The Syracuse Enterprise, Volume 1, Number 9, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 March 1875 — Page 4

> The Central African Slave Trade. It would seem, from the stories told by Dr. Livingstone, that many of the slaves kidnaped in Central Africa actually die of a broken heart after a few days of captivity. It is.the men who have held a respectable position, and who- have never before had their liberty restricted, who are most liable to succumb to the disease. ( They . will, perhaps, endure their chains patiently until some circumstance reminds them forcibly of home, and then grief bverpbwerip them and they quickly die. When questionedJ about their malady they place their bajnd \ over the heart and say the pain is Only I there. One fine lad of twelve, dying of the disease, when about to expire was laid down by the path and a pit dug to receive his bony. He, like the rest, said nothing ailed him but the pain at his heart. Out of a party of young men captured in a midnight asskult eight died in three days of malodie du or broken• heartedness. 1 It is related of kidnaped children that they will keep up’ tor a time with wonderful endurance. Then, perchance, the ! sound of dancing or t|ie merry noise of j the small drums-comes to their ears from ; ' Some village they are passing, and the ] memory of home and happy days bursts afresh on their minds. They fall to crying and sobbing; the “broken heart" comes, and they rapidly slink under it. *' Many adult captives give w ay beneath the heavy burdens they arc forced to ■ .Carry. When caught, a heavy “tamingStick,” or yoke, weighing from thirty, to forty pounds, is fastened about their I “neck. The yoke consists 1 of. a long, j heavy stick of timber, with a fork at one end, inclosing the neck, and secured-' with a cross-piece. The opposite end of the yoke projects several feet in front of the prisoner, afid i- u pretty effect ;.Ji obstacle in the way 'of escape or of rapid progress. ’ When other burdens are added to the Weight of the yoke the, slaves often give out and are left by the | way. In this case the slave-driver frequently vents his spleen at lasing a slave' by stabbing or shooting hitii, er by tting him to a tree and leaving him to .tperi-h slowly of hunger. Dr. Livingstone wav so affected by the distr< ssing cruelties which he continually saw practiced upon the victims of the . slave-1 traders that his dreams were haunted with,them oid ha Would wake in the night and-suffer anew from the'horrible scenes lie had witness.-4 by dav. which s were reproduced by his iortur<d inrag ination While Sir Samuel Baker * as traveling along the Upper Nile, during his late rx peditton for the suppression of the slave ] trade in Central Africa, he heh/an inter- I view with one of the Sheiks of the’Shir The man was loud in his invective against the slave hunters and made bitter com plaints of the enormities practiced u|H>n his pepplediy the Bern*. who ha<| kidnaped nunyot their wives and children Sir Samuel jeit that he had hi re a prom isirig'subject to work upon and therefore exhausted his powers of persuasion in a sermon on the evils of slavery ’ He fiat'ered himself that h’S discourse-' was most effective, and would touch the innermost heart of the heathen Sheik The latter Ijslcned attentively, a-th. igh deeply impress, i* ith the ’truths *. t be fore him. He seemed most affected by Sir Samuele picture of the dhtrex* orca sioned by the forcible separation of chil. dren from their, parents, and eagerly broke in with the question " Have you * son?" “My satis are, unfortunately, dead," replied Sir Samuel “Indi , Sheik; ■■ I have a son, an only son He is a nice boy a very good boy, about so-high showing his length upon t’he handle of -fejs sp< irV I • “ I should like you to Vee my bov he ! is very thin now, but. if he should,re main with you, B* would -con get fat He's really a ni< e boy, <io.-a.v» Ybp'll be so fond of him . he'll * eat from morning till night, and still he ll be hungry. You’ll like him amazingly , he'll give you no trouble if you only give him plenty to eat. lie'll lie down and go to sleep, and he’ll w akc. up hungry again He's a good boy, indeed; and he* my' only son. FU teli him to you /er o molate" . (native iron spade. ' The result of his sermon, on the slavetrade, addressed to an affectionate father, was, to use Str Samuel's own ! words, “quite appalling 1 was offered j hi* only son in exchange for .is spade'" I And the young " knave of spades was warranted to remain Chinese Obituary Customs Or all their cherished ceremonies. “h there are hone the Chinese observe with more Scrupulous exactness than those connected with death and mourning We have just heard of the