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THE LARGEST SALE

Our sales Of CUTIcURA are large, Ii not larger,
than of any medicine sell: and we assure you that
we have never had single instance in which the pur
chaser was dissatisfied As to your SOAP we sell
no other; everybody wants CUTICURA.
MILLER & CHAPMAN, Druggists.
Louisiana, Mo.
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Don't FAIL to go to the letter carriers picnic
at Ivy City Thursday, August 18th. Dancing
and other sports. Il. and o. trains leave track
at 1880 and IL O'Clock, night.
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Want an Engine Company.

BUSINESS MEN IN EAST WASHINGTON SEND A
PETITION To THE COMMISSIONERS.
The Commissioners received the following
this morning: "We, the undersigned, citizens
and property owners of East Washington,
would respectfully petition your honorable
body to establish fire company east of the
Capitol for the protection of property in that
section of the city. We would respectfully
call your attention to the property on the
southwest corner of North Carolina avenue and
Ith street southeast Square S74) as being the
most suitable site on Capitol Hill for said COM
pany. The ground belongs to the District. 1t
elevated position; is situated on the corner of a
broad avenue and street and would be easy of
entrance and egress. Hoping this will receive
This is signed by seventy of the business men Of
Capitol Hill and East Washington.
evening Officer Marks attention was attracted
by cries of murder to house near I tn and
streets southwest Sih occupied by William H.
house he found Smith beating his wife, who was
crying murder" He arrested Smith and
Da n hi UP at tine rs5 wa arms 1
wife beating. His wife, with tears flowing
down her cheeks, begged the judge to let her
to jail. The judge said he could not grant her
request, but would make the penalty lighter
than he otherwise would, and gave him i've
days in Jail without fine.
MARRIAGE LICENsES.-Marriage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to Theo.
Harbeck and Helen Quistori, both OF Rich
mond, Va Robert Hay and Julia Cleggett, both
of Montgomery county, Nd; Charles Wright
and Mollie Mildred Martin; Philip Dixon and
Ella Bird; Frank York and Louise Summon.
STATUS OF THE WASHINGTON ROWING CLUB.
A committee OF the Washington rowing club,
R:iL, |. kimball. jr., w. Il. Lapham and
w. w. Garfield, has been appointed to confer
with the joint regatta committee and answer
Inc ton cIub
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ADJUSTMENTS.

HoRD'a THE GREAT MINsTRELS
- LAST PEEF q .NSSs OF MEISsrRr1s
And the Champion Athletes;
WILLIAM MuLDoON q the United states;
T ETTER CARRIERS. ENTER ia ~
IL rH AT sHx Sla HHa Hslr isTa. ISIS.
Cemmsnssne e oSoek n uopsrs
James ceyle, B. s Harry B.shsw:: Jas ksnsla,
b N Kate" Thos. T. Draney. q; -George' 9 I
d aSBs Pei q WI * c0 Hess e. g. e. r.
Sa" sscoSP 5 RsAicESPuRsE saoo-a:2s CLASS
]. II. snspp. 9. q. ~ p.%L + DUNCAN. c, G. C.
70 go 70 wagon. driver Z " Duncan npopvSS,o,,
Hurdle Race-For Gold and Silver Medals.
Two Mile Race-For Gold and Silver Medals
2SS Ysr colo cold a ana SILVER Medals Medals
Sack Race-Four Prizes.
Bicycle Race-GOld and Silver Medals
Trains leave 1910 900, $50, 4:40: return 6:l5,
7:45 aud 1000 O'Clock special Fare. 10 cts au1I-t;
I.BAUGHs GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Tuesday and Wednesday EVENING"
THE MERRY WAR,
ESa.y ZEE fk..15Ssy sSS
T'HEATER o0"aUE SUMNER GARDEN.
ESssy Nsss Ps; VIII TsG 4 sse AND
SATURDAY.
ALICE AR5 u sS$ISys eoMBrSATIoN.
Novel Minstrel Scene.
Next week, ALICE OATES COMBINATION auto
A Try CASTLE PARK. MOUNT PLEASANT
"A Grand Concert and Dramatic Performance in the
new pavilion Thursday. August 18th. 1885 Splendid
orchestra scenery and best local talent Concluding
with dancing. Gates open at pm, commencing at
J. J. Marin Stages will convey ticket-holders from
14th-street extension railroad to Park free an16t*
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ENOR ITS SOOTHING AND GRATEFUL INFLU-
- ence on the scalp, and for the removal and pre-
Yention of dandruf, Ayers Hair Vigor has equal
1t restores faded gray hair it's original Color
stimulates the growth of the hair, and gives it a
beautiful, soft, glossy and silken appearance.
4 YER'S SARSAPARILI.A IS DESIGNED FOR
Il those who need medicine to purify their blood
build them up, increase their appetite and rejuvenate
their whole system No other preparation well
meets this want 1t touches spot Its record
of forty years is Of constant triumph disease
aull
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LOCAL MENTION.
The Wenfher

