I KWHJtJ J 1 ' ' llMHIJIJI ai t-ii j K.2 JS M A Bcuotcu to politics, itcraiutc, '.gritnlturc, Science, iHovnlitn, nn& cncval' jrntcitigcncc. t VOL. 30. STROUUSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., SEPTEMBER 5, 1872. NO. iS. - JL1 JDiiL LIPOID . published by Theodore Schoch. TE''-5 TvV '"H.ir ycarin advance and if nit B4ilVwfirphc en.l of the year, two dollars and fifty Mill be charged. y, nl.iir.i.-nn!iinid until all arrearages are paid, vit ' 'he i ol 'he Editor. ' j v.:riieiueiits ol one ntare of (eight lines) or tJs '! or l " insertions 91 JM'. Ech additional .'iii ui, 50 oeni. Longer one? in proportion. JOB I' 11 1 N T I KG, OF ALL KINDS, ftccnted ill the hiahestyle of the Art, and on tin; most ie.soii.ble term. Valuable Property FOR SLE. 'Hie subscriber? offer for .sale, their residence in Stroudsburrr. V J he J it lias a Iront ot li-t ft. &-rv-'USS33'-1" -uam rirei'i, wan a aciitu 01 j.Vi feet. TIic buildings consist of a convenient dwell ing house, ."-tore house, bam and other out l,iiiMiiS. There is an abundance of choice apples, pears, plums, grains and small fruits, with oxiVilen water. .May If., "i A. 31. &. R. STOKES. DR. J. LA NTZ Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Still Iws his office on Main Street,' in tiie second :.iry -l lr. S. Walton's brick building, nenily uppo nie tin' Stroudshiiig House, and he fl.ttlei himself Hi-it hy cisM'-eii yeais constant practice and the morl en'nr-t and careiul altenlu-n to all matters pertaining to In nf-lu, I lial lie l fully able to iforiu all viN-ration in the dental line in the most careful, taste Cil aii i .kil:!'it m;:iner. Siivul attention given to savins the Natural Teeth ; !,... la l!te insertion if Artihci.il Trelii on Huliber. C.il'.l. Silvpr or t'oiitinuous Gums, and pi-rlei-t tits la all r-s niMirt d. Mi persons know the great folly anl d.tnp cr ol en tristini; liielr rk to the mejprriem cl. r Io I hose livms al a "Maiic.e. April 13, 1S7I. ly D It. (JEO. V. J.lt'KSOX PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER. In tlic old office of Dr. A. llceves .Jack.-on, residence in Wyckoff' building. STROUDSBURG, PA. August 8, 187'2-ttl ii. j. iMrruRsox,- (ll'ERATIM; AM) AlEfUAMfAL DEMIST, Having hx-alcd in Ea.t Stroudsburg, It., an uruinees that lie is now prepared to insert arti fiii.il teeth in the most ln-antifnl and life-like iii:umor. Also, reat attention fjiveti t fillincr ..ii'l iiresi i vin?: the natural teeth. - Teeth ex-trai-tt-.l without p:iin In tte of Nitrous Oxide G:f. All other work incident to the profession dine in the most killful and approved ftvle. All work attended to promptly and warranted. Charges reasonahle. Patronage of the public wilk-itetl. Oilice in A. W. Loder's new lmildin-r, ip iMte Ann'oiiiink House, East Strmidsburg, K July 11, 1ST 2 ly. DR. N7L. PECK Snigeon X)entist, Annonncos th it ha vinj just returned from Potita! Colle?, lie is fully prepared to make uriificial teeth in the most beautiful and life like manner, and to fill decayed teeth ac cording to the most i-nprcved method. Teeth extracted without p:iin, when le ired, by the ufe of Nitrous Oxide Gas, liich is entirely hirmlefis. Repairing o a'l kinds neatly done. All work warranted. Cleirjes reasonable. Office in J. (I. Keller new Rrick build in;. Main S'reet, Stroudtburjf, la. au''31-if DU. . O. JSOrjMI AX, 31. i. Would respect fully .announce to the pwMic that he has removed his office from Oakland to Canadensis, Monroe County, l'a. Trunin that many years of consecutive practice, of Med'reine and tfurpcry will Le a a5riont -iiarantH? for the pubfie confidence. Fehnia 1X70. tf. Tl'l.' IS. IVALTOA, J Attorney ut Iuiv, (hTu-.- in the building formerly x-eupicd J'i' Ii. M. Ilurson, and opposite the b'trouds-hur- Rank, Main street, troud.sburg, l'a. j.ni l;;-tf T uiiAWiWA no i si;. -1 J oi'i'OSITi: Til K J) KIM IT, Kastfrfroudsburg, la. R. J. VAX COTT, Proprietor. i The isak contains the choicst Lijiior and tut'TABLK is Htipplied with the best the market aBords. Charges moderate. may 3 liSTlMf. Blount Voinon House, 117 and 119 North Second St. ABOVK AKC'jr, PHILADELPHIA. May 30, lb72- ly. p KELLERS VILLE HOTEL. undersigned having jHirchased the fiwve well known and popular Hotel Tiojier ', would resHxtlully iulorin the traveling 1'iih.R- that he has rci'urnislied and fitted up Jlw Hotel in the berf. ttyle. A liandsonie ar- ith choice Liquor and Segars, polite "ttendatits and moderate charges. (MIARLKS MAXAL, Oct 10 1X71. tf.j lVoprietor. j)AirroAsvii.i.i: iioti;i. 