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Fine Card Photographs $3.50 to
$500 per half dozen. Cabinet Size
$3.50 to $500 per half dozen, Panel
Size $3.50 per half dozen.
Three Gem Pictures for fifty cents
and one given away from same face,
We cannot be beat on charging old
pictures, Send. FOR special rates for
copying old pictures, Can furnish
frames for all sizes Of pictures.
Address J. A. CARGILLE,
Johnson City, Tenn
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q don't knong

~ don't know
"Well, ] want 70 hunt him up II
you1l help me hunt him up I'll give
you yoke OF steers.
whats he done?"
Say! I'm mad all over, bus | can't
help but-ha! hal haI-laugh at the
way he gumfuazlod me half an hour
ago. Pm fiat, am I'm rich past
ure for cows! Pm turnips with heap
of green tops!'
whats the story?"
"Well, was over there under wa
gon, counting my money. / brought
in $13. was wondering whether I'd
better keep it in my hind pocket or
pin it inside my vest, when the little
chap comes crawling under and says,
partner, there'sawicked crowd around
here. Put that money in your boot.
SayW
eyes"
Struck me as sonsibleost thing |
could do. 1t was in bills, and | pull
ed off my right boot and chucked 'em
in. Say! dye see anything green in
| that?"
"No."
"Well, hadn't walked around long
geforc a chap comes up and remarks
that he has rs to bet to quarter that
he can out jump me. Say, dye yor
know me?"
"No." So
"Well, Nhen I'm home Pm the tai
ljumpist of Washtenaw county, | XIII
jump higher and further than any
thing, animal or human. I'm open t.
even bets day or night, and | go GU
and Jump leven feet just to astonisl
the children. When that ere strana
er offered SIGH odds l looked at his leg
for a minute and remarked that | wa
his huckleberry,"
81 see"
"Sayl Up went the stakes, off cur
my butes, and l out jumped him b
three feet"
"And what?"
"And when | looked around for m
rs butcs that informal hornor with IL
sandy moustache had made off wit
the one the cash was in. SayP
eyes"
~ ~ live on Jumpin' Creek. I'm Il
creek myself Pm called q dali
ri when I'm at home, and every time
he trade hosses or swap shotguns or do
| paralyze the other Teller. Pm pr
IL. vious. I'm prussic acid. I'm razol
OF Sayw
he "Yes."
nd "If kin lay hands on that chap
make every bone crack. But it was
to good one on mel Eth? Ever see it be-
en-? Played me fur fool and hit I
nut the fust time. Say! If you see me
a ha! ha! ha!-laughing, don't think l
,ut tight; I'm mad Butsay old Jump
,ad Greek was too smart. Needed son
lg- thing to thin his blood, and he got
from chap who didn't seem to KIN
putty from the band wagon! Say! I
the ha! hal
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The Jumpist From Jumping Greek.

"Say!" he called, as he walked across
the street, to a policeman Yesterday at
the circus grounds, "hare you seen a
slim chap with a red moustache and a
diamond pin"
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S1HEASHDAN'S RIDE.
The True Story as Told Esy
Himself.


