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A PABBII FABtK.
Viral, wbMe anno!nt*d err*
Piemd the wall* of raradifw*
Haw a youth of spot lee*
Pax* within the holy ptor*.
Wandering ’nenth the blooming tteva
Paint with hi* first restacits—
Ntctaroas odors sw- *t and rate
Wooded him on Ms fragrant fir.
And silver brooklets broke in song
All his flowery way alonjr.
At enoe a maiden atraiigriy fair—
Beautiful beyond rotnpare-
From a near approaching height
Dawned upon tua ray-bhea tu^ht.
•• Who art thou,” he quickly cries,
" Sweet enchantrasa ol mv eyes?
For never in tern *trisl ir
Shone a riaion half no fair.”
Then the maiden >*y his side,
To his wonder, thus replhd •
"’Tie the life you 11 !>• low
Went 10 form ray nature so :
l am, therefore, whai ibon art—
I am shapen from thy heart;
A here you faltered and foil back.
1 ao much of beauty lack,
Kor the M-mbiance that 1 wear
Is thv life serene and fair—
It. hold thy earthly deeds agrrv
With at! th- buauty born in me ”
—[Joel Benton, in Bsldtrln'a Monthly.
FARM AMI) IIOMK.
Reclaiming Marsh Lands
The reclamation of marsh lands wax
the subject of an essay by J. N. Smith
before a Michigan farmers’club, consid
ered that the low lands mere among the
richest, but, of course, his wealth ol soil
could not be made available except by
drainage. Open drains, as most com
monly made, lie condemned, and even for
mains, thought such more expensive and
troublesome than tile drains. Long ex
perience had shown that tile drai: s wen
permanent and vastly more efficacious
than any other system; that even small
tubes would carry off more water than
a large open ditch, draining a much
larger surface, and rendering the soil
more arable, better adapted to tillage,less
subject to drought and more uniformly
better jiermeated with air and moisture.
He exhibited a map of a tract of eighty
acres which contained in the center a
tract of twenty acres of low swamp which
ne had drained and reclaimed. The tract
was eighty rods long and forty rods wide.
Mr. Smith bad laid down tile drains
crosswise of the field. The drains were
about fifteen rods apart and five rods
from the edges or ends of the field, and
the center drain extended was the main
which carried off the accumulation. The
tile were put down from three to five
feet below the surface, the latter depth
being considered the best. The tile used
were two and one-half inches in diametei,
costing twenty-five cents a rod. He had
used 4,000 tile or 2fi(> rods, costing #OS;
the digging and labor had cost SSO,
making the total cost sl2l, or about $0
an acre for the twenty acres. In reality
the drainage of tire twenty acres received
the water shed of the entire eighty acres,
arresting much of it before it reached the
low lauds. Mr. Smith believed that
#6 an acre would cover all expenses of
drainage.
Manngament ol Orchards.
There is a popular notion that trees
get into an unproductive condition
through a neglect of pruning, and that a
thorough pruning is all that is needed to
restore them to a healthful and fruitful
state. This is a mistake. I hey have
been brought to their |ioverty by starva
tton, nud their great need is hard. This
ireing supplied, pruning, scraping and
other treatment may come in to aid.
Manure being the first tiling needed,
the fertility of the orchard may be
brought up by a generous application of
barn-ysrd manure, spread upon the sur
face and turned under by a shallow
plowing. In the Absent,' of sufficient
manure, then green crops, buckwheat
or clover, may be sown, to lie turned
under with application of lime or ashes
In prunning an old or any other tree it
should lie done with a definite object. If
branches have been broken or are parllv
decayed ; if the head is so crowded that
light and air cannot enter ; if limb* cross
and chafe one another; if the head is
quite one sidl'd, or if for any other rea
son a removal of a pirtion of the top
will b. beneficial, then use the saw.
The preferable time for pruning is when
severe weather is over and before vege
tation has started, t’se a pruning saw
or other narrow-hladed saw, with the
teeth set wide; smooth the wounds with
a drawing knife, and then cover them
wi'h mrlted grading wax nr thick paint.
Scraping and washing the old hark is
useful. It the tree produces indifferent
fruit then, besides the renovation already
mentioned, it should lie grafted with
some gras) sort, but it will be of little
use to graft only about one-third ot the
head each year, beginning with the
branches iu the centre of the tree. The
time is just as the buds begin to swell.
A hat a F'mr Ought to Know
A farmer ought to be not only an
accomplished tiller of the soil, but also
an excellent mechanic, a lair harness
maker, and mender of shoes, a tolerable
carjventer, a pretty good blacksmith or
machinist and also a wide awake,
thorough judge and breeder of stock,know
how and caring for their ailments—not
only horses and cattle, but sheep, hogs,
mules, poultry, or anything that money
can be made out of. With all this he
should be a civil engineer, acquainted
with levels and hydraulics, and re
pairs of pumps, and if, in addition to
these requirements, he understands
laying stone and brick, and put
ting on plastering, as well as
m xing and applying paints, he will
find plenty to do, to say nothing of what
he ought to know aboutj 'grain and
milling it. His wile, and in fact, good
w.ves generally, must not only under
st nl housekeeping, but she must lea
good cook, baker and confectioner, know
how to make and fit garments of all sorts
for both sexes, and not only be a tailor
ess, but milliner and mautaumaker also.
She must understand canning fruit and
vegetables, and making both pickles and
preserves. With these, the experience
of a few years’ observation as a mother
ought to make her something more than
an ordinary physician. Moat ailments ,
pertaining both to human beings and
brutes are but trifling at first, and if
taken in time are easily cured. It is
only by neglect that they become serious.
