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A PEPPERMINT KING.
Account of a Unique Industry
of Wayne County, N. Y.
A Small Area Where Seven-Eighths o*
the World’s Peppermint is Eaised,
Along the banks of the Garnagua
River,which flows through the southern
portion of x ttt AVayne county, _ , -ikj N. v Y., may
be seen large fields of green-colored
plants about eight inches in height ex
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tending over an extensive area. To a
botanist irenthapeperita is the name bv
which it is known, but to the world in
general , it is . peppermint. . . t In 4 tnis .’ •__.„n small
area seven-eighths of all the peppermint
in the world is raised. The low, mucky
land is plowed in the spring. It is then
laid off in furrows eighteen inches apart,
ana A sets, t portions of old plants, . are
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planted , . , ciosely , together , in . the . row.
L. This . . done , early , . April: . .. the , roots 4
is in
are transplanted , . , other . _ It
every year.
takes , about . eight . _ square sods _ of . roots , as
they , he the , ground , to plant ,
upon * ° 1 an
acre. The roots that are planted 1 , this , .
after , the _ . gathered, , will be
year, crop is
transplanted in every other row for next
year’s crop. The first year’s crop is al
ways the best, because the plant is then
freest from weeds. Usually they are al¬
lowed to run only two years, after which
the ground is ploughed under. "When
the plants have grown to about
two and a half feet in height they ri¬
pen.
The harvest begins usually in the last
of August. It is cut like clover, with a
cradle, and raked into cocks, when it is
allowed to wilt a little before it is taken
to the distillery; the process of distilla¬
tion continues until the last of October.
The plant is brought from the fields in
large wagons and tightly packed in
steam-tight vats; the steam is let into
the bottom of the vat, and the oil from
the plants volatilized. Tho oily vapor
and steam pass through a condensing
worm into a receiver, where tbe oil, be¬
ing lighter than water, is dipped off, and
is then put up in tin cans, holding twenty
pounds, and taken to the refinery of H.
G. Hotchkiss of Lyons, where it is refined
and put into twenty-one-ounce bottles,
eighteen bottles in a case, labelled
and shipped to all parts of the civilized
world.
Mr. Hotchkiss is justly styled the
H peppermint king.” “The average crop
per year in Wayne county,” he said, “is
between 80,000 and 100,000 pounds, and
yields on an average about twenty
pounds to the acre in a good season.
Seven-eighths of the whole crop in the
world is raised in Wayne county, and
that principally in the towns of Lyons,
Arcadia, Palmyra, Sodus and
Wolcott. A large proportion of tho oil
is exported.
“Oil of peppermint has many uses. It
is used for medicinal purposes in general;
is an important agent in cholera. It is
also used in flavoring confectionery and
in perfumes, essences and peppermint cor¬
dials, the latter being a favorite drink
with Europeans. It is used as a house¬
hold medicine all over the world,
and for childrens’ complaints is unrival¬
led.”
i i How much of the oil do you handle?”
“More than three-quarters of the crop
raised in this county, and more than
any other one man in the world. I have
been in the business since 1839 and had
a varied experience. In 1879 the yield
was the largest ever known, aggregating
150,000 pounds. This year it will be
hardly one-third of that.
“The market is now at a standstill,
owing to the uncertainty of the growing
crop. Last year’s crop is nearly all
marketed. The average price paid for
tho last three months has been from
$3.75 to $4 per pound for the crude oil.
In 1879 it was down to $2. I have known
the market to jump $1 per pound in a
single day.
“One farmer last year brought into
our refinery a common sleigh-load, which
was found to be worth $4000.
You can see from this how much money
there is in peppermint .”—Buffalo Ex¬
press.
Big Crabs.
On the island of Madagascar large
white land crabs arc very common, and
afford considerable sport to good riders,
who follow them on horseback along the
beach and endeavor to kill them with
long poles used as lances.
Ban Francisco possesses two of the
largest crabs in the country. One is in
the co'lection of Woodward’s gardens,
and the other is a strong card for a
neighboring “museum” that pictures the
unfortunate decapod as overturning a
boat and embroiling a crew of sailors in
universal ruin. The crab itself is about
twelve or thirteen feet across from the
tip of one outspread claw to that of the
other, and presents a truly formidable
appearance, and is a remarkably fine
specimen. The Woodward crab is some¬
what smaller, but equally striking. A
specimen in the Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Cambridge and a large cara¬
pace or shell in tbe Museum of Natural
History, Central Park, New York, are
the only others that I know of in this
country.
The thirteen-foot crab alluded to
would astonish the average crabber, but
specimens of these spiders of the sea
have been caught in Japanese waters, to
which they arc indigenous, that spread
from the tip of one claw to that of the
other twenty-two feet, A friend of
mine who has caught the great crabs in
Japanese waters telis me that they have
a curious habit of leaving the water and
coming out upon the beach at night to
feed.—San Francisco Call.
At New Ulm, in Minnesota, German is
,e. the official ~ . , , language of . the Municipal .. . - ,
Council. The mayor and all the council
men are Germans, and all the business is
transacted in German.
FOB THE FARM AND HOME*
How to Feed Hog*.
Construct your troughs for feeding
bogs, says the Live Stock Register, of
Kansas City, so that each hog cannot
appropriate more than a foot to himself.
Have divisions by means of small fenced
yards so arranged that at least three
of pigs can slip under and be
divided into three grades and each have
a trough ° to eat from. Now, by pouring
»will into the troughs for the , small .
pigs
the ? wl11 crowd int0 thelr P en first and
be out of the wa ? of the older ones ’ safe >
eatin S' Then take thc second grade,
i and they will all be on an equality and
i out of the way J of the Btill larger ° oies.
