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Ear-LOcks.

Closely associated with the trim
ming of bonnets are the ear-locks
which, like the documentary side
whiskers formerly characteristic
of coachmen, but later affected by
the dandies, extend little upon
the smooth, unshayen surface OF
female checks.
"Why don't boards grow upon
women's faces?" Iasked ola med
ical acquaintance.
"Science knows no facts with
which to answer the question" the
libeller replied, "but l have a
theory of my own that the female
cheek is too hard for anything to
grow on. Grass doesn't spring up
from the surface of rock, don't
you known
What l was going to write was
that the ear-locks, after going pref
tv nearly out of favor, have come
into it again; but in many cases
the new ones are not composed OF
red hair, not even false hair, but
are altogether imitation. They
are delicately painted on with a
fine brush, in paint matching the
adjoining hair in color. What is
the advantage of this2 There isn't
any. But some sort of satisfaction
is gained from the novelty of the
device, because we like to do un'
precedented things. So skilfully
is this painting done that onl y 8
close inspection dlscloses the fact
that the thin, graceful arrangement
of hair is not genuine. Shall we
next take to mustaehing our upper
lips?
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A young German, Herman, Hen
ry Hulsner, who located in Savan-
ma, Georgia, a short time since,
supposIng a barrel of Georgia pota-
toes would be PLEASANT surprise
and acceptable present, sent bar
rel to his father, residing in the
town of Hanover, Prussia. A let
ter by Mr.. Hulsner states that the
German officials seized the pota-
toes and searched his fathers house
and put him under police surveil-
lance. the innocent Georgia roots
being magnitied into socialist
plot to introduce the Colorado
potato bug into the empire. Mr..
Hulsner's farther begged HIM to do
something to relieve him from the
trouble he is in, and Mr.. Hulsner
accordingly made an affidavit be-
fore a justice, and will have it pro-
perly attested before the German
consul, setting forth the fact that
he sent the potatoes,
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Pointing One Way.

The way all agricultural writers
and the press of the country are
advocating first grass and then
grain seems to indicate a getting
back to our first best sense, and
that is that grass is the basis OF
true agricultural prosperity. When
a farmer gets his grass up to the
point of fertility that produces
large growths ofgrass, he need not
fear to turn under field of the
sod and plant it in corn. The
truth is, grasses are natures great
restorers and renovators, but no
one need expectthe great grass
from a wornout soil, until the land
has been enriched, either with ma
nure or by plowlng under few
crops of clover. Don't sow the
already worn land to wheat, and
in the spring chance ''cateh"
crop of clover, but fit the land in
the best possible condition, in the
the spring and SOW from eight to
twelve quarts of clover to the
acre. Let the first seasons growth
fall to the ground and without fall
pasturing. The next yaer pillow
under the clover, put the ground
in good condition for corn and
Immediately sow it again to clover
Let that clover go the way of the
preceding crop, and the next year
You can cut a good yield of hay in
June and early in August turn un'
der a good sod, well matted with
clover, and the land Is ready for a
crop of wheat. Then you have
made a start. Sow timothy with
the wheat. The three crop rOta.
ton is ample for any soil, clover
or timothy for every third crop
Penn's Farmer - -
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Cotton Report.
4. n.rlme.-nemocrni.

n. O,Ttfnes-DemocrM.
The Agricultural Department
has Just published its first cotton
report of this year. It's, of course,
devoted mainly to planting, but 1t
is impossible, this early in the
season, to give any facts about the
condition of the cotton itself. 1t
reports the progress of planting as
very slow, and much delayed by
the temperature prevailing during
April. In some of the Virginia
counties none had been planted up
to May. In North Carolina As per
cent had been planted in South
Carolina 60 per cent Georgia,
IS; Florida, 05; Alabama, IS; Mis-
sissippi, rs; Louisiana, Il; Texas,
so; Arkansas, 20, and Tennessee
So per cent. For the whole South
only 81 per cent of the crop was in
the ground against 81 per cent at
the some time last year. 1t is i'm
possible to give any figures about
the area in cotton, but from many
portions of the South come reports
that the staple is giving way to
other crops. In Tennessee the
tobacco acreage has been largely
increased. In South Carolina
small grain has usurped the place
of cotton. In Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi there has been a
heavy increase in food and forage
crops. A change from cotton to
grain, hay and grass is noticeable
in Arkansas and Tennessee, al
though in portions, OF the latter
state grain itself appears to be Civ
ing way to pasturage. In fine
there seems to be a very general
disposition throughout the South
to cultivate other products as well
rs cotton.
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Neuralgia and the Weather.

