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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-24

DREECH AND AIUZZLE LOADING GUNS,
Loading Implements. Primers. Wals, &C., &c, at
81 King street, corner of Royal. Just received
and in store another supply OF the above goods,
which were purchased at low prices and will be
sold at Il small advance. Call and sec for your
selves oct25 J. T. CREIGHTON s SON
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MOnstrOsities Mt Dinner.

One by one the ancient curiosities. or
mOnstrosities, of our capitals vanish
from the sight of a wondering public &c
make room for more modern monsters.
The most curious of all Paris curiosities
will cease to exist when the demolition
of the Grand Hotel Leguay, known a.
LA Table d'Hote DIES Monstres." is
completed. The hotel in itself is like
any common provincial hotel. but the
guests of its table dhOte, rs described by
the reporter of the LGnEerne, form an
assembly hardly to be met with in any
other place. Dinner being an
nOunced," says this privileged guest,
''the first couple to enter the dining
hall with an air of perfect propriety
are bearded woman accompanied by
a skeletOn-like gentleman. She receives
his whispers with thoughtful eyes:
gently stroking her beard. A dwarf
with an enormous nose sits next to them
on high stool; her neighbors are a
well-known Snowman, who now and
then turns his face round to the middle
of his back-a convenience whenever
the waiter is wanted-and a YOUNG
giantesS of sixteen. weighing four hun.
dred pounds. Somnambulists, aero
bats and many more of the same school
complete the circle, who, after Their
meal is ended. will sometimes for the
benefit of an occasional visitor unite in
dance, fantastic, grotesque and hideou.
to the last degree.-Pdit-Mdu Gazette.
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OVERRIDING Cultivation.

A farmer tried the experiment las,
year' of raking several plots, so thai
the soil was as fine as possible, and
then sowing wheat. The effects of this
extra care were not evident in better
crop or larger heads. There is such 6
thing rs making soil too powdery.
If it is at all heavy soil it will crust
over and bake, after the first hard rain.
like cement. We know farmer who,
after getting his corn ground in gooc
order, invariably goes over it two OF
three times more with the expectation
of making it in better condition for the
growing of corn. With all his cultiva
ton he never raises a very large crop
no more and frequently not as good a.
do his neighbors with good but not ex
ira cultivation previous to planting
Enough seems TO be sufficient for al
practical purposes in such cases, anC
that there can be too much cultivation
of the soil when either wet or dry i.
evident to most practical farmers. i
Is, however, not of frequent occurrence
and few err in this direction. Th,
general rule is too little rather than tot
NATURALIZATION Farmer.
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The Model Chicago SchOOImiStress.

"The natural result of close applica-
ton to OUR duties is to drive from our
mind all thoughts incompatible with the
dignity and responsibility of our posi-
tons. No Chicago lady teacher ever
llirts. / have never heard of an Instance
Of the kind. Works of philosophical,
Or perhaps of n mathematical, charac-
ter will usually be found in our summer
trunks. With these we while away any
idle hours that may fall to our lot on
the steamers or cars that bear us on our
journeys. Some of the more thoughtless
Of our number peruse the works of Oscar
Wilde or of Tennyson during vacation.
but at no other times. In many respects
we resemble the ladies of the higher
walks of Bostonian life. We are in
lensely intellectual.
do any of you wish to marry?"
"Sir!'
al am not proposing. l do not wish
TO be understood in that way. DO any
If you feel an inclination to exchange
the wearing tolls of the schoolroom for
the calm and unalloyed pleasures OF
domestic lifc?"
Speaking for myself. we do not. The
continual publication of the particulars
Of divorce suits in the daily press has a
strong tendency to keep us contented in
our present sphere. We do not wish to
marry. Chicd0O Times.
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An Extraerdinarr Battle.

