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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-06-24

The need Of merit for promoting person.
al aesthetics Is due to ] @ Aver Il Co., whose
Hair Vigor is universal beautiher OF the hair;
harmless, effective, agreeable, It ranks among
indispensable articles of toilet; to scanty locks
it gives luxuriance; and withered hair it
clothes with the hue Of youth.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-06-24

Whatever you would have your chill
dren become. strive to exhibit In your
own lives and conversation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-06-24

When there is room in the heart there
is room in the house.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-06-24

Read what the people
say concerning the
ahslty Of Dr.. Thomas'
Ededrc Oh, to cure
asthma. cztzrrh- Group,
colds. etc. Mn Dora
Koch of Buffalo, says:
For Group d decd
ediy eiheacisus" lMrs- Jacob Msllsos Of Marioa-
Ohio, says the same thing.l S. S. Graves, Akron,
N Y, writes: +" Had asthma OF the worst kind.
took one dose of Tbonas' Eelectric Oil and was
relieved IN a few minutes. Would walk Eve miles
forths medicine and pay S. a bottle for t." Drug
gist c. R Hall, Grayyille. Ill. says; Cured an ui-
cerafed throat for me in tvenfy-four hours" Sat
up In bed and coughed till the clothing vas wei
with perspIration. My
wife insisted that use
Thomas EcIectnc Oil.
The first teaspoonful
RELIEvED ne." Z. H.
Perkins, Greek Centre,
N Y. Thomas Eclec-
tric Oil is also TIP-
Tor external applica-
ton for rheumatism,
cuts, ,scads, burns, bites,
bruisez,e z,etc. When visi-
ting the druggist, ask
him what he knowI OF
DIR. Thomas Eclectric
Oil; il he has been
long the drug
trade, be sure he win
speak highly Of II.
Worked Wonders.
"My daughter was very bad of on account ef
cold and pain in her lungs. Dr.. THsrss Esise-
fris OIL e.-xS Err IN fsest,-Jssr 1srrs. One
of the boys was cured of sore throat. This msdk
cine has worked wonders in our family" AyaA
Pinciney, Lake Mohopae, NY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07
The Cheapest Manure.
lr Agricultural Editor.

By our Agricultural Editor.
After all, judging from what we now
know of the science of manuring, it admits
of scarcely doubt that the cheapest ma
nure known is, the old fashion article called
barn yard or stock pen manure. Take
ton of hay and rot it: it makes good manure.
But feed the hay to stock and you will have
moro manure, and far better than the rotted
article, you get from it first, meat, wool,
butter, tallow, hides, &C., and after this
more than the equivalent weight of the orig
inal hay in first rate manure. The manure,
in fact, costs you nothing. You get its
value doubled in animal products. You
get paid fer making the manure before you
apply it to the soil. OF course no other ma
nure can be furnished so cheaply. No one
will pay you profit on the manufacture
of manure, and then throw in the article
gratis. But this yonr animals do for you,
SO long as you feed them well, and handle
the manure intelligently.
There is no patent on this brand of ma
nure. Every farmer may make it ad ibi-
tnm, who has the provender, the animals,
and the gumption. The hay. roots, grain,
and the animal, all may have who have the
means, but the gumption is not SO easily
supplied. It does not grow in tangible
shape, like hay. 1t may be inherited, or it
may be acquired by life of labor and ex-
perience on the farm.
Some farmers pretend to say they can get
along without home made manure. But
nearly all the commercial fertilizer they buy
cots them great deal more than it is
worth. They lack gumption, or they lack
industry, one or both, perhaps most often
both. The manure that may be saved from
one horse, one COW, and half dozen hogs
in the course of one winter, will double the
yield of a ten acre field of corn. This is no
trifle. 1t tmakes the difference between fail
ures and success. 1t is worth laboring for.
Animal manures cost nothing but the
trouble of handling them.-Inder-Appcal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07
Plant Well.
By Our Agricultural Editor.

