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': ' 1 ' i. it nr.-, treatment and radi- iiif- Li-! v ii V.'wakiicss, of Spermntor-elf-Aluis;, Invniuntary ' ni-v . Nei vmis Dtdjility, and l.irriairc tront i l I v; OotisUKlJ)- t Pit: Mentiil and I'hvfral t ; ,1C' l. ) i.'T J.IX'LV KU V EI.L, rei'ii li'Mik." 4c. id. 11 . nod author. In thlsudmira ' iy I'roves from his own ex f ' .viol consdiuone'-s of Srlf '' ' t! ' t iim My reiiiovffl without . with. nit duiiireriiu Hiirtrical op i i n ments, rinirs ir cor -' "nt a mode of euro at once cer :i. by which every sufferer, no 1' i d.tiuii may be. may cure ;!- .'t'dy iulli radically. n ill (l octti boou til tlioutunulu "' 'I. to any addicpB, in a plain ; reei-ipt of six cents, of ' I'.idii-trTs, e '1 lied i.. i.ur iter ' " .1 i ' Kttvpi rn x'" rk; l'oet-Olnre Ihii4H(l. S. K., ! S 1 ' A r,' It'S NOTIC E. I I A M ' A 1 I.-I .I....M 1 i-t i it iim nn the ostato of ;" d Wahintrton tnwnshin. i.. i., r. ,:u '"',n (fronted to tho nil- - LV.'"',1'1 " w 1 1 1 u i i t villi;, to whom k.. ., d.v "MIL ,1;... ' "a ni estate lire r iueat !' Vinont, itmi t lioso hav- will muko known the bd1 "r 'l-.v.a-'id ,!,.( ,. t. !i,. I'Vl'IIAItltAl GH, AdmV '' I-.:!. ,t. AY M, '.t lno to tho prein- ;:" r in loarlield townshiti. 1 U i i its', a, mod in m sized owner is r':)ucnted to "'' pay cliarues, and "o Y, ill . diHiHiKfd of 1 ' ! .-o , li. lillNKdAN. l:4.-:ii. I 'i-fei.y e,iV(; noUt-(!tli:it ' V;,-!'i Iron, l,;ivi, i r,,ul: all i- now sowed on the Ad '''"''(. s tiora-.Tfeinent , ' M'M.Ui, t, ep From the Udlofonto Watchman 1 mjxxissjrY, tub witness. "Twas IV-nnis Shay, the witness, Who stootl upon tho stand: And a greener looking mortal NVer left old Ireland. And the judge and jury snickered At everything Lu'd say, Whilst the lawyers, wise and witty, Kept pumping Dennis Shay. They styled him priuee of hlockheads! This witness on the stand, A declared such stupid assoa A disgrace to any land. A chap chock full of IJIackstone, And impudence as wall, Said, "Ask the fool who made hitn, And 1 douht if he could tell." "Whin ye ax such simple questions lt'a mesilf can answer those! Who made me? Why," said Dennis, " 'Twas Moses. 1 suppose." "Ye God.! 'twas Moses made him, Did ye hear the critter say?" And the court then took a recess, To laugh at lX.-uuis Shay. Then spoke Dennis, "Misther Lawyer, l'erhaps it might not do If I hhoiild ax the question. Who's been afther makin' you?" "Oh, yes," said he to Dennis, Whil.t he blew his legal nose, Then winked at the court and answered, "'Twas Aaron, I suppose!" "De my sowl!" then spoke up Dennis, With a bit of roguish laugh, "It's uiysilf has heard that Aaron At one time made a calf. "But it's mighty strange indade, sir, To the likes of Dennis Shay, That Misther Aaron's orl'sphring Should be plading law to-day!" Bellefoste, Doc. IS, 1873. J. C. If. THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T EAT CRUSTS. The awfulest times that over could be Th.-y had with a bad little girl of D.mdee, Who never would finish her crust. In vain they besought her, And patiently taught her, And told her she must. Her grandma would coax, And so would the folks, And tell her the sinning Ol" such a beginning. Hut no, she wouldn't, ohe couldn't, she shonld'nt, She'd have them to know So they might as well go. N"ow what do you think soon came to pass? This little girl of Dundee, alas ! Who wouldn't take crust in the regular way, Rat down to a feast one sutnmvr's day ; And v. hat did the people that little, girl give, Hut adish of &'( pudding assure as I live! .s'f. y iftolas Hngaziite. TOM JSALCJI'S ADVISX'IUIZE. A STORY FOR THE BOYS. The ppiro of the church at Benton had been loosened during a great gale and it was found necessary to strengthen it. For this purpose lofty staging was built around it, which reached from tho ground to tho topmost point. ' This was scarcely finished when one of the main supports sank down somewhat ard the whole staging was pronounced un safe None of the workmen would trust themselves uon it, and so it became ne cessary to take it all down and rebuild it in a more substantial manner. This, of course involved time ; and as the conti actor had other engagements, ho loft this for a time and took his workmen else whore, intending to return in about a fort night to repair the Bpire. During his ab senco the defective stage waa to be left standing. Two or three days after his departure a crowd of boys stood looking at the spire staging with its intricate network of beams and boards and discussing the situation. "I don't see why they left it," said one of them. "It seems strong enough." "It seems that it ain't strong ouough, at any rate," said another. 