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BÜLT SOUTHERN BÀILBOADETG.
Bansin* Without c«p<t«!>straB(t
Btort— T»ld by the oldest Railroad
Traaiprer,
The oldest railroad treasnrer in the
United States lives in this city, sajs a
letter from Baleigh. N. C., and his ex
periences in tiie mattorof railway com
munication cover a period which em
braces prnciicnlly the inception and
the completion of that mode of travel
and traffic. His namo is William W.
V usp . Ho was born in Granville coun
ty, North Carolinii. in 1821. Ho bears
so well his burden of 66 years that he
does not look a day over 60. He En
tered business life as a clerk, in his
native county, in 1841, and two years
later, by his assiduity and quickness, J
was given a partnership. In 1833 the
construction of the Raloigh and Gaston
railway began. It was a slow work.
Tears crept by. The $800,000 given by
stock holders was all consumed. The
a ta te, on a mortgage of the road, ad
Tanced a like sum. This was also ex
pended. It was not until 1844 that the
road was completed. In 1846 Maj. Vass
became its treasurer.
Never did any man undertake a
worse bit of work. The debt was im
mense for thoso days, the receipts
small, the road the butt of ridicule and
derision. Matters went along from
bad to worse until 1849. when the road
was forfeited to tho state, under the
terms of its mortgage. Maj. Vass was
in that year elected president of the
road, but continued to exercise at the
same time all the duties of treasurer.
The road thus passed Into the control
of the state, and Gov. Manly and the
^late officers became a board of con
That year there was an exciting cam
paign, whose memory lingers yet It
was between the railroad and the anti
railroad factions, or rather as it was
then known, a fight between the Inter
nal improvement and anti-internal im
provement parties. Of the former.
James B. Sheppard was the candidate;
of the latter, William A. Graham,
afterward secretary of the United
States. So great was the hostility to
railways that those who favored them
were objects of contumely, and in fact
of popular hatred. People were actu
ally superstitious. There were two
railroads ! n the state—the Wilmington
and Weldon (now an important link in
the Atlantic Coast line) and the Ra
leigh and Gaston. Most people desired
a return to the stage-coach days. Tho
farmers said they could no longer sell
their grain and forage, if railways
oame into vogue, as they did to the
stage companies. Old women declared
that they could raise neither vegetables
nor poultry along the line of the rail
ways, and one woman actually spent
much of her time now in cursing and
now in praying against the Raleigh
and Gaston line. Despite this power
ful pressure and clamor, but by a nar
row mnjor.ty, the internal improvement
party triumphed.
Under these unfavorable auspices
Maj. Vass entered upon his duties as
president. The road was seventv-live
miles in length. It ran in au cceentric
manner, far removed from a straight
line, as it passed by the houses of cer
tain large stockholders who demanded
that as a condition of their subscrip
tlons. Tho road had to be operated
without capital. A few days before
the end of the month President Vass
would go before the board of control
nnd make oath as to what sum he
believod he could "run" the road on
for the next thirty days. This snnl
was an average about $6,000 per month.
Ho had to bo extremely careful. The
opposition to tho road in particular and
to railways in general was such that
if it failed to meet expenses it was in
evitably downed. Maj. Vass kept
within tho limit. He told all the em
ployes how ho had to skimp and save.
H j paid ongineers $25 per month, his
superintendent $50, while firemen and
laborers ruoeived front $7.50 to $12.50
per month. The receipts of tho rond
kept at just about $6,000 monthly.
In those days the road washuilt of
atringers of pine or whito oak laid up
on sills. Tho latter were about six feet
apart. All the timber was cut and
hewed by hand. On the stringers,
which ran parallel, were nailod bars
of strap-iron half an inch in thickness,
two inches wide, and with a little
flange. These wero fastened with rough
nails of medium size. The road own
ed four engines which bore the terrible
names of Tornado^ Volcaho, Spittire,
and Whirlwind. They wero very small,
with 10-inch cylinders, and sputtered
and smoked in au awe inspiring man
ner. There were no cabs to the ongiues;
tho engineers took the weather as
It enme. Thoy burned the most resin
ous p ne-wood obtainable and always
carried several bushels of rosin for
use in sudden emergencies. The cars
were small affairs, holding twenty
people. An entire train was not longer
thau an engine, tender, and baggage
car of to-day. The speed was not over
ton miles an hour, containing stops,
which were nearly as much so. The
number of passengers was very rarely |
over twenty.
over twenty.
Leaving Gaston as soon ns possible
•'after breakfast," the train headed for
Rale gh. Tho passengers expressed
the pious hopo that they would have
good Inck ou their trip to Raleigh.
The conductor, when askod as to the
time at which he exiKiclod to reach
Raleigh, invariably answered: "If tho
Lord blesses us wo will get there by
supper-time." Tho journey was an
occasion al ko of praver and faith.
The little eng.ue aud its attendant cars
clattercd along, a trail of black smoke
marking its slow passage. At such
places as there wero gmdos the engine
nearly always stopped. To get up "a
good head of steam," rosin was tiirown
in, the throttle was pulled wide open,
and the smoking and snorting l ttlo
monster of an engine dashed up the
incline at tho best speed it could mus
ter,-which, to be suro, was small. So
the long day was spent Break-downs
were frequent, and the average one
meant staying out all night. People
on board roughed iL They wore not
delicate In those days, and exacting of
sreauture comforts, as they are now.
People in the vicinity sent their slaves
with food, and the passengers did con
siderable foraging on their own ac
count With the good luck ord narily
vouchsafed, the trip was made be
tween breakfast aud supper.
One common incidout of the journey
was the appearanoe of a "snakehead."
