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easiIng ost An old l;tsnch prune 10. sysu u %
shs tem, that che wdasds NY assl sovsr
apiekly. ;. Prune 80 - 70 obkaii the
gaae4tity af fruit desirsd from ths snslless
lumbar ofshoots o. Never prune when
fthe ayines are froseE. 4. Never psuns
Easripg The months Iof March, Apsil -
MN d. pruning thea win cause bleeding
adasau unnecessary aow Of sap. q Led
shs IgsnerA autamnai pruning take place
akoht the lst Of Oetobes, as soon Is :he
gaa4ering 5ef the fruit viii permit.
iEARMEks IxPRovlaa. One Of the most
hspsfnl signs Of the times, write many oc-
tethPcrarias, is the growing intelligence
Of the fssmers, and 70 this writer in
FGk's Msn&hly sats: He is . duh far
n4as indsaad, now, lthas does not know
sdrssethiueof the best fertilizers, improved
farsH implements, bhooded stock, 30. Il
is not uncommon to see farms Of many
afafs With: fences in repair, fields Of gold
eseSgraiu,. and sbarns bursting with
piessy," with Polands and Berkshires
grsating tsn beds OF clean straw, Jerseys
ard Shortaorns up to their knees in grass.
tdnaer, sueculent, aud green ~ Erin; Cots
wuMs and Southdowus chewing the cud
on she hiltsides, Normans and Clydesdales
turning up the fresh brown earth, and the
culsivatos, the reaper, and the mower
ready for::use
;--Dr F. d. Curtis says American far
mefs do not realiz5 the possibilities Of tur-
nira, and says, they make hesh and pro
mose growth to , much greater extent
than chemists tables would teach Ms. He
sab they. come il excellently AZ . sup
plehentary crop, and that patch of tur-
nifa to tarn into In October, when stock
is requeetly allowed to roam over the
fields and pick up scanty Subsistence,
woald be'a boon 10 both farmer and ami
n,sa.
MoN'T :ovRRFEED THE HOGS aud let
ttsJh eat sour feel or feed left over, but
gISf them freely three times day all
thaf wiil<eat up clean and relish it. Add
tosthe cosn diet tarnips, pumpkins, pota-
toss, apples, etc., hs relish. It will help
thbh to sat and digest more corn.
:HorTEI STRAwEBERRiEs.-Wh is the
need Of sending north and paying higher
p::s4es for potted strawberry plants when
yaa can get them just as good at half the
ct*s near home? 1t is all stuff about the
p9tted plants being better. Treat your
hstate plants to the same amount of care
aitdattention and you will see.
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-Industrial South. The Southern man
has the moral, the mental and physical
forces adequate to the attainment of any
thing and everything within the compass
of mans capacity to reach, and~now that
he is no longer enslaved by his own insti-
tuition of negro slavery he is sturdier
worker in the rugged fields of industry
his enterprise is expanding; his inventive
genius is awakening. Ere two more de-
cades shall have gone by the wealth OF
the South will be the wonder of the
world; and we think we may safely say
that the coming men of the South, the
men who are to guide us in council and
direct us in energy, are the men who
shall have most turned their thoughts to
practical affairs involving the industrial
interests of their section.
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Bones can be reduced in the foil,

Bones can be reduced in the follow
ing manner: Place at the bottom Of box
or barrel layer of dirt three inches thick /;
then layer of fresh manure two inches
thick, next layer of broken bones two
inches thick, and let the next layer be of
wood ashes three inches thick. Com
mence the next layer with the manure,
following with the bones and ashes, con-
tinuing the layers until the box or barrel
is within two or three inches Of being full.
Pour water in until the whole mass is
well saturated, but do not let it run away
to waste. Keep the mixture damp with
the water that runs of, adding warm
water from time to time to supply thst
lost by evaporation. In few weeks the
mass viii be thoroughly decomposed.
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A TRUE sroxr.