'There's a great lot of planks and posts thero too," said a third. "What a row thero'd bo if it should all tumblo down," said a fourth. "Tumble down?" cried tho first with a laugh. "A likely story ! Why, man alive, that staging's all right. I heard a a man say so." "Then if it is why did the contractor leave it?" "O, that was only an excuse. He had to attend to that bridge at once, bo ho put up this staging and then pretended it wasn't strong enough, lie wanted to make the peoplo hero wait. That's what 1 beard a man say." "Anyhow I wouldn't like to trust myself on it." "Pooh !" said tho first speaker. "O, it's all very well to say pooh, Tom Bak-b, but I can tell you there ain't many men that would go up there." "Up thero ? Why, I'd just as soon go up as not." "You?" "Yes, me." A scornful laugh was the only rejoinder. "I'd just as soon go up as not," repeat ed Tom Balch. "I'd like to eeo you try it," Baid the other. "You look like it." "Well, you may see me try it, for I'm going up there," said Tom, walking to ward the staging. Tho boys stood watching in silence, thinking that it was only bravado, and waiting with a half smile for the time when ho would turn back ; but, to their surprise, ho began climbing, and in a few minutes he had ascended to a height of nearly forty feet. Tout Balch was known throughout tho village as a bold, rash boy, capable of al iiiosl any act of daring, lie was not a boy of evil propensities ; he was Loucst aud 1 HE IS A FUEEKAS EBEXSliUEG, warm Hearted ; but his love of admiration i was so strong and his rash daring so great attached to the head of tho block, that ho had frequently periled his life for j On questioning Tom the reply came that CO other reason than to make himself noto- j he was still free from cither weakness or l ious. It was this feeling that animated giddiness ; and reassured by this, the cap Liin to his present enterpiise, and it need- j tain began to carry out his plan of rescue, ed only the challengo of his playmates to J every incident of which was watched with send him up tho perilous, height of the : intens ir.trat. t church spire. The village had but one street and the church was at one end of it. Tho villagers i were all at work in their shops or on their farms or were in their houses, and none ! wero near except Tom's friends, who soon , began to perceive that Tom was in earnest, I aud that the matter was far more serious than they had first anticipated. I The roof of tho church was about fifty ' feet high, and the spire rose fifty feet i abov this, so that its whole height from ! the ground was about one hundred feet. ' Tho staging was divided into successive J stories, each of which (about ten feet in , height) was formed by loose planks laid ' across the njftcrs, that passed from the j main beamstothehou.se. Ladders passed from one story to another, so that tliJ '. whole could be cattily climbed. j Up this staging went rash Tom Balch. ! lie ascended half way without perceiving any weakness in the structure ;.and the impunity with which he had ventured so 1 far made him determined to yo ou to the '' very top. I lie looked back for a moment, waved his hat triumphantly at his friends below, ' and then continued his foolish undertak ing. The boys below looked up, but gave no rcspon: o. . Tom now went on with wreckless rapid- J ity, sui mouatiug ladder after ladder, aud harrying across ;ho successive Ucorings at a rate which made the vibration of the staging very perceptible. He thought this too trilling to call for special attention. It was nothing, he satd to himself, more than would ba produced ou any staging by the tramp of a man walking upon its tlooiiugs ; bnt as he as cended higher the vibration increased, and this wa accompanied by slight swaying of the whole structure, that inspired alarm at last in the breast of tho climber. thoughtless A vague fear came to him. Something was the matter But by this time he was at the .top of tho staging, and close by the peak of tho spiro, with its gilt ball and iron vauo. But no sooner had he reached the ball than the vibrations ceased, aud suddenly the boards ou which he stood seemed to sink beneath him. His first thought was that a plauk had given way. Mechanical ly he Hung himself forward, aud grasped the iron rod of the wcathurcock with both hands. The next instant there was a noiso like thunder below him, aud down went the w hole mass of woodwork to the ground I As it fell, the boys screamed and fled in every direction ; and turning again and looking up in awful dread, they saw Tom clinging to the iron vane. His hands clutched this firmly, and he had seated himself upon the ball, clasping it with his legs. For some time not a word was said. Nothing indeed could bo said. Tho boys stood paralyzed, looking and expecting to seo Tom fall. But he held on firmly, and at last his voice came down to them from his lofty perch and roused them to early action. "Boys," he called, "are you there?" His back was turned to them where