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RAILROADS..
600 4 REAT II
900 PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE IL
| (9c,j

- - S: 80.
TO THE NORTH. WEST & AND SOUTHWEST.
DOUBLE TRACK, steel. GAILS
SPLENDID SCENERY.
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
In effect November IS, 1885.
Trains leave Washington, from station, corne- nt
Sixth and 3 streets, rs follows:
For PittsburE AID the West. Chicago Limited
Express of Palace Sleeping Cars at $40 d. A.
daily; Fast Line, $40 IL. daily, with Sleeping
Cars from Harrisburg 10 Cincnna.i. Western
Express $40 y. m, daily, with Pal;tco Cars to
PittsburG. Also connects. daily, fol Chicago,
via Columbus and &. st. L. * P K t.. with
Sleeping Car PittsburS to Chicago. Mail tx
press 1000 Z. "a, daily, foS P.ttsbrr. and
the West. with Palace Sleeping Tax Washington
10 Chicago.
BALTIMORE .sn POTOMAC &A1LE"Al.:
For Erie, CanGnaaigua Ro"nrsse:. Buffalo. Siaga's
lO:0up. II. daily, except Saturday. win Palace
Cars Washington 10 Rochester and ! as:.inc,oa
to Buffalo. Trains Icag;:l.; Washington. Sal;:r-
day night vii: rot run hey9ni Remove.
For Williamsyo.t Lock s!avnn and almr' ~
$40 .. -, tailS, except :ca.ia=
For Nc": toTi; and the Fast, 81! ;.i: t;: . "a;
1:.;@, 400. !":pn and ;.I5, ;. -. -, sunday
100. i;''io s..l !:15 pm i-iI.!t", ,"IGs- CT
i,;liE.ai, i:.rl"s Tars 800 = -. 1ai': cseegt
sunday.
For Ba:tom without ,aanc~. TO p. IA every
week day. t .,u",.:.v. Ito q. IL
So: Brooklyn. y J.. 81 through 5T.lii.S colav: ..
iorsc..- City wiz, ho@is .: i:coklyi; Annex,
ut:oraiE4 Gil2,;; Transit; tulto: street. avoid
i:.s ,;oGhe ie:riaec .,-0s> Few Ior!s City.
For philadelphia &:i1 :,uG 1850 a. H., LAO,
100, 1000 and $40 y "a. Or Sunday, 400.
1860 and His T. Ii Limited Express, 6 ~;
q. ~. daily, except :i,:n::::%.
For Baltimore ESQ sis 40 1000 and 1880
y. M. ard lao. .::Cu, l25 i:40, 6:2O, TAO,
1000, and Ills p. On Sunday, $40 and
1850 a. D., 5nd 4:fI. t:3O, TAO 1000 and
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:1Gi3iER5.
I DERRY SCHEDULE.

T7ERRT SCHEDULE. UIr,z- b
r III fore. October 81, 1883. s sss.=E-is
ieare Alerandria 1886 M, $50, $3.50, 1880,
1870. 1890 Z. 81, I:3u, 2:3o, $50 1:3O, 5:30,
$50.
Leare Washington T::;O AM, $50. o:3O, 1880,
11:3O, 1870 i. H., ! 80 $50, $50. 4:30. $50.
G:30.
Same schedule Oh Sundays commencing ~ $50
g.
STEAMER AEEOWSMITH FOR POTOMAC
HITEE LANDINGS.
Leaves Alcxandra, from King street wharf, st
S a. M, OIL MONDAYS for Nomini and inter
mediate landings. returning on Tuesdays. On
Thursdays for Currioman, Nomini, st. Clements
Bay whar1es and intermediate landings, return
ing Fridays. On Saturdays for Currioman Nom
mi and intermediate the landings, returning
Sundays.
For information apply at office 18th st. wharf,
Washington ID. c.. and at Office foot of King ST.,
Alexandria, Va. c. w. RIDLEY, Manager.
J. .RApGETT, Agent. oct3O
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nRUcs CHEMICALS. sc.

