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The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-16
Things That Occurred During 1879.


ueped which will never be men
toned in the dictionary or ency-
c!opsedia, but should be remem-
b9red by the public all the same.
The number Of men who pulled
their guns toward them BY the
muzzle was about fifty. One
trial will satisfy you that it never
fails. .E.t
Eighteen hundred and seventy
nine was good year for the fool
who points un'oadea revolvers at
his aunt and other folks. He
managed to keel over about
twenty victims, and is real
sorry for it. He wouldn't have
done it for nothing, you know.
During the dead year eleven
photographers got off jokes on the
mother-in-law, and then softly
slipped into their last resting
place beneath the willows-lt
is we'll. Nobody has missed
them. ~s+-
The number Of orators who IT
1873 began their speeches WITH
.FelIow-citizens of this glorious
country,' was eighty-fve; the
number in 1879 was only eighty
four. Let US b. thankful for
small fayors and have hopes OF
the future.
The kerosene can showed a
decided falliag off in activity.
Only seventeen females hurried
up the fire.
OF the 152 hous, holders who
borrowed shotguns and took
dead aim at that Internal cat,
three hit the cat and the remain
der knocked over small boys and
other live stock, and are now
wondering how on earth they
could possibly have done it..
Eighteen hundred and seventy
nine wa good year for dea
persons to 60 visiting. Thirty
four OF them took the railroad
track to save distance. The day
express was on time.
The last year was also notice
able for the number of persons
who took a quiet smoke aftel
going to bed, fell asleep ano
passed into a better land at tht
expense Of Insurance companies
A clay pipe and cents worth 0
tobacco are all the outfit needed
The number of kind-heartet
people who went out hunting
mistook q friend for a wild tul
key, fox or grizzly and peppere'
him dead was fourteen, wit!
Rhode Island to hear from
Every one Of them felt ba
enough to cry, but mistakes wi
happen in all families.
The sea serpent was seen onl
nine times during 1879. Thi
may influence some persons
believe that he is gradually dyin
out and will soon become extint
. but there is no danger of it-nt
with the spresent brand Of Sc
captains. ~ 49,
The number of mothers VIII
left rat poison and other fat
doses where the children coul
get at them was twenty-on'
This is a decrease over the pr
vious year, and in the dim f,
ture woman-kind may possibl
realize the fact that children
cats, rats, cockroaches and aunt
are susceptible to the same inf,
ence.
-~A~~-
Scientific Farming Practical
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-16

An Indian in Graham county,
North Carolina, claims to be Ill
wears old.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-16

It is easy to tell when others
are fattered, but not When We
ourselves are, and every man and
woman will lend firm belief to
the soft nothipgs of the very man
they believe to be an arraut fat
terer, when others are in the
case. :.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-16

The discovery 10y explorers in
Alaska thai the Yukon River is
naviga5le for steamers $500
miles is important, and places
that stream among the largest
rivers in the world. About 500
miles from It's mouth it receives
a very large navigable tributary.
The basin formed by the conhu-
ence is "a miles wide. The Yukon
is nearly as large as our Mississ-
ippi. There is snow for six
months, and without roads dog
s|edges find good travelling
Game abounds, and Indians have
an easy life. -. ...
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-16

l could get twice as many names
within two miles of town. A. CURTIS
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-04-16

Reasonable Discount to Those who
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
Advice to Consuinptlves

'l2No man, however uncleanly, would
drink muddy, dirty water, A party
which occupies room for hours,
breathing the same air, might be COM
pared to party of batbers drinking
the water In which they bathe. The
patient must keep the window. OF his
bedroom open. Night air is fresh air
Without daylight. In clos6, crowded
rooms, tho patient suffering from lung
complaints breathes consumptiyely.
By taking.these precautions and using
DR.: Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
anu Pleasant Purgative Pellets, fully
onesAalf of the cases of lung complaints
would bo cured in six months. For
cough and irritation OF the lungs do
not always indicate the presence Of
consumption although it may result in
that disease, and If consumption has al {.
ready become deeply seated In the sys-
tenn, this is the most efficient course of
treatment that can be pursued outside
or any institution that provides special
facilities for the treatment Of this, dis
ease, ,Dr. Plerce's celebrated invalils,
Hotel <tsS suoha. ant Ainstitution. Send
stamp for descriptive pamphlet con.
tanning also fatfcomplete treatise upon
consumption, explaining its causes.
'natuta, and the best fnethods OF diet.
clotbings exercise, eto., for consump.
tives. Address Worlds Dlspensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. q.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
VEGETINE
For Cancers and lancerous
EHUBliOrs.

