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An exchange remarks that, the best
teachers are those who learn something
new themselves every day. so we an
pounco this day that several thousand
important cures have been made by
the use of DR.. Bulls Cough Surup.
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He Was Not Superstitious.

There was tried in Austin the other
day, the case of the State of Texas YER
sus Tom Melons, for horse stealing.
One of the witnesses for the defence, a
gawky looking cowboy, swOre posi-
lively that he had met the accused
forty miles away from Austin at the
very hour the horse was stolen, thus
proving complete abb. The attor-
ney for the State undertook to cross
examine the witness.
You say you saw Melons forty miles
from where the horse was stolen at
four o'clock on the 25th of November.
YES, sir"
"Do you know the meaning of the
word 'perjury?'"
No sir"
"Well, it means that if you swear to
. lie the devil will carry you off right
then and there.
20, pshaw! why didn't he carry me
off when / swore saw Tom Melons on
the 25th of November, a little while
ago? You are a mighty smart lawyer
but you can't fool me. / am not a
darned bit superstitiOus."
The jury gave the prisoner ten years
in the penitentiary on the testimony oi
bis devoted friend who was not super.
stitious.- Tesas Sidings.
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Important TO Farmers!
LIME
For the Fall of 1883.
e." NcA u.si enlarged kiu- and Shed.
ding have Recently bcel. elected at
great cNprn>c.

As all experiment al.l toIi.er. the .e,c,,lesy o.
The times. Nc decided lwu Wears agu 10 .oNer lie
price oi our LIN - yer ,eI.t l.a..:.s i L cru,.
per buShe! Instead ui cents d, :a:uery Ttr
succt>S ni the p!Gn wa> suvi tA.; ulr ss.ts wee
MORE THAN DOT BLED. Hl. ~, c,r.,..,.r! ID
continue the rr1gp ~
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Rev. Thomas w. simpers, q native
of North East, Nd, and for moro than
forty years a member of the Philadel-
phia Conference, did at Chestnut Hill,
near Philadelphia, ON Wednesday
evening last, after q lingering illness
from internal cancer, in the 18th year
Of his age. He was sincere and car
nest Christian whose life was devoted
TO bis Masters work and whose minis
try was instFpmeRtt.all in the salvation Of
many souls.
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An Aristocratic Dog.


The dog which so gloriously distin-
guished himself by giving warning of
the fire at the Hoffman has again been
heard from; but this time in a matter
not SO heroic as the first attempt Ev-
identity the praises won by his intel1i-
gent act mentioned have so turned his
head that the habits of the canine mob
and common herd are distasteful to
him. AS a Columbus Avenue car was
turning into fremont Street in its up
town trip the other day, it made the
usual halt, and a medium-sized dog
stepped aboard. Escaping the notice
of the conductor, he jumped upon the
cushion and gravely seated himself with
the other passengers. After the car
started the conductor noticed his fare,
and stepping to the gentleman who sat
next to the dog, informed him that the
animal could not ride. The reply was
given that the dog was stranger to
him, and the conductor proceeded to
eject his four-footed passenger. The
dog put on the amiable look that fol-
lows the command to ''move up on the
left there so naturally, and resisted
the attempt to disiodge him so dog
gedly, that u lady who recognized the
animal as he came into the car recited
his history to some of the passengers,
and at their earnest request he was
allowed his seat, while further devel-
opments were watched His dogship
rode in stately dignity, only needing a
pair of glasses and a journal to enable
him to fraternize with his fellow-pas-
sengers, until the car stopped at Berke-
ley Street, when all eyes were turned
upon him; but no signs OF alighting.
The lady commenced to think it was
case of mistaken identity, but as the
car started the dog coo1ly stepped to
the floor, and, waiting until the plat
form was opposite the main entrance
of the Hoffman, which is perhaps two
hundred feet from where the car
stopped, wagged his tail to the con-
ductor, with ''tra la, old man, don t
stop on my account sprang off and
ran up the steps. Inquiry of the ele-
vator boy at the Hoffman reveals the
fact that for some time the dog has re-
fused to walk up stairs, but has waited
for the elevator or has signaled for itby
whining or crying. Theories are left to
logieians and metaphysicians. The
facts can be substantiated by number
OF witnesses. Journal.
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Cotton Thread.

