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Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

1t is estimated that Southern Geor.
gia will this season produce crop OF
watermelons double that Of last year.
sin "A New Yorker has invented a little
spring to attach to gas jets so that when
the light is blown out the gas will be
eShut off.-M Y. Sun.
The old fair grounds at Little Rock,
IoAfk., have bcen transformed into
mammoth brick-yard that is announced
to turn out seven million bricks this
year.
N4Rawhide is coming into quite ex-
tensive use for bottoming chairs. 1t
makes a much better seat than any
lIkind of split wood and is much
samore desirable. 1t is stated that
horse hide is preferred for bottoming
eaffne chairs. Chicago Times.
-Italic types were first introduced
bv Aldus Plus Manutius in an edition
OF Virgil, printed in 1901. They were
first called Aldine The letters were
united as in writing, and the types are
1said to have been cut by Francesca da
Bologna, better known as Francia, in
foimitation of the handwriting of Pc
trach.
"A clock at Brussels has been going
for eight months, and has not required
to be wound up since it was first set
going In fact, the sun does the wind
/, ing Of this time piece. A shaft exposed
to the sun causes an up-draught of al
which sets fan in motion. The fan
:ctuates mechanism which raises the
weight of the clock until it reache, the
top, and then puts on brake on the
fan until the weight has gone down a
little, when the fan is again liberated
and proceeds to acr as before.
A New York dentist s'denticulates"
teeth to order. DenticulatIon as he de-
fines it, is not the extraction of old snags
and fangs, nor the insertion of store
teeth but the remodelng of the stock
nature has su piled. He makes irregu-
lar teeth shapely, builds up imperfect
ones to the desired size by means of ar
tific:al enamel, or by a process of filling,
reduces the s'ze, and changes their gen
eral appearance. Little teeth, of the
sort known in the novel of the period
as '.pearis, are in fashion now.-M Y.
Tribune.
Calf and other SIX MS are made to re-
semble very closely ligator skins by a
very ingenious process. A photograph
having been made of a genuine all ga
tor hide, a copy of it is produt ed in
bichromated gelatine, which gives in re.
lief all the curious markings, and from
thisla terrelief representa- ion metal die
is readily executed This die is pressed
heavily on the cheap leather with the
result of making it look so much like
the leather manufactured from the skin
of the ALI gator as to deceive experts un-
less it is handled and examined. Any
suitable stain can be impaired to the
factitious product. .-B0st0a Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

Er. w. r. Robinson, Davisboro, Ga,
writes, under date Jan. 8, 1881: a. am get
ting ON finely, the ulcer is gradually heal
ing. l feel that Swift's Specific will cure
the horrible cancer which has been feeding
on mo for over twenty years"
Mr. O.G. Barron, of Banning, Ga. writes,
dased March 5, 1884: The soreness has all
gole out of the Cancer, and my health has
greatly improved. l 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
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03
PITH AND POINT.