From the Cincinnati Commerrial-Gazeite.
The fact of relation between
neuralgia pain and meteorological
conditions is generally understood.
The coming change of weather Is
responsible for many of the aches
and pains the nervous system is
heir to. Depression of spirits
and rheumatic pains are generally
associated with falling barome-
ter and storm-brewing conditions.
Unusually severe neuralgia attacks
conincide with unusually intense
storm development. To establish
in his own case the relation of pain
and weather. Capt. Curtin of the
L. S. army made a regular and de-
tailed record, in connection with
the variations of the weather, of
the variations of the neuralgia
pains with which he is afflicted.
Capt. Catlin's foot was crushed by
a shot in 1864, and it was necessary
to amputate his leg below the knee.
He continued TO experience sensa-
tons being greater or less accord
ing to the intensity of the atmos-
pheric disturbance. He found the
winter months to be the greatest
pain-producers. Arranged in
months March, naturally one would
suppose, took the lead. Then came
in order January, November, Dee
cmber, May, February, April,
August, October, September, July
and June. He traced the average
distance of the storm centre at the
beginning of the pain attack by
investigating sixty well-dehned
storms in period of ten consecu-
tive months. This average dis
lance was $50 miles, the range be-
ing from two to twelve hundred
miles. 1t is curious and interest
ing information that the begin
ming of our neuralgia attacks the
storm development causing them
may be thousand miles away.
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WEEKLY BANNER.
Proportion of Meat to Food.


Prairie FEmer.
Some American stockmen are
now exercising great care in de-
formining. the exact quantity Of
food consumed to produce given
increase of live weight in animals,
and also the relative proportions
of meat TO offal.
q The Fat Stock shows at Chicago
have done much to stimulate ex-
poriments in this direction, and
will do much more. Some of the
agricultural experiment stations
are engaged in this special work.
a general conclusion thus far is,
that well-bred, moderately fatten-
ed oxen should yield So to 60 lbs.
of dressed carcass to 100 lbs. of
live weight; while an excessively
fat OK may give from 65 up to even
20 per cent Moderately fattened
shorn sheep should dress 50 per
cent of the live weight; excessive
1y fat as IS per cent. The relation
of the dressed to the live weight is
so we'll understood by butchers,
who buy beef cattle in the great
New York markets, that the sales
and prices are there based upon
the dress weight ofthe four quar-
ters. Thus if good quality cattle
arc reported at ten cents, it means
somuch per pound for what the
four quarters will weigh. An old
rule is that the AZ lbs. of offal,
that is the hide, loose tallow, head
heart, legs, ETC., will pay the butch
or well for killing and dressing.
Thus live bullock that will turn
the scales at lao pounds, will
give about $50 pounds in the omar
tiers, in which form they would be
worth $500 at 10 cents per pound.
1fthe same weight animal dresses
81 lbs. to the 100, then there would
be 81 lbs. in the quarters, and the
buyer could pay s9l for the ami:
nal, and his cascass would still
stand him only 10 cents per pound.
In that market while the beef cat
tic are usually sold at SO, much q
head for a certain lot, the buyer in
making up his offer, estimates for
both the live weight and the per
ccntage that they will dress
though the scales are more resort.
cd to than in former years; and
then the purchaser makes an offer
based upon the dressed percentage.
But feeder needs to make fal
more careful estimates, or weigh
ings, to know how much feed, and
its cost, he is using from day te
day to secure the increase ofweigh'
each of his animals is making
This will lead to the inquiry
whether other feed, or combina
ton of feed may not produce like
results with less expense and more
profit 1t will lead to another OBJ
scrvation also as to the compare
tive values of different breeds ant
grades as machines for changing
feed into meat.
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The Name of America.

