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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04

cl.sps come Il novel 6eurs, fensr. laaf ~
fancy forms, in naal and carved woodA
WOODEN stuis arc more in favor thAa silk
or velvet ones for bounets and hsts. - wei
as for the irocks with which they ere worn.
The basque is still the bodice most fayccsd
BY dressmakers, but II il very short and sim
Die with or without waistcoat, at pleasure.
Polonaises of velvet or velveteen win Be
worn over skirts of rough wooden stuffs, with
bourret,e, boucle, Astriakhan, frize and
ether borders.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04
The Truth of Poetry.

at isn't true, is itf' asked Rollo. as he
finished reading The Pied Piper of Hsme-
lin" 1t isn't true is it that he could play
on his pipet so that the rats would 90 OH
ard crown themselves
well" replied Rollo's father, II don't
know about that. / think it may be true.
Your Unrle George eau play the flute so
that it will scare COW into the river and
drive all the dogs in the precinct bowling
crazy. Yes, guess the poem is true.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04

The tomb is plain, double slab OF gran,
ite-turned over, like an open book laid
down with the cover and bevelled edges out
side. The inscription reads as follows;
MI. p. p. Y. q. u.
Lafapette,
Lieutenant General, Membre de Ia Chambre de Dep
utes. Ne a Charauvac, Iiaute Loire.
lie vi. Septembre,
MDCCLNII.
Marie lie ri. Anvil, MDCCLXXIV.
N. A. L. de NoailIes.
Decide Paris lie Xxx. Mat
MDCCCNNAlN.
,Requiescat in Face.
uafavette, lieutenant Ceneral, Member OF the
bamber of Deputies. Born at Charauyac, Haute
DIRE September g. 1857. Married April IL, liza, to
NJ A. f. de Noailles Died at Paris May 20, lSa
May he rest in peace
Next to the tomb of Lafayette ia that OF
his wife, which bears the following inscrip
ton:
VI. 4. l.,
dc NOales,
Nee Paris lie NJ. HoVemhTe,
MDCCLIX.
Marie lie NJ. Avril, MDCCINNlN'
NIP. /. Y. y.
Lafayette
DECIDE Paris lie XXIY, Decembre,
MDCCCNll.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04

conveyed in little wagons drawn BY dogs
and the bargaining between them an me
small shopkeepers, who are their principal
customers is very close indeed. Women
trantact almost all the retail business Of
Paris snd many have acquired fortunes.
Their independence in pecunIsry way has
certainly made them q force in politics ss
well as socially and greater than in any
other country. l had intended to describe
visit to the "Black Cat" and other events
more or less interesting, but this, the opera,
and theatres, Fontainebleu ami the art
workers must leave for another letter.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04
An EQUINE Excellepce job Overlooked.

"H,-"Dsr, bow, B'Ends, hain't dat hoss
a dsis, an right on de bit too" Belinda
-"Oh er. yes, but, LIT, his ribs loom out
right sma't. don't deyT' He-"Ribsl Now
OATS bout ez much ez woman knows
bout hossAesh. Ksin't 20 tell dimple'
when 20 see um1 Bet mex time | trades
bosses 20 dean know muffin bout it. No
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04

Know rHYsELF. BY reading the Science
Of Life. the best medical work ever pub
Eshed for young snd middlesged men.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04
CONSUMPTION.

have positive remedy for the above dtssss b.
4, use Thousands o. case OF the wort kind aud Of
iopg q anding have oeeu cured. Indeed 20 strong
nv iaith in ia efacacy thai l win senp TWO BOZ
TIES FREE, together With syALUABLETRkhI.
THE on this disease 70 any sufferer. 0tvs sIpres
Ao' DE-. +. 4. sLocuM. III Pear q. Bsv York
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-04

.spPublican postmssters removed sipcs bic
term of Office began. A resclaiion looking
10 the printing OF this Information d ssA -
hare been already prepared
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

