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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07
SCOT.
Its Value As . Plant Standardization I
Should be Used.

Its Value As Plant Standardization It
Should be Used.
SCOT is not used in gardens half so
much as it should be. In some respects
it is better than any kind of artificial
manure, inasmuch as it not only en-
riches the soil, but destroys many sorts
of insects-a very important matter
and great gain. 1t may be dug into
K tchen-garden ground with much ad-
vantage, and it may be also m xed with
soil for potting the ma ority of plants.
We do not know any crop N the kitchen
garden that is not benefited by SCOT;
and in soil for on ons. carrots and all
kinds of roots e is excellent. It is not.
however, lasting in its effects; any dug
into the soil now would be quite gone
by next year. but It is cheap and easily
obtained, and may be put on in quanti-
ty annually. We never use it by meas
ure or weight but spread good
sprinkling over the surface Of the
ground, and dig it in sometimes with
farmyard manure and sometimes by it
self. A quantity of it sown in drills
with potato sets prevents the tubers
from becoming worm-eaten. 1t can be
sOwn on the surface after the crops
appear. and II put on when rain is fall
ing it VIII soon be washed down to the
roots. Tbs il good way of ap.
plying it SCOT feeding imparts .
healthy deep green color to vegetation,
and then satisfactory returns are sure
to be the result. Pott;ng soil sprinkled
with SCOT always remains free from
worms. and plants so treated always
assume bright. healthy ap, earance.
1t may be spr. mixed on the surface Of
the pots and watered in or better still.
gwen in the form OF soot-water. Newly
potted plants and those with few roots
do not requ re it; but whom the soil is
full Of roots. soot-water proves b ghly
beneficial. We water our pines. vines,
Strawberries. kidney beans. orchids.
pelargoniums, and everyth :ng with it.
and value it highly. In some cases .
difficulty il experienced in getting SCOT
to m with water. The best way d to
put SCOT in sack. tying up the mouth
Of the bag; then put it into pail. cask
or tank. and the water Will soon pene-
trate through the soot max ng it into
a pulp. thus forming pure soo.-~ater.
There is no time or season in part calar
when soot-water may be spec ally us ID.
as il may be z ven to flu ting and flow-
ering plants all the year round. When
It il desired to make the foliage assume
= deep green. healthy color. or the
flowers > brighter hue. jud cious ap-
plications Of soot-water WI accom-
plish il better than anything else. =
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

Is conferred upon that magnificent insti.
tuition, the human system, by DR.. Pierce's
@Golden Medical Discovery" that fortifies
IL against the encroachments of disease. 1t
Ii the great blood purifier and alternative,
and as remedy for consumption. bron-
chitis, and all diseases of . wasting ma
ture, its influence Is rapid, efiicacious and
permanent Sold everywhere.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

. Premature decline OF power In
either sex, however induced, speedily and
permanently cured. Consultation free.
Book for three letter stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, NY.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

PrKx's ToorHAcm DRoPs curein minute, &c.
0lcnn.s SMlpApu. Soap heals and bcautifies. 80.
GRnMAy C0Rx RxMOvRR kills Corns Bunioua.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

A CONCISE and bright drama In two acts.
Act IA little boy and a river. Act "A
river; no little boy.-Burlington Haukeye.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07
a Strong Endowment

CRANBHRRIEs will euro dyspepsia
That's sour opinion.-St. Pdxl Herald.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

A FAMILY cri-sis-a girl baby.-Chioogs
Sun.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

A SWELL gatherings bcdl.-St. Paul
Herald
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-07

A few exrracts from the hundreds Of endorsements
already received:
Gen BENZ r. Butler. says: 1T 10 the most timely
book that has been pablshed and = Piece q book.
cent the book resident Arthur to be read and In
letter accompanying. said: Il think IL win do the
cur Land System that Uncle Toms Cabin did win
hon ii. IA skiycly. Of Indiana says: ia 70 Inn
possible to sufficiently commend your book IL coueo
Ike SsreGfon- II deserves and VIII receive iaryee
published within the presenr century"
THE author writes to correct great wrongs nn4
forines his statements By facts within tbs knowledge
Of Intelligent readers Since the day thff Mr. STOW
wrote the doom OF the slxve-drfver In Uncle Tom
Cabin vigorous blow has been srgck IN fevor
Of the rights Of the laborer -Cktcugo 1neer 0csef
Jan. ~, 1886.
Large 1DDe., C1ssh. 80 pages, With epprE
dix Ala paees nl1etrneeA. Canvna.cn elree4f
cuiars and terms 70 w. r. 0AYCmOIT - C4se
RuhlisherS Agents, lee Wsbash Ave-. ChioaOA h
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-15
CURED BY FAITH.
Speech and Hearing Restored to Four Sisters
Who We're Deaf and Dumb.