Into London hospital,
One cold and frosty morn,
A pretty little sufferer =
By loving hands wss borne.
Though sd and lonely
Lotfie felt with strangers all around,
welcones heesv ns epgpoken
In the next bed to hers there lay
Another little maid ,,rsss -
And In the silence OF the night
These whispered words shc said
fA.aGage fsspF Ioyys yoT,s Toa Se Sn1y come oday'
Which You a must mus III iss ne ssT IN rH
This morning, when the doctors came,
They thought was asleep,
But had only shut my eyes
The sunshine makes them weep.
And then our kind house-doctor said.
With pity IN his voice;
must be done to save her life; ..
There ie no other choice
The others said Poor little thing,
Will ever she pullsthrsugh -
And 30 am in euch a fright
don't know what to do
Because he's sure to hear:
Our earthly friends are far away,
But God lie always near.
Angels will help you through;
God says we shall have If we ask,
And all God says ia true"
I'D like the angels very much,''
Said Nellie; A. but you see,
In this ward all of us are ill
They might pass over me.
And all of rs are dressed alike.
And all Of us are girls;
And when our hair Is tossed about
They can't see which has curls
:" But stop-I know what can do,
That there be no istake
When God holy angel sends
To guard me for Chrst's sake
"IIl stretch my arms and clasp my hands,
And keep them out OF bed,
And hope that II fall asleep
They'll stay above my head r
So Nellie said her little prayer,
Believing God would hear:
And may He grant her simple faith
To Christians far and near
30 God, Thou knowest what they mean
To do with me tomorrow;
cannot help it Grant me strength
To bear my pain and sorrow.
"As Thou did'st send Thine angel down
To Abr'am and his son.
Please may I've an angel, too:"
But let Thy will be done.
I" III stretch my arms and clasp my hands,
And raise them DER my head
So let Him guard the little child
Whose hands are out Of bed"
And when the nurse next morning came
Her hands were out of bed:
And God had answered Nelies prayer,
Fer Nellie's soul had fled
And peacefully she must have died,
smile was on her lace;
And of the pain 30 long endured
There was not LETT q trace.
Little Fokk's Magazine
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Browns IRON BIrTERs is

Browns IRON BIrTERs is
composed ofIron in soluble
form; Cinchona the great
tonic, together with other
standard remedies, making
a remarkable non-alcoholic
tonic, which will cure Dys-
pepsia, Indigestion, Malaria,
Weakness, and relieve all
Lung and Kidney diseases.
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A3Ai Alleged Important Discovery I'm
MeOridA-A Plant which Rrodac~o
AAttom Superior 20 Sea Island and
which Requires NO Aknn1ng.
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Mansfield, Ohio, Nov. as, 1885,.

Mansfield. Ohio. Nov. a6, 1881.
Gentlemen I'll have suffered with
pam in my side and back, and great
soreness on my breast, with shoot
ing pains all through my body. at
tended with great weakness, depres-
sion Of spirits, and loss Of appe-
tite. have taken several different
medicines, and was treated by prom
inent physicians for my liver, kid
neys, and spleen, but ] got NO relief.
l thought would try Browns Iron
Bitters : have now taken one bottle
and half and am about vell-pain
in side and back all gone-soreness
all out Of my breast, and l have a
good appetite, and am gaining in
strength and fesh. 1t can justly be
called the hing Of ~ssdicfses.
JOHN K. ALLKNDKR.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements


health and avoid sickness.
Instead of feeling tired and
worn out, instead of aches
and pains, wouldn't you
rather feel fresh and strong2
You can continue feeling
miserable and good for no
thing, and no one but your
self can find fault, but if you
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choose. -
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according to directions.
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origin or Strange Yorh.

