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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-15

CHEAPEST ROUTE.
RATES MUCH LESS THAN HALF
CHARGED BY ANY OTHER ROUTE.
FARE To NORFOLK. si-NO LIMIT.
WAY.LANDING FARES nom 2oc. 10 I'll.
second class tickets stu lower.
FARE TO WAVERLY, $3.50.
FARE TO HlCksEORD. S2.25.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-15

On Trains So and IS sleeping are run
between Richmond and Greensboro. lucs5
cars are open at T.. VI. for passengers.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11
Potato Points.

Potatoes do we'll on corn land that
has been MANFRED for the corn crop.
Good sod land can also be used. A
deep mellow seed bed should be Sc.
cured by deep ploughing and thorough
pulyerlzing. Manure and moisture
are essentials. Old stable manure
can be ploughed in. Some of the best
crops are raised with commercial fer
tilizers.
Plant in drills or burrows. from four
to six inches deep, according to the
soil, light sandy soils deeper, heavier
soils more shallow. Drop the sets and
cover them with couple of inches of
soil, and then SOW the fertilizer in the
furrow, and cover in the rest of the
soil.
Go over the field with common
harrow, running lengthwise of the
rows, just before the plants push their
noses through and thus destroy all the
weeds; afterwards cultivate fat thro'
the season, using only the common
cultivator.
One of the best ways to use stable
manure for potato crop is to pillow it
in the fall.
Planting whole potatoes gives the
best yield, according to the trials of
the New York Experiment Station ;
half tubers are next best; quarter tu-
bers next; single eyes yield least.
Trials made at the Rural New Yorker
grounds favor cutting to two eyes !;
other trials correspond with both of
these results. The best way is not
yet known.
Paris green or London Purple to
destroy the potato bug is more econ
omically applied with plaster or
goound gypsum than with water, and
the results are better. Mix one part
of poison with one hundred parts, by
weight, Of plaster. Too much of the
poison Injuries the foliage, If suffi-
Gent care is used in the thorough
mixture of the substance, Paris Green
can be used in the proportion of 1 to
150.- Vick.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11

Rough on Rats"
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants, bed
bugs.
Heart Pains.
Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings Dizziness, In.
digestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
wells Health Remover"
Rough on Corns"
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns." l5c. Quick
complete cure. Hard or soft corn, warts, bunions
"Buchu-Paiba."
Quick, complete cure. all Kidney. Bladder and
Urinary Diseases, Scalding, Irritation, Stone
Gravel Catarrh of the Bladder. 81, Druggists
Bed-Bugs, Flies.
Flies, reaches, ants bed bugs rats mice, goph
ers, cripmunks, cleared out by Trough on Rats.
Is cents.
Thin People.
wells Health Remover" restores health ant
vigor, cures Dyspe psia, Impotence, Sexual De
billty. 81.
Rough on Pain"
Cures cholera. collie. cramps diarrhea, aches
palms. Sprains, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism
20c. Rough on Pain Plaster, l5c.
Mothers.
If you are failing, broken, worn out and nerv
Gus, use Wells Health Remover. 81. Druggists
Life Preserver.
III you are losing your grip on life, try Nv ellis
Health Remover" Goes direct to weak spots.
Rough on Piles
Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching, Protrud-
ing, Bleeding, Internal or other Internal and
External Remedy in each package. Sure cure
SOC. Druggists.
Pretty Women.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivscity
Don't fail TO try Wells Health Remover.
CROUCH on Itch"
Rough on Itch cures hum rs erup:ions. ring
worm, letter salt rheum, frosted feet chillblains
Rough on Catarrh."
Corrects offensive odors at once. Complete cure
of worst CHI rouic cases, also uueq uaed a. gar lie
for Diptheria, Sore Throat, Foul Breath. SOC.
The Hope of the Nation.
Children, slow in development. puny. scrawny
and delicate use Wells Health Remover"
Catarrh of.the Bladder
Singing. irritation. Inflammation. all Kidney
and Urinary complaints, cared by "Buchu
Patba." 81.
Water Bugs. Reaches"
Rough on Rats clears them out. also Beetles
Ants.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11
SPECIAL NOTICE.

exchange Tor new ones. Have put them in perfect W
order 10 Ike Oder them the extremely low pr
- L zoo. including a complete set Of attachme
perfect working order, some OF them good ne
won't last long. loars
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11
lMP0l1Ils J0BBElS 4 RETAILERS
DRY GOODS.

