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Why He Stopped the Train.

SATURDAY at four p. M, as the ex-
press train on the Erie Road was COM
ing from Red House to Salamanca, the
engineer whistled down brakes, the
train came to stand-still and the pas
sengers all rushed out to learn the
cause of the detention, expecting to
see mangled corpse or some break
age in the machinery which would
compel them to walk to Bradford.
When they reached the platform of the
cars a forlorn-looking individual in a
straw hat the size of an umbrella
doomed up to them. In one hand he
carried a tish-pole, in the other bas-
ket, which contained seventy-five
trout. The conductor came out, and
remarked, "What did you stop my
train for, you moon-faced old hippo
drome?'' "Why, you see, corn
ductor," drawled out the individual, in
the funniest backwoods tones magma
bic, "Pve got whopper here, and l
thought as how some 'er yer passen-
gers would like to gaze onto it." Say
ing this, the old man drew out by the
tail a monster of a trout that must
have weighed at least two pounds, and
held it admiringly up by the tail. The
suns rays flashed out from the beauti-
full colors of crimson and gold which
dotted the coat of the fish, and, wheth-
er the sight was SO tempting to the
palates of the hungry passengers, or
whether the righteousness of the affair
struck them just then, they burst into
roars of laughter, and even the con-
ductor forgot for a moment the bell
punch system, and all was serenity
again. The venerable Walton boarded
the cars for Salamanca, and soon the
train was laundering away the miles to
make up for lost time.-Bradford Pa. }
Era.
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100 pounds to the square inch at the
bottom, and that is sufficient to over
come the friction and lift the column
of water on the other side to within
six feet (and perhaps nearer) OF the
level of the starting-pOint. 1t was
found not long ago that some men had
been accustomed for a long time to
shoot through these pipes sticks of
cord-wood, cutting them on the noun
tain opposite their home. Finally they
got to running whole logs through; but
one was too long, and got stuck,
which led to the detection of this la
bor-saving fraud. At other points SUBJ
terranean wooden tubes of equal cali
Der, similarly arranged, conduct the
stream across the valleys. One of these
tubes is 1900 feet in length.
Having got this tremendous "head"
of water at their disposal by the COM
pletion of the ditch. stamp-mills were
built far below in the valleys, at points
suitable to the best diggings, and they
were ready to begin operations upon
the new system. The cutting having
been opened at the brow of the hill, q
reservoir is constructed, in which the
water from the ditch is allowed to &C.
cumulate to the amount of thousands
of gallons, whence a side-ditch, con-
trolled by flood gates, leads to the up
per edge of the cutting. From the
mine downward channel is arranged,
as PERCEPTIONS as possible, leading d.
rectly to the stamp-mill, where a room
is open to its entrance. If now q tor
rent should suddenly be poured into
the cutting; away up there on the edge
of the mountain, which seems almost
to over-hang you, it is evident that all
the loose material would be swept out
and sent headlong downward to the
bottom of the hill. What natural
freshet would accomplish by accident
is precisely what the miners do by
artitice. They dig away all day at the
loose soil and easily disintegrated
rock, break up the large fragments in
to small pieces, and strew everything,
good, bad and Indifferent, in careless
pile on the floor of the cut. Then at
shutdown they gather up their tools,
climb out of the diggings, and open
the gates of the reservoir. A torrent
sweeps through the mine, cleans out
every loose rock and fragment of dust,
and hurls it down into the mill, where
a rack catches all the coarse material
and lets the water drain through into
the much-tortured Yahoola. The
whole product of the days excavation
has been deposited on the floor of the
mill, half a mile away, ready to be
shoveled under the stamps, which
chew ON it all night, and it has not
cost a penny for transportation
Ernest IagersoU, in Harper's Magazine
for September.
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slope should be heavily seeded with
grass. If fence-row is left without
grass, it will produce weeds and is
much more likely to be overrun with
briers. alders, etc. Besides, the grass
can generally be saved for stock, and
when the fence is moved and the land
leveled and cultivated again the sward
enriches it. There are many localities
where board fences are exposed to our
northwest winds, and are often leaned
and twisted out of shape during the
spring. when tho ground is soft and
spongy; and five-board fence pre-
sents more surface to the wind than a
four or three-board fence. There is
much material wasted and want of
judgment shown in many instances in
building fences. I have often seen q
line of five-board fence within three
feet OF road-d ditch, which prevented
stock from approaching it on the out
side.
One more hint, and I am done.
There is no economy in using poor
material for board fence. Better sell
your oak posts and beech or elm lum-
Der for what they will bring, and buy
locust or cedar posts and good lumber.
Fence of the former material is gone
in eight or ten years, while the latter
will last twice as Waldo, in
Ohio Farmer.
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4 POOR MOTHER.

