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CELERY COMPOUND

TOT SO'UVl dnu NAY Dc VTTAWcU " tNtTN WT0Its
retail druggist in the United States or OF the pro
VI. X. PAINE, Windsor
szH- To introduce The Celery Compol
places 'ojicyc drdictS i5 no' haze II ~ Sfe.t, |
receipt of two dollars, send two bottles 20 any
in New England, securely packed and express
paid, TO your nearest express Office,
A. G. FISHER, General Western Age
Wabash Avenue, Chicago, III,
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Resolved, That we ratify the resolutions
passed 10y the State cOnN enton of June lG,
1886.
ResOlrCd, That we commend the nominee of
this convention TO the support of the Rcpub-
Leans of this district; and that recognizing
the ability, industry and fidelity with which
the representatives of Vermont i'm Congress
perform their public duties, and the high dis
tinction conferred upon the State by men of
such capacity and worth, we congratulate the
people of Vermont on the assured prospect
that all of them will be retained in the dis
charge of the duties they so ably and tuith-
fully perform.
The resolutions were adopted amid gen
eral applause.
In behalf of the committee appointed to
select district committee Mr.. Hammond
reported list Of names which was adopt
ed as follows
DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
Addison County,. NJ. Slade OF Mdd e.
bury.
bennington County-C. e. Houghton of
bennington.
Chittenden County-W. L. Burnap of Bur-
hngton.
Franklin County-warren Gibbs OF st, AL
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AFTERNOON EVENTS.
The Hose Tournament and Firemen's Drill
-EXCIting RhCes.

Shortly after noon Major Hendershott
completed his exhibition of drumming
which had been postponed from the fore
noon. The city park was just packed, the
exhibition being given on platform
which had been erected for that purpose
northeast of the fountain. The major
gave great variety of limitations and he
showed his vast audience that he could
drum in almost every way and represent Il
great variety of sounds. His efforts We're
greatly enjoyed and warmly applauded.
THE HOSE RACES.
The hose races took place on St. Paul
street, beginning about 2;l5 o'clock, the
start being at Pearl street and the finish
at the judges stand, near Main street.
The distance was 1900 feet and the com
panes coupled with the hydrant at the
corner OF College and st. Paul, and at
tached the pipe in front of the judges
stand The chief interest of the day cen
tered in the hose races, and the street
was densely packed on both sides, while
the top of blocks and every available
spot was occupied Two lines of wire had
been stretched around the street bet ween
Main and College streets to keep the
crowd back, but in spite of that obstruc-
ton the officers had difficulty in keeping
the course clear. Betting was lively, the
Reliefs OF Plattsburgh being he general
favOrites although each company had its
hackers. The Judges were r. c. Strong,
l.. a. Drew and A. g.. Stafford, and the
time keepers were j. j. Thompson, II. f..
Woodbury. and J. j. Enright. The prizes
were 500, $50 and so, and were compel
ed for by the following companies, who
ran IN the order named
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Three Summer DANGERS

ITCH ING, ScalY. Pimply and DIV ski
hcautldcd 10y CUTICURA SOAP.
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Feeding Corn to Horses.

