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BATESVILLE GUARD. FRANK D. DANTON, Publisher. BATESVILLE, - - ARKANSAS THE SYMPTOMS. WITH HINTS ON TRKATMXNT. First notice if he sits alone. Anti meditates or writes a lot, Or talks in an abstracted tone. Or walks about at night a lot. Observe if he delights to wade Through multitudes of “spooney” verse; And If he hints a certain maid Is peerless in the universe. And also note if he awaits The postman’s coming eagerly. Anti if he often vows the fates Are smiling on him meagerly. Observe if he appears to pine. As though affairs were grieving him. And if he’s disinclined to dine, And appetite seems leaving him. If ever and anon he groans With sobs and sighs mysterious. And mutters in abstracted tones, Be sure his state is serious. And If he raves of some “sweet dove,* And gazes on a carte at times. You’ll Know he’s suffering from love, Which much affects the heart at times. Your treatment must at first be mild— Don’t rashly mar his “mooniness,” A man’s as helpless as a child When suffering from “spooniness.” Love’s patients ne’er like being chaffed, Although they show Inanity; Just give him wedlock, that's the draught To bring him back to sanity. THE FALSE PROPHET OF THE SOU BAN. Mohammed Achmet, the false prophet of the Soudan, is the product at once of an intense religious fanaticism and an oppressive system of government. His aim is thus religious and political, while his religious pretensions are probably as sumed onlv as a means to gain a politi cal end. fie has posed as a savior of the people at a time when Moslem fanaticism has become greatly revived, and when the country was ripe for an insurrection. The worst element of a discontented and naturally turbulent population have gathered around him. Circumstances have favored him in the Soudan much as they have favored Arabi Pasha in Egypt. He is now at the head of a revolution which for the Egyptian Soudan is as great, if not greater, than that which is ruining Egypt itself. What connection he may have, if any, with the party of revolution in Egypt, it is difficult to say. After again and again defeating the troops sent against him, he is at last com plete master of the situation. Egypt lias, for the present at least, lost her hardly-won possessions in the Soudan, which, if they ever belong to her again, or if they are ever again opened to com merce, or to any civilizing and religious influence, must be reconquered wuth a large army and much expenditure of life and money. It may be interesting, there fore, briefly to note some of the causes which have led to this revolution, and to traee the career of its victorious leader. The Soudan is a general term applied to that vast and vaguely defined region of Central Africa lying between the equa tor on the south and the Great Desert on the north, and stretching from east to west nearly across the continent. The Egyptian Soudan is generally supposed to begin at Assouan, or the first cataract of the Nile on the North, but perhaps might more properly be said to com mence at the point where the Nile makes its great westward bend. It extends to the Great Lakes on the south, and from Abyssinia on the east, to and inclusive of Darfur and the provinces of the Bahr El Guazal on the west. This extensive region, many times larger than Egypt itself, was not conquered by the Egyp tians all at once, but has been annexed piece by piece, and at no time can it be said to have been thoroughly subdued or fully occupied. The Egyptian Govern ment at Cairo was continually short of funds, and the Soudan, in company with the remainder of Egypt, was the victim of many abuses. The Government as sumed the monopoly of almost every thing on the White Nile, even to the sale of seven poor parrots, one of which was blind and another lame. Contracts were sublet to the farmers of taxes. Each agent made a handsome profit for hum self, so that when the taxes, which cov ered every conceivable means of indus try down to the wheel which raised the water from the Nile, were paid by the laborer, they were many times larger than the original cxborbitant apportion ment, and we even heard of eases on the White Nile where the same taxes were col lected twoand three timesover by differ ent officials. Such being the methods of the Government, made doubly obnoxious by the corrupt officials who carried them out, it is not to be won dered at that there was a very general spirit of discontent; but never had there appeared a leader who for any length of time cotdd maintain a successful opposi tion to the Egyptian Government till Mo hammed Achmet proclaimed himself the Mundi, or successor of the Great Prophet, the expected teacher and savior of the people. This claim was suggested by the general belief existing among the Moslems that toward the end of the world a successor and expounder of the Prophet, and a fuller revealer of the will of God, was to appear. This be lief is founded on various passages and intimations in the Koran, like the fol lowing: “Say unto those of Mecca: This is my way: I invite you unto God by an evident demonstration; both I and he who followeth me.” The popular superstition prescribes certain signs and evidences by which this prophet is to be identified, some of which Mohammed Achmet is said to have shown, while he has failed in others. Several such pre tenders have already appeared, one in the vicinity of Tunis, another in South ern Arabia, but none of them have suc ceeded like Mohammed Achmet. This man was bom in the region of Dongola, on the western bank of the Nile, where it makes its great bend. He was a poor man, a carpenter and boat builder by trade. He first came into no toriety on the large island of Abbas, sit uated about 200 mi les south of Khartoum. Here, after the fashion of the fakirs and holy men, he withdrew from society and devoted himself to prayer and medita tion. He soon had a large following, and proclaimed himself the expected prophet and