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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-10
FOR O5CEOLA,
FOB gT. FRANlIs RIVER.
Memphis ami st. Francis River Mail Line
The fine side-wneel steamer
Rene M acready, r.sL1s

Q. K. joplin .....msster,
LEAVES EMPHIS
Every tuesday al o e'ciOchs
For Helena, Marianne, Madison, Wittsburg, Iy.
roma River, the crossing of the KANSAS CITY
RAILROAD, where connection Is made with light
steamers Tor Little River ana the SUNK LANDS
OF ARKANSAS. We reserve the privilege OF pass
ing all landings when the officers Il the Dol deem
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-10
GENERAL TRADE.

Business is very quiet on Change.
Meats and lard quiet; -four steady; corn
meal dull; sugar firm coffee irp; mo-
lasses firm; rice firm; nails dull; hay,
good demand for choice, which is scarce
all under grades dull and nominal; corn,
cay; oats steady; bran tending down,
dull and nominal; applea, none in market;
potatoes quiet; cabbage quiet; onions neni-
nal; stock peas dull beans steady; butter dull,
little doing; cheese quiet; Eggs quieti dried
apples, good demand dried peaches neglected;
cotton-seed ola steady; c~otton-seed meal
quiet. Other ~srticles unchanged in tone and
price.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
An Accurate Time.piece.

x 4 x While on the subject of
Waltham watches, we may mention
that we have seen a letter from the
Commander of the Gordon Castle (Cas-
tie line of Steam Packets, who was
fortunate enough to save life at sea,
and who for his gallant conduct was
presented in September last with a
Gold Keyless Waltham Watch by the
President Of the United States. on be-
half of the London Local Marine Board.
Referring to this Presentation Watch,
he says: "When l left London the
watch vas six seconds fast, and on my
arrival at Singapore it was only three
seconds slow, a most extraordinary
performance for a watch, as / carried
it on my person che whole time. l
compared it every day with my
chronometers on the passage out, and
it seldom or ever differed ONE second
from them in fact, L found it almost,
If not as good as my chronometers,
which is a great deal to say for a
watch carried about and subject to all
kinds of jolts."-London, England,
The Matchmaker. JeweLer and Silcer-
smith, February 5, 1888.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

"Take Notice" is the name of Q
new mining town in Nevada.
Sara Bernhardt committed suicide
near Dublin, Georgia.
Mr.. Drinkwater happens to be the
name of a Massachusetts ale brewer.
Zachariah Taylor has been sent to
Jail at Syracuse. New York, for theft.
Lains Bible and his wife Sarah
Testament live in Crittenden county.
Kentucky.
The village of flight Squeeze"
Georgia, is TO be known hereafter as
North Atlanta.
At a recent election at Sheridan,
Michigan, Benjamin Franklin beat
John Quincy Adams for justice of the
peace.
Boone county. Missouri, has n citi.
zen namei Old, whose nearest neighboI
is named Young. At Rockyfork Mr..
Grave lives a few doors above Mr..
Gay.
George Washington was a witness
before a Baltimore court; he was also
discharged from the Botetourt VA
jail. after having served a term OF
twenty years.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
SELECT SETTINGS.