Corn is the blne of the farm horse, as
it is also of the horse doing any other
sort of work, not because of not being sufti-
ciently nutritious, but because it makes
too much fat and not enough muscle.
The horses muscle wears away by work
as metal wears away by friction. Fat
wears away under exercise, but its disap-
pearance in nowise lessons the power for
either draft or speed. On the other hand,
well-nourishcd and vigorously exercised
muscles, without Il deposit of fat to keep
Them company. are much more efficient
for any purpose for which the horse is
kept, then when there is a load of fat to
be carried. The trainer acts upon this
proposition, and works the fat off, cxpcr-
tence having shown that the muscles,
trained down by exercise until fat accu-
mutations are removcd-fatt@ning foods
being mainly abstaincd from.-give the
best results in the case of speedy horse.
The same rule will hold gool with the
work horse, though modified by the de-
gree in which the movements of the lat
ter are slower than those of the former.
If the farmer has only corn for feed, then
he will be wise if he make sale of his corn,
or the greater part of it, buying oats in
stead. Ii corn be used in whole or in
part, the effect should be carefully noted
as to the extent to which fermentation
sets in, meeting this by use Of salt and
ashes, at once lesscning the amount of
corn fed. 1t will be found that horses
fed upon corn will eat earth when allowed
access to it. rs, to adegree, this neutral
izes the acids generated in the stomach,
and gives relief. Corn may be rated as
the natural food Of fattcning stock--such
rs are fed for their flesh. All kinds of
fattening stock are made ripe on corn,
with the addition of an allowance of
coarse feed or fodder Ripeness in the
horse is very different thing from ripe
ness in the fattcd steer, for in the one case
itmeanS full visor of muscle with an alb
scnce of fat. and in the other al abundance
Of fat, no matter how much; and us for
muscle, no matter how inefficient for
rk.-Lice-S St0ck Jouynal.
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The Yellowstone Park.

The natural phenomena contained with
in the boundaries of the Yellowstone
Park, the altitude of it's entire area, over
5000 feet, its panorama of grand mount,
aims with SUBMITS of perpetual snow, and
sides clothed with primeval forests, the
great p1ateaus covered with grass of
every variety, and studded with crimson
and gold and purple in the tints of the
flowers, its great fossil forests, whose pet
rifed trunks, when upright, resemble the
columns of ruined temple, its beautiful
Yellowstone lake, 5000 feet above the
level of the sea, and covering an area OF
$50 square miles with sheet of water of
crystal clearness, its seventy-one gcysers,
some of which throw streams of water to
height Of over $50 feet, its 5000 hot
springs of marvellous forms, coloring and
variety, the great falls and canon of the
Yellowstone river, make up in one view a
region unequaled by any other on the
globe in august splendor, grandeur, nov
city and wonder.-Secretary Lamar.
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Hnaath Valley."

The death Valley in Inyo county,
Cal, owes its name partly to its fright
fully desolatc character, being for the
most part destitute of everything neces-
sary to support life, and partly in the
number of persons and animals that
perished there. The valley is 100 miles
long by twenty miles wide, though only
about forty miles in length and eight or
ten in width is embraced with Inyo
county. In 1852 4 large party Of cmi-
grants persisted from thirst within its
limits. Its level is from 100 to 400 feet
below the sea, giving it Il greater depres-
sion than the Caspian, and nearly as great
as that of the Dead sea. 1t is probably
the bed of former lake, the waters of
which were strongly charged with salt
and soda. For fofty-fve miles in length
and fifteen in depth along its center, it is
a salt marsh, in which the Anlargoza
(or Bitter river sinks, and where thin
layer of soil covers all unknown depth of
soft mud. For miles there is no water
fit to drink, and, although springs are
numerous, they are intensely alkaline
An exploring party in 1865 found the
temperature in January-the coolest
month of the year-as high as ninety de-
grees Fahrenheit. When there is no
breeze through the long canon the air
becomes so dense that respiration is pain
full and difficult. During the spring ter
,ible gales of wind fill the air with salt,
gravel and sand, in clouds as black as
soal smoke.
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sense to have one man attend sheep two
men could not properly see to, but it
pays in no other way; and it must be re-
membered that the item of expense in
volved in the wages of the man who at
tends the flock is either the largest or
smallest in the business, for the profit or
loss of the stock depends more on him
than upon the man who furnishes the
money and attends to the financial man
agement.
In general way it may be set down
as fact that to attempt economy IN the
pay of the man or men who look after
the sheep every day, is to turn what
should be profit into loss, for men of ex-
pcriencc know that the sheep herdcr who
pretends to work for the least pay is gen
orally the most expensive individual that
could be engaged.
The sheep raiser of the present time
seems to think that he is beset with an
unusual number Of hardships, and so he
has a great deal to contend within order
to make his business success, but the
hardships are simply incident to the COM
petition and close figuring Of the times.
With careful attention and an applica-
tion of judicious business management,
sheep and wool growing can be made to
pay as we'll and better than in the ''good
old times" about which men are too
prone to talk.--.Sheep Breeder a1a2 Wool
Grocer.
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FARM AND HOUSE.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FAR
MER AND HOUSEWIFE.
Rotation.