—[Prarie Farmer.
Household Hints
To Polish Ffp.nitt-p.k. —Take of good
alcohol one half pint, quarter of an
ounce pulverized resin, the same of gum
shellac; alter this has dissolved add one
half pint of linseed oil; shake well.
To Otjp.e Corns, —Bathe the corn with
strong borax water, then shave it closely,
but be careful not to make it bleed.
Place over the corn a white felt corn
plaster and wear it constantly until the
corn has disappeared. Every night and
morning wet the small cavity over the
corn (and in the plaster) with a little
borax water, or, if preferable, the pulp
of a lemon. The corn-plasters can be
procured of any druggist.
Egg Ointment. —The oil obtained
from the yolks of eggs is credited with
wonderlul healing properties iri cases of
cuts, bruises, and the like, by some of the
eastern nations. The eggs are first boiled
hard, when the yolk is easily removed.
Crushed and carefully stirred over a hot
fire, the oil separates, when it is ready for
use. The eggs ot waterfowls have the
most oil, hut that obtained from the eggs
of the common and guinea hen is con
sidered best.
The use of Salebatitr Discour
aged.—The free use of saleratus, so much
consumed in bread, is excessively inju
rious to the human system. ft is
particularly liable to induce mus
cular prostration or paralysis, and
is sure to injure the digestive organs. Of
course, it is most fatal to children,whose
delicate organization is more sensitive
titan that of grown persons.
Ftkan Bream. —Thisinacapital recipe,
for th bread keeps fresh for a longtime,
and is very easily made: Two and a
half pounds brown flour, i. e., the wheat
as ground, no bran being taken out,
quarter pound white (lour, half ounce
soda, four teaspoonfuls tartaric acid, a
lump of ammonia the size of a nut, one
and a half pints of milk and water, or
pure water. To be baked in a tin.
To Hkoook Roaht Keek.— Mince some
of the meat very fine, season well, have
a layer of mashed potatoes about an inch
thick in a dish ; spread over it a thick
layer of meat and cover it with another
layer of potatoes; with a knife form
squares on your potatoes, spread a little
butter over it and brown nicely; also,
cut some meat in inch square pieces;
take about half as much raw potatoes,
cut the same size, and one onion cut
small; put in a saucepan with some beef
gravy, and water enough to cover it, a
little salt; cover tightly, and when it.
comes to a boil set it wiicre it will simmer
until the gravy iH reduced to quite one
half, then add black pepper and a little
curry |wiwd.<r nud u U-iinpiioulul t flour;
serve in this way, or you can line the
sides of pio dish, put in the meat, etc.,
cover with a nice paste and bake.
Catching f lic Train.
I hs in l‘'rHiikllii but i very short
time, and, its 1 have already bee! re
called to that happy lit.> city, 1 shall
defer what I have to r. ■ until 1 know
more about it. 1 only know now that
its first name is Benjamin, but thev al
ways esil it Franklin for short. it gets
up early and goes to bed early, except
on lecture nights, and is consequently
“healthy and wealthy and wise.’’ You
should have seen me chase the train out
of Franklin. Heard the whistle just in
time to collar a valise that weighs a ton
(carry stove legs in it to keep it from
Hying up over the housetops like a bal
loon, when 1 set it down), tear myself
away from a pheasant little circle of
friends und perhaps I didn’t pick up my
feet about 800 times a minute! Started
the wrong way and would have been in
Cincinnati in twenty ininuteaif a commit
teeman hadn’t caught me and turned
me around. Dashed down an alley to
make a short cut to the depot ami fell
over a two horse wagon, collided with a
cow and at lust fell into a retired horse
power. Agonised committeeman shout
ing after me, trying to catch me and
endeavoring to keep me headed straight.
Every time that valise hit my legs I
thought the train had run into me. Fell
down twice, and got up with a general
impnsdonof having corralled an earth
quake, and wished that f hadn't. Kan
down the middle of the street at length,
got to the depot clear out of breath, and
in one final, magnificent burst of speed,
headed oft the traiu.
Freight; going the wroug way. Man
at the depot told me to go in and sit
down, my train was late and would be
along in about an hour and a half. I
went in, but there were too many people
in there, aud it was too light. I went
out in the dark and sat dowu on the
loneliest trunk I could find. 1 felt re
flective and sad like.—[Burliugton
Hawkey*.
la*t Well Enough .Mono.
“ 1 don’t object.” said the quartermas
ter, on Sunday morning, while our ship
was running towards the equator, before
the northeast trade wind, “ 1 don't ob
ject to prayers when it blows a hurri
cane or when we are on a lee-shore. But
here we are called aft to prayers when
the weather is as fine as ever was made ;
fair winds every day : a clear situ at noon ;
sky sails, studding sails and everything
else set ; not abrade or a sheet 110110- i
laved for weeks, the ship going ahead so '
steady that she could carry a glass erf
sherry on that capstan, and not spill fa
drop of it' But prayers it is. according 1
tej orders ' Xow what’ the good of it ?” j
.. ‘ Would you like to have some
candy, grandma ?” “ Yes, my boy; ]
where is itf’ “Why, if you will buy I
me ten cents worth. I wii! give von
half.”
SCIENTIFIC OOSSIF.
Clock work lias been successfully ap- \
plied as a motor to sewing machines by 1
a mechanician of Vienna. It can be j
wound up in a few minutes, and it will 1
run for several hours, its speed being j
meanwhile fully under the control of j
the operator.
