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FARM LIFE IN TJIE WEST.
[D. G. Croly in tho Tlonr.l
Tt is stated in the Inst number of the
Sour that more farmers commit suicide
than any other class in society. Well,
we should think they would—especially
the women nmong them. The ideal of
farming is beautiful. It is charming to
think of lending n calm and peaoefnl
life amid lovely green or golden Holds,
surrounded by glowing, bleating herds.
The oontrnl part of the picture iB tho
attractive and neat -farm-house nestling
’mid gardens and orchards teeming with
fruit of all kinds. Tho calm of evening
and sunset; tho freshness of tho dewy
morn also have a plnco in a poetic view
of country life, ns well an tho moro
prosaio sweet cream, fresh milk and
pardon products of every variety. This
ideal, wo snnposo, is realised by n few
“gentlemen farmers” in tho Eastern pnrt
of this country who play at tilliug tho
soil and living by it. But to tho mass
of agriculturists life on tho farm is alto
gether a different thing'. It means hard
work for a poor living and almost entire
seclusion from social pleasures.
On the ordinary American farm in the
»West, and too often in tho Middle
(Hates, life is something in this wiso :
Everybody risen between four nnd fivo
in the morning. Tho men look after
tho horses and cattle, feeding the cows,
currying tho horses and cleaning the
stnbies, Next comes breakfast, cooked
by tho women, to which they nil sit
down in their soiled clothes, smelling of
horses, oows nnd cooking. Tho meal
itself is not apt to bo well cooked, nnd
the food itsolf is generally poor, since
all the milk nnd fresh vegetables are
•old. Farmers consider it oxtrnvagaut
to live well. As for service, thero is
none; everybody helps himself. There
aro no “putting on mra." The repast is
also hurried ovor so that the main work
of the day may bo undertaken. For
men this moans planting, cultivating, or
harvesting; or tho doing of odd jobs
about the place, suoh ns mending tho
fenoos, tho stnblos and pig-stys.
A heavy ill-cooked dinner is swnllowod
in tho middle of tho day to which every
body sits down hot and perspiring. Tho
operation is that of feeding rnther than
eating. Afterward, all through the dull
sleepy hours of tho afternoon tho weari
some" round of work goes on. At sun
down oomos tho oaro of the cattle
and horses, pigs nnd chiokens again,
followed by n suppor of pie end varions
other indigostibio things. Everybody,
tired with tho dny's labor, goes to bed
soon after sundown no ns to be able to
IS HOD’S CARE.
A Story lor ilio Vonm.
“Ton, see, sir, I nm old woman. 1
finvo livod many long years in this
drange country; but tho day I left my
own land is ns distinct in my memory as
if it was yesterday. The cabin of my
parents was situated on tho sencost in
the southern part of Sweden. I linvo
never known liohcB. Our greatest
trensuro was a cotv, spotted black and
white. We had raised her, and sho was
very precious to us. It was my bnsinoss
to lend her every day to pastnro. In
summer it was very pleasant, but not so
in winter.
“My father was a fishormnn, and
when tho snow covered tho country and
tho sen wns frozen over, wo suffered
muoh. Once we might linvo died of hun
ger if it had not been for the cow. Tho
jioor creature wns the object of all onr
enro. Ono time tho winter was moro so-
vero Ilian usual, tho snow was piled up
in heaps all around our cottage, and I,
scarcely sixteen years old, longed for
tho spring ns a bird for tho sun. At
talks wrrn the boys.
T If All ItH AH Til KY AltR, WITH TUB
M Adits I’AIII IN TIIKM.
VVhitt Show a lloy would llnve In I.earning
n Trade nnd llmv lie Canid Procresu.
Inst, one cold, foggy, mistv day, tho sun
d
The Steamships.
get np early in tho morning to nudor-
ko tho samo weary rontino. Often no
lights nro lit hi tho farm-houses during
the siimmor.
This is not n pleasant life, ovon for
men; but it has for them this rodocra-
tog feature that it is ont-of-doors, nnd
has about it the olinrm whioh always
oomos from being in woods or Helds, no
matter how uninteresting tbo scenery
may be. ISut for tho women farm-life
Is infinitely worse. To them the
morning brings drudging duties in tho
kitchen or the dairy and often in tho
barn-yard, whore the oows must bo
milked, and tho calves, the pigs, and
the ohiokoiis must be lookod after. Tills
Is all done in slovenly dross, Thero is
no ohonoe for attention to appearanoes
under suoh circumstances, nnd, more
over, any care in dress is sure to oall
forth rude jests from tho men around.
There then is tho woshiug (not of dainty
laoes, mind you) as well as ironing and
- baking, houso cleaning, scrubbing,
sweeping, and tho putting up of fruits,
all those operations have to bo per
formed in tho hardest way without tho
oonvenioucos common in city kitchens
oven in poor men’s houses. Tho making
of bedB must not bo forgoltou, nor tho
inevitable preparation of tho meals.
Thore is, in addition to all this, an
other strain on these forlorn farm wo
men—tho farmers' wives and daughters.
drew me to tho door, and I led our cow
nlong the shore, where, hero and there,
at tlie foot of tho dunes, were some tufts
of grnss. Tho oow bounded with joy,
and I wns truly happy. Suddenly sho
ran townrd tho sea, which wns covered
with thick ice, tlist cracked nnd broko
as she movod over it. Sho reached n
large cako of ice, nnd, standing on it,
attempted to drink. I had gono with
her. I kept closo to her sido, and saw
in tho distance grant blocks of ice car
ried nwny tiy tho tido. Immediately I
felt tho ice under us move. I cnllod to
the oow and tried to drive her ashore,
but Bho had not drank ouough and
would not stir. I oried aloud; I seized
tho cow nnd drow her with nil my
strength; nnd, O most mighty Oodl tho
ioo on which wo wero separated from tho
shoro began to drift out townrd tho open
sea.
“To right nnd loft, boforo nnd behind,
tho ioo was carried nwny. I lookod
around—I was going farther nnd farther
from tlio land. I was numb with fonr.
Tho ioo oollcoted in heaps ns it movod
slowly nr heavily along; that on which
wo woro floated as a small boat, Tho
oow shook with cold, Tho swift tido
pressed on us and drove ns nliend. Night
came on. The sun lind set long ngo,
and now it was black night. Tho waves
broko on our ieo enko. I foil on my
knees—I prayed. Tho oow lind Inin
down. I streiohod myself closo to her;
this warmed mo. Then I thought of
my father, my mother, who would look
for mo so anxiously. I was filled
ith grief, nnd I slept, exhausted
from fatigue. In tho rniddlo of the
iglit I awoke, shivering and my tooth
chattering. Oh I wlint n spectacle wns
boforo mo I On all sides whoro my eyes
rested, nothing but tho drondful sen I
Tho stories about wator elves or fairies
that I had heard told by snilors enmo to
my mind. I sccmod to noo monsters
and phantoms come from tho bottom of
tho abyss. I fancied I saw strango flg-
mes floating like clouds townrd mo.
