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THE WOODVILLE REPUBLICAN
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY.
WOODVILLE.
MISSISSIFPL
Hard-Tack.
As ISvritc, there Yips before moontaV
labia an innocent Jooking cracker; which
I fcavc faithfuYiy preserved for years. It
is about the size and .has tho appear
unco of an ordinary soda- biscuit. If
you take it in your hand, you will find
k somewhat heavier than an ordinary
biscuit, and if you bile it but, do; I
will not let you bite it, for I wish to see
how long I can keep it. But if you
wow to reduce it to a fine pjwder, you
would find that it would absorb a great
er quantity of water than an equal
weisrht of ordinary Hour. You would
also observe that it is very hard. This
U'U mil , iv.u tut.-, imun. is uv aiuiu-
' i i : i t:u
utcil to its great ae. lint if you im
agine that its age is to be measured on
ly by the years which have elapsed since
the war, you are greatly mistaken; for
there was a common belief among the
boys that our hard-tack had been baked
lonr before the commencement of the
Christian era! This opinion was based
upon the fact that the letters 15. U. were
damped on many, if not, indeed, all of
the cracker boxes. ' To be sure, there
were some skeptics who shook their
L:itl; nml maintained that these mv:
mate of . sorao army contractor or in
ppjetor of supplies, but the belief was
wide-spread and deep-seated that they
were certainly intended to set forth the
era in which our bread had been baked.
Tor our hard-tack were very hard.
It was d fileult to. break .them with the
teeth. Some of them you could not
fracture with your fist. . Still, there was
an immense amount of nourishment in
them when once you had learned how
to get at it. It required some experi
ence and no little hunger to enable one
to appreciate hard-tack aright, and it
demanded no small amount of inventive
power to understand how to cook hard
tack as they ought to be cooked. If I
remember correctly, in our section of the
army we had not less than fifteen dif
ferent ways of preparing them. In oth
er parts, I understand, they had dis
eovered one or two more ways; but
with us, fifteen was the limit of the cu
linary art when hard-tack was on the
board.-
On the march they were usually no
cooked at all, but eaten in the raw
sta'c. In order, however, to niakq
them somewhat more palatable, you
simply cut down a slice of nice fat
pork, laid the pork on your cracker, put
a spoonful of brown sugar on top of
the pork, and you had a dish fit for a
. soldier. Of course, the pork had just
come out of the pickle, and was con
sequently quite raw. When Ave halted
for eoilVe, we sometimes had fricasseed
hard-tack prepared by toasting them
before the hot coals. When, as was,
generally the case on a march, our
hard-tack had been broken into small
pieces in our haversacks, Ave soaked
these in water and fried them in ponk,
fat stirring Avell, and seasoning with
salt and sutler's pepper, thus making
Avhat Avas commonly known :as a
"hishy-hashy," or a "hot-tired stew."
Thus you see Avhat vast and unsu-i
pected possibilities reside in this innocent-looking
three-and-a-half inch
square ard-laek lying; hre on -my
tablo Lejf.re me. Three like the speci
men made a meal, and nine Avere a
ration; and this is Avhat fought the
battles for the Union. Hurry M.
Kieff'cr in St. Xicholcts..
Superstitions of Engineers.
"Amsterdam is noAV on the dead list,"
said an old grizzled engineer of the New
York Central Railroad, last night, as he
glanced over the account of the third
fatal accident at the crossing in that
village. A Journal reporter was igno
rant of the significance of the term
'dead list." He expressed his curiosity.
"By a dead list I mean," said the
engineer, responsively, "thar that cross
ing is noAv out of danger. Three deaths,
you know, baptise it. That is what the
boys say. You knoAv they believe that
if erne man or Avoman is killed at a cer
tain point, there are dead sure to be one
or two others before long. Superstition?
Yk'ft, that is Avhat it is, and no mistake,
lint some of the engineers who baA'C
run a machine for twenty or thirty
A ears, as 1 have, take stock in it because
Ave have seen it proved time and time
again. 1 -don't believe that three deaths
:u-e sure to come one after another, but
1 can't help wondering why it is so often
two. That's what they call the duality,
isn't it? When you come to think of it,
everything goes by tAvos. You have
two legs, two eyes, two hands, tAvo ears
two nostrils and two rows of teeth.
There are two parts to a day, tAvo di
visions of the year, winter and summer,
two orbs of light. The pair is the nat
ural number. I have a record at home
of the accidents that have occurred
Avhile I have been on my engine. I
can sIioav you the dates to prove that
they have been in eight cases out often
tAvo at a time. Several times three
have happened in succession, but two is
the usual number. People Avould say
that Avtis superstition, but when you see
it over and over again you can't blame
us. ' I knoAv engineers who will knock
- oil fur si .week or sn.ftfter.nji acpiiLvnt ti
their train in which somebody has been
killed, rather than run the risk. There
Was a case when young Piatt Truax
Avas k'lled near Schenectady, jn 1878.
