Pike County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 22, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 October 1885 — Page 4

PIKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT. Published Every Thursday. PETERSBURG. - INDIANA. SETTING TYPE. Hark to the click _ Of the types in the stlok! * They fall and they meet with monotonous sound, Aa swiftly the fingers that seise them go round To hurry them into the stick With a click, cllok. There tHejr are to the stlok! What do the typos tell the world as they stand! Here It Is sgVro; there cloquenoe yrand. Weak aa nothing, when single, combined they command. r— A wonder-power in their oliok, As in order they march into the stick. hook again in the stick. *t> the workers of evil they sorrow betide; The cheat and oppressor in vain try to glide Away from the click, but the earth can not hide Thera away from the cllok, cllok, Of the types falling into the stick. As they dick, oliok, in the stick, Monarchs and tyrants their marshaling dread; They know that to freedom the types have been wed. And the visions they see are in color blood rod, And they shake at the sound of the click. „ Hark, the noise from the stick I Guilt flies from the sound in a tromorof fear; But guilt can not hide in the day or the night. Though it try ©very method of hidlug or flight, From the sound of that terrible click. Forever that oliok, click! In the gas that makes the day-shine, or in tho sun's light, That stlok is forever Increasing its might, And seeming to say: Here we stand for the right! f Oppressors, beware of the stick! Those gray-colored typos in the stick! States, monarchies, potentates, 1‘asbas and Kings, The painter, the player, the poet who sings. Stand in awo of theso poor, little, dull, leaden things And the ominous noise of the cllok. "But these types In the stick. To the just and tlic truo all nations around, TO the whole of mankind where tho virtues abound— Most welcome to such is tho musical sound dl)f the types with their click. —Frank J. Of (arson, in N. Y. Clipper.

ICopi/right Secured. AU lttoMe Reecrvea.] Driven From Sea to Sea; Or, JUST A CAMPIN’. BY C. a P03T. Pbm.ishhd by Permission of J. E. Downey * Co., Publishers, Chicago. CHATTER XXIV.—Continued. And they had good neighbors, which added much to tho pleasantness of their surroundings, for though never content to be separate from eaoh other, even for a day, our young friends enjoyed having their acquaintances drop in on them, and often visited among t,heir neighbors, spending the evening (jr Sunday afternoon. They heard regularly from Lucy’e parents, and quite frequently from Jennie and her husband, who were still in Chicago and doing well. At least Ensign had steady employment, and they were comfortable and happy. Mr. and Mrs. Parsons had now fully decided to sell their home on the mountain at the first opportunity, and move to the Slough; their out-of-the-way location alone operating against the ready sale of the place. Meantime Erastus and Lucy worked on. The size of orchard and vineyard was increased by the plauting of other trees and vines. ROse-bushos were set out at the corners of tho porch and beneath , the windows, and evergreens and flowering shrubs in the front yard. Tho main irrigating ditch having beers completed the year before, the work of carrying the water wherever needed, by5 means of small side ditches, was combatively easy and rapid, so that some pretty broad fields of grain and grass were beginning to stretch away on every side of their cottage. But now came a terrible rumor. It was told doubtingly at first, as something that could hardly be possible—that a railroad company laid claim to the lands about the Slough, and would compel payment of their present market value, all improvements included, or evict the homesteaders from possession. ° ' The settlers generally laughed at the tale, as being started 'by some one for the purpose of giving them a fright. •‘What.'” they said, “the railroad company claim our lands! Why, the land was absolutely valueless, thought not to.be worth paying taxes on, until we irrigated it and built houses and put out orchards and vineyards. “Besides, the land grant by Congress was made to a company whose charter fixed tho line of their road more than a hundred miles away, on tho other side of a range of mountains; and even this, grant the company has forfeited long ago, the time in which the road was to be built in order to obtain tho land having expired two years since, and the - road is not built yet” It seemed absurd for anyboly to talk About a ra lroad company having a claim to their lands, when they had redeemed them from the desert and were almost ready to prove up on them under the Homstead and Pre-emption laws. Yet there were those who were less easily disarmed of fear. They knew that in Iowa a railroad company had dispossessed settlers who had actually proved up and received deeds to their homes from the Govcrn- » ment.

There were those among them, too, who had suffered from the overflow of hydraulic mines, others from the Suscol Ranch, and yet others who had suffered from encroachments of corporat'ons in other States and other portions of this State, and these were prepared to believe that nothing was too preposterous for the railroad company to claim, if its officers thought there was the remotest chance of enforcing it, either by fair means or foul. When Erastus Hemmingway iieard the rumor his heart sunk, for he had reen too much of the heartiossness and greed of corporations not to fear the worst, and he at once took steps to ascertain the truth. He wrote to the headquarters of the company, repeating what he had heard, and asking if there was any tmth in the statement that the company professed to have any claim to the land m the vicinity of the Slough. In reply ho received a letter and also a circular. « The letter was signed by the President of the railroad company, and was to the effect that the company hoped to be allowed the original grant of lands made by Congress in aid of the road, but the boundaries of the grant had not been determined, and probably would not he for some time. Meanwhile, the letter went on to say, the settlers could bs assured that in no case should they be the losers, as. if it should eventually be determined that the land which they occupied was within the limits of the grant to the road, the company pledged itself to transfer it to the occupants on payment of the Government price, and attention was called to the accompanying circular, copies of which, the letter •aid, wore being issued and distributed all oyer'the State for the purpose of inducing people tp take up land at the Slough. This circular also contained a pledge that if found to be within the • grant of Congress to the road, the oompany would transfer the land to whoever had improved it, immediately on payment of tne Government price. * This letter, token it connection with lb* circulars, which were scattered

