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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-04-17

PEcKs Sun. published at Milwaukee, Wis
consin. is the most humorous paper IN Amerlrr
to-day. Geo W. Peck. its editor and propri
etor, stands thout an eqnal a, hum 'ri>t.
He believes in making p op'r happy aud r."
one can lie otherwise who rea Is his mist ok
cellent paper. Our readers are invited t0r"a
the prospectus of Prck's Sun. in another
column. Sample copies mailed free to any
address.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-04-17

There is no pain. no matter how sever,
nor what the cause that cannot BE- partly OF
wholly relieved by JohaSoHs .fEoayne lin
im6nt. used internally externally. 1t i
the most powerful remel, known to IN dica
men.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-04-17

Every one should tell his neighbor that tn
best remedy for curing coughs and cclds, and
the only sure cure for consumption, is DIR.
Wlstar's Balsam of Wild Cherry. 1t is pleas
ant TO take and very soothing and healing IN
rs effect
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-04-17
PATENT

Caveats. Reissues and Trade- Mark
secured. and all other patent causes in til
Patent Office and before the Courts prompt,
and carefully attended to.
Upon reccipt Of modGi or sketch Of iHutH.
tion, make carcful examination, aao
adpise as to patentaditty Free Of CaGrge
FEEj MODERATE, and NIKE N
CHARGE UNLESS PATENT IS sEcVRGL
Information. advice and special Iecrencc
>ant on application,
Ia. LITTGLL, Washington, ,. G.
Near u. 5. Patent U.iice.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
A Most rrischierous Practice.


,sPicking the ears is most mischiey-
Gus practice; m attempting to =; DO this
with hard substances an untucky mo-
ton has many time pierced the drum
and made it. as useless as a bursted rub
Der ife-preserver; nothing sharper or
harder than the end Of the little finger,
Hiis:h the nail pared, ought ever to be in
roduced into the ear, unless by q ply
sician.
Persons are often seen endeavoring to
remove the Hwa4" Of the ear with the
head of pin; this ought never. to be
done; first, because it not only endangerS
the rupture of the ear by being pushed
too far in, but If not SO for, it may CRATE
against the drum, excite Inflammation,
produce an ulcer which may finally eat
all, the parts away; second, hard sub
stances have often slipped in, and caused
the necessity Of painful, dangerous, and
expensive operationsi third, the wax Is
manufactured by nature to guard the
entrance from dust, insects, and unmod-
lied cold air, and when it has sub
seryed its purpose it becomes dry, scaly,
and light, and in this condition is easily
pushed outside by new, formations Of
wax within. Transcript.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
"1.sent My Boy to College,"

81 sent him off to college" II sent him
off to college," That is the epitome Of.
damnation of thousands of boys. II sent
him off to college," Now, sir, you strike
me at a point where. I am ready to say
this: 1t isj o question in my mind
whether / will ever send one OF mine to
a college or not. "Yes," you say, Hyou
are opposed to education" )" No, I ain't;
but I'd rather my boy would sit down in
heaven to learn his a B Cs than sitting
down in he'll reading Greek. tell you
my congregation, i'll had a good boy
who was loyal to God and the right, Z
might trust him at college; but if I have
got a weyward, dissipated boy I will
never send him to college to get shut Of
him. You have made mistake as long
as eternity to do so. There is many a
man who has sent his boy to college
because he did not know what else to
do with him. You had better lure that
boy to steal something and send him to
the penitentiary. That is my judgment.
If he is no account the pcnitentiaV is
about as,safe q place as a college, because
he will not only dissipate but ruin every
other decent boy he meets there. Let
him practice on convicts II you want
him to ruin somebody. Boys, let us be
comfort. and, consolation to mother
Rev, Sam Jones. ..'-.'..
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
The Discovery Of o New Grain.

Specimens of a peculiar grain grown
by Machias, Me-, man from five kernels
received by him from friend, who said
they had been taken from the crop of a
wild goose, have been sent to several e1-
perts, including members of the marine
board of agriculture, all of whom say
that the grain is wholly unlike any
American cereal. It is understood a
sample will be tried in the agricultural
department at Washington. The gentle
man referred to has succeeded in raising
about five bushels of the nondescript
grain.-Chicago Herald.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
A Lyric of Boston Culture.


