restored enough to articulate, he spoke only German, a language he had acquired in early life, but had not spoken in twenty-five years. Many similar examples might be given of the imperishable nature of mental impressions, notwithstanding they may lie dormant and outside the domain of consciousness for long years. Like the sleep--ing princess of Grimm’s wonderful tale, they may seem hedged out from the soul by imperishable barriers; but let the right word be spoken, and they awake and come forth radiant with youthful beauty If, then, theoretically we forget nothing, how does it happen that practically we fail to remember a variety cf things. We forget our little Latin and less Greek, our calculus and astronomy. We are not sure of the name of our next-door neighbor, although we may have heard it a hundred times, nor of the spelling of many a word, nor of the distance between our earth and the sun, nor of the number of the asteroids, not including the latest discovered. And yet we not only have had these facts brought to our knowledge, but have impressed many of them on our minds by diligent study and painstaking effort. This failure to recollect is due to the fact that we can never call up an idea by simply willing it; for it is a necessary condition of an act of will, that there should be in the mind an idea of what is willed: of course, not having the idea iteelf in the mind, we fix our attention upon some idea already in the mind, hoping to recall it by some association and interdependence of ideas. If the idea is an established one, not connected with any other, as an arbitrary number or name, the most strenuous effort of the will cannot bring it into the domain of consciousness, unless memory compassionately goes to work and “ delves the secret out” Upon reflection, it wDI readily appear that we fail to remember just those things which the memory has acquired by sheer effort—since they are solitary facts, unconnected with kindred facts. Now, if any clue existed by which they could be brought into relation with other facts, it is not too much to assert that we should remember them without difficulty.

This latent memory is sometimes moved by sudden shocks, or bodily enfeeblement with its attendant effect upon the brain —as witnessed by some of the incidents related above. Its disjunction from mental consciousness is well shown by the story of an Irish porter, who forgot when sober what he had done when drunk, but, being drunk again, distinctly recollected what happened during his former intoxication. On one occasion, he had mislaid a parcel of some value, and in his sober moments knew nothing about it. When intoxicated again, he recollected that he had left it at a certain house, where it had remained in safety, and was given up to the party who claimed it. Appleton's Journal.

The Fall Elections.

Thb following is a list of the fall elections, and the dates on which they occur:

Minnesota Nov. 1 Kanass Nov. 1 Louisiana Nov. 1 New York Nov. 7 Maryland Nov. 8 MaseacbnßCttK . Nov. 8 Illinois Nov. 8 Michigan Nov. b New Jereey Jiov. 8 South Carolina?.'or. 8 Wisconsin Nev. 8

Calfornia Sept. 6 Vermont Sept. 6 Maine Sept. 12 Indiana. Oct. 1 Florida Oct. 3 Mlwterippi Oct 3 10wa..,,.. Oct. 11 Ohio. it-. Oct. 11 Pennsylvania Oct. 11 West Virginia. . Oct. 27 Delaware .7.Nov. 1 Miseonri Nov. 1

—The lo#a Agricultural College and Farm has a population of 350 people.

Presence of Mind.

