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A celebrated preacher makes the rec
ommendation of Ayers Pills matter of
religious duty. When people are bilious
and dyspeptic, what they Iced is the gos-
pei of health. In such cases the best
creed to swallow consists of the thirty
sugar-cSated articles in pill-box.
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l have thoroughly repaired the Barton
springs mill and will grind for a reason
able toll. Also have a first-class hominv
and gritz mill, and will furnish the trade
with fresh goods daily at reduced prices.
Jacob Stern, Alb Z. Pecan.
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Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
ScrofuIa Of Lungs Re-
lieved.

lam now ~ years old. and have suffered for
the last fifteen years with lung trouble. Sew
eral members Of the family on my mothers 5
side Of the house had died with consumption.
and the doctors were all agreed in their optn-
ion that had consumption also. had all the
distressing symptoms Of that terrible disease.
have spent thousands Of dollars 10 arrest the
march Of this disease: have employed all Of
the usual methods. not only in my own case.
but In the treatment Of other members of my
MmITS. nut temporary relief was all that OBJ
tained. Twas unfit for any manual labor for
several years. By chance ! came into posses
sion of pamphlet on Blood and Skin Dis
ease" from the Office of Swift Specific Co.. At
lanta. Ga A friend recommended the use OF
Swift's Specific. claiming that he himself
had been greatly benefited by its use
In some lung troubles. j resolved TO Try
It, About four years ago commenced TO take
5. Z. 5. according to directions. l found it IN
invigOrating tonic. and have used about fifty
bottles The results are most remarkable
turned. and weigh sixty pounds more than
ever did In my life. Ii has been three years
since 1 stopped the use OF the medicine. but
have had no return OF the disease. and there
DO the hardest kind II mechanical work, and
feel As well asl ever did since was boy.
These, know, are wonderful statements 70
make, but am honest when say that / owe
my existence and health to Swift's Specific
Ii Is the only medicine that brought me any
permanent relief. l do not say that Swift's
Specific will do this in every case, bur most
positively afiirm that IL has done this much for
me. and would be reel cant TO the duty I owe
TO suMering humanity ii failed 10 bear this
cheerful testimony e. the merits Of this Won
derful medicine. ! an well known In the city
Of Montgomery. and can refer TO some Of the
best citizens in the c.ty. II. HoLT.
Montgomery. Ala, June Is, lss5.
Swist's Specific is entirely vegetable. Treat
ise on Blood and Skin Diseases maileu free
TBE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Drawer 3, atlanta.
Ca, or Isl W. I'D ST.. n. Y.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
Rodents Rain the Sod Houses.
Chicago Herald.

Il don't know whether dare speak Of
rats here in Chicago or not. said man
from York. Neb. at the Grand Pacific.
one day last week -but I was going 70
tell you a peculiar thing Out in our
country . certain industry has been On
tirely ruined by rats Before We got q
railroad through our country there were
men who used to 60 around putting up
sod houses for settlersl | suppose IS per
cent OF the new settlers In our region oc
cupied sod houses when they first moved
upon their homesteads These builders
were particularly expert at the work.
though any body eau build sod house.
The turf out there is strong and thick.
aud they cut il up into squares about six
teen inches each way and Law il into
wall The wall builds up as trile as a die
If the plowing OF the turf has been care
fully done.
@Of course they put in doors and win
dOws Just as they would If the walls were
made Of brick or stone When the walls
are high enough they put some timbers
across, pile on some brush. and lay roof
Of more turf. These roofs turn water
nicely for year or two After awhile
they dry out aud are then not 80 good. In
this way settlers could put up house al
an expense of so. and do il in couple
Of days II they couldn't afford board
door they would dig down below the soil
aad the hard, dry sub soil made As pretty
q foor as man would want, sweeping
clean and keeping quite smooth. or
course our people have nice frame house.
low and have had for years. but sod out
buildings. stables aud wagon sheds wore
IN use until the railroad came through
and then ii was good b, e sod housea The
railroad brought in the rats and The rats
would cut sod house so full of holes in
. week that there was danger of its falling
down. The rats have driven sod houses
cut of the country
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01