Referring to the poem OF "Sheri-
dams Ride" asked the general ii he
had ever met the author.
"Yos," he replied ~ know him well.
| first met him before the battle of
Stone river. He was guest at the
headquarters of Gen. Roscrans, and
staid with us long time"
ado you know how he happened to
writo it?"
dyes. have heard him tell about
it great many times. Thore are a
number of stories floating around, but
I'll give you the true one, as Read
told it to me. James E. Murdoch sug-
gested it,"
"Murdock, the elocutionist?"
eyes he was an actor DIT one of the
Cincinnati theaters at the time, and a
great friend of mine. He lost a son
at the battle OF Missionary Ridge
Murdoch did--and came down there
to.gct the body. The enemy occupi
cd the place where the boy was buried
and the old man remained there q
guest at my headquarters. He used
to ride the lines with me, and always
used the black horse 'Rienzi,' that wa'
afterwards called Winchester, and be
came very fond of him. Things were
very exciting down there, and Muir
dock saw a good deal of war. Sun
days he always read and recited poem
to the troops around headquarters
and there was one poem OF Browning
that was always called for. 1t was
great favorite with the soldiers an
with me, and we never let him o
without reciting it for us. 1t was til
ride from Client to Aix--you remen
Der it.
"Well, after the battle OF Ceda
Greek there was published in Harper
Weekly a story Of my ride from VIII
chester, and picture Of me on til
black horse Rienzi. Murdoch saw
and took it up to Read, suggestin
that it was good theme for poor
Murdoch had just seen an officer wi
was there, and gave him descriptic
OF the affair, and Read jumped at Il
idea He shut himself up in his roo
and wrote the poem that aiternoo
had his wife make copy, and sent
over to Murdock's house as soon as
was done, to see how he liked it. MI
dock was very much pleased, and tn
night read the poem at the theater |
tween the acts. So it got into t
newspapers, whore | saw it for t
first time"
ct is said you have the Origin
manuscript"
"No; / never saw it"
GLOW did Read happen to paint {
picture"
"IIe did it on an order from I
Union League club, of Philadelph
They sent him down to New Orlea
where | was stationed, and | sat
him there. He was going to Ro
that fall, and could not finish it
made some sketches and then comp
ed the picture at Rome. | never
copy of tho picture, but he AT
wards gave me the sketches which
still have"
"Who were companions on t
rider"
"Sandy Forsyth md Col o'Ke
of my staff. Forsyth is down in \
Mexico now, Lieu. Col. of Fourth {
airy. 0'Keefe was killed at the ba
of Five Forks"
The Jumpist From Jumping CreC
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Science Hill Institute
JOHNSON CITY, TENN.

The next session of this school will
begin September LIST, 1884, and con-
tinue 36 weeks. Course of study thor
ough and complete. The most COM
petent and best trained teachers. The
teacher of music viii be a lady of ex-
perience, possessing the highest degree
of culture both in vocal and instru-
mental music.
Primary department per term Of months sl$S %
Tnnior ro1tagiato % IA
ssn senior M.N
Music, with use Of instrument S2.eC
A contingent fee Of $1.00 each pei
term of Az months, or $500 for the
session must be paid in advance
Good board at reasonable rates.
W. A. EVANS,
Prin. Science Hill Institute
July 26, 1884.
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since. She is always opposed to me.
You have done well. The Chinese
who come to thiscountry, hear, are
not long-lived. This fair creature
may die soon. When she does, marry
another opposite. Ark. Traveller
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JOB PRINTING

OF every description neatly executed
on short notice and on reasonable
terms at the
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Address, NEW YORK HERALD,
Broadway and Ann Street
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up stairs over r. j. Rankin's Store.
Orders by mail will receive my prompt
attention. A full stock of Envelopes,
Letter-heads, Bill-heads, Statements
and Cards ON hand. Giveus a call.
w. s. MITCHELL,
PROPRIETOR.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-14
At Redwood City, on Monday a

At Redwood City, on Monday a
man named Sweeney shot man
dead in the Courtroom who was
charged with seducing Sweeney's
daughter. 1t is now claimed that
it can be conclusively proven that
the friends of Casey, the murdered
man, can prove an unquestionable
alibi. The feeling against Sweeney
is very strong.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-14

