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Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-30

a glorious end. God the rewarder
lives. .
a.
$50 that we might fancy that when
the soul is lifted up from the earth, and
projected into the pure atmosphere of
faith, it would continue to soar into the
heaven of heavens, nor rest until it
reached the throne OF God. But we
know too we'll this is not so, thatit gray
itates to the world OF the senses, and
that it has leaden weight of self-will
bearing it downward. Against these
hindranees we cannot even strive, much
less rise above them, unless the Com
forter be continually helping us onward,
by convincing us more and more deep
ly OF the sin of not believing in Christ.
Hence he who truly believes, the
stronger his faith in the unseen world
may be, with the greater humiliation
will he depore his own inability to live
in an unwavering communication with it,
and to subdue the temptations which
would draw him away from it, the more
earnestly will he cry, "Lord, / believe;
help thou my mbehefP
~
Gin connection with the delicate func-
ton Of moral Self-review, it occurs nat
urally to mention PRAYER. In this
scientific age, when everything is anal
wed, and anatomized, and tabulated,
there is tendency to talk OF knowledge
as a power to which all things are sub
ieCt. But the maxim that knowledge is
power is true only where knowledge is
the main thing wanted. There are
higher things than knowledge In the
world there are living energies and in
the moral world, certainly, it is not
knowledge but aspiration that is the
moving power, and The ring Of aspira-
hon is prayer. Where aspiration is
wanting, the soul creeps; it cannot fly;
it is at best Gagged bird, curiously busy
in counting and classifying the bars OF
its own confinement OF course, we
do not mean that any person should be
so full of his own little self. and so igno-
rant OF the grandeur Of the universe, as
to besGige the ear Of Heaven with petit
tons that the laws of the universe shall
be changed any moment that may suit
his convenience. We do not pray that
we may alter the Divine DEGREES, but that
our human will may learn to move in
harmony with the divine will"
Southern ladies' journal. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1886-18??, 1886-10-30

Heliotrope velvet, with folds of hello
trope silk canvas let into the center of
the crown, makes bonnet that is light
swell as pretty. The trimming is a
border of Iudic and silver, and the bow
in front is of the silk canvas, built up in
the prevailing fashion. It is amusing to
note the difference between the real and
apparent size of bonnets trimmed in
this way. Taken in the hand, they are
seen to be small but set on the head,
they seem to be formidable.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
WASHlNGTON'S MOTHER.
A Woman Born to Command and to In
spire Respect.

"A Woman Born to Command and to In
spire Respect.
She was woman born to command,
and since she was left alone with a
family and an estate to care for, she
took the reins into her own hands, and
never gave them up to any one else.
She used to drive about in an old
fashioned open chaise. visiting the
various parts of her farm, Just as
a planter would do on horseback. The
story is told that she had given an
agent directions how to do piece of
work, and he had seen fit to do it
differently, because he thought his way
better one. He showed her the i'm.
provement.
''And pray said the lady, "who
gave you any exercise of judgemnt in
the matterp command you, sir;
there is nothing left for you but to
obey
l think that George Washington
owed two strong traits to his mother
governing spirit, and a spirit of order
and method. She taught him many
lessons and gave him many rules; but,
after all, it was her character shaping
his which was most powerful. She
taught him to be truthful, but her les
sons were not half so forcible as her
own truthfulness. s.-Hezekidk BuHrs.
aCorth, IN st. Nicholas
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"
"A romance
Expect-aunt-sea:
Hop-poor-tune-he-tea;
Sew-sigh-I-tie;
Ma--try-mOney.

