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Waiting for a Gave.

Three or four days ago, within two
miles Of Vicksburg, a Washington mer-
chant. who had business in the country,
came to q small creek, beside which a
native was washing his shirt. The man
was sousing the garment up and down
and around, and rs he "soused" he
whistled merry tune.
Z" Do YOU have to wash your own
shirts ?" inquired the merchant as he
halted.
& Not aIlus, but old Bet has got one o
her fits on Jest now" was the reply.
"Then you don agree very well ?"
''Purty well as gineral thing. Bets
kind o muIish, and I'm kind o mulish,
and when we get our backs up we claw
off to see who'll cave first"
50 l should think you want some soap"
q do
"Why don't you get it then ?"
That would be caving to Bet, stran-
ger. She's squatted on the only bit of
bar soap tween here and Vicksburg, and
she's jest aching for me to slide up and
ask her for it.
:" And you won't"
q Stranger" replied the native, as he
Strengthened up, "don't | look like fell
Ter who'd wear one shirt three months
afore I'd cave in and holler for sOap!"
The merchant sided with him, and as
he drove on, the man soused the shirt up
and down, and whistled:
Pm gwine up the river
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TBRPSIOHORE IN UTAH.
How They Manage 80 WALTZ without
AAuggin%.

Saturday was a holiday of the Nor
mons. At night it closed with a grand
ball. How odd it sounds to hear ball
announced in church, how strange to
see a ball opened with prayer. What
dancers these MormOns are. There was
a perfect jam and crush. The sexes
were about evenly represented The wO-
men were plainly clad-nOt lOw-necked
dress in the room, not a trailing dress to
be seen, and though the dancing was
mascularly vigorous, and of the pranc-
ing style, with lateral, vertical and other
motions, not one among all the women
present displayed an ankle, nor could
the most curious more than catch a
glimpse Of that part of female anatomy.
In dress, at least, the Mormon women
are modest and severe. But for the men
what shall | say? They came totally
indifferent to personal appearance. A
gOodly portion were in working clothes,
many were in their shirt sleeves, few
had dressed their hair, scarcely one had
put on a clean shirt, scores wore no col
lar, and not few were filthy dirty,
while the women, en- masse, were clean,
neat and tidy, not a few being tastefully
arTayed in white. The dancing was
about four parts of quadrille to one part
of round dances.
In the cotillions, no mans arm en-
circled a wOman's waist. In waltzing
there was no hugging. All the dancing
was hard work; they rolled into it until
their faces were purple the men danced
as if doing it for dear life, not a bit of
mincing about it; all, no, the way they
cracked heels. sprang into the air, pirOut-
ted and broke down would have sent
Billy Emmerson and his like mad with
envy. | was introduced to three ladies
of like name and, like a laundering
Gentle, took them for sisters, or some
such, when they were only wives of one
man: | looked with sublime admiration
ON one woman who had eleven husbands
by aid of the Mormon divorce code;
put my foot in it up to the hip in cam
pairing two ladies, in conversation with
a man, who quietly closed the audience
by remarking they were both his wives
| made up my mind to dance a Mormon
quadrille, but discovered that it required
the ear OF experience to their calling
the feet Of the cahmoise, the strength of
Hercules, the agility of Mercury, and
the bottom of Pegasus. | left in dis
grace, after mixing a set up terribly by
my blunders, and after, by lack of speed
and wind, spelling the fun of six Nor
mons and one Gentle for that dance.
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The range Of disorders which yield 10 the influence
of this medicine and the number Of defined diseases
which il never fails to cure. are greater than any
ether single medicine hitherto has been even recon-
meudrd for. 10y any other than the prOprietors OF
some guack nustrum. Thc-" diseases are Scrofula
and ali ETuptivc diseases and Tumors, rheumatism,
"uut. Neuralgia, and Spinal complaints, and all In
tammatury symptoms Ulcers. all ~ philitic Diseases
Kidney and Bladder diseases, Drops. the whole
train of painful disorders which generally aiict
American women, and which carry annually thou
sands of them 10 premature graves Dyspepsia, that
universal curse Of American manhood Heartburn.
Piles. COns patton, Nervousness inability to sleep
and impure blood.
This j. - formidable list of human ailments for any
single medicine to successfully attack and IL j. not
probable that any article before the public has
the power the quarter of them excepting the
NEGETINE. II lays the at the Of the of
disease 10y first eliminating every impurity from the
blood promoting the secrctiOns opening the pores
the great escape valves of the
the liver 10 its full and natural action cleansing the
stomach and strengthening digestion. This much
ACCOMPLISHED. the speedy and the permanent cure Of
not only the diseases we have enumerated but IKE
wise the Who'll" train Of chronic and constitutional
disorders. is certain To follow. This IT, precisely what
NEGETINE does ard it does il quickly and easily,
that il In an accomplished fact almost before the
patient is aware of il himself.
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the young, and that when he had done
stitching and hammering in the shop, he
could stroll boundlessly in fairyland
with his child. How strangely the pic
ture OF the boy Andersen and his father
contrasts with that of John Stuart Mill
and his father All that either had was
left out of the childhood OF the other !;
and the impression of Andersen's whole
life is as sunny and smiling and happy as
that of Mills is sober and almost sad.
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Cabinet or Parlor DREAMS.