In this manner a feeder can re « ulate the
feed and ^ ade his ho = s ia eatm 2> and
j mana S e a lar S e r ‘ umber f d have each
a P r0 P'- r sbare of foo , an not get
j 1 hurt. Do not undertake to raise your
, hogs on grass alone. , They need at A ; least
: ® j
; of day! them
one ear corn per to give
, heart , and _ to A neutralize the acid ....
arising ®
from . eating the A . full , ,, supply , of
grass. ®
ashes , and , salt should ., . be kept . . reach ,
m
all „ the time. Charcoal .. is a great neutral- , ,
1
izer . of . acids. .. Burnt „ . cobs are good, ,
j Rcmember that clover is full of acid) and
a sour stomach goon leadg to disease .
„ An ounce of prevention ig worth a
pound of cure „ in this case _
Care ot an Orchard.
W. A. London says ic the Rural Mes¬
senger : I find that lime, wood ashes,
and old iron put around the roots of de¬
clining trees, have a very beneficial ef¬
fect. These fertilizers restore the trees
to a healthy condition, and also greatly
improve tho fruit in quantity. I made
the application early last Spring as an ex¬
periment on a Winesap and Neverfail;
about half a bushel mixed lime and ashes
to each, and dug it in with a hoe some
six fQet around the trunk, and put the
old iron immediately around the base of
each. The trees put forth with renewed
vigor, bloomed abundantly, and yielded
a good crop of fruit. An excellent wash
for trees may bo made thus : Heat an
ounce of salsoda to redness in an iron
pot, and dissolve it in one gallon of water,
and while warm apply it on the trunk.
After one application the moss and old
bark will drop off, and tbe trunk will be
quite smooth. This wash has quite re¬
cuperative properties, making old trees
bear anew. I have tried soft soap as a
wash with good results, and also a coat¬
ing of lime in the Spring season, which
is a fine specific for old trees. The ques¬
tion is often asked if it is best to manure
trees in the Fall or Spring. I have
found the Summer season to be a good
time; have great faith in mulchin - ■ r ’ es
pecially young trees, for several reasons,
after they are planted. Apple trees
have two growths during the season—
the secondary growth takes place after
mid-Summer; hence it is that a topdress¬
ing of manure and also coarse litter, fa¬
cilitates the late growth, aud often pro¬
duces very marked results in the habit
and formation of the tree. The good
effect that mulching has to young trees
is that it wards off the intense heat of
the sun from the tender roots, aud also
has a tendency to hold moisture. A
good topdressing of stable manure in tho
Fall around young trees, with a good
many corncobs cast over the surface of
the soil, gives satisfactory results.
Milking; (ow*.
In speaking upon this subject the Fitts
burg Stockman says:
Milking is nothing short of a fine art,
and the farm hand who knows how to
milk properly is more valuable to tho
careful dairyman than any other help.
Some can milk a dozeu cows while others
would milk half that number, but the
careful manager is not so anxious for fast
help as he is to employ those who are
careful. Thc operation should never bo
hurried, but the milk should be drawn
steadily as it flows. Some cows have
tender teats and udders, and the
rapid milker forgets this in his effort
to make speed. A cow that is naturally
impatient and fretful does not like to sub¬
mit to rough handling, aud her disposi¬
tion is soon ruined by such treatment.
As the udder becomes distended with
milk the cow readily submits to milking
for the relief it brings. The constant
practice of being milked at stated inter¬
vals impresses itself strongly upon her,
and she will seldom resist without cause.
If a cow that has been patient at milk¬
ing becomes fractious the fault can al¬
ways be traced to the milker. The care¬
less dairyman is the one who complains
of his cows to keep up the flow, and
bloody milk, enrget and other evils are
almost always the result of his own mis¬
management. Another point demanding
attention is allowing cows to stand a
long time waiting to he milked, With
cows that milk laTge it is painful when
the udders are filled to the utmost and
the milker is not on hand to relieve
them, and they become nervous and rest¬
less. This causes a cow to dry up pre¬
maturely because nature revolts at her
suffering. The cow should also be
milked to the last drop; '. if the last por
tion of , the milk, ... as claimed, .... is the best,
I t ’
the , udder ,, should , lie left with nothing ,
K m
it. _. With , ularity feeding, milking
i re in
, . the and kind .
av caring or cows, treat
ment at all times, the cow will not only
become gentle and stay so, but will give
milk longer and her season’s product will
be much larger. If a cow begins to give
trouble in milking proper attention in
handling and management will mostlv
cure the evil.
I i . arm and Uaiii.u Vst.i.
; Rewniate Heguiate the thc fed feed of of horses
yom ,,„ to
I correspond with the amount of work they
are required ' to do '
i ^ Host melon melon vines vlncc with n-ith Pans d - irrecn or
j London purple to keep off the bug. Dust
one part of the powder to twenty
five parts of flour.
"Watch for the currant worm, and ns
soon as the leaves appear ragged apply
white hellebore—a tablespoonful to a
pail of water—by means of a syringe.
Repeat in about a week.
When two or three different kinds of
grasses are sown together for pasture,
many vacant spaces may be filled up, as
each particular varietv will find the kind
of soil best adapted to its vigorous
growth, the consequence being that the
sod will be the thicker.
