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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
4 Practical Joke.

A writer in the Chicago Ledger, COM
mentlng on his war experiences, relates
the following practical joke which was
turned to good account:
The weather was fcarfully hot in Au-
gust, 1862, when we were marching from
Rolla to Springicld-a green regiment,
never in battle. Now, after years of
service, | am persuaded that there is no
man ever invented a better way to disci-
pline a troop, and get them over the
stage fright" of first onset, than our
good Colonel.
On going into camp one night upon
that march, the order was given ito sleep
upon our arms That we understood to
mean an enemy in the neighborhood. It
did not promote sleep, l can assure you.
All sorts of imaginings were in our heads.
We were going to be attacked.
Many of our boys had professed to
be very anxious to meet the enemy.
We noted that this anxiety was not near
SO apparent that night. Indeed we
heard nothing of it.
We slept by our guns. We were con
ident that in case Of an attack we could
literally ''spring to arms"
Sure enough about midnight the drums
beat to arms. The entire brigade was
ordered out.
What a scene ensrcd. Every man was
upon his feet in an instant. But there
were zone eager for the fight. Here one
called; 'Where is my, cartridge box?'
Another: :" Where are my shoes? ,
"Strike match boys, so | can find my
hat" And SO it went until we heard
the command. Fail in line" and VIC
obeyed, half scared out of our wits; and
there we stood and quaked and wondered
how 500 the enemy would begin firing,
expecting the leaden compliments every
moment, Had the enemy appeared ther
we would have been powerless. But
there was no enemy. This was a practica
drill put upon lis To aCcustOm us to Just
such scenes, and it did what it was de.
signed for. In a little time we spranc
from u beds(D ready for the enemy anC
trained to u work.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
MileStaues on the Road 10 Health

The recovery Of digestion. and the ra-ayu--
ton of activity ~ tie liver. bowels and Kid
ney~. are a.}le~taarS which mark our progress
on the road - health. They specify become
per eItia-e "hen liostetteTs stomach Bitters
IS use4l oy the invalid. Nothing 20 surely and
exI@liffousIy consumes the distance to the de-
sired gal. - 10 tzvt..y function can suffer
4A}e.Ellt'en without l.npa3T1ns the tire general
heath - tie system. 20 The : : 81, can never
ACl4t." perfect Nt-c~, beaI'tt'S ~Enaayw. until
that function II actively resumed aht. for
lE-~fAL g Gs-c~t III . So .~aatt II arch =
invariably rs@tsEaL q. tt- s.-trr~ r re O.
raI> 4sa1 "Esgh il @e# owes grot. weak. hill
se2~E@>S, constipation. headache, poverty Of
tAs t4oad. .Ea , hundred other symptoms So
FeFscne, which Ind cat ann. a.ahty the
tanefG4 general Iat3@Gce u t<spep.Ia, The
c!ssppearSIce q II! these = t4i toms through
tbs les Of the Bltterr, show with waat thor.
en-haesa Il removes ihsir eaaAs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
Home.
BIZ ANNIE E. MYERS.
he home governs the world.

