Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IP - ' WITHIN AND WITHOUT. Tbe tide flows up, the tide flows down; The water brims the creek, and falls; A cottage, weather-stained and brown, Lifts at the brink its timo-worn walls. Beneath the lowly window-sill A little bank of blossoms gay The wandering airs with fragrance fill, Sweeten tho night andchnrm the day. The tide flows up, the tide flows down; Wran thn lnw window's huinblo SOUare A woman in n faded gown, With care-dimmed ej*es and tangled hair, Looks cut across the smiling space Where golden stars and suns unfold; Blue larkspur, the pied pansy's face. Nasturtium bells of scarlet bold? She sees them not, nor cares, nor knows. A man's rough figure, noon and night And morning, o'er the threshold goes? No sense has ho for their delight. The tide flows up, the tide flows down; In that dull house a little maid Lives lonely, under Fortune's frown, A life unchildlike and afraid. To her that tiny garden plot Means heaven. She comes at eve to stand 'Mid mallow and forget-me-not And marigolds on either hand. B iey look at her with brilliant eyes, Their scent is greeting and caress; They spread their rich and glowing dyes Her saddened soul to cheor and bless. The tide flows up, the tide flows down; Within, how base the life, and poor! Without, what wealth and beauty crown The humble flowers beside the door! ?i'elia Thaxter, in Atlantic Monthly. TRAINING A HUSBAND. ?0 you want to know how I camc to hcv taieb, when I knew jest how he used Nancy, his first wife. Wall, I'll tell you all about it. You know Dan'l left mc pretty poorly. T had two little children, and what ter dew I didn't know. The mortgage was ter run out in about a year and a half after he died. I'd sent the children " * -- '1 T _ 1. .. 4. 4. 1.?1 nown 10 uromcr uuun s iu jjcl ai .-tnuui. Brother John wanted me ter give them tcr him an' he'd do well hy 'em, an' I wus meditating 011 it, orful loth to dew it. But what else could I dew with 'em when the old farm was took away from wc! One day when the time was near eout, I was lioein' tin- beans one side of the fence jinin' Caleb's cornfield. I tell yer, Hannah, I never felt bluer in all my days. I'd allers lived an' worked a farm, an' couldn't do no other kind of work; so what was to come of me I didn't know. "I'urty good hoen' for a green hand," scz somebody over the fence. "Yes," sez I. "I've done enough of it Bince 1 was left alone. Practice makes perfect," we used to write in our copybook when wc were children, an' I I cumuli i iiui|? uva* iu *\ ?? &" "Wall, Emmerline," says he, "your'n I seem to be in the same fix. You need a man to do your hoeiog an' I need a woman ter see ter my house, an' if your agreed -we'll hitch horses and work in double harness. I can't find no hired help that'll do as Nancy did." (Thinks mvsell, an' you'll never find another that will, either.) "So, what d'ye say, Eai merline?'' P raps I didn't think o' nothin' for the next few minuits. It all flashed over me i in a second, what an unfeelin' man he'd allers ben. Poor Nancy had ter dew all the housework, an' a good deai belonging ter him ter dew, an' he was stingier than an old miser, tew. I knew he was a smart man to work, was forehanded an' was able to live in good deal better shape than he did, an' you know, Hannah, that poor Dan'l was just the opposite. He was a norful clever man, was Dan'l, but kind o' shiftless an' easy, an' it allers worried me ter have things going so slack. Sez I to myself, a body can't have everything; there's allers some douts, an' a poor man's better'n none. So I speaks right up an' I scz: "Caleb, we've been nabors for many a .* year. I know your failins' an' spose you know" mine; an' so, if you say so, all right; p'raps we both might do wuss." Wall, ter make a long story short, we ngrcen to the business right off. Caleb 6aid that it was stylish to go on a weddin' tower nowadays, :;nd as he wanted ter go deown ter Bangor to see about - selling his wool, an' as Sarah Jane Curtis (who used to work for him) lived -1 ,,1,1 ttuu Ilk nun n a j, uu niuu iuui i/ both ways and not cost us anything, he thought we'd better go. His niece, Rebecca Oilman, yer know, lives there, and we conld make her a visit at the 6ame time. Brother John lives there tew, you know, au' I'd made up my mind that i'd bring home the children. An'so I did; but Caleb he was orful sot agin it, but scd, "of course they can come and make a visit;" ati' I lei him think so, 'cause I wasn't quite ready to have words with him yet. We stayed about a week an' got home along in the afternoon all right. The next morning' I woke purty eurlv, au' I sez to myself: "Courage, Emmcrline, now or never."' I kept still, for Caleb t' ' was still a snorin', but bime by lie fetched up an unairthly snore that wak't himself up, an' when he sees as it was gettin, daylight he nudged iue, an' sez he: "Wake up, Emmcrlinc, Emmcrline, its broad daylight; come, comc, get up, \vc shan't have any breakfast ter day." I was orful hard ter wake, but after a while I managed ter, an' while I was a rubbin' my eyes I sez, "Got a fire, ain't ye, Caleb?" "Fire!" sez he, "No, I never build any fires. Nancy alleys built the tires." "Did she?" sez I, cool as a cucumber. "So did Dan'l." I turned over and went to sleep again ?or at least I thought I did. Wall, he wiggled, and turned and twisted, an' he didn't move ter get up fer about an hour, and when the sun rose an' shone inter the bedroom winder, hs got up an' built the tire. An' there wasn't no kindlings nor a stick of ' wood, on' be had to skirmish in a lively way and get some. .Artcr the lire got to cracklin' in good shape I got up. I didn't hurry none, let me tell you. I most died lyin' abed so long, but, sez I to myself, "ef I make the fire now, I'll prob'ly hev to do it in cold weather, an' I won't do it for any man." He wa9 pretty sullen all day, but I f-> - didn't take no notice of him, an' he got nror if TUn novf rlnv Kn wqq tor hnrrin haviu' an' he had six men to help him. I ' - had ter do all the work, an' take care of the milk an' churnin', an' it was no fool of a job. Come time to get dinner, an' there wasn't a sliver of wood cut. I sent Johnnie the was then about seven years old) out in the field to tell Caleb I wanted him. lie came in looking savage, and wanted to know what it was I wanted. " ' Sez I? " "I want some wood ter burn.'"' "Wall," he sez, "there's a whole woodpile out there. Help vcrscf." ' An' Dot a stick split," sez I. "You ; will hev ter get a bigger stove to burn j that." "Wal, it ain't such a hard job to split j it." sez he. "Nancy used tew, often, when I was bizzy." "Did she?" sez I. "So did Dan'!." He got the wood, an'said, as he was going out, that he didn't want to be called in out of the mowing field again unless 'twas for victuals. "All right," sez I. The next dav 'twas the same tliinar; I JIVI/ tt dllUlV AJIiUAO Xy A\,L- I low, you ain't got Nancy here. I'll lam j ye a little something that p'raps ye don'j know," So when it was dinner time blowed the horn, an1 in comes all seven ' of these men an' sets down at the j table. Sich 'stonished lookin' faces as ; they viewed the grub. The biscuit and j the pertaters, an' meat, an' vegetables, and everything was washed clean and I put on raw. Not a thing was cookcrl. Caleb looked blackcr'n a thunder j cloud. "What does this mean?'' sez he. "Means what it means," sez I. "You said yest'day that you didn't want ter j be called in from the mowin' field unless it was for victuals, and here they are." "Nice shape, tew," sez he. "Wall, I can't cook 'tliout wood," sez I, dryly like. With that all seven of 'em started for the door, and they never left that pile until it was ready for the stove. I never was bothered for wood acrain. A few weeks after I wanted some money purty bad. I wanted to send Johnnie and Nellie back to school, an' I j was bound that they should have some ciothcs fit to wear. I asked Caleb a number of times to let me hev some, but ) he made all kinds of excuses, j I didn't tell him what I wanted ; of it, mind ye. So one day along comes a peddler buyin' butter'n eggs. I had j considerable on hand that Caleb was intending to carry into the city when he ; had time. So I sold every pound of but- | j?y- ? rw ter'n eggs I had in the house. I got nigh on to twenty-five dollars for 'em. When Caleb come home I told him I had sold the buttcr'n eggs. "Heow much did you git?" sez he. I told him. "Where's the money?" sez he. "I've got it," sez I. "Wall," sez he, "Nancy allcrs gives me all the money that she took for her butter and eggs." "Did she?