Then I shut my eyes and prayed ngnin.
When I opened them I saw a bright
stnr nliend. I looked again. It was a
light, and it surely movod I A bont with
meu in it was coming townrd us I ‘Nan-
uetto I' I cried, 'stand ill).’ It scorned to
mo sho ought to shout for joy, but tho
"a
It is tho necessity of having to make
their own clothes. They don’t mind the
work, but they don’t know how to do it.
The poor things, with tho natural in
stincts of tlioir sox, appreciate good
clothes; but tlioir garments must bo all
home-made; nnd, worse than all olso,
must be. homc-fittod. Thcso women
often have tanto, but it is uneducated,
and so they havo no way of showing it.
Bid any ono ever soo so badly a dressed
womnu as tho average farmer's wifo or
daughter ?
The men of tho farm have some free
dom at times. Each young follow has a
horse and buggy nnd goes to town or to
to the county fair; but tho women ;
abont much less. They nro little sonn
for—tho young men like town-bred girls
—and their monotonous round of daily
duties kills their spirits nnd ruins their
figures. Did any one ever see a more
lifeloss being than tho averago farmer’s
wife or daughter in tho West? They
read little for thoy havo no time. They
have had littlo schooling—three months
once a year. They never have any
money to spend. They are not sup
posed to need it, and ready monov on a
farm, even >n a rich farm is hard to get.
The old former keeps an occouut at one
or two stores, which ho settles in pro
duce, and there all tho trading of tho
family is doue. All tho cash that can
be obtained goes to pay off the mort
gage or to buy moro land or stock.
The fact is, that throughout thU
broad land the work doue by farmers’
families is menial labor. It is servants
and day-laborers’ work, in the general
acceptance of the words. It oertaiuly
is not elevntiug. Tho farmers’ familios,
the wifo, tho sons and the daughters,
know that it is not; thoy fool that it is
•noli Inbor as should bo left to a lower
'lass of persons. Thus thoy learn to
bate their hard, mean lives. Tho boys
to towns to be clerks; tho daughters
lometimes go thero too—and to tho bad
«s well. But generally the women sottle
down to their unlovely lives with moro
or less quiet bitterness. Thero is no
way out of it. They stand it os best
they can, and daily see themselves grow
ing more narrow and little in their
minds, and unlovely in their persons.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that the
number of suicides is greatest in the
fuming community ?
LEFT THEIR CREAM UNTASTED.
ioor shivering cronturo did not movo,
My fingers wero numb nnd stiff, but I
toro off my apron and waved it in tho
air, then—then—"
“Then," interrupted Edmund, with
glowing eagerness, “they reached you
nnd took you homo—you and Nan-
netto ?"
I do not know how it wns," said tho
old woman, whoso eyes were filled with
tears. “I remember only throo voices,
and then findiug myself in a big Hhip,
and thou being homo again in the doai
cottage, nnd father thanking tho bless
ed Uod and rubbing Nnnnotto, and then
tho hnppiost moment, when father said,
'Oh, my daughter I I folt Btiro you
would pray, and Gixl would hear you.'
Young man, with tho dear God to liston,
I was os safe on that open sen ns I am
now by this bright warm tiro."
The Con hoy’s Mol her.
A party of eight ladies aDd gentlemen,
evidently of Jewish pnrentage, entered a
refreshment Baloon in Stapleton, S. L,
and ordered eight plates of ice cream.
The young people were in a very merry
mood and laughed and chatted with the
utmost pleasantly.
They had evidently started from tha
city for a sail down the bay on the Staten
Island ferryboat, and had stopped at the
Baloon for light refreshments. When
the cream was brought one of the young
ladies accidentally dropped her spoon on
the floor. The entire party at once
ceased their mirthiulness, arose from
tho table and left the cream, whioh they
bad scarcely tasted, and made no at
tempt to pick up tho fallen spoon.
After they had paid for the refresh
ments and gone, the proprietor said:
“It is a custom with the Jews to
abandon a meal or table and leave its
contents untouched when one of those
present happens to lot fall a knife, fork
or spoon. The custom is a very old one
umong their race. The same thing has
happened before in my saloon and does
frequently in large restaurants. They
consider it an extremely careless breach
of etiquette on the part of the person
tbftt lets the article fall”
“When I struck Philadelphia,” said
Broncho Bill, ono of the host knpwn cow
boys traveling with tho Wild West show,
1 wanted to sec my mother. I know
sho was livin' I liar, tint. 1 was blamed if
I could ketoh tho oxao' spot, an' it kind
of stumped mo. Didn't know what to
do. Quo day a preacher feller Hint I
hed known at Pino ltiilgo Agency, No-
broska, oamo up to mo when tho after
noon show was over. Ho had oomooost
on n visit. I told him ’bout not bein’
able to looato my mother, an’ ho said
he’d fix it all right.
tio nwny no goes an’ finds somo sort
of n big book—l think it was a register.
Anyhow, it had my mother’s namo in it
an’ tho number of her houso. You bet
I was glad. I told tho boys an’ they
fixed up rigtit away—going to sco all
fair, you know; that's tho boys every
time. Wo took a car an’ rode nwny down
into the city to Twelfth street, I think
they oallcd it. I loft tho boys thero, an’
asked feller tho way to Ontherino street.
’Fifteenth block,’ sea ho. 'Phew,' sea I.
'AH right, though; I guesa I kin do it,'
an' off I vvnlkod through the shops an'
the people, nil’ tho horses nu’ carriages
till I enmo to Catherine Btreot.
Wall, I fouu’ tho house, an" knookod
at it nu' my mother oponed tho door. I
hodu't seen her for twenty years—not
since I went west, ttho was sweopin’
out an’ had tho broom in her hand, an’
sho started like when sho seen my oow-
boy dress, an’ looked hard at me. I hod
mode up my mind to piny off stranger
and (ell her I was n friend of her bou.
Sea 1, ’Are you Mrs. Irving?’
“ ‘I am,’ sea she, kinder chokin’ liko
an' lookin’ nt uio harder nor lietore.