It has been noticed that European
bees, when imported in Australia for a
year or two, keep their hives in good
order, and make a very fair amount of
honey, bat after that time they become
idle and wholly unproductive. An ex
planation of this curious fact would be of
great interest.
The origin of saltpetre appears to have |
been satisfactorily explained by modern ;
research. Briefly, saltpetre is nitrogen j
oxidised into nitric acid, and this oxida- |
tion is brought about by living organisms j
consisting of colorless cells. These bodies j
are found not only capable of living i
without daylight, but light appears to be 1
prejudicial if not fatal to their develop
ment and growth.
In a papier by Mr. Hering, read oefore
the Academy of Vienna, is the following
explanation of the sense of temperature :
The perception of temperature depends
on the height for the time being of the
temperature of the nervous apparatus of
the skin. Every temperature of the
nervous apparatus above the zero point
is felt as heat, every one below as cold,
and the distinctness of the sensation of
heat or cold increases with the distance
of the temperature proper for the time
being from the zero temperature.
The Whitehead torpedo has a formid
able rival in what is knowu as the La
boratory torpedo, which is now manu
factured very extensively at Woolwich,
England. Ho jealous are the British
regarding this latest invention, Mr.
Whitehi ad lias not been allowed to ex
amine it. in its general principles,
however, it *is understood to resemble
the Whitehead torpedo, but its speed is
far greater. It will rush beneath the
water at the rate of forty miles an hour
It is only by the exercise of the
will that the separate mechanism jios
sesseil bv each eye can be so controlled
that a point can be seen singly and dis
tinctly. In other words, single vision is
the result oi use, and is a remarkable in
stance of the law of adaptation, liaehl
mann and Witkcwski lately observed the
eye motions of persons asleep, ot new
born children, of blind [lersons and of
people under the influence of chloroform
or suffering from epileptic attacks, in all
of which cases there is a failure of the
power of the wilt; and in every instance
uncoordinated movements were rioted.
From the ideographs and syllabiecs of
Babylonia, Mr. Boscawen has written an
interesting sketch of the probable primi
tive culture of the Babylonians. They
dwelt lirst in oaves, then in structures of
wattle and daub, and then in houses, sup
ported by wooden lieams or columns, and
having doors and windows. These last
had gardens of some kind at the entrance.
Flame was obtained by the use of the
firesiick. Policemen patroled the early
cities by night and by day, and the
ideograph for prison Is said to be “ black
hole." Women were held in the highest
respect by their children, the ideograph
for mother being “house divinity.”
If a string telephone with a parch
ment membrane be united at any point
of a l>e!l telephone, one may hear through
t a person usiug the bell telephone.
Several string telephones may thus be
employed with good effect. It is worthy
ot note that t he voices of woman and chil.
dren can be beard best with telephones
having elates of three to five centimeters
in diameter., and the voices of men with
those having plates of six to eight centi
meters. When the gamut is sung into a
telephone with a laige vibrating plate,
the lowest notes are easily heard while
the higher becomes less distinct. With
a small plate the results are reversed.
A State Senator Unawares.
A disreputable-looking individual
walked into a barber-shop in town yes
terday where half a dozen men were
waiting to be shaved, and as-ed :
“ When’s my next?”
He was filthy aud half drunk, and the
probabilities being against his having fif
teen cents, the barber told him he had
no “.next” at that shop, and requested
him to pull the door hard as lie pa-sed
out,
“ My appearance may be against me,”
said the stranger, “but I am neither
Henry Clay Dean nor Blue-Jeans Wil
liams. 1 am a citizen of this state”—
“ We can’t shave you to-day, and T
don’t feel justified in detaining you.
Call around about two o'clock next
week. Ta-ta.”
“ You don’t know who I am," ex
claimed the man. “ I'm an honored
citizen of this commonwealth. My heard
hurts. When at home I shave every
day and twice on Fun ”
“ Don’t lorget to pull the door after
you.”
“ I’ve half a mind to pull your
able carcass after me,” yelled the strange
man, in a toweriug rage, “ and maul a
little sense into you. Ttie next thing
you know you’ll be refu-iug to shave the
| new pope of Rome. I’m a member of
i the Pennsylvania senate. 1 demand my
rights as an American ciiizen. 1 want to
be shaved and nave my mustache
waxed ”
“ Will the senator give us a rest * ”
asked the customer on the hack chair
“ I move that t' 0 sergeant at arms be
instructed to put; imout.” said anothi r
“ Dds is an insult to the whole people
of the great state of Pennsylvania,”
screamed the man. a.- he dane. and around
in his awful rage. “ 1 repreet t one of
the finest agricultural districts in the
state. I have an intelligent aid patriotic
constituency I was in favor of the
Bland bill. It was I who offered the
resolution recommending our representa
tives in congress assembled to pass a
law ”
At this point the towels were jerked
from the neck of the customer in the
back chair, who jumped to bis feet and
shouted :
“ Mr. President!”
The strange man advanced a step, and
continued :
“ I demand my right to be heard on
the floor of this house. Bland is an in
timate friend of riflne. I knew his wife
before he married her: I knew her folks,
i Years ago I gave him some ideas on the
remonetization of silver, which I notice
he had incorporated in his popular bill.
That’s all right. I loaned him five
dollars once to nay a board— ’’
The barber reached out. and seized the
man by the coat collar, faced him to
ward the door and bounced/him into the
1 street.
The Senator picked himself up, and
with his coat-tails still trembling from
the shock, ambled down the street mut
tering bitterly :
“ When at home i move in the best
society. Have traveled in all climes
from Mauch Chunk to Tene Haute.
