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upon twelve years Of his fathers
practice prior to 1861, aud seven
teen years of his own, covering 4
period of twenty-nine years, and
including personal knowledge OF
100 cases of diphtheria. The
tuber known as the Irish potato is
specified, since it is believed that
sweet potatoes do not have the
effect of producing any disturb
ance in the human animal economy
If these assertions are proven, the
result must relieve the world from
a disease much to be dreaded, and
a malady which has caused many
heartaches upon two continents
Med. Reporter.
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sheep Talk.

You must not collect u large
flock of sheep before you get
something for them to eat, and
that something must be their
natural food. That foods grass
grass that is sodded and perennial
The stomach of sheep is small
and be eats but little but very often,
say every two or three hours;
hence he should be where he can
gather his own food. The tenden'
cy of all kinds Of grains and dry
proyender is to make sheep un.
healthy. a little grain before
sending to tho shamblcs is useful
to help fatten, but fat itself is n
disease, and should be avoided so
far as possible in all breeding ami.
mails. Likewise should the other
extreme, viz, poverty. be avoided.
| have seen sheep degenerate from
poverty more in one generation
than they could be improved in
two or three. SEQ much in the
papers about sheep loving bitter
weeds, briers, sassafras. and the
like, and they are good scaven'
gers for foul farm. Ny sheep
love the cultivated grasses best
| remember once to have killed
some sassafras with sheep, but also
killed some Of my sheep. IL wal
done by confning them too long tt
the same territory. as well as to thu
same food. Sheep need to have
their pasture changed at least once
a month. And this new pasture II
as much to force them to sleep II
in new place as it is to give
variety OF food. No sheep cal
be healthy long that sleeps on tn
same place and over his own in
crement every ntght.-Farminl
World.
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Stonewall's Bridge Builder.
lCOurier Journal


A useful man to Stonewall
Jackson was old Miles, the Vir-
ginia bridge.builder. The bridges
we're swept away so often by
floods or burned by the enemy
that Miles was as necessary to the
Confederate army as Jackson him
self. One day the Union troops
had retreated and burned a bridge
across the Shenandoah. Jackson
determined to follow them sum
moned Miles. "You mnst put oil
your men on that BRIDGE" said
he; "thcy must work oil night
and the bridge must be completed
by daylight. My engineer shal
furnish you the plan, and you cal
20 right ahead.n Early next morn
ing jackson, in very doubtfn
frame Of mind, met the old bridge
builder. SWELL" said the Gener
al, "did the engineer give you tn
plan for the bridgef' General,
returned Miles, slowly, "the bridg
is done. | don't know whethe
the picter is or n0tw
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met another crowd who were for
Hayes. They put the same ones
ton aud he as promptly answered
"fOr Tilden.n They too took the
old man down and put thirty-nine
in the some place. The old man
didn't go very far when they let
him up before he met another
electioneering crowd on a similar
errand, and the same question was
asked the old man. The fact that
everything connected with poll
tics is an aggravated uncertainty
had just began to dawn on the old
fellow and resolving TO be on the
safe side this time he put up a
whine aud said, "l'm jist for who
ever you all is.n We think that
Gen. George is for just whatever
side I'VE all" are. 1t is a happy
faculty for a politician to be able
to be all things to all men and o
grand accomplishment for a law
yer to shift his arguments like "a
chew of tobacco.n-Meridian Mer-
cury.
And this reminds us of the sto-
~ of an old lady in the northern
part of Georgia, who, during the
war, defined her status and at the
same time did not pander to the
prejudlces of either side. The old
lady had seen very little of the
war, and when troop of Federal
soldiers came to her house, they
asked her the usual questions
"Are you UnionY' "Now she de.
cidedly replied. "Secesh, thenf'
queried the soldiers. A still more
decided "Now responded the old
lady. "Then, what in tho devil
are youin asked the Captain
Baptist, and always have heenF
was the satisfactory reply. Posi-
bly, Gen. George occupies q simi
lar position when it comes to su
peryision or non.supervision o.
the railroads. Evening Post.
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Metz.

