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ONE TRIAL

If you have been using other Plasters one
trial of ALLCooK's Porous will convince you
of their wonderful superiority. Take no other
so-called porous plasters that claim to be better,
they are all frauds gotten up to sell on the world
wide reputation of the genuine article.
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CLINTON, Iowa, April "a. 1881.

CLINTON, Iowa. April 90 1881,
wish you would send me spring for the
VIM. Ellery Watch. By the way, this
Eliery Is a watch l sold in your Screw Bezel
Case to q farmer last fall. Tho first of January
he lost the watch in the woods and found it this
week III about Il foot of water. 1t had lain three
months and over in snow and water with but
slight injury to the wutch-only handspring.
C.S. RAYMOND"
The above were very severe tests. and demon
strate beyond a doubt, that for any reasonable
length of time during which watch might be
under water, it would receive no injury what
ever.
We make these cases in both gold and silver,
and as a Perfectly Dust-Proof, Stem Wind
ing Watch Case, Challenge the World to
Produce Its Equal.
For Sale by all First-CIass Jewellers.
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VIsIToRs.-We met SO many friends and
acquaintances from neighboring parishes
and the rural wards of Ascension at the
Phoenix fete that we find it next to an i'm
possibility to remember them all. Among
the number. were Messrs. e. Tircuit and son
OF the Ascension plantation, J. M. Breaux
of the Conway, Ben. Gibson of the Gem, r.
q. Landry of the first ward, DR.. Edward
Duffel, ST., of Mulberry Grove, J. B. HILBERT
of New River, Arsene HILBERT of Conway,
Il. ID. Percy and w. F. Denny of the Ash
land neighborhood, James Darlington of
Orange Grove, Ed. Pike of Assumption,
Richard Ponds of st. James and Ascension,
Major j. A. Burbank of st. james, and Hon.
Meyer Cahen of Assumption.
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We acknowledge with thanks the receipt
OF cordial invitation to attend parade
and fete champetre TO take place at Bayou
Sara on the 10Th inst, under the auspices of
Bayou Sara Lodge No. Is, Knights of Ply
ithias. While a previous engagement will
prevent the attendance of the editor, the
CHIEF will be represented ut tho entertain
1nent, which promises to be of a highly in
,teresting and pleasant character. Messrs.
Wash Hands, c. G., and Gus. Brown, K. of
r. and S., cautiously extended us the in
vitation on behalf of their Lodge
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Besides uiRning two medals in the walk
ing and throwing contests at Wednesdays
ifete, our contrere, Mr.. j. M. Heating, cap
fured two other prizes the same day-the
sewing machine at Cheap Tony's and 6 cake
in rattle at a collation. given by colored
people. He has struck the Louisiana State
Lottery for small amounts three or four
months consecntivelg, and appears to be
Utmost phenomenally lucky in such mat
ters. If ones good or bad fortune in the
hereafter be determined in inverse ratio by
the good OF bad luck fallingto ones lot on
this mundane sphere, we apprehend that
Joe will have deuced hard row to hoe in
the sweet by and by.
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wrench in a horse trough for afortnight,
and so determined was sheto beco;ne
mother that six roosters with q peck Of
worms couldn't tempt herto move. We
finally concluded il was cheaper and
more convenient to bliy eggs than wait
,foraanotlrer generation OF chickens, SO
the grocery man was called in. no
really enjoy country life and get health,
pure air and lots of mud man never
wants to 60 beyond the suburbs. He
must keep within hearing of the street
car drivers whistle and the tin-peddler's
voice. He must carry home market
basket every night, and occasionally n
bundle Of brooms and ham; and then
when he sits down on the back porch at
eve, with n towel over his bald head to
keep the mosquitoes off, he viii think
with fondness unimaginable Of those
ten-dollar-apiece roasting-ears II and
three-dollar tomatoes that his wife and
the gardener are going to raise next
summer, if his purse. holds out Have
You bought your ticket to the Gymnas.
ium yet?' ii .ars a.t4s .l.
Mo- GF M
"Well, don't do it. Go and buy you
a place in the suburbs. - Cincinnati
Commercial Gazettc.
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NolENCE AND allINppSTRY. {