Have been shaved and shampooed by the
barber of Seville, and now to be treated
like this in Oil City ! I shall resume my
seat at once, and the body of which I am
a member shall never adjourn until my
honor shall have been vindicated.”
A policeman stopped and scowled at
him from the opposide side of the street,
when he straightened up and proceeded
on his way with the dignity of a judge of
the supreme court.—[Oil City Derrick.
SAUCER IN OUR SYSTEM.
An Anecdote’ ot Washington and Jefferson.
A Cleveland correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune sends that paper the
following extract trom a letter by the
late Francis Lieber; “An incident of
more than usual interest occurred to
day, just after the class in constitutional
law was dismissed, at the university. I
had been 1 during upon the advantages
of the bi cameral system, had dismissed
ihe class, and was about to leave the
oom when a young man, whom f knew
had taken instructions under Laboulave,
in Paris, approached me, and said that
what I had urged in regard to the bi
c imeral system reminded him of a story
which he had heard Laboulaye relate.
I was interested, of course, and, as the
c’ass gathered around, he proceeded with
the following: Laboulaye said, in one
of his lectures, that Jefferson, who had
become so completely imbued wiih
French ideas as even to admire the uni
cameral system of legislation, one day
visited Washington at Mt. Vernon, and,
in the course of tiie conversation that
ensued, the comparative excellence of
the two systems came up tor consider
ation. After considerable had been said
on both Bides, finally, at the tea-table,
Washington, turning sharply to Jeffer
s in, said:
‘ Y’ou, sir, have ju-t demonstrated the
superior excellence of the bi-cameral
system, bv your own hand.’
‘I! How is that, ? ’ said Jefferson, not
a little surprised.
‘ You have poured your tea from your
cup out into the saucer to cook We
want the bi cameral system to cool
things. A measure originates in one
house, and in beat is passed. The other
house will serve as a wonderful cooler;
and, by the time it is debated and modi
fied by various amendments there, it is
much more likely to become an equit
able law. No, we can’t get along with
out the saucer in our system.”
‘ Jefferson, ot course, saw that a point
had been made against his argument;
but whether he was frank enough to say
so, the story-teller did not relate ”
A Young' Demon wlio “Just
Wanted to Kill Somebody.” '
A tragedy occurred at Oakley, Caro
line county, Va., which equals in de
pravity and wickedness anythin" recently
known in the catalogue of blood.
Willie Dillard,aged 14,50n of Edmund
Dillard, a weathv farmer of Caroline
county, went to a field where his father’s
faithlu! negro overseer, Dick Thompson,
was engaged at work. He was on friend
ly terms with the man, and as he passed
him in the field the usual salutations
were exchanged. The youth went to a
fence-corner aud dug with a spade a hole
seven feet long and tour leet wide. Then,
calling Dick to him, he said, “ You see
that ditch ; well, that is your grave,”
I and with these words, and before the
j negro man had time to collect
! tiis thoughts, Willie jerked up an axe
which it seen,s he had secreted in the
j fence corner, aud struck him on the head-
The negro’attempted to defend himself.
| but the boy followed up the first blow
with one across the throat with the edge
of the axe, halt severing the windpipe.
The unfortunate man ran about one
hundred yards and dropped exhausted.
; Young Dillard went straight to the house
and told his sister (the rest of the tamily
beiug absent from home) what he had
done. He was perfectly cool, and said:
“ Sister, you had better send out and see
; Dick.” The horrified girl dispatched
servants to the field, where lay the dying
man weltering in gore. It is said he
cannot recover.
The murderer was arrested by a
constable, and after an examination
before a magistrate, was sent to the
criminal court. There h.sj be. no
difficulty between the p-.-oner and
his victim, aud the only cause
Willie gives for the bloody deed is that
he just wanted to kill somebody. He
told the story in substance as it is
given above, snd seemed perieetlv
rational si. the while. He had dug a
grave not iong since, but did not succeed
in findings tenant for it It is said that
from his early boyhood he had s fond
ness which amounted to a mania for kill
ing cats, dogs and other innocent crea
tures.
The aflair has caused a great
tion in Caroline. Dick Thompson was
an old man, and was much respected by
white and black. Willie Dillard is
strongly built and is well grown for his
age. He has not a bad countenance, but
on the contrary may be called hand
some.
A Massachusetts colony is forming to
move to Tennessee. It will locate on
the Cumberland table-lands.
sieoi.
People who still adhere to the look-at-your
tongue-and-feel-of-your-pulse doctor some
times express not a lit;le curiosity in regard
to Dr. R. V. Pierce’s original method of dis
tinguishing all forms of chronic disease with
out personal consultation. Some even sup
pose that he accomplishes this through
clairvoyance, or some other species of pro
fessional jugglery- All this is utterly false.
He claims to determine disease by the ration
al methods of science only. Says Comley, in
his Biographical Encyclopedia of New York
St.te, speaking of this distinguished physi
cian : '• He perceived that in each of the
natural sciences the investigator proceeds
according to a system of signs. The geologist
is his cabiaet accurately determines and
describes the cleft of rock, which he has
never seen, from the minute specimen on
his table. And the chemist in his laboratory
notes the constiluents of the sun with the
some precision that he analyzes a crystal of
rock salt.. The analogous system developed
by Dr. Pierce in Medical Science is worthy
of Ins genius, and ha.-: made his name justly
celebrated.” Tor a full explanation of this
ingenious system of diagnosis, see the Peo
ple’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, sent,
I postpaid, to any address on receipt of one
dollar and fiftv cent". Address the author,
P.. V. Pierce, M. D., Buffalo, N. Y.
