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:" An the difference,

1t is an old story in England, the
heartless distractions placed in the
path of young inventors, authors and
kingforrecognition. nAmerica
anybody, everybody, is considered en-
titled to a hearing. "Why do we get
along so well III this great establishment,
and how is it every man and boy about
the place looks so earnest and SO hope
full ?" asked the chief of aremarkable New
York institution, repeating my question.
Because every man and boy IN the place
knows he has clear prospect for adj
vancement. If the lad who sweeps the
office comes to me tomorrow morning
and says. "Sir, | think l have discov-
cred a plan whereby you can save an
hour or dollar in particular opera
ton" | should listen to hirs with re-
spect and attention. In your country /
am told he would very likely be kicked
ont of the place for his impertinence.
He had struck the true cause of much of
the hopelessness of the prevailing toll
among the English masses. Joseph
J{QiL0J1
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" food for Elies.S

Say, do you know what's good for
flies ;" queried Detroit butcher as he
entered a drug store.
L guess | can put you up something
for about quarter" was the reply.
When the dose was ready the butcher
WAS told to pour it ont ON plates and set
them on the counter, and he hurried
away to give it a trial. In about am
hour he sent for the druggist to come
over. The 10000 flies in the shop be
fore the dose was fixed had been multi
piled by four.
"Great lands but I'm being carried
off by flies !! exclaimed the butcher as
he waved long knife around his head
"Wel, why don't you get somathins
70 kill .'em off?
Didn't 1, but it hasn't killed., one.
"0f course it hasn't You wanted
something good for flies and | gave You
clarified sirupl It's the best stuff to
draw flies and keep EN- contented l eve
heard of Why didn't you tell me You
wanted fiy-killer ="
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Apostrophe TO a Comet.

Here is Edward Everett's beautiful
apostrophe to Donati's comet, published
in 1889
Return, thou mysterious traveller,
to the depths of the heavens, never again
TO be seen by the eyes of men now liv-
irg Thou hast run thy race with glory /;
millions of eyes have gazed on thee with
wonder, but they shall never look upon
thee again. Since thy last appearance in
these lower skies, empires, languages,
and races of men have passed away !;
the Macedonian, the Aiexandrian, the
Augustan, the Parthian, the Byzantine,
the Saracenic, the Ottoman dynasties
sunk or are sinking into the gulf of
ages. Since thy last appearance old
continents have relapsed into ignorance
and new worlds have come out from be-
hind the veil of waters. The Magian
fires are quenched in the hill-tops Of
Asia the Chaldean seer is blind the
Egyptian hierogrammist has lost his
cunning the oracles are dumb. Wis
dom now dwells in furtherest Thule, or
IN newly discovered worlds beyond
the sea. HAPPY when, wheeling up
again from the celestial abyss, thou art
once more seen by the jewellers upon
the earth, the languages we speak shall
be forgotten and science shall have fled
to the uttermost corner of the earth.
But even there His hand that marks out
thy wondrous circuit, shall still guide
thy course and then anon, Hesper will
smile at thy approach and Arcturus, with
his suns, rejoice at thy coming"
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4 whaIe rarent.s Devotion.

Sperm whales usually travel in
schools. and, in going into a body COM
posed of "cows and calves, the latter,
although yielding but small amount of
oil. are " struck first. BY this method
both are captured. The mother Will
not leave her offspring, neither will it
attack the boat but will remain close
to the calf, apparently urging it to es-
cape by sounding or by flight The
little one can only remain short
time under water, consequently its dame
is almost constantly target for lanccs,
which she will continue to receive, al
though not being fast to the boat, until
life is extinct, when the calf will be
killed. She will sacrifice her own life
in the attempt to assist her young, and
TO any one, except a whaler, it would
appear like cold-blooded and heartless
murder. Even they cannot help admir-
ing the devotion, and will endeavor to
make the struggle as brief as possible
The " calf F." exhibits no such filial affec-
ton. for, il the mother is harpooned
first. he will Immediately take French
leave. leaving the "old lady to fight
her own battles. Extreme caution is
used when striking n calf 10 avoid a
mortal wound, as his death is sure to he
followed by the fight of the COW, who
knows it instantly.
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Snnkes that bic at Snndonn.

