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NEW ORLEANS.
II COTTON TIE!
Important Special Notice.
In riex o,

In view OF
|fhe constant
'ly Increasing
popularity h
demand for
THE Ctlebratcd
/. irron TJe,ihe
~favOrite Tie
OF Planters,
Cotton press
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O WN HAIR !.

This wonderful preparation caused hair to grow
six feet in length on the headofa Kentucky lady
who had been bald, and has restored hair 70 the
heads OF Many gentlemen who had been bald
from 10 to rs years. Proof positive AMI unmis-
taxable from merchants, preachers, doctors,
druggists, etc, free, The article alluded To Is
known as Dr. j., Newton Smiths Hair Restora-
tive, which is sold at 81. 90 per bottle, or three for
81 80. Can be expressed but not mailed. Send
for particulars. CAL on your druggists, OF adj
dress J. P. DRUMG0oLE, Louisville, Ky.
Nov, 9-fyr.
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MEDICAL
ponds EXTRACT.
ponds EXTRACT
The Peoples Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor.
Note; Ask for Ponds Extract.
Take no other, 2

"Hcar, for 1 viii, speak of excellent
things"
PONDS EXTRACT Tho great Vegetable
s,ssn DESTROYER. Has been in ,ire over
curative virtues ca, not he excelled.
CHILDREN. No family can afford 10 be without
pOnd's Extract. Accidents, Bruises,
COntusions, Cuts, Sprntns, are relieved
almost instantly by external application.
& FfoInptly.selisyes pgins Of Barns, ss.lds,
Rolls, Felons, Corns, etc. Arrests in
Illumination, reduces ~swelings, stops blcsding,
removes discolorntion and heals rapidly.
La find II 1t their best friend. 1t assuages
the pains to which they are peculiarly
SIS Enthusiastically fullness and pressure IN
. = the head, nausea vertigo, &C.. 1t promptly
ameliorates and permanently heals al
kinds OF 1nnarnmatfons md uicera-
HEMORRHOIDS or PILES ind in this the
only immediate relief and ultimate cure.
No case, however chronic or obstinate can
long resist its regular use.
VARICOSE VEINS. 1t is the only sure cure.
KIDNEY DISEASES. 1t has NO ~equalsfor per-
tSF manent cure. - GE~"
BLEEDING from any cause. For this it is n spe-
other remedies failed to arrest bleeding from
nose, stomach, lungs, and elsewhere.
. n"r ."s e, M, NsuT r01issSsa and and
often permanently cured.
PHYSICIANS Of all schools who are acquainted with
Ponds Extract OF Witch Hazel recon-
mend it in their practice. We have letters OF
commentator from hundreds OF Physicians,
many OF whom order 1t for use In thelr own
.lEtlr practice. In addition to the foregoing, they
order its use for SvvellinHs Of all kinds,
= Quinsy, Sore Throat, Unframed Ton.
sis, simple and chronic Dtarrhoa, Ca.
tarrh flor which it is . specifci, Chu.
n~ blnins, Frosted Feet, Stings OF
insects, M~usquitOcs, etc, ChaPPed
Handle, Face, and Indeed all manner OF
skin dis:ases.
TOILET USE. Removes Soreness, Roughness
and Smarting heals Cuts, Eruptions
and Pismp1es. 1t reuires, tnrigordtcs and
ref,sshes, while wonderfully improving the
TO FARMERs~Pond,s Extract. No Stock
Breeder, no Livery Man can afford to be with
out it. 1t is used by all the leading Livery
Stables, Street Railroads and first Horsemsn
in New York City. 1t has no equal for Sprains,
Harness or Saddle Chatngs, Stiffness.
Scratches, Swellings, Cuts, Laoerations, Bleed
ings, Pneumonis, Collie, DiarrhPa, Chills,
Colds, &c. Its range Of action is wide, and the
relief it affords is so prompt that it isinvalua-
BILE in every Parm-yard as well az in every
farmhouse. Let It be tried once, and you
will never lie without it.
r Ponds Extract has been initiated.
The genuine article has the words POnde
Extract blown in each bottle. 1t is prepared
BY the only persons living who ever
knew how to prepare it properly. Refuse all
other preparations Of Witch Hazel. This -
the only article used by Physicians, and IN the
hospitals OF this country and Europe.
HISTORY and Uses OF Ponds Extract,
in pam phlet form, sent free on application to
PONDS EXTRACT COMPANY, IS Maiden
Lane. New York.
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All orders should be addressed to
W. L. CUSHING,
No. 81 St. Charles street, New Orleans.
80 GENTS A POUND FOR COTTON

