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The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

At a recent meeting Of the Berlin An
thropological society. Lieut.. Quedenfeldt
lectured on the whistle language used
on the Gomera Island. During some
months stay In the Canary archipelago
the lecturer was able to learn the nature
Of this language, which is a sort of pend
ant to the drum languages Of Camaroon.
There are no fixed whistles or signals.
The Gonero can carry on any conversa-
ton By means Of whistling, and be un-
derstood by the person with whom he is
conversing mile off. The whistling is
quite articulate, and is kind Of trans
lation of common speech into whistling,
each syllable having its peculiar tone, SO
that even foreign words can be whistled.
The vowels e, ]. are more loudly
whistled than a, o. and u: and If a con-
sonant is at the end Of a word, for ex-
ample, Juan, the is whistled in a
rising tone. The Gomero either uses his
fingers or his lips when whistling.
The practice is only common on the
Gomera Island, and is not found in the
other six islands of the archipelago.
The reason may be the peculiar geological
construction Of the island, which is trav-
ersed by many deep ravines and gullies,
which run out in all directions from the
central plateau. They are not bridged,
and can often only be crossed with greal
difficulty; so that people who really live
very near to each other iD a straight line
/ have to make a circuit Of hours wheT
they wish to meet. Whistling has there
! fore become an excellent means of com
munication, and gradually assumed the
proportions of true substitute fol
speech. h.-London Daily News.
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15
Announcements.
NADDREss.
Delivered before SHAW Creek Alliance
BY A. Brock.

Brethren:-The great trouble
with the farmers in this country is
we buy too muehj we go to town
too often; we buy things we could
easily DO without The reason we
stay one year behind we buy our
selves ia that condition. 1t is not
the merchants fault, it is the far
mers fault.
When VIC take anything to sell
we do not set any price, we are
afraid to set any price tor fear the
merchant will not buy the produce
we offer five do. Now what is
the cause of this? 1t is not tor the
want of sense, it is because we are
not united. United we stand, d.
vided we fall. We must all stand
together il we ever expect TO ac-
oomplish any good. The farmers
are not lazy, We work well, the
trouble is this, we allow the mer-
chants to do our planning. Why
do ! say this? Because, when we
buy on credit, fifty dollars worth
of goods, costs us seventy-fve dol
lars. Now let us work less and
plan more and stay out Of debt.
The reduced prices we take for our
produce are e.out Of all proportion
to the prices we have TO pay for
supplies. This is why say work
less and plan more. Why not have
some system 10 work by? Why
not adopt some plan for disposing
of our produce and stick to it!
The merchant works for self-inter.
est, let MS do the same. 1t is about
time for us to have a say so as to
what we get for our produce. We
have it in our power to fix a price
upon our own produce, then why
should we hesitate to do so? say
lot us be up and doing.
Brethren, we need frmness in
our ranks, we need determination
and steadastness. No good can
be accomplished without united ac.
ton. think it would be a good
idea for some of the members Of
this Alliance 10 get up something
of real interest such as addresses
essays, or selections containing
suggestions for the Advancement
Of our cause to be published in our
State organ.
What grand thought it is that
the farmers-the wealth producers
-ofthIs State are becoming united
and the ladies-God bless them!-
are coming in with US, encourag
ing US by their presence, aid anC
influence TO do our duty. Do no
sit with folded hands, success.
comes only to the workers, there.
fore be not a drone in the hive, bur
be a worker. Don't lose sight o
the fact that we are seeking to i'm
prove our condition mentally
morally, socially and financially
Remember that charity begins a
home. Let brotherly love abounC
with you for all time 70 come, anC
may the blessings Of Heaven res
and abide with you forever is my
sincere desire.
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15


Psrchance my thouehi saa vide aweEa,
0r I vas dreaming. nay he,
A. AL rocanE 70 and fFo.
Ny arms around my baby.
fsli along my cheek and throat
Her rosy fingers playing.
And stopped % Hiss her sunny cura
About her lorebaad straying.
The foolish rhymes q Mother Goose
IN time aud tune came springlnE
To lips not made for sung; aad yet
Ny children like my singing.
And a. sang a mystic spell
Changed al the world completely.
Another woman singing al,
And rocked her baby sNeetly
The womans face, a look Il wors
Iike mine. and YET the rather
Twas Ike my bahy's, larger grown,
Twas like my hahy's father.
And a. she sat swaying saftly sang.
saw snmc tear dfnps falling;
I knew her thought, knew Der heart,
Her heart b mother calling
a sildeE passion iilled my soul.
l1uge'i to soothe the weeping,
My baby stirred upon my breast
My baby gently sieaping
The vision Aei yet well I know,
Though was dreaming, may b.,
Ear down the future sits my child
And rocks my baby's Baby
Mrs George Archibald in Babyh0od.
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