freely among the settlors, ilt It did not remove all feeling of fes.r from the minds of Eraatus and a few others* did serve to allay the general alarm, which was before on the increase, and improve^ ments went on as usual. The circulars of the company sent to other portions of the State had the desired effect, and very Soon other families began to come in in considerable numbers, all taking up claims and relying upon the printed pledges of the company that in no case should'the land cost more than the price asked by Government for wild lands. So time sped on. And now those who came first to the Slough began to reap abundantly of the fruit of their labor and perseverance. The work of turning a veritable desert into a garden had been accomplished. It had been done, too, without capital, and by men who were forced t» support themselves and their families while the transformation, was being made. Orchards and vineyards were loaded with fruit Olives and apples, peaches, plums, apricots, pears, pine-apples, lemons, pomegranates, nectarines—all the semi-tropical fruits, and some which grow nowhere else outside of the tropics themselves, were to be found in full bearing upon the irrigated lands Of the settlors at Mussel Slough. Green fields grew broader and greener. Little flocks and herds of cattle and sheep were to be seen feeding on the rich vegetation Which Came with the water that Overspread the land from the system of irrigating ditches; nnd aa the result of all this, new and pretty cottages were taking the place of the wretched huts in which nearly all had been forced to live during the first years of their residence; and it was in the midst of this prosperity, when want had been banished by years of patient, persevering toil, and they were rejo'cing over troubles past, ami the thought that for tho rest of their days they could take life easy, that the stroko came which turned all. their joy into mourning, and changed the current of their blood from the peaceful flow of quiet, happy hearts to a seething flood in hearts made hot with fear and hatred.

This was no minor from an unknown source that reached their ears, awaking doubt in some and ridicule in others. It was not the faint murmuring of a distant-storm that might never reach them, but. the sudden rush of the whirlwind; the Hash of the lightning, the falling of the thunderbolt from a sunny sky. It came as a notice from the railroad company to each settler, informing him that ho was a trespasser on the lands of the company, and must immediately vacate unless he was prepared to pay the value of the lands occupied by him, which had been carefully appraised, so the notioe read, by competent judges, whose estimate of the value of each quarter-section accompanied the notice. This appraisement ranged from ten to thirty-live dollars per acre; that of Krasins Hcmmingway being thirty dollars per acre, or a total of four thousand eight hundred dollars, which he was asked to pay to the railroad company for the land he had redeemed from the desert; or failing therein was ordered to at once vacate the premises. The excitement which the receipt of these noticos caused can to imagined. Threats of vengoance upon the officers of the company were both loud and frequent, and had they been present, there is no question as to what their fate would have been. Death in some form would unquestionably have been meted out to them. But they were careful not to be present. They had deliberately laid, and were now executing, a plan to rob these people of their homes, and they were too cunning to come\within reach of their victims while the first hot flush of righteous anger was upi(n them. With the power whieh their immense wealth, the gift of Congress, gave them, they did not fear the courts or the State authorities. They already controlled these, and worn prepared to bribe or threaten, as they deemed most likely to accomplish their ends, any oflicial who stood in the way of their plans for wholesale robbery. The leaders in the plot stood high in sooinl and political circles. The settlers had small means of making the outrage upon their rights known, and their cause was, indeed, desperate, and it is small wonder, when in every dwelling at the Slough were women whose eyes were red with weeping, that there should be men whose lips uttered curses, and whose muscles twitched with eagerness to lay hand upon the authors of their woe. Only a few days before the notices to pay or vacate reached the settlers, Krastus and Lucy had received a letter from Mrs. Parsons saying that they had at last found a probable purchaser for their place. They would know in a few days, she wrote, and if they sold they should pack up and start for the Slough at once, as they did not wish, even it the purchaser of the property would permit, to remain on the mountain through the winter. It would seem more lonely than ever when the place was no longer their own. The only thing that would delay their coming, if they sold, was Johnny’s health. The boy had not been as well as common the past summer, and had been quite sick recently, but was getting better now, and she thought would be able to De moved, and if they sold she would take him and. start at onee by boat, leaving Mr. Parsons to drive across with their household goods, as Krastus and Lucy had done. The reception of this news had caused much pleasure to the young couple, who were both desirous of having their parents near them.