There are few things which ■ are leas understood than the nature of presence of mind. It ha* been supposed by some to be mainly the result of a cool and lymphatic temperament. By others it has been supposed to be mainly the result of fearlessness. But these are mistakes. A single example will almost suffice to verify the foregoing statements. The first Napoleon possessed, in a very high degree, the great quality of presence ot mind. It is probable that he possessed it in a much higher degree than any man in his army. But he had by no means a cool and lymphatic temperament. On the contrary, he was of a very excitable and irritable nature, as most great men are apt to be. Again, it would be a very bold thing to say, that he was more fearless than any man in his army, doubtless there were many men as fearless as he. We must look, therefore, for other causes. I say causes,” because any manifestation of human character is the result, in general, of several causes. But if there is one predominant cause, it is hopefulness. There are also minor causes of much importance. Men differ very much in the swiftness of their thinking. Men differ still more in their habits of concentrating thought, and relieving their attention from extraneous matter* But great proficiency in swiftness of thinking, and in concentrating thought, would not give presence of mind, unless there were hopefulness. For a man to have presence of mind he must be sure of these three things, that in any difficulty or emergency there is always something to be done, that this something may be made the best thing to be done, and, lastly, that there is nearly always time in which to do it. I will give a singular illustration of this —one which I have used before, but which I cannot do without on the present occasion. To all those who have studied the ways of serpents, it is known that these reptiles cannot spring at you when in a state of coil; they must uncoil themselves before they can make their spring upon you. Now, a man who knows this fact in natural history, if he should come upon a coiled serpent which raises its head, and, as the man sees,meanß battle, this man will have presence of mind, because he has reason for hope that there is time for him to do something. Accordingly it is worth his while to think; and, so inconceivably rapid are the processes of thought, that he has time to think that it is worth his while to think. Shall he move to the right, cr the left? Shall he endeavor to get to that tree ? Shall he fire his revolver ? If the man did not know that he had time to think, he would give himself up to despair, and, like a frog or a rabbit, stupidly await the spring of his enemy. In this particular case the hope is borr of knowledge; but in any man who is concerned in great affairs, and who requires much presence of mind, there should be a hopefulness, not .depending upon knowledge,—a habit of hopefulness arising from the fact that hopefulness generally carries the day. He rhould look upon all dangers and difficulties as coiled serpents, which, by their nature, must uncoil, and give him some time before they can spring upon him. At least, there is something comforting in the foregoing view, because, if true, it shows that presence of mind is a thing which may, to a certain extent, be acquired. We have been led a long way out of the usual road when we have come to the conclusion that presence of mind mainly depends upon hopefulness,—in fact, upon a sanguine temperament, but perhaps it may .not be a wrong way. Mr Emerson quotes a conversation of Napoleon with Las Cases, in which the great conqueror remarked, “ As to moral courage I have rarely met with the'two-o’clock-in-the morning kind ; I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion; and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgment of decision;” and he did not hesitate to declare that he was himself eminently endowed with this two-o’clock-in themorning courage, and that he had met with few persons equal to himself in this respect. The reader will see, that, if I am right in the foregoing analysis of presence of mind, Napoleon is wrong in attributing it to courage. But men seldom analyse carefully the qualities which they possess largely. Familiarity with these qualities of theirs renders them dull in the analysis of them.— Good Words.

A Brave Act.

Chamber's Journal tells the following incident of nerve on the part of an English locomotive driver: An engine left standing at a station was “thrown out of gear,” as it is called—that is, its machinery was so purposely deranged that it could not move in either direction; but from its haying been imperfectly done, it at last got underway, very slowly at first; but the regulator being jerked open, it soon attained a terrible speed, which was all the more alarming as it had started on the down line, and was running toward London.- The effect of this, of course, would bethat it must,[sooner or later, run headlong into the first down train, and there seemed no possibility of averting a more awful accident than had ever yet taken place. A ballast-driver, however (one who has charge of the train of earth trucks which convey the material for making the lofty parts of new lines, and also remove the soil from cuttings), saw the engine running without a driver, and, with wonderful nerve, left his siding, and at frill speed dashed after the flying locomotive This was desperately hazardous, for, hifl they encountered a train, he would not only have been killed, but, by the presence of his engine, would have rendered the inevitable accident more fearful—the reader of course understands that he, too, was running "up” on the “down” line. However, he caught the runaway, and leaping from his own engine on to the tender, he reversed both engines and ran back to the station—some six miles—as awiftly as he could, arriving there safely, just in advance of a passenger train.

Realizing an Ideal.