“Ses I, ‘Wall, I’m from Pino Bulge
Agency, Nebraska, and 1 know your son
Bill, Ho told mo for to oall on you.’
“Sea she, chokin' agin, ‘If you ain’t my
son Bill, 1 never had ono.’
“'Oh, no, ma’am,’sea I, ‘yon’so mis
taken. ma’am.'
"With that she began to ery nu’ most
fell down. What—well—that broke mo
up. I begun cryin’ too. ‘Yes, moth
er, I nm your son,’I said; ‘I am Bill,’
She cried harder than over then, an’ oh,
never mind just what happened. Wo
had so mae.ii to tell each other that I
was late getting to the show.
"Next day I brought my wifo to soo
mother, tho samo ns I’d promised. My
brothers an’ sisters was in an’ waitin’ for
mo, an' didn’t wo have tho durn’dost
time? So glad to see me thoy didn't
know what to do. Mothor got a cryin’
first, an’ then my sisters took it up, then
my brothers chipped in, an’ I’m hanged
if I wasn't howlin’ nwny as bad as any of
’em before long. My old woman, too,
was cryin’ for all Bhe was worth. That
made me mad. ‘What aro you cryin’
about,’ sea I. ‘I don’t know,’ sea she.
‘Wall, I’d shut up, then, ses I. But
there was nary a shut- to hex.”—Boston
Herald.
[M. Quad to Detroit Free rrcM.]
An npprontico to a brass-finisher must
servo fonr years, lint to begin with he
must have natural skill. For tho first
six months ho will be paid about 82.50
per week; for tho second 83. On tho
second year he will receive $1 per week,
on tho third 85 nr 80, nnd on tho fourth
87 or 83. nis wages will (lion run from
82 50 to 83 per day. 11 is not n olean
trndo, but tho work is light and tho pay
good.
Tho clcctro-plntor does not tnkn ap
prentices for any definite term. A smart
boy will learn burnishing in two months
and polishing nt tho end of four. It
will take him abont a year nnd a half to
learn to mix his solutions nnd do silver
plating. IIo will get from 84 to 85 per
week the first year, nnd when his Irado
is finished lie enn oommnnd from 810 to
816 per week. Tim boys will notice that
this trado pays tho lnrgest wages of any
to an apprentice and that lie serves only
two-thirds of tho averngo timo before re
ceiving journeyman’s wages. It is a
trade, however, which can't tie rushed.
Two establishments will do all tho busi
ness offering in a city of 150,000 pooplo.
The olcctrotypor and sterootyper binds
his apprentice for four years. Tho first
year he is paid 83 per week; tho second
year 85; the third year 87; the fourth
year 83 The wages of a journeyman
nro from 83 to 83.50 per day. It is a
business only to bo found in the larger
sized cities.
Of late years tbo tailor has called him
self an artist The fnshionoblo tailor
aims to fit his patrons in every detail,
and by harmony of colors nnd exoollonco
of fit to make almost anybody rosemblo
a gontloman. Mou do not disputo tho
prioe if thoy got a good fit. Tho tailor’s
cutler used to be almost anybody who
oonld nso a pnir of shears, a tnpo lino
and a mnrkor. In thcso dnys in a fnsh-
ionnhlo establishment ho draws a salary
of from 835 to 850 |>cr week. Tho ap-
irentlouship is for threo years. For tho
ilrst six montliR tho hoy receives no pay;
lor tho second six nbout two dollars per
week. Wliilo n tailor may not bo a cut
ter, nn apprentice would be taught both
branches. As a journeyman tailor his
wnges would ho from 810 to 815 por week.
It lie made a lilt an a cutter his servlecs
would bo in demand nt tho fat figures
first mentioned. As n good boot mnker
studies tho nnntoray of tho foot so does
a good cutter study tho contour of tho
humnn form, Sloping shoulders aro
brought np square, bow-backed men aro
made straight and bow legs have tho
I lend disguised by tho out slid sot of tho
trousers.
To become a tologTapli operator ouo
Ihould begin work at nil early period.
A boy of 15 will stand a butler ahanco
ihnn n young man of 20. Thero is no
regular apprenticeship. Around largo
ofilces the messenger boys pick up this
and that until they suddenly nstonish
themselves by being able to oporato. A
smart boy can learn to transmit a moi-
sngo in a few months, hut tho term "op
erator" lias a double moaning, As a
fast thinker eau write faster than a slow
ono, so can a doxtoroua operator trans
mit faster than a clumsy one. Home learn
tho work nnd can never command nny
hut the lowest salaries, while others,
who had tho same show nt tho start,
soon reooivo tho very highest. The best
salaries paid pood operators in n goiiera!
office aro not over 880 por month; 870
por month would strike nearer. Plenty
of operators break down under the work,
nnd it is not a business whieli boys
should rush into undor the idea that it is
onsy work.
Tho book-binder and ruler binds hi«
apprentices (no pun) to throo years'
services. A boy will reooivo from 82 to
83 por week for the first year nnd about
85 per week for the woo lid. When his
trade is finished his wages will l»o from
8!) to 814 por wook. As n rule, thero is
work tho year round.
Wire-working is divided in many de
partments. In largo shops boys nro
taken ns apprentices in jail work, blink
work, builders’ work, bird cages, rat
traps, screens, roller skates, etc. Each
work is a separate thing, and it is sel
dom that n boy learns nil. Tho appren
ticeship in any department is for throe
years, and the pay for tho Unit year
nbout 81.50 per week. A journeyman’s
wages run from 810 to 815 per wook.
Wliilo they have tho help of a groat deal
of ingonious machinery in wire shops, a
boy who has no natural mechanical skill
cannot hope to ranko a good workmen in
nny department
In a printing offleotho term of nn np-
prentiou is also for llireo yonrs, In a
daily uowspnpor oflioo upproutioes are
taken to learn type-setting, others to
loam book nnd job-work, and the boys
who feed tho presses aro still another
branoh, In a country office a boy is
given n ohanoo nt every tiling in ono.
He will bo taught to sot typo, do job-
work, sot up tables and advertisements,
wet down tho paper for tho edition, run
the job and newspaper presses, out
paper and given a show at writing up
looal items. Tho pay depends very
much on wlint sort of a bargain can tie
mado. A boy of fifteen or sixteen would
recoivo nt lenat 82.50 per wook for tlie
first three months, and nftor that nbout
83 until liis Hist yenr was up. Ho would
then reooivo from 84 to 85, and at the
oud of tho third year would bo worth
from 89 to 815 per week. Compositors
who aro reasonably fast in book or news
paper work uovor fall below 815, nnd
many earn from 818 to 821. The boy
who desires to become n thorough
printer should servo his apprenticeship
outside of a daily office.