~ WISH you Joy" Her lips put on a smile
To mock the woful shadow in her ewes.
Nay. I've no mind to blame you-tears and
signs
Won make or mend, but only the surprise
M suooen! Let me breathe little while.
See dear-'twas only yesterday thought,
Looking abroad, the world seemed green and
glad:
Thought Gods given me thistle kindest lad,
The dearest child that ever woman had
And health and hands. envied no one aught.
MY life was full; my heart went beating fast
With pride with hope. with mothers happiness.
Great thrills of Joy. God! could not guess
How brief a time my counted wealth would
last.
" knew you loved her? Child, never knew!
l saw you walk and talk, aud dance and lest:
1t seemed but foolish pastme at the best
Aud you were both SO young. made no test
Nor question of the future for you two.
But marriage is not DEATH you'll love me
still?
A lttle--yes--with such love as may spread
In overflow beyond your child's bright head,
Your wifes fair eyes. All nO-the Past lies
dead
And time goes on. and Nature has ner will.
" liush-hush; forgive me. l must weep or die
Stan, dear. bless You! Through these blinding
tears.
greet you bravely beyond doubts and fears.
For all the happiness OF coming years,
l greet the man. but oh. my boz, good hyer'
-H6fy Athqt dc We're, an ScFibney'S WOHthty.
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Z" Gather We rose-buds as ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day
tn onrrou will ho dv;ru1O
Hydraulic Gold Mining in Georgia.