Though the farmer is mainly occupied with material things there is no field of toil where ideas are more important, or work greater changes than the farm. Every one who has cultivated the same acres for a dozen years or more, can see prettyjclearly what his ideal has been. If there have been no improvement in the soil, no trees planted, no barns built, no comforts added to the home, no better style of living, the main idea has been animal existence. He has raised potatoes, corn and wheat, beef, butter and pork, and clothed and fed his family, and possibly sent his children out to shift for themselves with as poor views of life as his own. The soil that has yielded him subsistence is no way blessed by his presence. Its capacity to bless others has probably been greatly diminished, and he bequeaths to his successor pastures doubly cursed by brush and brambles, and meadows seeded with rank growing weeds for the next generation. It is of the highest importance to the man himself, and to society, that he should have something in his mind better than what ho sees in his farm, when he takes it in hand. Even if he never fully realize hia, ideal, he will, be striving for it all the while, and will' accomplish more for himself and for society. If he get but ten bushels of wheat to the acre he should see thirty

Just ahead. If he have swales yielding only sour grasses, he should see tiles underneath discharging copious streams at the outlet, and sweet fields of living green above the swelling flood. If he have that vision in his mind it will keep working until it Is realized. Every time he mows over that swale he will be thinking of the clover and timothy that might be, instead of the poor stuff be is gathering; of the fat cattle that might be on his ideal fodder, instead of the lean kine that starve and shiver on the bog hay and moss. He will feel a pang akin to the half fed brutes, and not rest until the tiles are down. If the roads that approach his dwell ng are treeless, he should seco long rows of elms, maples, or oaks adorning the street. They will be planted by and by. If the wife and mother have hard well-water to wash with, he should see a cistern to catch all the rain from the roof; and a pump to bring it into the room where' it will be wanted. There are a multitude of worthy wives suffering discomfort a lifetime tor the want of a few practical ideas in the heads of their husbands. Their labors mighty be made lighter, their whole life brightened if there were conveniences for doing the necessary work of the household. They cost very little time or money, but they do cost a considerable thinking and a little sacrifice of personal ease after the chores are done. —American A'jricutturut.

Hogs as Snake Exterminators.

A farmer living on the west side of the river, in walking about his place, discovered a nest of rattlesnakes in an old log about which several large pieces of rock lay scattered. Our friend had heard that hogs were death on snakes of all sorts, and not caring to attack the nest himself, he thought he would try the experiment and see a fight. He drove several hogs ixj the vicinity of the nest, and watched the result The hogs soon seemed to scent the varmints, and commenced rooting eagerly about the spot. In an instant half-a-dozen of the vicious serpents emerged from their hidingplaces to attack the,intruders, who manifested a zealous disposition to go in. A snake would rear himself to the height of the back of the hog, shake his rattles and plunge his fangs into the animal with lightning-like celerity, and then dart away pursued by the grunter, who dexterously received the sting upon the fleshy part of the lower jaw. Time and again this would be repeated, until the hog got his forefoot upon the snake, when he would deliberately rip Mr. Snake in twain, and then devour him. This slaughter continued until all the snakes were disposed of, when the hogs grunted contentedly, and, without any signs of being disturbed, waddled off in search of other provender. The eye-witness to this singular contest, which was not without its exciting features, declares himself convinced that a pig is impervious to the poisonous bite of any kind of serpent.— Columbus, Ohio, News.

Summer Clothing.

For all persons, especially invalids, and those who take cold easily, a thin material of woolen gauze, next the skin, is safest and best, because— First, it is a non-conductor, carries heat from the body more slowly than cotton, linen, or silk; all colds are caused by the body becoming colder than natural, especially if it is made colder rapidly, and woolen material next the skin is the best thing known to prevent this rapid cooling, especially after exercise which has caused perspiration, and does not cause that disagreeable sepulchral dampness which wet linen does when it comes in contact with the skin. The warmer the weather the more need for woolen next the skin; hence British sailors are required to wear woolen next the skin, in tropical latitudes, in summer, as the best observed protection against disease. All garments worn next the skin during the day should-be removed at night and spread out for thorough airing and drying. Cotton is the best material to be worn next the skin at night. All changes from a heavier to a lighter clothing in summer, should be made by putting on the lighter clothing at the first dressing in the morning. It is greatly safer for children, for invalids, and for old persons, to have too much clothing than too little.— Scientific American.