Stationary engineers servo no regnlar
apprenticeship. But a term of several
months as fireman would be of much
value. With a steam dial, water glass
and low-wator alarm attached to the
boiler, it would bo no great triok for
anybody of average sense to ruu an en-
gino for an hour or so. A good ongt
near receives from 850 to 870 per month,
The term "good” means asobor, at ten
tive man, having moro or less moohani.
oal skill and good judgment.
To become a locomotive engineer you
must servo ns n fireman for two or
three years. Your progress will depond
considerably upon the engiuoor in
charge. He can help or liindor, as he
wills. After your term as fireman on u
freight engine is out, you would be
mado engineer of the same. If firing on
a passenger engino your promotion
would bo to n freight. It is the picked
meu wlio ruu passenger trains. The
longer tlioy nro in service, the bettor
they are paid. Tho Michigan Central
pays its oldest passenger-train engineer
8176 per month, wliilo one in service ~
year or so receives abont 880.
A writer in the Nautical Magazine
contends that the long, low steamers
which aro now turned out of tho build
ing yards aro tho wottest, and in too
mnny oases tho most dangerons ships
which over put to sea—that a great
ocean wnve, however high or fast it may
run, will lift up bodily nny small ship or
bont, but not so somo 400-footer, ami, as
a mnttor of course, if it cannot lift, must
ruu over somo part of her; and nllowing
such a wavo to rnn nt thirty-flvo miles
nn hour, nnd a grant part of its crest,
say twenty-five tons of wnter, to over
whelm her deeks, a force is nt onoo ex
erted equal to tho chargo of n locomo
tive ngamst everything in tho shapo of
an obstruction to Its course. It is, there
fore, a grant mistake to suppose, as is
the ease with somo ship builders, that
bcenuso a ship in big no heavy sens will
run on board.
Mullein rn. Cod I.lrer Oil.
Dr. Quillian, tho leading authority of Great
Hritain, on lung dineaaes, snya : While ono of
hia patient* gained only Heron pounda by tho
use of cod liver nil, who gained over thirteen by
the line of mullein. The old field mullein mado
into a t*a and combined with nwcct gum pre-
Bi ntH in Taylor’a Cherokee Itemed^ of Sweet
Gum ond Mullein a plcoflant fend effective cure
for Croup, Whooping-Cough, Oolda and Con-
Humptiou. Sold by all drugginti at 25c and
11.00 a buttle.
r -FEVER
HAY-FEVER.
My brother Myron
and tnjBolf nem both
cured, to all appearance
of Catatrh and Hay-
Fever last July and Au
gust. Up to this date,
Doc. £*, noithrr havo
had any return of tlion*
troubles. l£ly’a Cream
Halm wan the medicine
uiod. — Oaoiuf.l Fan-
Spencer, Tioga Oo.
It film la a
iwly founded on a
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—AND—
Tfnilrontl AncmtH* Xtuwlne««
gilt at .HOOKM'S IH SINFSM UNIVER.
VARIETY IRON WORKS,
LANG & WILT, PROPRIETORS,
MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, Etc., STEAM PIPE VALVES, RUBBER AND
LEATHER BELTING, MACHINE OILS ALL GRADES.
night at .11
ITY, All
Hi SPY th’e rebellion
BY ALLAN PINKERTON.
io waa Chief of tho U. b. Secret Servb
• near Texarkana. Ark., Bold |300
[■rmelona from live acres.
The Hope of the Notion.
Children, slow indf-vclnnmeut, puny, scrawny
and delicate, uso “Wells’ Health llenewor.”
i fui
il sheila at a depth of HO feet from the
e have been found nt Tisoti, Arkanaan.
A Imldhendod mm, who hns beard that th
hairs <>f n Hum’s head nro numbered, wants *
know if there ix not somo place where ho ea
obtain the back numbers. Carbolino wi
mipply the demand.
A large proportion of th° people of New Or
leans rent the houses they live in and at high
figures.
The Nrrret ofl.lfe.
HoovIH’h Fa-snpari'la, or Blood nnd Liver
Syrup, i.x the re i
Inns taint, rht<
gout, R'»:t *r,
norvotH d ’hility
nr Ming fr nn n
bad. < Vrtflen
many leading
heads uf faini
dor.-log EcovIll's
tho highoM term
c ipt of c *rt tl m
liable i
b hI re
ly for the cure of scrofu
umutism, white swelling,
conuimptton, bronchitis,
, malaria, and all dLeases
i impure condition o. tho
o» <a» ho | r<suited from
physicians, minlat r* nnd
ei through >ut tho land in
H o hI an 1 Liver Svrttp in
««. We aro constantly i:i ro
es of cures from them s re
rooommen l it as tho
disoasos.
Wolv
nntv, Arkansi
ly for at
immitting depredations in Yell
ITAT-FBvr.;i. 1 have used Ely’s Cream Halm
for Hav-Fever, and have experienced Rrozt re
lief. f 11 commend it as tho best of all tho
remedies 1 have tried. - T. Tl. Jknks, Lawyer,
Urniiil Its,iid>, Hloh. l’rlo* 51) cent*.
Wanted for our New Book.
yUngbytbi TtntnfTh.
nn-v^vi 1 !'
OP
TUB
KIDNEYS
LIVER
BLADDER
AND
URINARY
ORGANA
DROPSY
ORAVEL
DIABETES
BRIGHT'S
DISBABB
FAINS
IN
THE
BACK
LOINS
OR
BIDS
rNERVOua
DISEASES
RETENTION
By the turn of thin
REMEDY, th® fltomr
ach and Bowoll
speedily regain their
Oil
ngth, and tha
blood ii purified.
It li pronounood by
hundred* of the boat
docton to !>• the ON
LY CURE for all
kind* ol Kidney Dl»
enioi. .
It 1* pureiy T*f*
tabic, and ourea whei
other mediolnoa flail*
It la prepared ex-
preaaly for these ala-
ease*, and haa never
been known to fall.
One trial will con
vince you. For aalc
by all drugglate.
PRICE 11.9ft
Send fbr
Pamphlet
of Teatl-
mental*.
HUNT’S
RHMRDY
NON-RETENTION
URINE.
iMiiiala.
it Is (he
moat thi-llllnc mir Intuit ei er jiithllnltnl
dorecd by hundred* .•! l*io<* rn I Agents’ lostir-
A lar**v li«n«lH..ine book; m pNgta;ft0 lllustrut. .
