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Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-02-26
Bridge Pronosals.

SEALED PROPOSALS FOR REPAIRING
y bridge across Stout's Bayou on Warrenton
road, will be received atthe office Of the clerk of
Monday in March. 1876, according to plans and
specifications on file in the Office of the clerk Of
the Board of Supervisors. the Board of Super
yisOrs reserylrg tho right to reject any and all
bids. GEO. T. HARDY, Clerk.
feD3.dit-W-td bV w. M POSTER d. G.
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WHAT THE FASHIONS ARE
Change in Hair Dressing.

1t is probable that great change will soon
be made in the way of dressing the hair
French hnirdressers are gradually taking the
hair off the forehead, which will abolish
crimps, curls, etc. AS this fashion is very
different from anything ladies have been ac-
custoElcd to seeing for some years. it will
naturally take short time for the style to
become general 1t is well to make the
change by degrees. For instance, the hair
may first be separated in the center Of the
forehead, leaving some frizzles on either side.
Then gradually raise the hair little more
and tho eye will soon become accustomed to
the change. After this the hair is taken back
and left rather loose, as with the Marie An
toinette couture. The hair is then twisted
to the front of the head, where it forms a
puff or loop, and the remainder is fastened a
little way back toward the left side. This is
very easy way of arranging the hair, ex-
cept as to taking it up in the back of the
neck, which requires some care. The hair is
left a little loose, and when the front is
dressed push it up with the comb, twist it
with the left hand, and fasten it with hair
pins. Gilt hairpins are generally employed
for this purpose.-New York Times
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MACHINERY FOR BORING DEEP WELLS
It is to yield force to these falling tools that
such great height is given to the derrick. The
power from the engine is taken by large
band wheel, on one side of which is crank
that gives the up and down motion to the
pitman working the walking beam that raises
and drops the tools in the well in the opera
ton of drilling, the crank having, as will be
seen, several holes for connecting it with the
pitman at different distances from it's axis, to
vary the length of stroke given by the walk
ing beam.
The boring tools and sand pump fo,
bringing up the debris that is bored out go
down into the bottom of the well. They are
shown near the left Of the illustration, just
touching the derrick floor A suction valve is
at the bottom of the sand pump. The blow
is given by the auger stem just above the bit
The steam engine is omitted from the illustra
ton. 1t stands at the right. The bands pass
ing from it to the boring machinery are SEEM
\ In the oil regions, for drilling 81 Inch
hole, generally through slate and sand rock,
the weight of the tools will he about 1890
pounds. For hole of 6 inches in diameter,
1000 feet and more in depth, and through
granite, flint and other hard formations, as
is often necessary in drilling deep wells fol
water, the weight of the tools will be 5000
pounds or more. In SOHO Of the hard forma-
lions found around New York, when dcer
wells were to be mad. of 6 to 8 inches
in diameter, the heaviest tools ever yet en-
ployed in such wor!. have been used, the
weight of the string suspended from the der
rick equaling 1000 to 900 pounds.
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AFBW EARNEST Words

Does any one who reads these lines feeI tired
or nervous? Have you desnondtnt feelings:
Is YOUR appetite some times poor and again
voraciaus? Do YOU notice bricl dust at the
bottom or scum on the top of the fluids you
pass? Are these fluids scant ut times and
plentiful at others? Do YOU have headaches
once in q while? II YOU have these feelings,
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
MEAN? Your Kidneys are diseased 1t
may be only the beginning. but If not taken IN
time Rright's Disease, an Heath IN ITS most
hor, ible form will be the end. YOU CAN
NOT AFFORD TO TRIFLE WITH
THEN.
Mr.. JOHN w. FURBUsH an army eteran OF
Wakefield. Mass. neglected these symptoms
and was brought 20 Deaths door, He took
Mrs ALEXANDER L. NICHOLAS of Phoenix.
R, l., and descendant of General Nathaniel
Greene, was SO near the grave her breath only
came in gaSps. but she was restored to health
by using HUNTS REMEDY.
The wife of Captain 5. GREENWOOD, master
Of the well known Steamer Kanawha. had a
large and painful swelling in the side, which
wa. thought to be a tumOr. 1t entirely dis
appeared after using HUNTS REM.
EDY. Captain Greenwood himself was cured
OF terrible Catarrh Of the Bladder by the same
means.
These are only a few Of mary wonderful eases
showing that Hunts Remedy does cure
the worst of all known diseases.
Do not how, yer, Delay. Observe the
fl 1T symptoms and act promptly You VIII
certainly escape awful suffering and possibly
death itself. For sale by all Dealers.
IN. CRITTENTON, Gen'l Agent.
lis Fulton Street, New YO,k.
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CLIMATE UNExCELLED! NO MALARIA!

