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The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-16
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HEALTH ALPHABET.

As soon as you are up shak,
blanket and sheet,
Better lie without shoe than sil
with wet feet.
Children, if healthy, are active
not still; 81 49,
D--amp beds and damp clothes
will both make You i'll.
Eat slowly, and always chew
your food Well;
F-reshen the air in the hous
where you dwell. Al u tA
G-arments must neycr he made
too tight;
Homes should be healthy. airy
and ligh.
II you wish to be well, as YOU
90. I've no doubt,
Just opon the windows before
You go out. 15fa
-eep your rooms always ti1v
Ind clean;
Let dust on the furniture neyc,
be seen.
Much illness is caused by the
want ofptro :,ir; zbr'
N-ow to open the windows be
every yonr care.
I'D rags and old rubbish should
never he kept;
People should see that their ao,,
are we'll swept.
Q-uick movements in children
are healthy and right.
h-eme'nLer the young cannot
thrive without light.
See that the cistcrn is clean to
the brim. :
AXE care that your dress is all
tidy and trim.
0-Se your nose to find if there
be i bad drain;
s-eFy sad are the feyers that
comes ~ its trains. as
"-aK as much as you can with
out feeling fatigue.
A-erxes could walk full many a
league.
f-onr health is your wealth
which your wisdom must keep
Zeal will help q good cause, and
the good you Will reap
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-16
4 FARMERS CREED.

Asa farmer | subscribe to the
following article OF faith:
|. That tie farming interest lies
at the foundation of the success of
all ether avOc iii ons, and failure
in it ucaEs depression in all other
business pursuits.
.. That it is as hOr orab'c to BE-
! good farmer as it is to De Il good
anything else, that every sue
cesstul farmer does receive his
need of praise, and only the sue
cessfu! IN all other callincs receive
the same. The success can be
obtained by the observance oftllt
laws Of success only. These are,
first attend to your own business
voursalf: don't trust it ;O% tree
negro or lazy white man. Second,
always COMMENCE in time and pluw
deep in the preparations; if yon can
break the clay knee deep without
turning it on the surface, so much
the better, terliIiZc well and cult
vate shallow; corn should be put
six inches in the ground and cover
ed one and a half or two inches,
so that it will be four inches below
the surface when it comes up.
3. Raise all the corn, meat, oats
and other grains you need to run
the farm. 1t is a reflection upon
any mans farming senses to have
co send off to the Northwest tor
corn and meat. in the spring when
we can raise it so much cheapcls
Ifyou raise all you consume on the
farm theu plant as much cotton as
you please.
4. Raise and save all the man.
ure you can on the farm and com
pound it with bone dust or phosr-
hate. Let there be no useless
stock to eat up all the profits of the
farm.
5. Rotate crops and don't run
the land to death by the same kind
Of crop year after year.
6. Keep out of debt if such a
.hing is possible. 1t is a big per
cent, that builds fine brick houses;
for merchants and enables them to
accumulate large fortunes; it is not
ID ade out of the man whom pur-
chases for cash.
Z. Be honest; pay your debts
ifyou have any. The world Cannot
respect dishonest man and he
cannot respect himself, and he is
put at a great disadvantage with
little hope OF success.
8. Cultivate we'll and otter
push the crop and don't suffer it to
push you.
8. Build good fence, pig tight
and mule high, and don't pile 10, $
and brush in the fence corners;
keep tile bu shes cut out and the
fence corners; clean.
10. Keep sober and read good
books and papers. This is part of
nv creed but not ahOf my faith;
but this article is 500 long already.
N. n. Duprce, in Southern Gull
iyatOr.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-16

The COuri r-Journal is the acknowl-
edged Representative Newspaper of the
South, is Democratic in Politics. and
first, last ANA all the time is for re.luc-
ton Of the war taxes, as levied on the
people by the tariff now in force.
The Weekly Couriex-JQu1nal
Is without superior in the world as q
great family and political newspaper, and
during tie year 1oSo it will strive moro
zcalously and hopefully than ever for its
political filth, not neglectipg, however,
the infinite variety Of choice miscellany
that causes it to be so great favorite in
the family circle. The return to power of
the Democratic party will make 1876 a
year marked in the history Of the United
States. and no family should lie without
the COurier-Journal who desire to keen
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Louisville, Ky.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-16
October 10
FRIDAY
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URE OF NAIIS

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date Offices Cherry Ridge, Lone We'll,
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Friday at Ga. IN. Arrive at p. IN.
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de;'aF: daily. Clnlay, excer ted III $ Il
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|. SINISTER, Postmaster.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-10-16

1t is simply impossible for a fat
man to lie a real dude. lie NAV
sport the regulation collar: he may
wear coats so short that his vest
shows beneath It; but he can't be a
successful dude. \ dude must have
thin legs, and a head shaped like a
pineapple. He must have dimp!es
behind his eals, and ears bic
enough to hide them. Now a fat
man, chubby, plump roui.d
youth, can never answer the spec
lfcatiOns. lie caunot look sad and
vacant and bilious. He Il i,ot,nd
to perspire in weather like this, to
get red in the face and TO fan him.
self. a dude never perSpires or
does anyof those other things. He
always cool, always buttons. d
always imperturbable.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
August Report.