Deal (iliMiily ivi ili ilit* Momacli.
Do not rack ir. with violent purgatives, or
permanently impair its tone with indigestible
drugs of any kind • bat, if your digestion is
impaired, your liver out of order,your frame
debilitated, or nervous system unstrung, use
that, wholesome and agreeable alterative and
j tonic, Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which will
certainly afford you the desired reliei. None
of the officinal remedies can compare with it
in restorative efficacy, and rs a medicinal
stimulant it is by far the most desirable as
w 11 ms popular article of its
the eFsential principle of sound rye, is the
best possible agent for hastening the action
of the botanic ingredients which it holds in
solution, and those ingredients are the most
efficacious which chemistry extracts front the
vegetable kingdom, and medical science
applies to the cure of disease.
llurntflioM Ecoiiomj.
The housekeeper or cook who studies
economy in the kitchen, can do so in one
direction by always using Dooley's Yeast
Powder, it will be. found a truly economi
cal and valuable assistant in baking biscuits,
rolls, bread, cake of ail kinds, waffles, muffins,
and most all articles prepared from flour;
and why? Because, in using the Dooley
Powder you save in eggs, in shortening, in
patience, in everything; and when the bak
lug is done, it is turned uut light, palatable,
and wholesome, so that every morsel is eaten
up anil no waste.
Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers !!! Don't fail to
procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for all
dhejues incident to the period of teething in
children. It relieves the child flora pam.cures
wind colic.regulates the. bowels,and,by giving
relief and health to the child, gives rest to the
mother. It is an old and well-tried *^medy
To those who till theeod on low lands
we especially recommend using Home Stom
ach Hitters as all excellent corrective to
miasmatic poisoning. Prepared by the Home
Bitters Cos., St. Louis, Mo.
Caution. — We caution all perrons not
to buy tlie extra large packages of dust and
ashes now put up by certain parties and
called Condition Powders. They are utterly
worthless. Buy Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
if you buy any : they are absolutely
pure and are immensely valuable.
Have you inflammatory soie throat,
stiff joints*or lameness from any cause what
ever? Have you rheumatic or other pains
in any part of the body? It so, use Johnson’s
Anodyne Liniment. Our word for it, it is
the best pain killer in ibis country.
rnli‘onal)l<‘ Mummer Silh"
The celebrated drygoods heuse of B F. De
wees, 725 Chestnut street, Phila., is offering
new styles of summer Si Iks ut remarkably low
prices. Also beautiful quality of plaincolor
ed silks in all desirable shades aslow as 90c.
Samples of all goods sent free on application.
Tike wrfmeN iMseovery of flic Aire
is Dr. '1 obiah’ celebrated Venetian Liniment!
30 years before the public, and warranted to cure
Diarrhea, Dysentery. Colic, and hpuoms, taken in
ternally ; ancl ('roup, Chronic Rheumatism, Sore
1 hroats, Euts, Bruises. Old Korea, and Pains in the
Limbs. Back and Chest, externally It has never
faiied. o family will ever l.e without it after once
giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 clw. Dr. 10FIAS’
VENETI AN HORSE UNIMEN V, in Pint Bottles,
at On: Dollar, is warranted superior to a *y other, or
NO PAY, for the mire of Colic, Cuts, Bruises. Old
Sores, etc. Svd by ail Druggists. Depot -10 Park
Pla-e, New York.
W>r 4 ri* 12 Wl<l4w*Pensioner
for 14 days’ mm vice. Wi ito Col. 1.. Uinghaiu & Cos.
Attorneys, Washington, I*. C.
MAKKET KEI’OKT,
WEMPHIS.
| Flour $ 7 25 a 7 75
| Wheat 1 10 a 1 121
Corn 471 a 48
Oats 58 a 65
Lard • • • • 101 a 12
Bacon-- Clear Sides.. . 0 a
Hay—Best 17 00 a 20 00
Whisky—Common.... 85 a 4 00
Robertson county.. 1 75 a 300
Bourbon 5 00 a 5 50
Lincoln county.... 175 a 300
i Highwines 1 13 a 1 15
I Cotton —Ordinary.... 71 a
Good Ordinary.... 8f a
Low Middling a
Seeds—Clover 8 50 a 9 50
German Millet 60 a 65
Missouri Millet... . 1 75 a 200
Hungarian 1 75 a 2 00
Buckwheat per bush 1 75 a 200
i.IVK STOCK.
Cattle—Good to extra. 450 a 500
Medium butcher’s.. 3 00 a 3 75
Common... . 250 a 290
Hoes—Selected 5 75 a 590
Fair to good 5 55 a 5 90
Sheep—Good to choice 4 50 a 550
Common to fair 3 00 s 4 00
i.oriMVii.i.K.
Flour ♦ ft 00 a 6 50
I Wheat- Red and A mb’ r 1 75 a
! Com—Sacked 40 a 43
Oats 44 a 46
Hay—Timothy....... 9 00 a 11 00
Pork—Mess 14 50 a 14 75
Lard 7J a 8j
Bacon—Clear Sides.. 6§ a 9$
Wool 33 a 35
Potatoes— Irish per bbl 1 60 a 1 65
Cotton—Middling 10J a 11
Ordinarv 9 a 9J
ST. I.OVIB.
Flour. 7 50 a 10 50
Wheat 165 a
Corn 43} a
Oars S8 a
Mess Pork 9 90 a 10 00
Laoi ... 8J a 9
Whisky 1 03 a 1
> nf iiKUtt >s.