In almost every country curious be
lief exists. In some form or other, that
serpent will not die before shutdown,
however mutilated it may be. Perhaps
the great tenacity Of nervous vitality
common to all the lower or sO-called
cold blooded animais-as evinced by
their vigorous cOntOrtIOns after decapi-
tation, and even muscular quverings q
the discovered portion when cut IN pieces
may accout Tor this A huge Python
molurus has been known 70 snatch
torch out of q coolies hards and shake
it to pieces after It's body was cut IN two
and the anterior half tran-fixed with
sword. And everywhere where poison
Gus snakes abound. it viii be found tina.
some particular tribe of Indians or re.
ligious sect or other people, are reputed
TO have the power, by means of inocu-
lation OF otherwise, to prepare their
bodies, SO as to render them proof
against the effects of the venom, and
are thus enabled TO handle dangerous
serpents with impunity. But alas
when we come to investigate these con
the flcel by no means impossible or
even improbable tales, We SOON meet
with tissue OF nonsense which throws
one back in disappointment and disgust.
Thus, Nine. La Barca, in her book on
Mexico. says that injections of the rattle
snakes venom into the veins Is practlced
there the result being that the inocu-
lated one is not only protected from the
bite of all venomous animals, but has
the power of infiicting n deadly bite
himself ! think Pliny attributes some
such process with the scorpions poison
to his African psylh, or serpent
charmers. instead Of the far more prob
able one of bunting the Insects sting
or extracting the snakes fangs.-London
Field.
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The Bridegroom's "Bcst Man. ),

The custom of hridegroom's being
attended on his marriage by friend cr
relative, who is styled his ''best man,
so practiced mt weddings in the present
day, Is of great antiquity, descending
from our Saxon ancestors. In their
time marriages were always celebrated
IN the house of the bridegroom. On the
day before the wedding, all his friends
and relations, having been invited. ar
rived ut his house, and spent the time
in feasting and in preparing for the an
proaching ceremony. Next came the
bridegroom's company, mounted ON
horseback, completely armed. who pro-
ceeded III great state and order. under
the command of one who was called the
forewistaman or foremost man. to 70
ceive and conduct the bride in safety 20
the house of her future husband. Tho
bride, In her turn, was attended by her
guardian and other male relatives Iad
by matron, who was called the brides
woman, and followed by a company Of
young maidens, who were called brides
maids. The Saxon forewistaman OF tbo
ninth century is the prototype of the
English best man of the nineteentb
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impartial experiments that have been
instituted conviction seems to settle that
there is no such great gain as claimed.
In no instance have we seen any item in
regard to lost fertility, for an acre of
land that produces seventy-fve tons (0
of corn fodder must be exhausted almost
beyond any drain of dozen grass crops
that would produce twenty tons of dry
food. Just what the future of the silo is
TO be in American agriculture is unesr-
tain. but that it can establish itself by
any unjust claims or end in other than
disappointment unless accuracy can be
maintsined is doubtful, and, if success
does follow, it is not the base upon which
our agricultural prosperity must be built
upon, but in any event can only beco me
a part of many successful industr'e S.
C2eUel0ad Herald.
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BE1CTTDFEo,T DF.Tu.

