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TUTT'S
PILLS!
SSMBBBHi
INTRODUCED, 1866.
ITBRPSD LIVES
t. the fruitfnl eonrce of many diseases, promi
newt among which are
DYSPEPSIA, sick-headache, costiveness,
DYSENTERY, bilious fever, ague and fever,
JAUNDICE, piles, rheumatism, kidney com
plaint, COLIC, ETC.
SYMPTOMS OF
TORPID LiyER.
jjoas of Appetite and Nausea, the bowels
ire costive, but sometimes alternat~with
looseness, Pain in the Head, accompanied
With a Pull senaationin the back part .Pom
(n the right aide and under the shoulder
blade, fullness after eating, with a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind," Irri
tability of temper, Low spirits, Loss of
anemory.with a feeling of haring neglected
some duty. General weariness; Dizziness,
fluttering at the Heart, Dots before the
eyes, Yellow Skin, Headache generally
■oyer the right eye, Restlessness at night’
fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
IT THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUTT’S PILLS
in •specially adapted to such
eases, a single dose effects
such a change of feeling as to
astonish the sufferer.
TUTT’S PILLS
are eomponuded from snbstunce* Chat are
free from any properlirstlint ran Injure
Ike most delicate organization. They
Search, Cleanse, Purify, and Invigorate
Iks retire bjstem. lly relieving the en
forced hirer, they cleanse the blend
from poUonoue humors, and liius Impart
health and vitality to the body, causing
Ike bowel* t act naturally, without
which no one can feel well.
A Noted Divine says:
Dr. TUTT:—Doar Sir; For ten years T hare been
a ■artyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Last
Bprmg your Pills were recommended to me; I used
them ( but with little faith). 1m now n veil man,
hare good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
f Ilea gone, and I heve gained torty pounds solid fiesb.
hoy *r worth their weight in gold.
Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louigvillg, Kg*
TUTT’S PILLS.
Thclr first effect is to Increase the Appetite,
•and cause the body to Take on Flesh, thus the
*jr*tem is nonrldied, nud by their Tonic Ac*
lien on the Digestive if/gau*, 4<euJ*r
are produced.
DR. J, F. HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS:-
‘"Few diseases e*ist that cannot be relieved by re
storing the Liver te ita formal functions, and for
?thw purpose no remedy has ever been invented thut
than as happy ira effect as TUTT’S PILLS.”
SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS.
3o illnrray Street, New York.
Dr. TUTT’S MANUAL of Valuable lufor-
Ination and Useful Receipts” will be mailed free
<on application.
fUTT’S HSIR DYL
'Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single spplicati >n of this I>ye- It im
parts s Natural Color, ftets InatanOineously, and is
as Harmless ns spring water. Sold by Druggists, or
Kent by express on receipt of #l.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. HoLAKX’S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
THE countenance is pale and leaden
colored, with occasional flushes, or
& circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks', the eyes become dull; the pu
pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye lid; the nose is ir
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds ;
a swelling o-f the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
Saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath
Very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
hausca and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels ir
regular, at times costive; stools slimy;
<iot unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
Sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth ; temper variable, but gener
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR. C. McLANE’S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in ahy form ; it is an innocent prepara
tion, not capable of doing the slightest
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLaNe’s A f.r-
MirucE bears the signatures of C. Mc-
Lans and Fleming Bros, on the
Wrapper. :o:-
DR. C. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS
Bhe hot recommended as a remedy “for all
the Ills that flesh is heir to,” but in affections
of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of
that character, they stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine.
Asa simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with
the impression Dr. McLane’s Lit ek Jills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of G.
McLane and Fleming Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine Dn C. Me-
Lane's Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming
Bros., of Pittsburgh. Pa., the market being
full of imitations of th< name 31cLutief
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL
15Y J. D. IIOYL& CO.
Married at Seventy-Seven.
A Widow who was not Matrimonially
Inclined Herself, but who had an
Eligible Sister— A Quick
Courtship Happily End
ing.
