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3cuotci ta politics, itcratuvc gvknlturc, Science, illovnlitij, nni General intelligence.
VOL. 32.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., AFRIL 1, 1875.
NO. 44.
I
published by Theodore Schocli.
rr,STwo dollars a year in advanee and if rtot
v h'fr tli" end of the rear, two dollars :inl fiftv
'',nwill boetiar.'ed.
gf ' pajwr dNcontinued until all arrearages are
m-i csept '' ,JlP fpt' f the Editor.
' f V lvurtis. ni' iit.s 1 one septan; of (t-iyht lines) or
imm'oti'" ' i" three insertions 1 5!). Kneh additional in-itrli'"1-
5'' i'out'- iA,nr ones in proportion.
' JO 55 IMUSTYxG
OF ALL KINDS,
rieoU-Hn th "'-.dwt style "f the Art, ami on the
iivst reasonable terms.
Mciccjiiaxts' house,
113 & 115
forth Third Sttrcct, PHILADELPHIA.
v?" Reduced rate?, $1 73 per day.-tBa
HENRY SPAIIN, Prop'r.
J, R. Snyder, Clerk.
'Nov. 120, 1874. Gin.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
parms. Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office mcarly opposite American Houes
and 2J door below the Corner .tcre.
March 20, lS7:'.-tf.
DR. J.LANTZ,
SURGEON & MECHANICAL DENTIST.
Mill lias his olSee on Main street, in the second ttory
.-,f pr. S. Walton's brick building, nearly oppoit thu
S;rou .Is'mrj; House, and he Haters him-tdf that ly eij;li
I n r.irs I'oustant prs'-liee and the most earnest and
ci'ffiil attention to all matters pertaining to his iro
fin!i. thnt he is fully able to perform all operation
in tii- dental line in tlie in.Mt careful and skillful man-
DlT.
sp'vial rmution ivefi to savin; the Natural Teeth;
al'j. t the insertion of Artificial Teeth u Rubber.
6 .ili, Silver, or Continuous Gums, and perfect fits in all
tiS' i insured.
M st persons know the srreat folly and dansrer of cn
Vtilia their work to the inexperieneed. or to thos lir
a distanee. April K5, 1S74. tf.
D
11. Ti. I. PECK,
Annonne'it iht having just returned from Iental
"o:l V!, he is fully prepird to make artificial teeth in
the niot beautiful mid life-like manner, and toftllde
brJ treth aeordie.! to th? most improved method.
tec i Ii etrat.-teti wit hout pain, when desire!, by the
. nf Nitrous (ix id" lias, which is entirely harinl'-s.
R.-pairtni'of all kinds neatly done. All work warauted.
!.ir-.:cs reao'iaMe.
ii.S.c .1. i. Kelljr's new brick building. Main street,
trau.Uburg, l'a. An;. SI 'Tl-lf.
D
PIIYSICIAX.
Office nearly opposite Williams' Drug Store.
U-vd-'ne. formerly occupied by 11 I. Wolf, comer
indi a id Wxinttt streets, htroudsiturg, 1'a.
Marcu 2- ls75. tf.
I)
11. IIOUAUO IMTTERSO.V,
Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur,
Oilke and Residence, Main street, Stroul.
hrz, I'a., in the Luildin formerly occtipied
It Dr. Seip. I'ronipt attention given to calls.
( 7 to0a.iu.
05ce hours
J 1 " 3 p. ni.
( G " 8 p. in.
April 10 lS74-ly.
It. GEO. W. JACIvSOX
nmm, surgeon and aitoitiieur.
In the old office of Dr. A. Ileeves Jackn,
residence, corner of rarah ai;d Franklin street.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
AuL".i,t 55,'72-tf
The P'tbsciiher would inform the public that
he has leased the house formally kept by Jacob
Knecbr, in the IJorotijjh of Stroudsbtirfr, l'a.,
and having repainted and refurnished the fame,
h prepared to entertain all who may patronize
Mm. It Is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
ih superior accommodations at moderate rates
and will spare no pain to promote the com
fort of the guests. A liberal share of public
i'atrotnc solicited.
April 17, '72-tf. D. h. PISLK.
rilSO.X I'EIKSOX,
AUCTIONEER,
Real Estate Agent and Collector.