Lucy was especially anxious for the presence of her mother at this time, and hastened to reply, urging that they sell if they could get anything like a fair price, and that they come at once. Hut when the deterinination of the railroad corporation to rob them of their own home became known to them, they felt it would be better for their parents not to sell, at least for the present; and Lucy again wrote, telling ner parents of the difficulty they were in, and that if they had not sold, it might be better not to do so. It was a hard thing to do, and the poor young wife had often to pause and wipe away the tears that blinded her eyes as she wrote of their troubles— thinking, too, of the sorrow it would bring to the hearts of the old people upon the mountain side. She was expecting to become a mother soon, and all the sweet joy with which she had been looking forward to the coming of the babe had given place to a terrible fear of what the future might have in store for them all. Krastua had not beeit loud in his threats, as had others. Indeed he bad not threatened at all; but he was not a man of many words. And she had not forgotton how at the Snscol Ranch, when but a boy, he bad taken her mother and Mrs. Ritchie with the children, of which she was one, to a place of safety and then returned to defend the cottage with his life. And now the thought kept ooming to her: “What if the company should actually attempt the eviction of the settlers and Erastus should again defend their home, and be killed r' She tried to put the thought from her, but it ktipt coming back, each time with increasing strength, uutil it came almost to be a conviolion. She know, or thought she knew, that if efforts wore made at an eviction, her husband would oall upon his neighbors to de*

fetid their homes with their lirea, and Would set them the example. It was ft horrible thought. But it came and it Clung to her; and though she tried hard not to make her letter to her parents be without a gleam of hope, she yet felt when it was written and sealed that she had failed, and was still further depressed by the thought of the effect it would have upon those to whom it was to be sent; and especially upon her father, who she knew would bear the blow even less stoutly than her mother. Meantime the verbal sale of the mountain ranch had been concluded between Mr. and Mrs. Parsons and the gentleman of whom Mrs. Parsons had written. They Were tft receive two thousand dollars eash down and to give immediate possession; and on the morning but one following that on which Lucy’s second letter was ma'led, John Parsons started to town with the deed made out and signed by his wife. He was to meet the purchaser at the court-house in Phippsbnrg. deliver the deed and receive the money, provided tho title was found to be clear, of which there was no doubt in the minds of either party; the abstract, which Blake gave to Parsons when he bought the property, having been shown as proof of that fact when negotiat ons for the purchase and sale were first begun. The sky looked cloudy and threatening when he left.home, but it would not do to fail of being at the appointed place on time, and ho kissed his crippled boy aud his wife and lef&in good spirits, promising to be back by dark. On reaching town he put out It s horse, saw that he was properly fed, and then started for the court-house. On his way there he had to pass tho post-office, and, stopping to inquire if there was any mail for him, was handed Lucy’s letter to her mother.

He recognized the post mark and opened it at once—not a common proceeding with him, for his eyes were no longer good, and even where letters came addressed to himself instead of his wife, he usually preferred to wait until he got home, and then have her read them aloud while he ate supper or smoked his pipe and rested. But now something impressed him with the thought that he had better open the letter. He had a feeling that perhaps all was not right at the Slough. Perhaps it was because it had been only a few days since they had received a letter from there, and so were not expecting another so soon. Tearing oft' the envelope he began to his hand trembled so that he could not hold the paper still enough to see the letters, and he folded it up and put it into his pocket He had read enough, however, to understand what had befallen his children. He knew that they were to be driven from their home, as he and they had so often been before, by the merciless greed of soulless corporations, or combinations of rich men whose hearts had turned to stone beneath the weight of their immense wealth. For a moment it seemed to him that he should die right there, and those who were looking saw him stagger like a drunken man, but he rallied at once and went out without a word. The thought that the cottage oh the mountain side was still theirs, and would afford an asylum for the children, had come to him, and he was hastening to tell the would-be purchaser that under the circumstances they could not let him have the place. It was fortunate that the bargain was not closed, he thought. How lucky that he had opened the letter instead of waiting until he got home! They could all live comfortably in the cottage together, and he and Marty should have those dearest always with them the little while they should continue to live, and by them to close their eyes when they died, and no one would disturb them on the mountain side, which was so secluded and lonely that hardly anybody appeared to want to live there. Yes, it was very fortunate that the bargain had not been closed, and he would pay the man for his trouble and ask to'be released. Entering the court-house he went directly to the Recorder’s oftice. The gentleman whom he expected to meet was already there, and in company with the Recorder was looking over the records. Without so much as bidding them good morning, John Parsons began to say that he had changed his mind and wished to be released from his verbal contract, but before he could make his meaning understood the gentleman who had contracted for the place, said: “How is this, Mr. Parsons? I find a mortgage on your place. I understood you to say it was clear of all incumbrances.’’ proceeded faroefore