I nclc Dan 1 Onderdonk is one of
the patriarchs of Rockland County.—
He is a cousin of the well-known Bar
more brothers, pianoforte manufactur
ers of this city, and is the favorite
nephew of the venerable Mrs. Effie
Barmore, who, in January next will be
100 years of age. Uncle Dan’l him
self is a trifle over 77. Up to last
spring the old man lived by himself in
a picturesque, wliite-porched cottage,
embowered iu trees, on the Rockland
Lake rord, and under the shadow of
the Rockland Mountain. A weeping
willow hangs over his front gate, the
thick blossoming clover springs up lux
uriantly ovar his lawn, and an old-fash
ioned well sweep, bearing a moss-cov
ered bucket, and sinking into a deep
dark well of coolest and sweetest wa
ter, occupies another corner of his lit
tle domain. Every year the fat acres
surrounding his homestead bear a rich
harvest of corn, potatoes, cabbage, and
other garden truck, which Uncle Dan’l
takes down to Nyack and ships to the
buyers in Washington Market, The
butter and cheese raised on Uncle Dan’l’s
place are extra, and the middleman who
secures the refusal of it for the season
is considered fortunate.
About three years ago Mrs. Onder
donk, Uncle Dan’l’s excellent helpmeet,
died, after a wedded life of upward of
fifty years. It was a blow to the old
man, who, throughout his long career,
has been one of the most affectionate of
husbands. After Mrs. Onderdonk died
and was buried he became inconsolable,
and declared that be could not be the
same man again until he got another
wife. He talked the matter over with
Thomas Jefferson Tollman one day in
the haying field, and the upshot of the
matter was that Uncle Dan’l determin
ed to go down to “York” and get a
wife.
“I hain’t been down in years,” he
said, as he bade good by to Tall man at
the crook in the road and jerked liis
thumb in the direction of the city. “I
hain’t been down in years, but I guess
there’s plenty of women there that’ll
have me. It’s changed siuce fifty years
ago if there ain’t.”
He put on his long brass-buttoned
coat, high hat, and took in his hand his
staff, which he always uses to assist
him in walking. He got off at \Y Ash
ington Market, and walked along the
stands until he came to 254 Country
row. Then he paused. There was a
buxom, auburn-haired young woman
behind it cutting up lamb. Her plump
bare arms locked attractive in the sun
light as she raised her clever aloft and
brought it down on the firm, hard meat.
Uncle D.in’l thought her pretty, and
paused to take a longer look. Pres
ently he got into conversation.
“Are you a married woman 1 he
asked, with just a bit of trembling in
his voice.
“No.”
“Old maid ?”
“No.”
“Widdert”
The fair butcheress nodded her bead,
and Uncle Dan’l smiled a significant
smile.
“Supposin’ you have me ?'
The butcheress blushed and said has
tily that that couldn’t possibly be. She
thought too much of her last husband,
and besides had four small children to
provide for. Then she hesitated for a
moment, and added archly:
“Rut I’ve got a sister ”
“Is she a widder ? Is she as good
lookin as you t Where is she ?” asked
Uncle Dan’l somewhat flurriedly and
all in a breath.
“No. She is a few years older than I
am, and a good deal better looking, I
can assure you. I’ll give you her ad
dress and a note of introduction, and
you can go and call on her if you want
to.”
“Give me the note,” said Uncle
Daniel, energetically. The auburn
haired standkeeper wrote neatly on the
back of one of her business cards:
“Miss Sarah Ann Gibson, 25 Dominick
street. Introducing Uncle Dan 1 On
derdonk of Rockland. And Uncle
Dan’l, pocketing it, made his way out
of the crowd. In fifteen minutes his
snow-white hair, long staff, and gener
ally venerable appearance was attract
ing a crowd of gamins and street loung
ers in Dominick street. Uncle Dan’l
marched up to 25, which bore the sign.
“Millinery and Dressmaking,” and used
the brass knocker with a vigor that
made the house resound. A female
head was popped out of the window.
“Why, what’s all that noise about!”
“It’s me, Uncle Dan’l Onderdonk
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 187!).
from Rockland County, come to marry
yer !’’ explained the old man. “Be
quick if you want to catch the 3 o’clock
boat back !”