*' sez I. "Aud so did Dan'l." lie got, tired of holding Nancy up afore my eyes, for I would offset her with Dan'l every time. He found that 1 was powerful sot in my way, an' he thought he might as well let tne have my own way, and so he sez: "I don't mean to be ugly, but I won't be trod on by nobody." "When he wouldn't let me hav what money 1 wanted, I'd sell somethin' every time. I sold two tons of hay one time, when I knew he only had enough to winter his critters. So, on the whole, he found that 1 wasn't afraid of him,aud he behaved quite dccent. I told him not long ago that lie was growin' clever. "Clever!'' sez he. "I rather you'd call me a dog-goncd fulc than clever." But I notice lie has improved, an' lay it ter his trainin'. The Afghans. The Afghnns are vigorous, well built and muscular, excellent walkers, clever workmen; they have rather a large countenance with high cheek bones, thick eyebrows and coarse thick black hair and beard, with an olive or dark brown complexion. They arc generally frank, rude, brusque, negligent in their attire, and in war capable of the worst deeds. One should never take the character of a people either from themselves ? - c AMAmino T> Jc on 1 vr flio ur iruiu lucn ciicuuvo. *v w v?.j ?? friends, who, while praising generally, occasionally indulge in a severe if not malicious criticism. If we were to believe an Afghan proverb, ''he who docs not open his door to the stranger is not an Afghan." But the English, who have known them best, lind no good word in praise of them except for their bravery. I saw very inanv Afghans in Central Asia, and i am obliged to admit that all the cases of extreme rudeness, incivility or fanaticism which came under my particular notice were, with one exception, from Afghans. At the same time on account of their bravery the Afghans are respected. It is the fashion everywhere to imitate the walk of an Afghan, or at all events to arrange one's turban in his peculiar style?one little end sticking <> ? nimvn t>io henrT fho other fallin<? down to the left shoulder. Most English travelers complain oi Afghan bad faith, and if we may believe a Hindoo proverb. "God protect you from the vengeance of an elephant, a cobra or an Afghan." The women, who at hoine arc not kept under as severe restrictions as in other Mohammedan countries, arc. by general consent, pretty, and are said to have played no little part in the causes which led to the massacres of the English at Cabul. At the same time they are generally intelligent and faithful, and an Oriental proverb says: "Goto India to get rich, to Cashmere to amuse yourself, but take an Afghan wife." Observers tell us that the Afghans arc the only people in the East where there is any trace of the sentiment of love according to our notions. The love stories prevalent in Afghan legends and Afghan lit - *1 Li crature can scarcely ue urougui i up as proof of this, ns stories equally sentbiental exist in other Eastern countries. Among certain tribes co raau is allowed to see his wife until the marriage ceremony is completed; in others there there is almost an equal reserve, and although the lover may live with his future father-in-law and earn his bride by his services, as Jacob did Bachael, he may never see her. Yet in the greater part of Afghanistan the lovers once aflianced are allowed to go "courting," if one may so call it. That is, the lover visits his bride by night and is admitted by her mother or other female relatives, although these visits are supposed to be kept secret from the father. All innocent freedoms are permitted, and the cases are rare where nature is allowed to step beyond the bounds of injunctions. As in all Mussulman countries poloygamy exists; but most of the people cannot afford to avail themselves of their privileges and content themselves with one wife, or, at the most two. While the Afghans very commonly marry into the subordinate classes of the population, they never allow their daughters to marry thnn A frrlinno of thnir nwn rank". VVMV* l""u 4k4b"w,w V1 *"v" " " "" * The Afghan in his own country never occupies himself with anything except agriculture, sport or war, living mostly in the country, leaving commerce and the menial arts to the large class of Tadjicks and Ivyzibashcs (redheads), the latter Persians, so called from their being in the habit of dyeing their hair and beard red. Sport is abundant. There is game of all kinds, although the tales of lions are now believed to be fictitious, and even tigers are rarely found. When hunting is impossible the Afghan resorts to many simple games practiced by all children of nature, whether simply savage men or civilized youth?marbles, ball and gymnastics?Eugene Schuyler. The Coca l'laut. "We owe many things to Peru, so many, in fact, that were it not for them it is an interesting question to study out what condition our race might occupy at this day different from that of the pres cnt. The Peruvian silver turned a numerous emigration to the shores of this continent, while the Peruvian cinchona kept alive the newcomers who nvglit have died of the coast and other fatal fevers which met the unacclimatcd adventurers. Peruvian gvuno bus enriched England and France through the prosperity of agriculture, and we owe a great debt of gratitude for the same gift. And now we have a new medicinal agent which promises to become as notable an anesthetic for local application as ether or chloroform have been in other ways. This plant has long been known from its uses among the Peruvians, who have been addictcd to it as a pleasing and moderate stimulant and intoxicant. The leaves arc rolled up with a little lime in them and arc chewed. The saliva, which is swallowed, produces slight intoxication and a strong inclination to rest. As the native workmen take their coca four times a day the prolonged rests which it encourages arc serious drawbacks to their industry. As a set off against this, however, it is claimed that the laborer can perform a trrcat deal oi laoor i?y me neip 01 tnis stimulant with very little food. The same claim | we think has been made for beer and j other alcoholic stimulants. The new use of coca, however, is of j the greatest importance to the human race. By a chemical process an alkaloid, or its active principle, cocaine has been separated from the leaves. This drug has the property of producing local insensibility to pain upon any part of the body to which it is applied. The cocaine has been chiefly used in serious operations upon the eye with great success; but its use in the treatment of Genera' Grunt has brought it into greater notice and has popularized its name and reputation. It is exceedingly costly, having been sold for several dollars a grain, and its costliness prevents its use, excepting in rare eases. The plant is a small shrub about five to eight feet high, which bears thick evergreen leaves. The form of the leaf is an ovoid, prolonged and narrowed at the base. The shrub grows in the mountain districts, where I it is cultivated in plantations for the j leaves, which form an article of domestic l commerce, and are sold in a dried state for a dollar or more per pound. The first crop of leaves is picked when the r id fl t' t\ i?aii ma rtlfl t\ f f/>? i n r> JUi uu 10 IMt UUIO VIM, iwitl llltli UU UU' nual gathering is made. The leaves arc now imported into Europe and America, and the traffic promises to become important and the value to increase largely for some time at least, as new plantations arc of glow growth. It is <juite probable that the plant would grow successfully in some por ions of the United States or Mexico or Cuba, and the 6iipply be largely increased. Its known value and the probability of its successful culture in the Luited States gives it a general interest, especially to the farmers of Florida and Southern California.?New York Time? A Panama Hat. The famous Panama hats are all made in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and get their name becatisc Panama merchants formerly controlled the trade. They are made of | the pita fibre, ti sort of palm, and arc 1 braided under water by native women of strands often twelve and fifteen feet long, ami fine ones are very expensive. It often takes two or three weeks to braid a single hat, which sells for five or six dollars, and lasts forever. A traveler speaks of one made of a single straw or fibre, as fine as thread and soft as silk. The woman who made it was engaged four monihs in the work, and it was valued at ?250. A CHINESE RESTAURANT. BOW THE ORIENTALS TEED IK THE UA lAUf VAi40> "Cl?op-?<nl" and Blocked Chicken with Klcc?Tea that is Tea?A Queer but Cheap Dinner. "Half the world does not know how the other half livc9,': said a Brooklyn lawyer to a Union reporter a few days ago, "and in proof of this homely maxim," continued the disciple of Hlackstone. "I will take you over to New York and give you a Chinese dinner. There are a great many of these almond-eyed Celestials in New York, and they keep up the customs and habits of their race in this distant land with wonderful tenacity." The invitation was one not to be despised, and the reporter and the lawyer crossed the bridge together, and a ten minutes' walk from the Chatham street entrance brought them to the Chinese restaurant situated in a small frame building on Park street. The eating room was close and narrow, and the low, overhanging ceiling made the air of the place oppressive. The tables were made of pine boards and uncovered and the chairs were of the roughest description. The room was tilled with Celestials eating with chop-sticks and talking loudly in their native tongue. The Brooklyn lawyer seemed at home amid the queer surroundings, and he ordered the dinner in the most approved pigeon Knglish. The kitchen in these Chinese restaurants is alongside the dining-room?indeed, it I ;Q > n.irf nf it mul thf> exnectant diner .. X,. I sees his meal cookcd before lus eyes. The dinner consisted of a peculiar sort of hash, called "chopsui." It is made of?the Lord knows what, but sliced bamboo, kidneys, celery and spices were certainly used in its composition. The queer mixture, provided the eater does not investigate it too carefully, can be I eaten, but an every-day American would certainly not hanker after it a second time. In eating this mixture the Brooklyn lawyer used the national chop-sticks with the case and grace of a Mandarin, but the reporter, after several unsuccessful attempt to capture with the ivory sticks a bit of kidney that floated alluringly on the top of his bowl of "chop sui,"' gave up the attempt in despair and finished the meal with knife and fork. The chop sui was washed down with tea, and it was real ten, not the abomination | that goes by that name in American eating-houses. This tea was served like water and drank as abundantly during the entire meal. It was drunk out of thin, delicately-shaped cups, and bad a most delicious flavor. After the chopsui came boiled chicken and ricc. The fowl was cut up into small blocks, cach block about two inches scjuare; bones, meat and fat were all cut up together. The rici' was cooked as it is in South Carolina, steamed dry, each grain standing out separate and distinct. Some of the Chinamen cat it with the "chopsui" gravy, but the majority of them swallowed it dry. The chicken and the rice were very palatable. A small plate of candicd tigs, a pony of Chinese whisky, which tastes very like vermouth, only much stronger, and a cigarette, which smoked as if it was made of dry tine cut chewing tob:icco, brought the repast to a close. The whole meal for two^persons cost forty cents. It did well enough for au experience, but few Americans' would care to live a la Chinese every day."