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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-15

An excellent quality of paper has
been made from the pulp of the banana.
but as yet no legitimate use has been
found for the peel thereof, except as a
substitute for ice on the sidewalk
LoUeH Citizen.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-15

In erecting scaffoldings for the use
OF workmen in building houses, the in
genious Japanese bind the parts firmly
together with stout cords. instead of
mailing them. As a result, the scaffolds
never fall. precipitating the workmen
to injury or death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29
Personal.

Mr.. Jefferson Crawford, of Hazel
Green, was in town on business last
Friday.
Mr.. Sanford, assistant in the Dodge
vile High School, is spending vaca-
ton at his home in this city.
MIR. j. G. Clough, father of the Rev.
E. E. Clough, of this city, arrived here
Thursday to spend the winter.
Mr. Grant Cundy, teacher at Elk
Grove, is spending his vacation at the
home of his parents in this city.
Frank Case, son of Rev G. w. Case,
formerly of this city, now of La Crosse,
is visiting in this city, the guest of
Charley Grindell.
Frank Cramer, who is clerking In the
dry goods store of John Fiddick in this
city, spent few days at his home in
Galena The fore part of last week.
Mr.. r. Fl. Colyer, of the Latin Rand
Powder Company, of Dubuque, was in
the city the latter part of last week.
He was brought here on account of the
explosion.
MIR. Robert Richmond, a brother of
T. C. Richmond, formerly student of
the Normal here, now student of the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29
MI. Hone.


1t is reported that Oscar Zimmerman
is preparing to open harness shop in
few days.
The high school commenced on the
21st with an unusually large attendance
of pupils.
Robert easier and his sister Ella are
back from Lerton, Neb., on on Wis
it, after an absence of three years.
Miss Whitney, of Connecticut, is
spending a few months visiting her
aunt, Mrs. John Taylor, of Loomis
Ridge.
Oily Wells has returned home for the
winter and for the present will live with
his mother.
VIM. j. Ketners moved his family
from Lancaster to this place last week
to live.
There was a shooting match for
turkeys in the village Thanksgiving day
and dance at the hall Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. B. Fox report having
had pleasant visit with friends in New
York short time ago. Mr.. Fox is now
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29

busyIng himself behind the counter and
the firm to which he belongs enjoys a
fine trade.
Our efficient and obliging postmas-
ter came near losing his official head
by late decree from the immortal
Growers followers some time ago.
We are going to try to get our mail
route changed to run tri-weekly from
Millville to Fennimore. The large and
increasing amount of mail matter dis
tributed along the line demands such a
change.
Hon. R. M. Day is recovering slowly
from his accident received some time
ago. He will be in good fighting trim
by the time the Legislature meets.
Tomorrow tuesday, will be con-
firmation day at Father McNulty's
church on Irish Ridge. Quite num-
Der of children will be confirmed at
that time.
Messrs. Scobie and Scheedy have
formed copartnership to carry on the
blacksmith business, and by having
George Zimmerman to do their wood
work, this firm is better prepared than
ever to do the work for the surrounding
country. They are both young and
energetic men and each one an accom-
plished workman, worthy of the sup
port of all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29
Madison University. visited in this city
the last of last week.



