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A Planters Novel Plan,

The Washington Cd. c. Sunday Herald
relates the following annecdote of a we'll
known V~irginian: "fIill Carter, of Vir-
ginia, a lineal descendant of King Carter,
of Shirley, on the Lower James River,
was for many years an officer of the navy
of the United States, but, rcsigning, he
found his estate in a dilapidated con-
dition. From his training in the navy
he had become u rigid disciplinarian,
thoroughly systematic and practical. lie
first directed his ovcrseer to pull down
the old fences and pile together all the
crooked and dried rails and fire them.
All of the old rickcty cabins and other
outhouscs were next burned. Then all
of the Old wagons, carts, plows, hoes,
axes, rakcs, baskets, spinning wheels and
looms were piled togeth r and burned.
The next order was to gather up every
old horse and mule that could not work,
and all non-producing mares, COWS, sheep
and hogs. and the old dogs that could
not hunt. and place them in a lot. When
this was done the animals were all killed,
placed in one vast heap an burned. On
his several plantations were some seventy
five or q hundred old negroes, male and
female, that had not performed any
labor for many years. Some were
cripplcs, and some almost past
walking from old age. To support so
large u number OF non-produccrs did not
crmport with Mr.. Carriers idea of disci-
pline and economy, SO he told the over
seer to gather together in Il certain lot
all of these old negroes; but when the
ovcrsccr went out to execute the order
the old slaves, knowing how the old
fences. cabins. farming implements and
the old stock, had been served, had gone
by the break of day to the fields, and
were all ready for work. The cX-naval
officer proved himself Il model and sue
ccssful planter. Hill Carter was of an
irritable nature. and by virtue of his cdu-
cation, dictatorial. On one occasion,
while ridin over one of his plantations,
the oversecr had displeased him, and he
undertook to horscwhip him. The over
seer being the stoutcst of the two, took
the whip from him and lashcd him
severely. lie then challenged the over
seer to motal combat, but the ovcrScer
declined to fight. for the reason. he said,
that if he was MANNED or killed it would
his wife and children without sup
port. Mr.. Carter sal: that he would
on his wife and children a com
potency if he would fight him. The
ovcrsecr accepted the proposition, and
the property settlement made-thc parties
met, the terms of the duel agreed on, the
pistols loaded and they were just taking
positions when the sheriff Of the county
on the field and arrested the par
les. Mr.. Carter never changed his
property gift to the oversccr's family, nor
lid he dismiss him from his employ.
lie said he would let him keep the
property because he might again want to
irht him
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Odd Articles of Food in Mexico.

In one of his letters describing life in
Mexico w. A. Croffut says: Most OF these
suburban canals are covered with what
looks like a green scum, but is really like
most of the green ''scum" on northern
ponds, a fine vegetable, q sort of cress,
which frequents places of special fertility.
When Cortez besiegcd the city, the in
habitants picccd out their rations with
stuff skinned from the pools, and there
by postponed their death by starvation.
1t was a lesson they never forgot, and the
people who dwell in these bamboo huts
make a sort of salad of this frail blossom
of decay.
But the Mexicans eat even odder things
than this. There are no fish in these
great salt lakes near the city, but a re-
markable spotted reptile lives in them
with o tish-like body, four legs like a
lizard, and webbcd feet. 1t is o batrach-
ian of the salamander type, about ten
inches long, and its flesh is white and
toothsome. This hidcous protean is dc
voured in great quantities by the poems,
as were the toads, tadpoles, lizards and
bulrush piths by their ancestors. sup
pose there is some truth in what an old
fellow who was fond Of horsc-steaks told
me in Paris last summer. "Why we eat
one thing stead of another is just a mat
ter of fashion, like the cut of Il coat.
Everything's good to eat"
Another curious product of the Next
can lakes is a marsh fly called axayacatl,
which deposits its eggs in myriads on
flags and rushcs, from which they are
gathered by the bushel and made into
cakes that arc sold in the market and
eaten with a relish! had read the de-
scription of this food by the monk
Thomas Gage, who wrought here $50
years ago: "The Indians gathered much
of this and kept it in Heaps, and made
thereof Cakhs, like unto BrickJats, and
they did cat this Meal with as good a
Stomach as we eat Cheese; yea, and
they hold opinion that this Scum or fat
ness of the water is the cause that such
great number Of Fowl comcth to Lake.
which in the winter season is infinite"
These eggs, looking like fine fish roe. are
still collected in "IIeaps' that look like
haycocks along the mud flats of the lake
marge. The insects themselves. about
the size of a house fly, are also caught in
enormous quantities, pounded into a paste
and boiled in corn husks.
1 neglected the two or three opportuni.
ties | had to taste of the eggs, but [
atoned for that sin of omission by eating
some of the flies one morning. They are
not bad. They are pretty good. About
like shrimps and the large red ants of
Brazil. Dear Newspaper! there's hardly
anything that wouldn't do for you. l
even drank pulque for you, and the flavor
thereof fingers in my mouth as write,
like q diabolical Renaissance.
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WHY the Wart is There,