LOUISVILLE, Feb. 14-At a faith-cure meet
ing, In this city, Mrs. John Moack, wife of a
prominent tobacconist, and the mother of an
eleven-year-old girl, announced that the child
was born totally deaf and dumb, and that it had
been suddenly restored to hearing and speech.
The audience was very much excited when she
proceeded to relate that four of her children had
been similarly cured through her exercise of
faith. The eldest daughter, Kate, is twenty
three. At the age of three years she suffered
from a severe attack of scarlet fever, which al
most destroyed her sense of hearing and
speech. She is now restored to the full pos
session of these faculties. and converses with in
telligence, though she exhibited an ignorance of
the meaning of words. Lulie, aged fifteen, at
the age of three years also had scarlet fever,
which destroyed her sense of speech and hear
ing, leaving her deaf and dumb. She now APP
pears to hear asswell as anybody, and is rapidly
learning to talk. Annie is seventeen years old.
AT the age of eleven she came near dying with
scarlet fever, which left her almost entirely deaf
and dumb. She is now able to hear and can
talk. These girls are all exceptionally bright
looking, and are about the average in intelli-
gence. They have been brought up carefully,
but have been treated as though they were deaf
mutes, it being almost impossible to make three
of them hear the loudest noise, while the fourth
could hear absolutely nothing. That a change
has been wrought there can be no question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-15

goyne's strange appearance and sudden exit.
The weather finally abated, and they reached
Ryde In such a pitiable condition that the land
lord of the Pier Hotel refused to receive them.
According to Count H~erisson, the Empress ill
requItted the services of those who aided her in
her flight. She never even thanked Sir John
Burgoyne till she was reminded at a much later
period.
Count Herisson obtained permission to send
the Empress her wardrobe, which she had left
behind at the Tuileries, and which he describes
as of 9 most complete and sumptuous character.
The furs alone were worth 600, 900 francs,
and he estimates the total value at
100000 francs. He had to Cav the cost
of transportation out of his pay, as no
enc In Paris would advance him the money.
After waiting ten years for som acknowledge
ment from the Empress he sent her the bill.
The reply was simply a check for the exact
amount. In looking over the imperial apart
ments Count Herisson found on the Empress's
desk the following dispatch:
ITO the Emperor: Do not think of returning
here unless you wish to unchain a terrible revo-
luton. This is the opinion of Rouher and
Chevreau, whom l saw to day. 1t would be said
that you. fed from danger. Don't forget how
Prince Napoleons departure from the Crimean
army has weighed against him all his life.
"EUGENIE."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-15
Chicago w Gather.

II arrived at Chicago at 6 o'clock P. M, one day in
June, 1884. The day had been terribly hot. and the
railroad ride from Detroit a ~foretaste of purgatory.
The Western metropolis was an oven. Everybody
pulled and p~erspired. Lake Michigan lay still and
breathless as the Atlantic just before a cyclone. Sleep
was hopeless. There was no nervous force left in the
town. Even the hotel clerks stood unblushing in their
shirtsIeeves. Mercury 05 degrees-plus. Now listen.
Twenty-four hours later fires were lighted for warmth
everywhere, and doors closed to exclude the strong
northwest wind. A touch of winter swept the city
from the stockyards to Lincoln Park. "-Correspond
ence Eastern Journal.
Is it strange that lung and chest diseases figure so
largely in the vital statistics of the Occidental me.
tropoisl Here is something to the point:
CHICAGO, Sept. %, 1884.
Messrs. Seabury & Johnson-All who are familiar
With this city are aware that it has a very trying eli
mate. People with weak or diseased lungs run O great
risk in living here. At least such is my own experience.
Physicians tell me l have a cavity in my right lung,
and, judging from what l have suffered, l think they
are right. Two years ago l began the use of Benson's
Capcine Plasters, and since then / am almost wholly
free from pain in the chest. l I'm satisfied that had it
not been for Benson's plaster ! should have given out
long ago and stopped working. AS it is-by the sooth
ing, healing and protective influence of the p~laster--l
lose little or no time from my business. deem it a
duty, as it certainly is a pleasure, to say this for the
information of the people of this CITY who have any
cago Telephone Company, and shall be glad to relate
my experience to anyone who may call upon me.
Yours. w. Is. HANNA.
6l5 Wabash Avenue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-15
Freed from the Devil.
Portland Transcript.