Tl.c undersiiie 1 bers Wve to notify the public that
l'- i prptrffl t- s'-II at siiort notice personal property
' ail kwU, as well a lical I jtate.at public or private
Ml.
'C'i-e at Th'ima Rteinple's old store stand, at Kast
iiru;is'4ur, l'a- Dee. 17, 174. ly.
Divin S. LKE,
Allorncy :it Iaiv,
One door above the " St roudsburg House,"
roudsburp:, Pa.
' Cdlectionn proraptlv made.
October 22, 1874. '
Jspl.k ixocsi:,
HONESDALE, PA.
Most central location of any Hotel in town.
U. W. KIPLE & FOX,
lf0 Main street. Proprietors.
January IS7J.r-ly.
PJ)CKA FELLOW,
)LALKU Hi
tteaJy-3Ia6e tlolhlug, Geuts Fur
uishiuj Goods, Hats & Caps,
Boots & Shoes, &c.
LiST STROUDSHUJIG, PA.
(Near the Depot.)
The public are invited to call and examine
K'xls. Trices moderate- May 6t'G9-tf
B
LANKS OF ALL KINDS for Sale at
this OSlcc.
How 4,AuDt Martha" Prayed Him Oat.
You've met her if you've lived
Ion?- in
Detriot. A withered un old woman l.f,w.
t .. ,
backed, graj'-haircil, having a cane in one
hand and carrying a 'basket of notions in
the other. All who know her know her
as "Aunt Martha," and she's traveled up
and down and been at the depot so often
that her death would be the occasion of
general remark.
The old woman found a new saloon on
Franklin street the other day a place just
opened by wicked Bob Smith, whose red
face and bloodshot eyes have more than
once been set in a fame of prisou bars.
"Aunt Martha" went in, hoping to make
a small sale, Pub was v.
lDinj?
i o
US
rlasses
and half a dozen men sat around the stove
holding glasses or smoking cigars.
''fiit out !'' growled Pub as the old wo
man entered. She did not hear him, and,
leaning over the counter, she asked :
"Would c have a paper of pins a cake
of soap a comb, or something ?"'
'Git otit, you old beggar !" shouted
Bob, raising his arm as if he would strike.
'I'm no beggar, and don't you dare to
strike me !" replied "Aunt Martha," never
moving an inch.
"Why, what is to keep me from wring
ing your old neck, if I want to ?" inquired
Bob.
"The Lord, sir !" she answered.
"Ho ! ho ! ho !" laughed Bob. "There,
take that."
And he deluged her with rinsings. The
0111)3' hfjuid struck her in the face and ran
down over her faded black shawl and oft
washed calico dress, but she did not move.
Looking at him across the counter she
whispered :
"You need praying for, and I'm going
to do it now and here."
"No you don't he shouted as she moved
toward a chair : "get out of here or I'll
smash 'our head with this bottle !"
She never minded him, and he raised
the bottle for a throw when a sailor
rough, dissipated, but having some man
hood left leaped up and cried out :
"Bob Smith, if 3ou throw that bottle at
her I'll stave in j our bulwarks in a pre
cious minute !''
"You will, eh !' whooped Bob as he
danced out."
"Yes, he will !"' cried the rest, rising up.
The' were too many for Bob, and he had
to stand there while Aunt Martha knelt at
a chair and prayed for him.
She was still praying when he dashed
out to hick her, but "Foxy Bill," who came
out of State Prison only a month ago, grab
bed him by the throat, forced him into a
chair, and hissed :
"Bob Smith, if yc harm a hair of that
old woman's head 1'il make a funeral here!"'
"Aunt Martha" knelt again, folded her
hands, and said :
"These young men were children not
long ago, and they had praying mothers
and (jJod-fearing fathers. They are walk
ing in wicked paths, and their hearts know
no good. I pray that their eyes may be
opened to their wickedness, ami that their
feet ma- be turned into other and better
paths !"
"She's right !'' called out a steamboat
man as the old woman passed.
"Shoot me if she hain't !" cried another.
"Go ahead, mother !" shouted a third.
"I'll be if she does !" j elled the in
furiated Bob, and he reached her and gave
her a heavy knock before any one could in
terfere. She screamed with pain as she rose up,
and then there came a terrible silence.
Bob stood with arm raised to strike.
