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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1880-11-27

every neglect pi Ode ilrH, r..
missed opportunity frimwa,err.t
every neglected ienre ar ilIf,rI.
'urrd ioIl, AMI every other Glrur,
Of farm labor ibnt j. eoruary 10 ,lr
spirit Of improvement nov go lnm.
nani in the n]grionlmrll world.
covered over with tho, mantle ~.
chnrlty, !. G., the "tabt II time.
II tine is Of any value, sbl IT,
eo,t Of these improvements were rnr
into the balance agains, il. il aonli
be found IN a majority Of cases that
the greater number If these ae,utirv
dlmaod' improvements would cl.i
but very little, If any, more tiln tis.
tine which Is counted 80 valuable
Tie primary cost Of these improve
ments can never la cxurtly a.,,r
tained until they are put IN operation |
and their value determined .hy us
and comparison with old met oh.
That they have ~surclcedcd; AMI When
their superiority is demonstrated. .
ihe precious time that rr.t stood 10.
III way Of their introduction Willie.
found TO lave been either largely
wasted in getting along with old
time tools ar methods, or lar,cN
over estimated.
II the spirit.of; Improvement +, "a
become q iuctor In farm labor, II II n
valuable feature to study ont abd
know in advance exactly what
needed OF What line Of labor Il nrc.
ess'ry to put IN practice the partic
nlar improvement that b desired I
When Il i. dclcrmiuel uprn. do not
ALLOW any side iVueio supplant The
Idea, aud ftish it.up and rcrrcc, q,
before leaving It Or %heg'cclins it TT
some other plan that has come in 10
dispute occupancy.
Ii this spirit Of improvement i.I
once begun, it viii enlarge as lh,
farmer sees new results and fnlsI
that farming "a an exact science
rather than an experimental bushes,
OF doubtful result. II disaster come,
from this spirit twill be the result
OF o'er-r'dehing anil attempting t1,
much rather than a lack II rcaliFira ,
upo , any thorough and WeI. worked
plan. ard i Is FROM tbs. ra,hrr.thar
the former, tia, the farmer must
guarl himself The adoption and
per-. citing Of ore plan o. method M ,
n time is a safe way. AMI the amount
Of Improvement aud adnrnment tim, q
will follow as one year i. compared +
with another will be a surprise, anl =
the additional labor with the in +
sci income derived tlytefrom. .
without calling fr moro hour, Of I
Or greater eSerii1n. io'pefforw /,
IL. will he the complete answer lor I.
participation in the spirit OF progress ,
This sliiit has at efFec, upon ,hr i
Tor COOL. Tie improvement
ri house. barns, machinery, linds.
and general heau,ify ihg and lending 4.
adiiiianal attractions, will in.pife y =
taste in the family iha, will /
not he cumfnei within that circle. e
bat will extend and show it's mlu d
'nce over wider are Is and enter other !.
This spirit cnee pm, In ~. \
would be controlled BY judge
nent. snd directed by a systematic e
smrse ~ study that will promote
Ibis lesirsble quality 80 essential to +
higher farm life, end guard and
against its extreme extrava. =
I,rce md unrestricted outlays,
which M farm revenue can
pairrd. bot If si.cly used will pro-,
he hsppiass- AMI inspire tho 81
Il.|l'rF1<s 'i'-s s'aups che hrmsr !. ;
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Sicilian Proverbs.

The Sicilians are rude folk, if judged
by their proverbs, some of which are
printed in the DebotS as follows
"He who hasn't wife knows not the
devil"
GA woman who goes to every fete,
and mule that drinks at every fountain,
is no good"
"He who gets married is contented
for day; he who kills a pig has enough
for year"
:'God keep thee from man who looks
on the ground, and woman that looks
at the sky"
"There is only one devil and he has
100 wives"
"Women have devil for every hair. 4"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Shy, Proud Indian Youth,