The problem of farming consists in mak
ing . the ,, soil increasingly , fertile. ... Manure , r
is . the farmer’s . , saving . V bank, i and a if -x more
of them had large heaps of it every
spring to spread upon their land, instead
of money at interest, thev would prosper
’
w*,.. a
Soiling crops demand the very richest
ground. It wiil not pay to cut and
gather a poor crop to be carried to the j
barn and fed while green. If the land
is not nch enough to produce a maximum .
crop, let stock gather herbage for them
selves until enough land can be got into
suitable condition.
Barnyard manure may be imitated by
thoroughly composting with a cord of
seasoned meadow muck, or some substi¬
tute, sixty-five pounds of crude nitrate
of soda, two bushels of wood ashes, one
peck of common salt, ten pounds of fine
bene meal, two quarts of plaster, and ten
pounds of Epsom salts.
The best ground for a peach orchard is
a li»ht ° ’ sandv ^ soil that has been P nlanted
several years with general crops. Do
plant on ground rich enough to pro
onions, peas, spinach or lettuce, for 1
will be liable to make a late
growth, and produce unripe .
wood that will be winter-kihed.
Profitable bee-keeping greatly depends
upon a gathering up / of the fragments,
that a nothing • . be , lost. _ Fragments of ... time
can be used in caring for bees, fragments
of lumber in making hives and frames,
fragments of comb for wax; and every
drop mil of honey is useful; i. even though
with aw, i. «. ted to needy
colonies.
The work of caring for beans comes
just at the busiest .harvest season, and
this crop is therefore apt to be neglected.
If delayed till after harvest it is too late,
and the vine cannot be disturbed with¬
out injury. Yet the work in hoeing
beans, if done at the right time, saves an
equal amount of labor when they come
to be harvested, besides the advantage to
the crop.
The soils best adapted for the potato
are sandy and gravelly loams. C.ay
soils, especially if the season be wet,
produce poor potatoes, with a tendency
to rot. An old pasture turned over or
any sod ground, is well fitted for potato
growth. A little well-rotted compost
harrowed in thoroughly upon such sod
will usually give a fair crop even upon
poorish soil. Fresh stable mauureshould
not be applied, as it results in a di¬
minished yield and increases tendency to
rot.
ougehold Uinta.
Oil of la, ader will drive away flies.
Grained wood should be washed with
cold tea.
If meat bakes too fast cover with but¬
tered paper.
To remove tea stains from cups and
saucers, scour with ashes.
Hellebore sprinkled on the floor it
night destroys cockroaches. They eat at
and are poisoned.
To prevent lampwieks from smoking
they should be soaked in vinegar and
then thoroughly dried.
Cold sliced potatoes fry and taste bet¬
ter by sprinkling a tablespoonful of
flour over them while frying.
Cayenne pepper blown into the cracks
where ants congregate will drive them
away. The same remedy is also good for
mice.
To clean unvarnished black walnut:
Milk, sour or sweet, well rubbed in with
an old soft flannel, will make black wal¬
nut look new.
Rub the nickel stove trimmings and
the plated handles and hinges of doors
with kerosene and whiting, and polish
with a dry cloth.
Keoelpta.
Arrowroot Pudding. — One pint of
milk, two tablespoonfuls of arrowroot,
two eggs, half cup of sugar, half tea¬
spoonful each of cinnamon and nutmeg ;
boil the milk and stir in the arrowroot,
which has been dissolved in a little
water; take from the fire, add the other
ingredients, and bake in an earthenware
dish in a quick oven.
Tomato Soup without Meat. — One
quart of stewed tomatoes, one quart of
milk, one rolled cracker, one teaspoonful
of soda, a small bit of butter and a little
salt. When tomatoes are sufficiently
cooked add the soda, then the cracker,
butter and salt. Heat the milk in a
saucepan, and pour into the kettle, and
as soon as it boils remove it from the fire,
and seive it at once.
RuL for Cooking Cabbage. — Boil the
cabbage ,. gently ,. until ... cooked, . . and . dram . .
it; •. put 7 two . ounces of ... butter into
a sauce
pan, „ set „* it on a good fire, K and, . when ,
„ me.ted, .. . put m the cabbage, . with ...
some
sa ] t and pepper, add half a pint of cream
orm]Iki anJ tne t ODfu , of fl ’
! stirriug constantIy with a wooden
8iraraer until the sauce is reduced) and
I serve hot.
Cold S/aw. Put three teaspoonfuls of
■f vinegar 75 in a saucepan, 1 with a 1 ttle
salt , and pepper; beat two eggs very light
. and mix with a tabiespoonfu! 1 of floor a
’
| teaspoonful of butter, a teaspoonfui of
” ’ aud “ ® i ha | f 1 a tt-asi.oonf.il t ^ p0 ° nful of f S ,rrr„nd rou ' ,d
nM ' UtA - Set the , vinegar on the stove,
and when it boils stir in the mixture ’
adding half a cup of milk. Cook for two
stirring constantly. P ur the
sauce ever the shred cabuage, and kt it
become cold before serving.
Sheets for the Sweet,
Wohten are the funniest when they
' 0Ut women arc 80 S(ddom
'
'
Susan „ the ., girls . ,
says she , enjoys seeing them
go in bathing. She loves to see
spit the sand out of their mouths,
Did you ever get your girl by an ice
cream 8a ^ <® a bot day without stop
^ g “’ ^ow?
long 6haTvls a re now made into
dressing-gowns for men. That ends the
about the extravagance of women
who cut them up r for wrappers,
WAiTtso-MAm— _ Good „ , doc- ,
morning,
tor to’her My lady sends me t0 beg you possi- to
come husband as quickly as die,
ble. She does not wish him to
without your assistance,
It is said that a great manv ladies who
are enthusiastic homeopathists think that
their favorite school of medicine is called
homeopathy because they can practice it
at bome
If you watch a woman's mouth closely
when she dresses the children for Sun
day-school, you will find out wiere all
the pins come from, and of course it
must be where they all go.