Here lie heaps of snowy cotton wool
as it has been opened out of the bales in
which it was carried across the Atlantic.
Take up tuft of the wool and examine
it. The fibers lie in all directions and
are apparently in a state of hopeless en-
tanglement, 1t is evident that before
they can be formed into thread they
must be brought to something like
parallel order. Accordingly we find
that the first business to which the cot
ton spinner applies himself is to give
the fibers the needful parallel arrange
ment. This he does by means Of a
machine known as carding engine
This consists of series of drums or
cylinders, covered with fine wire spikes.
AS the wool is passed through between
the cylinders the spikes catch the tibers
and draw them straight After this
operation has been repeated sufficient
number of times the wool is drawn Of
in the form of soft rope about the
thickness of ones finger. As yet it has
received no twist and consequently hiss
to be dealt with tenderly. The rope or
fibers, having been wound upon large
bobbins, is taken to the first of the series
of spinning machines, by which it -
drawn out and slightly twisted into 2
cord of about the thickness Of Q quill-l
This cord is then passed to another ma-
chine, which draws it out still farther;
and gives it some more twist. After is
has been brought to the desired degree
of fineness by operations such as these
it receives the final drawing and twist
ing on the spinning mule, most COM
plicated place of mechanism.
So far we have only got single yarn
toward the formation Of thread, apd'
we must follow that yarn to the doub-
ling machine. Before being placed on
the machine, however, the yarn has %
be passed rapidly through gas hame,l
in order to burn off the loose ends Or
fiber. We're this not done the finished
thread would have a rough exterior,
and would not be so easy to sew WITH:
Two lengths of yarn are now twisted
together, and then three of these double
filaments are formed into thread..
The thread is reeled off into hanks, ana
in that form is either bleached or dyeo
as may be desired. All that Is now
necessary to do is to polish the tEsesd
by passing it between rollers having
peculiar motion, and to wind II upon
the bobbins on which it is sent to mar
ket.--Little Fotks.
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Cuifed by a Cat

'I guess that rat didn't like the way
he was treated, said Mr.. Hiram
Thomas, Charlestown provision
dealer, referring to an orphan rat which
his charitably disposed cat had adopted
into her family, and which migrate
fully deserted the foster mother who
had so kindly taken it in .'out of the
Wet.n
A few weeks since the cat, Maltese,
which makes her home in Mr.. Thomas
office, had two wee kittens. Evidently
ashamed or dissatisfied at having so
small family, and feeling that she
could very easily manage and care for
larger one, she began searching for
some little wanderers who needed the
kindly attention of a mother. Not
finding one of her own species, and
happening to discover half-grown rat
whose folorn condition wrought upon
her sympathy, she promptly gathered
him in and installed him in her little
family. On the following morning Mr..
Thomas found the cat quietly snoozing
in her accustomed place in the Office,
with her two kittens and their foster
brother snugly ensconced by her side.
''For several days" said Mr.. Thomas,
''she watched her adopted child just as
tenderly as she did her own offspring,
nursing him with them and dividing
her care generously between them"
The rat was evidently happy in his
new-found home for time, and was
apparently not disturbed at seeing his
foster mother occasionally rush out
and slay other rats. Finally the re-
straint of being ''tied' to his mothers
apron strings became irksome to his
ratship, and he boldly essayed to play
truant. On missing him the cat would
at once hunt him up, and for the first
few infractions she let him of with
single reproof and an admonition that
little rats should stay at home and not
be running at large, learning bad tricks
from older rats, who wickedly steal
,edibles from the store and commit
other depredations.
Again heran away, and when caught,
the cat, thinking it about time to assert
her maternal authority, gave him a
sound shaking up and cuffed his ears.
This was more than rat nature could
endure quietly, so as soon as oppor-
tunity offered the youngster made good
his escape, making up his mind that
it was pretty smart cat that could
give him points on getting a living.
The cat is now without 3 family, as her
two kittens were drowned after the de-
parture of the rat.-BOSt0n Globe.
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FARM AND PRESIDE.