! A WAKEFIELD, ~
& fSuccesso. to .Janney {: TO-.
DEALER II
DRUGS. PAINTS. OILS, GAhDEN SEED
WINDOW GLASS, SPICES,
Acids. Dve Stufts and Druggists SundrIes.
pb,.sic;nns' prescriptions carefully compounded.
Orders aid inquiries from tho country promptly
new BUILDING,
sepl No. 1872 King stree:
rnyy,n ,rAnRr,-Ee. Tgos LE.DBEATEE.
y S. LEADBEATER 8 BRO,
Nos. 5 and 7 S. Fairfax ST..
Established 1892,
PURE DRUGS and Il slEDTcISEs, CHEMICALS,
PAINTS. OILS, PROPRIETARY MEDl-
CINES GARDEN SEEDS, SPICES,
AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS.
FINE TOILET GOODS, sc.
Proprctors of hnodync Pcctoral, Lubrcatihs
Linimcnt, Essence Jamaica Ginger ara Cough
Syrup: and Agents fcc ayers Medicines, Aycrlis
Chemical Paints &c.
Every effort will he made to maintain the high
reputation of our old establishments. nv
SO'nIEss & ALIEN
DRUGGISTS,
y. ". corner King end Royal strcc!i
DEALERS N DRUGS. PATENT MhpltlNhS
BRUSH rs, &c. NJ.
POTyrI.Ers OF SODA WATER, SAESAFARiL!h
AND GINGER ALE.
Prescriptions carefully compounded oct2,.
John =. COLE Z co.
Successors Of John Y. Gibson & Co..
No 209 ErS,3 ST., ALEXANDRIA VA,
Peabody Building
Dealers il
DRL 4c MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, TOILET
ARTICLES, PERFUMEEY, Nc
Prescriptions carefully compounded sp4
S.:AMUEL Il. LUET,
DRUGGIST,
CORNER EING AND FAIRFAX STREETS,
Dealer IL
DRUGS, CHEMICALS
FANCY and TOILET ARTICLES,
PERFUbiERY, BRUSHES, &c, &c.
Physicians prescriptions carefully prepared 1T
ell hours, day and night. ape
Va F. uREIGHTos,
Wholesale ana Retail Dealer ir
DRUGS. CHEMICALS. PAINTS. pATENi
MEDICINES. OILS DYE STUFFS,
GARDEN SEEDS. Sc. sc.
No. SIS King street, under salcrta Halt
ALExASDE!A. VIRGINIA.
Physicians Prescriptions carefully corlH'n::H@'
Orders vii! receive n-CG:F, attention.
lnh2A-tf
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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED Having just
received my entire line Of Spring samples and
the leading fashion plates for 1e>i, | am now
ready t. take orders for Suits. Trowscring5, &c.
All who have seen my selection oil piece good
compliment Inc upon having the grande9t
display ever shown III Alexandria. IT
would be 10 The advantage Of all to call
sud select such styles rs they may fancy while
NV stock is so complete, having over three nun
.::ci styles to select FROM conprisngall the itest
novelties, both in foreign and domestic makes In
order 20 SIMPLY the great demands OF my lncre2s-
inc trade, have added to my already large force
additional journcvmcn taiiors in order that may
~ able u turn out first class garments without
delay.
Nv great success Of last season shall be fully
maintained this season, viz: Every garment
that leaves luv establishment, .ha!! DC made "y
.ir4 ,,aj4 :..surin. customers thar workmanship
-},au no: I,. sighted. | ,h@! Il, formerly use
only the very best Of trimmings The cutter VINO
4: Vas 50 fortunate 10 secure from Ne" 1oEh, IS
sill with me- ami uow ready 10 show his superior
abilities over Ill others with the shears. Low
,riccs perfect it, elegant trimmings, and superlo:
workmanship shall be the platform | shall e!t-
Gyavor 10 carry through while serving the pubic
Respectfully yours.
VI. J. WATERWAYS,
;l.xaudria's Artistic Merchant Tailor.
fl2O Cor King and Fairfax streets.
-------~ -ss------
TIMING A#D CLOSING OF TIE NAILS.
CLOSING.
Washington. D. C.. and Northern mails 800 a.
~, > NJ. and s and SD p.
Western mails $50 and SID p. II.
southern mails. via Richmond, Va, COO and
ll:OG q r.. and 4:3O and SD p.
Southern mails. via Lynchhnrg, Va. 500 Il. H.
aul e;;5r, y. IN.
l!:.r:>-sai Division 500 i.
tlcves7dria 70 Round Hill, Va, 600 a.
OPENING
Nnr.;.erm aud Western mails. VIA Washington,
-. $50 4; IN. / > IL. and $50 =.
southern mails, VIZ Richmond Va. $40 and
1918 u. III.
southern mails, via l.yHchhurg. Nirginia, 80"
=: M! ana $50 :. Ii.
Manassas Division 100 +.
Round Hin 30 Ncxiu!dria, Va. $50 = IN.
Office Iours-Otlicc opens u. $40 IN. ;md
closes II 200 J.. III.
sunday noars -00:ce opens at :tor =, IN. ;''a'i
closes III $50 :. ~
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w ARNER'S KIDNEY And LIVER CURE
w Browns Iron Bttcrs, Green's August Flow
CT. Fegctinc Kcnncdy's Medical Discovery,
Schencks Pulmonic Syrup aud Sea Weed Tonic,
Codcn's Liquid Extract Beef Listcriuc, Cclerina,
Dr. Crooks Wine Of Tar, Simmons Liver Rcgula-
tor, DR.. Johnson's Indian Blood Syrup, Hamburg
Drops. Licbig's Coco Beef Tonic, DR.. Cooks Balm
OF Life, Dr. Pierce's Medical Discovery and Favor
lite Prescriptions, Whitehurst Cedar Balsam, For
est's Juniper Tar w. L. CREIGHTON,
dec11 s. King street
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FOR THE LOWER POTOMAC.

The steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON will leave
her wharf EVERY MONDAY, at 7:30 4. m, Tor
Curriomau EVERY WEDNESDAY, ut 7:50 am.
for Nomini and EVERY SATURDAY. 1T 1880
NJ. for Lconardtown ana intermediate landings
returning oil alternate lays. Fare % cents 70.
any landing.
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y cnt Two and Four Points, cheap. strong and
durable. 10000 pounds just received and for
sale at reduced price, wholesale and retail.
JAS. +. CARL1N & SONS,
mills GO King street. Alexandria, Va
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EUHN LhNNGN

>
WHOLESALE
GROCER AND LIQOUR MERCHANT
Corner Market street and Strand,
Alexandria, Virginia.
AGENCY DUPONT'S SPORTING, 8IINING and
BLASTING POWDER.
i full limo Of celebrated pure old Whiskies.
Bcandics, Gin, Rum, &c. Massey & Cos. PhiIa.
dclrhia and Cl:ggett's Baltimore Ales and Bergc!
(; Engcl's Lager Beer, in casks or bottles.
Agent for the POTOMAC RIVER STEAMEES.
Orders promptly attended to and consignment:
solicited. my1-t;
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Kill ~ rs
OHIO AND WESTERN L. r.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

E - =. 1919: ;===:7 :
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FOR NEW YORK.

The steamers of this comp;ln: make connections
st Norfolk for Boston and all points Eas;: ut New
York with all points West a,G Northwest and nj
Alexandria with Virgins" Midland Railway and
Washington and Ohio Railroad. Through rates
given and freight handled careful aud l.7on.iti@
For further information Sppig !"
I. Z. REED (: Co.. Agent,
.:aiEeys whar:
NM THOMPSON. President. -
141G street.
:pu0T-tr WASHINGTON. D. -
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TIAVE YOU SEEN IT? The Boss" Patent
IL Clothes Horse is the most convenient yet
produced. Having folding arms, it takes up no
room when not in use. Call and examine them.
jan16 MCLEAN & UHLER, so King ST.
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G.S. FgESch