One Of the latest songs Is, -Oh, bug pe
closer, closer stilIr' This is o song We d like
to:hear u maiden sing.-Exchange.
"Ol sing song tonight for me-"
The youth exclaimed; "sing me, pray,
Some sweet and tender melody
Ere honeward, love, take1ny vayh
he gazed upon her lovely face,
In which the bluahes came and vent
And.took her hand with stately grace
And led her to the instrument
Swift DER the keys her fingers fashei,
Her siivery voice rose clear and SSfppg,
And, while his tender heart she nlbshed
She sang for him the latest song
Aye, sung 1t, sung 1t with will,
And emphasized the sweet refrain
"Oh, hug me closer, closer still
1guass that con stand the etrainn
She ceased, she sighed. she hups hes hsed,
BE stopped end drew her to aia Eeese
and hugged herclose, and Whispering saidl
HThus I respond to YOUR reduebkH
oh, youthful Lowell Oh, happy houN
Llfe few GASES bias like thi8;
Oh, who for wealth, or fsme, pr poFor,
Such sweet experience Eoula nbssa
--Bostoh Co&zies.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
When BilI-Boards First Came Into Use

When Bil1-Boards First Came Into Use.
Bill-boards came into use as articles
upon which announcements and procla-
nations were pasted in London about
the year 1740. A man by the name Of
Loomis, who had been street crier, OBJ
tanned permission from the authorities to
erect on vacant lots a number of boards,
upon which he placed the official adver-
tisements of the city and received a
small stipend from the municipal author
tiles for the service. The erection Of
these boards and the matter placed upon
them of course attracted the attention of
the populace, and they were constantly
surrounded by crowds reading the an
nouneements. This fact struck the
fancy OF. q, Jew clpthier as being an ad-
mirable. plan to get an advertisement Of
his goods and place Of business before
the people, and he applied to Loomis for
permission to have his proclamation
pasted on the same board with the Of
6oiaI announcements. LOOMS being un-
der the direction and ia the pay of the
city authorities could not agpee to this
proposition without. consulting his supe-
riiors, and this was done. L, ,".a'" -
The council debated long and seriously
over the matter, and at last gave their
consent on the condition that the Jew
pay the city so much q year for the priv
iEge. This was agreed to, and the, bill
board and its covering was, brought into
existence as one Of the Necessities Of com
merce. The jews example was followed
by other merchants, and as Loonlis re-
ceived commission on all the new con-
tracts made for billboard work, he soon
did fourishing and profitable business,
and his boards could be found in every
quarter of the city. The. idea being new
and novel, spread as such things do, and
it was not lorg until the billboard
was found in every civilized country.
Columbus fOhio, Capital
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
Answers to Correspondents.

A correspondent wants to know bow to
keep cider from working. 1mbue it with
Socialistic ideas Nothing works that hos
them.-Binghamton Republican
Gen. Sherman's advice to O young letter
writer:
My dear young Frfend-I remember your
father well. Cross your i's, dot your is,
mind your facts, slit your dates nove7
write In hurry. Yours In haste,
q. Z. q
P. G-On seeoaa taqugh& whoa aEyu hava
vystsan your ktor eayAM
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
zhe E1eotro-Magnetic Locomotive in 1854

TT,e EIeotre-Magneaic Locomotive in 1851
Professor Page made trial trip with
his, electric magnetic locomotive on
Tuesday, April %, 1854, starting from
Washington. The progress of the loco
motive was at first so slow that boy
was enabled to keep pace with it for
several hundred feet. But the speed was
soon increased, and Blandensburg, a dis
tance Of, T believe, about five miles and
g. quarter, was reached in thirty-nine
minutes. When within two miles of
that place, the power of the battery be-
ing fully up, tlaelocomotive began to
run, on nearly level plane, at the rate
of nineteen miles an hour, or rseven miles
faster than the greatest speed heretofore
attained, This velocity; was continued
for miles when one of the cells cracked
entirely open, which caused the acids to
mtarmix, and, as a eauenees the pro
peiling power vas partially weakened.
F1sE5oo a6flEle other calls subsequently met
with simafiat disastsr;
The professor proceeded cautiously,
fearing obstruci tons onethe way, such as
DE- |eomIhg dfI darsiia the opposite direc-
!fla !filSa, and saskie On tslss road! Seven halts
Msss. i made, occupying all forty
minutes But, notwithstanding These
hintddTances and delays, the trip to and
from Bladensburg was accomplished m
one minute less than tTo hours. The
cells; were made OF light earthenware,
for the purfosee2 q? sxpsr ssai rirreHs y merely,
without reference This il1
part Of the apparatus could therefore
easily be guarded, against mishap. The
greatpoint established was, that loco
motive on the principle Of Prof. Page
could ,Amsde to- ;Tsvel nineteen miles
an hour. But it was found on subse-
quent trials that the least jolt, such as
that caused by the end Of rail little
above the level, threw the batteries out
of working order, and the result was
halt. This defect could not be over
come, and Prof. Page reluctantly aban-
doned his discovery.-Ben: Perley Poore.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
A Modern Fable,