EXpecL-au0t-Soa:
-pOOr-tune-he-tea;
Sew-Sigh-I-tie;
Ma--try-money.
-LoUeU Citizen.
The best time for a young man to
take his girl sleighing is during s'driv.
ing snow Storm He can use both his
arms to hold his girl in the sleigh and
let the snow do the driving. Norris
to,On Herald.
First dude-Aw-my deah fellah,
I had tooth drawn at the dentists to-
day, and took gas. Second dude
Deed, ole f'1er? I had my hair cut Of
the barber to-day, and took gas, too.
Boston Courier.
Little five-year-old as he looked at
the sun, said "How does the sun set,
anyhow, Grandma?" "When you are
older, you will understand" was the
reply. 30 I know" said the irrepres-
sible after moments pause, "God
pulls the string and the sun goes
down. Golden Days.
An old sea Captain, who was a
blockade runner during the rebellion,
was observed leading home bulldog
the other evening. In answer to an
inquiry, he said he was going into the
old business again. He explained that
his daughter had beau and be was
going to run the blockhead off his
premises. s.-LoUeJ Citizen.
When men sneer at the want of
courage in women they seem to forget
that tender and delicate girl will
silently, and without a sign, endure
untold agonies in breaking in new
pair of boots two sizes too small for
her, while man will rip and snort az
if he was shot if his buck corn happens
to be disturbed by bit of heartless
leather.-FaU RiUer AdUance.
Popular Concerts in Chicago: Prof.
Wienerachnitzel-"I vas going to gif
M peneft concert Could sold YOU
q few tickets? Won dollar each. ;"
Victim-"Yes; you may give me ten
tickets Prof. We'll, l tell you
vot do. You gif me fife dollars unit l
Won't gif me no concert. Den We both
make money; amt itP'-Sdn Francisco
Chronicle.
-s.You know that sweet little sculp-
tress who has studio on Fifty-steenth
street?' said young Prettiboy, II met
her at Mrs. Pincebeck's last night. She
completely turned my head. y "SoP" said
the Judge, thoughtfully, II knew she
modelled IN clay, but didn't suppose
she worked in wood at all. However,"
But young Prettiboy who is no
ass, if he does look nice, had started to
walk around the block and think it
.ver.-Burdette.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

Important to the Public as well as the
Medical Profession.
Halls Journal of Hedlth referring to Con-
sumption, makes the following important
statement:
Consumption usually begins with a
slight, dry cough in the morning, then on
going to bed, getting more and more fire.
quent, with more and more phlegm, in
creasing debility, thinness of flesh, short.
ness Of breath, and quickness of pulse, y
and it may be added that in des-
perate cases, and, in fact, in all cases
Of Consumption, or troubles of the
throat and lungs, immediate relief may be
obtained and permanent eyre effected by
the use of DR.. Wm. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs, medicine known for more than
thirty-fve years as an unfailing remedy for
coug ghs, colds, bronchitis and all pulmonary
and pectoral diseases. That the worst cases
of Consumption have been cured by the use
Of Halls Balsam has been attested to by
the thousands who have used it, or have
been cognizant of its wonderful remedial
efficacy. For sale by all druggists.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
WAGNER AS A BOY.
The Earliest Works of the Author and
Composer of "Lohengrin."

The Earliest Works Of the Author and
Composer of .'Lohengrin."
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was born
at Leipzig, March %, 1918. When he
was nine, he went to school, where he
was the despair of the teacher who in
structed him in music; he paid no at
tention to his practicing, but seized ev-
cry opportunity Of repeating the melo-
dies that he heard, especially those OF
..Der Freischutz,N which had already
kindled his powerful imagination. An
cient history, mythology, Greek and
Latin were his favorite studies, but his
heart was really in none of these, for
he had secret aim which absorbed all
his thoughts and feelings-he was
poet! In his eleventh year, he won
prize for the best poem on dead
school-mate, and soon after this he
translated the first twelve books of the
Odyssey. He taught himself English,
and Immediately became so absorbed
in Shakespeare that he decided to write
a tragedy. For two long years he
toiled, and during this period he con-
trived to Kill off forty-two people in his
drama He was forced to relent, how
ever, and to recall them as ghosts in
the last act in order to have performers
enough to play the parts. Meantime he
had left Dresden, where he had been
living, and entered school at Leipzig.
brt he had so neglected his studies for
musical composition that he was put
back class; this so discouraged him
that he gave himself entirely to his
tragedy When he had nearly finished
it, he first heard Beethoven's music.
This had so strong an influence over
him that he determined to set his
tragedy to music, and purchased a
book on thorough-bass to prepare him
self for his task. So fascinated did he
become with the study that he deter
mined to be a poet no longer, but that
music should have the devotion of his
life. When his family learned of his
tragedy, they were much troubled, for
they felt it was the cause of his back
wardness at school; but when they
found him to be writing music, they
were in despair, for they believed it to
be nothing more than fancy, and that
it might do the boy great harm. He
was not to be discouraged, however,
and composed in secret. But at last
he was placed under the instruction OF
r Theodore Weinlig, a man stepped in
the spirit of Father Bach" who put
him through a six months study OF
counterpoint. Now he learned and
loved Mozart.-Agatho Tunis, in St.
Nicholas
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
THE GoNAGRA.
A Western Plant Which Supersedes Bark
NJ q Tanning Agent.