You know they are ' now trying three
young fellows in this city for derailing
the train. A few days before a freight
train which he Avas running had an ac
cident, in which the fireman was hurt
so that he died I think he died but
the accident was not at the same point.
. It was west of Schenectady. The men
told me afterward that Truax had a
premonition of death. If 1 had my
book here I could give you a heap of
information about deaths on the rad to
, show you that there is something strange
in it. Any way, most of the engineers
have a rather strong fear of repetition
Avhcnever blood is spilled along the
line. Of course, there are those who
are superstitious as old women. Thosa
are the fellows that see ghosts."
"See ghosts?"
"Yes, the disembodied spirits, as the
mediums call them, of people they
Lave run over. Not long ago an en
gineer you know by name resigned be
cause he said the specter of a woman
he had ground to pieces at Fonda used
to appear every night at the exact spot."
Albany Evening Journal.1
Young Mrs. Susan. E. Roberts, a
summer guest at Saratoga; accompanied
an excursion party to Lake George and, -
m tne woras of one oi ner companions,
Avas "the gayest of the gay" throughout
the.entire trip. On "the return of tho
party Mrs. Roberts took arsenic and
died, leaA ing a Jitter to her absent hus
band, the contents of which are un
knoAvn. Troy (N. Y.) Times. ,
Confessions of a Gambler.
"What are the chances against a
player in a square game of faror the
reporter asked an old gambler who
the restrictions that were placed on his
business by the 1'ittsburgh police.
"Against a sucker a 'producer x
mean?" inquired theTeambler.
"I mean the clerk at merchant that
drops in to tackle the game," said tho
reporter.
Well, that s what we can tne -pro
ducer,' " the sport explained, and then
Avent on. "mat s the class tnac pro
duces the wealth that makes gambling
a business. It is tho 'producers money
that keeps the game going. The chances
he has of winning, with nothing against
him, and if he hasn't got a system, and
isn't betting high, are about one out of
tAvo, or, maybe, tAvo out of five that is,
he will lose in two out of three or in
three out of five rdavs asainst the bank,
and. no matter hoAv often he wins, he
is sure to be a dead loser in the end.
If he plays big, and has a system, tho
dealer soon gets on to it. n neisstmcK
on a card, or plays 'three on a 6ide,' or
odd and even,' or 'both ends against
the middle,' it Avill take the dealer no
time to find it out, and, as it is his duty
to protect the bank, he will shuffle the
cards so as to lay the player out cold.
The player generally sticks to his sys
tem and has no chance. If thero are a
number of persons playing, of course
it is difficult for the dealer to handle
the carjia fn this way, but often the nu
merous players seen at the table are
staked players, who are playing with
the bank's money, and of whom the
ueaier lases no notice, as it makes no
difference whether they win or not, no
his Avhole attention can be given to the
Eroducer. In nearly every bank they
ave a lot of cappers hanging around,
and Avhen a producer comes in they are
statea to start the game.
"The dealer has another trick," the
sport continued, "that avo call 'takins:
the card by the car.' If the player is a
'high roller,' that is, a bir better, and
has a favorite card, it may lose for him
all the time. In that case the dealer
puts it on its proper pile, but, if the
player is winning, the dealer, Avill throw
this card doAvn carelessly, so that it
doesn't lay squarely on the "pile. Pre
tending to straighten them up, he Avill
slip the card under tho pile, and then
shuffle them so that in the next deal
the player's chances are to lose; if the
player wins again, the dealer will again
take the card by the ear. These things
can not be done where there 'are a num
ber of genuine players, for in that case
it makes little difference to the bank
who Avins or loses, the players playing
each other's money and the bank Lav
ing the benefit of the splits."
"And this is what you call a square
game?"
"Why, of course; all this is done
merely to protect the bank, Avhich must
have some protection. In a brace game
the player stands no more shoAV of win
ning than he does of swallowing a lightning-rod.
In the square game there is
some show for him. But every player
has his system with which he expects to
break the bank, and he finds out in the
end the truth of the saying that there
never was a system the dealer couldn't
beat. These things are necessary, as I
said, to protect the bank. It is often
subject to losses byr shoe-string players,
who, being deeply in debt, manage to
get hold of a feAV dollars, and, having
nothing much to lose, conclude to try
their luck. Sometimes a fellow wins
$600 or $700 off a shoe-string,' as' Ave
call a small stake, goes out and pays
his debts, and that's the last the bank
sees of. the money. The chances are if
he has five or ten dollars left he'll come
Virlr anil i ( li-inlr !o cfill itWK Vi?vi mn-wr
Ain a few more hundred. But, talk
about it as you may, faro is the fairest
he fairest
and squarest game, and if a man must
gamble I'd advise him to tackle nothing
else."
"Can't faro be beaten!"
"Not unless you play a limitless game
and have a mint of money to do it with.
If a banc has $2,000, you can bet $2,000
on a card, and if it wins the bank is
busted and there's an end of it. If you
lose you have to keep on doubling your
bets until you do win, when, of course,
the desired end is accomplished. But
every bank has its limit, and when you
get to it you've got to stay there. The
fact that few gamblers have money
shows which way the wind blows. It's
a rare one dies rich. The banks make
the money, the 'producer' furnishes, and
the professional sport kind of hangs in
betAA'een the two unfit women or whisky
bring him to his grave." Pittsburgh
Commercial Gazette.