THE DOCTORS CERTIFICATE. RRADlT.
a.. ASHLEY, Washington Co.. ILL.,, Jan. ID, 1879.
MIR IL. k STKVENS:
Dear Sir.-rnis is to certify that had beer
SUFFERING from ROsc Cancer on my right
breast. which gre" very rapidly, and all my
friends had given mo mp to die. when heard Of
your meiicl Q, Vegetlne. recommended for
canser and Canc"rous Il mors / commenced
ID take II, and soon found myself beginning to
teel better: my health and spirits both telJ the
benign influence which IL cXcrteu, and in G few
months from til time | Commenced TO use TIE
Vegetlne, the Cancer came out almost bo lily
CARRIE DEFORREST.
certify that am personally acquainted With
Mrs. DeForrest, and cons DER her one or our
very best women. DR.. S. IL FLoWHKs,
All DISEASES OF THE BLoRD.-Ir Vegettne will
TeleVe pain. cleanse, purity and curt. such dis
eases, restoring he pat ent to perfect health
aiter @ irving dinerent physi ians, many RENE.
dies. suffering for yeaIs, is 1t NOT conclus ye
pro +, II you are sun ref. ,ou can be cured
Why Is this medcIn' perform ng such great
Gures7 gn,e II works In the blood in the circulating
Purifier: The great source OF dis ,ase orlginaL
IN the blood; anu no ne diciue that docs not act
directly upon 1t, % pur ~ and renovale, has
any just claim upon public attention.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
"Anakesfs" IL an Infallible euro for Pilcs.
Mr.. VIM J. Andrews. Of Columbia, Tenn,
writes tho following.

"Anakesis" IL an Infallible Cure FOR Pilcs.
Mr.. VIM J. Andrews, Of Columbia, Tenn,
writes tho following
MEssRs. NEUsTAEDTER & Co., Now York
GEN1s-For upward I 20 years have been
afflicted with the Piles. When 1 first took
them they wore blind and very painful. For
ABOUT to- .ears they continued al blind, then
commenced bleeding. Tho hemorrn oids con-
tihuod to iucrease until was losing at overy
stool fully a Fill Of Llool, AMI frequently,
while standing at my desk tho blood would
run down into my boots. l have hal the %
hemorrh ids to IN It for several hours In tho
meantime, liko drowning man, was gasp
ing a everything trying TO find reliof. On
no occasion l had tnem oauterlxed. which,
aIter htonse suffering for ovor n month, Of
,octoo temporary reliof, for short time only
however. About ten months since, whIe at
stoo', my eye Tell OH an advertisement hend I'd
III largo letter, "Piley, send 3 cent stamp and
gex circular" l do 30, and received few
PLAIN Blunt Fao,s' III reply after roa ling
"hloh, concluded it was such plain common
sense that would give "Anakesis" a trial. I
did 30, and tho result was. that after few
days use, tho bleeding ceased and hayo not
sunered moments pain since. 1t i. said
that "a 1ellow-i eoling makes ono wondrous
hihd. 80, knowing quito number Of friends
VINO were suffering like mysclf | distributed
quit, number of them. aud from evory ono
wltnout "Anakes sls' Tor hundred times it's
cost; 10 all who aIo afflicted with Piles I
would say: "Givo "Anakesis a trial and YOU
will no longer 30 II sufferer"
WM. J. ANDREWS.
"Anakess" is sold by all first class drug
gists. Price $40 per box. Mailed free on re.
ceipt OF price, by L. Ncus' acd tcr & Co., sole
York. Samples sent tree to all sufferers upon
appica. ion
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

USEFUL HINrs.-Sprpkle Persian ins
sect powder, IN the feathers Of your
chickens to rid them Of lice. Where
bOraX and insect powder have failed to
extei inmate cockroaches, sprinkle the
floor with powdered white -hellebore
they will eat if, and are poisoned by it.
When lettuce shows signs of running
to seed, if knife be passed throug i,
one-half OF the stem of the shuotin: >:
head, the plant may be preserved good
Tor al additional week. Yon can get q
stain Of Gil of any carpet or WOODEN
stuff by applying dry buckwheat ,plen-
tifully and faithfully. Never put
water to such grease spot, or liquid of
any kind. For chicken cholera. there
is nothing better than. carbolic acid,
one drachm with two gallons Of water.
Let the fowls have free access to itas a
drink, and mix it with their food on ce
aday.g Tosyentilatet stack, use a saok
some four Or Ave feet in length, which
when sfillodswithf hay or ,chaff will be
about eiglIteena.inohes in circum fer.
ence. Place this upright on the stack
bot; ON, and raise it as you build up
around it with hay or grain.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
A Groundworls for Belief.

