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“Horse Companion.”
In former years farmers had com
paratively lit tie protect ion against tlm
dfpsmtatioas of horse thieve*. These
marauders could despoil tile tiller of tiio
soil of ids stock, and m tko<ood their
escape before the Inw could be so
manipulated as to inclose them within
its meshes. In the Far YVo.st the farm
ers dispensed with red tape, ami
forming themselves into vigilance com
mittees, meted out justice with the aid
of a convenient tree and a rope when
they caught the offoudera. This custom
is still In vogue in cert,tin parts of the
West. This class of thieves became so
numerous in the southeasiorn portion of
Pennsylvania that a* out 1 827 or 18_'8
a nninber of farmers in the littlo
Township of Oxford, Philadelphia
County, and Its vicinity, formed an
organisation under the title of the "Ox
ford Horse Company." Among the
founders of tlao company were ,lohn
Fox, Peter Arriaon, John HavingUm,
Jacob Snyder, Jacob Shallcross, General
Castor, Charles Robbins, Jacob i ivexey
and William lloberts. The rti'os differed
but little from tlioso of the horse com
panies of the present day. All the
members of the company constituted a
rilling < onimlttee, and were arranged in
classes, each class having a leader.
These leaders wore known as the Noti
fying Committee. The members wero
so classed that two might ride in com
pany. Knch member when in pursu t
of a thief was compelled to ride thirty
niTles from his place of ros'dencc, at his
own expense, before giving up the
chase. 111 ease he received such in
formation ting it would he deemed nec
essary to prosecute the route further,
his expenses wore paid from the funds
of the company. When a horse was
stolen from one of the members the
owner immediately notified the Presi
dent of I lie company, who in turn in
formed the Notifying Committee. Knob
one of the committee then tilled up a
blank notice witli the description of the
stolen property for every member of
his class. The member was also noti
lied to rido a route designated for him,
ami was ordered to immediately pre
pare and start, either in person or hy
sutfiilcn proxy. In eas of refusal or
noglec' to do so, except in case of actual
sickness, lie wss lined live dollars. If
tlie stolen property was not recovered
the loss was made good by the compa
ny. Howards wro also offered for the
arrest and conviction of the thief, and
handbill* oontainln r a description of the
s olen pro erty were posted and scat
tered within a radius of thirty miles.
Tim company held iU meetings at ivlutt
was then known as the Old Soldiers’
Tavern, on the Oxford Turnpike, shout
n mile and a half above Frank ford.
Tliiforganl/atiou flourished. and was
such a success that its membership
swelled to almost unwieldy proportions.
After it had existed about fourteen years
f’har'os ltobb ns, ,'aco 1 l.hezey, Will
iam Uobcrts and a number of 1 tliers
withdrew from the company and formed
another at Fox Chase. In the mean
time their example had been followed
ihrcugiioiil tlie .State and in many other
fctates. Aim t. IK-U a United Horse
Company was formed if about twenty -
livo oomnanjos in Pcnnsy.vanla, Dela
ware and Maryland. The lirst me ting
was held in ibis city. They notified
each other by telegraph of the os* of a
h rse, and it was thouglt that hy this
moans the chances of escape fora horse
thief wou'd he reduced to a minimum.
Tlie union, however, never nm tinted to
very much, and a number of nio
companies have, within tlm last few
years, withdrawn fr m it alto
gether. Some even a serf that tiio
United Company is now a thing
of the past. Shortly before the war
brokoouttlm llusUotou l)e toctiveHorse
Ciunjianr was organized. The word
"dWCiTfvo" in the title lmd no peculiar
significance, however, the rules of the
company being the same as those of the
others. Then in 1864 the llolnmsburg
Relian e Horse Company saw the light
of day, and in 1868 the Frankford De
tcetivc Horse Com any was formed.
Tlie members of the latter lompany
have I >tm -1 1 parti tilariy fortunate, as
they have not lost anything for the last
two years. To-day every county in
Pennsylvania has an organization of
this kind, and they nre scarcely less
numerous iu other States cast of the
Mississippi. In I.e high County a mem
ber is compelled to ride but five miles
from his rosiden e in 1 ur.sult of a thief.
There is no doubt but these 1 oni panics
have done much to drivo at least one
class of depredators almost out of ex
istence iu this part of tiio lountry
I'll limit l/ili ia I ‘re xs
Our I’opulatimi.
A strangoi leaned over tho linr of a
Michigan avenue saloon tho other day
and whiaperingh inquired:
'•Partner, what is the population of
the United States ”
“Hard on to 50,000, IKK), 1 believe,”
was the reply.
'••lt’s over 10,1)00,000 any how?”
"Oh, yes.”
••You’ll bet on that?”
“I’d like nothing better than to put
up $lO on it ”
“Well, you'll have achanee. There’s
a chap down in the shoo store who
claims that we haven’t got .’t0,000,000
population, and he is bluffing every
body 111 bring hint up if you’ll make
a bet and take him down a peg."
“Bring him along."
The stranger went away and returned
w th the binder, who had no sooner en
tered the saloon than he called out:
“Where's the man who says this
country has over 40,000,000 popula
Hon?”
The saloonist modestly repl ed that
he was the man. and in less than a min
ute the two ten-dollar hills were put in
to the hands of the first caller.
"There's anew map in the store
across the way which has the last cen
sus figures on it,” said the saloonist,
and all went over to see tho matter set
tied.
The figures showed that the beer-sell
er had won by a large majority, but
nothing on that map, nor a ove, below
nor behind it could tell what had be
come of the man who held the stakes.
Indeed, it w.is only alter the one who
had lost had also slipped away that any
body realised that they were confeder
ates'. Then the victim started out with
a club to hunt the world over and re
duce the population by one, but his
search was in vain. Detroit tree Brest.