IW'Hulil only liv <mr \bi-iiIn. l!»u »»M>. found
In bo. k«l-r-». S.-lli. I..mot,■ ii.nl*, f*nnnr*. >nn. h.nlc*
and iv tvbo<l■/. Wo w.nt ono agent In every Grand
Army Poat and In every county In the U, 8. For full
particular* and •;>"■» »
O. W. CAtlLKTO
Thlt advertisement
HOPE
Nlctinl*nn*M linprovx d Artificial lisr Urn
only lure, n.nyan.f unseen device u -n I to p •nnanantly
restore h. a nc. Hoc lemon lei by acomlflo men of
, Publisher*
r York.
rnn
UJS AF,
Europe
ul An
Wr
n il I u
s I do*crip
live book to.I, II. Nielinlsun, .Murray st.,N*»w Y> rk
■OMAN’S SAFEST REGULATOR!
IHilX.VMY’S G08SYPIUM.
pamplilot*.
W‘
Bonham, T« x.. merchnntH have organized a
lottei v in whieli every man selling a bale of
cotton holds a ticket.' Prizes rang from ffi
tot 100.
“Ilongli on Pnln. M
Cure* mile, crumps, ilinrrlni-n; externally for
n.-lsH, pniii*, Hprain*, lir-sd.cho, notir.luls,
riiountatiHtii. For man or i»ca*t. 25 and 60.
colt with it blue body nnd striped liko n
n wn* fnsli’il nr Knoxville, Trim.
‘lb-
lionrd one limn nnv to nnotlisr,
itlier dny. "I didn't know you nt first,
why, you look ton yenr* yomiK-r limn you
did when I saw you lusl.” I feel ten yenrs
limiter," no* the reply. “You know I usixl
bo under tin* wonthor nil tho time nnd gnvo
exiiei-tinn to lie nny liotter. The doctor
iiiI I (mil oiinumii-tlon. I was t-'rrihly weak,
I iijelit -sweats, . i*ii”li, no n|i|M-tite. nn 1 lost
Fsnv |)1’ii-i- e - 'Uoltfou Medirnlllis-
rv' ndviTll-od, mi l lliollglit it would do
inn If It did no Rood, lx linn c ured nn\
n umv mini Ixx-uuso 1 nn n well one.’’
lind
Honoring an Amrixioan Officer.—
Tlio Madagascar 'nines for April 30
and May 7 gives many particulars of
tho reception in the Mulagnssy capital ot
Lieutenant Mason Hhnfeldt, xvlio left
the United States ship Enterprise for an
exploring expedition on tho island. In
many of the villages tlio people turned
out to welcome him and vied with each
other in their efforts to entertain the
United States officer. The Queen sent
out officers to meet the Lieutenant and
on April 29 a reception was given in his
honor nt tho Royal Palace. Lieutenant
Shufeldt made a speech whioh was
translated, and then tho Queen handed
her speech to the Prime Minister, wl)P
read ft to Malogassy,
Fear Did It.—Goorgo Augustus Sain
tells an eastern story nbout an Arab
Sbeik, who, pursuing on horseback his
way to Damascus, gave a lift to an old
haggard mid ragged woman whom lie
found lying, convulsed with pain, at tho
foot of* n palm tree. This nuciout eroue
told tho Sheik incidentally, that she wa
the Cholera, and that it was by Allali
will that she was going to Damascus
but, iu consideration of tho kindness
which she received, she promised that
she would slay only sixty persons thero.
Soon after lier arrival the pestilence
broko out, aiul tlio people died like
sheep with the rot The Sheik reprouohed
her witlx her breach of ,’aith. “Not so,”
quoth Damo Cholera; “I kept my word.
I killed pply sixty. Fear killed the
rest,”
Twenty*two glass bio
t mnki
ii tl v Iini'
rn ami eiglitonn cabi-
nl at Morrilltnn, Ark.
Win-.?
0
PIUM
ByB. M. WOOLLEY, MD
Atlnnln. (•rnr«l».
HABIT
CURE!!„a,te^:
CAT A H1UL
fur Catarrh, Hay-Foi
Col (In in tlm 11 uml *
t rmr |Mck*co in gi.GU
MASON & HAMLIN
...Oreans vr
CO.,
Prorldfne*,
- It. I.
HUNT'S (Kidney am! Liver) REMEDY
haa aaved from lingering dienasn and death, hundred*
who have been eiven up by physician*
n die.
AGENTS FOR
Daniel Pratt Cotton Gins,
Brown Cotton Gins,
A. B. PARQUHAR’S MACHINERY,
COTTON FRFBSES, CANE MILLS COTTON SEED HUI.LEHB.
We are prepared to do all kinds of Repair Work at sliort uotico and as well n.
All in want of the above-named goods, or machinery repaired, aro cordially
Invited to call nnd aeo us or write for prices before going elsewhere.
Respectfully,
LANG & WILT, . ■
TRADE MARK
Sandersville, Qeorgia.
MEN AND MULES BUN MAD.
REGISTERED.
1109 *~TTn Git
A NHW TKKATMKNT
For Consumption, Asthma, Bronchltla, I)yi*
pepsin, Catarrh, Heartache, Debility, Hheu-
nmtisiu, Neuralgia, nnrt nil (Miron io
nnrt Nervous Dlaorrtera.
>Y C-/VUD.
We, th« undersigned, li ving rrcoivpd jrmM end
perm*urnt ln«iit*ftt from th* use «*f "I’OSlPOUND
OXYGEN.” prsp-ml sndsdmt'iMnrmt by l>is. Sisrkry
tMiilnib>l|ihis. nnd being KSttnllx
r it. consider i* n duly
id all Hint i
iu iter In
to the
AN BPIDKMir OF IIYIHtOI'IIOIlfA ON
AN ALAIIAMA PLANTATION.
Tklriydw* Negrern HIc Ic from Kntlat • FI*
that hml born Vtlttrn by n Itleit l)»*-Tti*
Plnntrr’a Wild Race te H»c«pe n Mad Male,
Irom idironi • snd
o (In all that we ran to
inspiis thn pu. lie with
IQ A POSITIVE CUM
For Female Complaint* end
iWenknc«Men *o common to
our best fcmnle population.
It will cure entirely tho worst form of Female Com
plaints, nil Ovnrian troubles, Inflammation and Ulcer**
sillng i
Spinal Wcakn
One
humor*
It remove* folntne**, flatulency, doitrora all craving
>r itimulantn, nnd relieve* weakness i.f tho etomarh,
it cure* bloating, Headschj*. Ncnrou* J’ro*trauon.