The words came in & whisper from lips that were bloodless, which the other did not notice, for his eyes were upon the volume of records, and ha answered: “Yes. A mortgage for fifteen hundred dollars with interest for six years, unless it has been paid; making a tot al of about the amount I was to pay you for the place. The mortgage seems to have been given by Mr. Blake to a Mr. Jones, of San Francisco, and—” But he did not conclude the sentence, for at that instant the two men at the desk heard a groan, and turning, saw John Parsons fall to the floor as if dead. They picked him up and laid him on a bench, and one of them ran for the doctor, while the other attempted to pour some whisky down his throat from a flask. In a moment he revived, and when the doctor came running in, followed by a crowd of business men and idlers, was sitting up with his head leaning upon his hands, his elbows upon his knees. As the crowd entered he looked up for an instant and then resumed his former position, but that instant sufliccd to show to those present a face so haggard that not one among them all recognized it as the face of John Parsons, the owner of the mountain ranch. The doctor advanced and laid a hand upon the wrist of the stricken man, as if to feel his pulse. Then John Parsons again raised his head, and with an effort arose to his feet. “It ain’t no use, Doc,” he said, recog. nr/.ing the physician as one who had attended Johnnv in his recent illness. “It ain’t no use," he repoatod, “it’s the heart that’s ailin’ an’ there ain’t no medicine that'll do it any good; leastwise nothin’ yon kin give. The children is bein' robbed of their homo ust as their parents has been afore 'em, and there ain’t anything left to live fer. “I thought when I read the letter ;est now that we could all live together somehow on our own little ranch, but it ’pears that it is to be tuck from us too—though I don’t know how it comes. I have an abstract that I got out of this very office when l bought the place and it says there weren’t no mortgage onto it then, but now there ’pears to be one for all it’s wo'th, an’ they'll take it of course, an’ there ain’t no place left where an honest man kin take them as is dependent on him. It would be better if we was all dead, an’ I 'spool we will be purty soon. “The railroad company'll turn Erastus an’ Lucy out, an’ the girl’ll die, may be. for want of a shelter, when her baby comes to be born, an* her father won't have any shelter to offer her; fer ef they were mean enough to mortgage the place and then sell it, they’ll be devils enough to turn ah old man an’ woman an’ a crippled boy oat the minute they want possession.” [TO SB OOMTtMUBO.] V

S6NCI OP THE PRINTER. v Forever bending o'er my KK, \ My life's not ailed with EE. Forever sticking to my stick, My labors never CC. what's right I make my rule, " my PP and QQ. ly faults, 1 will confess, them 2X QQ. girl called Emmaline, for her was great, rone a thousand Ems iuW ner M U late, . j she said she did return My love, with blushing grace, I printed on her Ups a kiss And did my Em M—. —Chicago Tribunt. SHE KNEW HIM. The Sad Predicament of a Drummer Who Flirted with a •< Green Malden,” ■ It always touches a tender spot in the hearts of travelers on railways to see a Kiddy young girl fall into the clutches of a designing drummer or something, and they watch proceedings with a deep Interest The other day on an outgoing Chicago & Alton train, a chipper young woman in a short dress tripped into the luxurious chair car and sat down near the center on the shady side. She was heavily veiled, and seemed to be about sixteen years old. A little later, a pert-looking drummer came in by the front door, and walked through the coach looking with interest at all the female passengers, and then, although there were plenty of vacant chairs, he walked up to the one beside the chippei young woman and saying: “ Permit me-” sat down. He rap idly endeavored to draw her into conHl

1:1 \ “is TOTS 10IIS8 WOMAN YOUlt SISTER?” versation, and, although she did not say much, site giggled like a giddy girl on her first trip alone and seemed much interested with the drummer. “ Fine day,” said the masher. The girl giggled and agreed that it was. “ Going far?” he asked. “Not very,” she replied. “Ever rode on the cars alone before?” “No, sir,” and she giggled again. “Ought to have a protector, eh?” . To this she said she did not know, and Tented another charmingly innocent giggle. “I guess I’ll protect you,” and his arm stole around the back ot her chair and rest ed on her shoulder. She giggled again and leaned over toward him, and the passengers began to pity her and feel like thumping the drummer. “Say, I like you!” he said, drawing her nearer. “You imisn’t,” she replied simpering. “Oh, yes, I must. You are just as sweet as you can be. I’d like to kiss you now.” “Oh my!” she exclaimed, but he bent down his head and kissed her through her veil, and she bent her head over and let it rest on his shoulder, and he drew her closer to his side. An bid man who had been watching could contain his righteous indignation no longer, and jumping tip, he went over to the drummer, and taking him by the shoulder yanked him around and cried: “Is this young woman your sister?” “No, sir.” “Daughter of yours?” “No, sir. ” “Is she your wife?” “Well, I don’t know as it is any of your business, sir, but I r.ever saw her until fifteen minutes since.” “Oh yes he did,” said the giddy girl. “Well, well,” said the masher, “of course I did, but it is none of his busiuess, you know. Don’t talk to bint!” The old ntau