A remarkable instance Ga correspond
ent writes) OF the ferocity of bees under
certain conditions has Just been af-
forded. A couple of DAYS since the
Topsham horticultural and Cottage
Garden Society held its annual exhibit
ton At the Retreat, near Exeter. One
OF the tents was occupied by the Devon
and Exeter Beekeepers' Association,
and among Its exhibits was one which
excited great deal of interest. This
was case containing several
thousand dead drones, which had lost
their lives In a sanguinary battle a
couple OF days previously. A we'll
known aplarian was visiting a friends
house day or two previously, and on
coming to one of the bee. hives it was
found that there was great uproar in
side. Closer inspection showed the
ground below the hive to be covered
with several hundred dead drones, and
hosts OF them were still being brought
to the entrance and bundled out by the
workers, generally by being seized be-
hind the head, dragged along to the ex-
it, where as a kind of farewell a sting
was given to them. Examination of
the slain revealed tie fact that they had
been severely handled-many were
headless, others had lost legs or wings
Or both, and all bore evidence of rough
usage. That the bees were very much
the superior force was shown by the
TACT that only about fifty of them had
fallen in the fray-a remarkable dispro-
portion to the number slain of the enc
my. The battle had ragged from about
seven in the morning to the same hour
in the evening, and seemed then to end
only with the utter humiliation of the
1rones.-PdH Mall Gazette.
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Bogus Disease.

"Wolf-in-the-tail" usually co-exist
with hollow-horn, and is equally
without foundation as a cause of dis,
ease. In the tail of a healthy COW the
bones, which are quite large at the root.
gradually diminish in size until they
finally disappear entirely, their place
being supplied by rather soft, flexible
gristle. During any serious internal
disease the circulation in the tail. as IN
the other extremities. is lessened, anc
the part becomes relaxed. Sometime.
there is a slight dropsical irritation.
which often makes it difficult for one
who handles the tail to convince him.
self that some of the bones are not really
wanting. Their absence is then &C.
counted for by supposing that they have
been devoured by hypothetical worn
the wolf"-but though ..cow doc.
tors have sometimes found this marvel.
we have never heard that it has beer
seen by a trustworthy practitioner.
Here, as in hollow-horn, when the real
iiseaseis properly treated, the imagi.
nary disease of wolf-in- the-tail dissp-
pears. -Ru-I NeD Yorker.
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BUTTERCIPS.

Jennie was watching tho COWS como homo
oown ~ the mcaiuw-burs alone.
Aun nor eyes were ~ blue ~ her bonnet;
..cnnie was only farmers lass,
ana she let down the bars 20 the cows could
. pass
Out % The wavlnz bluc.cycd grass
WIN uttcrcups sprnklci upon u.
Jennie was watching young farmer Payne
'ShlnE hutiorcup nut 81 the hur,
=. ctcphCn was strong and merry.
:, dennioi' she heard her mother cal.
but thcrc at her siic stpod the farmer tall
Ana hcr checks grew a. rcd as cherry.
:. I'm coming. mother she turned 20 go.
sut stephen stood in tho path below,
Nnl thcrc went Daisy, aud Hes ana flo,
It's arms we're strong p. hcr waist WIS slim,
seen you ttll CNCry Cow Ec's nv,
VT t'll nae tho nam" OF your Iuvos.
:, Jcunlcl Jennie. Ills pcttiu1 mtc."
''inc mothcrs voice irou tH' farmhouse
gHtr.
Hut Jennie was slender nrI could not mato
WIN t1o tender Strength ui u lover,
twni Who could du a. -iu rIr thing.
WIN "a ~ low huftrrcup uudrr their chin.
but uCatiC the Trr a. struu4 arms within
Ana gr1wtas red ~ the clover.
!. Nay De- us Hon." th,n sbr b'l.hcl azain.
=, Ani NAV De- a. only stephen Payne 80
ih"n The dark tr'pt over thr meadow lano.
=, And huttcrrups u spr us'r.
Noi single souni boo tho du.. dell
saw The tinklC uf Daisy silver b.u,
Iink-hunk-u-tiukic."
Dor mothers voicc and the r,-. forgot,
~" COWS are tuto the utuirw lut
huvC-dcrp iu the dcwy clover.
!"nntn and Stove como SLOWLY up.
hgr Rltt Chin yellow with h.fftrrrup,
IT'S handsome face nushUIl over.
:. !" Whore arr YOU. JcuulcY t,s .n.. AMI cold. ..
~ =" coming. mutEcr." sill stephen bold
"a. TIC COW got into the meadow.
-'vpl"'l v" drivr Thorn slowly M"
Ahu Kissed bcr aguiu iu the shadow
-Npirru Iu1o.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Dredging the Red Sea.

