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TaEET PITTSBURGH.
iCER
The Kidneys are two in number, situatod at
the vijjp'cr part of the loin, 8urrointlca tj-fat,
and eotiHlitinjr of three parts, viz : the Anterior,
the Ihtfi-Vor, hd tlie Exterior.
The anterior absorbs. Interior consists ot lis
sutfs, or vc-iiis, whlfh perve as a deposit for the
urine aim convey It io V.io exterior. The t-xte-rior
Is a conductor also, termlnatinff in a Binfrle
tube, and called a Ureter. The ureters are con
nected with the bladder.
The bladder is composed ot Various eovcring-s
or tiuc8, divided Into part, viz.: the Upper,
the Lower, the Nervous, and the Mucous. The
upper expels, the lower retains. Many hVve a
desire to urinate without the ability; others
uriuato without the ability to retaiu. Thl.-j U-c-qut
ntly occurs in children.
To cure these affections, we must brin into
action the nuipcles, which are engag-ed In their
various functions. If they arc neglected, Gravel
and Dropsy may ensue.
The reader must also bo made aware, that
iiut-vru$riii may oetne attack, it is sure to
affect the bodily h all hand mental powers, as
our flesh and blood are supported from these
sources.
Coct, or Rheumatism. rain oceuring in the
loins is indicative of the above diseases. They
Occur In persons uisposed to acid stomach uid
chalky secretions-.
Toe GitAVKi-Tho gravel ensues from ne
glect or improper treatment of the kidneys.
These oi-gans being weak, the water is not ex
pelled from the blod'Jer, but allowed to remain;
it becomes fevi ish, and sediment forms. It i.s
from tiiis deposit that the stone is formed, and
gravel endues.
Dropsy Is a collection of water in some parts
of the body, ruvJ bear3 different names, accord
ing to the pails affected, viz: when generally
diffused over the body. It is called Anasarca;
when of the abdomen, Ascites; when of the
chest, Ilydrothorax.
Treatment. Ilelmbold's highly concentra
ted comvo'-ihd Extract Bitch u is decidedly one
of the best remedies for diseases of the bladder,
kidneys, gravel, dropsical swellings, rheuma
tism, and gouty affections. Under this head we
have arranged Dysuria, or difficulty and pain in
passing water, Scanty Secretion, or small and
frequent discharges of water; Strangury, or
stopping of water ; Hematuria, or bloody Urine
'Jout and Rheumatism of the kidneys, without
any change in quantity, but increase in color,
or dark water. It was always highly recom
mended by the Hie Dr. Physitk, in these affec
lionS. This medicine increases the power of diges
tion and excites the absortents into healthy ac
tion by which the watery or ealecrous deposi
tions, and all unnatural enlargements, as well
as lain and Inflammation, are reduced, and it is
taken by men, women, and children. Direc
tions for use and diet accompany.
Fnii.AHEi.pniA, Pa., Feb. 25, 187.
IT. T. IIeut nou. Druggist :
Dear Sir I have been a sufferer, for upward
Of twenty years, with gravel, bladder, and kid
ney affections, during which time I have used
various medicinal preparations, and been under
the treatment of the most eminent Physicians,
experiencing butjlittle relief.
Having seen your preparations extensively
advertised, I consulted with my family physi
cian In regard to using your Kxtract Buchii.
I did this because I had used all kind of adver
tisnl remedies, and had found them worthless,
and some quite injurious; in fact, I despaired
of ever getting well, and determined to use ho
remedies thereafter unless I knew of the ingre
dients. It was this that prompted me to use
your remedy. As you advertised that it was
composed of buchu, cubebs and Juniper bcrrteS,
it occurred to ircthuI my'physieiun as an excel
lent combination, and, with his advice, after an
examination or the article, and consulting again
with the druggist, Ilconcluded to try it. I com
menced its use about eight months ago, at which
time I was confined to my room. From the first
botfle I was astonished and gratified at the ben
eficial effect, and after using it three weeks, was
able to walk out. I felt much like writing you
a statement of my case at that time, but thought
my Improvement might only be temporary, and
therefore concluded to defer and see if it would
effect a perfect cure, knowing then it would be
of greater value to you and more satisfactory
to me.
