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The Bottom Side Down.


The Mississippi is said to be sub ,ect
10 new danger. Its bottom is said to
be moving toward the Gull of Mexico.
OF course not the bottom for the entire
length, but the ooze and mud for many
hundred miles is sliding down, as It
were, and making the river shallower
ut its outlets. Should this cont nue.,
and man be unable to control it, the
river would in time be con fined, as
banks would be formed at its mouth,
This would make a great lake out OF
portions of Louisiana and Texas. Ui
course new outlets would be formed,
but in the meantime vast changes would
occur in the Mississippi Valley. Great
cites would be Submerged Lakes
larger than Superior or Ontar'o would
coYer regions now occupied by farms
and towns. Still this need not concern
the present generation. It would take
many hundreds, if not thousands OF
years to effect these alterations. and
then. perhaps, mechanical science and
human resources may be so developed
as to enable man to overcome. or at
least modify, the slow operations of ma.
tire. Demorest'S Monthly.
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HOME AND FARM.


Let cows drink only such water as
you would yourself.
-Turnip-fed sheep are said to make
the tenderest mutton. Chicago Journal.
--Apractical farmer advises the grow
ing of two crops of buckwheat in sue
cession as a means of exterminating
vine worms. He urges that they will
not eat the buckwheat and are starved
to death.
Careful fruit-raisers estimate that
strawberries where they are carefully
cultivated and properly attended to,
will average from leo TO 100 bushels to
the acre. At 120 bushels to the acre at
five cents per quart the crop would be
worth $l92 per acre.
--Rhubarb Toast. and cut the
stalks in pieces, put them in a stew
pan, add little water, some stoned
dates and few English currants well
picked and washed; let them cook until
done and then pour them over the
toasted bread. boston Globe.
If seeds are to be kept over year
they should be placed in cool location
and exposed to the light and air. Keep
ing them in the darkness weakens vital
ity, perhaps from tendency to grow
which darkness incites, but unaccom-
panied by moisture enough to put forth
leaf and root. Exchange.
According to DR.. J. G. Peters, it is
filth that causes most of the diseases of
domestic animals. He mentions PAL tic
ularly the habit of allowing bedding
and manure to accumulate under the
horses and other animals in stables.
The impure air thus generated is pecul-
iarly well adapted to iniure the health
of the animals compelled to breathe it.
-Chtcqgo Herald.
"A good manure for fruit trees may
be made by mixing four loads of dry
peat or swamp muck with one load Of
stable manure and one barrel of dry
ashes. Let it lie in q heap for few
weeks and work it over before applying.
1t would do no harm to add O barrel of
ground bone to the above. When it is
applied cover the ground well as far as
the roots of the tree extend Canadian
Farmer.
Veal steaks: Remove all bits Of
skin and tallow, take out bone, and
treat thoroughly with beefsteak
FOUNDER. When you have sprinkled
salt and pepper over them, cut into
pieces of the size of large oyster; dip
in beaten egg, then in bread or cracker
crumbs; fry in lard and butter. After
taking out the veal, make gravy of
milk and thicken with -four. The
Household.
"A Western woman writes a pleas
ant letter telling how, years ago, she
learned the budding and grating of
fruit trees. She hated teaching, ard
persuaded her father to let her help him
in his fruit nursery. She had excellent
success from the beginning and alter
ward learned "all the niceties of graft
ing, from an orange tree down to an
apple root" She found the business
both pleasant and profitable, and one
which women could work at as well as
men,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

