r
Til E II ERA L D.
All Sorts.
Five tclfjzrajihic cables now unite Sici
ly with the main lanl of Italy.
Tho k'tn of Bnrmah married Lalf
ibter. Ia Bunwah this is conect.
The thurchvs of Jersey City, N. J., are
troubled with marauding liiblc-lmrncrs.
A New York woman who insists on
wearing a blue night-cap is adjudged in
sane. Up to the present time over 20,000
siiver mines have been located in Ari
zona. The tood harvest of this year has nuict-
ed the financial troubles of Autro-lluu-gnry.
The oyster business of Virginia employs
10,000 men incatchiDg-, opening and shipping-
The New York Herald hope9 to sec the
elcvtiic light do away with diamond
at uds.
England transported much loss iron
rail than in 1S77, but 20,000 tons more of
s! eel rail.
Iu Thitodeaux, La., there hi? fitty lep
ers. The original one arrived there twen
ty years go.
In India there are now 7,331 miles of
railroad in operation, of which 800 have
double trucks.
Now England railroads have decided to
discontinue the issuance of half-fare push
es to clergymen.
Dc'aware and Virginia are the only
two States that have officially ad -pted
the whipping post.
A Stradivarhis violin was Fold in Talis
for the 6iim of $6."50, and at the same sale
Garneriu9 brought $4 10.
" A New Haven man, 41 years old, has
liecn fined $0 and sent to jail for four
months for assaulting his mother. .
"It is molaiirholy; says Otiida, to tee
bow large the prioit!n is of young la
dies who marry solely to get rid of their
mothers.
During the last three years more than
$3,000,000 has been sent to the Mansion
House, London, for various charitable
purposes.
When a poet wrote, "No sleep till morn
slmn ArmiHi anil lxmfv meet " he nrubfi-
bly alluded to a mi who wears her shoes
too small.
Dr. Henry Blodgett, a missionary in
China, estimates flic number of deaths by
the recent famine in the noitheru provin
ces at 10,000,003.
If a man says "I haven't saw," he is
from Philadelphia. Isnnnrille Ccrurier
Journnl. And if he says ! done saw,"
he is from Louisville. (Jmj7ie.
Josh Billings says that the difference
letween a blunder and a mistake is this:
"When a man puts down a bad umbrella
and takes up a good one, he makes a mis
take; but when he puts down a good one
and takes up a bad one, he makes a blun
der." A tramway with steam locomotive situ
ated in the hody of the car is now run
ning in the town of Ve!l;nuton, New Zea
land. The New Zealandcrs find, as'oth
ers have, that the escape of the steam and
smoke is attended with uupleasntucss and
considerable noise.
An Indianna man took a friend home
tott atheotl cr cvcirng witbou! gi ing h's
wi to notice. That n;g-it she tali ed heiself
int a paralysis of tin; tongue. Now, a 1
the men iu the ne ighborhood are sending
f.r friend:? and taking them homo at all
hours, but the women aro too sharp aud
r?tain a most dogged silence.
A little girl, daughter of a clergyman,
being left one day to "tend door," and
o! eying the summons of the beil, she
f.mnd a gentleman on the steps who
wished to see her father. "Father isn't
in," said she, "but if it's anything aliout
your soul I can attend to you. 1 know
the whole plan of salvation."
"3Iy dearest uncle,"' snys a humorous
writer, "was tho most polite man in the
world. He was making a voyage on the
Danube and the boat sank; my uncle was
just on the point of drowning. Jla got
his head above water just once, took oil'
rr's hat and said, 'Ladies and gentlemen,
will vou please excuse me?' and down he
went.""
A good ktcry is told of a clergyman in
a Madsnci-U'iolt-i town who forgot his nof s
on a Sabbath moruing, and as it was too
late to si nd for them, he taid to hi audi
ence, by way of apology, that this morn
ing he should have to depend upon the
Loid for what he might t-ay, but in tho
afternoon he would come better pre
pared. Billy Ballou, a companion of Mark
Twain, in Nevadn, and one of the latter's
characters in "Boughing It," is dead. He
was a gold adventurer in the early days of
the Pacific coast, but usually had bad
luck, and latterly became a" drunkard.
He had a thorough education, and was, at
lus lest, a clever writer for San IVancisco
newspapers.
Shakespeare was married at 18; Dante,
Franklin and B.ilwer, at 24; Kepler, Mo
zart and Walter Scott, at 20; Washington,
Napoh-on 1. and Byron, at 27; IIosiui,
the first time at 30, and the second time
at 54; Schiller and Weber at 31; Aristo
phanes, at 30; Wellington, at 37; Talma,
at 30; Luther, at 42; Addison, at 44;
Young at 47; Switt, at 40; Buffoa, at 5 ,
aud (ioetlic, at 57.
A young married lady wears a peculiar
breast pin which has excited admiration.
It is apparently a beautiful carving in
some dark, glossy stone, of a lion's head
heavily set in red go d. In reality it is
the front of a favorite me rschaum belong
ing to her hiuband. lie was an inveter
ate smoker, but to ph aso her gave up the
habit, and she wear- this peculiar orna
ment as a trophy of her yijtoty.