These have become the most popular
of large musical instruments. There are
now about two hundred and fifty makers
OF them in the United States, who pro-
duce more than forty thousand organs
per annum. Most of these are very poor
instruments. This is naturally so, be-
cause there are few articles in the manu-
facture of which so much saving can be
made by the use of inferior, improperly
prepared material, and inferior work
manship, and yet which, when finished,
show 50 little difference to the average
purchaser. The important parts of an
organ, made as well as they can be, cost
two or three times as much as if made as
low as possible. Yet, when the organ is
done, it is not easy from casual hearings
to tell the difference between the best
and very poor one. Especially when
shown by one who knows how to cover
up defects, to one who has not special
skill in such matters, it is not difficult
to make a poor organ appear a good one.
The temptation to makers, then, to
produce, at a fraction of the cost, an or
gan which will sell almost rs well as a
good one is almost irresistible. Hence
the fact that so few good organs are made
and so many poor ones, and that the
country is flooded with peddlers and
dealers selling these poor organs, which
pay such large profits. The buyer of the
poor organ does not fail to find out his
mistake after a while The thin reedy
tone of his cheap organ soon becomes
offensive; it works noisily and roughly,
is constantly out of order, and becomes
useless by the time really good instru-
ment would have been getting into its
prime. A good organ ought to last a
generation, at least; poor one may last
five years, with considerable tinkering, or
may break down much sooner.
There is one safe way. Get a genuine
production of one of the very best makers
and you cannot go astray. Among these
undoubtedly stands pre-eminent the Ma
son " HamlIn Organ Co., whose organs
are 50 well known that ether makers are
generally content to claim that they can
make as good an organ as the Mason &
Hamlin. They invented and introduced
the Cabinet or ParlOr Organ in its i'm
proved form, started with and have al
ways closely adhered to the policy of
making only the best work, have shown
such skill as has given their organs the
highest reputation, not only in this cOun-
try but also in Europe. At the great
exposition at Vienna, in competition with
eighty of the best makers in the world
they obtained the highest medals. To
enumerate the competitions at which
they have received similar honors would
be to give a list of the fairs at which they
have exhibited; and to mention the
prominent musicians who recommend
their organs as unequaled would really
be to give very good list of the most
illustriOus musical names in the country,
with good representation in Europe.
One who obtains a Mason q Hamlin
Cabinet Organ need have no doubt that
he has the best instrument of its class
which can be made.-Nclo York Ladepea-
dent.
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n IIJIC IUdIO IHIEV-N VtU-JIU IVII
nito a well, where the water was only six
inches deep, and remained there six hours
before he was discovered. When he was
finally rescued his pent-up wrath knew
no bounds There was no crying about
it, but such a volIey of invectivcs fell
upon the heads of negIectful parents as
never before fell from childish lips. Here
is a sample: " You fink | kan tay in a
well, wifout muffin to eat, like a fog.
r | wasn't no better fadder II mudder II
on I'd do wifout children !"
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Hans Christian Andersen and His Father,