tff }---=aa-u 'sses risQtr sF
& Mihnesotais TO hhvefsa sugar beet
factory, with BaeBAery Imported efron
Europe. ft Win be ready for operation
next spring. ~
rh6people aropnd sAnnistpn, Ala,
are not satisfied with the everlasting
supply of tirhber.in that county, and
the rcplantinga Of oak and pine trees
8 ,.-&msEhnir. { N, w florist 5has sue
cecded in growngf bananas ina green
house. and the fruit is said to be a vast
Improvement on that imported from
the tropics. ls fg
The first salt made bywhite men in
Syracuse, n, T., was made in lISS, the
annual produet al that time being one
hundred sbalaels. In 1880 the product
was sixteen million barrels.
Dr. Brown Sequard is said TO have
discovered new anesthetic which de-
stroys sensibihty,ibut moi consciousness
or physical activity, for an entire day
or more. When II is adm nistered to
man by the hypodermic injection pro-
cess, he is not incapacitated for work
or enioymenbwyet. .he can submit to
having his flesh cut without feeling any
pain. II Is obviously u a-marvelous gain
for medicalscience 1T is some form Of
'earbohie. aeid.--GAicago Herdid,
a1laOuriosity- and those scien-
tilically inclined may he muchsgratiiied
70 know that napkins are. now. being
made Of spun glass, a luxury which few
persons win deny themselves at ihe
reasonable price Of 800 per dozen.
They are of a delicate pearl color,
about the size of an ordinary breakfast
napkin, and almost as spliable as silk.
The tilling consists Of minute. glass
threads, crossed, by silk chain;
and the fringe Of glass fiber IS about
two inches long. = Chicago Jout7tdl.
The heat from anveleetric lamp OF
l00-candle power is from 81 tos158 heat
units, that of the incandescent lamp OF
equal brilliancy from POO 10 536.. The
argand gas-burner is the next best
light in point of GOODNESS, but this is
represented by 1850 heat-units, COLA
oil lamp by $500, Hat wick petroleum
lamp by 1900, and tallow Ecandlc by
'9,7O0. light for light, ltlierefpress the
! heat OF an electric arc lamp under the
most favorable circumstances Is to the
heat Of taliow candles ass1sto no.
AZ. y. SUA.s.a rHaha d -1ia hsF
Captain John Ericson's latest in
vention is a ''solar engine" whose use
in irrigating tropical lands entities ii to
notice in this column OF its success
the venerable inventor has no doubt
whatever dt maybe rugged up on a
houseess and treeless prairie, and is
propelled by an engine set in motion
| by the heat'of the sun, without direct
human guidance. 1t is expected this
device will prove sufficient TO irrigate
perfectly a district like Southern Cali
fornia, where sunshine without rain
lasts six or seven months at stretch,
and where the ,sunt is remarkably
fertile. In fact II is. applicable to the
complete irrigation of all parts Of the
country Wherever the sun6khines and
water may bereached by boring.p
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pITH AND POINT.

I'VE have heard@of q great many diff
ferent ways 70 make hens lay, but the
surest way is 70 use a little 'hatchet.--
E&ckdngc. af4
The willing domestic doesn't like
too much show of authority in her mis-
tress That is to say, the ready maid Is
not made to order. ~
1T is lust as well that a majority of
people have. trouble. They would go
out and borrow it-if they, did. not have IL
IN the house IN, Q, Picayune.
"A committee Of one-eyed citizens
win 90 up TO Frankfort this winter TO
See what the new Legislature ishwilling
to do 20 RESTRAIN the feminine parasol.
-Louiscilic CoRrier-,IOurnal ~
DR. Crosby says "those who are en-
gagged in amassIng colossal fortunes be-
long TO the dangerous classes y We do
not care TO bereferred to in that point
sd way, and the Doctor had better stop
it,7yIeTGs {SJtingS., ..s
There are few things so irritating
in this life as 10 watt half an hour for
your adversary at checkers. and then
have him look up, as Just aroused from
q nap, and stupidity inquire: f'Whose
move IS itp'AB Boston Transcript
-s'1'he reason l don't have a choir, -
said ascertain colored. preacher,o of syria,
cuse, N. X, sis because Mary don't
speak to Jane and jane don't think
much Of Ellen and Jim thinks Bill goes
home withhis own girbtoo often. y
--sNo,'' said the sad-eyed man, 81
never press q young woman to play up
on the piano. / tried II once to my sor-
row why, whatfollowede'''s asked
half-dozens eager voices. "She
. played replied the sad-eyed man. II
shall meyer forget the lesson learned
that day. y chicago TT.ibaffe.' -
"A railroad restaurant sandwich sent
among some minerals to the Concord
School of Philosophy puzzled that body
more than little. Finally the majority
decided that It was d piece of rock of
the pa4ezeics age while the minority
contended that twas gfragment of an
exploded meteor, Norristoscfs Herald.
.--She-was from Toronto, and was
speaking ardentiy of herhome. 'sYou'y We
no-fdea, y she said, s.How the Dominion
towngare .arowine,u ss'Oh, ! think
haYe,v replied the Buffalofriepd, cable
class Of people, too. Read every day Of
over there tostas. = = Sz6 6dtoBrpress.
When Ethel tumbled down and
brobesaahasket Of eggs, the children all
: cried; tiQh, Ethel Won't YOU catch II
I when your mother secs those broken
/. ezns, Won't yoti; thoaght's 'No, |
Won i. tacll Ii, either said Ethel. II
won tachf II At all Isz dot dram
mother. @Elt Perkins. =
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The Revival Of Cherry.