A Western Plant Which Supersedes Bark
~ Tanning Agent.
The discovery of safe and efficient
tanning agent to take the place salts
factorily of the costly hemlock bark has
long been desideratum, notwithstand-
ing the various substitutes which have
been brought forward. Recently con-
siderable has been said of the discovery
made some time since by an Arizona
tanner of plant which carries large
proportion Of tannin, and which, when
used in the manufacture of hather, is
found to give extra weight to the article
produced. This plant is of annual
growth, Indigenous to the deserts and
dry uplands, and is known as gonagra.
1t has root somewhat longer and more
scraggy than the cultivated beet, though
resembling it in appearance, and practi-
cal use has demonstrated its tannin
properties to pe about three times as
great as the ordinary oak bark, and that
in all essentials it is superior to such
bark in the manufacture of leather. 1t
has now been in use for this purpose a
considerable time, proving beyond ques-
ton its superior adaptedness, while in
respect to cost, as compared with bark,
it has immense advantage over the lat
tern. Y. Sun.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
SHE TAKES THEM IN.
&0w York City Absorbing the Big Ricl
Men Of the Country.

A1w York City Absorbing the Big Rich
Men Of the Country.
New York goes on swallowing up
::..iillionaires in its capacious NAV year
after year. The same great stretch Of
territory from which the millionaires
already here draw supplies of the lux
pries of living furnishes an annual new
Supply of millionaires themselves.
New York gets salmon and fruit from
the Golden Gate, and the tables of her
rich men team with articles of food
from every State and Territory in the
Intervening space. So, too, she has
millionaires for all these States. was
reminded of this by recent chat with
Ithiel Stone, of Cleveland, large car
pet dealer and wealthy citizen of the
Forest City. 'sAs soon as one of our
citizens becomes wealthy he comes to
New York to live,h said Mr.. Stone.
"Quite recently Colonel Oliver H.
Payne decided to make this city his
home, and only short time ago John
Rockefeller came on here and bought
himself mansion. They are both of
the Standard Oil Company, which has
already contributed one of the Rocka-
fellers and John M. Flagler to the list
of your millionaires. Colonel Payne is
the wealthiest man of the lot, though
he has the least reputation for wealth.
He had large fortune left him by his
grandfather John Rockafellow was
President of the Standard. He had the
reputation of being rich. But / can
understand how it came about that he
had this reputation while Colonel Payne
did not. He would 60 out driving on
the Lake roads. When he drove up to
a tavern the hostler was called for to
take his horses and was tipped well for
it. The word was passed around that
the elegant gentleman was Mr.. Rocka-
feller, President of the Standard Oil
Company, and very wealthy. Colonel
Payne, with twice as much wealth,
driving out to the same place, would
put his own horses out and see himself
that they were cared for before he went
in to his own dinner 1t wasn't mean
ness in the matter of tips, for he spent
just as much money that way as the
other man, but pure love OF his ami
mails. Yet he got none of that reputa-
ton which the other mans ways car
ried with him. 1t was only when he
bought half million property in New
York and presented it to his sister that
Cleveland woke up to the fact that he
must be enormously wealthy. His
property in Cleveland alone is valued
at about eight or ten million dollars"
Gath, IN Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
a New Sort Of Jewel.