William ' Co1ghIIn, o NomsTvIIIf Mass, saFs. IN
The fl ofls7s taken with becdngs OF the Lungs,
followed bT severe cough. Loot my appetite and
hesh, and vas confined to my bed. In lST- was adj
mitted n the hospital The doctors said had hole in
my lung big half dollar. A. time report
went around that dead. I gave up hope, but a
friend told me Of DR. WILLIAM HsLL's BALsAN FOR TuE
LrSGs- got bottle, when, 60 my surprise. com
menced feel better, and TO-DAY feel better than for
three years past. write this hoping every afflicted
with diseased lungs will take Ds. WILLIAM HANS BAL
SAN, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAS- cURED
posiiively il has done good than ali I'll
ether medicines have taken since nv sickness
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ISDiGKsTfoE. dyspepsia. nervous prostratlon
and ali forms of general debility relieved 10y
taking AIEwsSfAx' g PEProSizED BEEF ToSIc. the
only preparation of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing force-generating and DEMONSTRATING prop
critics; Is invaluable in all eufeebled conditions.
whether the result of exhaustion, nervous pros
tration. oyerwork. or acute disease particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints, Cas-
well. Hazard & Co., proprietors. New York.
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one of the most popular medicines be-
fore the American public, is Hop Bitters. You
see II everywhere People take 1t with good
effect 1t builds them mp. 1t Is not as pleas
81 ~ the taste as some other Bitters az it is
not whisky drink. II is more ike the old
sasbioned bone set tea that has done world of
cod II YOU don't feel just right try Hop
Ritters-NttqIa Nelcs.
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To REMOVE bolts that have been rusted
in, without breaking them, the most ef-
fective remedy that we know OF is the
liberal application of p troleum. 1t
rarely fails to accomplish tie work.
Care must be taken that the petroleum
shall reach the rusty parts, and some
ime must be allowed to give it a chance
10 penetrate beneath and soften the
layer of rust, before the attempt to re-
move the bolt is made.
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Isumhugred Amin.

l saw so much said about tie merits of Hop
Ditters, and my wife who was always doctoring,
and never well, leased me so urgently to get her
some, concluded to be humbugged again and
/ am glad did. for in less than two months
use OF the Bitters my wife was cured and she
has remained so for eighteen months since. /
like such humbugging. H. T., st. Paul.-Pio-
ftee1' Press
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To MAKE fishing lines water proof,
take of boiled oil two parts aud gold
size one part; shake together III bot
IT, and the mixture is ready for use.
Apply to the line, thoroughly dried, with
a piece of flannel; expose to the air, and
drv. After using the line two or three
times it should have another coat, the
application being repeated when neces-
Sary
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Miss PosIGUsH says she should love
TO be a soldier-they have so many en-
gagements. She should remember that
where there are so many engagements
fellow has to be on guard.
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TIE Louisville Commercial cites the
case of Capt Chas. n. CORR, of that
CITY. who was cured by st. Jacobs Oil,
after suffering for years with rheuma-
iism.- York (Neb.) Republican.
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-.nnnei, nn Rnfs.".

NorH1xa like " Idndsey's Blood Searcher for
ali skin diseases, letter, salt rheum, Itch, etc.
II never fails.
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KENTUCKY has produced a mule with
eight legs. If the Irish skirmish
ers want to ship something more
terrible than an internal machine to
England, let them buy that critter before
the United States army secures it rs a
Eating gun.-Philadeilohia Herald.
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I.n,r,trrtn.. dtsnensia. nervons nrostrl

ArrER all, a gentle purgative is the best
means for curing headache, liver complaint.
bliousness. etc. Take Sellers Liver Pills.
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twenty-four members of Arlington's Ministries
were taking Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. 1t made them happy.
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ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
Of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other.
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HApI1UA1, costiveness af1iicts millions of the
American people. Kidncy-Wort viii cure it.
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The Philadelphia Easy Hour men
tions Mr.. J. A. Walton, of 1245 n.
Twelfth street, that city, rs an enthusl-
astic indorser of St Jacobs Oil for the
relief and cure of diseases Of horses.
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Ask Druggists for it. 1t clears out rats, mice
reaches. bed-bugs. flies, vermin, insects. l5c
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THERE have been $1,000 200 forest
trees planted in Nebraska.
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SIX DOLLARS PER DAY!

send yout address and by mail full particu
'r Of me-" business by which any person, male OF fe-
male 90 per day without being away from
Dome over night. Nocapiiai required No humhugi AID
frees Western Su} Co., Lost Pei ~, Columbus Junction, "a
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INVEST YOUR EARNINGS

the stock the Denver Land and Improvement Com
3any- Plohs more than per per month. Also
utely safe No persona liability. Deal only in Denver
Real Estate. Dividends Iaid regularly. Organized By
Qminent business of Denver. Refer 10 any Of our
Bank, business II Denver. ANY number Of
shares Ten Dollar- each hy mail receps Of
money. Circulars sent free Address
ARCHIE c. FISK, President
A, r. EsTEs, Treasurer; u. Il SMITH, Secretary,
No A. Lariner ST.. Denver. Col
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no pr SOLD At AUCTION.

