Pike County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 25, Petersburg, Pike County, 31 October 1878 — Page 4

The Democrat. W. F. KS-CBT, ECU r »»< PwptfcUr. PETERSBURG, t : INDIANA. Hvmhuju brevities. One-fourth of the human race die before 1> years of age. Serpent-skin boots for ladies is a norelty originating in Paris. Neptune is now the brightest star, but it tAkes a strong telescope to see him. At a barbecue at Silver Creek, Ga.,* SI sheep and 30 oxen and hogs were * roasted. - ' A bee-master at Kerwick, England, wanted to sell his hives, and advertised: v. “ Extensive sale of live-stock, comprising hot less titan 140,t)00 head, with unlimited right of pasturage-” The trick succeeded admirably. A mam and a woman went into the office of a Vermont Justice, took an oath in thisform, “ What we say to each other shall be the truth,the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” and departed presumably to-do the talking truthfully. * Sacred edifices do not seem to be retarded by the cry of hard times. The American Architect gives a list—said to be not complete—of 127 churches in various parts of the country, and representing all denominations, which are either in process of construction or upon which extensive improvements are making. ' Rev, H. P. Peck, of Napa, Cal., got a license to marry a supposed widow, and applied to several clergymen to perform the ceremony; but, seconding to the local newspaper, they learned of several impediments. Mr. Peck had a % wife in St. Louis, and the woman had a husband in Oregon. ^ ! At a recent meeting of the London Horticultural Society, a drawing was exhibited of a Virginia^;reeper which had encircled a bottle weighing three ounces with one of its tendrils, and car4 ried it from the window-sill on which it was standing, several feet downward to the level of the window below. There are now 20,000 young California hrook-trout in the ponds at the New York State hatchery at Mnmford, with which the Fish Commissioners expect to stock the public waters to some extent in the course of a few years. The Calr ifornia trout is a rapid grower, and a remarkably gamey, handsome fish. A new and fatal disease has broken, out amonsr the hogs in Cedar County, Iowa, and is carrying them off in large numbers Thegsymptoms are swelling

oiinenc^a anar blindness, loll some cases by the breaking ouM sor Usually the animal beconaes ifiwd with pain or something else, anti runs until totally exhausted. » Peter Bibeau, of St. Johnsbury, Vt., a young man of 20, recently-al-lowed himself to be operated upon at an entertainment by a mesmerist named Carpenter. He - is now thought to be fatally ill with stoppage of the bowels as a result of the “ influence,” and his father has sued the professor for $3,000 damages for trespass on his son’s body. In Germany 50,000 acres of land are devoted to raising tobacco. The Government derives about $350,000 revenue a year from the 'product, the tax being about 50 cents per hundredweight. The duty of $3 per hundredweight on tobacco imported in the1 leaf, $8.25 on that imported in other forms, and $15 on, imported cigars yields about $3,000,000 annually. . A Berlin paper has a cartoon of Bismarck as master forger in a sword factofy, *rith ‘ the leaders of the various ' parties in the Reichstag bringing him the swords Hhey have been making wherewith to combat Socialism, each weapon having on its hilt the name of w^M-j^^aaeBdtncnts.to the -bitir “™e blades i les are equally good,” says Bismarck; “all you have to do is to agree upon the best shape for the hanThe Russian journals have recently spoken of a band of malefactors which infests the district of Paulovsk, in the south of the empire, and which is said to number mofe than 200. The chief is a peasant girl of remarkable beauty. She commenced her career with the forgers who produced the false rouble notes. The Government is so anxious to get hold of the amazon that it has offered a reward of 56,250 francs for her capture. A most horrible threshing-machine accident is recorded by the Welland (Ont.) Tribune. A boy of 16, named Kimar, who was cutting bands on a threshing-machine, slipped and fell into the cylinder. The machine was being driven by a ten-horse power at the time-, and the unfortunate victim was at once drawn in bodily, being disemboweled and mangled out of all human shape, and, horrible to relate, some parts of the body actually passed through the machine. !. Another of the class of murders introduced to France by Billoir, in which the victim is cut in pieces in order-to Jrevent identification, has occurred al oulogne-sur-Mer. The separate limbi of an old woman have been found on the shore, under circumstances which show that she had been murdered and afterward thrown into the river. Tht police have already found circumstances which will lead to the discovery of the criminal, passenger having recognizedtbe head of the woman; and full] described the man who was in her company immediately before the crime was committed.