The Biographies tell US that the
name Of this continent was derived
from that of one of the navigators
who followed Columbus, -Ameri-
Gus Vespucius. His real name,
however, was Vespucci, and YES
pueius is the Latinized form of it,
Just as Americas is supposed to be
the Latin for Amepiga.
But why should this continent
have been called America? If it
had been called after Columbus, it
would have been named not Chris
topheria, but Columbia. Why not,
then, if Columbus was 10 be rob
bed of his honor, call the land Yes
puciR? t-t
And was Yespucci's name Ameri-
go? Mr.. Charles Mackey main
tains that it was not. He has seen
a very rare volume, published in
Milan only nine years after the
death of Vespuccl, describing his
voyages and discoveries, in which
his name is given rs Albertatio.
Of course it is possible that this
was 0 mlsprint, though such error
would be unlikely to occur on a
title-page in those days of careful
printing. But Mr.. Mackey has not
been able to discover when the
name America was first applied on
this continent.
He has a theory that 1t was not
derived FROM Yespuccis name at
all, but came from q Celtic word
imrleh. which means to emigrate,
or TO go 10 another country. The
idea is a tanciful oRej yet there
have been stranger formations of
names than this would be.
However the name may have
been derived, it is certain to stand.
The whole world, except France,
calls the country America, and
spells the name one way. This
uniformity is true of no other great
country.
-Deutschland is Germany to the
English and Allemsgne to the
French. England is Apgleterre to
the French and Inghilterra to the
Italians.-France is Frankreich to
the Germans and Francia to the
Spaniards. Espana is Ispagna to
the Italians and Spain to the Eng
fish, and so on.
But America is America, with
the same pronunciation to all the
world except France, where it be-
comes Amerique, and America it
will always be.-[Youth's Com
panion
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Corn Fodder as Good as Hay