Immediately after eight o'clock last
Wednesday night, the people of this
city and vicinity were startled by dull
report and heavy shock. Doubt as to
the cause of the shock remained in the
minds of those who heard it but Sec
ond. 1.-The powder mills have explod-
ed,' Immediately suggested itself, ac-
companied by the thought, ''What poor
creature may be blown to atoms, or
wounded by flying rubbish and unable
toIhelp himself?n Superintendent New
ton, who was at the city hall, attending
the entertainment which had not yet
commenced, Immediately got up and
left the hall for the scene of the explo-
sion, and it was with great difficulty
that the audience was kept from rush
ing out in a body. As it was, many
followed Mr.. Newton from the hall and
were joined on the street by scores of
others, who made the best possible
speed in the direction of the mills.
The only man, however, who was at
work at the mills was night engineer
Geo. Hegley, Sr. His son, Geo. HegleY,
Jr., who was in the city at the time of
the explosion, Immediately ran to the
mills, being the first person to get
there, arriving just in time to see his
father crawl out from under pile of
fragments, caused by the roof of the
engine-house being blown in, the cylin-
der mill which exploded being but
about five rods distant George inn
mediately blew the whistle, announcing
to his anxious mother and the people
that his father was safe, the only injury
received being a few cuts on the head
by broken glass.
Only hole in the ground and thou
sands of smoldering brands were left
to tell the story. The latter, greatly en-
dangering the surrounding mills, were
extinguished. The first thought that
came TO many in their homes and places
of business Was that some huge instru-
ment had been thrown against the
doors. In many instances. where doors
were not securely fastened, they came
open. One gentleman SAID he thought
someone had thrown bomb against his
door. The writer, on going out doors
immediately after the report, saw in the
direction of the powder mills, a huge
balloon-shaped cloud of smoke rise and
float off in southwesterly direction.
| Boards, timbers, etc., were blown a
quarter of mile away. The shock
was felt as far away as Dodgeville.
The Latin & Rand Company, which
is one of the wealthiest corporations in
the United States, will hardly feel the
loss, which will be considered as part
of their regular expenses. The COM
pany has quite number plants, but the
Platteville mills, we learn, cause them
the least expense of any, which is prob
ably due to the wise and careful man
agement of Superintendent Newton.
A force of men were set to work the
next morning clearing away the rubbish
and the building will be Immediately
| rebuilt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29
BUSINESS NOTES.

Fred. Annecke keeps felt boots for
men and boys. Give him call.
Look over Fiddicks wonderful stock
of carpets. They are selling them
below cost.
A carload of choice Minnesota flour
just received at the City Bakery.
Keep your ankles warm by buying a
pair of those high-cut Rockford shoes
at Fred. Annecke's.
Gardner had big rush Thanksgiving
eve for supper. No wonder, he gives
such good meals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29

Chief Justice Scott, of the Illinois
Supreme Court, last Thursday granted
a writ of error in the condemned An
archists' case. The court will not sit
on the case until the March term, and
therefore the Reds have lease of life
until that time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29
What Baking Powder Shall we Use!


This plain question comes home to
every housekeeper. We all desire pure
and wholesome food, and this cannot
be had with the use of impure or pois-
onous baking powder. There can be
no longer question that all the cheaper,
lower grades of baking powders con-
tain either alum, lime or phosphate
acid. AS 10th as we may be TO admit
so much against what may have been
some of our household gods, there can
be no galnsaying the unanimous testi-
mony of the official chemists. Indeed,
analysts seem to find no baking powder
entirely free from some one of these
Objectionable ingredients except the
Royal, and that they report as chemi-
cally pure. We find some of the Bak-
ing Powders advertised as pure, to con-
tain, under the tests of Profs. Chand-
Ter, Habirshaw and others, nearly twelve
per cent. of lime, while others are made
from alum with no cream of tartar.
This, we presofne, accounts for their
lack of leavening power as sometimes
complained of by the cook, and for the
bitter taste found in the biscuits so fire.
quently complained of by ourselves.
But aside from the inferiority of the
work done by these powders, the physi-
ologists assure us that lime and alum
taken into the system in such quantities
as this are injurious. They are not de-
composed by heat nor dissolved in mix
ing or baking. They go with the bread,
therefore, into the stomach, where their
physiological effects are indigestion,
dyspepsia, or worse evils.
The question naturally arises, why do
these cheap baking powder makers use
these things? Alum is three cents a
pound, lime still cheaper, while cream
of tartar costs thirty-fve or forty. The
reasons for the chemical purity of the
Royal Baking Powder were recently
given in the New York Times in an in
teresting description of new method
for refining argols, or crude cream of
tartar. 1t seems that it is only under
this process that cream of tartar can be
freed from the lime natural to it and
rendered chemically pure; that the pat
ents and plant for this cost the Royal
Baking Powder Company about half a
million dollars, and that they maintain
exclusive control of the rights.
Prof. McMurtrie, late chief chemist
of the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, D. c., in the interests of
commerce, made an examination of this
process, and reported upon the results
attained in the refined cream of tartar.
The following extract from his report
would seem to answer the question re-
peated at the head of this article, and
which is SO frequently propounded by
the housekeeper:
II have examined the cream of tar
tar used by the Royal Baking Powder
Company in the manufacture of their
baking powder, and find it to be per-
fectly pure, and free from lime in any
form The chemical tests to which
have submitted the Royal Baking Pow
der prove it perfectly healthful, and free
from any deleterious substance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29