One Is usually disappointed with the
first view of beavers house. Instead
of the symmetrical, round, plastered
dome we are led to expect from most
popular accounts, there is seen instead
hn irregular pile of sticks, mingled
with rushes, grass, and stones, broad at
the base as compared with the height,
and of the same general order of arehi-
lecture as the dam. Apparently devoid
OF system, 1t resembles nothing so much
as a gigantic crows nest turned upside
down by the border of a pond or stream.
And yet, though they are not plastered
smoothly, and the interior exhibits but
rough walls merely evened by cutting
close the twigs that project through in
building (the whole affair appar-
emily conceived and put together
in helter-skelter fashion,, they
are very compact, exhibiting both solid
ity and lirmness, and are well adapted
TO warmth and protection. Each dwell
ing consists Of but one apartment, and
this opens by short incline beneath the
surface of the wa er into a. channel
dredged TO sufficient depth to avoid
being blocked by ice in winter. It Is
ca y to determine whether q dwelling is
in presentsoccupation by the appearance
of the trai over which the beaver drags
his suppliesfrom the wood; by the fresh.
ly-peeled sticks the bark Of which ha,
served for food; and which are invari.
ably heal ed up upon the house itself;
and in winter by the melting snow on
the roof caused by the exhala ions from
the occupants. Popular Seien;e Month
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14
1S2 BROADWAY, Room No. 10,
NEW Xn49H Inn DC 1874

first saw what a very fine remedy ALL
COCKS Porous PLAsTERs were when they
cured my wife of asthma, and when was
attacked with pneumonia, some three
months ago, first thought of ALLoocK's
PLAsTERs. Blythe advice of my physician
placed two under each shoulder-blad
and two on my chest; in a few hours l
breathed easier, the congestion of the
lungs was much less, the icy feeling down
my spine and in my back vanished the
plasters soon made me so warm that l
broke out in profuse Precipitation, and in
three days was well and attending to my
affairs. ought to say that took two
BRANDRETH's PILLS every night for over a
week, which think helped me good deal.
WILLIAM PERSON.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14
The Egyptian FeIlah at Home

Let Us begin by visiting the house of
b POOR member Of the community so as
10 get an idea of fcllah life in its
Simplest Eform. In blank wall Of
about eight feet high, composed of un-
ing Of sundried mud, we find small
door through which no one over five or
six years o. age could pass without
STOPPING. As this is the only emit ance
we conclude that the proprietor has
neither buffalo nor any of the larger
kinds Of agricultural instruments, and
that any hopes he may have o. acquir-
ing live stock in the future do not soar
above cat, a few barndoor fowls, and,
perhaps, very diminutive donkey. A
glance at the interior confirms this con-
clusion. The Enclosure consists Of
three small courts--if space twelve
feet by six feet can be dignified with
such name connected with holes in
the pa stition walls similar in size to the
entrance. The first court is occupied
almost entirely by q windowless mud
hut, covered by fiat roof of maize
stalks mixed with clay. This diminu-
tive stru ture Ii at once the kitchen and
winter bedroom of the whole family,
comprising married couple, the hus-
bands old mother and two young chill
dren. A large brick stove, which occu-
pies two-thirds of the dark interior, is
used in the day time for baking bread
and cooking the scanty fare, and at
night it serves as a bed for all the in
mates. During the warm summer
nights they can sleep on assbit of reed
mating in one OF the two other
courts" In the first of those
are two hollow mud-pillars for
storing the grain and other provisions,
and close to these primitive provision
CHESTS sits the old grandmother churn-
ing buffalo's presumably for one
of the neighbors lin kids skin sus-
pended by bit of palm-tree rope from
o long peg in the wall. Leaning on
her shoulder is a young child, whose
perfect nudity Is only partially con-
cealed by the multitude of flies which
cluster on his dark brown skin, and
who divides his at ention b tive n
the churning operation, the unex-
pected strangers, and the bit of
sugar-cane which he is gnawing with
Intense satisfaction. In the third
and innermost court is nothing but
small mud-hut which represents the
family treasury. Without making d
personal inspection, we can construct
with tolerable certainty an inventory
of its contents. There will be the
gaudily-painted wooden trunk, in
which the wife, when a bride, brought
her modest trousseau to her new
home, the few articles of wearing
apparel and female ornament not
ACTUALLY in use, and some copper
cooking utensils. These constitute
the entire movable property Of the
Family, unless we include under this
term half-a-do On lean chickens, which
nave been taught to subsist by their
own exertions. Tho premises are
quite sufficient, therefore, for all
practical wants, and II the livestock
should be hereafter increased by the
add ton Of a few d., lambs, or
even a donkey, no additional accom-
notation win be required, for the
newcomers can sleep comfortably In
close proximity to the family without
any danger OF bipeds and qnadrupeds
interfering with each others comfort.
London Times.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