.tI1II hI1ND Do Ut LINGUho
Have Oh hand G1BSOS'S XXX, Xxx. MAJ,
and PURE OLD RYE, OLD CABINET aGt
MONOGRAM WHISKIES also BAKERS =nd
THO9lPSON'S PURE RYE WHISTLES, TO which
they ir:itc the attention Of the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consignmcnt5 Of Flour, Grain and Country Pro
aucc solicited, for which they guarantee the high
c.! market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast co-Ec- Of Cameron and Royal street.
scpii Alexandria, Va.
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i. Il. itIEt - ~. Agent,
.;anEeys whar:
NM. THOMPSON Pres id"r; =,
141O : street.
sep21-tf Washington. u. =.
DoTOMAC STEAMBOAT COM- sU->9s
PhNY. sGs..a1a----le
Tho ever popular palace steamer GEORGE
LEARY, with new boilers, new state rooms, new
furniture carpets, etc, thoroughly renovated ard
wharf EVERY MONDAY WEDNESDAY and
FRIDAY, at 30 p. m.
Fare, one way, 81. Round trip $1.5O.
This company having secured the connection
with tho BOSTON and PROVIDENCE STEAM
ELS EXCLUSIVELY, after the above date, all
freight for points East can 20 only By the steam
ers Of this line Fer further particulars apply ut
conpany's office, 7th ST. wharf Washington.
Or. PHILIP Z. Ii JOE,
ap2i Agt. Prin &: 4. wharf.
ftIrDE's STEAM LINE We XIX TO
PHILADELPHIA. go,
Appointed sailing days from hlexa. 4 EV-
cry TUESDAY and from Phladclph. EVERY
SATURDAY.
This line connects at alexandria with the Vir-
ginia Midland and Washington and Ohio railroads,
AMI AZ Philadelphia with Ciydes regular Steam
ships
Frcigr- forwarded with promptuess and care
free OF commissions.
No charge 20: transfer in Philadelphia. Quick
time. Frequent departures. Through rates and
through bill; of l.tli!i% given. Insurance at the
lowest rate.
Agents
I. A. REED & CO.. alexandria,
WEI. =. CLYDE * CO., Philadelphia.
JOHNSON K CO.. WASH. {: Georgt'n.
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rOMINY CHOP! HOMINI CHOP Fresh
/ L Ground Honiny Chop always on hand. For
sale by CHAS c. TAYLOR, Jr.,
mh2G y King street.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
IHreshing B,scI;,ci.eat.

Prairie Farmer.
There are several ways buckwheat
can be threshed. Where it is special
crop and is grown for making flour,
farmers make threshing floor in the
field by scraping and sweeping smooth
a piece of ground 20 to 80 feet in diam
eter. The straw is spread here as it is
drawn from the field and threshed by
the tramping of horses or cattle in the
old-fashioned way. This rough and
ready method has some advantages and
some obvious drawbacks. A slow but
common method is to thresh with fails
on barn floor. This may do when the
farm is not provided with q threshing
machine, but the machine does the
work very quickly and very well when
a necessary precaution is taken. This
is to take out the concave, or upper
covering of the cylinder, and put in its
place a suitable piece of smooth, hard
plank. The grain is quite soft and brit
tie, and close contact of the spikes of
the machine will break much of it, but
this change removes this danger. In
feeding the machine it is well to crowd
it rather hard, so as to save the grain
from injury as much as possible; the
straw then forms soft cushion, against
which the spikes will beat and knock
out the grain without damaging it.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Morosini will take up his abode
! in Venice, where there are no coach.
men.
John c.. Emo, late of New York, has,
it is reported, rented $4,000 house
in Montreal.
Mr.. Gladstone walked up Ben Mach
dui, the second highest mountain in
Scotland, the other day. The distance
covered was twenty miles.
1t is stated that General Grant will
receive $50, 600 for his history of the war
from the Century. The great COM
mander prefers fixed sum outright to
royalty.
An incident of the Augusta Comte an
niversary by the Paris disciples OF the
philosopher was visit to the cemetery
of Pere la Chaise, to place a wreath
upon his tomb.
Mr.. George w. Cable is so fond of
giving readings, and the people appear
TO be so fond of hearing him that he
will give another course during the
coming fall and winter.
William II. Vanderbilt and his sons,
says a New York dispatch to the Gin
cinnati Inquirer have, lost nearly $780,
100000 the past few years in i'll timed
speculations of various kinds.
The diary of Lieutenant Lockwood,
one of the victims of the unfortunate
Greedy expedition, which was written
in shorthand, is now being written out
by his financee, who is the only one
that understands his system.
1t is said that the estate of the late
Bishop Simpson, amounting to nearly
500, ZOO, was nearly all the result of
praftable investments which the advice
and opportunities given by warm
friends enabled him to make.
The late John W. CARROTS wealth is
estimated at between S15, 100000 and
S2O,O00,000. The death of his wife
which keenly affected him, prevented
him from completing his will, and
many requests which he had intended
to make to charitable associations have
not been named.
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, now
takes precedence of all his colleagues
in the national legislature in the mat
ter of years. He is not only the Oldest
senator in age, but also in term of
office, and he has, besides, the satisfac-
ton of knowing that the Green Noun
tain State is the only one that holds its
united representation in the senate of
eighteen years ago.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
Lakeside Musings.
kiss me again.

