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, 1888-10-30
sheer nerdLsE IN New Me1leo.

at daybreak the ieck gets up-each
SASep opening himself to erectness, much
after the fashion of a four bladed jack
knife--and begins grazing. The shepherd
has to unlimber himself then. also, and
after breakfast his monotonous routine
begins again In winter he has an un
mistakably tough time. Fearful storms
and hungry beasts scatter his sheep to the
our winds of heaven. and he has to hun
them up at all hour of day and night and
bring them together again. Instead of
the firm summer sward of New Mexico for
rramping ground, he is up TO his knees in
mud, or to his waist in snow, altogether
too often for comfort He lives in
SHOW
winds His flock is like a thousand
babies, just beginning to walk-that
is, in the amount of care required
The shepherd has to take them to the
best grazing place lest they starve to
death Sometimes they are caught in a
snow so heavy that he has to go off and
get 4 and of horses or cattle. drive them
through the drifts and thus make a path
through which the sheep may emerge to
lower valleys. When the grass is toe
deeply covered he has to cut down pinon
trees, upon whose piney needles the sheep
browse greedlily When there are sick or
exhausted sheep that lie down and win
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wool, lift them to their feet and shove them
~along-perhaps carry them in his arms
He was to keep the flock constantly
changing base, that they may not stop
twice on the same ground and thus breed
disease. The general yearly range of q
flock of sheep is within a radius of thirty
miles, and up and down and across this
area the shepherds keep shifting them
When there is snow on the ground the
sheep drink no water; but the burros of
the pack are not so conveniently consti
tutcd. and would die of thirst If the shep
herds did not melt snow for them to drink
In the east sheep nave to be "salted, but
here in place of salt they eat alkali, and
once a month the shepherds take them
down to some water course. along whose
banks they End abundance of this abomi
nable stuff, which | believe would forever
bankrupt the internal economy of any
other animal.-New Mexico Cor. Globe
Democrat.
, 1888-10-30
s%lovenlIness 1. worse n1akirr.

Men and women who seriously take up
the business of verse writing should, in
my opinion, declare to themselves that
they will write nothing but perfect
rhymes. They may not he able to turn off
good poetry, judged by the highest stand
ards; their verse may halt now and then.
owing TO a defective ear; the metaphors
they use may be hackneyed, their rhetoric
far fetched or milk and watery; their style
n poor, pale imitation of that particular
master whom, in their reading, they have
most lived with and loved. All this may
be, for reasons. beyond their power Of
remedy.
But one thing they car do, and should
do always, namely, see to it that their
rhymes are not false rhymes. or rhymes
for the eye alone, but true ear rhymes,
where there is an actual agreement and
c~onsonanGe of sound. Hardly any poet.
Hster alive is incapable of knowing such q
rhyme when he sees it or, by tho minds
ear, hears it A poem is, after all, and
primarily. a musical production; hence
any falling short of it's musical demands
Injuries the poem by just so much, and the
rhyme at the end of the line is one of the
most distinct and well known methods OF
securing this desired music.-Richard E
Burton in The Writer.
, 1888-10-30
A Prophecy of the.weather.

The weather seems to run in cycles Of
about seven years; that is, when we have
a hot summer, it is always followed by a
cold one, and it takes about seven years
to reach another equally hot. 1t will be
remembered by many that the summer OF
1857 was very hot, and so dry that during
August the grass erumbled under the feet
when trod upon The summer of 1865
was noted for it's GOODNESS, the thermom
eter very seldom getting above IS dogs,
and we did not reach the top wave of ther
mality again until 1874, when it was ex
tremely hot. The following summer was
cold to a remarkable degree. From then
on the m grew gradually warmer
until 1881, which was excessively hot and
very dry, no rain falling for over nine
weeks, n there were more s%unstrokes
that summer than there has been in all
the summers since.
The summer of 1882 was quite cold; a
few flakes of snow fell on the morning of
July A. followed by hail in the afternoon,
and during the rest of the month and
through the month of August the tenn
p%erature was so low that overcoats were
necessary for comfort, particularly at
night. The summers since 1882 have
grown warmer, and last summer was a
moderately hot one; but unless all signs
fail, the coming summe will be the eli
max of the cycle, and a hot, dry season
may be expected. Indiana Pharmacist
, 1888-10-30
The BreeEes of Cape Town.