After much disappointment and many
delays, the Able M0ignot has succeed
ed in raising the large sum of money he
asked for, whcrcwith to dredge the bot
tom of the Red Sea. He is after Pha-
roah's chariots and the costly trappings
Of the Egyptian army. He sees no rea-
son why some of these relics should not
be recovered, even at the trouble of re.
moving the sand which has for centuries
overlaid them. He is enthusiastic in
the hope of fishing up solid dividends
for the stockholders in his scheme, as
well as of finding much that is valuable
to the scholar and the archnologist.
The enterprise does not seem much
more chimerical than those which have
been set on foot in this country for the
recovery of treasure supposed to have
been buried by Captain Kidd. Cen
turtles ago the Romans threw many
valuable things into the muddy Tiber,
some of which have been broHght to
light within recent years. We may yet
have in our museums some of those ia
nous diamend-studded wheels of the
war chariots of the Egyptian monarch,
side by side with the keel of Noah's
ark.-N y Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

"Wait a minute" she said, as the
squire lifted his burden, and in twink
ling she was out of the door, and back
again with a spray of white lilac, which,
in tall glass, was given the place ul
honor in the middle of the tray.
''Sho!' said the squire, with his slow
smile, ''thnt'll just suit my wife. She's
famous for having things lixy."
Mrs. Harlow had missed the accus-
toned smell of frying, and wondered in
a feeble way if Molly couldn't find the
pork.
why, Bethuei." she said. as he1
husband set the tray down beside her.
show pretty! L really believe 1 am
hungry"
And the squire went back to his owr
breakfast so happy that he entirely
forgot the absence of the pie.
We'll, this was the beginning, and
though life afterward was not all cream
and Strawberries and white lilacs, and
though bread would sometimes burn,
and pastry fatty refuse to be flaky, and
though unused muscles sometimes ached
with tho new work, yet the girl kept up
brave heart. The squire and has wife
were uniformly kind, and the latter.
who had suffered as much from lack OF
cheerful society rs from any physical,
cause, gradually grew stronger and
would sit through the long summer
forenoons in the great airy kitchen,
placidly knitting or pairing apples. and
though she sometimes looked wistfully
attor Molly rs she tripped from pantry
to cellar, and longed for the girlish
figure which used TO trip about in
the same way, her heart took great
comfort in this bright, cheerful
stranger. And the squire, hearing the
fresh young voice singing about the
house, would give great sigh for tho
lost voice, but somehow the old house
seemed les lonely to him, and after 6
while his first question would DO
where's Molly?" The plain cOun.
try society readily took her in, and con.
sidered hor high authority in the mat.
ter of "loOping" of over-skirt anC
doing up" of hair, and ut last nc
mcrry-making was complete without
Molly Perry.
Those of you who have followed thi,
story in expectation of some absent
son or nephew or younger brother q.
inc lainlly appearing anu taking Molly
for wife may rs well stop here, f.;
nothing whatever Of the kind hap.
pened, for the sqilire and his wife haG
no sons, and their nephews and
brothers were all married long before
Molly's day. 1t is true that some OF
the smart young farmers of the region
round about tied their horses occasion.
ally ut the 'Squire's gate, and it is
equally true that Molly said No to some
of them, though they one and oil swear
by her.
This story is not written to induce
all clerks and shop-girls to rush into
house work, for not one in twenty
would be capable of doing as Molly
did, and not one in a hundred would
find such home; it is written simply
to show what one girl did.-HcS'cr
Stuart, ia HdJper'S Bdzdr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Resources OF Arizona,