"Aunt Martha" leaned on the chair,
tears rolling down her wrinkled check, and
the half dozen men were spell bound with
indignation. "Foxy Bill" broke the silence
by saying :
"Step out doors, mother, and look out
fur splinters J"
She obeyed, ami Bob Smith was choked
and pounded until his senses left him, and
everything which could be handled was
thrown out of doors. They worked swift
ly, fearing the police, and in five minutes
the saloon was a wreck, and its proprietor,
still unconscious, was lying behiug the coun
ter. Their work finished, the men disap
peared like shadows, and "Aunt .Martha"
hobbled away, whimpering :
"I prayed too nard, but it was in me to
pray." Dvrroti Free Pres.
A man died at a revival meeting, and a
Chicago reporter says, "his lamp of life
was burned out, the golden bowl was brok
en, the silver cord was loosed, and the
spirit had flown, to its Giver." He meant
to convey the impression tliat the man was
II I II III llll IHI mm in
From the .Ser-mton Republican, March 1G.
A NEW SUMMER RESORT.
THK PARADISE OF THE POCONO EXTEN
SIVE LAND PURCHASE OX THE L1XE OF
THE J). L. & AV. RAILROAD FOR A SUMMER
RESORT.
An extensive tract of land, consiting of
some tour hundred acres, has just been
purchased in the vicinity of the Forks
station on the line of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad, and in a
commanding site of the Pocono mountain
range, by a party of gentlemen from Tern
ton, N. J., who intend to convert it into a
popular summer resort. The location of
this purchase is about thirty miles from
Scranton, commanding a magnificent dis
tant view of the Blue llidge with its historic
Delaware Water Gap, together with the
vast sweep of intervening scenery stretch
ing north and south, bounded only by the
horizon, and forming one of the most
romantic landscape pitures in Pennsylvania.
The view from the Forks station has
long been the delight of the summer tour
ist over this road. Situated almost on the
crest of the mountains, and overlooking a
vast ampitheatre which embraces in its vast
area an extended stretch of country, it
presents one of the most sublime scenes that
can charm the sense of sight.
It is thcrciore cmmetly utteil lor a
summer resort, where families who live in
the over-crowded cities may seek a brief
respite from the heat and the dust of the
surging mart, where the busy brain may
rest and the mental and bodily faculties
gather vigor amid the bracing mountain
atmosphere, without danger of encountering
the fashionable fuliies that find their way to
the sea side resorts.
The company who have made the pur
chase, we are assured will spare no cost in
making the place as attractive and as pleas
ant as possible. A first class hotel will be
built, the grounds will be reclaimed and
beautified, and fountains and pleasant arbors
will supplant the wayward extravagant
growth of the wilderness.
It is intended to commence building the
hotel just as soon as the state of the weather
will admit of such an undertaking, and once
commenced it will be pushed rapidly to a
completion.
The scene was visited on Saturday by
two members of the firm Mr Stokes and
Mr. Hooker in company with Superinten
dent Ilallstead of the 1. L. .& NY. road,
and several Scranton gentlemen, and the
project of converting the scene into
Summer retreat as soon as the condition of
the weather would permit was fully dis
cussed. At a short distance from the point
of interest is situated the little station of
Paradise, which is likely to be lost in the
new Paradise of Pucono, which the Tren
ton firm intend to create. The new resort
will doubtless bestow many advantages on
Scranton as well as derive numerous bene
fits from this city. Its proximity will at
tract Scrantoniaus to its pleasant shades
during the summer time, as well as being
the means of bringing many visitors to
Scranton. The tourist from the gre
centres of population who visits the Paradise
of Pfceono cannot afford to miss the oppor
tunity which it affords of taking a trip to
Scranton, when it is to be hoped our in
dustrieii shall have awakened from their
present lethargy, and be invested with an
added interest.
Nor can the summer tourist who visits
Scranton be said to have availed him of al
its attractions without he enjoys a ride on
the Moosic Highlands, which are passin
so rapidly into popularity. The creation
oi a summer resort with ample accommo
dations on the Pocono and in the location
already indicated will be a great incentive
to invite summer travel into this portion
of the state. It will supply a want long
felt, and moreover carry out an idea whicl
we learn has been favorably entertained by
the 1). L. & NY company for the past two
years.