A New Style of Snake Story.
Miss Brooks, a - respectable voung
Avoman and a daughter of a truck farmer
at eheridan, two, miles from ' Womels
dorf, on the Lebanon , alley Railroad,
met with a startling adventure while
out walking in the woods with a female
companion. The story of their wonder
ful escape is vouched for by the best citi
zens in the place."
While the two ladies were promenad
ing in a secluded spot in the forest.Miss
Brooks suddenly experienced a heavy
pressure uuuuu ner avzusl, Avnicn in
creased to such an extent as to almost
deprive her of breath. She cried out
9
lrom para, and ner companion sprang
to one side. Miss Brooks put her hand
to her waist and discovered a thick and
heavy roll underneath her light eveming
txratnmc. Irumoillatery thereafter the
two were horrified beyond description
on seeing the head of a snake protrud
ing from the folds of the dress, its hor
rible fangs darting in every direction.
With rare presence of mind Miss
Brooks' companion seized hold of the
former's dress and pulled the skirt from
her body.
A huge black snake was found coiled
around her waist. - It immediately
dropped to the ground and disappeared
in some dense underbrush. The ladies
say that it must have been fully six feet
in lengtn. it must have been lying in
their path, and as they passed along
worked itself up tne young woman s
under-clothing and found a resting
Eiace around ner waist, upon reaching
ome Miss Brooks was so overcoraa"
that she fainted. Philadelphia Press.
, -1
In the vast array of children's toys
designed to instruct as well as amuse.
doubtless no duplicate willbe found of a
device which is thus advertised in a native
paper of India: "The wonderful python.
These reptiles are made of horn and can
be lengthened up to sixty inches. They
are made expressly to teach children
what hell is, and what it contains as
even an old man would be frightened at
its sight. They are put in boxes meas
uring about one and one-quarter inch.
We would recommend parents to buy
one for each of their children, as they
are not only a toy, but a toy from which
benefit may be derived." Indianapolis
Journal. . r . , , :
The crusade of a New Hampshire
reformer is against chewing gum. Ilia
fervid oratory sets forth that gum leadSf
via tobacco, to ruinous alcohol.
HOME AND FARM.
When yon harvest cabbages do not
leave the stumps in the field or throw
them on the compost heap. Either
plan helps perpetuate club root. They
9houia be burned.
Tjpmnn PllddlnoM 'Roof ttio rAllr. rt
...v..w J vtau v
two eggs light; add two cupfuls of su
gar; dissolve four tablespoons of corn
starcn in a lr.'.ie com water; put in tho
juice of twoAmons, with some of tho
grated petftTMir all together with a
tablespooQinl of butter. Bake about
fifteen minutes. When done spread
over the top the beaten whites of the
eggs and broAvn. Exchange.
The best results from wood ashes
are secured by adding a small propor
tion of common salt. Ashes contain all
the "mineral elements of the plant, and
they exert a good influence in unlock
in": fertility that would not bo other-
available, in burning anything
the chlorine it contains is carried off
with the smoke and salt, chloride of
sodium, supplies the deficiency. Cole
man" s liural World.
A correspondent of the Farmers'
Review has practiced during several
Avinters the plan oi Keeping apples in
dry
sand, poured into the filled
barrels
after
storinff in the cellar, and finds it
a "decided improvement" on any other
nton irar troA tha fruit rpmnininir till
-... vtiv w.w - - - "f-y
late snrinsr "as crisp and apparently as
fresh as when srathered." lie does like
wise with potatoes, and uses the same
sand year after year.
If peach groAvers will go through
their orchards every fall and examine
each tree closely they aviII lina upon
many of them gum oozing from the
trunk near the ground. By brushing
away the gum a small white grub with
a black head will be found drilling his
way through the bark. Kill all of these
pests and the trees will, not suffer from
borers. The early part of October is
is the best season for doing this Avork.
V. Y. Herald.
Charcoal is highly recommended as
a preventive of disease in sheep, and in
an jbnglish pamphlet tne ionowing re
cipe for its use appears: "The charcoal
should be given mixed with the food ex
cept in urgent . cases, when it may be
mixed in water or thin gruel and given
as a drench. The dose is one pint to
every twenty-hve head of sheep or
lambs; one-quarter pint per head for
full-grown cattle horses or pigs; half
the Guantitv for vounjr cattle, and two
x w rj
teaspoonfuls to one dessertspoonful for
young calves.
oteamea tjoa or uaaaock: late a
fish of four or five pounds; dress it
nicely; put its tail in its mouth, and
skewei it there. Place it on a platter.
season high AVith pepper and salt, turn
hall a pint of vinegar OA'er it, and let it
stand an hour in a cool place. Then
pour off the vinegar, place the fish in a
steamer, set it over a large kettle of
boiling water, and steam for thirty min
utes. When cooked, the flesh will part
irom tne Done easily; try it with a knife
betore taking it up. berve on a napkin,
eggs, pickled beet and sprigs of pars
ley, with draAvn butter sauce. The
Household.