February and January were added
to the calendar by Numa about 713
b. G.
A Kentucky farmer has q duck
which lays eggs that have shells nearly
black.
Darwin says that hornets were not
invented until the world was, 100000
years old.
Optic nerves were discovered about
1888 by N. Varole, a Bolognese phys
clan and surgeon.
Four barrels of water from the
Great Salt Lake, after evaporation,
will leave a barrel of salt.
A French investigator finds that. in
proportion to its size, a bee can pull
thirty times Us much weight as q
horse.
In Algodones, New Mexico, lives a
Pueblo Indian over 100 years old, and
he earns his W living by working on
loom 20J years old.
The diamond mines of Brazil were
first opened in 1927. 1t is estimated
that since that time they have pro-
duced at least two tons of diamonds.
The sacred black stone of the Caaba
was venerated by the Arabs long be-
fore the Christian era. Mohammed
defeated its guardians, the tribe of
Korish, and abolished its worship.
A Danish tradition makes the moon
q cheese, formed of the milk that has
run together out of the Milky Way! In.
the Pyrenees a hailstorm may be
averted by frightening a black cloud
with the sight of its own face in II
mirror held up to it.
1t is said that the ostriches upon ar
irving at the corrals in Anaheim, Cal,
manifested their joy by INDUCING in
the most ludicrous antics. For over
half an hour they kept up an incessant
waltz around the corral, and in other
ways exhibited their delight at escap-
ing from Their pent-up quarters in the
car.
Professor Treadwell, of Massa-
chusetts, found that q half-grown
American robin in confinement ate in
one day siXty-eight worms, weighing
together one ounce and Il half as much
as the bird himself, and another had
previously starved upon a daily allow
ance of eight or ten worms, or
about twenty per cent. of his own
weight.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In Great Britain the loss to the
government by worn silver withdrawn
from circulation because of deficiency
of weight caused by wear and tear
amounted last year to $4,000.
Krupp's works, at Essen, now en-
ploy 439 steam boilers and 1856 steam
engines with the aggregate of 19,500-
horse power. There are eighty-nine
steam hammers, carrying weights
ranging from POO pounds to fifty
tons.
There is to be held in Paris this
year, an insect exhibition, organized
by the Central Society of Agriculture
and Insectology. 1t will include (1)
useful insects; (2) their products, raw,
and in the first transformations; 90
apparatus and instruments used in
preparation of these products; (4) in
furious insects and the various pro-
cesses for destroying them; 90
everything relating to insectology.
Every bread-maker has observed
that the temperature at which her
dough is kept while rising has "a de-
cided influence upon its quality. If
it is kept warm, 50 that the process of
fermentation goes on rapidly, the bread
will be whittier and tenderer if it is
allowed to rise in a low temperature.
The little yeast plant with the long
name tlourishes best at a temperature
of about seventy-two degrees, and
when it has abundance of sugar to
feed upon. If no sugar is put into the
dough the plant converts the starch of
the grain into sugar and feeds upon it.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
Advertising Cheats !

at has become so common to write the
beginning of an article in an elegant, inter
esting manner,
"Then run it into some advertisement,
that We avoid all such,
"And simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as
possible,
TO Induce people
"To give them one trial, which so proves
their value that they will never use anything
else" -
THE REMEDY so favorably noticed in all
the papers,
"Religious and secular, is
"Having a large sale, and is supplanting
all other medicines.
''There is no denying the virtues of the
Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop Bit
tiers have shown great shrewdness
And ability
ain compromising a medicine whose virtues
are so palpable to every ones observation"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
FASHION NOTES.
g buckles are all the rage.

Big buckles are all the rage.
Leather fans are in high favor,
Mourning fans are edged with Grape.
Nests with tiny birds figure among
the novelties for hats.
Persian and gold lace intermingled
produce a novel garniture.
Leather buckles and shell comts ap-
pear in the new ornaments.
Lace is the choicest selected garni-
ture for g%renadine costumes.
Pongees are selling rapidly for sea-
side and watering-place wear.
Chine effects appear in many of the
new wool and silk dress goods.
Jagged, ragged-edged flounces and
ribbons are coming into vogue.
Colored nantes are not in good
taste for any but carriage wear.
Buttercups and b~lackberries are the
latest Partisan combination Cor bou-
quets.
The sleeve is now made a promi-
nent feature of the dress, by such
modistes us Worth.
Paniers are going out entirely.
Drapery, if arranged high at all, is
draped across the front of the dress.
The bang is going out CT fashion in
England. The hair is now parted down
the middle. A falling curl or two my
be permitted, but the frizzled circle
covering the entire forehead has al
most entirely disappeared in good so.
ciety.
A round straw fan has the handle
covered with pale blue ribbon and is
finished with bows. On the body Of
the fan toward the side a long spray
of natural flowers should be fastened.
the edge being bordered with a quilt
ing Of soft lace.
Beads of all kinds and sequins are
almost as profusely used as ever: pearl
or mother-of-pearl seguins, hanging in
lattice-wOrk of silk cords, or pendant
from strands of chenille fringes, are
among the most effective ornaments
on white or pale-hued evening dresses.
Transparent muslins are shown with
straw berries, raspberries, laurel, ar
butuS blossoms, carnations and moss
buds, in groups, scattered on a colored
ground. Usually this background is
OF a pale tint, a very delicate tea rose
or primrose yellow being a ~favorite
color.
Wide f1ounces of antique lace, and
laces of every description. which have
been out of style for years-Chantilly,
Honiton, Guipure, Flemish point, and
the Hke-are this season revived, and
are used to drape courtly dinner and
reception dresses for the stately danes
and dowagers.
A very fashionable material for
dressy home toilets is cream-white
serged flannel, trimmed with long
loops and ends of white MORE or satin
ribbon. For young married women,
this fabric is made into tea-gowns and
Grecian robes, with trimmings of lace
and white silk embroidery or braid
ing.
A new way of applying floral trim
mings on bonnets is to sew single
blooms on in a double row outside the
brim, so as to make a flat bordering.
On dresses a large fan of flowers is
laid on n side, and new and very
pretty are the floral necklets worn for
evenings, a perfect necklace of flow
ers encircling the throat and match
ing the small shoulder bouquets.
Irish lace is popular because of its
firmness and durability, and is
specially useful in trimming children's
dresses and spring wraps.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
WISE WORDS,