Within thirteen years the city of
Metz has become almost complete
ly German; nearly all the original
French population having with
drawn,-partly through natural
love of their own people, but es-
pecially, no doubt to escape the
rigors of German military law.
But the population has never the
less increased largely. Twenty
thousand German troops are con.
stantly stationed there. All the
street have been rebaptised with
Germans names. Probably the
same changes have been effected
in all the towns and cities of Al
sace-Lorraine. But French voy.
ager who visited the annexed pro
vinces only a few weeks ago was
utterly dumbfounded by the man
ner in which the Germans have
fortified their new acquisitions.
Metz has been made almost i'm
pregnable. The two French fort
have been immensely enlarged
transformed, and strengthene,
with the heaviest cannon; whil'
five new and equally Formidable
ones have been built so as to com
mand every road leading to tn
city. The old French forts ar
the very ones which cover the
Paris road. Furthermore sil
strategicsl railroad lines concer
trate in Metz, like the central par
of a spiders web; these being di
rectly connected with the grea
German military railroad system
The railroad platforms have bee
broadencd TO such a degree that
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great army might be drawn up on
any of them. Great tunnels have
been contrived for the storing of
munitions of war, below reach of
bombs or projeetiles. Metz has
become. in short the focus Of all
German military system on the
French frontier. A million troops
could be concentrated there in a
few days by the trains. Metz"
says a Figaro correspondent, has
become like a wedge ofiron forced
into France Ii has become the
point from which Germany could,
within a few hours, deluge French
territory with her armies.-Times-
De mocrat.
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The August Crop.
CONDITION IN MEMPHIS DISTRICT.

Memphis, Sept. 1.-The August
cotton crop in part for the Mem.
phis district, which embraces West
Tennessee, North Mississippi,
North Arkansas and North Ala.
bama, to be published tomorrow
by Messrs. Hill & Fontaine will
say: Herewith is submitted a
summary of information contained
in 3G2 letters, bearing average date
of August 2S. The outlook de-
tailed in these letters is by no
means encouraging. Drought,
rust and shedding of squares and
small bolls are mentioned as caus'
es of complaint in nearly every
portion of the district. In Mis-
sissippi only four correspondents
represent no injury from these
causes. In Arkansas only II re
port no damage.
"Our July report indicates dc
creased yield of cotton as com
pared with last year of 129 pei
cent, but owing to the causes al
luded to above, the summary o
responses on which this report II
based point to a decrease of full.
20 per cent"
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POSTAL DIRECTIONS.

All postage must be paid by
stamp.
Letters in the United States per
half ounce, 3 cents.
Drop letters, half ounce, / cent.
Registered letters, 10 cents and
proper postage.
Pamphlets, newspapers, maga-
zines, books, posters, etc., each 2
ounce or fraction, l cent.
Printed cards, blanks, seeds,
merchandise, | cent per ounce.
All matter not at letter rates
must be prepaid in full, wrapped
so that it can be examined without
destroying the wrapper.
Liquids, poison, explosives and
other dangerous matter excluded.
Unpaid letters are sent to the
Dead Letter Office.
Letters part paid forwarded, bal
ance collected of the receiver.
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Government Stone Contract.
Arkansas City Mail.l

Arkansas City Mail.l
A contract was completed We'd
nosday between Capt. c. d. Sears
on the part Of the government,
rnd Messrs. Wherry 4 Co., of Lit
tie Rock, for the delivery of 20
900 cubic yards of Fourche Gran.
ite stone on the bank Of the Miss
issippi river, at Arkansas City,
for $50, 600 or $500 por cubic yard
Said stone is to be delivered at
the rate of 5000 yards a month
with u forfeiture Of ten per cent.
retained for the completion of the
contract. This stone is for the
completion Of the contract. This
stone is for the construction ofthe
jetties at Lake Providence Reach,
aud will require one extra train
over the Valley Route daily and
necessitate a full force of track
men as this kind Of freightis is very
severe on both track and rolling
stock. This contract was contsm'
plated some months since, and so
published in The Mail, but tempo
rarily abandoned, with an attempt
to procure tho stone from the
Ohio river. This adventure prov
cd futile as the stage Of water il
the rivers was very unreliable thu
and there is almost certainty of
very low water the present fa|
would surely delay work on tn
ietties.
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Furman's Way.