Preserving Fruits.

The fruit season may be prolonged by having early and late-ripening varieties of each kind of fruit, and a supply may be obtained sufficient to last throughout the year by preserving a sufficient quantity of the various fruits, according as they come to maturity. There are numerous kinds of glass jars for holding preserves, . all of which are superior to tin cans. In preserving fruit, it is necessary that it should be perfectly sound and recently gathered. Damaged berries, etc., should be rejected. The fixed air should be expelled by sufficient cooking, but much boiling softens the fruit too much, and unfits it for making choice preserves, gome kinds of fruit require more boiling than others. In filling the jars or bottles, air should be excluded by corking tight and covering every bit of the cork with cement. Corks are porous, and if not sealed air will enter and destroy the fruit. In jars where an India-rubber ring and metallic lid are used, the presstire on the rubber should be strong enough to effectually exclude air. A wrapper, if oiled, tied over the lid, will be useful.— Western Rural.

To Destroy Ants.

1. Pour, copiously, hot water, as near the boiling point as possible, down their burrows and over their hills, and repeat the operation several times. 2. Entrap the ants by means of narrow sheets of stiff paper er strips of board, covered with some sweet sticky substance; the ants are attracted by the 'sweets, and sticking fast, can be destroyed as often as a sufficient number are entrapped. Lay fresh bones around their haunts; they will leave everything else to attack, these, and when thus accumulated, can be dipped into hot water. 4. Pour two or three spoonfuls of coal oil into their holes, and they will abandon the nest. 5. Bury a few slices of onions in their nests, and they will abandon them.— Western Rural.

Every Saturday.—** The Yankee Peddler;” Eeble College, England; **A Prize;” “ Croqueting the Rover; H ring Harvest Hands In Virginia ; “ Htawatba and Minnehaha,”and a “Design alter Nature,” are the Illustrations in No. 33, accompanied by supplement containing a doublepage engraving of “ The Queen’s Garden-Party at Windsor-Castle.” Another chapter of “ Edw n Drood,” with illustration, and a variety of other reading matter are given. 15.00 porjear. Fixnns, Osgood & Co , Boston. Davis’ Pais Killer.—-From the reports of dealers in this city, we think no proprietary medicine has had a larger sale. Its valuable properties, as a speedy cure for pain, cannot fall to be generally appreciated, snd no family should be without it, in caso of accident, or sudden attack of dysentery, diarrhea, cholera morbus, and even Asiatic cholera yields to its maglc' power, aa we see by reports from those sections In the southwest where the disease has been particularly virulent the past summer.— Montreal Transcript. “ There Is but one opinion tn regard to Fxi Moss Fahinx. All speak in Its praise, and like It. It is found to be a great favorite with all classes of our people, and will prove a great blessing to the poor It Is very cheap, and will CO a lone way.”— Home Journal.

False Preteaces. The reel end continually incroulng eeke of Hoatettar'a Stomach Bitten have provoked the envy of a certain clue of dealen In various parts of the country, who are trying to anbatltate their utterly worthless local nostrums for the most popular proprietary medicine In the world. These Imposters hope by their false statements to obtain from the millions who patronize the great American Tonic, a tufficlent number of customers to make their speculations upon the health of their neighbors profitable. As the demand for Hostetter's Bitters Is now so largo and orgeat as to tax to their tallest extent the facilities for Its manufacture, these petty attempts to wring In the merest trash by false representations, are of little consequence to Its proprietors. They are, however, a serious evil to the victimized. If, for example, at this warm season, when a real Inylgorant Is greatly needed, the sufferer from general debility, Indigestion, biliousness or nervous weakness. Is coaxed Into using a wishy-washy compound without any medicinal virtue, Instead of the sovereign specific In which the rarest tonic and alterative vegetable elements are scientifically combined. It Is obvious that he will rue the day when he allowed blmself to be thus deluded. It Is In the Interests of parties who have been or may be Influenced by the persuasion of plausible charlatans, that this article la published. With the light of twenty years' experience to guide him why should the Invalid take a leap In the dark!