This was one end of an iron bar or rail
ivhich had become loosenod and which
projected «omewbat »bore the lerel
the other rail«. Against this a whee'
woald strike, end the »11, being fcrootf
U p perpendicularly or at a sharp angle
would enter the car floor. Sometime*
these suddenly projected sdakebeadi
woald badly injnre people. . One nota
ble case was that of a bridal party.
The groom, seated. beside his bride,
was enjoying the novelty of a first rid<
on the cars; when saddenly, with
stunning jar, a snakehead cam«
through the bottom of the car anl
nearly cat off his leg. As a genera!
thing the motive power was so weal
that the snakehead stopped the train
and thas itself prevented damage.
But the snakeheads are to this dav ac
unpleasant memory of those early dayi
J Q f railroading.
The strap-iron rails, poor articles,
wore quickly and badly, and one ol
President Vass' serions problems wai
the necessity of replacing them. He
had no funds to buy new ones. So,
in connect on w.ih his roadmaster, t
sharp fellow named Rhodes, he conceiv
ed of a plan which, though as prima
tive as any ever devised, was found te
work well. Alongside the road gren
numbers of young whiteoak trees,
three or four inches in diameter.
These were cut down, divested of then
bark, and then nailed down, after be
ing spilt into two parts, the curved side
being uppermost. The use of thew
wooden ra Is came to be very frequent,
and the white oaks of suitable size be
came scarce. Then little pine saplingf
a few years old were used in tho same
way. They also lasted very well. 8«
it came about that President Vass re
placed iron rails with wooden ones,
and during his term in that office did
not purchase a pound of new iron. He
declares that the wpoden rails wer«
actually better than the ones they re
placed.
A railway president of to-day, going
here and there in lordly stvle in hit
private car, little imagines the duties,
as well as tho trials and tribulations,
of the president of the Raleigh and
Gaston road in thope early times. One
of Maj. Vass 1 duties was to inspeot the
entire line of tho road. To do this he
went over it on foot, o?er every mile
of it, back and forth, once a month,
accompanied by his faithful roadmas
ter. They literally saw every bit oi
iron and wood as they fooled the 15C
miles from Raleigh to Gaston and
back. They usually devoted a ful!
week to this business of inspection,
camping out at night if no house was
near by. Not a few times did they
spend the night with passengers beside
camp-fires alongside the road A train
would break down, the passengers and
train people would build a roaring fire
beside tho track if the night were cold,
and all would pass the time as pleasant
ly as possible. As has been said, they
were not over-fastidious in those days,
and most of them, when they saw the
baby engines, the rough road, and tho
wooden rails, wondered that they got
along at all. The president, as
laughingly remarked to-day, was then
kept walking all the time. For hl«
services as a real railway "Pooh Bah'
he was paid $1,000 a year, and thougli
it a good salary. Just before his term
as president endod he was paid $1,50(
Henry Clay visited Raleigh, and the
Raleigh and Faston Railway people,
desiring to show him great honor,
had a car built at Norfolk especially
for hiin. It would be called a rough
affair in these days. It was rather Ion
ger than the cars then in use, was ot
pine, with oak supports, was painted
a d rty yellow, and had little windows
each of two panes of glass. The seats
were of pine, and very nearly resem
bled those torturing ones in au old
fashioned church. The road thought
that in the construction of this car
perfection had been attained, and Maj.
Vass showed it w>th peculiar pride to
scores of visitors. Another triumph in
special cars was constructed for Presi
dent Polk upon the occasion of his
visit hero. It took two entire days of
Iiis t me to make the 76-mile trip from
Gaston to Raleigh. That car was pre
served for years as a sacred relic. A
box-car of this date would surpass it in
style and finish.
In 1851 Maj. Vass retired from tho
presidency of the road. He had en
gineered it through its darkest days.
He was urged to continue in the office.
Mr. George W. Mordocai was put in
that position, aud Maj. Vass again re
turned to his duties, as treasurer,
which in fact had never really been
interrupted. Ever since ho has held
that position, Jan. 1, 1816, was the
date of his taking the position, and in
commemoration of his forty years'
service tho company, Jan. I, 1886, pres
ented him with a solid silver service
valued at $1,000. In 1861 he was made
treasurer of the Raleigh and Augusta
railway; also, a few weeks ago he was
elected treasurer of tho Durham and
Northern railway. He now receives
$5,000 per annum, and is a man of
large wealth, all the result of of honest,
careful saving. The receipts of his
old road, in 1849 $72,000 aro now
$1,000,000, and it is a prominent link
in the seaboard system, which id now
building a $5.000,000 line between At
lanta, Ga., and Monroe, N. C.
Thus North Carolina can boast of
tho oldest railway treasurer in the
oldest railway treasurer in the United
States. It is said that the same claim
can be made as to railway presidents,
and that Hon. R R. Bridget's, of the
Wilmington and Weldon railroad, is
the senior of his profession.
The Death Penalty in Italy.
The Italian M nister of Justioc, Slg.
Zanardelli, has just drawn up a new
criminal code from which capital pun
ishment has been omittod. There is a
good deal of speculation in Italy as to
whether the Legislature will finally
abolish the punishment of death. Three
times within the last twenty years the
Chamber of Deputies has voted for its
abolition, but in each case the Senate
has refused to confirm the vote. Since
King Humbert escended tho throne
there has not been an excoution, and it
is argued that it is absurb and undig
nified to retain in the code a penalty
which is never applied. To this it is nat
urally objected that King Humbert will
not live forever, that succeediifg mon
archs may be less tender-heai ted, or
that some serious outbreak of crime
against the person might render it nec
essary to make an example. It has
more than once happened that when
capital pumi8hment has been found
necessary to re-establish it This was
tlie case not long ago in several of the
Swiss cantons. —St. James' Gazette.