MISS me again.
Tender and true were the great
brown eyes that looked so trustfully
into those of Richard Irwin as these
words were spoken, and as he gazed
long and lovingly into their liquid
depths there came to him with terrible
force the realization how much this girl
had suffered, how much she had given
up, and how much she was yet to I'M
dergo for his sake.
They had been married but three
days, these two, and their story was the
old, old one of that most priceless treas
ure-the pure and passionless love of
pure and noble woman-being bestow-
ed upon one whose social status was be-
meath that of her whom many mysteries
and potent influence of an unchanging
affection had drawn to his side. GLADYS
Hathaway was girl fair of feature and
beautiful form, and since the day when
her mother-dying almost at the mo-
ment of her greatest joy-had placed
in her husbands arms the tiny waif of
humanity whose entrance into the world
had been the cause of so much sorrow
and told him to guard and cherish it for
her sake, she had been alike the Joy
and idol of her father. All that pa
rental love could suggest and wealth
procure had been lavished upon her,
and when, like some fair flower of the
Orient, she had grown almost uncon-
sciously from a tall, shy girl into wo-
man whose statuesque beauty was not
more attractive than the queenly poise
of her regal head and the soft, winning
tones of her voice, there had come to
Brierton Villa suitors by the score. But
none had won her heart. Kind alike
to all, she gave each one plainly to I'M
derstand that friendship was not love,
esteem not affection.
And so the years went on with silent
tread until one evening at the fete
champetre given at her fathers house
Gladys had met Roscoe Nutwood. She
was girl of strong perceptive facul-
ties, being frequently able to find pie in
the pantry when the hired girl had said
there was none there, and an instant
after she had been introduced to Ros-
coe she knew that her future life was
linked with his, and that some day she
would be his wife. And the oracle of
her soul had spoken truly. Loving
him with a passionate alteration that
knew no bounds, and approaching in
all its horrible intensity the fact that
her father, strong in the pride of ances-
try, would never consent to their union,
she had boldly leaped the barriers of
social prejudice and fled from home and
friends and kindred with the man with
out whose loving words and clinging
kisses her life held naught but desola-
ton and sorrow.
''Here is the paper, sweetheart" said
Roscoe.
She glanced down the columns care
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lessly. when suddenly her eye fell upon
something of absorbing interest. 1t
was an article concerning h0r elope-
ment-the sensation of the day. On
and on she read, until suddenly the
peachy cheeks grew white with a
CHASTITY palor, the luminous eyes were
dim with the mists of sorrow, and the
lines Of her beautiful face were terse
with agony
''My God!" exclaimed Roscoe, taking
her in his arms, ''what has happenedp"
Papa has been interviewed, she
gasped between the convulsive sobs
that almost choked her utterance, land
he has taken an awful revenge"
"What has he donep" asks the hus-
band.
"He has," exclaims the girl, 'given
my exact age"'
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
Shane of the Horses Back.

The London Live Stock Journal, in
an article relating to the selection of a
horse for the work he is expected to
perform, after stating the result of
many observations on horses, remarks
that it is the arch of bridge which,
from its structure, can bear weight
placed upon it, whereas an inverted
arch would fall to pieces or would with
stand far less pressure. 1t has been
observed that low-backed, or rather
hollow-backed horses, working in har-
ness, kept their condition, while those
with high backs lost flesh. Persons of
not very inquiring or observant DISPOSE
tions would probably attribute this to
the fact that the former were of more
hardy constitution than the latter, but
this would be false conclusion. 1t is
owing entirely to the curvature of the
back, for horse which can draw a
weight was less able to bear weight
upon its back, while the horse unable
to stand the bear the strain of draft
could beat the other any day in carry
ing weight. The line of the vertebre
indicates the sort of work for which the
horse is fitted. If it is high the weight
must be on the top to press it together;
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
FARM NOTES.

