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Use Black Draught for Liver TOM
p1aint.

There is perhaps no better liver med
icine offered to the public than "Black
Draught. 1t is very salable, and coun-
try merchants will find ready sale for
it when once introduced A fresh sup
ply of it just received and for sale by
j. B. RITCHEY.
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"ROugll on Rats.H

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies,
ants, bed bugs, skunks, chipmuuks,
gophers. 15c. Druggists.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-13

Sore eyes cured promptly with Dun
cans Carbolic Ointment. 1t is mild
and harmless. Sold by all druggists.
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SPECIAL FEATURES.

Forty years trial has proved "BLACK-
DRAUGHT" tl.o best liver medicine in
the world.
For sale by j. B. Ritchey, druggist.
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Why Welcome.

What makes Floreston Cologne well
come on every lady's toilet table is its
lasting fragrance and rich, fowery odor.
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Try Vegetable Worm Syrup. 1t
expels all worms from the system with
out the least possible injury even to the
most delicate child. Try it. For sale
by j. B. RTTcHEY.
ian22tf
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Many children die from worms
whose death is attributed to spasms or
congestion. DR.. Moffett's Teethina
would have saved their lives.
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SOC A BOTTLE.

The bottles hold as much as the dollar hot
ties of other kinds, aud the quality is
guaranteed equal to any in use, rs nothing
but strictly irst.class artcessenter its com
position. Give it trial, and if it fails to
satisfy you, be sure to return it and get your
money. sep24m6
E6-Sold by all Druggists.-aG
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school Books.

]. B. Ritchey has received good
stock of school books, and can supply
country merchants at satisfactory prices.
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"RLACK-nRAuGHTw chr

STA, indigestion and heartburn.
For sale by j. b. Ritchey druggist.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-13
Cure farCrOuD.

Cure for CrOup.
DR.. Duncan's Cough Ralsam is
sure cure for Group in children. 1t
will never fail, is safe and pleasant.
For sale by j. B, Ritchey.
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DlsPEpsM and all species of indi-
gestion, such as Sour Stomach, Vertigo,
Bad Taste IN the mouth and Constipa-
ted Bowels, cured with DIR. DUN
CANS LIVER and KIDNEY MED
lCINE Sold by all drugvists.a ss-
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DIVINE OF cARpUIo cures irregnIar.

painiul, or diiiicult menstruation.
For sale by j, B. Ritchey, druggist.
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10! the poor Indian has his type in
the many Pile Ontments and salves,
which have from time to time been
forced upon the market, and forced
back out of the market, and out of
memory by Tablers Buckeye Pile ONT
ment, the never-failing and only SURF
remedy for Piles. Price so cts. bot,
tie. Whites Cream White Vermifuge
is the best worm killer.
For sale by j. B. Ritchey.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-20
Possibilities OF Service,

Many a man of real mark i'm tho
world was helped toward power :,nd
fame by stimulating or sympathising
word in some critical hour; word, loo,
from one who never had power or fame
himself, but who had the ability to per-
ceive the signs of noblencss, and the
readiness to express his sense of it.
This thought ought to encourage many
of us as TO our possibilities of important
service in life. Although it may not bo
for us to be great in the world, it may
be for us to recognize greatness in others.
and even to promote greatness by our
hearty and unselfish praise of greatness.
Says Canon Farrar, in noting the good
spirit of Barnabas in taking Saul of
Tarsus by the hand and commenting
him to the apostles, when they were
suspicious of the new convert: Next
only to the man who achieves the
greatest and most blessed deeds is he
who, perhaps himself wholly incapable
of such high work, is yet the first tn
help and encourage the genius of others.
We often do more good by our sympa-
thy than by our labors, and render 10
the world more lasting service by alb
sence of jealousy, and recognition of
merit, than we could ever render by the
straining efforts of personal ambition"
Who of us can say that there is no field
of usefulness for us in this direction
S. S. Times
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"DADrS GLRL."