Important gold discoveries have
caused a general revival of the indus
tries of Australia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29

Erastus Brooks died at o'clock last
Thursday morning at his home on
Staten Island.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29

WATCH REPAIRING
WATCH REPAIRING-If your watch doesn't
WATCH REPAIRING-run right take it to G.
WATCH REPAIRING-H. Mclean, Main Street
WATCH REPAIRING-Plattevill Wis, and
WATCH REPAIRiNG-have it properly attend
WATCH REPAIRING-ed to by skilled work
WATCH REPAIRING-men at moderate prices.
WATCH REPAIRING 36tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-29
Store " Business
FOR SALE!

/ again offer my store and dwelling house for
sale at a bargain. The store is well stocked with
as good line of general merchandise as can be
found in any country store. The stock viii be
sold cheap for cash. store and dwelling will be
sold for one half cash down, balance on time to
perfect title gwen. My intention of selling is to
90 more extensively into the egg trade. am
still selling instructions as to how l keep my
eggs as fresh as newly laid the whole year round,
and desire correspondence from anyone who
wants TO make fortune for themselves You
can do this by purchasing my egg receipt.
For further information call on or address.
MRS. CHRISTINA ANDREW.
Hurricane. Grant County, Wis. June TO- 1886
16m6w&s
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05
The Causes Of Failure i'll Life.

\ literary client of the great Romcike,
who has originated a new industry in the
paste -and-scissers line, has given that dill
gent newspaper clipper an order to collect
information regarding causes of failure in
life. Romeike, therefore, with his usual
zeal, has issued one of the cruelest of cir
culars ''to all curateS of more than 40 years
of age, to all unknown barristers, and 10
certain members of Parliament and public
men" We wonder what the unfortunatcs
think when they find themselves thus
stamped with the Romeike brand as patent
failures, and a list of guesseS at the names
of the certain members of Parliament and
public men who have received circulars
would be instructive and entertaining. In
journalism, if o man passes So without
achieving success in his avecation, Romeike
dubs him a failure, and sends him "a form
of inquiry" This form Of inquiry is too
curious not to be printed in its entirety. 1t
runs as follows:
''To what causes do you attribute your
failure in life? L. profession
-, attribute my failure in life to the fol-
lowing causes: /. Drink; Say what drink }
2. Gambling, turf, Cards, or WHAT? B.
Dishonesty. 4. Unfortunate acquaiatances.
5. Marriage G. Single life. z Disinclina-
ton to work. S. Lending or borrowing,
(say which.l 9. Unpopular views, Cpoliti-
cal;) unpopular views, (religious.) 10. To-
bacco. in what form) II. General inca
pacity. - Other causes, general re-
marks.
If any of our readers feel tempted to un-
bosom themselves to Romeike and his lite
rary client they can fill in this confession
and send it to our Office, to be forwarded
after perusal.-PaN Mall Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

monuments also to Lee and his barefoot
and hungry heroes, who for four bloody
years kept those vast numbers at bay,
and in the space Of three years defeated
and forced from the supreme command
at least five of these renowned Federal
captains
At the conclusion of General Gordons
eloquent address it was announced that
Nh. Davis would receive his friends It
the City Hall. AS he started from the
Capitol portico the artillery doomed forth
and fred a salute of one hundred guns.
The same scene of cheering and waving
of landkerchiefs was enacted as when
the procession moved up the avenue.
Nh. Davis was carried to the City Hall,
where general handshaking was indrlsed
in by vast number of callers, only per-
mitting moment to each. This ended
the days demonstration. Itwas grand
success, lain during a portion of the day
being the only drawback. Universal
good humor prevailed. It is impossible
to estimate the crowd, but it was fully
twenty thousand in the streets and on the
grounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05
THE SOUTHERN BAPTISTS.
Thirty-First Session Of the Conventional Large
Gathering Expected in Montgomery.