A tramp who was mangled by a rail
road train in Kentucky, proved to be a
woman in man's clothes. The frequency
of sucli cases indicates that it is a com
mon thing for women to pas for men, the
Usual object being to get work more read
ily and at higher wages. It is said that
robust women often work in the Peansyl
vania coal mines in male attire, but with
out taking- the trouble to pretend that
they are men.
Candidates for employment as teachers
in the Sun Fram isco public schools aio
compiled to undergo an examination.
Printed iucstions are given to them simul
iai?ouslyt and they are, iu theory, made
to wiite out the answers without previous
epecial preparation. Jt now transpires
tnat copies of the quwtions have been
given b -foiehand 'to such candidates as
employed a certain tutor to prcpaie them
for ihj examination. The price was $100.
A A. -A it. - 1". ' t . .
j. b mucin, at mc cuiersuy i ugiuia,
thus describes the present condition of
Jefferson's homestead at Monticello:
The house is in good condition, and in
its entrance ball, as a centrepiece in the
ceiling, still flaps his wings that great
bird symbolical of American liberty, the
eagle. In tins hall also is a ladder old
Tom daily ascended in order to wind up
a clock whose weather-beaten face is seen
as the houso is approached; it was made
by his own hands, and U a very ingenious
thing, looking, when t-hur, like a square
rod. The room and bed he died in, tire
jail wherein he confined his slaves, and
his numerous wine cellars are well pre
perreel; but the tunnel, by means of w hich
ho escaped the Ihi'.i.-h in 1312, is now no
thing more tha:i a hole ia the ground, j
with a few bushes g; owing around as if-to i
Hide and keep it in remembrance." 1
Wheat Cultivated with a Hoe.
A yiehl of eighty-four bunhels of wheat
to the acre has liccn reported in England.
The wheat was cultivated like corn, with
a hoe. The seed was p'.anted in drills one
foot apart, and four in: lies apart in the
rows. Tho Bpaccs between the drills
were carefully cultivated until the plants
had attained sufficient growth to inter
fere with the work. Another experiment,
faulting- iu a yield of sixty-nine busheis
per acre, wa3 planting with rows C inches
apart, and four inches apart iu the rows.
Depths of Lakes.
The Bavarian Courier publishes an in
tercsting compaiativj statement of the
depth of lakes. Among European lakes
the Achensee, in the Tyrol, heads the list.
At some points the depth of this lake
amounts to 2,500 feet. The greatest depth
of the lake of Constance is about 975 feet,
that of the ( hicmsec about 438 feet, and
that of the Walchen and Konigscc, Gil
feet. The mea.s-:reineijtj made about
1870 at the Dead S a showed that at its
d-'epest part its depth is l,S3(i feet, but if
we cons d-r that the l .vel of this lake is
aircady 1,314 feet below the level of the
Mcditeirtnean, then we fi id that the to
tal depresrion in the soil here amounts
really to 3.2o0 feet. The lake of Tiberias
is extremely shadow in comparison; on
i h eastern part the average depth is only
2'j f t whilr; on the western fide it lies
I c worn 10 and 22 feot. I-i Ink-.- BailSil
de4 ths havj been 'our.el wh'ch for a hike
ar utu-rly astonishing. In the upper
part of the lake the tha depth is 10,-rOO
feet (about the hight of Mount Etna), but
downward the bottom constantly ;e
sc nds, and near the opposite bank the
depth amounts to 13,230 feet. The depth
fir exceeds that of the Mediterranean Sea
which at its greatest part measures only
7,800.
A Few Precepts from Con fur I as.
"Be severe to yourself, and iudulgent
to others; you thus avoid oil resentment."
"The wise man makes erjuity and ju--tice
the basis of all his conduct; the right
forms tho rule ot his behavior; deference
and modesty mark his exterior; snieeii y
and fidelity serve him for accomplish
ment." "Lore virtue, and the people wiil be
virtvous:the viitue of a great man i-i like
the wind; the virtue of the humble is like
the grass; when the wind passes over it
the grr.s inclines its head."
"Children should practice filial piety at
home, and paternal deference abroad;
they should be attentive in their actions,
sincere and true in their words, loving
all with the whole force of their affec
tion." "Beturn equity and just'ee for evil
done to yon, ami pay goodness by good
ness." "Yi hout the virtue of humility, one
can neither be honest in poverty nor con
tented in abundance."
"Ileal virtue consists in integrity of
he.-.rt and loving your neighbor as vour
eif." "What I desire that others should not
do for me, I equally desire not to do to
them."
"Think not of faults committed in the
pastjWhcn one has reformed his conduct."'
Examine the Combs.
It is the easiest thing in the world
when youknow how 'tis doni to tell
when your fowls are in ill health, even in
the incipient stages of any disease or ail
ment, if you but examine your flock care
fully. The comhofeaca fowl is a true
index to the workings of their systems.