A Georgia paper says tha' Now
York handled *o*o,ooo bales of real
cotton last year, but sold fid.TOO.ooo
bales on "futures,” and wonders that
New Yorkers should call this "diving
business.” 'lhe Georgia man should
know that all of it was not, strictly
speaking, doing "business.” Some of
it was “doing” lambs fit for slaughter.
Chicago Herald. _
The noble silent men scattered her*
and there whom no morning newspaper
makes mention of! They are the salt of
the earth. A country that has none or
few of these is in a had way; a forest
that has no roots, all turned into leaves
and 1 toughs, which must wither and be
W> Carlyle,
Itevlew of th* Tear.
The year just drawn to a close has
ontained the usual number of days and
tights, anil tiio .Sunday* have followed
■ne another at the prescribed interval
rith unfailing regularity. The length
if the day at different periods of tlie
welve month has followed tho iliree
ions set forth in the Old F'armcrs' and
ithor almanacs—modical or otherwise
-with strict impartiality. Therefore
mthing remains to he said upon that
toad. Reference to snv almanac for
he year will give the reader all the in
orination obtainable.
It is presumable, also, that the scor
>ions, twins, wlliianigoals, watermen
mil all the other zodiacal monstrosities
lave each had their allotted nuinlier of
lays, nnil that a strict following of tho
•signs" has safely carried thousands of
nfants through tno period of alimentary
iransition. Tho moon lias been full, we
ire sorry to say, quite as frequently as
iforetime, notwithstanding all which has
been done in tho way of temperance leg
islation, and right in the face of tlie rise
in hop* and malt liquor. Tlie stars
have behaved fairly well, and no great
damage has been caused hy any of tho
ncavonly bodies, not excepting the com
jtary interlopers which wore added to
the galaxy and which hail such a tre
monilou* run Indore crowded houses
nlchtlv.
We have had "oar usual quantity of
weather. Indeed, not a day lias passed
without weather of some kind, and on
many days, in New Kngland especially,
there have been from two to twenty
several and distinct weathers, which we
were compelled to lake whether we
liked It or not. In this matter, however,
the year has not been peculiar. It has
merely kopt true to meteorological tra
ditions.
During the year people have been
born, married and died as of yore;
some have died young, and many who
have lived to old age might just as well
have stopped where they began, for all
the good they have ever (lone to tho
world by living in it.
There are many murderers still un
hanged, amt many more wou’d-be mnr
dnrers, who will probably die in their
beds and without the aid of a jury. The
thieves and swindlers are mostly outside
prison walls, and the liars have not all
entered into their promised inheritance in
tho sulphurous water-privilogo.
Many who Dromiseu reformation a
year ago are in proper condition to re
peat tho promise, and many who were
to accomplish matters of great moment
have put these things off (or a more con •
venient season.
To go into statistics, it is estimated
that during tho year the average man
had said "How are yer?" .'t,74!l times;
“Is this hot enough for you?” and “Is
this cold enough for you P" each 171
times; “pleasant day," 10,718 times;
“looks like rain," 1.1,1125 1-2 times;
ither meteorological remarks, notclussi
ied, 786,421,107,Mt>5,792,001 timo-t. lie
uis dressed and undressed at least once
i day, 366 times; awd the average wo
man has, therefore, robed and unrobed,
is anybody having tlie time and incli
nation may easily figure out, 2,920 times.
Our average man lias eaten 1,095 times
-tramps, children in arms and mem
bers of the newspaper fraternity ex
aipted; lie has smoked 2,150 cigars and
cam for 190; chewed one-quarter ton,
more or less, of tobacco; “sot ’em up
for the hoys” 45 limes; been “ono of
tho boys” 1,074 times; lias n’t. cared a
lash 4,97.4 times ;has asked “What d’ yer
oy?” 972 timos; “beg pardon,” tltli
imos; meant it, once (if a condomnod
riminal, possible twice or three times) ;
lias said “glad to soo you,” 8,095 times;
ieil about it, 8,090 timos. lie has told
his favorite storv 476 times and tried to
toll it 1,076 times more.
In short, tiio year has been so exactly
like all the years that have passed, that
there is nothing remarkable about it.
You couldn’t tell it in the dark from
any year you ever saw, and ten chances
and one if you would recognize it in broad
daylight with a double-barrelled opera
glass.
Therefore, tiio least said about tlie old
/ear the bettor. It has done us all tho
paid and all tho harm it over can do,
ind wo therefore sook not its favor nor
ear its frown.
isit it, then, bury itself out of our
fight.. It has grown gray and wrinkled
ind old. It is no longer pleasant to
look upon. Hero is something more at
tractive—
Which ita name is 1884. —lloston
Transcript.
A Loenmetive Sunk Out of Sight.
A locomotive ran through a broken
bridge on the Kalians Pacific Kailwuy,
across Kiowa Creek, several years ago,
sinking into tho mml at the bottom, and
lias never sinoe been heard from, though
repeated efforts have been made, by
digging and boring, to recover so valu
able a piece of property. The bottom
is quicksand, but oven quicksands have
ltmits, and it seems very singular that,
the longest boring-rod has failed
to find any trace of the sunken
engine. By-and-by the silent, mys
terious operation wilt drain the
quicksand and harden it into rook, and
I hen, long after the Kansas Pacific Road
lias l>een forgotten, and the Kiowa
Creek has vanished from the map, some
future scientist will discover a curious
piece of mechanism, undoubtedly the
work of human hands, lying under so
many hundred feet of sandstone, ami
will use the fact aa a basis of calculating
how many million years old tho human
race must lie. —Boston Transcript.
One of Barnnm’s Tricks.
Tom Thumb celebrated his Ith
birthday in Chicago recently lie said
that when first exhibited by Barnum he
was only five years old, and so light
that a strong man could hold him on
tho palm of the hand. A fashionable
overcoat of those days was like the
ulster of the present, and had large side
pockets with l aps over them. ” Bar
nnm wore one of these.” Tom relates,
"ami 1 could get in one of the pockets,
and by doubling myself up snugly tbo
flap would conceal rite. It was a favor
ite trick of Barnum's to put me in his
po ket, and appear in the hall about the
time for opening our entertainment.