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER.
WASHINGTON, ID. C..August II, 1885, ] i am.
For the middle Atlantic states, local rains,
followed by fair weather, southerly winds
slight rise in temperature.
For Thursday, local rains. followed by fair
weather, with nearly stationary temperature
are indicated for New England and the middle
Atlantic states
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WoRKINGMEN take notice-Hats made by
the Cooperative Hat company, No. 1, South
Norwalk. Conn.,, for sale at Francs, corner
TIN and ID. The only strictly one pri ce hat and
RENTS furnishing store in the city
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Sold everywhere. Price: CUTICURA, Soc; REsoL-
VENT, $1.O0; SOAP, Csc. Prepare d by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co, Boston, MASS
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases
GRUBS, Pimples, Skin Bemishes and Baby Humors
cured by CUTICURA SOAP.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
amusemeuts Tonight.

FoRp's OPERA HoUsE.-Last performance of
NcNfsh Johnson & Slayin's Minstrels.
ALBAUGH's GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-"The
Merry War"
THEArER CoMIoUE SUMNER GARDEN.-Alice
AringtOn's Combination
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LADIES common sense kid boots, flexible
soles, S2.13. H. Strasburger, No. goo 9TH street,
four doors above J.
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AUGUST BURGDoFF has, by F.. H Thomas en-.
tered suits in ejectment against Eliza Davis
alias Rankin, TO vacate part lot 8, square 140
Augt Malachin to recover lot %, square III,
and Eliza Myers ct al to recover lot Is, square
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SALT PuEIrM Cr-prD

Two Of the worst cases of Salt Rheum ever saw
were cured by your CUTICURA REMEDIES, and theiI
sales exceed those of all other like remedies. sell
very little of any other medicinal soap than CUTICURA
GEORGE A. ANTHONY, Druggist,
KeWanee, Ill
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BEFORE purchasing your winter fuel consult
our advertisement and save money. Henry
A. Clarke s. Son. 933 ST. NV.
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BE- CAPITAL PRIZE, S15.o00.-sa
Tickets only So Shares I'm proportion
T OCISlANA STATE LOTTERY.

We DO hereby certify that SUP ~.rise The drTrnos
nstS for att the Monthly and SBai annual DTdiungs OF
The Louisiana State EotteTu oByldRg, and person
and control 6s Drawings htnts,iues, and that
tho conducted NTH honesty aiSnoss and good
!dh tOlOdTd all parties, and didlOT1z. the Company
10 THIS certificate. trfh 1 spaatures
Qf{ucHed. ia HS
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FUssEIL's Ice CREAM shipped anywhere out
Cftown: 1421 New York avenue.
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So-CALLED Cleveland fluid, gallons for 81
Genuine DaDforth, S1.10, delivered. W. s
jerks & Co., III 18th street.
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LADIES specially invited to attend sale of dry
goods at 90S 9Th st. See auction column.
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CARRIERS
A PURE MALT EXTRACT.

