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Among the many curious things we
find everywhere, it may he teresting t. to
notice few OF them. Suppose we IN
1ure into the origin of certain words,
customs, etc. Take, for instance, the
word humhug. 1t is corruption of
Hamburg. AT one time during war on
the continent Of Europe, so many false
reports were fabricated at Hamburg,
that finally, when any one wished to
show his disbelief of a statement, he
would say, "tlat came from Hamburg"
or, THAT is Hamburg or Humhug,"
which thus came to imply unbelief or
credulity.
The word lady is derived from an
Anglo Saxon word. and signifies giver
of bread. 1t originated from the Gus.
toms which prevailed among the wealthy
English people of early times Of distrib-
uting money and food to the poor.
Certain days were set apart for this dis
tibution, which were called lady days,
or gift.days. The word purse meant a
receptacle for aims, and was not invented
to mean simply place OF safety for
money.
Gloves were introduced into England
in the tenth century, but we're only used
by the wealthy people, and were consid
cred very valuable. As New Years
gifts they were quite popular, or some
times "glove money in place OF them
"Pln money" originated in somewhat thu
same manner Pins were So costly thai
money spent or laid aside tor them wal
called ''pin money" and it became Sc
important that it grew into the name o.
dover, which was settled upon the lady
at her marriage.
Altar Nf roses was discovered by acci
dent. The wife of an eastern mogul bat
small canal of rose water, and as she
was walking one day upon its banks
she noticed thin film upon the water
which proved to be an oil made by tn,
heat OF the sun. The Egyptians wert
very famous in the manufacture of per
fumes, and at the museum in Alnwicl
there is some ointment preserved in al
alabaster vase which still has u very
powerful odor, notwithstanding it mus
be between two and three thousanC
years old. The word hermit comes iron
a Greek word meaning desert place
because deserts were generally sough
in order to avoid persecution.
Sandwiches were named after Lore
Sandwich. 1t is related of him, that on
day in gambling house, being yer,
much fascinated by play, for twenty fiy
hours he was uncOncious of fatigue ant
hunger, when suddenly, becoming awar
Of them he ordered some food to b
brought, which proved to be some bee
and two slices of bread. Placing them
together he ate them. His friends CAV
them the name of sandwiches, and in hi
memento he declared this act to b
most important one of his administration
The origin of electing members b
ballots came from the Grecians. Whe
a member was to be elected, each mem
Der threw small crumb of bread into
basket, carried by II servant on his heac
and whosoever differed tlattened the pei
let at one side. Fortnight comes fror
the Anglo-SaxOnS, who counted time b
night, and means fourteen.nights.
Merry pin means merry mood, on
originated in the custom of digidin
tanksTds from each other by pegs q
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A Detroit taXidermst has mounted an inter.
esting group, consisting OF the heads OF two
stays, with their antlcrs fast locked together
in the last terrible combat which ended the
lives OF both animals. The dead stays were
found in Il dense woods by two hunters, and al
the time OF the discovery were being feasted
upon by huge black bear. The bear was kill
cd, and after many unsuccessful attempts tn
disentangle the antlers the hunters were Oblig.
cd to bring the heads just as they we're found
The British Museum has recently received
an acquisition In the shape of Babylonian an
tiQuities, the result Of the last expedition un
dertaken by Mr.. Geo. Smith. They were OBJ
taned from Hilah, town about three mile,
north OF the site OF Babylon, and consist OF
contract tablets, mortgage loans, promissorN
notes, records OF land sales, shares aud simial
matters, all OF which 20 to prove that the an
clients transacted business very much ON thu
Wall street plan,
Fl. L. Yesler was sued by the city OF Seattle fol
payment upon street improvements In front o
his property, and the judge held that the cit,
| could not recover for the reason that the Ter
| ritorial Legislature has not the power to ere
ate a municipality like that Of Seattle. TIL,
case has been appealed by the city council t
the supreme court.
| n THEATRICAL Critic VINO nhu DOtn arms an(
legs broken, all of his ribs STAYED In and on,
side Of his head demolished by the falling floo
Of the opera house In Sacramento, on the 10Th
Enthusiastically remarked as he was beins
conveyed out ON stretcher, "This IL the tlrs
time ever knew the Peak family To 'brint
down the house,"
A man lately imprisoned for beating hls wife
said, as he was locked up, "I've one cOmfor
| AnyhnV, and fkf.t ig that I'm, a - K,i
for doing a mean thing"
David Hughes who killed Gellerson, o
White river, two years ago, has been pardonet
by Gov, Ferry. Tle was released from the Pen
itentiary about two months ago.
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Sum Spots and Famine.