Ix some pairs of France betrothed
ladies wear a scarlet bow on the left
shoulder. In some parts of America
thev wear a green beau on the left and
right shoulder, alternately.
The reason why coachmen are so pop¬
ular with the lames need not be sought
very far. Bacrnum's baby show of twenty
years ago awarded the first premium to a
coachman’s baby.
A Boston woman cut her dress from a
ln a ™ a£raz ' n .® datcd btdol ?r
ahe discovered that it wa»nit 1886 and it
tCK ^ £ three doctors to tide her over that
long, lonely night.
A squaw refused to marry a Canadian
Indian, and be took her scalp—a lock of
ber hair ’ 83 ;t were - Sbe then married
him. and it wasn't long before he hadn't
hair enough for a scalp lock.
A Tmn) Boston i an had married a lady
pounds. whose weight verges up to two hundred her,
‘‘shall heln -My dear,” said he to
I vou oyer the fence V* “No * 0 ’ ”
, . „ , . r << tn
allow your husband to attend a fair with
some other fair, and pay her fare?”
“Hardly <*• fair, hk" and if it was my husband,
A. Gebman, complaining of the over¬
shadowing the effect influence of militarism: “See
on your children; if you have
handsome, well-made boys they join
the military; if girls, the military joins
them.”
A Singular Discovery.
At the end of last October, a Paris
correspondent Chaucelade, says, a landslip occurred
at in consequence of which
a quarry befow fell in, burying a number
of workmen. For some days afterwards
sounds were heard, and smoke was seen
issuing from the quarry, which it was
believed came from a fire lighted by the
men as a signal. Some time, however,
elapsed dertaken. before any explorations were un¬
At length passages to a cer¬
tain distance were opened, but no vestige
of human remains could be found.
Further investigations were subsequently
made, but with a like result, and the
conclusion arrived at was that the bodies
must have been crushed by the falling
rocks at a greater distance inward than
could be reached.
Not satisfied with this conclusion,
however, several of the victims’ comrades
resolved a few days ago to attempt to
penetrate into a portion of the quarries
which they judged not to have been suf¬
ficiently examined. The result was that
two bodies were found, together with
the clothes of at least five men. Among
them were those of a man who had gone
into the quarry after the disaster in
search of his son. The intricacies of the
approaches seem to have been such that
this man was unable to find his way back
and conduct the men through the
passages by which he had entered. The
emaciated bodies found appear to have
been gnawed by rats. Wlmt has become
of the bodies of the other men whose
clothes were found is not known. Two
skeletons were found lying at full length
with the faces turned towards the
ground.
The engineers are severely blamed by
public opinion for not exercising greater
promptness in their attempts to reach the
interior of the quarry, and the magis¬
trates have opened an inquiry on the
subject. It is certain that air was not
excluded from the quarry, and, there¬
fore, that the men died of starvation.
Delicate Men Lire Longest.
“It’s my pet hobby that delicate men
live the longest,” said a leading Elmira
physician the other evening, adding: \fr.
“I’ve been greatly interested in
Tilden’s case. It has been a wonderful
example of what science is able to do in
prolonging well life. It has been exhibited
pretty in other cases, but in Mr.
Tilden’s it has been particularly satisfac¬
tory. Oh, there is no doubt” had Mr.
Tilden been a poor man or a man able to
surround himself with only the ordinary
means of prolonging life he would have
died several years ago. If I were to
found an insurance company I would ac
cept ail the risks rejected by the regular
companies. delicate Why? Because of my the
ory that men live the longest.
It is, of course, because they take better
care of themselves than strong, robust
individuals, 'rhe latter say, ‘Oh, I can
stand anything; nothing will hurt me;’
and the first thing you know pneumonia
or some such disease takes them off like
a flash. The delicate man or woman, on
the contrary, is always guarded against
draughts, is careful during sudden
changes, mindful not to eat what experi¬
ence has taught him does not agree with
him, and by such care extends and pro¬
long life .”—Elmira Gaeetle.
Rival Cities.
* i Big row in Minneapolis;”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“What about?”
<< The education board has excluded
the Bible from the public schools.”
“What for?”
‘.‘There ™ to ° mucb about 8t ’ Paul
_ Groaning on a Bed „ , of ^ Arony, .
In the throes of rheumatism, which has reached
the inflammatory stage, the invalid has just
“ u “ , ° inefficiency of med encs
winch could u niter uproot the di-ea-r *’ 8
ou siart. nor avert its dreade d cl max. H< s
tetter* Stomach Bitter* to % medicine winch,
without the danger attending the us of some
of the ordinary specifics for this majudv, uied is
infinitely more^searching the and effective,
at th. start, it check* prt grr-m of ih* di*-a«-.
and expels, or neutral.**, -hr rtarnmano
^afa the blooi® Who *. lake* it .uenra no
riRa, aud is wire to he uenentfe-d, valuable m
rhMUnatism.it neuralgia, it equally complaint, effictciou.w digef-tion, a remedy
liver u
lud bi^def
upon to promote sleep and appetite.
THE LATE GEY. SIBLEY.
A Gallant Ex-lonleilerate wlio Deserved a
Better Fate.
This distinguished soldier, late of tho
Egyptian army, previously of the Con¬
federate, and originally of the United
States army, died lately at his residence
in Fredericksburg, Va., aged with seventy. painful
He had suffered for years a
and wasting malady, and death came to
him as a rescue and a friend.