“GENTLEMEN, IIE IS MV HUSBAND.’ walked away and the hugging was resumed. “Pretty good joke, ain’t it?” said the drummer. “Splendid!” giggled the girl. “He thinks we’re married! Well, I wish we were,” he sighed, drawing her closer. “Do yoinnow?” “Youhet!” “What would you give to have me for a wife?"'she archly inquired. “Five dollars t” “Would you though?” “You bet I would!” “All rigjit!” said she, and throwing back her veil, she added: “Fork over now!” and as he saw it reallv was his wife, lie paid the money and tried to look happy, but the passengers roared with happy relief as she took Him by the ear and led him out Of tile coach, saying: “Gentlemen, lie t» my husband, but lie did not think so five minutes ago.”— Through Mail*

PUMPING A FIRE CHIEF. Remarkable Coolness Displayed by a Nest Orleans Fsreman. Chief O’Connor, of New Orleans, was approached by a benevolent-looking gentleman, recently, who said to himf “Firemen must have thrilling experiences.” “Yes,” said the Chief, with a wink to some bystanders: “I have seen things that would make your hair stand on end with horror.” “1 shouldn’t wonder,” replied the gentleman. “Won’t you please relate some incident?” “Certainly,” replied the Chief. “A fellow came into my department some years ago who was remarkable for his coolness. He was caught in a room in the sixth story of a blazing building one day, and we didn’t have a ladder that would reach him. He had a hook in his hand which is used for pulling down ceilings, and there was a handle ten feet long attached to it. He climbed out on the window and looked down. There were about five thousand people in the street, and all thought he was going to jump. So they all began to yell to him not to. Jack didn’t inind them at all. He knew he couldn’t get down through the building, and that the ladders were too short So he fastened the hook on the cornice above him and climbed up hand over hand. But when he got on the roof he was no better off. How do you suppose he got down?” The gentleman gave it up. “You may not believe it,” said Chief O’Connor, earnestly, “but we sent a stream of water up to the roof, and he slid down on that It was a fine sight—A7, y. SunMot Now. UI see we have a cremation society In Detroit,” he observed to the lady on the left “Yes, I see.” “Do you belong?” “Not yet” “Doesn’t - the idea of burning (the bod) of a dead companion strike you with hor ror?” “It used to, but I am now quite reconciled.” “What has changed your views?” he persisted. “MarriageI” she briefly answered.— Detroit Free Frets.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —To equip a quarter section of land in the prairie, at least fire hundred dollars is necessary.— Chicago Journal. —It js estimated that the proper care of agricultural machinery would save us no less than $5,000,000. —Save everything carefully which will ma.ke feed. It will, no doubt, all be needed before next winter is over. —The scum which often rises on the top of pickles can be remedied by putting a slice or two of horseradish in the jar, which soon sinks to the bottom, taking all the scum with it, thus leaving the vinegar clear.—Chicago Journal. —Cream Candy: Three cups sugar, one and one-half cups water, butter, size of a walnut, one-half teaspoon cream tartar, flavor with vanilla, lemon or peppermint ; boil until it begins to thread, or until the drops are somewhat brittle if dropped in cold water; pour into buttered platters and when sufficiently cool pull over a hook or in the hands.— The Household. —If a man has a place where his tools can be easily put up, they will be more apt to bo put up, and when we consider the damage to tools, particularly the more expensive ones, from standing out doors even a short time, how can a farmer spend a little money more profitably thau in building convenient shelter for them?—Toronto Globe. —A lady mends bags and rag carpet* in a very expeditious manner. She dissolves some glue; and while hot stirs it into a thick flour paste which has been boiled. Use this paste on the patches, putting them on smoothly, pressing the edges down well. Lay a weight on the patch, or dry with a warm iron, placing a newspaper oyer the place.—Cincinnati Timet i—Fried Apples and Bacon: Core and slice round, without paring, some tart, well-flavored apples. Cut into thin slices some middlings of excellent bacon or pork, and fry in their own fat almost to crispness. Take out the meat and keep hot while you fry the apples in the fat left in the pan; add a little sugar to taste. Drain and lay upon the slices, of meat.—Toledo Blade. , —The Inca Homestead avers that he rather likes the confirmed growler—the fellow who sees nothing but blue ruin to the future corn crop, on account of present rains, and who will make us shiver with his predictions of empty corn cribs and starving hogs if it should not rain for a month. He knows how to run the weather a thousand times better than the Almighty. His self-conceit and capacity for doleful lamentation is a constant source of amusement. But we like him best in small doses and at long intervals.