GONG seven or eight miles up the
YahOola River, a dam was built where
the stream rushes through a pictur-
esque gorge, whence a ditch six feet
wide and six feet deep was led along
the side-hill, in and out of all the
curves, sometimes through short tun-
mel, then across an aqueduct, here and
there, wherever its level led it, at a
grade of four and a half feet to the
mile, twenty miles down to the mines.
This is the main big ditch. 1t has two
or three large branches, and there are
other lesser bitches throughout the re-
gion, supplying separated isolated
mines, but none have so elevated a
head or carry SO great a volume of
water as this, and it is the best type of
them all. When first constructed,
there were many fumes and trestles
along its line. Some of the trestles
were over hundred feet high, of great
length. and a constant expense to keep
in repair. At one spot an attempt was
made to cross the bed of the Yahoola
where the height of the trestle would
be 25O feet, and its length nearly half
a mile. BY a lavish expenditure of
money the structure was carried to the
height of $50 feet, when it was found
that the lower timbers had ALREADY rot
ted out. The scheme was therefore
abandoned, and the vast erection de-
molished. entailing q loss of almost
100000. Engineers say that, with all
the appliances and force which could
be brought to bear there, it would be
impossible to build high trestle as
fast as it would decay at the founda-
tons.
In place of this, iron pipes were sub
stituted, and an inverted siphon made.
The descent from the top of the hill
is at an angle Of forty-five' degrees,
and is 2l5 feet in length; the pipes then
cross the bed of the stream upon
wooden supports q distance of 1877 feet,
and ascend the opposite bank 209 feet.
The pipes are made of heavy boiler
plating, and are thirty-six inches in in
side diameter. Through them the wa
ter rushes with pressure of nearly
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Vegetables should rot be washed
until just before cooking.
"A fresh tomato leaf is said to be a
sovereign cure for bee sting.
Fresh fish should be fried in the
grease obtained by frying sweet salt
pork.
Common purslane chopped up and
mixed with scalded corn-meal is excel
lent green feed for fowls that are con-
fined.
To make a cream pie take one and
one-fourth cups cream, one cup white
sugar; season with vanilla or lemon;
bake with one crust.
Before using lemons for any pur-
pose always roll them awhile with your
hand on table. This will cause them
to yield larger quantity of juice.
Butter sponge cake is made thus:
Fourteen eggs, the weight of the same
in sugar, eight ounces Of flour, six of
butter and the juice of three lemons.
Deacon, how is it that your pas
lures are always so full of feedp'
"Well, if l see a spear or two of grass
extra don't run off and buy another
critter to turn in"
1T is said that cayenne pepper,
sprinkled over cabbage plants, is a
sure preventive of worms destroying
them, and will not injure the flavor Of
the MISUNDERSTANDING.
in blowing with a sixteen-inch
pillow, team travels six miles to pillow
an acre. With twelve inch pillow
eight and one-half miles; with an
elcven-inch pillow nine miles.-Ios0a
State Register.
"A teaspoonful of finely powdered
charcoal drank in half a tumbler of
water will often give relief to the sick
headache, when caused, as it is in most
cases, by superabundance of acids on
the stomach.
TO make cucumber soup, boil in
water cut-up cucumbers, adding a bou-
quot of herbs; reduce by boiling and
pass through a sieve; add a good piece
Of butter and the yelks of three eggs
and some pieces of toast.
To destroy lice on fowls, grease the
top of the head and under each wing
with an ointment of mercurial oint-
ment, two parts; lard, three parts;
crude petroleum, one part. Apply in
half-melted state.-N. z. Times.
When about to gather ferns for
winter ornaments be sure to provide
yourself with some kind of a stiff-cov-
cred book or portfolio to take to the
fields with you. Ferns are troublesome
to press unless this precaution be taken,
as they curl up very soon after being
picked.
Ten eggs equal one pound. OF
brown sugar one pound two ounces is
one quart, while sugar powdered, one
pound one ounce is one quart. Loaf
sugar broken, one pound is one quart.
Butter, when. soft, one pound is one
quart. Indian meal, one pound two
ounces is one quart. Wheat flour, one
pound is one quart.-Cincinsati Times.
Thorough cultivation is the only
sure eradication of weeds. Where weeds
are rampant in field, garden or door
yard, slovenliness, 1aziness, or too
much work for the help employed, is
the obvious reason for such condition
of things. Weeds must be destroyed if
one would have his cultivated grounds
productive and pleasant to look upon
by those who have occasion to pass
them.-Erchauge.
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A Hint to WOPkin4rnan

The honest workingmen of the country,
many OF whom have large and increasing fam
ilies to support, have been the chief sufferers
from the great financial pressure under which
We have labored for the last few years. d.
minlshed wages have not been attended by q
corresponding dfminution in price of every
thing which the workingman needs. Rents,
fuel, food and clothing are cheaper, but these
do not constitute all his necessities. It Is
sometimes necessary for him to employ law
yer or physician, yet the fee rates of ply
eicians and lawyers are as high as they were
In flush" times. Yet cheap medicines are
as necessary as cheap rents or fuel. Cheap
medicines are not necessarily poor medicines
It must be obvious to every Intelligent person
that medicines, compounded and put up at
wholesale, can be sold at much lower rates
than when retailed from the DOCTORS pill bags.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgative Pellets have completely
restored persons who had spent hundreds Of
dollars IN vainly seeking relief from private
practitioners, and all at a very slight expendi-
ture.
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Running the Yellow.Fever Blockade.

