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RELIGIOus ANp EpuCAr1ONAI.


The Methodists are preparing to
establish a university in East Ten
= "A. D Kent Of San francisco. has
given 5000 70 Yale College. to be
used in erecting chemical laboratory.
An Aeademy-of Pharmacy, for the
instrnction of women in the profession
of apo lccar Is. is about to be opened
In Louisyillet Ky.
The New England Conservatory of
Mus C, at Boston. founded bg DIR. Eben
Tourgee. has been presented by him to
q Board Of Trustees 1t is the largest
mus q school in the world. Boston
f---Nathan Got. of Clarksburg, w.
Va n uncle of Representative Nathan
Golf. has for sixty years been a volun-
teer distri lutor of the Bible. He esti-
mates that he has thus distributed be-
tween $4,000 and 24,O00 volumes.
Miss Anna Oliver, who resu seitated
and built up . Methodist Church in
Brooklyn. n. Y. has resigned the pas
torate thereof, sitter four We rs service.
because while she, a woman, remained
IN the pastoral Office the church could
nave Nv oVttANNiAlS IL VIC NOAOihlAASAotA'
IA. v Sun,
"A writer in the Rome IN. W Sen
tinet makes the suggestion that arith-
metio might be made much easier for
scholars ii thsy were at the outset
made to learn the multiplication table
as ar as twenty times twenty. He al o
advocates the system of factoring num-
bers as a great saving of time and labor.
IAN eight-year-old girl a pill in a
public school, died in Bal more recent
ly from brain fever, brought on by over
study. The child had felt terror of
being reduced to lower grade, and in
her delirium for for weight hours be-
fore her death continued to calculate
sums in arithn etc. --BaitjmOre SIN.
The Pal 1fnH GazeHe arraigns the
authorities of London for failing to pro-
tect the salvation army from the attacks
of the "Skeleton army, which, itsays,
is composed Of "beggarly array of
hobbledehoys led by prentice boy
just out of his teens. who but the other
day left the ranks of the Salvation ar my
to head the Tabble OF the assaiants."
The Rev. Thomas w. Bishop, of
| Boston University. said in recent SER
mon: "When | state that two of our
20 NC women paid their way through
the college by doing the washing and
ironing OF two fam lies evenings before
our re ent scholarships were estab-
| lished and that when aid was offered to
/ them they were quite reluctant to take
/ it, YOU Will have some idea OF how hard
some people work to secure an educa-
/ ton.
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The spnde.D