Comparatively few people have any
extended knowledge Of the extent and
vast resources of Arizona. Thousand,
annually travel across il on the railroad
for hundreds of miles and only see Il
barren waste of sand or alkali desert
and mountains that seem devoid of
vegetation and uninhabitable. In the
blazing heat of n summer sun they see Il
section of country, which, after their
curiosity is satisfied, they only desire to
pet out of, and probably think rs Gen
rral Sheridan did, who said some six
teen years ago when applied to by a
committee of AriZOnians for relief
against the Apaches, that the country
was only tit for Indians, and if the
whites who are trying to get foothold
didn't want to get killed they had better
go To n more desirable country. This
is all wrong. The most uninviting of
the desert lands can, by the proper ex-
pehditure of capital in bringing i'm
water be made the most profitable
farming lands. The seasons are regu-
lar and may be said to be changing for
the better each year since the advent of
the railroad and telegraph, which ap-
pear to regulate the electric currents so
that violent thunder-storms and cloud
bursts are becoming less frequent and
destructive. The rainy seasons in De.
cember and January and again in June
and July can be relied on TO
come within certain dates,
and, although not depended on in
in any way for the purpose of raising
crops, are beneficial and ut times save
labor in irrigation. For miles, rs far rs
the eye can reach over these deserts.
what appears TO be only scrubby kind
of bush is really superior article of
wood. of which thousands of cords could
be contracted for at very low figures, as
the wood Is easy to gather and trans
portatiop by wagon is cheap, owing to
the fact that little or no labor is neces-
sary To construct roads. In the mount:
aims can be found all the minerals,
heavy timber and coal-bedS. Some OF
the stock ranges in the foothills arc
unsurpassed for the territory that can
be controlled by single water right
and for the rich, nutritious grasses
with which the country aboundS. The
climate is favorable TO stock-raising and
the percentage of loss by disease OF
starvation may be set down as nil. The
losses by "rustlers " and Indians have
been heavy, but that is something incl
dental to all new countries. Many
ranges have been located during the
past four years by parties who could not
boast of being the posseSsors of One
hundred dollars, but who could to-day
sell their rights and stocks for many
thousands. Ranches are being contin.
ually taken up and still there is more
left as the country is so expansive thai
even with all the drawbacks takeI
away, it could not be prospected in q
month or year. Cor. San francisco
ChronicSr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
A YOUNG MANS CASE.

Nm. q. 8. HoDeKN. Jr, OF No. 147 Park street.
Lewiston, Me-, relates the following personal nara
tive, May H. 1883: "About fifteen months since had
severe attack of typhoid fever. very lame and
confined to my bed for eleven weeks, and when the
fever left me was in very debtated condition My
back and feins' seemed to have strength and had
vitality OF appetite. tried various kinds mcdi-
cine recommended by my friends but found they did
not improve my condition. was induced TO try
Hunts Remedy. which has been used with such great
success here in Lewiston that 1t has very envisbse
reputation of being most reliable medicine. pur.
chased one bottle, and date my improved health
from the time commenced using Il, and my progress
continued very rapidly; gained in strength and ex.
perencsd less pain in my back, my appetite increased
and after using three go bottles my pains were all
gone and my health entirely restored. and can most
heartily recommend Hunts Remedy TO any who may
need true remedy for debility, kidney or urinary
troubics"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Ed Brooks was arrested in II,

Ed Brooks was arrested in Louis
vile, KY, on a warrant sworn out bv .
man named Bill Williams, who charge:
that Brooks attempted to kill him in s
row: When Brooks case came up TO,
trial in the City Court Williams backee
down, and said he had the man arrested
Just for fun. The joke was such a gooc
one that Judge Thompson. who j.
somewhat given to practical testing.
tried similar one on Williams by send.
ing him to jail six hours for contemp
Of court. Detroit Post,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

FsoNr Royal, vA-Dr. G.. II. Hill says:
" Browns Iron Bitters seems to give gen.
eral satisfaction. recommend 1t strong
lx-S 80
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

Workingmen will economic by employ
ing DIR. Pferce's Medicines. His " Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" and "Golden Medical
Discovery" cleanse the blood and system,
thus preventing fevers and other serious
diseases, and curing all scrofulous and 9th.
er humors. Sold by druggists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

IHAvz known and watched the use Of
Swift's Specific Is. s. 81 for over fifty
years, and never have known or heard of
its failure to cure any case of Blood Poison
when properly taken.
II. +. DENNARD, Perry, Ga.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