Oh' TIC world IL fun o. fathers. an fun o.
babies. too
an there's mothers. dear, plenty. though
ne or one for YOU.
An ;here.s homes whar lots o. money makes
An thorc's folks. Too, ~ can choose from the
n. pcst on sea or land.
~ amt much money. darlln'. ne stuns my
An en- the land ! own you could roll stoao
about
nut this little cot holds -omethin' not every
It's holdln. daddy's FirI, dear. an that's
enough for me
On. my Firl she Is 90 bouny. so winsomc, an
49,. - fair,
with the sun forever dancin' an Rlintln'
through her hair.
An her lips Ike two rel cherries, an the
49,. mother eyes su blue.
with the hook that wa. hcr mothers forever
- Ehinin through.
SURF I'm thinkinT. baby darlln'. an tho babies
Cant beat her the mother LETT me to love aud
tend alone:
An cf only she war In 1.-THE wife who loved
Iw9gldn't swap my home tor the grandcst ono
know.
AZ you're daddy's rirl, my baby no wants
I'm The GOOD God bids him leave So an meet
. the wife above.
20 ven Jest pull ON together. my little I'M.
an 500
Vow glad with love an sunshine our humble
. homo may b..
fruc, from early dawn tll cvcnin' there's
work enough % de-.
hut n light heart makes light labor-that's
euHY putin through.
an dale dear Eirl y waitln with her kisses
wbs" ne sn ,o ,w'g a.. ,., Al, o,,. -.
dad may meet.
-Ifarpcr's WscliI
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Too Late.

Application was made to-day TO Vice
President Thomson, of the PENNSYLVANIA
Road. for special train to New York
for curious purpose. 1t was to carry
1000 or 5000 shares of New jersey Cen
trail Railroad stock to New York. The
books closed at three o'clock this after
noon, and the short interest there was
so large that stock loaned at ( to for
use over night. There is quite lot of
the stock in this city, where it loans at
three per cent, and is in good supply.
When the brokers got word from their
New York correspondents, Cassatt,
Townsend & Co. and w. p. Smith, who
had 1900 or 1900 shares in their tin
boxes, rushed to Vice-President
Thomson and asked the chance
Of getting special. 1t was then half
past eleven. To make deliveries the
stock would have to be in Wall street
and in the hands of the persons to whom
it had to go by a quarter-past two
o'clock. There was only one hitch, il
one of the big engines had her steam up
there would be no trouble. The trip
could be made with single car at the
rate of mile minute and half-hour
allowed to get round on Wall street.
Telephones were brought into use after
the brokers had willingly agreed to pay
two hundred dollars for the train. All
was in vain, however. None of the
large engines were in readiness, and
the time necessary for the purpose
would cause a delay, so the brokers
were euchred out of a neat little profit
Of FIVE hundred TO thousand dollars
which they might have made by the fly
ing t1ip.-Phtlddelphia Special TO CHI
eago Tribune
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The Ingenious Boy.

In a certain part of these United
States, away out West, (the exact 10
cality do not care to indicate, as I do
not wish to give the ingenious boy
away, as the slang phrase isl, there
lived in a small farmhouse a widow
woman and her boy. The woman was
aged forty-five 'come next March" and
the boy was aged ten last April. The
husband of the woman and father of
the boy had died about n year before,
leaving his wife a very small farm, two
horses, three cows, one pig, ten chick
ems and the boy - support her.
With little help from the neighbors,
and now and then a hired man, she
managed to scrub along, being helped
a good deal by the boy, who hired him.
self out, with the two horses, to haul
timber and other things for the sur
rounding farmers.
The house which they occupied was
situated in rather lonely spot some
distance from The main road, and was
reached by narrow lane or farm road.
Down this lane it was the boys custom
to drive the cows, and sometimes the
horses, every morning to pasture, and
then drive them home again at night.
Now, through this part of the coun-
try there often used to travel many
tramps and other bad characters, who
had habit of stealing and driving of
any stray horses or cattle they could
lay their felonious hands on. The wild
ow, however, escaped any depredations
for some time; but one morning. when
they got up, they found their red cow
and their bay horse were gone. This
was sad loss to these poor people. and
the widow sat down on a chair and
wept, while the boy stood by a chair
and blubbered. He was a fine, BRIGHT
nosed, freckel-faced, touseI-haired bow.
with a good head, and eyes that shone
with intelligence. Presently, when he
had boo-hooed himself out, with a sniff
and a snort which sounded like the last
gulp and gurgle of water running out
of sink, he said TO his mother:
Mother, guess them fellers won't
take no more of our stock-guess kin
fix EN-
"Oh, Joe, I'm afeerd YOU can't for
they seem to rob pretty much wherever
they've q mind to-the big as well ss
the little; but whar them as has cot a
plenty don't miss . boss or a cow here
and there, it'll just be the ruination of
we-uns."
"Guess I kin fix EN-" was Joe,s
only rejoinder as he walked out of the
room.
That evening, as the widow was
standing at the door of her cottage.
waiting for the return of her SON. with
nice hot supper of biscuits and fried
bacon ON the stove, she was q good deal
astonished to see walking toward her.
all in row, one after the other. the
familiar forms of Sally. her horse. and
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The Power OF Truth.