IL
Possesses the highest merit. manufactured from
the choicest materials, and combines the paa-
table qualities of refreshing drink, with the Invigor
atii2 and wholesome properties of the best Malt
tracts
1t Is true tonic and delightful beverage alike desir
able for invaids and persons in health Will be found
upon trial to be pleasant and complete substitute for
all alcoholic drinks, most OF which stimulating,
tor delicate constitutions.
Is the beverage Par Excellence for nursing
mothers. creates an abundance of milk, while il
strengthens and nvigorates the entire system.
Amer careful analysis, Wilbur G.. Hail. PHI D., New
York. says: Liquid Bread is refreshing nourishng
table beverage. and u wholesome inyigOfatng tonic
1t IS palatabie to the TASTE and of easy assimilation
Frank L. James. PHI. d., NJ. d.. ST. Louis after anay-
Sis. says: Its low percentage of alcohol its eeryes-
cence its delightful taste and OdOr all combine
commend Nicholsons Malt Extract as being a most
nOurshng beverage and the best article of the sort
that mas ever come under my examination
Sold by all leading Grocers and Druggists
DAVID NICHOLSON, Propr, ST. LOUIS
AT wholesale by
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LADIES' GOODS.

j. G.. HurcHrssoS
IMPORTER
WILL CONTINUE To SELL FOR THE NEXT
THIRTY DAYS DESIRABLE AND SEASON
ABLE GOODS AT GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES
UNTRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS AT AND
BELOW COST.
TRIMMED HATS AND BoNNETs AT HALF
PRICE.
CHOICE FRENCH FLOWERS AT HALF. PRICE
10 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON PLUMES AND
FANCY FEATHERS.
10 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON ALL "LACES." RIB
BONS," COLORED CREPES AND DRESS
TRIMMINGS.
CLOAKS.
20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON SPRING WRAPS.
10 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON "RAGLANS" SILK
AND CLOTH COSTUMES
PERFECTFITTING JERSEYS AT VERY LOW
FIGURES.
GREAT BARGAINS IN WHITE SUITS AND
DRESSING SACQUES.
PARASOLS AT COST
SILK MITTS IN ALL SHADE AT F-PRICE
FOSTER SILK AND TAFFLTA GLOVES AT 10
PER CENT DISCOUNT.
7Trevise Paris 9O7 Pa ava
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SUMNER RESORTS