He would call lor me, a tie ting to be
surprised that 1 was not on the platform,
ami then 1 would respond. Here 1 am.
sir.' emerging fion the pocket. Alas!
how I have grown since than!"
—According to the newly revised
pharmacopeia, quinine must no longer
be called quinine, its recent Latin name,
but quinina. The word hydrate in chlo
ral hydrate has been knocked off, and
other alterations made. But for what
possible reason have the committee re
vised oot of existence their former Eng
lish synouyme licorice, and substituted
the awful word of “Doctor’s Latin,”
glycyrriza? Such a change if enforced
would ruin half the confectionery shops
of the land. Imagine any possible
| small boy asking for a cent’s worth of
glyeyrrhua!—.V, Y, Sun.
Wliiri Becomes of Knives!
A solemn problem is presented by tho
inquiry. What becomes of pins? The
disappearance of cans which have con
tain a fruit, baked beans and other
alluring articles of diet is another un
solved enigma. No ono is wise enough
to trace the whereabouts of tlie mass of
horseshoes which nre always corning
oil', and which, of course, can not all ho
found. But with the lost chords of
music and the lost arts must bo reckoned
tho immense body ot disappearing
contrivances for cutting and slashing
familiarly known as knives. He and onee
is here made not to the table knife,putty,
pallet knife or chopping knife, but to
tlie pocket knifo, that humble instru
ment of pleasure and pain, and to the
kni.'e of tho boy, and uot of the graver
and older class ot whom tlie boys are
fathers. IVhat becomes of boys' pocket
kniies? Arithmetically tiio question is
a large one. A country village with its
hundred hoys loses at least on an aver
age a kni 0 and a half for each boy every
yea '. Tho boy who never loses a knifo
ts to ho lanked with the boy who never
wets his feet, falls off a fence, shrieks,
whistles, laughs or cries when lie o ghl
not; the phenomenal children who are
grave from the first and who pro nr
to sit sobo ly by tho fireside with tho
latest volume of tho ■•('linihng Club
Series'* rattier than to indulge in noisy
snorts. If this village he multiplied by
the number of towns in the Slate, and
allowance be made for a greater popu
lation, the annual aggregate is enor
mous for n single St ate: and what aheap,
of strayed knives, ir brought together
would he the result of tabulating
the statistics for ail tho States! Rut
ting the figures a: the lowest
reasonable nmnl ers, it is within bounds
to say, according to Prof. Chit, of tiio
Metropolitan Academy, that at least sev
en million knives are lost oa -h year in
the United States; or, to use a method
of illustration uot unknown to the men
tal arithmetics if an active boy on s
bicycle should take a knife at a time,
arid, starting from the Park street gate !
of the Common, deposit tlie knife in the '
center of the parade ground and return !
for another, allowing fifteen minutes 1
for each trip, the transportation of these
lost knives would take 105^000,00b min
utes, or 1,750,000 hour*. These hours ,
would make nearly 7:t,t>) days, or ;
about 200 years at th • end of w hich j
time both boy and bicycle would be
worn out. and tie- knives would have
been lost again several times. Kvrry- !
ho ly loses a knife at proper or improp
er intervals of time, hut what right
minded boy over finds on - The ur
chins who find knives are the outcasts
wlio in tlie country stay away from
school, possibly hooking Jack, ami catch
a good string ot lisli; who crawl undei
the circus tent and arc not caught; ot
who in various ways transgress 'lie
school an-l home laws, and escape much
injury. Or they arc city Arabs w hose
eyes are keen as those of a bird of prey,
and whose hands are swift to clutch s
bit ot plunder out of the mire. The re
spectacle, proper boy by no accident
ever finds his own or any other boy’s
knife. The chances arc altogether that
a hoy deserving a card ot merit or s
modal for good conduct would go across
a State certainly across Rhode Island
—in search of Wandered knives, and re.
port at home without a single
trophy. Thero must ho a mens
ure ot impropriety and irregularity in
a lad who finds jack-knives. Anew
teacher in a boys’ school in Malic
began his duties hy tiio simple inquiry
“How many boys present ever found a
knife?” Four of the pup Is hold up
their hands, and wore at once put on
the black list, before a week was past
those boys had shown their trio- colors.
The knife test for wickedness is as sure
ns the pep] ormint test for sower pipes.
There are undoubtedly deposits of los. 1
Knives several layers deep all over Non
Kngland and other of the oldor States,
Year after year tho strata are pressed
lower by tho super-incumbent mass.
Rust and other sources of decay ailed
the blade and wear away the iian-lle.
Doubtless if tho lowest stratum ol
knives were now upturned tlie changed
appearance of the fossilized implements
lost fifty years or one hundred <>r more
years ago would bo taken hy some in
vestigators to point to a race of pre
historic men. Tho size of the men whe
handled them, the slope of the owners’
foreheads, and the peculiar conformation
of their bands would l-c inferred, ands
new argument in arclueology would he
constructed. In due time tiio speci
mens would be placed in a private mu
snuraand labels tell of the place of thoil
discovery; while visitors, diffident ol
their ability to disprove tho theory ol
tho experts, who might say, under the
breath, that the discoveries resembled
modern pocket cutlery, would lie told
they lacked the scientific spirit whirl?
is willing to accept the indisputable re
suit of investigation. If lost knives are
not so 1 e day at the bottom of anew
theory of geological formation, the sign:
fail which have usually been trust
worthy.— Uoston Advertiser.
The Capital of Madagascar.
A resident of Madagascar for seven
years recently surprised his fiontlon
audience in the course of a lecture for
the benefit of a hospital at Tananarive),
the capital of the island, by describing
the civilization of the Malagasy. Ho
found Tananarive to lie a really splendid
city, with magnificent public buildings.