POrtIand TrAn6crlpt.
Our veteran printer, Mr.. Brown Thurston. in
his interesting paper read before the Maine Press
Association, at Augusta, last week, alluded to
the fact that the improvements in printing ma
chinery have thrown out of use several imple-
ments once familiar in every printing Office.
We had scarcely realized the fact that the
sheepstoot and the bank are no longer seen. He
might have said, too, that with the new methods
of locking up forms quoins have nearly disap-
peared, and the shooting stick is a thing of the
past. 1t was the practical joke Of the old-time
offices to send the youngest apprentice to a
neighboring Office to borrow an italic sheepsfoot.
What new device for fooling the printers devil
has taken its place we do not know-indeed the
devil himself is now abolished, and his successor
takes on an angelic form in the person of the
Youngest female compositor. Printers are NO
longer children of darkness, and the evil one has
ceased to be their patron saint.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-15

the floor. The General at once closed the door
and beat a hasty retreat, convinced that the lady
was a y willing companion. General Rosser ever
afterward refused to be interviewed on the sub.
ject. which was for weeks the theme of gossip
all over the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-15

A Mexican railway manager reports that his
purchasing agent has secured 300 wooden saints
for fuel. He bought them at so cents apiece
from the natives. who stole them from the
churches.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29
He Spanked the Boy.

All the adult passengers in the wait.
ing room had their attention attracted
by his antics. lie wanted candy, and
he wanted to see the river, and he
wanted to 90 aboard the train, and he
wanted more than any city the size of
Detroit could possibly furnish free
gratis. His mother hushed him up the
best she could, and several times he
slapped her face and kicked her shins
and got off without even a pinch. By
and by an old man who sat near her,
and whose feet the boy had walked OH
several times, began to get nervous,
and, turning to his right hand neigh
Dor, said:
Land o massy! but I've either got to
git outer here or spank that boy'
He Just aches for it, growled the
other.
lie does. He puts me in mind Of
nv William. I've seen William when
nothing on airth but spanking would
put good nature into him:'
i say | will gol' shouted the boy at
this moment.
please, Johnny, be good ertreated:
his mother.
4 won't
Oh, do! See how they are all looking
at us
4 don't care if they are!'
With that he walked up to the old
man and made kick, and then the
curtain went up on the play. With one
twist and two motions he was seized,
whirle1 over pair of knees, and be-
fore he could squawk once the spank
ing machine began its work. If evera
boy of seven was neatly wound up and
the ugly taken o'2t Of him inside OF six
ty seconds the work was no more coul
plete than in this case.
'Therel said the spanker, as he up.
ended the child and placed him on a
seat, you'll feel better a heap better.
Hated to do it, you know, but SAW that
you was suffering for it. Beg your
mothers pardon for interfering in fshl-
lily matters, but you set right thar till
the train-is ready
The boy sat and such a calm and
solid peace stole over the crowd that
the yells Of the hack kmen outdoors gave
every body arain,-Dttroit Free Press,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29
Church Directory,