At Meadville, Penn., a lew days ago, Prof. L. D. Williams died and was prepared for burial. While the family were taking a last look at the remains of him who had been a beloved husband and father, the widow, who had borne her affliction with much apparent fortitude, gave way to a flood of tears, and sank from the arms of her son a corpse beside the coffined remains of her husband. Their ages were 6a and 62. The funeral of tire husband was postponed in order that the faithful husband and wife, so long united in life, might not be separate*! in death. They were buried in one grave. , Professor Fischer, of Prague, an accomplished chemist, recently fell a victim to science and his own rashness. He seems to have imagined that be had discovered a means of rendering cyanide of potassium harmless, and in the gresence of the store-keeper of the laoratory of the Gymnasium tasted a mixture of sal ammoniac and cyanide, saying that “ science had advanced so far as to be able to render harmless so dangerons an agent as cyanide of potassium.” He had, however, scarcely swallowed what he had tasted when he was seized with violent pains, and before aphyaician arrived was beyond buFelix Derrick,an Italian, was traveling through North Carolina exhibiting' an nocaged, but muzzled grizzly bear. At Weldon, * few days ago, Arakl, after making tbe bear perform all of his feats to the admiration of the spectators, being somewhat under the iafluence nt Aioor^forgot himself and removed the muzzle. Scarcely had he done ho when the animal seized his keeper hj the throat, threw him to the ground, and, after a brief -* his head almost from hie

THE DiKK 1U¥. Of an Ute wonderful stories that'.'my ^^wwbaasihewmj little girl, idle most wonderful was abimt the dark day ip New England, Friday, May 19, 1780, This was during our Revolution, you will remember, and the same year in which the traitor, Benedict Arnold, attempted to betray his onntry to its e:neFor several days bef are the 19th, the air was fall of vapors, is we often see it when fires are raging -in the woods near us, and the sun and me on appeared red, and their usual dear li ?ht did not' reach us, especially when riling and setting. The winds blew chiefly from the southwest and northeast, imd the weather was cool and clear. Tie morning of the 19th was clondy and in many places slight showers fell, sometimes accompanied by thunder anti lightning; tent as the sun arose it did not increase the light, and the darkness deepened and deepened, until the children standing before the tall clocks could not see to tell the time, and older people peering over the almanac were- not able to distinguish the letters. The birds sang their evening songs and flew to their nests in the woods, the poultry hurried to their roosts, while the cattle in the fields uttered strange cries and leaped the stone fences to gain their stalls, and the sheep all huddled together bleating piteously. Color, #hich you know depends, upon the light of the sun, filled many with astonishment b;i its unusual appearance, for the clouds were in some places of a light red, yellow and bro wn; the leaves on the trees and the grass in the meadows were of the deepest green, verging on indigo, th 3 brightest silver seemed tarnished, and every thing that is white in the sunlight bore a deep yellow hue. / The shadows, which before noon fall to the westward and after noon to the eastward, were observed during the darkness to fall in every direction. The rain, also, was unlike any other rain, and it set all the people to wonderingas they dipped it firom tubs and barrels; for a scum formed on it resembling burnt leaves, emitting a sooty smell, and this same substance was seen on streams and riv.srs, especially the Merrimac, where it lay four or five inches thick, for many miles along its shore. Another peculiarity was the vapor; in many localities it descended to the earth from high in th i atmosphere; but at one point a gentleman saw the vapors, at nine o'clock, rising from the •springs and lowlands; one column he particularly noticed rapidly ascending

iar aoove me nignest mils, men it spread into a large white cloud and sailed off to the westward, a second cloud formed in the same vray from the same springs, but did not rise as high as the first, and a third formed 15 minutes afterward. At a quarter of 10 the uppermost cloud was o( a reddish hue^the second was green, indigo and blufCafei the third was almost white. " \ So unwholesome was this vapor that small birds were suffocated in it, and many of them were so frightened and stupctied that they fl sw into the houses, adding to the fears of ignorant people, who considered it a bad. sign for a bird to enter a dwelling. j, x 7 The commencement of the darkness was between 10 and 11 in the forenoon (when the men wers busy in the fields and offices and work -shops, the women spinning, weaving Sind preparing din ner, and the children at school, or helping their fathers and mothers at home), audit continued until the middle of the following night; bnt the degree of darkness varied; in some places the disk ef the sun was seen wh in the darkness was the most dense. Lights were sees burning in all the houses, and the pec pie passing out of doors carried torches and lanltiimy which were cnrionsly reflected on the overhanging clouds Thousands of pe iple Were sure that the end of the world had cbme, many dropped their wore and fell on their knees to pray, otheis confessed to their fellows the wrongs they had done and endeavored to make restitution. The meeting-houses were crowded, and neighborhood p rayer-meetings were formed, and the ministers and old church members piayed long prayers,, mentioning the nations and individuals of Bible times who had been destroyed on acconnt of their sins, and begging that as God spared the great city ol: Nineveh when it repented, so He would forgive them, cheer them again by the light of the sun and give victory to theiir armies. It is said that the Connecticut Legislature being in session, the members became terrified when they could not see each other’s facBS, and a motion was made to adjourn, when Mr. Davenport arose anc( said: “ Mr. Speaker, it is either thb day of judgment, or it is n ot. If it is not,there is no need of adjourning. If it is, I desire to be found doiDg my ddty. I move that candles be brought, and that we proceed to business,” All the shivering, frightened people began now to look forward to evening, hoping that as the moon rose full at 9 o’clock, her light would penetrate the gloom; bnt all the children who coaxed to sit up and see her, grew very sleepy , their strained eyes were not rewarded by her beautiful beims, for at eight in the evening the darkness was toted ; one could not distinguish between the jMU-th and the heavens, and it was inmJksnble to see a hand befoie one’s face/jfa Then all the weary children^ were sent to bod after the most honeif nrav