Hans Christian Andersen and Ills &Ih6r'
Andersen said that his wife was like a
beautiful fairy tale, and he was I'M
doubleday as happy a man as has lived.
His success was so great and so precisely
adapted to his desires and temperament
that he tasted it all the way down, as his
worldwide diocese of young folks would
have said His father was kind and
tender soul, who had such strong poetic
susceptibilities himself that he filled his
boys mind and life with gentle fancies,
and preferred to tell him fairy tales, and
take him, when he could, to the theater-
a delight to which his slender purse was
seldom equal-rather than to insist upon
tasks and studies. The child is father of
the man, and in this instance the man.
also in the same sense, was father of the
child. The father was shoemaker. and
his son says he was not happy in his
trade, as the son certainly would not
have been. The glimpse that we Get of
the intercourse and relation of the parent
and child Is very pleasing, and is Just
what the poet would have thought the
proper relation. And since heaven sends
such children as it will and not such as
parents might choose, it Is easy to i'm
agine the intense delight of the elder
Andersen in finding that his own secret
dreams and shy fancies were shared by
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A MISSIONARY just returned, says he
regards .Johnso1a's 1nodyne Ljnimcnt as be-
vond all price, and efficacious beyond any
other medicine. It is adapted to great va
rietv of special cases, and is the best pain
curer in the world.
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OFFICE ST. LOUIS AGRICULTURAL

ST. LOUIS, october lIth, 1910.
This is to certify that the Specs Earth
Anger represented by Warren A. Sherwood,
Esq, has received the LIST premium and di-
pIoma at the St. Louis fairs, in 1874 and 1875.
G.. O. KALB Sec'y.
The Office of DIR. Sherwood, who owns the
patent for above auger for the United States,
is Room I, st. Charles Hotel, St Louis, Mo,
where all inquiries should be addressed.
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S-,ra. Perfec, Satisfaction.

can conscientiously say that the CHARTER
OAK has given perfect satisfaction where
ever sold. The heavy, well constituted fire
box. economy in fuel, uniform baking and
cleanliness, make them i'll every respect I'M
equaled by any frst-closs stove in the
market,
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Mr.. II. II. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-We have good reason for regarding your
NEGETINE ycdice IF HE Oroffest ruire We feel
surcd that it has been the means Of - wing son
lf. lie is now seventeen year of age: for the last
two years he has suffered from necrosis Of his leg,
caused 10y scrouous affection, and was SO far reduced
that ucaTiyA who saw him thought his recovery i'm
possible. council Of able physicians could give us
hut the faiutcst hope of his raying, two of the
number declaring that he beyond the reach Of
human remedies. that even amputatOn could not
save him, as he had not vgor enough to endure the
operation. just then we commenced giving him
NEGETINE, and from that time to the present he has
been continuously improving. He has lately resumed
his studir-. thrown away cTutChcs and cane, and
walks about cheerful and strong.
Though there is still discharge from the open
ing where his limb lanced, we have the fullest
confidence that in little time he will De perfectly
cured.
lie has taken about three dozen bottles Of NEGE-
TINE. but lately but little lac declares that
he is too well TO be taking medicine
RcspcctfuIly yours T.. :. BEST
MRS. l.. G. +. BEST.
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Science and Farming,