deliverer of the people. He wrote letters all over the countiy an nouncing himself and his mission. He was recognized at once as a leader. While many of the more intelligent Mos lems repudiated him, others, moved both by religious and political motives, and who, above all, hoped that he would show them some way to escape the pay ment of their taxes, flocked around his standard. He was secretly encouraged and abetted by enemies of the govern ment residing at Khartoum. His pres ence in so commanding a position on the Nile soon became obnoxious to the au thorities at Khartoum, and an expedition was organized to dislodge him. A de tachment of 120 men of the regular army was sent' against him on the island. These men were badly managed, and, although they were armed with the best make of Remington nfles, while Mo hammed Achmet and his band had only their spears, they were killed, one after the other as fast as they landed, till not one of the 120 was left. Not a shot was fired. It was a slaughter like the stick ing of so many pigs. The steamer with its crew and one or two officers escaped back to Khartoum with the sad news. Os course, after this exploit Moham med Achmet knew that it would not do for him with his present forces to remain where he was. He therefore gathered together all his following, men, women and children, cattle and provisions, crossed the Nile to the west bank, and fled to a wild mountain called Gebil Gedir, 200 miles southwest of the Island of Ab bas, and about ninety miles northwest of the penal colony ana military station at Fashoda. Here, in an easily-defended and almost inaccessible mountain, he took up his abode. The Baggara Arabs now began to flock to his standard in great numbers. This large tribe is noted for its restless, lawless, unruly spirit The Baggaras were the former slave hunters of the White Nile, and no doubt dreams of the return of the old times of murder and bloodshed were not want ing. The present, at least, was an op portunity that suited them, and they determined to take advantage of it We saw great numbers of them, with their spears gleaming in the sun, crowd ing along the banks with their horses and their cattle to join Mohammed Ach met in his mountain fastness. It was, however, the policy of the Government to let the rebels alone, now that they had left the river, thinking that they would soon lose their zeal and disperse for want of provisions. But a new Governor of Fasnoda had been appointed, who con sidered it his duty to signalize his loyalty by organizing another expedition against the rebels. Contrary to orders from Khartoum, he gathered the military forces from Kaka, Fashoda, and the sta tion at the mouth of the Sobat; in all, 600 soldiers of the regular army. With these he joined 200 men of the large na tive tribe of the Shillooks, under the King of the Shillooks—Boo men all told. With these he marched six days across the desert by forced marches. On the sev enth day, when the men were all tired out from the long march, and utterly unfit for action, they met the enemy. Mohammed Achmet was again victor ious The fight was turned into a slaugh ter. Sixty men were taken prisoners by the rebels; only seventy escaped by run ning for it; and all the rest were slain. The Governor of Fashoda and the King of the Shillooks were both killed. Soon after these events we traveled through the country as far as the Sobat River. As we passed the Island of Ab bas we saw the spot whore the soldiers landed and where they were slain. We saw the deserted village, already occu pied by a colony of chattering monkeys; the hut where Achmet commenced his career, and a boat which his people had left half finished. We found Kaka in a state of siege by the Shillooks, who had taken the killing of their King in the Egyptian service as a ( good pretext for throwing off the yoke of the Govern ment that had never wholly subdued them. When we landed at Fashoda we found the town in constant fear of an attack. We saw the wounded and heard the loud lamentations of those who mourned their slain. At the Sobat we found the Shillooks hostile. Twice on our way back we were waylaid and par tially surrounded by Mohammed Ach mefs men, and owed our escape only to the merciful Providence of God and our own presence of mind and agil ity in “going away from there.” On our return to the Khartoum we learned that Raout Pasha had been recalled, a new method of governing the Soudan from Cairo instituted, and that Giegler Pasha had been authorized to proceed with more vigorous measures against the rebels. While we were there, an army of some 3,600 men were gathered and sent forward under Yousef Pasha We saw them drilling, after a fashion, nearly every day. Some of them received their pay i in our yard. We had a good opportuni-' ty to study their make-up. From the first they had but little hope of success. I About 100 deserted just before the de-' parture. None of them had the first idea ! of discipline, few of them had ever fired off their guns, and 1,500 of them were raw recruits, who did not know which ' was the dangerous end of their rifles, i One man was asked how he would fire if i he met the enemy, and he held his gun I out behind his back and said: “So.” Another was asked if he had bullets ! enough, and replied that he thought his gun would hold a few more. The Gov ernment throughout underestimated the •arnestness ana strength of the rebels. At this time they probably numliered near 10,000 men. The plan of attack, as explained to us by Giegler Pasha, was for a detachment of 500 men to march from Kardofan and join the troops sent from Khartoum at Kaka, and thence march in a solid column to Gebel Gedir. Mohammed Achmet was kept informed of all these movements by his spies.