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Twenty millions of Americans are
invited to execute gigantic project.
They contemplate the reconstruction
in Jerusalem of a temple exactly
corresponding to that which was des-
troyed by the Romans in the year 70
of the common era. Two of the mum.
Der have already proceeded to Pales.
tine to initiate the undertaking.
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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-12-13

Taking American and English Odd
Fellowship collectively, we find that
on every night of last year some g.
900 lodges met, and 5000 Noble
Grands asked the question: "Does
any brother know of another needing
our aid or sympathy We also find
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The corrected official figures from
all the States give Cleveland a popu>
lar plurality of 67,240, after credit
ing the Butler vote of Michigan and
Iowa (about $4,000 to the Demo-
Gratis, and the Butler vote of Missou-
ri and West Virginia (about 40, 00O)
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Yes, my son, the railroad is mo-
nopoly, but after you have paid 70
cents on box which has come sever.
al hundred miles, and then fad that
a car man is.going to charge $3.50 for
hauling it five squares farther, you
will not talk very hard against the mo-
nopoly.-Philadelphia Call.
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Rev. E. P. McGaughey, of our city,
came very near being killed few
days ago near Middleburg, Tenn, by
his horse taking fright at the train
and falling into deep ditch with him.
He has been confined to his room for
several days, but is able to be out
some now.-Jackson Dispatch.
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Gen. Grant positively declines to
accept pension from thegovernment,
and thereby raises himself one hun,
bred per cent. in the estimation of the
people. There is some good in the
old man yet.
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Congressman Chalmers, of Missis-
sippi, has introduced bill in congress
to "restore a republican form of gov>
eminent" to that state. He was de-
feated at the late election. Hence
his desire to raise disturbance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-12-13

When Texas reported an official
plurality of 134,S55 for Cleveland
over Blaine, all the counties hadn't
been heard from. Two counties have
since swelled the figures by 1000
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President Arthur will not be able
to attend the opening exercises of the
great Exposition mt New Orleans.
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Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04

found no rest for the sole off his foot in
his own house. It might have worked
upon his nervous system until he had
become suddenly insane. Horrible
thought! BE might have committed
suicide. s*s
She hurried home with the children.
All was gloom She went to hiia bureau
to look for his razor. IL IVES the only
fire arms he possessed lit was gone!
Then Mrs. Skinner broke down and
cried, and ii was indeed q scene Of des-
olation. when sud denly the door Of that
horrible parlor opened. and an appar-
ition no, it was Mr.. skinner himsel If
stood before them looking very sheep
ish. 4 # Ss s3s.
T oversight myself, = he said in meek,
apologetic tone, looking at the clock.
1I should say you did, 4" answered his
wife, and the dinner is all eaten up,
but Ill fix You up something nice, and
she went out taking the children with
her. 5s IA.
How much Of it Mn Skinner ever
knew it is impossible to say, but there
was an Immediate and satisfactory
change that at first amazed and then
delighted him. He could lay down
anywhere when he was tired and his
wife would throw q shawl over him,
and leave him in peace. He has even
been seen to lie down On the sofa in the
parlor where he took his Rip Van Win
kle sleep and nobody disturbed him.
Mrs. Skinner was at heart q woman Of
sense, and when she, relied that one
hair Of that grizzly gray head was
worth more than all the pillow shams
in the world to her, she put the last
one away in the company Of q demented
assortment Of superhuous tides And
they are really and truly, and notin
any geological sense, a happy family"
now ~ ~ yeAEs.s&s ~ q. 3 g. r ,sE.n'
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
Sheep for Mutton,

The profit from sheep should be made
as large as possible, and the addition Of
a few more pounds Of wool to the clip
will not compensate for the lack of size
and quality in the carcass. In England
they find the profit in mutton SO great
as to make sheep necessary adjunct to
the farm, which would not be the case if
they bred for wool. With the increase
Of population of this country comes a
greater demand for good mutton, for
we have but little of it, and that demand
is sure to increase. As it increases, the
field for breeding sheep is also widened,
and it we are to compete with Australia
and demand a tariff to protect us we will
at least be safe and sure against foreign
competition in the mutton supply. Of
course we find mutton in orr markets,
but such meat could not be easily sold
in England. The usual hocks that
come to our markets are very inferior,
The people are anxious for mutton
good mutton and it will be profitable
to the one who sends it to market
Farm, Field and Frieside. &::&% 4
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04