4 sLfFToN HOUSE. AsBURY PARK 4
y. Nj House beautifully situated within vSA0
hair q block of beach. table and apDoin.- Us
ments nrsf-c Sanitary arrangements peri.ST a
GORDON. 4. O Box ase t.s-sm
HoTkL RolAL ATLANTIC CITY
Il t1r1 season tor this new and elegantly VtyA0
appointed hotel, under the management of Il IE
f.SAkh, oil OLD Congress Hail. Cape May. jyI8lms
EILSEI HOUSE. ATLANTIC CITY n
" Ocean end Connecticut New house. 4 . a
elegantly furnished uninterrupted ocean view vfAt
from every room J. n HkUt,II.I. Ia
Also proprietor Stafford Rouse. ,efSr3m>
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NEWS seamless working shoes, warranted
solid only Sl.23. u. Strasburger, No. BOG 9TH
btreet, four doors above i.
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26-inch. paragon Frame 1.99, at the Boston
Variety Store, 7O5 and 7O7 Market Space W, I'm
S3 Per Gallon. 75c. Quart Bottle, No.
Orders by mail. MCGEE S, 9th, near D st. s&W-3mn
ThOrnfOn's Emulsion
of pure Cod Liver OIL with HypophOsphites of
Lime and Soda for coughs, colds, consumption,
impaired nutrition and general debility; easy
clans. Sold by Druggists. Large bottles soc.
Manufactured by W. h. Thornton, corner Bal
timore and Harrison streets, Baltimore, Md.
m,w,f
Great Reduction
in Florence Oil Stoves. Selling at 99c at the
Boston Variety Store, 7O5 and 7O7 Market
Space. WIN, I'm
Cholera. Diphtheria. Fevers. Malaria,
prevented by the use of Reed e. Carnrick's So
dunn HypochlOrite (disnfectant). Recon-
mended by the Public Health Association as
superior to all other disintectantS and germi-
cides. Sold everywhere. Send for pamphlet
m,w,s-45 1872 Fulton ST., n. Y.
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REMEMBER the Sth Family Excursion to &C.
Oar Point given by the Lone Star Il. Assn
FACE and eyesight fitted; Hempler's, cor. Az.
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Gun C1orurse
ALWAYS ON TOP IN QUALITY
AND
AT THE BOTTOM IN PRICE
NEVER INVEST YOUR MONEY IN CLOTHING
Men. Boys on Children until you have examined our
stock Of Serges, Drap d'l1te, Seersucker,
Cashmere and Flannel Suits
and Sack Coats
White DUCK, ALPACA and IRAP DETE Vests
Travelling Driving Coats, in Light and Dark
Shades-ALPACA, LINEN and DUCK.
SHIRTS, in White CoIored, Ready made or to
Order
NECkWEAR in all Fashionable Shapes COlors
Underwear, Gloves, Suspenders, Collars, Cuffs, DC
NOAH WALKER d CO.,
jy25 625 PENNSYLVANIA Avenue
FIN E CLoT HINa
THE MIsFIT STORE
CORNER TENTH AND STREETS
100 PAIR sEERsUCKER PANTS AT 75c.
WORTH 81.
500 PAIR FINE CASHMERE PANTS, AT ABOUT
so CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
PONGEE COATS AT So, FORMERLY SIS.
PONGEE COATS AND VESTS SD so. FORMERLY
$3.50
sEERsUCKER COATS AND VESTS AT$l75 AND
UPWARD.
500 CHILDREN SUITS, BOYS TO IL, AT SO
CENTS ON THE DOLLAR
800 BOYS SUITS, REGARDLESS OF COST OR
VALUE
WHITE VESTS. BLACK ALPACA VESTS
FLANNEL AND CASHMERE VESTS, AT A
SACRIFICE.
PRINCE ALBERT SUITS AT SIS REDUCED
FROM $25.
BUSINESS SUITS AT $3.50. $7.75. $780, JUST
HALF THE USUAL PRICE,
BLUE FLANNEL SUITS FROM SIS UP,
THE MISFIr STORE
CORNER TENTH AND STREETS
RIBE SURE AND COME TO THE CORNER
TENTH AND STREkIS jy25
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TWiIled Silk Umbrellas.
26-inch. paragon frame, 81 go at the Boston
Variety Store, 7O5 and 7O7 Market Space W, I'm
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~ lBSON BROTH Frs,
" PRACTICAL BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
LBS Pennsylvania avenue. Washington, ID. c.
IA Fine Printing specially. ial9
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- j. and tTeOrge
Fowler, doing business Fowler * Co. gro
GERS, on Harrison street, Uniontown, have made
an assignment To James w Fowler for the ben
eht oi their creditors Preferences are made of
A '. Conway to the amount of 500 and
Benz Cooley S1o0.-HarriS kOlitSki has made
an assignment tor the benefit OF his creditors tn
Lewis l. - Neal of his effects in store 6I2 IL,
street southwest, with his household furniture.
Preference is made of Lewis Sakolisbi for S45O
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MAKING 1T LIVELY FOR THE PoLICE-Iena
Campbell, colOred. was arrested last night by
Policemen j. J. Smith and Jno. c. Daley While
on the way to the station she tore off their
badges, and made ii quite lively for them. This
morning, in the Police Court, sine was charged
with assault, and fined SO or thirty days.
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This great Medicine for sale by all druggists gro
and dealers generally Price ode aud I'll Der bot
tie. LOUIS PETZOLD a Co. Proprietors.
jylS-w&s Baltimore. Nd
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YIJHE STEAM YACHT "LILLA" WILL MAKE
daily AI.F-H0URLY TRIPS during the season
to Landings the Upper Potomac. leaving johnson &
Baker Boat-house ofIIigh ST., from m. to II
pm Fare, round trip 25 cents aull-3t*
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BASE BALL YESTERDAY The Nationals
scored another victory over the Virginias at
Richmond yesterday. They outpiayed the
champions at every point, and gave them their
nrst whitcwash OF the season The score was Z
90. AT Observation-Disclosures, 3; Philadel-
phia, l. AT ST Louis-St. Louis, 3: Pittsburg, 1.
Al Observation-Disclosures i; Baltimore, A. AT
Jersey Cty-Trenton, 4; Newark, 4. At New
1ork-Metropolitan, 1; Brooklyn, 4. At Gin
Son-iosson. =; New York, 4. AT Budaio-Chi-
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LIQUID Bread.

