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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16
It A.tonlshed tho rablle

to hear Of tho resignation OF DIR. Pierce AZ
n Congressman 20 devote himself solely "a
his labors as physician. IL was because
his true constituents were tho sick aud al
fiicted every where They will find DIR.
Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery a
beneicent use of his scientific knowledge
in their behalf. Consumption. bronchitis,
cough, heart disease. fever and aguo, in
termittent fever, dropsy, neuralgia, goitrc
or thick neck, and all diseases of the blood,
are cured by this world-renowned medicine.
Its properties are wonderful, its action
magical. by druggists
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16
A Price Upon His Head.

He was noted desperodo. He had
killed thirty-eight men in open combat,
to say nothing of those he had shot
from behind doors. Yet he was rich,
prosperous and respected and kept his
his own hearse. There was nothing in
his appearance TO indicate his desperate
character except that his coat was un-
usually gored at the waist Yet there
a price was set upon his head.
II was not a large price, all things
considered.
1t was printed conspicuously upon a
ticket which decorated the band of his
siop.shop somhrero, and which read:
This style, fifty cents. -DstroiI
Free Press,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16
JENNER'S STRUGGLES.
Interesting Points Concerning His Discoy
cry of SMALLPOX Vaccination.

Interesting Points Concerning His Dlscov-
cry of SMALLPOX Vaccination.
Although Jenner was forty-nine years
old bofore bo made voccinotion tnown
-. ., 800 a.. -. @e' -, 49,. ~ =
70 the "oriu' 'i,e subject hau a.'ractoq
his attention when only youthful APP
prentice to a country surgeon Hewas
convinced that the current methods of
treating cow-pox and smallpox were
capable of improvement, and he set
himself to study the nature of the dis
ease. But for many years after his
opinions were made known to the med
ical faculty they were contemptuously
secuted. He had first of all to prove,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

Probably my dear nervous sister, be-
cause YOU are suffering from some OF the
diseases peculiar To your sex. You have
"dragging-downr feeling, tho back ache,
you are debilitated, you have pains OF va
rious kinds Take DR.. r. V. Pierce's Fay
orite Prescription and be cured. Price re-
duced to ono dollar By druggists.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16
lan Inaenbtsa IIls.sIns.

About thirty yoars AGO prominont physician By
thc name OF Dr. Wliliam Hall discovered remedy
for diseases OF tho tIfuat. chest aud lungs Whirh
ssoH gained 3 wide reputation "a this country. Tho
name % the medicine Is DH wA HAIRS BALsAN
ToR THE LuNus, and mar bo safely relied on a
speedy and positive cure for coughs, colds, con
sumption. pneumonia etc.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

A PosfrrvR FACT OF tho Ago Is tho certain
ty OF relief afforded in skin diseases by
GLESN's SULPHUR Soar.
HILL's HAIR AID WmsKER DYE Black or
Brown, 50c.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

The professional beauty craze is
now well over in England, according to
a London correspondent OF the New
York World 1t first manifested itself
ten years ago, and a decade is quite
long enough for such folly.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

GRAY or sandy boards are colored brown
or black by Buckingham's Dyo for the
Whiskers.
One bottle OF Ayers Ague Cure will Grad
icate malarial poisons from the system.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

"DREAM OF eggs sign OF money, "says the
dream. book Perhaps that Is the origin OF
the term shell out &C AicdqO Mad.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

The steamship Bothnia's chief
pastry cook jumped into the sea in
mid-ocsan during the last voyage. He
is tho third scafaring cook who hai
done so within year.--N J. sun.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

PIrRcE's "Pleasant Purgative Pellets
arc perfect preyentivos OF constipation.
Inclosed in glass bottles always fresh. By
all druggists,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

RELIEF Is Immediate, and a cure sure.
Piso,s Remedy for Cstarrh. 80 cents.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

Laws ouprR-"Hecp OF the grass :
Detroit Fro Pres4.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

wurisa dogs tail noveltyi It was
never seen before.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

EVERY man is said TO have his price, but
the trouble is nobody hut himself knows
the private mark, Chicago Tribune.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

THE ny Is not much OF an astronomer,
but IL there is a cream-lug within bis orbit
he'll find out ali about the milky way.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

THE 81. Nicholas tells Of a dog that can
count. But it can't equal n cat In running
up column. -IsIdS bVtings.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

TnE Frazer Axle Grease is the best In the
world. Sold every where. Use IL.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

-Leprosyi is not acontaglous disease,
according to DR.. George L. Fitch, who
has been for five years in charge OF the
iepAr of tie Sandwich Islands,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

pianolp She-''No, sir; | can't play u
single note.n He Elsa, love you.n--
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

WASTED The name OF the goldsmith who
made the welkin ring IeZd' >Jfi7gs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-09-16

SPRATSs, burns bruises are promptly heal
cd by St Jacobs Oil, the conqueror of pain.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Power Of an Ocean Wave.