The fashiona BILE gem Of the day in
Paris is the oudja. The ondja is simply
. charm, the virtue of which lies in the
fact that it is as old as the pyramids. The
oadja is made of a delicate parallelo-
gram of gold or silver, in which is seen
an eye, elongated in form, from which
falls tear and divides into smaller
drops. 1t serves as an ornament for
charms brooches, pins and especially
bracelets.
A strange and inexpllcable symbol,
the oudj0 was nevertheless at once
adopted by people of taste and ele-
rance. In London it is creating Juror.
--JeaCeler's Weekly.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

Robert Garrett, of the Baltimore &
Ohio Company, is generally spoken Of
as more daring speculator than his
father. Speaking Of Mr.. Vanderbilt's
death he recently said: ''The dramatic
incident of my life was the sudden death
of Mr.. Vanderbilt in my presence. I
shall never forget it. 1t came like a
fearful dream and SO swift was the
change from life to death that it could
scarcely be realized. IN. Y. Herald.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
Yale divinity students were enter

Yale divinity students were enter
tanned the other day by an individual
who has been sightless for twenty-five
years. He lectured on "The Fun of
Being Blind" and so ludicrous were his
descriptions of the comicalities of his
condition that the usually straight-laced
"theologues" were convulsed with laugh
ter for sixty consecutive minutes.
Hartford Post.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
Young Men, Read This.

THE VoLTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO VOL
TAIC BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
on trial for 30 days, to men (young or old)
afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vital
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, ,and many 9TH
or diseases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor, and manhood guaranteed. No risk in
Cured, as 30 days. trial is allowed. Write
them at once for illustrated pamphlet, free.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

MANY hospitals and curative institutions
use only Red Star Cough Cure, for throat
and lung troubles 1t cures. Price, twenty
Eve cents. St. Jacobs Oil cures rheumatism
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
Two card-playing friends were pass

Two card-playing friends were pass
ing through pine forest in Maine,
when one asked the other this audacious
conundrum: "Why can not the proprie-
tor of the forest fell his own timber?"
..Because no one is allowed to cut when
it is his own deal. Shoe and Leather
ReDOTter
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

For throat and lung troubles, the most re-
liable remedy is Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

PIKE's TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in minute, 25c
GIcnn's Sulphur Soap heals and beauties. 25c.
GEaHAN CORN REMOVE kills Corns Bunions
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

BECAUSE the baby is a little yeller it's no
sign he is Chinaman.-Palrner Journal.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

THOSE who are always for-getting-Mon-
ey-grabbers.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
Hoods SarsapariIla
Hoods Sarsapar;II.
100 Doses One Doy,.
Nasal catarrh.

Ny son seventeen
years old has been af-
flicted with nasal CO.
tarrh since quite
young. I was induced
70 try Ely's Cream
Balm and before he
had used one bottle
that dlsagreeable Ca
tarrhal smell had all
left him. He appears
as well as any one. Ii
IS the best Cat arTiI
remedy in the market,
j. G. OLASTEAD, Ar
cola, III.
] find Ely's Cream
Balm good for Catarr h
of long standing.-M.
n. LAsLEY. 1884 West
Chestnut Street, Louis
vile, Ky.
Aparticle Is applied in
use. Price 50 cents by !
circular. ELY nROTfi
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

PLAYS leading part in life-The blind
mans dog.-Boston Courier.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

If a cough disturbs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest well.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

PHYSICIANS indorse Halls Hair Renewer.
Its use is always attended with good results.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

A POPULARITY of stage banquet Is the
great variety Of supes.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

DOES any one know the value Of flowers
who hasn't botanya (bought any.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

WHEN passenger boards a steamboat,
what is the bill Of fare!-N. 7. Ledger.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
| CURE FITS!

Wnen say cure do not mean merely to stop them fog
time and then have them return agsin mean radi
cal cure. have made the disease Of FITS, EPILEPSY
orFALLTNG SICKNESS lifelong study. Iwarrantmy
renedyto cure the worst cases Becauso others have
failed is for receiving Send
for treatise and Free Bottle Of my infalble
remedy. Give Express and Post Once. 1t yor
nothing for q trial, and win ycu.
1ddrsss Dr.. n. g. BOOT. Ia Pearl St. New ysxk.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

FOLKS who areoAways for.giving-Char.
table persons.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
CONSUMPTION.