?Brooklyn Union. An Army Routed by Locusts. Of all destructive foes none arc more dreaded in most eastern lands than the locusts, whose dire visitations may well be national calamities. In point of fact, the lands which arc exempt from their occasional presence are the favored few. A very few details of their invasion in Southern Kussia in the years 1879 and 1880, will give us some idea of their multitude. Thcv fell upon the province of j Caucasus, utterly destroying vineyards j and gardeus, blockading tlie streets so that traffic was suspended, filling the ovens so that for several days baking was quite out of the question, and so choking the water courses that not a cup of water could be drunk until filtered. In Georgia they fairlv routed a detachment of Russian troops, who, not liking to turu aside on their inarch repelled by mere insects attempted to face the locust army, although reports said it covered twenty square miles of the country. So the soldiers advanced, but soon found themselres literally covered by the clinging, creeping insccts. which crawled all over them, until finally the men fairly turned and fled, slipping and sliding as they ran over the crushed and oily bodies of their martyred foes. For forty-eight hours thev were were detained, taking refuge in a village, and assisting the inhabitahts to kill millions of the invaders, whose corpses they carted oil to manure the fields, which, however, were in the meantime stripped of every blade of grass or corn, and the trees shorn of every green leaf. On the road from Tiflis to Poti the locusts lay so thick on the line that the trains were obstructed. Lnrirc districts of Southern Russia were swept as bare of all vegetation as if a tire had raged over the land, and hundreds of peasants, utterly beggared, abandoned their homes to seek bread wherever it miirht be found. In the province of Chersom alone, 50,000 roubles was voted by government for expenditure in the effort to free the land of this plague; in another district 20.000 persons were employed daily for three months in the same work; the government expenditure on the whole organization was estimated at 200,000 roubles, without any calculation of the los3 on crops of all descriptions. Another notable scene of lccust plague was Algeria in the year 18G(?, when the damage done by these insects was estimated at .">0,000,000 francs, and resulted in a famine so appalling that 200,000 natives died of starvation.?All the Year Iiouiul. A Toiiijuin Episode. Three Annamese notables were taken j prisoners at Thai-Nguyen and sentenced : to be shot. They were led bound to execution, when this scene ensued: "The three had their arms tied all together with a silk sash and were marched out of the citadel, the Tunn-phu shriekiug pieously and trying to grovel before his guard in a way which would have been hcart-bicaking if it had not been hopeless, and therefore dastardly. A box of explosive bullets had been foun3 somewhere In the citadel. Kxploslve bullets were somewhat uncommon, and one of the officers gave his revolver to a French sergeant, and asked him to try their effect on the prisoners. Just when the party had got into the suburbs the sergeant, while the men were still walking, put the revolver behind the doctor's ear ana tircu. inree-qunrters 01 nis neau was blown away. The other two, in a last desperate struggle, burst the silk scarf which bound them to the corpse and ran. The Tu'an-phu was brought down with a bullet between the shoulders, and fell, gurgling up blood from the mouth and nose. Hut the emmissary, who had been calmly scornful all this time, ducked to the first shots and bolted round a corner down to the river. There were a dozen men after him, firing shot after shot, but lie was too active, and zigzagged like a snipe. Unfortunately, the river was before him, and the bank was some feet high where he struck it. lie paused for a second before he leaped, and a French soldier who had counted on this, brought him down. Another shot in the water finished him. Then they went back to where the Tuan-phu, still alive, was struggling convulsively in the road. It required five more shots to kill him. Five minutes later an orderly came from the general's quarters saying that he wanted to sec the prisoners again to question them." It is characteristic of the French army that this slovenly and butcherly piece of cruelty was dene at the instigation of an olHcer.?Saturday Iteview. How Brain Hugged a Busy Saw. "Talking about funny things,"' said a big, bronzed, bearded man in the reading-room of an uptown hotel, "the funniest thing I ever heard of happened in my saw-inm om in ;uicingan. \yc useci a heavy upright saw for sawing heavy timber. One day not long ago the men had all gone to dinner, leaving the saw, which ran by water power, going at full speed. While we were away a big black bear came into the mill and went noting around. The saw caught his fur and twitched him a little. lJruin didn't like this for a cent, so he turned around and fctched the saw a lick with his paw. Result: a badly cut paw. A blow with the other paw followed, and it was also cut. The bear was by this time aroused to perfect fury, and, rushing at the saw, caught it in his grasp and gave a tremendous hug. It was his last hug, and we lived on bear steak for a week. When we came up from dinner there was a half a bear on each side of the saw, which was going ahead as nicely as though it had never seen a bear. This is a fact, so he'p me, Bob," and the big lumberman bit of! a fresh chew of tobacco.?New York Tribune. * FAItM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Why Seeds Fail to Grow. Imperfect compact of the soil around the seed, in which is included undue hardening ol the surface by rains, is the chief cause of failure in seed germination. In planting seed corn we have often found a difference of one or two days in the time for corn to come up in favor of that where the seed was pressed into the ground with the foot after being covered. In a very dry time some of the corn not stepped on never came up, and the difference of one or two days was where conditions were apparently favorable. A kernel of corn is large and swells to twice its bulk before"the seed shoots starts to grow. The smaller grain seeds arc more liable to injury than com. Probably on most fields a large proportion never comes up, or grows so feebly that it makes only weak plants. This is one reason why very thin seeding often produces extremely large crops when other conditions are favorable. One of the heaviest oat crops ever reported hid only a bushel and a peck of seed per acre. But the soil was in fine tilth and just moist enough. Probably ia this case nearly every seed grew and was able to stool so as to entirely cover the ground five weeks after sowing. I'lanling Cut Potatoe*. The common way of dropping cut potatoes is to drop tnc pieces cut side downward, and of course with the eyes up and ready to grow. But a great improvement on this is to be particular to have the cut side up and the eyes downward. As each piece is dropped step on it to press it farther into the loose soil. The roots start from the base of the eye and needs firmer soil than is usually scraped over them. If there is a hollow snnr.fi nnder the notato set the hill will suffer from drought all the season and cannot amount to much. Many failures from planting ou newly-turned sod result from this cause. After a potato is planted cultivation does not much affect the character of the soil under the hill. Hencc all the greater necessity that the planting should be just right. It is possible to use merely the eye of the potato with only the skin attached, as seed. In such case the ground should he in fine tilth and fertile, so that the roots, as soon as formed, may get nutriment to push the plant with vigorous growth. Iu th<i ordinary large sets the first growth of the potato is from starch decomposed in the potato itself.?Culticator. How to Preserve Fences. There are several methods of preparing fence posts for the purpose of increasing their lasting qualities. It has been learned by cxperiencc that posts thoroughly soasoned when set will outlast those put into the ground when the wood is green, and it has also been proved that those set with the tops iu the ground will remain sound long after others from the sapao quality of wood set with butts down have decayed. Charring |hc ends of the posts set in the A.1 A?if 4 V*r* no ? ? /?Anfoinnfl in glUUUU Ulirta UUl lUU O'fcj/ vvuvutuvu *-? | the wood, and closes the pores so as to prevent the moisture in the soil from