The house he lodged at was as good as
any in liondon, and there was a Homan
Catholic Church which would not dis
grace Paris. The Prime Minister, who
was curiously enough husband of the
Queen and almost the most intelligent,
astute and clever man he had ever met,
occupied a splendid official residence.
The Premier know precisely how far ho
could advance in the path of civiliza
tion, and where to stop. Mo outside
people could so well control the Mala
gasy as the present Prime Minister.
During the Queen's reign of ten years
he had publicly abolished idol worship
and embraced Christianity. The nobles
of the land as well as the mass of the
population were now Christians. The
Premier was an educational reformer
and nad established numerous schools.
He had abolished “trial by poison,” a
superstitious rite which used to deci
mate the country. It was intended to
make the Queen de facto, as well as de
jure the monarch of the island, and it
was a great pity that any disturbance
should come to the existing state of
things. Among other beneficent changes
which the Prime Minister had wrought,
was the abolition of the introduction of
i slaves from Africa. He did this with
j one stroke of the pen, and in doing it he
did away with what might be called the
“material wealth’’ of Madagascar. A
man had before been considered richer
or poorer in proportion to the number
of slaves he owned. A natural anxiety
prevailed that a country which had so
| far advanced in civilization should not
j go back.
—J. H. Plummer, of Brettleborongfc,
Fa., has a rose bush ninety years ojjl,
from which more than two bushels pi
t buds bad been plucked last season.
Keeping Animals Healthy.
Hygiene upon the farm is a subject
teldom considered by agriculturists cx
tept when disease is actually present
unong their animals, and then it is fre
lucntTy looked upon more ns a visita
;ion of Providence than the result of tn
iillercnce to the laws which govern ani
nnl life. So long as animals remain
lealtby. their owners are usually satis
ied to let what they consider “well
Jnough” alone; but when sickness -loos
some, they are seldom prepared to coni
cal it. It is not the loss sustained in
hi! death of the animals first diseased in
1 herd that should ho considered, but
what may follow; for when stricken by
disease ihey often become sources of
danger to other species, as well as to
mankind.
Tlie bite of a rabid dog may cause the
death of many other animals besides the
dog: so tho well-known disease of the
horse, glanders, may pass to the groom
or others who may come within its in
fluence; and tlie tape worm so common
in sheep in ceriaiu regions of mir coun
try may prove a direful calamity to
hundreds who are so unfortunate as to
eat the in ected mutton- These and
many other diseases of domestic animals
sre directly transmissible from tho
lower to higher, or from animals to
man; consequently the health of tho
former becomes a subject of the great
est importance, and fc >o mu h care can
scarcely be taken to maintain health as
s protect ve measure, if for no other
purpose.
It is not always an easy matter to
trace disease from man back to its
source among the lower animals, even
when we are quit- certain that, it orig
inate I among them, for many of the
more common diseases change In ap
pearance, and iio not invari ibfy pre ent
the same characterist cs by w hich they
arc usually identified; hence glanders in
horses m y pass to man, and in the l it
ter receive quite another name. Hun
dreds of js-r.-on- have, no doubt, in
days gone hy. died from tiie attacks of
trichina, when the presence of this mi
nute parasite was not suspe ted by at
tending physicians nd even if it had
been di--ovcred. the hog would not
have been accuse I of being tlie animal
guilty of distributing it among mankind.
Another disease o swine known at
present a- hog cholera, and of late prev
alent in most of the Western Slates,
wh Ie not supposed to l-e transmissible
to other animals, must render their flesh
unlit for human food. How many in
lect.d animals are slaughtered, the pork
from which is pa ked for market, i- of
course unknown, but it is safe to con
clude that the quantity is very large in
ac* mntr. where there is no Government
supervision over such matters, and
farmers, when tlie disease is sweeping
away Inin Ireds per week in a county or
town, are not very likely to hesitate to
save themselves from severe losses if it
can lie done by anticipating the killing
time by a few days or weeks. The same
mav lie said of oilier ills -ases of ani
Dials, an I many an a ling steer and
fever sm tten cow or fluke-infected
sheep lias gone to the shambles, when
tlieir proper place was in the ground,
and that, too, with their jackets on.”
Although much has been said and
written about bad meat from animals
sent to our large cities in close, ill
ventilated cars, such meat is neverthe
less less dangerous as food than that
found in the stalls of country anil village
butchers, whicli very frequently is from
such animals as we have referred to
above, ntul of a quality that would not
pass inspection in our city markets. It
certainly speaks well for the climate of
tho United States that we, have so few
diseased animals, considering the neg
lect of a large majority of our farmers
to pay the least regard to the simplest,
laws of hygiene. From tlie State of Illi
nois westward to the Rockv Mountains,
we timl hundreds and thousands of
herds, large and small, that get ali the
water they drink during tlie summer
months from stagnant pools, artificial or
natural, scattered here and there over
the prairies and plains. The water in
these pools is tiiat drained from the
surrounding surface during the rainy
season, or from melting snows, anil
naturally this water takes with it tho
tilth from the surface of the soil; and
even if it appears to ho at first clear and
pure, it soon becomes extremely filthy
from the droppings of the animals fre
quenting it These hollows or mad
holes are the principal source from
which stock on tin’ Western plains get
water to drink, although in t lie valleys
ami along streams they fare better, but
often not much better, as a large pro
portion of tho brooks dry tip in summer,
or near the mountains are polluted with
the iiunl from placer mines or chemicals
ami pulp from the mills.
How all these abuses are to be recti
fied it would be difficult to determine,
for, as a recent European veterinarian
has said “The art of preserving health
embraces a large and v aried field of hu
man knowledge, comprehending all tho
conditions and requirements of universal
existence.” Among these are the in
fluences of climate, of habitation, air,
food, water, and employment- By cli
mate is understood all those influences
hat cause a region to bo hot or cold,
wet or tin, title to differences of alti
tude, latitude, proximity to the sea, or
distance from it. Asa rule, a region of
-ountry healthy for man will be found
the same for all or nearly all of our do
mesticated animals.