The Argument ot Fncta. With the consent ot the parties concerned, the following facts are made public: On the 23d of October last, Levi M. Phillips, civil engineer, residing In Harlem, was suffering from an obstinate and severe bilious aflectlon, accompanied by great bodily weakness and utter loss of appetite. In compliance with the wish of a friend, (Mr. J. 8. Latrobe, of 49 Amity Place, New York,) Mr. Phillips commenced taking PnauTanoN Bittzhs. no had no faith, he said, but would " make the experiment.” We give the result, as related by Mr. P. himself, at 83 Park Place, on the 30th of November. “ I met Latrobe the other d«y, In a restaurant," said he, “and told him that the preparation saved my life. I say so now. Iw> Igh fourteen pounds more than I did five weeks ago, am quite well, and as to eating—well, ask me to dinner and you’ll see." Facts like these are worth a thousand assertions, and Mr. Phillips and bls friend are at all times ready to Indorse them.

IN numbers there Is safety. It was upon thin principle that the formula of Judson's Mountain Hzbb Pnxa was prepared. Dr. Judson, Intending to spend a fortune in advertising his pills, submitted his recipe to the revision of the mo»t Intelligent and learned physicians of the ago. and tho result is a simple but most efficacious medicine —tho Judson's Mountain Bbbb Pills. They purify the blood, remove all obstructions, cleanse the skin of all pimples and blotches, and are per fectly sure and safe In tholr operation. The Judson’s Mountain Hbbb Pills euro BlUoueness,' Female Irregularities, Headache and many of the diseases arising from impure blood and a deranged digestion. Use the Judson’s Mountain Hbkd Fills, and when yon have proved their virtue recommend them to you r friends. They are both engar-coated and plain. For aiilc everywhere.

Diet for the Million. Wealth no longer monopollies the luxuries of life. Persona In the most moder ate circumstances can have a delicious dessert dally for a sum so trifling that It Is scarcely worth naming. They can take their choice of flfty delicate dishes (each one ot which the moat fastldlons epicure would smack his lips over), at a cost which. In these dear times, may well be called nominal. Custards, Creams, Blanc Mange, Charlotte Busse, puddings, pies, creams, cakes and Jellies are Included In this cheap and vai led blllof fare. “But," says the skeptical reader, shrugging his shoulders. Incredulously, "this Is not an age of miracles; give me facts, not assertions." This is an age of miracles—miracles of science; and Ska Moss Fabixb, the new article that produces these bonnes benches, Is one of its wonders. The Sea Moss Farlno Co., 53 Park Place, New York, is manufacturing this Incomparable edible from Carrageen, or Irish Moss, under a patent procured last summer, and Its popularity Is already so great that the extensive mills of the Association, although running night and day, can scarcely keep pace with the prodigious demands.