The August report Of the agricultural de-
partment saws. The corn crop has made an
Improvement since the last report. The aver
age stands four points lower than the standard
IL full condition, and indicates a Weld with
reasonable moisture and favoring Temperature
hereafter of 2j TO "a bushels per acre. The
moist and hot weather following the 18th of
July has caused some damage 10 spring wheat
n the northwest mainly in Wisconsin and
Minnesota. Most OF the great wheat counties
n Minnesota report averages from as TO 80
.hough Dodge returns only 30. Some of less
Importance makes an average Of 100 The re-
iuction In the prospective yield Is the greatest
n Minnesota, amounting 10 nine points
The decline is five in Wisconsin, four In Iowa
md one In Dakota. There Is an increase In
other territories and New England. The
average decline is four points, and indicates q
'tduction of 6C0O,O00 OF bushels from the ex-
oectation on the first Of July. No reports con-
,erning the result of the threshlng of the winter
wheat are received except In the south In
Texas the outcome is greater than was expect
ed and higbea rates of YIELD are reported
The average for oats has declined from % to
NJ, which is four points higher than In August
IL last year. Rye averages "a showing a con
anued improvement since the LIST Of June.
Barley stands as in the last report, at %, which
indicates about an average crop for any series
4 TO 10 years. There Is an increase In the
area OF bucllwheat and It's condition averages
%. A medium crop hay is assured by the
average of 90. Tobacco makes general aver
ige OF 81. The average for potatoes is %
against 81 last month.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
EIGHT LIVES LOST.
Manchester. N. H., the Scene Of a Disastrou
Fire.

The Webster block in Manchester, n. H., a
handsome brick building costing $500, 900, was
discovered TO be on fire about 10 o'clock the
other night.
The block is used for stores on the first floor
and above this Is divided into boarding houses
with small rooms.
The number of inmates at the time OF the
fire Is estimated at 800 At least 100 made
good their escape in their night clothing by
means of ladder placed against the building
by the tremen. The first person taken
out supposed to be dead was Lizzie Barns.
She was conveyed to the police station, where
Soon afterwards Mary 0'Bren and her child,
eighteen months old, were found In dying
condition on the first floor. The child died
within few minutes. In the meantime the
fremen were having fierce fight with the
flames, which swept the entire front of the
building and mounted stairway in the rear of
the block. A second alarm was sent out and
twelve streams were playing upon the building
before the flames could be controlled. A hasty
examination was made OF the rooms, but no
bodies were found.
Shortly after 1t was asserted by some of those
rescued that members of two families were
missing. Their place of abode was in the fifth
story. On removing closet door which had
fallen inwards woman's head was disclosed.
In a few moments another body was found. II
infant. Beyond them were found the bodies
OF three children, one girl Is years old, and
the Others boy of years and girl of ID.
The family were French.
There was an insurance OF $4,000 on the
property, which will about cover the damage
done. The loss on the furniture will amount
TO thousands of dollars.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
Maxwell Brought Back.

Maxwell, the alleged ST. Louis murderer, has
been brought back from Auckland, New Zea-
land On the passage from Auckland Max
well was manacled at night and the two detec-
lives kept six-hour watches over him day and
night. He maintained perfect ease during the
entire trip Of II days, never giving the detec-
tives the slightest trouble. When
lccosted in prison, he said that his name was
ID. Angler and that he was q Frenchman, a
native of Paris, aged 81. He acknowledged
having known Preller, but beyond this he re-
fused TO say more, repeating what he had pre-
gously said, that his attorneys In New Zea-
land cautioned him about saying anything Of
the crime with which he is charged. Ex-Police
Surgeon Clark, who came up at that tme
asked II he spoke French. He replied he spoke
patols OF Norman French. Dr. Clark said he
was familiar with the patois whereon Maxwell
suddenly checked himself and refused further
TO continue the conversation. Maxwell was
taken to st. Louis the second day after his ar
rival In San Francisco.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
THE STATE AT LARGE.
A Miraculous ESCAPE.