Those vino have studied the map of
Massachusetts,. says the Boston Ghobe,
cannot but have noticed the peculiar APP
pcarance of a portion of the C%onnccti-
cut boundary line just southeast of
Springfield. The point referred to is a
small square block at the town of South.
wick, extending from this State into that
of Connecticut. Although the peculiar
jog on the map has often been noticed
and commented upon, it is not generally
known that this very point was for years
the foundation for q most bitter contro-
versy between the two States. From
1774 to 1904 the question of division
came several times before special COM
mittecs and commissioners from Massa-
chusetts, and town meetings were fire.
ouently he'd to settle the matter. In
ira Connecticut attached a portion of
land to Southwick, south of the original
line. Ten years afterward, in
1884, a committee from Connecticut was
appointed for the purpose of establish
the bounds at this point, but so te-
nacious was each colony of every n OF
territory that it took more than Il score
of years to settle this very trifling matter.
New York city has twenty-five widows
- -1$l "
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The Best Filter.

In an article III the fUPuWT octt"ce
Nonthlu entitled "Clean Drinking
Water" Edwin J. Howe, NJ. d., says:
The Japanese use 4 porous sandstone mol
lowed in the shape of an egg, through
which the water percolates into a recep-
taclc underneath; the Egyptians resort
to a similar device; the Spaniards use a
porous earthen pot. But these and other
similar c%ontrivanccs can not be thorough
" cleanscd after the most thorough rims
ing, some impurities wilt remain IN the
pores of the stone. Spongy ron ana
c~arferal arc open to the same objection;
they will answer well for Il short time,
but soon become contaminated By rollu-
ton retained in their pores. Sponge,
cloth, and felt, unless cleaned every day
or two with hot water. will do more
harm than good, and the average servant
Girl will not clean them or any other nj
ter unless under the eye of her mistress.
The various forms of filters that are
screwed to the faucet have only to be
hastily examined to be discarded. asthere
is not sufficient f~iltering material IN them
to be of much utility, and they very soon
become foul and offensive. Buck says,
There is no material known which can
be introduced into the small space OF a
tap-flte- and accomplish any real purltl-
cation of the water which passes through
at the ordinary rate Of flow"
The various complicated closed filters,
filled with any material which cannot be
removed for cleansing, conc cmn them
selves. No amoun of pumping water
through them at different angles, which
is at all likely to be used, can cleanse
them of the impurities that adhere to the
mass and in the pores of the filterlng ma.
terial used. Parkes, in his EMANUEL Of
Practical Hygiene" says: "Filters, where
the material is ccmented up and cannot
be removed, ought to be abandoned al
together" .,
The various metal filters in which the
water comes in contact with metallic sur
faces. either iron, lead, timed iron, OF
zinc, are Objectionable from their appre-
cable influence upon the water retained
in them for any considerable time. Pure
block-tin is the least Objectionable OF
any of the metals.
The aim of most filters is to remov
impurities from the water spcedily-as
rapidly as it escapes from the faucet.
Experiment shows that effective filtration
cannot be accomplished in this way, as
the water does not remain long enough
in contact with the filtcring material used
to become purified Of much that might
be removed by slow filtration or percola-
ton through the same appliance. Of all
the filtering materials mentioned, it seems
to me that sand and charcoal are the two
that accomplish the best results, and of
these vegetable charcoal is the best.
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A NIason's Affair.