All who desire fun information about the
eanse and cure Of Blood P0ison. ScrOftila
and Serofulous Swelings. Ulcers, Sores
Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints, Catarrh
% page illustrated book of wonders. filed
with the most wonderful and startling proof
ever before known Address.
Oct 6-lm Blood Balm Co, Atlanta Ga.
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

Why e Il that three bottles Of B b b are
sold 10 Atlanta 20 one Of any other blood
remedy. and twice as much consumed IN the
State of0eorvia ~ any other prepal atioui
No one need take cur word, but simply ash
the druggists. Ask the people. They srs
competent witnesses. six houses ~ At
tanta are buying b B 3 in five and ten gross
lots, and some of them buy a. oflen AZ ever
two months. Why these unprecedented
ingi Modesfy forhids us making q reply
Had 3 b B been before the public a quartet
or half century, IL wonid not be necessary
70 be bolstered up with crutches Of page ad
yeriisements now. Merit viii conquer auc
down money.
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

have been troubled with 4 serious blood
disease for six years, and have expended
over s25000 for worthless remedies which
did me no good The use Of IS bottles Of B
i y has about cured NEEDING more good
rhan all other remedies combined. 1t is a
quick and cheap blood purifier
Talladega, Ala, April 20, ltS6.
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aUntold AeonY ION catarrh.., J,

Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmerist,
Of Ithaca, N. T., writes: Some ten years ago
I suffered untold agony from chronic nasal
catarrh. My family physician gave me up as
incurable. and said l must die. Aly case was
such bad one, that every day, towards SUM
set my voice would become 50 hOarse / could
barely speak above whisper. In the morning
my coughing and clearing Of my throat would
almost strangle me. By the use Of DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy, in three months, was a well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

"Oi earthly goods the best is good wife:
4 bad, the bitterest curse of earthly life. .
How many wives who to-day are
almost distracted because OF their
many ailments, all tending to make
home unhappy, would become the
best of all earthly goods If they
got rid Of their troubles by using
Dr. Pierees's "Fayorite Presorip-
ton" which Is an unfailing rene
ay for those diseases and weak
Resses which aftiict the female sex.
Send ten cents in stamps for DR..
Pierec's complete treatise on these
diseases, illustrated BY numerous
wood cuts any colored plates.
Address Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, NY.
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15
Three Bottles Cure Casarrh.

ELL RoBBIEs Runuan p. o.. Columbia Co.,
Pa, SAYS: My daughter had oatarrh when
she was five years old, very badly. l cav DR..
sage's Catarrh Remedy advertised, and pro-
cured a bottle for her, and soon saw that Il
helped her; a third bottle effected perma-
nent cure. She is now eighteen years old and
sound aud hearty
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15
aConstantlY Hawking and spllting.''

THOMAS ]. HusHISa, Esq., s9os Pine Street,
81. Louis. No, writes. 81 was great sufferer
hardly breathe, and vas constantly hawking
and splitting and for the last eight months
could not breathe through the nostrils. |
thought nothing could be done for me. Luck
ily, / was advised to try DR.. Saaes Catarrh
Remedy. aud | am now well man. / believe
It to be the only sure remedy for catarrh now
manufactured, and one has only to give It 3
fair trial to experience astounding results and
e permanent curt"
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

Sparta, Ca, May IS, 1856.
Blood Balm Co:
lou viii please ship us per first freight
one gross u B D. II gives US pleasure to
report o good trade FOR this preparation.
Indeed il has far eelipsed all other blood
remedies. both IN demonstrated merit and
rapid sale with US. R0zier & Nardman
The Chickasaw messenger., 1888-03-15

The latest discovery IN cooking
the Wire Gauze oven doors on
lharter Oak stoves, for sale at ].
A, A lens.
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What They Wear.