penetrating it. This is probably the cheapest method known, and has proved very satisfactory. A paint composed of linseed oil and finely pulverized charcoal is very highly recommended. To prepare this put a quantity of oil in a strong ket tle, place over the fire and let it remain until it boils,then stir in the charcoal until it is as thick as ordinary paint and apply a liberal coat to the pos;s.. Coal tar is used by some instead of linseed oil, equal narts of pulverized charcoal and quickliinc being used instead of the chnrconl alone. The proportions recommended are five gallons of coal tar to one pound each of finely pulverized charcoal and freshly slacked lime. The coal tar should be brought to a boiling heat in an iron kettle, when the charcoal and lime &hould be added. Apply while hot, either with a brush or by dipping the posts into the mixture. Another very cheap, durable paint is made as follows: Take fifty parts of resin, forty parts of finely pulverized chaik, 300 parts of clean, hard sand, four parts of linseed oil,one part of red oxide of lead and one part of sulphuric acid. Place the resin, chalk, sand and oil in an iron kettle over the fire until the resin is melted; then add the lead and acid, slowly stirring the mass until thoroughly mixed. Should it prove too thick to AAn?v.ni/>nfh' n/l A lillCO/iSl nil oj;i^au wum viiitiicij) nuovvu vu until brought to the proper consistency. Apply while hot. This method is used in France, and the paint when cooled is said to be very hard and durable. Care of Hor*ci?' Feet* Horses iu civilized lands sutler more from ailments of the feet than from any other cause. The feet of a horse arc subject to many injuries, both from bad shoeing and from ill-kept roads, and it is important for owners of horses to study well how these causes of diseased feet can be avoided. But in the consideration of this question there are some points not well understood. The Ijondon. Stock-keeper gives a statement that a horse weighing sixteen hundred pounds, when drawing a load, bears a weight upon the feet of two tons, the extra pressure being caused by the downward forcc of the act of drawing. Now, an average horse's draft-power amounts only to a forward strain of one hundred and fifty-seven pounds. As the horse is only exerting this forward force by pressure upon the collar, it is clear, the feet cannot press with any more force upon the ground, so that the above explanation of the caii3e of injury to the horse's foot, is imaginary. It is not the force exerted by work at all. A wild horse, galloping at the top of his speed, presses upon the ground with his feet more than a horse moving a ton in a wagon upon a road at the rate of two miles an nour; and yet wild horses have excellent feet and arc never lame. But they have a choice of a smooth path, and have no blacksmiths to cut away the frogs of their feet, and so deprfve them of the very means nature provides for the protection of the foot. If the roads were kept in ffood condition and free from loose stones, and the frog of the foot were never pared, horses would rarely suffer from foot lameness. Frog pressure expands the heels, toughens the horns, cures corns, and does much toward giving a horse sound feet.?American Aqricnlturht. Raining calves. More cnlvc3 are injured every year by long fastins and over feeding than in any other way. When calves run with their dams they take their food often, and, of course, little at a time, but in our artificial treatment we reverse nature's methods. If calves are allowed to suck, the injury from long fasting will be less marked, for the milk is taken at the right temperature, and iu its natural state. But when we milk the cow, and then keep her milk twelve or more i r._ ii ??< ?? t?A iiuurs lur liiu cruuiu iu uau uuiuiu iccu* ing the calf, we are departing still further from nature's methods. Since by artificial methods of feeding, and by breeding for that purpose, we have greatly increased the proportion of cream or fat in the milk of some of our breeds or cows, it has been found that calves will often do quite as well, and in some cases better, fed upon milk poorer in fat than the whole milk from their dams. It i9 claimed by many breeders of Jersey and Guernsey cattle, that partially skimmed milk from cows of these breeds is really better for calves than the whole milk, and we have little doubt ihat their claim is well founded. No better calves were ever raised than have been raised upon skim milk, when all the details were properly looked after by a careful feeder of good judgment. The "bad luck" in raising calves by hand comes from too long intervals between the feedings, too heavy feeding, and especially from giviug milk at too low a temperature. I.et a calf become very hungry from long fasting, then be given au overfeed of cold milk, and one may warrant the calf to be sick within a very short Hmo An Avor.lnnrlnrl tttnmnoli rrfiiCAQ to act, sometimes even when the food is of the proper kind, but is sure to do so when the food is so cold as to chill the animal. When a calf shivers after drinking it is sale to predict trouble. Milk should be at nearly the same temperature when fed from the pail that it would be if taken in the natural way direct from the cow, and the colder the weather the more important docs this matter of temperature become. The milk should not only be right when taken from the fire, but should be right when it reaches the stable. Blood heat, ninety-eight dc/ MAn ft 4AmrtA*nfniiA on^ f /\?? fcjicto, 13 I.IU ?u^ .... young calves in coid weather it should not fall more than a degree or two below. Milk is best heated in a tin pail set in a vessel of hot water, stirring the milk occasionally to keep it from sticking to the sides of the tin in case the water is very hot.?Neva Eivjliml Farmer. A Chapter of llnuachold Don't* Don't stand when you can sit just as well. V t ' . I f Don't put off the mending from week to week. Don't you know that vinegar will clean the isinglass in the stove floors? Don't you know your floor oil cloths can be washed in buitermilk or kerosene? Don't hesitate to place a piece of zinc on the live coals in the stove; it will cleati out the stove pipe. Don't throw away nico woolen stockings whc.i the feet arc worn out, but cut them down for the children. Don't fail to be clean and tidy in every nook and corner, but don't be a slave to a shining stove or carpet. Don't do unnecessary work because your grandmother did. There was not 1--1# in Kn rlrmp in her dav. 111111 3U ~ ? ? Don't cherish the idea that yon will eatcli cold if you feel a bit of fresh air, or know there is an outlet for heated impure nir. Don't throw away old suspender rings, but sew thcni to the corners of kitchen holders, serving a better purpose than loops to hang by. Don't flirt dirt from one piece offurni tnre to another and call it dusting, bul take it up carefully in a dusting clotb and shake it from the window. Don't say "micky" for milk, "ridcy' for ride; baby will understand "hand mama your little dress" as readily ns il you said "bring his ittle dess to mama." Don't talk servants or family matter to callers, and don't tell them the exaci date of their last call. They will b< likely to make the interval longer the next time. Don't you want to know that ros< bugs can be destroyed by adding three or four spoonfuls of kerosene to a water injr pot of water, if used freely when the bug appears? Don't fail, in conversation, to occasionally pause and crive the listener ar opportunity to speak, and don't mistake nolite listening, prolonged, for interest in your subject. Don't lose a moment of the day; finish one piecc of sewing before commencing another; don't fail so to plan the work that severi.l things may be at tended to at the same time. Don't fail to rest yourself during c long day's sewing by changing youi seat occasionally, and in warm weathei don't fail to remember that washing the face and hands will be found very refreshing. Don't sit over the stove, with feet in the oven, complaining of being cold, but dress warmly and take a brisk walk in the open air, when you will think the fire has taken a fresh start, or the weather has abated.? Sarah J. Blancharil, in Good Uouxekccping. A Wnr Incident. Yesterday Major Toller, of Los Au gclcs called to see me, and in the courso of a conversation it came out that he had at one time been a resident of New Madrid, Mo. I remarked that I knew some thing of the place, as I had been with Pope when he made the attack on that place in the earlier part of the war. Major Toller explained that he was one of the gunners in the rebel battery posted below the city, and he asked if I remembered any striking incident in connection with the work of that battery. I did. I remembered it well. I remembered that one day chere came a shot from that battery that entered the muzzle of one of our own guns, causing an explosion that broke the gun into fragments and killed several men. Major Toller remarked: "I remember the incident as well as you, nud I have better cause to remember it. I fired the shot myself, and there ib a story about it. One day there came from the Union battery a large shell, that struck without exploding very near our own battery. 1 I picked up the shell, and. seeing that the fuse had not burned out, I said that I believed we could arrange the fuse and return the shell with our compliments tc tbo battery that had fired it. This was done. I aimed the gun myself, and we saw by the commotion it created in the Union lines that something extraordinary hnd occurred. Afterward we learned the particulars. A few days afterward the commander of the forces came to oui quarters, and for the firing of that shot promoted me to Major."