Any grain food given to young calf
should be thoroughly boiled and given
as cruel, with little salt.
The production of early lambs is very
profitable, despite the depression in
wool, provided fine animal is grown.
Hogs are very fond of beets, and they
are good feed for swine, and it is a good
plan to raise patch of this vegetable
from which to supply them.
The Guernsey and Jersey. Islands
contrive to preserve the purity of their
breed of cattle by absolutely prohibit
ing the importation of any other kind
of cattle.
The board bill for grasshoppers cost
Missouri in 1874 $15, 900, 900, and in the
same year impoverished and drove 200
settlers out of Kansas.
Horace Boutelle, of Amherst, N. H.,
planted the eyes from single potato
last spring, and this fall harvested two
bushel baskets full of potatoes from the
single one.
A poor, Indifferent steer is usually a
dainty eater. His consumptive capa-
city is small. and hence it is more diff
cult to encourage him to eat poor foods
than the well bred steer.
In England under free-trade there is
less land cultivated than formerly by a
million acres, and in Ireland less by a
million and a third acres. 1t is in
Great Britain that farming is truly an
unprotected industry.
In England it is not uncommon to
raise more lambs of the mutton breeds
than there are mothers Sometimes as
high as 20 per cent more are raised
that is. 120 lambs to 100 ewes. The
Hampshire down ewes are remarkable
for bringing twins.
There is a way by which the wool
growers can protect themselves without
congressional interference. 1t is SIM
ply by killing the dogs. They can grow
wool at profit without protection.
One dog in hundred may be of some
use, but the danger outweighs that
MANIFOLD, therefore-kill the dogs.
Brazil claims to possess SO0,0O0,000
coffee trees, covering over 100000
acres of land, about 400 trees being
planted to each acre. Each tree aver
ages about one pound of marketable
coffee per annum. The coffee industry
of the empire gives employmentto $780,
600 persons, mostly slaves.
Wheat is exceptionally low, mainly
owing to the large supply. Corn is just
now exceptionally high, owing to spec
ulators. The crop is large, and the
price must come down. Beef is higher
than it ought to be, and western farm
ers ought to turn grain into peat, for
the benefit of all concerned.
The Canadian horse, for his style, is
a very perfect animal. No one point
improperly predominates, but a general
harmony exists throughout his con-
firmat;on, and this is the reason he is
so powerful for his size, sure-footed,
well gated, hardy, gentle and docile.
One fourteen to fourteen and
and half hands high is often as strong
will do as much work as can be ac-
complished by higher horse standing
three-fourths to a full hand taller. AS
pony it is difficult to find any animal
superior to a choice French-C Canadian
for good action, strength and hardi-
ness
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-23
OUR EARLY FRIENDS.

How sweet to have our early friends
Keep gentle, fond and true:
Better TO cling to one old friend
Than find dozen new;
Our early friends II few and far.
Can bless our hearts much more
Than newer friends, IL true they are
TIL life's brief hour Is Ger.
Our early friends to us express
The happiness they feel,
And only hide the bitterness
They tremble to reveal;
The holy sympathy they leave
Our anxious thoughts employ;
I'd rather weep with those i love
Than share strangers joy.
In the grand ages yet to be,
Where faith finds sweet repOse,
Fond friendship in full cOnstancy
Shall blossom as the rose!
Oh, who would live for self alone,
Or for ones own sweet will!
A heart congenial to our own,
All aching voids must fill.
Our early friends are always best,
They shared our early days
Their welcome ever sweetly fall
We love their words of praise!
For fame is but scentless flower
Though it be crowned with gold;
But friendship, like the sweetest rose,
Hides friendship in each fold.
LUTHER G. RIGGS, in Chicago Sur