The United States Government is ed
ucating few Indian youths at the
Hampton School. The teachers find an
obstacle in the shy, proud, independent
nature Of these national wards. They
are ambitious to go So the white man.
road" but they do not want to appear
thus ambitious.
Awriter in Hasper's Magazine Illus
trates this shy, proud self-consciousness
by an incident of the classroom.
When visitors are admitted the Indian
pupils become shy and distrustful. They
fret at being objects of curiosity.
Laughing Face" says the writer,
'swill not even smile, or show any sign
Of intelligence, nor will he cohdescend
to respond in any way except by grunt
to his teachers efforts. All this before
strangers. But when they are gone
Laughing Face, with much difficulty,
writes on the board, I sorry I not try,
for his teacher.
can Indian GIRL" continues the
writer, stands leaning on the balus-
trade Of the piazza, her eyes turned
toward the waters of the bay, but seem
ingly seeing nothing. She might as
well be behind red mask, for any
shadow of expression on her face.
"You speak to her; she does not IN
derstand one word that you say, nor
does she turn her head or eyes.
GO You touch the dusky cheek-you
might as well touch stone. But be-
hind that mask she is watching you.
She is learning every minute, but she
will not let you know it. IF she is
touched, you will be none the wiser. Il
she is sorry, she will not ask your sym.
pathy.
son Christmas night the Indian
boys at Hampton contributed their share
to the amusement of the occasion by a
war-dance. They prepared their COS
tunes unaided, and executed the dance
with SO much truth that it was frightful
But the next morning, when clothed
and in their right mind they sat in
their class room, and their teacher said
"'I was afraid I had lost my boys
last night. I am glad to get you back
again
"They answered as with one voice.
I'VE are so glad to get back ="
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Queer Showers.

We do not mean to be oblivious to
revelations in science or anything that
deeply concerns the human family.
How, then, can we overlook the lat
est variation in showers, which the
West exhibits ? In 1875, Iowa had a
mere shower of angleworms; in 1877
Kentucky followed with shower OF
frogs; Tennessee put in a claim to- the
championship the same year with a
shower of blood and fresh meat, supposed
to be mutton-chops. Showers Of fish
have been common in Minnesota, and
Michigan enjoyed a shower Of turtles.
Why should not the Weather Bureau
take into account these happenings?
They ought to be foretold, the same as
snow and hail. Indications in the
morning paper ought to tell us Of can
area of snakes passing over Peoria, OF
gradient of beefsteak rising beyond
the great lakes, and of ''the edge of a
shower Of new-laid eggs going rapidly
toward the Atlantic seaboard. The
head of our Signal Service Bureau must
earn his money.-Anserica1a Queen.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

swell, since they were such vandals as
to run us down with dogs, it may be as
we'll to surrender gracefully
And following her lead we were ush.
cred by the old fairy into charming
little dining room, where we found Fred
Stevenson and Mr.. Islington waiting be.
side daintily spread table, and, barring
the embarrassment which speedily wore
off, sat down to partie carEee meal that
would have convulsed our entire world
with horror had it been permitted to wit.
ness the joHity thereof.
When both the fun and the feeding were
well over we bade the attendant fairy
adieu, and with parting look at the
falls, made our way leisureIy to the great
gate that gave entrance to the enchanted
grounds, only to find that our cup of
disaster was not yet full.
Roxy had grown impatient of our long
absence, and, with the nosebag still round
her neck,had calmly turned her back upon
US, and was doubtless by this time far on
her road home, leaving only the halter.
which she had ingeniously slipped out
OF, as melancholy reminder of the unre-
liability of all trusts reposed in fourfooted
animals and woman's ability to tie a
knot.
Well we were certainly IN for it. We
had contrived to be guilty of as gross
improperly as two single young women
can well manage In one day, and there
fore we submitted with an easy grace to
be carried back to the squire's BY Mr..
Islington's bays, with that gentleman as
charioteer, and bringing Fred Stephenson
along for the sake of giving our host com.
pany on the homeward drive.
It is perhaps needless to say that Roxy
had arrived in good order, considerably
in advance of us, and that the squire was
not so greatly concerned as to our proba-
BILE fate as to forget to ask after the
halter which I had providentially chung
to as to the only available voucher for
my entire sanity; but this I might say,
since the matter will creep out sooner
or later, things are likely to fall out
quite as completely to the satisfaction OF
our anxious mamMas as if we had gone
obediently to Newport, and never made
acquaintance with the falls of Sleepy
Hollow through the medium of Roxy
and the one-horse chaise.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Wonders of the Yellowstone.