or all the desolate, unkempt looking
places in the world the suburb of Cape
Town we passed through under the
shadow of the mountain is the most un
kempt and desolate. 1t is not an &C
ceptable side of the town. and no one
lives here who can possibly avoid it, for
here the celebrated southeastern round the
Cape Doctor, as the Anglo Indians called
it, blows the strongest, and the Cape
Doctors" strongest is no joke.
Where 1t comes from no one quite
knows. for it is q purely local wind, and
it always seems possible to get behind it
by going a few miles to the windward
Some people aver that it is brewed on top
of the mountain and comes down Just
upon Cape Town itself and nowhere else
There are all sorts of queer things going
on on top of this mountain; witness, for
instance, the celebrated white tablecloth
that hangs over it whenever a south
wester is at work. But wherever ii
comes from it is an unmistakable reality,
rs you soon learn. for it whirls barrow
loads of gravel in your face, or spins you
around like n teetotum at the street cor.
ners.-Foreign Letter.
, 1888-10-30

A very pretty commentary upon the in
telligent way in which much philan
thropic work is done was afforded the
other day by a vivacious lady who is often
concerned in such labor She was relat
ing to a friend how much difficulty she
and a few other pious souls had in raising
a sun of money sufficient to send a fe
male missionary to Constantinople.
we did have to work so hard" she
said pathetically People absolutely re
fused to be interested. w held fairs and
made people buy things; and we had par
lor concerts and actually forced our friends
to take tickets; and we sewed and we
begged subscriptions. But now we've got
the money it is worth all our trouble to
see the zeal of the young lady we are
going to send out. OF course she won't
introduce religion at first. until she's VOL
their regard, but she's bought q Turkish
grammar, and she is so eager to begin to
~civilize the Turks. and she has such clever
ideas about how to GO to work, too"
But how will She go to work. the
friend inquired What will she teach
them frstr"
"oh. all sorts of nice things" the other
returned ra%pturously Things that tend
to elevate She'll teach them to-to-
why, to eat with knives and forks and not
to have harems and to sit on chairs"
Her friend asked no more questions
Boston Courier.
, 1888-10-30
Compressed Gas for Car Lighting.

1t has been urged that the use of com
pressed gas for lighting cars is attended
with the danger of the gas exploding in
the event of a collision The imaginary
nature of this danger was shown by the
recent accident on the Philadelphia and
Reading. where an escape of compressed
gas from a leaky hose simply burned for q
few moments without any explosion.
Experience in Germany has been of q
similar nature, and a recent collision near
B~irkenhead. Eng, between two trains lit
with compressed gas was unaccompanied
by any explosion. At the time of the col
lision between the Hoylake and Mersey
tunnel trains the gas in the latter was
Rlight- The gas cylinders of the smashed
coaches were taken from the debris and
tested to a pressure of 100 pounds per
square inch, and they were found to be
entirely uninjured beyond a few severe
dents The gas fittings of the remaining
portions of both trains had not suffered
in the least through the collision, and,
with the exception of those In the smashed
cars, not a single lamp glass was broken
IN either train.-Scientific American.
, 1888-10-30