Have no friends you dare not bring
home.
Men fear old age without being ure
Of reaching it.
He who tries to prove too much
proves nothing.
Work, play, study, whatever it is,
take hold at once and finish it.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

A Chicago undertake er said the most
costly casket he ever saw was for a
widow, who left $1,000 to be spent for
her funeral expenses. The casket
itself cost $1,4OO. 1t was lined with
black and purple velvet and had a
solid gold plate, which alone cost $500.
The florists bill was 500. Drapings,
carriages and numerous other incl
dental expenses made up a bill of
$1,000.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

A boy with top tried to spin it,
But his hand got a thorn right in it,
The sport didn't spoil,
For st. Jacobs Oil
Cured his hurt in less than a mint,
A red-haired clerk in Savannah,
Slipped on a piece of lanana,
Great pain he endured,
But st. Jacobs Oil cured,
IIenOw goes dancing with Hannah.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
A DAUGHTERS Misery.

eleven years our daughter suffered on a
bed of misery,
From n complication of kidney. liver,
rheumatic trouble and nervous debility,
Under the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief,
"And now she is restored to us in good
health by as simple a remedy as Hop B.tters,
that we had summed for years before Using
it."-TuE PARENTS.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

Out Of a total population of about
100000 in this country, there were
in 1880 a little over 100000 people
insane, idiotic, blind and deaf and
dumb. In every 100000 of popula-
ton there were 1884 victims of
insanity, 1868 idiots, 976 blind and
675 deaf and dumb.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

The game law Of England does not
protect the English sparrow. He can
be killed at any time or place. In
ther words he is declared a nuisance
and pest.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
Did She Die !.

"No.'
"She fingered and suffered along, pining
away all the time for years.
1.-The doctors doing her no good;'
"And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters
the papers say so much about"
"Indeed! Indeed!'
"How thankful we should be for ti:at
medicine"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
Father is Getting Well.

Ny daughters say:
"How much better father is since he used
Hop Bitters."
"He is getting well after his long suffering
from q disease declared incurable."
"And we are so glad that he used your
Bitters."-A LADY of Utica, n. Y.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
~ w x w.
THE
'kIDNEY-WORT"
TROUBLES. CONSTIPATION. PILES.
FEMALE WEAKNESSES N
RHEUMATISM.