Governor of Kiangsu going into retirement/ because of the decease of his mother: and so he wilbremain ineligible to any office'f rthe of three y> srs He will not shave his head for 100 days F>t forty. I .seven nights he. will sleep yj a hempen garment, with his head resting on a brick . and stretched on the hard' ground, by the aide of the coffin which holds the remains of the parent Who gave him birth He will go down upon his knees and humbly hwr*<w to each friend and rela-1 tive at their first meeting-* after the sad event—a tacit acknowledgment that it was but his own want of filial piety which brought his gloved mother ® prematurely to the grave To the/ coolies who bear the coffin to its resting-place on the slope of some wooded hill or lie-' Death the shade of a clump of darkleaved cypress trees he will make the ! Mme obeisance. Their lire* and properlies are at his disposal day and night ; but he has now a favor to ask which no violence could secure, and pleads thus that his mother’s body may be carried gently, without jar or concussion of aiy kind. He will have her laid by the side of bis father, in a coffin which costs per haps 200 taels, and repair thither period-] ically-to appease her departed spirit withvotive offerings of fruit, vegetables and pork. Immediately after the decease of a parent the children and other near relatives communicate the news to fnends living further off by what is called an “announcement of death,” which merely states that Um father or mother, as the .'case may be, has died, and that they, the survivors, are entirely to blame. With this is scot a “sad report," or in other words a detailed account of deceased's last illness, how it originated, what medicine was prescribed and taken, and sundry other interesting particulars These friends reply by sending a present of Boney to help defray the funeral expenses, a present of food or Jose-stick, or even a detachment of priests to read the prescribed liturgies over the dead. I Sometimes a large scroll is written aad forwarded, inscribed with a fr* wd anpropriate words as: “A hero has Jonet* When all these hare been received the members of the bereaved ~ , ■.'-laniv.K- ———m

= one .copy being left at the house of eack contributor, and worded thus: “This is U> express the thanks of , the orphaned sod, who weepa tears of blood and bows his head; of-—, the mourning brother, who weeps and bows his head; of , the mournipg nephew, who wipes away hU tears and bows his head." “ It is well known that all old and even middle-aged people in China like.baving their coffins prepared ready for use. A dutiful son will see that his parents are thus provided, sometimes mdny years bet fore their death, and the old people will . invite relatives or friends to examine and | admire both the materialsabd workmanship as if it were some beautiful picture or statue of which they had just cause to be proud. Upon the coffin is carved an inscription with the name and tithe of its occupant; if a woman, the name of her husband. At the foot of the coffin are buried two stone tablets face to face; PU.c bears the-name and tijlesof the de-, ceased, and the other a Short account of his life, what year, he was i>orn in, what wete his achievements as a scholar a*.d how many children were born to him Periods of mourning are regulated by . the degrees, of relationship to the dead. ! A son wears his white clothes for three years—actullly, for twenty eight months; and a wife mourns her husband for the same period, /the. death of a wife, however-, callt for only a single year of grief; formas the sacred* < ict pointa put, if your wife'diea yoD ■ can marry another. The Same lime •suffices for brother, sister or child. Mar ■ riages contracted during ' these days of ■ mourning are not only invalid, but the ■ offending parties are punished with a greater or !«-— number of'blows. an <>hl ing to the gravi y of the offense. In numerable' o ber petty restrictions are imj»o«ed by na'j nal or J local custom, j wh]<ii are obaervpd wijth a* certain •mount of fidelity, though instances are, I not wanting where, the Whole thing is I shirked as iiiconvenient arid a bore. Cremation, once the prevailing fashion in < Inn i, i- now re-i rvt d for the*pnest of Bqddha alone—that self-made . outcast from society, whose parting soulJreliea j on no fond, breast, who has no kith ork n ' to shed “ some pious drops the closing i eye requires." but who, Seated-in'ah iron cha r beneath the. miniature pagoda 1 < recti,d in most large U-tnples' for that purp paMea away In fire and smoke fhdm ' ■ sorbed in tbc.blisstul nothingness of an eternal Nirvana , i ; The Mental Attitude of Primitive Man. 5 ( <’MI*RKIIKXSIOS.of the thoughts gen crated in the primitive man by his converse with the suiToundihg world Jean ?