1t has been surmised that some rela.
ton exists between sun spots and preya.
lent weather ON the earth, and the
theory has been proposed that periodic
variations in climate bear some relation
in recurrence to the cyclical periods when
the sun spots are most or least numerous
Dr. Hunter, official director-generaI of
statistics, has recently directed the attn
ton of the government of India to tbs
alleged connection between the perids
of maxima and minima sun spots and he
amount of rainfall at corresponding tines
in the Madras presidency, where a gr.at
famine is now impending. GeneaI
Strachey, however, in a recent comm
nication read before the royal sociev
aftera careful examination of the recordd
rainfalls in Madras, Calcutta, and Bon
bay for the past sixty four years, cones
to the conclusion that no real connecton
has been established between rainslI
and sun spots, andsahows that, even Z
s4ca We're apparently the case as regads
-n,tta as, the same would be true Ia CT
&c s and 6onhayswhercast the yair, tsE@.
oence.-Scientifc 4Ese5f on ~ sucn col9i-
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Don't Drink.

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal gives the following salut-
airy advice:
The short run of players, rifemen,
billiard champions, and men of sporting
life generally, is a remarkable feature OF
New York life. Drink is at the bottom
of this. Men who indulge in the cup
can't control their nerves, and men who
can't do this go to the wall. The bad
shooting of some men, of whom so much
was expected, resulted from their cup
indulgence. One of the best marksmen
in the city said yesterday that in rifle
shooting the variance of hairs breadth
made the difference at the muzzle of one
foot in one hundred yards; and a man
must have absolute command of his
nerves. A man who would win must
not steam" Dan Mace, when be was in
his prime on the ford, drank only lemon
aJe. heard him say " 4 single glass
of whisky effects my nerves. Men who
drink on the road would cot trust their
valuable teams TO me if vss not II the
driving SEASON & teetotaler." When th-.
billiard congress was in session the cham
pion player said: We can't drink aud
DO anything. We have to abstain totally
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Nearly thirty years have elapsed since
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters was first brought
to the notice of the American public. To-day
it is the most popular remedy on this CONT
nent for dyspepsia, liver complaint constipa-
ton, debility, nervousness, urinary and utter
inc. complaints, govt, rheumatism, intermit-
tent and remittent fevers, and is widely used
in South and Central America, Mexico, the
West Indies and Australia, as a preventive
and remedy for malarious disorders, and for
many other maladies to the relief of -7hich ii
is adapted. The record of its victories is
written in the testimonials OF thousands
whom it has cured, to many OF which the
widest publicity has been given it has won
the empbatic sanction of leading members OF
the medical profession, and it has repeatedly
been made the subject of encomiums by the
home and foreign press. Comment on the
above facts is unnecessary We leave the
public to draw its own conclusions.
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Rational Faith.

The inconsistency Of those whe assert
that faith is entirely irrational, and who
claims that those only are truly reason
able who rely on a sense-evidence and
the deductions of pure reason, is proved
by the fact that they, in common with
all other men, are as dependent upon the
aith-faculty as they are upon reason
itself, or rather upon their other rational
faculties. They believe far more than
they know, or can prove. They can not
advance a single step without faith.
Even the primary truths" or " first
principles" or selfevident maxims'
and intuitions," which are supposed to
belong exclusively to the domain of
reason, may be said to depend as truly
on faith as on reason for their acceptance.
And in the practical affairs of life the
most redoubtable champion of "pure
reason " is ompelled to believe innumer-
able things which he does not know and
cannot understand. He acts upon faith
alone in the most important concerns in
lie. IL F-a.,aads In his business plans,
in his blowing and sowing, his buying
and selling, with no other foundation for
his conduct than his faith in the regular
return of the seasons, and in the veracity
of his felIow-men. Without faith, all
the operations which sustain life would
be suspended. The farmer would not
plant, or reap; the merchant would not
buy, or sell. There would be universal
distrust, not only of the uniformity OF
the phenomena of external nature, but
of the integrity of men. which would
produce universal want and anarchy, the
total disintegration and destruction of
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TIE rhristinn Nnmc.