All non-rcsidents of North Carolina who purchase
lands, and place same under cultivation on the Sea-
board Air-Lne Roads, will be furnished with an An
na Pass for one year. over the Road on WHICH ocat-
ed and extremely low tickets for their families;
and will be charged only onehalf the regular rates OF
freight during the first year Of residence freight Of
whatsoever kind received.
As evidence Of the appreciation in which the climate
held by Northern people, point the fact that the
Hotel at KITTRELL, N: G., is most literally patron
lied from the beginning Of Winter until late Spring by
er Northern States who give unqualified endorsement
Of the climate and the health benefits derived from
life in the long leaf pine regions.
on be
above the sea- and in the extreme Western limit Of the
Long Leaf Pine belt! Climate exceedingly dry, pure
and healthy with splendid clear water, and the locality
pro ounced by the most eminent Sanariss in this
country be admirably adapted for persons in search
ofhealth, and especially in case of pulmonary troubles
Lands very cheap, and specially adapted to
Grape culture and Truck Farming; also Silk Culture
MOUNT Holly situated on the West bank Of the
nencc, as both Summer and Winter resort The coun
try surrounding possesses fine capabilities in being
timbered aU,M Aard aooods for manufacturing, and
the soil is excellent for GRASS, GRAIN, TOBACCO and
other field crops.
The latitude along this line Of Rail Road corresponds
with that Of Middle France and Italy, and tempered
by the mild influences of the Gulf Stream on the East
and the high mountain ranges in the West The mean
Winter 43o. Average number Of fair Days per year is
1872, rainy 100, and cloudy only 2. These facts
Serve to show the climate is most excellent.
Persons with limited means purchase land the
instament plan. If so desired, and by small monthly
payments, farm in this delightful locality
All Settlers and Prospectors can purchase tickets
special ORDERS to be secured by application to the
dersigned, at the following very low rates.
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UNDERGROUND Wires in EurOpe,

In Paris the excellent system of drains en-
ables the telegraph engineer to lay his wires
in lead pipes fastened to the top Of the arch.
Throughout the whole Of Germany the ex-
igencies of war and climate led to the compile
ton of the underground system of telegraph
wires in 1880. In Vienna both telegraph and
telephone wires are carried on brackets along
the front of the houses. In London most of
the telegraph wires are buried, but the chief
nuisance there, like here in Berlin, arises from
the telephone lines. which are increasing
daily. 1t is cheaper to swing wire in mid
air than to carry it underground, for three
reasons: First, the aerial line need not be in
sulated; secondly, the cost of tubing and Of
excavation is avoided; and, thirdly, the en-
gineer can take short cuts overhead instead of
being compelled to follow all the awkward
angles Of the streets. But the electrical over
head wires in Europe are doomed.
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WOMEN ARTISTS IN PARIS.