ers that they had ever prayed, amd the older people sat up to watch for the light that never before had appeared so glorious. •»■£_ And never dawned a fairer morning than the 20th of May, for the sun that opened the flowers and mirrored itsellf in the dew-drops brought the color again to the children’s faces, and filled every hoart with confidence. * • The birds sang j oyously, the cattle returned to their pastures, the places of business were opened, and every one went about his w ork more gjentle toward man and more grateful1- toward God. After the dark less was passed, several persons traveled about to gather all possible information 'concerning this memorable day,^and Dr. Tenny wrote an account of whst he learned while on a journey from tie east to PennsylvaHe says the leepest darkness was in Essex Countj , Massachusetts, the lower part of New Hampshire, and the eastern portion ctf Maine (where nay great-grand-mothir lived). In Rhode Island and Conn icticut it was not so great; in New Jersey peculiar clouds were observed, tut the darkness; was not uncommon, aid in the lower parts of Pennsylvania nothing unusual was observed. It extended as fur north as the American settlements snd westward to Albany, but its exae, limits could not lie ascertained. In Boeton the dirk ness continued or 15 hours, vaiying in duration other plaeee. As it was impoi sible to attribnl* tlw darkness to an eclipse, the wise people formed many theories concerning it; being convinced that it was due to immense fires in the woods, winds blo wing in opposite directions, and to the condition of the vapois; but Hersebol «aya: “ The dark day i ^Northern America was one at those wonderful phenomena of nature which will always lie resid Of with interest, tut which phiioeophy is at u lots to explain.A Drmifiwater, in 8t, ffiehtbt for tfomntor. 114 lit I

Tea Bolts for Poaltry KoTiees. I. Wait anti! the moon goes down before i purchasing: tout chickens tire always .cheaper in the dusky hoars Pallets that precede the dawn. II. U you buy fancy eggs for hatching, do not buy say that were picked last fall. “Hope springs eternal in the human.' hreast,” but &q egg stays right by fiie date of its birth, ana is twenty-four hoars older and poorer at each succeeding sunset. j III. Abrams consult the hen's convenience in ihe matter of setting. Do not insist on herbreaking any other engagements, or patting off bating or ironing day, for 1he purpose of taking charge of thirteen eggs, of unknown sex or quality. Better, far better, that yon Should give up society and set on those eggs yourself, rather than entrust them to a reluctant and dissembling hen. You might b reak the eggs, but the fickle hen would break for the verbena bed, the first thing in the morning. IY. Build your bests wide enough for a cow to tarn around in. If the nest has an all-out-door, illimitable-waste kind of a look to it, where one hen will feel so lonesome and lost that she will vail and squawk with terror every time she looks around and feels the burden icf her loneliness upon her, all the wealth of the Incas couldn't induce another hen to go in and keep her company or gossip with her until bed time. But if you liij&e a nest just big enough for one lean hen to squeeze into without breathing, the nine biggest hens in yonr flock wul fight for that nest, and all crowd into it at the same time, flatten out all the egga, and then with gloomy but patient countenances, and their several liteads turned in nine different directions, they will sit-on the cold ashes of shattered ambition and wrecked dreams for the next four months. Y. Sprinkle sulphur in the nests before the hen is allowed to enter upon the performance of her incubation contract. The smell of the sulphur will prevent the hen from imbibing the pernicious doctrines - of IngersolT, and will keep her from assuming too much, under the impression that sites that can prodnee a diurnal egg, and from that evolve a living, breathing, scratching chicken, could, if she would give her mind to it, create a universe ana people its planets with races of lying, thieving, swearing men. VI. Boost the hen off the nest once a day for exercise. Too much sentiment and reflection, an excess of self-com-munion, is apt to make the hen moody and low spirited. Point her to the dreadfnl effects of too-long continued and unbroken exertion of the brain, as shown in the sad fate of Sergeant Bates

