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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 12 Oct 1881, p. 7

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mmt i'sWS ,y;>' 'n* *t'.- 'J~ "• ' ' / . 7 * V^f1^ S V." '*4 "<*, = V ,.! ' " - M"5#* * ' 'l~- • ' , _ LMTAT8EA. *' BOPE BAXTWICK THOBBfc •? 1 Stood frhcre the starlit heaven!? >••""•' !> Spread away over ee» and trie#. s^ ; < Like the hands < f loving angels j* V * Ik6fitiling dOVt ll to tilC bOftl\e Ok flMflL ^ . : . And the sea, with a emUe, reflected The liiflmte Ihjht^ t-bove; f The quivi riuf, I ts;i!einlent beaTOda All sm;i;ng with peaceful love. J AiiA tlv wave* o'er the white tmd tmiylM Brou.'-'ht ripp es of joyous gleo, A* the iaes or the purple heaven Bwit over to kiss ifce tea. "Oh trMcnorouB s«a!".I lrnirmt " Restore tr juy anus, I pray. The treasure I gave to yonr keeping One golden autumn day." A chip Tith Its preci- us burden, Baiied out from my longing gaae. Away from the peaceful harbor In the bright Uci. btr haze. And a sweet lace, looking back wart. With a tear and a smiie for ma-» * The dearest of all my treasure* I gave to the treacherous sea. Lake Michigan, darkly hidden In tUy necret bosom lies The face that I fondly cherished, The beautiful iove-lit eyeo. For the ship that left the harbor In the calm Octc)ier haze Bore its precious freight forever Away from my longing gaze. The Phenomena of Death. It is our purpose to discuss, as briefly as possible, some of the most important aspects of dissolution. Addison said that there was nothing in history more imposing than, nothing so pleasing and affecting as, the aoeounts of the behavior of eminent persons in their dying hours; and Montaigne remarks, while speculat­ ing on death, that, of all the passages in the annals o€ tnankind, those which attracted and delighted him most were the words and gestures of dying men. '* If I "were a maker of books," he con­ tinues, "I would compile a register with comments of various deaths, for he who •should teach tnen to die would teach them to live." There are three elements presented in tihis fear of death: First, "the extinction of life's pleasures, inter­ ests and hopes, to which the mind looks forward with a degree of apprehension proportionate to the amount of happi­ ness they are capable oi affording. With the young and vigorous the loss of these animal enjoyments is contemplat­ ed with extreme misery ; hence the cus­ tom among the early Greeks of bearing the lifeless body of youth to the funeral pyre at the break of morn, "lest the sun should behold so sad a sight as the young dead." Second, the dre:\d of the unknown future, also de­ pending upon the nervous temperament. And' lastly comes a fear more powerful than either, which is the dread of pain, inherent in nature. From time imme­ morial the actual moment of dissolution has been supposed to toe accompanied by a throe of anguish, known as the "death agony." This is believed to occur at that moment when the spiritual and physical forces that have been so in­ timately blended for many years are torn asunder--the one to molder and decay, the other to take upon itself that new life beyond the ken of man. This last element properly belongs tc the physiologist, and as such we propose to consider it. Sir Francis Bacon, in one of his essays, published for the first time in the year 1577, gave to the world the following profound thought: " It is asnatural to die as to foe born ; and to the little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other." In profundity of thought and depth of research Baoon stepped in advance of -his contempora­ ries, and lived in the future. Thus we find that, contrary to the generally re­ ceived opinion of even this latter day, nacure evidently designed that the end of man should fee as painless as his bo- ginning. At birth the babe undergoes an or- deal that, were he conscious, would be more trying than a most painful death. Yet he feels it not. Born in an uncon­ scious state, the brain incapable of re­ ceiving conscious impressions, his en­ trance into this hitherto unknown world is accomplished during a state of ob­ livion, known as nature's anaesthesia: benumbing of the cerebral ganglia, thereby destroying both consciousness and sensation. The patient gradually 'sinks into s deep stupor, the lips become 'purple, the face cold and livid, cold per­ spiration (death damp) collects on the forehead, a film creeps over the cornea, iand, with or without convulsions, the dying man sinks into his last sleep. As the power of receivnig conscious impres­ sions is gone, the death struggle must be automatic. Even in those cases where the senses are retained to the last, the mind is usually calm and collected, and the holy free from pain. " If I had strength to hold a pen, I would write how easy and delightful it is to die!" were the last words of the celebrated surgeon, William Hunter; and Louis XTV. is recorded as saying with his last breath : " I thought dying had been more difficult" That the painlessness of deatfrik due to some benumbing influence acjing on the sensory nerves may be inferred from the fact that untoward external sur­ roundings \arely trouble the dying. On the day that Lord Collingwood breathed his last the Mediterranean was tumultuous ; those elements which had been the scene of liis past glories rose and fell in swelling undulations, and seemed as if rocking him asleep. Capt. Thomas ventured to ask if he was dis­ turbed by the tossing of the