One Of the principal requirements of
the practical farmer is to known the
causes as well as the means whereby
useful nutritive substances present in
the soil, but not in a form available for
nutrition, may be rendered diffusibIe and
capable of doing their work. The pres
ence of moisture, certain degree of heat
and free access Of air are the prOXimate
conditions of those changes by which the
nutritive substance in chemical COM
bination are made available for the
roots. As the smallest portions Of food
cannot of themselves leave the spot
which they are firmly fixed by the SOIL
we can understand what influence must
be eXerted on the fertility by its careful
mechanical division and thorough ad-
mixture. This is the greatest Of all the
difficulties the agriculturist has to over
come. If the field is to produce crop
corresponding to the full amount of food
present in it, the first and most impOr-
tanJ condition for its accomplishment is
that its physical state be such as to per-
nit even the finest rOOtlets to reach the
| spots where the food is to be found.
| The extension of the roots in every di-
rectiOn must not be INSTRUCTED by the
| cohesion of the soil. Plants with their
| delicate roots can not grow on a tena-
cious, heavy soil, even with abundance
of mineral food. None of these three
important constituents of food potash,
phosphate of lime and ammOnia) exists
| by itself in soluble form in the ground,
| and none of the means employed by the
agriculturist TO make them available to
his plants deprives the soil of its power
of retaining them, or, if dissolved of
Withdrawing them from the solution.
The principal END gained by the means
he employs is only uniform distribu-
ton Of the food throughout the soil 50
as to put it within the reach Of the roots
Of his plants.
A New ELD0RADO.-A dispatch from
Washington says: People some years
ago smiled at the idea of paying 81 ,00O,-
600 for Alaska, upon the ground that the
possession was valueless. From recent
reports to the treasury department, from
the collector at Sitka, it appears that the
possession promises to be very valuable
one-that is, if the recent reports are
verified. The most important of the re-
ports forwarded by the collector is the
one made by practical miner, who has
been exploring Alaska. He reports that
he has found very rich silver mining
district-one of the richest in the world
in natural Indications His report is
very ample in its details, and gives a
most glowing description of the untold
wealth of this newly discovered region.
The discovery of these mines involves
also an international question; as since
then some British Canadians have come
in and squatted upon the territory,
claiming that it lies within the British
dominion. The collector Of the port at
SitBa is decidedIyof the opinion that the
mines lie in American soil. This latter
point has been submitted to the state
department for investigation. If the
mines are as rich as represented, no
doubt there will be a struggle over their
possession, as at present British subjects
have them in their possession.
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EErERs Seldom make an attack with:

FIRST Grand EXPOSITION of the Tradesmen's
Industrial Institute Pittsburg, Pa, "opens Oct.
:. closes Nov 6. Address A j. Nellis, Pres.
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MYSTERY SOLVED.-Ihe great secret
If The wonderful success of Vegetine. 1t
strikes at the root Of disease by purifying the
blood restoring the liver and kidneys to
healthy action, invigorating the nervous sys-
TOM Il 0gn.
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CUBA in a single year exported bees
wax and honey to the amount Of six
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
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How to Sow Small Seeds with Success