I am now able to report that a cure Is effected
after using the remedy for five months.
I have not used any now for three months,
end feel as well in all respects as I ever did.
Your Huchu being devoid of any unpleasant
taste and odor, a nice toniuand invigoratof of
the system, I do not mean to be withotit it when
. ever occasion may require its use in such affec
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Hon. J. S. Black, Judge, Philadelphia.
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&)e potfs gqjarfmtnt;
MIDSUMMER.
Through all the long midsummer day
The meadow Sides are sweet with hay ;
I seek the coolest sheltered scat,
J ust whore the lield and forest meet
Where grow the pine trees tall and bland,
The ancient oak austere and grand,
The f rlngy roots and pebbles fret
The ripples of the rivulet.
I watch the mowers as they go
Through the grass a white sleeved row;
With even strokes their scythes they Swing,
In time their merry whetstones ring ;
Behind the nimble youngsters run
And toss the thick swaths in the sun ;
The cattle graze, while, warm aud sti!!,
Slopes the broad pasture, basks the hill,
And bright, when summer breezes break,
And green wheat crinkles like a lake.
jSweet woodland music sinks and swells.
The brooklet rings its tinkling bells ;
The swarming- insects drbne and hum,
The pnrh-Uge beats his throbbing dru'ii ;
The squirrel leaps among the boughs
And chatters in the leafy house;
The oriole Hashes by, and look!
Into the mirror of the brook.
Where the vain blue-bird trims his coat,
Two tiny feathers full aud flot.
As silently, as tenderly.
The dawn of peace descends on me ;
Oh, this is peace ! I have no need
Of friend to talk, of book to read ;
A dear Companion here abides;
Close to irty thrilling heart He hides";
The holy silence is His voice;
I lie and listen, and rejoice.
alts, gluteus, ntebottS) t.
THE BOY WHO WOW HIMSELF.
I was going up the Mississippi in 1848,
Judge Underwood of Kentucky and Hen
ry Clay being on board.
'That's a tough crew, from Natchez,"
remarked the clerk, who came upon the
deck as we were about going below
"They play hard and high."
"Let's go and look on for a while,"
said the judge
We went into the saloon, where Ve
found two parties at play. At one of the
tables sat four men, about whom were
gathered a large number of lookers on,
and as these proved to be the heavy play
ers, we joined the group of spectators.
The game was twenty-deck poker, and
money was changing hands with startling
rapidity. One of the players, a middle
aged man, whose face showed but too
plainly the ravages of an excess that was
snapping his life, and who, I afterwards
learned, was a cotton-planter, had staked
his last dollar, and "called his opponent's
hand." He held four queenc, against
which "were aid down four kings. And
he was "broken." lie started to his feet
as though he would leave the table.
"Are ye dead broke, Colonel ?' asked
lie of the four kings.
"Yes -tc the last picayune."
"Give me yer note, and I'll iend ye."
'No," replied the planter with an vjatlv,
"I can do better than that. Where's
Wackman ?"
"Here' answered a dark visaged hia'n.
"liiing the boy and girl here that I
bought at Natchez. Hold on the gams
just one minute, gentlemen, and I II make
a raise."
The man went awaj and choftly re
turned accompanied by the ''girl and
boy;" Said girl proved to be a bright
Mulatto womanj of five-andthirty, or
thereabouts ; and the "boy" was her son.
The boy was not far from ten years of
figpj with a Face lighter in color than was
his mother's ; his features really band
some.
"Look here, gentlemen;" opoko the
planter, rising, "here's as likely a pair,
for a girl and her brat, as you can scare
up. I paid eight hundred dollars for 'em.
Who'll give six "
"Why not put 'em up separate ?" asked
one.
"'Twon't do to put theni up separate.
The gal ha3 swoin that Bhe will kill her
self if the boy is Sold away from her ; and
her old master says she'll be sure to keep
her word. But don't you see the woman
is worth more'n I ask tor the pair. Now
what do ye say f Who'll take 'cm at six
hundred ?