In paper by the Rev Phillip Neale,
late British Chaplain at Batavia, in Leis-
ure Hour, speaking of the great inunda-
ton from the sea caused by the krakatoa
earthquake, Java, he says: lone of the
most remarkable facts concerning the
inundation remains to- be told. AS we
walked or scrambled along, We were
much surprised to find great masses of
white coral lying at the side of our path
in every direction. Some of these were
of immense size, and had been cast up
more than two or three miles from the
seashore. 1t was evident, as they were
Of coral formation, that these Immense
blocks of solid rock had been torn up
from their ocean bed in the midst of the
Sunda Straits borne inland by the gigan-
tic wave, and finally left on the land sew
eral miles from the shore. Any one who
had not seen the sight would scarcely
credit the story. The feat seems almost
an impossible one. How these great
masses could have been carried so far into
the interior is a mystery, and bears out
what I have said in previous papers as to
the height of this terrible wave Many
of these rocks were from twenty to thirty
tons in weight, and some of the largest
must have been nearly double Lloyd's
agent, who was with me, agreed in think
| IA 10, hon, !
put down the largest block Of coral rock
that we passed as weighing not less than
! fifty tons
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Bull Fighting In Mexico.

The bull ring is an enclosure something
like a northern base ball ground, but
much larger, writes a correspondent from
Mexico. 1t forms a complete amphithes-
tre, around which the spectators sit.
The spectators pass in and out through
door In the high fence, over which nod
cocoa palms and other tropical trees
short distance from the enclosure a mum
Der of houses built Of stone and mud arr
located. But the immediate vicinity q
the bull ring is vacant ground. The
spectators are seated high above the
fighting ring, which is surrounded by an
other fence with gates on the level with
the ground Through these gates tho
bull is driven into the arena, while the
fence serves as vaulting place for the
torredos, or bull fighters, to leap out OF
the way of the enraged bull when really
mad When l visited the place every
one seemed ready to fight except
the bulls. They appeared to be
law. Red cloths were flashed be-
fore their faces, and although they
would occasionally make a dash for the
holder, as soon as he leaped over the
fence the bull would become quiet. \
Mexican, armed with spear or lance, and
mounted on a swift-running horse, would
try to stir the bulls into fighting mood !;
but beyond sudden dash Tor tie rider,
very little fight could be got out Of the
animals Still it was very interesting to
one who had never seen a bull fight, and
even hundreds of those who had were
willing to pay to enter the enclosure III
order to see what might happen. 1t is
not an unusual thing, as | have been told,
| fer the bull to become SO enraged as to
tear both men and horses to pieces.
When this happens to be the case, the JOY
| of the spectators is unbounded. OF
course the lives of the bull fighters de-
| pend on their agility in leaping the
| fences and eluding the well-directed dash
of the wild animal, who is rendered more
i, infuriated by the flashing of red cloaks
and other garments before his eyes. But
i no lives were lost during my visit, anC
q none of the torredos were in jured; ye
! the spectators appeared to enjoy th'
I sport
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Mecca, the Holy City.