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DINEY POINT HOTEL Md
the Potomac river, &A0
Will open for guests June Goth Steamers s,st
EXCELSIOR or GEO LEARY leave each evening
from foot OF 9TH st.
For terms. which will be moderate apply to Hotel,
WASH. b WILLIAMS eth and ID sts or
Vl5'lm* w, r. RICE, Proprietor.
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Brown Bread.

u If there is anything under tho sky at
sight of which the gods weep, it is to
see a woman trying to do up a pack
age. i &
A man may be rs full of piety as a
Sunday-schooI book, and still look
wicked when he comes down kerbump
on an icylsidewalk.
If anything is harder to find than an
honest gas meter it must be some
thing you have put q way so carefully
it will never more turn mp.
Cooking is thc;su Of all science,
but the man who egrades his stom-
ach to ID homage TO a Decent restau-
rant don't seem to know It.
e Don't 60 around loo king for Il flaw
in your neighbours eyes, but keep your
own speeks we'll 4 busted, and watch
the cornsrs on your own side Of the
street. st fi5i NJ +.
Hints to Farmers: Dom i salt your
cnttle on the railroad track. It is q
quick way of getting them to market,
but rather tedious and red-tapish to
collect the pay
& II there Is any thing more ungainly
than a fat man on roller skates, 1t is
"a thin woman, loaded to her eyebrows
with package s; rushing against time
to board d street-car thatsWon' t stop.
The brightest promise may be
dimmed An Eastern man spent &c.
600 in educahng Ills son; bnt the youth
now talks through his nose, and has
fallen ia love with a girl who ..eats
Onions and is aat-footed. x
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NEWS OF THE WEEK SUMMARIZED,
british Preparations for war.

-.
The queen has sent message to the house
of commons calling out the reserve militia for
permanent service In accordance with the
message the war Office has called out the army
reserves, (S5, 900 mem and the militia 14O, 900
men). Orders have been sent to Chatham to
supply Immediately 5000, 900 cartridges Or
ders likewise have been sent to the armories
throughout the kingdom to return Immediately
rifles which they have in stock. Tho
object is that they will be inspected and sent
to India. Fourteen thousand rifles, now at
Portsmouth, will be forwarded to India Or
ders were received at Portsmouth directing
that the composite aloop Cormoraat be made
ready for sea- The government is placing
large orders for rifles and munitions of war
with the manufacturers. The men-of-war
Mercury, Devastation, Colossus and Baccnanti
arc being rapidly prepared for sea- IS.
The queen's message is as follows: The
present state Of public affairs and the extent of
the demand on her majesty's military forces
for the protection Of the interests OF the empire
having constituted, in the opinion of her majes-
ty, case of great emergency, her majesty has
deemed it proper to provide additional means
for the military service. She has, therefore,
thought it right to communicate to the house
of commons that she is about to cause the re-
serve forces and such proportion of the militia
as might be deemed necessary, to be called out
for permanent service
The London Times says: When Disraeli
called out tho reserves in 1878, Earl Derby re-
tired from the ministry, Earl Derby opinion,
therefore, and his experience were unique
The risks of rupture with Russia are now
greater than they were then. Tho cars
forces are almost at the gate of Constantinople
Even il the cabinet were disposed to preserve
the peace by concession after concession, it is
now clear that such policy is as unsafe as it
would be dishonOrlble Yielding would alien
ate the Afghans and degrade us in the eye, Of
all the people of the East without in reality
ayerting war which would only be postponed,
ut most, for three years. 81 &. n ::
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02