Tho Hard.Working Element and the
Work.
Tho Woodworking element "a mostly COM
posed of Firms, Danes and Norwegians--
northlanders to whom art Is terribly earnest
thing and who rarely, IL ever, mingle with
the more frivolous French, American and
British sections. During the ten minutes Of
rcpose which Is allowed to the model every
hour these serious ones collect in little knots,
and in curious languages (which sound
vaguely li!:o German cut up and hardened
into cakes for oxportation) they discuss each
others work, or else one poses and the others
make pencil sketches Of her.
1t Is curious to know what large percent
uge OF these northerners there are in nearly
every stuGio. They are almost all serious
that IL, they work with definite object, their
average or work is consequently high, and,
although they do not join in the general
"frivol' of the studio, they are always ready
to help struggling beginner or to give q
timely criticism to any ono in difficulties.
There arc generally two professors, who come
twice week to correct the students work,
one in tho morning, the other in the after
noon. Their arrival is looked forward to
with fearful joy. You hear heavy step
OIL tac star. "Ccst lr!' says some wag near
tho door, and everyone begins to rub out
suddenly found faults with frenzy, as Jacques,
the garcon, comes in to make up tho fire, or
an unker..lt l......aa puts in hor head to know
If model il wanted.
However, when. after many false alarms,
the professor really appears the joy Of antici-
patton is lost in the horrid discovery Of the
mistakes which seem to break out all over
your drawing as you feel the master coming
nearer and nearer. When you dsmount
from your high stool, to allow him to ascend
in your place, your terrors have not unfrc-
quently SO quiclened your eye that you know
instinctively that he will correct parts with
which you were blandly pleased before he
came Itwould be interesting to know if this
is an instance of thought reading on the part
of tho pupil, or merely the working of an
unnaturally stimulated conscience. The pro-
fessors criticisms are usually very short, and
most frequently severe. Then ho passes on,
leaving what had been sufficiently self
satisfied young woman abroken-hearted ruin.
Magazine Of Art.
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r,cant.r Tho Important information b
added that "cven In that early stage, the
language was complete and full; that Is, It
was all that was needed. Tho children were
at 10 loss to express themselves In their
plays-their 'chatterings' with each other all
day." At last thoy were sent to a school,
where they gradually learned English, as
children learn foreign language, and the
memory of their own speech faded from
their minds,
Dr.. E. II. Hun, Of Albany, has given
clear anl scientific account of similar phe-
nomenon, with specimens of the language. In
this case the speech was invented by u little
girl, a,ed AZ years, In conjunction with her
brother, eighteen months younger than her.
self About twenty of the words are given,
most of which were used in several allied
acceptations, as mea, meaning both cat and
fu.s; migno-migno, water wash, bath; baet,
soldier music; odo to send for, to 60 out, to
take away; ,Vaia-tUaiar, black darkness, a
negro. The language had its own forms of
construction, as in Mea tUaid-tUaSdr, "dark
furs" literally furs dark when the adjective
follows its substantive. DR.. Hun adds "Sho
uses her language readily and freely, and
when she is with her brother they converse
with great rapidity and fluency."
Further inquiries have shown that such
cases of child language are by no means UNI
common, and these cases, it must be consid-
cred, are, after all, merely intensified forms
of phenomenon which is of constant recur-
renee.
Those who adhere to the doctrine of the
pre-existence and repeated re-births of the
same individual would explain the phenome-
non by d. airing that these children had
brought the strange language with them
from other spheres and other lives.
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FASHlONLETS.

Bright red sashes are to be very generally
worn.
Emotion Injuries beauty, particularly the
wrong kind of emotion-grief, rage, jealousy
and fretting.
A word of warning to the wearers Of trans
parent bonnets. Do not fail to cover the
bald spot on your head before DOMINIC the
bonnet.
There was never a season in which SO many
ladies in deep mourning changed to the many
mourning materials in white as this, and the
change must be quite as agreeable to them as
to their friends
Pink tulle wells are the latest novelty. They
are intended for hats of all colors, but are
particularly suitable for those in pale shades.
This tulle is of the lightest texture, and is
very becoming.
Strange to say, grenadines are in high
favor this summer Fine black lace tril-is
them, such as Chantilly. Just a bit of color
at the throat or in the corsage relieves the
somberness of them.
Heavy, numbering carriages are the fashion
now. 1t is an idiotic fashion, but it is Eng
lish. The British carriage does not begin to
compare with the American, but is adopted
because our people are anglo-maniacs at
present.
In the hair and on the open bodice, for
evening, is placed the last new device in jew
elry-a series Of dainty diamond swallows,
quite tiny, and placed three or five together
upon slight silver thread, as lightly as II
they had just poised themselves upon a tele-
graph wire
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SHALLOW WELL BORER.