Those to whom fifty years is mem
ory readily recall the cherrywood t;t-
bles, bureaus, drawer chests, that were
then in fashion, when the more gaudy
and more costly mahogany had but
lately come in. 1t is an evidence OF Il
return tosgood taste that the wood Of
the cherry tree is again in favor, not
only as it exists in old furniture, but in
its new requirements, 1t is largely used
iincases for musical Instruments Inelo-
deons and organs-and in furniture,
chairs and tables-after being ''ebOn-
-ized,j' or blackened by acids and dyes.
But il is also coming again into use in
its natural color. One of the finest
banking houses in the Eastern States is
finished entirely in cherry and ii is
beautiful. The wood, filled .ands not
ivarnisbetl, has asoft glow not-possessed
I5F any other and has none of those dis
tortions OF grain that are SO unpleasant
in mahogany ls ma .swr "a afe9-
The timber is s.choseniafrom the wild
cherry, which in New England and the
North generally does ,not9 usually grow
to girthiof more than twenty inches,
but in some Of the Western. States and
In the South frequently attains a dam
eter of twenty y-four inches. The donies-
tic fruit cherry, gives some good speei-
mems Of small timber, but as the tree is
rarely sacrificed untilit ispast bearing
and is decayed. this source of supply is
precarious. Like all close scrgrained tim
ber, the best specimens are those which
grow sipgly in exposed situations and
NOT IN a dense forest The facility with
which cherry can be worked makessit a
-fayorite with the cabinet-m maker =sSei'
entiFc Anseficaa~ tS .s-st sSsxn
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The Delights of Country Life.

" "Hellos Mr.. Spivkins, moving
againp''t sla
= Yes, you SEQ me here amid the de-
bris Of once happy -home," replied
Spivkins. ''BtIt my. wife called the
dance, SO i grabbed the coaI-scuttle
and swung in for another cotillion with
the fhrniturevan. The twins and the
canary bird are coming with the next
load saA fte .sC. ziIf
"Been living in flats againp'i asked
the news man. sai iits t
"Oh, no! Flats are not lofty enough
now. My wife grew ambitious. She
wanted a place in the suburbs, one of
those fifteen-minute dwalks from the
train, Swiss cottages gable-ended coun-
t1ymansions, with every modern con-
venience. and lots of expense, where we
would be free from the dust and smoke
Of the city, have aplenty of butter and
eggs, fresh air and goat for the chill
dren. ~ r r
: -f'And you had a goatan m
: 'sOh, yes, we had several; one WASH {
enough. y gsq 3 ste.s.a
eHowls,thatpn y. sn es.ae e-s
"Why, It was too exhausting upon
one to -keepuau the trees in the neigh
borhood .barked, cat up all the. old
boots, hoop-skirts, and tramp down all
the adjoining gardens, and not liking to
show any parfiality among neighb6fs,
o., prejudice against this particular goat,
/ got several 10. assist him" 4ie ~ ~
;sAnd the butter and eggs? You had
plenty, I supposeg"
PLENTY, yesi kept all the dogs in the
neighborhood lean trying to suck them
as fast as the hensalaid lhem.'' =
sIzs;tDid your hens lay. 50 fast2'' x
81 .s0hp no--not my hensrrno; these
were the grocery mans hens my henl
had their bands full a-settng. WIN !
. had,one hen that sat for four weeks IN
der harrehl in q tub Of water, thai
never laid an egg in her life. Another
sat on . screw-dsiver and monkey
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Beating Brass.