Sun FrIV~iScO irgJr1nt.
was talking tn . friend recently,
who, in the course of conversation used
the word "cuspiiOr," Now, ociect to
euphemismS as a rule, hut also object
to the word ''spittOon." so ! did not
jump on him. But tried to involve
him in a chronological tangle.
| failed. He sat on me.
This is how IL was: Do YOU know
quuth /, "that for long time the der
ivatiOn of that word detied me. /
could find it in no English dictionary.
1t seemed te have no Latin rOOt-the
nearest | could find to it was 'cuspis,'
and jayelins are but remotely allied to
spittOOns. Finally one day it was fash
Ell upon me. l was reading some Span
ish newspaper, and read the word 'es-
cupir,' TO spit Aha! cried I, here we
have il. Escupider, to spit; escupidor,
a splitter; eScupidera, place or thing
in which to spit. The last has evident
~ found its way into our language
from the South. Florida, Louisiana
and Texas were once populated by
Spaniards. The word has been cor
rupted into 'cuspidOr."
AOA4 ACSe''iAhS ~ SOOu, replied INV
friend; at is in fact, most ingenious.
The only possible objection that would
be taken to it is the fact that the words
does not come from the Spanish, and
the farther fact that it is not used in the
South"
From whence, then, does II eomeor
| asked, somewhat CreStfallen.
"When / was boy,n said he, read
iusting the wrapper on his cigar, hwheu
was boy j lived in Bawstinp.
Years and absence have not deprived
him of the weird Boston burr. WAll
that time there was a large East Indian
trade represented there. These pecu-
liar articles first made their appearances
in BawSting, and they and their name
came from the East Indies. They
were called 'cuspidOyS,' and the word
has since been corrupted into one of
which YOU speak. You generally know
what you are talking about, Xulano.
but in this case / regret to say YOU did
not"
He smiled blandly, and emitted q
puff of Smoke with all intensely com
placent, not to say cOnccited, air.
have a wild yeSrning to crush him.
If any one knows more about IL than
he does, or than thought / did, let
them communicate with me, and thew
VIII receive the thanks of ZuIano,
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NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR EDITORS.
How Readers are Commonly Deceived
Journalistic Secrets.
EtiWurH ENOIeAtou IN fhc "tSnfUrN."

EtiUurd EIOteAt0n an hc "tFW"rN
remember to have read that, some
years ago, Wendell Phillips, riding to n
town where he was to lecture, was sur
prised TO find that the farmer in whose
vehicle he travelled believed that MIR.
Greeley, the editor of the beloved
Weekly Tribune, wrote all that was in
it. When Mr.. Phillips had explained
to him that many hands were needed
to make a great newspaper, the man
said: "Well, / s'pose that's so; but
there's the Farmers Club articles
them's old Horace all Overt" A journal
san epic with but one hero in the mind
of the man who does not know with
what voracity great newspaper or
magazine eats up human lives, ana
swallows the reputation and talents of
able men in all departments of writing
and management. All the labor, all
the skill of literary judgment and bust
ness conduct are carried up tothe credit
ofthe editorial head by some people,
and they will ever persist in RENTING
subscription money to an editor, IL Is
hard for those at distance to imagine
"A zal-x nn-anaratian of
up supreme periodical, and people are
surprised when great editor dies that
the genius of journalistic conduct does
not at once forsake his periodical. They
find the same alertness, the same dis
erection, the very same flavor as before,
when, according to their notions, all OF
this should have been buried with
Caesar. | once met lady, who, being
an enthusiastic admirer ofthe Plymouth
pastor was utterly Disguised to find
that certain articles in the Christian
Union, which she bad been enjoying,
were mot written by Beecher at all,
but by man named M" of whom
she had never before heard. The char
acteristic quality of n periodical does
not inhere in one man. 1t is the re-
sultant of many diverse geniuses, an
effect produced like that seen in a rich
window by the sunlight passing through
various media, 80 arranged as to form
complete whole. The chief editor gets
all the credit of this as sort OF offset
for having to take all the blame; but
neither credit nor blame belongs wholly
to him. The great mas of gifted anu
effective workers in periodical literature
necessarily go down into the waters oil
forgetfulness. They work with the
heartiest enthusiasm, though the adj
miring public will never know them,
hut will. clap its hands in applause OF
somebody else. Only when a great
editor like DR.. Holland dies, and the
magazine or paper goes straight ahead
in the path carefully marked out by
him and his associates, do they realize
that there were other men Of noble gifts
at work as well a. the responsible
leader. Even then the amount and
variety of individual gifts that are used,
absorbed, devoured, to make maya
zine great, never enters into the imag-
ination of the public, which enjoys the
repast, but doesn't wish to be troubled
with complex ideas as to the mode Of
preparation. 1t is, indeed, one chief
aim of master journalist to make his
periodical SO great that its quality will
not depend on anyone's life or continued
service.
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binders and goggles on him. Yoa
noticed them suppose"
There were two horse rugged that
way" We replied.
Exactly; Stevens was q nervous
critter, also, and as soon as his trainer
saw how the goggles steadied my horse
be put them on Thad, too. The day
before the race big idea occurred 10
me. got couple of pair Of magnify
ing lenses and quietly put 'em in place.
of the plain glasses in the goggles OF
both horses. Catch on the ideaT
"Weil. partly"
'aThe only difference was that in
Stevens brides / fastened the glasses
with the bulge inside, so as to make
them diminishing glasses. Don't you
see?s
+. "Like looking through the wrong end
of an opera glass, ehm
EXACTLY; the result was that while
Rutherford was encouraged all the way
by the course seeming only couple of
hundred yards long, the quarter flags
appeared ten miles apart to Steven.
You see horse can be discouraged as
well as a man."
"Csreat scheme, that. -
"Well, Ishould smile. Ruthy thought
he was in for little quarter race, and
il kept UP his heart SO that when had
nearly done the last mile and swung
into the homestretch, and / called on
him to let out his last link, he thought
the judges stand was right under his
nose, so he came home like an express
ON a down grade, but Stevens, who
thought he had about fifteen miles
further to 60, went all to pieces, as you
remember, and almost laid down on
the track; he was mentally caved in, as
it WERE"
There can be no question as to the
genuineness of this story, but we deliver
it to the intelligent reader at the inn
pOrtcr's risk for all that.
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The Grace or God Insufficient.