FAKM TALKS.
Farm Hint» for December.
The unusually mild and pleasant
weather during the ■ past month has
given farmers an opportunity for com
pleting most of the work which was
planned for November, and perhaps
commencing some of the improve
ments that hare been previously
neglected for lack of the spare time to
devote to them.
Fields which are to be planted or
sown early next Spring have been
the
plowed, and. in some instances,
manure has been plowed in, while in
others it will be put on during the
Winter, as there may be time for it
Such fields will dry out in good con
dition for working much earlier than if
they had been left unplowed, and where
the soil contains sufficient sand and
gravel to bo friable, they can be fitted
for planting by the use of the disk
harrow, without the necessity of plow
ing again in the Spring. Yet if time
allows, a cross plowing, not quite as
deep as the Fa!i plowing, and the use
of the harrow afterward, will undoubtr
edlji be better. There is no danger of
stirring the soil too much, or getting it
too well pulverized before putting in
seed t>f any kind, and the smaller the
seed to be put in, the greater the need
of making a fine seed bed for it
If the open weather continues much
other work may be done which will
help to lighten the labors of the Spring,
or add to tho value of the farm.
Stones and small boulders may be re
moved from the cultivated fields, and
put where they will be out of the way
of the plow in future, and where they
will prove a benefit to the farm. • Per
haps in some road or cart path used in
reaching the more remote parts of the
farm there is a slough into which
few loads of small stone might be
duinpod, thus greatly increasing the
capacity of the team to draw wood,
hay or manure to or from those fie^s.
Perhaps some unsightly frog pond or
swampy place nearer home, which
serves only to breed mosquitoes and
malarial disorders, might be reclaimed
if the muck were thrown out of it, and
it was used as a place of deposite for
stones until it wero so nearly full that
they could bo covered again, and good
land made of the spot which was be
fore only a nuisance and an offence to
the eye and the nostrils.
There may be basins which cannot be
easily drained by ditches, either be
cause the latter must pass through
some other person's land, or because
the cost of the ditch would be too great
In such places a well sunk for eight or
ten feet deep, and filled with stones
nearly to tho top, will usually effectu
ally drain from one to two rods around
it, nnd the earth thrown out will raise
the surrounding surface.
preparing foe winter.
Yet the warm weather should not
tempt us to forget that winter must
soon come, or to neglect those prepara
tions for it which would have been
made if there had been the usual num
ber of cold days in November. The
mending of broken windows, battening
of cracks, and banking up of outside
walls to keep out the winds and frosts,
must not be forgotten.
A temperature below freezing in sta
bles, piggery or henhouses means the
requirement of extra amounts of food
for the animals therein, and a. dim
inution in production of milk and eggs,
and as it requires but little labor to
shut out the wind and to line walls
with a few rough boards, and pack
hay or straw between them and the out
side wall, so that the outside tempera
turo cannot affect the inside very muoh,
it seems that farmers should do this,
not only from a desire to inorease the
comfort of their animals and the profit
in keeping them, but out of regard to
their own comfort while taking care of
them.
The barn cellers, open upon one
Bide^ into which the cold air blows, not
only cooling the floor above, but search
ing out every crack through which it
may make its way upward, are ac
countable for many cold stables and
many sick animals. It would be econ
omy to board up the open side every
Fall and allow it to be closed until
Spring, and even better to close it en
tirely, excepting to place doors by
which it could be entered with a team
when necessary to remove tho con
tents. * It is true that the cattle some
times seek shelter there when left in
the yard in a cold or stormy day, but
when it is too wet or cold for them in
the yard they had better be kept in the
barn. The ordinary barn cellar, with
heaps of manure decomposing and
steaming, alternating with puddles of
water or half-frozen mud, is about as
unfit a place for any living animal as
can be fouud. In tho open yard there
may be sunlight and pure air at least
If possible, therefore, so close it as to
keep the cold air out of it and if this
cannot be done, fence the cattle out of,
and trust to keeping them in the stable
excepting when necessary to turn theni
into the yard for the purpose of water
ing them.
cattle feeding.
Each season certain questions ariso
to the thinking farmer in regard to
feeding his horses and cattle, and if ho
settles them in his mind to his satisfac
tion in one season, ho is apt to find
himself in doubt before the close of an
other season, as some slight change in
conditions produoes an unexpected
change in result. Perhaps a few facts
can be considered as definitely s ettled
or so nearly so that practical feeders
are agreed upon them. Whether for
working or driving horses, cows in
milk or growing stock, it is more pro
fitable to give some grain with tho
coarse fodder, than to feed upon hay
alone, even when the hay is of the best
quality, or straw, corn fodder or ensil
age is substituted for it wholly or in
part, there must be an increase in the
amount of grain given, as it must bo
richer in certain elements that are de
ficient in the coarse fodder, that is, the
fat-forming elements. There is a very
general idea that these elements abound
in Cotton-seed meal, oilcake and corn
meal, that oats and wheat bran are
better adapted to producing muscle
aud bone than fat meat or rich cream.
So much we think we know, but how
much of these grains may be fed pro
fitably and without danger to the
health of the animal, how we shall
Vary them for different animals, or how
to mix them to form a perfect food for
all or for one animal, we know not
There are too many varying conditions
for any one to prescribe a formula for
all. It needs a watchful eye to note tho
results of any changes,
COOKING FOOD.