General Debility, Sleeplessneea, Depression and Indiges
tion. That faeiingof bearing down, causing pain. 1 weight
and backache, iv always permanently cured by ita uso.
It will ot all tiinrs ami under all circumstance* act In
harmony with the law s that govern tho Female system.
For the euro of Ktdnrr Complaint* of cither *ex, this
-. 'id. **■-»—*.'—
pliyeieisne. who wi
merit which they (
pub IbIi any tettim
T. 8. AURTHUn.
ht«r find I'uldhher "Aurlhur'
Philadelphia.
llonm Magar.ine,"
V. I, t 'ONHAI>.
1 'Lutheran Observer,” Philadelphia.
PHI A, Pa., Juno 1, ItoJJ.
nl and pc
.aI infinity in '
id to rivo In-
mi In the g<M
Compound la unsurpassed. PrlcoftLOO. Hlxbottle* for
Nr family should bo without LYDIA K. PINKIIAM'S
LIV EH riLLS. They cur* count Ipatlon, biliousness and
torpidity of the liver. Bft cents a box at all druggist*.
. PUUMSIIINO On
PATENTS 1 PS; %."awa
until obtained. Write for IN vKJn 10R'8_OUIpE. —
AOEMT§ WANTED for the lives wf
BLAINE &
CLEVELAND A
HENDRICKS,
well and widely
restive on’Uoiiipound Osygon,” eontaining a
I ho dlicnvory oT snd inudo of setinnof till*
cnrsllvo agent, nnd « l«iV» loe. rdof nnr-
ren in OoiiBiiuiptinn, t'ntnrili, Nonralgi*.
. Actliinn, oto., mida w id* range of clironio
ill bo rout free.
Dlls. STABKVY iV PALKN,
1101) nnd 1111 Girard St., PhllndHpliln* Pit.
lllktnrjr of
rcuifirkaldi
(irirlng
Itr.inli
Addn
MUSIC, MUSIC
In 1 Vol by I Ion.
Only Anirririin Or«nn Awarded such nt nny.
For Cnsli, Easy I'uymriils or Rcntrd.
UPRIGHT PIANOS
•nting very lnghost eiee
nttniuM in *
et out of t
I durnln
..I the
tllrt i
in.I lx
ml II
gnu
Husnu .V IIninliii (’ompnuy nn
nreninplishiiK nt ot n great Un
it Upright IMhiioh, whieli thoy
ive to Ilio public, much wus ea
se i»r the vast improvements which
ftert bv them in rued instruments,
•in lodged Miperexcdlcncc of their
se i xpi elntiona lire fully justified
i which they nro producing, which
liimry purity nnd reflnement of
livery im elmnic will sec thnt the pgeu-
es of tlieir eunstruction must add greatly
ir durability and ('Specially their capacity
p in good tune.
s company have as great a future iu tlioir
pianoH ns Bu y him already realizing in their
organs, whieli are eonfeWdly unequalled
among such instruments, -llonton Trawler.
GS
of greater v*
nuihieal ton.'
ing li .bility
fro«.
MASON K HAMLIN ORGAN AND PIANO CO
Boston, 154 Tremont St,; N. York, 46 E.
the piano
HASII.V CI1RKI). BOOK Fit UK.
DR. J. C HOFFMAN, Jofforson, Wisconsin
The revival in
in Chattanooga at
oof the Methodist churohct
■ still going on.
It's
secret nostrum. We s|M*ak of Dr.
Extract of JSinnrL-Weed, comnosodof
icst French Brnndy, Smart-Wml, Jamaica
Ginger nnd Camphor Water. It cures ehol-
ra morbus, colic or cramjis iu Ht4>miu'l), diar-
lyscnb ry orbhxxly-llux, and breaks up
colds, fevers mid inlhuniimUiry attacks.
ops of sugar
ic, peas nnd potatoes
• to bo unusually lino.
. Sir, In Mine!”
A good story comes from a toys’ toarding-
Tho diet wns monotonous
1 the learned Principal
school in 41 jo
11st ipat ing,
ocidert to introduce some old-style physic* in
he apple )mice, and await the happy results,
hie bright lad, the sneirtost iu school discov-
r d the secret mine in his sauco. and pushing
nek his plate, shouted to tho ixslagoguo: '
physic, sir, in mine. My dad told 1110 to uso
nuthiir but Dr. Pierce’s ‘Pleasant Purgative
Pellets,’ mid they are doing their duty liko a
harm!” They aro anti-bilious, ana
regetablo.
puroly
Hunt has hurt the cotton atout Fort Gaines.
Potatoes, corn and peas ore fine, the best for
years.
Fon years I have been afflicted with Hay-
aver. * 1 gavo Ely’s Cream Palm a trial. The
relief was immediate. 1 regard myself cured.
—G. SciiHEiBEU, Supk. of Cordage Co., Eliza*
belli, N. J. Frico 60 cents.
Work on tho new Catholic church in Austin,
Texrs, is being rapidly pushed to completion.
Nlflht Kwonti.
Headache, fever, chills, mnhiria, dyspepsia,
cured by ‘‘Wells’ Health lienswer." fl
Lime burning lias become iiuite an import
ant industry in tlio valley of Virginia.
A BemnrUnble Cordial
It is a well known fact that gum camphor Is
ono of tho tost remedies for bowel trouble
and combined in a cordial with peppermint
inciplo of tho huckleberry, it
and tho active pr—, . .,
presents in Dr. Diggers’ Huckleberry Cordial
:».„ ar'lIT'l'lM.’I? V imiwnv iliof rn.
the GHEAT SOUTHERN REMEDY that re
stores the littlo one suffering from the effects
of teething, ond cures Diarrhma, Dysentery
and all bowel troubles. For sale by all drug
gists ut 50 cents a bottle.
Memphis, Tenn., is to hr
,nf her full trade by process
and other amusements.
1 grand jubilee
ac s, fireworks
Ladies
appeti
id nor
f nil iigos who sufi’er from loss of
roni imperfect digestion, low spirits
us debility, may have healtli r
1 life extended by the uso of Mr
Lydia K. Finkham’a remedies for all com
plaints specially incident to the female const!
tution. We not only havo a living faith !
Mrs. Pinkliain, I ut we are assured that 1
remedies ore nt once most agreeable and efii
cacious.
Tho cotton crop of Schley county will, per
haps, be shorter than that of last year.
“Rough on I'nln” Plaster.