The owner then waited a few seconds
without receiving an answer, and then
said :
"I must have the money, so here goes
for a raffle. Twenty dollars a throw, and
thirty chances for the pair. Come; gens
tlemen, let's see the color of your coin. -Them
that buys first will throw first"
Here was excitement as well as a chance
for profit. The three players at the table
took two chances each. Then the Spec
tators surged up, and twenty chances
were sold as fast as the planter could take
the money and write down the names
Then came a lull. The planter bldSelf
took two chanceSj whereupon bis thred
companions took eabh one more. Then
three men in the crowd ''doubled up."
"Two more chances, gentlemen."
Clay whispered apart to the jurlge, and
then made bis way to the table, and threw
dcwn two golden eagles.
"What name?''
"Give it to the woman.'
"Eh! the gal herself!"
"Yes. Give her a chance."
"All right. One chance for Ninette !"
Before the planter could call again,
Judgo Underwood had placed twenty dol
lars upon the table, saying, as he did so t
"This is for the boy"
"Good 1" cried the owner of the prop
PA., THURSDAY,
erty, "Here's a chance for Tommy. And
that takes the lot. Where's the clerk ?"
"Here."
"Have you got blanks fit this cort of
business
"Yes."
"Then won't ye fill up a bill of sale of
these two Ninette and Tommv and
leave a place to put in the name of tha j
winner ? ITow for the dice, gentlemen." j
lhe dice were brought on, and the
Shaking commenced. There were three
dice, and each player was entitled to threo
throws. Of the first ten throws thirly-six
Was the highest number cast. The elev
enth throw turned up forty-two. Then
the scores fell again till the twenty first
throw, when one of the gamesters threw
out forty-nine.
The crowd was now all excitement.
Forty-nine wa3 a hard point to beat.
The lowest number that could be thrown
was nine ; and the highest (nine sixes)
was fifty-four ; making what is called an
average throw, about thirty-one and one
half. Of a hundred throws, the majori
ty will fall below thirty-two.
Again the dice rattled in the boS as
the sefcond gamester took his turn ; but
lhe throw was a low one. Tho twenty
eighth throw belonged to the clerk of the
boat, who had now returned with the bill
of sale. He threw forty-nine, tying the
gamester,
"Come, Ninette ! It's your turn "
The woman started and quivered, and
pressed Iter hand over her heart. Only
the groaning and the puffing of the engine
broke the stillness of the place."
"Will the gentleman who paid for the
chance throw for me ?" she said, in a low,
musical tone, earnest and imploring, and
of purest accent.
"Let your boy throw for you," returned
Mr. Clay, who shrank from the ordeal
"His luck should be better than mine."
Tommy came forward and took the box.
His mother's hands were clasped, and her
lips moved in prayer. The boy trembled
like an aspen. What a world of weal or
Woe hung upon the fickle chance ! He
held in his hand the sealed book in which
was written ihc fate of his mother and
himself, and It was to hn opened upon the
hazard of a die 1
He shook the bo and turned tlie Tj'oi
upon the table. Three aces ! A moment
he gazed upon the three single spots, and
then, dropping the box, he sank backj
pale and frightened.
"fchake again, Tommy," said the plan
ter. "It's no use, master. I can't get for
tynine." "Hut you've got your own chance, my
boy."
"Aye," cried tlie judge. . "That was
your mother's chance. Now throw for
yourself throw for the chance I gave
you: brace up, and take heart, and may
Heaven help you P
That was not an assembly of religious
ly inclined persons by any means ; but the
Fervent petition of the judge met with a
warm and impulsive response of "Amen"
from nearly all present.
Again the boy came forward "and lifted
the box. ilia lips wer'a tightly shut, and
the cold quivering of the limbs was bushed.
The only sound in that saloon above the
deep breathing of the spectators, was the
clicking of the ivory cubes. Presently
the first throw was made.
"Five five--sir, are sixteen," announc
ed the planter, setting down the figures.
The dice were gathered up, and thrown
again.
"Six six and a five. Cxood ! I hat 3
seventeen.