In low-lying, marshy lands cattle are
is likely to suffer from fever as the in
habitants, anti wo hate only to look to
tlie malarial and yellow fever into led
districts of the South and \\ est to find
the home of that virulent malady known
as the Texas cattle fever. All marshy
districts are especially injurious to
health during hot summers, when the
surface of the ground is oxposed to
heat after being covered with water.
In low wet grounds in coot climates the
diseases known as “foot rot” in cattle
and ' liver rot” in sheep are always
more or less abundant than in the high,
dry and arid, but stock are seldom as
healthy; consequently what is gained
in one direction is usually lost in an
other.
Iho ordinary farmer who has no
prevalent climatic disease to combat
need only give bis animals proper food
and shelter to keep them almost or en
tirely e- empt from disease. He should
rely more upon keeping his animals in
a condition to resist diseases than upon
the use of medicines when maladies ap
pear among them. The weak, poor
and old animals are usually the first to
fall victims to any of the internal or ex
ternal parasites which are known to n
fest stock, for the very good reason that
the\ are not as well able to resist their
attacks as the strongand healthy. Good
care, good food and plenty of the latter
are '.ho best of preventives against the
ordinavy diseases among domest.eated
animals.— N. Y. Sun.
A eONCErrED young fellow said to a
fair partner at a" reception : “ Don’t you
think, miss, my mustache is becom
ing ? ” To which she replied, “Well,
sir, they may he coming, but they have
not yet arrived,"
Stable Floors.
With proper caro, where thoro is a
plenty of rough straw, oats, sawdust
or taubark lor nodding, a plank floor is
tiio best that can lie devised for a horse.
Earth floors have been highly commend
ed, but they constantly get out of order
—uneven, and even damp and disagree
able—so much so that no care or device
can keep them in proper condition. A
bare plunk floor, however, is not only
di-agreeable to the horse, hot danger
ous. When a horse lies down, it re
quires considerable effort for him to riso
again, and if the plank floor is wot, it
is almost impossible for Him to obtan
a safe foothold to aid Dim in rising. In
t is way horsesarc frequently strained,
and probably injured for life It is im
portant. therefore, that horses have am
pie bed ling, not only for their comfort
hut their safety. If a person has a cut
ting-box, it pays to run tiio bedding
through tiio bo\. In cleaning tlie sta
ble the bedding can be eas it separated,
the wet from the dry, and the latter
saved for use again. And good farmers
nre now hauling their manure immedi
ately to their fields, and long straw in
tHo manure is frequently in the way
when plowing in the spring. If tho
bed ling is run through the box it obvi
ates this difficulty, and it is caslcflßHK
died hy the shovel.
There should lie no douhtabou' using
plank floors, but there should be rare in
preparing them for the comfort and
safely of the horse If you do not, and
your horse is lame in a hip. weak in tlm
small of the back, do not call it vour
mis ortune. but vour carelessness- what
terrible lyin'' the e is in attribut’ng
many of the failures and rnisliapson the
farm to luck and misfortune! luwa
Stale Ui tiistcr.
A srnoEON in the Herman army calls
attention of all who have to do witli
horses to the danger of using the iick
ct-hanilkerchiei to wij! away any foam
which may have been thrown upon their
clothes. Glanders have boon communi
cated in that wav.
The Frederickslon {New Rrunmoick ,
('em 1 Ileporter says: ‘‘Nobody cuu but
admire tlie persistent enterprise mani
fested by the owners of Ht. Jacobs Oil
in keeping tlie name before the public.
It received a big ‘send off’ iu the House
the other day by the Hon. Mr. Perley,
who warned his colleagues m thu Gov
ernment of the danger of Bear Killers
receiving two bounties for one nose; tlie
judicious use of the Oil causing rapid
growth. ”
Thu wire of Charles II Upton, the
Rochester (N. Y. Pity Ibink cmix-z/1.-r
wrote a novel. thistles in the Air,"
vvhi h was published in IST*, aid in
which occurs a chapter prophetically
descriptive of tin- troubles iu which her
family are now placed.
I lie Dominion of Canada has tlirc --
oent letter po-tagn, penny postal-cards,
and free newspaper postage -n papers
sent from the of publication The
service is nearly self su porting. The
current appropriation is a trit o over
two million do lars. The policy has
been to redo e rates and popu.aii/e
tho system as rapidly as po-sible.
IVlion the revenues exceed tlie ex
penses, tlie latter rate will be further
reduced.
Ladies A children's boots A shoes cau't ri n
over if Lyon’s Pat, Heel Mtitleuers are used
•* n■•!■-**• lb*.”
Quick, complete cure, ail annoying Kidney,
Bladder and Ui inary disease*. sl.l)™**’"’*-
Foa thick heads, heavy stomachs, biliotio
nena—Weils’ May Apple Tills. 10 and 26c
Dose cup. Advertisement in another column.
Lost t alili In I’liTMlcliinft.
Why la It that to many persons use proprietary
medicine*, or patent medicine*, an they are com
monly called ? Is it because perp'e lose faith in
physicians? There are innumerable instance* where
cures hare been effected by Pcovill’s Baraanarilli or
Blood and Liver Byrup for ail diseaaea of the blood,
when they had been given over by their physician*
It it one of the beat remedlc* ever offered lo the
public, and aa it la prepared with the greatest care
aa a specific for certain disease*, ft la no wond r
(hat it should ba more effectual than hastily written
and careleady prepared prescriptions made by in
competent physicians. Take Bcovill's Blood and
Liver Syrup for all disorders arising from impure
blood. It la indorsed by leading professional men
• well as by eminent physicians *n<l others.
iIOSTETTESjb.
CtLIMAm -IA piht. by chronic dr,.