Stuffs with printed borders are eg-,-.
much used for girls summer frocks, and the
full, round skirts have the border as hem.
Midsummer dinner gowns are made either
walking length or with four inch train in
place of the regulation ten inch half trains
of former seasons.
Dull black onyx, engraved with deep pol
ished lines, is quite the best thing for mourn
ing jewelry, though crapestone and black
pearls are always allowable.
Fans with sticks of tigers-eye, studded with
carbuncle, and ivory combs with tops Of
amber balls are among the latest lures for the
shekels Of fair women.
Very small mantles with lace hoods are
worn with thin toilets 10y young women at
garden parties and so on, but otherwise
wraps are confined to the more than middle
aged
Directoire bonnets have often trimming
of long feathers lying curved about their
brim, which is lined with velvet or shirred
tulIe, and have long strings of soft ribbon
far at the back.
The latest refinement of feminine cruelty
/; reported from London, where an actress
quite "killed' her rivals pink gown hv az
rayhg herself IN a delicious peach blossom
'.'e tnat made the other seem pale and faint
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Getting Even with the Dead Man.

"Somc folks regard the negro as childish
and simple minded" said the South Carolina
undertaken, as he borrowed another match to
relght his cigar, "but it doesn't always do to
look upon 'em that way. 1t was only last
week one of em beat me out of $40 as slick as
grease"
"IowW
"Wel, | was sitting in my Office, growing
about harl times and the dislike Of people to
fall into my sympathetic care, when in
walked negro. He was the picture Of
health and a jolly fellow"
"'How's timesf says he.
"'Poor, saysl
GLOW much for coffin for meF says he
"Whenf
"'Today.'
"Ill give you that coffin over there and
see you put under ground this afternoon for
sl5, and that S $40 off the regular price.
"'Dun, says he, and he put down his SIS
"WellN
"Well, I'll be kicked to death by rabbits if
he didn't hang himself within two hours, and
before night had to bury him"
"No!
"Sure's you're born He had planned to
suicide himself before he came in. Igot even
though"
How
"Resurrected the stiff and sold it for a and
put the coffin back in stock. "-Exchange
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FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
New York Stock Market.
Reported by U. w. Branch & Co., banker,
and brokers. No. iii Main street.
REVIEW.


NEW YORK, August 10 The news of
the morning showed thar there had been
more damage 10 the crops than was gen
orally suspected by The street: and
further, that the railroad situation both
East and West had scarcely improved.
Passenger rates are suffering demorsli.
zation out of Chicago by reduced excur-
sion tickets on nearly all The roads.
These caused depressed feeling to
prevail; and although there was no rush
TO sell, long stock was freely offered all
day, causing general decline, in which
the Changers ST. Paul particularly, led
in activity, London being seller and
Chicago still appears bearishly inclined
sales TO noon 1920 shares. &, B. & o.
declared quarterly dividend to-day out
Of their accumulated surplus This was
rendered necessary under the Massachu
sets law. IL has been stated that iron Is
the financial baroneUer OF the country,
and as an additional incentive to buy
stocks upon this movement iron was
said 10 be going up fast Just the con-
;rary il the fact. Yesterday iron mills
at Lancaster, Pa, were closed indcf
nilely owing TO dizziness. To day the
North Chicago rolling mills closed for
lack Of orcers We hear of several
other iron and steel works who are de
hating the question of closing, as they
must run at n loss at the prices brought
about 10 a certain extent by the tariff
discussion. In fact the bull leaders
acknOa ledge that outside conditions are
far from favorable TO bull market, ex-
cept The crops. Now doubt ia cast |
upon crops and the market-to put it |
mildly, Is waiting for information. The |
close presented no new feature.
Bonds strong. Readings the feature
EXchang" $4S5@4S74. Money closed |
AZ ,
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Travers' Wit.

Henry Clews in his new book, tells several
good anecdotes Of the witty sufferer, VIII
liam X. Travers, some Of which, though not
all are new, are worth reproducing.
A. I. Stewart, the world renowned retail
dry goods merchant, was elected on one oc-
casion to preside at "a meeting Of citizens dur
ing the war period, Travers being among the
number present. When Mr.. Stewart took his
gold pencil case from his pocket and raped
with its head OH the table for the meeting tC
come to order, T'avers called out, in an
audible tone, "C-cash!" which brought down
the house, and no enc laughed more heartily
than Mr.. Stewart, although it was severe
thrust at himself.
His wit, like that of Tom Hood, did not
forsake him, even in his last hours.
While on his dea,hbed at Bermuda friend
called to see him. and said: "What nice
place Bermuda is for rest and change
Travers replied: "Y-y-yes, th-the waters
g-g get th-th-the ch-change and tn the h-h-ho-
tel keepers th-the r-r-rest"
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The Trials Of q Drummer.