ship. "No, Thoiuas," he answered, " I am in a state that nothing can disturb me more--I am dying; and I am sure it must be con­ solatory to you and all who love me to see how comfortably I am coming to my end." In the Quarterly Review there is related an instance of a criminal who escaped death from hanging by the breaking of the rope. Henry IV., of Fracce, sent his physician to examine him, who reported that after a moment's suffering the man saw aa appearance like fire, across which appeared a beau­ tiful avenue of trees. When a pardon was mentioned the prisoner coolly re­ plied thait it was not worth asking for. Those who have been near death from drowning, and afterward restored to con­ sciousness, assert that the dying suffer but little pain. Capt. Marryatt states that his sensations at one tiuie, when nearly drowned, were rather pleasant than otherwise. " The first struggle for life once over, the water closing around me assumed the appearance <3 waving green fields. * * * It is not a feeling of pain, but seems like sinking down, overpowered by sleep,, in the long, soft grass of the cool meadow." Now, this is precisely the condition presented in death from disease. In­ sensibility soon comes on, the mind loses consciousness of external objects, and death rapidly and placidly ensued from asphyxia. In spite of the natural antagonism to death, a moment's reflection will show that it is as much a physiological pro- oess as life ; the >two terms are correla­ tive, the degree of vital activity depend­ ing on the extent of molecular death oc­ curring at the same time. Strange as the paradox may seem, without <3eath we cannot live; every thought emanat­ ing from the brain, every blow struck by the arm, is accompanied by destruc­ tion of nervous or muscular tissue. The bioplasmatic or living matter which en­ ters into the formation of every animal tissue is constantly germinating into cells (the origin of all life), and as con­ stantly passing into decay, their plaoes being taken by other protoplasts, thus keeping up the " active dance of life." This disassimilation, or interstitial death, occurs to such an extent that na- t«Be, in her wisdom, has provided excre- mentary organs for the purpose of re­ moving from the system the effete material thus produced. Every living structure, after passing through certain stages of development, maturity and, finally, retrogression, must come to an end. This may be but the ephemeral existence of some of the lower forms of fungi which, born in the cool of the morning, die as the sun goes down ; or, like the famous dragon-tree of Tenerifife, may outlast the pyramids that keep watch by the Nile. The last topic for consideration is the pseudopia of death, or visions of the dying. This subject, coming under the realm of mental science, properly he- this drowsiness creeps over the system, those images, molded from the pastK befcome as realities to the disordered imagination. The germs from which originate these strange combinations have probably been lying dormant for years in the registering ganglia of the brain. These death-bed visions are of com­ paratively frequent occurrence, and are generally accepted as realities. The theory which we promulgate, though not new, will naturally excite prejudice; but it is better to know the truth than cherish a belief, however pleasing it be, founded on error.--Tttomas D. Spencer, If. Z>., »n Popular Science Monthly. The Kiss Poetically Considered* Maidens in English high life thought it a sweetly fond conceit for Lord Bea- consfield to wind up his story of " Lo- thair' with a subtle suggestion of a kiss. " I went," says the arist'xratic hero. Lothair, " into Corisaudcs garden and I plucked my love a rose." It is not neces­ sary to any one who is familiar with the ways of a youth and a maiden that the plucking of a rose is the creation of a kiss. When the lover plucks a rose, he snatches* a kiss. Any other sort of a kiss is a poor sort of an affair. Preparation or premeditation takes the only real joy that comes from a kiss. Who, for ex­ ample, would care to go through the mock joys of stage kissing? Yet. so far as these mere external forms go, Juliet's lips meet Romeo e with as much ardor before the inquisitive thousands as Chloe's in the wildwood, with none to mark the red flush that sends its signal to cheek and brow. The kiss is regarded by phi­ losophers as the most aucient sign in the code of human manners. There can be no doubt that Adam kissed Eve, for example, long before the apples on the tree of knowledge were ripened. It is LONG-LIYED PEOPLE. * jfcefacy Trautham, of Tennessee, of the waiters.**' It often happens that the attendance is insufficient, one waiter being assigned to too large a number of in 1K34, aged 154 years. The following ! guests. At restaurants, conducted on ftx. particulars of this individual are given in the National Gazette, from an account dated Murfreesborough.Tenn., February 22, 1834: She was born in Germany, and emigrated to the British colonies in American at the time when the first set­ tlement was made in North Carolina in the year 1710. At the age of 120 years her eyesight became almost extinct, but during the last twenty years of her life she possessed the power of vision as per­ fectly as at the age of 20 years. For many years previous to her death she was unable to work, and is said to have received great attention in her friends to prevent the temperature of her body from falling so low as not to sustain ani­ mal life. At the time of her death she had entirely lost the senses of taste and hearing. For twenty years before her death she was unable to distintruisli be- the old style, the waiter also expects | something. The fee is never less than a I penny ; that is with most people the | usual donation, but a larger sum will j not be refused, if offered. The tendency I is to abolish the custom of tips, and some I of the better class of restaurants post | notices that fees should not be given to I the waiters. Great Britain, however, is 1 very conservative ; those who deem j themselves possessed of privileges, by J long use of prescriptive right, insist up- ! on their fulfillment. The English waiter | hardly thinks himself well treated unless ; feed by those he serves.