By Our Agricultural Editor.
A crop ''well planted is half made" Too
many farmers are in more haste to plant
than they are to prepare the soil for plant
ing. One plowing seldom fits land for the
reception of seed. This is especially true
of clayey, tenacious soils, ::and land not cul-
tivated last year. Light sand seldom needs
the harrow, but stiff soil always does, and it
should be used freely before any crop is
committed to the ground.
One half our farmers lose month every
season, stumbling over the clOds trying to
plow the corn and cotton that sometimes
won't grow, do all they may. No wonder.
A crop cannot make headway under such
circumstances. If those same farmers would
first harrow the land until fine and mellow,
the crops would start off growing at once.
An early start is of vital importance to
any summer crop. The best workings are
always the first. But to get the early start
OF the plant, it is necessary that the soil be
put in good condition before tho seed are
planted. The work that the farmer does in
April and May has more influence, general
ly, than all that is done after that time.
Plant early, if you can, of course. We
believe in early planting; but be sure your
land is in a condition fit for planting and
the rapid development Of the crop, before
you do plant. A week spsnt in narrowing,
or re-plowing, in April, is no loss of time,
but gain both in time and subsequent
labor.
Once crop is planted, keep the soil
stirred till the middle of June, and it is safe.
Rapid growth saves time and labor. Spring
clods and turf, lying in the way all summer,
cost the farmer good deal-they have to
be turned over and got out Of the way SO Of
ten.
Farming on light sandy soil is in no way
the same as that for the clay lands. Too
many forget this, and expect to put no more
work On the clay land than they have done
on the other. It will not succeed. Ysu
must work differently.-Inder-Appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07
Deep Soil and Thick Planting.
By Our Agricultural Editor,


We hold to the practice and theory that
the best results in farming are to be attain
ed by making the soil deep and planting
for the plant roots to feed from below, but
if the soil is thin, or sprea out over too
great a surface, the plant roots have to
spread out near the top Of the ground to
search for food, and when dry weather
comes the crop cannot stand it because the
roots are not deep enough to reach the
moisture of the subsoil. Besides this, both
grass and the plow effect the crop more in
juriously, because both come sooner in con-
tact with the roots of the plant-.
Yet many who see and appreciate tho i'm
portance of deep soil, do not believe in
thick seeding. Our view is this: thick
planting not only gives larger return per
acre, if the soil is deep, but it shortens the
period OF cultivation and reduces the cost.
In deep soil and thick planting, crops get
food and moisture from below, and more of
both than they would get from a shallow
soil, and being near together the plants
sooner cover tho surface and render cultiva-
tion unnecessary. Tho time of cultivation
is cuItailed, and hence less labor is expend-
ed. At the same time, even from the outset
there is less room for grass to grow, and
there is danger that it will get ahead of the
crop. The crops come on fast and shades
the soil and chokes out the grass.
These are some of the advantages of
thick planting: there are more plants to the
acre, the surface is more thoroughly occu-
pied and utilized, we do not have to stir so
much idle soil, and we shorten the time of
cultivation and maturity.
Of course it requires deep soil to do this
successfully, but there is abundant testi-
mony that only a deep soil pays. Better
have one acre of rich soil foot deep than
four acres only three inches deep. More
may be made on the deep soil, by thick
planting, than on the other by any method.
I-Inder-Appeal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07
Pasturage and Grass.

By Our Agricultural Editor.
The Southern farmer need to devote more
attention to pasturage and grass. Evsry
farmer has plenty of land, much more, gen.
orally, than he tills, but few, comparatively
think of converting any of the idle portions
of the farm into pasturage. All, however,
sheuld endeavor to do this, if not by direct
cultivation of the tame grasses, then by re-
claiming the old fields, and allowing the
broom -sedge and other volunteer grasses to
grow. 1t would cost but little time and la
bor to reclaim and fence off some of the old
fields, which would make tolerable pastures,
and once prepared, the improvement might
be kept permanent at trihing expense.
But it is far better to SOW clover and tame
grass, and have patures worth the name
or, if you choose, make hay to sell. Grass,
a staple crop in any agricultural system in
any country, is by far too much neglected
by our people. Hence it is that our bacon,
wool, lard, leather, butter, and cheese, and
our hay, all grow in other States. Grass is
the foundation of successful farming, and
none who ignore it can ever get on as well
as he would, if he made grass leading
staple.
1t is high time that the Southern farmer
was coming to better understanding of
this important subject. The study of grass,
and the various soils and modes of cultiva-
tion best suited to the different kinds,
should now engross a large share of the
pastoral mind.-Inder-Appe
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07
very stupid about people. I always was.
Won't you stay little, Bella, and tell me