'l'liiohl established Hotel, having recently tliangcd Iiawd, and been throughly overhauled ani repaired, will reopen, for the reception of 01 raests cm Tuesday, May 27th. , -llitf public will aiways'fmd this house a de tr;ilje place of rehnrt. " Kvorv dei:irtnicnt will iiunng,.,! in the lest iHwible manner. The ''e will bepuppiied with the U-st the Market ''lords, stud couuoiures will always lind tnie '"it the best wines and liquors "at the b;ir. ("od stalling beloning to the Hotel, will be '"lind at all times under the care of careful and " ''irms a!t;ir.kti. AXTIIOXY II. HOLMEK. &fiii!4 V lnecar Bitter are not a vile Fancy Drink, made of Poor Rum, V hiskey. Proof Spirits and Refuse Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sweetened to please th taste, called Tonics," "Appetizers," "Restorers," c, that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the native root and herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the Great l!!ood Purifier and a Life-eirine . . itimi ivonovaior ana invigorator of the System, carrying o(T all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing and invigorating both mind and body. They are easy of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease. m No Person can take those Blttera accord ing to directions, and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison orolher means and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. lyspeplaor InU(restton. Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Cheit, Dii iinets, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Hilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptom, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar antee of its merits than a length? advertisement. For Female Complaint, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that a marked improvement is soon percep tible. For Inflammatory and Citron I c Rheu matism and Gout. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, fhseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidnevs and DIadder, these Bitters have been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood, w h'ch is generally produced by derange ment of the Digestive Organs. They- are a Cientle Purgative a well an Tonle, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting as a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflam mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious Diseases. For Skin Dlaeases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car huncles. Ring-worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Ery sipelas Itch, Scurfs, Decolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the most incredulous of their Curative effects. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever roa find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it ob structed aud sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is foul : your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. Grateful thousmula proclaim Vinegar Eit Tkbs the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained the sinking system. Pin, Tape, and oilier Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually de stroyed and removed. Says a distinguished physiol ogist: There is scarcely an individual upon the face of the sarth whose bdy is exempt from the presence of worms It is not upon the healthy elements of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors and slimy ' deposits that breed these living monsters of disease. Ho system of Medicine, no vermifuges no anthelmin tics, will free the system front worms like these Bit ters. Mechanic nl Disease. Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters, Gold-beaters and Miners, as they advance'in life, will be subject to paralvsis of the Bowels To guard against this take a dose of" Walker's Vinsgar Bitters once or twice a week, as a Preventive. Bilions, Remittent, nnrt Intermittent I Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our ! great rivers throughout the United States especially ! those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Ten- nessee, Cumberland. Arkansas. Ked, Colorado, I!razo Rio Grande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Roan oke, James and many others with their vast tributa ries, throughout our entire country during the Summer and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of unusual heat and dryness are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and other abdominal viscera. There are always more or less obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state of the stomach, and great torpor of the bowels, being clogged up with vitiated accumulations In their treat ment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon these various organs is essentially neeessary. There is no cathartic for the purpose eoual to Dr. J. Walkbr's I VivrGAa Bittkrs as they will speedily remove the dark-colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. Scrofula, or 1 -Cinq's Evil, White Swellings, Ulcers Erysipelas Swelled Neek, Goiter, Scrofulous Inflammations Indolent Inflammations Mercurial Af fections, Old Sores Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eves, etc, etc In these, as in all other constitutional dis eases, Walkek's Vinegak BiTTcas have shown their great curative powers in the most obstinate and intract able cases. Dr. Walker's California TInegar Bitten act on all these cases in a similar manner. By purifying the Blood they remove the cause, and by resolving away the effects of the inflammation (the tubercular deposits) the affected parts receive health, and a permanent cur is effected. The properties of Dr. Walker's Vinegar. Bitters are Aperient, Diaphoretic and Carminative, Nutritious Laxative, Diuretic, Sedatives Counter-irritant. Sudorific Alterative, and Anti-Bilious The Aperient and mild Laxative properties ol Dr. Walker's Vinhgar Bitters are the best safe guard in all cases of eruptions and malignant fevers, their balsamic, healing, and soothing properties protect the humors of the fauces. Their Sedative properties allay pain in the nervous system, stomach, and bowels either from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps etc Their Counter-irritant influence extends throughout the system. Their Diuretic properties act on the Kid neys correcting and regulating the flow of urine. Their Anti-Bilious properties stimulate the liver, in the secre tion of bile, and its discharges through the biliary ducts and are superior to all remedial agents for the cure ol Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague, etc Fortify the loIy against disease by puri fying all its fluids with Vinegar Bitters. No epi demic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The liver, the stomach, the bowels the kidneys and the nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invig orsnt. . , . Directions. Take of the Bitters on going to bed at night from a half to ons and one-half wine-glassfulL Sat good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and take out-door exercise. They are composed of purely veget able ingredients and contain no spirit J.WALKER, Prop'r. IX. H. McDOSAlD&CO., Druggists and Gen. Agts San Francisco, Cat.. and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., New York. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS. June 27, 1872. 3ai.- so Making. The undersigned takes this method of informing the public, that he still con tinucs the above business in all its branches at his old Staud, ou Franklin street, Stroudsburjj, l'a', where he will be hap py io receive orders for work iu his liuc, including general Wheelwrigliting, Blacksmith ing, Painting, Trimming, &c. His stock, of the best quality of seasoned lumber is large and very complete; and as has a full force of first class workmen at all the branches, he flatters himself (hut he is fully prepared to accomodate all who lavor him with orders, and guaran tee entire satisfaction. llcpairiug promptly attended to WU. IIUXTSMAX. July IS, 1S70. Can a Ctl MIIwZI.I, AIVI VXION FAILS. ivmn imnienpe h rast enr lot Hciifiiih thi-ne charming iikfrii; HtMviMt has Ulcsed thU s;irrl spot. With trciisuii'a uil ghotiM prize. W:?h s'lM v-ii:s of lasrinc slate Aii-I rii'll--ts ImvIs of tu ml, W'n.