have been troubled for q number OF years
with kidney and bladder difficulty; at times
have Suffered q great dea! with Inc eaKne
caused by the Inflammation and intense pans
in the back and loins. 1 tried many meii:
o.nes that were recommended, but none of
them seemed to reach my case until u gay
I related my case to ole Of our druggists
Lere in Auburn. Mr.. Smith was very urgent
that I should try Hunts Remedy, for he knew
OF many who had used it with wonderful
success. l purchased a bottle and used it,
menceI to improve rapidly, and the pains in
ths back were rel eyed. 1 gained strength
and vitality, and after using four BOTTLES
have been completely cured d. and .si have S.s, recon-
Voluntarily, believing that, from my own
e eeel Hunts Remedy is ali that is recon-
men5el ], and you can use this as you choose
for tae benefit of the public.
WILLIAM O. CLARK,
Mason and Builder, 50 Van Anden st.
Auburn, N. y, June 3, 1883.
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moments Jagged! For already we could
hear the gallon of the redskins behind:
They were not more than three hundred
wards in our rear. Suddenly their hldc-
u veil broke on our cars-thc first
sound we had heard from them.
s'Howl, will ye" Dave exclaimed. tie
turned, and again 1 heard the report OF
the rifle; then once more Adclantc was
beside me.
",Taint no use with.that boss O yourn.
We must fight 'em" he exclaimed:
"When we get to that turn yender, we'll
face the varmints an give EN- our revol-
vcrs.w
As he spoke, another yell rent the air,
and Il flight of arrows whizzed past
striking into the ground in advance OF US:
"Gittin' a leetlc close for comfort
muttcred Dave. "Turn.'
We pulled up, wheeled, and, drawing
our revolvers. tired-oncc. twice: ,
saw one of he painted wrctches rec
and tall, his horse g%alioping of with fly
ing bride.
The sudden resolution of our move
tmcnts had the effect of bringing the
| Apaches to Il halt: but to our shots they
responded with another flight OF arrows
| from their powerful bows, one OF which
| struck through Dawes left arm.
"Uit the bonc." he calculated, with a
| croan of pain. The next moment another
Shaft buried itself deep in my horse
breast. The poor beast, which had done
| his host for me. leaned convulsivcly with
a sharp cry, and fell in the road. My
| right foot was fast under him for an
| instant before I could eNtrlcatc myself.
AS l struggled, still another arrow struck
into the dying horses neck.
Dave was firing: and just as got tree,
his w horse, hit by an arrow, backed
nearly over me. But regalned my feet'
and taking aim, shot at an Apache VINO
with drawn bow, was galloping forward,
to shoot at Dave. The rascal fell back
ward out of his saddle. Facing partly
round to shoot at the Others. saw &c
INV establishment that they had wheeled
about and were riding away at ful
speed.
Wondering what it meant. we LOOKED
round Just as the three station guards
with a ringing ''huzza'" went past us a
n Gallon, in pursuit of tho \pachcs.
Then We compreh.--.vd the SITUATION
The station men had heard the wells ant
the reports of our pistols, and hurrledI.
mounting, had ridden to the rescue.
They succeeded in bringing down al
Indian whose horse had been hit by on
of onr bullcts. but the others cScapct
into a canon three miles oil to the lei
of our route. utthey had been obliget
to leave the bodies of their fallen com
radcs behind them.
We walked to the station. whcr'
Dawes arm was dressed and Adelanic'
hurts cared for. And thus terminated
more fortunately than 1t might hav'
donc-our ride to San Cimon.-lo uth
C0mudnipn.
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A clock made of hardened bread is on
exhibition in Milan. 1t is the work Of a
Peruvian, who, being too poor to buy
! n material for the work, saved his
bread, eating the crust and using the soft
part. which he hardened in a mineral So
linton for his clock.
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THE PEOPLES VOICE.
FIRST FIGHT,