Tho American people fully believe In Hos.
stantial groundwork for that belle They
have WI messed and experienced It's effects for
over twenty-five years. and have found mo
reason to disrust ono statement made in ro-
gard to it, Proofs have boen brought homo to
which is Of tho utno value In oases of ma.
lara dyspepsia, deb lity, disordered co ,di.
tons OF tho liver and bowels, and in a variety
OF other maladies. They haye found il com.
p tent tonic, Q genuine alterat We, and In co
trast,ng it with tn many preparstion q, tha
same class IN the market, they have willingly
accorded 1t tho palm. The correctness Of
their belief In its efficacy has received the
strongest confirmation in expressions OF
opinion by medical mon, and tho approval Of
he press -
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
HINTS about calcimining: Buy the

HINTS about calcimining: Buy the
best bleached glue, il the walls arc to
be white or some light tint Gf dark 1t
IL lmmatelial, 50 that the glue l. clean),
and use 1t In the proportion Of u quar-
ter of a pound to eight pounds OF whit
ing. Soak the glue over night; IN the
morning pour off the water, as it sim
ply swel!s while soaking. Add fresh
water, put ina pail, and set that IN Il
kettle Of boiling water. When dIssolv-
ed, stir 1t into the whiting, adding
enough water 70 make it, after mixing,
Of the same consistency of common
whitewash. 1t may be tinted any
color, AMI is applied with wmtcwash
brush. If the color Ia rubbed smooth
In a little water, and then mixed with
the wash 1t will be more even. If the
walls have been previously whitcwa lh-
cd, scrapc away all that will come of,
and wash with Solutiol Of white Wit
riol-two ounces In n pail OF wafer.
The vitrlol will be dccomposed, form-
Ing zinc white and plaster of Paris, to
which calcimine easily adheres. 1t. is
important to dissolve the glue in hot
water bath, for if scorched by too great
heat lis tenacity Is inquired or de-
stroyod.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

IT IS NOT NECESSARY to keep on TAX
Ing this medicine continually, using a
syringe, CT dosing day and nights for
months at-d1tf,ne; the bowels are, ,re-
stored to regularity, the digestion
strengthened, the blood purified, tho
bad breath made sweet 1by'a short sys-
tematic Use Of Simmons Liver Re9t.
lator; 1t leaves the system In Il healthy
condition after Its use, which saves the
patient from continual dosing. q
81 was cured by Simmons Liver Ro9.
ulator, having applied for the medicine
while In a most wretchod condition
some two months ago. and am now,S $50
changed man that am subject for
,c0ngratnlatiQn by my family.
"IsAAC MULLEN,
"37th and Lancaster Ave., Phila.n
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
Children,