-Oxalic acid will remove potato
stains from the hands,-N. 7. Herald.
Turkeys suffer much from hot
weather. Let them have plenty Of
water.
Wheat bran fed to cows produces a
good flow of milk, but does not make
butter.-PrGirie Farmer.
I'm summer, when meat comes from
the butcher and is not to be used the
same day, it should be washed over
with vinegar, which prevents it from
turning. Detroit Post.
1t will surprise old-fashioned
poultry growers to learn that the COM
mon hawk is regarded as a vauable
bird. He destroys one hundred field
mice for every chicken, and if there is
fair amount of shrubbery around the
henyard, very few chickens will be lost
from his depredations.
--Bird's-Nest Pudding: Pare nice,
well-favored apples enough to fill your
pudding dish andremove the cores with
an apple-corer. Steam them till ten
der. Take for custard three eggs and
milk enough to nearly cover the ap-
Piles. Sweeten to taste, and add little
salt and grated nutmeg. Bake till the
custard SETS The Household.
-Custard made in this way is
delicious for the filling of layer cake:
Heat coffee cup of sweet milk in a
bright tin basin, beat one egg very light
and beat with it until smooth one
heaping teaspoonful of flour, add sugar
to suit the taste; when the milk is hot,
stir the flour, eggs, ETC., into it; it will
thicken in very few minutes. Take it
from the fire and flavor with lemon; if
you choose; blanch some almonds, cut
them in three or four pieces and stir
into the custard.- Exchange.
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For Young Readers.
THE LITTLE BROOK.

Through the fresheSt of meadows little
In and out, in and out. with clear crystal
sound;
Like bright-ieweled band, fringed in emer-
aid green,
It glittered and flashed with silvery sheen.
The grasses bent down with a loving caress,
Praising its beauty and usefulness;
And the violets hied them from many a nook,
To see their sweet faces within the cool
brook.
The buttercups blosssomed like handfuls OF
gold,
And the white starry daisies began to unfold;
Yet the little brook ran on its way to the sea,
On and on, day by day, through the tioWery
lea.
The tender green willows their soft shadows
threw,
And the tail stately flag showed blossoms of
blue.
The birds built their nests within sound of its
song,
And the butteriieB came like fairy throng.
Little Brook! little Brook why hurry
away?"
Cried they one and they all. "oh stayl oh
stay!"
Then the little brook laughed and flashed in
the sun,
Stopping only to say: There's work to be
done;
And my task, though so small, is to find the
great sea!
Pray haven't you something to do, like me?''
-ELizabeth DdUis, in Our Little Ones.
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Slow, but Sure.

The old Hebrew idea Of a man "a
honor is set forth in the Psalm;stia
words: ''He that sweareth to his owa
hurt, and changeth not" We exprss.
the same idea h5- our phrase: "His
word is as good as his bond.'
A man who would merit the apnlic..
ton of these epithets to himself sbonld
be careful to heed these old sayinga.
'Make few PROMISES and: .;NeYe,
promise more than you are able to per.
form.n go
There are men of business. me,
among those that scorn to tell a lie. IA.
liberia ely, who seldom heed this wise
advice. They allow the press of busi.
ness, or the desire to retain an impa.
tient customer, to tempt them to maka
promises which they are unable to keen
either to the ear or to the hope. Snob
men generally find that their expedients
stamp them as unreliable. In the lono
run, the man who is cautious in prSm.
ising, but faithful in performance. i
the one whom success welcomes.
A few years ago, lad entered 4
printing-otfice in England. as an ap.
prentice. He was slow in his move.
ments, and the irritated foreman often
scolded him for not working rapidly
During a rush of work, the foreman
would call out, impatiently:
bob, how soon s0tH you have that
job done?"
I'm an hour, sir,'' or: 'sNot before
two hours and a half, SIR would be
the calm but provoking reply.
The other boys, when asked a SINH.
lar question, would reply:
In few minutes, sir" and thereby
soothe the impatience of the hurrying
foreman.
But the overseer was not blind.
though he was nervous and driver
He noticed that Bob's job was always
finished at the promised time. The
other boys, on the contrary, were never
up to time; for their almost ready,
sir, " meant nothing more than their
anxiety to avoid scolding.
The result was that Bob became the
trusted boy of the Office, and was al.
lowed to take his own time in working
out his task. He carried out this habit
of doing exactly what he said he would
along with him when he was promoted
To-day. the ''slow'' boy of ten yesrs
ago is the foreman of the Office and
oversees one hundred men, EOat}s
Companion.
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The Origin OF Dixie.