Porous and strengthening, improved, the
best for backache, pains in chest or side, rhou-
matism, neuralgia. 25c. Druggists or moil.
Bcwaro of tho incipient stages of Consump
tion. Take Piso’s Cure iu time.
Laurens county will make a good corn crop.
Tho cot ton crop * Will not bo as good as wi
expected.
GOOD NEWS
TO LADIES!
14th St ; Chicago, 149 Wabash Av.
U CHLORAL AND
•1 OPIUM HABITS
, The IcmllnK Campaign book* of ISM.
u.urra .«* t* 1, I W 7Hth thnilMtl.l In prrst. K«rh vol^&OO
pure*, f 1.50. 50 per rent, to AirmU. Ontfli AW r. Frtighf
j aid. Agents earn •!" to #2* a day. Now i» the Ume to
make money fa*t Bend tor Extra Ternm. at onee, to
HARTFORD 1'L'RLIMIIM) CO., lUrtftord, team
P^^a ^Bend Stamp t for onr New llook
AYH tor
$401
n-e. I,. IlINtlllAM. Pat-
lAw>er. Wsshlnston, D. (J.
I.ife •ehol*nlilp in the
_ (flip I
Cnlcmnn HiimIiicmm Collrgc.
rk. New Jerwy. I'neltion*. f«»r
aradiutos. National natronaxe. Wiiie
lor t ’irrulmixln II. ( «)|,|.M AN A ( O.
Paynes’ Automatic Enjlnoa and Saw-Sill
id Cheapest f real
Hales faster than any sin
pick. 'I ho new improve
ments in sin houses de-
sot ihed In tno words of their
Inventors freo to all. Ad
dress Hoakokk Iron and
Wood Works, Chaita-
Hoanokk
Cotton 1'ukss Co.. Uicb
THE DUPLEX GIN SAW SHARPENER
. >- . I «r« pprrisi Tlie«, or UIO ruin*
iiultfPS ll ‘ * , »l' ' r Dta
(.1 In 1>e llm 1if»t Gltl
county rights
i for.Oil Mill
kk A fiis Saw
We offer an * t» lit If. F
. miIhI . k
«UR LKADKIC.
0 II. P. Ill 1 '
ft. hellins
I ’Engine with Mill,
m-hooks, rlx complete
.... u... . .«.. Ensme bn ski 1*. $l<0
leas. Send 'for nirouWtHl. II. W. PAYNfc ds
SONS, Manufactur-rs of #11 styles Autoinallr hn-
glue*, from 9 to 3 n U. P.: also I'nlje
Shaft nu. Elmira. N. Y. lloa 1850.
Hangei
The OLD UK1JAULE
FAIRBANKS SCALE.
JERNIGAN
Bows/Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc-
Watches, Clocks
And JEWELRY
MFAimZD BY
J XXI ITXC AIT.
Three and four Ton Scales at greatly reduced
prices. Every Cotton'Gin and Planter should
liavo a Genuine Fairiiankh Hcai.e. Write for
prices. FAIR RANKS A CO.j
New Orleans, La.
SOLID SILVER STEM-WINDING FULL
JEWELLED GENTS’ SIZE WATCH
FOR $12.50.
■ 81.adder. Waili H.-i:eli nnd
, |WM. Ktioloi
The (OBHI.NATION Hi d. (
l. Aprlngflald.O.
Tliia offer made for
s C. O. D., subject
lefoce purcImsitiK.
STKVKNS iV CO.» .lewder,
>, .irwrirr,
Atlanta, (in
Pensions
to Soldier* k Heir*. B?nd etamp
HAM, Att’j, Washington,
BUY YOUll
spgctiu, mm
FROM
JERNICAN.
Van, genulns wltlion, onr Tndt lluk,
On band and for aal^
BPEGTACLE8, NOSE GLASSES. ETC.
Itnlwer and Ills T.ftfly of Ljonx.
t
cukes where All else fails, b
li-st Cough Syrup. Tnatcw good. ISJ
;*0 in lime. Hold l*v dmirirtatw LSI
A. N. U
. .Tlilrfy-irtne, >S4
,i? Sure Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice s.*
Sore Mouth and Ulcor*. CUiann the Teeth, keeps tho Gy
breath. Prepared solely by Ora. J.
niHiided by loiuliiiK flentists.
, IIntvuni A Candler, Atlanta
for ulcerated
Throat. Bleeding Gums,
healthy, *
infallible
— "“me.
, foul
Used
and Dentists. Lamar,
fH __
celebrated Teas
Jeaut ‘
Moss Rose Cbii
and Coflees,i
fpl Gold Band
Tea Bet. or Ui
Gold Band Moss Rom Dmner Bet, o.
Decorated Toilet Set, For foil particulate eddteee
JlOM Chine
Uandaoroe Decorated
Gold Band Moae
eddteee
Brown’s Iron Bitters com-
! ii no* Iron with pure vegetable tonics.
It is compou'_Jed on thoroughly sci
entific and medicinal principles, nnd
cannot intoxicate.
All other preparations of Iron cause
headache, and produce constipation.
Brown’s Iron Bitters is tho
ONIjV Iron medicine that
is not injurious—- its use does not
even olackcn tho teeth.
It not only cures the worst cases of
Dyspepsia, but insures n hearty np
betitg au4 good digestion,
Brown’s Iron Bitters is tlie
Best IJvcr Regulator—re
moves bile, clears the skin,
digests tlio food, CURES
Belching, Heartburn, Heat
iu tlie Stomach, etc.
It is tlie best-known remedy for
female infirmities.
Tho genuine lias above trademark
and crossed red lines on wrapper.
Take no other. Mado only by
Brown Chemical Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
It is a onrious fact that a largo ma
jority of literary men invariably seem
anxious at somo period or other of their
career to tost by the medium of anony
mous publication tho value ol publio
opinion with regard to their own work.
“It is not per Imps generally known,”
writes n correspondent, “that ‘the Lady
of Lyona' was brought out quite anony
mously, and that on tlio night of ita
first production, beyond Maoroady and
Bulwor Lytton himself, uo ono in Lon
don had been allowed to know the
secret ot tho authorship ol tho play.
Between the aots Dickons, who bad boon
ono of a delighted audieuoe, went bo-
hind tho scenes to talk over the play
with Maoroady and Bulwor, congratu
lating Macready on his wonderful
impersonation of Claude Melnotte.