Mecca, the most celebrated city 6
Arabia, the seat Of the MohammedAn re-
Igion, stands in narrow sandy v1Iley
enclosed by hills without trees or verd-
ure. In its centre is the Beatu Allah
House Of Cod, or El Harem (the inviS-
blel the great mosque, enclosing the
kooba, dividing the whole into the
northern and southern towns these again
being sub-divided into 25 quarters, ex-
elusive of the suburbs, which stretch in
single lines of houses along the narrow
parts of the valley. The streets are wider
than is usual in Eastern towns, the houses
of stone three stories high and usually
we'll lighted. The Shereet's house is
large enough for garrison of 1000 men,
and is said to be impregnable. The city
is annually filled at the time Of the
pilgrimage and thousands of the devout
camp in the suburbs The inhabitants of
this renowned city of the False Prophet,
with the exception of Hjaazi Bedouin,
are strangers by birth or parentage, being
mostly settlers or children attracted hith-
er by gain.
The colleges of Mecca have fallen 70
decay, and the Libraries, once rich, hsve
totally disappeared. As this wonderful
Asiatic city during the pilgrimage Is visit
ed by from 100000 to 2OO,O 900 strangers
it becomes for three or four months N
the year the greatest marketin the East;
its merchants occasionally accummahns
large fortunes On the other hand, The
beggars of the city are importunate a
well as numerous.
The Shereefs, or direct descendants q:
| Mohammed, are now numerous auc
widely spread body. These mobiles, q
they may be called, elect the Shereef O
Mecca, and their choice is confirmed b.
the Ottoman Sultan. The stationa1.
Population of Mecca is estimated at be
tween 25, 900 and 80, 900, including SOM
5000 or 1900 Abyssinian and negr'
slaves. But two Europeans have eve
been permitted to ter the Holy City o
MOhammed
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01

At 4 o'clock Monday afternoon, Janu-
arv l3, 1910, fory-six years ago, the
steafabo Lexington left this city for
Stoningon, Conn The night was in-s
tenseiy cold, the mercury being below
zero. She had 105 persons on board and
a heavy freight The space under the
promenade deck was slowed with cotton,
and freight was piled up 70 within three
feet of the covering Of the engine. ~
: o'clock, when the boat was opposite
Huntington, l. l.. there was an alarm OF
fir. Those who lived 10 tell the story
Of that fearful night saw the IRE first In
the casing around the smokestack In 8
few moments it began 10 burn fercely
along the promenade deck The pilot,
Capt. Manchester, headed the boat for
the Long Island shore, assisted By Capt
Childs. One # the tiller ropes broke,
and the Lexington drifted helplessly
down the >~,and and ali III board. with
tn exception u four persons, ~ere
drowned or burned \ piece OF the pilot
hou-SS ~ the steamer now occupies a
prominent pi.rs in the Office Of the Port
Jefferson Hotel The clerk Of The steam
~. Mr I & Glafding who was one OF
the four peF-ons saved. Is srlll living L
Providence. --S~lc York nail ard Ez-
+ D7sE
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
UBrOWn Bread"
MOhanIned

An Italian astronomer claims to have
discovered that Mars is peoplcd with In
telligent beings He ought To sign the
pledge.
Doctors are beginning to warn mothers
that babies should not be kissed Hpon the
ips, but the smal boy is still at the mer-
cy of the lady's slipper.
A medical man says the easiest. way to
take pill is to place it under the tongue
and take drink Of water This sugges-
ton would have no value in Kentucky.
The velocity of light has been meas
ured and recorded. but the rapidi,y with
which a woman can scatter bad news
over ncighborhood is still matter OF
guesswork. y
The fate Of a nation has sometimes de-
pended on the color Of Sovereign's hair,
and too much saleratus in the biscuit has
more than once been the cause Of war.
1t is said that red checks cao be pro-
duced by rubbing the face with ice. 1t
mas long otcn kho"h tiid1 i''t h'@'9 eouiA
be produced by rubbing the lips with
glass
| A gun that will shoot nine miles with
| considerable accuracy is now used IN the
British navy, but it is still as hard TO hit
a cat in a neighbor's back yard with
boot jack as it was when Jacob vas
hunting rabbits with bow and arrow.
! A scientist has advanced the theory
that, taking size as basis, the molecules
Of which block of granite is composed
arc as far apart as the planets OF our sola'
system. and vet some women can't under
stand how it comes that it always takes 1
m4n q good while to find his ha,.-Chs
cdAo L<dqer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
HUMOROUS.