! pras hut which 81 not always done By
{ any means; and yett is as worthless as
need lbe when cut at an unreasonable
( time or handled ID On 1lninte]ligent
manner. rule for cutting timothy
sis, when il Is in It's very best state, if
possible, and that is when the major
part part of the field is il bloom. Some of
the seeds we're then in milk, and most
Sof them perhaps, before I was through,
for I never cut my grass, wet or dry.
before was ready as some do. But
nv rule is to begin the first fair day
after i think the gluten, starch and
sugar are most abundant in the stalks
and leaves, and hurry on the work as fast
as possible during the dry weather, and
while there is plenty Of sunshine. T
neve cut grass for hay when it is wet
from much dew or even very little
rain. Only q careful observation of
the weather Is needed generally to Sc:
cure the cop in good condition. Dur:
ing the summer season two or three
days of cloudy or rainy weather usually
followed by about tha same number Of
good, or fairly good, hay-curing wealth
er, alternating in that manner through
the season, except in seasons of severe
drought or excessiue rains. Inever pay
attention to the Z signs in the moon or
the weather prophets. I once bought
barometer, but it was too slow snd
uncertain in coming to conclusions to
suit me. They are poor property for
the average farmer, and scarcely as re-
liable as the rheumatic is. All things
being ready and the weather favorable,
r start the mower as soon as the dew is
off in the morning and pnsh it for all
that is in it for five or six hours, if the
weather continues favorable, or until
the rake starts, which must be in time
to take up all that is cut, with men fol-
lowing the windrows with forks, cock
ing up iu good shape as fast as raked,
leaving no uncccked hay at sundown il
the meadow.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
Savings Banks.

! a wise man shows his wisdom by say,
ing the money he has made. Young
men are often tempted to ignore the
fact that many little makes a mickle, y
and that the best way to accumulate
small sums is to put them as fast as
they come along, into the savings bank.
The editor of the New, York Christian
Advocate gives this excellent advice to
young men:
As fast as five dollars accumulated for
which you have no Immediate use, put
the amount into the savings bank. If
an unexpected necessity for n oney.
arises, make every possible effort to
any thing out of the bank. Keep your
| self poor by the prcmptitude Of your
| deposits of what yo,. get in a savings
bank.
| It is true the interest on five dollars
at five per cent. is only quarter of a
dollar year. But the interest I'D ten
| deposits of five dollars each is two d,)-
lars and fifty cents; and the interest "a
a hundred deposits of five dollars Is
twenty-five dollars.
As for the savings banks select the
oldest and best when the oldest is con-
fessedly the best. Do not leopard your
money by depositing it in bank which
undertakes to pay more than the oldest
and safest Of banks
That vou may, without the trouble Of
calculating. form some idea Of how
money will accumulate in u savings
bank, let me stnte that 81 900 (which is
taken for convenience, at five per cent,
will, in ten years, amount to 81 1928 80;
in twenty wears TO 8 .G53 20; in thirty
years to S., 32l o.: and even at four
per cent, 81 900 Will, in twenty wears;
double itself and ts191 - more.
But after vou have reached a thou
sand dollars, which may take you some
years or scme months, according to
your station, q new opportunity comes
to yo11
You can loan upon bond OF mortgags
at tive or six, or, i'll some Of the states,
at seven per cent. under circumstances
which will sacUrc you as absolutely SIS
any bank, or as certainly as anything
in the world car
When the security is ample. the title
perfect, the documents properly drawn,
let the young man proceed again to de-
post the interest, as promptly as it il
paid to him, i'll the savings bank.
In process Of time he will accumulate
similar sum, which, if he may CONSOLE
date with the first amount, and take u
larger mortage, or, if he prefer, may
take q small mortgage again upon
similar property.
knew abook- -keeperin Philadelphia,
who lived well, never had salary OF
more than So, 500 per annum, married
when he was thirty three, never went
into business for himself, and by the
time he was fifty five years of age was
worth more than $4,000, the accumu-
latlons Of interest and savings.
1t is necessary for me to say that
without care -great and painstaking
care--rnoney may be loaned where
there is a defective title, hidden mort
cages, unproductive property, dispro-
portionate security, and where the in
tarest will not be promptly paid.
1t would be we'll to leave the money
IN the savings bank until what ths
business man calls 'tgilt- edged" OPP
portunity to invest the funds appears.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04