>e had only by looking at the. surrounding world from his stand point. The ac cumulated knowledge and the mental habits -lowly‘acquired during-cducation must b<k suppressed, and we must divest ourselve-of mmcpiionß which, partiy by. inheritance' and partly by individual culture, have been rendered hecessary . No--,- can do this coihpletely and few can do Jit even partially.. I. I . ! It need- but to observe what unfit I convinced that even among the djsei pUn< d fhv power to jfr.vmc thoughts which are w idely unlike' their ow n is ex-’ treiaeiy small. When we see the juvenile mind plied with generalities while it lias yet' none of the ebne-rete facts to wljteh they refer—w hen w e see malbemat vs x introduced under the . purely rational form ‘ instead] of under that empirical-fonti with which it should be commenced by the child, as it was commenced by the race—when we sec a sub ,j< < l ■ ■ .«!••<•.i u t a- grammar put- among thi- first instead of the last, and J see it taught jin&ly tically instead of ayuthetilally. w- have ample evidence of the prevailing inability conceive the ideas of undevilopeii mimls. And if, though they have been children themselves, men find it hard to rethink] the thoughts of the ci ild. still harder must they find it to n ;hink the thoughts, of the savage To kcepout automorpbjic interpretations **4" d our power ToWxik at tilings with the eye- of absolute ignorance, ami Observe how their attributes and actions originally grouped themselves in the mind imply a self suppression that'is impracticable.— Herberi Spautr, in Pop ulogr f'-r At,/ireh. Chinese Toothache. ■ '■ ’ ' ■ I 11 »r Sw vr, a,l'hinese washerman at No !H Michigan avenue, awoke the other pighi from his bright dream and uttered a cry which was heard acros.- the street He ikgetting along in age and the tooth ache had come skulking down upon him in that soft, sly way |h culiar tin nothing else, lie stuffed-.-the sheet > into his mouth, pfied around; the tooth with a hair pin:, and drew the. clothes over his bead and tried to remember all the dogs and rats be had ever eaten, but it was no g<4 The Polar wave i had worked itself under a double tooth, amf* Hap-Swa| w as seen dancing before the uncurtained windows at midnight and doubling him sell up in the shape of O s and S'* and ir* . AH day Tuesday; Wednesday and Thursday be roamed tap and do*n, groan inig and sighing, and the shirts of hi/ customers hung against the battcreq walls neglected .and forgotten. Such nights as Hsp-Swap put in were enough to turn his hair gray. -He sat by the red hot stove, got into bed, got out, walked around, but there was no rest for him Yesterday morn' ng a gfrocer advised him to go to a dentist's and secure relief, and the Chinaman puV on his bat and fol- , lowed a boy loa tooth puller’s. He wss as brave as a lion, and he jumped.into the chair, leaned head back, and cried: ‘ i J »“('ome along C e—pull 'em quick!’’ “VU have that out in a York minute,” replied the dentist, getting his tools to “Tlake a stling! Ttake a s'ling!" cried the Chinaman, as he rose up and caught] sight of the tools. j “ We don’t pull teeth with a string in this country,” was the reply. “You just hold still for a moment and you’ll tbe all right." Hsp-Swap fell back with a grosto, shut his teeth hard, and it took five minutes of soft talk to make him open his jaws. The dentist then inserted a lance to cut around the tooth, but at the first dig his patient slid over the arm pt the chair to the floor, shouting; , , ’ “Hap-Sw-p stabbed in the mouth—u&hl oosh!” The dentist explained to him that the cutting would, make the tooth pull easier, but as he talked a soft and beautiful smile stole over the Chinaman’s face, ■nd he said: “Toothache alle gone—alle gone away!” He skjppnd around the office and bolted down stain, but as soon as the cold air struck it he uttered a yell and came back on the bound, leaped into the chair and exclaimed: “GlVhimc>ut<iatokr