ho sat, so that he could not seo them. "Yes," they shouted in answer. ''Go and get help, quick !" was his cry. At this the boys all started on a full run for the village, and spread tho news in all directions. Soon a crowd had gathered, full of excitement and terror. As they looked up and saw the boy on his giddy perch, a feeling of horror took possession of them. But after the first shock was over, they called to him, and found that ho was not exhausted and that he was not dizzy. These two facts inspired hopo b among the spectators, and at once every one began to make proiosal3 as to the best way of rescuing him. Some of the wildest talked of re-erccting the staging, but that was soon decided to be impossible. Others suggested a chain of ladders ; but a little discussion brought out the fact that there wero no ladders in the village long enough or strong enough for the pur pose. One man proposed shooting an arrow, with a string attached, which thould fa.l over the weathercock ; but this plan was dismissed, as no one in town was expert archer enough to scud an arrow exactly over tho spire. This brought out a shrewd old man, who bad thus far been silently considering tho situation. "Have any of you boys a kite ?" he asked. "Yes," 6aid ono. 'Then hurry and bring it here as soon as you can. I'll go home and bring some things. Quick, now !" Away went the boy for his kite, while the old man, who was a retired sea-captain, hurried to his house in a wagon which had just came up. Iu less than a quarter of an hour the boy was back with his kite, and tho captaiu made his apioarauce with i.i i..i- somo roiies ana uiu-.. Iu the block was a luu1 rope with a can- WnOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AKD ALL PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1874. vass hand at the end. Another rope was A fresh breeze was blowing, and the captain, going away at some distance from the church, let fly the kite. Soon it rose in tho air. It was not dlllicult to guide the kite so that it rose over the spire and brought its string within Tom's reach. The captain now fastened the string to the rope, and cailed on Tom to pull it up. Tom's position enabled him to hook his elbows round the iron rod, and thus Lave the use of both hands. It cost him some trouble, but the rope wa3 at length pulled up, aud by it he pulled up tho block. In accordance with the Captain's order lie now bound the block to the iron rod so strongly that it could support his weight. After this he passed the sling over his shoulders and under him, so that he was sitting on it. The sling was attached to a rope reefed through the block, and extend ing dowu to the hands of a half-dozen men below. The hardest task of all remained ; and this was to let himself down so that ho might hang below the block. If he had been in the slightest degree d izzy this could not havo been done ; but his head was steady yet, and there wero ropes to cling to now, as he lowered himself. At last he hung below tho block, with the sling under him, and his hands gripping the line. In this way he was lowered to tho roof. There men waited for him, aul lie went through into the attic, and so down to the ground ? As he joined his friends, a wild cheer arose ; scores of hands grasped his in cor dial greeting. This was because of tho re lief and joy felt at his escape from death ; but he really deserved to bo reprimanded and punished for his foolhardy adventure. YOUH WIFE'S MOTHER. There are people, I know, vho are con stantly hurliug jokes at their mother-in- law and everybody else's mother-in-law, just as if the old lady had no business in the world after marrying off her daugh ters. I'd like to seo tho chap who dared I fiiug jokes at my wife's mother. It always rests me to have the good old dear arrive with her four band-boxes, two hot-bricks, live bundles of herbs, a chest, aud a pillow slip full of dried apples and burdock root. I feel just liko falling on her shoulder ; but I don't do it because my disposition is quiet and undemonstiative. She no soon er gets into the house than she says Maria looks like a ghost, or just like a woman up at Tarrytowu whose husband mauls her with a sled stake and is drunk half his time. She pays this looking full at mo, but of comse I know she doesn't mean anything. "Heavens 1 but this is that samo old car pet on the lloor !" exclaims my mother-in-law, as she removes her bonnet. Aud then ' she looks at me and telis me how Tom Scott saved his cigar and tobacco money and bought Nellie a royal Wilton. I re member that when I was sparking my wife there was no carpet at all on the iloor, and so I laugh heartily at "tho old lady's joke. Tiro baby, who has been playing all j day, is declared tick, and a quart bowl of catnip is- prepared. My wife is sent to ' sleep off her sick head-ache, though she hadu't