What is the "dude?" Is he, like the
'masher, creature wearing pants
and going around the town seeking
maidens by the score whose hearts he
NAV reduce to the Consistency of calf s.
foot ELY? No the dude is not Ike
the ''masher" L. is-true that he also
level set in the conuding tailors aC-
count books, but his aim in life is,quite
different He has no eytraneous object
in behalf of which he is willing to incur
ridicule. His thoughts all center in
himself 1t is to please himself that he
wears the most pointed OF pointed shoes,
pipes" the biggestot bic headed canes,
wrapped up in his usually thin and
slender person that he generally failsto
notice any one until reminded by actual
phys cal demonstration that there are
other people in the world.
The origin of the dude" is a matter
of dispute, but chere is no doubt about
his stence. He is astubborn fact en-
countered at the clubs, at parties and
at the theaiers There he is generally
to be found with a downward stare on
HIS lllLlObl0 ANdAult9s u9 II hC w 10
posturino for model of the great
Buddha himself The "dude' is moth
inc if not serious. The frivolities of
this world, move him not He lets every
body know BY the curves Of his mouth
that whleshe may be among them he is
| not of them He wraps his dignity
about him and will stand, Socrates-like,
in meditation for hours if permitted to
/ 4 l. l., e ,aFhfnor
ciety' has ever before seen, and yet in
Observing him, one can not help feeling
| that he is not at all original, but an ar
rant pretender and humbug.
Where the "dude" got his name no
body knows, The dictionaries throw
no light. on st. The most reasonable
theory appears 70. be that il was given
to him by Columbia College students
among some Of the classes OF which he
is said to be quite numerOus--in conse-
quence OF his languidly drawlingout the
French ''Je-doute' when appealed tC
on behalf of any positive statement
That the ''dude'' is OF collegiate origin
appears certain. lie is in reality but
copy of the English undergraduate
who aspires to be considered superior
intellectual being. lie has all the man
nerisms OF the Oxford and Cambridge
sophs His careful attention to h tail
or's work, his fondness for the conven
tional evening costume, including the
glossy beaver often absurdly out o
place, his spretentous assumption o
gravity of demeanois are all oonilrma
tory of the theory that he is merely
manifestation of q new variety of Anglo
mania og .Gai taata taagaog co. a
The ''dude,' thus reduced to hi
component elements, is seen to be asyer,
harmless creature. He is BY no mean
SO dangerous, as the 'masher," IN
may be very dull company, for a joke j
a. thing which he disdains, but he viii
never. hurt anybody-not even himself
There is even hope that he may evolut
into something useiul The constau
effort TO appearas ifIhe had som9hrain
! may in course OF tihe' produces TAI
crop, and otho copsnunityl wall be tn
! richer in consequence. ~ Y. Graphtc
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USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Cheap Fruit Cake: One cupful OF
sugar. one cupful OF rich, sweet milk
butter the size Of an egg, one teaspoon
full of raisins, seeded and chopped,
some small pieces OF citron, one small
nutmeg, Hour TO make as thick ne cup
cake, and two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder. The Household.
French Rolls Make y paste same
as for biscuit, only richer. Ron out
quite thin on the molding board Beat
to 3 cream one half cup OF sugar and a
piece Of butter half as large rs a hens
egg, spread on the crust. CRATE little
nutmeg over it and roll it up. With
knife cut into thin rolls and bake --Ei-
change,
Try this experiment for enc month:
When you feel cross, selfish, farllt-hnd-
ing, dissatisfied with everybody and
everything oblige yourself to assume a
smiling face and to treat everybody with
unusual courtesy and kindness. Corn
by selection through ten years is not
more susceptible to improvement than
you will find your disposition to be in
one month under this discipline. N T.
Times.
Many a deluded child has been
cured of a cold by this means: Take a
cup OF brown sugar and put it in 81
saucepan to make candy, but instead of
adding water in which to dissolve the
sugar, put in little tea made by steep
ing thoroughwort. This will impart
bitter taste, which is not unpleasant to
the child after the first mouthful. and is
really good remedy for q ''tickling in
the throat
TO make an excellent soup allow
four pounds of beef to two and half
quarts of water one small onion, one
carrot, and q small head OF celery. Let
these boil for four or five hours. Three
quarters of an hour before dinner strain
this soup. salt it, and add heaping tea
cupful of macaroni, broken in bits; let
this boil slowly. Add any other season
ing you like; for some tastes pinch Of
curry powder improves it.--M J. Post
The Rural Nep YORKER says: " If
farmers would now pay more attent on
to breeding good mutton sheep and
| largely increase their TO KS OF these,
| they would lessen the in ury to them
selves from the curtailing of the demand
| for their hog products in Prussia and
| France. 1t would also be much better
| for our own population if we le-sened
the consumption of pork among us, and
ate more mutton, for the latter is much
the more healthful and even palatable
rs one gets accustomed to it. IN fact.
there are hundreds of people who will
never touch pork"
-' Housekeeper" wishes for direc-
tions ormaking "bread griddle cakes
| The old-tashioned way was to break the
bread in small bits and let them soak
for several hours in sour milk; then
when ready to try them, take a spoor
and stir them so there are no lump;
lie ; sweeten the sour milk with soda
dissolved in little hot water in the
proportion OF a scant teaspoonful of sod'
to one large cup of sour milk. The
batter should be as thick rs for corn
meal griddle cakes, and o this end stii
in enough -four TO make it so; larg,
pinch of salt and the same quantity o
sugar should be added Y, Post.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-31

Benjamin Franklin's old ''bull's-eye"
watch is owned by q man in Lancaster,
Pa. Large offers have been refused for
this watch, including one OF 81 900 per
annum for ten years, from New York
watch company, simply for the loan of
the watch during that period to display
In the window of their office on Broad
way.--Pi4tsburgh Post, .g{
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81 81 American Humorists.
NOSE SKINNER

Is a regular contributor and his letters are to DO
found only In our columns Youths Column Is
complete, with stories of adventure by land and
sea. Puzzles and Home Amusements.
Detective Sketches, exposing all city sharp
ers, frauds and humbugs. Our Home Stories,
several every week, are complete, and selected
from the pens Of wen. known writers.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-31
AUNT ADDEE