Have on hand at all times splendid stock Of
DRESS GOODS, SILKS. MOURNING GOODS.
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when We receive plain and explicit directions
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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11
Agency for Celluloid Collars and Cuffs.

We have on haui $50 Machines of diff
terent makes, which We have taken in
orking order in cur repair shop, and in
ce of $500. - 600 and
lis. Every machine warranted to be in
n or 20 sale. Call earl; as the supply
C. ACERBACH i BRO.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11

The Hope of the Nation.
Children, slow in development. puny. scrawny
and delicate use Wells Health Remover"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-06-11

Corrects offensive odors at once Complete cure
worst chronic cases, also uueq ualed a. gar gle
" Diptheria, Sore Throat, Foul Breath. Soc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27
A Woman's Memory.

A woman in one of the Lewiston dry
goods stores was in a quandary the
other afternoon. She had too MANY
strings on her fingers. Now" said
she, "that string on my forefinger is to
remind me to get four yards of baby
ribbon, and that red string there is so
as'I won't forget to call at the stove
shop and get the wash-boiler that's
being mended. The piece of yellow
ribbon is for powdered sugar for cake
for the festival, and the yarn on my
thumb is-lemme s-e-e--is to get four
skeins of domestic yarn for mittens for
the boys. What puzzles me is this
other piece. Seems though it was
somethin' about givin' the horse some
dinner somewhere. but 1 don't just re-
member. O dear mel How nervous il
makes mel | want twelve yards of I'M
bleached cotton cloth and two spools OF
thread. I've got to get some velvet to
trim over my new winter bonnet, and !
want some hairpins and some buttons
for my cloak, and some ruching, and
won't you let me look at some of your
winter garments, and-there. | want
two sticks of braid, black, please, and
two papers of pins, and paper OF
needles, and some whalebones, and q
yard of brown silesia, two spools OF
twist, and what sort of lace have you
got to trim dress for my dau-O
mercy sakes! What an escape! Isn't
it fortunate9 I've just recalled what
that string is for! It's to remind me to
call at my sisters in Lewiston and get
my daughter who has been visiting here
and take her home with me. Oh. my
poor memory! Isn't it fortunate put
the string on my finger? Good day.
You put up the goods and I'll be back
after them," and she went out before
the clerk had time to perpetrate the
trade-marked chestnut, us that all?n
What a blessing is forgetfulness!-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27
A Mystery.

An oil well is a mystery" when its
yield is kept secret by the owners, for the
purpose of making money by affecting
the price of oil in the market. If new
well proves to be gusher, the price of
oil is lowered; if but small pro-
Queer" or dry hole, prices go up, So.
by keeping secret the character of new
well, those on the "inside" are able to
take advantage of any changes that oc-
cur in the price of oil through the ru-
mors which Immediately get afioat con-
corning it, and to make money by buy
ing and selling oil-speculating. as it is
called. 1t sometimes happens, even,
that false rumors are circulated by in
terested persons. Every effort is made,
however, to discover what the mystery
really is. Scouts" are sent out for that
especial purpose, and they use every de-
vice and stratagem to obtain the de-
sired information, sometimes even
climbing trees and endeavoring with
tield-glasses to spy out the secret On
the other hand, every effort is made to
prevent them from learning anything;
and some amusing and exciting Incl
dents occur in consequence. A guard
is on duty at the we'll, day and night,
and outsiders are kept at as great dis
lance as sible.-SdnlueL w. Hall, in
ST Nicholas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27
Another Thing Women Can't Do.