Kach recurring season overcrowds the
hotels at the Delaware NVatcr Gap, and
shows how great is the desire among city
folks to pass a part of the heated term
amid the life-giving scenes of the moun
tains. The projected resort is therefore
likely to receive a liberal patronage, and
consequently command a commensurate
share of success.
THE EDDY'S HUMBUG EXPOSED.
A Spirit Caught and Thoroughly Mater
alized. Praia (he Albany Times of Tuemhty.
The Eddy Brothers, of Chittenden, Yt.,
who have for several years played on the
credulity of believers in spiritual manifes
tations, and about whose reported wonder
ful doings so much has been written, have
j just been thown up as unmitigated hum-
H II IWII l II I iijiiipiiuW'JJJ1IJBWIK1UUW1I1XMIUW1I
Dugs
and all their "spirits" shams. The
manner of the exposure of the imposture
was in this wise : At Fair Haven, Yt.,
resides a gentleman named D. P. West
cott, who for twenty years past has been
an earnest believer in spiritualism, and had
impilieit faith in the genuineness of the
Eddy manifestations. Some six weeks ago
Mr. NYestcott secured the services of a man
named Chaplin, who had been a pupil of
the Eddys, as a medium, and finally opened
an unoccuiped house upon his farm, held
seances, and charged an adraissian for visi
tors. On Wednesday evening last, three
resolute men from Fair Haven attended
the seance for the purpose of investigation.
At the appointed time all was readiness for
the commencing of the seance. The lights
were turned down and the room rendered
dark, or nearly so. The medium in the
cabinet was tied with a rope in complicated
knots, twists and turns. Quiet reigned in
the room, and all sat motionless awaiting
the first manifestations of the spirits. They
had not long to wait, for soon the tones of
a violin came floating through the room,
and a number of small bells chimed in
Soon a tall, stately "spirit" emerged from
the cabinet, but almost instantly disap
peared, having said nothing and done noth
ing supernatural or wonderful. In a short
time a little, dumpy "spirit came and be
gan to mope about in the darkness, when
one of the investigators made a spring
landed square on the bank of the supposed
spirit. The spirit did not vanish into thin
air never more to be seen by mortal eyes ;
but instead, a subdued grunt escaped from
him and he made an effort to free himself
from the grasp of the investigator. But
it could not be done, and the other investi
gators instantly produced a light, which
rendered the room as bright as noon-da'.
The sham stood there in the grasp of his
investigators, robed in white, and was found
to be Chaplin. Finding that his race was
run, Chaplin made a bold front, acknow
ledged that the whole thing was a hum
bug, and said he performed exactly as the
Eddys. This exposure convinced Mr.
Westcott of the imposture that had been
played, and in the Rutland Globe of yes
terday he publishes a challenge calling on
the Eddys to meet him at town hall, Rut
land, and allow him, NVestcott, to prove
them impostors and humbugs. The follow
ing is the modus operandi of the imposi
tion at Chittenden, as described bv Mr.
NVestcott : Their operating room is 19
by 40 feet ; cabinet o by 5 feet ; stage G
by 8 feet about 5 feet high, with a rail
ing in front. The light consists of a small
lamp, turned very low, with a frosted
chimney, placed some thirty feet from the
stage, with a drum head between the lamp
and the stage. I could not distinguish the
features of an acquaintance six feet from
me in the room. No one is ever allowed
upon the stage, except their assistants.
They dislike to admit a person whom they
think has come for investigation. They
prefer to perform before believers in spiri
tualism, and allow them to inform the pub
lic through the press.
A QUEERST0RY.
The woman Lizzie Peek, now under ar
rest for forgery, tells a singular story of
her experiences in life so far. She alleges
that she was attending a first-class private
school in Boston, where she and her sister
were left by their parents on their depar
ture for California. About a year after
wards her mother wrote her, informing
her that a wealthy colored man in San
Francisco had become enamored of her
from seeing her picture, and that the
mother had promised him the hand of the
girl. NVith this came a letter from the
lover himself, making an offer of marriage.