The home Governs the world.
All social and moral laws of our com
non civilization reyolve around the home.
It IS the school Of social progress: Pub
lie opinion is the collective opinions Of
ourhome.
Clear-sighted reformers aim to direct
the power that rules the home. In a GER
tain sense we are all reformers, we all
Try to make the world better; some are
trying in one way, some IN another; but
We should all begin at home.
Let the home be a cheerful. sunshinv
place. There let US find neatness and
comfort. Above all, let us have ALWAYS
good nature and means for improve
ment.
Home is the place for all the best
things; therefore don't keep all your
the, sunshine except when you have yisi-
tors. Chccrfnlness and sunshine do not
cost anything, but withhold them and
YOU are q heavy loser.
1t is not alone the housekeeper,s duty
to keep the home rooms neat and tidy:
each member of the family should assist
IN ii. There are a thousand ways of
keeping clean that saves a vast amount
Of making clean. Anyone of refined feel
ing regards all labor to secure neatness a
labor Of love and duty.
Did you ever hear that little fable of
the chairs? For fear you haven't I'll tell
It to YOU.
Well" said a straightforward,
straight legged chair to a cosy rocking
chair by whose side it Glanced to be
,ia.n1 tA1afnra would lo c,,ct a II ry,I,o
as YOU are, | would be a stool; or, if
possible, something more insignificant.
People are not content with making YOU
nurse everyone, be they big or little, but
YOU must be continually rocking them to
and fro"
ITO be sure" answered the little
rocking-chair, 4 nm always busy and on
the 20 for the qualification of others;
but thereby have l won many friends,
and appear to be a great favOritc with all.
This pays me for all my trouble"
The moral of this pretty fable is, that
AL who cheerfully and willingly do for
others are the ones who gain most for
themselves.
utilize for home life.
'hc Vi llc plcaSantcSC anu MODEST
dutics Of the family is to furnish it's mem
hers with good reading. In times that
are past, it was considered enough to
ciothe, feed and shelter a family. But
now it is recognized as a fact that we all
have hungry minds to be satisfied.
They must be fed a healthy diet; they
want to be sheltered from the pitliess
>tulm Of error and vice. An ignorant
family is a dark spot on our modern IN
tr:!ircnce.
Let good reading 90 into a home and
the very atmosphere changes. The boys
begin to talk of men, principles, the
past and the future. The girls find open
in before them a new life of knowledge.
duty and love.
Out from that family will go intelli-
gent men and women to fill useful and
honorable places in society.
Let the torch of Improvement be lit in
every household. Let the young and the
Old Vie with one another in introducing
new and useful topics of investigation
and in c%herishing a love for study and
advancement.
Such a home implants memories IN the
heart that can never die. The rough
rth> Of the world can never obliterate
them. Lives so formed are the timber>
that uphold the world Chicago Ledger.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
~SoEebody's Child.

Somo5ody's child IS dying-dying with tne
flush OF hope on his young face. and somebody's
face will be hidden where no ray Of hope can
brighten it-because there was no cure Tor
consumption, Reader. if the child be your
mothers heart before it Is too late. Tell her
that consumption is curable; that men arc
living to-day whom the physicians pronounced
destroyed By the disease. Ir. pierce's Gold.
en- Medical Discovery. has cured hundreds;
surpasses cod liver oil, hypophosphites, and
By druggists,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
Do be ready in time for church. II

Do be ready in time for church. II
YOU do not respect yourself sufficiently to
be punctual, respect the feelings of other
people.
Do avoid causes Of irritation in your
family circle; reflect that home Isl the
place to be agreeable.
Do be reticent; the world at large has
no interest in your private affairs.
Do cultivate the habit Of listening to
others; it will make yoa an Invaluable
member of society, to say nothing OF al
vantages it will be to You when you
marry; every man likes to talk about
himself; a good listener makes a delight
full wife.
Do be contentcd; "martyrs" are detes-
table; a cheerful, happy spirit IS infec-
tious; you can carry it about with you
like a sunny atmosphere.
Do avoid whispering; it IS as bad as
gigline. Both are to be condemned;
there is no excuse for either n Of them.
If you have anything to say, say it; if
you have not, do hold your tonugc al
together. Silence is golden,
Do be truthful; do avoid cxagcera.ion.
If you mean q mile, say a mile, not a
mile and a half. If you mean one, say
one, and not a dozen.
Do sometimes at least allow youl
mother to know better than you DO. She
was educated before you were born.-
Ptiladelphta Record.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
Fashion Notes.
cloth is 4 new material.