Wealth, we are told, is power; talent
Is power, and knowledge is power. But
there is mightier force in the world
than either of these-a power which
wealth is not rich enough to purchase,
nor genius subtle enough to refute, nor
knowledge wise enough to overreach,
nor authority imposing enough to 81
lence- They all tremble in its presence.
1t is truA-the really most potent ele-
ment Of social or individual life. Though
tossed upon the pillows of popular COM
motion, or cast into the seven-fold fur
mace OF persecution, or trampled into the
dust by the iron heel of power, truth is
the one indestructible thing in this
world, that loses in no conflict, suffers
from no misusage and abuse, and main
tains its vitality and completeness after
every assault. All kinds of conspiracies
have been exhausted to crush it, and all
kirds of seduction employed to vitiate
and poison it; but none has succeeded,
and none ever will. We can be conf
deut of nothing else in this world, but
the safety and imperishability Of truth
for it is part of the Divine nature,
and invested with the eternity and ON
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Where 1t Came In.

"Mr. Naples" said the junior partner
of the house, as he looked over the ex.
pense account of one of his travellers
just in, "your expenses are just twenty.
five dollars more for two weeks than the
last man on that route
els that so? What sort of man wal
hep"
Zone of our best statesmen"
Ibid he smoke. drink and chew?''
"He did"
"Stop at the best hotels"'
Yes"
Take sleepers and parlor cars?''
eyes"
"Well, then, it must be that when he
struck that fat grocer at Troy he won
twenty-five dollars at draw-poker where
l lost it, Twas going to suggest to you
that If was to remain on that route IL
would pay the firm to hire some one to
give me a few lessons. "-RdH Streei
NtScs.
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Impotence of its author and source. It
may often seem to be in danger; it is as
much set upon and assaulted now after
eighteen hundred years of successful re-
sistance, as ever; but history and exc
perience ought to reassure our faith. It
has never yet failed, and it never will.
1t has always accomplished its end, and
always will. We may rest serenely
upon it, and feel no alarm: we may an
hcipate its success, and enjoy its tri-
umphs in advance. In this struggling
life, what encouragement and comfort
is there in this thought-that the man
of truth and the cause of truth are
connected with the most potent ele-
ment in the world. and have all the
certainty of succeeding which Gods inn
mutable nature and decree afford.-Dr.
Bushnell
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Gems OF Thought.