The New Orleans Cotton Exchange re-
Gently paid 80 cents a pound for a bale of
cotton ginned on the Eagle Cotton Gin, and
sent the cotton to the Centennial Exhibi-
ton as the best bale of cotton ever seen in
New Orleans. -
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A Tramp's MaXims.

In the hip pocket of an old vagrant,
pulled in by the police the other night,
vas a memorandum book fuu of his own
writing in pencil, and some of his phi
losophy is good enough to be preserved.
His first paragraph reads;
drinking bad whisky because it is
offered free IS like getting III the way OF
bullets purchased by al enemy
4 second reads:
Honesty is the best policy, but some
folks are satisfied with the second best.
It is hard to be honest on an empty
stomach"
4 thirl,runs:
"A dry plank under a rainproof shed
is better than a feather bed i'll jail, anu
one isn't annoyed by the jailer bringing
in a square breakfast.
A fourth says:
.'Pay as you go. If you haven't any
thing topay with don't go. II you are
forcedto go, record every Indebtedness
ard let your heirs settle the bills"
The fifth explains: .8
1--WE should have charity for all
When the winter winds blow cold anl
drear we vags should pity the poor fell
lows in India who are having red no
weather." ~,
The sixth is recorded q -
"Politeness costs nothing, but it il
moi. expected that you will wake a MAJ
up at midnight to ask permission to g
through his henhouse. 1t Is more cour
teous to let him enjoy his needed re
pose" e7@
The seventh and last was noted dow
as follows:
when you pick up an apple core dc
not find fault because it is not the apple
itself, but be satisfied with the grade o
descent. Do not be ashamed Ct You
occupation. We cannot all be lords
nor can we all be Migrants. As | can
not be a lordII should notlan1ent a
beiuggaevagrant. Be tlnthful andout
spoken. That IS, tell EN- you are e Chi
cage fire sufferer. d Keep seasonabl
shours or some other vag will get you
plank first BE hopeful, Cheerful Fam
, good gnatured, Growing won't cure
sore heel" s3f&8Sb %@S e&H
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DR.. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice OF
medicine thirty years, and
for longtime was demon.
strator of anatomy in the
Medical College of Geor-
gia, hence, persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
land are Tree from ali
quackery.
He has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofor re antagonistic
qualities Of 4 strengthen
ing, PnygatiUe, PR
firing tonic.
Their first apparent cf,
feet is to increase the APP
petite by causing the food
10 properly assimilate,
Thus the system is nour-
! isled, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans, regular and healthy
excavations are produced.
The rapidity with which
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orr nfsserf
Wat c;tv doesa kiss resemolca Nice.