From q recent interview with
the Georgia intensive farmer, We
extract the following:
81 notice one point in your plan
that is altogether novel and entire
" at variance with the accepted
idea of procedursin green fertili-
zing- The familiar plan is to turn
under the green growth of peas,
clover, weeds or grass. You say
let it lie Oh the ground aud rot
until Spring rnd then turn under
the mould. Why is this 7"
"Oh, | know that | am in the
teeth of all the agricultural jour-
nails and of ordinary practice. But
| am none the less convinced of
ny position becance sspportee by
experience and chemical reason
reasoning. OF course the green
vegetable matter must be rottcd
before is is of value in the soil.
Now maintain that it is better to
rot it in tho air on the surface
that under ground without ade-
quate action of the atmosphere.
Decomposition is like combustion
it requires the free action of air
to go on perfectly. The abundance
Of oxygen is az necessary to the
one process as to the other. ln
eur hot climate with heavy rains
when vegetable matter is turned
under and the air excluded, rapid
decomposition inexitablc results
Minis quickly runs into putrefac
faction, and an acid reaction re
suits in the evolution of watel
heavily loaded with vegetable
acids. These are absorbed b.
the soil and poison 1t. Bypoison
ing it | mean rendering It's plan
nourishmcnt insolublc and unvail
able"
Is not this a very startling
theoryf Have you any tangibl
ground to base it uponf"
ayes, by frequent experiment
experiments and by observatio
. as well. have IN mind particr
arly the experience of q neigh
, Dor. Four years ago he had go
ten eight acres of ground up t
, such a high state of cultivatio
that he made forty bushels {
. wheat to the aero, ora total Of 23
bushels upon the ground. Aft'
the wheat was cut, the rich so
, threw up a tremendous growth
of weeds. They were over wal
/, high and exceedingly rank. Ac
= tin upon the common plan,
turned under the growth to Q
= rich further the soil. The oa
a were stuntcd and unhealthy loo
= ing. Since then he has treat'
= he land well aud continued to fe
/. tilize it. Yet this year, the fourt
:, since lie turned under the gras
. made only twenty bushels of whe
:, upon it. Evidently he poison'
q the ground, aud rendered IL
plant food in it unavailable by IL
acid reaction of the unnatural d
p" composition of the grass al
weeds.v
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The New York Times says /;
"Whateyer intentions the not very
reputable anti.Bourbons who met
in Washington last week may
have, as to a presidential candi-
date, they have determined to
keep them in the background
The first step in their pretentious
scheme shows clearly enough
what they are after. 1t is to seek
the cooperation of the adminls
tration.n
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Rv1LLETIl[ES.
SEPT. g. 1855
lr.ns. 4rH DISTRICT.
.or1r COURT.

|,scUIT COURT
..,,v-Begins on the lst
- ,o- and october, and may
|iudieial days =, ~,
....,rnty-Begins on the End
,s...h and October, and may
4 judicial days 49, 81.
.p-n,v-Begins on the 18th
,,.rrh and October, and may
\ judicial days. -. and
1, ,ounty-BegiDs on the ma
4, me 4th Monday Of March
4, and may continue . Ju-
/ |,Ounty-Begins on the Srd
Inc 4th Monday Of March
u .nd NAV continue 6 judicial
|. .0uuty-Begins on the 18th
n. the 4th Monday Of March
n II and may continued 6 judicial
H., eounty-Begins on the
Er after the 4th Monday OF
4 [octOber, and may continue 80
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The New York Sun says: by
all means let the Republicans nom
mate Grant aud Malone. These
are truly representative names,
but we fear that even the best
names will be of no uses The
Democratic ticket will make any
Republican ticket look as If II had
baeu ewopt by q cylonc.n
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lssguhr mom,ng service at u m Evening
service, y. NJ. every sunday Communion
hrst SUNDAY In each month ID, Ramsey.
Rector sabbath school at9;ts M J. NJ.
Noors superintendent
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by the tidal waves can be taken
care of with reasonable facility by
the coach sanitary corps now get
ting rapidly at work.
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Preaching at II a M. an.si y N r,ery sunday
Communion lat snndev IA February, Mry. Au-
gust and November Prayer inviting every
W-in day night. : Archer Pastor. sunday
school Ut %. sam. Brown sup,
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
81. Jo.snh Catholic chureh
Sc. lama. Epi.eopal Church