Maj Sheffield. who was out on crutches
the other day receiving the congratula.
tons Of his friends. stated that be felt
first rate. and hoped u be able to throw
away his wooden legs In . short while
To Register man he gave some sddi
tional information concerning his en-
counter with stingsree. The fish was
he said. shout yard wide. and the sting
penetrated his leg shout three inchea The
first sensation was - II he bad been
pinched right sharply. He was about
100 yards from the shore ct tho Tina
knowing himself hurt be rowed - rap
idly IS possible About half way in the
poison began to pass through the system.
and the pain became terrible When the
sting was pulled out the barbs spread out
oil around and lacerated the flesh, making
hole an inch wide
-Ordinarily. said the major. - little
whisky effects me very quickly. but on
this occasion | drank over . pint of
whisky-maybe quart-and swallowed
two doses Of morphine. and all Of it had
no more effect than 50 much water.
Did you hollers"
NO, but | GRAINED and grit my teeth
mighty hard tell you it was the most
suuctuS uiau cNct posSou t0rOugn
don think could have stood any more
cf 1t than got believe l would have
gone to pieces II it had not let up just
Shen II did Three more minutes Of il
would have made me crazy.
How long did the pain lasts"
The severe pain lasted five solid houra
My leg sweIled up as big Is . watermelon,
and It hurt in every inch of its increased
proportions. Since the pain stopped l
have had pleasant time cannot begin
TO tell you how kind everybody has been
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
froAtlese PatoatA
AMERICAN Machinisf |

Probably not one in ten Of the patents
issued is ever heard from sfterwsrd, and
Of those thai do find s0me kind of foot.
Ing. in about nine cases out of ten il
would have been better for the inventor
and those interested with him il they had
been abandoned If those who are anx.
ious to show up what they call the monop.
oily Of invention will take the trouble TO
divide oil they can charge in the way of
pro Is to patents by the total number Of
patenlees. they will not find the quotient
alarmingly large
In The Official Gazette of July 81 the
number Of the last patent recorded is
patents were accounted for. and from this
the cost. sctus' and incidental. deducted,
the sum left u divide would in all prob.
ability be minus quantity. A good
deal Of the progress of the country 10 due
10 invention. Notwithstanding which in
ventors, Is class. are poorly paid il
paid At ali, which seems doubtful.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01

they are the impediments OF the marches
Of our lives And We are sil dyspeptic-
word that suggests the spectacles.
Dyspe psis ia not nervousness. or we
might owe something to 1t in literature,
il Is far unlike that depression under
which DE Quincy piufully says. Com
position Of any sort 'sas inexpressibly
painful-s burden Which became public
gain. spepsis ould have crushed
Cromwell aud deferred the fall Of Charles
Minerva springing from JOve's head. that
preternatursl antic. may have been but
an undigesied morsel under the imperial
girdle dyspepsia is author Of many a
doubt and gloomy doctrine in theology
II may ha ',een the devil that vexed
Luther and the saints II has lost
battles 1t has stranglsd ideas
We need kitchen reform. and the es
tablishment Of classes In which not only
young women can be taught how to cook.
but young ladies qualified TO superintend
the culinary departments Of their future
households 1t is time We realized that
nothing useful Is vulgar or undignified
II cooking is vulgar. so is eating; and let
US disrense with both or make both oh,
iects Of study. II is no materialism to
say that the food We eat is the thoughts
we think. the doctrines We hold to. the
experiences We treasure or try to forget.
our successes or failures What we con
sumo becomes ourselves, and life Is seen
by everv man through the medium OF his
physical being and condition
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
Tea and Tobacco In Ais.ks.

Lieut.. Schwatka in Chicago Times
While descending the Yukon many ma,
tives visited our Heating palace of logs in
their canoes and offered US for sale small
birch. bark baskets full Of stunied buckle.
berries. the one common begging being
for either tea or tobacco. 1Chy, chy
chy," we heard from morning till night.
A person wholly unfamiliar with the
word. and having no Interpreter, might
think rs be invaded this land that is was
q native method of salutation, q sort of
~GoOdday sir" -Welcomel" or their
equivalents. but 1t isn't anything of the
sort. 1t is the Russian for tea, and you
hear the Indians begging for il far be.
you'd where the Russians themselves had
ever been trading on the river
As this commodity first sought the
river in the hands of the Russian traders
at nearly both- ends Of the great stream
flor the Yukon river. o. er 2.OOO miles
long, heads within twenty or thirty miles
of the Pacific OCEAN. it is very likely that
the Indians knew no other name for il,
and as they cultivated its taste. they also
appropriated its Russian name With tea
and tobacco for trading material. Q trsv
eler may journey anywhere in Alaska and
the British northwest territory, and rs
long IS it lasts he will be supplied with
the current coin of the realm
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Eue paII'S,re @ lel Sn .aJ -, ~. a ..,fo,
MecnA'''cS'u's' o'' "''" "'''''"'&>' ''e '''"
JOINT
Messrs- Jones ana Smali WI, co,iuuc' '',
mSi-aAy siaHsS ,,';s a., AZ S''''s' man. VIM
hau. ouihs .'"S "A
Rev. Sam Jones preached 10 uemen-
deus crowd OF men ~ Ch.cihhau MUSIC
nan '"huas ai"i"
Colonel 5. n. Donavin len New fofk
last night for Delaware. D. he was warned
against an attempt that might De made on
his life.
VIM. Rex, convicted ofsmanslaughter Tor
the killing OF John Plotner, has been sen
fenced at Medina. o.. to three years In the
penitontiary.
J. M. Shallenberger and W. W. Trles-
dale took first and second honors. respect
lively. at an oratorical contest at Wooster
fO.5 University.
The .o,,t ~ tho soin In tn, suh. treasury
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
SCENES ON A CHINESE RAce-coURse.