The dentist went to put-ln the forceps, but “John" grabbed thqm, sat pp and begged that he might staid up to have the tooth drawn... “ If you want that tooth out you must stop fooling and lean back,” replied the impatient doctor. Hap-Swap opened his mouth, but before the forceps could reach the tooth he sat up again and called: “Tlake stling—put him right around —pull bard!” . “I can’t use a string. Come—lean right back.” :Hap-Swap leaned back, opened his mouth until a hat would hardly have covered it, but snapped bis Jaws together the next instant and begged: “Gil something—tie up his eyes so he can’t see it hurt !" The dentist blindfolded the man with a towel, got his mouth open and the forcep* st last clasped the tooth- HapSwap] began to move around, but with a ; suddyn pull the tooth was brought out on the gallop. “ Vi’-o-o-s h—o-u s h!” howled the Chinaman as he danced around, anQ as soon as The towel was removed he ;grabbed the tooth and his hat, went dov] n stairs with a whoop, and as he ran up the avetiiue lie held: the molar up to everybody’s gaze, and cried out: " Jbop! Who’s afraid to have he tooth pulled?"— Detroit Pret Prut. K Great Relief. J-. - ■ • . I am informed by an paper, which is ycry'eyultant over the fact,that ■’ an antiquary, after a long apd examination of old documents, has dis-' ‘covered that the name of Chaucer’s mother was Agnes."' It is probable that no tongue will ever be able to tell what a load this takes, off my mind. For years' I have been haunted by a dark and- dismal dread that it would turn ) out that Chaucer’s mother’s name w a> Mary jfane. it brooded over me'like a niclitmare ; it haunted me like a goblin. I wriuld wake up at night and feel the a old] chills run down my back as I meditated upon the unutterable horror which attended the] possibility of the discovery! that that wonjah's .name'was Mary.Taiie. I felt that; if it should be found tijat she liadChat name all the happiness would be blotted from my life!existence would become a. burden, annihilation would be b|i>4and groceries and marketingu-eless ] bauples But her mime Was {Agnes, and ! things arc -erene, again. iThat is, they ! are partially si rene. 1 cannJt be entiie- ■ ly tijappy until some other antiquary ascertains if Chaucer’s njaiden] aunt had a wart on her nose Cicar'this up and the world will n<> longer be a gliwmy pnsbn I for me. — Mas .liieier, in <Ddamtr , jf Saet. - Walking Horses. 1 -sa w a notice in the Pratrit Farmer of Feb. 13 that the agricultural societies were preparing their premium lists for the coming season. They aije discussing tbjc'propriety of awarding premiums for rurining and trotting horses, but say nothing of walking, which is the gait that fanners are mostly interested in. 1 have often wondered why tjtat was overlooked, and bad hoped thit some one would bring it before the societies. What benefit is a race-horse to a farmer' if he wants to run or trot him for premiums or stakes it will not do to work him as farm-horses have to wonk. Besides, fast horsi-s generally are i not able to stand heavy work, and are not apt to be ext i a- walkers. JiVhat the farmer wants is a closemade. muscular'horse, “weighing 1,000 to 1.300 jxxunds, that can walk] at least four niiles an hour with a eultjivator, or - at that rate while crossing the! field. It costs no more for a liiind to drive a ; team that will plow three acres per day ; than it would to drive ong that would ]ptow only two acres, and a good hand, j or <ine that tries to earn hjs wages, would, j if! givt-n his choice in the two teams, take the faster teain. (?f course the more a the mofe he'will eat, liiit the difference in feed would be -mall compared with the difference in wfork.— Cor. Prairie Fanner. Bark-Cloth. The natives of Uganda, one of the dis- i tricls of Central Africa, are .‘Xpert in the manufacture ol bark clothiof a very fine, Quality. The mode b<’ which they prepare these fabricsis simple.and rapid, A species of fig-tree yields the bark iuited to the manufacture]. This is de- I Cached from the tree in strips about six ; ■feet long and as wide as possible. The ] puterxind is pared off wil]h a lance hesd . held in the two bands, after .the manner . •of using a cooper's drawing-knife. The )' bark is then spread upon a wooden beam upon the ground, and hammered with a mallet grooved in fine cuts. Which, with every blow, stamps the bark with lines I somewhat resembling corduroy. The bark is expanded by the pounding, and is repeatedly turned during the process, which is continued until.it*is beaten into i cloth of Bne texture When taken from the tree the bark is ] white, but it soon assumes a delicate -hade-of brown. The cloths are ornamented with' patterns in black, which are produced by drawing the design with water from iron springs. This, combining with the tannin in the bark,' immediately stains it black. Sheets of bark-cloth are often dyed* black by im mendng them for a short time in springs tinctured with iron. ■««»■ Parasites on Sheep and Calves. At a recent meeting bf the Scottish Veterinary the President, Mr. Williams, stated thalt he bad examined many lungs and livers bf sheep and waives which were stuidded over with -mall white blisters. These blisters, unier the microscope, were found to contain worms in various stages of developjient The animals thus infested showed evidence of great debility. The bodies >f other