The boy was pale as death as he took
the box for the last throw, and his mother
leaned against a stanchion for support.
At length, he threw ! and the book was
dpersed.
"Three sixes ! Eighteen ! and that s
fifty-one 1 Tommy, my boy, you're a
trump ! Now, Mr. Clerk, fill up the bill
of sale, and I'll sign it before these wit
nesses." The scene that followed can be better
imagined than described. Tlie last tinia
I heard from Judge Underwood, he was
alive and well, though long retired from
active life. Ninette was his housekeeper,
and Tommy is bis trusted and trustful
henchman.
CN Any One Tell! Can an one
tell how meri that cannot, absolutely pay
small bills, cad always find money to buy
liquor and treat when happening among
friends ?
Can any orie tell bow many young men
who dodge their washer woman, and who
are always behind with their landlords,
can play billiards night aud day, and are
always ready for a game of poker or Seven
up Can any otie tell how it is with some
men who owe their butchers, owe for rent,
owe for tailoring, for shoes, etc.; can have
anything that's nice, eat oysters at night j
wear fine clothes, and bate all the delica
cies of tho eeafion ?
Can any otie tell how men live and sup
port their families who" have no income
and don't work ; while others who ate
industrious and are always employed,- al
rriost etarve I
An exch'ahge says : "Summer Iina
arrived and will play a star ehgagefcdent
of three rnohthSi It opened with the
warm play, entitled 'A l?ed Hot Sun, to
be followed by the farce of 'Take a
Sweat.' "
JULY 28-, 1870.
Xltl E HEROISM.
BY E. L. S.
Once Or twice in my lite I have met
with heroines. I will tell you of one
now. I can pain, no beautiful vision,
nor dower her with charms of intellect.
When 1 first knew her she was past thiity,
small, brown, void of grace or beauty.
She had married at sixteen ; she had no
education could read and that was all.
fSho had child after child, until seven
cumbered her dwelling but gladdened her
heart. She had borne aud suffered much,
but her great heart was brave still. Her
husband gamed, drank and used her cru
elly. Frequently he drove her out on the
lonely hills, and, with her children cow
ering about herj she spent the night under
tha still, cold, unpitying stars, calling for
aid on the heaven that was far from her
misery, and prajing to her mother's God.
I wondered ihen howeshe trusted Him
with euch blindness, for I, poor waif,
knew no mother's teachings of piety-
mine lay under the lilies.
At length her husband committed a
criiiie for which he was arraigned before
a court of justice, and his two oldest
children were the principal witnesses of
his guilt. She knew that their testimony
Would be against him, but her parting ad
monition was, "Tell the truth ; nothing
but the truth. 'God sees,' and I shall
trust him ; it is hard, but it must be
truth, the whole truth."
He was Convicted, Utit escaped from
prison soma did say by her connivance.
Of that I know not. I only know that
the upas had been taken from their inidsr.
Now began her struggle. Alone and
unaided, 6he looked Want and desolation
In the face as a hero fronts an armed foe
in battle, and bared arm and heart for the
strife. She was proud, and asked no
favor but employment. Tire children
showed their mother's training, and the
boys worked in any capacity. The eldest
giil sewed with her mother. 'i"hc Jisht
dawned and at last shone steadily, and
her children went regularly to school.
Nowj for the first time she learned to
write her own name from her fourth cliild,
a boy she herself had taught to read.
They were the proudest family I ever
Knew
I hey felt their own worthiness
and looked for no slights from superiors
in station. They had been taught to as
sociate with the good and respectable, or
remain isolated. Their sphere widenedj
society extended it hand, and at last a
place was granted them. Near this lime
the fugitive husband returned, and the
two lonj parted met again. She led him
as a Blratig'er to her bedroom, and retiring
to her lonely chamber spent the night in
prayer. Like Ja""3-jb of old, she struggled;
and like him she also triumphed.
Her sons and daughters, when grown
to man and womanhood, held places of
trust and honor, and when her last hour
came, the soul passed to its rest, while a
triumphant eorig was issuing from her
lips.
I met a heroine this morning, a very
homely old creaturcj but nevertheless one
of life's bravest soldiers.