What city doesa KISS resehaoics Nioo'
Whv is a kiss like o sewing machine?
Because it seams 80 good.
California uqw paper says that the
new and elcrant jail at Redwood offy
'is now open to Size ptblic,
While West, thos 4 publican ecandlI
date in Ohio, Is nearly bind, his oppo-
nent Bishop, has no sec, either
IT. makos a boy sick to look at a PIC
t,rs OF A TuAS aud think what big
pockets lie can have in his panta4opls.
When a four.per CEN. holder GUS oil
n coupon he is untier b md t, tue
niece until he eau consult withth re-
doener.
An old subscriber writes us that since
b;s 6anrhters lave discarded the old
etvle buStle lis paper is no longer III ar
rears.
Did Won ever notice q mans face I'M
der the influence OF a first bite OF rms
barb pie, which the cook had forgotten
to sweeten?
In Arkansas ueckties are cheap. The
qorpwd PUTS one round yonr neck sings.
it over d limb, and 1t docsn { cost yoa
anything. esmFsD l 1s-} 3Fg
What is the difference between n de
Iuauept printer and u mad landlord?
One tramps the track aud the other
tracks the tramp.
= rrhe fooilshE man will ask a womaplf
her baby is not a trifie cross-eyed; but
the wise man will take the cars to the
next town and make his inquiries hy
postal card.
A Wisconsin constable levied on "the
undivided half" of d gray mule. He
wasn't particular which half he took,
and 1t was thirteen days before he
q opened his eyes and recognized his wife.
4 teacher after reading to her schol-
airs a story of a generous child, asked
them what generosity was. One little
boy raised hls hand and said,' ~ know;
ats giving to Others what you don't
want yourself.
Ono of the Pennsylvania strikers
wrote to bio Lewis, asking him how u
sman with a wife and five children could
live on seventeen cents a day, after pays
ling for clothes and house rent. The
exasperated doctor replied that he was
not skilled in %epicurean arts, and want
ed to know il there was any law i'll
Pennsylvania compelling a man to
spond his entire income i'll gluttony.
t.You, George Washington Henry
Gusts, git off u dat hogs back wild dem
clean trowsers on ye, or III take dis
piece oh saddle girt, boy, an cut a map
OBJ de Rooshin war on ye so deep whar-
eber you sets down other boys a go
dar an' study io9rapy. You bear me,
boy?'h aud that black rascal slid off the
hogs back and commenced throwing
stones at a horse hitched to IL wagon
load OF apples to make him run away
and spill the load.
A boy tried his first pipe the other
2 day, When his father came home to
dlnuer he found him braced against a
barrel, with his legs spread apart, his
hands and lower jaw dropped listlessly,
and o deathIy palLor overspreading hls
face. What is the matter with You?
inquired the amazed parent. "My-
teacher is-sick," gasped the boy.
"Well, you mustn't feel so badly about
it., Tommy" said the father, kindly.
She will get well again without a
doubt" And then stepping into the
house he observed to his wife that he
was the most sympathetic boy he ever
saw.
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Nothing He Was Ashamed vi.

Mr.. Frank Foster, when his name
was called by Justice Morgan, in the
Fifty seventh street Police Court, yes
terday, stepped into the prisoners dock
with great alacrity. He was past fifty,
Tsix feet tail, with keen eyes, long nose,
and a large mouth. His clothes were
plain and cut after the. style of the hon
est woman. The most remarkable feat
ure about his attire was his shirt collar,
immense and of the broadaxe pattern.
.sYou are charged with having been
intoxicated, Mr.. Foster" said Justice
Morgan.
Eyes sir; that is correct, 1 was
drunk"
as this your first offsnce?"
sob, myl no, sir"
"Then you have been drunk before.
"Often and often, SIR"
You don't appear remorseful for YOU
l~offen.e?" /,
Mot al NIL, sir. I would get DRUM
o~ftener, but it's a little hard to get thu
whisky where 1 live, out in the country
I came in to collect my rents to-day
sir. and I improved the opportunity t.
get drunk" ~
"Ten days." said the Court.
"Thank Your honor, much obliged,
said Mr.. Foster. -NeU YORK. Hefdto
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Castles in Literature.