- Bless their hearts, how dirty they get
their fases.
A child with clean face hasn't been
absent from Its mothers wash-rag five
minutes.
How pretty the hair Of child looks
just after 1t has BET II pasted down where
1t belongs by a couple quarts of SOAP
suds.
The little aprons of childhood --ain't
they sweet with their checks of blue
and big spots of GAVIN?
The children's shoes, how cunning,
with holes in the toes, run over at the
heel, and every button gone off on q
fly.
But their stockings, wudgcted in a
little wrinklcd bunch between plump
ankles and grimy knees, with "this
little pig went to market" wlggling
through the ravclcd tip; amt they
cute?
Their little pudgy fists, half the time
grinding grief out from their eyes and
the rcst-wcll, who doesn't like to be
pounded by a child's weak flst9
What royal little cooks children are.
Mud pies take on more flavor fl ON tie
loving pats of childhood than any vet
eran can produce with the spices of the
Indies.
What questions a child can hurl ut
the head Of wisdom. 1t can upset the
theology of the world with one effort.
How sweet tho rosy lips of children =;
girl children sometimes retain this
sweetness.
What an indescrihable conglomera-
tion OF sounds child's voice can pro-
ducc, playing the most heart, ending
havoc with tho ncrvc-corls Of grown
up humanity.
Tho glorles Of children's laughter,
1t Is infectious as tho measles, breaking
. In spots all through tho ncighborhood.
The wonderland all children dwell
In; wouldn't you like to live 1t over
again. and have perennial freshness
constantly with your Perhaps it IS.
Those childhood dreams, rooted in
overpiayihg and overheating, but bios
coming Under the guardianship of an
gels. These celestial beings must have
curious fun crowding comical fancics
Into little brains. .
How wopsical child can get the bed
r 1clothes.r r. Alexander himself never
could have cut the Gordlan knot, If 1t
had been n twisted sheet around a
sleeping .child's curled form.
No diamond ever dug from the deep
st'mino can show the lustrc In child g
eye; TINT round, wondering, opal of
4 brightness. Perhaps children's eyes
are peeping through the cracks Of the
''pearly lgates,''
unw lovingly the little arms Of child
hood t&ina. about, your neck and leave
a nice bit Of bread and butter on your
Z coat collar. '---
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.-BO one
quart Of good New Orleans ,,molasSes
until it hardens when'tested BY cooling
a little OF 1t In water. just before re-
moval from the fire add four ounces OF
chocolate, finely and'uniformly grated.
-Four q thin lay crsinto thin trays slight
y creased, and when the surface 0! the
candy has become hardened a little
mark with a knife into squares. They
may be favored, but the natural flavor
Of the chocolate and molasses is gener-
ally preferred without addition.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

DRIVING through Sackvllle street,
Dublin, the other day, OH M outside
car, the wrctched appearance OF the
horse suddenly struck me. l said ::
"Pat, you ought to be taken up for
cruelty to animals, driving such an old
screw as that!" "Be gor, sur" WAS
the quick reply, elf 1 didn't dhrive
that, I'd be taken up for cruelty to n
wifi, and six children.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

A BIG siX-tootcr was lifting for all
he was worth on wagon-wheel which
was stuck, when little two-foot mite
OF humanity, nearly as broad as he was
long, and just out Of long dresses and
into pants, with his hands in b Is pockets
and a staggering air, sang out: "Mis-
ter, do you want me to help you? | can
grunt while you lift.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

A FRENcHMAN, living in Louisiana,
whose wife deserted him, amused his
ncighbors by telling how he got her
back without tt t1ouble. "Did run after
her to come back" he dramatically
asked. "No, did not run after her.
l zhust publish in re pandlre Eat have
drawn fifty thousand dollars In re lot
terry, and she vas back much quicker
Zan in no time.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

He was Il SIMPLE sportsman who did
not often 90 to church, but he had Been
Much impressed with the parable Of
Lazarus and Dives-nOtably with that
portion of it in hich the attention Of
the dogs to the cripple are set forth.
Months after he went with his she
cousins to q concert in st. James hall,
and heard q man play the clarionet
wonderfully. "What's his name?" he
asked. They replied "Lazarus." lie
pOndered moment and then mutterod !:
eft would take Il clever dog to lick
that beggar."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

, CAUTIoN.--Do not let your. druggist
palm or n substitute, when you de-
mand DR. Bulls Baby Syrup or you
Will be disappointed, for no medicine
Tor children equals it In effect
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

; GINdERBREAD CAKE.-Stir one pound
Of butter to q cream with a wooden
spoon, add three-quartcrs of pound
of sugar, and then eight eggs Conc at a
time } ; stir in three quarters Of pound
of treacle with two ounces of ground
ginger, one ounce Of mixed spice, and
lastly, one pound and half of flour,
with two teaspoonfuls Of Royal baking
powder; bakepin round papcred hoops,
half filed; bake them In q moderate
oven.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

OCHRE. the artist, went with his wife
to get her some shoes. You know the
sizes are marked on Frencl,-madc shoes
In centimetres, so that what In America
would be about No. 4, in Paris is No.
10. and so on up. Nine. Ochre tried on
pair Of good proportions, for she is
hardly Cinderella. "Well - eXclaim-
cd Ochre, looking at the mark, lkncw,
my dear, that you had big foot, but
never supposed that you wore 40s!'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

"MARY, do not approve OF your ell
tertaining your sweetheart in the
kitch en-" said n lady to her servant.
"Well, ma'am, its very kind of you to
mention it; but he's from the country,
you see, ma'am and Pm afraid he's too
shy and awkward in his manners,
mann, for you to like him to come into
the parlor," replied Mary.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29
A Memorable Irdfan right.