--Foreign Let- ! ter. ? And Such a Changfe [New York Tribune^ Im the last ten years a new and significant kind of literature has sprung up among us. It, consists for the most part of thin octavo volumes, in purple or red bindings, with a gorgeous coat of arm3 blazoned on the back, and on the front page the mayic words, "Printed for private circulation only." Each of these volumes purports to be the authen­ tic history of some American family, Smith or Potter, as the case may be, from the present time .back to a great founder somewhere in the mist of anli- FAIRY AFLOAT}*"fi.4 The following description m W ftiiy vessel represented on this page Is from the j Cincinnati Commercial: The hull is of the finest selected white oak, braced, bolted j and riveted in the most skillful and wotk- I manlike manner, and is 04 feet in length, j 14 feet breadth of beam, ieet depth Of j hold, and draws twenty inches of water, j She carries a tubular Imil er, and two beaatl- J ful little engines, made expressly for her, j by the Ohio Machine Co., Middleport, O. ; The dining-room is situated between the , boiler and engine rooms, and is artistically grained, with frescoed ceiling. It is fur- lies with expensive doctors or humbug cure- ^ ails, that do harm alwayK, and use only nature's tween the taste of vinegar and sugar. ! ni»np}e remedies for all your ailments--you will At the age of 65 she bore her only ! be «ise, well am' happy, and save great ex- - - - - - * • peuae. 1 he greatest remedy for tins, the great, wise and good wiii tell you,"is Hop Bitters--rely on it. fciee another column.--Pre&j. Be Wi«e and Happy. It yon will stop all your extravagant and , , - - wrong notions in doctoring yourself and fami- i speculation in soaps or a patent ' " * pill, is acquiring a taste for a good birth along with the other belongings quity. The peculiarly of these books ; nished in the Queen Anne style, and the is that very little information is given ' " ~ concerning the present generation of Smiths or Pother, although it could so readily be obtained. The writer of the book is usually that memfier of the family who, having made a fortune by a silver, china and table linen are of the finest character. The pilot-house, cabin, main talon and Captain's office are on the saloon deck and are luxurious in their furnishing child, who is now living, and promises to reach an uncommonly advanced age. <j Solomon Nabit, of Laurens county, N. C., died in 1820, aged 143 years. Na­ bit was a native of England where he lived until he was 19 years of age. He then came to this, country, and resided in the state of Maryland'till about fifty- five years before his death, when he re­ moved to South Carolina, where he passed the rest of his life. He never lost* his teeth or his sight, and a few days before his death, he joined a hunting party, and actually killed a deer. Henry Francisco, of Whitehall, N, Y., died in 1820, aged 134. Francisco is stated to have been born in France, in 1686, but at the age of 5 years left that country in company with his lather, who of the class, into which he has made his way. He has given up pie for breakfast and a noon dinner, and leas- Ujeiy eats his eleven courses at seven. W7T, ~ ~T~I7T7~ ! "e no longer takes liis boj a to the ne- Italian Poison Antidote* j gro minstrels and laugl» on a front M. Bellini, of Florence, advocates the i bench, but sits in a box at the Academy, use of iodide of starch as an antidote for j whore tho music is severely classic: 1 ana isons in general, oiid, as it lias no f;cairn. His wife has banished knitted ' cotton tidies from the parlor, afcd talks Soi ; isagrecAble tasta and is free from the | irritant properties of iodine, it can be | administered in large doses; also, with- , out fear in all cases where the poison is ; unknown. It will be found very effiea- j cious ; gen gas { pliides, ammonia, and especially by a) | kalies, with which iodine forms insola- ; ble compounds; and it aids in the elim- i ination of salts of lead and mercury. In 4 oases of acute poisoning an emetic is to and decorations. The saloon projier It frescoed and gilded in Eastlake style. and the flooring is covered with Turkish carpet The furniture, in raw silk and walnut, of the Queen Anne pattern, like that of the. dining-hall, and rich curtains of damask , , .,i ,,, .. - i > -1 j i dming-nau, and ncn curtains oi aamafB now of the feeling m her embroidered j complete the impression of a veritable float- towels,^ and the harmony of eternal j ing palace. The four state-rooms, contain­ ing twb berths each, are also carpeted with motion" in the wave pattern of a napkin. Why should they not also drop the in poisoning by sulphureted hydro- | Smith and Potter blood of the present, as, ttie