There is only one poet in Holland.
Gentleman about to start newspapers
are looking for the map OF that country.
Burglars entered the house of New
Jersey editor the other night. Even
burglars will sometimes make mistakes.
Harrington Free Press.
-'.Does your baby kick when you try
to put it to sleep?" asked one young
married man of another. mo, was the
reply, ''but do when | am asked to
put it to sleep"
-E'ectricity-is is now used for printing
newspapers. Keep up your courage,
girls. 1t won't be long before some one
will scover how it can be made use Of
for crimping hair. Chicago 1ribun'.
, 1t has been found that excessive
reading Of sensational dime novels will
turn the brain.-Erchange. 1t was sup
posed that persons who INDUCED in that
sort of reading possessed no brain to
turn. -Norristo,Cn Herald.
They laugh at the New York dudes
because they kiss when they meet in
the street. But the poor creatures
should deserve our pity rather than ou1
sneers. The girls won't kiss them. and
kisses they must have.-N. Y. Mail.
Stubborn things
,''Tm very matter-of-fact," she cried,
To handsome bachelor at her side
Anangel without wings.
"Oh, certainly yes" the wretch replied,
"For it is acknowledged far and wide
That facts are stubborn things
IL think l saw you standing IN
front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day"
said New York young lady to a dude
who was making an evening call.
.sYa'as," it replied, with a silly
look 'I-aw-dine there every da'ay,
y'know." ''Do you?" she sweetly
said '.and don't you tire of tooth
pick? ?'-Mercha,h 1raceler.
Retrospective e.-Lady-"Her my
poor man, is ticket for a dinner at
the soup kitchen; and you can eat as
much there as will suffice for to m GROW
and the day AFTER Mendcant-
''Thanky kindly, mum but I'd ra' her
like first to eat enough for yesterday
and the day afore, if it would make no
difference to you to write that down on
the ticket.-Judy.
-''Yes, indeed" said the high
school girl to her brother Jim. "In
this affair obtained the gibbosity on
Amy" "You did whatP" inquired the
boy. "Obtained the gibbosity-the
protuberancy, you know" as it any
thing to eat3" was the next question.
''Oh dear, no, you stupid boy-merely
a figure of speech-what you call
got the bulge only that is horrid
slang. oil CITY Derrick.
.--''Well, good-by, my darling" he
said, as the train started; write me
every day or two," and, stopping.
he kissed her fondly, and. lifting his
hat, he jumped from the car. A mid
dle-aged lady. who occupied the seat
Justin front, and who had been an in
terested listener to this affectionate
parting, turned her head and re-
marked pleasantly: Bride, Suppose"
''Oh, not at all, = was the polite re-
sponse. .'I have been married several
years. SIS it possible" the lady re-
turned in astonishment. "And that
was Your husband who just IT. was it
not?" .'Oh, no indeed; that was my
brother. ."-P Philadelphia CaN
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03


first saw what 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, l first thought of ALLcoCK's
PLASTERs. By the advice of my physician
l placed two under each shoulder-blade
and two on my chest; in a few hours
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 1
broke out in profuse perspiration, and in
three days 1 was well and attending to my
affairs. l ought to say that | took two
BRANDRETH's PILLS every nightfor over q
week, which think helped me a good deal.
WILLIAM PERSCH.
Be sure to obtain "Allcock's" Porous
Plaster, as all other are worthless imita-
tions.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03
A rather fresh fellow. who came to

A rather fresh fellow, who came to
work in the reporters room the other
day, brought in lunch to eat at mid
night. 1t happened at that hour, he
was all alone in the room and was
munchlng away at his provender
when the city editor came in. "Tak-
ing a feed,5 ked the city editor.
81 es," said the reporter, "and I've
borrowed your peppet box, which
you'd left on your desk. Mighty
queer one it is'' and he held it up.
"Great snakes yelled the city editor,
''that's bug-gun filled with insect
powder. &C Chicago Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03
A Ponular Eallacy.

Many people think thas Rheumatism can
not be cure /. II is caused by a 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
NJ 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.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

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 enriches the blood, strengthens the uri-
nary and digestive organs, and quick y -e-
moves all indications of i'll health and blood
disease, from pimple to 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
fuelce.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

Connecticut has a nine-year old
BOY peddler, who goes all over the State
selling feather busters and numerous
household knickknacks. He carries a
revolver, he says, to encourage mis-
chievious boys to mind their own bus i
ness. .-Hartford Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

DR.. NJ. II. HINsDALE, Kenawee, H., says:
Is A neighbours wife was attacked with vio-
ent lung disease, and pronounced beyond
help from Quick Consumption. The family
was persuaded to try DR.. VIM. HALLS S BAL
SAM FOR TIE LUNGS. By the time she had
used one-half dozen bottles she was about
.he house doing her own work"
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

cY-Keep This in Mind. In the Diamond
Dyes more coloring is given than in any
known dyes, and they give faster aud more
brilliant colors. 11c. at all druggists.
Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vt.
Sample Card, 80 colors. and book Of direc-
tions for &c. stamp.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03
.A1most arerv dav ), saws the

Almost every day." says the Bos-
ton Globe. .'the newspapers announce
the failure O. man who made money
in a business he understood and has
lost it in one he did not know anything
about"
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