Near Beaver lake, in the National park
of the Yellowstone, party of explorers
came upon a remarkable mountain of
obsidian or volcanic glass which rises in
columnar cliffs several hundred feet in
height. It being desirable to pass that
way, the party cut a road by building
huge fires on the glass to heat and ex-
pand it, and then dashing the cold water
Of the lake against the heated surface
the sudden contraction thus produced
breaking large fragments from the side
of the mountain. In the grand canyon
of the Gibson river the explorers also
found precipices Of yellow, black and
banded obsidian rising hundreds of feet.
The natural glass of these localities has
from time immemorial been dressed by
the Indians to tip their spears and ar
rows
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
THE PATH THAT led TO THE
LAKE.
BY CARRIE V. SHAW.

Now through the dim light of memory
Far backward my flight l viii take,
10 gaze once more on the footprints there,
IN the path that led to the lake.
kneel on the ground where, fresh springinas
GROW the fern and the wild green brake,
And search for prints of the small bare feet
IN the path that led to the lake.
Oh! tho tears are falling 50 thickly
From these eyes that YEARLY ache,
The footprints are doubled and trebed
In the path that led to the lake.
Save mine, the young feet are now resting
Still, under the fern and the brake,
Poor feetl they found paths that were harder
Than the path that led to the lake.
You say the old sands have drifted,
And graves for the dead leaves make;
Oh! the dear old sands would not wander
From the path that led to the lake.
You say that the footprints have vanished,
And these are but fancies l make;
l tell you they're here as we made them,
In the path tNat led to the lake.
But, wild heart, k,lot9 that the winters
Have come with the. frost and the fake,
And the rills of spring have been rushing
Down the path that led to the lake.
And the snow of my life's sad winter
VII fall with its whitening fake,
And snowdrifts like graves lie between me
and the path that led to the lake.
The playmates of childhood are sleeping
All calmly while saddened hearts break,
And the green grass is growing, Jlntrodden,
In the path that led 70 the lake.
But still, for the sake of the summer,
Oh! and still for our dear youths sake,
! Will cherish the dream that is fading
Like the path thai led to the lake
,CHELL CITY, Mo.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Fish acknowledgements with the
Carp,

4
The United States Fish Commission
has accomplished some remarkable re-
suits, and has greatly increased the ex-
tent OF the food-fishes of the country,
but no part of the commissions work is
more valuable or of greater interest than
the successful cultivation of carp. The
commission have just drawn off the wa
| ter from Babcock lake, the small carp
| pond near the monument lot in this city,
where most of the experiments have
taken place. The result shows that the
carp can be successfully cultivated in the
| muddlest inland streams, and it is said
even Ii sloughs, swamps and mud-pud-
dies. Prof. Baird has already received
applications from 5000 private persons
for young carp with which to make the
experiment in the Western States. The
carp-ponds were stocked last spring with
few hundred carp, placed under the
immediate management of DR.. HaSsel,
who has devoted most of his life to carp
raising in Germany, but who was induced
to come to this country three years ago
by Prof. Baird. The young carp bred
in these ponds are now being distributed
throughout the country. A number
nave OcCu SelO W 11il1OIS, OnlO, mlHHS-
sofa, Wisconsin and Michigan. The ex-
periments have been so successful that
new carp lakes for propagating purposes
are to be- constructed here. One con-
tanning eight acres has already been
commenced, and another one of five
acres is in contemplation. Prof. Baird
says that one pair of carp will stock an
acre of water, and that the spawn from
a single fish will yield from 5000 to
10000 young fish. They do not COM
mence to spawn until years old. DR..
Hassel, the Superintendent, has seen
carp in Austria 800 years old, so old that
even moss grew on the back of the fish;
yet it was active, and appeared to have
as much vitality as the younger fish.
The usual maximum weight of the carp
is thirty pounds. DR.. Hassel did not
succeed in making any carp live to reach
this country until he had made three
trips with the fish. Those brought out
on the first two voyages died. In the
spring of 1877 he succeeded in landing
il good condition $50 young carp. From
these fish all the carp in this country
have been produced within three years.
Prof. Baird hopes in the course of few
years to be able to stock most of the
Western waters with these fish, Wash
ingtos Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
They Learned the Lesson.