Mr.. w. r. Robinson, Davisboro, Ga,
writes, under date Jan. o, 1884: " am get.
ting on finely, the ulcer is gradually heal
ing. feel that Swift's Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
on me for over twenty years"
Mr.. O.G. Barron, of Banning, Ga. writes,
dated March 3, 1884: " The soreness has all
gone out of the Cancer, and my health has
greatly improved. / have taken six bot
ties of SwIFT's SPECIFIC, for Skin Cancer,
which have had for years"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.,
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14
A Ponular Fallacx.

Many people think that Rheumatism can
not be cured. 1t is caused by bad state
of the blood which deposits poisonous mat
ter in the joints and muscles causing lame
ness, stiffness and swelling of the joints
and excruciating pains. Kidney-W ort will
certainly effect cure. 1t acts on the Kid
ut Us, Liver and Bowels, stimulating them
to healthy action, purifies and enriches
the blood and eliminates the poison from
the system. Go to the nearest druggist,
buy Kidney Wort and be cured.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

In hundreds of instances where Hot
Springs and other treatment failed to cure
scrofula and syphilitic disorders, the suf-
ferer has sought and found a cure in Dr.
Guysott's Yellow Dock and -Sarsaparilla.
1t cnriches the blood, strengthens the uri-
nary and digestive organs, and quickly re-
moves all indications of i'll health and blood
disease, from a pimple to a running sore,
from headache to rheumatic pain. Its
superiority over all other blood purifiers
and strengthening medicines is admitted
by all who test its curative effect and in
fueuce.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

--"Almost every day." says the Bos-
ton Globe. 1.-THE newspapers announce
the failure OF man who made money
in business he understood and has
lost it in one he did not know anything
about"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

DR.. M. H. HINsDALE, Kenawee, ILL.,, says:
" A neighbours wife was attacked with vio-
lent lung disease, and pronounced beyond
help from Quick Consumption. The family
was persuaded to try DIR. VIM. HALL's BAL
SAM FOR TIE LUNGS. By the time she had
used one-half dozen bottles she was about
the house doing her own work"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

n7-Keep This in Mind. In the Diamond
Dyes more coloring is given than in any
known dyes, and they give faster and more
brilliant colors. 1Jc. at all druggists.
Wells, Richardson &c Co., Burlington, Vt.
Sample Card, 80 colors, and book Of direc-
tions for &c. stamp.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

No EFFORT has ever been made to adver-
tise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound outside our own America; yet FREE
qusnt calls from other parts of the world
show that good news will spread. Pack
ages of this medicine have even been sent
from Lynn, Mass, to China
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

CALINo, who had very obstinate cold,
went to consult his physician. "Was not
your father consumptiveW Calino, with
reassuring gesture: "No, monsieur; he
was photographer
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

THE sex of Barnum's white elephant may
have been stated, but it escaped our notice.
We judge from his name, however, that il
belongs to the female sex. 1t is called
Tongue-too-long, or Toung Talong, or
something that way. Those foreigners are
not very good pellers.-NOrrist0.o Her.
aid
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

Rev. Moses Anderson. of Jackson
County, Mo-. sent his hired man 10
bring his intended bride to his home foI
the marriage ceremony. She fell in
love with the red man on the way,
and they went to hotel, sent for a
minister, aud were married. CkicagG
Herald.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

'WHAT will the coming woman wearp'
asks a fashion magazine. If she's any,
thing like the present woman, and YOU
take her word for it, she will have "abso-
lutely nothing to wear,U
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

A New YORK doctor says that small
feet signify quick temper. The assertion
that the belle of Chicago has perfectly
ddelphid CAL.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