The continued raing of one crop upon
The same soil exhausts the kind of plant
food needed by that kind of plant.
Some plants have long roots, others short
,nes; by changing, the nutriment is
drawn from different parts of the soil.
Some plants draw their sustenance largely
from the air, store up nutriment and
leave it in the soil This class of plants
usually have broad leaves; clover, peas
md beans are of this class. Wheat,
:orn, oats, and those plants having a
lew narrow leaves, arc exhaustive to the
Ioil. Upon sandy loam the following
Is a plan for rotation: first year, meadow; :;
second summer, fallow; third, wheat: !:
fourth, corn, and all the undccomposed
manure. Sow rye at the last cultivation,
pasture it in the fall and spring; fifth
rear, sow oats or barley and seed down.
At the present prices of sugar it will not
pay to raise amber cane except as for
ige crop, for which purpose it is excel
ent, and especially adapted for light,
,andy SOIL. Beef fattened upon it is ex-
.ellent.
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Protecting Grapes From Rot.

The grape rot is now known to be a
fungus growth which attacks the fruit
mccessively through the season. AS the
spores ripen they burst and spread upon
iruit not before affected. 1t is, therefore,
important to go through the vineyard
Early, and cut out all berries that show
my signs of injury. A still earlier pre-
gentive measure is to remove all decayed
grapes, cuttings or other rubbish from
lnder the vines, and then plow the ground
10 as to turn under the surface any that
ire accidentally missed. After the first
blowing the ground should not be cult
gated except to destroy weeds. Stirring
It deeply would bring some Of the spores
10 the surface of the ground, where they
would be blown about by winds. The
1se of sulphate of iron or copperas in
water is also recommended rs spray for
he vines during the growing season. By
adopting these precautions grape grow
nc may be rc-established even in locali-
lies where successive years of rotting had
caused grape growers to abandon the busi-
ness. Culticator.
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Household Hints.

Cistcrn water may be purified by char
coal put in q bag and hung in the water.
Coffee cake should be wrapped, while
warm, in a napkin, and there remain till
cut.
Whiting or ammonia in the water is
preferable to soap for cleansing windows
or paint.
To prepare raisins for cooking, first
pick off the stems, then pour on hot
water sufficient to cover them; let them
stand a moment, then add cold water
until hands can be borne in it; wash and
drain. They can then be seeded very
easily without the use of knife.
Two things are necessary to insure
good tea: first, that the water should be
at the boiling point when poured on the
leaves water simply not answering the
purpose at alD: and second that it
should be served freshly made. Tea
should never be boiled. SO particular
are the English to preserve its first aroma
that it is sometimes made on the table
two or three times during the meal. In
France little silver canisters of tea arc
placed on the table, where it is invari-
ably made. One tcaspoonful of the
leaves is fair portion for each person.
Tea is better made in an carthcn teapot,
which tea connosscurss are particular to
have. They also drink the beverage
without milk. and with loaf-su@ar mere
". Water at the first boiling point is
generally considered better fort''a or cof-
fec, and, in fact. any kind OF cooking
which requires boiling water.
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Wild Horses at Fort Pillow.