No EFFORT has ever beer made to adver-
tise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound outside our own America; yet fire.
Quent 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.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

"A lawyer won hog case for Sc,
nora Marmalada Creola, in Fresno,
Cal, the other day, and she gave a
banquet to counsel on both sides, the
Judge and jury. The Republican, in
its society columns, describes it as the
grandest social .whoop-upn ever seen
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

BRowS's BRONCHIAL TROCHEs for Coughs
and Colds: 81 think them the best and
most convenient relief extant. ."-Rec. Q.
III. Humphrey, Gratz, Ky. 25 cts. box.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

A HORRIBLE but humorous paragrapher
suggests that the Boston crematory is only
q new way Of baking beings.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

'HIGH, fat crowns are most in favor"
An American girl will take almost any
kind Of crown and not complain. N. Y.
Graphic.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

A SUPREME COURT decision: "Yes, dear;
but of course you must speak to pa."-Ou
City Derrick.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

CYCLONES are becoming so plenty out
West that almost every poor family can
afford to have one.-BOSton Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

JOHN DARIS, ESQ, of Woodburn, Ill, writes:
Samaritan NerUinc cured my son of fits"
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

VIXEN a rich man dies nowadays he
leaves his will to his heirs and his money
to their lawyers.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

A SLEEPY head is often possessed Of a
nod idea.-N. y. Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

DARWIN says there is living principle
in fruit. We suppose he refers to the
worms.-Indidndpol Scissors.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

IL afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

THE short, hacking cough, which leads to
Consumption, is cured by Piso's Cure.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

"LITERALLY carried out of the system" Dis
ease when attacked by Samaritan NeTUine.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

1T Is hard TO run n newspaper unless 1t
can stand alone. - WhHehdH Times.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

THE Chinese may have to go, but the
Keey motor never-Peck'S Sun.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

FooT and mouth disease-Gout and tooth
a1,A
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Stops your throat hurting. Why don'tyou
use it? Pixies toothacne drops cure in one
minute.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03
Cancer for Twenty Years.

TIE wages of the paragrapher-his ink
cople.-G -GouUerneltr Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-05-03

~ q gn Wigs6 Wares sent 20 p anywhere Whole
II ~ sale & Retail Price list free. Goods gIaran-
As66teed. BIC CSTREHL I57 Wabash av- Chicago.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18
General Orders No. \.

|. In accordance with General Orders No
Il, A G. o dated July Ist, the brigade will
encamp at Augusta for five days, commencing
August 5th.
H. The camp will be known as Camp
Robie, in honor of the Governor and Com
mander in Chief
III. The Frontier Guards" will, during
the encampment, be assigned to duty with
the First Regiment.
". Arrangements for the transportation
of the troops will he made through the Brig
ade Quartermsster. Commanding officers of
regiments, and of the battery and Frontier
Guards" will forward to the Assistant Adiu-
tant General, Augusta, as soon as possible.
the number of men in their commands who
will be present for duty at the encsmpment,
that proper acquisitions may be made.
V. camping-party, con listing of the
Quartermaster and Quartermaster Sergeant
of each regiment, and a non on-commIssiOned
officer and three men from each company,
will report to the Brigade Quartermaster. at
the camp ground on Monday, August 4th, at
10 O'Clock A. NJ.
vi. Attention is called to the department
of the men on the trains and at stations. in
moving TO and from the Encampment ANY
damage done to property by the troops will
be charged to those participating, or present
and consenting, and the amount of the same
will be taken from their pay rolls. The
senior officer present with troops is hereby
directed to charge himself with the duty of
looking to the good order of the troops on the
train He will he obeyed and respected
accordingly
VII. Commanding officers are cautioned
to instruct their men in the minor details of
I,,t,r all
matters of guard and police duty. The re
vsed regulations of the army and the tactics
contain all that is required. and non-commis-
stoned officers in particular should become
so familiar with them as to be able to answer
any questions that may be put to them on tn e
subject by the inspecting officer.
BY Command of Brgadier General Brown.
HENRY VI. SPRAGUE.
Major and \ 4 &
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18