Henry H. Sibley was born at Natchi¬
toches, La., July, 1816. He was gradu¬
ated at the military academy, West Point,
in 1838, and served with distinction in
the Florida and Mexican wars and in the
Utah and Nevada expeditions. At the
breaking out of the rebellion he had been
promoted to be major of the 1st Dra¬
goons. On May 13, 1861, however, he
resigned and entered the Confederate
army. After the collapse of the rebellion
he went to Mexico and thence to Egypt,
whera his conspicuous military ability
at once secured him a high position in
the khedive’s army.
He was one of that brilliant galaxy
with W. W. Loring, Thomas G. Rliett
and others, who exiled themselves after
the downfall of the cause in which they
were engaged, and who in the prime their of
their powers and the ripeness of ex
perience, lent prestige to the arms of
Egypt. Rhett died, Sible.y soon fell a
P re y to disease and had to seek an asylum
®t home. And now, after long and
wear .v years of suffering, intensified by
poverty and want, the broken old man,
once so gallant and so gracious, turns his
face to the wall forever.
General Sibley was the inventor of the
tent by his name, and at the time of his
resignation from the army in 1861, held
a contract with the government by virtue
of which the United States is "to-day
very largely his debtor. He has never
been able to obtain a recognition of his
claim, or even secure the privilege of
submitting it to judicial inquiry. lie
lay a bed-ridden invalid for years, plunged
in direst poverty. He died, leaving a
penniless thousands and helpless family. But the
treasury, representing standing to his credit times in that the
many
amount of profit derived by tbe govern
ment from his invention, have been de
med him, and we assume will be with
held from his successors.
There will be many of the class of
1838 t0 r ^ a11 the bri j liant and dashing
„ s °utlienior, and_to v breathela sigh
y° UD g
over tbe P ltlfu ' clo8e a career tha ‘ b £
— , . »'»*«»*-* A
The Spoils of Politics in England.
I have been analyzing the list of Min¬
isterial appointments. I find that forty
seven members, either of the Peerage or
of the families of Peers, or of the un¬
titled landocracy, have received places,
carrying with them fat salaries. To the
victors belong the spoils. It is not so
very should surprising that the privileged classes
wish to clutch at office, in view
of the booty which, under such circum¬
stances, accrues to them. Besides these
appointments, a number of Peers are
given an addition to their incomes by
their wives receiving salaries for being
lay figures in court tomfooleries. This
is the apportionment of the spoils to
Peers and to Peers’ sons:
Lord Salisbury, £5,000 per annum;
Lord Halsbury, £10,000; Lord Ash¬
bourne, £8,000;LordCranbrook, £2,000;
Lord Iddesleigh, £5,000; the Hon. E.
Stanhope, £5,000, Lord Randolph
Churchill, £5,000; Lord George Hamil¬
ton, £5,000; Lord John Manners, £2,000;
Sir R. Cross (with a peerage), £5,000;
the Hon. F. Stanley, £5,600; Lord Lon
donderrv, £20,000; Lord Dunraven,
£2,000; the Hon. IV. Broderick, £1,200;
the Hon. H. Northcote, £1,200; Lord
Charles Beresford, £1,200; Lord Lathom,
£2,000; Duke of Portland, £2,500; Lord
Mount-Edgcuiube, Hill, £2,000; Lord Arthur
£1,000; Lord Lewisham, £1,000;
Lord Folkestone, £1,000; Lord Onslow,
£700; Lord Limerick, £1,000; Lord
Henniker, £700; Lord Ilopetoun, £700;
, , Elphinstone, ,,, , . £i00; Lord . , de , Ros, ,,
“ ar M aldegrave, £700: Lord
Ih’jmdmnp, Eon. S. £1,000; Herbert, Lord £1,200; Harris, Lord
i ^iJOO; Dol'd
~V,,~ Total, £110,000 hintorc, to Peers £1,000. and sons of
Peers. Besides this, the duchess of
Buecleuch receives £500 as Mistress of
the Robes, and eight Peeresses £500 each
as Ladies of the Bedchamber.
After the Quartz.
i l Gentlemen, Arizona is a great coun¬
try; lots of gold, lots of fresh air. You’d
ought to see the mineial! Quartz, quartz
everywhere.”
A red-nosed toper edged his way to
the bar eagerly.
“Scuse me, mister, but is them quartz
frequent in ’Zona.”
Frequent ! why, man, every settler has
quartz to give away; and on the river—
the bars are full of it.”
The tramp seized his bundle.
; | about. going after them quartz you tell
No more thimble drinks for me.
Quarts at every bar! If the walking’s
good I’ll get thar; don’t forget it! i’>
^ Chicago man visiting Cincinnati
'"'® s being shown around by a citizen who
said : “Now let’s go aud see the Widow’s
Home.'’ The Chicago man put his finger
,<J tbc *ido of his nose and winked, and
1 llC! } sa,( ^ “Not much Mary Ann; I saw
11 w ’dow home once, and she sued me for
t> re ®ch or promise and proved it on me,
it cost me sixteen thousand dollars.
^°’ s i r ' sen( i the widows home i m a
i' ac k.”
Mr.A. Fueger, 606 Walnut Street, St Louis,
Mo., sneered for two years with lumbago
and was confined to his bed for several
months. ., He entirely
was cured by the nse of
St. Jacobs Oil, which he says is also the best
euro for sprains and all other pains.
correspondent In Mexico explains why
the Mexican calls the American h “Grinco.”
