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Five Acres Enough.

The Chicago breeders Gazette 4ays
hat "in a certain 10 va town there is
a stock farm which may be thought
worthy Of more than a passing no ice,
since 1t shows how little, more than
careful, intelligent manage nent is
needed to make a profitable business
Of stock growing In this place are
five acres, of which IN aud a quarter
are occupied 10y the house, the garden,
and by fruit trees and ~shrubberv. On
the other three and three-quarter acres
stands an ordinary village barn and
inclosur e, in which e a hundred
young pigs were frisking about their
dams. The latter were all pure-bTed
Yorkshires, Berkshires and Jersey
Reds, and most, if not all Of the breed
ing animals, were wi lners at the fairs
in Iowa and other States. The food
throughout the summer consisted
largely of a mash made Of heavy bran,
with but little corn. The pigs fro n
this stock sold for prices ranging from
$50 t $35 per pair. The total outlay
for food was s65U,50, and the total in
come above the amount paid for food
was $685.
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Odd Bits q Ignorance.

In spite of the advance Of education,
everyone who has observed his fellow
creatures must be aware that even the
educated classes are grotesquely igno-
rant. We have known clergyman,
aud a University man TO boot, and a
grave fellow, too, and q pious, who,
when he visited the Riviera, expressed
peculiar interest in the prospect of
viewing Nice. Here" said he, : was
held the famous Council of Nice, and
in the presence of that blue sea, with
in The shade of those gray groves of
olives, wss composed o of the
ereeds of, the Church, This was
doubtless a sentence from some future
sermon /; but we regret to say that, in
a thoughtless moment, and obeying a
pedantIc impulse, we dispelled the
illusion and demonstrated that the
Council of Nice was not held in the
fascinating neighborhood of Monte
Carlo.
1t Is not everyone who has heard of
Mr.. Darwin. At his recent funeral a
distinguished naturalist, fond of CON
versation, began to chat with q high
official of the police force who wa
helping people to NOV on in an or
derry Icuper. "Ah, sir" said the
inspector, 1--WE have lost q great man
Darwin, the Laureate poet!"
The public is peculiarly ignorant of
Bible history. We doubt If a fair per-
centage of the people yeu meet in the
course of hours walk could get as near
the order of the names in the Old Tes-
tament as the little schoolgirl in
Somerset. This West-country blossom
of the School Board system was re-
quested to name the earlier writings
of the sacred text, which she did thHs,
and very fuently :-'Devonshire,
Exeter, Liticus, Numbers, Astronomy,
Jupiter, Jumbo, Ruth" Here the
higher criticism dimly detects a vague
local rendering of Genesis, Exodus,
IeVltlCus, DeuOefouoIuy
Joshua, Judges, Ruth" Talking of
Ruth reminds us of the ignorant lady
at the picture gallery. Ruth and
Boaz," sue read in the catalogue; "who
Was Ruth Pr Whereupon her compan-
ion favored her with a sketch of the
plot of Mrs. GaskelIs Ruth, ending
with the confession, "but I don't re-
member who Boaz was" An American
lady was heard to ask In the Pitt
Galleries, "who is that by ?" The an
swer was "Rayphael," SIS he the
same a. Raphael Sanzio?" "No:
don't you know there are three of
them, Raphael, Sanzio, and Urbino."
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"Some little rascal put 1t in, l sup
pose, and spent his money for candy,
and whoever he is, he ought to have a
wholesomelesson. Ifhe wssmv SOM
And then mother said, why, IL Is
just like Johnny's buttons !" And sis
ter EN- said, "WelL there's one gone
off his Sunday jacket. 1 noticed 1t
this morning, and meant to speak
about It,"
Everybody looked at us. Father
asked what we had in that paper, and
"John, is that your button ?" And
what could we say but yes 4? They
called us unhappy children, and sent
us up stairs.
We've both had q wholesome lesson.
/ had one cause they said l put 1t into
Jobnny's head. For two weeks, father
is going to put our pennies away for
the heather, to make US remember.
Johnny says he wishes he was q
heather.
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What "Wife" Means.