very stupid about people. I always was.
Won't you stay little, Bella, and tell me
about him ?''
In dream the old maid listened to the
sound of her own voice, in dream she
heard the plaintive music of ssThe Mistletos
Bough," and the cries of the baby next
door, who was teething and fractions. A.
Bella left her half an hour after she foit as
if the world was crumbling to pieces round
her, as if her sad, joyless, colorless life were
more than she conld bear.
N
: Foremost among the treasures in Miss
Warden's desk is a handful of dead chrys-
anthemums; and brightest of all days are
the ones spent in the little house near AL
bany street, listening to Bella's endless de-
scriptions Of her happiness, varied by Mr..
Jones' "reminiscences of his youth and sue
cessful middle age. It never enters into her
head to imagine that such intense pleasure
as marriage with Bobbie could ever have
been possible. She is contest to look on at
Bella's utterly unattainable happiness, as it
pleases her to read fairy tales to the weary
little children of her acquaintance; both en-
chanted stories are beyond the reach of a
prosaic life such as hers Walter Powell in
Home Chimes
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07
PASSING AWAY.

Was it the chime of a tiny bell,
That came SO sweet to my dreaming ear,
Like the silvery tones of a fairys shell,
That he winds on the beach so mellow and
clear,
When the winds and waves lie together asleep.
And the moon and fairy are watching the deep;
She dispensing her silvery light.
And he his notes as sillvery quite.
While the boatman listens and ships his oar,
To catch the music that comes from the shore,
70 cot 70 .ords. %. +h.n e.. .t p,as,
"pass,ng owov, po.s,n y
But no; it was not a fairy shell,
BLOWN on the beach so mellow and clear;
NOT was IL the tongue OF silver bell,
strik1ng the hour, that filled my ear.
AS lay In my dream; yet was 1t a chime
ins1 told oI tne now Oh tne stream OF Time
ror Deautiiol CLOCK from the ceiling hung,
anu plum p litle GIRL 1or pendulum, swung,
IAs you've sometimes seen, In little ring,
ihat hanss In MS cage canary bird swing);
ana she neid 10 her bosom budding bouquet
Anu as sue en]oyeo IT, sne seemed 10 say
/ rassins AWAY! RAISING away ]"
Oh! how bright were the wbeels that told
Of lapse of time as thew moved round srow,
ana the nahos' as tney swept DER the dial of
soiu,
ARC heiu " point 10 Inc girl pelow.
Anu, ~! she hao changed; IN anew snort hours
her bouquet nad become a garland OF flowers,
lhat she nelo In her outstretohed hands and
nung
Ihls way ana mat, as she danced and swung
Ii the Iuliness OF grace and womanly pride,
Tnat told me she soon was to become bride
Yet then' when expecting her happisst day.
In tne same sweet voice heard her say
RAISING away Passing away?
While oazed of tbot fa,r one,s ohsah o. shade
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

CURE OF CoLDs.-Treat your next cold
as follows and your faith in the old saying
will disappear
Eat no supper on going to bed, and on
rising drink a tumbler of cold water.
For breakfast eat piece of dry bread as
large as your hand.
Go out freely during the morning.
For dinner eat the same as at breakfast.
During the afternoon take short walk,
or engage in some active exercise which
will produce perspiration.
Go without supper and retire early.
The next morning you will be nearly
well.
If, instead of this, you stuff the cold, it
will stay week or two and wind up with .
hard cough and expectoration.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

Wife-Well, Ned, what do you think
Charlie wants now? He asked me to day
if I wouldn't help him tease you to buy him
a bicycle" Indulgent Father (who once
had ambitions himself )-'Bicycle. Non
sensel The boy can't have it. Tell him to
go up in the attic and fall down two flights
Of stairs. 1t will be just about the same
thing and will save me $780," ."-Someyville
Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

''Eugenia, didn't tell you an hour ago
to send that young man of yours
homer" "Yes, papa, dear" sBut he
went out just now Il heard him"
s'Yes, papa, dear; but he went the first
time, and then he found he'd taken your
umbrella, by mistake, and so he came to
bring it ba,'-. Dear George is so con-
scientious. PUCK.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

eyes," said the weeping widow, "John
has gone at last Many fight we had over
who should get up and light the fire in the
winter, but he'll have no trouble of that
kind where he's gone. 'sNo?" queried SYM
pathizing friend. "No, guess they Keep
the fires lighted there all the time. ."--Boston
Courier.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

RAVES OF ADVERTIsING.

ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted at the rate OF
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for each subsequent insertion.
LOCAL NOTICES are inserted at the rate OF y
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insertion.
BUSINESS NOTICES are inserted at the rate OF
Is cents for the first and cents for each subRe-
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A liberal discount will be made ON all orders
for 8, 6, or IL months.
Obituaries, Announcements of Candidates
for office, and all communications of person.
al or private character, will be charged for 81
advertisements.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

To reason with the angry is like whisper
ing to the deaf.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

The crystallized salts, as obtained in pure
state from grapes and choice fruit in porta-
BILE, palatable, simple form, are now presen nted
to the public of America as the grandest resol,
vent of impure blood, corrector of the liver ana
of the bowels-the natural promoter
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

C0UNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTEN-
~ DENTS N0TICE.-My office days in
each week, and Court Days-whfch days will
devote exclusively to School business.
~ Office with Wa. Reed.
II. SHEFFEY ROLLER,
jyH-u Co. SLpt. School
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

wv IAGONS.-A fine line of Farm Wagons,
w (one-, two, and three horse), for sale
low, LYNN & (X).
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

hAY CUTTERS for hand use, and
IL Fodder Cutters and MasticafOrs.
Light running and strongly built for rapid
work.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-07-07

~R m. MI. PATTERSON offers his pro-
} fessionaI services to the citizens OF Staun-
Nnara Gnuse mayo tt
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-24

ceiyed by the committee during ,he ~,
six hours, Ne had been instructed ~ ~
cure a vote ON ell the amendments.
Mr.. Durham Of Illinois was accorded
minutes time 10 oppose the BIN and
he infatuated that votes IN favor OF meas.
ure would be cast In order that the mem.
bers might secure votes At the coming
election.
Mr.. Millikin Of Maine rose TO contra.
dict this statement, but Mr.. Durham de.
cllned to yield. fought the bill for two
reasons, hrst, because the bill Is wrong
In principle, and second because II en-
cages the government In striking down
an Industry which Is more represented In
my district than any other, andiI am here
TO defend the interests Of my district.
MIR, Gibson OF West Virginia opposed
the bill as being opposed TO every Demo,
cratic principle.
The senate amendments were then con
Cured inj yeas III, nays 20. TIE bill
now goes 20 the president for his action
Mr.. Willis OF Kentucky from the con
Terence committee on the river and har
Dor bill reported a disagreement and Q
further conference was ordered.
Mr.. Herbert Of Alabama submitted 4
conference report on the naval appropria
ton bill and II was agreed TO.
The house then took recess until {
O'Clock, the evening session TO be for III,
consideration Of pension bills
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-24
GAINEsYILLE.
A cIisersRnt-A banner from tho Ladies'
sneak Thieves.

mtsorennt-A banner from the Ladies'.
snenk-Thieyns.
Special 10 the Gazette.
GAINESVILLE, TEX, July 28.--some
mlscreant poisoned one OF the blood
hounds kept at the City hall on wednes-
day, and the animal died from the effects
Of the dose yesterday.
The Windsor Cadets, our youthful mill.
tary company, were out drilling last
night and received praise for their i'm.
provement from all who saw the drlll.
A pleasant AFFAIR occurred At the resi-.
dence OF MIR. A. A. Green, Sr., on Denton
street, this evening. II was the presonta.
ton Of beautiful dag TO the Gainesville
Rifles by the young ladies OF this city.
Miss Mildred Green presented tho flag
for the young ladies', and Moran Scott,
Esq, accepted the same for the company
Both the presentation and acceptance
were graceful,
A camp.meetlng Will be held eight
miles east Of here, commencing on the
Sth OF August The meeting will DO con-
Quoted by Rev. g. Crutch6eld.
Rev. A. j. Worley left to-day for Gal.
weston 10 be gone for several days.
Two new brick stores will be put up on
Dye street at once
The sneak-thief Is again abroad In our
city. The residences Of Mr.. n. II. Neal
and Mr.. A. Underwood were entered on
Wednesday night, but fortunately the
thief or thieves were frightened away be-
fore securing anything scarcely.
Your correspondent WAS mistaken Rs
to the time OF the educational meeting al
the Beloher building II takes place next
Fndgy instead Of to-day
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-24