Seersuckcr effects are seen in new silks.
Seal brown is a ~favoritc color in silk
and thin wooden fabrics.
Stamped pongee silks for young per-
sons have cashmere stripes.
Fancy straws are edged with little
straw balls instead of beads.
There is no golden mean in mantles.
They are either very long or very short.
Overdres es Of cordc de Ia refine are
worn with underskirts of plain velye-
teen.
Foulards, with navy-blue ground,
have white hair-line stripes half an inch
apart.
Ovcrdresses are made in rcvcrs fashion
and are caught up high, nearly to the
waist.
Handkerchief arc to be worn in tho
pocket. How strange it must seem to
them.
Little cape dolmans are made of corde
de la refine, and are exceedingly useful
on a cool day.
Small stylish mantlcs are made of black
gauze, faillc or of jcttcd passementcric,
fitting the figure closely.
Dresses of light fabrics are made with
plated or gathered bodiccs, and have
collars, cuffs, revcrs and belts Of velvet,
Bonnet crowns are a continual surprise
horseshoe, hear, shap", indcntcd, puff
ed out, square, oblong and round.
Among the new importations arc the
Anderson ginghams. They COM in plaids
and checks and embrace all the new
fancy shades OF tho season.
Some exquisite s"arfs for ncchwcar arc
Of soft CHINA crepe, deliberately and beau
tifully embroidered. These are in three
corncred shape, and are worn in kcrchief
fashion.
a bonnet of pale yellow straw is trim
med with folds of lilac velvet and a
group of yellow and purple iris. The
colors are SO soft that the effect is quite
charming.
Peacock blue silk stockings have
clusters of nasturtiums embroidered over
the instep. Those of sulphur yellow
have flowers Of all colors in rich en-
broidcry.
4 very useful travelling jacket is Of
black AMI white checked tweed. The
front is finished with Il rcvers Of brown
ottoman silk, and the cuffs and collar
are of the same.
\ novelty in stripes is reported. They
are arranged like the black and white
keys of a pianoforte. The t~avorite com
binations are brown and red, gray and
slate and red and beige.
Lavender with palc~t pink, soafoam
green with violet, pale yellow with old
blue and pale blue with bronze brown
are among the newest and most artistic
: combinations for evening dresses.
! \ light shade in French cashnerc
=. shows a very beautiful parti-tint. 1t i,
A delicate blue with a slight tinge o
. pink ovcrcasting it. \ most singu)a,
, dye, yet remarkably effective 10y gaslight
n Blouse bodices for young girls ar,
1 plated in front and are bc,ted at tn.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

James Beecher, N. D., OF Sigourncy, Iowa,
says: " For several years I have been using a
Cough Balsam, called Din. WM. HALLS BAL
SAN FOR THE LUNGS, and in almost every case
throughout my practice I have had entire sue
cess. nave used and prescribed hundreds OF
bottles since the days of my army practice 1S63>.
when | was surgeon OF Hospital No. I. Louis
vile, KY.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

\ man who had been arrested AS a vagrant
protested thar he had a re.ua ar trade and call
InE-tO wat. smoking glass Tor total ectIpses OF
the sun ard as these occur only a few times
III n century, lie was not to blame for being
out OF employment n good deal.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

The boss book agent of tho South 10 Mr..
W.T.. Hopkins. of Eastern \. G.. who is work
ing for the publishing house orb. r. Johnson
d Co. of Richmond, Va. Mr.. Hopkins profits
are frequently footed up TO over 500 a week,
the books published by b. +. johnson q Co,
sell faster than anythio. else on the face of the
earth.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

One among tbs many n church digni-
tar.e who have given their public endorse
n.ent The wonderful efficacy OF s.. Jacobs Oil,
il tase Of rheumatism and other painful all
men.s, is the Right Rev. Bishop Glmour,
Cleveland. Ohio.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

big Money In 1t For U.s."
Among the $50 kinds Of Cloth Bound Dollar
Volumes given away by the Rochester On. Y,
American Rural Home for every 81 subscrip-
ton to that Great 8 page, 48 COL, 1G year Old
weekly, Cali SKI inches, from 900 to 900 page,
bound in cloth are
Law Without Lawyers. Danelsons CMedical
Family Cyclopedla. Counselor.
Farm Cyclopedia. Boys Useful Pastimas
Farmers and Stock Five Years Before the
breeders Guide. Mast.
Common Sense in Ptopico'A History OIL
Poultry Yard. UnitcdoStates.
World C~yciopedia. Universal History oil
What Every One All Nations.
Should Know. Popular History Ciyi
War Cloth sides).
Any one book and paper one year, pos paid
81. Is only Satisfact zion guaranteed. Refer
ence Hon. G. r. Parsons, Mayor Rochester
Samples &c. RURAL HOME Co., LTD, Roches
ter, n. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

: sai.G who had just mastered her cate
Ch:enrorfas~ed herself disciplined. because.
-Ae said. Though | obey the fifth command
meat and honor my papa and mama, yet my
DAYS are not = bit longer in the land, because
] am sti4. put II bed al seven O'Clock.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
Tine Brown Cotton Gin is "A No. l."