alkaloids and alkalins sul- : smelling as it doe^ of soaps or ipecac, VI npeuea it is * J * - v , be given before the antidote is adminis-i i fled from religious prosecution, and went WmL even claimed bv sagacious studeuts of 5 firaf K, a-nA ^ v Painless we come, whence we know not-- Painless we go, whither we know not! ,1 , , , ,. - ,, - -, „ . . - j . , , ! l o n g s t o m e t a p h y s i c s r a t h e r t h a n p h y s - Prom the earliest period of human 1 iolotrv. Various theories have Wn history death has been considered as necessarily accompanied by pain; so general is this belief that the terms "deathagony," " last struggle," "pangs of death," etc., have been in almost universal use in every age and under all conditions of society. Nothing could be more erroneous ; the truth is, pain and death seldom go together--we mean the last tnoments of life. Of course, death may bo preceded by weeks and even months of extreme suffering, as occurs during certain in­ curable diseases So exaggerated has been this notion that it has been considered an act oi humanity to anticipate the "death iology. Various theories have been | advanced to explain these phenomena, j but they must remain as hypotheses at 1 best, tor they are not susceptible of | demonstration. It is aot an uncommon j oQciirrence for the dying, after living ' some hours in a semi-conscious condi- j tion, to start up suddenly, and, with glowing face, point eagerly to some object invisible to the bystanders, and, with animated voice and gesture, state that they behold the glories of heaven or the familiar countenance of some friend long since dead. The question naturally arises as to whether these conditions are merely the fantasies of a disordered and fast-disor­ ganizing brain, or are the dyingactually S±^ay 1rler\ foriTifc customary among the lower classes of £ysteries hitherto unknown. The traditions and superstitions of Europe to hastesn death by suddenly jerking the pillow from beneath the head of the dying, thus throwing the head backwar J, straining the pharyngeal and thoracic muscles, rendering the respira­ tion, already difficult, shortly impossi­ ble. A Venetian Ambassador, in the time of Queen Mary, asserted that it was a common custom among the coun­ try people to smother the dying by means of a pillow placed over the face, upon which leaned or sat the nearest relative. This was founded upon the pious belief that the short road was the best one. This custom was handed down from generation to generation, parents performing it for their children and vice versa. But perhaps the sad­ dest privilege ever allowed the friends of a dying taan occurred occasionally dur­ ing the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when through executive clemency--executions by hanging--they were permitted to grnsp tlie feet of the suspended criminal and, by clenching to the extremities, precipitate their additional weight on the body, thereby hastening strangula­ tion. It is needless to say that these theories are false in both conception and practice. Death is a physiological process, and, like all other animal func­ tions, should be painless. When the fiat of death went forth, na­ ture kindly provided an an aesthetic for the body. As the end of life draws near, the respiration becomes slow and shal­ low, interrupted now and then by a deep, sighing inspiration, as though the lungs were vainly endeavoring to throw off the palsy slowly creeping over them. As the intervals between the inspira­ tions grow longer the blood becomes saturated with carbonic-acid gas--the same which is formed from burning charcoal, whose deadly fumes have so often aided the suicide painlessly to de­ stroy life. While the power of breathing is grad­ ually failing, the heart, which is in close sympathy with the lungs, begins to contract with less force, propelling the blood only a short distance through its arterial channels, thus causing the ex­ tremities to grow cold. The blood sent to the brain is not only diminished in quantity, but it is laden with carbonic-acid gas, which, acting on the nerve centers, produces a gradual the past havajed to a popular belief in the latter theory. Shakspeare expressed the sentiment of his day when he placed in the mouth of the dying Queen Kath­ arine these words: Saw you not even now a blessed troop Iir.ite me to a banquet; those bright faces Cast thousand beams upon me like the sun? Science, with its iconoclastic hand, has swept away these pleasing fancies, and in their places has constructed a fabric founded on analogy. In the an­ aesthesia induced by chloroform a condi­ tion is produced closely resembling that immediately preceding death (caused by the carbonic-acid poisoning) in which visions are constantly presented to the mind, the character of which depends upon the natural temperament of the individual. . Thus it often occurs that a patient, when under the influence of chloroform, has beatific visions similar to those of the dying. It is my fortune to have at present a patient who invariably when under the influence of chloroform asserts that she sees angels hovering around her bed. The impression is so strong that she becomes much annoyed if the reality of these visions is disputed. The asphyxia produced by burning char­ coal is ofttimes accompanied by disturbed fancies similar to those preceding death, and the natural inference is that they are the resultant in both cases of one and the same cause. During the last moments of life the inind gradually