- Before we left Khartoum a rumor reached us, which was afterward con firmed, that the detachment from Kor dofan had been interrupted by the alert Achmet and killed. Private advices re port that Senaar, on the Blue Nile, had been captured and all the Eu ropeans put to death. And now the news is confirmed that the army, whose defeat was expected by all who knew much about it, has been to tally cut to pieces, 2,000 out of 8,000 slain, 3,000 rifles and four cannon cap tured, with nothing to prevent the rebels from marching into Khartoum itself. The Europeans there have hopelessly de termined to make the best resistance they can. Their plan is to barricade them selves within the stone walls of the Cath olic mission and fight it out to the last Mohammed Achmet is now complete master of the Egyptian Soudan. He is flushed with victory, having never known defeat He is now at the head of an im mense horde of fierce, fanatical ami bloodthirsty Arabs. True, that their method of warfare is primitive. They even beat the rifles they have taken into lances; but the impetuous charge of Arab horsemen, armed with only these weap ons is rather demoralizing to an ill trained army. Egypt is in ho condition just now to undertake work of recon quering the Soudan. Her troops have repeatedly been ordered there, and have as often refused to go. Unless it is re conquered. and the False Prophet sub dued, that vast region must, for some time to come, remain closed to the out side world.— Rev. Henry M. Ladd, D, D.,in Christian Union. —ln Alida Valley, Lyon County, Ne vada, the other day, a small band of Indians was camping near some willows where the mosquitoes were very numer ous. A squaw left her papoose in the shade while she played Piute poker with her companions. The game was rather high, and became so interesting that she forgot her unfortunate offspring for several hours. When her attention was again directed to the child she dis covered that it had been almost eaten up by mosquitoes. They hall collected on the little thing in such numbers that its face and arms were completely raw from their attacks. So many had bitten the baby that it died next day from the ef fects of the poison.— Chicago Times. SOUTHERNGLEANINGS. Sosm Timely Bints on the Cotton Worm. As the cotton worm has lately ap peared in various localities, the following extract from Prof. Riley’s letter relative to its probable ravages in overflowed districts, published in May last, will be read with in terest by planters generally: The idea of first importance is. that the poison be applied to the under surfaces of the foliage, where the young worms start and grow until large enough to ent through the leaf and become destructive, where the poison will remain on and not be washed off by dew or each shower ot rain. To devise the me chanical means of accomplishing this on a large scale, or in a rapid manner, was the more baffling under the conditions that com £loXll7 and much expense must he avoided. nt an the difficult points have been over come by contrivances which are beautifully simple and practical, and it is to be regretted that they probablv can not be put on the mar ket before next season; hence it would not be worth while, did space pei-m t it in a letter like this, to enter upon a detailed description of the improved machinery referfld to. • • • The only desirable poisons that wilt be ob tainable In great quantities by the planters are the various arsenical preparations, and foremost among these Paris green and Lon don purple. By the ordinary method of snrinktin'r poison from water-pots or in broadcast sprays from barrel pumps, about forty gallons of water con taining one pound ot Paris green or two-fifths of aponnd of London purple, kept well mixed by stirring or shaking, mav be applied to the acre. When a bellows atomizer is u-ed to diffuse it more finely and more thoronahlv, which is much preferable, less than half t'iat quantity ot poison and water to the acre will give equally good results. In sifting on dry poison by such sifters as are usually em ployed, one pound of the Paris green to 35 pounds of such mixture of flour and ashes, or one pound of London p irple to 45 pounds of such mixture, are proper proportions to use. The flour is adhesive, holding the poison fast to the leaves, ana coating tne poisons so that they come less In contact with the surfaces ot the plant, and hence it helps to p event their caustic action or burning ot the loaves. The ashes have a still greater ameliorative effect in preventing the caustic action, and on this account it is well to use as much as one-third ashes to two-thirds flour to form the mixture. With this preparation the poison can not be too thoroughly mixed. Better devices for mlngl nr these homogeneously with each oth er are still to be sought. The best now easily prepared bv the planter consists of a barrel with a number of rods out through It end wise, and a great number of large spikes driven through its sides to project far Into the cavity. The substances to bo mixed are put into the barrel through a large hole, which is then closed, while the barrel is hung upon an axis and rotated for two or three hours. It should be added that in case the poisons recommended are in any In-tauce not obtainable, the pure urwnic or arseniat, of soda mav be resorted to, since these have be-n used to advantage, though not aiwavs with the best satisfaction, although these sub. stances are cheap, their caustic effect on the plant is greater. The mixture now most used consists of 20 grains of arsenlate of soda and 200 grains of dextrine dissolved in one gallon of cold water. Four ounces of this mixture to 40 gallons of water can be sprinkled on each acre. The common ar senic waler, which every druggist knows how to make, will answer well. To make it from the white arsenic (arsenious aci-l) and com mon (carbonate of) soda Is cheaper than to buy the arsenlate, although the arsenlate method ot preparation involves less time and labor. One-fittli of a pound ot sat soda to a pound ot arsenic should be boiled in a gallon of water until dissolved. Ihe solution Is per nanent, no stirring or shaking lielng neces sary to keep the poison