made any complaints, and I'm told that I had better go to tho hotel for sup per. "Aud no one will get into this house after eight o'clock to-night !" adds the good old creature. The parlor stove has to be moved to coincide with her views. I cheerfully move it. The pictures havo to bo raised or lowered ; the sofa wheeled over ; the what-not placed in the other corner, and all the time I am working she bloss her old heart ! is telling me how Barker, w ho wanted to marry Maria, but didn't get a chance, is now worth his thou- sands and thousands, and has a parlor which a king would hardly dare enter. The servant girl is declared a sloven, and I cheerfully discharge her, though she has been with us a year. The kitchen stove has to be moved to the left, tho heads of all the beds turned to the north so as to get the benefit of the electric current, aud the watch dog shot because his bark wakes her at midnight. "Anything further, clear mother?" I ask, as I look into her smiling face. And she replies that Maria ought to bo bent South for her health ; the baby boarded out by tho week ; tho front door steps rc-paiuted ; tho lambrequins ex changed ; the interior of the house grained; the kitchen stove exchanged for a range ; and a few more trifiiug matters performed. Some men get out of patience the moment their mother-in-law enters the house, but I meet mine with a smile. The other day, at a concert, a gontle mau having put his hat upon a chair to keep his place, returned to claim it after a short absence. The hat ho found, sure enough, where it had beeu left, ouly there was a stout lady sitting ou it. "Madam," said he, "you are sitting ou my hat." The lady blushed a little, turned round, and said in the blandest manner : - "Oh, I beg pardon ! I'm sure ; I thought it was my husband's." AKE SLAVES BESIDE. "I'J OA THE J VE A'." Up in Blossburg, the other day, a lightning-rod man drove up in front of a hand some edifice standing in the midst of trees and shrubs, and spoke to Mr. Summers, who was sitting on the steps in front. He accosted Summers as the owner of the res ideuco and said : "I seo you havo no lightning-rods on this house." "No," said Summers. "Are you going to put any or?" "Well, hadu't thought of it," replied Sum mors. "You ought to. A tall building like this is very much exposed. I'd like to run you up one ot my rods ; twisted steel glass fendorx, nicklo plated tips everything complete. May I put ono up to show you ? I'll do the job cheap." "Certainly you may if you want to. I haven't the slightest objection," said Sum mers. During the next half hour the man had his ladders up and his assistants at work, and at the end of that time the job was done. Ho called Summeis out into tho yard to admire it. lie said to Summeis : "Now that is all well enough, but if it vra; my house I'd have another rod up on the other side. There's nothing like being protected th 'jroubly." "That's true," baid Summers, "it would be better." "I'll put up another, shall I ?" asked the man. "Why, of course, if you think it's best," said Summers. Accordingly the man went to work again and soon had the rod in its place. "That's a first-rate job," he said to Sum mers, as they both stood eyeing it. "I liLe such a man jus you are. Big hearted, lib eral, not afraid to put a dollar down for a good thing. There's somo pleasure in dealiu' with you. 1 like you so much that I'd put a couplo more rods on that house, out on tho north end, and oue on the south, for almost nothin'." "It would make things safer, I suppose," baid Summers. "Certainly it would. I'd better do it, hadn't I hey ?" "Just as you think proper," baid Sum mers. So the man ran up two more rods, and then he came down again and said to Sunv mers : "Thoro, that job is done. Now let's set tle up." "Do what?" "Why, the job's finished, aud I'll take my money." "You don't expect me to pay you, I hope ?" "Of course I do. Didn't you tell me to put these rods on your houso ?" "My house!" shouted Summers. "Thun der and lightning ! I never ordered you to put those rods up. It would have been ridiculous. Why, man, this is the court house, and I'm here waiting for the court to assemble. I'm on the jury. You seemed to be anxious to rush out your rods, and as it was none of my business, I let you go on. Pay for it ! Come, now, that's pretty good." Tho Blossburg people say that the man ner in which that lightning-rod man tore around town aud swore was fearful. But when he got his rods off the court-house he left permanently. He don't fancy the place. A Horse with a Long Memory. Many years ago, Mr. Abram Dodge, of the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts, owned a beau tiful horse which was the pet of the fami ly. He was admired by all who knew his playfulness and good qualifications. In the summer it was Mr. Dodge's habit oc casionally