Something About Barley.
ims genus oi grasses ranks in some
of the countries of Europe next to
Avheat in value. There are many
species of what is . termed barley
grasses, put tne majority of them are
coarse, weedy plants of little or no
value to,, man. 1 The grain knoAvn as
barley figures in the remote records of
both sacred and civil history, and has
been constantly cultivated from the
most ancient times till the present day.
In the days of Moses, "an homer of
barley seed was valued at fifty shekels
of silver." Barley is meutioned in the
story of Naomi and Ruth, and in many
oiner places in ine sacred records.
Plinv gives such explicit descriptions
of bailey as cultivated in his day that
there is no dlhcultv in recognizing it as
the same knoAvn and cultivated at the
present time. Columella mentions two
varieties as cultivated in Italy, one called
hexasticum and the other uistichum.
Cato, Palladius, Virgil and other
ancient Avriters speak of this grain and
its value, ffivins: full and explicit di
rections for preparing the land and
soAving the seed. Varo says that six
madii of barley should be soAvn per acre,
Avhich is equivalent to about two bush
els and two pecks of our measure.
TIih floVfra nf liarlv are Brrnnfroil 5n
a compact spike in alternate or5er on
eacn siae oi a terminal racnis or stem.
They contain both stamens and pistils,
and for this reason are termed heima-
phrodite, the organs of fertility being
enclosed witmn two paieap, the inner
one closely investing the seed, and the
outer one unwrapping and folding OA'er
the inner, and furnished with a long
awn or beard beset with three rows of
acute bristles. Three paleae constitute
a spikeiet and two glumes belong to
.... . . .
teach paleae.
Although barley is usually regarded
aa more tender than some of the other
cereals, it is cultivated over a very wide
range of country, often flourishing where
subject to great heat and long droughts,
as well as in very moist and cool cli
mates, far to the north. Owing to the
peculiar form of the flowers it is less
liable to blight from unfavorable weath
er when, in bloom than wheat. Ihe
three filaments of the latter, with their
delicate anthers, are protruded and ex
posed to every change an the AA'eather,
but In barley these orsrans" are masked
and protected by the floral integu
ments. 1
Some writers classify barley accord
ing to the time of soAving, making only
two divisions spring and winter bar-
ley. Others classify all varieties of bar
ley according to the number of rows of
gram in the ears, into six-rowed, four-
rowed and two-rowed : but the first two
are undoubtedly the same species, while
the last is distinct, ; as they have only
one spikeiet at each joint of the rachis
with a fertile flower, the ! two lateral
spikelets being reduced to a sterile rudi
ment. ' The winter and spring barley
are often interchanged, and what is
strictly a spring variety in one country
or locality Decomes a winter variety in
others. Attempts have also been made
to classify the varieties according to the
adhesion or non-adhesion of the corolla
with ripe seed, making the awned and
naked barley. Then there is what is
termed the flat-eared and square-eared
barleys. But for all practical purposes
me uiaay varieties in cultivation may
be referred to two species, namely.
jnoraeum vuigare, lour ana six-rowed,
and H. distichum. two-rowed barW.
The latter is supposed to be a native of
lartary. with a gram so long in cul
tivation as barley, and in so many dif.
ferent countries and over such a wide
range of climate, it is not strange that
it should vary greatly from the original
types ; hence the great number of dis
tinct- varieties in cultivation. N. Y.
Sun . . :
Croquet is quite a gambling insti
tution with New Yorkers. Bets of from
ten to thirty dollars are niade on games.
A. f. MOM
All For the Poodle.
Thev have poodles across the water
as well as we, and the folloAving amus
ing, story of the way two ladies in a
French railwajrrarriage "lit and lit and
snatched and bit" over one of these ani
mals is cabled ..from Pans to the New
York Tclcaram: A rather unusual trial
came up yesterday before tho tribunal
correctional tkvFaris. A feAV days ago
a wealthy merchant of Palaiseau, M.
Malaquin, accompanied by his wife, en
tered, a hrstriss compartment oi a
train to pass the holidays at Berny. An
arusi namcu jml. awsici, vnm wiuc.
Rosier entered the same compartment.
As soon as the fortifications of Paris
were passed Mme. Hosier opened a silver-mounted
crocodile skin traA'eling
bag and "out jumped a diminutive
Havana poodle. The-weather beinw
sultry, the four voyageurs occupied
corner seats, Tiding next the open win
dows. J he fifth of the voyageurs, how
ever, frisked about everyAvhere, over the
cushions and under the cushions, and
not a spot was sacred to .it. Mme.
Malaauin suddenlv became nale with
fright, and uttered an exclamation of
disgust at the cog s misconduct. Mme.
Rosier defended her pet, and the train
came to a halt at Berny. The two
ladies, both pretty and in the height of
fashion, jumped up simultaneously to
open the doc5of the compartment
Mme. Malaquin to get out and Mme.