A liberty Kosciusko.
A moving scene-An earthquake.
Ever kneeling at thy feet''-The booA
black
Jonah was the first secretary Of the In
terror.
'The money makers Workers in the
mint.
Last but not least-What your boo<
was made on
Irate Creditor-''No when will tAis
bill be paid7"
What is pie-plant? Why, the burial Of
baker, of course.
Mamma, why is papa baldf" "I>n
bis fourth wife, darling
"'What is the nationality of that drink
he asked the man who was, filling glass
from a syphon bottle. "Celt, sir"
A Western settlers cabin was recently
swept entirely away by tornado That
is what we should call carrying house
by storm.
DR.. Tanner says that with the unaided
eve only about five thousand stars can be
seen. DR.. Tanner has evidently never
been on skates
Buttons-Missus told me to come down
and tell you she was not AZ home. HUI
cut-Go back and tell your mistress say
haven't called.
An agricultural paper says: No AMI
NAL can fight and eat at the same time.
Evidently never seen a Traveller at ten
minutes for lunch stand
Dio Lewis SAYS that hot water Will
cure all complaints In that case I'M
provident men ought IL be extra healthy,
for they are always in it
poor young man and his poor young
wife get along very well with their
economy until thc dry goods stores begin
to spread all oyer th, newspapers. TheO
there's break
No matter if woman hasn't but three
lines To write on page If letter paper,
she can't resist tho temptation to write
two Of them on the side margin and
then sign her name upside down over the
date.
Anup-country schoolmaster, whose wrfe
was one Of his pupils, had occasion 70
punish her one day The next day the
school house door bore this inscriptions
School closed for one week owing TO tAs
illness Of the schoolmaster.
Down IN the silent hallway
ScamIers the .id'g about
And whine and iLar1s. and s7atchos,
In orter 10 get out
Once IN the glittcring s'ariighs,
He straig aigntway d1til iegtn
To set up doeful bowling
In order 10 ga, III
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Fresh Water from Sea Ice.

Mr.. John Rae writes in Nature: Il
know from personal experience that sal
inc fluid does. under certain circum-
stances, percolate or tiltratc downward,
converting sea ice, previously saline, into
q sufficiently fresh state to afford good
drinking water when thawed This dis
covery, like a good many Others Of more
Importance, WIS accidental In passing
a piece Of old ice-that Is, Of former
years formation, which was known TO be
SO by its wasted and rugged outline, as
it stood some feet above the surrounding
level ice-f1oe-I knocked = small piece
of, and on putting il into my mouth
found il quite fresh From that time,
during sledge journeys Of 1900 miles IN
the spring Of 1s41, looked out for some
old rough ice. before building our snow
hut for the nights shelter, Sc as u get
water quickly. Experience had taught
me that kettleful of water could be oo-
! tanned much more rapidly and at far
less waste Of fuel by thawinC ice than
from snow, because the latter. however
closely packed, contained much air,
which. al temperature of zero or lower.
/ required extra fuel TO warm It W 70 32
| degrees Fahrenheit, a ket;Ieful Of snow
/ will give little more than = third of kct-
| tleful OF water, while the same measure
! OF ice will nearly I'll the kettle With
water"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Had Badges On"

''Wanf your sidewalk cleared off" ne
asked of citizen Of Woodward avenue.
Just got man"
Have any badges on?"
Il believe he has five or six"
Then let him keep the job. I'm a
tramp and hard-up, but them roller
skating champions has got to earn hv-
ing somehow, snd I'm not the man TO
s.snd in thei, way They are entitled to
nublic sympathy and assistance--Desro't
Free Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Drifting.


The waves NAV sparkle through IL nvs,nnx
dE.
Deckes in the folds of Heavens rnAecA>d
blue.
Aoa sparkling over soft-~oioed shoals may
~ play,
Or mirror in its surface depths the visw:
ht the str.xau flows on and ve upon hseS
river
b leaves upon the current drift forever.
ooft melodies may sorthe us as we drift
Beneath the bongh~ of over -arching trees;
And perfumes float from every ,eafy rift,
Or from the ueightorinS liiv-nantled leAs:
But life expands into a mighty river,
And we upon its tssorn drift forever.
All, soon its sparkle dulls; its glitter dies;
And all the song IN life is left behind;
And only emptiutrss around US lies
As love grows cold until ~ last we find
Life's perfume fed Then we, upon TIE
river,
Yearn for sweetness that is gone forever
Floats down the stream in sad, delicious
siShs
And in and round, and near us everywhere
A thousand mellowed memories arise,
like fowery perfumes waited down The
To soothe us as drift along forever.
&C H. Murphy IN the Cu-re~k
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
Between.

