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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 37, 12 February 1879, Page 4

Mr Moody, according to the Chicago Ailvwce, " is preparing a set of new sermons. After they are completed, it is possible that he may go to England and join Mr Sankey in another revival tour." Edison is inventing a machine to turn over the festive slapjack while the hired girl sits in the corner and reads the latest novel. Move on, great army of progress.

It has always been a subject of curiosity and inquiry as to how and where prairie dogs obtain their water. Mr F. Leech, formerly of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, asserts that the dogs dig their own wells, each village having one with a concealed opening. It matters not how far down the water may be, the dogs will keep on digging until they reach it. He knows of one such well 200 feet deep, and having a circular staircase leading down to the water. Every time a dog wants to drink he descends the staircase, which, considering the distance, is no mean task. — San Francisco Call. The signs of tbe times are ominous, an terrifying to contemplate, the nations of the earth aie on the watcbtower, and all prophetic of a coming storm. It behoves every sensible person to be on the alert, for the day of action is fast approaching— Health and strength will be the great desideratum. These can both be procured and then maintained by the timely use of " Giioixah's Gkeat Indian Cures." They are the finest improvers of tbe constitution ever yet known in the shape of medicine.