P mr auffsnsg
>\vA batiitten that follow*
due***, th* to*timon
that By tho aam*
STOkiACH for u't bt ill
IS am Pruggim Olid bsalsts
SPRATLING COTTON PLANTER
AND
GUANO DISTRIBUTOR.
1 g-. The cheapest and
best. Opens furrow,
/ distributee guano,
/ / drops cotton need,
corn, peas. etc., at
foaNhMaflSßX distance, in mini
..a.M i.vj her. Cover** at same
time Price, fin.in.
Agents wanted everywhere For foil particulars
address.
W. C. SMITH 8l CO..
31 South Broad St.. Atlanta. Ga.
\\T A NTRD. Railroad. Canal, Turnpike, State.
?v Conn tv. City or Township Bends that aro in
arrears tor interest or that hare defaulted or in an/
way failed to ray obligations. Also, Pine aud
black Walnut Timber Lands with perfect title
Npeclal Rank Fncllltica
for all Winds of Mercantile aud 'ommercial collec
tions. Address, QUINTON I'OnWINk,
Room aa. No, 7 I Broadway, New \\ rk.
C*W g*\ Coit-run Coif-J*, >*w*it
D ■ •X. j Writ* for CMxdwgu*.
CONSUMPTION,
I h*vw * poslUTe rrawiy for tb* tbon .lUr*.*** bv lb
osto Uou(*ikdJ >f omw of th® won! kind ami of l.iri*
•teiMllng h®Te bon crurM. Indeed, n *troUs umr falti
In it* efftcncT. that 1 will send TWO BkffTLKa FRK&. to
grlhsr with a V ALU ABUS TREATISE on Oii* diseaaa. u
any suffer®r (>l* Kxt resa and P. O. address.
D&. T. JL. SLOCUM. 1 Pearl 8b . Nsw Yorb
AsmE cm* for rpflvwsy sr FTts tn 2* hootrm. Fsos
u Bwor. Dm. Kmpsb. i<4 Arscwal Sb. Sl Lwuls, Ms
pprpi R Y ** ETF R ' M AIL—A full deaeriptioa of
1 lILL . Moody’* NawTaitoß Svsttn of Dsx** Cctt ••
O. IV. MOODY A C*o .l W. 9Hu O.xxxxx L
tt 79 A sl2 a dav at home eaaflv maoe
J)i IjCostll outfit ftsa. Ad dross Tms h Cos. Aurusta Ma
TUI H Photo* of Female B*at:tle*, lOc. TUustrau.\
I fl || Caiaioeut > cl*. J DIETZ, Rkadimo. Pa.
Mja^^ggPi^aifrTiipi
H CURES WHERE Ml USE FAILS. S
HI Best Cough Syrup Tastp*good. ra
Uselmimp, So dby druggist*. H
AGENTS WANTS.** *oi th® Beat ud Fastest
selling Pictorial Book* and B;bi®a. Prices re
duced 33 percent. yarusaL Prausatsa To., Atlanta,Ga
COO A WEEK in rour own town. Terms ant.
DOOlfioutfitfrwe.A&drsHJlAilstt 40aJ*orUand..u.
f C 1. Mfl per day at home, Bamplea worth Sfi
•3 *5 AUfrn.xdarwsiauoakC.FotUaa4.M*.
StJacobsOil
THE GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
Ilelh’ves and curM
ItllEl M ATIBI,
Neuralgia,
Sciatica, Lumbago,
H.%4 K ACIIE,
HEADACHB, TOOTHACHE
SORE THROAT,
QUINSY, SWELLINGS,
NPHAIMN, yt)
Sorenehs, Cuts, Bruises.
FROHTRITKH,
III'KNM, Mil.ns,
And ail other bodily achCA
and pairiH.
FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
Sold by all DrufcgiMtAand
fu-ulcrH. Dlreetions In H
laiiKUAgi l^.
The Charles A. Vogeler Cos.
19 A. YOokiJER * CO.)
Naltimurp. M 4., C, k. A.
WltaiErery Planter Needs
A Plenty of Seefia, lit eta. icr do i . Papers
A Ciller Mill. . $ 16 00 tos 85 00
A Wind Mill, . 136 00 to 150 00
A Fruit Dryer, 40 00 to 800 00
A sulky plow, 57 50 to 66 00
A Hiding Cultivator, 37 50
A WHiking Cultivator, *ifl 00
A Wheel florae Hake, 80 00 to 35 00
A Sen*w Pulverizer . . 135 00 to 210 00
A Kidd Holler. 45 00 to 75 00
A One llorw Harrow, 600 to 1100
A Two Horne Harrow, 9 -Vito 22 50
A Mower A Ileaper,Met ortiiirk* 135 00 to 800 00
A Two llorsM* Turning Plow, 750 to 12 00
A One Horn* Turning Plow, 4 00 to 8 50
A Hannan or h-ifuiKm Plow
Moek. i 83
A Feed C utter, 850 to 85 00
A c otton Planter, 10 00 to 18 00
A < oru Plautor, ... 1 06to 1* 00
A Crain Drill, 81 Onto 125 04*
A <iood Churn, 640 to 20 0C
A spring Tontli sulkey, Har
row and Seeder eoiiibiued, 71 00
A Knrir Hell. 500 to 2u uO
\i and lie have th' in for }*ou. All warranted.
5 per i< tt. d>M-< unt for money with order.
.Jones* or ll 'o igi’ * otton Heed at $2 50per bu.
I*l, \AT III.KTS.
We nan a !.it-g“ -*!*• k. and will -ell cheap to
atari the l> dl. It- M* rt>r < ;ttb than Turuipa,
and -Jieei.div jfifrMl for Milch CoWt*.
ftlnnd Til! Dip H“cN, i*er pound, 80ff
IS - I 11. et. . *‘ ” 70e
f.diu l.'fl’i M iik'tM Wor/.el, .. “ “ 50c
Itreind * !•.!■ •, *‘ •* . •* ** 55c
tinlden <d ■ •. *• *• . *♦ “ 55c.