and Dennist Kearney. VII. About the time theyoungehieks are coming out, borrow si-shot-gun, and tell your neighbor some scoundrel is shooting cats, and last night he killed a cat that belonged to your wile that you wouldn’t have taken $50 for. This will pave the way for future developments. A successful hennery is fatal to cats. A brood of thrifty, contented young chicks is an infallible evidence that you can’t shut your eyes and stick a spade in the ground anywhere in that precinct without disturbing the eternal rest of some cat that has taken parlors on the ground floor of the windowless palace LX. If you have no grass plots or kitchen garden or pansy beds for your chickens to range iu, cut a hole low’ down in the fence so as to let your chicks in on your neighbor. It will be perfectly iftrfe since the loss of his cat. If he says any tldng about chickens, tell him you told Forsman (the other neighbor) that if he wanted to raise chickens he must do as you do, and keep them shut up. Do not give your chicks unbridled! liberty, for sometimes a brood of healthy chicks jfpout in the morning when the dew on the onion-tops-gMora-iu 4he--5ttn3hine;-and dike the baseless fabric of a vision they pass away, and leave not a track behind, and all the t^ars your burning eyes can shed over the legs and claws and heads you find in the alley will not call them back. X. In raiding fowls for the market,remember thereis the greatest danger of sending them out in an immature state. Chickens are not healthful food; nor do they contain any of the perfect elements of nutrition, until they are fully and completely developed physically. Keep them about yon then,while panting time toils after them in vain. Life is at best but a walking shadow and your chicks should have at least 11 years of home care andl training before they rest their heads for one brief second on the chop-ping-block, and go to grace the table of the happy boarding-house. For any farther and more specific information on this subject send three-ce'nt stamp and your address.—Burlington Hawkeye. A Story That May be Trne, bnt Beads Like Fiction. • Says the Pittsburg Post: In the novels of some of the female writers of the day we frequently meet with a family who live in an elegant house, and-have all the costly things which the fertile brain of the authoress can conjure np. In many of these novels the father and head of the family, who has by hard work accumulated the money which the others are spending, is represented as being “eccentric.” He is said to be good-hearted and allows his wife and family plenty of money, but as he lacks polish,and a knowledge of that peculiar !inimai\3alled ‘Wcietv,” he is scrupulously kepfc-hrEhe background and only shows up at deaths and marriages or when a check for $10,000 is, wanted to

cover up Borne nine misiaKe maae Dy the hen>. The sympathy of the reader always,goes out to this shadowy father of the novelist. It is only where the father has stepped year by year up the stairway of time and has opened the door of eternity and lest that he is missed. At last he is recognized as being a father as well as a banker, a man to. whom all present luxury and ease is' due as well as gratitude for unwavering love and fra-, ternal care. There are, as has just been said, many such fathers in modern romances ; any one who has seen much of the vrorld can add, there are many such in every day-life in the city, town and country. In order to illustrate this by example, the following little story is given. It is true in all of* its chief details, tlie names are those of the actual ' characters in the little drama of real life, andthe locations mentioned are in reality the ones where it all occurred: In Johnstown are situated the great works of the Cambria Iron Company, and among the hundreds of men employed there, at one time, was a man named John Murphy—nothing wonderful in the appearance of its owner, save to those who knew him well and were acquainted with his story with ail its manly, touching details. He was truly *' eccentric,” inasmuch as he differed from ninety-nine men out of one hundred. He was so earnest, hard working, kindly hearted, economical in habits, shrewd in business, and ambitions for his family's advancement that to. the world at large lire was “ eccentric,” to those who knew him he was—John Mnrphy. He was at once a wire-drawer in the Gautier ftteel Works, a capitalist in the ireal estate market in New York, a workman who carried, his dinner in a tiin-paL’l on Monday, and ate the same amid the dirt and noise of the factory, bnt on Wednesday, he could, if hrdesired, dine in hiis own elegant diningroom in his superb residence on Fifth Avenue, in New York—surely a singular compound to exist in one man. Modest, John Murphy has been a wiredratfei for 46 years, and he has been

Having in his habits all that time. He piled op dollar after dollar sntil he had enough to purchase gome real estate in New York, and then he began to speculate in city property until he was worth several hundred thousands of dollars. His family were ambitions and John was ambitions for They dressed well and made friends, and finally purchase*._ moved into their present magnifiwmt home on Fifth Avenue. John is 69 years old, and his hair is silvered. He kepi steadily at his old work, for he said he was too old to make a change in his mode of life. He lived in his palace, bat he entered it by a back door, and never came into his parlors when there was company in them. His family love him and respect him, and would gladly have him come to assume his rightful position, bat he will not have it so, and they have ceased to find fault with his wishes. Soon after the Gantier Wire Works were started at Johnstown, John went there, got a situation, and worked there until recently, and the Johnstown Tribune referred to his story. An old man named Welsh, who had been John’s firm friend and crony for 30 years, had his foot tom off by the machinery, and John took him to New York jp order to nurse and care for him. *• Old John Murphy” did not come hack, but it is not a difficult stretch of the imagination to picture him still drawing wire, his honest, kindly face blackened with soot and smoke, and at night, when the time comes for rest, one can almost see him as he picks np his lunch-bucket and walks off to his princely home on New York’s most aristocratic thoroughfare. Fatal Panic in a Church. A special from Lynchburg, Va., to the Chicago Times, 16th, says: One of the saddest accidents that ever occurred in this city took place here to-night at 11 o’clock. Thomas Johnson, a well known young man, was to be married tit Malerida Bosher at the Court Street Colored Church. At the hour named an immense throng gathered to witness the ceremonies. The seating capacity of the chnrch is about two thousand, bnt there were many more than that present. Every seat was occupied. The bride and bridegrom with the accompanying groomsmen an(V maidST'S^'flie clock chimed 11, made t heir appearance at the chnrch and ' ook their places at the altar. The minister commenced the ceremony and as he reached the point where he was in the act of pronouncing the contracting parties man and wife some one in the gallery noticed that the plastering on the ceiling which was cracked had commenced falling. The person who first noticed this gave the alarm. Standing upon the railing