-Dost thou love life? then do not
squander time, for that is the stuff life
is made of.-Frdnklin.
The power of mans virtue should
not be measured by his special efforts.
but by his ordinary doing. Pascal.
An humble knowledge of myself is
surer way to God than deep search
after learning. Thomas a Kempis.
There are times when these souls OF
ours get under the shadow of the Throne.
when we can almost hear the music of
Heaven, and there falls upon us a quiet
like the echo of an angels song.-Btshol
Simpson.
The secret of Mr. VIM Z. Dodge's
power lay in the first hour of every
morning. That hour he gave to God
with his Bible and on his knees, and il
he came down among business men with
his face shining with cheerfulness and
loving kindness, it was because he had
been up in the mount in communion
with his Master.-CuYier.
If there were no enemy, there could
be no conflict; were there no troubles.
there could be no faith; were there no
trial there would be no love; were there
~ iCois thOiC NC uODc. I1ODes
faith and love are weapons, anil
weapons imply foes and encounters;
and relying on my weapons will glory
in my suffering. herman.
There is very little danger that wa
too often, or too readily. attempt to
divide and lessen the burdens of the
Borrowing by our sympathy; but we do
forget to increase the joy of the rejoic-
ing, to give to prosperity its real and
satisfying sweetness, by rejoicing with
them that do rejoice. 1t is easier to
weep with them that weep, than to obey
the last half of the verse. Try both
parts. Golden Rule.
AS the roots of tree are out OF
sight. yet from them it derives its firm
ness and stability. SO upon the hidden
life of the Christian, that life which il
out of the sight of other men, his firm.
ness and stability depend: and as it is
through the hidden roots that the nour-
ishment is drawn up to the stem and
branches. and the leaf continues green,
and the tree does not cease from bear
ing fruit, even so in the Christians life,
that life which is ''hid in Christ with
Cod" lie the sources of his strength
and of his spiritual prosperity.
bisbO7) Trench
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY,

Mary Anderson has refused the new
drama written for her by Oscar Wilde.
Miss Helen Barry, the actress. is
the tallest woman on the American
stage. She is six feet one.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale is think
ing of writing a history of the Pacific
Ocean and its shores. 1t is reported
that he has been collecting material for
the work for forty years past.
Anthony Comstock saws that the
societies for the suppression of vice
have destroyed during the past ten
years more than TWENTY-FIVE tons of
villainous literature.-N. Y. Tribune.
Miss Stone, the daughter of Stone
Pasha, who was formerly an American
General and recently in the service of
the Khedive, is said to be one of the
most accomplished linguists in the
world, and the best Arabic scholar of
her sex.
Miss Aver, whose father advertised
himself into a colossal fortune, refused
a European Prince, who followed her to
this country in the hope of marrying
her. The constant, judicious advertiser
occupies seat several tiers higher than
mere royalty Chicago Herald.
President Arthur has been present.
ed with history of the London Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company. in
two sumptuous volumes, bound in green
Turkey morocco, richly gilded and IL
Illuminated, and illustrated with hand
paintings. Chicago Inter Ocean.
=" Be careful" wrote Mr.. Whittier
to young author about to publish his
first book of verse, "not to make the
book too large. Don't put everything
into it, let who will advise it. Sit like
Rhadamanthus in stern judgment upon
all that claims admission. / speak Out
of the depths of bitter experience"
OF the late Rev. Charles T. Brooks
of Newport, r. l., the Boston Aduertise,
says: The two noblest literatures OF
modern times are indebted to Mr.
Brooks for his perfect translations OF
German poetry and prose into idiomati,
and pure English. In this work Mr.
Brooks has had but very few equals
and probably no superior. Thousand:
have attempted the same work, but onl,
few choice spirits have succeeded il
making Faust, Margaret, Ruckert and
INLAND speak pure English. Mr.. Brook:
was one of these few.
Colonel Cilley, who once represent
ed New Hampshire in the United State:
Senate, is living at the age of ninety
two years. He is a grandson ant
namesake of General 10 Cilley, who
fought against Gage and Burgoyne in
the Revolution, and the elder broth
er of Hawthorne's friend, Jonathan
Cilley, who was killed in a duel b,
Graves, of Kentucky, while serving il
Congress from Maine, forty-five year.
ago. Colonel Cilley was Lieutenant
at the battle of Lundy's Lane, in Cana
da.-BoSton Transcript.
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A View from the Pulpit.