During the Mexican war a favorite song in
the American camps was Burn's "Green grow
the rashes O.” Tho Mexicans, hearing it so
Ox ten, dubbed them “Gringo" pronouced bv
them “grmg go.”
Mrs. F. W. Ingham. 472 W. Madison street,
Chicago, 111., recommends Red Star Cougli
Cure, a few doses of which gave her entire re
lief from a violent cold. Price, 25 cents.
\ Boston physician thinks he has run across
the longest word now in use in the English
language He found it in a medical Journal
y?'\v Methylbenzomctboxyethritetrahydropridinel 0 , r ,? b6,I ' s ,h ” chemical term for corains’
carboxvJate. There are 52 letters in the word.
One kind of medicine will not cure all kind*
of diseases. Dr. Kilmer’s Preparations are
Spec 1 fie s--a remedy for each disease. Thev are
. the result of
| ! uuie Health a successful practice since 1859.
** (Sent b'rti) Binghamton. N. Y.
i he purest, sweeteat and best Cod Liver Oil
liu.ie world, manufactured from freeh. healthy
li'- ers. upon the seashore. It is absolutely pnr.
a d sweet, lalienta who have once taken it
j it to all others. Physicians haro de
cuied it superior to any of the other oils la
| ! market. Made by Caswell, Hazard A Oo„ New
'
,kTn r «a-vm n .^-erw— ^ “ d , 2 m h
, f
----
>* ,u neglect a rough w|ea and let it and^Jd! remain t.
i i^uvo rr ‘ ta i e . C Cur«? vourlunp for a Iir Bigelow**
An *
j Consumption, The best cough sold medicinfis Pi.,/. Cur. for
everywhere. 25 cent.
Buckingham’s Dye f< r the Whiskers pro¬
duces, in one used application, Ayer’s a permanent Cure, and o >lor. have
We nave Ague
found it Invaluable in malarial trouble .
Felt the Earthquake.
. . Did you feel the earthquake, Sirs.
Flaherty?”
“Faith, an’ I did.”
a Pherc was you?”
“In the cellar. I was groping in the
dark among me winter presarves.”
it Presarvcs! Ye're gettin’verv ° jo high
toned.
Pat do loike pickled onions and
squash jam, and I’d put some up for him.
I was rayching among the presarves when
I felt it.”
What was it loike?”
(i Wirra, what would it be? It was
only a little jar.”
A Severe Disappointment
“Jessie!”
Yes’m.”
“What are you crying for? 1 *
“Laura hit me on the head.”
“Where?”
‘ ‘That’s the matter. I tried to keep
the mark till I got home to show you,
and—boohoo!—it’s gone away.”
No girl who gets up in the morning
and does the family washing while her
mother rests in bed can expect to—be
never so handsome—can expect to—be
she never so learned, and willing, aud
genteel—can she expect to—let
swing her dress like a Parisian—she can¬
not please the dudes.
An Undoubted Blessing.
About thirty years ai;o a promnent physician
by tho name of Dr. William lfall discovered,
or produced attar lonj experimental research,
a remedy for the diseases of tbe throat, chest
and lungs, which was of such wonderful effl
oacy that it soon gained a wide reputation ln
this country. The name of the medicine is
Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam for the Lungs,
may be safely relied on as a speedy and posi¬
tive cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, &o.
One of the oldest and most reliable subscrip¬
tion book publishing houses in I lie South is
that of B. F. Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va.
They issue nothing but the most attractive
and of the popular Southern books, peoplc.which being adapted to the wants
accounts for the
excellent successof their host of agents. Both
members of this lirm have canvassed in years
gone by a great deal themselves, and know
how to supply the wants of agents and the
public.
Ask your shoe and hardware dealers for
shoes Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners, they keep boots and
straight.
WOSVIE N
Needing renewed strength, or who suffer from
Infirmities peculiar to their sex, should try
BROVJN '5 H
Vo”'*
•\°* i
BitTE S® B BEST TONIC THE
Tliis medicine combines Iron with pure vegetable
tonics, and is invaluable for Diseases peculiar to
Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. It I'n»
riches and Purifies the ISloori, stimulate*
the Appetite, Mrcnpthcfi* the Muscles and
Nerres-m fact thoroughly Invigorate.
Clears tbe complexion, and makes the skin smooth.
It does not blacken the teeth, cause headache, or
produce constipation —all other Iron medicines do.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baird, 74 Fnrwell Ave., Milwau¬
kee. Wis.. says, under date of Dec. 26th. 1884:
I have used Brown’s Iron Bitters, and it has been
more than a doctor to me. having cured me of the
weakness ladies have in life. Also cured me of Liv
er good. Complaint, Has and now my complexion is clear and
been beneficial to my children ”
BROWN Ladies’ oniMU Hand Book— AL <<>.,bWtimokk.!md.
useful and attractive, con
taming coins, list of prizes for recipes, information about
mailed etc., given away by all dealers in medicine or
to »nv *drir«M on receipt, of 2c stamn.
Iiadle*! Those thill
tired looks and feelings
* MV speak Remedy volumes 1 This
ditions, corrects all con
and vitality restores and brings vigor
! + and back beauty. youthful Druggists. bloom
i TSAJr iegr *.CF^ X r& FFNSARY, Prepared at Binghamton, I)v.Kilmer? N. i>is- Y.
|rov X ' V) *3 J Letters Guide to of Health inquiry (Sent answered. Free). 1 I
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ATLANTA
SAW WORKS.