animals were found to contain .he ova or eggs of these parasites imbedded in the flesh, and fowls which ate some of the flesh died in consequence, iuflering from the presence of both worms: and eggs in their livers and intestines. Prof. Whalley also cited some similar facts, and remarked that the flesh of animals thus suffering'would communicate the parasites to persons eating it as food unless it shpuld be thoroughly cooked. He also declared that a stall in which an animal had died of pleuropneumonia cannot be safely occupied by another animal under six months. —Rather good this: In a letter, after urging his lady-love to come and see him, a poetic youth said: “ But if it rains don't come, as you are so sweet you might melt, and be lost to your lover forever." —Frozen potatoes may be cured by soaking in water three davs before cooking . —There is a great deal of aßfltwfliry - - - - ~

HOUSEHOLD HINTStil Hartshorn, dilated with one-third water, will remove mildew stains. Leather can be made hard by saturation in a solution of shellac in alcohol. A strong solution of sulphate of magnesia gives a beautiful quality to whitewash. Hyposulphite of soda is better than common washing soda for laundry pur-, poses. Birds should not be fed on stale canary seed; musty, unhealthy seed frequently causes death. Rancid butter, pork and lard casks may be* purified by burning straw or shavings in them. White lead rubbed up with linseed oil to the consistence of paste is an excellent application for burns. Cur Take.—Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, four cups of flour, four eggs, two teaspocnfuls of cream of tartar and one teaspoonful of soda. Roman Bread (To eat with coffee).— A small quantity of laised dough, one tablespoonfirl of butter chopped fine in it. Sprinkle the board with corn meal, i Roll the dough as thin as possible on it. Cut out in fancy designs. Bake very brown. To be eaten cold. Kknneb&c Dodgers.—One egg.over a cup ot molasses, three cups of sourmilk, one large teaspoonful of soda, Indian meal sufficient to make a little stiffer than flap jacks. Bake, in a shallow pan When done it should be just thick enough to spiff. Split when hot, butter, and serve at once. To Cook Sweet Apples.— A very nice way of treating sweet apples is to stew them in a nice porcelain kettle, adding exactly enough molasses and water to prevent ’heir burning,till cooked through, and then transfer them to the oven with all the liquid residuum to dry and brown, i This gives a baked applenhlf jelled, dei lictous in flavor and moisture, that any one can love and long for. < Injections of chloral'in the veins do ; not impede the respiration; they produce an insensibility of which the length varies with the dose; they never cause excitement nor any vomiting; they are al- ; ways followed by a-deep, calm, regular j sleep, which, lasting ten, twelve,' eight, een or twenty,four hours, annihilates • completely the effects of the operation. When properly-applied they never cause ■ any alarming symptoms like phlebitis, i etc—A. Y. Graphic. At a meeting of milk producers in ■ Massachusetts, sOine time since, a Wetherell stated that cows upon an average need forty five pounds of hay per day. or its equivalent, whilst giving ! milk; that large cows produce more i milk for the-amount of feed given than I small ones- that scrub cows, will give annually 1,400 quarts of milk, whilst the i Holstein and some other breeds w ill produce 4.000 All cows should be kept clean, as well as their surroundings. In I, producing winter milk cows without grain will do nothing. ' . Cream Pudding—Five eggs, one-half pint of fine sugar, one half pint of very rich cream (no matter if it is Sour), one ■ small nutmeg grated, one slice,of Ger-I man dry bread, currants, raisins, citron. I Grate the nutmeg in the sugar. Beat the i sugar with the eggs and cream. Crum- ■ ble in the bread. Stir a few times. Let this stand over night. In the morning i sprinkle sugar over the bottom of the j dish in which the pudding is to be served, put in some currants, raisins and citron and cover w ith the mixture. Then ! add ahother layer of sugar and fruit, i and put in more of the mixture, fruit ' again and so on until.all is put in. Bake, ■ slowly for two hours. This will keep I for weeks. Packing Butter in Brine. WUy do not some of our butter-makers try the California plan of packing b’littet in brine? We think there are many germs of availability in it. Brine has ; no saline effect on butter or other pure i fats, and during transit, in w arifi weather, it would be preserved cool much longer than if packed in the usual way. The plan is to take a sack made to fit loosely in the barrel; half.barrel, or