Vassslboro correspondent writes to Us in
the following tender manner in regard to
Will Hall Burleigh. the Young man who so
unfortunately shot himself at Vassslboro,
Monday night:
He was Young man of great promise,
having graduated only three weeks ago from
the State College. As scholar he took
high rank, being the vsledictorisn OF his
clsss He possessed moral character that
sny Young man might be proud of, honest
loysi pure and true. His face was sn index
of hi. life. lie was one of the most popnlar
men in college. beloved by the men of each
cI,ss for his own true worth. Mothers aud
fathers wishes were the principles which
Governed his life He had been the object OF
much parental hope and expectation, ana II
Aid NOT seem right that it should be, for hrignt
fntnre seemed awaiting him. He was ms
mothers pride, her Oldest boy She saiu
,rbsn he graduated. II have now some one to
Iesn npon.n But God wanted him most,
He seemed in his home rs the center around
which his five sisters and three orothers
gathered to bestow their love. he mas oe
Come we trust. a center to which they All
will cather-one gone where the hopes are
raver bich;ed. and the love never changed
but purified BY death ii will now from 'he
;mmortal heart through all eternity
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18
CIty Personals.

Clerk Of Courts \. c. OTIS is attbe Islands
Miss Ada ID. welch Is spending her vaca
ton at Bangor.
Col Fred y. Dow of Portland, was in
Augusta Yesterday.
Mes.rs. Benz, De Voc and j H. Barnes,
Of Binghamtou. \. J, were in the city yes
teriay.
Arthur Pummer, employed at Devine &
Cough,n's drug store il stopping at Weeks
Mills for few days.
Rev. Mr.. Upiohn. the former rector of the
Augusta Episcopal church, will spend the
month of August here.
Mrs David 5. Abbott of Albion is in Min
neapolis, Mimi. on visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Frank J. Currier, whom she has not
seen for II years.
Mr. Fred Blake of Boston, formerly of this
city, is spending his vacation here. He re.
Gently lost one finger and mangled the thumb
of the right hand on a circular saw.
Hon. Manton Marble of New York city. a
leading democratic light, arrived in the city
Wednesday for a few lays visit to Mrs. Mar
bles mother, Mrs Daniel Williams.
Among the many arrivals at Squirrel Island,
says the Squd, are Mrs. Horace North, j.
W North and wife, Mrs Fred Hamlin, f.
l.. whitehouse, r. b. Mcfarland. L. W.
Neal and wife
Mr. Wm. II. Bigelow, who takes the place
of MIR. Cheney as Chief of the Mail Service
for New England, will enter upon the duties
OF that position the first of August, with
headquarters at Boston.
DIR. Scott Hill contemplates Joining one OF
Ravmoud's August excursions. The party
will visit the Hudson river, Lakes George and
Chsmplain. and Quebec, returning home by
wav OF the White Mountains. 1t will be a
fascinating trip.
Our former citizens Mr.. and Mrs. F. w.
Kinsman are in the city for a few davs.
They return TO their home in New York next
Saturday. We are pleased to learn that the
firm of F. w. Kinsman 4 Co. is prospering
at the metropolis.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18

The recent Augusta agent Of the American
Express Co.. who under the head Of ..Nis,ook
his Calling" has lately assumed the role Of
editor, has been very unfortunate in hi. state
ments about the democratic celebration which
was attempted here after Cleveland and Hen.
drick's nomination It was once declared by
celebrated writer when paving a tribute "a
TO Shakespeare. that tina, gentlemen
touched nothing WHICH he did no,
adorn.' In the case Of the recent er.
press agents treatment Of the abortive
celebration he touched nothing without, max
ing an ass Of himself, beside clearly establish.
ing his title to the stigma, falsiier and liar
The Age yesterday contained aa exhaustive
article in which all Of it, former attempts a,
misrepresentation were rendered inglorious
II tried TO convince people that the Journal
did not give due credit for the tremendous
euthusiasm' among democrats on the after.
noon and evening of the nomination, when
the fact is that every man, woman and child
in town, even those with no higher order of
Intelligence than the average New Age
contributor knows that the Journal stated the
plain facts and nothing more Mr.. Norton :
article yesterday simply illustrates the oft
quoted saying that "fools rush in where
angels fear TO tread" Hear what the oracle
says
1.-THE nomination OF Cleveland and Hendrick. wa.
received in this city with great enthusiasm la four
mlnute."-ac.
IT the above item is fair representation
of Morton's knowledge of that cele ebration. it
would seem that all he doesn't know about i,
embraces about all that is to be known.
Among other things is the following.
"The regular local reporter Of the Journal being
away they trotted out the boy of big head" etc
The boy" feels perfectly well satisfied with
his report and will be able to stand kicking
like this. from pack of jackasses with their
backbones broken and their heels mufiied. for
some time yet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18
AHsrrle.ne a, Norway.