Gathering Expected in Montgomery.
The thirty-tirst session of the South
ern Baptist Convention will be held in
Montgomery, Ala, on Saturday. The
Rev. J. 3. Hawthorne, of Georgia, will
preach the Convention sermon. The
Southern Captist Convention was organ
lied at Augusta, Ga. There are now
in the United States 2,572,23S Baptists.
Of these 100000 are in that scope of
country over which the Southern Baptist
Convention extends. The Convention
does its work through two boards, viz:
The foreign mission board, located at
Richmond, Va, the Rev. H. A. Tupper,
DID,, corresponding secretary. The re-
ceipts of this board last year were $751;
2S9.59. The board has missions III
Mexico, Brazil, Africa, China and Italy.
The Rev. Charles Menly, D. D., Of
Greenville, is vice-president for South
Carolina. The second is the home mis-
sion board, located at Atlanta, Ga, the
Rev. j. T. Tichenor, DID,, correspond
ing secretary. Last years receipts were
s7l,43l6s. They reported lS5 mission
aries, 1881 baptisms, 1864 additions in
all; three churches organized. Among
the colored people the board has been
holding institutes, theological, at which
179 preachers and deacons have been
taught The mission fields are IN Arkan-
sas, Louisiana, Texas, Florida and In
dian Territory; in Key West among the
Cubans, and also the Levering School III
the Indian Territory. The Rev. r. W.
Sanders, Of Chester, is vice-president for
South Carolina. The officers are elected
annually. Those Of last year were the
Rev. P. H. Nell, LII. D., of Athens,
Ca, president, and the Rev. Lansing
Burrows, DID,, Of Augusta, Ca, and
the Rev. O. F. Gregory, of Baltimore,
secretaries.
The rates of travel for delegates have
been fixed so low by the railroads that a
large attendance is expected from South
Carolina
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

Sheridan's Cord;tlon
Powder is absolutely
pure and highly con-
oentrated. One ounce
is worth a pound OF
any other kind. 1t is
otrictly a medicine to
be given with food.
SoId everywhere, or
S:x cans By express, ]
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

smile on every face. An exc was pro-
cured, and, while four of the men
guarded against surprise, the fifth
cut a window in my jail, through
which crawlcd, having been q prls-
oner for nearly twenty hours
When we reached the big poplar
that guards the pass to Sleepy Cove, |
fastened III the fourth notch piece of
paper bearing these words:
"Cap Hawkins. beware. The Colo
mel is on-vour trail. Go look for his
bones in Smoky Hole.
s!EI-TIARIEEo
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05
4 Good Many Failures

During tie year 1888 there were 1U,56S
failures in business in the United States
and Canada. Some oi these were big con
Germs, and som e were very small. Failure
is sorrowful business to any man, especial
" if it is health that fails. A great many
times 10, ,56s people fail in health in the
course Of year. Many of them might he
saved if they would take Browns Iron
Bitters, the great family medicine and re,
storer of wasted health.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05
E.: II

Not only shortens
the time Of labor and
lessons the intensity
iof pain, but, it
greatly diminishes the
danger to life Of both
mother and child, and
Leaves the mother III a
condition highly IA
;vorable to speedy re-
'covery, and far less
liable to flooding, cor.
vlllsionS, and other
alarming IN pto ms
incident 10 SLOW or
painful labor. It's
truly wonderful efflca-
cy in this respect en-
titles it to be called
THE " 0 T II E RS
FRIEND and to be
ranked as one of the
life-saving remedies
of the nineteenth CEN
Ituly.
! From the nature of
the case it will of
course be understood
that we cannot pub
,liSh certificates con-
Icernirg this REMEDY
without weunding the
!deiicacy Of the writer's.
Yet we have hundreds
of such testimonialson
file, and no mother
who has once used it
will ever again be
without it in her time
of trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05
The GREAT majority of English medi.