Pacific, and believe the secretary Of the
road has his office % Mr. Gon!d's head.
quarters IN this city. Since The Tcxas &
Pacific passed Into the hands OF the re-
Ceiyers great change for the better haa
taken place, Mr.. Trumbuu, auditor Tor
receivers, reports earnings for the month
OF January, 1855, over January, 1858. OF
sbdO52.2t. The earnings In NAV. 1880.
are $4,000 IN excess Of those OF 1888,
The earnings Tor tie ave month"; Of this
year are about 100000 IN excess of the
same months OF 1885, But for the strike
the lncrcaee would have oeen AZ least
cGO0,OOO. The earnings for this year can
not be less Than ; 300, 600 more than IN
1885. The crops are increased. and
the road will be nv fan
In much better condition Al
handle freight sud passengers. la the
last two months over 500 loaded cars
have gone over the read per day. In the
month OF May, there were moved over
the road about 10000 loaded cars. Mr..
Finley, assistant general freight agent of
the Texas 4 Pacific, saws. uIt IN nv
opinion that the freight department could
increase It's business this fail 40 10 20
per cent, should the road be Improved -
Col. Wheelock, president New Orleans
Pacific, states that the business OF New
Orleans division would be Increased 40
per cent this fall, IL the road is put In
good order. Gov Brown, one of the re-.
ceiycrs Of the Texas a Pacific, states that
every cent Of the earnings OF the road n
being expended In putting Il IN good con
ditlon, that the business OF the line a
Improving aud he hopes that soon the
road Will be one Of the foremost In the
country.
Mai. Frank Bond, president Of the Gin.
cinnatl, New Orleans q Texas Pacific
railway. and one Of the most astute ran.
road authorities in this country, and a
former president Of the Texas & Pacific, Is
OF the opinion that the road should re-.
main in the hands Of the receivers for at
least two years, and by them be
thoroughly repaired, and by that time the
earnings OF the road will pay ali OF its
liked charges, and shareholders and
bondholders viii not lose dollar. lie
also believes that IN short time II can
be made one OF the bes,.paylng roads in
| the West. HESRy CfFws.
/ New York, July 10, 1856.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-24
THE RAILROADS.
Work On the Atchison.Santa Fe Is
Progressing Rapidly All Along
the Line 10 Kansas.
A Circular Letter from Henry Ciews sheds
Bright Light ON the Troubles OF
the Texas \ Pacific.
Tho WORK on ihs Alohison.san,n M.

Nv N'tA 'h NNo fAtNnihVNsruutu NNs
Mr.. w u. King, division engineer OF
the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe, was seen
yesterday and questioned as TO the prog.
ress Of the work. he says false work
will be put IN over the Trinity river here
while large force continues 10 nut Ia
the stone piers for the iron bridge aud
that tracklaying from the present
terminus Of the road In this city 70 the
Trinity bridge will commence Monday
morning.
Some twenty-five miles OF the line Is
ready for tracklaying from here north.
and Burns & 90. nave COO teams and o
large force at work grading 10 the Red
river. In a few days many miles more
will BIO ready for tracklaying.
Boarding car and an engine left yester.
day Tor the front, aud track laying will
begin at the junction with the Denver on
Monday, whore three miles are IN, and
will continue at the rate Of at least mile
Il day,
III. II. Kerr, subdivision engineer IN
charge of the bridge work ut the Trinity,
is pushing his part Of the work rapidly.
AT Red river false work will also be put
In, four spans of 200 feet each.
Mr.. King says he understands that
twenty-five miles Of the road have been
graded from Arkansas City into the Ter.
ritory, and large force Is at work there
The Gulf, Colorado s Santa Fe Is 10
build 100 miles into the Territory from
Red river, where the Atchlson will meet
II. The greatest activity prevails along
The entire line.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-24
Thn Forl,n nnm nnilnl.

Yesterday number Of dodgers were
scattered through this and other cities OF
the state by the Houston s. Texas Central
management, which read as follows
Hold the Fort, for we aro coming with a new
outlet from Fort Worth 10 Houston, 1niveeton,
New OTinnna and tho southeaet Via the Fort
Worth a New Orleans, Central Texas a North
western and Houston a Texas Central ran
ways.
Tho Houston a Texas Central railway having
leased the Fort Worth 4 New Orleana railway,
the line win be opened for through travel
August !, is5b.
The distances by this new line are FOrtWofth
10 WaxhhGshie, forty ono mileh, For Worth
10 Houston 2sI miles, Fort Worth W calves.
ton, 8l7 miles, making tie short through Inc
between Fort Worth and Galveston,
a. FAuLNNER, 0enoIal IAaa. Akenl,