Reformed Church-Rev. A. BStoncr pas
tor. WecE!y Lectures Tucslay evening"
Meeting of Ladies' Aid Society every second
Wednesday evening. Regular services by
appointment from the pulpit.
Lutheran Church-Rcv. w. G. Wire, pas
toy. Services, Sunday 10 A. N. and $50 p
u. SunIay School, 2 p NJ Prayer Meet
Ing, "Wednesday, Gas p. NJ
Protestant Episcopal Church-Rcv. Ern-
es. MrGill, Rector. Scrsiccs.Sun,lav, 10 \.
NJ llsd 3.!5 p. NJ. Sunday School, 900 p.
h.
Noi..van Church, (Mechanicstown) Rev
&. ., Llnius, Pastor. Preaching every sun
day, alternating morning and evening"
Prayer Meeting every Friday evening Sun
day School 8 o'clock, a. H.
Momvan Church (Graccham, Rev. C. c.
lanus, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday, alternating NOR
ming and evening.
MI" Society every Monday evening.
PRAYER Meeting every Wednesday evening
United Brethren Church-Mite Society
Second nni Fourth Wednesday.
Sunday School T. NJ.
PRAYER Meeting every Thursday evening
hrgllAr Services by appointment from the
pulpit.
Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev. O.
l'eA, 'astor. Services every alternate
sunday at 10 A. NJ. Sunday School 8 \. N
Prayer Meeting every Thursday evening at ,
=. NJ.
United Brethren Church-Rcv w. L.
:Nartin Pastor. Services every alternate
Sunday at p. m. Sunday School every
SUNDAY n, 2p III. PRAYER Meeting every
Thursday evening at z y. M.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29
Good Music in France.

The French will not dance to bad
music. If they eat potatoes and salt
all the week, and drink water without
wine from Easter Monday of one year
to Good Friday Of the next, they will
have good music. Those who have
travelled in the French provinces must
have often been astonished with the ex-
cellence of mere village bands, and at
the perfect acquaintance with the best
and newest pieces of the musicians at
village tetes. Nothing of popular
character in music escapes them; and
the villagers hum new air in the
provinces very few days after it is
known in Paris.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

LUCK AND LABoR.-lf the boy wht
cxclaims ',jnst my luck " was truthful
he would say ''jnst my laziness + Oh
Just my attention !" Mr.. Golden
wrote proverbs about Luck and Labor
1t would be we'll for boys to memorizt
them.
Luck is waiting for something tt
turn up.
Labor with keen eyes and strong vii
will turn something up.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the post
man would come and bring him tht
news of a legacy.
Labor turns out at six o'clock and
with busy pen or ringing hammer lays
the foundation for competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles:
Luck relies on chances.
labor on character.
buck slips down to ihdigence.
Labor strides up to independence.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

One of the wealthy dry goods mer~
chants Of Portland, Maine, is said to
have come to Portland without a dol
lar, and to have commenced by doing
the carting for the firm in which he is
now Il partner. 1t is related that to
save rent he built a small house run
ming in debt for several hundred dol
lars worth of the materials, and to save
money to pay these debts he vowed
that he and his family should live on
Indian pudding and milk until their
home was cleared of debt. He perse-
vered in his determination, and within
a year did not owe a dollar.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

A FORTUNE IN STUMPs.-A writer
in the New York Tribune says Men
make a living in New York by picking
up cigar stubs thrown away in the
streets by smokers. The tobacco is
used for the manufacture Of cheap fine
cut, and is even used for filling for
cheap cigars. At the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, yesterday, Loveoy, the porter,
elected IA we'll dressed stranger who
wandered about the corridor and was
seen to drop his handkerchief several
times alongside of cigar stumps, which
had disappeared when the handker-
chief was picked up. Cigars gathered
in the hotels are usually Of the best
quality Of Havana tobacco, and this
man is said to have a bank account of
several thousand dollars, wholly the re-
suit of his attention to the cigar stump
business
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