A sharp Indian fight, one Of the most
closely contested that ever took place
In Texas, was fought on tho 9Th Of
January, 1851. Lieutenant Ed. Bur-
Lesson, with detachment Of cavalry,
was OH his way from San Antonio to
Camp Los Ojuelos.
When near the Nuces river, lie saw
three Comanche Indians on horseback.
Taking eight men, and ordering the
rest OF the party to keep tho road and
move on, he pursued them.
After running for two or three miles
the Indians came up with eleven of
their band on foot, and prepared for
battle.
Burleson's men, who were old Texan
rangers, moved up within fifty or sixty
yards Of the Comanche line, and OPEN
ed the fight. BY some mistake they dis
mounted. The Indians charged, and Il
terrible hand-to-hand fight cnsucd.
Shots were fred at the distance Of a
foot or two.
Tle field was IN open prairie, Oh
which there was not even a bush for
cover. 1t was trial OF strength, skill
and courage. The rangers fought be-
hind their horses, shooting under them
or over the saddles.
Red men and white men, Colts six
shooting carbines ara bows and arrows,
reyolvers and lauces were mingled in
a general melee. There was no shout
Ing, no mauenvering, but each man
fought on his own 'hook, "and for life.
Many Of the incidents of personal
prowess would, ifthcy had. occurred in
battle between medieval knights,
have been celebrated in song and
chronicle.
A Comanche singled out Jem Carr,
a cool, brave ranger, and charged upon
him with bow and lance. Jcm, with
steady aim, fired at and Shot him; then
fired again, with the same effect. The
Indian still advanced, shooting arrow
after arrow. The arrGws came with
less and less force, until the last one
hardly left the bow, rs the plucky, de-
determined warrior fell dead a few feet
from his white foe.
Jem received four severe wounds.
cit was like clock-work," he said {;
"every time L raised my carbine they
stuck an arrow in me-"
lilo had his carhine to his face, ready
to fire, when an arrow, passing through
tho last joint of his right foreiinger
pierced the brccch Of the gun. Luckily
the wood splintcred and released his
hand.
Baker Barton, one Of those in
demltable spirits who are game unto
the last, received three mortal wounds.
lie died on his feet, holding to. the
horn Of his saddle.
One of the coolest Of the rangers was
man named Leach. His sclf-posses-
sion was wonderful. Burleson, seeing
an Indian aiming pistol at Leach,
raised his revolver to SHOOT.
''Don't shoot ut him, Lieutenant,
called out Leach; "ho's only bluillng
l've been watching him; there is no
load in his pistol"
Finally the Indians fled, having eight
wounded and leaving four dead on the
field. They were SO thoroughly whip
ped that, contrary to their custom, thoy
did not take their dead with them. Two
Of the rangers wcro killed and several
were wounded. a gentleman who
visited tho field thirty days after the
fight found it covered with arrows.
Over two hundred were picked up on Il
space Of less than onc-Tourth Of All acre.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

AN old beggar woman accosted in
pitcous tones the other day gentleman
who had been in tho habit Of giving her
aims.
Alas, sir" she said, am prosecuted
by bad luck. had blind child. She
was my only means ofsupport, and she
has unfortunately just recovered her
sight,"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

BYRoN's ideas OH the subject Of
finance and education are very widely
prevalent. He said once: "'rhey say
that knowledge is power. used to
think so, butt now know that they
meant money; and when Socrates de-
clarcd that all he knew was that he
knew nothing, he merely intended to
declare that he had nota dracllma in
the Athcnian world"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

A WASH that would usually take all
day with ordinary soap, can Ee done in
three hours, with .Dobbins' Electric
soap, 3made BY Gragin q Co., Phila.
delphia y and itcannotinjure the finest
fabric. Try It.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-29

GLOW many rods make furlong ?"
asked a father of his son, a fast urchin,
as he came home from school. "Well,
[ don't know" replied young hopeful !;
"but fancy you'd think one rod made
an acher If you got such tanning rs l
did from old Scroggins this afternoon.