WIFI is responsible for the slaughter of
the innocents in summer In the heart
OF the city, and especially in the lower
lying wards, the wall of children through
out these hot summer nights, when even
the brick seem to palpitate with heat, is
terrible. Children in close rooms, breath
ing fetid air; adults and children occupy
ing-overcrowding the same-rooms, with
no means of escape. 1t is not in the
power of the ablest physicians to save
life under these circumstances. The chill
dren are often swathed in clothes that
hasten their death. They are bound and
wrapped by ignorant mothers as though
it were midwinter. A physician might
remedy this, but how can he supply the
life giving oxygen? If he is not hardened
he can only shudder, pass on and hope
that after all there may be sound philos-
ophy, wen If there Is no religion, in the
doctrine of the Survival of the fttest."
But somebody is to blame. Is it tho
poor wretches who are tempted or COM
PEELED to herd together2 What are city
governments for if they do not make pro-
vision for the public health? There is
much attention given to the matter of
protection from fire. Property is rated
higher thai human life. Go through the
alleys. Count the doors with Grape on
them. Look at the surroundings, and, if
you never realized it before, you will
shudderingly admit the truth of the say
ing: God made the country, man made
the town" The daily death roll of little
children shows mans handiwork in a fear
full ight.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1888-10-30
Emma Abbott,s EarIv PIrck.

The early bird" does not always catch
the worm" Twenty years ago, when
Emma Abbott lived in the backwoods of
Illinois, she tried to get an appointment
to teach school. She read an advertise
ment in some paper. of a teacher wanted
in the next township. The town was sew
enteen miles away, and there was only
one way for brave little Emma to get
there, and that was by walking. She set
off, however, on the lonely and hazard
Gus journey, only to find when she
reached her destination that eleven other
girls had got there in advance of her.
Footsore and weary she crossed the
threshold of the room in which the other
applicants were sitting. A man was cross
examining one of them, and as she en-
tered all looked up. They were not a lit
tie surprised as she gasped out, 81 have
walked seventeen miles to get this place"
The man jumped up from his seat and ex-
claimed, "And you shall have 1t. Last
come first served, this timei"-New York
Press.
, 1888-10-30

DR.. ]. Brooke, surgeon United States
army, of Fort Monroe, Va, communicates
the following case: "a girl aged about 8,
living at this place, was some months ago
attacked by scarlet fever, the disease run
ming a typical course. For a long time no
possible source of contagion could be dis
covered The child had not been absent
from home, had been with no one lately
exposed, and no other case was known to
exist anywhere in the vicinity. Suisse
quently l learned that one of the house
servants had nursed a case of scarlet
fever in a distant city Just about a year
before. After the case terminated she
packed some of her things, including
some clothing then worn, in a trunk, and
left the place. A year later she had the
trunk sent to her here, opened it and
took out the contents, the little girl being
present and handling the things. Very
soon after the latter was attacked, as
stated. Medical Record.
, 1888-10-30

Discipline, that well spring of victory,
is recognized as n of the most potent
means of raising the standard of courage
in an army, 1t teaches men that their
best reliance is in their own bravery:
gives them confidence in each other; re.
moves the fear that they may not be
properly supported in emergencies; con
vinces them that they are part of an in
telligent machine moving m~ethodically,
under perfect control and not guided BIZ
incompetency, and establishes that esprit.
de corps which goes SO far toward makipn
armies formidable in war. 1t was discf.
pine which enabled the commander of tn.
troops on board the English ship, when
laundering, 10 form his men in line on
deck, present arms, and go down with the
vessel, while the band played God Save
the King. Gen. Horace Porter in The
Century.
, 1888-10-30

The smallest known Towering plant.
scarcely visible to the naked eye, is Wolf
fla microscopica, a waterweed of India
Two species Of the same genus. the larger
about one-twenty-ffth OF nm inch in
diameter. grow in the eastern Uuitct
States. -ArkankRw Traveller.
, 1888-10-30
Dr.. Wagner &Cs.
RRmCHAnIers.