this man in a load voice declared that the root was falling in. The scene thgB followed this announcement was indescribable. An uncontrollable panic ensued. Persons in the second and third stories jumped from the windows to the ground, 50 or 60 feet below, meeting instant death or permanent injuries^ The persons in the auditorium rushed for the doors, and in the excitement that followed were crushed and mangled frightfully. At the iirst sound of alarm the bridegroom and bride elect made a rush for the door, followed by the waiters. Not one of them ever reached that opening, but were tramped to death before they could escape, the bride, it is believed, by some one jumping on her from Hie gallery. The groom met his death by a piece of the rail from the gallery being thrown upon him, injuring him so that he could not rise, and was trodden upon by the excited crowd and killed. Ten persons were killed outright by jumping from the windows,and it is believed that about 40 or 50, most of them women, were wounded. Colorado’s Newest City. Leadville, Lake County, Col., Oct. for its size, the-'noisiest city on the continent. It is what miners call a rattling camp. It is close up to the snow;,' range overlooking California Gulch, the scene of the gold hunting furor of 1850. At an altitude of about 9,000 feet, or, to put it more forcibly, nearly two miles higher than New York, it may be considered as well up in the world. There is no place like it in the' whole Rocky Mountains. It is a larger city than Dead wood on the north, or Silverton aud Lake City on the south. The 20-year-oid towns of Black Hawk, Central and Georgetown are nothing to it in population, trade, fast money-mak-ing, and fast every thing. Where Leadllle ville now stands was a year ago almost a howling wilderness. There were a few prospectors busying themselves with turning up the rocks here and there, but there was hardly what could be called a camp. No town had been staked out. It was not until early last spring that the place was organised and named. From that time until now people have poured in from all the surrounding country, from the far East and from the Pacific States and Territories, until there is now a bustling city of 8,000 inhabitants. It has a Mayor, City Council, police and fire departments, churches, schools, a telegraph line, daily mails, money-order Post-of-fice, two newspapers, three banks, and hundreds of stores, shops, saloons, and other features of a fast new city. The streets have a sort of straggling regularity. The principal thoroughfares are named Chestnut, Pine, Walnut, State, and Harrison Avenues. Almost everything is cheaply built, the stores which carry the largest 3tocks being merecabins. There are a few story an$ a half and two-story buildings. Lumber is in great demand, and the three or

POPULAR SCIENCE. When writing has faded, if the paper is moistened with water and then brushed over with a eolation of Bnlph-hydric-amnwmim it will be restored. This article can be obtained of any druggist. Fruit or wine stuns can be removed from woolen or cotton goods by sponging them gently—do not rob the goods —in ammonia and alcohol; a teaspoonfol of ammonia to a wineglassful of alcohol; then sponge off in clear alcohol. Then if needed the material can be washed. Stains in almost any colored silk can be removed in the same way. Thjs Franklin Institute of Philadelphia was recently shown Abe working of a new electric fight, the invention or Profs. Thompsons and Houston. The light consists of a series of electric flabes, so rapid as to produce the effect of a continuous and steady light, and the invention makes it possible to divide the light in such A manner as to make its use in privatfifamilies practicable. The light produced is a pure, soft and steady white. A watch differs from a clock in its having a vibrating wheel instead of a vibrating pendulum, and, as in a clock, gravity is always pulling the’pendulum down to the bottom of its arc, which is its natural place of rest, but does not fix it there, because the momentum acquired during its fall from one side carries it np to an equal height on the other; so in a watch the spring surrounding the axis of the balance-wheel is always palling it towards a middle position of rest, bnt does not fix it there, because the momentum carries it as for round on the other side. Transfusion of Blood.—A remarkable cure by blood-transfusion has been wrought in Boston. Cecilia Merkel, a child of 7 years, was attacked first by diphtheria, next by reflex paralysis, and finally by sanguines purpurea, and her life was despaired of. Her father, who is a physician, consented to have the experiment of blood-transfnsion tried. Blood was taken from the veins of a young man of 18, and injected with a syringe into the child's system. Subsequently, the little one took cold and began coughing/with a mucus rattle in her throat, so that the father was compelled to afford artificial respiration. He then took blood from the veins of his servant, a healthy girl of 19, and the effect of the transfusion was charming. The child fell into a peacefnl sleep, and a remarkable change came over her. When she awoke she asked for her playthings, and from that hour her improvement was rapid. Baits for Insects.—Experiments have lately been made in France with a view to establishing the best baits for

