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OR SKIN CANCER


For seven years suffered with n cancer
on my face. AL the simple remedies were
applied to alleviate the pain, but The place
continued to grow, finally extending into
my nose, from which camea yellowish dis
charge very offensive in character. 1t was
also infamed, and annoyed me. n great
deal. About eight months ago. was in
Atlanta, at the house of friend, who 80
strongly recommended the use Of Swlft's
Specific that determined to make an eff.
fort 10 procure 1t. IN this was successful
and began It's use. The influence of the
medicine at first was TO somewhat aggra-
vate the sore; but soon the inflammation
was allayed, aud / began to improve after
the first few bottles. My general health
has greatly improved. 1 ana stronger, and
able 10 do any Kind of work. The cancer
on my face began to decrease and the ulcer
to heal, until there is not o vestige Oft lett
--only little scar marks the place where
it had been. i am ready to answer all
questions relative TO this cure.
sMRS. JoICIE a. MCDONALD.
Atlanta, Ga, August II, 1886.
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In be? Pretend TO be noarsighted 40
That you cannot see him as no walks
past. When men asks you If you
know him, halt and hesitate rs though
you were trying TO call up dim
memory, and say, "Well, y-e-s-s, yes,
l bAlieve l once did know him, but
have not seen him for a long while"
Gross 8 different ferry from the one
wkere you uasd to moot him, last he
ask far financial help. When you
started life he spoke a good word for
you at the bank. Talk down bis credit
now that hi9 fortunes are collapsing.
He put his name on two of your notes;
tell him you have changed your mind
about sach things and that you never
endorse. After while his matters
come to dead halt and an assignn emit
place. Yoa say: "He ought to have
stopped sooner. Just as expected,
He made too big Splash in the world.
Glad the balloon has burst" Ha-ha!
Applause he went ap, sibyJant.d
wn0n he eame down. "Men. shall clap
their hands at him and hiss hina oat o (
his place." So, high up amid tho
crags the eagle futters dust into che
eyes of the rocbuck,, and then
with eyes blinded it goes tumbling over
the prsoipIce, tho great antlers crash
ing on the rocks.
Now compare some of these goings
out Of life with tho departure of mon
and women who in the drama Of lie
took the part that God assigned tkeni,
and thcn went away honored OF mos
and apylauZed of the Lord Almighty.
It IL shout so years ago thar in .
comparatively small apartment OF the
city
A NEwLY-MARRIED FAIR
set up home. Tho first gu0st that
Was invited In that residence was the
Lord Jesus Christ, aud the Biblc given
tue bride on the day OF her esp0usals
was the guide ofthst household. Days
Of sunshine wero followed by days OF
shadow. Didyou ever know homo
that for so yesra had no vicissltudef
The young woman who left her fathers
hou:e fSr her young husbands
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-03-07

the door. 1t was received by lady,
and that was the last heard OF it.
We worked on that case for months.
but were never able to get single
clew."
"What course does detective pur-
sue at wedding?"
"Well, in the first place, you know,
he appears as a guest, and not in an
official capacity. lie wears dress
suit, even il he has to rentit for the oc-
casion, white tie, and a gold stud
in his shirtbosom. The work is ex-
tremely difficult. Really, all that
can be done is to watch the presents
closely and see that nobody carries
any OF them of. Sometimes in "A
large room, two men are required.
OF course, we cannot prevent the
crooks from working the crowd un-
less We happen to know them. Ii we
spot any We know they generally get
out as quickly as possible without
making any trouble. Alter every
thing is over one man usually sfavs
all night, because, as Il rale, thern
are a great many strange servants in
the house who have been employed
for the occasion, and they need
watching,
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Some wedding Superstitions.

In Sweden, a bride must carry
bread in her pocket, and as many
pieces OF it as she can throw away,
Just so much trouble does she east
from her; but it is no luck to gather
the pieces. Should the bride lose her
slipper, then she will lose all troubles,
only in this case the person who
picks it up will gain riches. The
Manxmen put salt III their pockets,
and the Italians "hlessed' charms.
The Romans were very superstitous
about marrying in May or February;
they avoided all celebration days,
and the Calends, Nones, and ldes OF
every month. The day OF the week on
which the l4th OF May fell was consid-
cred very unlucky in many parts of
"merry old England" "and in the 0rk-
ney Islands bride selects her we'd
ding day so thai its eveningmay have
a growing moon and flowing tide. In
Scotland the last day of the year is
thought to be lucky, and if the moon
should happen to be full at any time
when a wedding takes place, the
brides cup OF happiness is expected
to be always full. In Perthshire the
couple who have had their banns
published at the end of one, and are
married at the beginning OF another,
quarter of year, can expect nothing
but ends.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-03-07
A Drink Which Beats whisky.