mixed. One quart of the solution to 40 gallons <4 water is used on each acre. In applying pdison with flowers, a much smaller quantity ot the poison and Its dilutents will be sufficient, and when the poison Is blown onto the undersurfaces the adhesive element is no longer needed. Both Paris green and London purple, when not adulterated and wh--re properly applied, have always given satisfactory results. The Utter seems to act a little slower than the Paris green; perhaps because the worms do noteat it so quickly, tor they refuse to eat tmt-ons until they become very hungry.but It is much the cheapest, and being a finer powder Is sus ceptible of a much thinner di-t- ibution than It usually gets. If very thinly and evenly ap filled it will be eaten sooner, and when need n due time will prove equally as effective iu the Paris green. And it is likewise commend able to administer any poison whatever that is to be used so early as to destroy the worms befote they reach destructive size, and before they appear on the upper sur faces of the leaves. Planters must tie urged to watch carefully the under sur faces of the foliage throughout the culti vating season. The very young worms are less easily seen than the small spots of light made by their gnawing off little patches from the lower surfaces of the leaves. As soon as, and whenever the young ones have statted, apply the poison Immediately beneath the foliage. The plowman, or "weed-chopper," should be taught how to see the young worms, and be carefully trained to find them. At the sains time he should have, hanging from his shoulder or plow, a light bellows-atomlzer charged with poi-on ready for use. It must always be remembered that the worms are at work now, on certain plants In certain fields, from March until winter; that the killing of one early insect may prevent thousands of future pimgenv and "save.hundreds of dollars. In the wot country the early worm win prob ably be found first on the earlier -otton. on the dryer sandy ridges or higher clay slopes, while the later worms, which have generally been the flr-t ones noticed, and only observed when they appear In very destructive num bers, may, to the less careful observer, first come to view In either the same kinds of "cuts" or in the wet buckshot lands, upon which they thrive especially well In the latter part of the sea-on. Miscellaneous items. Georgia papers say that a fortune is waiting for the person who succeeds In mak ing sugar from watermelons. Kear Kingston, N. C., recently, a ne gro boy, fiycan'olil, shot bls sister, aged 4 years, dragged the body Into a Held, and hid it in the rows of cotton. He said the child began to cry, and to hush it be snapped a gun at her, as be had been In the habit of doing. The charge nearly blew off the child’s head. A curiosity in the fruit line is on ex hibition at Tamps, Fla. It consists of five distinct, fully-matured pineapples on one stem, touching each other at the sides, and apread out in the shape ot a fan, and around the top of the fan. like a handsome fringe, are nineteen crownlets, which will each make a distinct plant. Hogs near Kelly Station, Ky., are dy ing of a disease resembling quinsy. Girls may now be educated at the University of Mississippi. It is estimated that there are no less than fifty thousand fine ripe watermelons shipped north every day from Atlanta, Ha. A merchant in Tallahassee, Fla., re cently received an order for one hundred pounds of dried (Ig-leaves ot a bright color. As the order came from a large tobacco manufactory, the uae to which the leaves will be put is easily surmised. In the western counties of Kentucky some farmers draw their “wheat money’’ in gold and take It home in shot-bags. This sounds like ante-bellum times. Improvements that will cost more than $1,000,000 are now In course of con struction at Birmingham, Ala. Florida railways employ 16,000 men. Letters received at Columbia, 8. C., from responsible parties In England give assurance that money will be promptly put down to develop the production and manu facture ot )ute and ramie, if It can be shown that it can be sucecssfully raised in South Carolina and prepared for' market by a process more expeditious than that hereto fore used. There is a scheme for supplying New Orleans with water from a small stream in St. Tammany Parish, called Bogue Falava, through an aqueduct under Lake Pont cbartrain. Work has been suspended on the naval wharf at Key West, Fla. The Southern oar works at Knoxville, Tenn., turn out MOO,OOO worth of rsllroad cars and $175,000 worth of wheels every year, A woman at Decatur, Ala., came near falling a victim to tbs deadly fumes of burning sulphur a few evenings since. She attempted to rid her bedchamber of moequltoea by burning large quentities of sulphur in the room. She was partially re stored by going immediately into' a strong current of fresh air, but the stupefying ef fect waa so great that abe did not oome from under the influence for forty-eight hours. Charleston, 8. C„ will soon be illu minated by eleetrteitr. FARM AND FIRESIDE. —A small piece of salt pork cooked with string beans adds to tne flavor and richness of the dish. —Apple Cake: Two eups dried apples soakeci over night; chop them and sim mer two and one-half cups molasses half an hour; when cold add one-half cup shortening, two eggs, a teaspoonful of soda and four cups flour. Spice to the taste. —A pretty and useful rug can be made of a piece of stair-carpet Put fringe on each end. Often when the stair carpet is so much wern that a new one is neo esaary there will be a yard or more that is good enough to use for the rug. If you choose you ean put the fringe all around it— H. Y. Post. —Chocolate Caramels: One cup mo lasses, two cups sugar, one cup rich milk or cream, and half a cake of baker’s chocolate. Boil twenty minutes and turn into buttered tins. Cut into squares when partly cold. Flavor with vanilla as you remove it from the stove.