49,
HoarSe with their cries Of rage,
Brandishing torch and blade,
They beat on the gates OF the prison cage
SIS this for what our prisons are made'
Bring the murderer out"
Like wild beasts they shout,
"Blood is of blood the only wage;
Throw him out. Throw him down,
Or we sack the town.
'Twere but justice for him,
We're he torn limb from limb.
Pirate not to us about his age!
a bovr Let him not then live to be a
man.
We will stamp out the murderers breed II
We can!
His mother Az, he whom he killed
Had mother. Let justice be Tiled.
A life for a life. Bring him ont:
Like wild beasts they shout.
And beat on the walls. and climb, and tear
And with cries like lemons fill the air,
And shots ring quick. and the streets run req.
And men. right and left. are falling dead
And the mob goes surging through the town.
sGive the murderer up, then. Throw him.
down.
Heed what the voice Of the people MS
So:1"
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There are Russians still living who re-
member when their grandfathers were
compelled to follow the example OF the
Mongols and TO use nephrite hatchets, and
it is said that thirty years ago there were
Cossacks in the valley of the lrkut who
understood how to jade tools.
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The caul is a membrane found on some
children cncompassing the head when
born. 1t is thought a good omen to the
child itself. and the vulgar opinion
is that whoever obtains it by pur'
chase will be fortunate and escape dan
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Mr.. WILLIAM E. BROWN, of Gardiner, Me-,
on Nav 6. 1889, forwards the following state
ment of his severe illness and the means by
which he was cured: II have been alhicted
with Indigestion and liver disease for q mum;
Der of years; everything that I ate distressed
me. my 6. omacn and bowels we've very weak,
and I SUITE red severe pains in my back and
Ills. l used many medicines that we're
recommended from lime to time. but found
no relief until I tried Hunts Remedy. l
lave used but one bottle, and have Q peri
enced such a remarkable Improvement IN
nv condition that I cheerfully recommend
Hunts Remedy to all who are in need OF a
snre care for kidney or liver diseases"
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After building philosophical and moral

A1ter DUIIUIHS PH~IIOsUIHIIcHI dHu IIIUTdI
"castles in the air" n becomes impa-
tient of coming down to the level of the
work-a-day world, and setting to work
to patch up the little brick and frame
houses IN which the world actually lives.
The break between the ideal and tho nc
tual is apt to seem hopelcssly great; the
vision remains n vision, without ever an
attempt to realize it.
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Remarkable Escape.

John Kuhn, Of Lafayette, Ind, hada very
narrow escape from death. This is his own
story: Zone year ago I was in the last stages
of consumption. Our best physicians gave
my case up. I finally got so low that our
doctor said I could not live twenty-four
hours. My friend then purchased a bottle Of
DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs, which
benefited me. I continued until I am now in
perfect nealth, having used no other
madinina y
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HIGH above all the din and rout,
Shrieks. and screams. and whistles. and bells
And seething smoke like the mouths OF hellS.
Rises shrill and clear the crowds loud cal
To the covering lad, Hold fast! Don't fall:
You will be saved, bcyonda doubt.
The ladders are coming! Look! They are
here,
God bless YOU, boy; bless YOU! Keep cool:
Don't fear.
He's savedF' Hank, what cheers. lhey
deafen the air.
"Hurrah. Hand him down now to US, 10
bear"
2 On a hundred arms upstretched as one,
The boy like a helpless babe is borne.
"He is safe. Thank Cod" they shout, they
cry.
Their voices break: not an eye is dry.
The fires RACES on: the house must fall
Fortunes are buried beneath that wall.
And rich mems losses mean dearer bread:
But the crowd never thought OF hat at all
ssThe boy is safe!' was all they said.
Helen Jackson, in the Century,.
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Is highly praised by those who are obliged te
stand all day in stores, and is a genuine bless
ing in every such case, as well as to the tired
out h~ousekeeper who must be on her feet al
day
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Hardly a newspaper printed but speaks OF
! sudden death by heart disease. Dr.. Graves
Heart Regulator would have cured 1t, strong
from the crave by it. 81 DER bottle.
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Srecial from Waltham, Mass.
Fifteen hundred watches are now
made daily at Waltham, and they are
better in quality and lower in price, than
ever before.
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The restoration to health Of our child we
considered uncertain. When two weeks old
she caught cold. For IL months was not able
to breathe through her nostrils. Upon using
she breathes naturally.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. NJ.
Smith, Owego, N. Y. Price so cents.
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FfIt6 u uuquo3 puVF ;,
.ns purpose 70 soss!y for ths l%egttf11ats heaang Fl
& ds siasn. a to DO o." ,ss essS d iaak: con sIaaiy te.t6E
: It will cure entirely all Ovarian troubles, Inhanma:'
ton and Iteration, Falling and DISBURSEMENTS, ana
cnnscGnc,.t 8 oinal Weakness, and Is particularly ADAPT
cd to lie Change Of Life.
. It removes Fatntness, Flatulsncy, Destroyer cTavns
It cures nj pafing, Headaches, Nervous Prost,anon,
General Debility, SieeplessnesA, Depression ana Lna1
CestIon. That feeling Of bearing down, causing PAIN
and bacxncho, Is always permanently cured eytn u.s.:
: Send STAMP to LYNN, Mass. for pamphlet. Letters o.
inquiry co2asentan :
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25 Cents
VIII buy a TREATISE ON HORSE AND HIS
DISEASES Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. NEW YORK HORSE BOOK Co.,
134 leonard Street, New York city.
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Margaret E. Sangster, the poetess, is as
sistant editor of the New York Christaan
MteUigencer.
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Approaching Summer