other r package, as the case may be. The but- * l er is pressed into little oblong sacks. I something like those in which table salt lis sold. It is then packed | sack in the barrel, headed up, and the i package is then filled" with strong, purl’ I brine. Thus it may be carried lon£ I distances by sea, and will come out sweet and good. I It. is true the additional weight of the r brine would add something to the cojrt of l transportation, but not enough per pound I ; to the butter to be onerous. when it has to be transported cqmpar*I tively short distances, the brine may be : (toured off, and thus save the additional : expense of transportation. When butter is packed in firkins or i | jars, if, instead of placing a layer,.of sajl over the top, it be covered with a blind of sufficient strength to bear an egg, and i containing a quarter of a pound of saltpeter and one pound of sugar to each three gallons of brine, it will effectually exclude the air. and, if the butter is kept in a covl, dry cellar, it will be found to retain its sweetness and flavor perfectly. — Water n Rural. \ • ■ ■ . ° " «• » . . Wood Carving 111 . t The art of carving in wood is one which ladies can readily practice, being of a cleanly nature and requiring no hard labor. Hdw many beautiful articles for home decoration can be produced by the few tools called for in this work we need not here “tell. Carving may be of two kinds—either in what is called line relief, being re’her flat or only slightly raised, or AtyA relief, when the figures are m de to stand out > more boldly from the background. Even the pretty fret cuttings or borrentowork, done with the saw, may be rendered still m'»re effective by the use of the carver's gouge and chisel. The tools needed for wood carving are very few—a malkt, one or two chisehi (one of them known as a V chisel from the shape of its sharp-pointed blade), several gougc-s of different sizes, files and a grounding punch for rpughening the background. To begin a design in low relief we should select a piece of proper size, say , one inch thick, always letting the design ! be placed across the wood. Now mark : out the design and have two copies, one ; of which should be shaded like any other well-finished drawing. The outline design may either be drawn directly upon the wood itself or else the paper may be pasted upon the wood. This is all the preparation required, and, the wood being then properly secured so as not to slip during the process, we are ready to begin. Now taka a mediunxaiaed gouge, and with the aid oL?the mallet tfit aronnd the outline of the prominent figures, and afterward remove the intermediate rgMttftdwork w|th the «hU<V Sy RsUg

the different sizes of chisels the corners and spaces can all be taken out without any difficulty, and if , the figures do not stand out enough the cuts can be deepened by a second application of the gouge. We thus obtain the outline figures, and they must next be rounded into shape. With the other complete drawing before us we follow the lights and shadows, using the gouges with care, and where deep, sharp lines are wanted, such as in the veins of leaves, the V chisel will be very useful. Tne file will assist wonderfully in roundinu the edges, and small rasps will serve for roughening ejertain parts; sand-p’aper will also be Reeded where smoothness is desired; and. last of all, the background inay be rendered uniform by the use of the grounding punch. I Designs in high' relief are of course much more difficult, and call for a somewhat different treatment. A much thicker blockfwill be required, and it will be. best \d draw the outlines on the top edge and also on the flat upper side. Begin by putting on the flat surface as before, and the drawing on the top edgfi will indicate the depth and variatipns in t]je details. In beginning to carve, take the gouge or chisel jn the hand while cutting the outline, afterward dropping the mallet, which was in the right hand, hud taking the tool instead white removing the superfluous wood and completing the details. We should always take care not to cut with the grain of the wood, as it is very apt to split off. r For those who desire to learn this art as a source of future income we should advise the taking of one or two lessons from a practical carver. After that, practice alone will be needed to enable any person of-taste to achieve wonders in the art, and well-executed, carvings always command high prices—Harper's Bata r-. — — French Manners. ■ A writer says; “The French are said to lie the politest people in the • world, and in some respects they are 80. Their politeness may be only skin deep; • it may be only a stilted etiquette, With-' i out