— W. Y. Examiner. —Antidote for Ivy Poisoning: Bathe the parte affected freely with spirits of nitre. If the blisters be broken, so as to allow the uitre to penetrate the cuticle, more than a single application is rarely necessary, and even where it is only ap plied to the surface of the skin three or four times a day, there is rarely a trace of the poison left next morning.—ln dianapolis Journal. —Apple Pie: Take sour apples and pare, core and slice them. Put the crust in the plate and then a layer of sliced apples, and sprinkle over them a thick layer of light brown sugar, theu another layer of apples, and more sugar, and so on until the dish is full. Put on a top crust and bake. Powdered sugar sifted over the top when done, is liked by many.— Prairie Parmer. —There is perhaps more hay injured by not being dried enough than by being dried too much. One extreme is equally as bad as the other. Clover, for instance, if allowed to become too dry in the sun. will loose all of its leaves and its blossoms, and the stalks that are left are of little value. On "the other hand, if put in the mow too soon it will become mow burnt and equally worthless.—Chi cago Journal. —Corn Batter Cakes: Two cupfuls of white corn meal, one cupful of flour, two cupfuls of milk or water, one egg. one bastingspoonful of melted lard, a little salt, one teaspoonful of baking powder; make a hollow in the middle of the meal and flour, put all the other ingredients an<l stir up smooth. When there is no milk to mix up with'add a spoonful of syrup to make the cakes brown easily on the griddle. It is practicable to bake batter cakes without greasing the grid dle. It need onlv be rubbed with a cloth after each baking.— Chicago Her ald. Weed Seeds. As the season advances the numerous weeds that escape destruction begin to ripen their seeds, and scatter them over a wide extent of territory. No time on the farm can be spent more profitably than that of gathering up the weeds be fore the seeds are npe. On plowed land, where the system of clean culture is pursued, the weeds will be destroyed long before they are large enough to blossom, but on the edges of plowed land there is always a very inviting, as well as secure place for weeds to grow. It is in such locations that weeds are able to grow unmolested, until they have matured their seeds; for it is only the most thorough and careful farmers that keep the weeds down in such places. The season passes off so rapidly tnat the weed seeds are ripened before-the farmer is aware of it Coming as it does iu the haying season, when the farmer is sc hurried with work, that he has but little time to examine any fields, except those where he is at work, it is not strange that many weeds on the borders of tne fields sometimes get the start of even those who have well managed farms. A single hour with a scythe will destroy a great number of weeds; but once hoeing is not sufficient for most of weeds; many of them if cut before well in blossom, will as soon as cut grow again, sending up numerous shoots which must be cut again before the seeds begin to ripen. Twice cutting at the right time will destroy most of weeds; but there are some that so persistently send up fresh sprouts that they need to be cut several times to prevent seeding. Sorrel belongs to this class, and may be considered one of the most troublesome weeds that infect our land. When once it gets well established on a farm, it is very difficult to get rid of it. Where the land is rich it may be killed out in plowed land, and on rich grass land tbe growth of the grass is so heavy that the sorrel stands but a small chance, but on poorer parts of the farm it requires constant vigilance to keep it from injur ing the crops w He who intends to keep his farm well cultivated must see to it that no weed seeds ripen in any neg lected corner of the farm.— Massachu, sells Ploughman. Kind Hones. There are some horses whose dispo sitions are naturally so kindly that they need no special training in that direction. But, as a rule, it is best to begin their education early, and the earlier the bet ter. Petting and fondling have the same effect on a colt that they do on a child; they draw him to you, beget his confi dence, and teach him to depend upon you for many things. When you first break him to the halter, if, indeed, he is not so gradually broken as to submit to the halter at the very first without objec tion, he should be made to feel that it was only a step in education, instead of into slavery. He should be made to hear your voice gladly, and to understand that your presence is always his gain. The degree of intelligence with which he holds his nose to be rubbed, or lays it on your shoulder to be patted, is in striking contrast with the fear other horses will manifest in your presence. A little attention to colts at the right time will be more than repaid by them in their riper years.— H. Y. Sun. Good-Night. How very commonplace is the expres sion "Good-night!” and yet what vol umes it may speak for all the future time! We never listen to it in passing, that this thought does not force itself upon us, be the tones in which it is ut tered ever so thoughtless. The lapse of a few hours may, so surround and hedge it in with horror that of all the millions of words which a lifetime has recorded these two little words alone shall be re membered: “ Good-night!” The little child has lisped it as it passed smiling from this world: the lover with Ha gav dreams of the nuptial morrow; the wife and mother, with the tangled threads of household cares still in her fingers; the father, going out to death, leaving home and kin unprotected and uncared for. Good-night! The seal upon days past and days to come. What hand so rash to tear aside the veil that covers its to morrow?