If they be in ill health, the comb w ill lose
color and will become far less firm in
texture; as the mala ly increases the col
or decreases, till a very sick bird will
show a comb almo.-t devoid of scarlet col
or, being of a livid dull crimson, or else
pale or ashy in appearance. If the chol
era or any dise::sj should come into the
flock, carefully examine the combs of
each biid, morning and" night, and all
those which are wanting in that bright,
rich color which denotes perfect heaith,
remove at once from the flock to a place
remote, where they should be at once put
under medical treatment.
The comb of the fowl is an honest index
of tho true inwardness, aud should daily
b2 consulted by the fancier who values
tho health and well-being of his flock.
Look at the comb of a laying hen or pul
let! She is in the height of health and
strength antl carries her unfailing sign of
healthfulncss on her head, in the shape of
a b'ood-red, bright and full comb. A
vigorous cock or cockerel will carry the
same sign, though not, perhaps, in so
cmineut a tlcgree as his harem.
Why It Pays .to Read.
One's physical frame his body, his
muscles, his feet, his hand- is only a
living machine. It is his mind, coatrol
ing and directing that machine, that
gives it power and efficacy. The success
ful use of the boely depends wholly upon
the mind--upon its ability to direct the
will. If one ties his arm in a sling it be
comes weak, and finally powerless. Keep
it in active exercise, and it acquires vigor
and strength, and is disciplined to use this
strength as desired; just as oae's mind by
active exercise in thinking, reasoning,
planning, studying. olserving, acquires
vigor, strength, power of concentration
and direction.
Plainly, then, the man who exercises
his mind in reading and thinking, gives
it increased power and efficacy, and great
er ability to direct the efforts of his physi
cal framo his work to be'.tcr results
than he can who merely or mainiy uses
his muscles. If a man reads a book or
paper, or even one he knows to be errone
ous, it helps him by the efforts to com
bat tho errors. The combat invigorates
his mind.
Of all men, the farmer, tho cultivator,
needs to read more to strengthen his rea
soning powers, so they will help out and
make more effective, more profitable, his
hard toil. There can be no doubt that
that farmer who supplies himself with the
most reading the most of other men's
thoughts and experiences will in the
end, if not at once, be most successful.
Precocious Children.
Baillct mentions 103 children endowed
with extraorelinary talents, among whom
few arrived at an advanced ag. The
two sons of Quintiiian, so vaunted by
their father, did not reach their tenth
year. Hermogcns, who, at the age of l.",
taught rhetoric to Marcus Aurelius, who
triumphed over fhe most celebrated rhet
oricians of Greece, did not die, but at 24
lost all hi faculties and forgot all that he
had previously acquiicd. Picade Miran
dola died at 32; Johannes Seeundus at
2-, having at the age of 15 composed ad
mirable Greek and Latin verses and be
come profoundly versed in jurisprudence
and letters. Pascal, whose genius devel
oped itself at 10 years old, did not attain
the third u" a century. In 1791 a chiid
was lrn at Luln-ck, named Henri Ileine
kem, whose precocity was miraculous.
At ID months of age he spoke eli.-tinct'y ;
at 12 'earned the Pentateuch by rote, and
at 14 month's was perfectly acquainted
with the Old and New Testaments. At
two years of age lis was as familiar with
ancient his'.ory aa the most erudite au
thors of antiquity. Sanson and Danville
only could compete with him in geo
graphical knowledge. Cicero would have,
thought him an "alta ego-" on hearing
him " converse in Latin, and in modem
language he was equally proficient. This
wonderful child wus unfortunately cairted
off in his fou.th year. According to a
popular proverb, "tho sword wore out the I
sheata"
The Domestic Monthly.
The January number of the Domes
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new things in all departments per
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The department devoted to litera
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serial, "Her Tiiree Lovprs;" an exquis
ite shot t story, called ".Sir Oalahad;"
an instrr.ctve paper on Household Art,
by "Howard Glyrdon;" the third arti
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series of "Flower Talks;" a number of
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by the "Mosaics' Man," etc.
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School Government.
In years of school work I have become
more and more convinced that it is not
best for school or scholar, that every thing
should go on like clock work.
We have too many and too rigid rules.
For. example, that common one forbidding
pupils to whisper, turn around, write
notes, notice affairs in the room, laugh,
smile, or in short do any thing except sit
boit upright for six hours in the day.
This is too much tor any teacher to ex
pect, and iis rigid enforcement develops
an amount of lying and passive deceit,
which both teacher and parent alike de
precate aud wonder at.
So much stress is laid upon this point.
The violation of the rnle is declared 6uch
a serious misdemeanor, that though the
puprts ide:is may be v; ry clearly defined
as to its absurdity, his love of approba
tion disinclines him to confess himself
guilty of the grave offense.
So it frequently happens that at roll
call a sc holar's report is disputed, and thus
a threefold evil results. That of a bad
example to the school, he double humil
iation to the pupil from lying ;.nd being
found out, antl a spirit of defiance at the
utter lack of charity for his fault.