Some years ago, in this column, it
was suggested that it would not pay to
cook good hay and sound grain for an
imals which were kept in comfortably
warm stables, and that if they were
kept in cold stables and allowed to
drink ice water, that it would be mort
injury than benefit in giving warm
coocked food. At the same time it
was said that marsh hay, dried corn
stalks and similar forage might be im
proved by steaming or wetting with
hot water long enough to soften it a
little. In corroboration of this there
has been published reports from several
agricultural experimental stations
which have been testing this matter,
and in every case but one there was a
loss in feeding value in cooking, and in
that one case the food was not cooked,
properly speaking, but was simply
scalded or had hot water turned over it
and was allowed to stand until cool
enough for eating. Doubtless their ex
periments were made with foddei
which was in good condition before
cooking.
rcles for feeding farm stock.
The rules for successful feeding oi
stock of all kinds, and for keeping
them in good health, are few and sim
ple enough, yet it needs some judg
ment and experience to follow them, oi
to know when they are being observeo
faithfully.
First and most important should be
the giving of food at regular hours.
The first meal of tho day should be
early enough to prevent the animal!
from waiting long for it after they are
stirring in the morning, which is usual
ly as soon as it is light enough to set
distinctly in Winter, and at sunrise ic
Summer. The last meal of the daj
should not be given after dark. The
practice of going out to give a lasi
feeding just before going to bed is s
questionable one, and a good feedei
would not call up his cattle to feed
them after they have lain down for the
night nny mere than ho would treal
his children iu that way. During
short days of Winter two hearty meali
at regular hours is often better thar
three meals, or the noon meal should
be made a light one, and its amounl
may be increased as the time extends
between it aud tho others.
Second rule—Always give enough
and never overfeed. Hero judgment i!
needed and watchfulness. If there are
any indications of a failure to eat the
amount given, promptly remove all
that is left and make the next feeding
less liberal. If there is much uneasi
ness and desire for more manifested
after eating the amont given, do nol
give more then, to encourage the liabil
of looking for a supplementary fodder
ing, but be more liberal the next time.
Third rule—Watch the effects of the
food carefully, both in condition of the
animals, and in the character of its
excrement and vary the food in kind
rather than amount if anything seems
wrong. A few roots or a change iu
feed may prevent the necessity of em
ploying a veterinary surgeon.
Fourth rule—Remember the cold,
frosty mornings are more stimulatin
to the appetite than warm, foggy ones,
and the coarse fodder which might be
rejected at one time would be eagerly
eaten in a colder day.
Fifth rule—After tho animals have
eaten enough, clean out the fecdin
troughs. Do not keep either good
food or oats constantly before them.
These rules are applicable to boti
horses and horned cattle, and their oh
servance will result in sleek-lookin
animals, with a less amount of fooc
consumed than is used by those hap
hazard feeders who never have a decern
looking beast.— American Cultivator.
HOW TO TORTURE.
Ingenious Cruelties Practiced By th»
Japanese On TUelr Prisoners.
The stone torture was usually the
first cruelty practiced upon a prisoner,
describing the judicial punishment
old Japan, says The Manchester (Eng
land) Courier. He was forced to pros
träte himself face downward upon th<
apexes of five triangular-shaped block:
of hard wood, the front dï his legs be
ing exposed to tho sharp edges. While
securely held in this position heavy
stones were placed on the victims
thighs, and others were slowly added
to increase tho terrible weight/until }><
became unconscious or signified his in
tention to confess.
The box torture was a still mort
atrocious contrivance. Bouud hand
and foot the culprit was forced into s
strong box about two feet square,
having a covering made to fit the in
side, and capable of being lowered oi
raised at will. Heavy weights wen
placed upon it, and, as these were in
creased in number, depressing the lid
the poor wretch within the box wa«
slowly crushed to doath.
In using the water torture it wa3 be
lieved that the torment of thirst woul<
induce a prisoner to confess his guilt
After several days subsistence on a sal
diet without rice and water, tho accusec
was shut in a room where he could set
and hear tho dropping of water on al
sides, but out of reach. The cravings ant
sufferings became fearful under th»
agony, often approaching the bound:
of insanifcr.
Deprivation of sleep was effected bi
placing the criminal upon a bed oi
mat, over which a small stream o:
water was continually flowing. At
tendants were in readiness, and at tlu
slightest indication of slumber thej
would rouse their victim by ringing
bells, beating drums or tho applicatioi
of firo to his body. The treatmen
rendered sleep impossible; the pool
wretch's mind became disordered undei
the torture and oftentimes left him i
raving maniac. Tho old stylo of tria
in Japan included only about foui
persons—the Judge, the Secretary, thi
torturer and the accused. Tho lattei
was taken into the cxamination-roon
securely bound, and was forced to knee
during tho investigation of his case. I
he persists in remaining mute, o
appeared to equivocate iu his replies t<
the questions addressed to him, tin
"investigation whip" was used smart!'
—an instrument capable of inflctinj
great pun shmcnt made of three lonj
strips of bamboo cane. Should h<
continue stubborn, a much heavie
wlip was applied, the torturer repeat
ing the blows until the prisoner eithe:
yielded or fainted under the terribl
inflation. But no fatal injuries wer
permitted to be inflicted during thes<
preliminary investigations, and a judg
causing tho application of torture t>
innocent persons, or to those of vor;
advanced or tender years, or b
pregnant females, was himself liabl
to severe punishment
Th* ThM Qnarter of Her Grief.
A ladr teOa of receiving a card in New
iork which looked so untidy that she
asked the servant what he had been do
ing with it as three sides were evidently
freshly cut, and the fourth had a deep,
black border. The man exclaimed that
the lady whose card it was had herself
mutilated it When the hostess went
down to see her visitor, a young widow,
she playfully spoke about the card. ' *0,
yes," cheerfully answered the other. "I
cut in that way after I got to the house,
because when I took it out I suddenly
remembered that I had come to tell you
that I am engaged to be married, and I
thought it would look to ridiculous,
when I came on that errand, to u; e a
card of mourning for poor dear Harry.