Coming down School street in the
rain one day last week a wise, self
respecting-looking gentleman of middle
age, carrying serious serge umbrella,
met hurrying high-school girl with a
small assertive silk umbrella in her
hand. According to all ordinary rules
of umbrella; carrying .it: looked AS
though there would be collision when
the two umbrellas pointed at opposing
angles to each other should try to pass.
But the gentleman saw the girl just in
time, and, with superior air Of ex-
perience, lifted his umbrella high up in
the air. That would have saved things,
but the girl had evidently been trained
in the very unusual feminine accom-
plishment of umbrella lodging, and
she shot her small shade upward at the
same critical instant. The collision
came the umbrellas betangled them
selves, the girl blusned and stammered
and begged pardon; and the gentleman
said, as he Strengthened out the frame of
her umbrella and politely returned it to
her: ''Girls should not try to learn
Greek or to sharpen lead-pencils or
carry umbrellas 1t can't be done. -
Boston Recogd.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

fiatter ourselves that
the aJ,,a.4,-~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

Tor the close of 1886,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

Some one has looked into the future
and seen the ''ship of the next century"
He says that this steamer will apply its
motive power in a more rational meth
cd than the propeller screw represents
and that the crank-shaft will be done
away with. The water will be con-
Quoted not on a circuit around the ships
body. but right through it lengthwise on
a straight line, and the waters rejected
at the stern will steer the vessel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

On the eastern coast of the Caspian
Sea a curious change is in progress.
The Kara Bobhaz is an estuary nearly
separated from the main body of the
sea by bank through which there is
an inlet The evaporation from this
gulf is SO great that Il current continual
ly sets in from the Caspian, and as
there is no return current, the gulf be-
comes more and more saliferous, and a
deposit of salt is in course of formation.
In time this gulf will be cut off from
the Caspian, and will then be dried up
and become an extensive salt bed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

the past year. We
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27
Women Customers.

II hate women customers, replied
saleswoman in dry-goods store. She
had been asked plumply whether she
preferred waiting on men, and this was
her plump answer.
"Why do you prefer menp"
Because they know what they want
and do not care to keep you standing
an hour while they tumble over and
rumple up the goods on the counter.
Why, only to-day was showing lady
black stockings. OF course, they were
all the same size and quality, yet she
dragged every pair out of that box and
then wanted to see more. | handed
down two more boxes just like this one,
and then asked if we had any more.
told her no. and then she said might
wrap up one pair for her. The lady
next to me made nine different sales to
gentlemen while / was fooling with the
one woman. am going to try to get
a place in hardware-store, or some
place where women do not have to deal
with women. - tttSburg Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

A solid man is Jonathan Bass, of
Cambria, n. Y. In 1913 his joints be-
gan to stiffen and grow into solid bone;
in 1857 he took his bed, and there he
lies now, perfectly stiff, every JOINT
solid, unable to stir. unable TO masticate
food. and blind. Yet he eats the heart
lest food by sucking it into his mouth
and swallowing it whole. His consti-
tutional health is good, he keeps him
self informed on current topics, and is
likely to live many years yet He is
now Sc years old, and weighs but
seventy-iive pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

we wish to thank our
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

the advantages have
been mutual. We
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

Customers for their
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

A live rattlesnake six feet long is kept
on exhibition in the showcase of
grocery store at Abbeville, S. G.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27

this market, to be
found either in Chi
cago or New York,
and buying strictly
Tor Cash, we are en-.
abled to make Prices
as Loss as first class
Goods can be sold.
Again thanking you
all, and wishing you
a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New
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Year, we enter upon
the duties of 1887,
and invite at all times
your careful inspec-
ton of eur Stock and
Prices. Yours,
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TAB. OPP. court h.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27
In making our "An.

In making our can
nual A Announcement
Tor the close of 1886,
--'---------------------.--
we wish to thank our
Customers for their
liberal patronage of
the past year. We
fiatter ourselves that
the advantages have
been mutual. We
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would announce TO
tilcHl ana all others
----------------------------
that our elegant stock
of General Merchan-
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disc will be kept up
for the year 1887
= :, -
with the INCEST, New
est and most desirable
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Goods, suitable : to
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24
Deer Park,

Deer Park, July 18th, 1SSG.-Haying il
nearly done and some oats cut.
+. &. Lewis has hts winter wheat thresh
ed, ii yielded 20 bushels per acre and of q
good quality.
McOmber's swing stacker Is success
and as usual he has more threshing thar
he can 10.
Gardner, Humps0n and Geo. f. Callin;
are making preparations tor large run.
Our town seems 20 be well filled Will
visitors at present
Mrs A b Prisler, Of Ottawa, spent the
week with Mrs G. l.. McOmber,
Mrs Bane, OF Humbolt, Iowa, is visiting
friends.
Miss Rathbukn, of Rock Island Co, Ills
is at Mrs. James ilolemans
Mrs Ella Shut has two sisters visiting
from Harper Co, Kansas,
Mr., Alex Gray, of Living,tonsCo,, is al
Mr. Bearlstey's,
Mrs. Milton Gruber and daughter, of
Chicago, with Mr., Hogaboom's
Mrs, ", w Calkin and daughter, of Chi
cago, AT Mr. Baldwin's.
Mr. James Morgan and family have just
returned after staying week. Mr.. Chas.
Leach also returned
Mrs. Jerry Studenbaker will make visit
to friends In Iowa, this week,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24
Drainage and Drought