A wide detour round the ditch brings
us into the very thick Of Chinese race
course dregs Yet these dregs differ from
their Lngiish congeners in being friends
of sOap aud water and destitute of esprit
de corps There are no shooting stalls. no
shows. and no Aunt Sallies-real cracks
over their own heads, which must be re-
ceiyed with patience. are so frequent that
they lose the zest of joke-but in lieu Of
them. gambling booths Of every shade and
description illustrate the Chinese passion
for play Gambling booths for large
sums gambling booths for knickkDacks.
gambling booths for high. priced drinka
bles, gambling booths for low pricad
,srrion; each booth with an eager throng
Of both sexes and of all ages around it,
which renders calculation di Gcult
Private Thomas Atkins thinks II will
be pleasant and easy 10 win . dollar or 30
from the heather Chinee. but ere long he
disco ers that he has been bestcd. and
tha, the heather Chinee 10 infinitely too
clever for him.
What Is that turmoil see In the dis
lance, with scuttling about Of the crowd,
among whom two white helmeted red
coats are conspicuOusly PROMINENT I'm
ragged at having been done" ~ the native
rouge et nOir. they put in practice lit
lynch law. tear down the fragile canvas
booth. arm themselves with the support.
ing bamboo poles. clear = space by whiri-
ing them around like the arms of wind
mill. i'm ariialk rain down cracks on the
skulls of the unrcs!stiug surrounders and
then quietly withdraw TO more reput
able part of the course zach party 10
perfectly satisfied the Chinese sharpes
gloats over his filched gains. aud the sol
diers think they have taken change in the
vengeance they have executed
The fracas has scarcely interrupted the
flow, or rather the torrent. Of gambling
The young imp of about $ years old js
this department of vice He Is gambling
for his dinner at the booth of Wrinkled,
diabOlicsl, loathsome old male Atrocitv
and still more loathsome hag A form Of
blind hockey is. fancy. the favorite
form of vice Coin after coin. each worth
about one fth Of a farthing. he loses al
his ventures. The imps face lowers. and
his features become contorted with angry
excitement. faster. faster he plays regard
less of his fifths Of fsrthings, until at last
be wins.
With . grOwl one would never have
supposed that boyish throat could have
emitted, be dashos on one side up to tho
tray of raw meat seizcs . lump Of horri
ble-e-Aeewf With singular jexterity BY
heans OF chop sticks, piunges II inso .
kettle Of boiling rancid grease. and then
rams the dreadful morsel into his throat
His checks are distended to near bursting.
the tears Of scalding suffocation stand in
his eyes. ard he nearly chokes; but still
be wears your thorough gamblers expires
sion If delight al having st last won
Childho0d's Innocence is not . pretty
sight out here. Are these creatures
really akin to English childhood
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
hoRse.cAR ETIQUETTE.
HsW Il Has Progressed and What Co
ductor Foresee~ In the Near Future.

HsW Il Has Progressed and What Con-
ductor Forssee~ In the Near Future.
Horse car etiquette has made seve,n-league
strides In few months. says the BOOklyn
Union. Ii used to be the rule for woman
who got into . crowded car to select her
victim, take up position In front Of him.
and stare 1t him until he gave up his seat.
Then she would scOwl because he kept her
waiting 80 long. A forward step was made
when men who gave up their seats were ne
waried with q nod, and then again when
very mild Thank yOun was uttered Fol-
lowing that, not very long ago, something
new was introduced and Is in vogue vet.
The give-me-a-seat glance around the car
was answered by q raised hat the owner
arose, the woman pushed to the vacated
seat and with q smile said Il thank YOU"
This was believed 10 be as far as the thing
could go until one day during the week just
ended. 1t was at dusk, and . car that
turned into Myrtle avenue from Fulton
street was crowded. A dozen men stood,
and with one exception the seats were oc-
cupied by women. The. car stopped and a
richly dressed woman of 80 or thereabOuts,
entered The solitary male occupant of
seat was young man with big collar, tall
silk hat, and q thick cane with big silver
head. He dOffed his hat when the wOman's
eyes fell on him, and she went smilingiy
with rush for the seat
You are very kind, /" she said. preparing
to drop into the vacant space and crowd
the people on either side
Don't mention il, he replied
But l must l have been on my feet
shopping ever since 2 o'clock. and am lust
too tired to stand minute. II it was not
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
A oAsTRoNoMlc GROWER
Thinks We Need . Kitchen keeorm-Ths
Americas Eater and His Dyspepsia
ROSfCn R,id0v.f |