C \lt ICO! N *!I \ 14 r. V 1,1,10 w RITTfr.K
lying or i r•< ..not, .. “ “ 90c
I. .‘ *1 . Hel in. thy “ “ 90C
1- m l l* l* ..U u m plant an aero.
Tomatoes are I \ eel lent tor ( otv
11 so
,'4 of :i pound * i'l jdant a jrHid patch 75c
of it p< un i !i,ii 'h -i .ike Wnfermellou wed 00c
'•t 1 l: • i"i : • b\ mail. J&t
Mark VV. Johnson & Cos.
?7 f/ir t , ♦■ret. ATLANTA, CA.
sitMAßnw
CURLS AND . Alcoholism
tfi,*. M V. 1 .,:-”l'i t>t Ui 1.
smarms.
UK* JTJ 6 pv. " v,'," Ymiu r ‘“
fa w A Tit > i <Rn<ts proclaim It
■ w tn*- ti* •-1 wonderful in
vl|t"rDtthttt v..rmi,.aln.‘rttl.. nluklnyorctero. Kqt
,“■ hy all UnikV ■“ ritKim KA. K/CHMOND
*V l.lllC'A *. * l ’ s.li* Prupri.tore. St. JoncpU. Mtt
OPIUM HABIT
AND DRUNKENNESS.
• oslMvelv, speedily and permanently cured by
I K KKKLKY 8 OOLl> REM KDlcontaining
ii f forte of Opium. Truth Invitee Investigation.
Reference* best n the State. For terms, pninph
lots ami proof*,address, with three cent stamp,
W. C. RKLLIffV, M. I).,
7 1-2 Broad s . \ tlufita.
xvVV^llV
O /•a fl P%oy watchmaker**. By mu ■- . Ctreniam
DUL Uffree. J.S.Diu. a A( ■ iv-i St . N.V
l>i;is v. *¥ic v nr nkf <* n yr>rr
/\ Ihose nisliiug to utuk
3I V/ money In
con COTTON FUTURE'
%&> enu get full ntlormitflo<m
iiiml rlrenlnr** mailed tree on
appllention lo
UJU 1.01 IS C. l iti; Y and CO.,
COMMISSION HBi'KSaS,
\J V# Kenner Blo< k, NEW ORLEANS,. LA.
HEALTH IS WEALTH!
Da. R. C. Wrer*’ suti no R**i Truthmt *
for Bystena, Iwmii, C'oarulsi.-ns. Narvons
ITwadiM'h*, Mental Depression, Loot of Memory, Freiu*-
ttu# Old Ag*> caused ty r*i-exartian, winch l*ad t*
mteery. dacay and death. One b-x will ciira recast
■ Each box contain* one month’s treatrusnt. Os#
■Ldlst al< x or Six hoxea for flra dollars; snt hy nail
postpaid on racstpi of pt ; *. Weguarant** six ht>iea to
cut • any caa*. With aach order received by ns for x
haxe*. accompnnted **.th flva dollara, * will ••■<( t)>•
piircka*ar our written goarsatee to return the inonay if
the treatment do* t.“t Affei t a cure. GHiaranta* i*ned
nlr by 4. J. 1.1 1 1 >. ( harleatos, I. L Ordara
by mail promptly attended to.
tONLY ?*t*o
for * l*lillßd-|phla Singer
•■f this style F.qua! to any Singur
style other ronipanien for
BSB. All Machine* warranted
for three years. Send for Illua
trnteti Circular aud Teatinion
is]*- A ddrees ('ll ARLES A.
r rOIA, Jl 4<lll A FRl' sand H7PPLIRS. ot
I any kind CMichaaed t i parties at a dtatanre al
LOWEST MARKET PRI( RS.by <R:oRb II.BALL,
?*”.:* haatng Agent, 9ft Liberty gleet New York.
Tro ITEW
ASTIC TRUSS
fMa f'ad di/Ttrleg from al 1 otbwl,
Mltfjs -jg*ip :• rapahapa, with Salf-AdjuOne
Dellln center, adapui t*lf toail
SENSISLCtf PO.UIOD. of id. k-.ly. whfl. ib.
-ft, W ...... SB Ball: a thacoppreneiibaebt**
*|Q Vi TRUSi.4W Utc.Hlnettnstae.p.r.anweold
Wm/T V. J/ whh the rlager. Wab Ufht
® preaacre the Hertila b beld *ecar!y
lay and night, and a radical care certain, lit* aagy, dorUiU
SBd thaap. Seal by mail. Circular* ires.
EGG LEST Q,T TUTSS CO.. Ofctco. HL
BRARD elixir J
Mims iM
ets..atampar *• > r I A.I.hMI flllit
.' m t <>rn/>% nation of Fro
lor I to.rui* oj Jron, l’>-ruman
& M Jf jar Ear M kf JBf M rng I Hark and J'hosphorvsin
M M &Af mAf JSf JCIT yJR Ufl I a form . For
MAKbMBF MmA WM Mr Asm * mUm ■fl Debility, Jx>ms of Aype-
WJf M m m m M JBF JaS A Jf ~JM JEi tiu , Frustration of Vital
r -Msgfr Mr §rn/ M M “T M. I lowers it is indispensa^
bis .
REV. A. I. HOBBS Writes:- / BEV. J.R. TOWITEB,
After a thorough trial of the / PURIFIEi JFr m m
IRON TONIC, I take pleasure / r/Yf J? Industry, 111., saysi
in statin? that I have been 4 jr I ‘l consider it
yreatly benefited by its / Ul I 111 11 a most excellent '*medy foi
e J?i nißters , v f / AJXd y y A §/ the debilitated vital forces,
lie Speakers will find it *=. ——— —^
of the greatest value Mn—w'sihimiii.,._j "jj. ■ iumljiimm jip^—!
where a Tonic is neces- fly WM* / WW M 1
sary. I recommend it M M Miw f AmSF Mr M M fWM M A
as a reliable remedial V/ 9 J?Mf M MM M *WM MJ
a*rent, possessing un* wM Jf jt Ur Mr M A MMA m MVml -
doubted nutritive and MM S MJF A JSMm JM M A MAW
•iterative properties. WW W M Jf A M M WrA
iovitriiU. Ay., Oct. 2, KS2.
ngmrnasDß. habter H’dict'je tuv iuaiaa.gtMm
AND UP
MASON S.HAMUN ORGAN * PIANO CO.