PHYSICIANS HEARTILY
II have found Kidney. Wort TO work like q charm,
doing oil hat Is claimed for il. After using it several
years in nv practice I. a regular physician. can indorss
ithearnly. 1t has done better than any remedy 1 ever
used."-R. X. Clark. M. D., South Hero, Vt.
DANGEROUS KIDNEY
u.u.ohaU ...trs nrosra.od ua ,,.od,r,ororsIv
,,.aa.tasu - Id Tho dootors f.uod h,, Kidrev.
w. - r. cissa 10 pI.nLs,ana Set
pa..s. ~.
INV Lidpev trorbles had Iosted for eight vearx. I
of,or n,ssed BLOOD Kidrev wort cured M. r-MichaaI
Coto. Mon,gomerv Center VI.
MINE DlSEASE AND hhGOAIAiASmi'
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

Ladies' are particularly recommended to
try GAsTRINB for headache, nausea, etc. All
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

DURING the thirty-one sessions of the
Maine legislature-from 1851 to 1SS1-forty
liQuOr laws were passed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

Petroleum V. Nasty.
ID. r. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasty editor Toledo
Blade') writes:
had on a ~forefnger of my right hand one of those
pets. a "runround." The finger became intamed TO
a degree unbearable and swollen to nearly twice its nat
ural size. A friend gave me Henry's Carbolic Salve,
and in twenty minutes the pain had so much subsidized
as to give me a fair nights rest, which l had not had be-
fore for a week. The inflammation left the finger in a
day. consider it a most valuable article for the house
hold. Edouard Reintard. of New York, writes;
II gives me great pleasure to say that a single box Of
Henry's Carbolic Salve effected a complete cure of Piles
with winch l had been troubled for over o year, and
which nothing else that ] used would cure.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
INFLAMMATION OF BLADDER.

Chronic inflammation of the bladder. two years.
duration. was my wife's complaint. :" writes DR.. G.. M.
Summerlin, of Sun Hill, Ga. Her urine often contained
mucus. pus. and was sometimes bloody. Physicians'
prescrIptions-my own included-andd domestic remedies
only palliated her pains. Kidney Wort. however. has
entirely cured her,"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

Sick and bilious headache, and all derange-
ments of stomach and bowels, cured by DIR.
Pierce's "Pellets or nti-bilious granules.
25 cents q vial. No cheap boxes to ALLOW
waste of virtues. By druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

D%iphtheria poisons the blood. Gonzales
cents should take Hoods S%arsaparilla TO neu-
tralize and eradicate the poison matter.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

THE last Wisconsin legislature created two
new counties ana made cities out of fifteen
VILLAGES.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

"Rough on Rats
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, bedbugs,
ants, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. i5c. D'g'sts.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

The Use OF Brnckets.
Thou little tricksy Puck!
With anti, toys so funnily bestuck;
Light as the singing bird that wings the air,
(Carboline, Carboline restores the hair.)
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

economical and cheapest, one box lasting as
long as two of any other. One greasing will
last two weeks. 1t received first premium at
the Centennial and Paris Expositions, also
medals at various State fairs. Buy no other.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

The Winchester Arms company of New
Haven, Conn, are at work upon a contract
for 100000 Hotchkiss rifles for the Chinese.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

LADIES & children's boots & shoes cannot run
over if Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners are used
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

HATCHER STATION, Ga, MarchZi, 1876.
r.. V. Pierce, NJ. D.: Dear Sir-My wife,
who had been ill for over two years, and had
tried many other medicines, became sound
and well by using your "Favorite Prescrip-
tom My niece was also cured by its use,
after several physicians had failed to do her
any good. Yours truly, THOMAS j. METHvIN.
"To add one mile an hour to the speed of
an ocean steamship, you must also doubl e
your consumption of coal,'' a captain says.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

Young men, and middle-aged ones, suffer
ing from nervous debility and kindred weak
nesses, send three STAMPS for Part VII. of
Dime Series Books. Address WoRLD's DIS
pENsARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, NY.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

OWING to the unsettled politics of France
and Ireland, American investments are find
ing special favor this year in Europe.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

"H~uchu-Paiba.',
The Quick, complete cure annoying Kidney,
Bladder, Urinary Diseases. 81. Druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04