There was a scream, a popping back
of the head, a scurrying through the
hall above, and a banging of doors on
all sides, all of which, however, did noj
in the least disconcert Uncle Dan’l.—
He stood there patiently until he was
admitted. In the front room he found
a woman as buxum and well favored as
the ona in Washington Market. She
was, perhaps, ten years older, and had
darker hair and eyes. Uncle Dan’l
explained his business, told her about
his farm in Rockland, how his wife had
died, how he’d got tired of keeping
bachelor’s hall all alone there by him
self, and must have a helpmeet. Then
ho asked her to be his helpmeet Miss
Gibson protested that she was aston
ished ; that she hadn’t dreamed of such
a thing, &e., and that she must have
some time to reflect.
“All right” replied Uncle Dan’l
though somewhat reluctantly. “I’m
coinin’ down again in two weeks with a
load of truck, and I’ll give you till
then to think over it. By the way
what religion are ye ?”
“I’m an Episcopalian,” replied the
lady.
“And I’m a hard-shell Baptist. Bap
tist and ’piscopal goes well enough to
gether though What’s the difference
whether you only sprinkle a man or half
drown him, so long’s it’s a savin’ ordi
nance both ways V’
A fortnight later, when the Rockland
County patriarch called at 25 Dominick
street, he found the Dressmaking sign
taken down and several trunks and
boxes in the hall packed and corded for
shipment. The lady to whom he had
proposed was in the front parlor arrayed
in her Sunday best. After exchanging
a smack that made the glass in the
windows rattle, the patriarch picked up
his hat and staff, and said :
‘ Put on your bonnet and shawl, Sah
rer. I’ll leave it to you to pick out
the minister. Only get a ’Piscopal.—
They do it up in finer style.”
Miss Gibson was a member of St.
John’s Chapel, and sheprefe ed to have
one of the clergymen attached to it.
At Varick street the pa.r boarded a
Sixth avenue car. At Forty-fifth street
they got out and crossed to the house
of the Rev. Dr Sullivan 11. Weston in
fifth avenue. The Doctor, who is
Chaplain of the Seventh Regiment, is
reported to have married more couples
than any other three clergymen in Trin
ity received them in his study,
and shook hands heartily with bride and
bridegroom. “Why, what brings you
here, Miss Gibson ? Who is this pleas
ant old gentleman with the white hair
—your father or grandfather ?”
Uncle Dan’l grasped the Doctor’s
arm and whispered: “I ain't neither of
’em, Eldor, but I’m going to be her
husband in about ten minutes!” The
Doctor was at first taken aback, but
he laughed, and shook hands with the
old man and congratulated him upon
his good fortune in getting such a wife.
Then Uncle Dan’l put Ins hat on the
table and his staff in the corner, and
standing up alongside his bride, the
pair were duly pronounced man and
wife according to the rites of the church.
Iu the marriage certificate the age of
the husband was stated as 77 and the
wife's as 47.
Meantime there had been great ex
citement in Rockland. A number of aged
spinsters and relicts of farmers thought
it was an outrage that a man with a
farm like Uncle Danl’s should go and
get married to “one of them York wim
mon”—one so much younger than he
was, too. The majority of the neigh
bor’s, however, approved his action,
and it was determined to give a grand
“scimmertioti” or wedding serenade, in
honor of the plucky patriarch on his re
turn. Uncle Dan'l got word of it, and
spent the two weeks of his wedding
tour in “York,” at his sister-in-law s.
When he did como he left his wife be
hind for a day or two, and drove up to
his house after dark. His neighbors,
Thomas Jefferson Tallmau, John Ed
ward Tallmau, and Abraham Tallman,
together with a number of Onderdonks
and Blauvelts, came to liis house, blew
horns, drummed on tin pans, and fired
off guns and pistols under the supposi
tion that Mr. and Mrs. Onderdonk,
were under the roof. Meanwhile Uncle
Dan’l had ample preparations in the
way of Jemaica rum, lemon peel and
sugar, and pipes anl tonacco, and the
festivities that followed left those of
Jackson’s day far behind. Mrs. On
derdonk arrived the next day, and
has lived most happily with her husband
ever since.— JS'eu) York Sun.
“This,” said the dentist, “is my of
fice.” “And that!” inquired a visitor,
pointing to the apartment where stood
the tooth-pulling chair. “Ah, that,”
replied the proprietor, “that is my
drawing room.”