how 10 SOW Small SeeuS WIN SUCCESS
Novices in Horticulture make frequent
failures with minute seeds, like those OF
the lObelia,. the mimulus, and the cal
ceOlaria, and even experienced florists do
not always succeed with every sowing, as
such seeds are very delicate and germin-
ate only under the most favorable con-
ditions. Have the soil in the pot, pan or
box, "a shallow box is BEST composed of
leaf mold and clean sand, two parts of
the former to one of the latter, sifted, or
otherwise made very fine. Make the
surface even and smooth, and press
slightly; then sprinkle it by holding a
wet brush over it and drawing the hands
across the brisules 50 as 10 throw a fine
spray upon the soil. On this prepared
surface SOW the seed, and scatter over it
the slightest possible sprinkling of fine
clean sand. Now cover the pot or box
with a pane of glass, and keep it in the
shade, watering when necessary with the
spray from Il brush as before directed.
The soil must not be permitted to get dry,
nor must it ever be deluged with water
If the seeds be sown, as Is generally the
case, on 4 loose surface, and then watered
from a watcring-pot, they are mostly
carried down with the water so deep into
the soil that it is impossible for them to
terminate.
THE WILD GOOSE PLUM AND ITS COUN-
TERFETTS.
The wild goose plum has lost favor in
some quarters on account of host of
spurious varieties disseminated under its
name. We have frequently spoken of
the Wild GOOSe-we wish it had a better
name-as most desirable plum, and we
have spoken from experience. We have
SAID also, that, while we highly recon-
mend 1t, we do not wish to convey the
idea that it is equal in quality toa gage.
Till we can more readily circumvent the
curculio, we cannot have the cages with
out more trouble aud expense than they
are worth. Lacking them, let us be
thankful for the wild goose, even with
Its absurd name, for though not exactly
curculio-proof, it will give us a crop
every year in spite of the " little Turk"
" Beware of counterfeits,' and order it
from a nurserymaR of established repu-
tation.-RUraL CGrQlinjda
APPLE JELLY Prepare the apples
as for drying: crush them in a portable
cider mill, and squeeze out the Juice into
a porcelain kettle, boil it rapidly twenty
minutes, then add a pound of the very
best coarse grain granulated sugar to
every pint of juice Boil three minutes
longer, and dip into glasses. The pulp
may be stcwed and canned. , Peel and
quarter the apples, put them in preserv-
ING kettle, and for every quart of apples
allow pint of water. Cook gently until
they are ready to fall apart, then strain
through a ieily-bag or colander, and add
to the liquor its weight of sugar. Boil as
for other jellies. If sweet apples are used,
the Juice of lemons should be added to give
an acid taste, and the peel be employed
to flavor the Jelly. The pulp may be used
for pies or sauce.
The Chicago Inter Ocean wants to
stop women from kissing each other
when they meet. Such kissing is moth
ing; they don't bear on or roll their
eyes a single bit,-Detr0it Free Press,
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out warning, and may often be thrown off by
soaking the feet in warm water, wrapping up
warm in bed, and taking two or three of Par
2o,5,, p1r0dtire Pills.
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DIR. TgT'E'S PILLS cures sick headache,
jaundicc liver complaint piles dyspepsia, fever and
ague, heartburn, dizziness and sour eructations.
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The Best Evidence!

NJ L. Church. Ngt.c6, Mass, will be read with inter-
est by many hSiciaas. Also those suffering from the
same disease "a afflicted the of the Rev r. $ Best
No person doubt this testimony, and there is no
doubt about the curative powers Of yEGETINE
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The Chicago Inter Ocean wants to
stop women from kissing each other
when they meet. Such kissing is moth
ing; they don't bear on or roll their
eyes a single bit,-Detr0it Free Press,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-12-16
Winter Yard for Sheep.

One OF the important things in the Win
ter care of sheep is that the yard where
they are allowed to run shall be absolutely
we'll Uttered and dry. They never should
be compelled to move about or stand in
yards that are covered with muddy litter,
much less the actual mud itself 1t is
sometimes difficult in the West, with our
changeable winters, with alternate treoz-
ing and thawng. to keep the yard in prop
ercondition without using u large amount
OF litter.
II should, however. be done at any cost
OF material, and when once there is Suf-
cicnt laver OF straw in he litter. the sub
sequent quantity Will be found to be bat
little, Since on most Western farms there
is always much straw that must 90 to
waste, and since also the litter and drip
pings make most valuable manure il viii
he found to be economy ii the end, from
this point OF view.
Besides this the clean outdoor bed t.
stand on in wet weather. and the clean
and warm one in cold weather, Will 50
promote their well being, and consequent
iy health, rs to prevent the occurrence oi
those diseases incident TO sheep that must
be subject more or less to wet and al GER
tain seasons of the year spongy pasture.
Muddy yards prevent shrep, and indeed
all animals. from moving about and tax
ING the exercise absolutely necessary to
comfort and health. The absolute ,iryncss
Of the yards is especially susceptible To
loot rot. fouls and other diseases incident
to mud and uncleanly care.
Ii a little straw he scattered over the
yard ut proper intervals after the first
good coating is given In the autumn, the
sheep will pick Il little oI Che better por-
tion-. and bc all the better for what they
tread under foot Western Rural