insect traps. A number of glass flytraps, filled with different liquids, sweet >pa soar, were placed under some fruit trees subject to the attacks of flies and other insects. The traps were baited with honey, weak wine and water, beer and water, vinegar and water, pure' Jieer, pure wine, crushed pears and water, and other liquids; then the victims were counted,,after the traps had been exposed for three weeks, with the following results: The trap containing beer and water stood at the head, ana contained 850 flies and other insects; pure beer stood next, with 631; the crushed pears, weak wine and pure wine coming next, pure honey being at the bottom^ of the list, with only 17 victims. The fermentation of the beer and water no doubt attracted the insects by its odor, but it would hardly be safe to assume that it would prove equally attractive in all instances. The tastes of insects may vary with seasons and localities, and experiment alone can decide what is best in a given place. Writing for the Press. t. Write upon one side of the leaf onrtf. Why? Because it Ho cut♦ he pa^ __ compositors,"and I_ when both sides are written upon. 2. Write clearly and distinctly, being particularly careful in the matter of proper names, and words from foreign languages. Why? Because you have no right to ask either editor or compositor to waste his lame puzzling out the results of your careless selfishness. 3. Den’t write in a microscopic hand. Why? Because the compositor has to read it across his case, at a distance of nearly two feet. Also, because the editor often wants to make additions and other changes. 4. Don’t begin at the very top of the first page. Why? Because if yon have written a head for your article, the editor will probably want to change it, and if you have not—which is the better way—he must write one. Besides he wants room in which to write his instructions to the printer as to the type to be used, where and when the proof is to be sent, etc. 5. Never roll your manuscript. Why? Because it maddens and exasperates evory one who touchesTt--editor, compositor and proof-reader. 6. Be brief. Why? Because people don’t read long stories. The number of readers which anv two articles have is inversely proportioned to the square ol their respective lengths. That is, a half-column article is read by four times as many people as one of double that length. 7. Have the fear of the waste-basket constantly and steadily before your eyes. Why? Because it wUl save you a vast amount of useless labor, to say nothing of paper and postage. 8. Always write your full name and address plainly at the end of your letter Why? Because it will often happen that;

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HOKE INTERESTS. 1 Ieorskkb wiU make tea-kettles m bright as new. Blue ointment and kerosene in equal parts is death to bed-bugs. Salt fish are quickest and best freshened by soaking in sour milk. Kips tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white doth. 1 (eeswax and salt will make rusty flat-irons as smooth as glass. A chalk line drawn around preserves anil sugar-bowls keeps ants away. A tablespookful of turpentine should be boiled with white clothes. A little sperm, salt, or gum-arabic, should bepnt in boiled starch. I^sh may be scaled much easier if dipped in boiling water for a minute. A tablespoonful of shxeded horseradish will keep a pan of milk sweet. Coloring Kid Gloves.—White kid raty easily be colored black, pnrple or lilac, with a solution of one part extract lofpvood and three parts brandy. Apphr with a sponge and rnb thoroughly dry, and keep nibbing the hands together so as to soften the gloves. : Peach Flavoring Extract.— The meats of peach pits, in brandy, make an excellent flavoring extract, resembling that of bitter almonds. Allow one teacupful of the meats to two of brandy. Take one teaspoonful of the liquor to a quart of custard, or cake dough. Five 'parts gelatine to one of acicl chromate of lime put on broken edges with a camel’s hair brash, and the edges pressed firmly together for a few minutes and then exposed to the son, will m ake a cement that can not be dissolved or broken any more readily than an unbroken piece. t Washing-soda weakens the fabric of goods washed Hi it, and a German chemist advises the use of hyposulphite of soda instead, of the cominon washingsoda. He says that it does not injure the strength of any goods, but has some peculiar bleaching properties by which linen and calicoes are greatly improved in appearance. The wicks of kerosene lamps should be changed frequently, or, if not too short, washed in strong, hot soapsnds, with some ammonia in the rinsing water. The trouble with poor light from kerosene lamps frequently arises from the wicks being full of the sediment or refuse matter which comes from the oil, a id tkat impedes the free passage of the kerosene through the wicks. The Mustache in France. The administration of the Bank of