"ttop the car, madam, please stop it !"
It was a woman's cry, as she ran after the
street car of which I chanced to be the
only occupant, and the cry was so plead
ing I wrang the boll at oncej though she
was still far off. The driver stopped his
mule, looked backj and seeing a woman
freighted with a huge basket, prepared
to drive on. "Let her wait for the next
one," he said carelessly. "Pleaee wait,"
I pleaded ; "a minute may be a great
deal to her." Vih a smile he nodded
assent, aud in a few seconds panting
with the speed she had made, and her
heavy load, she was at the door. She
sat down and wiped her weather stained
face with her coar9 apron, thanking mo
in broken English for my kindness. What
a trilling kindness it was, and yet how
grateful she eeemed for it, as she brokd
into an explanation of why she was sd
hurried.
She lived fat but in the suburbs, owriod
three Cows, milked and sold the milk ;
she worked a market garden, assisted by
a son of fifteen. She had four other chil
dren, the youngest five years old, "and
she was only a year old when I lost my
man," 6be added, seeing I was an inter
ested listener. "I have bought half a
square of ground, something is still due
on it, and I went to pay a note this morn
ing." "How early do you rise every
morning ?' I asked. "At four, madam ;
its weary work; what with digging and
watering the garden, carrying the vegeta
bles, milking the cows, and the odd jobs
of a bouse, my feet are often so Bore that
I can't sleep when I lie down ; bnt tho
clothes to buy and the little mouths to
feed is a eood snur to drive rcet fl'e con
cluded with a laugh.
"Arc-none of them able to help?" I
askedj "Oh, yes, my girl helps, but she
goes to schoolj you see." "And who
makes the clofheB ?" I asked. "1 sew at
niht sometimes, and when I sit dowri to
rest, but summer is here how; and wb
won't want so many clothes."
I have given the synopsis of the story
she fare me in detail; I here was hero
i.m, and here In this worn, withered,
homely woman, vras a spirit beautiful in
lt6 strength, sublime in its patience. Not
one word of complaint ; no whining over
destiny : no feeling of disappointment be
cause her lot was less fair ; yet her lan
guage told that a fairer would have been
prized, a3 it would have been swee
Oh fair and gentle women of quiet,
happy-, love-girdled homes, unused to toil,
Wearing luxurious garments and jewels of
great value, do you ever think how far a
sweet smile or a kindly act will go toward
cheering the life of lowlier sisters! You
sit beside them, regarding them as little
as the weeds on the wayside, and perhaps
sneer thoughtlessly, if their homely gar
ments chant to touch your ovn ; never
knowing that the common clay beside you
holds a soul as pure, and leads a life far
inorc heroic in its struggle than yours can
ever be.
"Kind words fitly spoken are like ap
ples cf gold in pictures of silver."
A Three-Acre Faru.
Ten years ago, an irishman who, for
short, We will call St. Nick bought three
acres of land, for which ho paid, with a
one-story new house thereon, four hundred
and fifty dollars counting the tenement
three hundred and Seventy live, and the
laiid the balance.
Hiring a pasture, he purchased a cow;
and with serene faith began to work iu
his new-bought soil. It was worn out
a poor pasture it would not summer a
two-year-old steer, and the rent would
have been considered cxhorbitant if over
four dollars a year.
lie has since added two acres of rocky
bulb pasture, but with better soil than
his purchase, and iu addition to the crops
raised on both, he annually hires $15
worth of pasturing, and buys 25 worth
of hay.
Last year, with his first .purchase and
one acre of Ins last under cultivation, he
raised (actual measure), of potatoes, one
hundred and ten bushels 5 of corn, eighty -five
bushels of cars; of beans, three bush
els and three pecks ; of cabbages, seven
hundred heads; besides twenty-one bush
els of oats; and a little over clie tub and
a half of clover hay.
lie fattened two hog3, one cf which
sold for 1 4.V cents u pound, and weighed
three hundred and four pounds ; the other,
salted for himself; weighed three hundred
and one pounds". His dairy, now in
creased to two cows, brought him a little
over in cash for the batter sold, and
$21.43 for the two calves.