1t is simply perfect" Has all Ne latest
improvements and is delivered free OF Al
charges at any accessible point. Send TO Com
pany at New London. CT. for catalogue or ask
your merchant 10 order one for YOU.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

If you have tumor, Tor tumor symptoms
Cancer Tor cancer symptoms, Scrofula, Erysipe-
las, Salt-Rheum, Chronic weaknesses, Nervous
ness or other eomplaints-Dr. kilmer's EE-
MALE REMEDY Will correct and cure.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

DR.. Pierce's "Pellets'-the original Little
Liver Pills. (sugar-coated)-cure SICK and bill
ious headache, sour stomach and bilious at
tacks. BY druggists.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

25c. buys a pair of Lyons Patent Heel stiff
feners, which makes a boot or shoe last twice
as long.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
KeaufifuI Women

are made pailId and unattractiyeb by functional
irregularities which Itr- Pierce "tavorlie
Prescription" viii infal. lbly cure. Thousands
OF TESTIMONIALS, By druggists
Men are often brave for fear q being called
towards.
NESsSASs PERFORMED BEEF TONIC the only
F-~4AsAtzon II oeet Containing Il. entire nutTt-
t3fA properties L contains Matchmaking
i#Tse.Eener4tn- and DEMONSTRATING properties;
Invaluable tor indigestion. dyspepsia. nervous
i-e~tyat!cn. and AL forms q general debility
as-a. "a a. en.ee5le1 conditions. whether the
re~Et - exhaustion. nervous prostration. over
upva - acute disease, particularly = resulting
s-.g4 pulmonary complaints Caxwe1I. Hazard d
-. PropEpeto-S- New York Sold by dru1zis:a.
w Opium IN Piso'a Cure for Consumption
Cure. whe-e cshe or Temsdies fail.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

The only cough mixture before tho people
that contains m opiates or narcotics is Red
Star Cough Cure. Price, twenty-five cents
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
The Testimony of n phv.ician.

IN some OF our restaurants tile customer
one who does the most waiting.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

Politeness will succeed where money alone
will get worsted.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

Purity is the letter in the alphabet OF
morality.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

Badness and dandruf can be prevented cy
using Halls Hair Remover.
Qulnlne relieves only temporarily IN Iessr
and ague. Ayers Ague Cure cures permanent!
Life leaves u common legacy to all men-an
ep!taph.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
big Money In 1t For U.s.

Exaggeration is the least or second cousin
OF faiselood.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

None but fools have an excuse for CRITICS.
ing the wisdom of God.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11
s.Essx.Ns e-EPros1zEp nzxr rox1c. the onl,

Men are often brave for fear q being cal
towards.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-09-11

Va Onfan in Psso'a Cure for ~psion
,rrss where csher remedies fail.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-11
DEMOCRATS, BEWARE! !

That the Republican party is hard
pressed for campaign material, and with
out it, chances are decidedly against its
success in 'SS, is a conceded fact by all
who follow the course OF events, and give
even a short time to their study. That it
is in accordance with precedent, to man
ufacture that material, where none exists,
and work it for its full value is also a con-
ceded fact, but in all cases preceding the
present one, the efforts OF the Republi-
can party have been turned toward the
production OF some sort OF plausible story,
which could be backed up at least by an
argument, that it was truth, and sur
rounded by set OF cunningly contrived
pros and cons, which always mystiiy the
average brain, and force the hearer to
believe the story, rather than hunt for its
confirmation. To General Henry v.
Boynton, the Washington correspondent
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-11