heartfelt emotion.AMf the whole, it is better than studied indifference and rough incivility. If notabso lately sincere, it has the external appearance of being so, and saves tjie feelings from a sense of outrage. A French- I .man always takes off his bat on entering ' a shop or an omnibus-or any other pubflic conveyance. He is expected always) Lio bow first to a lady of his acquaint- ' [ ancc; it would be thought quite out of i ■place for the lady to take the initiative. ! On entering a drawing-room French people b w to every one who may be in the room, whether they are acquainted with them or not. The omission of these trifling civilities by the English causes them to be considered rude and boorish, i The, line of demarcation between differ ent classes of society is less strongly de- j fined in France than in England. ' Serv-, ants consider themselves pretty nearly upon an equality with their masters and mistresses, and their manners are marked : by a frey-and-easy coolness which would 1 be considered the height of impertinence ! in England. They wGh you ‘ good morn- , ing' and ‘good night,’ as a friend do, anil exjiect to be thanked whenever they open the door for you; a French- | man of eveby class touches his hat td the ' servant who opens the door for him. The lower classes tn France live much more ! frugally and inexpensively than people f .of the same rank in England. Soup and boitilli forth the usual dinner and supper of the upper class of farmers, workmen 'and servants in French families. The j richer farmers have the pct day, others only once or twice a week, and live ot hread and loupe aux choux on the Other days, with a relish of cheese, salt fish and sometimes butter.” Action of Lightning on Trees,. In a tree which has been destroyed by lightning f lhe layers are not only..shat-i tered and separated in’.o strips, but the wood alsO appears: dry, hard and brittle, < as though it had been through the proc-: ess of curing in a kiln. This, is attributed to the instantaneous reduction of sap into steam. ” When the sap is abundant, as in May or early in June, the amount and force of the steam not only | bursts and separates the layers and fibers, but rends the trunk in pieces or ; throws off a p >ryon of it. When the amount of steam thus suddenly generated is small, owiifg to a dry condition ' of the steam from continual evapofa- ’ tion and leaf-exhalation, there may be no external trace of the lightning-stroke; ; yet the leaves will wither in a few days, showing that the steam has been ren- i dered incapable of conveying supplies,.' and the tree will either partially or en- i tirely die. Still, lighter discharges may be conducted down the moist stem with- i out any injury.— -Building Neics. ,i —There are \wo gentlemen in New York, says the Sun) brothers, well ' known as men-aboutetown. We will call them Bill and j im. Bill stutters a little. Said Jim one day:. “ Bill, I want you to gijjwith me and see a Scotch terrier. He is the great ratter in this city. We must have that dbg.” “I’ll go a ” said Bill. They went. The terrier was brought out, and a rat was loosened w i.h him. To fulfill the character-ascribed to him, the terrier should have dispatched a certain number of rats within one mir.ute. But a single n«t seemed to be fully a match for him. Indeed, the longer they fought the more it looked as if the rat would ’prove the belter of the two. The dog shook and the rat bit; but the rat seemed to bite the hardest. Finally Bill broke out: “ J-J-J J-Jim,” said he —“Z?-6W-bug the rail" Herd & Sons’ Organa. If you wish to buy a firt-t-cUes organ with the latest improvementa, the .sweetest quality of tone and th- newest style of case, send to Heed's Temple of Music, Chicago. —Once when a bad man died’a savage wit, being apprised of the event, observed that the average value of mankind was sensibly raised ' —Sidewalks are coquettish when they bring you to your knees. The official report to the Austrian Government respecting musical instruments i at the Vienna Exposition declares the, Mason Hamlin Cabinet Organs to be i “ the. most distinguished and praiseworthy instruments” of their class, praising in detail their power and resonance of tone, variety of combination and solo effects ; fine power of expression; smooth, even and sympathetic tonesand thorough workmanship. They were awarded the first snd highest medal. Other American organs in competition were declared to be far less meritorious, the tones and workmanship being both . inferior. In comparison, it was said: , “Judged lenientiv, they do not rise shove a re.spectable mediocrity.” This was undoubtedly the most extensive, thorough and competent comparison ot sflcjj |nstruramtt sm4«.