—To purify cistern water take a pound or two—according to the amount of water—of caustic soda or a similar quantity of concentrated lye, and gut into the cistern; this will disinfect stagnant. odorous water, an^ the cost is nothing compared with the benefit derived. It is said that two grains of alum to a pint of water that is not fit to drink; render it perfectly clear and pure, and the taste of alum will not ge perceived. A little pulverized ahim thrown into a pail of water and allowed to stand for fiftcen or twenty minutes will precipitate all the impurities and leave it perfectly clear. A. large quantity put into a well of impure water will very much improve it.—Exchange. The Normal and ; Beneficent Process ol Decomposition. The gaseous and other products ot decomposition of sewage vary greatly according to the amount of free oxygen present, for upon this depends largely the character of the micro-organisms which are at work. Some of these can only exist in the presence of free oxygen, others only in its absence, and thus two very different kinds may be at work in the same cess-pool, the oxygen lovers at the top and the oxygen haters in the depths. What may be termed the normal and beneficient processes of decomposition go on most rapidly and efficiently where there is a free and constant supply of oxygen, and methods of sewage disposal which provide for this supply are, other things being equal, the best. It is for this reason that a porous soil, alternately moistened with sewage and then dried, so that each partiole of the soil becomes covered with a thin layer of oiganic matter, thus exposing an enormous area to the air when this again finds its way into the interstices of the soil and so giving aerobic organisms the most favorable conditions for their development, produces such excellent results; and in like manner the agitation of sewage with large quantities of water, or the forcing of air through it, so as to allow access of the dissolved oxygen to every particle, results in rapid decomposition and the ultimate purification ol the mass, while at the same time the products are compounds of nitrogen which are very valuable in many ways. On the other hand, a soil constantlysaturated with sewage, as in the vicinity of a leaky cess-pool, can not thus purify itself, and the decomposition which goes on under such circumstances gives rue to products which are especially offensive and dangerous, contaminating the ground water, and through this the wells and springs in the vicinity, and contaminating also the ground air, which in cold weather is drawn into all houses which have not air-tight cellar floors and walls.—J. S. Bilungs, M.D., in Harper'* Magazine. Happy Condition of Farmers. An old and successful agriculturist lays: “It is now many years since when a school boy I listened to an agricultural address delivered by Isaac Hill, in Keene, to the farmers of Cheshire County. He was a noted man in New Hampshire, and also a Governor of the State. In speaking of the ‘happy condition of Farmers.’he observed that ‘the merchant Failed nine times out of ten before a fortune is gained; the speculator ninetynine times in a hundred; the mechanic and the lawyer gain only while their work is going on; the wages of the priest* like those of the common laborer, stop when he no longer works; the physician adds to his income no oftener than he visits the sick; the salaried man, if he saves at all, saves only a specific sum.’ In this comparison, the farmer by dint of his husbandary produces constantly from the mother earth, while his associate callings are subject to the uncertainties, changes, and recurring vicissitudes; incidental to other employments ImAatm |La maaiaIh mam if OXYGEN AND FILTH,

Morses* Food_ The horse is more dainty about hi# food than any other farm animal excepting a sheep. Wo uneaten refuse should be left in the feeding boxes to sour under the animal’s nose. In warm weather the danger of this is greater, especially when meal with wet, cut hay is given. This is the best possible feed for a working horse, but if left to many hired men it will be unsatisfactory from overfeeding. Some people seem to think that all there is in feeding a horse is to stuff his manger fall with hay all the time and give him large amounts of grain or meal. Under such management a horse will {grow poor and his appetite will fail, and with no appetite he cannot do efficient work.—Farm, Fiitd and Stockmen,

Health of Coal-M inert. A great variety of industrial employments are directly and largely productive of pulmonary disease, notably among stone-cutters, steel-grinders, iron-miners, etc. Taking pulmonary consumption as a test disease of the hurtful effects of inhaling metallic dust, there is a mortality of 69 in every 100 sick needle-makers, diminishing to 10 in every 100 sick brass-workers. Mineral dust causes a maximum deathrate from consumption of 90 per cent of the total mortality among griud-stone-makers. animal dust causes 49 per cent., and dust from poisonous metals 86 per cent, of such mortality, respectively, in the workers exposed. Of those exposed to vegetable dust, 60 out of every 100 deaths among the cotton, flax and hemp-dressers are due to consumption, while among coalminers only a fraction of one in the 100 deaths is due to th:s cause. Recent investigations show not only that consumption is not caused by coalmining, but that this is the healthiest of industrial employments. Looking to the longevity, high standard of health, and low death-rate of coalminers, and to their remarkable freedom from pulmonary d sea.se, there would seem to be some special protective feature in coal-mining operations not shared by the rest of the dusty trades. It is surmised that this may be due to the antiseptic properties of the carbon constantly inhaled.—Chica. go News.