There was a scene OF confusion on the pas
senger steamer CITY of Milwaukee when thirty
miles off VI llwaukee early the other morning.
A loud crash startled the sixty passengers
from their rooms in their night clothes nearly
all with fe presG rvers. The cabin was almost
In darkness and the boat enye opcd in steam.
The cause was the almost compete wreck of
the Milwaukee eng ne The walking beam
broke where a Gaw existed N the iron and the
come, ting rod went cushing backward
tho oh the hurricane deck cabin aud prone
nade deck for n distance Of thirty feet abaft
the engine ROOM Tne ston rod was driven
through the head and bottom OF the cylinder,
and the cylinder was bloken and the steam
chest wrecked. The damage 10 the engine is
estimated at S14 900 10 $1,000 and TO the boat
between $4,000 and $4,000, a large amount
of furniture being destroyed by the act on of
the connect ne rod. The Milwaukee was
picked up alter four hours by the steam barge
William EdN ards which was passing the Mil
waukec when the accident occurred.
For some minutes Il ter the accident the pas
sengers. sixty In number rushed panic strck-
Ell about, while the crew were examining the
vessel, expecting that she was an fire or had
hole in her bottom, but neither was discovered
Many of the passengers kept on their life-pre-
servers unit Milwaukee was reached. The
propeller Wisconsin has taken the place of the
Milwaukee. which will be laid up during the
rest OF the season The passengers were most
" through ones from the east but included
several from Detroit.
The City of Milwaukee is an iron s.de-wheel
steamer OF l4S tons burden. She was built at
Wyandotte by the Detroit Dry-Doct Company
Haven X Milwaukee Railroad Company. She
runs from Grand Haven 10 Milwaukee, Her
value Is Sl15,OO0, and she Is rated AIS. The
boat is insured In the Buffalo Hull Pool.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
A QUEER METHOD.
AWoman Confined in an Asylum Twenty
Seven Years.

Miss Adrianna Physeclx Brinckle has Just
been released from the Pennsylvania lunatic
asylum In harrisburg, where she has been con
fined for twenty seven years on the extraordi-
nary charge of ''extravagance and eccentrcitv.'
She Is daughter of the late DIR. William
Draper Brinclle, physician, who enjoyed a
large practice and moved in the highest circles
OF society In Philadelphia thirty
years ago. Miss Brinckle was
an acknowledged belle, woman OF great
beauty and accomplishments and popular
favorite. She was extremely extravaganza, but
an unfortunate change In the financial stand
ing of her father made II impossible for him 10
pay her bills as he had always done before.
Adranna was unable TO overcome her ex-
travagant ta,tes and without knowing
cases, ordered "A ano and set Of furniture
which she sold before paving for them. This
proceeding scandalized the set TO which the
Brinckles belonged, and as II was stated at the
time to ''saye the family honor" Miss Brinckle
was sent TO the asylum, entering the institu-
ton July, 1858 When the twelfth nat onal
conference Of charities and corrections met In
Washington last June one of the delegates
made the following statement:
"A beautiful and charming young lady used
TO wealth is extravaganza and her father, re-
duced in circumstances, finds himself unable to
restrain her habit of spending, concludes she
requires custodial care, places her In hospital
needless OF her earnest protest. He dies and
leaves her there. There she has been
nearly 80 years, and is now nearly go
years OF age and still begging TO be re-
leased, but the custodian still thinks she
needs custodial care and she remains TO this
day under restraint of her personal liberty
This led to an investigation, and Miss
Brinckle was visited at the state lunatic asy-
lum at Harrisburg, and committee reported
there was no evidence of insanity in her case.
But still no release came and the unfortunate
woman almost abandoned hope. Representa-
tiyes of the state committee on lunacy visited
her, however, and then the order came and she
was sent out free woman. Upon her release
she was taken TO the convalcscents' retreat
near Glen Mills, where she is being tenderly
cared for.
Miss Brinckle is now grey-hared woman of
60, In full possession of all her faculties and in
hchIlr hon
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
Montreal Afflicted.

In spite of previous denials, II has become
known that smallpox is epidemic in Montreal.
There are over 1000 cases in the city, including
some of the most aristocratic families. There
are no means Of preventing the spread of the
malady, the local health regulations making
no provisions for the isolation of infectious
cases, and with their limited staff the health
authorities are powerless. Fathers OF families
which are down with the disease moved about
among the people in their daily avocations,
spreading the infection. Many of the regular
physicians refused 10 attend any such cases,
saying that they would expose their unnfected
patients to the danger OF the disease Many
precautions. The epidemic has taken every
one by surprise except those who have been
pecuniarily interested in keeping 1t quiet. Had
the real danger been reported the citizens
would have insisted on vigorous measures
aCainst the endemic.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
The Deadly Waterspout.