4 stoa fTmer had on obstinate eaY Ehieh
be Wlshed to get 10 market Oh coapylape
his aeishbors he received tho following ad-
vice. The carpenter said hsd have o scre"
driver; the furniture man said Let bureau
drawer; small boy offered to holler; the
newspaper man said let an editorial leader
tho postmaster suggested having letter
carrier; tho village topper wanted to do bis
part, and offered to take horn. Meantime
the farmer expired Of exhaustion and the
COW died of grief.
This fable teaches that tho possibilities OF
the English language are great
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
Famous Mr. Eads es Bit OF Boy.

Famous Mr. Eads as Bit OF Boy.
When about 10 years old his father
fitted for him a small workshop, and
there he constructed models of sawmills,
fre-engines, steamboats,, steam-engines,
electrical and other machines. One Of
the pastimes of his childhood was to take
in pieces and put together again the fam
lily clock, and at 10 years he was able to
do the same with patent Lover watch,
with no tools but his pocket-knife.
When IS misfortune overlook his father,
and he had to withdraw from school and
work his own way.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
INSURANCE AGENCY
LICENSE.

COLUMBIA, S. G., April /: 1885.
r certify that Mr.. John A. Hamilton, OF
Il Orangeburg, S. G., Agent of the NORTH
BRITISH and MERCANTILE, QUEEN,
WESTERN ASSURANCE, ROCHESTER,
GERMAN, Insurance Companies of North
America, HOME INSURANCE of New
York, CRESCENT, and FACTORS and
TRADERS of New Orleans, has complied
with the acquisitions of the Act ofthe
General Assembly entitled An Act to regu-
late the Agencies of Insurance Companies
not Incorporated in the State of South Caro-
lima, and l hereby license the said JOHN
A. HAMILTON Agent aforesaid, tota
risks and transact all business of insurance
in this State in the County of Orangeburg,
for and in behalf of said ComOanics. En-
pires March 3lst, 1856. W. L. STONEl,
Comptroller General.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
Peculiarities Of q Georgia Spider.

Georgia's latest oddity is a spider as
big as hickory-nut, the long, curved
back whereof shows the human face In
profile. The face is like that of man
of the Malay type, the brow, the eyes,
the nose, the mouth, and the chin being
initiated with a4precision quite startling
in its way.-Chicago Tribune.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
Transmission OF an Electric Current.

Recent experiments in France show
that the transmission of al electric cur
rent over distance of fifty miles was
effected with loss Of only so per cent.
of the force with which it started on the
Journey. The current was tremendous
one, but no difficulty ensued from heat
ing of the wire or the dynamo.-Chicago
Herald.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01

Three or four new,notors have been
introduced On the maeket, to be operased
BY watez, compressed asr end gas.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01

"Only o Dino for d Crust OF Broad"
Rude was the man in speech, and rude
In raiment, and bowed with decrepttude.
With crutch and cane at either side,
Like figure by Dore typi5ed-
A green shade over mis- bulging eyes
Ever astare, in their CHASTITY guise,
Repulsively, yet appealihgly,
As he begged the dole of dime from me-
Ipausad as the great crowd surged ahead
aHad no supper last night-ner bed
Ner q cup o. coffee at breakfast TIME
Ner o Tusk at nocnl And the feet Is I'm
A-starvir hero in the city street.
For o dino to buy me o crustto eatls
And I: flushed, as I thought Of the shame
'.# less wrong, -. :1@!
Is he thus; 50 shpnned by the ,aoulleaa
.',; throng- 49,. -. =. - -
The hundreds and thousands that pass him
"}T herel 4'' .',''s 't,,.....,!,I- ~ ~ -,
But, cen as feel the rising tsar,
felt In my pockets depths, aiacl -
My own lone fortune OF one greenbaek-
:And' I stayed my hand in its Upward range
Signing to say that I had no changa =.
"Ef I could work like ust to do,
T wouldn't be beggin' to-day ofyou
See what a hackin cough Igot-
Lungs jes' sluffin' off, like as not!
And old-and my eyes almost clean gone.
And can't stay here, and I can't go oil
But it won't be long till I sit ny crutch
On the shores where dime haint worth 50
muchl'
Grotesque pathosl smiled through tears
Calming the old mans doubts and fears
With the c1unpled note which I said should
be
Changed at ouce as he waited ma
But he stopped me short, as turned to 60
"Oh, you'll not come back aginl No, mol
WHAT'S the size o yer billr' said he,
As I unfolded 1t dazedly.
"Only one! Wy sakes alive!
Feared I was ruhnin' against five :
I'm blutfed so much by you high-toned
gents!"
And back in my palm dropped ninety cents.
james Whitcomb Riley.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
In EIf6le.