MESSRS. CHARLES QUENTEL, JR., and
Henry Quentel, with their wives and
several compagnons du voyage, left
town yesterday in carriages, with the
intention of taking the Louisville &
Nashville train at Bartlett. and depart
ing for a more salubrious cline. Ev-
erything went well until the party
neared Bartlett; not q single murder
Gus quarantine guard was met with,
and hope, that springs eternal in the
human breast, lent an additional charm
to the beauties of nature SO Iavishly
displayed on every hand. But, as some
one, probably Mark Twain, has said,
Gail that's bright must fade" On
reaching the bridge this side of Bart
lett solitary horseman bearing the
typical shotgun was seen, not ap.
preaching, but immovably fixed in the
road. When the party drove up, this
party of the first part halted them.
"You can't pass" said he, with he
roic firmness.
Wherefore?" was asked.
because you can't" was the re-
Spouse.
"Well, but we will"
If you do it will be with load in
YOU
eff you draw that gun you'll be de-
stroyed without remedy" replied one
of the travellers. He drove on; the
rest followed. He got no load in him.
When Bartlett was reached, the
train was still there, and the refugees
were beginning to lay the t1attering
JUNCTION to their souls that all would
yet 6e well, when suddenly commit
tee appeared barring the way. They
said, "Thus far, and no farther"
Twas vain to speak, to weep, to sigh
the incorruptible guardians of the
Bartlett health were not to be moved.
They said, however, eff you'll go
on to Bonds Station (six miles further
on), you can get aboard the train
there" and with this the refugees were
forced to be content. Then they asked
the conductor to take their baggage on
there. He said, "H I do they will
eliminate me off the face of the earth. -
So they went on to Bonds Station and
waited for the train. 1t came along
and was duly signaled, but passed on
without stopping. The conductor,
however. had not forgotten them. He
called all the passengers to the window
of the car, and exhibited the forlorn
Memphians. The scene was enjoyed
by all present, with q few exceptions.
The cleft then tried to get quarters
in the country until TO- morrow, when
they hoped to get a train, but the in
habitants declared they wouldn't take
them in If there was millions in it.
This was the last straw, and the bright
hopes that animated the party in the
morning had been succeeded by the
bitterness of despair. Memphis was
now the only place remaining open to
them. and to Memphis they returned,
arriving yesterday evening, imbued
with monumental disgust at country
Observation-Disclosures avalanche.
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After aiding in disposing of sixteen
bottles of beer German woman mar
ried one Nauman in New York the
other evening. She now applies for q
divorce on the ground that she was un-
der the influence of lager when the
matrimonial knot was tied.
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When Won see a woman oo;no

When you see woman going to-
ward the river with good-sized pole
in her hand, and a wrinkle across her
nose, you needn't think she's going
fishing. Not much! she's got a bow
down that way who promised her, with
tears in his eyes, he wouldn't 90 in
swimming.--St essbenville Herald.
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LYON 4 HEAlY, Chicago, ~.
OLIVER DITSON g. CO., Boston.

Our 4Bth Descriptive Illus
trated Price List for Fall OF
1879 will be sent to any a1-
dress upon receipt Of NINE
CENTS. 1t contains prices
of over 5000 articles with
over 1 900 Illustrations. NO
PERSON who cOntelnplates
the purchase of any article
for personal or family use.
8 II o u Id fail to send for .
copy. We sell most every
class of goods known to the
civilized world. We sell all
our goods At ho1 esale
prices dire ct to the con-
sumner (no M i'd d I Q m err }.
The only house in. America
who mako this their special
businese, One of these valu-
able Price Lists and Refer.
once hooks is indispensable:
Address Montgomery Ward
q Co., 227 and 220 Wabash
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois,
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1t makes but little difference to o
boy whether he is cut off with or with
out shilling. 1t is the cut off that
hurts.
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As he was ascending the pul,

AS he was ascending the pulpit
steps one of the Elders buttonholed
him to whisper an additional caution:
"The liquor.dealer has just come into
church, and he gives US lift some
times. l wish you would be particular
not to allude to the whisky business or
the temperance question" The young
minister, getting frightened to see the
moral ground thus steadily narrowing
before him, inquired: "Whom or what
shall preach against, thenF" The FL
der's reply came like an air of tri-
umph: Preach against the Mormons;
they haven't got friend in town.
SteNbenviUe Gazette.
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| TRADEMARK.1
The Best Remedy Known to nan:

The Best Remedy Known to han
Dr. Clark johnson having associated himself with Mr..
Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long slave to
Wakamctkla, the medicine man Of the CODancho6 ID
prepared 70 lend his aid In tho introduction Of the
wonderful remedy If that triba
The experience Of Mr. Eastman being similar to that
Of Mrs Chas Jones and son, 81 Washington County.
Iowa, account Of whose sufferfngS thrilngly
narrated in the Neso York Herald Vt Dec 18th, 1875
the facts Of which are SO widely KNOWN and 50 nearly
CerieDces will be given here They however pub
lshed in neat volume Of 300 pages entitled Seven
and Nine Years Among the COTnanches and ApacheS"
Of which mention will be made hereafter Suffice It to
say that for several years Mr. Eastman while captive
and berries Of which Wakametklas medicine was
made and Is still prepared to provide the SAME ma
to the wOrd and the public that the remedy II
the same now when Wakametkla compelled him to
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MANY people do themselves greatin-
jury BY continuing to eat meat after it
has ceased to be in harmony either
with their organization, their manner
OF life or labor in which they are en-
gagged. simply because it is the first
thing set before them at table, and be-
ing hungry they satisfy their craving
with meat, never stopping to consider
whether it is what they want or not.
The regularity of the thing is its great
evil.-Dr. Foote's Health Monthly.
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Remedy for Dropsy.

Eau CLARE Eau Claire Co., Wis., March e, 1879.
Dear Str-Ifee It my duty to let you know OF tne
wonderful cure your Indian Blood syrup made
IN my case. About four years ago was afflicted with
Dop being bloated from head to foot tried various
took some Of your excellent Indian Blood SyruP,
which speedily and enectually cured me. It has been
used In my family for Eryspeas Sick Headache, Sore
Threat, ETC., with wonderful results:
MRS c, J.. BEARDSLEx
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SUBSCRIBE now for the MUSICAL RECORD, and receive
weekly all the news. and plenty Of good music. for
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m. Gas % IN ht s %a
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The Welsh language can never ex-
pect to be a pronounced success.-A-
b0pu Journal.
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DO NOT BEGIN YOUR SINGING CLASSES
BEFORE EXAMINING L. o. EMER-
SONS NEW BOOK,
Voice Of Worship.

Church Music in the form Of Tunes and Anthems It ID
perfectly fitted for the Singing School and Convention
by the large number Of Songs Duets, Glees &C. and its
well made Elementary Course
Price, $500 per dozen Specimen copies mailed for
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d. OI0yy Otter Tail Co., Mimi. Aprn 10, 1874
Dear StyI have taken your excellent lndtaa
Houbling mo for many years and the relief expert.
enced fr0m the medicine was wonderful Is the bess
remedy ever used, and would not be without Il for
u world; In fact NO one should be without y
PETER U. ERANE&
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Cares General Debility.

6xN.vA LAxH, Walworth Co, Wis, Jan. 22, 1879
Dear Str-I have taken . 6Occnt bottle Of G CISf!
Johnoon's Indian Blood syrup f0E 6eCaHel DeOlk
~ ont q sorts generally. teel we'll Ienewed IN NJ
oDDofitA SOLOMON MACH
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THE reason why medical pre- etitioners do
not hesitate to prescribe DR.. F. Wilhoft's
Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague Tonic Is as
follows: Messrs. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., of
New Orleans, its proprietors, have published
Its composition, and physicians have approved
1t because it contains no dangerous drug, ard
because it invariably proves successful. It ID
for sale by all Druggists.
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Liver couplaint and Dvspeusja.
Remedy for Liver comulaln1.

NORA, Pope County, Mimi
Dear Sir-This b to certify that your Indian
DlOOA syrup has efiectually cured me OF Liveg
ComDlaint and dyspepsia. MR TORY BELGIUM.
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llvar comulaInt and Dvsuepsla.

DEER PARE St. Croix County, VIA
0sar SCI have used your Indian 1lo0c %,
syrup, with very beneficial results for Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint. All other medicines and doctors
pgoved useless MRS GOTllEB MATHEWS
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CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
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EMERS0n'S VOCAL METHOD, by L o.
EMERSON, (fl.5O) is valuable new book 'fof Voice
Training, containing all the ntials Of study pent,
Of exercises and plain explanations and costing much
less than the larger works on the same subject
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4 n1edlclna which Gives satisfaction to All.

MANKAro Blue Earth Co., Mimi. Feb. 20 1879
Dear Sir-fom my own experience l can say t9 1s
Bore Threats that ever got hold O.. great many
elmo has cured children Of Sore Throat every time
have been suffering with Liver Complaint, and nO!n
~ Mo 10 be without it MRS, LYDIA WRl0HISON
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ALL who have used National Yeast say it
makes winter, sweeter and better bread, bis-
cults, ETC., than any other yeast. Try it.
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