Advices from Deadwood say waterspout
struck Long Tree Creek near Chadron, Oak, a
'ew days ago, flooding the valley, drowning four
men, two children and Il number of horses, be-
tides washing away several hundred yards In
.ength Of newly finished railroad grade. A
family of immigrants, consisting of a man, his
wife and three children were camped on the
,reek when the water struck them. The man
attempted TO save two of his children, but was
drowned with them. The woman caught hold
If a wagon-box as 1t was floating away and
climbed into it. The box was carried down to
White River, where 1t struck against bank
and the woman succeeded in catching hold OF
some willows and drawing herself out. She
was dressed In nothing but her night clothes.
The third child, aged about four years, was
carried down by the flood and was found alive
clinging TO some debris the next morning in
White River near town. The track of the
Hood was found strewn with dead horses, har-
ness and grading tools, while here and there
were found the body Of some unfortunate
grader.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
SuEocated Miners.

The mines Of the West End Coal Company
at Macanaqua, about eighteen miles from
Wilkesbarre, Penn, we're the scene recently of
the most terrible accident In that region for
fifteen years. The fan which furnished fresh
air TO the mine broke down, the colliery filed
with gas and great number OF men were
asphyxiated. Twelve are known 10 be dead.
This terrible loss of life was the result OF an
oversight, IL not neglect OF duty on the part
OF Christopher Conrad, the mine boss. The
fan broke down when the night shift was Just
quitting work, and the gas was'accumulating
all night Conrad says he told the men on
the day shift that the mine was not safe and
they should not go down. They, on the con-
trary, say he told them to go to work; that the
mine was safe, and the fan would be working
In an hour.
About sixty men went down the next morn
Ing, and had hardly got to their working
places when they began to feel the influence oil
the gas. These suffocating fumes are very
sudden In their action on the human system,
and almost before the men were aware OF their
danger they became unconscious or crazed.
Some one reached the foot of the slope and
gave the alarm, which was speedily conveyed
TO the surface and help was summoned from
all sides TO rescue the men.
few OF the men in the mine succeeded In
reaching open air unaided, but the great ma
jority were brought out insensiblc 10y relief
parties that rushed into the mine and fought
their way through the Il ably gas until they
stumbled over some unconscious forms, O
until they thcrs lives dropped to the ground
overpowered. The first relief party went toe
far and were r ~lt-it y. One OF their mum
Der, Peter Boz hal gone In 10 rescue
ME brother,v nght out dead
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
Disastrous Floods.

Advises received a few days ago say the
calamitous flood which began to work destruc-
ton July 10, devastated a part of the province
Of Canton. causing the death Of 10000 people,
engulfng whole villages, nearly running the
rice and silk crops, destroying an immense
amount of property, reducing a vast number
Of people to poverty and starvation. The flood
was caused by the bursting Of an embankment
at Tam Kong, fourteen miles from Canton
city, which was rapidly followed by breaks at
other places within eighty miles of Canton,
putting large area OF the country under
water, Including Canton.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
Cost of the Funeral.

New York papers are now estimating In
round numbers the cost Of Gen. Grants funer
al. Undertaken Merritt's bill was $10,655, the
four physicians got $500 each, and the tenn
porary tomb cost $1,000. Besides this must be
reckoned for the work of making and putting
up decorations, $1,000; paid for seeing the
procession, $l.06S, 100; and estimated cost of
monument S50),C0J, presenting grand total
Of S2,2l4,355 Already steps are being taken
to have congress appropriate the necessary
amount TO pay the expenses Of the funeral
proper New York city was, pecunlarily, q
heavy gamer by the event, as the estimated
amount OF money left there by outsiders was
$1,000 600
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
After the Salvationists

Efforts are being made 10 secure the return
TO her mother 4 missing girl named Eliza
Armstrong of london, Eng, who is illegally
held by the Salvation Army. Mrs Armstrong
accuses Gen. Booth, the leader Of the Salvation
Army, OF sending an agent 10 decoy her daugh-
ter from home for the purpose of making the
girl spectacle rs a minor saved from life OF
wickedness by the salvationists The girl is Il
years old. She has been traced to home for
fallen women, started by the Salvation Army,
and thence to the Town of Loriol, in Drome,
France, where she again disappeared. Gen.
Booth refuses to surrender the girl and her
mother has applied TO the courts for aid IN re-
covering her child.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-08-20
A Little Blood-Letting.

A riot occurred near the mill Of Carrier,
Heath " Co., in EsseXyille near Bay City few
mornings since The strikers were determin-
ed To close the mill, and went out in force suf-
flcient To accomplish that object. The sheriff
was notified and with a number Of deputies
went To the scene of the riot All efforts to
induce the rioters TO dispense only call ed forth
yells and jeers. The officers then proceeded
10 ar est the ring leaders, which aci n was the
signal for resistance on the rart of the rioters.
They used clubs and bricks 10 good advantage
and the officers produced reviewers. In the
melee the sheriff was hit with board in the
hands of one of the strikers, and received a
scalp wound from pistol shot. 4 number of
Il G strikers were considerably bruised. Nine
of them were arrested and locked up.