-lt tin Ainiijriity lll create, Kor il'i doc ail control. VI h lNHinrlVFS reservoirs of oil, I' iiv pit ; wit hi i til,- enrtli, Thl rh in ' r-uit l.ui.l jiikI r.irietl soil. Fill in wiiii cSii-ur.iil mhtlu Hrn we rr'tro rrii.-tlv, i'l nntiir.t! p.irk ntnl irlenc ; Ftvh l.irc'n Iti'roe war wr? nvi: to flee, An I cotto n' rate our frlemii. - - On tlwe l.ro ul, rol Iittr hill so lush, ' Willi ftil.dl Fstll.1 Ih Iow . Th v.l.-. if w.tt or ever niijlt, in souglul, cotibUut now. ... Th l:ui?iin;r waters mult nml roar, Muri! Ill in ten thousand frer. With Tmttvl r-ouiMnv.s ciirt.iiiK'l o'er Tlicir Sj.U'ii.Iom all .slioul.l greet. (Jo-jcs anl raveni" deep ant long, Witii towering liff-ioii high, Inquire ci'lcstliil, holy Honjr True pi ais.j should thrill the Bky. Th rushing torrents, roaring floo, ll'ii' int-taiil lintel spray, Tliri:! :ui'l inspire our very blood. Make us joyous aud gay. The hills are decked with evergreen?. TU-re I- 1 ty pines ilo grow ; T!i krirgs Kprea'1 with variel scenes Of splendor far !elov. Lenping, raeandTlng streams flow elotrw Fmni toweriuc In. ,.s above. Through groitiM-s that forever frown. Like nature s Uoii of love. Kissing th.i wlmTing, vlne-cUv! shore. At every eroik ami turn; Moss, rocks, aii-1 peb!es titer flow o'er Here we can think iml leurn. Where specklel tront anl tiny flsti. Are darting to and lrn. Oh. dear, kiml reader, don't yoa wlsii That you were living so 7 Here we dwell on the rocky hillg. In thickly urtaiiieil Ixiwers... Amid the purest crystal rill, And vivid, fragrant flowers. Here brilliant feathered songsters e'njr of life beyond the spheres; With each creative, l.looniing Spring, They greet our liateuiug ears. When earth Is rolled in l.rlllinnt green, Decked o'er with lvc!y flowr: i. Celestial songsters can Ue seen, KevclHng In nuptial bowers. Millions of Insects lay and night. Are swarming through the a'.r; TIh'V buzz and sing with nil their might, Their ravished love declare. Bees work with restless energy. From morn till Uewy eve ; The most perfect community, That lives, we do lielleve. Thes8 hills are decked with countless flowers. Ami lerries or every kind ; Delicious nuts grow in these liowers. And gaiiic wc also flmL This is our Paradise of love. We live in ieace and joy ; Look for all t hinps to ;od above His praise our htarts employ. Onr apiary of earnest bec, Garden of growing fruit; Vast ponds of speckled trout that please Our strength and iainds recruit. All shonM regard onr ponltry yartl Or Spanish thickens rare; We labor hard not to retnid. The growth of n.ind so fair. Mind is the garden of th son!. And must be t-own with truth. Or a-re will s.viitlv i.nw ard roll, Cursing neglected youth. Our choice grane vine, nnlnccs and ears, Small fruits of many kinds. Increase our constant, toil and cares, Still we write for all minds. Great pcarh orchards of mtdded fruit, Cover vast acres o'er: Critte I sipp!"!. that all men suit, Delicious to the core. Grorr on the?-' rorfcy rpfi"? nn-1 hills, Vast, gentry fiotdi fir sidei. Along tlf: iiiiiii'g ! stal tills, Aud iiKiliu liver t;des. M'Vions ef chti'-tts r-ov and Moom, Young lilfk'ris till I lie grove, Sti:i a 1 men here are lilU-.i with gloom. Seeking (ishes and louvtv. Nrg'ert the sr.il. Ihicvin?' thev toll, From inorii Mi! i:h-ii f i.iitlit ; N','?'ii"i'S eiiibr.il!, thus lutavi'ii foil, Stea.li;g is tlu-ir deliglit. Someli? and st:il, ptrtig Jhcy must feel, )ii;trrtl. inrkliiiKsml light: " Pisli.i-iel . iU-bI, thus llirir lati seal. True love, peace, bliss, here 1;U' lit. In prayer we kn'cl. with holy zeal, Wo:i'ld tiulll alone rveftl, Nothing conceal, but all hearts haJ, To all uiuukliid m ival. Uere sick or well, we yet mnH dwell In this Inf-roal hell; Wlfii tnita, wriigrjnell: Its end foretell, '; 11o.t meu their koiiU thus m.'