Says Ruskin: what do you think
the beautiful word wife comes from ?
1t is the great word In which the Eng
fish and Latin languages conquered
the French and Greek. I hope the
French will some day get Q word for
it instead Of that femme. But what
do you think 1t comes from? The
great value of the Saxon words Is that
they mean something. Wife means
weaver You must either be house
wives or house-moths, remember that.
In the deep sense, sou must either
weave mems fortunes and embroider
them, or feed upon and bring them TO
decay. Wherever a true wife comes,
home is always around her. The stars
may be over her head, the glow worm
in the nights cold grass may be the
fire at her feet, but hcme Ii where she
Ia, and for q noble woman it stretches
far around her, better than houses
ceiled with cedar or painted with YER
Misunderstanding its quiet light fol
those who else are homeless. This, i
believe, is the woman's true place and
power.
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Keep Your Hands Out of
Your Pockets.


Boys often have a most careless and
sometimes dangerous habit of walking
with their hands In their trousers
pockets. One Gay, not long ago, q
mar near Bay City, Michigan, was
crossing some ice, and his hands were
thrust into his pockets down to the
very bottom. Here Is what happened
to him.
He suddenly broke through and the
ice shat about him in such a way as to
pin his arms to his sides. He saved
his life by hooking his chin W. the
edge of the Ice, thus Keeping his head
above water. But his whisker froze
fast, and when rescued, they chopped
off a bit of ice which chung to his face.
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Scientific Research.

To keep machinery from rusting
take one-half ounce Of camphor, dis
solve in one pound of melted lard take
off the scum and mix in as much fine
black-lead as will give 1t an iron
color. Clean the machinery and
smear with this mixture. After
twenty-four hours rub clean with a
soft linen cloth. 1t will keep clean
for months under ordinary circum-
stances.
The Nature reports that Mr. Bar
ham, an experienced surveyor is to start
soon for Western Africa for the pur.
pose of making a survey for a light
railroad from the Gold Coast through
the little-known gold mining region
of Wassaw. If the railroad is bdilt 1t
will open up a country rich not only
in the precious metals but in palm oil,
india rubber and other valuable arti-
cles of commerce.
A curious electrical phenomenon
was recently witnessed during a
thunderstorm in France by M.
Laroque. The tallest of a group of
lilies was enveloped in a diffuse violet
glimuer, forming an aureole around
the eoroIa. The light lasted eight or
ton seconds. On its disappearance the
pollen of the flower was found to have
been scattered, evidently by the cleo
trio fluid. 1t is not stated that the lily
was otherwise injured by the remark
able manifestation.
The crayon pencils now much used
by children have been found to be
colored with poisonous dyes. The
Dublin Journal of Medicine has an &C
count of a child who was taken with
all the symptoms Of poisoning, for
which he was treated with emetics
and purgatives. The vomited matter
was marked by particles of green
substance containing copper, and the
discharges from the bowels bright
green fragments. The child was sick
for q month. 1t was found, on exam
nation, that he had eaten a part of a
green crayon c6lored with arsenite of
copper.
Attention has been called to som
new fac in relation to color. blind
ness. Careful investigations have
shown the Chinese and Nubians to be
practically free from the defect. DR..
Roberts has observed that color-blind-
ness is most omm among persons
of reddish or red hair, and it Is prev
alent among the Jews, who are the
most decidedly Ied-haired ofall known
races. 1t is thought probable, there
fore, that there may be some correia-
ton Of color blindness with pigmenta-
ton, and indirectly with racial peculi-
arities.
The tides, says Nature, are increas-
ing the length of the day. At present,
no doubt, the effect of the tides in
changing the length of day is very
small. A day now is not appreciably
longer than a day q hundred years ago.
Even in a thousand years the change
in the length of the day is only a frac-
ton of a second. But the Importance
arises from the change, slow though it
is, lies always in n direction. In
millions of years the accumulated eff
feet becomes not only ~appreciable but
even startling magnitude.
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The Correction Box.