Gives young housekeepers and young mothers
good advice in her letters to the Household Depart
me1t. Regular letters from 'Aunt Eva "May-
belle Jennie JOslyn," Mrs Geo. Caswel" and
q score Of regular correspondents
The LADIES' and Household ne
partueut, under the charge Of Mrs. louisa
Knapp, deYotes one whole page TO Household
Matters every week and Is "Just Splendid" Every
thing bright and original no stale receipts. Prac-
tcal hints for Housekeepers, How to Dress We'll
Ind Economically, How to Entertain Company,
Wholesome Advice to Young Girls, How 10 Care
for Children, How 10 Knit, Crochet and do all
kinds Of Fancy Work. How to take Care Of the
Sick, All the Latest Fashions.
The best Of American Hl1nlorists
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-31
COL. D. D, r. MO0RE

Founder, and for twenty-five years, editor II
Moores Rural Neal Yorker is the agricultural
editor Of the TRIBUNE and FARMER and CON
ment to be found in any weekly newspaper iu
this, country, Special writers on small Fruits,
Market Gardening, horticultural Matters. Agri-
cultural Machinery with list of Agricultural
Inventions weekly, Philadelphia Market Reports,
AusMcrs To COrrpsnnndnIlfs 10
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-31

standard medicine for curing Brlghts disease,
droray kidney bladder and glandular maladies IS
Hunts Remedy Female weakness, pain IN the back
and oins gravel diabetes intcmpcrance, excess and
prosraon OF the nervous system are cured by Hunts
Remedy. Hunts Remedy mparts health and vigor TO
the constitution when has become debltated Hunts
Rcmedy restores the invalid TO health.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-03-31

We Present no Pretended Miracle
:. truth Is Mighty and Must Prevail''-
No sophfstry can Withstand the Power
OF it's Honest uttsraASe.
Editor or Evsning Tress.
~ ", Bfs4 Felinx a. To- shcireat bsne
MS which have rccliy - fem ths avcry valn
able article which has IS origin and h0me In DOR beau
tifuI city and nopiag ihauoti who afflicted as
have been may fndke relief from i,s use, beg thein
dulgencc OF few lines IA your valuable paper Tor hc
privilege OF Communicating you brcf settlement Of
facts Tor the benent Of the multitude sufferers De
met with on every side. Many Of my cnds ven know
that have been very severely afflicted with heart dis
ease for number OF years. and have suffered fromt
a. only those suner who have hat discasy; Il rc
duced my strength low hat 4 could scarcely walls
across my rOom and the les eNeTtion rendered NE 90
short brcashcd that dared scarcely move, nnd HE
seemed very burdensome. vas treated for my mala-
dy by the best physicians and derived no bene0t from
their treatment prescriptions until was advised 10y
my family physician to use Hunts Remedy, ne my
trouble was caused by nacton Of my Kidneys which
affected very seriously the action OF my heart com
mencod takingit havlng tlc faith int or any other
incidence and % has helped me wonderfully, and am
now a great deal better, and have been ever since
Ibegan its use in fact have taken no medicine that
has benefited me 80 greatly My breathing Is easy and
have gained In strength much that am able TO do
my housework. 1chccrfully Commend Hunt 8 Rene
DIV to all who may be adctcd have been, or who
are suffering from general debility and nervous pros
tratlon Respectfully, Mas. A. o. ROCKWELL
Pearl Street, Providence, r. I.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17
Preparing the Ground for q Lawn.