Iligh Mas. at 10 O'Clock =. m. and Nerper- II
u. m hr.t aad third sundays Csirchisni
eyery SUNDAY at m y e.. Bohmesl PASTOR.
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Preach hg ut n a m. aud y m every sum
day Prayer-tuseting every Wednesday night.
>un'isy y-srhoss. sa0i }. W IIonnoll, Pastor.
W u rrisy, supa
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This list of distances is procured
from the latest official surveys aud
maps.
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OFFICE RULES
suBscRIPTIoN TERME

One year, In advance. ........... s. 20
When not paid a. above. or within one
month from expiration Of time Paid for
50 ~.
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HI,ycERY COURT.

|. eouuty-Begins ON the LIST
4 April and October and may
judicial days.
IgtOu county-Begins on the I'd
ApA and October, and may
! judicial days.
,ounty-Begins on the lst Non
and November, and may con-
Ildlelal days.
1. county-Begins on the Sd
NAV and November. and may
lsjudieial days.
or county--l,egins on the lst
4 mne and December, and may
h judicial days. ,
county-Begins on the md
lime and December, and may
b Iadlcidi days.
4 meetings are held by the
| supervisors as follows' Bien-
Monday of January to elect
Annually first
lfrsrch, TO receive Tax-Collec-
M, Of delinquent and insolveni
monday of August to receive and
!, the Assessment Roll; lst Mon
kptember to levy taxes; and on
Isy next preceding each term ol
fourt.
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Jewish Synagogue

scrv,crs Friday evening. at ~, and saturday
mornings at lOt.. J. Bogen. Rabbi.
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4 of Supreme Court-Com-
|pn the LIST Mondays of April
|tober.
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ANNOUNCING CANDIDATES.

Orders from transient customers: YER
bal or written. for job work. advertising.
or subscription. must be accompanied by
the cash. Accounts Of regular ensto-
mers due and presented the lst OF each
month.
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MEMBERS OF LEoIsLAruRK.
Stone, Peter Mitchell
SENATOR rnoN 20rn DISTRICT.
II. Jeffords.
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mississippi Leyse Commissioners.

F'ar meetings. second Mondays
Oh January and July.
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\ Town Council meets on the
POhday Of each month.
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TOWN OFFICIALS.

|layor, Jacob Alexander.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-11-13

Gs buloete teinen &eiter ais 9oren,
allein, unb cine einsise &iterin, MiB
Mfatbiloe, NIT Der bas Gbier i~onoerbarer
8eiie balb Sreunbl9aft i6loB uno auf
wslde es einen Sbeil Der 9nbdnsli6teit
SIT iibertrasen i6ien, bic es ieinem seliebten
iunsen Serrn erseiste. Sn ben gusen
0orb @ilmots MAJ bas fein Sebler, CT
fubr fort, feline beibsn @initlinse freunbs
lid gu b~ebanbeln uno feline Oienite BON
ibnen gu u%erlansen, bic iie nt3t wiais
leiiteten.
gei elmer 10 ing guse fullenben 8euors
snsuns feblte es natirlid unter Dem @es
iinbe bes Gbelsmanns nt6t an Neioern,
aber WtiB Mutbilbs mari iid ioslei6 ais
0orens Sei9iieerin auf, unb sesen ibren
GinfuB, bas wuBte man, lieB ii4 ni9ts
MAIDEN.
90 persiugen fir 2orens unb Colo bret
Sabre unsstriibten Slides i'm 6auie, ober
ri1tiser TN Staue 9oro @ilmots, bis
WiB Matbilbe auf BEN Ginfaq fam, BON
benz mir uorbin sebort baben; er fenns
sei6nete iid susrit buburd, baB sorenS nit
Stubien bebeuist wurbe, gu oenen er weoer
Cuff mod Inlase beiaB uno bra6te oann
in ieinem unb oes Bferbes @ei6id, wie
mir ieben werben, einen bur99reifenoen
Be9iel gu mese.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28
CAUCUS oUssED.
A Clipping Pot for the Period.