Railroad Gazette. The Railroad Man’s Paper An Illustrated Weekly Quarto Journal, of Twenty-Four Page.*, Devoted *0 J R News and. Law, Operations. {Engineering. Mechanics. A Policy. " J Advertising. TERMS: $3 per Annum; Single Copies, 10 cents. A- N. KELLOGG, Publisher, 101 Washington St., Chicago. S ’Vi The Most Popular Medicine Extant. Thirty Years HB7O Since the Introduction of PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLED. Thirty years It has l>een before the public and in that time has become known in all parts of the world, and been used by people of all nations It remains, to-day, that same good and efficient remedy. Its wonderful power in relieving the most severe pains has never been equaled, and it has earned its world-wide popularity by its Intrinsic merit. No curative agent has had so wfde-spiead sale or given such universal satisfaction. Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS &. CO., Sole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio. Bold by >ll Druuglete. SOMETHING NEW! > Will Ml those Afflicted with Cough or Consumption Read the following and learn the value of 3E3 NT’S LUNG BALSAM. DR. LLOYD, of Ohio, Surgeon In the army during the war, from exposure, contracted consumption. He says: “I have no hesitancy In stating that it was by the use of your LUNG BALSAM that I am now alive and enjoying health.” DR. FLETCHER, of Missouri, says: “ recommend your BALSAM In preference to any other medicine for Coughs, and it gives satisfaction. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM Is the remedy to cure all Lung and Throat difficulties. It should be thoroughly tested before using any other Balsam. It will cure when all others fell. Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS & CO., Bole Proprie'ors, Cincinnati, Ohio. UNSOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. HOW TO CET PATENTS IS FULLY EXPLAINED In a Pamphlet of 108 pages just Issued by MUNN & CO., 37 Park Row, New York. BENT FREE. MUNN A CO.. Editors Scientific American, the best mechanical paper _ In the world. (US Turn Expzbtznub.) PATENTS.-- have taken More Patent* ano examined More Inventions, than any other agency. Send sketch and description for opinion. NO CHARGE. ASK FOR THE “ ORIENT ” FLAVOBrNG EXTRACTS—The Purest and Bast In use. L. J. HITZ A CO., 841 Btate-st., Chicago. THE ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, This new State Institution otters rare facilities to young men wishing to fit themselves lor: 1. Scientific Agriculturists or Horticulturists. 2. Civil Kngln- era 8. Mechanical Engineers or Machinists. 4. Architects. 5. Analytical Chemists and Druggists. 6. Practical Geologists and Naturalists 7. To obtain a liberal education. It is richly provided with Machine and Car penter Shops Farms, Gardens, and Laboratory are provided tor practice. Tuition free In all the practical courses. t t r The next fall term will open Wednesday, the 11th of September. Catalogues sent free on application. J. M. GREGORY, Regent, Champaign, 111. Gralo cfc Block.!, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Agent, for B. Keith * Co.’« Active Principles ol Plante; Chapman A Dunk', Hiarmaccntlcal Preparatlone ; Chae. Ellie, Son & Co.’s Sugar Coated Pills and Granules; F. Patnrel A Co.’, Swedish Leeches. Vaccine Virus and French AriiOdal Eyen (Inserted and worn wiihoul pain nr erm incr-nrenience) —a specialty. GALE A BLOC KI, > 202 Randolph-et., Chicago, 111. Use HOFF'S MAI T EXTRACT for General Debility, Loss of Appplite—Cpnatinntiou, Indigestion, Dynpepaia, etc. Hoff e Malt Extract le a beverage which Is oerlved from an extract ol barley malt, produced by a PECULIAR proceee, and mixed with certain hygienic Ingredient,. w hereby a com pound le obtained which, on account of Us Invigorating and healing qualities particularly in case- ot general debility anti consumptive attacks, may properly ba termed Beverage of Heskn. BOLD BYiMJL DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS. TABB ANT <fc CO., Greenwich St.. N. F„ Sou Aaairre rox UinTBD Brants, kt<> $75 TO SOLDI RRS Permanently dtsapled. Apply to S. S. BLOOM A CO.. U. 8. Claim Agents, Shelby, Ohio.

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A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY Dr. WALKER’S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS

Hundreds of Thousands Bear testimony to their Wonder- 1 ful Curative Effects. WHAT ARE THEY? THEY ABE NOT A VILB FANCY DRINK,

FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whetnerln young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the turn oY life, these Tonic Bitters have no equal, CT Send for a circular.