His dozen hens (average) bought nearly
all the store supplies for a family of three,
besides paying for their food. And in
addition to all this; lie raised a calf, which
a neighbor gave him, that enters upon its
second summer, worth at least $18.
All this from the labor of a man ouite
advanced in years, and pMiySically iuca
pable of doing much more than half a
man's work.
He bought the house and land hiostly
on credit ; has his debts rtoW nearly paid;
has doubled the Valde of both his purcha
ses; and when his labor in over, will leave
his wife and daughter quite a little estate
worked out of his sterile, root-bound'and
rock-bouud soil in ten years.
He commences this year with a light
heart; at least fifty loads cf manure; two
cows arid tha calf, two wintered pigs,
twenty heiiSj and the promise of raising
more on his five acres than half the poor
farmers in the country will raise on fifty.
HcuriU and Home,
The Use ok Whittling. In reading
recently a detailed slilterhent of tho capture
of Fort Pulaski by our troops on the 11th
of April, 18G2, we learned that whittling
was turned to good account. Late al
night (the engagement was io begin early
next morning) Lieut. Porter visited all our
batteries to nee that eveiy thing was I ta ly
for the openiug of the great drama
Many little items were found to bo needed,
and were promptly provided. At the ten-
inch mortar battery, fuse plugs were still
wanting, and there were noiie to be had.
1'he ordinance officer had brought up a
supply, but they werb prepared for an
other piece, and were of ho use. Here,
then, were four pieces in the most ad
vanced position, which would be useless
and fire was to be opened at daylight.
Tlie officer was in despair until a
. ii ri'l
jappy thought struck htm. 1 uere was
Yankee regiment on the island all
Yankees are whitllers and if that regi
ment co'ild be turned out at once, and set
to work at their favorite pastime, they
could whittle out a supply before dayl'ght.
Porter immediately put epdrs to his horse
and rode furiously to camp. The Sixth
Connecticut was ordered out to whittle,
and did whittle to advantage; providing
all the plugs that were used in Battery
Totten On the two suceeding days until
Pulaski pulled down the rebel 6ag, and
passed again Under the stars and stripes
A Snt.EMN Warning. i'ou may wefrm
a fence around a winter's supp'.y of sum
mer weather, skim the cloud from th
sky with a teaspoon, catch a thunderbolt
in a bladder, break a hurricane to harness.
lasso an avalanche, pin a diaper on the
crater of an active volcano, hive all the
stars in a nail-keg, hang the ocean oil a
f-ail to dry, put the sky to soak in a gourd,
unbuckle the belly-band of eternity, nnt
paste 'To Let" on the sun and moon ; but
never fot a moment delude yourso'.T
with the idea that you can escape that
place on the other side of purgatory and
get to heaven unless you pay the printer
promptly. Chariton Patriot.
pr
Wbat key will unoqk. racst meo'a
tads? Whiskey,
NUMBER 2(J v
Absence uT Mind:
Docrutt JosiAii Camtbell, who live?
formany years on the Western reserve,
iu Ohio, was a fkillful physician, Lt !
withal one of the most eccentric and at-scut-minded
persona in the world, excej.'t
Margaret, his wife, and she Was fully hii
equal. One suranler morning lhe tX't-tcr
was caught out in a treineudous shower,
which drenched Lidi io the skin. It soor
cleared oft", however, tit id Doctor Jos'
rode into his owu yard, where ho took thi
dripping saddle from his horse and let him
go adrift into the pasture. The saddle
he placed uh a stuut log of wood w hich
was elevated Hume four feet from the
ground bti two posts, where the doctor
had begun to bui.'d tr plutform to drj- hia
peaches on.
After having got his saddle fixed so ii
would dry, lie took the bridle; and, put
ting the bits over the end of the log, ho
stretched Out tlie reins, and hitching them
to the horn of the saddle, went in to
change his wet clothes and get breakfast.
Josiah, Jr.; aud Margaret, Jr., were away
from home 011 a visit, and so the two se
niors sat down to the morning meal.'.