The disciples were called christians in
Antioch. Why2 Even if were a jest,
there was a reason underlying it. Per
haps there were two reasons.
in the first place, they had much to
say about Christ. He WAS in all their
thoughts, and out of the abundance Of
their hearts their mouths would speak.
And because the people of Antioch heard
the word so often upon their lips they
framed it into an epithet by which they
i.-Ssrrcr- rnenn. some OF US are bearing
this sacred name to-day. Is this the
reason?
The other explanation of the name is
found, no doubt, in the fact that the dis
ciples initiated Christ in their conduct.
They not only talked about Him, they
not only said they were trusting in Him
for salvatien-they tried to act like Him.
Their study always was to live so that
He should approve of their lives. And
that Is the main idea that the name con-
veys. To be a Christian, if the word
means anything, is to be like Christie
live as He lived, to work as He worked
to suffer as He suffered. 1t is not to be
perfect as He was in any these respects,
but to be like him in all of them. In
order that we may be worthy to bear his
name, there must be a resemblance to
Him in our characters so plain that
others shall recognize 1t and take knowl-
edge Of US that we have been with
Jesus.
/ Brethren, this name by which we are
called Is one Of great significance. God
grant US all grace that we may wear it
worthily, that we may never by our
levity or our worldliness, or our prayer
lessness or our uncharity, bring it into
dishonor.
Do l speak to anyone who has shrunk,
hitherto, from assuming this name from 4
/ vague notion that it would b. somehow
beneath him TO bear it such notion
ought not 10 find lurking-place in any
mind. When man IS called a Christian
/ the very highest praise has been spoken.
/ That woru is the end of encomiums. #
[ it can be written on your tombstone that
you were a Christian, you will need no
other epitaph. 8Yhen you say that
man Is a Christian, it is involved in what
you may say that he Is courteous, refined,
manly, dignifed, brave, gentle, kind,
noble-that every thing that makes char
acter strong and pure and sweet is illus
trated in mis- life. What is that glass
which one of the first, Christian gentlemen
holds up.to US IN which to see our charac-
tiers:
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good re-
port, if there be asy virture and if there
be any praise, think on these things.
1t means all that to be a.Christian.
Is there another word that means more 3?
You say that you know many Chris
tians who come far short of this. Ger
tainly that is because they fall below
the Christian standard-the mark of the
prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus.
1t is the highest calling. God help us
to be.wise enough to choose it. 1t Is the
noblest name. God help Us all to be
good enough to bear it..-From recent
Sermon By Rer. Washington GLADDEN..
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RELIGIOUS.
nTne way the Lord Hath LED Ne"


Remember all the way which the Lerd thy God
81 thee these forty years in the wilderness" -Deut
iii, 2
The way the Lord hsth led me"
Thee forty checkeTed years
4 retrospect OF answered prayers,
sad cares and faithless fears
some hecked with golden sunlight,
Some rich with flowers and bloom,
Some weighted sore with misery,
And ,jark with midnight gloom.
But an through all. gracious Hand
Has guided me in love.
And still will lead His olOOd-bought child
TIL safe with Him above.
The way the Lord hath led ms, -
How little could I know
when niy very he srt seemed breaking
Beneath one bitter blow
When the lamp OF life was burning dim,
And every hope seemed gone,
And must face the world Dgain,
In sadness, all alone
That the thunder-clCud above ne
Was lined with silver light,
And deeper joys than e'er before
Would spriug from that dark night
The way the Lord hath led me-
All blessed, tender Guide
WHY should lear the future
While pressing near thy side
Ii t,ay hold disappointment,
Zen crushing re AMI pain,
still ike q sturm-bent bulru5h,
Nv head snail lift again
Fer the very rod that snIiteth
Is wreathed about with love.
And is a Fathers hand that leads
To the golden gates above.
- Christian.
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A Little Western Incident.