''De crosIs5t mln In Alabama lives dar. ~
said thu driver as wo approach Il a waysids
hom5, mar Ssima, Ala, t. ask aecommod1.
tons for tas nlghs. At sup Der, ald after il.
"mins hosp scowls1 at every one, founi
fault with everything earthly, All l was
wondering il he would not growl il the heav-
enly halo dtln's lit him, when incid sntal m, an
ton bcins male of tho comst Of 1852, he said:
81 diln't like its form; its tail should haze
been fan-shapsdw
But, next morning, he appeared half
offended at our Offering pay for his hospital
ityl My companion, however, m lde him &C.
cept as present sample from his case of
goods.
Six weeks later drew up at the same
house. Th3 planter stepped lithely from tho
porch, and greeted ml cordially. / could
scarcely believe that this clear omplexiolel
bright-eye1, animated fellow, and the morose
being OF few weeks back, wore the sam,
He inquired after my companion of the
former visit and regretted no was not with
me. Yes said his wife, 1--WE are both much
indebted to him.
"HowN l asked, in surprise
For this wonderful change in my husband
Your frieni when leaving, handed him a bot.
tie OF Warmers safe cure. He took it, aud
two other bottles, AMI now - "And
now,n he broke in, from an i'll feeling,
growing old BEAR | am healthy and so cheer
full my wife declares she has fallen in love
with me again!n
1t has made over again q thousand love
matches, and keeps sweet the tempers of thu
family circle every where. - CODyri1hted
Used 6y permission of American Rural
Home.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Manure in the Rnrnynrd.

It is a difficult matter TO keep manure
in the barnyard through the summer
without serious loss, A great mistake
is made when any tinely-rotted manure
is left over summer in the yard. Last
winter was so cold, however, that much
of the manure in Northern barnyards
was mixed with snow and ice long after
teams were blowing in the fields. In
this shape it was not fit to apply to land,
and if mixed with straw it will need to
be fermented to fit it. This should be
Gone in low, fiat heaps, so as to hold as
much rain water as possible, and the
heaps should be covered with earth or
sods TO absorb the ammonia that will be
evolved in the fermentation. Treated
thus there will be no serious loss, seeds
of noXious weeds will be destroyed, and
one load of the rotted manure in the
fall will will be worth two or three of
the coarse, strawy stuff piled up in the
spring. The heaps should be large
enough to cause high temperature, as
the seeds OF red root End wild mustard
will endure considerable warmth with
out injuring their vitality. Cultjrator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
HIstOrIcaI Ttems Apout naIr.

The Romans never adopted long hair,
considering it effeminate.
Mr.. Cleveland is the first President
who has ever worn only mustache.
Kings and mobiles among the Franks
were distinguished by long hair.
Lord Justice knight Bruce refused to
hear a barrister because he wore 0
beard.
1t is said that Cynoislus, the tyrant,
singed his beard off with hot walnut
shells.
Archbishop Tate forbade one of the
clergy to ofiiciate because he wore
mustache.
False hair was worn ages ago II was
preached against by the fathers of the
church, but to no purpose.
Red hair became popular under the
reign of Queen Elizabeth, and has con.
dnued more or less so ever since.
Red hair, in general, was an aversion
to the aucients, mark of reprobation,
even before the time of Judas.
Black hair was not highly esteemed by
the ancients, the possessors of it being
thought jealous and quarrelsome.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

Man and animals are able to sustain
themselves for long distances in the
water, and would do so oftener were
they not incapacitatcd, in regard to the
former at least, by sheer terror, as wei
as complete ignorance of their rea.
powers. Webb's wonderful endurance
will never be forgotten. But there are
other instances only less remarkable
Some years ago the second mate OF
ship fell overheard while in the act Of
hosting a sail. 1t was blowing fresh
the time was night, and the place was
some miles out on the stormy German
ocean. The hardy fellow, nevertheless,
managed to gain the English coast.
Brock, with dozen other pilots, was
plying for fares by Yarmouth, aud as the
main sheet was Delayed, sudden puff
of wind upset the boat, when presently
all persisted except Brock himself, wht
from four in the afternoon of ar
October evening till one the next
morning, swan thirteen miles
before he was able to hail Il vessel al
anchor in the oiling. Animals themselves
are capable of swimming immense dis
tanceS, although unable to rest by the
way. A dog recently swan thirteen
miles in America to rejoin his master a
mule and q dog washed overheard ir
the Bay of Bscay, have been known t.
make their way to shore. A dog swan
ashore at the Cape of Good Hope with o
letter IN his mouth. The crew of tn,
ship to which the dog belonged all per
ished, which they need not have don,
had they only ventured to tread water as
the dog did AS a certain ship wa
laboring heavily in the trough of the Sc,
it was found needful, in order to lighter
the vessel, to throw some troop horse
overheard. The poor things, my inform
ant, staff surgeon, told me, when the,
found themselves abandoned, faceC
around and swan for miles after tn,
vessel.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