Chas. O'Connor the famous New
York lawyer died yesterday.
Death also cut down Mccormack
the reaper manufacturer.
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will undoubtedly do serious injury to the
fruit crops, such as pears apricots, etc, that
are liable to be attacked by mildew. In
many orchards 1t has already appeared on
pears, peaches and apricots. Immediate
action should be taken TO prevent its
spread This can be done by spraying the
foliage and fruit with whale-oil soap and
sulphur, one pound to each gallon OF water
used, or 10 pounds whale-oil soap, 81
pounds sulphur, pound concentrated I've,
Dissolve the I've in two or three gallons OF
water, when boiling add the sulphur; boil
ten minutes, then add the soap. When
ready to use, add water to make sixteen
gallons
This warning is repeated, as such IN
usual danger from climatic causes have oc-
CURED within the last ten days as to
threaten serious injury from miidew, &c
the pear crop especially. One orchardls'
is applying sulphur on his trees by the
use of bellows, until such times al
he can commence with pumping apparatus
the grounds at present being too soft. The
brown spots on apricots, that was SO mum
Gus to growers last season, is a mlldew OF
fungus, and can be destroyed by spraying
as above Fruit-growers wishing TO pro
tect their crops from mildew Tor scab) have
no time to Lose, but should get to work I'M
ucdiaiely. Remember, an ounce OF pre-
vention Is better than q pound OF cure"
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is obvious, therefore, that before any radi-
cal reform can be expected, a totally DIFF
ferent order of men must be Entrusted with
the law-making power. In accomplishing
the Iast-named transformation much ID
looked for from the pending franchise
measure which proposes to admit two
million of the working classes of the coan-
try to the Parliamentary vote Another
measure favorable to the same result Is the
corrupt practices bill, passed last session,
whose provisions will greatly reduce the
cost Of Parliamentary elections.
INTERESTING MONETARY EXHIBIT.
The aggregate income of Great Britain
during the present century amounts to
e5. 344, 239, 40, and the expenditure has
exceeded that amount by the sum of $685.
l20,593. Three -ifths of the money re-
ceiyed come from customs and excise du-
ties, and. on theother hand, four-ffths of the
disbursements went either for war proper,
or for war debts and preparation for war.
That is to every pound of income, the
trade and commerce of the country con-
tributed rs Id, whilst of every pound OF
expenditure, les SD was applied in main
tanning the nations military prestige, leav-
ing, for all other purposes, only IS 82d. In
the pound The war expenses OF the coun-
try last wear were E3l ,420,754 For the
information of those who may desire to
know how England compares with other
| European nations along the lines Indicated
| in this letter | have prepared the follow
| ing table based upon the estimates OF the
! several nations for the year 1881:
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SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Pure linseed oil, an expert observes, has
bright amber color. IL runs freely,
spGkles when flowing from the can, tastes
smooth and mild, and has the smell Of a
faxseed poultioe.
Professor Ball, the Astronomer Royal
for Ireland, in an address on comets, con
sidered that the meteoroids seen as shoot
ing stars in 1866 were actually the re-
mains Of the tails of comets.
According to Professor Wanklyn the
manufacture of gas from LINED coal Is a
! success, as it reduces the amount of sulphur
compounds to three grains in the hundred
cubic feet, and increases the yield Of an
monia and tar by the abolition of the lime
purifiers.
PtoIemy's Menuthias is regarded by A.
Grandidier, after an examination of the
maps of the Middle Ages, as identical
with Madagascar, and he believes that the
island was known to the Greek and Arab
geographers long before its rediseoyery by
the Portuguese in 1900.
Professor Chowlson, st, Petersburg, re-
ports the invention Of an electric watch,
which derives its motion from 4 very small
battery. 1t is said to keep very good time
No details are given regarding the con
struction and arrangement Of its several
parts, but the mechanism must be very
simple if, as it is stated, the watch has
only two wheels.
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 winding OF this time
piece. A shaft exposed to the sun causes
an up-draught of air, which sets fan in
motion. The fan actuates mechanism
which raises the weight of the clock until
it roa he's the top, and then puts on a
brake on the fan until the weight has gone
down q little when the fan is again lib
Grated and proceeds to act as before.
The natives Of the Chloe Islands make
use of q curious natural barometer, to
which, from It's having been first noticed
by the Captain of an Italian corvette, the
name Barometre Araucano" has been
given. This novel weather guide is the
shell of crab one of the Anomura, prob
ably Of the genus Lthodes. 1t il peculiarly
sensitive TO atmospheric changes. 1t has
a color nearly white in dry weather, but
as soon as wet weather approaches small
red spots are exhibited, varying in number
and intensity with the amount of moisture
in the atmosphere. In the rainy season 1t
Is completely red.
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THE HOUSEHOLD.