others who
lose their
stock by a
ef
fort at econ
cnny. There
are others
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\ . FrEey Written CARDS for 2sc; 20 far aoc +; 100
II - for el-75 BY mail q. X BERG, CI->co, Ia.
@ZOA wEvN- err day NJ nome eaasiy raade Costly
slo @ouihi free Adife-s TEuE n Co... Augusta, Ne
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-16
agricultural
BURR CLOVER.

Mr.. VIM. Barnes of Milledgeville,
says: Having read Aatteriog ac'
count Of this clover in California
paper. | obtained some OF the seed.
They we're planted smong oats 1t
made a splendid growth the first
wear. but the increase of the seed or
burrs made a wonderful growth
The second Spring began to cut
and feed to my mules and cattle,
early in March, it's growth being
very rapid after cutting. did the
work with common reap hook
Many experiments we're made at dit
ferent stages of its growth, and in its
curing. Unlike most species OF GLOW
er It has no bad effect on animals
eating it, whether in large or email
quantities. | took pains to save the
burrs raised the second year, and
made several bushels OF them, which
sowed as thick as wheat. On a
piece of ground well pulverized, that
had been made rich with compost
the crop raised the third year was
truly wonderful This year was one
of scarcity in long forage, and | u.s.
ed the clover beginning 10 February
running through a cutting ma
chine with bad hay aud straw. Ny
mules we're fed on it regularly, saw
ing corn, and keeping the in good
working order.
My experiments satisfy me that
the accounts given Of this clover by
the California papers are not exag'
gera,ed as to it's excellence. Ii at
fords a foe winter pasturage fol
sheep ia the mountains Of that coun-
try, who seek it in the dry season
and keep fat upon it. Thir clover
puts out runners in every direction
20 to SO inches long, each runner
has a cluster of burrs every inch,
each containing from three to six
seed. 1t begins to bloom when two
inches. and as soon as the cluster
comes at each joint. A farmer who
once uses this clover would not be
without il. There is no telling how
many tons of the bes. feed for ami
mails can be raised on one acre OF
ground enriched or natively rich
when set with this valuable clover.
[Mr. Thomas Freeman, of Mariet-
ia, has a patch of this California
Burr Clover, and it is the very thing
for our farmers to cultivate.
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aa .I.!I. Z.
How Lost. How Restored!

Just published new edition of DIR CULVER
WELLS Celebrated Essay on the Radical cure
Spermatorrhpa. or Seminal Weakness invol-
untary Losses, ImpOtency, Mental and Physi-
cal Incapacity lmpedments to marriage &c.
Also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced
bv self Indulgence o. sexual extravaga nee, &c
The Celebrated author in this admirable
Essay clearly demonstrates from a thirty years
scccessful p ac'ic4, that the alarming conse
quencps OF Self Abuse may be radically cured
pointing out a mode of cure at once simple
certain and eff ctual, by means which every
snfierer no matter what his conditions nay be
may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi
cally.
To- This Lecture should be in the hands of
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope to any
address, post paid on receipt CT six cents or two
postage stamps. We have also sure cure fol-
Tape Worm
Address the Publisher,
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO,
Al Ann St, New York, N. Y Post Office Box
1886
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-16

The largest body of people in this
country keeping themselves separate
from the rest of the population are
the Menuoniters in Kansas They
arc German in language and Gus
toms, though they came from south
ern Russia They undertook to es.
tablish village life il Kansas, similar
to tina. which they had left in Eu-
rope, the farms running off from the
village in long. narrow strips but
this plan was not found practicable,
and the farming is now done in the
ordinary American manner. Where
the land is owned in quarter sections
however four houses are built in the
adjacent corners, enabling the in
habilants to become near neiShbors.
As rule, the Meunonites are richer
than the average of Western farm
ers They are pot communistic, has
been said, though clannish, and OPP
rosed to mixing socially or in busi>
ness with the people around them.
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Good Reasons for the Doctors Faith.