A shovelful of manure over hop vine
roots will act as a protection against
drought, and thus increase the yield in
two directions.
AS substitute for blooded stock, put
plenty of good blood into the stock YOU
have by good feeding. Even blooded
stock will be common stock by poor
feeding.
Where corn has failed to grow it will
rarely pay to replant. The second growth
will injure the first as much as its own
is worth, and as for grain on replanted
corn it rarely ripens.
Carbolic acid is said to be an effeotual
remedy for grape rot. An ounce dis
solved in five gallons of water, and spread
over the punches when the rot appears,
will stop its farther progress.
A few loads of sand spread on stiff
clay soil, if q garden, will very materially
benefit the crops intended for the loca-
ton, as we'll as lessening the labor of
cultivation during the growing season.
Most of the failures in using Paris
green come from imperfect mixing. The
work is worth more than the poison, so
the strong temptation is to put in u
larger quantity of the latter and work it
less.
Few old cows will repay much expense
for feeding unless part of the time while
fattening they give enough milk to pay
a part of their grain ration. Cow beef
never sells high, and just now is lower
than usual.
During this season frequent watering
of special plants may be done to ad-
vantage. A tablespoonful of ammonia
to gallon of water will be found an
excellent invigorator for reviving weak
and unthrifty plants.
There is no ration which, fed to a cow,
will give as good milk or butter rs corn
meal and good wheat bran. There may
be Others which will produce these pro-
ducts cheaper, but the quality will be in.
ferior. Farm Journal.
He who would succeed in feeding cat.
tie for market should house his beeves in
warm. dry clean stalls; never leave them
in the storm, shvering, nor keep them
knee deep in mud. All the food used in
keeping an animal warm isso much taken
from the fattening supply.
Sheep will cat the green wormy APP
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

In the year 1892 there were only 26t
postoffices in the United States, and so
light were the duties of postmaster
general regarded that President Wash
ington was opposed to giving him seat
in the cabinet. Now there are nearly
500 postotfices, and the annual reve-
nues have swelled from $25, 900 to $45,-
600, 600. Ninety years ago the depart
ment looked with unconcoaed disfavor
on the project of admitting newspapers
to the mails, and not until the introduc.
ton of railroads did the opposition en-
tirely relax. Nowadays hundreds Of
tons of printed matter are handled and
transported daily. When Thomas JEFF.
ferson and Timothy Pickering endeav.
ored to expedite the service between
New York and Washington so as to at.
tain a speed of 100 miles IN twenty -four
hours they came into collision with a
State rights pretension which Temporal.
rily defeated the enterprise, for New
Jersey insisted on exacting her ''stage
and tavern" tax of $4OO from the Fed.
eral mail coaches.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
Things worth Remembering.

That bag of hot sand relieves neu'
ralgia.
That warm borax will remove dand
ruff.
That salt should be eaten with nut'
to aid digestion.
That milk which stands too Ions
makes bitter butter
That hot, strong lemonade taken al
bedtime will break up bad cold.
That it rests you, in sewing, to change
your position frequently.
That rusty flatirons should be rubbed
over with beeswax and lard.
That little soda water will relieve
sick headache caused by Indigestion.
That cup of strong coffee will re-
move the odor of onions from the
breath.
That tough meat is made tender by
lying a few minutes in vinegar water.
That well-ventilatcd bedrooms will
prevent morning headaches and lassi.
tude.
That cup Of hot water drank before
meals will relieve nausea and dyspep
sia
That fever patient can be made coo
and comfortable by frequent sponging
off with soda water.
That consumptive night sweats may be
arrested by sponging the body nightly
in salt water.
That one IN faint should be laid flat
on his back, then loosen his clothes and
let him alone.
That cold tea should be saved for yom
vinegar barrel. 1t sours easily and gives
color and flavor.
That to beat the whites of eggs quickly
add pinch of salt. Salt cools and cole
eggs froth rapidly.
That the hair may be kept from fall
ing out after illness by frequent APP
pl;cation to the scalp of sage tea.
That you can take out spots from wash
goods by rubbing them with the yClk Of
egg before washing.
That white spots upon vanished fur
niture will disappear if you hold ho'
plate from the stove over Them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