f ranee has just issued an order forbidding any person in the .employ of the bank to wear a mustache' In this conr eetion the Journal des Debats makes an interesting catalogue of the regulations in the French army and in other departments of the service regarding the wearing of these ornaments. In February, 1792, a general order was issued forbidding the waxing or pointing of the mustache in the army. In June of the same year it was ordered that the grenadiers only, should be allowed to wear them. In the year XIU. of the Republic the permission was extended to all t.he cavalry except the dragoons. In 1822 the Minister of War permitted {grenadiers, riflemen and light-infantry men to wear mustaches, ana all officers of every arm were allowed the same privilege. Finally, in 1832, the mustacne was not only permitted but rendered obligatory upon all soldiers. Iff the French navy the mustache is forbidden to all, but from a fancied sanitary reason. It is said that the effect of the saltwater lodged in the beard is: to raise ulcers on the Ups. Iu the courts mustaches are generally prohibited, though there is nolaw on the subject. Judges ordinarily refuse to listen to a lawyer mow pi6*sui mi ‘njJt-Ai -adorhedr wire a ^Kache, but advise him to present himseif mdfffdScently. The French clergy are now forbidden to wear mustaches, but formerly they were accustomed to wear them.. But even ndw missionaries and priests attached to the colonies are obliged to wear the beard full. Babes in the Wood. A3 could have been learned from yesterday’s paper, Daniel Bradshaw and Tommy Fitzmorris, two “ little wanderers” about 4 years old, had been missing from their home at 1810 Division Street since the night of the 18th. At 3 o’clock yesterday morning (the 20th) a milk-maid at the County Farm, while on the way to her work, found two little boys half buried jn a pile of dead leaves that the wind had blown up in a fence corner. The two were locked in each other’s arms sound asleep, but about half frozen. They were kindly' cared for, of course, and taken back to their anxious parents, five miles away. The little fellows were unable to tell how they had managed to live during their absence, and but for the fact that someone at the farm had read about and remembered their case, considerable time might have been lost in establishing their identity.—St. Lotiis GlobeDemocrat. Heathen Japan. Professor Edward L. Morse, who holds a professorship in the University at Yeddo, a city of 1,000,000 people, is now in this country. He recently delivered a lecture on the manners ana customes of that people, in which he alluded to their careful treatment of children,the invariable cleanliness of their houses, resulting in the entire absence of diseases such

as scarlet fever, diphtheria, and other afflic tions so commcA in this country The people are of gentle manners and, particularly kind and careful of their animals. During his residence there he never heard a cross word uttered by a native, saw no fighting, and heard no profanity. Editors are generally poorly off for clothing. When you hear of one of them having two suits,yon can calculate that one is the suit he wears every day and Sundays, too, and the other is a libel suit.—Some Sentinel. A WOMAN appeared before an Ithaca Police Justice, the other day, and wanted her father punished for some alleged unkindness shown her. The Justice inquired intoAhe matter, found that the man was over ninety years of age and that he had been married four times. “ Go home, young woman, go home,” he said, “ the old man has alrecdy been punished enough.”—Ithaca (N. F.Y Journal Hayes’s Title. However varied mar he the opinions concerning, the validity of Hayes’s title to the Presidency, there is not a question in the minds of either Democrat^ or Republicans upon one important point, viz.: the unquestionable right of Dr. Pierce’s Family Medicines to the title of the Standard Remedies of the age. Listen to the voice of the sovereign people: » _ New Orleans, June loth. 1818. DB.R.V. Pjeece, Buffalo, N. V.: Dear Sir—tour Pleasant Purgative Pellets seem to be particularly adapted to the want's of the people in this warm climate, where bilions affections are particularly prevalent. I regard them as the best cathartic 1 have ever tried. Tours truly, John U Henderson. Dear Sir—Your Holden Medical Discovery hasjbured mv boy of a Fever Sore of two years’ standing. Please Accept our gratitude. Yours truly, Henry Whitinq. Thirty of the best organ makers of the world are competitors^ the Paris Exposition. A eable dispatch to tbb Associated Press says two highest awards have Been awarded to the American makers. Mason AJ^amlin. Particulars Address Electee Belts free. ]eCo.|Chtdn.,0>