to have a frolic with his horso iu his barnyard, then let him out alone, and he would go to the river, which was about one-third of a mile distant, where he would bathe, then go to a common and roll ou the grass, then with tho freedom of air start for his home. His stable was renovated for him while he was gone, and his breakf.ust put in his crib. If he met his master he would show somo coltish pranks, bound for the stable, pull out tho wooden piiu that fastened the door, with his teeth, and rush to the manger where he expected to Sud his food. Ono night the horso was stolen from the stable. Af ter the expiration of sixteen years, Mr. Dodge was at tho tavern when a man drove a horse up to the door. Mr. Dodgo at once recognized his horse, and he told tho driver his reason for believing it to bo his; the man told of whom he bought tho horse, and that he had owned him for several years. Mr. Dodge claimed his horse, and it was filially agreed that if the horso woa'd, on being taken to his old stable, go through the habit of bathing, rolling over on the green grass, aud pulling the pin from the stable door as ab jve desciibed, that Mr. Dodge should have him. When the horse was let out into his old yard, he reviewed the premises for a moment, then started for his old bath tub, then , for his green towel on the coniraou, then to his old sta bleypulled the wooden pin.audwon for him self a good meal and for his old master his favorite horse. These facts are vouchsafed for by reliable old residents of the beauti ful, picturesque o'.tj town, and show con clusively the long mcmoiy of our noblest animal. THE SIAMESE TWIXS. A PKKTCII OF TIIF.IR I.I V IV? TITT. WIVKS AND FAMILIES OK THE TWINS THUll DOMKST1C IN FELICITY AND MIX- j TAL CHARACTERISTICS. ' The death of Chang and F.ng, the Siam ese Twins, at Mount Airy. North Carolina, and the circumstances attending their last hours, have already been furnished r.ur readers. It was unfortunate that no phy sician having-suflicien i confidence in him self was present when they died, to attempt tho separntiou of the connecting link of flesh that bound the twins. Couid this ef fort have beer made the correctness of the theory that some medical nuthoiUie.s have held that it would have been possible to preserve the life of tho surviving twin a the death of the other might have been vindicated. Chang and Eng were about nixty two years of age, they having been born iu the year 15:11, in a little village on the coast of Siam. Their parents caught and sold fish for a livelihood. The mother of , the twites bore seventeen children in all. At fine time she gave biril. to three, and never less than two. But none of these were do formed. The physical jiecHliarity of the twins was a broad connecting hand of tk-sh uniting them by the xiphoid region of the breast. This band was about lour inches thick and two in breadth. It was llexiblo ar.d possessed the faculty of extension to a certain dogieo, so that the twins could face each other or turn back to back. While each twin was master of his own physical feelings aud sensations without regard to the other, they shared in any pain which might have been product d by pinching or otherwise injuring the centre of this fleshy band. It was said of them their respiia tion and circulation were the samo as were their waking and sleeping hours, and, to a great degree, their joys and sorrow, anger and mental pain, ideas and desires. Curi osities so great as they wero were inevita bly do; tincd to find their way from the oL Pcurity of their Siamese home to the larger and moie profitable field of tho United I States and Euroic. They therefore came to mis country in ibzv, when tney were eighteen years old. and wore exhibited everywhere throughout the United States, exciting the wonder of the public and tho curiosity of scientists and physicians. IN EAHSUM'S M'.SEfll. Barnum got tho twins in IS.jO, and for several years they were shown in his old museum. At that time they spoke English very imperfectly. They were below tho medium size. Chang was larger thau Eng and looked several years younger, lie was, too, the mental superior of hf brother, al though both were ignorant, and had inlil.i geuco that scarcely rose above low cunning. Their faces were peculiarly repelling, yel low in hue, and closely resembling those of the Chinese cigar sellers of CLatltm street. Chang was the most robust and good na t u red. Eng was often sick, and always morose and peevish. They had a sleeping room in the museum, as did the other curi osities, and one night a rumpus was heard in it. Ou breaking open the door, tho twins wero found fighting. Eng was on the floor, underneath Chang, who was choking him. As a rule, however, Chang was more forbearing thau the irritable dis position of his brother warranted. They played checkers. together sometimes, and