The coming cotton picking season is
to witness the test Of . newly perfected
machine which IS intended to do the
work OF many hands III gathering the
fully opened bons without injury to
other parts of the plnnt. Many of the
machines are now Ia progresapf man
sufactnre, and By next month q number
of them Will be completed and ready
for trial This ingenious mechanism is
drawn BY horsepower, and runs along
between the plants pIucking the per-
fected boils as Il goes Friction has
been reduced IS II q & minimum, ard
its 136 picking stems are oiled from 8
single cup.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
killed by a Hog.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Fhlladelphla Times. 5EstSt S&.at "
Henry Ward who lived at the corner
Of Moyanensing and Snyder avenues,
met his death IN Q horrible form recent
II. For some months past he had had
in his possession q large hog, which
was, during the day time, allowed to
run In the back yard. During the night
it was kept in pen in the northeastern
corner Of the yard. Some days ago the
hog developed an ugly disp osition,, and
protested BY vicious grunts its aversion
to confinement Several times it
turned on It's owner while being driven
to its pen, and had to be subdued with
a clnb. Yesterday the animal became
unusually vicious and attacked every
one who came near. "a dog that was
set on tho brute in the hope that he
would drive il To the pen was routed
and narrowly escaped death by scr ing
a fve-foot picket fence.
Mr.. Ward returned home at 2 o'clock
and undertook to drive the hog intoahis
pen The beast trottesi sullenly ahead
until within . few feet of the gate, when
=it turned and. with 4 vicious snort,
charged on its owner. The man tried
10 best il oil, with stick. but twas oYer-
powered il al instant. The hog reared
itself of it's hind feet, and, throwing its
weight against the man, bore him 70 the
earth t then sprang on him md
with its front hoofs drawn c1osely to-
gether and before the rostrate man
could recover his footing the hog had
made 3 ghastly wound ID his abdomen
with its teeth man Was
soon rescued by some neigh hbors but
fbled to death bet 81 med dliical sistance
arrived The hog Was lsilled with q ax.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
The Dazed Miner.

It is difficult for one who has been
cradled in wealth to conceive Of the
mental and moral shock given to poor
man by the sudden acquisition of riches.
The almost instantaneous transition
from the struggle to keep the wolf from
the door, to life which is free from
both labor and care, dazes him. He be-.
comes as eccentric in his actions as one
who dreams is in his thoughts. -
A correspondent of an English paper,
writing from Australia, illustrates this
fact by the following story: .,
A friend Of mine came into Sydney a
month ago who had struck q fortune in
the mines, and from being poor ,miser-
able tramp with just enough money to
keep him from starving, he had become
the owner Of thousands Of pounds in
ready gold. i
He rushed into the first store he hap
pened to sec, which was a drug store.
"Just let me have hundred dollars
worth of those bottles there, will you ?
he shouted to the proprietor.
"Certainly," replied the polite drug
gist. What kind of drugs do you
want?"
''Drugs! / don't want your drugs
Just send couple shelves full of those
bottles up to the Hotel--to me- Tom
Randall. Here's your pay" and he
threw handful OF gold on the counter,
and rushed out, and into the next store,
which was hardware.
rs that good stoye?" said he, kick
ing the nearest one.
''Yes sir, said the hardware man COM
ing forward, smiling, THAT stove
will, r..
Never mind what it II do. Just send
it up to Hotel--to Tom Randall, will
you? How much is it? Never mind the
change" and he had paid for it, and was
gone, before the store keeper had recov-
cred from his wonder. II
He then went into dozen differ
ent stores, ordering countless things
which happened to strike his fancy or
please his whinl, and, at last, returned to
his hotel. 4..,' ",
( found him there two hours later, sit
ting on the edge Of trunk surrounded
by his different purchases, which with
the promptness of the Sydney trades
men had been sent according to his
order. ,, 81! 4. "a H.. +. :
Nv friend sat with his face in his
hands rs camel l, and did not stir.
Finally, the tea Is began to trickle
through his fingers, and atlast he looked
up at me with a comical smile.
= "Bob," said, he f"it's the first time l
ever had any money in my life. just
think! Here I am a rich man? Why
I had to do something to prove it to my
self. I should have. gone crazy if I
hadn't" Then after a pause, he added,
And I've proved it pretty we'll, I guess. !"
With a pensive air he glanced over the
room, and for the first time seemed to
take in it's contents. IL ttau 4. ~
Then lie burst into g laugh in which I
joined. From laughing he passed into
crying, then quieted down, and asked
me to help him dispose Of his numerous
purchases. s q ss.5 IT, 1#.} ES 5@&gs
Most Of them were sent to his old
comrades IN the mines, and week
after, he sailed for America. But I be-
lieve those absurd purchases were the
indirect means Of preserving his reason
at the critical period OF his life.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
Dairy Hints,