.L With Utile car they might prepare, , TheKoi! SO lull I 'I'" Wealth. Breathe the pure nlr, t"l'i blessing f.hare III cheer: ul, coiintant healili. TheTselvrs malr;Mi:i. free from ;1I pain, Perfi--t bfMly mid br:iin: This Irutii Is plain, i i ilid ordain, Man should health, truth, blLsji, gain. Oh, then awake, fr heaven's sake, Th path ef i:eath forsake; Of truth partake, (;d's lawa ne'er break. Peace wKh tliy .Maker make. It Is our aim, a!l to reclaim From vic; vile sin and shame; In God's great, uanie Ills truths proclaim, No one defame orblame. Thc Owen (Ky, iVeics has the follow inir particulars of a dreadful catastrophe : "Oa Sunday, August 11, a cloud burst on the upper waters of a branch of Lick Creek, a small stream, near the pike in Carroll county, and the waters came rush inir down in a volume four of five feet deep, taking all the rails, logs, and rub bish iu its way At the forks of Lick Creek a strong frame Uaptist meeting house was filled with people, during the fall of rain, to hear the Itev. James V. lliley preach. The meeting was dismiss ed about VI M., and part of the congre gation dispersed lor home ; the preacher came to Xew Libeity to diouer; but as the rain was not over in the direction of the north, about fifty persons remained in the church to await the passing over of the cloud, but alas ! iu a few minutes after dismission, the waters came down in a volume of several feet deep and i-tiuck the meeting house, which was in the bottom, with a depth ot water four or five feet deep, with such force as to burst ofl one eiJc ol the frame and move the meeting bouse from its foundation. A Mrs. Kooz, in her scare, jumped out of the windown with her boy, four .yean old, iu her arms; the child fell from her embrace into the surging -waters and was drowned, and frhc was barely saved from the pamc late by help. It is believed that the iet of the crowd were tmly sav ed by the - tearing up of the old house ; otherwise the force of the water would have rushed it along in the nnd current. aud, uo doubt, diowuid luuny. The Wine Question in Society. It is universally admitted among sensi ble and candid people that drunkenness is the great curse of nur pocial and national life. It is not characteristically American, for the ssmic may be said with greater emphasis of the social and nation al life of CJreat 15ritaiu ; but it is one of those things about which there is no doubt. Cholera and small pox bring smaller fatality, and almost infinitely smaller sorrow. There are fathers and mothers, sisters and wives, and innocent and wondering children, within every circle that embraces a hundred lives, who grieve to-day over some . hopeless victim of the seductive destroyer. In the city and in the country North, Kast, South and West there are men and womeu who caunot be trusted with wine in their hands men and women who are conscious, too, that they are going to destruction, aud who have ceased to fight an appetite that has the power to trans form every soul aud every home it oc cupics into a hell. Oh, the wild prayers for help that go up from a hundred thous and despairing slaves of strong drink to day ! Oh, the shame, the disappoint ment, the fear, the disnust, the awful pity, the mad protests that rise from a hundred thousand homes ! And still the smoke of the everlasting torment rises, and still we discuss the "wine question," and the "grape culture," and live on as if we had no share in the responsibility for so much sin and shame and suffering Society bids us furnish wine at our feasts, and we furnish it just as generously as if we did not know that a ccrtaiu per centage of all the men who drink it will die miserable drunkards, and inflict lives of pitiful suffering upon those who are closely associated with them. There are literally hundreds of thousands of people in polite life in America who would not dare to give a dinner, or a party without wine, notwithstanding the fact that in many instances they can select the guests who will diiuk too much ou every occasion that irives them an opportunity. There are old men and womeu who invite young men to their feasts, whom they know can not drink the wiue they propte to furnish without danger to themselves and disgrace to their companions and friends. They do this sadly, often, but under the com pulsion of social usage. Now wc un derstand the power of this influence; aud every sensitive man must feci it keenly. Wine has stood so long as an emblem and representative of xol cheer aud generous hospithty, that it seems stingy to shut it away Irom our festivities, and deny it to our guests. Theu again it is so general ly offered at the tables of our friends, and it is so difficult, apparently, for those who are acustomed to it to make a dinner with out it, that we hesitate to offer water to them. It has a niggardly almost an uufiieudly