A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer writes that the advice
given last week about growing
corn fodder reminds him of the
practice of Hon. George f. Lord,
of Elgin, Ill.,, as related by Presi-
dent W. D. Hoard, of the North
western Dairymen's Association:
''Mr. Lord keeps 100 COWS on 300
acres of land, and has not raised
a pound of hay for years. The
corn is sowed in drills three and a
half feet apart and about the time
1t blossoms, it is cut with a self.
raking reaper, cutting one row at
a time, the machine throwing If off
IN graYels. When sufficiently
wilted, il is bound and set in large
stacks and allowed to cure, stand
ing ON the ground until winter
sets in, when it is hauled TO the
barn. He secures a yield of about
seven tons of cured fodder per
acre, worth as much as the best
hay, and is thus enabled to devote
a large amount of his land to pas
ture. He is one of the successful
damymen of Illinois"
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The dwarf trees of China are
curlositics offorestry. Every child
knows how the Chinese cramp
their women's feet by bandaging
when they are infants. and thus
render it impossible for them to
walk. 1t is, however, wonderful
to see miniature oaks, chestnqts,
pines and cedars growing in flow
er-pots, fifty years old and yet not
a foot high. To do this, take a
young plant, cut off its tap root,
and place 1t in q basin In which
there is a good soil kept well wa
tered. If it grows too rapidly,
dig down and shorten in several
roots. Every year the leaves
grow smaller, and the little dwarf
trees make interesting pets.-EN.
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There is always advantage gain
ed to farmers by prosecuting the
labor necessary TO the farm in sea-
son. Unnecessary work is delayed,
circumstances are liable to occur
that will keep all the work of the
year out of its regular season for
accomplishment. Last spring was
an excellent illustration of this
fact. In. the very early spring,
there was season of comparative
lv warm weather, with fine oppor-1
tunities for the performance of
farm labor, which was INDUCED IN
by some; others from the fear of
frost, delayed work, and soon came
on rains, so that it was impossible
tolwork, and the planting Of crops
was delayed; being followed by
dry weather, the effect was to re-
tard growth, and especially in the
case of corn; considerable was
caught by an early frost in an I'M
natural state, whereas seasonable
work would have avoided such a
result. There is q world of truth
in the saying that tits much better
for the farmer to drive his work,
rather than be driven by it.
We are not taking as much stock
as formerly in the idea that in or
der to secure garden of early
vegetables it is necessary to pillow
the soil and commence operation
as soon as the frost is fairly out OF
the ground. We believe 1t to be
an entirely mistaken idea, unless
some unusual means are taken to
raise the temperature of the soil
artifcially. It requires higher
degree of faith than we are q pres
emit possessed of to believe that
seed can be deposited in soil but
little, if any, above the freezing
point, with any hope of immediate
termination. We have been taught,
both by precept and by practice,
too, that heat and moisture are es-
sential to the termination and
HiOWtu u phahbs. uILnS1 Lhhh
that, in case of many seeds, an alb
sence. ofthese. conditions means de-
cay. Now, with these facts, 1t is
plain that no advantage can be
gained by attempting to save time
BY deposit of seed, even though
the condition be midway between
the two extrimes. Ifthe soil is al
lowed to grow warm by the natur-
al action of the sun, is plowed and
supplied with an abundance of heat
ing manure, the seed placed in it
will Immediately spring into life
and continue its growth without
interruption, and many OF the ten
der vegetables will be produced
fully as soon, or even earlier than,
if planted with the soil cold, so
that not only termination is re-
tarded, but the growth of tho plant
stunted. In the case of early yege.
tables, 1t is safe to make haste
slowly."-William II. Keomans, in
New England Farmer.
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\ The best smoking tabacco il
"Little JOKER" -Fa-sr

Some years ago Mr.. Dana, ofthe
New York Sun, took it into his
head that he would like to expert
ment with mushrooms. So, at
great cost, he built MUSHROOM
cave, got Frenchman, to whom
he paid large salary, and began
his experiment. The first year it
cost him about $4,000, to-day he is
not only raising all of these de
licious fungi that he wants for his
own table, but his cave yields so
many mushrooms that the gardener
has been able to sell enough to
pay, with interest, for the expcndi-
ture
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Feathers should be very thor,

Feathers should be very thor,
oEghly dried before they they are used
For this reason they should not be
packed away IN Bags when they
are first plucked, but should be
laid lightly in a basket, or some
thing of that kind, and stirred up
often. The garnet is the best kept
place to dry them, because they
will there be Kept free from dirt
and moisture, and will be IN no
danger of being blown away. tits
well to put the parcels which you
may have from time to time, into
the oven after you have removed
your bread, and let them stand for
q day. tL itit.t5 + tsi:#..t
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The time occupied in going up
the Washington monument on an
elevator is nine minutes. The
walls are now 400 feet IN height,
and two feet day will be added
until the shaft reaches the height
of 500 feet, when it will be ready
tor the pvramidion. which is to be
55 feet in height.
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For seven years Aliens Brain Food has
stood the strongest tests as to its merits in
curing Nervousness, Nervous Debility and
restoring lost powers to the weakened Cen
erative System, and. in no instance, has it
ever failed: testit. Sli 6 for S5,-At drug
gists, or by mail from j. II. Allen, Sl5 First
Ave. New York CITY.
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Diseases arising from Imprudenees. :