"Say, mister" said a small boy to
one of the assistants at the public IL
brary, "I can't find the books | want to
get into these here catalogs. l wish
you'd find 'em for me" -,
'.What work do YOU wish to draw
patiently inquired the official.
"Well, hey yer got 'Mulligan the
Washer; or the Cory Galoot OF the
Galtees?'"
The man shook his head.
v .sWell.. I'd like tRed>Handed kalph,
the Ranger of the Roaring Rialto.'"
I'VE don't keep any Of that kind o.
J trash, my boy"
"Wot sort of q library is this, any
way?'' retorted the gamin. why, 1T
lust like everything else in this conn
fry-run for the rich, an the poor work
ingman gets no show at all Hosfoh
IYaceleg.
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We have the largest stock of Machinery
in the South, consisting of Ames' Portable
Engines, all sizes; Sledman d Co.'S Sta
%tionary Engines, Swift's Iron Works Boil
ers, Stedman's Saw Mills, Watertown Saw
Mills, Lee & Norton's Saw Mill, Head
Blocks of all kinds, Circular Saws,
Knowles Steam Pumps, Niles Sugar
Mills, Victor Sugar Mills, Cooks Esapora-
tors and Sugar Kettles, Eagle Cotton Gins,
Newell Cotton Screws, Plantation Cotton
Presses, Brooks Cotton Presses, Reynolds
Cotton Presses, Ingersoll Cotton Presses,
Nesbit Cotton Presses, Stedman's Steam
Presses, 500 pnlleys, all sizes; Shafting, all
kinds; Hangers and Couplings, Schotield
Cotton Presses, Nayse Eclipse Cotton Press,
Cotton Gin Feeders; Horse PAYERS, Rice
Tlireshers, Draining Pumps, Drag Saw Ma
chimes, Betting, all kinds; Brass Work,
Machinist Tools, Plantation and Saw Mill
Machinery of every kind, at Manufactur-
,ers Prices.
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TUFTS PILLS

A distinguished physician Of New York
says:
at is astonishing how universally Dr..
TUFTS Pills are used. In,my daily rounds,
/ hear of them not only among the poor,
but their virtues are heralded from the man
sions of the wealthy and refined. Know
ing the inventor from his long connection
with the mcdica. profession, l have great
confidence in their merits, and of late have
often prescribed them with the happicst re-
suits in cases where l desired to make a de-
cided impression on the liver
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PERSONS TAKE on FLESH,
wuaza gaER wclaET N COLD.
LOUISVILLE, KY.

! IDvlsvILLE, NJ.
Ans. 3, 1875.
DR.. Tut Dear Sir !:
For ten years I have been
a mnrtyrto dyspepsia, con-
stipation, and piles. and
had we'll nigh exhausted
the rnateris medica for re.
lief from this living death,
when, by accident, your
Pills were brought to my
notice. / began their use,
and the first dose gave me
such reliefth1t | continued
TO take them. l am now .
well man, have a good ap.
petite, can digest well, the
piles have disappeared,
and / have gained forty
pounds in solid flesh.
would not be without
them for their weight in
n sREv. II. L.SIxrsos,
Sharp County record., 1877-10-19
Haps and Mishaps.

Near Greencastle, Ind, Fred Siegal
was blasting a rock, when the limb of a
tree, blown off by the explosion, fell up
on him, killing him instantly.
AT Ottawa, Ont, James Farming,
while going down stairs to wait on his
sick wife, tripped and fell, breaking his
neck. He died almost instantly.
While two brothers, John and
Nathan Petticord, of indianapolis, were
out hunting, John was fatally injured
by the accidental discharge of Nathan s
gun.
A little daughter of William Wynn,
of Pittsburg, while playing in vacant
lot found bundle of jamestown weed
(Stramonium), portion of which she
ate, producing death in a few hours.
At Omaha, Neb., Mrs. P. H. Leary
was out driving with her two children,
when her horse ran away and came into
collision with telegraph pole, throw.
ing Mrs. Leary from the buggy and
breaking her neck. The children were
but little injured.
Two boys, named Jones and Bar
ton, were standing on the platform OF
a car on an excursion train, near York,
Pa, when the locomotive met with an
obstruction which threw it off the track
and badly shattered the cars. The two
boys were crushed to death and several
others were injured.
The suicidal list: DR.. Daniel XII
ser, for nearly 50 years resident of
Fort Wayne, Ind, took fatal dose OF
morhhine to ease the troubles caused by
poverty and domestic infelicity.-Chris-
topher Cumphrey, Of Little Creek, Ind,
shot himself through the head.
Cause, sickness and temporary insanity
-Gustavus Hanson, a Swede, aged
80, residing near Westville, Ind, in a
fit of dependency hanged himself to a
tree.-A man giving his name as Horse
felt was arrested on a charge Of horse
stealing and locked in the Lawrence
burg Qnd.) Jail. During the night
he cut his throat with q
penknife. e.-Samltel G. Armstrong, OF
Cleveland, o., gentleman well con-
nected, but hard drinker, severed his
jugular vein and also cut his wrists with
razor. His wounds were not necessa-
rily fatal.-At Columbus, o., Constable
Jonas Pletch shot himself with arevolv-
er. Pletch has been low-spirited for
some time, caused by dissipation.-At
Dayton, O. Michael Myers "a blacksmith,
jumped into well and broke his neck
Sharp County record., 1877-10-19
Odds and Ends.