seeming; yet what shall a man do who wishes to throw what in fluence he has ou the side of temper ance. The question is not new. It has been up for an answer every year and every moment hiuce meu thought of or. talked about temperance ut all. We know of but one answer to made to it. A man cannot, without stuliifyiug aud morally debasing himself, fight in public that which he tolerates in private. We have heaid of such things as writing temper ance addtcscs with a demijohn under the tabic ; and society h:n learned by heart the old talk against drinking too much "the excess of the thing, you know" by those who have the power of drinking a little, but who would sooner part with their right eye than with that little. A man who talks temperance with a wiue glass iu his baud is simply trying to brace himself so that he cau hoU it without shame. We do not deuy that many men have self control, or that they can drink wine through life witout suffering, to themselves or others. It may seem hard that they should be beprived of a comfort or a pleasure because others are less for tunate in their temperament or their power of will. lut the question is whether a man is willing to ell his power to do good to a great multitude for a glass of wiue at dinner. That is the question in its plainest terms. If he is, then he has very littlo benevolence, or a very inadequate apprehension of the evils of iutemperancc. What wc need in our metropolitan society is a declaration of independence. There are a great many good men and women in New York who lament the drinking habits of society most sincerely. Let these all declare that they will min ister no longer at the social altars of the great destroyer. Let them declare tint the indiscriminate offer of wine at dinners and social assemblies is not only crimiaul but vulgar, as it undoubtedly is. Let them declare that for the sake of the young, the weak, the vicious for the sake of personal character, and family peace and social puiity, and na tionals trcngth they will discard wine from their feasts from this time forth and forever, and the woik will be done. Let them declare that it shall be vulgar as it undeviably is fi'-r a man to quarrel with his dinner because his host fails to furnish wine. This can be done now, and it needs to be done now, for it is be coming every day more difue'ult to do it. The habit of wiue drinking at dinner is quite prevalent already. European travel is doing much to make it universal ; and if wc go on extending it at. the present rate, we d:uM ooa aniveat the Kuioptuu indifference to the whole subject. There are many clergyman in New York who have wine upon their tables and who furnish it to their guests. We keep no mau.s conscience, but we are compelled to say that they sell influence at a shame fully cheap rate. What can they do in the great fiiht with this tremendous evil ? They can do nothing, and are counted upon to do nothing. If the men and women of good society wish to have less drinking to excess, let them stop drinking moderately. If they are not willing to break off the indulgence of a feeble appetite for the sake of doing a great good to a great many people, how can they expect a poor, broken-down wretch to deny an appetite that is stronger than the love of wife and children, and even life itself? The punishment for the failure to do duty in this business is sickening to coutemplate. The sacrifice of life and peace and wealth will go on. Every year young men will rush wildly to the devil, middle aged men will booze away into apoplexy, and old men will swell up with the sweet poison and be come idiots. What will become of the women ? We should think that they had suffered enough from this evil to hold it under everlasting ban, jet there are drunken women as well as drinking clergy men. Society, however, has a great ad vantage iu the fact that it is vulgar for a woman to drink. There are some thiugs that a wowan may not do and maintain her social standing. Let her not quarrel with the fact that society demands more of her than it docs of men. It is her safeguard in may ways. Scribncr's Monthly. t The Phantom Train. A writer in the Albuuy (N. Y.) Eve ning Times relates a conversation with a superstitious night watchman on the New York Central Uailroad. Said the