To Clean Glass and Silverware. Egg shells crashed into small bits and shaken well in decanters three parts filled with coldwaterwill not only clean them thoroughly, but make the glass look like new. By rubbing with a damp flannel dipped in the best whiting, the brown discolorations may be taken off cups in which custards have been baked. Again, are all of us aware that emery powder will remove ordinary stains from the white ivory knifehandles. or that the luster of moroc o leather is restored by varnishing with white of egg? Nothing, it is said, is better to clean silver w;th than alcohol and ammonia, fln shing with a little wh ting on a soft cloth. When putting away the silver tea or coffee pot which is not in use every day. lay a little sf&k across the top under the “covey. This will allow fresh air to get in, and prevent the mustiness of tne contents familiar to hotel and boarding house sufferers.—Philadelphia Call. The Height of Romance A romantic love story is at present going the rounds of the Italian papers. In 1881 a young merchant in Boulogne fell in love with a beautiful girl, who reciprocated his feelings. But the young man was so absurdly jealous that the girl concluded the onlv way to make him more reasonable would be to break the engagement and keep him at a distance for" a while. But this only increased his passion, and one day after being refused he pulled out a revolver and shot her. The shot was not fatal, but the girl was ill for a long time, while her lover was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. Recently the girl has been visiting the prisoner, and the other day she informed her parents that she had made up her mind to marry her lover, notwithstanding all that'had happened, and in prison. The ceremony was performed without opposition, and a petition is now in circulation to secure a pardon for the young merchant—N. T. Post.

-i VM HIV HU MlV VA VI1C VA” tensive nature of the victualing on board the great ocean steamers. Each vessel Js provisioned as follows for the passengers and crew: Three thousand five hundred pounds of butter, 3,000 hams, 1,600 pounds of biscuits, exclusive of those supplied for the crew; 8.000 pounds of grapes, almonds, figs and other dessert fruits; 1,500 pounds of jams and jellies; tinned meats, 6,000 pounds; dried beans, 3,000 pounds; rice, 3.000 pounds; onions. 5,000 pounds; potatoes. 40 tons; flour, 300 barrels, and eggs, 1.200 dozen. Fresh vegetables, meats and live bullocks, sheep, pigs, geese, turkeys, ducks, fowls, fish and game are generally supplied at each port, so that it is difficult to estimate them.—N. ¥. Sun. —A once very popular pastry was called Washington pie. It was highly flavored with cinnamon, probably for the purpose of disguising the taste of the unknown ingredients entering into its oomposit on. A large slab was sold for three cents and immense quantities of it were consumed by small boys. Of late years it has almost entirely 'disappeared. and its place in the pie economy has been taken by the mealy cheesecake, which possesses equally filling qualities, and has the advantage of being composed of known materials.— Troy Times• T }■■ £100,000,000 in the British Court or Chancery!—A large part ot this vast sum belongs to the people of America. Cox & Co., 41 Southampton Buildings, Holborn, London, Eng., have just published a List of the heirs to this enormous wealth. Header, send a dollar and they will forward you this valuable List; and if you find by it that you are entitled to any money or property, claim your own. Cox & Co. will show you the way. An exchange speaks of “mineral wool.” Let’s see. That’s the kind they shear from hydraulic rams, isn’t lit—Chicago Journal. • * • • Delicate diseases radically cured. Consultation free. Address, World’s Dispensary Medical Assoc’n, Buffalo, N. Y. “The battle is not always to the strong,” said the judge, as he awarded the butter premium at a county fair.—St. Paul Herald. THE MARKETS. New York, October 5, 1885. CATTLE—Native Steers.S 4 *5 COTTON—Middling.. 10 toCho FLOUR—Good to Choice. S 85 a WHEAT—No. a Red. 9214a CORN—No. 2. 4814® OATS—Western Mixed.. 29 a FORK—Standard Mess. 9 50 a ST. LOUIS. 9 14® 5 00 a Fair to Medium... 4 75 a HOGS—Common to Select.... 3 55 a SHEEP—Fair to Choice... 2 45 * FLOUR-XXX to Choice. 8 35 COTTON—Middling BEEVES—Good to Heavy., 93«a WHEAT—No. 2 Red Winter.. CORN—No. 2 Mixed "toga OATS—No. 2. 2414® RYE—No. 2. 5714 a TOBACCO—Lugs... 3 00 a Leaf—Medium... 6 00 8 HAY—Choice Timothy. 11 50 a BUTTER—Choice llafry. 16 a EGGS—Fresh PORK—Standard Mess.. BACON-Clear Rib. LARD—Prime Steam. CHICAGO. CATTLE—Exports.... HOGS— ;ood to Choice. 3 90 SHEEP—Good to Choice. 3 00 FLOUR—Winter.. 4 40 14 .. a 6 a 5«a 4 50 5 88 1014 5 50 9714 4814 33 10 00 9* 5 50 4 75 4 23 3 50 4 00 94 90 41 25 58 8 00 8 50 12 50 19 HR 9 00 614 6 t 41 a 2514a “ « Patents WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. No. 2Red. CORN—No. 2.... OATS-No. 2. PORK—New Mess. 8 35 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers...... 4 50 a HOGS—Sales at... 3 50 a WHEAT—No. 2. 77 a CORN—No. 2. 30148 OATS-No. 2... 23 ® NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grades. 4 25 a CORN—White. 65 a OATS—Choice Western.'. :1214a HAY-Choloe. 16 50 a 1 5 90 4 35 3 50 4 90 5 25 85* 90 4114 2514 8 40 6 40 3 95 77 k 3214 24 6148 914® PORK-Mess. BACON—Clekr Rib. COTTON—Middling- . LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red. .... a CORN—No. 2 Mixed. ® OATS—No. 2 Mixed. a PORK—Mess. a BACON-Clear Rib. 6148 COTTON—Middling. . .... m 5 00 56 33 50 9 50 »X 4514 27 9 00 6 9*

