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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-03-15
Agriculture.
Mining Tsrsilissr..


Many farmers are not sufficiently careful
70 have their fertilizers thoroughly mixed
With the soil. says AZ agricultural exchange
Three hundred or four hundred pounds
per acre Ia very small qusnii,y TO so
over 1850 sqnsrc feet. il s about one
ounce 10 or square feet. An ounce Is q
very small handful. aud II this small guam.
.ity is not quite evenly spread over q
square yard. the effect Of the fertilizer Is
more or less missed or diverted from its
purpose. We have seen fertilizers 80 care.
lessly spresd that . large handful Was
thrown IN solid lump here and there
without any regularity, Having given
psiliul 10 an inerednlons neighbor 10 try
10 bis garden. this man applied the whole
TO one row Of peas, and, OF course, killed
every plant But the adjoining rows more
than made up for the loss, and the result
taught most useful lesson, aud this farm.
er now uses several tons yearly in his mar
ket garden and farm.
The safe plan is to spread l2 the ferii
izer directly before the narrowing on the
plowed ground--this Is for spring sown
crops-- and The other bali on the surface
as soon rs the seed is narrowed in or plan.
ted, Hill fertilizina is open TO several ob
jeciions aud risks. Never use superphos
phate, or other mixed fertilizers Of which
this forms part. when the land has been
lined and on limestone land only when
the crop is able to make the most Of IL.
Lastly, il is better to use 400 pounds to
one acre than 200 pounds per acre on two
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-03-15

DR.. Bnllock's Kidney Remedy NtrfilEfi-
CUM. The best for all kidney diseases.
GEO. PIERCE 81 Co,
= 30 Hanover st., Boston
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-03-15
A Famous Doctor

oset ead liat i1e "a 81 Rs acalih
consisted Is terisne tie hetA rei tie
tcet ua5ps stul lse lents eprn llal
Hiss eminuni tbsst5 aa itel p png as.y.
and Anoun tie nirlils of Ayers rms
A. an aprficui. Ne wuaM certainly have
recommended them s. - aany 81 his
distinguished Successors are Dong.
The celebrated ~ famsNaffh, u
Nafwirh, Coma. recommends Ayers
Pills a. tBc host u ~ romcl.es fpr
Intermittent Fcecm
nr, l. r. Fowler a nHlgepsrt.
Conn, say. "Ayars rllls are highly
and universally sroken q BY tho people
about here, maze daily use 81 them
10 my rractire'
Dr. Maylcw, u New Bedford, Mass,
sass Having prescribed many thou
sands u Ayers Pills, ia my practice.
can uahcslia'ingll pronounce them the
best caihaftie 10 nsc."
The Massachusetts, State Assayrr. Dr.
A A HAYES. eerlihes have mafe
careful analysts Of Ayers Pills. They
contain the aritNe principles of wei.
known dragS. isolated from inert mat
ter, which plan Is, chemically speaking,
of great importance 90 their usefulness
Ii insarcs activity, certainty, and unl-
f0rniiy of effect Ayers Pills contain
no metallic on mineral substance, but
the virtues % vegetable remedies Ia
skilliul combination,
Ayers Pills.
Prepared W Dr.. J, C, Aver Co., Lowell, Mas.
Sold by ali Dealers Ia Medicine,
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-25
Centipedes and Prairie Runners.

Those who have made study of the
centipede say he never turns his mind to
anything but mischief. He will crawl
into bed In the middle of the day and
wait patiently until night, when the
rightful owner crawis in, SO he. the in
truder. can improve his opportunity to
get even with the human race, against
whom he has spite.
But man has friend in the prairie run.
ner. which is the name of a bird whose
mission In life Is to supervise the cent?
pede census. This bird has a fondness
for centipedes an naturel If it were not
for these industrious birds centipedes
would be as plentiful as men who think
they understand all about the tariff ques-
ton When prairie runner discovers o
centipede be takes the insect in his bill,
and runs off with him What the object
Of the bird is in running cannot imagine,
unless he, the bird, wants the certipede
to admire the grace and swiftness of his
motions. After giving the centipede a
ride the prairie runner pauses. and passes
the insect with q sideway chewing gum
sort of motion through his bill, very much
as linen collar is passed through q
patent clothes wringer. Then the cent?
pede is pale and cold in death. and the
prairie runner. which must be provided
with q digester lined with sheet iron.
swallows the insect endways.-Pittsbu
Dispatch.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-25
A year later the traveller returned tina
LIFE ON THE FARM.
Rural Employments Not Odious In Them
selves-City Vacations.