A contemporary London paper has
some remarks upon the impression a
congregation makes on the minister
that correspond exactly with what ev-
cry one who has preached for any con-
siderable length of time has often seen
and experienced. The congregation,
as they watch and criticise everything
about the minister Especially if he is
a stranger,) his form, manner, dress,
expression of countenance and whole
demeanor, are not conscious of the i'm
preston they make in return. Every
speaker about to address an audience,
like a sea anemone, puts out feelers to
get the pulse of those before him, and
is inspired or depressed according to
the response he receives. There is an
impression he can not resist comes
from'their whole demeanor; in one con-
gregation there is manifest thought
ful, intelligent, earnest interest and
sympathy that warm his heart toward
them with deep emotions; in another,
there is careless Indifference, cold,
vacant, almost repulsive carriage, that
chill and deaden his emotions; they
seem to have come there unwillingly,
and are going to endure the service as
kind of penance. They come in, take
their seat, arrange their position so as
to afford the greatest ease, and seem to
say: There, go on with your services,
l guess l can stand it, only be as
brief as possible" The whole at
mosphere of such congregation
chills the soul. A mighty will
power is necessary on the part of
the speaker to overcome it. Especially
where the theme is to be the all-import-
ant vital interests of soul-saving truth,
is the experience of the speaker intensi-
fled in one case in the line of joyful
quickening, in the other depression of
feelings amounting almost to an agony
of soul. Two or three undevout persons
in a prominent position in an audience
will dispel the spirit of devotion from a
whole congregation. The marked diff
ference in the effect of the same sermon
upon different congregations is usually
largely, and sometimes wholly, due to
the differences in the audiences. The
careless, fiat, drawing manner in which
the singing is conducted often is suffi-
cicnt to kill the spirit of devotion and
drive all seriousness from the mind.
10 the best effect, the speaker and
nearer should be anointed by the one
great purpose of seeking God. They
need alike to realize the purpose for
which they are assembled and to cherish
mutual sympathy with each other and
with Christ; then will be experienced in
worship that gladness of heart so beau
tifully expressed by the Psalmist. Then
will the people "enter into His gates
with Thanksgiving and into His courts
with praise; be thankful unto Him and
bless His name. For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting; and His truth
endureth to all generations. y Christian
Secretary.
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the two COWS, walking slowly and
clumslly up the lane, each with a
human male boot on each of their. four
teet, winnie Joe trudged along behind.
for phys sakes alive, joe" cried
all this?"
Then Joe Strengthened himself up
like a rooster about to crow. and smoke.
see here, mother, have thunk this
hull tnlng out, and I've cum to this con-
cluslon. These here tramps when they
cum along the road they look out for
the tracks. If they see the footprints
OF cattle and HOSES, they foller them
anu ma out where they rest at night,
and then at night they gobble 'em. II
they sees the footprints OF good many
men a-goln' to place, they darsen't go
to that place, but give it a wide berth.
Now L got a hull lot of old boots of
fathers, that l know'd was in the gar
ret, and rugged 'em onter the critters
feet, SO: where they walk they each
make the footprints like two men, so
when tramp comes along by the end
OF our lane and looks in the mud, he
sees hull mess of mems footmarks.
Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve,
fourteen, counts he; several men gone
up that lane says he; guess I'll not
60 up thar" says he, and he don't"
lou are an ingenious by" exclaimed
the mother in rapture, "but I'm feared
the scheme won't work"
But 1t did work, and work admirably,
for from that day to this they have
never lost single thing from their farm,
and they have four cows and a calf now.
besides colt belonging to Sally.
So You see the advantage of being an
ingenious boy, when ingenuity is well
directed--The JudJe.
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len UNDECIDED upon the door, was 70
peated. Launt opened il, and a servant
delivered n note to Madame Harrington.
From Killuth," she said, CHANGING
over it. "He Is at the hotel in the vii
lage and will be here to pay his re-
spects in the morning. Go down and
call on him, Launt; he will expect it of
you"
Launt made n motion of assent
There was something else to be settlet
Tor which he waited.
Are you going to oppose me, grand
mother? only wait for your consent,
but with il or without it, 1 never can,
never will, give up my love"
The old woman sighed. sigh which
was almost a moan. He was asking her
to put aside the pride and prejudices of
lifetime, and she had no choice.
Have your own way" she said.
But Launt, be sure of yourself. Be
sure that nothing which can happen
VIII turn you against her when it is too
late"
Launt felt that his patience had been
sorely tried. He turn against Dana?
When that happened surely the heavens
would fall.