It is very true that pupils should uotbe
have in this manner, but that is not the
jKint. They ilo it, and the question is,
how far we are justified in leueling them
into temptation. It is perfectly natural
for children sitting iu the same scat to
whisper occasionally, write notes when
not allowed to do so, and feel interested
in, and noaco their fellows, for in that
way they learn things as important as
their lessons. It is especially natural
that, trader the restraint of the school
room, their keen sense of tho ludicrous
should bo harel to control.
Are we not then at fault in this business
from begining to end? And is there not
some wise, kind, way of appealing more
directly to a, child's honor, aud regarding
him. a. iiitis lss ia the light of a machine.
Popular c!ence.
An English paper says that Americrn
made h-inos ;ne more eu.-gar.tly designed
' and better finished than tneir own.
A Prague chemist has invented a miir r
which reveals the contents of wine casks
without removing the head.
The EmjM'mr of Bray.i! has engaged
Mr. W. M. Boberts, of Philadelphia, to
superintend the improvement of tiic water
highways of the empire.
A caigo of Carrara marble, lost eight
years ago at sea, and recently recovered,
was found to be completely honeycoinbuel
by some marine boring animal.
The heretofore reg irded worthless sage
barrens of Ntvad-i are found to be excel
lent pasturage for Cashmere goats. A
single herder near Carson has a flock of
three thousand.
T.drty years ago the profession of min
ing engineer was almost unknown in the
United States; to-day the American Insti
tute of Mining Engineers numbeis over
seven hundred mem he: s.
Wonder of wonders, an international
j cxniumon is ror.icmpznicu in icntrai
Asia, it will le JieM at lashkenU.
tJrcat preparation? are being made, and
the Government will offer gold aud silver
medals ami honorary halhius.
Geologists having reported that therj
is iu Japan enough workable coal to pro
duce a yearly yied equal to that in Gr -at
Britajn for one thousand years, the Japnn
cc Government have agreed to grant a
loan of $1,500,000 for the purpose of
working them.
At a recent meeting of influential grain
merc hants, in London, it waWesolved that
all grains be sold by-weight, and that the
cental of one hundred pounds (the most
convenient standard) should be legalized
for general use.
Inexhaustible beds of ignite have been
found between Jaffa and the Dead Sea.
This, w ith the asphaltum, also abundant,
will make the Holy- Land a coal supplier
for all Egypt aud Syria, both of which,
having no wood, pay from $12 to $14 a
ton for foreign coal.
A gas clock has been placed on exhibi
tion in England. The motive power is
hydrogen gas produced by the action of
sulphuric acid and water in a zinc globe.
As the gus is generated it raises a glass
bell cover, w hich as it rises moves a lever
that controls tiie hands of the clock.
Information from Africa still continues
encouraging. The Abbe Dchaisc when
lust h. aid of was in thcLVeguha country,
ami had written to Zanzibar of his confi
dence in prosecuting his mission. Lieut.
Gambler, of the Belgian expetiidon, who
left Bagamoyo early in July, ftad readied
Mpwampwaby a route half-way b-.'tween
that traced by Messrs. Stanley aud Price.
Mr. W. II. Preece, the Eng'i-h electri
cian, said before the British Society of
Arts the ether day that he looked upon
the subdivision of the electric light as a
practical impossibility. He added that
he had visited Mr. Edison in America, and
passed two very pleasant daj's in his lab
oratory. Mr. Edison, he said, "was an
extremely ingenious man, but his ingenu
ity often carried 1dm to extremes. Not
having s?cu Mr. Edison's light ho could
net say veiy much about it, but he feared
Iu had tumbled into a tremendous mare's
nest."
A naturalist has recently made some
experiments with nth r a glia-t!y subject
the head of an Egyptian mtu.nny. He
found the who'ic head covered with what
at fir-t appeared to be: rolls of hair, but
upon examination proved to be an Imita
tion of hair a veritable wig. The wig
was formed of tluee layers overlapping
one another, and arranged on the l ead
not unlike the hair wo n by some ladies
now. A smaitly trimmed hat was pi;:e. d
on the head to ry the effect, which went
to confirm the natiu alit's opinion that the
mummy ntr.st have been a woman, lie
also washed one side of the mummy'
face with w arm w ater and speng , and re
vealed, he says, a face ''very good-natured
and smiling."'
L.IK-UIPU. JJ lit KJ
We recently were permitted to catch a
glimpse of royalty in perusing a letter
from Ottawa, written to one of our good
ladies by her husband, who visited the cap
ital of the Dominion ou buines, writes a
correspondent of the Kccord. Speak
ing of Louise, he says, "but, oh my 1 she
does dress wonderful. I saw her at the
Firemen's ball. Her clothes seem cut off
at tl.e top, somehow, ami to have slipped
dowu from he. thr at a good ways, so
that they drag on the ground dreadful.
I should think she would have a sore
throat all the time. The dress, w hat there
was of it, was a tamarind colored satinet,
with inwrought British lions rampant,
with yellow tails lashing vigoro sly, cut
(the dress, not the tails,) with a melan
choly bias which brought tears into the
eyes of all beholders, and fringed with
pendent paste imitation codfish eyes, pre
sented her by the English Commissioners
of the Fisherv Swindle, sometimes called
"Award." There was a horrid fascination
about those eyes as they oscillated in the
s.iuce."