Rosier to prevfcntMnie. Malaquin from
making a oj-int to tho railway
officials againjthe cherished " Havana
poodle. Hot words followed by blows
of parasols, ensued. The husbands in
tervened and a veritable combat was
the result. M. Malaquin had his
cheeks laid open by the sharp nails of
Mme. Rosier, and the poodle had his
hind leg broken amid the general debris
of Worth bonnets, sun shades, ribbons
and ruffled laces. The gendarmes in
terfered and took the whole party in
charge, and yesterday each of the four
voyageurs were fined 200 francs and
costs for a breach of the peace.
Nashville, Tenn., is agitating the
cent question. the smallest coin in
circulation in that city is the five-cent
piece, and shopkeepers are beginning to
see the folly of keening out the once de
tested cent- One ary goods merchant
estimates his losses at four to five dol
lars a day on account of failure to make
exact change. Another merchant is
going to use postal cards in making
chaHge if the cents do not come into
favor. A retail dealer has ordered a
hundred dollars' worth of cents, and
proposes to start the reform at once.
Ni Y. Times.
A locomotive was used in a public
frocession at Austin, Nev., to draAV car
oads of young women representing the
btates of the Union, and symbolizing
the virtues, sciences, arts and trades.
The grade of the principal street through
which the railway track runs is twelve
and a half feet to the hundred, but the
locomotive managed to march both up
and down hill at a rate suitable to the
gait of the rest of the procession, and
behaved in a very dignified and stately
manner. iJhicaqo Herald.
Captain Alexander's little boy.
while herding sheep at Copperas Cove,
Tex., was' bitten byn large rattlesnake
on one of his fingers. Doctors say the
bite would have proved fatal had it not
been for the thoughtfulness of his twin
brother, who caught ft sheep, killed it
and held Jus finger in the warm blood
of the sheep,alsor cording 'his arm.
They were only twelve years old.
Miss Henderson went to Pierre,
Dakota, to marry J. 1. Scott, but Scott
died before the ceremony was per
formed. At the funeral the young lady-
told some sympathetic ladies that Scott
was the fourth man to whom she had
been engaged, and all had died before
the wedding day. Chicago Herald.
The small-pox hospital at San Fran
cisco is filled Avith lepers. The papers
of that city advocate the building by
the tiovernment, on an island, of a laz-
eretto where all cases of leprosy through
out the country might be removed.
Kinf Solomon' Tdro of Masons
at Charlestown, Mass., the oldest Ma
son in institution in thi3 countrv. cele
brated its 100th anniversary a few day
azo.
A servant girl fell on a bracket.
Her skull, she did nearly crack it,
St. Jacobs Oil applying,
Bared her from dying -It
proved to bo just the racket.'
A steamboat Captain from Goshen,
Was hurt by a boiler explosion,
On the pains in his hip,
Bt. Jacobs Oil got the grip,
He calls it the all-healing lotion.
" A BCKNK of harn heautv " i tha vrav n
Rawlins (fi. C. nrwr nuts it In tHvlntr n
description of a ball.
SEND SIX CENTS FOR FOSTACB
For the magnificently Illustrated catalogue
oi me
MERMOD & JACCARD JEWELRY CO.,
Fourth and Locnst St., fit. Lonia. Mo.
It presents verv nlalnlv their beaitiful
goods and
You will be rurvrised to learn at teJiat
Low Prices thet sell them.
nhen m At. Louit call and set res.
Thb Governor claims a home in both
Essex and Middlesex Counties. He wish
es to please both sexes. Boston Tran-
$crtpt.
It is doubtless owing to our beine mada
of clay that wd are so easily " broke."
Mocnester Express.
VA7fT.T. tli orp ha Vi nT t.v.T i crfi t. 9' nelrarl a
tnmtriAP crt-Irktiniiai tt Anrit.hi,. whn 1 i
loved. the stock market "not wisely but
too well." 'Don't knov about the hop.
trunk out," was the reply. Boston BuU
letin.. " ., -
Quinine is a drug in the market. Grit.
Pftnrwi ... a .a.t a .v.... .... ranvf dnl
Vet it's retrnlar arm-v work. Philadelphia
Herald.
"It seems to me that the lard is dimin
ishing rapidly, Mary," said the mistress to
tne servant girl. " Yes'm," was me repiy
of the maid: "but then you know when
you bought it that it was 6hort'ning."
oomervuie Journal.
The gardener is safe in the early part of
the season. It is at the watermelon period
that he must fight. That is why he says :
' In time of pease prepare for war." If.
u. iieayune.
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Thic dish n hn nA nrofane lancruaere mav
have considerable, dash about him, but he
is running a risk of going where they have
altogether too much colon. Boston Tranr
script. 1 -
Died in the wool Mary's famous little
lamb. y. Y. Arew.
A vonso man who went into the kitch
en, where his irirl was baking, aud inad
vertently sat -down on a hot pie just from
Is Lit? UVt'Ui UUW UUaba mc
from the "upper crust.' "jiomsiown ner-
aid.