Thinks We Need Kitchen kesorm-TAs
Americas Eater and His Dyspepsia
Bostcn Budget
Eating Is not particularly aesthetic but
il is tri daily acknowledgment to our.
selves and others of our mortal feeb.eness
Were not the practice of eating general. it
would be he'd disgraceful yielding. and
We should feed shyly. with q shame at
being seen, like thar Of munching lunch
seated on curbstone. "What q piece of
work is man, how noble in reasonl how
infinite in faculties, In form and moving.
how express and admirable! in action,
how like an angel. In apprehension. how
like god. the beauty Of the world! the
paragon of animals. Yet thrice q day
this paragon and godlike animal indulges
IN apprehension Of quite another sort,
for it is feeding time. and there is q
snarling and swapping aud tieshy wsg.
ging of jaws till the machine which Is
within US is resupplied with fuel. People
confess this weakness to each other and
rush in herds 10 satisfy it. as though
singly 1t were an abasement
Is Il because eating is ungraceful that II
Is 20 little honoretlg A lady looks least
like an angel 1t the dinner table; is that
the reason she loves the kitchen 90 little.
Is 1t for such . reason. or by an inherent
vice IN national character. that the repre-
sentative American is sallOw, lean. loose
jointed man, who began life with good
constitution. which be treated as if he had
q grudge against it, who every day steps
over mountains in his path. and nj 80
finds out. for the first time, that he has
an internal" stomach, thereupon going
into the dnctop'a handa .n1 afe..0I
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01
Because IL La

Among the "reminiscences of the late Mr..
Rankin In the Milwaukee Sentinel is this
from Mr.. TOrTey, ex-state senator:
joe Rankin was friend worth having.
His social life and political life were en-
tirely separate. and he had as many repub-
lican rs democratic admirers. He had
great notion while in the state senate of
making things IS uncomfortable for a new
member as he could. He did it for the
sport 1t afforded him. He delighted to
observe the discontinue of the green men,
bers. and never lost an Opportu-
niiy to gratify his whim. l was called to
the chair when l first went into the senate,
and resolution that had passed the day
previous came up. Joe offered an amend
ment-which OF course, was all right and
proper-but knew that one amendment
by Joe meant ten at least, 50 l ruled the
amendment out of order.
Does the chair mean to say that an
amendment is out of order?-
Yes"
win the chair please explain the reason
for his remarkable rlling?"
He will. 1t is because ii is out of Of
der
1T was the only time I ever saw Joe
beaten when he was trying to trifle, and It
broke him all mp, so to speak"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01

Southern Sweden is now sinking, IN
inch NJ time under the brackish waves
Of the encroaching Baltic Streets in
Swedish towns. originally built, no doub bt
like most other s,reets,, above hiRh.
water mark. now lie below the tide which
must be very uncomfortable for their
owners with other earlier and still lower
streets beneath and beyond them The
whole peninsula. in fact. 10 gradually dis
appearing beneath the waters OF the
Baltic.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01

No medical man has ever been made q
peer 10 England. They do not fulfil the
conditions indispensable to ennoblement
A pee1 must be wholly disconnected with
trade or the active practice Of . profes.
sion. and only such persons IS have ceased
to be engaged in the exercise Of Q remun.
erative vocation can be ennobled.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01

The Netr Era, the prohibition organ of
this city. seems to betrying to dignity itself
by assuming that its blackguartiing of us
has furnished our temper with some other
feeling than amusement We have been
sPlayfully tickling il 10 make it climb and
Expose itself.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01

The police commissioners in Cincinnati
are afflicted the same as their party in the
senate. They are sick, and they desire
delay in the investigation Of their case.
The Cincinnati end of the Ohio democracy
is tOo shocking defomity to be exposed
inst uoW
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-02-01

After Gladstone's interview with the
queen he should rush home. seize his keenest
AK, and sally out and whack down big
tree. This would regurgitate his feelings
and take the taste out of his mouth.