The tradition which has so long existed
among the deniZens of the Mississippi
river bottoms, says the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat, of the existence of fine breed
of wild horses and cattle in the neighbor.
hood of Fort Pillow, scventy-fve miles
above Memphis, has in a measure been
confirmed by gentleman who passed
through here to-day en- route to the north
ern part of the State, to procure funds
and such implements as may be necessary
in effecting thorough exploration Of the
locality.
Fort Pillow, it will be remembered,
was the ground upon which the newly re.
cruited colored troops OF the United
States were almost exterminated twenty
wears ago BY Forests command. The
command Of the famous Confederate gen.
eral were splendidly mounted upon
blooded stock, thoroughbreds gathered
from throughout the South, and at tho
time had liberal supply of fine cattle in
charge of the commissary. During the
bloody carnage which ensued many of
these fine animals escaped into the swamps
and wilds which arc located dark and for
bidding in the neighborhood.
Old residents of the locality have for
years contcnded that large droves OF
horses and cattle, wild and untamed,
roam through the strip of country which
extends miles back and up and down the
river, thought to be flat and we'll calcu-
lated for grazing, but which is separated
from civilization by impenctrable sunken
lands or swamps, and that they arc lineal
descendants of the animals which Forrest
lost.
The dangers of exploring these treach-
erous lands has thus far deferred any elab-
crate search, but it is now a settled fact
that all obstacles will be overcome, and
the mystery connected with the neighing
stecds and flying bovincs will soon be
solved. A large body of men, accus-
toned to hardships and danger, have ef
feeted an organization for the purpose of
search, and there is no doubt that
good, fat find" will reward those en-
gagged in it in the way of thoroughbred
horse flesh and fine beef.
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4 Plague Of Ants.

Burmah, which the British have re-
Gently conquered, and added to their
vast possessions, will not be pleasant
residence for Europeans, if we may
Judge by some of the statements made in
regard to the country. In no part of the
East is insect life said to be so vigorous
as in Burmah, and more particularly in
the months of May and October, when
the change of the monsoons takes place.
The rains, which commence usually
about the 18th of May, seem to awaken
the myriads of all kinds of flying insects,
mosquitoes being the most troublesome
both to man and beast, whilst flying ants
are as disagreeable.
The ants do not bite, like tho
mosquito, but coming in battalions, the
only resource for the besieged is turning
out the lights, or an ignominious flight
into darkness until the plague has
passed. I have seen '(writes CORE
spondent) a well-ighted ballroom in
vaded by these ants in Maulmain, effectu-
ally putting stop to dancing. Round
each of the lights thousands of these in
sects swarmed, covering with their
wings and bodies any one who ventured
near.
The Burmese-to whom little comes
amiss in the eating line-fry the flying
ants in oil, and pronounce them of ex-
cellent flavor. I have met with but one
Englishman who is of the same opinion,
and he relishes Burman ant curry quite
as highly as gourmand at home does a
peculiarly fine Stilton cheese.
The flying ants of Burmah have this in
their favor: in their short life they only
emerge from mother earth and fly toward
the light, and in their winged career
they often eat nothing before they i'm
molate themselves at the nearest lamp.
when what remains of them is gladly
turned to account by Jack Burman, and
often forms savory meal, with rice, fol-
himself and family.
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Preserving Fence Posts.

An English farmer writes: After all
that has been advanced in favor of other
compounds, it is very doubtful for ordi-
nary country work whether there is any
hing handler, cheaper or more effective
than common coal tar for coating fences
ind other wood it is desired to protect
from the effects of the weather. Much,
however, will depend on the way in
which it is used. To cover moist wood
with this substance, whether it proceeds
from the natural moisture or atmospheric
lampness, it is very bad policy. TO in
mre anything like success in the matter
,f durability the wood to be operated on
must be as dry as possible. This, of
course, is equally true of paint, but 1t IS
Of tar that we are now speaking. When
The woodwork to be coated is as dry as
IAN be, and the tar applied hot, there
need be little fear that it will fail in its
purpose. The chief difficulty lies in the
matter of posts at the surface of the soil.
Many plans have been tried to overcome
the decay which almost invariably sets in
here first. Even here tar is valuable;
but, according to the experiments which
have been made to test the best method
Of applying it, it appears that the most
satisfactory results have been obtained
when the wool, is charrcd. As to the
way in which the charring should be
Effected, there seems to be scope for in.
genuity. One gentleman has tried the
plan of first coating the extrcmities OF the
posts, which are set in the soil, and then
burning the tar off again. This, it is
alleged, makes surface which will re-
sist decay. The charring should be car
ricd to some distance above the ground
level, and after the fence is erected the
whole of it above the ground can
be coated to make the appearance uni
form. The plan of first heating the ends
Of the posts and then dipping them in
boiling tar is said to answer well.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-02-17
Small FlOckS.