Blooily Duel of Missouri Far
mers.
Near Kansas City there have lived
two farmers named James Dobbins and
Michael Burns. Four years ago Dob
bing got married, and at that time Burns
lent him SBO. The money was never
paid back by Dobbins, and this acconnt.
there was a feeling of enmity between
the men. On last Friday Dobbins found
Burns standing before ths door of his
(Bunes’) house, revolver in hand. Burns
said : “Jim, I want that money you
owe me.” Dobbins made a reply which
incensed Burns, but, disregarding his
anger, Dobbins said: “Throw down that
revolver and I can whip you.” Burns
threw the revolver on the ground, by
his side, when Dobbins said: “You
have the drop on me now, but if you
wait till I come back I will be heeled
to meet you. Dobbins then ran into
his house. Here he got two revolvers
and started toward Burns’ place. Burns
was sitting on the doorstep as Dobbins
came up, and before he had time to
move, and without a word of warning to
Burns, Dobbins presented a revolver
ill each hand and opened fire. The balls
from both revolvers lodged in the side
of the house. Burns then ran into the
house, got his pistol, and rushed out
upon Dobbins. The men advanced to
within two feet of each other before a
shot was fired by either. Dobbins fired
first, the shot hitting Burns in the right
forearm. Burns returned the fire, and
sent two bullets through Dobbins’ chest.
Although wounded desperately, aud
fast becoming weak from loss of blood,
Dobbins summoned strength enough to
fire again, his return shot tearing into
Burns’ abdomen, and passing through
his body. Full of rage and desire to
retaliate to the last extremity, Burns
managed to raise his revolver and dis
charge it once more. Ills last shot
struck Dobbins under the left ear and
passed through his head. Rushing to
gether, the men clinched each other and
fell to the ground, Dobbins being u'>-
derneath. Burns then boat Dobbins
over the head and face with the butt of
his revolver. Supposing that Dobbins
was dead, Burns was about to leave
him, but with a desperate effort. Dubbins
turned, and in a moment had attain
thrown Burns to the ground. The two
were separated by neighbors Dobbins
died in five minutes and Durns at three
o’clock on Friday morning.
Turnips—Rye— Barley.
Where stands are not secured from
sowings heretofore made, or a sufficient
area lias not been sown, sow again.
There is no danger of having too many
turnips if you have stock to feed, or a
market in which they can be sold. It
is too late for Rutabagas, but the
dinary rough leaved kinds may be sown
throughout September.
Advantages should be taken of the
recent rains to sow rich lots in barley
and rye. Do not bo afraid to seed
heavily—the danger is in thin seeding.
From 3 to 4 bushels of barley and 1 to
21 of rye may be profitaoly sown on
one acre, if the soil be rich.
Our first experience in heavy seeding
of rye for soiling, convinced us of its
correctness. If sown on rich land, in
September, at the rate of bushels
per acre, it may be moderately grazed
until the first of Fehruaty, will be ready
to cut by the middle to last of March,
when the heads will begin to appear.
The portion first cut will furnish a sec
ond cutting; and altogether will last
until the loth of May.
An acre will furnish an abundance
of forage for six mules and two or three
cows for the space of two months. The
thick seeding will cause the sti-aw to be
very fine, and stock will eat every ves
tige of it.
The grain of barley being much lar
ger, of course a much larger quantity
should be sown per acre. It is a little
difficult to get it sown thick enough
when judged by the eye alone. Better
measure the ground and then the re
quired quantity of seed, and sow and
resow until all is used. We have sown
a mixture of barley and rye—two bush
els of barley and one of rye—with good
results.— Christian Index.
It is difficult to believe that a multi
tude of people, equal in number to onc
forth the population of the I nited States
have recently been destroyed by famine
in China—yet such is the statement
that comes on the authority of Mr.
Forrest , the English Consul at Tientsin.
Nor has has this Terrible visitation yet
passed away; white Grant as “Emporior
of America” was hobnobbing with his
Imperial Highness Prince Kung, thou
sands of wretches were starving to death
in the deminion ruled by Kung.
A Mountain of Mystery.
One Explanation of the Cause of that
Georgia Mountain Sinking.