Feed tho Calvts Better.
Tho Iowa State Register gives some
good advice in the following, which isap
piicablc not only in Iowa, but everywhere
else :
The crop of corn is immense and of the
best quality. What will you do with its
We would suggest that a goodly portion
of it be fed to calves and young stock, a
class which has been b oinuch neglected
heretofore. It is time for Iowa to cease
sending runts, dwarfs i nel scrubs to mar
ket. It is also time to qu't eating poor
beef at home. It is charged that a cer
tain class of our population only cat such
as they cannot sdl. Thisi lamentably
true of our l)cef. Ou:- but hei tell us
that thoy cannot afford to buy good beevt s
lor our home market, so th ; Iowa butch
ers buy old cows, scrub or deformed
steers, etc., which will not pay ti s'-ivl to
the eastern markets. We propose to
cease raising poor beevi s . But to do t iis
more attention must be paid to the calves.
And now is the time to begin. Corn i
plenty and cheap, and beat' of very fair
price, and is likely to be, especially of the
superior quality. If the calves git poor
this fail ami winter, they will never en
tirely r -cover fiom it. And a calf w l i h
g 'ts pc or during the first w inter w id never
make a bjef whose flesh will be. as tender
and juicy as one which was kept thrifty.
But this is not all. It w iil be small w!i n
it goes to maiket at the end of three
years, and will command only scrub
prices. Ten bushels of corn-meal fed to a
calf, in addition to its ordinary rations,
will make a return of fifty cents per bush
el. While the coin fed to a steer when
starving him through the first two years of
his life, will not net the owner twenty
cents per bushel. The best way to sell
corn is to drive it to market in the shape
of good, fat steers. And the time to com
mence is early in the fail with the calvc3.
Have no more little "pot-bellied"' calves
in the spring of the year, which will take
half the summer to recover from the stint
and starving during the winter. Barley,
too, is better for calves than for beer.
Never sell oats at twelve cents w hen they
can be so easily converted into bones and
muscles of calves. It is too late to talk
about turnips aud rata bagas for calves,
but corn, oats and barley are plenty and
cheap, and we hope that they will be so
used that the beeves two or three years
hence will be of a far superior type to
any Iowa has heretofore taken to market.
Tho best class of beeves only pay, and the
only way to have them right is to begin
with the calves. There is a goodly num
ber of them in the State the food for
them is plenty and when perfect in form
and flet.li, the world demands theui at
highly remunerative prices.
FULLS I
A NOTED DIVINE SAYS1
THEY ARE WORTH THEIR
WEIGHT in GOLD
READ WHAT HE SAYS !
Da. Tctt : Dear Sir : For ion virs I hare
tvu a martyr to Dynix-ps-s. C;.rM;ntion and
Pilif. I-axt Spring your Fill wrie rt-commeutleil
tome; I nwd Uieia ( but Tvirh little Jaith). I
am now a wuil man, have pood ujipetite, dijrw
tion perfect, retrnlar stools, piles goue, and I
have (ruined forty pounds solid fieeh. They an)
worth' thnir weight in fold.
Rev. It. L. SIMPSON, Loulsyine, Ky.
TUTT'S PILLS
Curb bick Head-
iCUE.
TUTrSPSLLS
Ccm: Dyspepsia.
Dr. Tutt nns been en
grnjred iu tliu pracUca
of medicine 30 years,
m.l for a long tinio
was DemonifUutor of
Anatomy in the Med
ical College of Georg
ia, hence ixTKOns using
liia PUls nave the guar
antee that they aro
pn-parwl on BtieutiJlc
Friiiciples,nnd are free
rom all quackery,
lie has succeeded ia
combining iu them the
heretoiore antagonis
tic qualities of a
st rength en inj,pit rpatice
antl a p'irijyvig "tonic.
Their firft apparent
effect is to increase tho
appetite by causing the
lixd to iiropcrly s
Fimilnte. Thus the sys
tem is nourished, and
by their tonic action
on tho digestive or
gans, regular and
Iieallhy evacuations
aro produced.
The rapidity with
which persons tale vi
tlcrk, while tinder the
influence of tli--e pills,
of itself indicates their
adaptability to nourish
the body, and henco
their eft'feary in curing
nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia,
wast ing of the muscles
sluggihhuesB of the liv
er, chronic constipa
tion and knportiiig
TUTT'S PILLS
Cube Constipation.
TUTT'S PILLS
Cuke I'iles.
TUTT'S PILLS
, Cure Fever and
AouEr
TUTT'S PILLS
Cuiie Bilious Colic.
TUTT'S PILLS
Cure Kidney Com
plaint. TUTT'S PILLS
Cuke Torpid Liveu.
health and strength to the system. "
A DOCTOR SAYS.