One of Jonathan Edwards daughters,
who had some spirit of her own, had
also proposal Of marriage. The youth
was referred to her father. NO." said
that stern individual, "you can't have
my daughter" "But love her and she
loves me-" pleaded the young man.
"Can'thave her." said the father. II
am well-to-do, and can support wife"
explained the applicant. Cant have
her." persisted the old man. "May l
ask" meekly inquired the sutton, "if
you have heard anything sgainst my
character" "Nom thusdered the
obstinate parent, by this time aroused (;
az haven't heard anything against you !;
/ think you are a promising young
man, and that's why yea can't have
her. She's got very bad temper and
you wouldn't be happy with her" The
lover, amazed, said, "Why, Mr.. Ed.
wards. thought Emily was a Chris.
tan. She is 8 Christian, isn't she2p
Certainly she Is" growled the con-
seientious parent "but young man,
when you grow olderyou'll be able to
understand that there's some folks that
the grace of God can live with thai You
caDtu
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me Tsrnnn1 of Fashion.

The great aim of fashion seems to be to
render quite useless for this year the dres-
ses that were highly fashionable only last
season. That is why short dresses periodi-
cally come in and go out again. That Is
why the polonaiSe appears and disappears
in cycles that may almost be computed as
astronomers calculate when comets are due
in our skies. That is why crinoline encir-
cled the fashionable form, and also why it
left off doing so. The tournure is making
useless the narrow and sheath-like dresses
in which the women Of England en-
csSed themselves till lately. The Sc
cret OF 80 Skillfully draping 4 dress
that il shall stand we'll out at the back with
out the aid Of wires or buckTam is TO make
it wide, Last year skirts were under two
yards in width round the hem: now, they
must be at least half yard over that
measurement. The interests of trade are
really at the root Of what is gibed at rs the
tickleness of fashion. There is much meth
cd IN her madness, though il is but little
consolation to the victims of the plethora
of petticOatS or dragging trains, to know
hat money is going into somebody's peck
Its in consequence of The inconvenience
suffered BY those who obey the beheSt, of
thr mode
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French MualIn-

Tie rraYrearanoe of French muslin IS a
f,>bionabi. fabric dates from last season,
but together with the resuscitated white
pe.,icott, only became general this year.
Poets and rainters have immortalized
Sainte Mouseline, identifying the fabric
with simplicity, manifest injustice to the
quality. since muslin is more sophisticated
than almost any other material. needing
much manipulation and making up to rem
der il presentable. The Laureate or Frills
has inditrd many q sonnet to the petticoat,
Indicated b. such roundabout phrases as
the ripping lace about her fee" etc, but
the white yarietY - tolorable only when
costly in the beginning ana frequent in its
calls upon its friend, The wash-tub. This
is its unpoe,Cal phrase. In muddy weather
It i an embarrassment 10 its wearer, and
by no mean, thing OF beauty to spectators.
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Having Fun with - Deaf and Dume
Man.
Whitehall Time