Flour 5 50 a 7 25
Com 47 a 49
Oats' 49 a 50
Haw] 15 50 a 18 00
Pork 15 06 a
Sugar 7; a li
Molasses ... lo a 6n
Whiskv 1 02 a 1 08
Cotton 10 a lOf
Cheap Life Insurance.
Twenty-five cents will buy a box ©f I>r. Tutt’s
Pills, and they will restore the functicHAs of The
liver, stomach and bowels—the eources frond which
nearly every disease origiates. If these organs
act well a lon ? and healthy HD* is assured.
CO-OPERATIVE ~
NEWSPAPERS.
Between two and three thousand newspapers in the
United statesare printed upon what is known a* the
Co-operative plan. Nearly forty per cent, of all the
week lies adopt this method. It makes a better paper
at a lower cost,and is specially suiteu torthereqmre
mentsof papers in small towns and villages. The sys
tem maintains a competition with tne home printed
cou try journals to such an extent that none but
those fi • mly established and h ick* and up by accumula
tions of farmer prosperity are able to stand * es.de it,
and in the m -tter of advertising it offer circulatio
at a price with which the great weeklies are unable
to compete. The matter has become of vital import
ance; and the New York Times, a journal having a
great nam , has commenced upon t a vi orous ern
sade. In its issm sof March 4th. 11th and 19th there
appeared long libelous art cles. Every statement
contained in them reflecting discredit upon the Co
operative system is untrue The undersigned have
furnished the Times with careful answers; showing
wherein'thearticles published are untrue, and the
Times has neglected and relused to give them to the
public. Despairing of justice w*-sought to use the
advertising colurnus oi the Times, and these a so
have been closed to us. We kaiv therefore no other
resource tin- nto ppeal to the public. <>ur answers
to the charge- of the Times are complete, and cannot
be refuted. They will be mailed to afiy applicant.
The only reason for the attack which w e kn*w of is
to be found in the fact that we have inaugurated a
syst-m of advertising which gives an advertiser four
times as much circulation fora dollar as is afTorded
by the columns of the Times. Circulars with full
particulars free by mail. Address
BEALS & FOSTER,
General Agents,
American Newsr Union,
41 PARK ROW, N. Y.
PROYMCE SHELL WORKS.
Tn reply to many inquiries relating to the repair
ing of Combs, wo would say that
Tortoise Ml Comte
can be'fiepaired and Polished to LOOK LIKE NEW
F. P.—The above cut epres-nts an eld Comb
Delore be ng made over.
4V.—ls one of many patterns which can‘be
made of combs like F P.
Send them to
Win. K. Potter,
MANITFACTUBKB OF
Fine Tortoise Shell Goods,
Combs, Chains, Hair Ornaments,
Ear Drops, etc.
76KdilySlrff(, - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
If from a distance, send by mail as merchandise
package to sive express.
Please mention wuere you saw this advertisement.
WE WILL PAY
THE
IIIGHESTMABKLT PRICK
FOB ALT. OF TIIK FOLLOWING ARTICLES, OB WR WILL
SELL THf M F-'R YOU ON FIVV PER CENT COMMISSION
II UTTER. CHEESE, l.iiiiS. P<HILTY,
LAlti), TA I*l.OW, FEATHEKV, PT.4.
TOES, APPLES Oil A IN, FLOIK,
FEED, FU K, IIIIIEM, ttOhl.,
PEAKUTN, r.R<tOtl C'ORV
drier FKUIT, HAY,
IIOPM, *<•., Ac.
Liberal cash advances made on large consignments
of staple articles. Fanners, shippers and dealers in
Genetal Merchandise shou and write for reference,
price current, sieHcil, Ac When writing us, state
whether vou wish to ship on consignment or sell.
If you wish to sell, name the article-, ami unt ol
each, and > our v*ry hmesi prl - for same, de
livered t. o. b. (fire on board cate) at your nearest
shipping polio. ulso, il possible, send sample by
mail, if too bulky by freight. Address,
HULL & SCOTNEY,
Gen’l Commission & Shipping Merchants,
221 k :!( SOUTH WATER STREET.
PHI A DRY. Pltl A, PENN.
lAMDAL-WOOD
A joci i .e remedy for All disease*! of the Hiilm 1 y,
lilai£&e:r aud U*'*n>v.'y Orcaun ; also good lor
l*roj>airl It never produces sick
ness, is certain and speedy in its action. It is
fast superseding every other remedy. Sixty capsule;
cure t- “.ix or eight day*. No other medicine cat?
do tii i .
Benarc of li’jihtKen*. ior, owing to its gre.i
success, man- cav* been o lie red : some arc mim
dangerous. causing piles., etc.
Duntiattf DU'h Xr C.V* (Pennine Sot oaj.
sales containing Oil o: Sandalwood, <*• •••3 at ail drug
store*. Ask for circular, or send tor one t<. and .7
Woo**'r street. Now fork
-1 he Science uf Life, or Self - Preservation
Two huudreth edition, revised and enlarge J . jn-t
published. It is a standard medical work, the ’-t- ii.
the Enc ish 1 neuage.written by a ph\o • f rr* t
experience. to whom o awarded ago ; andjw t led
medal by the National Medial As notation. It on
tains b aut.fnl and ver* expensive steel rlst- en
graving Three hundred pkj, more than ti ty
valuable prescriptions for all forms of prevailing
diseases, the result of many > ears of extensive and
successful practice. Bound in French cloth ; price
only £*. sect by mail The I noon ancet says:
‘ No person should be withont thi valuable book
The a;ith< r is a noble benefactor.” An illust'ated
sample sent to all or. oceipt of H cents f>r p stags.