BQSTQN*Oi
IF YOUR
WATCH
Tlas been ruined by inoompatent work
men, or needs repairing, send H Kjr a ,
Sup siras whcb factort
where only drilled workmen and mo
improved machinery U employed. We
more NEW any part that has been dam*
no cei or woi” Prices for re pain will be
p-Vvu you r.i'oaE the work ie com
u-cced. All work gna ran teed. Pn*
your name and arid rets In the package
with khe watah. fWHend for our LLXUfr
TPATED CATA'XWCE AND PRICES
?. STEVENS WATCH CO.,
hi oufacturera of stem-winding watchea
Faatory aa<l Oflh-e >l4 IVUitehall Nt.,
ATLANTA, (i t.
'^|TP SJ* KIDNEY AND I ]
h LIVER CUREj
. t O’, a, st of the Kidneys, Llvsr, Urinary Organa, Malaria and Bright’s Disease. The Best Blood Purifier. JA3
H. H. WARNER & CO. i
ROCHESTER. N.Y.
• rThli remedy Is am aalste speelOe Per
ihedura*ea of women; for the self lnfllrted
eerven* trnhl*e of youth, stud for the 4e*
bt Hi whleh precede* old age. Aa steilstlee
ataow that all dlsrasea arise from the k* *
neya or Llrer.we eaa gutranU* freedom tr%f |
uiaetuM- by reuita of the power whleh *a#
Safe Kidney aid Liver Care p saMssd
orer these oigasa f.
Strong’s Sanative Pills
T OB THB
LIVER.
A speedy cure for liver comulalnt, regulating the
j bowelfi, purifying the blood, cleansing from mala
rial taint. A perfect cure for sick headache, cot*-
stipotion anl dyapeimta. Mold by al! leading drug*
giste. For al nxns s with full particulars, addreif
0. E. II v LL A Cos . Aox AV. New York.
DOSE CD? & ~COEK-SOSET.
L } m invalid's boon and nnfne’d’delight
Toi GIVEN FREE bnDlLFoonS
~.W. „ Health Monthly to those sending
_ mmßtggtm uj only 4 letter stamp* for a 3 rntmthp'
£ tr.ul anbecription The Dowd Ctp
u J 2 measures aocnraUdy <*ne draduß anl
£ ° prevents miatake* . the cork-screw
< j- twe vet its breaking cork* and knife
i r I blntie* t.he Health Monthly prevents
-f V S? human ill*. Addrem M HILL PUM.
j < K co.. It*** New YcrKCky
so.2s for 89 ots.
Any one sending me cents and the addresses cf
ten C4)u&intancea will receive by return mall
goods t not recipes)that net|P 35. rhisisan honewk
offer to Intrvyduce staple good*. If von want a for
tune. act now. J. D Hemuv. P. Q. Box 137 BUF*
FALO, NKW YuBJL
REYNOLDS’ inoy WORKS.
1). A. MILL AXE, Managrr.
P.0.80x 1690, • - NEW ORLEANS. LA,
ManrjVt. rv Rvnold* ClebniU“l Platfom COTTON
PRESSES, Swim, Hand and Here* , STEAM
ENGINES, SUtiAR MILIA.VACDI M TANS, Staamboat.
Steamahtp and Mang Paiaot DredgabcMtt Work.
an ! Railroad Car Ir< n Work a SpanaltT. Building Fnatt,
Coinnina, Railing*. Blackamitbing aod Machtor Work in rwa
eral. G. C. Timpa’a batont ELEVATORS for •lora. Oritors
toucited aad retimate* mad* by th* Manager.
! HILL and FAUTOEY SUPPLIBB
! OP ALL KINDS. BELTING HOSE aal
PACKING. OILS, PUMPS ALL KINDS,
1 IRON PIPE, FITTINGS, BRASS GOODS,
! STEAM GAUGES, ENGINE GOVERNORS,
See. Send for Pric* List. W, H. DIL
LINGHAM & CO., 143 Main Street, LOUIS-.
VILLE, KY. '
■ ■’ublisher*’ Union, Atlsnta, <l* - Six.—g3
ADD TOIIINCOME
Olubs offer* the aureat menus of making regular monthly
i profit*fromlnveormentsofflOtofiuOOormore dealingln
GRAIN. PROVISIONS & STOCKS
i £a*h member get* the be nest of combined canltAi ortn*
Club. Iti'port* sent weekly. Dividends paid monthlv.
Club IS paid shareholders bark their money in profit* In
pa*it three months, still leaving original amount making
money In Club, or returned on demand. Share*, flu each.
Explanatory circulars sent tree. Reliable correspondents
wan;el everywhere. Addres* R. E. Kisdall Cos,
Com n Mehta.. IT7 a. i: La Salle SL. Chioaoo. Ilu
* *• Urnrm i|rsM porUon o t Ojm lit U Mm
nile f the end the rappet mt
WARNER’S
Bewarg
iiFranl*
Jnseru
alc u a
tar- -
We tried
to - nitate
our Rem*
dy and
deoat a
th* pub'lt-’
hr !(Z
SIMILE*
NAM C *
but a
not be de
oeived[
see that
the word
SAFE
erith pic
ture of an
•rein Bafe,
on ablaek
wrap par
andwnita
letteri ie
on every
pack ag*.
Also, see
that it ia
on the la
bel and
stamp,
and take
no other.