.'Do you beat brassp'' Is the initial
catechism of the latest fashionable ham
dicraft in Philadelphia. II is particu-
lar pet. with feminine fingers, and re-
qiiires thorough and practical knowl-
edge of hammers and tracing tools,
brass and block. A class Of ladies, un-
der the patronage of the Scandinavian
Thor, have produced some beautiful and
lasting work The Instructor teaches
them the way Of holding their tools,
and the proper kind of stroke to make
upon the steel dies. The method is
simple. On'a block of wood, brass
plate or sheet is fastened. The design
Is then drawn upon IL; the outline ham
Inered by, a die, which has "a row of
dots, = Other dies give the groundwork
a frosted or mottled appaaranee Every-
thing depends on the skin OF the work.
woman Really valuable articles in
.fe11ousss brass aesnssbe made from a
piece Of brass costing but a. small suny
Card-receivefs, papef-weights, 1and
plaques can be made. yThe fbrsssybeat-
ing educates the hands and develops
the muscles. II ~ worthy of note how
much interest ia the mechanical arts is
publicly shown. Sometimes the shamr
lnes1ngsof brass IS combined with the
use ofthe paintrbrpsh. A brass Tray
lately seen has \ lppse spray of purple
pansies. spparentlY flung down care
lesslv upon it.--P Pdlfaaelpkta Ledger.
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to his nerves. isKeep stillia moment, =
. | added AtiH 7 seeiwhat can he done.''
But, fri.tTutfg rcould9 not EfhinRe what
WIS tpfit doneg1 II e6dld 40 Aeinofatlfan
hold my place and my hold il9ssdas tho
stake entirely Slipped It's Aholdan he
cried. II fear 70, YES, q + replied. ''But
don't be afraid; Team easily hold YOU as
YOU are till.we think what danlbe done. -
He knew the worst then; we both knew
too well the peril of the situation. Had
'he been only a few feet from the brow.
Of the precipice, he might have got tlp
bY the rope hand over hand, for he was
light, why andfaetfEe, andihis muscles
strengthened edandtoaghenetlbyc constant
exercise, gymnastics, sfowing. cricket,
and the BIKE. o'But nearly fifty feeti II
was ont of tfies question was imposa
sibleAand we both 10. Moreover,
we had no hope Of help coming. There
was not the Slightest chance of any one
passing that way; forsthe cliff was far
away from humanl habitation, an iso-
lated aheadland.. at the extremity of
peninsula, where a few more than half
wild sheep grazed place, therefore,
where no one had occasion to visit eX-
cept the owner of the said sheep two OF
three times in year. OF all this we
were perfectly aware. ''What's to be
donePn at last / cried. ''But at any
rate don't get shaky.r'49 a,et
Firm and clear came up the reply
"Shakyl !, old fellow. No that | shan't,
and I Know you won't, either. know
you won n't let 90. We shalFdo vet, new
er fear. am thinking of plan And
then, after moments pause. AsI have
it. II you hold hard by the stake end
of the rope, and d'slip the other over, I'll
slide down till | reach some footing.
Wait till i shout that I'm all ready, and
then kick the rope out as farasyou can,
that it may not come down on my head.
You understandp pA-'-All right, II shout
ed back, instantly comprehending and
immensely admiring the ready wit OF
the device. "Be careful in moving !;
don't jerk; give the rope a twist round
your legs, and slip down slowly" it
was not withoiit danger that. this could
he done, andaeveridhing dependedtipon
steadiness and neTte. "a haste or furry
would in all probability have been fatal.
He had to disengage himself from the
loop in which he was sitting, pull him,
self up q few feet. and get firm hold Of
the rope with hands and feet above the
block and to accomplish this, hanging
as he was in mid-air was noeasy matter,
as the reader will readily understand.
In a few seconds Iknew by the strain
on the stake end of the rope that he was
transferring his weight to it alone
Now, then he cried, ''pitch away /;
I'm ready"
There was no tension now on the
longer end of the rope. With both
hands, therefore, | grasped firmly the
stake, and kicked the coil as far as /
was able. "All right my brother
shouted. "Hold hard now, and III slide
down Slowly, Y We'knew the rope was
not long enough to reach all the way
| down to the rocks and bOWlders where
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Steel nails are the latest novelty
NJ T. Tribune.
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hiis atsgllsao y1szasuiss bes1sls ass stmnos
/. Us i9I1se g9@9i e.laasejielJ 70 saaog ~ a
lq ad35iHai0s q tagt bss4116 aoft1su ansgssl
"na 7leno ~ Eo bsi,iI0gaA ~ sieiiaebl19
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MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2o 1888.