Ranks high Old butter X. Y. Journal.
The view from the Starr King Mountain
is too grand and beautiful to !e lost by
any one who can reach its top. 15 is 83,80v)
feet above th sea. Boston Post ,
Miss Carrie L. Davis was tripping
gaily down tho steps of a brown stone
front in Brooklyn tho other day when
one of her feet became entangled in her
dress and she fell bead foremost to the
stone sidewalk. She was picked up
and carried into the house, but dit d in
an hour. Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle
Advice to Consumptive
On the appearanes of tho first symptoms
as general debility, loss of appetite,
pallor, chilly sensations, followed by night
sweats and cough prompt measures for
relief should be taken. Consumption is
scrofulous disease of the lungs: therefore
use the great antl-scrofula, or blood-purifier
and strength-restorer, Dr. Pierce's
" Golden Medical Discovery." Superior to
Cod liver oil as a nutritive, and unsur
passed as H pectoral. For Weak lungs,
spitting of blood, and kindred affections, it
has no equal. Hold by druggists the world
over. For Dr. Pierce's pamphlet on Con
sumption, send two stamps to world's Dis
pinsart Medical Ass'tiow .Buffalo, N. Y.
"Pa, rogues always fallout at night. w
At night? How do you know that?" ' Be-,
cause, pa, when rogues fall out, honest
men get their dews." Louisville Courier
Journal. '
Hat-Fever. I can recommend Ely's
Cream Balm to all Hay-Fever sufferers, It
is, in my opinion, a sure cure. I wb3 af
flicted for 25 years, and never before found
sure relief. W. H. Haskixs, Marshfleld,Vt.
The worst punishment you can inflict on
a. Chinaman who has committed a crime is
to exqueues him. Lowell Courier.
Owektos, Kt.-Dr. I. F. Mundy says:
" I bar fauaa Brown's Iron Bitters one of
the best tonics, and prescribe it fre
quently." Boston should make Sullivan professor
of the Howness of the Forceful. Oil City
Derrick.
Is the black man who runs the thr re
tard game a native of Monte-negro? Cin
Qinnatx Traveler.
1300 REWARD w ill be paid for any case of
chills that chill arise will not cure, iryu.
Iir the dim dictionary of Wall street
thero are several such words as fail.
Toronto Globe.
Cancers and Other Tumors
Are treated with unusual success by
World's Uispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y. Send stamp for pamphlet.
Professor In physics: "What is Boyle's
law?" Student, with a carbuncle: "To
break out in the most inconvenient place."
Hat-Fever. I have been a Hay-Fever
sufferer for three years: have often heard
Ely's Cream Balm spoken of in the highest
terms. I used It, and with the most won
derful success. T. 8. Geeb, Syracuse, N.Y.
Can an upright man be downright hon-
a-. I. T. !
Fits, Fits, Fits,
Su'-essfully treated by World's Dispensary
Meuical Association. Address, with stamp
lor pampniet, xuii aio, Is . x.
Vesuvius threatens another " alarming
eruption." it is nign time ror Vesuvius
to be vaccinated. Pittsburgh Telegraph.
Nervousness, debility and exhausted
vitality cured by using Brown's Iron Bit
teis.
The difference between a bakery and a
printing-office lies in the fact that in the
former the pie is formed while In the lat
ter occasionally the form is pied. isomer-
viue journal.
Don't Die in the House. "Rough on Rats."
clears out rats,mice,mcs,roacbes,bed-bugs. 15c,
Pl.Ximm mrn la tha lnfaet. f-vrr-l a
shade. This will probably be followed by
11 . . 1 1 V
lue rat. tan. oomervuie journal.
BatrtMonE, Mrr. Trr. Irwin H. Elderldge"
says: "i wouia recommend a trial or
Brown's Iron Bitters in all cases of anaemic
debility or when a tonic or appetizer Is in
dicated."" A GIRL who runs away to sea has a
naughtygal inclination. The Judge.
Reddinq's Itussia Salve is an invaluable
dressing for Inflamed and sore joints Price 25c.
A Canadian contemporary asks: "Does
loldwm bmith" now stop right there
AftRA. O-fil 1 win rrraaf monv vAana
but when vou tackle the Ktnitha vmi've
got a large family to purchase. Boston
a tar.
Stinannsr. irritation, all Kidney and Blad
der Complaints,curedby "Buchu-Paiba."!!.
One pair of boots or shoes saved every vear by
using Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel tiireners.
Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Is infallible when the scalp is annoyed with
dandruff, mil's Hair Dye, black or brown, 60c
Flies, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice,
crows, cleared out by "Rough on Rats."15c
Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Renewer"
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
ALL recommend Wise's Axle Grease.
If your horses have sore shoulders
scratches, cuts or open sores of any kind,
use Stewart's Healing Powder.
flUBCS
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica
Lumbaro. Barkarhe. Headache, Toothaene,
ore Throat, Swellings, Sprains, BrsUaea,
Barai, IK-aMi, t rl is ilea,
; And AU Other BODILY PAINS and ACHES.