Warns US to be prepared for the hot days which will
soon be here with their depressing and weakening
effect. Prepare for them by putting the body in .
healthy condition through tho use of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla, the great blood purifier. regulator. and building
UP medicine.
~ was for five ysars q sufferer with boils. all run
down, and was at me time Obliged TO give up work.
Before taking all of two bottles of Hoods Sarsnparlla
was entirely cursd."-R NJ. LANE, Pttsburg, Penn.
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The government tea inspector for the
port of New York, during the past
twelve months, condemned $50, 900 pack
ages of tea. His decisions have been
sustained in every instance.
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PUREsr n BEST coD-L1vERon, from selected
livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard Il
Co., NY. Absolutely pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer 1t to all Others.
PHYSICIANS declare it superior to all other oils.
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"Rough on Dentist'' Tooth Powder.
Smooth, refreshing harmless elegant, cleans
inc. preserYatiYe and fragrant. 15c. Druggists,
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"We know DR.. Graves Heart Regulator
will cure Heart Disease. Thirty years use and
many persons of prominence testifying to
nrova itn=ReadriLe Press. 81 per bottle.
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They don't say in Boston now, ~ e.,
the cart before the horse" but ~ plac4i
the articulated circumlocutory vehicle :
precedence Of the quadrupedal vert
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THE telegram overtakes t~wenty-nine crimi-
GALS to one secured by q detective.
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CHApPED HANDS, face, plmpIes and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
CasHell, Hazard 4 Co. New York.
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Mothers.
Ifyou are failing; broken, worn out and ner-
use "Wells' Health Remover 81. Drgts.
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Thin People.
"Wells' Health Renewer'restores health and
yigor, cures, dyspepsia, sexual debility. 81.
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SECOND NIGHT.

Lurid the fire shoots out.
Window. and roof. and door,
A thousand voices deSpairing shout
AS it leaps from floor to toor.
GOOD God. that boy on the window sill!
Don't leap, brave lad! You can elm II you
will"
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"SHE stoops to conquer" does not apply to
q woman when she sees q mouse.
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Purify the Blood

my wife was troubled with dizziness and constpa.
ton, ard her blood has been in a bad order-in fact,
she has been all run down. Hoods Sarsaparills is
doing her . " wonderful amount Of good."-F. n. BALD
WIN, Druggist. Manchester, Ohio.
~ WAS severely afflicted with scrofula. and for over
d year had two running sores on my neck. Took i've
b., t les Of Hoods Salsapar,la. and consider myself en-.
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The increasing sales Of Piso's Cure attests
it's claim as the best cough remedy.
IN ten wears there have been III murders
and five executions in Chicago.
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Thousands Upon T~h0usauds.
The proprietors OF the world-reno"ned Gar
natural Hair Restorer-never put
up less than 1000 gallons at a time. This
hut an idea of its immense demand,