Db. Wimiott’o Asm-FumaBic o* Iftrsra HD Aao* Tone r-wmwftu Tecte is** ectal*. Usbed itself as the rut iuiaEitbie CbQl core. It is nnivernal.'y admitted to be tie only tollable and harmless ChUI'medieine BOT i» use. Its efficacy is continued, by thousaials of certificates of the very beet peer.!* from ail parts of the country. It cures ra&utrxHtf diseases of every type, from the shaking agues of the lakes anil valtevs, to the raging fevers of the torrid tone. Try It! It has neve:-been known to fail. Whzelock, Fixjat & Co., Proprfeters, New Orleans. Fob sai.e bt au. Okcooists. -'tsegy-..-VEGETINE -ros— Chills, Shakes, FEVER AND AGUE. \ Tarsoro, N. C., 1879. Dr. H. R. Stkvens: 7t Dmr Sir—I feel wy grateful for what jwar valuable medicine, Yegetine, has do >e la my family. I wish to express ir.y thanks by informing you-of the wonderful cure of my sen: aim, to let you know that Yegctine Is the best medieme I ever saw for China, Shale*, Fern and Ague. Mjr son was sick with measles In 1878. which left him witn Hip-ynni disease. My son s Ufered agse it deal of pan, allot the time; the pain «as so great he did nothing but cry. * The doctors did iStrt help him a particle, he could w % lift his toot from the floor, he could not move without crutches. Irtal your advertisement in the “ Louisville Courier-Jouru: I,n that Vegnloe was | a great Blood Purifier and Blood Pood. I tried one bottle, which was a great benefit. He kept on with The medicine, gradually gaining. Ho Las taken eighteen buttles in all. and he- is completely restored to health, walks without crutches or cane. He is twenty years of age. I have a younger son, fifteen years of age. who is subject to CA iUet Whenever he feefs one coming on, he comes In, ta cw a dose of ncefim and that is the last of ttoC-’A;#. Vegettne leaves no had effect upon the system like most of the medicines rivunimended for Ct'tife. I cheerfully recommend Vaseline for such complaints. I tliink It the greatest medicine in the world. Respectfully. MBS. J, W. LLDY1X VEGETLNE.— When the blood becomes lifeless and stagnant, either from change of wastber or of climate, want of exercise. Irregular diet, or from any other cause, the YEGETINK will renew the blood, carry off the pu- i trld humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels, ! and Impart a tone of vigor to the whole body. VEBETINE DYSPEPSIA,NERVOUSNESS And-General Debility. Bbrnardstokn, Mass,. 1878. Wc,*he undersigned, having used Vegettee, take pleas urcin recommending it to all thoee troubled with Hu mar* of any H id. E^spepaia. Xeri-cw>ne$8, or General Debility, it bein i the (Beat Blood Purifier. Sold by JL L. Crowell A,Sons, who fell move of it thy* an other patent izu dl«?iue put together. . , MRS. L. F. PERKINS. vMJKS. H. W. SCO IT. JOSEPHUS SLATE. VEGETINR is the great health-restorer—composed exclusively of barks, roots, and herbs. Jt la very pleasant to take; every child likes it. VEGETINE NERVOUS HEADACHEAnd Rheumatism. CINCINNATI, a, April 9,1877. If. It. Stevens. Esq. Dear Sir—I have used your Vcgetine for Nervmt* Headache, and also for Khcumatm.i, and have found entire

relief from bun, and take great pleasurem recommending it to all who may he likewise afflict**-?. J? ai£I >. A. GOOD. 108 MillSi., Cinn. VEGETINE has restored thousands to health, who had been long and painful sufferers. VEGETINE DRUGGISTS’ TESTIM<HlY. Mr. H. R. Stbtens: Dear Sit—We hare been setting your remedy, the Tegetine. h r about three years, and take pleasure in recommending it to oar customers, and In no instance where a btooi purifier would reach the case, has it ever failed to effect a cure, to our knowledge. It certainty is the nt plua w Urtt of renovators. Respectfully, E. M. SHEPHERD & CO.. Druggists, ML Vernon, 11L Is acknowledged by all classes of people to be the best and most reliable blood purifier in the world. VEGETINE Vegetine is Sold 6y All Druggists. DR. JDR8 ROLL'S FOR THE CURS OP FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for it * superiority orer tilrem•dies erer offered to the public ‘-or the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEKBY usd PERMANENT cure of Ague and Fever, or Chilli and Fever, whether of short or ions (tanging. He refers to the entire V ester a And Southern country to hoar him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no ease whatever trill it fail to euro if the directions are strictly followed and carried out. In agreat many oases a single dose has been sufficient for « cure, and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, sjpd in every case more certain to cure, if its use is cont inued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has been checked, more especially in difficult and \ long-standing eases. Usually this medicine will not require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, require a cathartic medicine, after having taken three or four doses cf the Tonic, a single dose of BULL’S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS wiU bo sufficient. The genuine SMITH’S TONIC SYBUF must have OB. JOHN BULL’S private stamp on each bottle. LB. JOHK BULL only has the right to manufacture and sell the original JOHK I. SMITH’S TONIC STBUP. of Louisville, Ky. Bkamine well the label on each bottle., If my private stamp is nut on eaeh bottle, do not purchase, or you will be deceived. xm. ororiisr bulij, Manufacturer and Vender of SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BULL’S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. Priori pa I Office. .11 & XkIr St., LOUISYIIAE* II.

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