Sold bj DrafrtrlaU and Dealers erenrwhnre. Fifty Cents
a Dome, uiwuona in 11 1 jintnmtTr.
THE CHARLES A. TOOE1.ER CO.,
(Succeaaora to A. voeaxxs co.) Baltimore, Kd.,U. S.A.
Children's Suits.
OUR NEW
Fall Styles New Ready.
Goods all our
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to ANY sold In
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We save buyers the
jobber's profit 15 to
25 per cent.
Send for
Samples.
rX'H u
GOLDEN
EAGLE,
S. VT. CORNER
5th & Pine, -
jnfSr
ST. LOUIS, MO.
13.
O. YOUNGr. Manager.
$250
A MOTTH. Agents Wanted. sX he
selling articles In the world. 1 sample f JJJEA
Address J AX BKOJiSOX. PxTAyir. MiO
r il U V
txr-ll.t Mfl - r ft 1R- k .V tnr It
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, bunion.
it afflicted trlth Bora EtM. dm Dr. Igaao
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 2&o.
Wias'g Axle Grease never gums
TWELVE 1IOUKS AFTEIL
Ma. nBT BiBSTta. th Tea and Coffee Mrrchint.
SO Uouiton Street, NewHatrn, Conn., writes on May
18. lh3: "ItU with feeling of trmJUode, andadealre
to benefit mj fellow maa tnat 1 write 70a these few
Unei at teattmonf to the value of the greatest of all
medicines. Eight rears have I been a sufferer from
kidney disorder and Inflammation of the bladder.
Sometimes when passing water the pains were some
thing terrible, sea Id In p. burning sensation, with re
tention of nrlne, wlih sharp pains In mr side, loins,
and back, extending clear to the back Of my bead,
tended to make life miserable. I have been treated by
a number of our best physicians, and have used any
number of proprietary medicines, all to no avail, ob
taining no relief. How haute I world liave continued
in this way I do not know ; In fact I despaired of get
ting relief, until a nelphbor. who had been tery much
benefited by the use of Hunt's lUmedy, advised me to
try It; and, although 1 had no faith that It would reach
my case, yet as he spoke so hlicbiy of us great merits 1
decided to give It a trial, and it use haa been attended
1th the very best possible results. Twelve hours aft
er taking the first doso I experienced relief. I
continued on In Us use until 1 bad naed five bottles,
when all the pains bsd vanished, my otherwise good
health returned, and I am free from all pains, and am
a well man. I am confident my cure has resulted from
the nae of Hunt's Rcmcdr. and that alone.
What it has done for me I am positive it will ao ioj
others. Tou are at liberty toTise my name or mis lev
tcr la any manner you see fit."
HURT I1T A FALL.
When onlT a boy some thirteen Tears old I was hurt
quite badly by a fall, and severely injured my back and
kldneTS. and was doctored by our beat physicians, and
tried many remedies, and they all failed, until Hunt's
Remedy, was recomrwuderi to as Dyirtenua tnai naa
used U nera tn MnHrr with tb greatest success,
We purchased a bottle from Z. Foster Campbell's drug
store, and found that I Improred rery rapidly; was re
lieved of the pains In back, and after oslnKsrreral bot
tles found that I was complcU-ly cured, and I can not
orer-estlmat the good Hunt's Remedy has done me.
and can most heartily recommend It to those troubled
with kidney complaint; and you can nse this letter aa
you choose. Res pert fully yours.
ALOXZO Y. IIABSHALI,
99 Orange St., Manchester, K. B., May 7. 1883.
DR. JOHN BULL'S
Smith's Tonic Syrup
FOR THE CURE OF
FEVER and AGUE
Or CHILLS and FEVER,
AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES.
The proprietor of this celebrated medicine
justly claims for It a superiority over all rem
edies ever offered to the public for the SAFE,
CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PEEM ANEUT cure
of Ague and rerer, or Chills and Fever, wheth
er of short or long standing. Ee refers to the
entire western ana Southern conntry to bear
him testimony to the truth of the assertion
that in no case whatever will it fail to core if
the directions are strictly followed and carried
oat. In a ereat many cases a single dose has
been sufficient for a cure, and whole families
have been cured by a single bottle, with a per
fect restoration of the general health. It is,
however, prudent, and in every case more cer
tain to cure, if its nse is continued in smaliei
doses for a week or two after the disease has
been checked, more especially in difficult and
long-standing cases, usually this medicine
will not require any aid to keep the bowels in
good order. Should the patient, however, re
quire a cathartic medicine, after having taken
three or four doses of the Tonie, a single dose
Of BULL'S VEGETABLE X ASLILY xXLLS
will be sufficient.
DR. JOHN BULL'S
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP,
- BULL'S SARSAPAR1LLA,
BULL'S WORM DESTROYER.
The Popular Remedies of tha Day.
Principal Offics. S81 Bala SU, LOC1STILLE, ST.