The royal Bengal tiger, with his gtis.
tening eyes, smooth hide and supple pro.
portions, is quoted at $4,000, and two
form full supply. Pretty, but vicious,
panthers are sold for from 500 to 5000,
and leopards are about twice as costly
say $500 for spotted variety. The
wildcat, as a concentration of wicked.
ness, is highly priced, but $25 will buy
one. Amy price from $40 to 500 has
been paid, according to the rarity of the
variety and its size. The giraffe is tho
most valuable animal exhibited. Little
ones, from five to ten feet high, arc es-
timated to be worth from $4,000 to
$1,000. Large ones bring SO, 900, and
those from sixteen to twenty feet cost
from $15, 900 to $25, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

In the memoirs of Sir William Gull, the
great English physician, occurs the fol-
lowing PASSAGE While l was resident
physician at Guys drayman of intern
perate habits was admitted by me into
Lazarus ward, at about nine o'clock in
the evening. He was suffering under ex.
IRENE difficulty of breathing, great dis
tention of the venous system and other
symptoms of dilatation and obstruction
Of the heart. A large, fat, bloated man
with purple face. lie died within an
hour or so of his admission into the hos
pital. The following day at one o'clock,
the weather being cool, the body was
placed on the table for post-mortem
examination.
There were no signs of ordinary de-
composition, such as would account for
the remarkably distended condition of
the whole body. The skin and parts
beneath were throughout distended with
gas. In the absence of signs of decom-
position, and from the shortness of the
time since death, it was suspected that
this gas must have been exhaled from
the blood, and was of no ordinary septic
character. When punctures were made
in the skin, and alighted match applied,
the gas which escaped burned with the
ordinary fameof carbureted hydrogen.
So many rs a dozen of these small flames
were burning at the same time over the
distended body.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

Horrible cruelty to animals IS common
in Naples. Old horses, young kids and
lambs, i'll dogs, cats and rats, are skinned
alive, because the skin when removed
from the living creature is considered
more supple and sells for somewhat
1igher price. Dogs are seized by legal
lied municipal dog stealers twice a day;
are thrust pell nell into a court; kept
two days without food, and then half
stunned with stick, and while living
hayed from head to tail. Horses in the
knackers' yards there are allowed to
drop from hunger, as being less trouble
than killing them. and when utterly ex-
nausted are nailed on plinks and flayed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
A Necessity of Health,

1t is prime necessity OF health that tho ac-
tion of the bowels should be kept regular But
the way to overcome temporary fit of const-
patton, or to remedy chronic costiveness, is
not to delnge the stomach and drench the
bowels with purgatives Of violent and painful
action. The happy medium between an mop
erative and violent cathartic is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, which acts just sufficiently
upon the bowels to relax them, without pain,
and which being a wholesome tonic, MS well
ms aperient, has the effect of strengthening
both them and the stomach, and promoting
the well being of the whole internal economy.
The removal of bile from the blood increased
activity of the liver, usually dormant in cnses
OF costiveness, and sound digestion follow
the use of this bcneficent medicine, as thor
ough and genial in its effects as it is safe and
pure in composition. Rheumatism, fever md
ngue, kidney troubles and debility are also
remedied by it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
A Sad Death.