A schoolmaster endeayors to instill
into the minds Of his pupils the great
truth that you should always count
hundred slowly before you speak, and
five hundred if it is anything very i'm
portant.
He then takes his stand near the
stove, and after some minutes observes
that the lips of all his scholars are NOV
ing slowly and noiselessly.
Presently and simultaneously they all
break out
"Four hundred and ninety-fve, five
hundred Say, teacher, your coat tails
are all on fire /"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

The latest thing for ladies' wear is a
large cord with tassels attached, which
is worn around the waist. It looks nice,
but any young man who is really atten-
tive to girl this winter will have to
protect his right wrist with some kind of
pad, and even then much of the romance
attendant upon clasping the waist of a
lovely creature will disappear when your
arm comes in contact with something
that seems too large for clothes-line
and not large enough for ships hawser.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
ON THE SHORE.
own on the golden sand

Down on the golden sand
With careless feet.
Through sunny hours they stand
The children sweet.
Gently, as if in play,
Great, green, gray waves
Make music in the bay
And kiss the caves.
Little the children know
Upon the shore
How, in mid-sea, winds blow
And pillows roar;
Hsw ships meet sad mischance,
And sailors drown;
This blessed ignorance
Is childhood's crown.
Beside another sea
Those children stand,
From all its fears still free,
On childhood's land.
Oh, mighty sea of life,
Oh, perilous tides,
Where storms are always rife,
And death abides.
Fall softly on the land
Where childhood fingers.
Building its domes OF sand
With rosy fingers.
For children should not hear
Your raging wild,
Nor see-wLose eyes are clear
Your tide defiled.
Nor mark, with hearts that bleed,
How souls go down;
This ignorance indeed
Is childhood's crown.
Boston Pilot
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
The Treatment OF Rattlesnake Bite

A professional snake-catcher, of Holy
oke, Mass, treats rattlesnake bites as
follows He first ties cord tightly
around the member bitten so as to cut
off the flow of blood toward the heart.
The bleeding wound is then sucked out
thoroughly to withdraw as much of the
poisoned blood as possible, after which
strong spirits of ammonia is applied.
After while the string is loosened a
little to allow the remaining poison, if
any, to be SO slowly absorbed into the
system that no serious results are likely
to follow.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05
Smoking on Bows,

An Eastern paper contains long ar
ticle entitled, effect of Smoking on
Boys" It is not right to smoke on
boys. It imparts disagreeable odor to
their clothes, and when they go home
they arouse suspicion in the minds of
their mothers which it is difficult to
eradicate. The effect of smoking on
some boys would be a rock hurled at
the head of the smoker.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

The South Carolina census includes
the following townships Giddy Swamp,
Due West, Long Cane, Tabernacle, Dark
Corner, Alligator, Ebenezer, Sammy
Swamp, Pee Dee, Pocotaligo, Scuffle.
town, Prvateer, Swimming Pens,
Pumpkintown and Turkey.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

TAnMAaE denounces the Z" examining ~
process in the public schools.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-05

m1rroT, SAID nothing more sensible than,
"What fright must look, Daisy" at
which evidence of returning life the old
attendant nodded her head approvingly,
and hustled away to prepare us some tea,
for which thought at least was CRATE.
| full.
AS soon as the door closed and we
| were alone, Adele sprang up and began
twisting up her hair, just so far from
testlfying to the vexation had expected
her to feel after such an adventure, she
asked, eagerly.
"Did you see him, Daisy? He is quite
the handsomest man ever met"
"For heavens sake, Adele, have done
| with nonsense, and let US fly to Roxy,and
| the sources chaise before we get into an
other ridiculous scrape," implored.
II shall do nothing of the kind, my
dear. People who keep great dogs to
frighten Grant damsels out Of their SEN
ses should not be suffered to escape pay
ing the penalty Of their indiscretion in
some way or another answered the
heartlees creature, and prepared myself
to sulk, when our old fairy again entered
the apartment, and said;
chr. Isiington presents his compli-
ments to the young ladies, and begs, if
they are sufficiently recovered from their
fright, that they will allow him to offer
them some refreshments in company
with his friend and guest, Mr.. Stephen
son, with whom, he believes, they have
an acquaintance
'Great heavens the very pair of lions
we were expected to encounter at New.
port, and from the honor of which we
ran away" I gasped in conservation
thu Adele only laughed and answered:
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-05
Where a Match is Dangerous.