Yesterday morning a missionary
man came to our Sunday school, and
told us all about the little heather.
They don't have to be dressed up, nor
learn the catechism, nor sew patch
work, nor behave, nor do anything
disagreesble. And they don't know
the value of money; they'd a great
deal rather have a bright button than
a gold dollar.
In the afternoon, when we were
ready for church, mother gave us each
a ive-cent piece. THAT'S to put in
the correction box" says she. "The
missionary is going to preach, and
your father and l want you to give
him something for the heathen.r
On the way to church, Johnny said
at isn't the least use 10 send five
centses TO the heather. They'd rather
have q bright button than a gold dol
lar, and of course they wouldn't caIe
about five cents. And there's no
candy in heathenland, SO what do
they want of money, anyhow"
Then / said eff l only had my but
ten string, We could each give a button,
and spend the five centses for candy,
aud so we'd be pleased all round"
Johnny said that WAS . good idea /;
and .'there's a button loose on my
jacket tins minute; and if I can twist
off mother before the correction box
comes round, IN give 1t to you,
Kitty.n
/ thought 1t was . lovely plan, for
Johnny's buttons are just beauties. /
heard mother tell sister EN- that they
cost TWO dollars q dozen. They look
like gold But when we got to church,
they made me go into the pew
first, and father put Johnny beside
him next the door, SOS we couldn't
talk.
The missionary talked q long time,
aud then they sang "Greenland's icy
Mountains, land then they went round
with the correction boxes. Father
takes one of them, and they're on long
site $ like a corn-popper, and deep,
soft other folks can't see what you put
in. I lad TO drop in my Ave cents,
and then mother and Em put in
their money. and last o. all Johnny put
in his button. He held his hand close
to the box when he did it, and looked
at me behind the others, and nodded,
so I'd know he had his five cents all
safe.
This morning we bought five lovely
squares of taffy. We didn't have time
TO eat 1t before school, and when we
were going home Johnny said LET
us wait till after dinner, and then give
everybody a piece, and then III
tell father what the missionary said,
and may be after this he'll give but
tons, and it'll save him a great deal Of
money!"
So we waited. and after dinner. just
as we took oat the candy to divide it,
father pulled something bright out of
his pocket, and rolled it across the Ia
BILE to mother. She thought it was
money, and said, "Just what l
wantedln But it wasn't money it
was a brass button.
How did you come by this ~ said
she.
81 found ii In the correction box,
Yesterday af noon" said father.
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JACOBD. SMITH.
Coughs and Cold.

sunny Side, Hunterdon Co., N. J..
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I was suffer
ing with a severe Cough, which threat,
ed to give me consumption. 1 had the
care of Physicians, but received 40 re-
lief until | tried your Indian Blood
Syrup, which effectually cured me.
MRS. JOHN p. HOFFMAN.
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Educational.

Owing to contact with European ma
tions, or to some unexplained reason,
Japan is having q literary boon. Last
year 545 works on political subjects
were issued, against PSI the previous
year.-Law was represented by 255
WORKS, against 200 in 1880. Ethical
and moral works have increased from
80 to SO historical works from 1876 to
2I6; books ON poetry and poetical
works 49i to 556 books ON drawing
and writing from 127 to 3S9. Engi-
neering works have increased 8 to IS,
and books on commerce from 20 to
lI3.
IMPORTANT FACTS FOB PARENTS
A detailed inquiry a. to the amount
of study out of school and the
health Of the pupils has been made
by the principal of the Fitchburg
(Mass.) high school. 1t was discover
ed that the pupils use on an average
six and a quarter hours a day for mem
tai exertion. n are In reasonably
good health. Tothe Z per cent. report
ed to be injured by over-study an
average of three and one-third hours
of home study is credited. A recent
inquiry in the Cleveland high school
shows that during a specified time Is
per cent. Of the girls and Is per cent. of
the boys were removed from school for
reason of illness. The Boston Adve,-
tiser declares that In this matter OF
mental over-work no general law can
be enunciated the prudent course is
to have each child directed by the
physician. the loss of . Diploma being
more tolerable than the failure OF
health.
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Nervous Debility.
SUNNY Side Hantardon 10 Al

sunny Side, Hanterdon Co., N. j..
DR. CLARK JoHNsoN.-I have used
your reliable Indian Blood Syrup for
some time, and can safely recommend
1t TO all afflicted with Weakness caused
BY Indigestion or Nervous Complaint.
| would not be without your valuable
medicine. ISSAC A. HOFFMAN.
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Innammatory Rheumatism.

Jacksonville, Burlington Co., N. j.
DIR. CLARK J~oHNsoN:-I have used
your reliable Indian Blood Syrup for
Rheumatism and various
other diseases arising from Impure
Blood, and have received great benefit.
{ recommend its use to suffering hu-
uanity. JOEL FENTON.
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LIPPENcooT DENNIS, Water st.