Another letter shortly came to hand, in
closing his picture, and showing him to be
a man advanced in years. At the same
time he received from her mother a sum
of money sufficient for her passage, with
orders to repair to Sam Francisco and be
married. Having conceived an affection
for a young man about her own age, the
girl conceived the idea of sending her sis
ter, who somewhat resembled her, to ful
fill the matrimonial contract, and accord
ingly a ticket was purchased, and the sis
ter departed. The next news she received
was an epistle from the mother, flaming
with wrath, ordering her to depart instau
ter for San Francisco, or be prepared to
support herself in future, as not another
dollar should she receive from home. She
came to this city, and against her will was
married to her adorer. In a few months
they separated and the wife began an ac
tion for divorce, asking for a share of the
property. About this time the sister died,
and the heroine of the story was herself
dangerously ill for a long time. On rc-
covery ue-tiiougnt nerseu oi ncr imorec
business, and waited on her lawyer to learn
the result. To her astonishment she found
that the mother had represented to the at
torney that she was the one who had died,
and that the case had been stricken from
the docket. She and her husband were
on friendly terms, though she refused to
live with him, and he often supplied her
with money. Finally he died, assuring his
wife that she should be provided for. She
alleges that during his last nluess her mother
prevented her having access to him, and
persuaded him that as the daughter was
incapable of transacting business judicious
ly, and that the best way to insure her a
competency would be be to leave the pro
perty to her (the mother) to be used for
the daughter's benefit. Accordingly, by
deed of gift, the dying man conveyed to
Mrs. Pleasants property worth over $10,
000. The girl alleges that she never re
ceives any benefit from the $120 per month
of rents c ollected from this proierty, and
that the present prosecution is part of a
plan to get rid of her importunities. She
clleges that the differences between her
mother and herself arose from causes which
will be explained on the trial in a way to
create a sensation in certain quarters.
Sun Francisco Bulletin.
An Important Law to Recorders of Deeds.
Among the bills passed by the Legisla
ture and signed by the Governor is one re
quiring recorders of deeds to prepare and
keep in their respective offices, general,
direct and ad sectum indexes of deeds and
mortgages recorded therein, prescribing
the duty of said recorders and declaring
that the entries in said general indexes
shall be notice to all persons.
The first section provides that in addition
to the indexes which the recorder of deeds
in each county of this commonwealth is re
quired to keep, the said recorder shall care
fully and accurately prepare and keep in his
office two general indexes of all deeds re
corded therein, in one of which, to be known
as the direct index, he shall enter in their
order the name of the grantor, the name
of the grantee, the volume and page where
in the deed is recorded and in the other, to
be known at the ad sectum index, he shall
enter in their order the name of the gran
tee, the name of the grantor, the volume
and page wherein the deed is recorded. He
shall in like manner also prepare and keep
two general indexes, one direct and the
other ad sectum, of all mortgages recorded
in his office. Said indexes shall be arranged
alphabetically and in such a way as to af
ford an easy and ready reference to said
deeds and mortgages respectively, and shall
be written in a plain and legible hand :
i'rovidcd, however, that in any county
where such indexes have already been pre
pared and in use or where any special law
relating to any of said indexes is now in
force they shall be adopted and kept as if
made in pursuance of this act.
Sec. 2. As soon as said indexes are pre
pared it shall be the duty of the recorder
to index in its appropriate place and man
ner every deed and mortgage thereafter re
corded in his office at the time the same is
recorded, and in case he neglects to do so
he and his sureties shall be liable in dam
ages to any person aggrieved by such ne
glect. Sec. 3. The entry of recorded deeds ami
mortgages in said indexes respectively shall
be notice to all persons by the recording of
the same.
Sec. 4. In counties where no such index
es have been kept the recorders thereof are
hereby authorized and required to prepare
the same, the costs thereof are to bo paid
by the county ; but after said work has been
done the costs of continuting the same ac
cording to the provisions of this act shall be
paid by tho respective recorders.
,
Experiments vith Toads.
Dr. Buckland, to test the matter in some
degree, made some remarkable experiments.
He caused twelve circular cells or cavities
to be cut in a large block of coarse oolitic
limestone, with provision for an air-tight
glass cover to each cell. Twelve other cells
were cut in a block of silicious sandstone.