After I cut off three sides I forgot the
other." It is conjectured that she was
in third quarter of her grief, soon to be
succeeded by a ful honeymoon. Sbo
was wearing an expensive mantle of
English crape, and said mournfully:
"How I wish I had known dear Fred
was going to ask me to marry him be
fore! bought this. I could have saved
$45 if I had known I was going: out of
mourning so soon, and von know black
crape is too costly to throw aside; but
then what's the use of keéping it, be
cause. of course, it isn't like black silk
or anything in colors that you can use
with other materials. To put it away
might seem as if I was expecting to need
it again, and that would be horrid, you
know, just as if I were a regular female
Blue Beard."—[Mrs. Grundy in New
York Mail.
Interesting to the Sleeper.
It is perfectly true that no one ever
heard of a snoring savage. In fact, if
the wild man of the woods and plains
does not sleep quietly he runs the risk
of bein» discovered by his enemy and
the scalp of the snorer would soon adorn
the belt of his crafty and more silent
sleeping adversary. In the natural state,
then "natural selection" weeds out those
who disturb their neighbors by making
night hideous with snores. With civil
ization, however, we have changed all
this. The impure air of our sleeping
rooms induces induces all manner of ca
tarrhal affections. The nasal passages
are the first to become affected. Instead
of warming the inspired air on its way to
the lungs and removing from it the dan
gerous impurities with which it is load
ed, the nose becomes obstructed. A part
of the air enters and escapes by way of
the mouth. The veil of the palate vi
brates between the two currents—that
through the partialiy closed nostrils
like a torn sail in the wind.
The snore, then, means that the sleep
er's mouth is partially open, that his nose
is partially closed and that his lungs are
in danger from the air not being prop
erly warmed and purified. From tho
continual operation of these causes—the
increase of impure air in sleeping rooms
and permitting habitual snorers to es
cape killing and scalping—some scientist
has predicted that in the future all men
(and women too) will snore. It goes
along with decay of the teeth and bald
headedness.—The Fireside.
Philadelphia Thrift.
"It is an indication of business talent
when a man can take some old stock and
dress it up in a guise that will make
saleable," said a gentleman the other
day. "I was led inif> that train
thought by what I saw in a shop window
recently. Among a lot of Christmas
cards were a number of paper collars,
Now you know as well as I do that paper
collars went out of fashion and favor
long ago, and of course somebody got
caught with a large lot on hand. To
throw them away or burn them would
have caused these people a dead loss of
so much invested cash. Now, what do
they do? Here is the answer in the shop
window. Upon these collars is printed
a couplet, in imitation of pen and ink
Writing. It reads something like this
'Christmas Is here; i haven't a dollar;
i send my good wishes on my old collar.'
They are intended of course as Christ
mas gifts, in lieu of something expen
sive or the conventional Christmas card
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
A man who has practiced medicine for 40
years ought to know salt from sugar
re*J what he says;
T oledo , O., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.—Gentlemen
I have been in the general practice of medi
cine for most 40 years, and would say thai
in all my practice and experience, hav
never seen a préparation that I could pre
scribe with as much confidence of succès?
as I can Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufac
tured by you. Have prescribed it a grea*
many times and its effect is wonderful, and
would say in conclusion that I have yet to
find a case of Catarrh that it would not
cure, if they would take it according to di
rections. You. - s truly.
L. L. G ousuch , M. D.,
Office 215 Summit St.
We will give $100 for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured with Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Taken jnternally.
F. J. C heney & Co., Props., Toledo, O.
î^Sold by druggists, 76 cts.
The fund for the Beecher statuts now
amounts to $30,000.
Itching Piles.
Symptoms—Moisture; intense itching
and stinging; most at night; worse by
scratching. If allowed to contine tumors
form, wliich often bleed a..d ulcerate, be
coming very sore. Swayne's Ointment
stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulcer
ation, and in many cases removes the
tumors. It is equally efficacious in curing
all Skin Diseases. Dr. Swavne Son,
Proprietors, Philadelphia. Swayne's Oint
men can be obtained of druggists. Sent by
mail for 50 cents.
The ocean is one of the swellest things in
existence.
Catarrh Cured.
A clergyman, after years o! suffering from
the loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
tryiug every known remedy, at last found
a prescription which completely cured and
saved him from death. Any sufferer from
this dreadful disease sending a self ad
dressed stamped envelope to Prof. J. A.
Lawrence, 212 East 9th St., New York
will receive the receipe free of charge.
A galley slave—the fellow who has three
girls at a time.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
A single day of heavy fog makes the city
of London pay $260,000 mors for gas.
Physicians' Test.
The physicians in Lowell, who are testing
the Moxie Nerve Food plant on paralysis
and nervous exhaustion, in addition to the
number already reported, have recovered
a Mrs. Brock, of Ba.-net, Vt., a long time
helpless. A Mrs. Cheney, 18 Bleachery
Street, Lowell, who was not expected to
live. Its greatest popularity spring» from
the fact that it substitutes stimulants und
tonics without harm, and imparts great
powers of endurance. The apothecaries
are besieged Tor it everywhere. Large com
panies are forming for its manufacture all
over the world.
To guild the dome of the state house
Boston cost Massachusetts $10,000.
"London Balm."
A positive cure for Catarrh, Hay Fever
and Cold in the Head. Cleanses the nasal
passages of catarrhal virus, causing healthy
secretions. Heals the sores and protects
the membranal linings ol the head from
fresh colda. Easy and pleasant to use.
Soothing, antiseptic, healing. Price50c. at
all druggists.
There are nine ex-school teachers iu Con
gress.