Good Reasons for the Doctors Faith.
MONROE, GA, March %, 1850.
VIII have for twelve months been prescribing
SIS C"Swifts Svphiltic Speci6c') in their
treatment Of Syphilis and many other diseases
for which it is recommended, and are frank to
saw. that the results nave been most satisfactory
not having been disappointed 10 single in
stance We think. for all the diseases for
which it is recommended. it stands without
peer, and that the medical profession will, soon
er or later be forced to acknowledge it in the
treatment of Syphilis, in all stages as a sine qua
non.
81. s GALLOWAY NJ. ID.
j. I. ROBINSON, NJ. D.
ATLANTA, GA, May %, 1879.
One of our workmen had a bad case OF Syph
Ills of FIVE years standing. and was cured en-
irely with "Swiits Svphiiitie Specific HI
j. now tc all appearances. and in his own belle
sound and well.
WM. r. 4 T. W. HOOPER,
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Pro
prietors Atlanta. Ga.
For sale by WIN. ROOT.
Sold BY All druggists Call for a copy of
Young Mems Friend
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SAVE YOUR SuGAR.-Housekeep>
ers should know that sugar boiled
with an acid if it but for three min
utes, viii! be converted into glucose,
which is the form of sugar found in
sweet apples. One pound of sugar
has as much sweetening power as
two aud one>fourth pcunds of glu-
cose. la other words, one pound of
sugar stirred into the fruit after it 10
cooked, and while yet warm, will
make the fruit as sweet as two and
one fourth pounds added while the
fruit is boiling.
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Joshua knight, of Ogle county,
Illinois, once sowed thirteen barrels
of salt on twenty acres seeded to
wheat, and left strip in the middle
of the piece without salt The
ground on which he sowed the salt
produced over eighteen bushels of
spring wheat per acre, while that on
which there was no salt was hardly
worth cutting-the wheat being
badly shrunken, Infused by rust
chinch bugs, &c.
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We know OF a wealthy farmer,
says q correspondent, who, up to a
few gears ago, failed to get coed
crops, though manure was literally
piled upon the land regardless of ex
pense, Lime was suggested, aud
used in isgre quantities, aud the
best crops ever known on that farm
have stree been raised The more
manure the more lime and the con
verse is equally true.
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A London paper says that Ameri
can agriculiurisis are well enabled to
compete with the British farmer
when the rate Of freight 90 wheat
from New York to Liverpool is
81. 30 per ton, while the railroad
rate from Liverpool to Birmingham
Cbout 100 niles) is 1918 per ten.
They need "a railroad commission in
EuglaDd.
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The practice of feeding stock on
the ground is not economical. IT
you feed outdoors, provide racks to
hold the feed. The actual loss to
the farmerf often times in a single
season, exceeds the cost of the ne"
cessary racks for effectually saving
this waste. Any farmer with a little
lum Der, saw, hammer, nails, axe
and argur can make one.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-06-16

LAprfs who appreciate elegance ard purity
are usiue Packers iiair Baissm. 1t is the best
article sold tor restoring gray hair TO It's origi-
nal color and beauty.
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Opposite the Kennesaw House.)
7 A q. ANDERSON. Proprietor.

J. A. G. ANDERSON, Proprietor.
THNHE BEST OF VEHICLES, THE
n safest of drivers and the fastest of horses
are always ready, night and day. for hire. No
man or woman or child ever has given me a
call in the past, who has been, nor shall any
ever in the future be dissatisfied with my teams
OF the men in my employ. Everything and
everybody about me are A NO. ONE
have cheapened my chagres propartionate
to the stringeucy Of the times. For references
as to he truth of what say, as to the turn outs
and charges go to my friends, VIII Oh means
the public generally.
Parties hiring are strictly responsible for the
afety Of themselves, vehicles and horses
J. A. G. ANDERSON,
Dee, 18th, 1874.