The man who kicks his daughters lover
down three flights of stairs, sends her to
bed with scolding, then Stacks the parlor
fire and turns off the gas, should be sent
to prison for contempt of court.-PittS.
bnrgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

mo, LAURA, no. They do not open The
campaign with can-opener. They do il
with corkserew. How little, alas, do
women know about politics. "-BmliRgto
Hdlckeye.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

"WHERE would we be without womanfn
asks a writer. We would be all right; but
the little mug dog-where would it be?-
CHICAGO Times.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

"HIGH, fiat crowns are most in favor.'
An American girl will take almost any
kind of crown and not complain. N. Y
Graphic.
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Borrowing for living is certainly MOI
q paying business.-M o. PicqnNne.
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JOHN DARTS, ESQ, of WOODBURY., ILL.,, writes:
" Samaritan Nervine cured my son of its.''
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

A SLEEPY head is often possessed Of a
nod idea.-M Y Journal
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CYCLONES are becowing SO plenty out
West that almost every poor family can
afford to have one.-B0St0n Post.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

WHAT is laughtery asks scientist. 1t
Is the sound that you hear when your hat
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

Be sure to obtain "Allcock's" Porous
Plaster, as all others are worthless inita.
tions.
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BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs for Cough
and Colds: 81 think them the best anC
most convenient relief extant. Rec. @
N. Humphrey, Grats, Ky. 20 cts. box.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

A CARPET is like small boy; it has to b,
beaten to be cleaned.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

If anlicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaao
1hompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell 1t. Csc.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

DARWIN says there is a living principle
in fruit We suppose he refers to the
worms.-Indidndpo Scissors.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

A HORRIBLE but humorous paragrapher
suggests that the Boston crematoryis only
a new way of baking beings.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

THE short, hacking cough, which leads to
Consumption, is cured by Piso's Cure.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

WHEN a rich man dies nowadays he
leaves his will to his heirs and his money
to their lawyers.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

HaIe's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Stops your throat hurting. Why don't you
use itS Pixies toothache drops cure in one
minute.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

FooTand mouth disease-Gout and tooth
ache,
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A SUPREME Court decision: eyes, dear;
but of course you must speak to pa."-Ou
City Derrick.
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CREMATION is one of the burning cues.
tions Of the age.-Rochester Post Express.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-06-14

"LITERALLY carried out of the system" Dis
ease when attacked by Samaritan Nervine.
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1T is hard to run a newspaper unless i
can stand alone Whitehall Times.
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TIE wages Of the paragrapher--his ink
-G0uuerneur Herald
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THE Chinese may have to go, but the
Kelly motor never.-Peck's Sun.
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AMERIoANcAWooMPANY
Send for Catalogue AET Trenton, N. J.

m a q p Wfgs6 Rdpes sent co D. anywhere. Whole.
III 81 q sale & Retail Price list free Goodsguaran.
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The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-10
The Women of COnstantinople.

If were to have my choice of the
whole invoice should take an Abys-
sinian brunette. They are divinely tall
and slender, and black as the ace of
spades. Their festures are clearly cut
and regular, the eyes liquid, and the
lips red and full. The hair is black
and waving, but somewhat coarse in
fiber. They dress in pure white, and
the black face and red lips against the
white setting of the burnous gives an
effect that is as enchanting rs 4 pic
ture. The only fault they have about
them is their limbs. Now, if any lady's
limbs may appear with propriety in
literature it is the legs Of Turkish
lady. Turkish modesty never goes far
ther than the knees. Both the trousers
and the feredj je stop at that point. and
with the majority OF women the limbs
and feet go bare. But the Abyssinian
women seem to prefer going barefoot,
and thus betray the one popularity
that stamps them as daughters of Ham.
Their ankles are about as big round as
a rolling pin, and it is ankle all the
way up to the knees. The leg is set
exactly in the middle of the foot, which
is very low and fiat This African
trademark is, as l have said before,
somewhat of blemish and tends to
lower the quotations for them with
some people. e.-FOretg@ Letter.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-10
Mr.. OKeefe's Mistake.