Rural Employments Not Odious In Them
selves-City Vacations.
There is frequently recurring complaint
from the farm, reached through the asrt-
cultural press, Of the reluctance Of boys to
remain In farming pursuits; indeed. some
times even to enter on such life. What is
the cause of this restless and unwilling SPIRIT
Are country employments odious In them
selvesi Is it & task more drcary or more dan
gerous to break fiery colt than it is to face
the winter as brakenen ON "A freight train.
Is it more peTilous TO attend ashCrthorn bull
than it is TO be policeman aad club burglarsf
Is it worse 90 do chores as small boy on his
fathers farm than it is 70 work for S4aweek
and pay travelling expensest to reach the Office
where the hey is the scapegoat who is always
wrong, and at whose door the shortcomings
of every other ernpioye lief Is it harder lines
20 plow behind your Own team, to drive your
own moving machine, or do good part Of
your own cartin2. than it would be to work
II factory at any one OF the various tndns-
tries carried ON throughout cur handi
While We are compelled to acknowledge
that farming has its unsatisfactory points,
none can disprove that much discomfort Is
broadcast everywhere The advantages Of
fered by agriculture to IT'S followers arc
freedom, Dot from duties, but from perpnel
Inconvenience. 1t Is the farmers own fault
If his house lacks comfort; the artisan mus
work in his employers shop or factory-the
larger the establishment the less the indi
vidusl How many typesetters have In ur ed
Sghtf Ho~ many brakeuen are manned
and killed. How hong Is the dark list Ct
mechanics worn out bezore they have
reached maturity from the hsrdstips Incl
dent to the duties OF their calhnesi
So take lock at highe- social grade es
contrasted with what country ssocacaoDs
offer. L Is appalling TO note the young fiTes
wrecked IN cities; youths who STRAIN every
nerve and use every means 70 attain pro
feSsioI, who rust reach the threshold and
then succcmb, worn cut IA mind and crushed
in body OF the vnss nufstades vto year
after year leave their country homes 70 seek
fortune in cities, bow many s0oosedi The
percentage Is very small, even Of those who
find moderate amount Of saocesI Some
lack ability, others endurance, and many DO
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-25

CHEAP ROUND TRIP TICKETS
To Pueblo, Denver. Colorado
Springs, Salt Lake, ETC., now on
sale at City Ticket Office, 127 n
Main st.
N. G.. KEERAN,
Pass. and Ticket Agent.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-25
Excellent High School Featur-,

A novel and excellent feature has been
introduced in the high school at Caldwell
Kan. which keeps file of all the LEADING
county papers. with magazines and papers
for goung people. all Of which are acces
sible 70 the students at UNEMPLOYED mo
ments. Every afternoon portion of the
time is devoted TO live topics of the day
On recent Friday one of the students
gave an extended account of the railroad
strike, another of the death of Emperor
William and his successor. others of the
life of Miss Alcott. of the eastern blizzard.
Oklshoma. etc.-Chicago Herald
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton recently toI1
story about the way in which she began
her work Of reforming the world. When
she was girl of 10 or II, she used TO see her
father, Judge Csdy, administering law from
the bench She noticed that the judge, IN
having down the law or giving his decision,
always referred 20 his law books for guidance
She set TO work in his library reading these
books, and as she thought be could not say
anything but what he found there, she care
fully tore out and burned those pages that
contained principles of decisions of which she
diS2pproved- How could he. while on tins
bench during trial, make application of
anything not to be seen in the books by which
ne was gnldedt She discovered great deal
tnat was offensive n every law book that she
Inspected in his library Ont came the
pages, which she cast into the fire Until the
book suited her, and she felt sure that her
father would be compelled to confine himself
to such Law as she left She Kept on at this
work for hong while. until she was caurs.
at IT; but by that time a great part of JudCe
Cadys law library had been spoiled in her
efforts 10 reform the woyid-New York Sun.
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-25
zssSSNlIx~
Daily eagle
1 wotuLDNA GLE A COPPER ptAck.