Fig. 2 shows the machinery usually en-
played in boring for water and in wells 10C
to 600 feet deep. For wells less than $50 feet
deep horse power may be used to run the
machinery. Below that it must he steam. A
Kansas man has invented an important
addition to well boring machinery. His i'm
provement is called Fishing tools" They
consist Of a contrivance for removing OBJ
structions or broken tools from the we'll
Artesian wells are now being made all over
the country. They solve the problem of
water in many parts Of the west, and conse-
quently of converting desert into fertility.
Once started the flow is often several hundred
gallons of water per minute, and there is no
perceptible diminution as time goes on. The
boring tools proper consist of a rope socket,
sinker bar, jars, auger stem and bit. These
are screwed together, forming the string of
tools, and there is, in addition, the temper
screw, hung by hook from the walking
beam, and made to grasp the cable when the
tools are down in the well. The jar is de-
vice to prevent the bit from getting fast or
becoming wedged in the rock.
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Harmony Of COlOrs.

By harmony Of colors we understand colors
placed side by side in such manner that they
do not injure the effect of each other; rather,
on the contrary, complete each other, i. e.,
they gain in intensity.
The attention of the ladies is particularly
called to the importance of harmony in colors,
for the most of them in the selection of their
colored dresses, bonnets and trimmings pro-
duce the greatest discord in the composition
of the colors. Harmony in color does not de-
pend on the will or caprice or personal taste
of an individual, but it is based on the I'M
changeable laws of nature, which we shall
Immediately discuss.
Red and Green.-A red body reflects green
rays, while, on the other hand, a green body
reflects red rays. Therefore, green is the
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color which completes rcd, and similarly
rcd is tho color which completes green. Both
colors, therefore, lain In intensity.
Blue and Orange.-A blue body often re-
fleets orange rays, and inversely an orange
body will frequently reflect the blue rays.
Orange Is, therefore, the complementary
color Of blue, and vice versa, therefore each
color intensiles the other.
Violet and Greonish Yellow.-A violet
body reflects greenish yellow, and inversely a
greenish yellow body reflects violet. Both
colors, therefore, complete each other, and
intensity each other.
Indigo and Yellow.-Indigo reflects yellow,
and yellow indigo rays hence they are COM
Elementary and intensity each other.-Lith-
ographer and Printer.
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handsome and snowy.
Gloves.


Undressed kid gloves are now in use on all
occasions They are in light, dark and me.
dunn tints in the different shades of Suede
and brown. The dark color is most appro-
pirate for ordinary wear while the medium
tints and the lighter shades are reserved for
evening USE White undressed kid gloves arc
also seen for full dress, but they are not as
fashionable as the Suede tints. For morning
walking purposes large gloves called ...g0ts
belges" are used. Men also wear these gloves,
with or without embroidery on the back of
the hand People usually employ gray
gloves for afternoon and evening wear.
Silk gloves are intended exclusively for
ladies' use They should be very well made
and in the shades of undressed kid. For
travelling and horseback riding chamois skins
continues to be favored, as it washes like
linen. With black toilets gray gloves are the
style, as this color blends perfectly with
black. They have broad bands of black silk
embroidery down the back and are buttoned
on the inside
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THE WORLDS PROGRESS.
MOVEMENTS IN THE SCIENCES AND
INDUSTRIAL ARTS.

Children Who Have Invented Com
plete Observation-Disclosures Wires in
Europe-A British Surgeon Cures Epi-
lepsy-How Artesian Wells are Bored.
The machinery for boring gas and artesian
wells is now not uncorn.no:. Tho great der
rick and the steam engine putting noisily
away by It's side are familiar objects in many
landscapes.
It is for wells of over 1000 feet deep,
whether for gas, oil or water, that the large
derricks are used Sometimes several months
are required to complete one of these deep
wells Motion is conveyed by belts from the
engine to the boring machines.
The diameter of tho well is generally 8 or
sinches, but may be either smaller or greater,
as desired though seldom less than 81 inches,
all the tools and appliances for wells Of sew
eral different dameters being regularly
manufactured. The principle upon whic:,
the well is drilled is that of free falling
tools, suspended by a cable and worked by
steam power, the weight of the tools shall be
so great as to give blows OF sufficient force to
pierce the hardest rock.
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Children Inyenting a Language,

Strange stories of how children sometimes
invent language of their own are well
authenticated. Twin boys were born to a
respectable Boston family in 1860 Miss E..
H. Watson, the writer, tells of them:
They were constantly together and an in
tense affection existed between them. "At
the usual age" the authoress states, "these
twins begas to talk, but, strange to say, not
their mother tongue They had a language
of their own, and no pains could induce them
to speak anything else They persistently re-
fused to utter syllable of English. Their
mother relates that although she could not
understand their language, she contrived, by
attention, to discover what they wished or
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Curing Epilepsy.