Gainesville, Ga., Augilst 23.—The
mystery over the sinking mountain is
still unsolved, unless the explanation
given by Mr. M. Stephenson, an cld
and accomplished scientist, is the true
one. He lias lived in the gold-bearing
section ever since the first white men
came here. He says that he remeniDers
distinctly that about forty years ago a
shaft of a mine was run under the edge
of this mountain and afterward aban
doned. Later the water of the river,
which ran near by, filtered through in
to this shaft, and washed away all trace
of it. It is a very rapid, swift moun
tain stream, and he supposes that it has
gradually washed out the shaft, and en
larged the hole, until there was a vast
chasm of a half mile long and fully as
broad and half as deep. He thinks this
washing continued until the support
of about one-third of the mountain was
■eaten away, and it then tumbled iuto
the chasm. It seems almost incredible
that this could be true, and yet it is
the only explanation offered. This, Mr.
Stephensr n holds, would account for
the continued sinking of the brken mass,
as he holds that that river is still eatins
it away. Thousand of persons have
visited the scene, and many supersti
tious fears have been raised on account
of the fall of the mountaiu. The whole
gold-bearing section is full of violent
streams, falls and cascades, and there
is some few subterranean streams of
considerable size.
Things Worth Knowing.
That boiling water will remove tea
stains and many fruit stains;. pour the
water through the stain, and thus pre
vent it from spreading over the frabric.
That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth, also from
the hands. That a teaspoonful of tur
pentine, boiled wilh white clothes, will
aid the whitening process. That boiled
starch is much improved by the addi
tion of a little spennacetti or a little
salt, or both, or a little gum arabic
dissolved. That beeswax and salt will
make flat-irons as clean and smooth-as
glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and
keep it for that purpose ; when the irons
are hot rub them with the wax rag,
then scour with a paper or rag sprinkled
with salt. That kerosene will soften
boots or shoes which have been harden
ed by water, and render them as pliable
as when new. 'That kerosene will make
tin tea kettles as bright as new ; satu
rate a woolen rag and rub with it; it
will also remove stains from clean var
nished furniture.
The true inwardness of the ways of
the office seeker are being brought to
light. Colonel Till Tumlin, of Ran
dolph county, was betoro the prelimina
ry Investigating Commi'tee on Tues
day, and this is what he tells a reporter
of the Dispatch of what lie knows about
the crookedness of the conduct of that
institution: “To tell you the truth I
was summoned hereby the committee to
investigate the keeper of the Penitenti
ary. I went before them, and the first
question they asked me was whether
Nelms ever owed me any money. I an
swered, ‘yes,’ and I will tell you how it
was. I wanted to be Keeper of the
Penitentiary myself, and asked Colquitt
for the place. We hummed and hawed
a sharp while, until Nelms came to me
and asked if he gave me four hundred
dollars if I would got out of the way of
liis appointment After consideration,
I said yes. He gave me four orders on
the Treasury, the orders reading : ‘State
Treasurer please pay William Tumlin
out of my salary one hundred dollars.
Signed John W. Nelms, Principal
Keeper Penitentiary.’ Well, he paid
the first not3, and when he did not pay
the second I put them in the hands of
my attorney, Mr. Hoke Smith, for suit.
But I will tell you—but look here, this
is no paper fixings—a friend of mine,
Mr. Lowe, told me that Nelms said
that the consideration of the notes had
failed because the consideration was
hat I would not cuss Colquitt any
more.’ ”
Mary Keesucker, one of the most en
thusiastic of the converts at a camp
meeting at Urbana, Ohio, fell into a
trance while praying. Her friends be
lieved that her condition was the result
of a special blessing, and would not per
mit a physician to do anything for her.
She lay unconscious several days, and
finally died of spinal meningitus.
The bee is an arrant coward. He al
ways turns his back to the foe.— Boston
Transcript. A mule does the same
thing, but a man daren’t stand at his
back and tell him he’s a coward —Oil
City Derrick.
VOL. 16--NO 2 5
ISiiriiing for Tliirty-Six Years.
[Charlotte (N. C.) Observer.]
About three yers ago the Observer
reported the case of a citizen of this
county who, having married in
lighted ft tire on his hearthstone as soon
as ho carried his bride to his new home,
and had kept it burning ever since.