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
f ■? Saws and Saw-Mill Supplies
v Urpairinif a Specially.
iim A*^nts for L. Power A Company’s
TT ood Working !Wncliin» > Ty.
for Largo catalogue. and complete stock. Write
Atlanta, Ca.
/ Don’t buy a wotoh until yon
/ find out about the latest improve
' ments. Send for new Illustrated
catalogue and price list. J. P.
Stevens, Jeweler, 47 Whitehall
j 8treet ’ Atlanta, <Ja.
W OMAN’S Surest and Safest Regulator is
I BELLAMY’S EXTRACT
GOSSYPIUM
Doctors recommend it. Sold by all druggists.
| - J. B DANIEL, Wholesale Agt., Atlanta,Ga.
| , FREE s.nd business to MOORE’S Atlanta, university, (.a.
For Circular. A llvenolnaS Businrsa School.
; WILSON'S
f
: CHAMPION SPARK ARRESTER
i Bent open draught in
run world. >'o arrmter
narnod from engine more sparks. gin houHiin
P n VVi lie for C‘ Sold
1 , ** r ; J.T. WINDSOR di: CO.. Nos
f-tT tw p*.. K*a j 4 * w «yn«St., !llille(igcville,(«n.
p °Dgib .. )* Agents wanted for hr: a of Arrester.
Salvo COto DRDMMESS
<2 m c fi! l * , !i v I he onlv ... arlrntlflcanU
*Ck floffforlh-Alrolml hnfiilj " Ilnkit anri th
Highly ,/ l endorsed ''w* to bi *«n<) (homed. trta)
SSS S' known f . S"“ oa Pfoparoa by well.
.New York physicians f an!
!ia?r£L Address f0r c,rcu -Salvo -» r * and HEMEDY,” referenoe*
No. 3 West 14th St >»w York
H T
lit 31 Itjll i]
s I mTTi)
b* S700to $2500 kk.'r of A *11 YEAR, oi.af
furnlih niaiio worlclait for horil. . fl!rrc expense, can
their own i P r, ; 'l " ho can
ter _B K £
L i Ofl Nao
Skunk, Raccoon, Mink
Ey HIUHKST O. BOUOHTON. PRR^ 1U if S.ndT &lI.V- GnT r '^5 f° £, R 1 'SH,!
onc«. ;
rk
wanted a woman
”*'■ •' 1 '
■' • 1
I BlajfsPills.'Mr.Ssr
OPIUMSSPSSS- Pensions^'S’S"*#
f lSii
N * UDlota
mot ’d * ; U» miix. the above i abwlote.yv^,. JTV® 6 v °' Jr ,nd moneT wi^raoor, on % mm and or rubber will keep coat. Th« dry FIS in B ih« BRAb'D hardest"
L -biyi® H^H b?.A3*D” suckxr and take other. yen It 5 torek«*P* r
for de^rirriv^ rttiUwa no Simrrior your r , V I
tr> a. J. TOWER.20
DRIPSY "TREATED FREE. ■
DR. II. H. GBBKN Ac SONS
Specialists for Thirteen Years Past, ’
Have treated Dropsy and its complications with th»
most wonderful success; use vegetable remedies, en¬
tirely harmless. Remove all symptoms of Drops* k
eight to twenty days. pronounced hopeless
physician*. Care patients by the beat of
*rom the first dose the two-thirds symptoms rapidly disappear
aud in ton days at least of all symptoms a*a
removed.
Some may Remember, cry humbug it, does without knowing anythin*
about it. not cost you anything to
realize the merits of our treatment for yourself. In t en
days the difficulty of breathing made is relieved, discharge the puls*
full ic gular, duty, the sleep urinary is restored, organs the swelling to their
all or nearly
gone, the strength increased and appetite made good
AVe are constant 1 ! curing cases of longstanding, cases
that have been unable tapped a live number week. of times, Give and the p a .
tient declared to a full history
of case. Name sex. How long afflicted, how badly
swollen and where, are bowels Send costive, for free have pamphlet, lfgsburst
ed taining and dripped testimonials, water? Questions, etc. con¬
Ten days’ treatment furnished free by mail.
If you order trial send tOctS in stamps ta pay postage.
Kvllopsy (Flt«») Positively Cared.
If. II. GREEN & SONS, HI. Ds.,
2aOH Marietta Street,. Atlanta, <;
NO LADY CLE COMPLEXION.* , Without WHTTP BEAU- a 1
EM?
§£§5TL§I’ oJEEEEQN
■edimunt, while it beautihea the akin, giving it that
possible healthv, natural obtain and by youthful other appearance It which it Is im- lir
to any mtrail .y is conceded
connoisseurs in the art to be the best and safest beautifler
tho world ever produced.
For sale by Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealers.
ft. SOOTT & GO.. Philadelphia. Pa.
ASK FOB THE
W. L. DOUGLAS
Best material, pair warranted. perfect fit, Take equals any unless $5 or $6 shoe,
e7ery W. Douglas’|S 00 Warranted.” none stampea
“ L Shoe. CODgres*,
Button and Lace, iioya ask
lor the W. L. Douglas’ .
62.00 Shoe. If Same styles as \
the 00 Shoe. you cannot *7
get these shoes from deal¬ &
ers, i«od address on Douglas, postal
card to W. L.
Brockton, Mass. &
$3 Y A
a <y
s i %*•*
BOOK AGE\TS WANTED for
PLATFORM ECHOES
•r LIVING TRUTHS FOB ilEAO A.M» HEART,
By John B. Gough.