"Do you know what that is?" said
tie captain of bark lately returned
from cruise in the Southern seas to
reporter. He held in his hand
what appeared to be a gaudily-
painted barber's pole shrunken to the
size of policeman's club.
"That," continued the skipper,
sis a piece Of gagus stalk. 1t came
from Gauptil Island, pear the Moluc-
ca group
"Who painted it?
"Painted it? Why, that's the way
it crew. cried the skipper, with a
laugh. at is a species OF cactus"
he explained, "and, as | said, grows
only, to my knowledge, on Gauptil
Island. The island is a small one,
but it is well populated by natives OF
the Malay race. In the interior this
plant grows wild, hourishing chiefly
in the rocky soil. 1t looks beautiful
when growing, as you might judge by
the bright hues with which this is
spotted. A grove OF gagus shrubs is
q very pretty sight. But it is the
properties OF the plant which dis
tinguish it. Opium Is potent drug,
but | will back the extract from the
gagus stalk TO effect more damage on
the human system than all the
opium in the world. The natives cut
the plant in the early spring. After
they have gathered a sufficient guam
thy they pat it in large bowls and
crush il with hugh stone,. 4 gray
ish sap runs ont freely, and this they
collect and drink after letting it fer
ment, which it does easily. One
drink OF pint is enough for an ordi-
nary man, but | have seen natives
drink more. Within half an hour
after imbibing it the drinker becomes
perfectly stupid, and lies around like
log. The spell lasts a day or more,
during which time the natives say
they live in paradise.
"Do white men drink it ?"
al have known sailors to try It, but
they never tackle it twice. Three
years ago | had man in my crew
who was driven crazy by one drink" >"
"What effect does it have upon tie
natives ,"
"Well, that is where the gagus dis
plays itself Ii you could see some
of the terrible examples OF gagus
drinking in Gauptil yon would be
hoirilied. The first effect of the
liquor is to soften the bones and
gradually eat them away. There
are natives there, the victims OF
gagus, who are indeed boneless and
unable to walk and use their limbs.
They then begin TO wither away like
this stalk, until they die in misery
and conyulsions. Immediately after
death the heado the corpse becomes
soft as pulp; no bones can be felt;
the skull is eaten away. The body
then begins to swell as though it
We're inflated with gas, and imme-
diate burial is necessary"
GLOW long does il take to thus de-
vastate a human being?" asked the
reporter.
THAT is according TO the appetite
OF the victim to the stuff. Usually
two years will finish the hardest
man."
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-03-07
Great Men and Gastronomy.


DR. Fordyce, the distinguished En-
glsh surgeon, ate but one meal
day.
DIR. Parr confessed his love for hot
boiled Holsters with a profusion OF
shrimp sauce.
Pope says:
One loves the phoasant's wing and one the
leg;
The vulgar boil. tho learned roast an egg.
Dryden said that chine OF honest
bacon pleased his appetite more than
all the marrow puddings.
Sir Isaac Newton. when writing his
"Principia," lived on scanty allow
ance Of bread and water and a vege-
table diet.
DIR. Johnson was partial to new
honey and clouted cream, and all his
lifetime had voracious attachment
for a leg OF mutton.
DIR. Paley, having been out fishing
for a whole day, was asked on his re-
turn il he had met with good sport.
.Oh, yesW he answered. 81 have
caught no fish, but | have made
sermon.
Beau Brummel, speaking OF a man
and wishing to convey his maximum
OF contemptuoHs feeling about him,
said. Gle is a fellow, now, that
would send his plate up twice ior
soup"
Pepys OF Charles lis reign, having
company at breakfast, mentions: ~
had Tor them a barrel OF oysters,
dish of meats tongues and u dish OF an
choyies, with wines OF all sorts and
nln -
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1885-03-07