loses cognizance of external surroundings and is rapt in self-contemplation. Though still in a semi-conscious condition the weeping of friends and the voices of at­ tendants fall upon dull ears. The eye­ lids are closed, the pupils slightly con­ tracted and rolled upward and inward. The dying man hag forgotten the pres­ ent, for lie is living in the past One by one the events of a whole life appear; its joys and sorrows, perchance long since forgotten, rise before him in startling distinctiveness, and then dis­ appear in the swiftly moving panorama. The familiar faces of the friends of his youth are thrown upon the mental ret­ ina, their cheery voices reverberate in his ears, and the thought of meeting these friends in the near future is per­ haps his last conscious impression. As cause and effect that it was with a k»«« that Eve tempted the unhappy Adam to taste the apple. Be this as it may, the world has been kissing a long time and to this day the most primitive form in which the lips can be brought together is looked upon with the highest favor by those who are amateurs in the *' meet­ ing " of the lips. A prayer, a kiss, and a gift, the proverb says, should not be criticized. Possibly a prayer, presumably the unstudied ex­ pression of pious fervor, should not be subject to the cold ratio-cinative process of analytical speculation; but a kiss-- that reward of a lover's devotion, that guerdon of dreaming youth, ecstatic es­ sence of the joys of sense, that fiesliy poem of an idyll perennial as the kfe of man and the morning song of the stars •--it is plain that there can not be too much said on the subject by those who cherish the means of joy that have been placed within reach of the most acute and sensitive fibres of the human sys­ tem. However eloquently the amateur may sing the sensation of the kiss, the dis­ criminating reader can not fail to have noticed the lack of scientific accuracy, or, so to speak, mental precision there is in the synthesis of this emotional par­ oxysm by those who have written most lavishly aod profoundly on the kiss. The poets, to whom heaven has mercifully given the eyes of the eagle and the sec­ ond sight of the angels in reoompense for mental aberation, have done most in habilitating the kiss. Shakespeare told much of the joy that comes from the casual touch of lips, but perhaps the ex­ quisite atmosphere and-odor, «o to speak, are nowhere so deftly •outlined and char­ mingly colored as 'in Tennyson, whose mouth one might imagine eternally an O, expressive of the fleeting delirium „of the meeting of the hps.--Philadelphia, Times. • A Thief lHsgaitmd as * loU* Lady A noble lady from Holland landed here with a secretary, a maid, and a colored footman, the little set putting up at the While Horse Hotel, in Leopold- stadt. The Countess, in taking the best suite of apartments intimated to the hotelier that she expected her father-in- law, who was tp be married shortly to an Austrian noble of the best blood, and that the wedding banquet would take place in the HoteL She hired a hand­ some carriage and drove out every day with her footman on the box by the side of the coachman. During her drives she stopped at many shops, ordered samples and patterns to be sent to her | hotel, and at the same time made pur- | chases of Bilks, laces, fine trousseau j linen for the bride, etc., never disburs- iug a single kreuzer, for the colored foot- I man so thoroughly represented wealth j and inspired confidence that shop-keep- i ers were only too glad to send to the j noble dame's hotel double the stuffs she j ordered. Tiie Countess also called on j several jewelers, one of whom had just j received a handsome garniture in bril- I liants, which at once took her fancy, be- I ing valued at the lowest at 50,000 florins, and the futher-in-law being expected on the following day the jeweler was re­ quested to bring the set to the hotel at a given hour. This was done, and when the diamond merchant came he was re­ quested to be seated, and the Countess took the little case into the next room, where the father-in-law was dressing, she said. After waiting a quarter of an hour, Mr. Jeweler knocked at the door and got no answer; tried the door and fount} it locked. A noise in the passage attracts his attention. A rush, and he is in the portier's loge, where he finds the Countess disguised in man's clothes and guarded by a police. Providence had warned the portier, and lie had stopped the Countess in good time as she was gliding past in her disguise. He saved the Vienna trades-people from the loss of many thousands, and placed a set of dangerous thieves under the lock | of justice. The trades-people are very | grateful, and the portier has received their thanks with many bows and salams. The jeweler, I believe, offered him a shilling, but he declined to take it.-- Vienna Letter. first to Hollaed, and alter ward to Eng­ land. He was present at the coronation of Queen Anne, and was at that time 16 years old. He fought in the wars of that Queen, under the Duke of Mail- borough. In the early part of the last century he came to New York, with his father. He was wounded in Braddock's defeat, was carried to Quebec, during the Revolutionary wax, and suffered much from wounds. Wonder Booker, a oegro, of Prince I AN Elkton (Md.) paper mentions the case j of Mr. T. Deenan, of that place, who suf- I fewd severely with rheumatic pains until j he tried a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, which completely cured him.--Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal. ! LABOUCITBRR says: " Probablv no i body of men are more narrow-minded and more pragmatical than English or- • tliodox medical men. To vivisect a jackass in the lame of science and to let and treat themselves to a great ancestor back m the middle ages--a whacking, bloody, spurred crusader of the high heroic pattern? ' Brunswick monument at Geneva, which was built at a cost of $300,000, and completed only two yeafs ago, has become so dilapidated, owing to the sub­ sidence of the ground, that it stauds in need of repairs, which will cost 54,000. Brussels and handsomely furnished. Th< lx>at belongs to and was built nnder tha directions of Messrs A. Vogeler & Co, : Baltimore. Md., for their own exclusive use ! upon the Ohio, Mississippi and other Wortr • era rivers, and is rnn by a picked crew of ' officers and men in their employ. Tha object of this little steamer is to carry j neither freight nor passengers. She was built for the firm above named, to be used exclusively by them for distributing their printed matter in the river towns for Br. JACOBS OIL, the Great German Remedy for rheumatism and other painful ailments. . '•ill ADD a w»»k In JMI m tow*. Tsnas and (i ottti f®" tm. Addrsaa H. Hium * Oo.,Port.and.MM. n9^J?Ll)0MlTKwq! I iV31? of K«IIKn*. Literature. I l»g* n • J .*» 1 p* Mi:u» vois. I Itsr.io v«'L hamlKuwSj f • c*6 wclothiool bound, tor oi»l» in II } Edward county, Via., dieefin'lSlO, aged j « human being die in the name of pro- 126 years. This individual was a slave ^ i88?0. ®W®ekte 410 cardinal articles I I'm •• tmcMM . - - II MWny-- r bound, for cni* 5.0 hr. II BANHATTtX KOOKOO., U W. Hth St., X.T. 1\0 Bos «M4 belonging to George Eooker, of Prince Edward county, Va. He received his name from the circumstance that his mother was in her 58th year at the thao of his birth. He was of great strength of body, and his natural i>owers, which www> superior to those of people of oolor in general, he retained in a surprising ..de­ gree. He was a constant laliorer in his master's garden till within eight or ten years of his death. The most extraordinary insttnas of longevity in moder* times, with regard to satisfactory evidence that can be foud is that of Peter Torton, of Zorten, a native of Knfrock jn Hungary. He died January 5,1724, at the age of 185. A few days before liis death he walked, with the assistance of a staff, some miles to ask charitv of 4he travelers. He bad but little sight, 'and his hair niyl beard i were of a greenish white color, liko moldy bread, and few of his teeth re­ mained. His food consisted of pulse- and bread witli a little brandy. John Rovin and his wife, also natives •of Hungary, died in the year 1741--the* former in the 152d and the latter in the. 164th year of her age, having been mar­ ried 147 years. The most extraordinary of longevity in Great Britain was ea&ibited in the person of Henry Jenkcut. He was a native of Yorkshire, lived to the. amazing age of 190 years, and died on the 8th of December, 1670. Next to Jen­ kins we have the famous Thomas Parr, who was a native of Shropshire, aged 159, and died in January, 1768. .James Bouels, aged 152, lived in Killingwortli, and died on the 15th day of Augest, 16- 56. Colonel Thomas Winslow, * native^ of Ireland, aged 146, died on the SUtli of August, 1766. The ""Countess of Des­ mond, in Ireland, saw her 140th year. Williams Evans aged 145. lived in Caer- navon, and in the year 1872 still existed, and Duiniter Kadadoy, aged 140, lived m Hariiu nstead, and died on tha 15th day of August, 1656. K« GM< Preachlnf. No man can do a good job of work, fjreacb a good sermon, try a lawsuit well, doctor a pa­ tient, or write a gocd article when he feel# miserable and dull, with sluggish brain &i>d un­ steady nerves, and nune should make the at­ tempt in such a condition when it can be so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bit­ ters. See other column.--Albany Times. of their creed." MEN and wouten that pursue mdestcry oocu- patiooB aeod te take Kidney-Wort LET the ssul be turned as strenuously j Store! I??, towaivl good as it usually is toward eyil ; * and you wili find that the simple love of ; goodness will give incredible resources j to the spirit in the search after truth, f Love, mU| intellect, will perform ruira- • ch*s j LCUIA. L. PINKUAX'S Te^TABIQ'" Compound i has dono thousands of women more gooa than j the •aedioiae of many doctors. j WKHLB small proprietors are tot be the ; salvation cf Ireland, in &avaria 3,789 ; I farens werl sq)d last year because the ; I small ^proprietor* ©s*ild *.ot keep their ; lviads ttbove water. I 1'uriatlTr Fill® male Ifew M< Blood, and will completely eban^o the blood in ayntcni in thVee months. Anj person 1 Piles DraggM* or sent by mail. Pittsburgh. Pa. AROMATIC MILK> A pie:- salt, mi Pf speedy carp far J ILbO' One package--ftw datmf --wi\l cure in eroy osaa. Price one dollar. Sola fey DR. Xh H. HAKKlSt - ' ; t,M# iRtats Waatei ftor 14ft at GARFIELD pill each Bt*b«. from 1 to 1 sks ina nstored te sound healtE, if such a tliiairlSfl poe£V£I •"k S.(l O formerly jfemor, M«v ' FRAZER: AXLE GREASE. B«at la the W*rld. 0«t thi (Malnt. £*•• » oemtaira the full htatory ot htt ac4»l« *«d • and dastardly sssassinatloa. Millions of peopto i 1A« for t!