The citizen was in town yesterday, And
being questioned about the master,
stated that the fire was still burning,
and that throughout all these thirty-six
years it had never been allowed to go
out. Questioned as to whether or not
it made the house uncomfortably hot
in torrid weather, he said the extra
heat thus generated was not percept i-
lie. In reply to another question, lie
said that in summer weather, when it
was necessary for comfort’s sake to
keep the fire burning very low, ho had
to get up frequently at night to replen
ish it slightly, but that he counted this
as nothing when he contemplated the
idea of that fire going oht. He has
evidently formed for it a strong attach
ment, and yet one would not take him
for a sentimental man. But this fire
is to him a constant reminder of the
day when he first brought home hm
bride. Around it his children have
grown up into manhood and womanhood,
and their children have gazed into
us light. It was the last light that
fell upon the eyes of his wife, and he
hopes that it will be the last that will
fall upon his. Viewed thus, his sen
timent in the matter Can be Under
stood, and so strong is this sentiment
that with the old man it amounts to a
passion.
Plowing l>y Steam
We find the following in the South
Florida Citizen:
Whatever may be the objections to
the use of steam ploughs—and they
are be’ng fast overcome—-they impress
the unaccustomed visitor with great
force. Iu Fowler’s system two engines
are used—engines which are capable of
traveling on the road, moving about
the fields and carrying their apparatus
with them Under the boiler a horrizout
al drum carries a steel-wire rope, by
which the plow is drawn. The plough
which turns from four to eight, furrows,
according to the power of the engine, is
a gang of plougs attached to an iron
frame, and so balanced that it proceeds
in either direction the gang which is to
make the reverse cut is cocked up in
jhc air- The ploughman sits over the
center of the gang, and has in front of
him a steering wind'ass, by which the
direction of the plotlgh is regulated.
The grubbers, cultivators, barrows, sub
soilers, etc., are all arranged in a simi
lar way. When at, work, one engine
stands at each side of the field, each
with its rope attached to the plough,
and this is drawn backward and for
ward between them, the engine moving
forward along the headland for each
bite- In order to protect the rope from
fretion, it is supported hero and there
by little trucks called “rope porters.”
A pair of large engiag and a six fur
row plow will turn up from sixteen to
twenty acres per dap, almost irrespec
tive of depth.
With the Nuked Ej’C.
[New York Sun.]
lie was a tall, thin man, dressed in
black, and lie was addressing an audi
ence of four persons, very late the oth
er evening, near the fountain in Bedford
avenue, Brooklyn. llis subject was
astronomy, and he talked wi ll much
enthusiasm for half an hour, in which
time his audience dwindled down to one
man, who was leaning against a lamp
post for support.
The tall, thin man was waving warm
on the subject, and in describing the
beauties of double stars, he said: “To
look at a double star is cne of the most
beautiful sights in the heavens. They
are not Visible to the naked eye, but
when seen through a telescope they
look very beautiful, being of many bril
liant colors. Of course many stars
which are apparently double are, in re
ality, far apart, and are merely brought
into accidental association because both
are nearly on the same visual line.”
“I see double stars,” said the man
who was leaning against the lamppost,
as he gazed up at the heavens studded
with bright stars.
“Ob, no,” replied the tall thin man,
“they are not visible to the naked eye.
“See (hie) lots of ’em,” said the oth
er, as he tried to balance himself* on
one leg and failed, lie did not attempt
to rise from the sidewalk, but said:
“(Hie) double stars —(hie) see doub
le moon !”
A policeman came along and assisted
the fallen man to his feet. The fall,
thin man turned away and muttered:
‘•I guess that fellow sees double police
men.”
Farming on a Largo Scale.
[Lancaster Farmer.]