The success OF . lawn depends upon n
vast deal of WORK that Is quite out
OF sight, We expect more oil
the soil devoted to the lawn
than we do Of any other papi
OF the grounds, for we are continually
cropping IL. and IL n only give n con.
slant succession Of < ass when the roots
have n doep soil and sufficient nourisl-
mont As il Is desirable to have the
grass well established be ore hot
weather comes, tho seed must b.
sown early, and TO this end the soil
must be prepared rs early rs the
scason will allow. Only small areas,
such as fruit yards, croquet and
tennis grounds, should be perfect
" level. A slightly undulating
surface is o p'easingt to tho eye than
n dead level, and II may b made 10 give
tho impression Of a greater extent II the
surface is laid out in gentle swells, and
will give n hetteronoct II ightly higher
as il approaches the house. OF course
there must BE- nothing like abrupt hills
and hOl,ows. and II any suchoccur where
the lawn is 10 be, they must be either
cut down or filed in. II the lawn Is
such that il would require draining
To III Il for garden crops. then Il viii
nocd draining ,or n lawn. Indeed all
tut very light sandy soils will be I'M
proved by draining with tiles. The
depth aud distance apart o tho drains
should DO such rs are found best In the
fields Of the vicinity. The next re-
quis to is u deeply worked soil. In En-
gland the soil Is thoroughly trenehed
two spades deep. but we can hardls ex-
pcct our rcople, who avoid the use OF
the spade where or possible, 10 tren h
the ground for a lawn. The most we
al hope for Is the deepest pra 'tieable
plowing, with tho use of the subsoil pillow.
II the soil Is poor, u generous coating Of
manure should bo turned under. hut
" In fair condition, top dressln e may
be depended upon for fcrtili,ing. After
this preliminary work, the g'onnd
should remain as long rs possible be-.
fore sowing. In order that II may proper.
" SETTLE. II in any place the ground
settles u%nevcnly, then fresh soil must be
n ldcd, where needed. 10 bring the low
spots up to the proper level. Whether
the lawn is TO telaid down with seed. OF
rs il sometimes pro cradle, II the area
Is small. with turf, the prel minary
preparation must be equally thorough,
II a fine and permanent turf Is desired.
IgricHkhrist.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17
A Curious Fall.

At Minneapolis, recently, two men,
Campbell and sullivan, were Mt work
on the electric light mast, when the
rope holding the G00.pound balance.
weight slipped. They both had hold Of
the rope, fifteen feet from the ground,
and as II began TO 90 up Campbell let
90, and fell tho fifteen feet, while Sulli-
van held on and was whisked, in the
~twinkling Of an eye, TO the top, 275 feet,
where he reached for a wire cable and
slippedunharmed TO the ground. A curl
ousleatureof Incorporation was, that when
Campbell struck the ground he looked
up and saw Sullivan At the top reaching
for the wire by which he descended,
showing that Campbell was just as long
in falling his fifteen feet rs Sullivan was
in going up 260.-Detroa Post.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17

A wrllknown place n physical re-.
froahment IN concord, n H., is pro-
sided over by John Adams,a man IT
such tender senslbilitlos that when, the
other night, just ~ he WIS shutting up
shop, be- discovered n half frozen owl
On The doorstep, be- took The bird In and
made II comfortable. When he retired
for the night he left the owl perched
upon the safe, 10 which n Of W. legs
was fastened by a stout cord. and blink.
Ing with extreme gratitude and devotion.
AS o 0 ne he had gone the owl bit the
cord In two, dovourcd every fragment
oi food on n woll.stocked lunch counter,
sampled every kind Of liquor in tho
saloon, broke all the bottles and decan-
tcrs within reach, and In tho morning
when the doors were opened was stand
ing solcmnly behind the bar ready for
business Worcester (ifasS.) dascite.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17

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mrhief onlnihfd ~ ihe Hhaiifaa ufeai
wee ihe diHsppuihlm ant ~ Tho fei1fm'
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addressed eaeh aihaf w long alndof
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hBfhhafa,h said GHe N tha reform
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dead iDliea near the mHohihe Nhnh w
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bodies burned M tho 0fthud0v fashion
bus are Tho gods n Babudon propiil
tfel and Thus tho fuifit NJ sanitary fr
form indicated nm MN Gltiie.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17