Frames of white lace over tufted bright
colored satin are the newest for the family
photographs in the prlor
Arrow-root gives a certain richness 70
sauces which renders less butter necessary
than if -four is used for thickening.
The cake par excellence now is a layer
cake with chocolate and cocoanut mixed
together and put between the layers. Pre-
pare the chocolate after any Of the we'll
known methods, and add the grated cocoa
nut to IL. No one can think, who has not
tasted it, what 2 delectable morsel 1t Is
Very pretty tides for common wear are
made by taking a piece of cretonne which
has a pretty figure, that seems to be com
plete in itself; trim this all around with a
pretty. though inexpensive cotton lace,
and an old chair viii be frightened and
made to look attractive at small expense.
A pretty dish for dessert is made by
beating the whites of four eggs to a stiff
froth, and then add gradually cup OF
powdered sugar. Take the juice from a
can of red raspberries, strain 1t and color
and favor the eggs and sugar with 1t.
Serve in glasses with cake or with char
lotte russo.
Hominy fritters help make variety for
the breakfast table Boil the hOminy the
day before, then take two teacups of 1t and
stir a small cup of sweet milk and little
salt with it, and one egg, four tablespoon
fuls of -four, with half teaspoOnful of
baking powder. Have your frying-pan
ready with the fat hot in it; drop this bat
ter in by spoonfuls and fry delicate
brown. The flavor is better if half butter
and half lard is used.
Rabbit-pie is dish that is approved by
all sportsmen. Make it thus: Remove the
skin, and wash the rabbit, cut it in the
Joints and let it lie in warm water for if
teen minutes; then drain it, and if neces-
sary. wipe it with clean cloth; cover the
bottom Of baking dish with very thin
slices of bacon, sprinkle pepper and salt
and little chopped parsley, or the dry
parsley powdered lay the pieces of rabbit
in, and put few more thin slices of bacon
over them Put in coffee cup OF water,
and cover the top with good thick crust
cut air holes in the top, and let this bake
for an hour in an oven that Is not too
quick"
If made with judgment and taste sofa
pillow made of crazy patchwork is very
handsome. Choose a piece Of cloth for the
foundation, Of the size you wish to have
the pillow; then begin at one corner to
sew the pieces of silk on. If the silk Ii
stiff it is best to haste the edges down
turn them under and blind-stitch them
down; then you can ornament with a yari-
ETY. of fancy stitches with embroidered
silk. The greater the number of kinds OF
stitches used the more effective the work
appears. Purple Is color which adds
brilliancy TO the patchwork, but is difficult
to arrange, and in making the cushion
cover you must all the time bear in mind
not only the special effect of each piece,
but the general effect OF the whole.
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Sugar as Dressing for Wounds.
DR.. T. Fisher, writing in the CtntrGJ5Lat
frr Chiruqie, says that in the Strasburg
Hospital, where he Is assistant IN the surgi-
cal department, Professor Luclle has since
May used powdered canesugar as an an
tiseptic dressing to wounds. Hitherto it
has been used in combination with naptha-
lin (equal parts) or with idoforrn tone part
To FIVE of sugar.. In cases Of wounds united
by suture the mixture is put up in gauze
and applied 10 the part; where there is q
loss of skin, the sugar IS sprinkled over the
part The sIgar-dressing is fixed in place
by some layers of gauze deprived of fat,
over which layer Of gutta-percha IS ap-
piled and the whole is secured with a
bandage The sugar-dressing may remain
from eight to fourteen DAYS without the
sugar dissolving; the secretion from the
wound Is equally distributed through the
sugar, and il is only when the layer Of
sugar is too thick (more than one-tifth Of
an inchl that Jumps are formed. The
wounds have a healthy appearance under
the sugar, the dressings are not offensive,
and bachteria cannot be found in them.
Healthy examinations, with no tendency to
bleed, are developed, and cicatrization pro-
ceeds rapidly In wounds united by su-
ture, healing by the first intention has al
ways been observed. Dr. Fisher is not
able to say whether the sugar is decom-
posed, OF what new products are formed.
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4 Hebron & BRO,