W inter T ourists' T ickets —Are now
on sale via the Wabash Western It'3%
to Jacksonville, Fla., New Orleans and
all points in the south. Good returning
until June 1st 1888. For tickets, rates,
time tables and full information call 011
or write G. N. Clayton, North^western
Passenger Agent, 1502 Farnam street,
Omaha, Neb.
Mrs. Garfield, the mother of President
Garfield, is 87 years old.
A family named Cleve has held a postal
clerkship in Germany for 200 year*.
When Baby was sick, we gave ber Cas tori a.
When she was a Child, she cried for Ca atari*.
When she became Mils, she clung to Cnatoria.
When she bad Children, she gave them Castoriu'
8älvatfon Oil h guaranteed to core rheu
matism, sore throat, swellings, bruises,
burns, and frost-bites. Pricc only twenty
five cents a bottle.
To make children healthy use plenty of
air, plenty of milk, plenty of sleep, and
always have a bottle of Dr. Bull 's Cough
Syrup in case of cronp.
Wise men always hesitate; only fools are
certain.
Somebody's Child.
Somebody's child is dying—dying with
the flush of hope on his young face, and
somebody's mother thinking of the time
when that dear face will be hidden where
no ray of hope can brignten it—because
there was no cure for consumption. Reader,
if the child be your neighbor's, take this
comforting word to the mother's heart be
fore it is too late. Tell her that consump
tion is curable; that men are living to-day
whom the physicians pronounced incurablé,
because one lung had been almost de
stroyed by the disease. Dr. Pierce's "Golden
Medical Discovery" hns cured hundreds;
surpasses cod liver oil, hypophosphites
and other medicines in curing this disease.
Sold by druggists.
When a girl is little she has a doll bady;
when she grows up she has a dolman.
Beautiful Women
are made pallid and unattractive by func
tional irregularities, which Dr. Pierce's
"Favorite Prescription" will infallibly cure.
Thousands of testimonials. By druggists.
Opportunities are like vacant lots. They
must be improved to be profitable.
Dr. Pierce's "Pellets"—the original "Lit
tle Liver Pills" (sugar-coated)—cure sick
and billious headache, sour stomach, and
billious attacks. By druggists.
A bare statement always horrifies An
thony Comstock.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor:—
Please inform you readers that I have
a positive remedy for the above named
disease. By its timely use thousands of
hopeless rases have been permanently
cured. I shall be glad to send two bottles
of my remedy fkee to any of your readers
who have consumption if they will send me
their Express and P. Ö. address.
Respectfully, T. A. SLOCUM. M. C.,
181 Pearl St., New York.
There is no joy like the joy of resolved
virtue—O. Dewey.
Every person is interested in their own
affaire, and if this lueets the eye of any one
who is suffering from the effects of a torpid
liver, we will admit that he is interested in
getting well. Get a bottle of Prickly Ash
Bitters, use it as directed, and you will al
ways be glad you read this item.
A German tourist has just encircled ths
globe at a cost of $5 a day.
A Wonderful Food and Medicine.
Known and used by Physicians all over
the world. Scott's Emulsion not only gives
flesh and strength by virtue of its own nu
tritious properties, but creates an appe
tite for food that builds up ths wasted
body. "I have been using Scott's Emulsion
Vor several years, and am pleased with its
Action. My patients say it is pleasant and
palatable, and all grow stronger and gain
flesh from the use of it. I use it in all cases
of Wasting Diseases, and it is specially use
ful for children when nutrient medication
is needed, as in Marasmus."— T. W. P ierck,
M. D., Knoxville, Ala.
Stale bread may be freshened over boil
ing water.
F or C oughs and T hroat D isorders use
B rown's B ronchial T roches . "Have
never changed my mind respecting them,
except I think better of that which I began
thinking well of."—Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher. Sold only in boxes.
The Russian government is pushing a
railroad across Siberia with great energy.
Omaha Commercial College.
In attendance 140 studeats. Fifty ol
whom work their way, nnd places for
others. Send for College Journal and spec
imen of penmanship. Address,
R obbbouoh B ros.
Truth is as impossible to be soiled by
any ontward touchas the sunbeam—Milton
The Omaha Typo Foundry can furnish
new newspaper outfits on short notice
Prices same as in Chicago and freight al
ready paid to Omaha.
It is a lonely day in a yellow dog's
when nobody kicks bim.
HOW THEY F ALI* BEHIND.
life
There is really no
profit in recom>
mending the worth
less, for the reac
tion in the minds
of those who buy
and are deceived ia
pointedly against
everything sold by
such a dealer
Hence, the forceofthe following voluntary let
ter, which is based upon the conscientious con
viction formed from the long and cautious
experience of a leading drug house of Boston
represents in every line a most importan ;
snd valued revelation: "Boston, July 11,
1887.—Th# Charles A. Vogelcr Co.—Gentle
men : Many preparations are placed be
the public, and for a time at least they 1
a large but temporary sale—large, because of
the extensive advertising; temporary, as the
suffering class soon reulize that the com
pound possesses but little merit. Not so with
St. Jacobs Oil. Its success has been constant
from the start, and to-day we regard it as one
of those standard remedies that our trade
consider as absolutely essential to always
carry in their stock. Personal experience
and the good words of the druggists of New
'aaing
many cases of cure, published by the pro
prietoiSj examples are given of its unvarying
effects in the worst chronic cases, and there
Is nothing in trade which can approach its
efficacy.
Oneagent (Merchant only) wanted In every town for
Offer No. 173.
FREE!— To M erchants O nly : An ele
gant silver-plated Water Pitcher, frosted
and richly carved; height 13 inches. Ad
dress at once, R. W. T ansii.l . <fe Co., 56
State street, Chicago.