A peculiar suicide occurred in Paris
several weeks ago. the circumstance, OF
which show most strikingly tho power
Of n fixed idea TO dernngo the human
brain Just rs tho smallest grain OF dust
will disnrrango n watch. IL presents,
too. u novel phase of insanity Of tho
highest interest To allcnists. For ten
years the Baron Ro ort de Creuly, n
man OF sixty. had lived at No. Il Ruc
Mongc. without family. his only rom.
panion In the house beingan old servant
One tine nght he swallowed n drug
which he had mixed himself. containing
n irightlul dose Of alcohol. Under is
influence hc fell into q drunken sleep
aud awokc II luuatic. lie iancied him
sell rcjuyonntcd, and. stranger still.
that he felt within himself u double
personality. lie cNpln ned In all scri
business TO his friends that he saw this
two'old existence.
Tho pot on was not strong enough"
he said. 81 am really young again, but
something Of my old self remains
something that seems to be my father
! have become my " son; thcrc Y |
nm oh csscd. and suffer terribly"
They laughed at him A wee, later
they learned that thu Raron. having
FULLY decided that ho was n young man.
had thrown out OF tho window the litlc
money which ho had lcfL saving that
youth should bc prodigal hut he
often repeated that he felt within him
his father ~rpprimanding him for his
conduct and that no good would come
Of Il Ono morning soon after this loud
words were heard n his chamber. lie
was hu ling angry insults ut "his
father" whom he charged with a desire
TO steal away his money. Tho last
words VIII oh reached tho cats of his
servant wcrc lhcsci
"Your curscl What Is your curse IA
meP You aru In me In spite Of myself.
le silentr'
All was still for n few seconds. and
then he resumed in n voice Of thunder.
Miserable old man. ncycrmnrc shall
You reproach me with dishonoring my
race Take that and lie"
The servant hearing. q body fall,
hurr cd into the room The Baron IA
Crcusy lay on the foor IN a yea Of blood.
hc had plunged a knife into his owl
heart
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17

rspEh date Of July . isl NJ. p. u, Bniour. Of
Windsor Locks. Conn. writct q plain. modest nara
tive. which. frum ia very simplicity. ha, the true ring
Of me gold. lie says
''My father IL using Hunts Remedy and seems to be
improving. IN fact. he IA very much better than he has
bcru for along time. lie had been tapped three times.
The aut time they got from hims sixteen quarts Of wa.
ter. the second tins thirteen quarts and fully A. much
niorc the third time. and he would constantly OIL up
again even time after he had been tapped. until he
commenced using Hunts Remedy. which acted like
magic IN his caac. aahc bcgun 10 improve At oncr. and
now bic wstefy accumulation passes avay through the
s~ccrctiona naturally. and he has none Of that swelling
or nillng up which was 10 frequent bcforc the functions
Of the kidneys vvrr gs;und By the US " Hunts Rein.
edy. He f. 10 wrll.kn0wn citizen OF this place, and has
always bctnln business hcrr."
Again he writes Nov. q. isQi
II bcg most c~hcerfuiiy and truthfully 10 state, IN re-
gard To Hunts Remedy. that ~ ukc was the saving Of
my fathers life. itp0kr 10 you IN my previous letter
IN regard to ha belng tapped thrrc ttmes. Its the
NOS, remarkable case that has ever bccn heard Of In this
section. For a man Of HI. sr SIXTY years. !, IL a most
remarkable cure. lie had been unshir 20 attend 10 his
buslnras MON than a year. and vas given up by tho
DOCTORS
''Thc nr, bottle Of Hunt, Remedy that be- used
gave Instant relief. lie has uacd 10 all seven bottles.
and CONTINUES 10 use II Whenever he fccia drowpy or
sluggish. and II affords instant relief. He II now Al.
irudinE 10 ha rvruiar huslnec. and has been several
months. lam perfectly willing that you should pub.
th this letter, A. We thoroughly believe that fathers
llfc was savrd hy using Hunts flcmcdy, and thrar facts
given above may he a benefit to Others suffering In like
manner from diseases or inacuon Of he kidneys and
liver
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17
ECONOMY and Waste.

Tie first lesson IN economy Is 10 lcarn
10 edo without" The second is to usc
what ono has without waste. Those
two lessons are very hard 10 be learned
by people who have always been accus-
toned 10 whatever hoy wanted. and TO
treat costly things as II they were com.
mon aud cheap. One hing has much
contributed 10 this-thc ahscn g of any
thing Ike class st les OF expenditures.
Abroad. n man will not allow his wife
and daughters certain modes OF dress,
unless he can have hcrth.ngs In keep.
ing. A eancrs hair shawl and diamonds
require n carriage and servants in pro.
portion. Tho habits Of life which TT a
par ocular income ARE well known. No
one goes beyond them without ccnsurc.
In America there is no such rule.
People live ut hotels where waste l. the
order OF the dav. and where children
arc educated in tho want q care and
the habit o un United ordering. It Is a
great mistake for Young coplc OF mod.
crate means To commence Lille by board.
ing II fosters %cxtravsgant habits. and
leads to idlcness and gossip. Begin
house keeping u you can maintain but
two ~ ms. and increase your style rs.
aud no further than, you can afford IT,
Family hfrh &c.