Quietly entering barber.shOp the
stranger removed his hat and coat anu
taking card from his pocket wrote Oh
x barber stepped forward, read the
card, and, pointing toa chair, said To
his brother artist:
"Deaf as a brass kettle and dumb'as
an oyster"
The man Strengthened himself out In
the chair, when his manipulation began
latherng his face.
"This deaf cuss has II cheek like u
stone WALL" he said, when general
laugh followed.
''Stick pin in him and see IL he Is
entirely dumb" said another.
The victim remaining undisturbed,
the following shots were fired at him by
the delighted tonsOrial artists:
"He needs shampoo, his head IL
dirtier than cesspool.'
"Shavc him with a stool leg, don't
spoil YOUR razor on that stubble.'
"Gfacious! what a breath. IL smells
like Dutch band of music"
ale ought to rent that nose for a
locomotive headlight" etc.
While all these Complementary al
lusi0ns were flying about him, the oper-
alton of shaving was finished and the
man arose, put on his coat, and then
turning TO the astonished barber, said:
"How much for the shave and com
pliments:"
"I-I-I-I." gasped the astonished
man, "Ob, nsthing-nothing. call
again. cxcuse'-and, rs the stranger
LETT the shop, the discounted BARRIERS
swore they would never belive In n
deaf and dumb man again, until they
had first fired ten-pound cannon about
his pars
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.sf.PfhPrs."

.E,thetgcism has disappeared, but has
lett behind it it, "gethcrs," Just as the
Cheshire cat lett its grin. "Gethers," as
the Immortal Mrs. Brown calls them, are
decidedly advantageous. They were Objec-
tionablc upon those limp and lean ~thetes,
the anguiarity Of whose forms made
grthers a pointed satire indicating the
Hypothetical position of those curves which
were con,picuOUsly absent. TN the nor
NAL figure they are graceful, reasonable,
and sensible, providing fulness where it is
needed, and heaping fold upon fold where
protection from cold is most required.
Dresses, NANTES, Capes are gathered. Bon
nets are drawn. which mean the same
led 10y our grand mothers. Crepe is the
fayOrite material
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Pixipr His Horse to Win.
E,,n,n thc IS,n Francisco Sun.

From the san rFbteeSe" - i,
The writer met the jockey OF Kui Inec
ford while dining at the Wlnter ao aa
IN INST st. Petersburg, a sn HIe 'i and. in the
course Of aconversation on turf matters
the astute prodder of horsefesh s.! said Y,
with childlike and INGENIOUS sinil s.,'s
he passed the beans: "Wouid you nhe
to know the dead inside facts as 10 ho"
that race was WONT" ,.,.,.
why, you rode the best morse uiun :
you" We asked. .,,,
Not a bit of it," replied the Jockey a:
with grin. 1.-THE fact was that h ann;ao
ford was only about the fourth o ;S'th
and was not rated at more tnan ets a.;a
or ninth in the pools. True Blue, hs asT
Peace and Thad Stevens all had the ca,
over Ruthy. But it happened tnat my
horse was 'bolter,' and to steaoy nun
and to prevent his flying the trscS IPa'
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SHOES and StnnLInu-

SSSSyS writer in London paprr. Onk.
Se' travel in new boots. 6tber reonie
t ; t"' this purpose those tried frispSS
,Cu nave IN some degree accommodated
s,lss YES to the shape Of the fo1t tbsr
b. - Hn'eS are now more fashionable
;. oO''S, and the cause may ba fnnnJ j.,
IIAOSru'aS ornamentstiOn layished upon
rH.;,sN y talr American who was our
= 80 go GI,iSGoor IN q railway carriage last
6 S. TTIss', .id out on the cushions of what
4 800 1,,yN l"e car pair of pointed nat,
4 $50; - >-oeN rom which issued BLACK
T. embroidered with sparkIinr
b -. III Jet Who could wear bIntS
81 - At recent ball
use dress resembled a oil.
pb ...eH gray cloud, wore gray stoSLinm.
H. ', .T'eu with silver thistles grST
L. l !" on which her monogram an
IN sirL Sne same precious metal ana
ES,,sS 'n gloves on which the deyirs Of
,lstIss vas "aS again apparent in silver Silver
/ he s, were IN her dark hair, ami buncbes
II ~ lrS EugnsciOus plant fastensj bSc 80
ndob, :, ~ mel nsr dress. Boots are seen "a
H. 't IN Ia me ball room as in The 6cIS ,Ss
- .he grove, and even the sioI esu' the
y pronn JT beo fearful July has reduced
IS Of V ,Lns mas failed to Danish Sboas ~ r.
: a, n men more protective reIstiys. III "a "a
a. mule pointed shoes n;cL;nO
lP and detected way across Lord :