The following from The Clarinda
Daily Star may furnish something for
our city politicians to chew on BIO.
tween meals ut this epoch:
The evils of the caucus are apparent
enough. Perhaps not half a dozen
men who attend q caucus 60 away
satisfied. 1t Is improbable that q hun.
dred mon or more car agree In choosing
q candidate and each one must make
up his mind 10 accept what he don't
like, or only half what he wants. This
Ia where the caucus Is fairly conducted.
But 1t Is not always fairly conducted.
Ten to one some candidate las fixed
up the caucus In his own interest. He
has "seen" his friends and has Thorn all
there and posted how to- act-such q
man for chairman, another to spring
how 1t was that she Sas able to en-
dure that to whiob stronger women
yielded. "Oh!" Ahe replied, laughing,
''mamma ia almost o crank on that
subject. She 10 bound I shall not
look pssso at tho end of this my sec.
ond winter. Every night when I get
homs, no matter how tired I am, o
warm bath ia given me, after which 1
drink q bowl of bouillon and am put
to bed In the guest chamber, which 10
more quiet than my own. In the
morning I am not called, but arise
when 1 awake, which Is not often be.
fore lunch time. 1t grows monoto.
nous, I asure you, but if I go, I have
to subuit. I tell mamma she treats
me rs If l was q Maud S. or a prize
f. inter-"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28

bymeby pa looked at his watch. When
he began to pull out his watch I III
out and hid In the storeroom, and
pretty soon I heard pa and ma come
up stairs andIgo to bed, then the hired
girls, they went to bed, and whom it
was all still and the pain had stopped
inside my clothes, / won't to bed, and
l looked to see what time II was, and
II was 2 o'clock In the morning. We
got dinner at 8 o'clock in the morning
and pa said he guessed he would cali
up the house after this, 80 l have lost
another job, and it was ell on account
Of that bottle Of piokled oysters you
you gave mo My chum says he had
collie, too, but no didn't call up his
folks, 1t was all he could do to get up
hisself. Why don't you sometimes
give away something that Is not
spilled.
The grocerymsn said he guessed he
knew what to give away; and the boy
went out and hung up o Sign In front
of the grocery, that he had made on
wrapping paper with red chalk, which
road: Rotten eggs, good enough for
cuatard pies, for Is cents q Dozen"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28
80 Deootyed

ct quack medSin adver.
In these time;where, it is truly crafty.
easements eveffe remedy that " worthy of
ing 20 nnd which really does yis recon.
nmended. Electric Ritters we can vouch
for as being a true and reliable remedy,
ond one that will do as recommended.
They invariably cure Stomach and Liver
Complaints, Diseases Of the Lidneys and
Urinary difficulties. we know whereof
g sasi. Sold at fifty. cents q bottle by
NL.E Goodman.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28
Money for the Upk,.

One OF the most solid tr%hs..u,.,
institutions In this couIj M MIA
riage Fund and Mutual L [Tbey.iatiaa
of Cedar Rapids, lowe. f. snSSsnon'
lied under the laws OF Iol hong tK'ksSs
fcers and directors are 49, nenN NJ.
and most prominent bust ~ Ss.sonNus
Rapids. Every unmarr "soc,AIonE
have a certificate in this lent as saN
1t Is q splendid invest can inst as
government oohu' |ney to comm,
have q g4ou sum large numb'
married IRE On as noe pf, receiving
hase osyn \, vestment. "
3OO per gen. III deta,i; g the plan, W
Tor 1niA Lai not postpon
Good agents wanted. f5.S
saw this notice.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28

*Many ladies who had scarcely en-
the luxury of feeling well for
years have been so renovated by utipg
p inkham's Vegetable Compound
that they have triumphed over theil
flesh Is said to be heir to, and life has
been crowned with the added cham
of a fresher beauty.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28
The Min6trelo.

The performance last night was
pretty fair of it's kind, but a bad kind.
Tho Jokes Q calculated to provoke
q smile mot of ,mirth. Miss Annie
Boyd did some very good singing.
The galleries were In q constant state
of disorder; yells, cat calls and howl.
Ing were frequently INDUCED In.
The acrobat business reminded us
of q couple of stiff legged oxen In Q
s Ss5n IxyAikEasssn,S%Ee u bbaHpssa ID. to o,l hear s5vd seS
to disappointment. If the next min.
strel show does no better, we trust
that the house will fall in on them.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-28
Graua-Yard Ghosta,

Interview wi h a Grave Digger 10 the Pittsburg
Leader. a
ST can't say that l ever knew OF any
one being buried alive to 0 certainty
Once, however, after 6 mar. had been
buried, and after the last clod had
been hammered TO lts place, ss l was
about to leave With q sompanion, we