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention TO this much neglected class of
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched TO merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which We be-
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
to relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is 40 less a
philanthrophist and a benetactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician by close APP
plication eXcels IN any other b anch of his pro
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrOphY that
condemned the victims OF folly or crime, like
the lepers unde the Jewish law,t to die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Who may be su ffering from the effects of youth.
full fonies or indiscretions, viii do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER will guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
waite disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails TO cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men of the age of 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations of
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and n weaken
ing OF the system in a manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de
sometimes small particles of albumen will ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing TO a dark and turbid ap
pearance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
l4l4 Larimere street. Address, Box 27S2 Dem
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28
A SERIOUS

My story is a sad one, and won't take long to
tell.
To any sort Of meter | can suit it Just rs we'll
You'll understand my misery before the tale is
1t all began one hapless day-the day made a
And ever since that fatal hour the people do
declare
That Ihecame a humorist, alas! right then and
there:
Though to he considered serious I'd give a lot
Of money,
Whatever I may say or do, they will insist it's
funny.
might perhaps have since escaped the direful
consequences
Had l not penned a feeble Joke when hardly in
my senses.
Twas printed in paper of tremendous circu,
lation,
ing nation.
In vain I tried to prove myself a ibcled indi-
yidUal
The fatal truth confronted mc-ihe joke was
quite original.
Where'er went there followed me that dread
full reputation,
And every word l spoke aroused uproarious
exclamation.
II | remarked in casual tones upon the gloomy
weather,
The people laughed until they cried, and laughed
and cried together;
When | gave information of some accident dis
tresSing,
They roared with mighty merriment exceed
ingly depressing;
Anl uh.r I F,tt,l ~ ,..,.e ,nl 1arnnsrsA,
told my wife,
She, laughing, yow'd I'd never been so funny in
my life!
] dressed in somber black, assumed a grim,
~funcreal air,
And spoke in woe cnvelopcd tones, my face
djstraught with care.
Iwept a rttle* men | could, all steep din mel
ancholy,
But people only laughed again, and whispered:
Amt he jolly
In fact, the more that | became a sacrifice to
sadness,
The more | met the wretched glee that drove
me near TO madness.
Full half my time is spent in declining pressing
invitations
To humorous b~anQuets and to write for comic
publications.
And scented notes and letters cOuchCd in words
as sweet as honey
Nov won't you send your autograph; and
please to make it funny
II should sink beneath my trials. and leave this
mortal sphere,
The world would give me credit for the best
Joke Of the year;
And doubtless folks who cant to gaze upon my
monument
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28
Some Alloys of Gold.

A new alloy of gold and platinum
upon which Mr.. W. C. Roberts Austen
has been engaged for some time, takes
fire on being thrown into the wafer
and the gold is released as a black
powder, differing from ordinary gold
in its property of readily forming auric
hydride. This abnormal form Of cold,
which becomes normal metallic gold on
heating, is said to have been long nil.
lied by the Japanese. They obtain il
from its alloy with copper, with which
they form ornamental metallic designs
upon knife handles, ETC., and then re.
lease the d%ark-colored gold by n pick
ling process. In this way, they have
produced an appearance OF transpar.
ency in a metallic representation Of
water, at a place where in the DESIGN
a duck was represented plugging hall
Its body below the surface Of u strenm
-<rkaNsaw T'avslsn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28
Rules for Living Long.

Men who + engaged in professions
are supposed to live longer than men
of trades.
Weak men are lore likely to sue
coed engaged in some trade than il
working at profession,
The two forces that most often rob
m~iddle-aged men OF life are said to be
anxiety or a loss of interest in work.
As q rule, the man who follows a
profession has found out long before
he is fifty what line of work is most
adapted to his abilities.
People who have cultivated "hob.
bies" live long. They always find
rest, amusement and attraction from
cares In the discussion OF their thread.
bare subject.
II has been said that the man who
loves his work, gets plenty OF rest,
takes his amusement in plenty and
permits nothing TO worry him, should
live TO be one hundred and fifty years
old Chicago Msva
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28
FINISHING CULTIVATION.
Work That Pays Good Interest on Money
and Labor Invested in 1t.