Two sdk a. liAihsfla
-ngaxs sal bl0i iiiw iias
ll3alg 1sna u aalii ei 81
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II. osad e. " 1ai "a ,'Hao sli' g sAv
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fahsemoa .a3ia i s'asss 5 GiiF taisa
sa 5ssi eaaiHsI g lsioe All fsm
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flnlck shnolaellIairiset in o piflgs dad
Vet how priEe that lock Of sdken hNiri
IS Il do esteem II as u priceless IN ing.s ~
And everf1ore the precious bduble wear.
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HaIr.BIeaching.

A young lady stepped into a hair
store on Grand River avenue and asked
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only n little chair. long vacant now,
But memory often fills the empty seatt
A fair. sweet child, with calm and sinless brow
see in fancy sitting at my feet
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
WAIVERS cKED WAYS.
Tne Lustful!Leech Arrested aud Bound Over
The Testimony, etc

As the readers of the ARGUS will re-
member, Miss Christine Nelson was vio-
lently assaulted on Sunday evening while
returning to her uncle's, on the bluff
The particulars of the affair were kept
quiet and made light of by the ARGUS in
order to enable the police to work the
matter up. and the method proved benefi
cial, for yesterday morning Marshal Hen
dersOn arrested Charles Waner for the
assault. The trial took place at a late
hour yesterday afternoon. W. G. Entri-
kin prosecuted and f. J. Dahms defend
ed. An immense amount of testimony
was taken, and all of it was damaging to
the prisoner. The gist of it was. that
Miss Nelson was accosted by Waner on
Sunday evening about ten O'Clock. He
made an indecent proposal which Miss
Nelson Indignantly rejected. Waner
thereapon threw his arms
around her waist. She broke
away from him and ran a few steps, but
Wancr followed her with threats that he
would shoot her if she did not submit.
Her cries for help attracted the attention
of several, and the defendant hearing
them ran. The counsel for the defense
tried to shake Miss Nelson's testimony
but failed. That Miss Nelson had been
assaulted there is no question, but wheth
er Waner is the man who is guilty Of ii,
is another thing.
The testimony was rather conflicting,
yet Squire Mapes bound young Waner
ir the sum of $500 to the circuit court.
Detriech Cleansing and Peter Waner went
his security and the young man was re-
leased.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
NOT QUITE CORRECT.

| In this mornings Union appears a more
ingenious than ingenious article headed
The TIL ird Ward" which is, generally
speaking. the most vulnerable of all the
vulnerable political articles which have
lately appeared in that paper We quote
as follows:
The late election was altogether ex-
ceptional and must not be accepted as a
standard of party feeling. Mott and
Henry are exceptionally strong men. but
they are not the only strong men within
| the limits of the ward. "A year ago Mr..
Mott had only nineteen majority over
Mr.. J. Y. Mahoney, and year before that
Mr.. Mahoney and Mr.. Henry, running on
| opposite tickets, were both elected over
their respective competitors. The whole
| table of 1882 is instructive as showing
| that the people of the ward will not be
guided entirely by their party affiliations,
bat stand ready to give the largest vote
to the man they like the best.
| So far as the Mahoney Mott contest is
concerned our people are quite familiar
with the influences and tremendous en-
ginery brought to bear to defeat Mr..
Mott and it is unnecessary to more than
refer to it now, especially because it avail
ed naught and Mr.. Mott was elected.
But there is something to be said about
the year before when Mr. Mahoney and
Mr.. Henry, running on opposite tickets,
were both elected over their respective
competitors The logical inference from
reading the foregoing would be that in
that contest Messrs. Henry and Mahoney
were equally strong, which was not the
case. most decidedly, and the sequel of
that election reveals something which
bears strong resemblance to SNAP
game" on the part of our republican
brethren Mr.. Henry led Mr. Mahoney by
forty votes and Mr.. Mahoney was elected
over Mr.. Henry ladders by only eight
ma jority. But hon was this bought
about? The Third ward polling place is
on the Fourteenth street side of the en-
CINE house, as every Third warder well
knows. While enough of Mr.. Lidder's
friends were in the very act of voting,
with an assurance of giving him about six
majority over Mr.. Mahoney, republican
member of the board went to the Second
avenue (or main) entrance and announced
the closing of the polls, thereupon choking
off summarily dozen or more laboring
men who stood at the polling place ready
to deposit their ballots. The Union, in
its anxiety to create the false impression
that there's show" for the election of
a republican alderman from the Third
ward at the coming special election, I'M
doubtedly forgot to tell the whole story
about the Mahoney LADDERS contest. The
Third ward will elect good democrat.
by good majority, as Alderman Henry's
colleague in the city council, and to the
uneasy Union the ARGUS would say in
the kindest possible spirit, land don't you
forget it