"A business that couldn't succeed
without strikers: The match trade.
The lover who is kicked off the
front stoop may be said to have a good
start
1.-THE best way to cure crying
child,n says an advertisement" sis to
buy it a baby-carriage." " That is, to
keep the bawl rolling.
Miss Long, of Oregon, has married
Mr.. Little. She, of course, says, Glove
me Little" and he, of course, says,
Glove me Long" And the legitimate
result of it all will be that Long hay
ing come Little, Little will soon
come Long.
"A lady having attempted to explain
the new birth to class CT lads at Sun
day-school, asked one whether he would
not like to be born again. "No," was
the reply. "Why not, my boyP" inquired
the teacher. ",Acos / might be born a
wench," answered the boy.
SHE UNDERSTOOD HIM.
Remarked with many sigh,
"The frost and cold will soon be here,
The landscape change to brown and sere,
And all things green will de-"
She looked sweet, sympathetic,
And the tears stood in her eye,
AS she murmured in voice divine,
Placing her lily hand in mine,
"Pm sorry, but-Good.bye."
Here is Turkish fable: Abdullah
went to the house of Nasereddin to bOr-
row his mule. Nasereddin, who was a
ready lender, said that the mule was not
at home. At that moment the mule
brayed loud enough to wake the echoes.
"What did you say, NaSereddin, that
your mule was not at homeP-but | hear
him." eco thy way, false Abdullah," :"
said his neighbor, "you are not true
friend, for you believe the mule and re-
fuse to take my word"
Commenting on recent statement
to the effect that "Professor Hall, the
discoverer Of the moons of Mars, began
life as carpenter" a correspondent
says: "That is probably the reason
why it was he who first saw the satellites,
and it not only adze to his honors, but
augers well for future aspirants for as
Economical fame, though It's plane that
his case is the exception rather than the
rule. We square away to let any other
craft compass this that can. We have
done our level best"
Sharp County record., 1877-10-19
Science and Industry.

1t is claimed that Corpus Christi
landled 100000 pounds of wool the
)aSt season.
The production of coal oil has been
increased from 100000 bbls., in 1860, to
,,96S,90G bbls. in 1876.
"A new establishment, to be known
is the Progressive Art Company, has
,een established at New Britain, Conn,
or the manufacture of bronzes and for
wood engraving.
There is invested in the carpet trade
It Philadelphia over $4,000, 900, and the
prospects of the trade just now are very
bright. All the manufactures are run
hing on full time.
Mr.. Bradley, of Lampasas County,
Texas, raised this season IA wagon-loads
If onions, estimated to be over 10000
pounds, on one acre of ground. They
will net him four cents pound or $500.
Judge Biddle, of the Supreme Court
of Indiana, has invented a musical in
,trument somewhat like a violin, and
called a tetrachord. 1t may be made in
different sizes, so that u instruments
will constitute full string band.
"A class of 23 young Boston women
has successfully prosecuted diamond
cutting, which has heretofore been car
ried on almost exclusively by the Jews
Of Amsterdam. The girls cut and pol
ish the diamonds in an excellent man
ner.
Irish moss is gathered in the bay
near Scituate, Mass. The water is clear,
and the "mossersn in their boats can
easily see to gather with long rakes
lunches clinging to the rocks below.
The preparation of the moss for market
consists simply of washing and packing.
Brewers use it largely instead of higher
priced isinglass.
IA method of separating oil from
cotton or wooden waste has been in
troduced in Germany. The waste is
placed in drum and a quantity of
plaster of Paris is mixed with it, suffi-
cient to take up the oil after prolonged
contact. The mixture of plaster and
waste is next placed in a perforated
drum, which is revolved rapidly, and
the plaster escapes in the form of pow
der.
The new metal, gallium, discovered
two years ago by NJ. Lecoq de Boisbau-
dram, is so Slightly diffused that the dis
coverer had to employ half ton of zinc
from the Pierretitte Mine to get y grains
of metallic gallium. 1t resembles pew
ter in color, is not so soft as lead, but
can, be bent and cut, When heated to
Sharp County record., 1877-10-19
School and Church.