''Sure. it's that daughter av moine.
said Patrick OKcefe TO Justice
Prindiville. rs he leaned over the
rail that divides the common people
from that judicia, digni,ary. ''Bedad,
it's warrant Dim afthcr waDtin' fer
that young mon av hers.
Estate your case" said the justice,
with dignity.
State me case. is it? Well. sor,
that's aisy enough. Las uoight. sor.
at about 8. sor. Oi sez to Annie
Okeefe, thet's moi laughter. sor. sez
l: Will yez be aftner scrubbin' out
the kitchin fer morn;n'?'
"'Sure Oi'm :ifther hevin' an en-
gagement wild Morpheus sez shess
".An' who's Morpheusg' says .Ci. o.
"'Sure, he's an Ould gray-headed
duffer ez iz a-goin' to WOO me TO
shleep.' sez sine.
Faith, thet made me dander riz
sor. Sure. such disgraceful words
from me daughter upset me. Thin
whin OF slapped her ears, sor, her
mither KEN out an the two av in. set
on me sor, an bate nc. Oi sat uf-;ill
~ o clock lookin' fer thet Morpheus av
hers. but he didn't come"
Il expect you would nave given him
a warm reception"
'Oi wud hev kilt him, sor'
Il have heard of this Morpheus be-
fore." said the court, quietly. "He's a
bad man, and has created a great deal
of trouble. Call around in the morn
ing for a warrant. - Chicago Nevs.
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-10
BOstOn's Ten Cent Dissipation.

There is a custom which | fancy Isl
almost indigenous to Boston Of going
out on the open street cars for pleasure.
Now, YOU must know the Boston street
car has the New England energy and
enlivenment 1t is clean and bright
auu sWnE mere Is pecuiIar, noI;.,
easy swing to the motion on the first
two front seats of the open street car
that is far more pleasant than carriage
driving. For the carriage must rattle
over rough stones on most of the
streets, while the car has the smooth
track. and after in the evening you
will see every outlying line of street
cars in Boston loaded with people
who are merely out for drive to the
end of the line and back. The car
lines to Brookline, Jamaica Plain and
Dorchester Heights are the fayorites-
lines on which the passengers have
from four to five miles of this rapid
motion and cool breeze for cents, and
the same distance returning for like
sum.-C0r. n D. Times Democrat
The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-12-10
She Dotted OH Realism.

..Oh, l do 50 much like this book"
said a lady, putting aside, with .
wearinass that could not be concealed,
u work from the pen of realistic nov
e.ist. .'Everything is so natural Why,
Il speaks of the heroine stopping on
the stairway aud tying her shoe."
+, Very thrilling" replied her hus-
band
.:Oh, no, dear, it is not thrilling.
but it is so real. That's what l call
line art.
Il! was no doubt necessary for the
,onn. lady to stop and tie her shoe,
Du; don't know tilai it was art. Any
one of7even slight digiial education.
can tie II shoe.
'"On, you don't understand. The
mere act of tying Il shoe implies NO at,
but the fact that that the novelist
should have spoken of anything W
natural is art"
Then, in your opinion. high art
must be easily attained. am think
ing of writing Il piece of high art. l
feel the inspiration. Give me pen and
paper"
turning 10 . LaDle he Ousleu hlmseiA
with writing. and then. calling his
wife, said: <a=--r =
.:Here's chapter from my forth
coming book: The calf stood in the
lot. A horsefy buzzed among the
leaves of peach tree. A gray-hcaded
man. with a gouty limp. blew his nose
and let down the back window. The
calf switched his tail. A hawk few
over and a chicken squalled. The
calf held up his head and said bah. A
dog jumped over the fence and very
cautiously approached the cali. The
calf snorted and looked intently at the
dog. The calf said bah, and the dog
tucked his tail and jumped over the
fence. Now, my dear, is not this real
isticp''
'.lt's disgusting"
ut is perfectly natural. Take, for
instance. the old man blowing his
nose. How life like it is, quite a.
much as the picture of the young lady
who. tied her shoes. l make you tired
Ell? see that you don't like realism. "
-Arkansav Traveller.