Cata rrH cream balm
when applied by
the flnirer Into tho
noctrils, will be ab
sorbed, effectually
cleanmnjr. tho head
of catarrhal virus,
caupinjr bealthr se
cretions. It allays
inflammation, pro
tects the membrane
of the nasal pass
ages from addition
al colds,complctely
heals the sores and
restores taste and
smell. A few appli
cations relieve. A
thorvurjh treatment
will puttitivdu cure.
Aarreeable to use
HAY-FEVER
druggists. EyUrotaers,DrugKist8,dwero,N.Y
bv i
CUES WHERE AIL (LSI f AILS.
Beat Coach Syrup. Taut rood.
urn mume. mianoninvi.
an tnjnllibte cure for Piles.
Price St front drugfrtai . or
sntprPTaldrvmii!l. f-im!-
frn. AL "AXAKESIS."
Makers. Boa 3416. Kcw York.
5"B Cfl "BS !Wlrryor r"ltln Jlhoara. Free to poor
a 6 W iu 6 Da.KBPsa.2SU Arsenal St.. Su Louis. M a
ar v-
CI
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And will enmpieteW ehanfc the blood ia the entire km
EACH RIGHT FROM O.VE TO TWELVE WEEKS,
For eorinc Female Complaints then Pills have no eqaaL
sept by anail for eenta ia atawpa. SeM for parnnhK.
The Peculiar Old Mystery!
It was one of the peculiarities of the old-fashioned Doctors that they
never would tell patients what they were prescribing for them. They said
it would do the patients no good to know, and that it would only be grati
fying a foolish curiosity. Ia order to keep patients from knowing, they
would write the prescriptions in dog-Latin, so that most patients could not
read them. " All that sort of thing is now over. The patient wants to know what
he takes.' He is weak, and wants to be strong, or he is dyspeptic, and
wants to digest .well. Or he has a troublesome liver which he wants to
put to rights. So he takes Brown's Iron Bitters about which there is no
mystery at all. This is the best preparation of iron in the world, in com
bination with gentle yet efficient tonics. It gives strength. It builds up
enfeebled systems. It enriches impoverished blood. It removes feminine
weaknesses. It casts out debility. It is what YOU want, and your druggist
has it. 8
3
SOMETHING
EVERY LADY
OUGHT TO KNOW.
There exists a means of se
curing a soft and brilliant
Complexion, no matter how
poor it may naturally be.
Hasan's Magnolia Balm is a
delieate ana harmless arti
cle, which instantly removes
Freckles , Tan, Bedness.
Eonffhness, Eruptions, Vul
var Flushinffs, etc., etc. So
delicate ana natural are its
effects that its use is not
suspected by anybody.
,. So lady has the right to
present a disfigured face in
society -when the Magnolia
Balm Is sold by all druggists
for 7o cents.
3
A Dangerous Case.
RoCHMTsa. Jane 1. "TV
Tear eo I was attarfced wl:n lh
Intense and deathly pain la KWk aod
Extending to t'ae en of my toes and to
my brain I
" Which made ine delirious !
From agony.
" It took three men to hold me on my bed
at times !
" The doctors ;rieu in rain to relieve me.
But to no purpose. , ....
Morphine and other opiates
"Iladno effect!
" After two months I was given tip to die
VRon mw -!fA
hoard a rwfirrihnr tell what IIOTJ E'lttCTS had .
done for her, she at once got and gave me
some. The first dose eased my Drain ana
seemed to go hnntiag through my system
for the pain.
. 1 . ...... L il. - A
" The second dose easea me so mucn
I slept two hours, something 1 had not dona
for two montlis. Before I had used five
bottles, I was well and at work, as hard as
any man could, for over three weeks; but I
worked too hard for my strength, and tak
ing a hard cokl, I was taken with the saost
acute and painful rneumatism ail tnrougn
mv rtrvtam that WH4 PVPT known. I Called
the doctors again, and after several weeks.
they left me a cnppie on cruicnes ior jub,
as they said. I met a friend and told him
my case, and he said IIop Bitters had cured
him and would cure me. 1 poohed at him,
but be was so earnest I vas induced to use
them again. In less than four weeks I
threw away my crutches arid vrent to wort
lightly and kept on using the bitters for five
weeks, until 1 became as well as any man
living, and have been so for six year? since.
It also cured my wife, who had been so (or
years; and has kept her and my children
well and hearty with froin two to three
bottles per year. There Is no need to be
sick at all if these bitters are used.
J. J. Bebk, Ex-Supervisor.
That poor invalid wife 1
" Sister 1
"Mother!
"Or Daughter!
" Can be made the picture of health witl
a few bottles of IIopBitters!
M Will you let them sujferr'
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LQQIKIS & KYMAN, TifTlH OHIO.
districts. In tropical
ua oi nrr regions
Tlsttrd by epidemics
and Indeed In all
localities where tb
conditions are nnf
Torable to health,
this famous VKrt
ble lnvUromnt and al
t-ratlve, HettT's
Ptomarh Bitters, has
ben found a iolD6
r aaltfraard eren in
; fwbie cnfiMttutlonS
and fragJle frames,
while as a cure for
Indigestion. MHous
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