took lessons in English with blow results. Their pay was -100 a week, which thy equitably divided and put into savings ba-.iks. They never visited their home, When Eng was sick Chang nursed him ; but perhaps did so from selfish motives, as the serious illness of one made it necessary for the othor al.so to go to bed. Chaug had something of an appreciative veiu of fun, and liked to give senseless answers, in his broken English, to the numberless ques tions of visitors. They remained with Barnum until they had then saved about $40,000. Growing tired of show life, they decided to settle down iu a warmer part of the United States. THEIR MARRIAGE AND WIVES. In their travels they had been in North Carolina, and its climate had pleased them. So they bought two plantations, id se cured wives to complete their domestic es tablishments. Here they took the surname of Bunker. They were then bachelors of forty-four. They married English sisters, aged twenty-six and twenty-eight. The girls had been servants, and it is said that a Lancashire dialect still clings to them. The making of the double match involved much troublo, for though the twins were not unduly exacting, it was hard to find two who wero both willing rd at aii desir able. There was no love-making before the engagement, the courting being done by proxy and correspondence, and the ladies had seen their future husbands only at a show in Loudon when they accepted the offer of marriage. Tho twins based their choice upon likenesses forware'ed by their agent, who gave assurances of the respect ability of the girls. All having been ar ranged they were brought to America, tho twins paying their expenses, and the mar riage was solemnized oaietiy in Salisbury. The wives were not lcaiitiiul, but weie strong, healthy English working gills. The domestic lives of the couples were peculiar. Each family had its own house, servants, and domestic establishment. Te planta tions were owned ami managed sepai ateljr, although in matters of consequence Chang was usually the master. Tho wives lived entirely at their respective homes, and the husbands alternated staying one week at Chang's, and the next at Eng's. Each looked after his plantation and other busi ness during tho weeks of living at his own place, and tho visiting brother was not supiH)sed to interfere. The wives did not agree very well, and the strangely tied families quarrelled so seriously that the sis-' ters frequently had periods of complete es trangement, lasting for weeks at a time. MARRIED LIFE. So, although Chang and Eng were rich, they did not live happily. Mrs. Chang hr.d tho first child, and it was a deaf mute. Th families increased rapidly, until Chang h td six children and Eng five. Of these chil dren four never spoke or heard, although in other respects all were strong and not deformed. Eight are living, the oldest, a daughter of soventeen, having lately been married to the lessee of a neighboring plan tation. About eight years ago Chang be came converted in a religious revival, and Eng also embracing thc'belief, they joined the Bartist Church. They were regular ! in their attendance thercat"Vi , ard retained their standing as gt.id Christians. Their i tempers, however, acre not improved by Tcsms, per yccr, In advance. NUMBER 2. the spiritual change, and before thecinanci pit ion their slaves were the most whipped of any in the rrgi.m. The rc-bullion f u d their slaves and otherwise inij aired thr-ir wealth. To repair tlu ir losses t bey Again exhibited themselves throughout the coun try, but they ver only model atcly success ful, owing partially to a rapacity which prevented manager from having anything to do with them. A greater curiosity had sprung up, too, iu the two-headed girl two negro chiklicn from South Carolina who are joined at the hips. Chang and Eng had grown uglier as they hud grown older, the latter espvci.tlly being wrinkled, thin and bent. Their tempers were pouivd, and they jii:rreHed with each otner con stantly. They had gained greatly in intel ligence, however, and were sensitive to tho gazo ed" the crowd. They also retained strong secession proclivities. During their absence their v 'ves managed the j imita tions. Those ot" the children who were not deaf mutes were sent to school, und are now well educated. Before their last exhibition here the tvv ins Lad hvcu again iu Eii rope. j UNION IN DEATH. j The cause of their morosetiess as th;y grew older i believed t have lieen tho probability of the fatal effect of one's death uiton the other. The idea of separating them by a surgical operation has been of- . teu broached, hut physicians had generally agreed it would kill them. Therefore each wa.i hailTtttd with a dread of being bound to'his dead brother, with almost a certain ty of ilyiug under any attempt to sever h im from the corpse. While, in