- In ELf6Ie.
Cast ashore on lone, barren isle
In the sea into which flows the Nise
With no clothes but O battered old tsie-
From full suit rather scant pisle---
Of course could not dress with much Btiale,
While dwelt in that residence Visle;
But as there was no one to smisle,
managed the years to begisle-
That had else been a long weary whsle
With many stroll In my tisle,
And many ON innocent wisle,
That kept in good order my bisle;
Till @ ship that sailed many misle
Brought mo home from my dreary e1isle
And ! this way the tale place on fisle,
With the trust that it no one will risla
-Norristown Herald.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01
To tlle;l'Mblic.

TAKE PLEASUR RE IN A n
L nouncing that I will run the Ice Busi-
ness from Nav 1st, 1886. Customers please
reserve your orders and oblige.
Yours truly,
Ian q CHARLES =. BRUNSON.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-01

Silence is vocal u We listen welAS
Goland.
The midland journal., 1886-06-04
Housekeeping in California.

Unless one keeps up brisk fire all
the daylong in the kitchen, an oil stove
is not only q great convenience, but
q great economy, Indeed. in all our
own small housekeeping on this
coast we find it indispensable, and
our investment cost but dollar and
q half, and is altogether satisfactory.
I have the bad habit of Cooking all
over the house" toasting bread over
the parlor grate-a capital place
heating milk on the dining room
stove, and cooking a steak and boil
ino coffee on the oil furnace, as the
fire in the kitchen usually expires
soon after breakfast.
Living for a long time, too, in
towns where the water is brought in.
to the house and is to be had by the
turning of faucet, I have come to
the conclusion that for any women
to be obliged to pump all the water
required for the house and kitchen
is utterly atrocious, and that in
building house and establishing a
home it is just as essential to provide
means for supplying the menage with
a flow of water, by some one of the
powers that, be, as it is to have NOW
ing machines, sewing machines "a
great deal more so, indeed). horse
Ditch-forks and horse. carts. Of
course there are great many things
in the world Of which we have no
need, partly because we haven't been
accustomed to them; and so vast
number of women do not "miss" run
ming water and good drain sink,
because all their lives they have been
The midland journal., 1886-06-04
Wonderful Cures.

W. d. Hoyt u Co., Wholesale and
Retail Druggists of Rome. Ca, say ::
We have been selling DR.. Kings New
Discovery, Electric Bitters and Bucklins
Arnica Salve for two years. Have never
handled remedies that sell as we'll, or
give such universe! satisfaction. There
have been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Several
cases of pronounced Consumption have
been entirely cured by use of a few bot.
ties of DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken
in connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by DR. Kirk
The midland journal., 1886-06-04

uninitiated mem bers of the family.
The ''laddie" liked the raisins and
the chicken mince, while AnaXiman-
der thought he might eat them soon
er than starve! AS mechanical de-
vice, the tomale is suecess-the cd,
dty of the corn husks, and the sue
cessive layers encirclng the middle
roll. The mush Of lard and meal
spread between the hu~ks, is com
pressed into a water,like cake, and
bears the print of the husk. Beyond
cheapness and convenience, and it's
peculiar character as q wrapper | do
not know that anything is gained by
its use. But probably q Mexican
detects a certain husky flavor that
the unenthusast;c do not discover
Rural Neav Yorker.
The midland journal., 1886-06-04

The Industrialist says that one has
only to see the contents Of an ordinary
millinery store to know something OF
the extent Of the bird traffic. But when
we remember that there are many
Thousands Of these stores in the entire
country, and that all of them are similar
ly stocked, we shall see that the number
of birds annually killed to supply them
must count up into the millions.
The midland journal., 1886-06-04
Ladies' Department.
Our New York Letter.
Styles at the Strongholds.