That the placing of drain. tile several fee,
below the surface of land naturally low and
generally moist is of great value in carry.
ing of the water will be readily admitted.
II is reasonable 10 presume that such land
will be greatly benefited by providing an
outlet for the water that would otherwise
be retained by the soil till 1t could be car.
ried of by the slow process OF evaporation
Low lands are generally much richer than
those that are elevated, as they receive by
the constant flow of water through and over
the soil vegetable and mineral substances
that produce fertility. They are the last
portions of farm that are ordinarily cult.
waited, as the cost Of draining them is
greater than the new settler can meet.
Not only in the New England and middle
states. but In most OF the western states and
territories, the high lands are first cultlvat-
ed. There are more days in the year that
the plow can be used on high land than on
low, and the farmer who Is improving a
new place desires 10 have as many acres In
crop as he can manage.
That under. drains are of great advantage
TO moderately high lands In wet season Is
obvious. The tile carry of most of the
water Immediately after heavy rain and
leave the soil in condition to be worked
by the pillow. Land that is ,ile- drained can
be plowed earlier in the spring than that
which is provided with artificial passages
for the water, and the success of small
grains largely depends on early sowing.
Tile drainage is also highly beneficial to
crops that are TO be cultivated during q
rainy season. Corn is more likely 10 suffer
from an excess than from q deficiency OF
moisture in the soil. The hoe, pillow, and
cul,ivator can not be used 10 advantage
when the soil contains much water. Tile
drains carry of the water from cultivated
field and allow implements TO be used
among growing crops. They insure the
growth Of vegetation that would otherwise
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24

suffer from excess of moisture. They are
Of especial advantage to corn, where rapid
growth Is promoted by soil that Is fairly
dry and quite warm. Underdrains, during
a wet season, not only keep the soil suffi
ciently dry to allow corn To make rapid
growth, but they have the effect of raising
It's temperature.
That under.drains are highly beneficial
during seasons Of protracted drought many
persons who have never had an opportunity
TO watch their operations are inclined to
doubt. Still all who have seen corn on
drained fields and have compared Its con-
dition with that planted on land that was
not provided with tile are prepared 70 give
evidence in favor of drainage for prevent.
ing the injuries that are produced by pro-
tracted drought The prospects Is that the
in the west this season will be harvested
from land that Is under.drained. They
are not suffering from drought like crops
that were planted on undrained land. The
auctioneer who declares that the clothes he
offered for sale would keep the wearer
warm in winter and cool in summer OBJ.
viously claimed 10 much for them. But
il is no exaggeration TO say that under
drains serve to keep the soil dry in wet sea
son and to keepit moist during the preva.
lence of very severe drought Seeing is
believeing" in this as in other matters. A
visit to any portion of the west at the present
time will convince one that underdrains
supply moisture TO plants during very dry
weather
During very warm weather the air con.
tains vast amount of invisible yapor This
vapor of water may be condensed by
causing II 10 come in contact with some
cold substance, as the outer surface of a
pitcher filled with ice. Under drains cause
currents of air TO circulate through them
and TO pass upward through them into the
soil As the soil is much cooler than the
air that passes between its particles much
of the invisible vapor in contains condens-
ed in the form of dew, and is made avail
able for plant growth This condensed va
por Is deposited deep in the soil, where it
will not be evaporated as it would be If it
was on the surface of the ground. 1t is
within easy reach of the roots of the plants
that are in need of moisture The plants
are watered from below and not from above.
They are constantly receiving the benefit
of an underground watering. Most persons
have noticed that the walls of cellars
through which there is a free circulation
of air moist during very dry seasons The
vapor is condensed on them because they
are comparatively cold. The same thing
takes place when air passes through drains
and the soil that is above them,