11fhppnesH 4he,eea sand, and fhesea
Tbs yellow foam flakes lightly lie.
IA very droes of waves, till free.
Qrark kissing breezes surge and sigh.
And all the laurcls on tho lea
Bena low 20 listen as bends the sky
Where spaces throb with melody.
Vhusform is wrought to gold. and I.
Silent, find heaven surrounding me-
IN gilded fFnge-ia breeze's sigh;
Between the sea sand and the sea
Where yellow foam flakes lightly lie,
Where spaces throb with melody
Eetwern tho sI:ylark and the SKY.
Betweeu the sunset and the sun
(, Wight slnber> on the sleeping bars,
And through it, cnrtain one By one
CLEAN tender f:lanros of the stars
Jst weru ttis f+Lset and the sun.
And - letween nay loves lips lies
An untold rneN4az zc meant for me;
Whether twill t+ns me sweet surprise
Or 4ole. or dDut., or Paradise
Is known nione u destiny
YGt, a. ! wat, "a dream of tears
between hrr rvelid3 and her eyes
a mystery Of mlst-appears,
Tint hints Of toly-> and fatters fears,
And on her liFy- burst Of sighs,
And on her hd- a red that dies
To slumLaroua shaaows that fall and rise,
Till u, ! - * -olnc -il,n to see,
Between hcr o-'iid, and her eyes
LoveIiaht. n.. lamp and laughs at me.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-05-01
A SPY IN THE CAMP.

In the winter of 1864 when Johnston's
madc two or three excursions in the di-
rectinn of Chattannooa. picking up more
or les, valuable information. and was
RESTING after one of these raids when the
incident am about to relate occurred.
That Yankee spies were penetrating
our canp~ WIS we'll known fact. Two
or three Iad been arrested, but it was
onIv two or three ont of a dozen. and or
ders had been issued to all regimental
officers to, be 1iailant and alert in seek
ing to detect the presence of strangers
All the scouts had as n matter of course
rocoi,.od th, e,,,,n Instructions bp+ for .
"''N "''''''~ - "''N' ii'i'i 'ni' ~0A'
bln"d WatrhiHnrSS.
One afternoon, wmie sitting IN the
quarters OF an "td TREND belonging TO
brigade hand' crowd gathered OUTSIDE,
and heard the music "i a Iddle. 0Cep-
ping 70 the door, saw German about
- 40 years OF agf IN the center OF circle OF
Sol''i'i> N''''''' "ii q 'i''' N '''N "ii>' Pi"J
1ng the fiddle III rude sort OF way as
;f cn+irrl,. ,,uuiuIf,,l Of thcir nrcsencc
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=. l,.,.I ,....,, ..,,,,.,,,,.od ~. .bo 81
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ID .;,o
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r;.,. -,.n .r;.a ao,on MON ~
.,.,
,1D. s'1S .,.,,,,,,,;o5 Tho frst Ioro'
'''',' .D -, f.I,.... 'l ,,,
..,.-
NJ. aonn. ' Won Inow d,tI vha. .ad9
Dot While yon laugh und merry vhas,
No nome MAJ TO ''aNF me '''
nc l'''' ''''' = '''',>''''
"S '"7 ','''< -, :, . ~ 1t' ' ~. ,..;ao -,.n
i'''' -, -,
' '''' .,;....,..1,;.u Tbo,
song was '''' - ''F,''' ''''' " .',''>'
cf'"'t" '''S' '''''' W. Wv ~ -
''''7 VIZ
~onnIv pnDs ,,.rps r,,,',, when wavIro:
Ivhalhs alone. adown lifes path,
My happiness '""' turned TO woe
/ was struggling like prisoner L
break his bonds, lrar> A2o-l hao heaf'
that song. and had not heard II since.
was III VAN '0NG'''o my '''a'''' ou' jus
when L was IN "'NPa'' l. "'ti"''eu l" ~
t1ce no" ne was I'''"'''S ''''' f'''s'' 81
nodi'. Ills F'S"' 'i'i was 7V''~'
nave toio. YOU p"' VIII" '''> lump :
was holoinS Inc %" ~ . 0f -,
vance ana with HIS 'e'' ''''''>' ~ "'' -
g'rlnS the strings i'i''''
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-28

nCULIST, ACRIST, AND PHYSICIAN FOR
~ Diseases of the Throat. Office, a292 J
street corner OF Fifth, over Sacramento Bank,
Sacramento Cal Hours: $50 to u A. NJ; TO 4
P. NJ. Sundays: $50 to IL A. NJ; to P. NJ, fell