When they wire about half through, Jim
At wood, a farmer who lived about eight
miles distant, ciiire in, telling tho doctor
lie wished he would go over to his house,
as he reckoned he might be wanted over
there, and then went off to the village in
a hurry, after some necessary "llxins."
When the doctor finished his meal, he
took his saddle bags and out ho weut into
the yard, where he deliberately rnouutcd
his saddle and eet out in imagination
for Jim At wood's.
For a long timo ha toJc oh in silence
with his eyes intently fixed oh Iiuchan'9
Practice, which lay open before him. At
length he began to feel the fierce rays of
a mid-day sun, and oh looking up from
his book he discovered a houSe close by
him, upoh w hich lie sung out lustily for
a drink of water.
Aunt Margaret, who had been for the
last two hours very busy in the garden,
soon made L'er appearance with ix pitcher
of milk, and after the thirsty 6tranger had
taken a long draught, they entered into
an animated conversation, the doctor
liuhbhir.g out into rapturous praises about
the scenery of the place, the neatness cf
the buildings, the fine orchard of peach
and apple trees ; and the lady, who had
caught a glimpse of tlie fiaddle-bagr., made
a great many inquiries about the healtii
of the neighborhood, etc.
The Doctor finally took his leave of the
lady, assuring her thU he would call ori
his return and have some further convert
sation with her, as she reminded him sd
niucb of bis wife, who, he was sure, would
be Very happy to niake her acquaintance;
The lady turned td enter the bouse, and
the doctor bad just gathered up the reihs,
when Jim Atwood dashed up to the gate
with his horse all in a lather of foam.
"What oh earth are you doing. Doc-
trox"' yelled Jim; ''get off thai h g ail&
come aloug !"
The doctor Wa3 preally astonished at
first, but after a few minutes it got
through his hair that he had been all tha
morning riding
a beech-log in his own
dodryard.
IV a mi ITeullier Iu (he lafct.
As some of our people think this sum
mer has been a very warm one, (we among
the number, j we publish thfe following
frorii the records kept at Nuremberg, in
Bavaria,' to shew how far tho past has
been ahead of the present in the matter
of extreme beat :
In li31 the earth cracked by reasori
of the heat, aud Wells and sti earns in Al
sace all dried up, aud the bed of the river
Rhine was dry. In 1152 the heat wa
Bo great that 6and exposed to the sun's
rays Was hot enough tb cook eggs. Irt
117G and 117 crops ot oata find hay
failed completely. In 1S03 and 1304 a
ftian Could have crossod dry shod, over
the rivers Seine, Loir, Khiue and Danube.
In 1391-94 a multitude of animals perish
ed by heat, which was so great that the
harvest dried up. In 1440 the heat watf
extraordinary. In 1538 '39, '40 and
1541 all the nvera were nearly dried Up.
In 1556 there wag a great drought, which.
extended over nearly the whole Of Europe
In 1615 16 there was la Italy, Trance
and the Netherlands, ah overpowering
heat. In i648 there wfcf-e fifty-eight con
secutive days of heat. 1678 was very
hot, as were the first three years of the
l8ih century. In 1718 it did not rain a
single tirtie from April Until October!
Tho growing grain was burned, the rivers
dried up. Tho thermometer showed 30
degrees Fahrenheit. In irrigated garden
the fruit trees bloomed twice. lit t'2ci
and '21 there was great h.ut. The Ei'(l
mer of 1746 was hot and dry ; tl"0 -rowing
grain was calcined. It-Eld not raiu
for months. l7iS, 175, 1760. 1707;
1773 and 178S werA yers in which tho
summers were extremely" hot. In th
famous count year 1811 the suinmef
was w',n, and this wine produced tbut
ycsT was very prcci'.-iis. iu ISIS the
thealres had to bo closed on account of
the heat, I tie highest temperature he;
35 Keaurner, or 1 13 Fahrenheit. During
the three days of the revolution of July,
183.0, the thermometer stood at 36 degrees
Centigrade, about 97 Fahrenheit. In
1832, during the uprising of. the 5th and
6th of July, the temperature wa abotr
tUe aa.e.
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