\i« book. Tho b*«t chiMS d* J<wr lif» t* I money. Bswaraol "satohrerwy? iMtUtfrna. Thiatstha only authentic sqd fulli' illustrated lifs ©£ our martyrsA risslrtrnt Bcrid fomtraalaw ssU«*tratna»to ASMrts. < Addrsss «aiHO*Afc Pusnasnu^qp, Ghtaaao. UUP «: "> >ibjrv>b u\2 * m W lisM- BP yon -- •>V.f Uongfc «a K»us." Maelraa, DaagKiste for it. It eln rx out rata, mfoa *, •bea-bi: bugs, ties, vermin, ineeeta. Ua, I>*. W:NCHKIX'« TMthing -ftyrnp has never | Cailed to give immediate relief when used is \ i eaee» of-Summer Complaint ,'Cholera-infantum, ' i «r p&ios in the Btocnach. Mothers, when y<mr j little darting* are etfffvriug from these or fcin- i doadeacues, do not h««tate to give it a trial, | You will tureljr be pleased with the ahanning | «f«i. Be sure to hcv Pr.'-Winchell'B Teething Syrup. Sold by all .diuggiaU. Only 25 ' ! pur battle. ; tFoa UTOPETsu, tndigeatton, depresnon of spirits and general <101)11115 in their varttua [ •ermg. also as a preventive against fever and agne mid other intennitUnt fevers, the FKIOI > KuKATED Fi.ixas or LNU.ISAYA IJAKK, made Caswell, Hazard A Co., Xuw York, and sold } by all druggists, is the best tonic, and for pa- I tif uts recovering tram fever or other j it has as equal. ! ¥OK Eeadoche, OwBstipatkin, Liver Comutaint | awd ail1 I'UIOUH dcr&ngemeut« of the blood, there i»' no retucdv as sure and w.fe as Eil«rt'« Dey- U^htiLi'ver Pills. They stand unrivalled in ce- aaoving bile, toning the stomach and in giving hfialthyaction to the liver. Said by all dru^gisU. AnnKJ- vital force is neceosaxy in rcHistinic the up|*oacli of disease. The Hyutem run down, is lialiln to every malarial influence. Du. Hos_- ma K S 1-jjD suppliee the needed stimulus, and J.H invaluahto aa a preventive and cure for devital­ ization. Tax onh- natural fear renwrer is Carhollae, a ioodorwed extract of petroleum, prepared without distillation or reetilication v, ith acidv or blkalieg, containing u« mints: .tl or other poin- ' oun delightfully perfumed .and as dear aud ; pure si>rkig water. j KEVEaintamipt any conversation witb a back ing Cough; it craatea a bad impression. Better inveat a quarter of a dollar in a bottle of Dr. Boll's Cough Syrup and cure iL * What Education Should Do. It seems to me nature designs very few people to be scholars, but when so many make a failure of life, we are greatly sur­ prised and say that they had a good edu­ cation, when "in reality it was, for them, the worst education in the world, because they were not fitted to do their work. The result of education should be to ele­ vate one's uses, but sometimes a student himself reminds one of the cheap wooden box in which his books are packed. We certainly have different capacities for as­ similation of mental food, and I think that ,to be gifted with a tenacious mem­ ory and a brain that is not constructive, and a little heart that will always be poor and have nothing to give is a imost me­ lancholy state of affairs. There is a cer­ tain kind of character, which if it tries to be a scholar, is a miser with his wealth, because it does not know how to spend and make use of it.--Good Company. HOD FEIAOWS are not Masons, though they may tend that way. The Ignorance «f Edncated Men. [From the London World.] Even shrewd and clear-headed men of the world, who are supposed to be an courant with everything, and who hoa^e great opportunies of picking up miscel­ laneous information at their disposal, exhibit a dqgree of nescience upon r hout of matters, certainly not wanting is breadth or popularity of interest, which is little less than astounding. They have, perhaps, a correct apprehension of the motives and the character of the latest joint-stock company; but on politics, foreign or domestic, or any question connected with literature, science, art, or history, they have not a single idea except such as are derived from newspapers which give them their sole mental pabulum. It is surprising how high men of real brains and application may climb in profes­ sions that are learned and intellectual, and yet how infinitisimally little they pick up of general culture or of insight I into the rationale of events, past or co- I temporary. There are, of course, in | England, hundreds of lawyers whose 1 minds are embellished with every kind of knowledge, whose intellectual treas­ ure-house is rich in a multitude of deli­ cate thoughts and fancies, who hare traveled widely, seen much, heard much, and forgotten nothing; who would have been Bishops if they had gone into the church, and would have won for them­ selves the highest niche in the temple of fame if they had taken to literature. Yet lawyers, as a rule, whether barris ters or advocates, are not men eminent for intellectual accomplishments. Their conversation alternates between slop or slang. As much almost may be said of the politicians at this period. The aver­ age member of Parliament is one «f the most unidead, unintelligent people im­ aginable. He can talk over his consti­ tuents. Very likely he belongs to the GaTrick or the Athenaeum, but in gener­ al society he is nearly speechless, and w ,«ji he tries to be facetious in a coun­ try house his best jokes are memories of Gossets room. FOB Rheumatism, Spcaina aid Brniaea, ace j Unole Barn's 2terve ml Bene T all draggidte. > Luument, aold by |THE OWLY WEPICINEl » EITIWR I.iqcin Oft »BY F9BX That Acta at tlic snxam ilsw as \TEXLZYMM, TSXM0WXli,\ AMD TOi Kmmt. I WHY ARE WESICK7I Becautt tc* allow tJun great organt to| I bteome dtgged or torpid, and fmtonotu I \kumortar* thrrtfor* forotd into tint blood f I thai thoaldbt txptUtd naturally. K I D N E Y - W O R T WILL SURELY CURE [KIDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS,I [PILES, -CONSTll'ATHIK, t'UINARTJ DISEASES, FEHALK WE&KXESSEa, AN» MEBVOUS MSOBDEUS, Ibyeauiingif ee action qf these organ* an<i| | rutoring Ihtir power to throw qf di*ea*t. Why suffer Billons palaaand arhes! I Why tormMted with Piles, Constipationt I I Why frlghtsced over disordered Kidneys! j Why eadare nervous ar stak headaches! [ Use KIDNKr.WOBTm<if(MM inheaith. It is pot Off S11 Wry Vf|t<«Vk F«m, in tin! leans one paxJcaa* of which gix quarts of I I medicine. Also Liquid F.ra, Ktry Coaeea-1 | (sated, for UK>*> that caouot r&uliJy prepare it. I OTlt acts wttb oqual efflcienoy in either form. I | a*T IT OF TOQpt DRUGGIST. ntlCE, Sl-Oa| fTELfjS, EMSilABDSON A -Co., Prop's, I (WW send the dry post-paid.) BCHUKCRTOS, VT. I In 11le inquiry--WW* tette best liaiment for In aw !