Address Hr. M . h. PARKE -t. No. 4 Bttlfinen Street. 1
Boston. The author m -v tw consulted on all diseases
r-qmrinc skiil and experience.
THOMSON
|S II AtidTHEBS FOR COM FORT I
GLOVE-FT* :T
CORSETS, h
The Friends cf this
<! ®''3!r!f^ r VJr‘HiV U lED CORSET
c: _ .;3 are r-'w Lumbered ty
-T MILLIONS
V . | \ 7 . //fVicas a xmacfi reduced
VV\ • : Y> ! /./; MEDAL RECEIVED
\ | ,/ .T CENTENNIAL.
Vxv \ 1 tfr- ? Get the Genuine. and
i v tkbev.. c-* imitations.
sift' M 84.GU0 row
D DA SON S
A iV 1 ' /w ' : P.EAKAftLE STEELS
V' V |T* / nude
a s' Se-_ .Tii the name of
Jr Thomson and ;he
TpadeManaCßOwnars
ii ev tryCcrsc ■ st £. A
: FITS THE FLCrIRE PERFECTLY :
Brown’s Bronchial Troches for Coughs and Colds
p II Id PRE VOL VF.K. Price List free, a ddre#
Western Gun Works. Pittsburg.Pa
cor*- tovki .
4* A i \ A day can be made on a portable -odaFoun
•y'‘ Tr*. J tain. Piwce t¥>, $45. S6O, and SBO, complete
Send for catalogue io Chapman A Cos , Madison Ind.
<*• orft A MONTH-AGENTS WANTED —A£-* best
selling articles in tne world ; ons -amr;
Address JAY BRONSON. t. h. Mi,-..
nmiUl Habit&^kinDiseases.
I 9 r 8 8 1 ffVH Thousands cured. ] invest I Tices. I>o wot
VI ■wl ■ 1 fail to write.Dr.F.E.Marsh.Qujncy.Micfl
a year. Agents wanted everywhere. Bos
* 9 811 liheaa sti ictly legitlmate.Particulars t-•
T Wc?te ±Co Pt. T.— *' '*<
SO Agts. ’ Manual. Atlanta,Ga.,S-page Monthly.l2c
a year r t -agentsenty. Key to fortune. lOOrareoffer
m 1 r*<hl- v . Bonanzas fur ad. Agents write.
niSUAsud Organ playing learned in a dav ! N
J> raud Agents wanted Karo chance.
1 Send fer c/rcMlar. A, C. HORTON. Atlanta. Ga.
rif i Ketail price s®OOonlv P*rU>'
r I ft Ml |X Oi -flan*, price *34 only Paper
IliLflUO frv'6. Da.i’l F. Beatty,W ashington.N.J,
_ Notions, Novelties and Jewelry
OT? Y ?c’BT. Price Lis* freo. Agents
wanted 1 LAMPS A,CO., Chicago, 111.
Agents, This!
'tarj of JTS ner Month
", r W, *‘ piy 'ewand Wonderful Inveu
and Expenseß.to *. Cos .Marshall. Mich.
tions. Address L. K. Khfkm
■work FC?„.,sjyL
In their own localities,canva on. tJI j
V lllor,(enlarged) Weekly a-. 1 h n (jh ro mos Fro-.
Paper in the \N oriel, with Mammoti. . U( j ou tfit f r* '*
tpiu 111 j?
_ worth seat, poat-v ..
■ for Kft Cents. 1 llnstrated tv.
alogu* fr 4 H. BtFFORDS MOAN, B:X
loti. 1 L .tab! juried ISSi. I
Esa a K - IWfiBAHABf A FO.’I.
w 35 ft 2/ fil Superior in design. Not equaled
y ai H K %in quality, or as time- keepers,
fi >8 B■ I PSA sk your jeweler foi them.
£ Agency—6 Cortland St.. N. V.
A WANTED.to sell star Letter
xTTXIi ±\ i and ( opying Book, letter
and copy w ritti n at ti e mibp time Se at sight.
Liberal discount. Addiess forteims, YOUNG. EL
-1.1 > A M 4(T>(>VA IjT>. - f 9 Be* kmsn St., hew * rk.
Tniront Pun fliillt Send address and we
inVfiSl Ulm \ ih HI W >H mail >on free onr 1 11 .rs-
A TDHlorn tratfi.B. dk. It will afford
ft] (1 58TR noiIRTS you p,eaßUre or,(1 ive yon
profit. WHITNEY. t'OOKEACO., IM State street,
P. <>. Drawer MI, Chicago.
St -tndrTirl If Y ou desire to purchase Hellahl*
I' DudlU Waiclie*. and Hud Jvvtelry, send
Wi.j, . for our lllus rated Book, which v e will
1 'bll mail iree to any addiess. uur prices
will astonish you. WHITNEY, < POKE & CO., I*l
State Btieet, P. <>. Drawer 544, Chicago.
SWEET BlSaJll HAY!
Ctiiii Tokco
Awarded highest prize at Centennial Exposition for
Ane chewing qualities and excellence and tasting char
acter of sweetening and favoring. Ta • best tobacco
ever made. As our blue strip trade-mark is closely
Imitated on inferior goods, see that Juckeon's Best is
on every plug. Sold by all dealers. Send for sample,
free, to C. A. Jackson & Cos.. Mfrs.. Petersburg. Va.