The American Organs, advertised in another column, the guaranty which comes from twenty-five years of successful experiment, and from the well-known high character of the manufacturers. They now offer entirely new styles, unsurpassed in quality and beauty. •:' With extraordinary strides the com- - merce of France is passing beyond any era in its history. The exports and imports of 1874 amounted to over $1,500,000,000, exceding any former year, and showing an increase oyer 18$i of $50,000,000, and over 1868, when the Empire flourished most, of nearly $280,000,000. To the Suffering.—An old retired physician, who is candid enough to tell the truth about progress, has di dared that the recent discovery by Dr. Walker, of California, of his herb remedy, Vinegar Bitters, is one of the most important in medicine. He has tested them thoroughly, in his own family, amqpg his friends, and upon himtelf -, and he is driven to thd conclusion that they possess rare and unexcelled curative properties. He says of them: “.They contain no dangerous drug. They never reduce the patient—never render one liable to take cold—never interfere with the everv-day business of life —never make their continuous use a condition of Cure, and are adapted to even the most delicate organizations. They act as kindly on the tender infant, the delict ?e 1 female, or infirm as on the vigor- . ous and athletic*'system; exercising healthful effects upon every blood-vessel —on the brain, nerves and lymphatics—on the Blood, Bile, Gastric Juice, etc., enriching impoverished fluids and imparting vigor to mind and body.” 24 , A Few Word* Io Feeble and Delicate Women. i -By R. V. PIERi E, M. D.. of the World s Dispensary, Bufl’alo, X. Y. Knowing that you are subject to a great amount of suffering that delicacy on your ( part has a strong tendency to prolong, and < , the longer it is neglected the more you have to endure and the more difficult of cure your case becomes, I, as a physician, who is daily consulted by scores of your sex, desire to’say to you that I am constantly meeting with those who have been treated for their uilmenTs for months without being benefited in : the least, u/itil they have become perfectly have almost made up their ; minds never ,to take another do-e of medicine . I nor be tortured by any further, treatment. • They had rather die and have their sufferings j ended tlurn to live and suffer as they have : Tiiey say they are, worn out by suffering and ’ j are otjly made worse by treatment. Os any thingmore dijeoura’gmg we certainly cannot ■ ■ conce.ve, and were there no more success- I ful mode of treating such difficulties than that I I the principles of which teach the reducing I 1 and depleting of the vital forces of Abe sys | ! tern, when the indications dictate a treatment : i directly the reverse of the one adopted for i them, their easts would be deplorable indeed. But, lady sufferers, there is a better and far. more successful plan of treatment for you—-one j more in harmony with the laws ami requirements of vour system. A harsh, irritating, j eaustic treatment and strong medicines will | never cure you. If you .will use rational ; ■ means, such as common sense should dictate ' I to every intelligent lady, take such medicines i as embody the very best invigorating tonics and nervines, compounded with special referj cnee your delicate system. Buch a happy combination, you will liud in my Favorite : Prescription, which” has received the loudest i ! praise from thousands of your sex. Those' , I languid, tires one sensations causing you to ; feel scarcely able tn be on your feet or ascend I ' a flight of stairs; that continual drain that > ' is supping from your systems all yoUr former ! elasticity and drjving the bloom from your ■ I cheeks; that continual strain upon your ' vita! forces that renders you irritable ijnd j fretful, may all be overcome and subdued by a persevering of that marveious reipr-dy. Irregularities and obstructions to ' the proper workings of your systems are re- 1 i lieved by this mild and safe means, while pe-' ■ riodical i ains, the existence of which is a ■ sure indication rif serious disease that should not be neglected, readily yield if its ‘ use is kept q up for a reasonable length of time I the special cause Sot these, pains is perm a- j nently removed. Further light on these subi jects may be obtained frojni my pamphlet on i j diseases peculiar to your sex, sent ou-receipt | ;of two stamps. My Favorjte Prescription is ’ sold by druggists. ■ ■ . - • ; i 'There are probably a hundred or. more Eersons in this and neigh boring towns who aily suffer from ’the distressing effects of ; kidney troubles who do not know that John- | .-on's Anodyiu Ltninumt is al most a certain cure. In severe cases great relief may be obtained, , if not,a perfect cure. We notice that the agricultural papers all over the country recommend the use ot . ; Stvridan'» I'anPcj Condition Pvvylers.~£zj chin<)e. ' ■ Farmers and qthers in this section have long known arid appreciated the advantage of these powders overall others. -Alles -- I.yrxG Balsam causes the lungs to tfirok cfftjrC matter that is collected over the air-ceß^wsutenakrs the patient breathe mon-fn-elv aim purifies the blood, gives strength to the tXdyJnd tone to the digestive organs, h-'als thWrritated’ parts and gives life and • health to the system. Asthma is soon relieved by Ils use. For sale by dealers in Family Medicines generally. .. . Electricity is I.sfh — All nervous disor- | ders, chronic diseases of the chest, head, liver, j stomawh, kidneys and blood, aehes and pains, j nervous and general debility, etc., quickly i cured after drugs fail bv wearing Volta's ElecI, tro Belts and Bands. Valuable book free, by ! Volta Belt Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. Glex Flora W ater is indorsed as the best : mineral water in the world. Cures Dyspepsia I and all Kidney Complaints. Address R. H. Parks, Waukegan, 111., for circulars. 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