I CURE FITS!
Whan 1 avcDis I do not matn merely to stop them
for a time aia then hare them return again. I mean a
radical cale. 1 hare made the disease of FITS, EPIL
EPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-lone study. 1
warrant my remedy to cure the worst cases. Because
ethers have failed is no reason for not now receiving a
cure. Mend at once for a trectise and a Free Bottle
ef my infallible remedy. Give Express and Post Office.
I.G. HOOT, Al. <5., 183 Pearl St. New York.
! Korae 't Klectre -Macaetto Belfc
T ium , combined. Guaranteed th«
. neral
i Magi1
Durable,
Avoid frauds.
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and l'hrases used by American and European Thieves
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CRRES WHEIE All EISE FAILS.
; Cough Syrup. Tastes good.
in time. Sold by druggists.
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hy mail StowellACo,
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JA T BR0S90N, Dttwlt, Mich.
Cet Hood's
If job tisve lr .nde up your mind to buy Hood"« 8ar
do not l>e Induce I totifceany other. Hood's
£m.-«s:»arllla Is • peculiar ire dlcioe, possesslm. by
viitus of Its pccnllar co-.nlInatlon, proportion tad
preparation, curative power surerior to any other
ariU le of the kind before the people. Be sure to eet
Hood's.
"I had been taklns Hood's Sarsaparilla for dyspep
sia. and tn one stole where I tried to bny a bottle the
e'.trk tried to induce me to buy their o*n Instead of
llood's; he told me their's woald last longer; that I
wl£ht take it on ten d.tys' trial) that If I did not like
It I need not pay anything. But he could not prevail
on me to clunge. 1 told him 1 knew what Hood'
Sarsaparilla was. I had taken It. It agreed with me
1 am perfectly satisfied With Hood's Sarsaparilla, and
did not want any other. I am always glad to speak
a good word fur this excellent medicine." Mas,
E lla A. Gorr, 61 Terrace Street, Boston. Mass.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, (l; six for 15. Prepared only
by C- 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowe 1, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
The best and sorest Remedy for Core of
all diseases caused by any derangement of
the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels.
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation,
Bilious Complaints and Malaria of all kinds
yield readily to the beneficent influence of
»ft
It Is pleasant to the taste, tones np the
system, restores and preserves health.
It is purely Vegetable, and cannot fell to
prove beneficial, both to old and yoong.
As a Blood Pnrifier it is superior to all
others. Sold everywhere at $1.00 a bottle.
FOR ALL DISORDERS OF THE
Stomach, Liver
Bü- and Bowels
TAKB
PACIFIC K5
STRICTLY VEQSTABLB.
C uki C onstipation, X ndior?tioh, D vspepsia,
riLis, S ick H badachb, L ivku C omplaints , l.oss
o* a pi'*t its, blliol'snïss. n EKVOrSNBSS . jai.v
»ics, E tc . PRICK, »S cen ..
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MARVELOUS
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Prof. LOISETTE, 237 5th A t ., New York.
CURES
g®* RHEUMATISM
Neuralgia, Headache, Sore Throat, Sprains,
Bruises, Bums, Wounds, Lame Back,
And All Pains Of An Inflammatory Nature.
Sold by Druggists. tOe. and Sl-OO.
SONO BOOK MAILED FREE.
Address WIZARD OIL CO.,
CHICAGO.
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ELV3 C atarrh
CREAM BALM
fAMBM
c 0i
hwfever
U.U.
AY
I was surprised a <
ter using Ely's Cream
Balm two months to|
And the right nostril
which was closed fori
20 years, was open]
and free as the other
I feel very thankful.
R. H. Cressengham,
275, 18th St., Brook-|
lyn.
A particle is applied Into eaih nostril and Is agree
able. Price fO cent" at Druggists ; by mall, registered,
60c. ELY BROTHERS, 2« Greenwich St. New York.
-FEVER
dropsy
TREATED FREE. ■
Hare treated Dropsy and its complication« with the
most wonderful success; use vegetable remedies entire*
lj harmless. Reinore all symptoms of dropsy in eight
to twenty days. Cure patients pronounced hopeless by
the best of physicians. From the first dose the symptoms
rapidly disappear, and in ten days at least two-thirds of
all symptoms are removed.
Some may ery humbug: without knowing: anything
aboutit. Remember it does not cost you anything to
realise the merit of our treatment for yourself. We
are constantly curing cases of long standing—cases
that have been tapped a number of times and the pa
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ment furnished FREE by mail. If von order trial send
0 cents in stamps to pay postage. Epilepsy (Fits) po*i
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(has about 3
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Our New Store, which w« now occapjr,
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for Infant« and Children,
sis so well adapted to children that
InaomaDd It as «operierte any prescripts«
kMwatoBM." EL A Aarana, X.
111 Bo. Oxford St., lirooklyn, N. ?.
(Tartorla enres Coiie, Constipation,
Boor Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation.
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ADWAY
The GREAT LIVER
—AND—
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For the core of all disorders ot the Stomach, Liver'
Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder. Nervous Diseases, Loss
of Appetite, Headache. Coitiveness, Indigestion,
Hilionsnees, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels,
Piles, and all derangements of theinternai viscera.
Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals
or deleterious drugs.
Price, MS cents per box. Sold by all drugglsta.
DYSPEPSIA!
DR. RADWAY'S PILLS are a eure for
this complaint. They restore strength to the
stomach and enable it to preform its functions.
The symptoms of Dyspepsia disappear, and with
them thellabllity of the system tooontractdiseases.
Take the medicine according to directions, and
observe what w» say In ' ' False and True " respect
ing diet. _ ^
aj-Send a letter stamp to DR. RADWAY A
CO.. No. 34 Warren Street, New Yorkt
for"F»lse and True.''