watch mau : "I believe io spirits and ghosts. I know such things exist. If you will come up in April, I will conviuce you." lie then told of the phanton train that every year comes up the road with the body of Abraham Lincoln, llegularly in the month of April, about midnight, the air on the track becomes very keen and cut ting. Oo either side it is warm and still. Every watchman, when he fee's this air, steps off the track, and sits down to watch. Soon after, the pilot engine, with long black streamers, and a baud with black instruments, playing dirges, and grinning skeletons sitting all about, will pas3 up noiselessly, and the very air grows black. 11 it is moonlight, clouds always come over the moon, and the music seems to linger, as it frozen with horror. A few moments after, and the phantom train glides by. Flags and streamers hang about. The track ahead seems covered with a black carpet, and the wheels arc draped with the same. The coffin of the murdered Lincoln is seen lying on the centre of a car ; and all about it, in the air, and on the train behind, are vast numbers of blue coated men, some with coffins ou their backs, others leaning upon them. It seems then that all the vast armies of men who died during the war, are escorting the phantom train of the President. The wind, if blowing, dies away at once, and over, all the air a solemn hush, almost stifling, prevails. If a train were passing, its noise would be drowned io the silence, and the phan tom train would ride over it. Clocks and watches always stop, and when looked at, are found to be from five to eight minutes behind. Everywhere on the road, about the 20th of April, the time of watches and trains is found suddenly behind. This, said the leading watchman, was from the passage of the phantom traiu. Singular Phenomenon. The Xorristown Herald say s : We re corded the death of Mr. Chas. Lyle, gate-keeper, by lightning, on the night of the 13th inst. We also stated that no marks were visible upon his body indicat ing that death followed from other than natural causes. We have since learned, however, that in preparing the body for sepulchre, Mr. Mow day, the undertaker, could distinctly sec where the electric fluid had entered and left the body. It appeared to have commenced at the left shoulder, and taking a downward course, crossed tbe breast to the right side, de sccudiug the right leg, leaving an abrasion of the skin between two of the toes. Uut what is quite wonderful in cooucctiou with the matter is the fact that upon the right breast was the print of a leaf found on the 'floor of the piaiii at the dead man's feet. The leaf was from an Allan thus tree in the yard, and with the stem measured about five inches in length. The ribs, veins, and cellular texture of the leaf wero perfectly printed upon the skin, the whole having a red appearance. Mr. Lyle died in a sitting posture, upon a chair, and when found his head inclin ed to one side. As his clothiug was not disturbed in the least it would appear im possible for the leaf to have come iu con tact with the skin. Tti comparing the leaf found with the impression on the body the two were exactly alike iu size and development How the impression was made on the skin is a mystery. It may have been the result of tt species of photography familiar to scientists, but our readers would no doubt be gratified if eouubody would lLe to explain. The Causes of Bad Breath. Pr. Dio Lewis contributes the follow ing to Home and Health : Most persons think that a bad breath comes from the stomach ; that the stomach, being out of order, sends up an impure something which escapes in the breatb. This is impossible. A bad breath neref comes from the stomach. Nothing ever comes upward except in vomiting aed eructations of wind. ' There is an open passage through which an odor can rise to the mouth. The pas sage into the stomach from above is al ways perfectly closed, except at the tffo ment when there is no chance for an odor to escape from the stomach upward. The oesophagus, or meat pipe, closes upon the thing going down and grasps it all the way, from the upper to the lower end. For example, a whole chestnut passes down the cesophagus.