1t is a recognized principle OF
social life that lies told for the amuse-
nent of party are not only excusable
but commendable. And it follows as q
'ule that a good liar within such circum-
stances is rarely anything else in other
yituations.-C Chicago Inter Ocean.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
Is A lost girl Maid of the Misty. r

ONLY Two BoTTLEs.-Messrs. Johnston,
Holloway & Co., Wholesale druggists OF
Philadelphia, Pa, REPORT that SONS time
ago q gentleman handed them adollar, with
q request to send q good catarrh cure to
two army officers in Arizona. Recently the
same gentleman told them that both the
officers and the wife of a well-known U. 8.
A. General had been cured of catarrh by
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

Young, middleaged, or old men, suffer-
ing from nervous debility or kindred affec-
tions, should address, with two stamps, for
large treatise, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDI-
CAL Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

HAVE been using Swifts Specific (SSS)
and find it to be the best remedy of the
kind that have ever been able to get, and
have tried them all.
JOHN FISCHER, Sd q. s. Cavalry.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

ERIE has a colored post-office clerk. o
course, then, he's black-mailer.-Pitts
burqh TeLe1rdph.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

Buchu-paiba." Complete cure, all an
ioying Kidney Diseases, irritation. 81.
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ONE swallow does not make a summer,
nor one swallow-tail o summer novel;
CHICAGO journal,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
what's saved IL Gained.

THE last mean fling at Rhode Island Is
that locomotive whistle is heard all over
the State.-Chtcdgo Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

OTTAWA, ILL~-Dr. T. A. Smurr says:
Browns Iron Bitters give entire satistac-
tion.0
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

Wells Trough on Corns." 15c. Ask for It.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns, bunions.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

BILLS of long standing and trousers of
long sitting are better receipteds-Detroit
Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

THE only scientific Iron Medicine that
does not produce headache, &C., but gives
10 the system all the benefits OF iron with
put its bad effects, is Browns Iron Bitters.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

THE voice of the turtle is supposed by
the Rochester Post-EJpress to have beer
the turtles whoop.n
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Cured him before swelling begun.

"No MORE reflections, please" said the
tooking-glass after 1t had tumbled down
stairs.-N. i. Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

A SHERRY cobbler will never mend your
old shoes.-N T. fadeDendent.
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w1sr,s Axle Grease never gums.

LYONS Heel StineIcrs keep new boots and
shoes straight. BY shoe and hardware dealers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12
{" Respectfully yours

II. "A. 6UNN, NJ. ~.
"Dean and Professor of Surgery, United
States Medical College of New York
Editor of Medical Tribune; Author OF
Gums New and Improved Hand Book OF
Hygiene and Domestic Medicine, etc."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

"Mother Swans Worm Syrup" for few.
erishness, restlessness, worms. Tasteless.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

Skinny Men. "Wells' Health Remover"
restores health and vigor, cures Dyspepsia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

Is used by ladies who possess the finest COM
plexion. Hills Hair Dye, black or brown, SOC.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

AN indianapolis baby was bitten,
In teasing a pet Maltese kitten,
Before q day ended,
st. Jacobs Oil msnded,
And with it mothers are smitten.
A hunter who lives at Bear Run,
Hurt his arm by the kick of a gun,
The hunt 1t did spoil,
But st. Jacobs Oil
Cured him before swelling begun.
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GIeun's Sulphur Sos

THE women who do fancy work dom,
fancy work.
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creates. discover since I4ss.

For coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis,
stages, nothing equals DR.. PNrce's "Gold.
en- Medical Discovery" 1t is also q great
blood-purifer and strength-restorer or
tonic, and for liver complaint and costive
conditions Of the bowels It has no equal.
Sold BY druggists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

AFTER bill is settled you can enjoy the
rest that follows payin'.-N. Y Journal.
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ANGER is passion which may be red In
the face.-Buriington Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-12

"Rough on Rats" Clears out rats, mice,
fies, reaches, bed.bugs, ants, vermin. 1Sc.
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BILLIARD playing is a sort of green
1aize ball game.-N. O. Picdyune.
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THE GENERAL. MARKETS.

A MIsER is often surprised at clos,
ouarters."-N J. Neua.
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AL recommend wise's Ak. Grease.