Pieces of cheese-cloth make the
very best kind of busters. Hem the
edge and have large enough supply,
SO that one set can be washed each
day.
To take rust out Of steel rub the
steel with sweet oil in day or two
rub with finely-powdered unslaked
lime until the rust all disappears,
then oil again, roll in woollen and put
in a dry place, especially il it be table
cutlery.
Tepid water with little borax dis
solved in it is good to wash colored
table linen in. Nice table-cloilis and
napkins should not be allowed to be-
come much soiled, so that they will
require vigorous rubbing with soap
or in hot water.
To mend china or broken earthen-
ware, take very thick solution of
gum arabic in water and stir into il
plaster OF paris until the mixture be-
comes OF the consistency Of cream.
Apply with brush 10 the bioken
edges of the ware and join together.
We need 10 concentrate into meat
our corn, grass, iosder and all the
wastes from the mills which manuiac-
ture our wheat, corn, barley, flaxseed
and buekwheat, that we may get
more money and more manure. while
We at the same time save fertility ana
labor, and cost OF transportation.
Rotation Of crops will do much for
us. Growth of grass and clover fur
nishes crop for grazing and feed
equal 10 the grain crop in value, and
yet the fertility OF the soil is pre-
served and labor diminished by such
rotation.
The advice, therefore, that | would
give TO any young man that contem-
plates embarking in the business OF
breeding fine stock would be, first Of
all, to secure farm adapted TO gen
eral husbandry; and to the farmer
who proposes 10 become breeder OF
such stock my suggestion would be:
"By all means keep your farm, and
pillow and plant, and keep up your
meadows and pastures, etc, as you
have been DOING. II will be a haz-
ardous business TO abandon your
farming with a view TO complete
change, so as to run the blooded-stock
business by itself.
The major portion Of the good
things told Of ensilage Is derived from
practical New England farmers, who
personally live upon their farms and
attend strictly to the feeding OF their
stock. These men derive large
portion OF their income from the sale
OF butter and milk. These, then, are
the men who make the greatest
claims for enslage. 1t enables them
not only to produce greater quantity
OF milk and butter than any other one
feed, but the quality is very much
mproved-verv much the same color
and taste Of butter where cows Craze
on green, tender grass.
There are very few farms on which
there is not waste land. Much now
that is waste, can, by little care, be
made most productive. The wet
places must be drained. .By this
means We maysadd to the amount
an and Improve the quality OF our crops.
The cost OF cultivation may be re-
duced and the health OF the family
and the herds protected by draining
siouges and swamps. The drained
farm is more reliable, more produc-
i've, more healthful; but the value Of
Drainage is already recognized, so
that I'VE may hope for its general
adoption by all but the hopeless and
reckless, OF whom there will ever be
enough 10 hinder progress and show
how not to do it,"
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Still Another Phase.

Yes, my dear daughter, !, wish
you to do your best to captivate the
the heart of our coachman."
"Ah, l see, you dear, good papa,
you want all the papers to say | am
a fascinating beauty and reigning
We'll, Of course, that will help a
httle, but that's not the main point. !"
What is the main point, papa 2"
We'll, you see the papers will say
you are the daughter OF million.
aire."
"Well?"
, We'll, that will enlarge my credit.
See? Now run out to the stable !;
that's good girl"
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The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-31
NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE.
The Convention Pass Numerous ResolU- :
tiOns on a Great Variety OF Subjects,
and Finally Adjourn Sine Die.

WAsHINGToS, Jan. so When the National
Board of Trade resumed its session to-day a
proposition from the Portland, Ore, Board
of Trade, reciting the necessity for the i'm
provement of the Columbia River was taken
up and Senator Dolph offered the followir +.
resolution:
Resolved, That the necessities OF commerce de-
maDd speedy removal OF distractions in III
Columbia River aud the improvement of the ba
the mouth OF the river, and we recommend L.
Congress that sufhclent appropriation be mad
10 secure the completion of the Improvements Al
ready Ommenced upon the river and bar a. the
elrlieSt practicable time consistent with the eco
nOmical expenditure OF the appropriation.
Senator Dolph proceeded TO set forth I'd,
imVor'snce of the proposed improveme nt,
to the Northwest. The improvement Of tle
Columbia RIVER should not be charged e
Oregon. It vas not a local project, but
nlan for rendering navigable river tna
drains 100000 square miles. The value Of
the products exported from this valley g..
ereasted Sl5, 600 last year. Mr.. Danham
seconded the motion. and it was unani-
n ousy adopted.
The National Bank act was the next sub
ject discussed, and the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the executive council OF the
the Banking and Currency Committee OF the
House OF Representatives TO carefully consider the
propI1ety OF so revising amending the
National Bank act as TO make the punitive features
OF the law more efficient, especially the limit
therein expressed OF loaning money not in excess
OF one-tenth of the capital Of the bank 70 any one
corporation or Individual.
Resolved, That the executive council Oe re-
quested 10 memorialize Congress TO so amend Sec
ton 800, Revised Statutes, relative 10 National
Banks, as to render the section, prohibiting the
certihVstion OF checks. where no funds are on de-
post 10 meet the same, more effective iu the
method OF nforcing the penalty for violation OF
lhe same so that penalty Will 6e rigidly and
strictly enforced.
The President called up the following
propositions the first submitt by the Nes
York Chamber of Commerce and the second
By the Philadelphia Board of Trade:
1t IS the opinion OF this Chamber that
Congress should at once psss an act to sus
pend the coinage of standard silver dollars.
Resolved, That the continued coinage Of
dollars from 4l2 grains Of silver threatens
permanent depression OF our national stand
ard OF value, for which reason Congress is
respectfully urged TO repeal the law making
such coinage compulsory.
There was pause in the proceedings for
q few moments. which was broken by Mr..
Henry, of New York, who said: Il see no.
body is willing TO father that bill. I wish
to leave silver and gold alone and / move
to lay the resolution on the table,
Mr.. Slelne Immediately objected, and
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(ltieura
Miss Boynton's Case OF Skin and Blood
Disease. The Most Remarkable
Cure Record.