Dickens was in raptures with the whole
thing, and asked Bulwer what he
thought of it. Bulwor affected to find
somo fault with the plot, aud suggested
improvements hero and there in tho va
rious situations. ‘Como now,' said
Diokens, ‘it is not like you, Bulwor, to
cavil at Buch small things os those. The
man who wrote the play may havo imi
tated your work here aud there perhaps,
but lie is a deuoed clever fellow for all
that. To hoar you speak so unfairly is
almost ouough to make one think that
you are jealous.’ ” The papers the next
morning lauded the play to the skies,
even going so far as to suggest that it
would bo well for Mr. Bulwer to take
pattern by this unknown writer, aud
try to improve himsell in those particu
lar points in whioh the anonymous
author of “Lady of Lyons” had boon so
brilliantly suooessfnl. About a fortnight
later Bulwer’s authorship of the play
was made known, to the mingled con
sternation and amusement ol the cr.tics
and the genoral publio.
A dispatch from Eufnnla, Ala,, dated
▲ng. 28lh says:—Tho people in this
neighborhood aro in a state of tremen
dous excitement over tho wholesalo
spread ot hydrophobia on tlio plantation
ol Touch Doughtie, Dr. E. B. Johnson
hns just returned from Mr. Doughtio’s
plantation where ho had boon sum
moned. Ho found thirty-two persons
Buffering with a diseaso whioh ho at once
pronounood hydrophobin in a mild form.
All tho sufforers aro nogroes, Threo
of them are (Separately siok, one being
in the throes of delirium, nnd so low
that tho doctor says he is liithle to dio
at any moment.
Moro than throe weeks ago a hog hit-
ten by a dog diod on Mr. Doughtie'a
plantation and wns given to the negroes
to l>o converted into soap grease. In
stead ot utilizing it for this purpose,
thirty-two negroes on the plsoo and in
the neighborhood ate tho flesh of tho
hog,
Mr. Doughtie says thnt on July 25,
oue of his dogs went mad and hit a mule
and sovoral hogs. On Aug. 18, the lint
hog died, and wns oaten by tlie nogroes,
Two more died on Aug 18, one on Aug.
22, and one on Aug. 27, and all wero
eaton except the last, when tho partak
ers ol the poisoned flesh became siok.
Tlie mule exhibited signs ot madness on
tho nineteenth day alter being bltteu.
Eleven days after the hog was eaten, ten
ot the negroes wore taken siok. Two
days ago another dog wm dlsooverod to
bo mod, and was killed after having bit
ten a mule. Another dog on the lot ts
now housed, and will be experimented
with for a cure. The dog that bit the
mule and hogs disappeared, and tho
whole neighborhood is in terror lost
ho wont among tho onttlo and hogs
throughout the belt before dying.
A dozon out ot the thirty-two eaters
ot tho affected hogs aro seriously siok,
and tho developments among the others
nro awaited with tho greatest interest.
Dr. Johnson, an ablo physician, says
that it is a terrible oase, and that he
fears the worst Ho says that It would
not snrpriso him if the greater number
ot the thirty-two persons died.
A few days ago Mr. Donghtte rode
out, at the request of a field hand, to
inspect the oondition of one of his mules,
which wns acting strangely. On reach
ing the pastnro whore a dozon mnles
were, tlio animal Mr. Doughtie was
riding neighed, whioh attraoteu tho at
tention of the other animals, and tuc siok
ono particularly, whioh immediately
rushed on the mule and rider, and seized
the saddloot tlio animal with his teeth.
Mr, Doughtie dismounted and snooeeded
in loosonlug the mod mulo’s hold, but
uo sooner was this dono than tho infnri-
rioted boast turned upon ilia owner, who
fled for his life, pnrsuod hy tho mule.
Thero was a dosparato race of a quarter
of a mile through undergrowth, and Mr.
Doughtie only saved himself by dodging
around saplings. A small stretch ol
olonring intervened botwoon the woods
and the house, and the terrified man
took a lifo-ond-deatli chouco on making
it. Before lonving the woods the mule
bad bitten out a pieoo of Mr. Doughtio’s
ooat, and while manoouvriug around the
tree, the animal bit himself savagely in
several places, tearing out a mouthful ol
flesh each timo. Tho race for the house
was a close one, and just os Mr. Dough-
tie reaohed the top of tho fonoo the
mule overtook him on a dead run, bnt
instead of reaching his victim, struck
his head against a fenoo post in a wild
rush and was knooked senseless. The
mnle was afterward killed by Mr,
Donghtie.
It is now reported that the whole
herd of mules are affeoted. Many ol
them have leaped the fenoea and will
doubtless, spread the diseaso smou|
other animals in the neighborhood. The
community is at a loss how to arrest the
disease. -
Frightened Peasants.
It is Strangs.—Strange that so few
men discover how bad the mnsio of the
itinerant mnsioians :s until the hat is
passed around. If you will notice it, a
crowd whioh is perfeotly oblivions oi the
band's disoord will, the moment the hat
makes Us appearance, say the most oruel
things against the wandering minstrels,
with a unanimity whioh is quite remark
able.
Lultj Hurst, the so-called magnetic
girl, has, according to the Augusta (Ga.)
Chronicle, raised a $3,000 mortgage on
on her father’s farm. This is real
strength. The power that will lift a
mortgage is the strongest known. The
broomBtiok act of Miss Hurst is nothing;
but twisting a farm from the hands oi a
sheriff is great.
The boliof of the peasants in Southern
Franco that the pbyBloians engaged in
the cholera hospitals were employed by
tho Government to remove the super
fluous population reveals a frightful so
cial oondition iu ono part at least of the
Fronoh Itepuhlio, It seems that the
peasants of North Italy have the sam
aversion to calling in dootors for oholeri
though their version does not proceet
from the same belief. They prefer “ol
woman’s remedies” to those of the
faculty, and it is perhaps doing no W
justice to the oondition of medic*
science in the rural parts of Italy to w
mit that the prescription of an amateo
old woman is as likely to be effloient»
that of n professional old woman, b<
Bides being oheapor. The Italian
have inherited a belief to the eflioaoy c
by the secularization of Italian poM®
and recently created a riot at Luooa w
cause the police forbade the exhibit™
of a saint who was supposed to be "
specific for cholera. These special
of Italian sanitary precautions ought *
inoreaso the vigilance of our quarantin*
officials.
A. MTTLH HBtiP.
Maud—Isn’t this a queer title I*
book, mother—“Not Like Other Gin* 1
I wonder what oan she be if she i* 9
like other girls ? ,
Mother—I don’t know, unless _
goes into the kitchen and help*
mother instead of staying to to 6 "
to read noraU.—JAfe.