While Henry Myers freighting outfit
with six men, was camped - miles south
OF Custer, ID. T., they were visited by
three men who cooked their dinners al
the camp fire, and made themselves "a
agreeable that all or the freighters except
the son of Meyers gathered about them
Young Meyers was suspicious and went
TO one of the wagons, where he got his
shotgun and remained away from the
party during the conversation around
the campfire. One of the strangers adj
mired a shotgun belonging to the
freighters and took it to examine it.
Suddenly he cooked it and leveled it,
stepped between the freighters and their
their hands, saying they would take
what money there was in the outfit. At
this young Meyers shot the robber,
striking him in the face and breast The
robber wheeled and fired at him but
missed. The robber dropped the gun
and run, firing at the party with his re-
volver. One of the freighters shot at
him with rifle, the ball striking him in
the arm. He fell and soon after died
The other two road agents fed, and have
not yet been captured. The party.
under the deputy sheriff from here, are
in pursuit. The body of the dead robber
was brought here last night, and identi-
fed as that Of man known as Texss
Frank. 1t is believed that this was the
party who robbed the Sydney coach
few nights ago. None of Myers party
were hurt,
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Tennessee AgricnItmre.

In his recent speech in New York Gov.
Porter said: Tennessee, although not
as old as New Jersey, has bought no
inconsiderable wealth into the union
Her latitude and her elevation enable
her to produce everything which is
grown from Mississippi to Canada. This
year she mas raised 100000 bales of cot
ton, 100000 bushels Of corn, 10000
600 bushels of wheat, and $4,000, 900
pounds of tobacco"
To say nothing OF the last named
staple, nor of others grown in the state
let US consider for moment the i'm
portant crops of cotton, corn and wheat.
Allowing cotton to average 500 pounds
to the bale, and to be worth ten cents
pound, the value of this product is ten
aaiiii0u dollars.
Corn is likely TO be worth at least
forty cents bushel, to be converted into
fat hogs, cattle ard sheep; at which price
the crop soon to be harvested is worth
twenty million dollars. Wheat is worth
a dollar bushel, and may bring more
before the next harvest. From three
staples we get forty million dollars. A
bale of cotton $500 pounds) that may
grow on an acre, if burnt in plantation
pot, will leave only five pounds of ash.
This ash represents the eacthy part of
lint, so that 495 parts in 500 of this
staple are common air with its vapor,
which should cost the producer nothing.
If he burns 1000 pounds of cotton that
may grow on another acre, in similar
way, he will have left some thirty pounds
of ash Two thousand pounds of wheat
burnt in the same way will give about
forty-five pounds of ash. The compo-
sition of these products of the soil may
be proved by synthesis as well as by
analysis These facts being undenied
and undeniable, it follows that cotton,
corn and wheat, as put upon the markets
of the world, are substantially organized
air. This organization can only take
place in obedience to chemical and vital
laws If the farmer is ignorant of these
avs much of his labor will be wasted
e worse than wasted. ALI plants aud
iniais rottlng on the surface of The
MI the atmosphere ui,.b -.
zoo -,1,,s ,'Fl-ach : very cheap manure r.
snzl = f@-1nsr Use = - noW
vantage7 best ac-
This question can onlv he .,
" searching and truthful experiments
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-essee, with all

e. ,priculture.ntcrprise, has no agr
arricult- station te show what
'.scticable and VIVA improbable,
our several soils and climates. ii
rotural fertility of these soils is in
no;red. and, st-.nge to say, cur industri
notion Is beSward instead of forwar
Iv;II not tov. Porter and Others
n,ace- oanhuence, lend helping han
r. reryfse all that is harmful in tb
gres1 Industry, that cotton, corn, whe
ard tobacco may be raised with half Il
labor now expended, and with a co
stantly growing fruitfulness of the lar
under the plow?
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When Jays treaty was made with
Great Britain in, cotton was not
considered as an article of expectation
from the United States. Now we raise
about one million bags annually. The
price of upland varies from six to twenty
cents The crop of 1928 in this state
averaged about thirty cents and the sea
island one dollar.-P. iRiSdranRdh Nelrs.
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rMo Or TiIEM GoXE.
Particulars Regarding the Capture of
those I J.. 81. R. Robbers