On a Saturday night in 1859, when
Dan Emmett was member of Brv-
ants Minstrers. New York, Dan Bry.
ant came to him and said: aDan. can't
you get us up a walk around p / want
something new and lively for Monday
night Dan went to work, and by
sunday afternoon he had the words
commencing, 81 wish l was in Dixie >
Ihls expression was not Southern. but
appeared among the circus people of
the North. In early fall, when mining
Lfosts would overtake the tented wan
derers, the boys would think of the
warmth of the South, and the oomn,on
expression would be, ssWell. 7 w;sb r
was in Dixie This gave the catch
line, and the rest of the song was or,g;-
nal. On Monday morning Il wss
rehearsed and highly commended anJ
at night a crowded house caught mn ths
refrain, and half of then went bor,o
singing Dixie. The song becara the
rage, and w. w. Newcomb,s RncLIa1
Mlnstrels and others gave Dan FIVE dol.
lars each forthe privilege of fusing it. Mr.
Weriean wrote to Emmett to secure tba
copyright; but. without waiting for a
reply, published it with words by Mr.
Feters; Pond, of New York, secured if
from Emmett for 5000; but Werlean
sold thousands of copies without giv.
Ing him nickel Not only was Fn,-
met robbed of the profits of his song
put the authorship of it was disputed
MH ). Hayes claimed it as his own
rond brought the matter before =
music publishers convention, and sat.
led the authorship; but Dan reaped no
asIs osaslI IN fgSn o,l this tsFay iustIee -v0lk
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it would be q pleasure TO hlm eve, 4
she did destroy some Of his thinox
He realized that if he had been ~.
lected by his playmates, it was oniv II
cause he had not made himself A 49, u
able as he might have done, and ma y.
strongly than anything else, was he lT,s Inv
pressed with his fathers wisdom IN ',..' :.
fusing to allow him all the so.esliss = =
privileges he thought Charlie StetscSu. S,,ou
had enjoyed. He came to know tPvs tbss
even sitting up late at night is not gooS 49,
for boys health, that tobacco smor MOI
ing is simply inhaling slow poison s, iOto
ones brain, and that there can :. ~ y
neither pleasure nor profit to a bov 4 4
lettering around places where CROW =
up loafers congregate.
But all these things Fred might b,v.
found out for himself long before he diS,
if he had but studied the full mean;Da.
OF the simple word contentmentes
james Otis, tis ComgregGtionaEist,
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'li Twenty years ago six silver spoons
and q silver butter knife were missed
from table in the house of Mrs n.
Crandall at Cohoes, N. Y, and sns.
pic:on rested upon a domestic. Inc
summer kitchen has lust been ralsee
for the purpose of making repairs, and
the missing silverware has been touno
uninjured in rats nest. = Troy TIMES
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"A farmer on King River, IN Can.
fornia, cut down an oak tree the other
day, from which he got thirty-one ana
a-half cords of wood. eighty-four fence
poles and swarm of bees. a
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"A young man wriaAs to consult
Us rs about the best pattern al health lift.
We would suggest helpipg bis gaather
. little With The eoaI-hed. -
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bay window parlor cars sEe trt
latest things op WI eels, = saet
Herald,
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About Mr.. Gould.