hhh ~ ''N'' ~ =
The plan used to be followed of fin
ishing the cultivation of the corn and
potatoes by running out the middlcs.
The dirt would be thrown away from
the plants by running the bar of the
pillow reasonably close. The next two
civilizations were given and the soil
thrown to the plants each way. This
often would leave a narrow strip in the
center between the rows undisturbcd
and the finishing up of the cultivation
was the running out Of these middlc,,
This Of course left the soil in ridges.
1t was only in exceptional cases that
more than five workings were given.
TO Il considerable extent this has been
changed. The use Of the cultivatOI
has made II considerable difference in
this respect. The cultivation can be
given as many times as may be consid-
cred necessary to keep up a good
growth, by keeping the soil in good
filth and having the weeds thoroughly
killed ont.
In a dry season it is often an object
to continue this cultivation, keeping
the surface of the soil stirred fire.
quently in order to aid the soil
to retain moisture, even after it might
eel that sufficient cultivation had
been given to ecu the necessary
growth.
Deep blowing and the throwing OF
the soil into ridges aid very material
ly to dry ont the soil, In a wet sea-
son this may be necessary, but in a
majority Of cases the better plan is to
lessen the depth as the plants grow,
and in finishing up, stir only the sur
face to the depth of not over three
inches and leave the surface reasona.
bly, hard in finishing, No rule can be
given as to the number of civilizations
that should be given before consider
ing the cultivation finished, us so
much depends upon the season, the
condition of the plants, and the growth
that has been secured. 1t is easier to
say that the weeds must be DESTROYED
and the soil worked into n good filth
before leaving the crop as finished.
but In very many cases it is difficult
to secure just this condition and vet
as a rule the nearer the work a be
done and this condition secured, with
NIL cultivated crops, the better will be
the growth and yield.
Often even hne more additional cul.
tivation will make a very considerable
difference in this respect, at least suf-
%iiciently to pay well for the additional
expense Farm, Fieid and Stock.
man
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-28

No. FULTON MARKET, New YORK CITY, !
,Januarv PC. 1884

No. 3FULTON MARKET New YORK CITY,
January &c, 1854.
Ihave been using ~BRANDRErn's PILLsfo
the last ten years. They are n wonderful
medicine. There is nothing equal to them
as Blood Purifiers and Liver Regulators.
But | wish to state how remarkably they
cure rheumatism, and how easily; | was
affected by rheumatism of the legs, My
business wholesale fish dcaler) naturally
leads me to damp places, | was so bad |
could not walk, and at night ] suffered fear.
fully; | tried Balsans, S%lrsaparillas and
all kinds Of tiucturcs, but they did me no
good and ! was afraido Of being a cripple. |
finally commenced using BRANDRETH's
PILLS, | took two every night for ten
nights, then | began to improve. | on.
tinued taking them for forty days and ! got
entirely well. Now, whenever sick, | take
%BRANDRETH's PILLS. They never fail.
j. y. HARRIS.
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A Case of Running Amok,

An unusually terrible case of rum
ming amok occurred at Raikot, and is
reported in the Allahabad Pioneer. A
police sepoy was waiting at the Chow
key for his monthly pay when the fit
OF homicidal madness seized him. With
ms sword he slew, at one blow, first. n
fellow-sepoy, and next the clerk of the
chowkey. The second blow bent the
weapon; but the maniac tore down an
other from the wall, rushed into the
street and cut down a sweeper. The
kotwal of the city was engaged in af.
ternoon prayer. He fell a fourth vic
tim. The fifth was a Brahmin bow.
who, however, was only severely
wounded. The maniac was returning
to the police station when he met two
mochees, He killed one outright and
dangerously injured the other. Al
this point his mother-in-law appcared
She Gained him somewhat; but he was
beginning to grow savage again, when
the cool bravery of a Parsee gentle.
man put a stop to the mans onslaupbts,
This gentleman was armed ONLY with
a stick, yet he approached the murder.
er and calmly ordered him to give ur
his sword, The fellow sulkily obeyed
and was led to the lookup; but not un.
-
til he had killed five people and wound.
ed two more. No equally bad case had
occurred in India for years.