In Philadelphia recently al a
coroners inquest over the body of a
child, the jury returned verdict that
death was caused by the administra-
ton of a patent cough syrup, contain
ing morphia. Dr. Sam'l K. Cox, of
Washington, states that not one cough
medicine in ten is free from this OBJ
lection. After careful analyses and
practical tests he endorses Red Star
Cough Cure as being purely vegetable,
absolutely free from opiates, posons
and narcotics. He-regards it as a most
happy and valuable discovery.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

The Journal of HaeJriety thinks that
the cumulative action of alcohol on the
brain centres exists to greater extent
than is generally supposed. Many men
who drink regularly through tho day
and seeem no worse forit, become intox-
heated late at night, although they
have not used spirits during the evening.
at appears" says the editor, "that al
cohol, like bromide, may remain in the
system to some extent without producing
any marked action, and then suddenly,
from some unknown cause, burst into
great activity, producing profound in.
toxication." The reasons for this do
not seem to be definitely understood,
though they are thought to be of a com.
bincd physiological and psychological
nature, and partly due to climate condi-
tions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

In an address to young men, DR.. w.
Pratt of London, says that married life
is by far the most healthy. In 1, 900 mar
red men of 25 to 80 years of age there
are six deaths; 1000 bachelors furnish
10 deaths, and 1000 widowers % deaths.
In young married men before 20 years
the figures are unfavorsble, being so
per 1000. In unmarried men under 20
the rate is but 7 per 1000. If girls marry
before 20 like mortality befals them.
Married people from IS to 20 die as fast
as people from 60 to 70. After 81 mar
riage should be contracted as soon as
practicable
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

Tho Arabs have been closely observing
the British manner of fighting in the
Soudan, and as their experience has been
considerable, they have been able to
form definite opinions. One sheik writes
to another that 'the Inglesi have, after
all, good pan of fighting. They stand
STILL wait for us, and then they fire; thus
we lose great many. But when one
Inglees is killed or wounded another
takes him out of the way on his back
and another man takes his place. Thus,
in battle you do not see huge piles OF
dead mixed with wounded among the
the Inglesi, as it is with us, and the
ground is not INSTRUCTED with the dead"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31

Piles more readily than pigs will. In fact,
the latter have to be partially starved to
make them as good foragers as sheep.
But the sheep must also be well fed, OF
some enterprising eve will get taste Of
apple tree bark, and soon make sad havoc.
A crop of barley sown early is often
ready to harvest in seventy-five or eighty
days after putting the seed in the ground.
1t should be cut little before it is ripe,
as the grain will be heavier and probably
brighter When fully ripe it stains so
readily that even heavy dew will in
jure it.
As the country grows older many
pieces of land that it was formerly
thought needed no draining are found
too wet for profitable cropping. We are
becoming more exacting in our ideas re-
garding the dryness of soil needed, and
most naturally drained land will be found
all the better for few tile.
One of the first rules in natural phi
losophy is that two bodies cannot occupy
the same place at the same time This
is emphatically true of weeds among
crops, with the farther disadvantage thai
the weeds not only take valuable room,
but they absorb plant food which should
go to producing something of value.
Years ago there used to be a general
attempt to clear corn of suckers about
midsummer, but experience has showr
the gain in grain very doubtful, and
more than offset by cost of labor and loss
of fodder The suckers are the most
valuable part of corn fodder, and in good
seasons they often produce considerable
grain.
Unless root crops are thinned early
the plants soon crowd each other so that
a dozen will not make the weight that
one well-developed specimen should. II
left until the roots crowd each other il
is impossible to separate them without
injury. While small, the greater part OF
the work can be done by the hoe, and
this will leave the plants none too faI
apart for good crop.
Mr.. w. E. Stone, of Houghton Farm.
calls attention in the american Agri
cUjt1rist to the fact that the real value
of corn estimated by weight is almost as
inaccurate as that estimated by measure
The true worth of the grain is the actual
amount of dry matter it contains. The
moisture in corn varies largely-two
months after harvest the corn was found
to be nearly twenty three per cent. water,
and when year old less than thirteen
per cent. That is, if corn year old il
worth sixty cents per bushel, the same
corn was worth 54.5 cents the previou,
July, and 50.2 cents in April after
huskiug.
A well known writer on stock topics
who uses the nom de plume of Phil
ThliGton, says spring pigs, as a rule, are
worth more than any others. 1t is o
much Importance, therefore, to save al
many Of them as possible. If lost, tht
main profits in the business for the yeaI
are gone. Considering them as a source
of wealth to the breeder and the nator
at large. great care should be taken il
providing for their safe delivery, and ir
so arranging that they may thrive and dc
well from the first. No one having sows
in tarrow at this time should allow then
to be neglected.