-4hi»istlw by two 1 CIS M MKNT. Ifc© ram to very bone, iu>4 Mth oil 3 bflumtarya^ aoiMdwi; «er. It((goe6 totitarooftl tte trooMeymd Mrer ffiiickttMi t-».\ • •a'"--* • t ^ i yk tjj 1 »} t .»J -t .V ' > • A »» if-*... TtBllTU •* - • BlW In Mly" Pwt MARTIKIX &•*» a»d wiD Mfcta ' M(Ct, takr »f *y«», Vvd tneJc »t hair, mb4 » • *irsv%w 9i y>urfaru?» huabai-t! ar wi^, w-iftvO, with name, u:o« and plae« ef «.e«nwr, « <ale »f lAarriatn. Adlraat »>,?. L Ka.UM. iv* IISCTWCUGST!® ?8£E.\:3 * a •: Cr-NKRVOUS DEBOJitT. T.o«: MshImA P<MV"ra oorsd fey improved Klectro-M-,(rn»tlc BoltsndVliwwS I'tmwi lar.Ksr th.^n other* >>M-rtyle Belts h m p r o T e d f o r $ 2 . " E l •Do not pur^i&at im Um U«3 |L**p«rf tat*ut free unsealed; rtnlrrtl, „ „ P-.S^ MATHEWS i OodK • aad M fifth ANSM, O.K. 0. \V,I,;N WK1TWT« TO AOTBRTISRKS. lu thiST.^^ J °" ̂ thm K£MCLrED FIIOH irKATH. WilUssu J.CouclUin.of Sotiur: r 11#', UfBr III tha fall of 1&?6 I wu I'aknn with blmling ol tbe InofB, 161- lowed bf ii s«'ve»e cou«ti. I lut<t tty apin tite and flesh, and was confined to my bed. In H77 I \rius admitted to the hospital. Thafoctors said 1 hud u holt in my lungas bi« as a half dollar. At one time «report went around that I was dead. Jj-are np hope, hat » friecd told me of DR. WILLUV Hjkui,"s BAMAX FOK IBK U'SOB. I (ot i s bottle, when, to iqr «urpi l*e, I eommuicod to (eel bet- ' ' ter. and to-day 1 (eel tatter than for three yecrs past. I i write this Uopine evto> ono attliototl wUii ditwixed lungs | will take I)E. Wiujiii aol be con- ' ! eim'pd tliat COKSUMJ'XION CAN Br. crtiEU. J<c:tnposi- I | t<rely asy it lfaa done mete good than all Mie «tlk*r medl- ; ^ines I liava taken since aay slcUnetss. ' VA .1 i Jtsnie im <tl r mmmA f m Ivtea je«sr&. «•»»«* J lyksles, aue«<steil I teitH th<x> F'eoeto6(< ewsffat. It trrsei jry^Mirpsae Mlkerel IMMrACTMU BV TM Dttl HARTER --KPICIME CO., la. aia /fwszm: COU&tt Free t--A Mosical Journal. Address F. Biehm.Rrie.Pa. ' InlialatioB. TAR. HUNTER, 103 State St., Chlcs*o,_tTeats »ac- c«B«full}- Throat and Lung Dbeases 67 ^••ess.aiaoaaj^ , Imertcan Vauhc«..ritub<utb. T4. , #C 4.,. #0fl Pe' "Wat hoa*. SaiMlas worth fi in*. 90 W 9CU Addrass STIMSOX A do, Partiawl, Mi: GUNS SaTOlrers. Cauiofns fr*t. AUrc^ Srsat Wart. Soa Worki. Pltubarih. CITED by the Washington (Ind.) Gazette is the fact that the colts in that locality have a sort of lameness in the joints. J. F. Myers cured his by anointing it with St. Jacobs OU. Tips in England. Ordinarily a charge of one shilling a day is put into the bill for " attend­ ance and at hotels of the highest class the charge is more. This will cover fees for boot blacking as well as table service, and is, I suppose, the only compensation #70 * WEKK. (13 a day at home easily made. Costly 9 * outfit free. Address Tsrs A Go.. Aususta, Mi A (JF.NTS WANTKI> for the Bert sod Fastest* J\ Selling Pictorial Books and Biblee. Prices redAcef K per at. NATIONAL PBBOSHIKO OO.. Chldigo JUL VllllftiC ucy roo lean Telesraphy la LUUIVW iTICts four months, and be certain of a «it> nation, address VALENTINE BROS., Janesville, ffi(, hea^i cpli'/r«4 VCKi*' A mOHTH-flGENTS WANTEO-90 Zrh r^">"illag.»ri:oies ia rnc world: lsaiupli ^|' tyd 1 AJdrvss Jfay KTOUMI, Detroit, : ~ S 7 7 7 A TEAR and expenses ta Acents. Outfit free. Address 1*. a Vlekery, Augaota, Met, AnELIGHTFlILSITUATION,freefromma!arla,»pl«i»i did building, elegant appoiutments, unequalled fucilf lie?, skillful physicians. All chronic diseases successfully ^ p Bkl The Stronveet, Cheapest and most r bn l / fc Durable WIRE t PICKET FF.NC16 Putented July, 1881. Steel Poets foa Wire or Board Fences will last a lifetime, it yon would save money, or desire employment, send fof Illustrated Circular. Address _ ; A TODD, Pultneyrille, J f . Y . • D>METTlUIRS _ Pr. MBTAPM^ mCAPACH» TTLL8 tmrm moat waisrWr ta a w»T gMit tlma botik HICK fend NKBTOD8 HXADAi^Si nd whDs setlacaB S» aarvpna jnratoaa. CIMUIM tha atanath ®* mm--m mt Wm, wajnaBwr » af tha bavdi. HEADACHE AWI<wbaiaftlieiawlaaM«FBHaMiManiitfaBitefegwe= i*a aBMulM ts any addrsaa on raeatot of jtmm ftm iw> |OII«B wm mim.hr Ue. Bol* n^uiatora, 3B9WX CBXKXOA1. COMPAHT, • • • • PILLS ETROLEUM JELLY Uwd and approved by th* leading PMYSi- CIAHS of EIJKQPS and AMSEICA. ^ Most Valuable Familf Remedy known. litldaaltaa fwi For fee traafaaaat of BC0UB, SS8, twani^Tpf Itt, Hm foj Coughs, Colda, Sera Throat,Croup and[ Diphtheria, etc, JVTry them. 26 and (0 cent tizea of all awr (oodi llTlffiAimB i CATABKH, HSK0BSH0Z98. eat, Cron* anal (•in mUIAt, AT TBE PDILADKLPHIA EXPOC2TIOX MDLVXS U0AL AT THS rJJUl MMB9W&WM Vairlln* Toilet 1 antrystisrtesavi HSEBSCOSICTl As agreeable fam rffil isf vaaelise intmltak ta qarxa km. C0LQA3%&au3

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