1t Is sclf-evilcnt that physician paving
Particular attention to 4 class Ofcases attalns
great skill and ply sic iauS In regular practice
al over the country knowing this. frequently
recommend eases TO the oldest s.fce In America,
where every known appliance Is reSorted to.
and The proved good renieslfes OF al
ages aud countries are used. 4 whole house Is
used for niice purposes, and all are treated with
skin ia 4 respectful manner: aud. knowing
what TO do, no experiments air made. On &C.
count Of the great number Applying, the
charges are kept iow. Qilla fWer than Is
demanded by others II You secure the skill
and get a speedy aud perfect life cure. that Is
the Important matter. Pamphlet, ~ pages,
seyt TO any address free.
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Having lost her singing voice,
Aimee will next season comes
to America TO act IN drama
@When | can't speak" she lately
said, "I'll go into pantomime.
There's nothing like adapting ones
self to circumstances"
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CONWAY, Ark, October 3, 1883
We can saj that Smiths Bile Beans sell
faster and give more general satisfaction than
any pill weseIl, ar any pill sold IN this mar
ket. Very respectfully.
Witt & Richmond, Druggists.
For sale by r. E. Luhn
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1T IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF

the Blood and enrieIIesit and is there
fore u fine iHriJordnt and corrective
in cases of all chronic 1adLddieS which
are associated with an IMPOVERISHED
STATE OF THE BLOOD. These all yield
tothe regulating and nourishing prop
critics OF its great food tonic elements
Itcompensates for the loss Of ritdlitUy
induced by COIIsttBI ptiOn, CdtdTTh or
Bronchial and Throat affections. IT
GriU remedy Feminine Debility and
reimburse the Female physique for
those losses of ritdIify accompany
ing complaints peculiar to the ser.
Mothers nursing their own children
and delicate tromen who expect 10
become mothers and bring up rfgor-
o,ls children should by all means use
IT. II tCiH restore sufferers from
Mental or Nervous Prostitution arls-
ing from Orer- IrOrk, E,rcesseS or
protrdcted Disease. 1t triH cure
Drunkenness and the Opium HABIT
TOR as the appetite grows healthier
and digestion more vigorous through
tho use OF this Tonic, the unnatural
craving dies away until totally e1-
tInct. highly beneficial tIa Ltref-
Complaints, MdIdridL Fcrer, and
ALL MaIdridI Disease; and Tor tho
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kind It has no equal. 1t repairs
,r4sta. fIHDTores Digestion and 4p-
7lefifc, and aTords the DysDeptic In
rdIid an easily dSsiInidbie article
of food; and IS so pleasant 10 the taste
that the most sensitive palate Will not
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Ask for Wells Rough ON Corns." 15c.
Quick, complete cure. Hard or soft corns,
warts, bunions.
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TO PHYSICIANS AND INVALIDS.

ii analysis of d" CoIden's Liquid Bee
Tonic" by the eminent chemist, ARTHUR
NIL HAsSALL, MD, FRS, of london
England. and an endorsement by tho eel
CHEATED physician, Professor SIR ERASMUS
WILSON, FRS, LID, OF london, arc la
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sold AT Wholesale by all leading
Druggists, and rrtailcd generally, ut 81 l'cI
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The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1884-08-14
FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Cor

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plant. you have a printed guarantee
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each bottle Of Shiloh's Catarrh Rem
edy. Price 90 cents.
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SHILOH'S CURE WILL immedi-
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SHILOH'S CATARRH RENE
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The above remedies are for sale
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CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense Of weight in the back, loins and
lower part of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he had some affec-
tion of the Kidneys or ncighboring Or
gans. At times, symptoms of indiges-
tion are present, as flatulency, uneasi-
ness of the stomach, etc. A moisture,
like perspiration, producing a very
disagreeabc itching, after getting
warm, is very common attendant.
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles yield
at once to the application of DR. Bo-
sanko's Pile Remedy, which acts direct
iy upon the part affected, absorbing the
Tumors, allnying the intense itching,
and effecting permanent cure. Price,
80 cents. Address, The DR.. Bosanko
Medicine Co., Piqua, Ohio. Sold by
j. M. Harkey 81 Bro. May lily.