Dr. I. G;:V Lewis, of Fulton Ark., writes ; "One
year aso I was taken sick, a friend argued to
Ftronglv in favor of Tutt's rills that I was in
duced to use them. Never did liuidicino have a
happier effect thrui in my caso. Afti-r a practice
of a quarter of a c ntury I proclaim thorn tho
best an!l-biliou3 medicine ever used. I have pre
scribed them iu mv practice- ever einco."'
SUPERIOnSTY OF
TUTT'S P8LLS.
Th .y are couiponndod from mcuichiJ sul)!aii
ce.i that are positively free- from uny pro;c:-tics
thut cm in the least degree injure the moi-t deli
cate organization. They search, cleanso, purify,
and invigorate tlie entire system. Dy reiieving
1 13 engorged liver, they cleanse the bod (;om
poisonous humor, nnj thus impart renewed
health tnd vitality to tho 'ody, causing ihe bow
els to act naturally, without which no one can
i --id wil
A TORPBD LIVER
Is th? fruitful sor.i'.c of m;iir-de::es, prominent
amsng which ora Dyrp psia. Mck-IIeudr.chc,
Costivenets, Dysvntery, Bilious Fever, Agtt J and
Fever, Jai.uiiec, Tiles, Kheuinatism, Kidney
C'o:np!aii.f,'Co:ic, etc.
Tutt's IMI- exert a i!:rict and powerful influ
ence oa the J.iver. n: l will, with certainty, rcl.i-vo
ftat important org.Mi iroui lii.-ease, and restore
its noniial functions.
soid rvrHYVirrr.r.
WTICE, 53 ST., KE"W TOILS'
CMCa0 Burliastsa & Qaincy R. R.
IS THK-
DIRECT ROUTE
i!::rw::i::-; thk
East and W est.
Running Through Cais
r f if t
Gouiicil Bluffs,
C()NN!:.'TINi WITH THK
Union Pacific Railroad
roil am. ro:.NTj in
irroif.vr;.
MOXTAXA.
. EVA DA.
a my. ox a.
IDA lf,
- AND
1' si zi ; r ; u t; a :i f
TO
KAIsiJiS CUT. TCFEKA,ATUlLse 5. S:.j35Spi
And t'i. S7i' ) !;T LINK ti :til ixi'ntn on llio
JIISSOl'l.'I. KANSAS R TKXAS. :m.t
IlOl'STON .: TKX M KNiRAl.
ii.iII.KOAfS,
PullmanTalaco Sleeping Gars, j
AND THK
CEr.KP,ATr.i
C, 15. DINING CARS.
UY THIS K()UT
All inforimiion about rntrr cf f tc V. il! be
olifeilully given hy ;r,'ilyi:i;x te
f. W. SJ3 2TI2.
Tr;tm ?:.ui;i?r.
ti't, Clticagi)
f A TEN TKiTuCTOIlER 17,
It lo n Cr.rr.p-!Ts Sitrrrfu ! Scvm !M.-n?-j
Tlaie- ucU i i 5T i . hikI Ilia i-atlttuo
Ot WiiMhinc i.ir.
T"t? tt.is er s.nJ yni ir.nnr- ts i-d'ins "Wife. It
ia ths bar.t !i-:iiiie t-vt. iiivrni.d.
U t 1 r a t:iliT en wr'r.sr.-r is fi.r a
T-l iti?T. " U'liYflxal IMtinoijy ik: "'i':iiH JiH-hlIl
If re: f-u-t in cotKWOit, '"' h " r-d tue v ''- ,l '
ESV ; ii:-; rii.L- r,!f:!N , of W ASH! V SI UA E
in tiifl I,n.AST !' NM f'.l-K I lV I'.UnS. nd I- Coii'rarf
Li.'tit, ;;tis:iv Hun t. ? it is lu kin.w ttiat it
w i! do tiu wrl: v. .th Kjw. Etetioi-iy a-d Kltirleiu y.
Tiie. tt b ..iko ct;e t'.U J'.arbiite woi I:, t'.irow ii'it
tho Ict. ;:'.:: 5!.l-;v. .': iii h:u tuch
hare-' .ally t .:"?' t.. .r.i l.Hii th-. ul 'eet rromiMd
in rwj:i""j' ' :"".". -lverti nta.
ft- pi-;.-. .rut' r-r irs--!ucon:mt to purrlta-r n
b.'en p'aei-t hu lir tlint it jr. within the tench ..I
t:oi i.-Sw-r---. i.n 1 1hr. i- r.-i s.-.i i- f iioiintK eo u-4,-i.v
wt-.;. It i'.l rwv the s.i;r1 rm-rtsw nt o toon.
Sf.-SO i-i a I :t.t i.- xxiovl fii- ihit Tc.itlnVr-Kiyer.
.:!:.. v.-r'-vd -very v.liei e. A lin.-r.il discount la
eriiM uuj thj rvl. V.r lar.-n si-t 1-eji li fflonu
lctuiei A I.Kk "".'- fi0l. A: "0.,
t'aat! St., uicugu. fMuola-
i . --r - i -r I
f :" V U
."-tS
KEEN AN & GKACK.