The country storekeeper carefully exam.
Ined the samples of cloth while the drummer
patiently waited. A customer came, the
storekeeper waited on him, then went back
TO examine the samples, to pull out and I'M
twist the threads Another customer. and
more examination; still another customer.
and as the storekeeper began again he said:
Are these samples in stylen
They WERE" replied the discouraged
drummer, when you began to look at them,
but that was SO long ago that can't answer
for them now. Detroit Free Press
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The active members Of the medical pro-
fession have to do more work of charita.
bic character than any other profession
In the country. I was looking over my
account ledger q day or two ago to see
what could do with certain bills. A
large number / found useless, and con
signed them TO the waste basket. The
hills that I Destroyed aggregated at the
lowest value fair to put on them about
600. The time In which the visits were
made was about ten weeks. so that in two
months and half did absolutely $500
worth Of work for charity. The bad bills
made during the same time have not yet
figured out. There 10 another decidedly
eegnvating feature about the profession,
ana that II that after attending a patient
- time and tie latter Ands himself un-
- 81 b unwilling 70 pay for services,
q dismisses you and calls In some other
Sysieim, 10 h llkswise 6eeced out Of
"a Just duee. 10 that physician he will
svs yea kiek ~ saying that you were
~ sasisn& -rkyaslAa In Globe Demo.
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PRETTY GIRLS.

PRETTY oIRLs.
In che summer tennis shoes are wcrn by girls, In
stead OF CATERS
When O. the mountains, or the shore, they 6irt
with student walters.
A FAMILY PARTY.
In the summer. husband. wife and children, with
big lunch BASKET,
Go down the harbor for days enjoyment, At
Nantasket.
THEY GET OUT oY TOWN.
In the summer, there's rush 10 reach the vari
Gus watering places,
And city duns OF debtors cannot find the slightest
traces.
In the summer, picnic parties spend the day In
sylvan bowers,
And have their fuery destroyed by sudden thunder
showers
NOT FUNNY FOR HIN.
In the summer bugs and ants and flies become OF
men the eaters.
And It's fun to watch the bald man pulverizing
the muskeeters
ALWAYS THE WAY.
In the summer all the big men get the little bath
ing dresses,
And the little men the big ones. source prolific
Of distreSses.
IN IsSoCUoUs DEsCETUDH.
Ia the summer many overcoats, fur trimmed and
storm defying.
prey to ravages Of moths on "Uncles" shelves
are lying.
TIE kECCA5.
la the summer when We get taste Of equatorial
weather,
Ice cream saloons are places where the girls de-
light 10 gather
Boston Courier
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Politcness.

There Is a very polite lawyer in Chicago.
Yesterday he climbed upon North Side car,
but in his haste stepped upon fat mans ia
vorite corns. "You internal donkeyw ex-
claimed the {. m, making motion as if to
kick the Roscius. Permit Inc to observe,
sir" replied the latter, sweetly and entirely
unrufiled, that the occasion was hardly
grave enough to justify the use Of such Wig
orous language" a lady smiled approx
ingly. An old gentleman with a white neck
tie grunted appreciation. Several Young
girls Uttered The f. IN. scowled, said moth
ing and nursed his aching limb That was
all And now let the self sufficient east talk
again of the ''rowdy west" please Chicago
Tribune
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His Admirable Success.

persistence will frequently do more for Il
man than will genius"
IL believe it. had an experience in that
line myself"
I'm what wayf
"When | commenced to study in an at
torney's office my father sneeringly told me
that Iwould never be able to acquire knowl-
edge of the law, but perseveredn
"And are you lawyer now"
Not exactly but I'm deputy sheriff -
Lincoln Journal
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The Time When.

ton the proprietor of which was German.
How much do you ask for your sausagesn
he inquired. "Dwenty cents" Il can buy
them for a shilling OF Mr.. -" IVY you
didn't, denf' "He was all out of them. -
"Oh, veil, sells mine sausages for a shilling.
doc, ven / vas oudt Shoe and Leather Re
porter
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st tho Seaside.