- The moment rt enters the upper end of the passage, tho Mallsofthe passage grasp the nut, and squeeze it from above so tight as to force it down. The part of th-c canal immedt ately above the chestnut all the way down is so tightly closed upon the nut that the squeezing presses it on until it is forced into the stomach. Whenever there nothing in the passage it remain's shut; the sides are pressed together; nothing, whatever, can escape from tho stomach up through it. And even in vomiting', it is very difficult to force even solid mat ter upward. In most persons it requires a tremendous effort to" get anything-up. And yet, strange to say, most persons imagine the passage to be an open pipe through which bad odors may constantly pass up, and escape in the breath. There are three sources of bad Breath, the month, tbe nose, and the lungs ; of twenty cases of breath, I estimated that fifteen came from the mouth, one from the nose, and four from the Iuings. As generally, when the mouth, is at fanlt the lungs contribute something to the odor, the above definite classification is probably too precise ; but I think it a close approximation to the trct&. The Mouth. I need hardly argue that'rotten teeth and diseased gums may produce a bad breath. I have but rarely met a case in which the feet?! were whifer' and the gums healthy. In every case of' bad breath the month is to be suspected and examined. In a majority of cases, yoa smell nothing while the patient keeps his mouth shut, and breathes through his nose;:butas soon as he begins to speak, then it comes. That man must go at once to the den tist. He is the doctor for the month. He will remove every cause of offense from that cavity The Nose. The varions forms of catarrh are more or less productive of bad odors. Ozena, which is the worst form? of catarrh, produces a peculiar and sick ening odor. The cure of this nvalady is somewnat difScut, but the" odor arising from it can be mitigated by a thorough cleansing of the nose with water, or soap and water, several times a day. Hat a cure should be sought, and let it not be sought at thu hands of one of the advertising catarrh quacks. The Lungs A man cats and drinks, say five posjuds in a day. Now, nnles he is gaining weight, he must part with five pounds. If we place on tbe scales all that comes from his- bowels and blad der, we shall find il weighs, say, one pound and a half. Three pounds and a half have left the body in some other way or other. These other ways are the skin and lungs. Uy far the largest part should escape through the skin. Some timers the millions ot holes in the skin, through which this wornout, effete matter should escape, become in part closed, from lack of bathing and perspiration ; and this ef fete matter cau not escape freely in that way. Dut the poisonoa stuff must be gotten rid of in someway. Now the lungs come in to supplement the skin. To a certain extent, the lungs and skin are ever ready to substitute for each other. If the lungs, for any reason, leave a small part of their duty undue, the skin at once steps in to assist. If the skin fails to ac complish its whole task of the work of excretion, the lungs are ever ready to as sist iu woikiog tiff the impurities. Uut, whenever the langs are obliged to per form this extra service, they cannot do it as well as; the skin. They arc obliged to work off impurities which do not belong "to their department, and so they take ou a morbid condition, and the excretionsi are so changed in character as to become offensive . Three persons out of every four whoie bad breath comes from the longs, can cure themselves, or grcately mitigate the nuisance, by washing themselves all over with strong soap and water, and follow ing this by the vigorous use of rongh towel every day, for a month, and exer- cising at least once a day, till there is free perspiration, lly this time, tho impuri ties which should escape through the, skin have free escape in their natural course, and the lungs return to their own piopcr work, and ihe disagreeable odor disap pears. In a small poi f ortion of the coses in whith bad breath comes from the lungs, tho difficulty is a foul condition of the system, not dependent upon the con dition of ibe skin. In Such cases, the whole system must be cleansed Xcf ore the Lad Llta.lt lUU ItU.OVtJ. i. r i' r I
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