Styles at the Strongholds.
Special Correspondence to MIDLAND JOURNAL
Stripes from fine hair to broad
bands, are noticeable among the new
departures at Lord and Taylors.
Open meshed fabrics are among
the most fashionable dress materials.
Guipure in raised designs. is a fav-
,orite trimming among Batistes.
Washed resses are made in the
peasant stNie and belted at the
waist.
Loops and notched ends, are ar
ranged on the front of the bodices.
Wooden goods are made principai-
ly with kilt skirts.
White pique basques will be worn
with plaid skirts this summer.
Travelling dresses will be made Of
pin-checked material.
Loops and ends are arranged on
wraps to form q fringe.
Blue canvas dress ses have killing
trimmed with open lace braid
Watered ribbons in wide widths,
are as handsome as MORE antiqne.
Bluffs of embroidered Cbambray
are shirred an inch and quarter
deep at the top.
Lace apron fronts arc fini shed with
loops of watered ribbon No. 5.
Gray and black are very stylish
and becoming for mourning suits.
Pique dresses are very pretty made
with a kilt skirt and pleated basque
belted,
Loops instead of pleats are used as
the termination of the middle back
forms of stylish dresses.
Foo5 trmmin2s are made an inch
and a half wide and pleated in side
pleats,
Disks designs are observed in gren
adines ranging in size OF a pea, to
that of a half dollar. They are quite
grotesque. ...
Indenne with Eastern designs in
red upon yellow or yellow upon red,
is a fashionable toilet at the sea.shore.
The tailor basque, is trimmed with
gimp in squares and curves. The
trimming is down the front and
around the back Of the neck.
The back drapery for dresses
have point or wing effect. The
front is very short, taken cross-wise
and rayelled to form fringe.
Gray is not fashionable for mourn
ING. Black and white or lavender, is
considered more stylish for mourn
ing goods.
Ladies' fish wife costume is very
iaunty. 1t is made of navy blue
cloth and trimmed with white and
striped cloth.
Canvas goods with lace-work pat
TERMS made very effective by running
very narrow ribbon through the pat
tern, gives a newness very gay ifyou
wish.
A very stylish finish for the mid
die back forms is cutting each form
in leaf point and setting two velvet
leaves, beneath them, so that they
will show below.
SIDNEY EARLE.
The midland journal., 1886-06-04
The Household.

COOKED celery is said to be specific
for rheumatism. Cut the celery into
small pieces and boil it until soft. The
patient should drink the water in which
it is cooked. Serve the celery hot on
toast.
FINGER MARKs.-Finger marks may
DE removed from vanished furniture
by the use of little sweet oil upon q
soft rag. Patient rubbing with chloro-
form will remove paint from black silk
Or any other material.
WHEAT MUFFINs. s.-Mix one pint OF
milk, two eggs, three tablespoons yeast,
little salt, with flour enough to make
a stiff batter; let it rise four OF five
hours and bake in muffin rings in hot
oyen about ten minutes.
10 SEPARATE HONEY FROM wAX.-Put
honeycomB and all in tin pan upon o
moderately warm stove, adding table
spoonful of water to each pound of
honey. Stir occasionally with piece
of wire until the contents of the pan
are in liquid condition. Do not allow
boiling to begin. Remove the pan from
the fire, and set it aside to cool. The
cake of wax, to which all impurities will
adhere, may then be carefully lifted
off with knife
The midland journal., 1886-06-04
BuckIan's Arnjca Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for cuts
bruises, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tet-
ter. chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles
or no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by DIR. l..
r.. Kirk. june7
The midland journal., 1886-06-04
Hamilton Easter
& SONS,
1919, POI, 2O3 Baltimore Street,
FOUR DOORS WEST OF LIGHT STREET,
BALTlM ORE,
Large Importers. JObberS,R
DRY GOODS.

Have on hand at all times q splendid
stock of DRESS GOODS, SILKS,
MOURNING GOODS, LADIES'
AND MISSES WRAPS JERSEYS,
SHA WIS, LINEN FABRIC S FLAN
NELS, BLANKETS, QUILTS,
GOODS FOR MEN AND BOYS
WEAR, GENTS FURNISHING
GOODS. DOMESTIC GOODS, GING-
HAMS, PRINTS. SATIAES. HOSI-
ERY, UNDERWEAR, LACES. &c
We offer only such goods as we think
will prove of good value for the price
paid. The price in plain figures mark
ed on every article, from which there
is no abatement.
Having been established in business
in Baltimore for So years, and built up
large trade by fair dealing, courtesy
and attention to the wants of cusIo-
mers, we think it would be to the ad-
vantage of the readers of this paper to
deal with us. Samples will be sent to
select from when we receive plain and
explicit directions of what is probably
wanted.