~ " - - - - ------- . Made of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Rplrl«r and Refuse Liquors doctored, spiced andsweetr cued to please the taste, called ” Tonics,” ” Appetizers,” ** Restorers,” &c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness nnd ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of California,free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They arc the GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIF J GIVING PRINCIPLE a perfect Renovator ?nd Invlgorator of the System, carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy No person can take these Bitters according to di tion and remain long unwell. 8100 will be given for an Incurable case, provided the bones arc not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyonu'-he point of repair. For Inflammatory and Chronic llheunta' tlsin nnd Gout, Dyspepsia* or Indigestion, Bilious,Remittent and Intermittent Fevers Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys Dpi * Bladder* these Bittershave been most succJ'"> ful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiate ’ Blood, which is generally produced by derangeiiu ut of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OIL INDIGESTION, Head ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, nghtness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad tasto in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of tlie Heart, Inflammation pt the Lungs, Pain In the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the stomach, and stimulate tho to» pld liver and bowels, which render them of unequallov efficacy In cleansing the blood of all impurities, and Imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions,Tetter,Salt Rhuem, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils,Car-buuclcs.Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of tho Skin, Humors andDlseasesuf the Skin, of whatever name or nature are literally dug up and carried out of the system Ina short time by tlie use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convinco-tbe most Incredulous of their curative effect. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon find 'ts impurities bursting through the skin inPimples,Eruptions or sores ; cleanse it when you And it obstructed and sluggish iu tho veins; cleanse it when It is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking in tlia system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read careftt:'7 the circular around each bottle, printed in four iau* guages—English, German, French and Spanish. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD & CC, Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, CnL and 32 and 34 Commerce Street, New York. fir SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. 11 QIM ’ Q Clder Vlncgsr. celebrated for ■ nUgOina ©lts purity, strength, and palata* bleness. Wan anted to preserve pickles. First premium awarded at th- U. 8. Fair, the Illinois State Fair, and Chicago City Fair. Largest works of the kind in toe United States, established 1848. CHAS. G. R. PRUBBING, 339 and34l SUte-st,Chicago, tfr* Ask your grocer for PrusslYig’s Vinegar Get rhe Beet, Celebrated* Genuine CONCORD All kind, and description, constantly on band and made to order, from tue lightest Bnggy to the heaviest Team Harness, and In every variety and style or mounting. None genuine unless stamped witn our name ana trade mark. Price lists and circulars on application. Address JAMES R. HILL dt CO.» Concord. N. H., Sole proprietors and only Makers. sar* We have arrangements by which goods are delivered by K. R. Fast Freight at lowest rates. Don’t Shock the System. Never assault amtem weakened by disease with violent aebllitants. Convulsive purgation leaves the discharging organs powerless to resume their natural action. Coax nature back to a healthful regularity, by an invigorating as well as a cleansing process, aud for this purpose employ the moR delightful of all evacuants, tonics and correct Ives, Tarrant’s Ktfrrvrbcjrnt' Brltzrr Aprrt*nt. Saline medicines are pronounced by the very highest medical authorities btst adapted to this end, and of all remedies of that class the Seltzer Aperient Is the milde.t, the .urew and the ™.t Alao. FEUFOR.»TKI> CIRCULAR AND LONG MAWB. nrSentt lor Pamphlet. AMERICAN MAW CO.. No. 1 Ferry St., cor. Gold, New York. TI-IH Weed Family Favorite As now perfected and manufactured by the Weed S.M. Co., of Hartford, U tlie best and most reliable FAMILY SEWING MACHINE For all kind, of family workln nre. I4e,pon,lbl, Agenta wanted in every comity. A liberal , ;J’ r ," n " t T t ?i<)M trade. Bend for prl.-e 11,t and term, to GEO JL.THOM AS, 191 Lakc-at., Chicago, Agent lor the Ptate wfierc yon see this tdvcrtlsßmenr, uw FEVF.R AND DANffIGKK’B VEGETABLE FKVKB FOWKHB. A Mfe toroedy. Effectually cure, all’Lnrleter T. ty-four hour,, filperbox. AddreM the proprietor, £.DABBK>EB,'HUb«rty Street,New Xort-

They are a Gentle Purgative as rrell ns a Tonic, powetaIng alao, the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent In relievin'; Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organa-