Retail LIpor Dealers.
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS.
PLATTSJIOUTII - - NEB.
Also iSillianl Hall and Saloon oh
Main street, four doors from fcfixth at
Neville's old ilace.
Store ;nd saloon on Main St. two
doors cast of the Post o trice.
VEST BRANDS OF CIGARS, ALES,
WINES, d-C, AT BOTH
PLACES.
ltemcnlierTlie Xante aud IMnre.
2Hy
Keenan & Grace;
HEjNKY bgfck
DKALEK IN
SAFES, CHAIRS,
ETC., ETC.. ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BUHIAL CASES
WOODEN" COPFIUG
Of ail sizes, ready made :tnd siild ehcup for cash.
AVi til many tli:ii;!:s firp;ist patronage I ini
invite all to call and exainine my
LAlttJK STOCK OF
4fllf. rntSTI'HK ASM t'OI'r I '
A. G HAtl'
jt.st ui'knk:) a';at.v.
New, Clean, Firt C'ass 21 eat Shop,
on Main Si roe t In Freil ?rrielili'i ' oM ftnud
Kvci-yboily on haml foi li esli, leialer ii;it.
-svl.ffi
Cr.fy GO Ccr.io per Bailie.
It prou:otc the UZZCWTU, TlfZ'tr.ilVr.X
tho t 51xjr, r.i:-I i:-r c ;. I !;e Vigor
d in;.it ;-v -f man.
Orm TrrTT Tr-.-r a"-. T.r. Frow);
ynR tr. "f.-.!'! w- i : i"' : - ' i i n it-.'-iy
Vn.'e-.rl i !:.. . -s I .:- - -.-' ': ' - 1'niU-et.ja
KAr;.o.","-.,W '' ""S 'u
artM 1 i:is..r it tiJ m--.-:ve t. n-l t:: s PT'j
ifciy i' kl ' 1 ' . ti'irf e-irr.to'J r.i -. -t F
iblj" I- iaci- .' !- iu. ll'-;;". :!l
IIaih. It i- il-:.Jtln !f""i. - r ''"
DnJra'f ) pi.-v-i'.t.-. (J - 1! nr fr jiti ti:r:. j-r .
likeera ihe I .. a-i ;.-rn r.-:h. v-
clof?y p-.'ar.n.-e. I. is ih SVK in Qt'AV'r.
ICBT Aio. i-ivt M i v r.:i Drnaais?. f " 1 i
try Store. A o-y i'ii'iy CtJii- per ili-i-nr.
TF vv omn?2 Glory i Her Ear.
MIKE SCHNELLBACHER,
BL.l CKSJIi Til
house iioein;,
AND
WAGON KKI'AIKIXG
M
r?j All-kinds of
FAI:?I IMPLKMKNTS
mornletl
Neatly d- Promptly
:0
Horse, 3Iulc& Ox Shoein?.
In short, we'll shoe anything that ha:
fuur feet, from a Z'lr?. to a (liraffc.
Come and see U3.
UEW SHOP,
on Fifth St.. between M;iin mid Vine Street,
just nei oss the comer from the new HEKAI '
oi-'kick. loy"
ROBERT DONNELLY'S
AND
DLACKS3IITR
SHOP.
Wagon, Buggy, Ma-hinc and Plow re
pairing, and general Jolting
I a to now prepared to do .i'l kinds of rei;iiiii!g
of farm t'lid i Iter iii:i-iiiii-."i-y. as there
is a i;in d lathe in my shop.
PETER II AC EN,
The old Reliable Wagon Maker
hastr.ken chary of tlie w.-icon shop.
lie is well known . a
NO. 1 WORKMAN.
ew VJason! nl Ilagir made to
Order.
SATISFACTION GUARANTKED.
" i zr- 2 -r i i.
f s p t Mi :
- . p. r J. c. .
E? 2 r 5 I !
? a A) t-
Z-E 11
- T T
v
r...- f V
THE WO
in workmancJ-jip is equal to a Chronometer Watch,
and as clegartly finished no a first-c!asn Piano. It
received tho highest awards at tho Vienna and Cen
tennial ETxpcsitionf:. 5T QNE-FOUKTIfl TAST
ER than ether machines. Its capacity fc unlimitcr?.
There aro moro V ILGG ?i IJl A C H I f J EI 3 cold in tho
United States than tho combined snies of ali tha
others. THE VILSO. MENDING ATTACIJJvJSWT, fr.r
doing a!l kinds of repairing, WETHOU r PATC:liKC,
giver FREE with each machine. A Cortin&ato is given
witti trdCh Machine, guajantccinfj to kcop it ir. rcp."J-,
freo of chargo, for five years. It rocjw'rcc no ;j)c ir.j
instructions to learn how to uso it. fJatisfncf ;cr
guaranteed, or no pay. Machines c!ci.:vc:;d trot, c '
chargo anywhere in the United States.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, and ask for s?.;n;c.'a cf rneir".':vi
and our Circular Mo. 197 for further instructions fcr Luiyins macl nbt
upen terms stated In tJ-.o Catalogue.
wanted. wu a Ldb ki irssu mbissr -v
827 & 320 Broadway, Hew York; How Cricsna, Lr.;
Cor. State and Madison Sts., Chlc?., t'-ls,, and Sn rrancijco, v'rJ.