[6THoLEsALE AND RETAIL BUTCHKRs,
w Having purchased the City Market, on j
street. between Front and Second, from z. Her
gog. we shall endeavor to keep the same sup
plied with the BEST MEATS We offer specnll
inducements to the trade, and being connected
with the slaughter house by telephone we are
prepared 10 take orders from A NJ TO P. M
special attention given 70 orders from the coun-
Try Live Stock bought at The Highest Market
Prices. iyIolm
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Orr of the highest officials Of the order
of F0resters in the United States is MIR. B
S. Pike, so North Third street, st. I.ouis,
Mo. Recently Mr. Pike suffered great agony
from a felon on his thumb The soothing
effect of St. Jacobs Oh was magical and
brought immediate relief to the affected
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19

FoE fifty years the Vegetable Pulmonary
Balsarn Of Cutler Bros. & Co, Boston, stands
unriyalled for Colds and Consumption.
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SPRING MILLINERY!

NOR THE ACCOMMODATION M%rA
II of our customers we have SSZxsyS@A
placed in our store the Electric fsS1.sss.sset
Light, which will enable them TO Ssssssss
select their Millinery at evening as well as by
daylight A speciality of Trimmed Bonnets on
Thursday of each week, aud Children's Hats on
Saturday, at MRS BARBER & PEALER'S, 62
street.
N B-An Faster Card will be given with all
hats until AFTER Easter. suSolply
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No WILL regulated household should be
without bottle Of Angostura Bitters, the
world-renowned appetizer and invigorator.
Beware of counterfeits. Ask your grocer
or druggist for the genuine article, manu-
featured by DR.. ]. G. 3. Siegert & Sons.
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NOR sALE-FOUR GOOD SECONDHAND
Organs sold on SO monthly installmentS; also,
new Wheclock Weber Decker, Girard pianos
Largest stock in Sacramento. +. r. GlRAItD,
cnrnnr Seventh and j. anll-.M
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QUARRY FOR SALE.

TTNHB GRANITE QUARRY SITUATED WITHIN
800 yards of the main line Of the Central
Pacific Railroad, two miles east of the town of
RoclIlin, with everything complete for carrying
on the business, including three derricks rail
road switch for loading, two houses, blacksmith
ises, Pine, Placer county, April 16. 1884 apls-6t
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In this table, the e36,000 paid to the
President of France, against f89S, 302
swallowed up annually by the royal family
of England, makes very favorable show
ing for a republican form of government.
But the modest e10, 900 paid to the Ameri-
can President puts the contrast in still
stronger light, although England it should
be noted, is a model Of economy in this
matter compared with Germany, Russia
and Turkey. Little Sweden, with its pop
ulation of 100000, and its total annual
revenue of a little over e4,000,000, allow
ing It's royal family to gobble a yearly sum
of nearly g1,250,000, staggers credulity,
and is, perhaps, the most glaring instance
of national idiocy the world to-day is per
mitted to behold Switzerland, with its
Presidential stipend of only 5000 $4,000,
shows up beautifully in this list will
close with few
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Last year there were 1926 registered
paupers in England and Wales-190,3 1856
in the intirmaries here called unions and
warehouses, and the others in regular
receipt of outdoor relief. OF the
total number, 105,357 are reported
as able-bo3ied. These paupers are
kept from starvation by a household
rate, the total proceeds of which amounted
last year to G8,25O000. The convictions
for crime in the United Kingdom for 1892
were 1898, distributed as follows: En-
gland and Wales, 1859; Scotland,
! .944; Ireland, 2,255. In the year
1849, with a much spaller popula-
ton, the total convictions were, As, AT.
From that time to the present q gradual
diminution has been indicated. The total
number of persons taken before the magis-
trates for drunkenness in 1881 was 81 ,l54
England and Wales, 74,48l Scotland, Is,
500; Ireland, 1888. The working popu-
lation of the country is divided as fol-
lows, each division embracing d fair proper
ton of females; Professional, 4S1 ,957 do
mestic, I,3677S2; agricultural, 2010, 4G4 ;
commercial, 6l3,7l0; industrial, 5,184, 201.
In 1881 there were 1896 persons killed
and 4,57l injured by railway accidents in
England. The same year 972 British ships
were wrecked, resulting in the loss of 3, 1877
lives which reminds me that if | should
seek to compress any more figures within
the limits Of this letter my reputation as a
correspondent might be wrecked. II. T.