Twenty-four live toads were put into the
cells, one in each, the covers fastened down
air-tight, and the blocks of stone buried
three feet deep in a garden. They were
left undisturbed for twelve months, at which
time the cells were opened. All the toads
in the sandstone rock were dead ; but most
of those in the oolitic ( the cells of which
were larger) were still living ; some had
lessened in weight, some had increased ;
but as a few of the plates of glass were
found cracked, it was deemed possible that
minute insects might have entered. The
Ihiwg toads
were leil alone for another
twelve months, at the end of which tiuiti
all were dead. Seen through the glaxs
covers, the poor fellows seemed to be always
awake, with open eyes. Perhaps they were
marvelling what crime of theirs had sub-
jected them to a sentence of two years'
solitary confinement. A smaller experi
ment accompanied this prinipal one. Dr.
Buckland placed four toads in three cells
or holes, cut for the purpose in the trunk
of an apple tree. Two were companions in
the largest cell, the other two occupied u
small cell each ; but though small, these
cells were tolerably rootuv for middle
sized toads, being about five inches deep
by three inches indiatne.ter. The cavities
were careful'' and closely plugged with
wood. All four toads were dead and
decayed at the end of the first year, lu
another subsidiary experiment, four small
basins of piaster of Paris were scooped out,
a live toad placed in each, and a cover luted
down air-tight On the top. The whole were
buried underground. Twelve months
afterward two of the toads were dead, the
other two living, but greatly emaciated.
To sum up : the best naturalists now agree
that, however wonderful the ascertained
phenomena really are, frogs and toads can
not live one year wholly without air, nor
probably two years wholly without food.
All the War Pound.
NEXT SUMMER'S PEACHES.
Good Condition of tli? Peach Orchards.
A letter from Berlin, Md., to the New
York Times says : The peach crop of the
peninsula is already being canvassed, and
and it is, as far as I can hear, the universal
opinion among growers that so far the pros
pect for a crop of fruit was never more pro
pitious. The wood is healthy and strong,
and there has been no weather since the
first of November warm enough to start
thftap or swell she buds. While the sea
son has undoubtedly been a mild one, them
have been frosts and slight freezes so fro
quently that vegetation has been prevented,
and this is always considered the hope of
of the peach-grower. In riding through
the peninsula one unaccustomed to the cul
tivation of the peach, when viewing the or
chards, would le very likely to receive a
different impression, as the orchards', from
a distance, are so red that they n pear to
be in bloom, but this is only tho healthy
color of the wood. Those experienced
growers who have examined the young
trees have pronounced it as their judgment
that the germ of the fruit has in no way
been hurt, and by many the greater danger
is belived ta be over after December. The
railroad facilities for moving the fruit, it is
claimed, will be bettor' next year than ever,
the Pennsylvania company having consen
ted to allow the Delaware peach trains to
run over their road on schedule time, thus
insuring a more rapid transportation and
certainty as to the time of their arrival in
your city. The Old Dominion Company
having, it is said, completed arrangements
giving them the controlling intcrets on tho
Georgetown and Frankford railroad, will
now push to comiileetion, bV the 1st of
June, the road between Berlin and Selby
ville, and on that date' put on a daily line
of steamers to Lewe--. to run in connection
with the railroad system of the lower pen
insula. The fare from this point to New
York is now nearly nine dollars ; by the
new route it will be less than four. Th
freight tariff will also be greatly reduced,
and peaches may reach your market next
season on a cheap schedule.
The Kingston Fn-mrni says : "There is
a lady in the upper part of the city who is a
fine subject for scientific investigation. Sho
is a born pin swa! lower. We don't mean
that she swallows belayhig-pins, hair-pins',
or clothes-pins, but small pins so necessary
for women in making their toilets. And
the strongest part of it is they agrve with
her, so she is waxin healths' and fit. The
lady, like all women, formed the habit of
holding pins in her mouth, and so one day
accordingly swallowed six. She was terribly
frightened and expected to die, but day af
ter day passed by without any trouble be
ing experienced from this strange diet, so
sho became quiet unconcerned about it. In
Ies than a month nearly a dozen slipped
through her lips and also moved gracefully
dowd her throat. No trouble whatever
came from thee either ; and then it seemed
the woman acquired an irresistable liking
for pins. She swallowed half a dozen or
so every now and then, and as this diet
has been continued nearly a year, she must
be pretty well lined with brass. When
this lady took her first meal of brass she
was a slight, fragile being, in very bad
health. In a few weeks she began to im-
! prove, and, as we before stated, the more
j pi;; the wallowed healthier ihe bcciUiC."