have been afflicted Tor one year and nine
months with what the doctors called rupla l
BODY, my feet became so swollen that was per-
fectly helpless, sores broke out on my BODY ana
s my SPPss aed le % coa nS
that longed to die IN this condition, after try
ing various remedies, engaged two homeopathic
physicians. Dr. - and DR.. -, and was under
their treatment year and half, and failed to
get even temporary relief. Ny disease grew worse;
my suferings became terrible. l tried faith
tried 10 get me into the City Hospital, but the
Superintendent. alter seeing me, declined TO
admit such a case as mine there, and said would
not live six weeks unless was relieved.
On the 10th Of April last sent for Dr. F. NJ.
Blodgett. OF Boston. He came, and after an ex-
less he had ever Witnessed. My photograph.
which was then taken at his desire. while lay
propped up in bed, shows the disease as It sp-
peared on my face; but no picture could possibly
indicate how much pain and suffering endured.
The eruption had increased to great burro owing
foul-smelling sores. fICm which reddish matter
constantly poured. forming c. IS OF great talck-
ness. Other sores appeared el variOus parts Of
my body, and became so weak .aat 1 could not
leave my bed.
In this condition. and by advice of DR. Blodgett,
j began the use OF the Cudcura Remedies, the Re-
solvent internally three times per day, aud the
Cuticura and Cuticura Soap externally. In just
sixty days. e.. June % was SO far recovered as
to be able 20 go alone to the gallery ans sit for my
photograph, which shows more than words can do
the wonderful cure these remedies have wrought
in less than nine weeks The sores have all dis
strength have returned l am free from pain, my
flesh Is increasing. and can 60 about and eAjoy
life. Ny restoration 10 perfect health is now emily
matter of few weeks. Ny friends think my
cnre miraculous; and / shall never cease to feed
that the Cuticura Remedies have saved nv life.
EMMA BOYNTON. 80 Chapman Street.
BOsTON Mass, July IL, 1884.
Knowing the composition and curative value oi
tire CuticuTa Remedies, / recommended them 20
Miss bOyntOn, with the results above described.
lndoTse her statement faithful and true ac-
count OF her suHerings and cure.
F. VI. BLoDGEIT. NJ. D., Hotel Psrthia
CVTICURA REMEDIES are sold everywhere. Price,
Cuiicura. ssiOc- soap, sc. ResOlyents 81
Potter Drug aud Chemical Co., Boston.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

All the oyster shuckers of Annapolis, Md,
less 10 per cent, are on strike against a re-
duction of wages.
DR.. Burbank, of the United States Navy.
died suddenly, last night, of heart disease,
at Portsmouth, N. II.
All connected with the Petersburg va
Planters and Mechanics Bank, indicted for
conspiracy, have been acquitted.
Ex-Governor Berry has withdrawn from
the Arkansas Senatorial contest. It is be-
lieved Jones will be elected to-day.
Nearly 800 operatives have been thrown
out of employment by the bursting of a
cylinder head at D5bson's carpet mills, at
Philadelphia.
Twelve cars on the East bound freight
train were derailed near Collins Station, Pa,
last night by broken truck. The cars were
greatly damaged.
Mrs. J. NJ. Peat, of Louisville, KY, the
widow of school teacher. was burned to
death, yesterday, by her clothing catching
fire from CRATE.
During the three days enrolment of Re
publicsns in New York City, 70 500 entered
their names; falling off since the last en-
rollment OF 1000.
G. E. Jsrmyn, railroad agent, shot and
killed Robert A. Shropshire, at Sturees,
Miss, yesterday. Jarmyn was arrested. He
claims self-defense.
New Jersey Grand Jury indicted a board
of chosen freeholdsrs, of Camden, on q
charge OF conspiring to defraud the country
by paying improper bills.
The Union League Club of Nsw York hss
voted to tender Senator-elect Evarts recep-
tlon February II. Chsuncy NJ. Depew makes
the address 10 the Senator.
Mayor O'Brien, of Boston, has appointed
a committee of physicians 10 advise with the
Board o. Health to prevent the spread of
cholera should 1t visit that city the coming
snmmar