The largest-cultivated wheat farm on
the globe is said to be the Grondin farm,
not far from the town of. Fargo, Dako
ta. It e nbraces some 40,00 ) acres,
both Government and railway land, and
lies close to the Bed river. Divided
into four parts, it has dwellings, grana
ries, machine-shops, elevators st-.blea
for '2OO horses, and room for storing
1,000,0 )0 bushels of grain. Besides
the wheat farm there is a stock-farm of
20,000 acres. In seeding-time seventy
to eighty men are employed, and during
harvest 250 to 300 men. Sopding be-
gins about Apr'l 9, arid continues
through the month, and is done very
systematically, the machines following
one another around the field, some four
rods apart. Cutting begins about Au
gust 4, and ends the forepart of Septem
ber, succeeded by the threshing, with
eight steam threshers. After (Freshing
the stubble-ground is plowed with great
plows drawn by three horses and cutting
two furrows; and this goes on until
the weather is cold enough to freeze,
usually about November 1. There are
many other largo farms in the Territory
and in the neighborhood, and they are
tilled in much the same manner as the
Grondin. The surface of the land gert
erally is almost level and the soil rich
and black. The product of one field of
2,315 acres is 57,285 bushels—elevator
weight—some twenty-five bushels to the
aure, The average yield of the Dakota
wheat farm is from twenty to twenty
five bushels per acre, and the concur
rent testimony is that it is unoquuled
as a wheat region in the world.
The Swainsboro Herald tells bow n
farmer in that .section adopts a novel
means of determing whether or not his
fmces are hog proof. It says: “On
our ride a few miles from town last
week wo saw a fanner enclosing his
yard with a puling fence, and hearing
lie squeals of a pig, we stopped our
horse where we would he concealed
from view, to watch the operations ef
the fence builder. We soon discov
ered that, he was using a small pig for
the purpose of measuring the cracks to
the fence by pushing the squealer head
first, and having an assistant to pull
his body through the gaps as far as he
would go, and being satisfied that he
would go no further, nailed the paling.
This novel proceeding was continued
until he had finished his enclosure.”
To-day no man brings a tangiblo ac
cusation against him [Senator Conkling].
Ilis most valuable assailants stop short
of that. Kvcn Governor Sprague makes
no charge. — Tribune.
It appears to ho a pretty well estab
lished historical fact that Gov. Sprague
rammed the charge into the shotgun
with which he drove Senator Conkling
ofl his premises.- -W. V. Sun
Washington Post: “They sometimes
shoot a man down South without invit
ing proposals by public advertising, but
has anybody beard of such a Southern
industry as the traffic in human bones
which involved the employment of two
or three ‘highly respectable attor
neys V ”
The conjuring materials taken from a
Georgia negro consisted of goo>e quills
filled with broken needles, a vial of
iron rust, the feathers of various birds*
and a snake skin. The negroes of his
neighborhood had long believed in and
feared his power of working mischief
with charms.
Red snow, which is usually found
only in Arctic latitudes, is seen on lof
ty summit near Mount Stanford in the
Sierra Nevada. For several acres the
vast dritts „re of a beautiful pinkish
tint to the depth of three or four inch
es. It is a beautiful spectacle. One
explanation of it is that myriads of
minute organisms cover the surface.
Boys, don’t be deceived. A girl
who will talk of the “limbs” of a table
will, after marriage, chase you all
around the ragged ramparts of a two
acre lot with a rolling-pin, and a regu
lar conflagration in both eyes.— Wheel
ing Leader.
A young lady was endeavoring to im
press upon the minds her Sunday-school
scholars the sin and terrible punishment
of Nebuchadnezzar, and when she said
that for seven years he ate grass like
a cow, she was astonished by a little
girl who asked, “Did he give milk.”
■ ■ ■■
Something; New Under the Sun.
Anew eia is dawning upon the ii!e
of woman. Hitherto she has been
called upon to sutfer .ho ills of man
kind and her own besides. The fre
quent and distressing irregularities
peculiar to her sex have long ' een to
her the “direful tpiing of woes un
numbered.” In the mansion of the
r c!>, and in the hovMof poverty tdiko,
wo.nun has been the constant, yet p -
tient victim of a thousand ills uoknown
to in m- and these without h remedy.
‘OhLird, how long!’ in the agony
of her soul hath she cried. But uow
the hour of her redemption is eorno.
She will sutfer no more, f>r Dr J.
Bradfi-l.l’s Female Regulator—Wo
man’s Best Friend— may be relied on
to mre all the disease- peculiar to
Wo: u- Try il *ul Uo convinc' and.