Paris and I,ou don, the" con;, wiled the most eminent sur geons. One experiment, however, dasln d all hope of separate existence. The liga tne was compressed until nil circulation of blood between them was stopped. Eng soon fainted, ami a removal of tho com press was necessary to prevent death. This proved that neither could sustain a separate ci: dilation of the blood, and to havo cut the ligatme (would have kilUd both. With this knowledge they returned to their homes and lived as they had done before. Later the health of Eng grew worse, and Chang was frequently obliged, although well himself, to keep to his bed with his sick brother. But about a year ago Chang Fullered a paralytic stroke, from which time his health was the woise- ! . C 1 . IT.. . .1. ... oi me iTvit. no i.inh to uiiiiK a a ii-iu-i from suffering, and tho lives of the twins grew wietched indeed. ANOTHER REMARKABLE CASE. To the Kdiiors of the IKlU'j.urJi. GaMc: The death of the Siamese twins hau call- ; cd forth, as might have been expected, several physiological comments of more or less iutertst. Yon will allow me to contri bute to the geneial stock of human phe nomena the following well authenticated fact : In the year of our Lord, ltiS, in the village of Poyntsj ass. county of Ar magh, Ireland, Mrs, O'Mcil'.y, aged forty two years and seven months, was s::fely delivered of three sons, all connected by a . bai.d or ligature, in every particular re sembling tha, which vitally bound theSia- j mese twi."s. i Sir As.tley Cooper and Dr. Abernrfhy hastened over from London, and after a professional investigation of the extraor dinary case, declared their reluctance t attempt asurgical separation. Thcc three Armagh brothers (not Roman or Alban) lived until they reached the ago of ten yeais. Dean Carter, of Tandarageo, read the service of the English Church at their ' grave. I need hardly add that they died j simultaneously. Dr. Priestly and others . will, I pre-ume, remember or recollect this matter. J. M. P. S. I cannot forbear remarking that the writer was born on the same day and 1 in close proximity w ith the O'Keillcys. j Pittsburgh, January 22, 1S74. A.-jmosia as a Therapeutic Agent. A writer in the Jirit:-h Medic. tl Journal states!that in case of whooping-cough in tho last stage that is after the third week he has had an ounce of the strongest liquid ammonia put into a gallon of boiling water iu au open pan, and the steam kept up by means of biick made red hot throughout anil put into the boiling water containing the ammonia,the pan being placed in tho center of a room into which tho patients were brought as the ammoniated steam was passing off. This method, he says, was used in the evening, just before bed time ; and it proved so tftieacionx in abat ing the spasmodic attack, and after threo or f.nir days terminating the malady, as to establish, beyond any doubt, tho great value of this mode of inhaling ammonia, as a therapeutic agent i:i tranquilizing tho nervous system in whooping-cough. ' In Pccbleshirp, Scotland, there was a half-witted man who had a notion that ho was rather religious, and who was in tho : habit of saying his prayers in the field be- : hind a ttiif-dyhe. One day he was fol lowed to his retirement by some evil dis posed persons, who, secreting themselves on the opiiosite side, prepared to listen to what he should say. Jack commenced bin devotions, and, among other things, ex pressed his opinion that he was a very great sinner, aud that even were tho turf-dvko to fall upon him at that moment it would be no more than he deserved. No sooner had he said this than the persons on tho -other side pushed the dyke over upon him. Scrambling out from the debris he was heard to say, "Heeb, sirs, it's an awful world this ; a Ixxldy canna say a thing iu a joke, but it's taku in earnest." ! A Ueartlt ami IFovxe correspondent says linen that is laced immediately after be ing ironed near the stove or in the hot sun is stiffer when dry than if it is permittM to dry slowly. It is a g.xnl plan to lay col lars and small articles on a waiter, and 6et them on a kettle or other support on tho stove till they are quite dry. Sometimes the iron will stick iu a manner peifectly uuaccountable ; if it is rubbed on a board n which fine salt has been sprinkled, anrt then passed over a brown paper with wax in its folds, the sticking propensities will be checked. A bowl of clear water and a e'ean old linen is useful to re-nove any specks the linen may acquire before or while being ironed. A wealthy pnrren't lately gave tho church which ho attends two tables, of stone, with tho ten commandants engrav ed upon them ; whereupon, a member of ibn church remarked that his reaso.i' for giv ing nw.iy tho e ininvi!!(l:iic:!!s was that ho, Couldn't keep litem. A: i ?
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