Important to the Public as well as the
Medical Profession.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23

scraped the arch top of the tunnel and dis
placed several of the arch bars, causing a
cave-in. About thirty feet of arching fell
and the train was split in twain. The en-
gine was derailed and one car loaded with
merchandise entirely crushed.
The recent cold snap is said to have been
the longest and severest ever felt in Flor
ida. The loss in oranges on the trees, ac-
cording to Captain Ives, manager of the
Florida Fruit Exchange, is $1,0OO,OOO. The
loss to the vegetables is immense, some
men having sixty to one hundred acres
killed. Water spouts, tanks, etc., were
frozen solid at JacksoDs lille. Skating was
indulged in upon the ponds, scene never
before witnessed in Florida. All the grow
ers say that the trees are in splendid con-
dition to Withstand the freeze, owing to
the severe weather previous to this.
Burglars blew open the safe of L. Cohen
& Co., wholesale liquor dealers, at Atlanta,
Ca, few nights ago, and stole $1,000.
Jack Frost made sharp call.
Fire at Aiken, S. c., a few days ago de-
stroyed the store and stock of NJ. j.
!Moseley, B. w. Moseley, J. r. Hewlate
and F. B. Henderson. Loss, 10000; in
surance, $4,000. A keg of powder ex-
ploded during the fire, seriously injur-
ing two negroes and q white boy.
John Connor and Adam McNab, OF
Spring Place, Ca, were suitors for the
hand Of Miss Jennie Henry, local belle.
Connor secured the prize and was mar
ried on Christmas eve. A few nights ago
some one knocked at his door, and opening
it he discovered his rival, who shot him
dead and fed to parts unknewn.
Kentucky has furnished eleven Speakers
Of the House OF Representatives.
Huntsville gazette., 1886-01-23
EATARRH

Aparticle isappled into each nostril; IL arr,atlo,
use. Price 50 cents by mail or at Druggists, Sen5 ~
circular. ELY BB0THERS Druggists 0weeo y y
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-31
Bad Air.

When a person has remained for an oour or more in crowded and poorly ventilated room or railroad-car, the sys- tenn is already contaminated to a greater or lesser extent, by breathing air vitiated by exhalations from the lungs, bodies and clothing of the occu- pants. The immediate effect of those poisons, is to debilitate, to lower vital fly, and to impair the natural power of the system to resist disease. Hence it is that persons who are attecked by in- hammatory diseases, as pneumonia or rheumatism, can generally trace the be- ginning of the disease to a chill felt on coming out of a crowded room into the cold or damp air, wearing perhaps, thin shoes, and insufficient clothing. If these facts were generally under stood and acted upon, thousands of lives might be saved every year. It i, well-know fact that men who 'camp out, sleeping on the ground at all sea- sons of the year, seldom have pneumo- nia, and that rheumatism with them, comes as a rule, only from unwarrant- able imprudences. There are two facts that should be learned by every person capable of appreciating them, and should never be lost sight of for mo- ment.
 One is that exhalations from the lungs the breath-are a deadly poison, con- taining the products of combustion, in the form of carbonic acid gas, and il person were compelled to reinhale 1t unmixed with the oxygen of the air 1t would prove as destructive to life as the fumes of charcoal.
 This is an enemy that is always pres ent, in force, in assemblies of people, and only constant and free infusion oi fresh air prevents it from doing mis- chief that would be immediately appar- ent. The other fact is that pure air is the antidote to this poison.
 The oxygen of the air is the greatest oi all purifiers. Rapid streams of water that pass through large cities, receiving the sewerage, become pure again tlroaGh the action of the air after run hiuga lev mics. Air is the best of all blood purifiers Combined with vigorous exercise to make it effective it will cure any oUable case of consump- .''n, -HaLPS Journal 0f Health.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-31
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