?Chicago InterOccan. Car Wheels. An oflici.il of the Pennsylvania railroad stated to a Pittsburg DupatcU reporter that /here are fully ten million iron cur-whcels in use on American railroads. That figure does not include the wheels on palace coaches and the better class of passenger coaches. "ilow much iron does it take to make a wheel?" he was asked. "About ."525 pounds of pig-iron,''he replied, "and about 1,2/50,000 wheels arc worn out every year. Hut do not conclude from that that the iron men arc called upon to supply the 5512,000 tons of materials required to make the new wheels, because the worn-out wheels themselves supply about 200,000 ton?." "How long will a good car-wheel lust?" "Formerly it would last eight years. But now the reduction of railroads to a standard gua^e and the improvement in loading and unloading facilities keep the length of service down. This is becnuse the uniformity in guagc keeps the cars in more continuous use, uuu iu? iuijiiuy*;ment in loading and unloading facilities enables the cars to be put to more active service The wheels on palace coaches aud on first-class passenger coaches are known as paper wheels. Thev nre made with a steel rim or Hange, and iron hub, but the web is composed of sheets of paper ccmeutcd together. They combine lightness with strength." An Heroic Care for the Opinm Habit. A pathetic story has lately come to my knowledge of a young man, an undergraduate in an Eastern college, who had become a victim of the hypodermic use of morphia. lie went with his father, who was engaged in the lumbering interest, into the primeval forests of Maine, hoping that during a stay of months with the wood-choppers he would be able to fight out the battle of gradual abandonment successfully. Through a strange fatality, when the party had just arrived at 1 heir camping place, and were transporting their goods across a stream, the case of morphia was broken by an apparent accident and its contents scattered into the water. None but the haggard young man could, at the moment, comprehend the appalling magnitude of the calamity?there, as he was, two hundred miles from the nearest settlement! lie survived the terrible ordeal, but no words could express, he has said, the tortures and agony through which he passed during the succecding weeks. lie was closely watched, else, at times, lie would have drowned himself or have beaten his brains out upon the rocks. Months afterward he came back to the world a skeleton, worn and haggard, from his terrible contest. It was an experience to which he could never afterward refer without the most painful emotions. Not the least significant point in this veritable account is the fact that the young man always believed that his father had purposely brought about the catastrophe for the sake of bringing mutters to a speedy end! Had the usual treatment of the disease by physicians at this day anything to otler that is much better than this man's summary Jictliod? ?Popular Science Monthly. Indian Superstition. A very extraordinary occurrcncc took place recently at the Anahuac rancheria, eight iui!cs south of Julian. It appears that an unusual mortality has prevailed among the Indians for several weeks, and a "medicine man" was sent for to find the cause of the plngue, and if possible to suggest a remedy. On the arrival of the savant he declared that two of the Indians at the rancheria, Antonio and Jose, were wizards, and should be put to death by hanging, to appease the wrath of the evil spirit, as soon as the proper nrrnnpt'inuius cumu uu cumini-iiu. The intended victims were then summoned to appear before ei capitun, and in his august presence acknowledge their guilt and signify their willingness to die. that the rest of the tribe might live. On receiving the summons, however, Jose and Antoniodisappoiuted el capitan and the sage by coming to San Diego with all possible haste, and appeared before the authorities, who instructed them to return to Julian, search out a warrant for their chief and the medicine man, and have them put under bonds to keep the pcacc. A8 nothing further has been heard upon the subject, it is supposed that the sacrifice has not taken place, and the gods arc still unappeased.?Han Diego (Cal.) Sun. Attorney General Garland decide that an Indian cannot hold a postotfice. Not havinc a very loud voice in the matter, this paper will not criticise the Attorney-General's decision, but it docs seem that a man who can hold a buckjumping pony can hold almost anything. ?Arkantaio Traveller. INSTRUCTING THE BLIND SUBSTITUTE TOJt HTM XV TKB CASE . Or 8XOKTZ.ES8 PEOPLE. KIow They Arc Tanglit to Read, Write aud Play on !TIii?lcal In, ' triiiiiontH? An IntemllDi Stndy In a general way it Is known that a blind man may be taught a few of the , rudiments of learning, and to care for . himself under certain limited circum- ' stances and after a fashion. And it was : not until the last five years that the cdu- ; cation of the blind much exceeded those limits. During that time, however, 1 progress has been made which puts the ' sightless nearly on a plane with those whose sight is perfect. The educated blind man of the period not only reads and writes, but be does ed with unerring ' accuracy?fluently and well. He studies geography, with maps; astronomy, with sidereal charts and apparatus; and 1 ranges at will through all the hitherto 1 forbidden fields of natural science. Let a seeing man, if he can, read to him a [ sheet of music; he will transcribe it " fnstcr than it is read, and, taking it to a 1 piano, wiil compel ihat instrument to f give up a faultless interpretation of the ' notes. It is no uncommon sight in the 1 neighborhood of a blind school to see a 1 group of the pupils at a popular lecture , taking notes which they will afterward ' ' I trnnscribe at icngtn in tucir rooms. 11 There arc actually thousands of persons 5 iaIllinois, who never saw the light of 1 day, carrying on an untrammeled correspondence in charactcrs which nre ! neither English, nor Hebrew, nor Chal: diiic, nor cuneiform?nor anything else " than the "blind alphabet." Blind men ! tench their seeing friends to do this in order that they may correspond as other ' people do. , 1 These splendid results have been 1 achieved by means so simple that the 1 wonder is that they were not known long bofore. Until recently the blind ' pupil received all instruction orally. Everything was read to him for the ample ! reason that he could not himself read, excepting in the old-fashioned "raised-let- i tor" literature, of which there wascompa1 ratively little in existence,and which, as ' is generally known, was traced with : great labor by the ends of the blind man's 1 fingers. This he could read, but, neces- ( ' sarily, he could not write. It was to overcome this defect that the existing , 1 "point systems" were invented. These > arc two in number, the "New York : point" and the "Braille point," between 1 which there is only a technical difference. ! Taking the "Braille" by way of illustra' tion, the blind man's writing outfit con- 1 sists of paper, a "slate," and a "poirt." A "slate" is best described as two nar- 1 row strips of brass, folding together something like a pocket rule. In the 1 ' upper arm arc puncturcd two or more 1 oblong holes like this: i | 1 ; j Upon the other arm, under eash of these holes, and conforming to its di. mensions, are 6ix dots indented upon the bras?, thus: i The pupil inserts a sheet of paper between the two arms and begins his work with his "point," which is simply a dij minutive awl. By inserting this awl nt ' any one of these points the paper is in' dented, but not punctured through, with ' a corresponding point. Thus an impres! sion is made on the lower side of the ; paper which is appreciable to the touch. It will be seen that this system of six I points admits of a practically unlimited nurabei of combinalions. Upon theso ' combinations arc based the alphabet, the | Arabic numerals, musical notes, or any : other character in common use in uny | literature. Tlius expresses one letter, : another, and so on. As his characters ; arc written in the reverse, the blind ; writer begins at the right and works backward, as in Hebrew. By these means the blind wiiter attains a very creditable speed, varying, of course, according to his individual talents. For purposes of ordinary correspondence he uses common note-paper , and makes an impression that suffices for one or two readings before it is obliteri ated by contact with the fiugers. For more enduring matter a special, heavy paper is employed. I From writing to type setting was but a step, and there arc now very lew unnu institutions not provided with a composing room and complete outfits of types, cases and other paraphernalia, i which are brought into requisition to print anything required. Blind printers, pressmen and binders do all the work, i Maps for the blind, geometric figures and all similar devices arc easily made by raising the boundary lines and indicating cities, points, etc., by brass pegs. The eagerness with which the pupils seize upon these means of supplying their great defect, their great desire to learn, t and their grateful appreciation of what has been done for them compensates in i a great measure for their lack of sight. Instructors of tho blind delight to dwelt upon the facile disposition and talents of thci:r pupils, and exhibit evidences of their work which tcach the lessou clearly that intelligent philanthropy has done i much to take away the sting of one of I tho rrrpqtpqf /if nhvair.nl bereavements.? ] vuv " I?j I Chicago Tribune. Wcigliin? a Hair. 