The Dartmouth, n. H., Agricultur-
al College has only eight students, in
place of "a last year. None have enter
ed this fall, and the prospect is not very
encouraging.
Bishop Wiley, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, has sailed from San
Francisco for China. He will visit the
Methodist missions in all parts of the
world, except Liberia, before his return
a year hence.
If the Northern and Southern Pres
byterian Churches were united the sum
total of members would be 670,1 In
1861, when they parted, the total man,
Der of members in the united body was
300,S14.
The following colleges admit both
sexes on equal terms: The Cincinnati
University, Antioch College, Cornell
University, Michigan University, Penn
College and the Swarthmore, and the
Iowa Law College. Two young ladies
have entered the latter this year.
1t is suggested in Great Britain that
Government might make payments for
practical instructions in cookery in the
same manner as for the teaching Of
elementary science; and Sir John Lub-
book has asked in Parliament, "Why
should not boys learn about cleanliness
and ventilation, the management of in
come, expenditure and Saving"
Three prominent gentlemen of Pitts
BURG, through their counsel, have filed
bill in equity against the Rev. NJ. W.
Dallas and number of the members Of
the Ames Methodist Church for intro
ducing an organ to. assist in the music,
contrary to the charter of the Church,
which provides that there shall be con-
gregational singing in the services, and
that no instrument shall be used.
Miss Helen Magill, daughter of DR..
Magill, President of Swarthmore Col
Icge, is the only lady who ever was
graduated from the Boston Latin
School, and who received from the BOs-
ton University the degree of Doctor Of
Philosophy last summer, sailed for
Europe the other day to continue her
studies in philology and science at Cam
bridge, England, and perhaps in Ger
many.
In the Grand Duchy of Baden anew
State law ordains the establishment of
Middle Schools for Girls, with a seven
years course of tuition. The very best
teachers will be employed. These new
Higher Schools for Girls are to receive
subvention from the State EXchequer,
like the corresponding institutions for
boys. Semlnaries for the training of
lady professors are to be founded in
connection with these new educational
establishments.
care there many professors of re-
ligion at your college, James?" solemn
ly asked the deacon Of his nephew, who
had just got home from his freshman
year. "Think not, sir, "replied James,
musingly; "we've got professor of
Hellenic Greek, a professor of compara-
tive conchology; in fact, professors of
almost every thing else; but with a
wink) don't recall any professor of re-
ligion among the faculty." Old man
holds up his hands astounded.
Sharp County record., 1877-10-19

A DETROIT surgeon was the other day
called to go up the river and give his
professional services to a man who was
accidentally shot by a friend while
practicing at target-fring, and yester-
day the doctor was met on the street by
a friend who asked: "Well, you went
up and saw that man, did you?" " Yes"
"And where was he shot?n In the
lumbar REGION" answered the surgeon.
"Oh, in the lumber region, was it?
Why, how did they get him down from
the pineries so quick?n Then the doc
tor numbered along towards home.-
Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1877-10-19

At Detroit, Mich, Ida Jacobs, a young
GIRL from Norwalk, o., shot herself dead
after having had a quarrel with her low
er, noted sporting man.-CharleS
Brafit, confined in the Richmond (Va0
Jail for forgery, cut his throat with
pocket knife. Mrs. Garean, of East
Templeton, Ont, aged 80, who had
been slightly deranged for some time,
committed suicide by throwing herself
into the river.