SATURDAY about O'Clock P. NJ, heavy
clouds began 70 gather about the upper end
Of Pennesseewsssee and Threatened sudden
end Of everything a, that point. Lightning
flashed. thunder rolled. and the wind howled.
Bat Iirtle rain felt AZ FIRST then in q few
moments the black clouds seemed TO drop
like smoke over the eastern shore, leaving
all OF the lake surface clear to observers
upon the vest siie. While ont of il. all OF
sudden. zro<e = bziloon-shape mass the
color Of ste4m. steady in It's movement.
but not nI0Iipnless The house knoEn
as the William Crockett stand Was first in
line. With roar the sir was soon filed ~ith
barn doors, boards. shingles and other ma
terial, and the clouds passed on, leaving a
roOfiess barn. uprvot-d trees etc The next
in line was a fine sugar orchard on the Par
sons stand owned by Isaac Tiicomb where
large old NAPLES were snapped of like reeds.
Directly in line about a quarter of 4 mile
away were the farm buildings occupied by Mr.
TtComb and his father in-law. Mr. Parsons.
Here the gale seemed az lis height. The
great barn Sas stripped in t~inkling Roof
boards % feet in length were torn up as if
but straws and hurled through the air. Large
barn doors fle~ up as If but a chip Whole
the air and carried full mile from the house.
correspondent saw, across large field.
holes more than Two feet deep where tao
roof boards that would require the united
efforts Of three men 10 put them in place,
were torn from the barn and driven in the
earth by the force Of the wind The chin
neys were split in two upon the house. large
hole torn through the roof OF the ell, glass
blown out and corner boards and caves ripped
of Al this point there seemed 10 be
change. There was crash and fash all in
one, a~or boards we're torn of dishes smashed,
and house keeping bade fair 10 be thing of
the past Mrs Titcomb had just placed a
large earthen mixing pan upon the kitchen
table and lett it, 10 be with her family, when
II was knocked in fragments. The cloud
passed on and the ram fell in torrents. Hap
PLY none of the large family were injured.
The storm cloud seemed 10 have spent Itself
mile farther on. as trees were uprooted the
entire distance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-07-18
Mr.. J. R. Stewart of Macon. Ga. aw

Mr. J. X. Stewart of Macon, Ga, a well
known and Trustworthy Gentleman, makes
the following statement: MY son, who was
between three and four wears old, was all
drawn up with rheumatism. His bones were
twisted, and he was ali doubted out
ot shape. He suffered intense pain, hsl lost
his appetite, was cross and trettul He was
reduced 10 a mere skeleton. and had 10 be
CARR about on pillow. As these cases
where the bones were twisted and the joints
were all crooked ha1 for years bafileu the
skill OF the most eminent physicians. de
termined 10 use Swifts Specific, as ! had
seen testimonials from men whom knew to
be trustworthy, of similar cases it had cured
used two large size bottles of ). s. $. ac
cording to directions, with the most satisfac-
torv results Nv son commenced improving
with the first dose Of the medicine. His
sufferings diminished daily ami his appetite
increased he became cheerful and in good
spirits. Gradually he regained use Of his
limbs. the twisted bones and joints
Strengthened ont and in less than two months
he vas entirely cured. and could walk and
get about a well as any child Of his age.
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mailed free.
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