%• Be s as re to get RAD W AY'S.
DR. RADWAY'S
SARSAPARILLIAN
RESOLVENT
Builds up the broken-down constitution, puriflea
the blood, restoring health and vigor. Sold by
druggists. Si a bottle.
For the relief and ouro of all pains. Congestions
and Inflammations. 30 ets. a bottle.
CS. EABWA7 ft CO.. 33 WAB2EH CTES3T. NIW 73SZ.
w
Do you
HAT
AILS
YOU?
feel dull. languid, low-spirited, life
less, aud indescribably miserable, Doth physi
cally und mentally; experience a sense ot
fullness or bloating after eating, or of "gone
ness," or emptiness of stomach In tho morn
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste ia
mouth, irregular appetite, dizziness, frequent
headuches, blurred eyesight, " floating specks "
before the eyes, nervous prostration or ex
haustion, irritability of temper, hot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensutlons, sharp,
biting, transient pains liere and there, cold
feet, drowsiness after meals, wakefulness, op
disturbed nnd unrofreshlng sleep, constant,
indescribablo feeling of dread, or of impend
ing- calamity ?
If you havo i
from
that most "common' of American maladies—
Itilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated,
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated your disease has become, ths
greater the number and diversify of symp
toms. No matter what stage it lias renchod.
Dr. Pierce's G olden ITIcdicai Discovery
will subdue it, if taken according to direc
tions for a reasonable length of time. If not
cured, complications multiply and Consump
tion of the Lungs, Skin Diseases, Heart Qiscnao,
" ney Disease, or other grave
maladies aro quite liablo to set In and, sooner
or later, induce a fatal termination.
Dr. Piereo'a tioldoii medical Dis
covery acta powerfully upon the Liver, aud
through that greut blood-purifying organ,
cleanses the system of all blood-taints and im
purities, from whatever cause arising. It is
equally efficacious In acting upon the Kid*
ncys, and other excretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
an appetizing, restorative tonic, it promotes
digestion and nutrition, thereby building up
both flesh and strength. In malarial districts,
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity In curing Fever and Ague, Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred dlseases._
: you havo ail, or any considerable number
of these symptoms, you are suffering
Dr. Piorce's Golden Medical Dis»
covcry
CURES ALL HUMORS,
from a common Ulotch, or Eruption, to the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, "Fever-sores,"
Scaly or Hough Skin, in short, all diseases
caused by baa blood are conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and invigorating medi
cine. Great Eating Ulcers rapidly heal under
its benign influence. Especially has It mani
fested its potency in curing Tetter, Eczema,
Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Bore Eyes, Scrof
ulous Sores and Swellings, Hip-Joint Disease,
" White Swellings," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glands. Send ten cents in
stamps for a large Treatise, with colored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for a Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."
Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. Pierce*
Golden luedlcal Discovery, nnd good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established.
CONSUMPTION,
which is Scrofula of the Lungs, is arrested
and cured by this remedy, if taken In the
eariier stages of the disease. From its mar
velous power over this terribly fatal disease,
when first offering this now world-famed rem
edy to the public. Dr. Pierce thought seriously
of calling it his " Consumption Cur *," but
abandoned that name as too restrictivo for
a medicine which, from its wonderful com
bination of tonic, or strengthening, alterative.
iation of tonic, or strengthening, alterst
„ blood-cleansing, anti-bilious, pectoral, i
nutritive properties, is unequaled, not only
as a remedy for Consumption, but for all
Chronic Dises
of tho
Liver , Blood , and Lungs .
For Weak Lungs, 8pittlng of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh, Bron
chitis, Asthma, Severe Coughs, and kindred
affections, it is an efficient remedy.
Sold by Druggists, at $1.00, or Six Bottles
for»5.00.
Send ten cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's
book on Consumption. Address,
World's Dispansary Medical Association,
663 Rlaln St., BUFFALO, N. If.
EVCR
BEST PREPARATION
For Coughs, Hoarseness, Weak Lungs, Whooping
Cough, Dry, Hacking Coughs of longstanding, and
all Bronchial and Lung Affections. Try H.
Warranted to Curt Consumption In Ks Earlier Stage*.
AIL-ROAD I Absolute Dominion over Pain—
tOADl
AIM CURE}Will Cur» Colic, Sore Throat,
•eup, Frost Bites,TV ounds, etc., in less time than any
other medieine on earth. Guarantee# to Curs Rheuma
tism and Neuralgia. Warranted by your druggist.
2Sc , 50c. and £l. For $1 we will send largest *iw of
either Cure, express prepaid. Address
Kail-Road Remedy Co., Box 372. Lincoln, Neb.
Trade supplied by Richardson Drug Co., Omaha. Neb
I The oldest medicine tn the world is probaHrl
Dr. Isaao Thompson's
IEI.ERB4TEU ETE WATE!
rr. and notwithstanding the many other pieparadoas
that have beea Introduced Into the market, the sale
of this srtlrle Is constantly Increasing. If the direc
tions are followed It win never fall. We particularly
lavlte the attention of physicians to Its merit*.
JOHN L, THOMPSON, SONS* CO, TROT. N. T.
I prescribe and (ally en
dorse Big G as th* only
specific for the certain cure
ot this disease.
O. H. IN Q RAH AM,M. D.,
Amsterdam, N. Y.
We have sold b 'g O for
many years, and It has
given the best of satis
faction.
D. B. DYCHE * CO.,
Cbicajro, III.
91.00, Bold by Drugglsta,
Camln
1 TO ft DAT*.
lird«Dly by tM
msCbftnbftlOo.
FREE
By return mail. Fall Deserl
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