The blue OF tho skies Is the hue Of her eyes,
As she stands on the strand. lost In thought;
And the waves subtle grace suggests her dear
face
a fnce that from dreamland was brought.
The sough Of the breeze laid the bouyhs Of the
trees
But echoes her accents aniiss;
And the clinging perfume Of the mignonette's
bloom
Il n faint souvenir Of her kiss
But nothing below or above that know
Resemble no matter how dim,
That exquisite maid when so queerly arrayed
She returns from her afternoon swim.
William f. s. Tales.
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Common Ground.

Small Boy-What's the score!
Gentleman returning from game)-Six
to |.
Small Boy-Favor Of Detroit9
Gentleman-Yes.
The small boy smiles and the gentleman
smiles in sympathy. What is there remark
able about that conversation Oh, nothing,
except that the conversation actually oc.
CURED and the small boy was ragged Street
urchin without cent to bless himself with.
while the man was one Of Detroits million
aires. The mutual smile showed that base
ball maketh the whole world kin.-Dstroit
Free Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-17

PARIS. August lG.-Mme. Adam, the
writer, declares that the reports and doc
uments published in the Nourelle Rerue
concerning an alleged report from
Prince Bismarck to the late Emperor
Frederick in relation to the marriage Of
Princess Victoria and Prince Alexander
of Gutenberg are entirely authentic.
She declares that Prince Bismarck is the
most impudent liar in the world.
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A Natural Supposition.

Papa, what do they have that crowbar
strapped up there forf" said the small boy in
the railway car.
That my boy" replied pater familias.
sinking hot and frantic into his seat with a
sprained wrist and half his thumbnail gone
after three minute wrestle with the car
window, that, suppose, is for the brake
men to open these blanked windows with. p
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
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A Handsome Profit.

Aunt Emily-Why do you think you will
be doctor, Bobby, when you grow ups
Bobby-Because / swallowed a 10 cent
piece the other day and the doctor charged
pa ~ for curing me. That's good bust
ness.-The Epoch.
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Iorgetful of All.

There is a Berkshire county family where
the youngest Of a large family was a com
missioned officer in the army and lost all arm
and half a leg at Balls Bluff. And now,
despite the fact that lie is past 20 and has
three married children with families of their
own, his old mother forgetting his gray
head, his battered frame and bis dignity as
grandfather, still calls him Baby Albany
Journal
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Our village Industrial Competition.

Husband 6ast home from the city)-My
angei.-Cryingi-W hatever's the matter?
Wife-They've awarded me-prize medal
(sobbing)-f my sponge cakel
Husband tsoothingly)-And I'm quite sure
it deserv"-
Wife (hysterically)-Oh- but It said
twas-for tho best specimen o concretel-
Punch.
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Learned 1t by Ear.

Ayoung lady in this city who teaches O
Sunday school class Of s-year-olds recently
asked them the question: What is nm
aitarP II know" said one irrepressible:
ITS place where they burn insects. r-Au.
gusta (Me.) Journal.
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Slightly Mixed,

When the old time New Englanders set
about writing epitaphs they often produce
results which are a marvel to their posterity
Word comes from Portsmouth of peculiarly
interesting one. Here it is: Here lies the
body OF Abijah Gates He was lost at sea {"
Boston Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-17

W. A. James, Bell Station, Ala,
writes have suffered greatly from in
digestion or dyspepsia. One bottle of
DR.. II. Mozley's Lemon Elixir did me
more good than all other medicine have
ever taken.
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Tall Corn.

Corn is so tall in Kansas this year that
strangers passing through on night trains
LOOKING out on the cornfelds by moonlight,
TAX OF the dense oak and maple forests they
are passing through. Times
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A Bad Case.

Mrs. Ransom-So, your little brother is
sick, chr
Herbert-Yep.
Mrs. RESPONSIBILITIES the matter?
Herbert-Hes got chicken coop.-Judge
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-17

Eye see it waz like dis: 1t waz de mint
innings an each side wuz thirty-two runs
Jimmy WIZ at de bat He got onter Reddy's
curve an hit der ball welt out ter center
field Tommy Scully Civ jump fer it, but
it went trough his fingers an we wiuned dc
game life
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A Quicker Remedy

A writer says that the best cure for mango
IN dogs is gunpowder mixed with vinegar.
1unpowder mixed with shot is just aIeffec-
tive and works quicker.-Burlington Free
Press.
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PaHlcular.

mo, indeed" said the young lady from
Boston, adjusting her eyeglasses, II never
ride In those Roberttail cars.n-Nsw York
Evening Sun.