The great majority of English medi-
cal woaSSen undoubtedly marry either be-
fore or soon after they complete their
curriculum; in fact, one almost fancies
that men either peryersely seek as wives
the very type OF women whose imellec-
tual tastes they pretend to detest, or pr1-
IDENTIFY apply matrimony as s: solvent OF
sexual competition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

Senator Bowen, Of Colorado, s,s:
that Attorney General Garland will not
resign. In his opinion 1.-The investlsa-
ton has developed nothing bnt the fact
ctlas Garland was unjustly accused and
nlercill.SSIY aa,u,sCI
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

The French Minister Of the Interior
has issued a4 order to the Mayors and
Projects of France that iley are to do all
in their power to diss1ade emlssa.ion.
The French are the least migratory OF
natioas, the annual average Of emigrants
being under ). ZOO out of population OF
81, 600, 900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

A Baptist missionary IN Cals.s.& '::.>'tes
home that what an American family
throws away Ill 4 yearworlld keepa dozen
Chinese families; and what a Chinese
fal.ily throws away IL the same time
would not feed 2 mouse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

a prominent physician lately remarked
to the proprietor, that II it were admissible
to make public the letters we receive, the
'Mothers' Friend" would outsell anything
on the market.
GENTLEMEN:-During my career in the
practice of medicine uset your "MOTH-
ER'S FRIEND" in a great number of
cases, with the happiest results in every
instance. 1t makes labor easy, hastens de-
livery and recovery, and INSUREs SAFETY
TO BOTH MOTHER AND CHILD. No woman
can be induced to so through the ordeal
without it after once using It.
Yours truly,
T. E. PENNINGTON, ". D.
Palmetto, Ga, June 10, 1854.
Send for our Treatise on "Health and
Happiness Of Woman" mailed free.
BRADF1ELD REGULATOR Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-05-05

The fund for the widow OF General
Hancock, now being raised in Boston, Is
nearing the sum of $4,000.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-02-15
Christian Conventions

Will be conducted by Messrs. Moody y
Sankey. in San Antonio. February Is,
March |. ,.
The chief object Of the meetings is 10
promote activity and spirituality among
prOfessed Christians.
Sunday services TT each place viii be
at s n. IN, for Christians; 1890 a. m, for
cOlUred people ) ?. m, for women p.
III, for men.
Week day services will be at } p. M,
for Christians chiefly 1880 p. m, Tor men
afrer first night.
Daily morning meetings of Christian
workers, for consultation and prayer,
can probably be secured on week days
after the first day, to be led by MIR.
Moody, Mr.. Sankey and others.
Extensive preparations for the meet
ings are being made In each city by cOIa-
mittees and by union prayer-meetlngs.
Admission to all meetings Is by free
tickets q different ticket for each meet
ing, except the platform tickets for pas
tors and singers, which are good for all
meetings. Ten minutes before the hour
of service the doors are open 10 all with
out regard to tickets.
Pastors and Christian workers from
other places, who wish to attend the
meetings, snOulu WIlle Tue Oiiu'l MA" w
the general committee of the nearest
city, asking him TO reserve tickets for
them, telling him how many Will 60
from that place, how many are pastors,
and what meetings they desire to attend.
1t will be impossible to supply all the
tickets wanted; hence. those who wish
them should apply at once. and none
should fail TO use them II secured.
Churches In other places are cordially
invited to send their pastors or other
representatives to the meetings, that
they may bring back reports and a
deeper interest that shall tend to pro
mote revival of Bible study and Of
righteousness in all the region.
The undersigned are the chalrmen OF
the general committees of preparation
for the meetings in their respective
cities. They will answer all inquiries d.
rect, or will refer them to the proper
committees.