'To number the hairs of your head is not a very difficult task," the refiner of the assay office said. "A very close approximation can be made by weighing n single hair. The weight of the former divided by that of the latter will, of course, give the desired number. If you will pluck out a hair from your beard 1 can show you." A long and straggly one was accordingly detached, the refiner putting it on a scale, which was enclosed in a glass case, and graduated with extreme accuracy. With little weights of aluminium he piled up one arm, until an equipoise was reached. The hair weighed three milligrammes. "If you reduce"this to figures," he said, "it would require 8,000 hairs to weigh an ounce, and sup possing you have six ounces, you have 48,COO hairs."?Neio York Sun. A Remarkable Class of Thieves. The policc of St. Petersburg have been for some time puzzled by the conduct of a rcraarKauie ciass or imeves, wuu uummitted robbery not only in the open day, but, moreover, with ostentation. They were Finns, but were all young men. When arrested, they calmly pleaded guilt)*, and were sentenced to imprisonment for terms varying from one to three months. At the expiration of the sentence, they promptly disappeared. It turned out that they had returned to their own country, and had there resumed their several avocation3 without loss of social position. The law of Finland forbids the enrollment in the army of any persons who have undergone imprisonment for civil offenses,, so these enterprising Finns had deliberately sought imprisonment in order to avoid conscription.?Jjondon Truth. A Caiiiiio Newspaper Tiller. A "newspaper dog"' of a very remarknliln flourishes, accordinc to a correspondent, in the suburbs of London. It is a greyhound, and its habit is to follow a particular postman ou his rounds with the object of stealing one or more of the newspapers he Las to deliver. It tries door after door through which the postman has pushed a paper until it finds one that yields to pressure, when it seizes the paper lying on the lloor inside and darts oft with it at a rate rendering pursuit hopeless. It would be very interesting to know how this trick was acijuircd, and what the greyhound does with the papers it takes so much trouble to obtain. It would seem much easier to pick up a newspaper in a shop, but dogs put the strangest limitations on their own depredations. A Royal KatcAtcher. I once met a chimney-sweep who prided himself on being a royal ramoneur on the strength of having the contract to sweep the chimneys of St. James palace. But I was not aware until last week that there is a proud individual who can claim the title of "Royal Ratcatcher," or shall I say "Ratcatcher in Ordinary to Her Majesty." Sincc Buckingham palace has been virtually uninhabited by royalty rats have so multiplied that it has been deemed advifauie ro appoint, a nucuicnur for the palace. This official now receives pay at the rate of ?8 per annum, though whether, like other loyal servants, a special livery has been devised for his use deponent knoweth not.?London Figaro. . It is tho ronn with the most property | that has the greatest will power. ?Lowell Cornier. 1 ' ' ; * $*? FATES. <Vhen ships aie buried in the sea, j ' And men greet death unflinchingly; 1 , When, as in battle's bloody shock, ] Death finds his prey firm as a rock, ! ? r when, between sob-echoing walls, . Wo's hardest blow on life's joy falls? ^ Death seems uumeofc, heroic, or sublime , Die mourners givo a fitting pall; Fame crowns those who in conflict fall; And waves chant dirges on the shore l For those who sail tho deep no more; . f Theso live in stone, or brass, or thought? ? Half welcome death to lives thus wrought? c With fame complete, they merit deathless r rhyme. c To boar a storm of lies and snoers, ' And die for right bereft of teari; ; ' In Jmunts of dire disease to walk, Life pawned, death, visible, to balk; To do and die, unheeding fame? r Tho' man may not, God marks your name? 1 Oh, grand and sweet these fate.;! They j conquer time. r ?T. U. La Moillc, in the Current ' ________________ ? HUMOR OF THE DAY. c When a man is just about to sneeze < j-ou couldn't buy him off with a consulate.?Boston i'ost. "Nothing is impossible to him who wills," says a philosopher. No, nor to the lawyer who conducts the case.? Bjston I'ost. A grain of sand may be the germ of a new world, but a button in the right iiIapo Hoes more pood in the rushintr present.?Carl PceUelU Weekly. A writer asks, "Why docs the modern woman tire- so easily?" One renson is that the modern woman usually has a modern husband to look after.? Graphic. Her pa and ma were safe in bed They'd gone to sleep with the birds; The girl hung on to the garden gate, Her beau hung on to her words. ?Merchant'Traveler. Bell, the telephoue man, has an article in the current Issue of Science, telling how to avoid icebergs. We haven't read it, but one good way is to travel only by railroad.?Norrittown Herald. Professor Huxley calls a primrose "a corollifloral dicotyledonous exogen," but he wouldn't do it if the primrose was able to hit back. Some men are terril.?~ 1 * _,J n.nn|/ J??,_ Viy U VCI UCUillJ^ LUVV4I1U lUV nwua. jlj\jjton Post. "Smith, why don't you get your diamonds insured?" said Jones. "Where can I do that?" innocently asked Smith. ' At the United States Plate Glass Insurance Company, of cource," and a coolness has grown up between them.?Pittsburg Telegraph. When those Filters of the System, the Kidneys, fail to perform their functions properly, Dh. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters will restore their natural action, and prevent the progress of the disease to a fatal issue. In one week after commencing a course of Dr. Walker's Vinegar Bitters you will feel like a new creature. There are said to be 25,00.0 lawn tennis players within a radius of ten miles of jJew York. "Lore .See# No Fnnlt#," it has been said: but. when a woman Is dragged down, emaciated, wan, and a shadow of her formor self, with never a choerful word, she can be no longer beautiful or lovable. Nature may have been generous in her gifts, and endowei her with all the dmrms of her sex, but disease has crept in unawaros and stolen the roses from her cheeks, the lustro from her eye, and the sunshine from her heart. But to be well again lies in your own powor. Take Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prowipticn," it will cure you; thousands nave ueen euro t oy it, nowiing equals it for all the painful maladies and weaknesses peculiar to womdl. Frico reduced to ono dollar. By druggists. Almost all the Southern States hare & nearly equal number of each sex. * * * A disease of ao dedicate a nature as stricture of the urethra should only be entrusted to those of large experience and skill. By our improved methods we have been enabled to speedily and permanently cure hundreds of the worst cases. Pamphlet, references and terms, three lotter stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main 6treet, Buffalo, N. Y.. A Chicago lady took her terrier to a dencist to have a tooth plugged. The great diaphoretic and anodyne, for colds, fevers and.inflammatory attacks, is Dr. Piorco's Compound Extract of SmartWeed: also, cures colic, cramps, cholera morbus, diarrhoea and dysentery, or bloody-flux. Only 50 cents. The banking capital of the United States to-day is $738,000,000. Ton rTsriPBiA, iNDioEfmoN, depression of spirits and general debility in their various forms, also u a preTcntive against fever and ague and othtrintcrraittent fevers, the "Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, aDd sold by all Draggisti, is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from feTeror other sickness it has no equxL An Only Dnaghter Cured of Con*mnptlon. When death was hourly expected from Consumption, all remedies having failed and Dr. H. James was experimenting, he accidentally made a preparation of Indian Hemp, which cured his only child, and now gives this recipe on receipt of stamps to pay expenses. Hemp alio cures night sweats, nausea at the stomach, and will break a fresh cold iu 24 hours. Address Craddock & Co., 1032 Race street, Philadelphia, Fa., naming this papor. Freckles, Pimples. Salt Rheum cured. Ad'ss Dr. M. Hutchinson, llOClarkSt., Chicago, 111. If afflicted with sore eye3 use Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 'Sx. See F. & R.s' Gluten FJour adv. next week The national debt of Great Britain is about ?700,000,000. Cancer of the Tongue. A Cist Resembling That of General Grant. 8ome ten year* aco I had a scrofulous tore on mr right hand, and with the old-time treatment It healed up. In March. 1882, It broke out In my throat, and concentrated In cancer, eating through my cheek to the top of my. left cheek bone and up to the left eye. I subsisted on liquids, and my tongue was go far gone I could not talk. On October flrat, IBM, I commenced taking Swift'* RperWc. In a month the eating places stopped and healing commenced, and the fearful aperture In my cheek has been closed and firmly knitted together. A new under lip Is progressing, and It seems that nature ts supplying a new tongue. 1 can talk so that my friends -can readily rnaerstand me. and can also eat solid food again. 1 would refer to Hon. John II. Traylor, State Senator, of this district, and to Dr. T. S. Brad field, of LaOrange, Ga. MR3. MARY L: COMER. La Orange, Ga., May 14,18S5. Treatise on Blood and 8kln Diseases mailed free. The Swift Srecmc Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., K. Y., 157 W. 23<1 St BOSTON'S PALATIAL HOTEL The vendome. W. TRACY EUSTIS, Manager. tpifrr1duy taught and situations I CLCUniirni FUKNfSHED. Cirrulam free. I VALENTINE 11ROS., JnnorHle, Ul?. q ' Ml I Copyrighted. For all disorders of the Blood, use Ayer's Sar Treparcd by Dr. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, IUm. ym^ /w F0R y^a5c Tn stamps we wl w f postpaid, a ver jj?y\HORSE crlblng the diseases apt t f giving the most approved rem telline age by the teeth, how t< ^rother Information of great value to )Io / Ahorse book pub. co., 134 When jot rtettor liWSSSSl ettr. nreoinin !ZpnaMx? end $Sc*rrl*4re bin, and step >1 lbs Grail L'nlon Hotel, opposite Grand Central depot. ffloelejrmnt rooms, fitted an at * oort of oa?milll?i Jollan.Jl and upward rwrdir. Ettropna ptw. Migrator. Restaurant ropplled with thebeat. UamOM, [tagta and elevated railroad to all depot*. F*mUl?l :*n lire bolter for I cm money at thi Grind Unioa Hotel than at an* other tirat-clan hotel 'a thi oitr. Nothing to spealc of?Your neighbor1! iffairj. - n r: i :JTnT-ir3 ii reu Ldiiyuiu uun Exactly expresses the condition of thousands ot wopleatthis season of the year. The depressing ffects of the warm weath?r and the weakened con* Utlon of the body are quickly overcome by the iim , if Hood's Sawapartlla, Why suffer longer whrj a emedy Is so close at hand ? Take it now. It will ;ivo yon health, strength and energy. "I took Hood's Saruparilla for lost of appetite, lyspopsla, and general languor. It did me a vast iraonnt of good, and I have no hnsltancy In recotnneudin;; It to my frlouds and all needing medicine," -J. W. Willctobd, Quincy, 111. "Hood's Sarsaparilla tones up my sy?tem, purifies ny blood, sharpens my appetite, and seems to mild me over."?W. J. Blair, Corning, N. Y. "I could not sleep, and in the morning had hardly Ifo enough to rv? out of bed. I had no appetite, and ny face would break out with pimples. I decided o take Hood's Sarsaparllla, and soon began to sleep oundly; could get up without that tired and Ianiuld_ feeling, and my appetite improved."?B. A. JAXl'UHV, XXL*LI I, \J, Hood's Sarsaparilla told bv nil druggists. (1; six for 8?. Made only by j. I. HOOD k CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Muse. 100 Doses One Dollar Rg Rn Ra RADWAY'S READY RELIEF The cheapest and best medicine tor family use in the world. In from one to twonty minute*, n?rer fall* to reHere PAIN with ono thorough application. No rait* ter how violent orexcruclitlnir the pain, the Rheumatic, Bedridden, Inflrra. Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic or_pro*trated with dUcaae may suffer. BADWAT8 READY RELIEF will afford Instant east. II laamauj relieve* una BOOH gurco RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, 0CIATICA? HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE, INFLAMMATIONS* CONGESTION, SPKA1N8, BUUIMES, SORE THROATi BOWEL COMPLAINTS It will Id ? few moment*, when tftken According to directions, cure Crampe, Hpftsmt, Sour Stomach, Heartburr, Siek Hc*<I?che, Summer Complaint. Diftrrbaia. Draentefr. Cholera Morbus, Colic, Wind in the BnWel*. and all internal Paine. Trarele** ?hoti1d alwaye rarry ft bottle of RADWAY'S AEADYIU-XIEFwith them. A.few droi?in water will srerrnt ntcknMi or p?ltl frota change of water. It is better than French Brandy or Bitter* fts a stimulant. 4?4 44a. m**m *W *VB w ?ivu> a There 1s not * remedial ?eent In the world (hat Will cure Fever and Axue and all other Malarious. Bilious ond other fever* (aided by IUdwav'a Pills) to quick ai Radway's Ready Relief. Pnca fifty centa. Bold by dnigelstfl. DR. RADWAY'S SARSAPARHL1AN RESOLVENT, The Great Blood Purifier, to* tax eras of SKIN DISEASES, Enumojni or rttr F*c? asd Bodt, Fiwuii Blotches, Salt Rheum, Old Sorbs, Ulcim, Dr. Rndimy'a Hnf tapnrllllan Reeolrent el* eels >11 remedial affentH. It purifies the blood, restoring health and rigorl Cleat skin, beaa&cl complexion secured to au< Chronic Liver Complaints, ettf. Not only doea the Sanaparillian Resolvent excel allremedlalagents In theeiireoft'hron<c8ch>fulonfi Constitution*! and 8kin Diseases, but it la the only positive cur* iot Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Urinary and WombDi.^aseS, Gravel, Diabetes, Drop* ay, Stoprax* Of Water, Incontinence of UrinA Bricht's Disease. Albuminuria, and all caMet wherl there Arebrick-dust deDosits. orthd wateria thick. clomly. or mixed wii h substance like thl white of sit eft, or there U A morbid, dark, bilious appeifanc* and white bone-dust deposits, and where there ia * prickling. bnrning sensation when pissing watef, and pain la the small of tin) back and along toe loias. Sold by nrartflata* Price 91 ptr Bottle, Dr. Railway's Eeplating Pills For the cure of all disorders of 111* Stomach, Uret-, Bote's, Kidneys, Bladder, Hervntis Diseases. Female Complaints, Los? of Appetite, lleadachd, Constipation, Oostivenefis, Indigestion, D;sr?f>?ta, BUioun n-ss,Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels* Pilot and all derangements of the Internal Viscera. Pnfely reg' etable, containing no morcnty or deletetioua dragsi Price, 23 canta per box. Sold by all drnggtsta. nrS^nd a letter stamp to Dr. RAdWAT 4s CO., No. 32 Wnrrcn Htrce't, Nlw York* fot "Falao and True.'* Espe- i illy in Cholera Infantum is the n?e of Ridge'i Food invaluable. Many cases ould bo cited tellers ererythlng else had failed, and Ilidge's Food has been tried and retained, By the strength imparted and its neutral action on tno bowel*, the pliysiciaa has be*n able to use such remedies ss to effcct perfect restora tion of the patient t? health. Immediate relief! Gordon's King of Pain relieves pain of whatever na- ' ture, the moment it Is applied, and is a household remedy wherever known for Rheumatism. Neural- | ?la, Headache nnd Toothache, Burns and-Scalds, Drains and Bruises. Diarrhoea Dysentery, Sere Throat. Ulcers, Fresh Wounds, etc. Burns will not blister if applied, and Bruises will heal In a day that would require a week b.r any other method. The remedy is furnished in powder, with labels, etc., and Is sent by mail, postage paid. It Is put up in 30c.. $1 and #5 packages. The 50c., or trial par (cage, when reduced to liquid form, will All 24 2ox. bottles, which are worth at retail, *>i. Agents can coin money selling it. It is worth ten times its cost for burns alone. Send postal notes or two cent stamps. Address E. O. RICHARDS, Sole Proprietor, Toledo, Ohio. CIDER UlOUItlCDV Send for our New 1SS5 CDCC ' MAuHiHcnT catamm;ik matie?i rntc ; lioschert Jt Bootuer Pi cm C o., Syracuse, N. Y. . f*TAUPINfi Send lis ? stamp^and ^ we^ will | % I "I'll film h'PIlll TOM lUM(lllllwu) 1U. W Ids on Piiish, V?lvet, Felt, etc., so it wilt not rub off. Sent! tin 13c., ami we Trill Fend also Dili BOOK ol 1713 *> * torStamning and Fancy Work. T. E. PARK Kg. 1/rnn. !>InW<. AGENTS WANTED Wc want a reliable Lady or Gent In oach town and township to sell our goods; also general agents. Particulars free. Address JKffTitsox M'r'o Co.. Toledo.O. ^?C\. Knee, H rinds, Feet, and all their ImW?Chl perfections. Including Facial Development, Birth Marks, Moles, Warts, Moth, J$T| Freckles. Red Nose. Acne, Bl'Jc Heads, yfA i'JRn Scars. Pitting and their treatment. John Woodbury. 37 N.Pearl St, Alba' ^^ny.y.Y. Est'b'd 1S?0. Send 10c. for book. FIVE IHUNDRED Y3GINIA FARMS FOR SALE. Mills, 8tores, Hoit*ea, Lots. Mineral and Timber Lands. J. F. WlNfiFlELD 1 KEI.SEY, In, snrnnco nudKenl^J^al#J[linj?,_Liberlr, T? AM a month (salary or commission) ti IT |C agents for THE WOKJLIPS WON. :i IVEiis. Write for full particulars. Vim nv. Phil*.. p?. KI00ER'8 Pfl8TILLE&^.S i: B??HB?Qxirtc^town, AUm. Aillllll HAItlT. Sure euro In 10 to I IUII | Bfl oOday*. Sanitarium treatment. | I r HI VWI or medicines by express. 15 Wm I I 111 jearn established. Book free. ?M?Br. Manhi (tnlacri Mich. GOOD WAGES ploymen' to Sue- J :emful Salesmen. l'of turns address T. P. JE.V KINS Nnrarryima, Kocbeater, N. Y. D ATEIUTC Obtained. Send stamp for r A I til I O Inventors'Guide. L. 11i.noh?m. P.it?nt lawyer. Washington. D. <?. ni-JJ. DSII a Great English Gout an 4 DlfUl S I IMS. Rheumatic Remedy. Oral Itox, jl.(X)i rotiuri, 5Q cn. IffniTTlTT^'.W1-'0 A OAV main with ft/I II R L V for,,llamifaCturine Stencil* IIII HI K I 5 . i liecks and Kuhber Stamitr IIII11II 1 free. S. M. SPENCER, f*m?M A i)j Washington St.. Boston. Haw! ABIIIII',<l|rj'niiir unbil Cured In 111 llr IIIlM IO 2" ? ??'* !"*?' enred. m iWITI Db. J. Stephens, Kbauon, Ohio. Interview Your Druggist, ks this reporter is doing, and I le will tell you somo curious ;hings. For instance, Ayer's Sarsaparilla .s a perfectly genuine medicine; | jut there are plenty of so-called Sarsaparillas in the market ;hat have no Sarsaparilla about ;hem except the name. I have been in the Drug business, in Lowell, for thirty years, and sell more of I Ayer's Sarsaparilla than of all other Sarsaparillas combined. Being thoroughly familiar with the analysis of this modi- ' cine, and knowing the care and skill employed in its composition, I am certain it contains nothing that could not bo recommended by the most scrupulous physician. It is made of the true Honduras * ! Sarsaparilla, and of other blood purifiers, the best known to incdical science, and is i rrnnd sneciiic in chronic cases, such as Scrofula, Salt-Klieum, Erysipelas, Kidney Diseases, and troubles of the Stomach and Liver. Many so-called Sarsaparillas are hticli only in name: they do not contain a particle of the real medicinal Sarsaparilla j root. ? Geo. C. Osjrnod, M. D., Druggist, | Merrimack, cor. Suffolk sts., Lowell, Mass. saparilla. Sold by Drugglfts. Trice $1; ?Ix bottlci, $5. ???: ! 