A Chicago paper says that Mr.. Jay
Gould lost $4,000, 900 in the furry.
A Cleveland paper says his losses are
fully 81, 100000.
A Buffalo paper says he cried when
he figured up and found himself $3,-
900, short.
A Toledo paper says he "merely
smiled" when informed that he had lost
$3,50O,000.
A Cincinnati paper says he sat upon
the edge of his chair and bit his finger
nails when informed that his shrinkage
would figure up $4,000, 900.
A Detroit paper says that he glanced
at the figures 800, ,000-and OBJ
served that the boys seemed to be
having fun at his expense.
A Milwaukee paper says Mr.. Gould
can drop another $5,000.000 and not
feel too poor to buy street-car tickets.
An Omaha paper says that Mr.. Gould
lost $15,0O0,000 inside of thirty-six
hours. and that it took two physicians
to save his life.
There are several back counties to
near from yet, and, if Mr.. Gould has
anything left after the reports are all
in. he will probably invest it in Western
Union Val Street Nea0s.
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1t is useless TO inveigh against the
criminal recklessness of q person who
will point q pistol or gun at another
and as long as there are people who are
so careless as to put away gun with q
load in it where other careless people
viii get hold of it, death will 'lingep
around waiting for the two fools to
corae along, when he generally claims
ene for hts 98n, Philadelphia 3fmasi
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-23

late you on the nomination OF the
old ticket and the Endorsement Of the
lease law.
TO the Austin Statesman: We con-
graduate you on the retention Of the
two-thirds rule.
TO the Dallas Times: We congratu.
late you on the general result.
To the people Of the West: We con-
graduate you that you are to be merely
leased out, not sold, TO "syndicstes and
corporations outside OF Texas"
To the children OF East Texas: We
congratulate you on being educated al
the expense OF the settlement OF the
| West.
To the free-grass delegates: We con-
graduate you that you were not kicked
out of the Houston convention. We
further congratulate you that you can
not be denied the right to vote only
| for free grass men for the legislature
To the Democrats of Clay county
We congratulate you that Air. SWAMI
advocacy Of the lease law Is not al
open sesame to the legislature, as il
was TO the Houston convention.
TO syndicates and corporations We
congratulate you on capturing the
Democratic party OF Texas.
TO actual settlers: We congratulate
you that tine United States govern
meut offers you cheap land and free
grass In all the Northwestern states
and territories.
TO the bullionaires: We congrat
ulate you ON the Endorsement OF your
wishes by the dominant party Of this
state.
To THE GAZETTE: We congratulate
| you that 1t IL no worse-that the de-
velopments OF time could not be an
ticipated or obstructed by those who
run the present.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-23
Lndre Norton,a Onininn.

Writing 10 his paper, the 1ntelli-
gsncer, from Chicago, the venerable
Judge Norton has this to say about
the politics Of this state:
We will be looking anxiously for the re.
port ftho proceedings of the Democratic
state convention, whereatthere viii be much
strife, and Ireland and his old leasing friends
viii triumph over the free-grass men, and
then they will submit like towards 10 being
walloped. Then, too we VIII hear OF Repub-
Leans wanting la vote for another who IL no
better thnn Ireland upon that important
issue, but In the end they will fnd straight
out Blaine aud Logan candidate In the field
whomay tramp upon the corns oi all around
rs he exhorts those who profess TO be Repub-
leans to stand by their colois and invites
those who cry out for FREQ grass TO partske
of Il to fulluesS and safety.
From his position among the elect
1t Is 10 be presumed that Judge Norton
speaks with the authority of the ma
tional Republican committee. 1t is
hardly probable that the Republicans
Will attempt, through the argument OF
the "bar'l," to carry Texas, as it would
be like pouring water in "a rat hole.'
However, If they have the funds tc
throw away in the hopeless expert
ment, they may make lively times
a straight out Republican ticket ha.
no earthly chance Of success in stat,
so overwhelmingly Democratic as /.
Texas.