PHOSPHORUS is dangerous stuff to
handle. A young man in travelling lit
match by scratching it with his thumb
nail, and piece of the incandescent
phosphorous penetrated under the nail
and made a slight burn, to which he
paid no attention. But after an hour
the pain became intense; the thumb
swelled, then the hand, and next the
forearm; he was obliged to alight at
station on the journey and send for a
medical man, who declared that imme-
diate amputation of the arm was neces-
sary. The patient insisted on postponig
the operation for few hours until the
arrival of his father, for whom he had
telegraphed. Before the latter, how
ever, could reach his son it was too late;
the poisonous matter had gained the
arm, then the shoulder, and any opera
ton became impossible. He died in
great agony in only twenty-seven hours
after the burn. The case shows the dan
ger Of handling PHOSPHORUS in the
manner described.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-05
Medical Uses Of Eggs.

For burns or scalds, nothing is more
soothing than the white of an egg,
which may be poured over the wound
1t is softer, as varnish for burn, than
collodion, and being always at hand can
be applied Immediately. 1t is also more
cooling than the sweet oil and cotton"
which was formerly supposed to be the
surest application to allay the smarting
pain. 1t is the contact with the air
which gives the extreme discomfort ex-
perienced from ordinary accidents of
this kind; and everything which ex-
cludes the air and prevents Inflammation
is the thing to be at once applied.
The egg is also considered one of the
best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up
with or without sugar and swallowed at
gulp, it tends by its emollient qualities
to lessen the Inflammation of the stom-
ach and intestines and by forming tran
sient coating on those organs to enable
nature to resume her healthful sway
over the diseased body. Two or at most
three, eggs per day would be all that
is required in ordinary cases; and since
the egg is not merely medicine but food
as well, the lighter the diet otherwise,
and the quieter the patient is kept, the
more certain and rapid the recovery.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-05
Perseverance Will Tell!

Stoughton, Mass, March 10th, 1880
~. Kendall a. Co., Gents:-In justice to you
and myself, think ought to let you know that
have removed TWO BONE SPAVINS with Ken
dalls SPAWN Cure,n one very large one; don't
know how long the Spayn had been there.
have owned the horse eight months 1t took me
four months to take the large one off, and two
months for the small one, have used 10 bottles.
The horse is entirely well, not at all stf, and no
medicine. 1t Is new thing here, but II It does
for all what It has done for me It's sale will be very
great Respectfully yours,
Is sure in effects mild in its action as it does
not blister, and yet Is penetrating and powerful to
reach any deep seated pain or to remove any
bony growth or any other enlargement, II used
for several days, such as spavins, spints. curbs,
call0us, sprains, swellings, any lameness and all
enlargements OF the joints or limbs or rheuma-
tism In man and for any purpose for which lin.
iment for man or beast. 1t is now known to be
the best liniment for man ever used, acting mild
and yet certain In its effects 1t is used fun
strength with perfect safety at all seasons of the
year.
Send address for Illustrated Circular. which we
think gives positive proof OF its virtues No
remedy has ever met with such unqualified snc.
cess, to our knowledge, for beast as well as man.
Price ST. per bottle, or Six bottesf0 S5. All Drug
glsts have 1t or can get t for yOu or 1t will be sent
to any address on receipt OF price bv the propri-
etors. DR. b. j. KENDALL u CO.,
En0sburg Falls, Vermont
"Kendall's SPAWN Cure" is now sold by all the
leading wholesale druggists and large number
OF prominent retail druggists
A@ 4. MORTIMER, New Bloomfield, agent for
Perry Co., Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-10-05

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