—Presbyterian- The Opinion of a Pbysleiaa. A physician writing of Dr. Guysott’s Teltow Dock and Sarsaparilla, having carefully ana lysed its ingredients, says: “ I feel enthusi astic over thia great health renewer. There ean be no other remedy so harmless and yet so effective. No other. possible combination ot drugs will more rapidly assist nature in hastening the core ot generad ill-health. In chronic diseases ot the lungs, liver and Kid neys and nervous system it is especially ben» flciaL In its composition I was especially pleased to find Iron, Celery and Juniper com bined with the Sarsaparilla and Yellow Dock. Iron ot itself is seldom beneficial, but in con nection with such valuable vegetable tonics its effects will at all times have a tendency to promote health and strength." "What’s the man yelling at!” asked a farmer of bls boy. “Why," chuckled the youngster, “he’s yelling at the top at his voice.” Hn. M. A. Cooirs, of Ripley, Ot, writes: “I have been taking Dr. Guysott’s Yellow Dock and Barsapar.Ua for impure blood, weak kld nevs and liver complaint. I found it very effective. What pleased me was its mildness. When I left off taking it there was no craving for its further use, nor was there any reaction and consequently no renewal of my complaint. I think a great deal ot the medicine and rec ommend it strongly.” At a family party the company was so Isrge that two boys bad to wait at -upper. When the meal bad long been over and the elder folks still sat at the table, the elder ot the boys—it was h s seventh birthday —was seen crouching on the doorstep outside the supper room and was asked: “Where is Paul!” With a dee redrawn sigh, the lad re sponded : “I don’t know; I e pose he’s some where prayin’ the Lord for his supperl”— JKmeiOs Journal. «I Don’t Want That Stuff” Is what a lady of Boston said to her husband when he brought homo some medicine to cure her of sick headache and neuralgia which had made her miserable for fourteen years. At the first attack thereafter, it was administered to her with such good results, that she con tinued its use until cured, and was so en thusiastic in its praise, that she induced twenty-two of the best families in her circle to adopt it as their regular family medicine. That “ stuff" is Hop Bitters.—standard. “H’ml” ejaculated Fogg. “80 they say this play is taken from life! I should say lather that the life la taken from the play.’’— Boeton Trarucript. Our Progress. As stages are quickly abandoned with the completion of railroads, so the huge, drastic, cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky medicines, are quickly abandoned w ith the in troduction of Dr. Pierce’s “ Pleasant Purga tive Pellets,” which are sugar-coated, and little larger than mustard seeds, but composed of highly concentrated vegetable extracts. By druggists. Oscar Witns has been taken for an Indiana herb doctor 160 times in the last three months. —AT. Y. Graphic. Tennyson's “ May Queen." Who knows that if the beautiful girl who died so young had been blessed with Dr. Pierce’s “Favorite Prescription” she might have reigned on many another bright May day. The “Favorite Prescription” is a cer tain cure for all those disorders to which females are liable. By druggists. Hsxonto a thermometer In the coolest place in the yard to ascertain how hot it is, is one of the paradoxes of civilisation.—.Vne Haven Jiegieter. Ir the blood be Impoverished, as manifested by pimples eruptions, ulcers, or running sores, scrofulous tumors, swellings or general debility, take Dr. IL V. Pierce's “Golden Medical Discovery.” Sold by druggists. Tunis members of a brass band in Illinois were practicing in a hotel struck by lightning, and never knew that anything unusual was going on.— Chicago Tribune. •.•“Necessity Is the mother of invention.'’ Diseases ot the liver, kldnevs and bowels brought forth that sovereign remedy Kidney- Wort, which is nature's normal curative for all those dire complaints. In either liquid or dry form It la a perfect remedy for those terri ble diseases that cause so many deaths. It was a Detroit girl who wanted to marry at fifteen, so as to have her golden wedding hurry up the faster.— Detroit >rw Preu. Personal I Thr Voltaic Bult Co., Marshall, Mich., win send Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on trisl for thirty days to men (young or old) who are af flicted with nervous debility, lost vitality and kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy end complete restoration of health and manly vigor. Address ns above. N. B.—No risk is incurred, as thirty daj’s trial is allowed. Tni young skipper who takes s party of Elrls out sailing should content himself with ugglog the shore.—A’. O. Picayune. C^'Nothing so simple and perfect for color ing as the Diamond Dyea. For carpet raga, better and cheaper than any other dye-stuffs. That “the living skeleton is dead” seems strange enough; but the news was announced that way in New York.—A’. O. Picayune. Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners keep new boots and shoes straight By shoe and bardwaredealers. Eternal fitness was never more appropriate ly dove-tailed in than In the euphonious name of the Gorman pianist, Hammcrllt “Rovon ox Rats.” Clears out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, vermin, chipmuuks. 15c. Tn Indians of Brasil manufacture a kind of whisky—and a most awful mean kind, too, from the roots of a certain vine. Must be the original “llckerisb root” “ Buchupaiba.” Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney D senses. *l. at Druggists. A black washerwoman will do In the city, but in the country the girls always want a white lawn-dresA.— Button Commercial Bul letin. _ Farmer^ -teamsters, don't experiment, but use Frazer Axle Grease. It is the best It afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thompson’s Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 260. Tav the now brand, ’Spring Tobaccos" THE MARKETS. NEW YORK, August 10,1882. CATTLE—Exports >l3 UU 0315 00 COTTON—Middling • I3M FLOUR—Good to Choice SOO • 0 30 WHEAT—No. 2 Red 1 15 • 1 18 No. 1 Spring • .... CORN—No.S ..77. 