Cut l»»t and trownlny life work, brim full of thrilling lottr*
ttt. humor aud pathot. Bright, pure, and good, full of
■ ! “laughter and teart ' It sell* at tight to all. To it is added
She Life end Death of Mr. Gough, bj Iter. LYMAN AB¬
BOTT. IOOO Agente Wanted,—Men and Women. #1G0
to $200 a Terms month made. Q^pJDistanct no hindrance at wa
rive Extra and PnyFrtiqhts. Write for circular* to
A. 1>. WOKTI21M4TON «V CO., Usarllord, Cobb.
IRON FOR
/D
j Send for prices
and Illustrated Catalogue of
CINCINNATI (tMCORKTIM.
WELL DRILLING
* Machinery Water, Oil for Wells Gas. of any depth, from 20 to 3,000 fest¬
or or Our Mounted Steam Drilling and
Portable Horse Power Machines set to work m20minute.
I business for Winter or Summer. We are the oldest *i»d
! largest Manufacturers in the business Send 4 cent* in
Stamp* for illustrated Catalogue H. Address,
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SCALES
AWARDED FIRST PREMIUM
AT THE WORLIN’S EXIMISITION. principal New Orlf.it*. mrten
(Four Cold .Medals. All other Platform
competing). Truck Scales, Hay lMVROVEMF.N Scales, TA
Beales,etc. Important patented ftfi
BEST VALUE for TOUR MONEY,
; BUFFALO SCALE COMPANY,BUFFAL0,N.Y.
When Mi L do FITS! merely to etop tneffl b*
say cure i not mean
a tiino and tnen have them return again, FITS, I mean BPIlK/f,* arMi;
cal cure. I have made the disease of warranter
or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. 1 others D* «
remedy to euro the worst cases Because
failed for is no reason treatise for and not now Free receiving Bottie of a cure, my infaiiio® aenj**
once a a It cost* J 01 *
remedy. Give trial, Express and I and will Post Office.
I nothing Add for a Dr. H. O. ROOT* cure 183 you. Pe arl 8k. _ _ fc
rasa
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EMAN 03 1 PAGE*
G* S3 FOR ONE DOLLAR. im&H
p A first clft“8 Dictionary gotten out at
fedH price to encourage the study of the German
Language. It gives English words with tne
German ieflnitkms. equivalents, ami German, words Send with $1.00 fc.nKii»“ w
BOOK PUB. a very cheap book. Leonard
Y. City, HOUSE* 13 1 rn^m*;?*..
and get one nr tm-se books by reta
Oelebra R* Ropa to Cut Off Horses’ Manes JHk kh
et ‘ECLIPSE' It VI.TEft
and BRIDLE Combined, cannot
be slipped by any horse. Sample Mn
Halter to any part of U. S. fr«e, on
recelptoffl. Hardware Soli by all Saddlery, //V
and Harness Dealers. V»
Special 8ena discount Price-List to the irade. LJm
for
J. V. LIGHTHOUSE,
Rochester* N. V.
iBAa]
rv DOC BUYERS’ GUIDE.
Colored plates, lOO engra'inf* they aro
of different breeds, prices tk®
k.' worth, and avliere to buy m
Mailed for 15 FANCIERS,
ASSOCIATED Philadelphia, Pa.
7-37 S. Eighth St.
$ A ft A DAY ’-Manufacturing Hammond*
hlock w ( ryetnl Mucilage Block and : eimpiy artioiw.
and apply to article. Recipe other
$1; sample block an 1 particulars, 10c. N l> oa, I 11
required, A. H. HAMMOND, Warehara, Mass
THURSTOH’SSITOOTH POWDER
K.epln* Teelh Prrferl anil Cum. Hrnllhr^
I S5 Brewster’s to Lines S8 not n day. under safkty Samples the Kkin horse's Holder, trorth feet. Holly, Address
BATSThITS I CL <\a I O Inventor’s Obtained. Guide. Send stamps L.
• ham. Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. Ct _____..
nDHiU Mablt Cured. Treat ruent sent on tria.
MIT IUIR Humane Re m e i > v Co., I * W yet ' * Ina#
2 S /j cts, Book telling BUYS you how A to HORS! DE 1 Et >
tea; Do not CURE the DISEASE riak of losing in this your valuable ,,or8 *
run f
j want of knowledge to cure him, when i5c. w 11 ‘P,/
for a Treatise ali Boy one and inform
Remedies for Horae Diseaaea. Plates postpaid
how to Tell the Age of Horses. Sent
t§ cents in stamps.
N. V. HORSE BOOK CO CltT.
134 Leonard St. N _
IS y
r~ CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS.
'w Be«t Couch Syrup. T ftufps good. Use .
in time. Sold bv ' «i r»ggiwto.
A. N. If... .......Forty ,'86
Thfo Crest American
for U(-notifying die
lo on a and large Heating cltent (he Mtlnf
the evidence or age. concert
appUeations will a fee
NEiriimuT niMke tin
unoothand ,vliite. sot-r :
a point or powder that nj, oo
dll up the pore, of theikin, «il|
and by so doing createjc
caeo or tbe skin, witch u
fectly Ilmplee dear etc . llfpiid but is a ne”
uable discovery tl.atcmeei , a v.i
the cl'ev-k t" glc» ,,ilh
health and rtvpl the |flvi u
whiteness If i» impossible
to detect in the leauly
confers. It cures ORv ski in.
l'aee Pi n»pies, Grulis. Free k !< s. lirvudi«
Sunburn, Black hNsiln
and hare. Clmpped Purber'r, ]j a >d«
etc. It frees tho itcJu oif
-lands, and tubes pores
skin from the 0 f the
r«*etd of powders injuriousef
and ro*
me tic wasiies