OF the Cincinnati Commercidl-G Gazette, is
due the credit for going several points
ahead OF Munchasen, and leaving the or
dinary, common everyday perverter OF
truth in the background. In the mala-
rial atmosphere Of the Potomac Flats
alone could such gilt-edged yarn find a
birthplace:
'It can now be stated upon authority of
an official of the Government holding high
position of n-political character, that
the blunt and unusual course adopted in the
Cutting case was designed by the Admins
tration to force war; and that the objects in
view were to arouse the war spirit of the
country, and direct it to the political
strengthening of the Democratic party; and,
by the final annexation of the seven north
ern States of Mexico, and the admission of
some or all of them into the Union, to so in
crease the Democratic strength in the Elec-
toral College as to perpetuate the Demo-
cratic party in power"
How will men ofreason and sense judge
this yarn? How can they judge it, but
as the drooling idiocy Of man who is lost
to all sense of the dignity of the journal
lists profession? Boynton heretofore has
been known as thorough writer, and
his work has always challenged respect
from those who differed with him in polit-
ical faith but then, he has always con-
fined himself to facts or reasonable con-
clusions therefrom, until his publication
OF the foregoing clumsy day-dream. Sec
retary Bayard is open to censure by rea-
son of his peculiar tatics pursued in the
Cutting case-as understood by the press
at large-and he has been severely criti-
cized in consequence, but no sane man
ever thought the Secretary was totally
daft and in his dotage, until Boynton
sprung his wonderful story, and now the
fact is patent that Boynton is daft. The
COmmercidl-G Gazette has many sins on its
soul-if it has such thing-but this is
the silliest, wickedest of all. In the COM
ing struggle for supremacy and the per-
petuation Of Democratic doctrines in
America, many unlooked-for efforts will
be met and fought to the death, but if the
common enemy chooses to deal in tales
which make De Foes stories pale by con-
sequence of their exceeding impossibility,
then the task OF defeating them will be an
easy one indeed 1t is OF piece with all
that has yet come to the front in the Re-
publican attempts of arraigning the Ad-
ministration, and serves one good pur-
pose, in putting the rank and file of the
Democratic party on their guard, and
showing them that nothing is too small
and too mean to be used by the Republi-
cans in their agoniaed quest for campaign
material.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-11

demand. This murderous and migrate
full rascal has placed himself and accom-
plices outside Of the pale OF pity and
compassion, by reason of the brutality
and inhumanity OF his crimes, and the
havoc he has wrought among settlers
in the Wilderness class that calls
for the closest care and guardianship
of the Government-cal for his speedy
punishment, not alone as proof OF the
power OF the Government in his case, but
as an example to the hordes OF miscre-
ants of his blood who are even now
threatening this Territory with similar
crimes. That there should be desire to
give him the full benefit OF just trial, is
natural enough, but that a thousand
harpies should spring up and beat the air
with ridiculous arguments as to how he
shall be tried, is ludicrous, and altogether
out of order. As the DEMOCRAT has said,
it is the time for the well-meaning but
always inopportune humanitarian to
mount his hobby and try to impress the
Government with the exalted idea OF
Christianizing this cruel man, and such
appeals were expected, but the plea OF
lawyers that, if legal rules are allowed to
govern the case, he cannot be tried at
all, is humbug, and should be so treated.
Geronimo has committed many cruel
murders, and stolen thousands Of dollars
worth Of settlers stock and materials, and
for these crimes he is amenable to the
law The law placed him under military
jurisdiction when he was cornered the
last time, and he is under that care now.
The next step, and the one for which the
country is waiting, is his speedy trial and
punishment, and that is the only inter-
pretation of the law in his case which will
satisfy the people of the western half of
the Continent.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-11
GERONIMO,S CASE.

Our dispatches indicate a great diver
sity OF opinion as to which is the legal
course to pursue in the trial and punish
ment OF the Apaches and their leader
Geronimo. At this distance, and in
view Of the ascertained facts in the case,
it does not look clear why this should be
so, and again there are precedents for
military trial as in the case OF the Mo-
docs and Sioux. Geronimo and his
bucks were on the reservation under
military surveillance, and they treacher-
ously escaped, under cover OF the kind
ness extended to them, after the first out.
break, and they are now just as much
under military control and jurisdiction, as
before they broke loose, having done
nothing to release themselves from it,
but by their trip, having added doubly to
the causes ior which they were originally
held. The Indian policy Of the Govern
ment has always been problematical,
and never guided by fixed rules in any
two cases alike, and only as occasion
arises, can justice be administered, soley
as the merits OF each particular case shall
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-09-11
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Heald's Business College, San Francisco:

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