Some milk producers object to tur.
nips and other roots as a ration for dai-.
ry cows on the ground that they taint
the butter. This is true, if fed in large
quantities.. But these same men will
allow their COWS to drink all summer
out Of filthy, slow running brooks or
muddy sloughs, or clay laden streams.
No one likes q tulrnip favor in butter,
but it is not as bad as that Of the stable
Or of q foul brock. AS ST per cent OF
milk is water, and that no water is taxi
en- into the system Of Of the COW with her
food and drink, it is apparent that pure
drin I king water is as desirable as good
food. Next to plenty Of good pasturage
during the next three months is piesT
sof pure fresh water, and every dairy
farmer who has no spring which sup
plies his pasture should proyidea we'll,
and if possible wind mil, if the we'll
is deep. &c is not advisable to give
grain during the flush grass period, but
Sas soon as drought aud dry pastures be-.
gin to lessen the flow Of milk, supply
fodder corn or gram The flow Of milk.
once lost is not easily restored. It is
general md derstood That If turnips are
fed only directly after OF soon after dur
ing the milking, they will little affect
the flavor Of the next milking. Beets
eldom affect the milk except favorably.
- ,hicag go Prairie Farmer. s
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
Cutting Timothy.

New York Herald The following
method is that Of an educated Indiana
farmer Timothy unquestio onably makes
much the best hay for all classes ooff
stock when well cured, which is more
EASILY accomp plished than with any other
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04
More Sunlight and Air Needed for Health
and Comfort. ...

One cause OF the extreme nervous
ness of American women is living too
much in the darkness when indoors,
says the Herald of Health. The rooms
are kept dark to save the carpets and
keep out the flies, and as consequence
both the house and the occupants lack
the benefits OF fresh air and sun shine.
Houses from which the sun is excluded
are not wholesome There is always
damp, depressing condition i'll them that
makes itself evident at once to SEN
sitive temperament The minds and
bodies Of oil who live in such houses are
affected by it. Both health and spirits
are depressed. Their occupants have
not only the depressing effects of the
lack of light and sun to contend against,
but the reaction consequent upon living
in unwholesome conditions. All the
rooms in the house should have both
light and sunshine freely admitted at al
times, whether they are in daily use or
not. They are thus kept sweet, and are
in good condition when they are wanted.
Nelson Sizer once said, when making
q phreIo Iological examination: "Be as
much as possible in the sunshine. Pep
pie who live III dark rooms and wear
black are pale all through" You can
not have too much Of light either in
your lives or in your houses, for good
health. You may live; but it is not al
of life to live. Merely to exist is but a
small part Of our work i'll this world.
We should so live that 'ody and mind
are at all times in their best condition.
We are then ready and able to do what
ever duty may be required of us i'll such
a way that the doing merely shall be
pleasurable, and the reaction Oh our
selves and others beneficial It should
be, in fact, the religious duty Of every
one so to live.
Many woman and child have been
sacrificed to save the carpets and keep
out the flies. Many a fit OF illness has
resulted from the same cause. Many a
disappointed, cheerless life can be
traced back to sunless rooms as be-
ginning. Multitudes Of women and
children are only half living to-day be-
cause only half-fed. Sunshine and
light and air are as much food for body
and soul as the fruits a, grains and
vegetables that we take il ] !, our stom
achs; and we cannot get a surfeit Of
them as food. The more we have the
better.
Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-04

he imp proyen1ant off the understand
ing IS for two ends iirst our own in-g
crease of nowledg secondly, TO en-
able us tos deliver and make out that
/ knowledge to Others !. socke.