Mr.. Horsley, a British surgeon, is curing
cases of epilepsy. He finds it is caused by a
tumor or other disturbance in the BRAIN He
locates the spot by observing which of the
muscles of the patient begin to be affected by
the fit first. By experimenting on animals,
Mr.. Horsley has ascertained to some extent
what portions of the brain control given por-
lions of tho muscles. Then he opens the
skull at the point indicated and removes the
diseased portion of the brain. He has found
that a considerable quantity Of brain matter
can be taken away without causing death.
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Facts of Interest,

A heavy gas well has been struck at
Albany, N. Y.
The new navy cruiser Boston is now ready.
Whether she will have decent speed has
not yet been tested.
Good progress has been made by the United
States RoSerzSnent in the manufacture3 81
eight inch steel cannon.
Petroleum instead Of coal has been tried by
some of the great shipping lines, with view
to reducing the expenses Of fuel. But it has
been found to cost more than coal, and the
experiment has been abandoned.
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Desirable New Silk.

"Monopol silk" is the title bestowed upon
new texture in silk, as yet only made in
black. The patterns resemble satin de
Chine" and appear indestructible One
special value of this new make Of silk,
which every lady cannot but appreciate, lies
in the fact of the raw material being dyed
previous to entering the loom, and conse-
quently nothing is, or can be used to weigbten
the silk when woven.
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Mineral Spring & Stock Farm

Consisting Of about $50 acres on the Connecticut
river in Pisrmont, Grafton County, N. H. miles from
village, Mills stores churches, etc. IA miles from R.
R. station, miles from Haverhil the county seat. 1t
is on well travelled road and easily managed. One of
the best farms in the country, and is really worth $780,
900. Most Of the land is clay loam very producve
owner raised last year tons hay, 500 bushels Of
oats 1900 BUSH Of corn, 900 bush. potatoes, and
vii! keep 30 cows and team. 1t is we'll watered by
unailing springs, running water to the barns: young
apple orchard Of $50 trees just commencing to bear;
sugar orchard Of $50 trees, 2ugar house, pans and
heater. The buildings consist Of substantial one-story
house; rooms, two-story house with extension Of
rooms three barns, one 4axs3 nearly new, with base
ment under the whole: 45xs3, with sheds 2ox5o,
and tool shedaox24 attached; one 26xse, horse barn,
graray, dennhay atlached wood-shed a5x18, piggery
etc.
There is Mineral Spring on the farm that has good
local reputation for curative properties 1t has never
been developed but very little, and there is lots of
ey in it if properly managed. Would be an excellent
location for boarding house This is money making
farm. My reason for selling is that have become SO
lame from wound received in the late war; that l am
unable to work it, Price $500 Send for circulars in
'egard to the mineral spring
CHAS. A. MANSON,
g Piermont. N. H.
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Fall Suits.

Many French seaside suits are Of light, soft
wooden fabrics. They are always combined
with some bright colors. Over the short
round skirts are draped tunics, carelessly
raised, with the bright color either forming
lining Or arranged down the sides in revcrs
style. The waists open over the buttoned
vests, the latter showing on the upper part q
small plain linen front piece. The narrow
cravat and collar complete this very mascu-
line costume
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Meat Market f!
RE.OPBNED.

Fresh and salt meat & fish.
beef, pork, lamb, ham, saus-
age, Bologna sausages, tripe,
dried beef, salmon, mackerel,
salt pork, lard, domestic
chicken, cod fish, homeless
cod, oysters, pickles, potatoes.
turneps, onions, beets, carrots,
cabbages and squashes.
Fruit, nuts and raisins.
Cigars and Tobacco, Maud
s, Manning Mail Twist &
Fine Cut Tobacco.
Crackers plain and fancy,
Tea & Coffee, spices, Molass-
es, oil, vinegar, -four. soap,
matches and Canned Goods.
We will exchange goods
for Eggs, Butter, Pclts &
Hides and other produce,
III. III. PILLSBURY
4s.a BRADFORD, VT.
THIS market viU be sold ut a Low
figure to any one willing to pay spot
cash.