An idea which is fast gaining ground
with practical sheep men is that small
Aocks--comparatively small oncs-ar
the most profitable. The popular notion,
in the range countries at least, used to bc
that the larger the flock, the greater the
profits. The idea is fast being dissipa-
ted, and the days of handling sheep by
the tens of thousands is numbered, even
on the plains of Texas. Certain kinds
of sheep do better than others in f1ocks of
several thousands, but it is a fact which
experience has demonstrated that there is
no kind of sheep which will thrive as
we'll in large flock as in small one. In
these huge bands of sheep vast number
die, and a vast number are left, and none
receive the attention which common
economy demands. 1t may pay in one
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EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES our
bodies are being built up anew with fresh
matter. If the blood is not renewed the
system is poisoned by the worn-out mat
ter clogging the vital organs, instead of
leaving the body. For weak or impure
blood, producing dyspepsia, biliousness,
fevers, and skin, liver and kidney
troubles, use DR.. WALKERS CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR BITTERS,
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Has NJ. Pasteur discovered cure for
hydrophobia? Why should he not?
Greater discoveries have been made. For
instance, Red Star Cough Cure contains
no narcotics, is purely vegetable, and yet
quickly cures the worst throat or lung
trouble. Only 25 cents.
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81 see that a Chicago landlord has
shot boarder for joking about the but
ter" remarked the judge. "That must
have been a queer kind of butter" re-
sponded the major. "Why z" I" That
it was not strong enough to resent the in
sult itself.o
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was not more fearful than are. the marks o
skin diseases, and yet DR.. Pierce's 'GoldcI
Medical Discovery" is certain cure for all o
them. Blotches, pimples, eruptiOns, pustules
scaly incrustations Jumps. inhamed patches
salt-rheu1n, letter, boils. carhuncles ulcers, ole
sores, are by its use healed quickly and per
rpaOpnfly
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Henry Stanley reaffirms his belief in
the existence of tribe of white Africans
in the sub-equatorial regions of Gam
barag cara,
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Young and mddle-aged men, suffering from
nervous debility and Kindred affections. as loss
of memory and hypochondria, should enclose
10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treatise
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buff
folio n "
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John Kuhn, of Lafayette, Ind. had very
narrow escape from death. This is his OWL
story: lone year ago was in the last stages OF
Consumption. Our best physicians gave my
case up. finally got SO low that our doctor
said I could not live twenty-four hours. My
friends then purchased q bottle Of DIR. WM
HALLS BAISAM FOR THE LUNGS, which bene-
fitted me. I continued until took nine bot.
les am now in perfect health, having used
no other medicine"
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A single London dealer last year sold
nearly 800, tropical birds of gay
plumage for the trimming of hats and
costumes.
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". H. Worthington, editor Of patrons of
Husbandry," Columbus Mass, writes Feb. -,
1882 Your great remedy. Aliens Lung Bal
sam, l have used in my family for fifteen years
for coughs and colds and know it to be the best.
Price 25c SOC. and 81 per bottle. at Druggists
palace 1900 of the best troops III the Ottoman
emDire.
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General Rufus ingalls,, Quarter Master
General U. S. Army, says: est Jacobs
Oil is the best pain-cure we ever used"
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The tin deposits of New South Wales
cover an area of $4,000 acres, and
probably much more than that,
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The longest pole knocks the persimmOns,
and Bigelow's Positive Cure knocks all coughs,
colds, Group, hoarseness. bronchitis, asthma.
influenza and consumption. Peasan: for chill
dren. Safe and spct dv. 70 cents
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The man who persists in remaining sim
gle is too economical by half.-BuHing-
ton Free Press.
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The pnrcSt sweetest ard hest Cod Liver Oil
in the world. manufactured { rom fresh. hra!tu>
livcrS, upon te ScaShore. |, Is absolutely pare
and sweet Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
cided it superior to any of the other oils in
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard q Co., New
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Remarkable I:st.ape.

OF the United States Senators only twenty
six keep house in Washington.