!•<., IS*7“-
HOFMANN’S HOP PILLS
Tbeß pills have boon used for twenty-tour year?-
in Illinois as a permanent cure for Fever and
Ague and all malaria! diseases. They never fail
to cure the mot obstinate ague at once. They
cure dyspepsia and headaches by curing every
trace of indigestion. Wherever they have been
introduced they have become a standard medi
cine. Price Me p?r box. seut by mail, prepaid
Address L.C. F.LOTZ,2fii Lake avenue, Chicago,
111. Send for circulars of testimonials. Every
box warranted.
Ider and Urinary Or- H
uedy is purely vegetable and ■
i<r the above diseases. It has I
bottle warranted. Send to W. B
1., lor illustrated pamphlet. fl
avc it, he will order it for you. R
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
is a certain remedy for the curb of
roNSUMPMIOS and all diseases of the LungM
and Throat, Try it and be convinced. Price One
Dollar per ttleat Druggists orsent by the Proprie
tor on rec...pt of price. A psmphlet containing vnin
ablendvire to A on* 11111 j>iiv**>.many certificat sof
act v a l cubes and full directions for using w theacli
I>< t ie, or sent free tr any address. OsCAK G. Mu-
KEH, IS Cortlandt Street, New Yo;k.
ilAiMiW™,
But always weigh on our Five-Ton Wagon Scale,
which we delver, freight paid, for HSO All iron
and steel : brass beam. No pav till tested. Free
Lithograph and Price List.
JONES OF BINGHAMTON, Binghamton, N. Y.
Honiton and Point Lace.
BOOK OK PATTERNS,
Containing ov r 150 Splendid Designs of the Newest
| Fichus, Collars, s uffs, Handkerchiefs, Necklaces,
Tabots, Sacqnes Tidies, etc., 2Scts.. po t-free, also
l*H I YI Ki. I. My.
2SO illustrations. 50 cents, post-free How to work
Crewel. IJow to work Embroidery. How to acquire
the Art or Poonah I ainting, *25 cents eacli .1 u-1 r>>-
ceived a large line 01 pure LMien and Silk Braids.
Send for S m pies and Price Lists,
time. Vuri ey *V * 0., 711 Itrondwar, X. T.
PIANO & ORGAN
compete with -.be world. 1.000 superb instruments
t orn Reliable Makers at Factory Rates. Ev y man
h*p own agent, ottom prices to all. ••§ n*.
MW S si'K 70 Ae *4h, M.YO. g*‘7
six year**’ guarantee Fifteen days’ (.1 ial. Makers’
names on ail in.-t 1 uineurs Square dealing, the hon
est t'utli, and best bargains in the t. 8. From SSO
to SIOO actually save' in buying from * A
Kates’ *v ultie Ull:ea.e Planoawd !>*-
a;aia hepitb Savaonali. Oa.
A CHARIISG GIfTSiS
Flower-, Fruit Landscapes, Autumn Leaves. Biids.
Animals. Children, beautiful Ladies, etc —for dec
o ating Pottery, Vases Strap Book-, etc. and five
w-tks’ subs ription to Idlf. IJol'bs. a lrt-page illus
trated iarnily weekly.fill and with charming stori< s by
able w riters. Humorous Se ections, IV eiry ,* uzzles
for the young folks, etc., all sent FREE to ©very r-ad
er of this pap--r who will forward at once 15 cts 10
pay mailing exp uses We make this unp!ralle:ed
offer to iurr dm e our paper i to new famili s.
Stamps taken Address M T. KICHARD&ON & CO..
Publisher'-, :t95 , roadway. New ior<s. Splendid
Pr.zes Organs, Watche-, fellverwai*©, etc., for
club*, liar chance for agents.
| NATURE'S REMe5?~\
YEGETINEjB
( The Great Blood Pußiricß^^
MIF. Ki ST% H ELL.
SOTTH P LAND, Me., Oct. 11, JA7-
Mr, 11. K. M EVFNB :
Dear S-r -I have been sick two ve r* with tbo
liver complaint, and during that ‘m• have taken a
gr: t maiiy d'Pe ent medicine-, int none < f them
did me auy good. 1 was re-.iees • iahts. and had < o
appetite. Since takin the Vegetiu** I rest wcil.
and relish my food. an recoin, uen 1 th** Vegctine
lor wnat it has : ne for me. Your* r^peetfa’ly.
Mbs. ALBERT Kl' kKli
V. iHlne la *old by All f>rii^4rl*ta.
The
0000 010
WfiWK*- -
h -}.vff SUiBUf?B ".
FOB IS AN AND EKAST
! - LmJ ;v* Tsi'. tin}! CUieS A* w..
rr .dj. \ w Hie never yet taitod. T .
h - lion* 4. -j* ■ The whole world vppv >
tfca gl.r: r.- -i as fang -the dent *u;i Cue*? ;
L lim-nt ,n exist-Lce. t' c-ots a bottle.
SJ >tar_ LiniPi-.-nt -art-' wn uocii- e’sr-
soi.fr BY Al l MEDU INK VENDERS
U r IU % IV*SITIATO 4DYFNTISFI
l V (ileane j*n *mm the ah eriiienn -
In Ihi- fiaper. *. Nr. f. J 4
eAßßimr^CT soap
- ie/scw k
rs-;:c The FINEST TOILET SOAP la tie War!7
lie r*ar r*c*tai>U o*U %3T m* •%/--*.-'
For Ose In th Nursery it hw Be cnua .
Wens tec : zze* r -rc*t to evrr uod facany ir jrt*ra - r
Staple bcx. a 3 of 6 a. *ct, msi ±-~ so c
-4ws on '“>• pt of 75 c*-ct*_ Aad-ew
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