88 « 87 OATS—Western Mixed 60 a 65 FORK— Standard Meas >1 50 a 21 75 ST. LOUIS. COTTON— Middling • 12« f BEEVES—Exports 728 • 7 40 Fair to Good 500 a 600 Native Cows 250 a 400 Texas Steers 300 • 550 HOGS—Common to Select.... 700 a b 65 SHEEP—Fair to Choice 390 • 4 25 FLOUR—XXX to Choice 400 a SOS WHEAT—No. 1 Winter 08 • 99 NO. S “ 115 IS 98 CORN—No. 1 Mixed 77 a 78 OATS—No.t 45 a 46 RYE—No. 2 70 • 71 TOBACCO—Dark Lugs 500 O 575 Medium Dark Leaf 7 50 « 350 HAT—Choice Timothy 22 00 a 23 80 BUTTER—Choice Dairy. 20 e 21 EGGS—Choice 12 a 13 PORK—Standard Moes 31 2a e 21 M BACON—Clear Rib 13 14 LARD—Prime Steam 13 a 13M WOOL—Tub-washed,medium SI a 33 Unwashed 33 a 35 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports 725 « 800 HOGS—Good to choice « so a Bso SHEEP—Good to choice 400 a 5 00 FLOUR—Winter 600 • 700 Spring. 500 a 700 WHEAT— No.OBm-ing 1 14 • 1 15 No. 3 Red 1 iff a 1 os OORN—No. 3 70 a 79 OATSwNo.3 50 a 51 PORK—New Mete 3o 50 • 31 00 KANSAS CITY. OATTLE—Native Steers. 4 00 • 5 10 “ Native C0w5........ 350 a 330 HOGS—Sales at 700 • 800 WHEAT— No, 3 85 a 88 " No. A 79 • 80 CORN—No. 3 Mixed 74 a 75 OATS-No. 9 37 • 19 NEW ORLEANS. FLOUB—High Grades. SB 9 CORN—White 1 07 • 1 10 OATS—Ohoiee Ma 59 HAY—Choice 38 09 • 19 W PORK—Mess ... 1170 *ll 00 M • M>| P promptitude than any known remedy, and to a most genial KJB Afi tortgorant, appettoar 3 “d 114 u secretion. These are not empty • aaaertiona. M thoua *nd« of our coantry men and women who have experienced Ita effect! are aware, hut arc backed up by Ir refragabie proofs. The Bitters also give blTteß^s^ *DO A WEEK tn your own town. Terms and >OO *5 outfit free. Addi-s H .Hallett fc<x,PortlaDd.lfe NV Pwrchaatßg Co. Furnish anything wanted or • • •■ adverttacdTu U. S. Send for circular, or stamp for reply .Agents'supplies.Dunlevey&Co^Fulton-stsMT • C U ton per day at home. Samples worth M 13 W >ZU Free, Address HintoQN kCo- Portland. Me. A A MONTH and board tojour county. Me* 9k<L # or Ladles. Pleasant Rnafneas. Address W ■ • P. W.Zikglbh & C0.,80x 94,Chicago,HL ■ 1 MH & Orchestra Morie. Catalogues free. Thompson DANU A Odell. VS TreasMtSi.. Boolwn.MaM. A WEEK. Sl9 a day <t home easily made. > I ft CosUy outfit frees Address True ACo, Augusta, Ma 11 a I A Wueea sentc.oJ>. anywhere. Whola> HAI Rsule * lietail Prtce-itet Gouda gnarao- M M inu^OesiaßHUl^TWabMh^^^ a AEIITC Are making SIO a day selling HQa. It I W our goods. Send for circular and terms. Great English Cutlery Co.. Box ISSS» Boston. Mass. akev THAT —!-t AND NOT ^Lwutw S oAa2«Y'^ WEAR OUT. YnilllCMFN WANTED IMMEDIATELY to UUNO mCn learn telegraphing and take charge of offices wneu qualified. Good situations guaran* teed. Ad’sWasTMitNTaL.lNsriTU ABq&edaUa.Mo, IK Ann CARPENTERS now use our Saw I V|UUU Filer to file o’ I kinds otsnw»,so they will cut better than ever. Price SS. SO. Circulars and prices to Agents. Address E. ROTH & BRO.. New Oxford. Pa. OA Us MII I O SAW WllLLSc’^ms write THE AULTM AN & TAYLOR CO.. ansfield. O. HRCAWS ■ ■ SbKC«I All la Taue Dairflka ■ ■ bUity. IliffteMl Flro«-Cla»a Bap.. W W tafllow. Mtablhhrl «K Vpopk. MFW STYLi ». NEW SOLO STOPS. Whitaey A HUms Orgu oa.,<tauuy.lU. wellaugersT ROCK DRILLS i And the Bzirr Machinebt in the ■ World tor ■ BORING .Ad DRILLING WELLS by ■ Hort, or Steam Power I Book Frsk. Addres. LOOMIS A NVMAN. TIFFIN, OHIO AGENim WASTED FOK THE HISTORY^ U.S. BV ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. It contains nearly 300 fine portraits and engravings of battles and other historical scenes, and is the most complete and valuable history ever published, it to sold by Butmcriptlon only, and Agents are wanted In every county. Send for circulars and extra terms to Agents. Address, National Publishing Co 4 St. Louis, Mo. MAKEHENSLAY An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist, now traveling in this country, says that most of the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here are worth less trash. He aays that Sheridan’s Condition Powders are absolutely pure and immense ly valuable. Nothing on earth wifi make hens lay like Sheridan’s Condition Powders. Doee, one teaspoonful to one pint food. Sold every where. or sent by mail for eirfht letter stamps. I. S. JOHNSON A CO., Boston. Maba., formerly Bangor,Me. Pabbohi* Pubgattvb Pills make new rich blood. WP In abundance.—Bs Million pounds ILUV imported last year.—Prices lower I P 11 thsa erer.—Agents wanud.—Don’t I L n U waste time/—Send f <vr circular. 10 lb*« Good Black or Mixed, for Si. 10 lb^ Fine Black or Mixed, for S 3. 18 lE^Ckoice Black or Mixed*, for $3. Bend for pound Mmple. 17 cte. extra for postage. Then fret up a club. Choicest Tea In the world.— Largest variety.—Pleasca everybody.—Oldest Tea House In America.—No chromo —No Humbug.— Straight buslncss.-Value for money. BOB^T WELLH, 43 Veaey SU,N. 1., P.O. Box 1187. cTHE GREAT CURE; I . is tt ii far an the painful dtow of the w g KIDNKYB,LIVBR AND BOWKLS S alt eleanses the system of ths acrid poison / that causes the dreadfhl suflhring which B • only the victims of Rheumatism can realise. > I THOUSANDS OF CASES U ♦J of the wont forms of this terrible disease e g have been quickly relieved, and In short time * • PERFECTLY CURED. • U MUCK, 41. LIQUID Ok DRY, SOLD BT DRUGGISTS. £ < Up Dry can be sent by mail. □ WBT.TA. RICHARDSON A Co., Burlington Yt. “ DR. JOHN BULL’S Smith’s Tonic Syrup FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. Th. proprietor of thie telobrotod nudioi*. jutly olein, for it a eaporiority over all rem edies ever offered to the pnblio for the SAFS, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT euro of Ague and Fever, or Chille and Fever, wheth er of ahor tor long .tending. Ho refer, to the entire Weetorn and Southern country to boar bin toetimony to the truth of the aMOrtion that in no c».