Ihos.. a l.. R x. Robbers.
The Kansas City Times has q special
from Buffalo station, kas.. giving par
ticulars of the capture and killing of two
Union Pacific express robbers. and the
| recovery OF 500 GOO ia gold. About 9
o'clock two men, riding faded horses and
leading a heavily laden pony. came into
the station and stopped for refreshments.
The station agents. suspicion was aroused
by noticing the name of Joel Collins on
an envelope In the pocket of one of the
men, which was exposed in drawing his
handkerchief. 1t happened that Sheriff
Beardslee, of Ellis county, and a squad
of soldiers, 81 the watch for the robbers
were encanped in ravine near by, and
as soon as the men left, the agent notified
the sheriff, who mounted his men and
soon overlook the robbers. They told
him he was mistaken In the men that
thev were Texas cattle men returning
home. The sheriff asked them to return
to the station, which they cheerfully
agreed to do. They had gone only a
short distance when Collins suddenly
turned and said to his companion, ~ If
we have to die, let us do it gamelv."
Both attempted TO draw revolvers, but
the sheriff7s posse was too quick for them,
and fired, killing both men instantly.
The gold was sewed up in the legs of
pair of pantaloons, and consisted of $50
pieces OF the mint of 1877. The bodies
were taken TO Ellis, where an inquest
will be held. There were no papers on
their bodies except a roll OF poetry dedi
Gated 10 Collins by a young lady, and
which he seemed to prize highly. The
name of the other man is net given.
Collins is said to be from Dallas.
Collins is said TO be Of highly respect
able family. Sheriff Beardslee and Cit
Lens are II lot pursuit OF the gang
The beautiful heart is a million times
OF more avail, as securing domestic
happiness, than the beautiful in person.
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AN insurance adjnster went to see {
man whose house had been destroyed by
fire. Said adjuster: " How did thi'
thing happen HORSEPOWER :, DOM
know It's mystery. Adjuster
Well, | know. HORSEPOWER let's
have it; that's just what I'd like to fnd
out. Adjuster: It's friction. D
HORSEPOWER " Friction Friction
What's that ?" Adjuster Why fric
ton is the result of rubbing a thousand
dollar policy on q six-hundred-dollal
house ?"
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from all stimulating beverages while we
play. We have a season of preparation
We have to be clear and keep cool, or we
fail. The reason that 50 many eminent
players pass out of sight is-they will
drink. Then the nerves grow unsteady
and the eve fails, and all is up with the
player. The drinking goes deeper and
the playing worse.
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Low spirits, distaste for company, irri-
liability of temper and love of retirement
exist with many persons from some lesion OF
ahe liver; they are advised to use HONE
STOMACH BITTERS, as it acts on the whole
animal economy Prepared by the Home
Ritters Co. ST. Louis Mo.
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You'll scratch a poor mans nose as
long as YOU live. if you don't forsake the old
monopolists. Five Ton Wagon Scales $50
Ringbamton, Blnghamton, \. y.
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.ApN AND HOME.
r,.tart a. FcdSser.

white n"s'ar" m. = largely sow
France "a ns last autumn for feff plant 1t
,;.hea by the, on the stueble if the
- .aole, and narrowed in; or, some
..nies the soil is turned over with pillow,
five pounds of seed to the acre. Inc
plant can be consumed green TIL '"e
frost arrIYes.
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STUrrERING.-This singular affection
Is treated by an ingenious invention, called
Bates Patent Appliances. Simpson q Co:
Box 5076, New York, send description oil
sane 10 I'll inquiIer~.
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VEG E TIN D.
Her O,om Words.

BALTIMORE MD, Feb 10. ls77.
M u. X. STEVENS:
Dear sir-since several years i have got sore ana
NeI} painful foot. had phy sician- but the]
SSSHidn-t cure me Now. I have heard OF your kh'
II ~ from "a LADY who was sick Tor a long tluie
ana became all well from your NEGETlNt = and
nrht and bought the one bottle Of NEGEIiNE ahi
Aiter had used one bottle the pains left me- Hn'
y began O. heal and then bought one other boitle
ana 50 take IL yet. thank God for this remedy am
sourself; and wishing every sufferer may pas Atteh
uoh 10 u. II l. blessing for health
Mas. &. hRABE. 63~ West Baltimore street.
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uo~rsr VS. FRAUDULENT WEIGHT

The purchaser is entitled to full .eetg@ a., si'
,vavs In buving any commodity. DocLEI, .
YEAST POWDER is strictly full weight, beSiue
which it is absolutely pure.