Mother SWANS Worm Syrup.
Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic;fever-
ishness, restlessness, worms, constipation. 2oc.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
A SPRING MEDICINE

pefied; your temper irritable and peevish; you are unfit
for business or companionship. What you need is
A SPRING MEDICINE
Like Hoods Sarsaparilla, that will stir mp your slow
blood. rouse your liver, start your digestion. and lift
the fog from your brain.
CAPT. j.. p. THOMPSON. of Lowell, Reg. of Deeds.
says: 'Ihave never found anything that hit my wants
as Hoods Sarsaparilla; it purifes my blood, sharpens
my appetite and makes me over"
Hoods Sarsaparilla has worked wonders in the case
of my wife, who was troubled with sick headache and
biliousness for years. She is now free from them."-
HOMER b. NASH, Pittsfeld, Mass.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me. lean eat anything
without that awful distress. and have a tremendous
appetite PARK PATTES. Gardiner. Me.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-05-04
HOOPS SARSAPARILLA.


Sold by Druggists; 81. or six for IS. Prepared on
by G. !. HOOD CO.. Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-05-12
A SAMPLE OF SORGHUM.

The thumpety thump Of an overgrown fist
Was heard at the editors door,
And the overworked, petuiant journalist hisscd,
u will wager my head that's bore.'
Aud farmer approached. In gingerIy style.
The mAn who instructed the masses,
And placed In bis hand. with n satisfied smile,
vial Of sorghum molasses.
81 reckon you Newspaper feliers," he said,
"hev never been foundered on sich,
ANA you think yourselves lucky 20 even get bread,
ana deny yourself things that Is rich.
Wen, Il hurt me to think Of you suffering here
ror change In your regular diet,
ana thought. u you'd send me your paper year.
Ia give ye that sorghum TO try Il.
and Of course" he continued, "you'il give mo
puff
In the paper that comes out to-day-
a column. reckon, will be bout enough,
And reckon you know what TO say.
made them molasses my self. you must know,
And my name is Ezekiel Squecrs'--
Here he leaned from tho window and twice shouted
"Whoa.
To thin yoke Of heart broken steers.
Then the editor, setting the sorghum aside,
Arose from his chair with n sigh.
And he said. "It IL true, and u can't be denied,
La, We journalists cannot live high;
- urWs Ws--- !. savryrity, equeled by nnught
Save your modes,y. mei,s me to tears"
Here the man took bite from some cheese he had
brought
And shouted again TO his stecrs)
And the writer continued. "Thc Time. for year
And pun oi . column or two
Would be bu, feeble exchange. sir. I fear.
For ihi. sorghum. deliciously blue;
so, accept the office, my friend, IL you please:
'Tis the work Of number OF year,
(llcrc the husbandman nibbled again at his cheese
And shouted once more 10 his siecrs.l
"The Office |. yours. said the scribe. and the press
They are all can offer you now:
Your favor looms over them both, confess,
Like n mountain ranges over n COW;
And give up my chair, you shall take II instead
And instruct and cnligh,en the masses,
While vary my regular diet of bread
With this vial of sorghum inolasses 80
The Baltimore County union., 1883-05-12

"Hello, Sterling" said Mr.. Kane,
meeting Caleb in the village street q
few days later, "why didn't you fulfill
that engagement that you made with
me two weeks ago."
"Oh, | settled the business very un-
expectedly, and didn't need any legal
aid," answered Caleb.
And the lawyer, shrewd as he was,
never suspected what the trouble had
been at Clover Top farm.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-05-12

s. PARKER BosLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
CHANcBRY,
ROOMS Nos. 0 AND MASONIC HALL,
TowsoNT0wN, Nd,
Except Friday aud Saturday Of each week o.
which days once at
IS SARATOGA STREET, BALTIMORE.
MONEY L0AHED.T6a
Claims prosecuted In any OF the Departments In
Washington.
PENSIONS AND INCREASE OF PENSIONS
OBTAINED.
Jan.ie.'se.-tE
The Baltimore County union., 1883-05-12

n1-City and country courting: Court
ing in the country is altogether adiffer-
ent institution from the city article
In the former place you get rosy lips,
sweet cider, johnny cakes and girls
made by nature, and in the latter a
collection Of starch phrases, formal
manners, fine silk, great jewelry and
got ub secundum artem. Always take
the rural disiric, when you want to gel
a good staple Of calico.-GreeAS6oyS
(Ga.) Herald.