11 forward, r valuable BOOKXj^v o nfllict the Horse, edlea Iherefor; direct ? ?hoe properly, and mnc'ax^^^%x. r?o ownara, Farmers aadotherg.^^|j|^k Lionard St., N. Y. City.X- \ The free distribution of seeds, - say Ben : Perley Poore, was first carried on during tho administration ot Mr. Bu- -*3 chanan, by Mr. D. J. Browne, a native of Newburyport, who successively sent % out varieties of seed which proved .*?| worthless, and then made a great four- -v Mto * " ' m.u -<s I9n over ine introduction 01 ica. prompted a local poet to write, an if "Mr. Browne were soliloquizing: Fortune away! the tea seed here, And no one else to inter/ere, I reien alone?the coast is clear! Sorghum, adieu! Chutas, farewell! Dioscorea and cork oak as well, ~ 'Tis Twanky now that bears the beQ, 'Tis tea alone will prove salvation, 'Tis tea alone can make the Nation, And save me?from decapitation. f OFFICIAL. Itenooface* ioe.vcrrat't K10N{Y.&^ the molt. i^BMPKV "Every don I h?s a lUver lining" NEVKEiQ^W HUNTS (HldnMsndlirer) | To FAtb:^ NKMKDY cnre? Hula in tbi Side, Back or Loin*. Geoerml nmtnrtm i>*wniy.-rem?i? ]m#??s. 4* i Ulftnrbfd Sleep, Low of Apw 4 petite and Vrizht'a DUcsm. f Hi } "?ha'Iow brooks are ftea -a . 'mimt ?o'?y" HUN-TH (Kldner and Llrer) nE>rrDT is purely vegetable, end meet* a want never before fnrnlehod to the public, and tho uimoet reliance mnj ue piaccu in "Disease Is soon shaken, by Hunt's Remedy taken." OFFICIAL TESTIMONY. Fest master. II. 8. Wh'tney, Assistant Postmaster. Pntnam, * ^ Conn., writes:?"I hare suffered nntold agony with k dney and lirer complaints; my water waa very bid, at times I sctnally passed blood. Hunt's {Kidney and Liver] Remedy has benefited me more than all other medicines 1 used. "Home lore Is the best lorej1 Town Clerk. Mr. Otbnlel Gajjer, Town Clerk, Norwich, ConnM years old, writes"For years I hare soffered wllh dlseaseof Ibe kldnejsand bladder,and have no hesitancy In recommending Hunt's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy aa a speceflc for these cooplaints." Tanctoalltybejeta confidence." Depnty Sheriff*. r? Hunt's [Kidney and LlTer] Hkmedt is won- : derfnl meolcloe. I cordially recommend ft* use t? those suffering from dropsy or kidney trouble*.? Geo. B. Robertson, Depnty Sheriff, Bangor, Ma. "A willing heart lightens work. j \ Ste IT. Mr. Isaiah Cook, Sheriff of Skowhegan. Me, writes:?"I have been afflicted for over tmtttf years with a weakness of the kidneys and Ihrer. lie first bottle of Hunt's [Kidney and Liver) Remedy relieved all pains in the back and aides.1 V Price $1.25. 8end for Illustrated Pamphlet to HUNTS REMEDY 00., Psovideooe, H.i. \j Sold by all druggists. C. N. CRITTENTON, General Agent, New Yttk * v TIT p-ieo . y i em peraiice Bitters Kdoto No other medicine koown go effectoaflj purree the Mood of deep-seated flWMft j. ? Jrillllotie bear testimony to Ua wonder-,r ' ful curatite effecta, It 1? ft purely TM?Mk1? (npmtta, tn ade from the nathre hero 4fld roots of Calif or-1 Did, the medicinal Jrropertlen of *hkh tre ?z | . * tracted therefrom Without the tiM Of AlcfiheL f It nnoTM the cause of disease, and the! patient recovers his health. It la the great Blood Pnrlfl?raadlifcglring principle $ A Gentle JPuxatfre and Tonio; a perfect Renovator and JnTl^orator of the tj*tern. Heref before in therhutonr of the irorid j has a medicine been compounded poesearincthe i remarkable qualities of VbncoAB Prinks in heel-t Ing the sick of every disease man is heir to. . ? l_? TWMlMMrft? 1 mo Aiieraiitawmkum . _._ Carminative, Nutrition#, Laxative, Sedative, Counter-irritant, Sudorific, Anti-Bilious, Sotrent, Diuretic and Tome properties of Vixxgar Bit- , txna exceed those of any other medicine in the world. c No person can take the Brrnow according to directions and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not destrorodbjr mineral poisos or other means, and the vital organs wasted befood the point of repair. Bilious, Kemlttent, Intermittent and Malarial Fevers, are prevalent throughout tb? United States, particularly in the Tallcya of our great rivers ana their tost tributaries during the ummer an J Autumn, especial!/ during seasons of unusual beat and dryness. These Fevers are invariably accompanied by extensive derangements of the stomach, Href and bowels. In their treatment, a purgative, exertir.* a powerful Influence upon these organs, is absolutely necessary. - There la no cathartfe for the purpose * equal to Dr. J. Walxkx'h Vixtcur Btrrxxs, aft it will speedily remove the dark-colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the - j same time stimulating the secretions of the Brer, and generally restoring the healthy functions of the digestive organs. "] Fortlfythe body aeolnrt disease by purifying all its fluids with Vixxoan Bitttbs. Ko epidemic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. * It Invigorates the Stomach and stimulates the torpid Liver and Bowels, which render it of unequaled efficiency In cleansing the blood of all Impurities, imparting new life and vigor to the frame, and carrving off without the aid of Calomel, or other mineral medicine, every particle of poisonous matter from the system. -1 Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Headache, Pain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Bad Taste la the 1 Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart. Inflammation of the Lungs. Pain In the region of the Kidneys, and a hundred other palnfulsynaptorn*, are the offSnrincs of Dyspepsia. j Scrofula, or King's KtII. wnirenweu. , Injra, Ulcers, Errnlpelas, Swelled Keck, Goitre. Scrofulous or Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Affections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin. Sore Erea, etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Diseases, Walur's Vintoar Bittehb boa shown their great curative powers In the meet obstinate and intractable cases. For Inflammatory and Chronic Rhetmuu Hsm, Gout, Bilious, Bemittent and Intermittent* Fevers, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, the Bitters hare no equaL Such Die eases are caused by Vitiated Blood, i Idechanleal Diseases.?Persons engaged in Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-" . setters, Gold-beaters, and Miners, as they advance in Ufe, are subject to paralysis of the > Bowels. To guard against this, take ados* of WAixm's Vhoeoar Brnxus. For Skin Diseases. Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples. Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, Ring-worms, Scald-head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs. Disctilorations, Humors ana diseases of the Skin of whatever name or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system In a short time by the use of. the Bitters. Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking, in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and removed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no anthelmintics, will free the system from worms like the Bitters. . For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn or womanhood, or the turn of life, this Bitters has no equal. Cleanse the Vitiated Blood-whenever vou find its Impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores: cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. In conclusion : Give the Bitten atrial. It will speak for itself. One bottle is a better guarantee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement. Aronnd each bottle are full directions priWMffiAiiMD%fl?efb., ' San Franclaco. Cal., and 62?, W0<k 6MT1, aahlntfon St., Cor. Charlton St., NewYork. Sold by fcll Dealer* PrnggW. ? _ _ H ? ??]es, and JOO peret. AlllHl/ nncHromen witheS , lilKli.K UUIUites-H qaicko?t of snr I e?J triod/'Any man or woiw wiakinalCTiUnn |40 per week ihoaidtij onr easy money-making baaineM. free paying in the land. SI iwmplei quick MlSiii? (roo<U Inm ro any lady orgentwho will devote BEST TRUSS EVER USED. Improved Elaatio Trnw Worn night and day. Pot ' ttirelr cure* Rupture. t*w~ n r A C T T PmI Sent bv mail everywhere.. IS ----- IB Write for full deecriiitiva TRUSS JzJ circulars to the New York Elastic yvPi^J TmssCompany, * V 1A A D'rfui^w MAIM YAI4T' ^ I T*T u ub?Ji lion i vi h FRAZER AXLE GREASE. F"o?t ia the World. Made onlvby the Fr*wrLubrlcv -r;<> at Chicago, N. Y. & SC-Louli. Sold everywhere. LE PAGES A LIQUID GLUE Awarded GOLD MEDAL. LONDON. IMS. Vwd WM&Z" bJ Muon k Hamlin Orpin ind Piano Co.. Pullnun f&Z'jS Palace Car Co.. He. Mfd col* br the RU88IA CEMENT CO. 0L0UCE8T?R,MA?8. SOLO EVERYWHERE. ?ys?mpl? TVa Can by Hill. JSc. R- U. AWARE TIT A T ?888813 Lorillard's ciimax Ping hearing * r?f f<? fny; that Lorlll/ird'j Roue J.enf fine cut; that LorUlArcl'j iTT Cllppinc*. ami that Lnrlilnrd'a Snufls, ?ro - !?-st nn<i chMP"', quality conMil<r?ri ? UflDDUiUC Ghlora! and m UK r HIN COplum Habits EASILY Ct'UEO. noon FREE OR. J. C. HCFFMAN, Jefferson. Wisconsin, THURSTON'S pearITOOTH POWDER Kuplni Teeth Perfect am4 Catm Ilenltfcy. n 5 to Soldiers k Ht-ir*. !jt-nd?taiiip rAIICIAIIC f"r Circular*. COL. L. BINDI VIIwlUlld HAM. Att'v, WashjnRtor. D. c. BITEIIT0 OBTAINED for InvantOM. Clrrn I PR I ^ culara fiw. H. S. Ssow * Co.. I f 1 fcll I wPatcntAtt'y?.W??hingt<*n.rv<j PENNYROYAL "CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH" The Original and Only <ienitlnc. Fafc ?Q'l alwav* reliable. Hftrar* of \VorUi!t**? Imifailoc*. "Chichester*# i'ncllah" an? tin* !w?t 1/vli ?|-* ntah!# TO LADIES* rorto??<c.(Aiamp.) f..rjartlvuiiir?.U--U' monUls, etc., in It it (r Kent jou h? r?-B% ^uwsf.eKi"- P ILLS! SftO? Madlaon *<j..!?hl!adu, I'a. I IbfliV I a ? n A n vnr Kir. Qntct. tara. aal. B?olt rr*\ \ VlUUVf ClTUlt Af tic/, lio Full?? Mil K?w IwHi t