Among many other good things in old
Massachusetts, is o Home for Intemper-
ate Women. It takes women from the
B lookup and from the criminal courts
and tile streets; it takes them madly.
stupidity chronically drunk and SO dirty
and degraded that the spark Of humanity
6aeelns to have gone out in them; and
yet, by good physical care for from
three % six months, and BY lifting
1gain tenderly the bedragg1ed souls
which are ii them, the home puts them
npon Al entirely new plane 81 hope-.s
fulness and self-respe cting womanhood.
The natron II cliarge reports that they
ME constantly coming back after they.
have left her, To tell her what d debt 81
gratitude they feel that they owe her.
gOt 14S patients who left the homo DIM
ing the year ending April ! 1885,, only
eleven we're discharged rs hopeless,
while forty -tllree we're sent to situa-s
fiona procured for them, and sixty-seyen
were returaed to their homes 81 friends.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02
The Consequence of Shallow Draining

We notice in one of our exchanges,
a failure in shallow draining, that
ought to be timely warning to all
who are about to engage in this sort
of improvement. A rural improver,
two years ago laid a ;three-inch tile
drain in springy spot in bis field, for
the purpose of clearing it of water.
The pipe was laid two feet deep, the
joints being covered with. caps. II
seemed to work perfectly for q; time.
Last season the plot was planted with
potatoes, but the soil was unaccounta-
bly, wet for drained land, After the
crop was gathered, the tiles were ex-
amined, and found to, be packed SO
full OF grass roots, as to stop the run
ming of the water. Spring water makes
q long season for grass, and in two
years the roots had obstructed the
passage of water and made the drain
useless. A neighbor of ours has
drained several swales upon his farm,
laying the tiles only eighteen inches
below the surface, and thus lost the
better part of his investment. The
shallow drains are not only liable to be
stopped by roots of grasses, and other
plants, but there is a large loss in the
failure to drain what lies imme diately
below the drained surface. The roots
of grass, of fruit trees, and of hoed
crops, will go down -four or, five feet
in search of food, if they have the ;op-
portunity. They cannot thrive below
the water line, which lies very near
the bottom of the drain. IT the drains
are but eighteen inches deep, that is
about the limit of the pasture-ground
ofroots. If the drain goes down three
feet, the area of soil that will furnish
food for crops is nearly doubled. The
cost OF draining to that depth is but
little more, since the ditch grows mar
rover as we go down. The cost OF
the tile, and the work of laying them,
are the same, whether the ditch is
eighteen inches or four feet in depth,
Buff the cost were doubled in max.
ing deep drains, it would be a open.
ny wise and pound foolish" business
to have the shallow drains for the sake
of saving the expense of the last hall
Of e,f5 the necessary digging. The drain
ing is a permanent investment, and
the tiles if properly laid, will clear
the soil of water three feet deep, as
thoroughly as they will clear it eight
cen inches deep. The difference in
results is great, that in cost is small,
- lp7',. Cliff IN american Agricult,xrist
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02
Speaking of Cats.

FA A. physician in love with cats talks
as follows: No error is moro common
than that Of starving a cat to make Il
a good mouser. The practice has
arisen from the mistaken notion that
a cat kills rats and mice for food.
whereas if is quite as much for sport.
The cat should have at least two meals
jaEday at regular hours. "A cats dis.
position is spoiled BY feeding her with
5delicacies from the table. This habit
should be discouraged. 81
Gnts wiiit7ncyer-th -witheus.grnss
to eat. 1t is a Eanacea for all their
ills; keeps their stomach in order.
cools their blood, prevents humors and
aids digestion. It is supposed to aid
in getting rid of the hair swallowed
during the process of washing. Dur
ing the winter It can be procured by
keeping piece Of turf in the cellar or
dollhouse, or it may be cultivated in a
flower pot. Cats are fond Of aspara-
gus, which many persons raise es-,
pecially for them, and their natural
preference for catnip will suggest a
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