officer in command. lie wears tlan.
mel shirt, dirty, hard looking canvass
coat, and dirty pair of soldiers trous.
ers. His head gear is hat that has
seen its best days, His men are attir-
ed similarly, but their arms are bright
and in good order. Loss of sleep, coup
led with anxiety, makes him look hag-
gard and worn. He knows that no
thanks are to be given him if SUCCESS
full for risking his life, save perhaps
an empty complimentary order which
is only known to the army, and ten
chances to one he will not get that. If
killed, his immediate friends are the
only people who will mourn his loss
No promotion awaits HIM, thanks
to the present retirement laws. His
captain is probably old and fat, or cam
not ride, and the other troop officers is
on Il soft detail in the east. He is
doing the work of three officers, and
this scout may, like many others, re-
suit in two or three hundred miles of
hard marching, with terrible privations
and no result. He is carrying his life
and those of his command IN his hand,
but he does not shrink from the task.
Renewed and invigorated by the water,
he signals the command to mount, and
the force sweeps forward to renew the
pursuit. The story Of the march IS the
same scarcity of water, the trall lead
ing direction to bring about tins re-
suit, and avoiding any possible chances
of being approached without the pur.
suers being discovered long before they
come within striking distance.
On the other hand suppose that by
good fortune and night marching the
Indians are so closely pursued that
they cannot escape without Il fight
The trail leads to water, the command
ing points around which are fortified
with breastworks built Of stone. On
rush the scouts, who are leading, The
trail is ''hot" now, and they cast aside
all superiluons clothing and spring f3r-
ward like cais over the rough ground
in natures garb, with the exception Of
breech clout and moccasins. Wildly
excited, they scatter all over the hills
cndcavoring to find shelter from which
to deliver their fire with effect. The
troops have their horses in safe place
and move forward in extend skirmish
lines, trying in some way to flank the
hostiles. 1t is fight now to the death.
Officers and men know that if wounded
and the command is repulsed, a terri
bic death awaits them. Probably two
days without water, may be three, they
are fighting for that as much as any
thing else. The scouts are fighting for
plumber and pay, the troopers because
it is their duty, The hostiles in inn
pregnable positions, ,unapproachable ex-
cept through narrow passes, pour in
fire so hot and searching chat in few
minutes every Indian and soldier is be-
hind some shelter. The fight lasts all
day, Or until a thanking party, after
long and wearisome marching, gets
near them, then the Indians withdraw
with their stock and squaws, the for
mer freshly watered. The troops find
the water foul upon It's capture, and
have to wait until the spring is cleaned
and reflled before the exhausted stock
is watered, and by this time the hostiles
are miles away, probably in Mexico.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

A Washington lady was much sur
prised recently upon receiving notice
from her dusky cook that she was about
to leave her service in order to enter
into the holy state of matrimony.-
Why said she, 4 did not even know
you had an admirer!' 'Oh, yes'm, fur
some tlmel' Who is it, Mary? Don't
you member, Miss Lizzie, that l tend
ed a funel bout two weeks aso' LIS
the corpse husbandE
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29
4 POOR YOUNG NAN no Eli
GIRL.

A Jewel rare are you, dear Anne,
But can you use frying pan?
Or get meal for a hungry man?
Oh, will wed you if you can,
Sweet Anne
Your dainty fingers WELD u fan,
But can they wash a pot or pan?
Sweep, bake and brew Oh, if they Car
l am, in truth, the very man,
Sweet Anne
You work in Kensington, fair Anne
Play, sing and dance, but you can
Well mend my socks, none other than
Myself can worship like this man,
Sweet Anne!
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29
A e'ARD.
DIR. HIRAM BUHRMAN,

physician and surgeon, takes pleasure in an
nouncing to the citizens of Mcchanicstown
and vicinity that he has located here in the
practice of medicine. For the present he
may be found at
THE GILBERT HOUSE,
until he secures an Office or residence for
himself and family.
lie would further add that he has cone to
stay and hopes ,by;striet and upright deport-
ment tolnerit the confidence and support of
q discerpiug public.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

A North Carolina farmer was rldi-.
culed by his neighbors for paying S.
200 for a comparatively worthless
farm, but their opinion was changed
after he had sold part of the black wal
nut lumber on it for $1,000.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

so hot water is great cure, is it,
Well, ! shant let any Of my boarders
get sick for want of that medicine
Just put another gallon of water in
that oyster soup, Maria, and | guess
you had better take ont that oyster
now-it might be too rich.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29

Though numerous causes may oper-
ate to turn the hair gray, all that is
needed to restore the natural color is
Halls Vegetable Sicllan Hair Renew
er. For more than twenty years It's
sales have been enormous, but We have
vet to learn Of its first failure.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-10-29
@ III. G. RADCLIFFE,
~ sw DENTIST, -aa

Informs the Public that he has located in
Libertytown and will visit LEWISTOWN
the First Tuesday ofeach month at Mr.. o.
r. Zinmcrman's store. The following We'd
nesday and Thursday in MECHANICS
TOWN at the Miller House. Persons wait
cd on at their residence if desired. Moderate
Prices for filling and putting up teeth.