Nit. HollyIBurlington Co., N. ].
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-Having used
your Indian Blood Syup myself, and
being fully satisfied of its efficiency in
Dyspepsia and constipation, j
recommend it to others.
THEODORE A. GIBBS,
West Washington st.
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Renehted.

Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to Ger
iify that your Indian Blood Syrup has
greatly benefited me for indigestion.
E. T. IDELL, No. 10 Church st.
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For Riiiousnsss.

Turnersville, Gloucester Co., N. j.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to Ger
tify that your Indian Blood Syrup has
entirely cured me of Biliousness. I
recommend its use to suffering human
PERDEN MILLS.
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For Headache.
Trenton, Mercer Co., N.

Trenton, Mercer Co., N. ],
Dr. CLARK JoHNsoN:-This is to
certify that your great Indian Blood
Syrup is the best medicine l have ever
used for Headache and Weakness.
AIRS. LIZZIE COMPTON,
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A Splendid blood Purined.

Sunny Side, Hunterdon Co., n. ].
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-Ihav taken
your Indian Blood Syrup with the most
beneficial results, and can recommend
it as a valuable Blood Purifier.
J. p. HOFFMAN.
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A vaIuable Medicine.

Sunny Side, Hunterdon Co., N. J.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-Having made
a trial of your Indian Blood Syrup, !
consider it a good medicine. / recom-
mend its use to suffering humanity.
A. p. SHIVE.
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Cures

MI. Holly, Burlington Co., n. J.
Or. CLARK JoHNsoN:-After suffer
ing from Constipation Of the Bowels
for seventeen years, / was persuaded
to try your Indian Blood Syrup, a short
trial Of which effectually cured me.
MRS. s. B. GIBBS, Water st.
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Dyspep.i. and Iua,g..t,ou

Sunny side, Hunterdon Co, Nj.
DR.. CLARK ~JoHNsoN:-I have used
your excellent Indian Blood Syrup for
Dyspepsia, and have experienced great
relief therefrom.
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Cures piles.

Mt. Holly, Burlington Co., N. J.
DR.. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I have used
four excellent Indian Blood Syrup for
Piles and have received great benefit
therefrom. 1 cheerfully recommend
it to the afflicted.
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Food for reelection. - Mince pie,
cheese, lobster salad. No sleep. Time
to think,
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Turnersville, Gloucester Co, N. j.
DIR. CLARK JoHNsoN:-I have used
your reliable Indian Blood Syrup, for
Dyspepsia, and believe it to be the best
medicine in use for that disease.
PETER CHEESMAN.
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Smiths Landing, Atlantic Co.
DIR. CLARK J~oHNsoN:-I have used
tuor excellent Indian Blood Syrup for
ieart Disease, and have received great
enefit therefrom. / recommend it's
use to s~ffering humanity.
SCULL ENGLISH.
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This firm is now In its sixth gear of exis-
tence, and the rapid and permanent growth
it has made is something unprecedented in
the history of carriage building. It's per
manancy and growth have been accom-
pllshed, not by any special effort at "drum.
ming the trade, bus by the excelIency Of
the work produced, and by the low price at
which this work has been sold. Another
great feature of its success is in the STYLE
OF the work produced. 1t is too often the
case that in low priced work the style is cor
respondlngly low or common in appearance.
5nt all goods manufactured by 7. T. Hay.
dock, are made in a stylish and artistic
manner, thus adding beauty to quality.
This tirm does not build the lowest grade,
nor the lowest priced work in the market
oy any means, but is making a specially Of
medium grade full leather top buggy at .
very low price for the quality; and Is offer
ing special inducements TO the trade : o buy
In large quantities. Send for Catalogues
and Wholesale Price List, by addressing
T. =. EEAYD0GE,
COR PLUM AND isrH SITS.
TT ourA
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Dyspepsia and Indigestion

MRS. s. B. GIBBS, Water S
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-02
An ohio Wafer Spout,