TRICKS ON THE TRACKS I Dtnpn from Which Enfinnn Save the Public and. Themselves. [The Railway Review.] One who is accustomed to railway traveling can scarcely realize how much he is dependent for safety upon the engineer. Added to the responsibility of their station, engineers are also in constant danger of acci dents caused by the tricks of jealous rivals. , This rivalry, it is said, sometimes prompts to the doing of utterly mean tricks. A Nickle Fiate engineer after his very first trip was laid oil because he had “cut out” all the hearings of bis engine. He was reinstated, however, after he proved that some rival had filled his oilinij can with emery. Another new engineer was suspended for burning out the flues of his boiler. Through grief at the loss of bis position he died, and then a consciencestricken rival confessed that he had put oil in the tank so that it foamed and showed water at the top gauge, when in reality there was scarcely a quart iu the boiler 1 These intense jealousies, together with the terrible anxiety incident to their work, have a terribly straining effect on the nerve, and statistics tell us_ that, though Locomotive Engineers may look strong and vigorous, they are not all a healthy class. Ex-Chief Engineer A. S. Hampton, Indianapolis, Ind., (l)iv. 143} was one of those apparently hearty men, but he says: “The anxiety, strain and jolting came near finishing me.” His sufferings localized in catarrh o' the bladder, but he used Warner’s safe cure faithfully for twenty weeks and now exclaims: “I am a well man.” T. S. Ingraham, of Cleveland, Q., Assistant Chief Engineer, and other prominent members are also emphatic iu its praise. The Locomotive Engineers’ Brotherhood has 17,000 members and 240 divisions. Its headquarters are in Cleveland, O., where Chief Engineer Arthur for twenty years has exercised almost dictatorial sway. It was organized in August, 18ti3, by the employes of the Michigan Central". It has given nearly two million dollars to the widows and orphans of deceased members. W hat the inebriate sees may very often be described as circular-saw.—Yonkers Gazette. “Shoot Polly as She Files,” —Pop. was the way it appeared in the proof-slip. The argus-eyed proof-reader, however, knew the quotation intended and changed it to read: “Shoot Polly as she flies.”— Pope. Of course it was an error, yet how many are daily committing much graver errors by allowing the first symptoms of consumption to go unheeded. If afflicted with loss of appetite, chilly sensations, or hacking cough, it is suicidal to delay a single moment the nso of Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery,” the great and only reliable remedy yet known for this terribly fatal malady. Send two letter stamps for Dr. Pierce’s complete treatise on this disease. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N.y. Madame Modjeska has tamed translator and will Polish up Shakespeare.— Boston Post. “Laugh and Grow Fat,” is a precept easily preached, but not so easy to practice. If a person has no appetite, but a distressing nausea, sick-head-ache, dyspepsia, boils, or any other ill resulting from inaction of the bowels, it is impossible to get up such a laugh as will produce aidermanic corpulence. In order to laugh satisfactorily you must be well, and to be well you must have your bowels in good order. You can do this and laugh heartily with Dr. Pierce’s “Pleasant Purgative Pellets,” the little regulators of the liver and bowels and best promoters of jollity. Coming home at two a. m., he found his wife dressed in deep black, and inquired the reason. “ Mourning for my late husband,” she replied. Pike’s Tooth ache Drops cure In ImJnute^Sc. Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauti fies. 25c. German Corn Remover kills Corns a [{unions. DR. JOHN BULL’S FOR THE CURE OF FEVER and AGUE Or CHILLS and FEVER, AND ALL MALARIAL DISEASES. The proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever offered to the publio for the SAFE, CERTAIN, SPEEDY and PERMANENT cure of Ague and Fever,or Chills and Fever .whether of short or long standing. He refers to the entire Western and Southern country tdbear him testimony to the truth of the assertion that in no oase whatever will it foil to cure if the directions are strictly followed and carried out. In a great many cases a single dose has been sufficient for a cure, and whole families have been cured by a single bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general health. It is, however, prudent, and in every case more certain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller doses for a week or two after the disease has been cheeked, more especially in difficult and long-standing oases. Usually this medicine willnot require any aid to keep the bowels in good order. Should the patient, however, req uire a eathartio medicine, after having taken three or four doses of the Tonie, a single dose ef RENT’S VEGETABLE FAMILY PILLS will he sufficient. Use no other. DR. JOHN BULL'S SMITH’S TONIC SYRUP, BULL'S SARSAPARILLA, BULL’S WORM DESTROYER, The Popular Remedies of the Day. Principal Office, 831 Rain St., LOUISVILLE, KY.

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