9 CLAHTS FATEHT
FOST HOLE AUGER
Points of fTtiDor Icrit";
over tho old stylo It
will bora fastt-r in n,
conditions' of eoil, -viil
bore throu.Tli Cod.lv
llooty, or T r ti b h"v
CTcuad without the
neip of any cti: r
tool, can to xzzed to
enlarge a hole already
bored.
Sizes rnado for Post
Hole3, Hedpo Plenty,
Grap Stakco, and
Hop Poles.
IIAHUFACTUEED BY
SEMPLE, C;RE & 03,.
aipjc VT.TTii.n. i.irrr.r.
sr;:.i.ti.TjL.j,
13 ft Main ht., ! t r.onj
tiar.;:: nr. y'.f.iti ituto ia wuai
pupm tlief centJ iW
nd he has IjioishJ t ho (hum liu 3 f
Dress Goxls, Staple Csoods, Ianey
Goods and iX otionsyou ever sa'.
1 say
Baafy t&ml cap till-
Spring and Summe Goods eyer and ever so oh9:.'
Now ixynir chanco bound to sdl ami nndcrsdl anyhody. II tirsy
tip. I icant to j Edit ayuin lt'.xt m
sis
fr
WWW Wl
By w
Th lii-in-r ri t 1' Si ;
c:;.tl. 'I . f-V :tr" t .-. - r - j . .. :.
Mr..'. :nt(i ( I-r.-n.-'l I v ' . . :
v. ii! Il ! :-! v. "'i M : -..l t!-. - '. i
t.'.i-n. T i. m : ii-: -fl . ii i- : t .-.- -
V III . '. iL'ltlTtt: ltl' T
iffi.'M'in. i:nrk i-i i:.f -
and .v.. i:-.j.teii ouv j"-r.' '.
1 ?0 Vn!t'-'-s Tit-('ir( ! :i - ' . v .
x-rv rUiauti Ai.:; i.- t .. ' I
th-n.
XVu'c -A a(.-li '.-.; i ...-
..ir..-r, mi ', r ,:i ' !. ..: .
in.isli i.tir .r..iil w: - r? .
i-'.n-i4- . v.' .1 :
I'll r-.--; ( t l.i t-l.w. t r ,K
ir,- ;ii'l r-:-.j-l -r-. o . '
AUUrv.-)? I ' '' :' :
ISO 1 .1 : - :
nttfntio'i t" tLt-iu
to Joj.uu ea:U.
!3!
-rj-?T WARRANTED WATCHES ONLY Z3 EACH. Ui'.
C?l L L ?1 T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LIYFRY, FEED AND SALE STA
BLES. Corn.-rCth an l I'eurl Sts.
HOR5H BOAKI'EII UY THK
week, on jiovrii.
HORSES BOUGHT.
SOLD OH TKADED.
For a Fair Commissi. n.
TEAMS AT" A." EE IlOl 'tS.
rainetilaratt'-uiion paid to
Driving and Training
TltOTliA'G STOCK.
tmmm A A A TEAR. Aecntv.-n.t'Vl. liul-
r r I f I fi nosslPtrittmatP. ruriinilarsfrea .
1
.S.'J3-2l3SlTOWITED
f THS "WELCOME" 8ULD
HAY RAKE.
It discharges itaolf, afirl H
eave3 almost tho enliro lab- .
the operator. It 13 iai inva' .
Dl3 implement to r,v,- ryfnr::.
a-
tho advertisemoiit.
Semple, Birgo cz C:
r.? SOUTH MAW HT st. lo::
Fi" FT
T r-
I ' , i
if. . '
m gr&eeii9
$3
$&s) fcseayo
I
iJpficnpijon v.'Jii no port,
parties appl3Ti nr, who v.il p"
state in what panei- tliov : .
BflKKRUPT STOCK OF WATCHES,
lVtr ranted for OK! Y'(n
. ij.'.i "ii ..: . t.
i - ' .. t Ii .- I! (.
i. ' . f -J t... -til ii.
' -. .... I . .t-
: . t,ttljr . ..
i .f -1 : -ins
I . .i I f . R.
1 - W: II 1 I'.'
- -! y :) :'
. . -. .i:r i. ,.
.IJ.Il. It l-U ' .1-1
I l.i .'' " I j t - " .
! r I . I IM IN .'if,
! V
'. .i-r::.
W i
a, ti- ..
STUKIGHT :il
Harness JMatnifactur
SADDLES RRIDKF.S,
and all kinds of harness stock, r
hand.
FRUIT, CONFECTIf NF.
AND
GROCERY STO:
NVTS.
CANDIED,
THAU
smuts.
'i tr. vr cols.
FLr :
Kemf ndiT 1 he i "prosite t
on Iveir Main t"i: e' i.
STREW HT tf- 3;
OPIUM
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