CLEVELAND, August Ia Millersburg
special 10 the Leader reports the damage
by the water spout yesterday greater than
at first supposed. The storm was confined
to an area OF about six miles east and
west, aud four miles nortl, and south
Of the town OF Mllersburs. 1t was the
most devastating rain storm ever known
there, although it lasted but three hour.
Hundreds OF acres Of corn are covered with
mud, many acres Of potatoes are washed
out, hay stacks swept away and other
crops ruined
The Bowen coal mine, three miles from
Millersburg, was walled in with water SO
rapidly that the miners barely had time 10
escape. One old man named George
Hoops saved himself by jumping on tie
back OF 4 mule, which swan out with him.
Eye witnesses were astonisIled to see great
waves several feet high roll over the land
which few minutes before WAS parched
from dronth. No loss Of life is reported.
An Akron special reports great damage
to the crops Of Summit county by yester-
days heavy rain. s,Iss
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-02

favor the bears everywhere. At the, Ex
change In this city, the new Bald Ridg'
well was reported doing 2j0 barrels, in
stead Of twice the amount, rs published il
morning paper. The following specia
from Warren this afternoon outlines the
extraordinary activity OF that region. The
Cooper well referred to, opens q very largo
area Of new territory south Of Sheffield.
WAnRES, Pa, August 1.-The July oil
report, made public this morning, shows
ninety.nine rigs up and building and one
hundred and seventy.two drilling In Cherry
Grove for the past month; an increase Of
one hundred and eleven drilling wells over
the June report. Sixty.one wells complete
with total production oi tifty.six wells,
nineteen thousand and two hundred bar.
rels, an increase over June OF fourteen
thousand seven hundred barrels. Book 4
Arter's finished their well last evening on
six tiity.seven, which started at the rate Of
one hundred barrels per hour. Sam Crosby
& Co. sncw well G35, ,tlowingat a flvehn
drcd barrel rate per twenty.four hours. Lot
G30, Lamsier 4 Husband, have a well on
top Of the sand waiting pipe connections
hlu RkHhuse sluNilS luI Suuu lFUuuCcI,
A special from petrolia says the Shiede.
mantle at Bald Ridge run Il bit in the well
today, and responded at Il rate equal 10
four hundred barrels. Through careless.
ness, the bailer was dropped In the hole.
This Is the largest well struck in Butler
county since 1875. The well OF Warren,
Howe K Co., Cooper track, Forest county,
which has been on the @lnd for some time
past and plugged, blew out the plug yes.
terday und madea flow. causing great ex.
element among all oil men. A large
number OF land sales were trans
acted there yesterday. Since the
shooting Of the Murphy and Wet.
more well on $50, Roberts torpedo men
have been busy, and number OF wells
have been shot during the past week, which
increased their production. The old Mys.
terry, 5i1, torpetioed last evening and re-
sponded vigorously. Sheidemanle, on G35,
was shot today, and increased in produc.
ton. 1t is the best Of any ye, shot. Bryan,
on Gl0, is on top Of sand, awaiting tanGagc.
NJ. Murphy will open his well on 6l9 TO-
day, and no doubt it will start rs Dix as are
the other three wells on the lot. Kuhn 4
Co., OIL G5S, opened up this morning, aud
slowsa big well. Drake & Co., Brenneman
lease, 635, is in sand, and will open to.
morrow"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-02
The I.ickinSO n llir II.

CiScISNArl, O., August Shorty before
noon the Licking river. ut the mouth op'
posite this city, began to assume alarming
proportions. The rise from above came
ont into the low water oi the Ohio with
such force as to cause great damage. I.
was impossible to keep barges tied along
the shore from the angry flood. Every.
thing was swept from Swiit's landing, in.
cluding ten barges OF coal, ten OF coke, one
Of stone and one empty barge. The Dana
coal fleet suffered the loss OF ten barges,
four OF which struck pier OF the railroad
bridge and sunk. Gatchell lost boat
house and Charles Spinks los. boat.load Of
cinder and two barses OF stone. C. Bross lost
one empty barge and one float The hull Of
the old steamboat Champion No. 6 was
torn fromltis fastt nss and sunk. The IA
vorite boating house OF Charles Forbei,
with number skitrs, was carried down
the river, also the pleasure boat May Be
The total loss is roughly estimated at $50.
600. The river had risen over % feet since
last night and is still running with great
fury. ~ " i a: q. 5e5..i. &R!:az,.
4 late dispatch says the total damage by
the Licking river flood is now estimated at
100000 It includes II coal boats, bayges,
floats, ETC., and few stone floats, and
slight damage to the steamers Vint
Shinkle, Ben franklin and Jennie Camp.
bell. The Licking isstill running out hor.
ribly, sgs5 R.EE - =gsal.tf-