« whatever will it fail to cure if the directione are ctriotly followed and carried ent. In a great many case, a einglo doee hoc boon .uffloient for a cure, and whole familioo have been cured by a einglo bottle, with a per foot restoration of the general health. It la, however, prudent, and in every case more oor> tala to cure, if Ite ueo io continued in amallor doaea for a week or two after the diaeaso hue boo. checked, more eepeoially In difficult and long-etanding ouee. Uaually thia medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowelein good order. Should the patient, however, re* quire a cathartic medicine,aft er having take, three or four donee of the Tonio, a einglo doee of SUU’S TSGSTABUE FAMILY PILLS will bo enffident. The genuine SMITH’S TOHIC SYRUP mnat haveDR.JOHN BULL’Sprivate etamp on each bottle. DR. JOHN BUU only hu the right to manufacture and cell the original JOHN J. SMITH’S TONIO SYRUP, of Luieville,Xy. Examine well the label on each bottle. If ay private etamp io not on each bottle do not purchase, or you will bo deprived. JD3EX. JOHN ~ STTXoXe, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL'S WORM DESTROYER The Popular Womodleo of the Day. PrlwiMl OlSrt. Ml Bal. Ht„ LOCWTILUt. XT. MHIPBBPEMRi STROM'S PECTORAL PILLS Fw NAaMEA. BYSENTEIY, FUX, AND ILL BOWEL COMPLAINTS. The world hao never produced its equal Frepeaedhr A Wasanaja.Oo,, Bloomlnstea. HL T.VITI FwSaUeWAnSniaadMe. ifor human, fowl and animal Seek, woe firet prepared and introduced by De. Geo. w. Merohant, in Lookport, N. Y. U. 8. A., 1833, einoe which Une it hee eteadlly grown in public flavor, and la now acknowledred and admitted by the trade to be the standard liniment or the oountry. When we mak. thia announce ment wo do eo without fear of contra diction, notwithetandlngwoar. aware there are many who are more or leM prejudiced agalnat proprietary remo -2 eB ®6P" o,a Uy on account of the many bumbure on the market; however, we wondera or mlraclee for our liniment, but wo d >claim it la without an equal. H|S|i|g|S|^ is put up In bottles of tbrje and all we uk ts that S^ w ‘ig.£^^Wy OU give It a fair trial, remem that the OU put up with white wrapper lemall) is for Luman and fowl flesh, and wVMSBOWFtbHt with yellow wrapper (three sires) for animal flesh. Try a bottle. As tbese cuts indicate, the Oil is used suc cessfully for all diseases of the human, /owi and animal Huh. Shake well before using. Cannot be Disputed. One of the principal reasons of wonderful success of Mer- Gargling OU-is that It Is inufactured strictly on honor, ■^^■gutelts proprietors do not, as Is the ^^^^^^^•case with too many,after making fortheir med.cine a name, diminish its cure* tive properties by using inferior compounds, but use the very best goods to be bought In the market,regardles. of cost For jM^^^Bßphalfn century Merchant’s Gar gling Od has been a synonym for honesty, and will continue to be ii’-'Ss, - •’’'SlMls 0 lo ng «« time endures. For BgßH^Mßsale by all respectable dealers throughout the U. 8. and other countries. Our testimonials date from 'B3® the present. Try Merchant's Gargling Oil Liniment for inter nal and external use, and tell your igBHMMa-neigbbor what good It has done. Dont full to follow directions. Keep the bottle well corked. OIIDEO Burns and Sprains and Bruises, UUntu Scalds. Stringhalt, Windgalls, Chilblains, Frost Bites,Foot Rot In Sheep, Scratches or Grease, Foundered Feet, Chapped Hands, Boup In Poultnr, External Polsons, Sore Nipples, Curb, Band Cracks,Poll Evil,Cracked Beels.Old sores. Galls of all kinds, EplzooUc, Lame Back, Swellings, Tumors, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Flesh Wounds. Sit fast. Toothache. Rheumatism, Ringbone,Foul Ulcers. Spavins, Sweeney, Garget in Cows, Farcy,Corns, Whitlows, Cracked Teats, Weakness of the Joints, Callous, lameness, Conti action of Muscles, 1 Horn Distemper. Cramps, Swelled Legs, Crownscab, Quitter, ■Fistula, Mange. Thrush, , Abscess of the Udder. Caked Breasts, Boils. Ac. •1,900 REWARP for proof of the existence ah of a better liniment than “Mer chant's Gargling Oil,'' or abetter worm medicine than“Mercbant’s g, WormTablets.“Manufacturedby gHS|MR>M.G.O.Co..Lockport.N.Y.,U.B.A "JOHN HODCE, Sec’y. ~ - EDUCATIONAL^ 4JPRINGFIELD (ILL.) Business ColiegeTcempiete O Actusi BuslnewPractice, Send for Ooi. Journri tres RBTAXT a BTBATTON Business andTetegrapk College, St. Louis, Mo., quaMfles young men ■pnsltlOM. 800studeaislsit remote Sena f üßoulaa JOHNSON'S COM'LCOLLEfIE^^ year. Specimens of Prsmsmhlp sad Cboalsn. Fnw ' II niIENGUND CONSERVATORY OF J RI L WMIICir * SCHOOL OF ENGLISH 111 WulUolu BRANCHEB.LAN6UAGEU 11 Li IANIXELOCUMNIHMICALCUUUM ■SPLENDIDIY.FURNISHED. 1 IN THE HEART OF BOSTON. I RARE ADVANTAGES,LOW RATEI SEND FOR CIRCULAR E TOURJEE. AGENTS (toadies er D«atlemea> Make Money Fast Handling Mrs. Owens’ Cook Book. lavalaable to Hoaeekeepei**. Practical and Popalar. Outfit SIJS. r. E. OWENS, 830 Fulton Street, Chicago* RAILROAIIGAZETTE. I JOUMfiL OF TRIRSPORTITIOR. Engineering nnd Rteilrond News. PnMhhed st 78 Broadway, Now Tert ad>S#par aaaaa^ s |FeffiCaka fl'eee THE ST. LOUIS MiDLANO FARMER la the om< and chtapMi Axrioultiiral Monthly. No pre* mluxi. No clubs. We simply ask cento for each aubocription Every Farmer wanta It. Eatabllahed nine years. Sample copy for 3-ccnt stamp. Addrcas MI»nAND FARMER, Mt. Übla, Mo. STANDARD IRISH READIMI AIR O ■JECITATIOXft. — B *st pieces In prose and verae. eta. Any newsdealer or bookseller. f flli MB IIEUABLE.'’ l ;i ' Da Sanfobd’s Lzvxb Intioobatobl I ;h a Standard Family Remedy for > I riiaeaaesof the Liver, Stomach ’ ! and Bowels.—lt is Purelyj <;Vegetable.— It never ’ ; ^Debilitates—lt is 11 wji [ ; 'Cathartic and kg | [ ; iTonio. ■ fkJPvd 6 1 Wil P iW^a ! ! 1 1^5 W. : sWSP : v o ^fillaJ llwPWoMioN ; ^.*Mklll AJNp^has been used ; aHW ■My in my practice SM ■ the Public. SnßrT^for mors than 35 years,; U with unprecedented results.' 100 Page Book Mnt frwo. it. T. W. SMnRDf M.DmVJw^^Vy STROM’S PECTMIL PIUS A BUM WMEBT FOK OOLK AM RHEHATin. 3nStSr?MSSihSt2SiBSIBSSS.S BUGGIESBSSSaSSg A M. L, X MS wan WRITING TO ADTRBTUEB. Fteaee atg yon sow the nMeMlaoatoaS la this paper.. JUvwtteeseUkatoknowwhan inghMS.