1vouhna gle copper plack
For ony,man that turns his back
On duty clear;
Ivouldna tax his word or note,
1wouldn2 TRUST him for a groat,
Nor lift an oar In ony boat
Which he might steer.
Iwouidna gle an auld bawbee
For ony man that / could see
Wha dinna hold
The sweetness o. his u1ither's name,
The kindness o. bis brothers claim,
The honor o. a woman's fame,
For MAR than gold.
Mary A Barr
Wichita eagle., 1888-05-25

Free reclining chair cars are cow running
on al trains on the C., K d " Riy, Rock
Island Route" between W ichita, Topeka,
hsnsas City. - Joseph. CaleAgo, -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
Pauperism i'm America and Europe.

Among the untruths circulated by the Demo-
cratic press is that which places the pauperism
of the United States in unfavorable comparis ON
with that of Germany, Great Britain and Ire
land, and France Now, the class termed
pauper hardly exists in the United States The
census of 1880 gives 6S655 as the number of per-
resident in aims houses, and 21,596 the
number of outdoor paupers in all the States
and Territories, AMI this out OF a population OF
40,00),000
The British Empire, with smaller popula-
tion than our own, maintained 7o4,1j5 paupers
in England and Wales 1882 ia Ireland and
81 O9 in Scotland at the date of tho last returns
which are for 1885 France has very poor meth
DDS of collecting returns as to paurerism, but
LAOS $50 persons are recorded as receiving gov
eminent aid in 1885, in addition TO 1872 13I chill
dren fed and clothed by public charities. The
Empire of Germany is reticent as to statistics
of pauper; SIN, but in one OF its provinces that
of Bavaria, the number of permanent paupers
is set down at D3,507, out of a population OF
5,416,000. There is not now nor has there ever
been, country in which so small proportion
of the population is del endent upon charity as
in the United States Chicago Inter O.4a,,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

Some flowers tied with white satin
ribbon amt this heart breaking emblem
in Jennie's room Her picture, poor
child with crown of fading flowers
encircling it-and here in Carries
room her picture, the darling also
crowned with immortelles.
And Jacks room, forlorn in it's tidi-
ness; yes, yes, funeral wreath in his
room, dear loving little Jack.
Mrs. Jewett's first wild impulse was
to disarranee everything; the quiet and
appalling neatness were goading her to
madness; even kitty had deserted the
sunless, cbildless house; but the chill
dren The mother felt as if her brain
was afre, and her heart was bursting
with its pent grief; she could not endure
it another moment, and she awoke.
Thank God she was sitting directly
in the rare, sweet sunlight which God
made to come in, and not to be shut out
of our homes. In the garden she heard
the sweet, delightsome voices of her
children, the blessed children.
Mrs. Jewett arose slowly, locked the
door, then knelt down; after awhile she
went forth new quiet in her heart, a
new smile on her face.
In the dining-room she raised the
curtain, so that the sunlight danced
gaily through the room.
Jennie came in with torn apron and
was greeted with smile of welcome
rent and all.
Willie had been using paste in the
dining-room, and had daubed the cloth,
door-knob and his blouse; but mamma
patiently showed how to clean the spots
away, and Willie promised with SINGER
ity to be more careful another time.
The children had a glorious, happy
day. At night, when they were all
asleep, their mother went from room
to room gazing with pure thankfulness
at each darling little sleeper, so dear,
alb, SO dear She sighed. then smiled
at the little porcelain vase in Willie's
room, filled with sweet wild flowers of
his own plucking.
Then she went to her own room, and
tearfully told "father" her terrible
dream.
He kissed his wife's brow fondly,
and said, soothingly: "Never mind,
dear, we're all right now"
And they were. The timely warning
was not lost on the mothers heart, for
she never forgot how terrible it was
when but in dreams she roamed from
one empty, orderly room to another in
quest of her children, and could not
find them. And she resolved that she
would not wait to place white flowers
in their hands when their perfume
could not reach the dulled senses, and
their fading would only break her
heart; the children should have the
flowers now, while their dear eyes were
open to behold them, and their hearts
still alive to all of earth's comforts and
delights.
And we would that many another
wife and mother, who is drifting into
habits of fret illness and nervousness
through undue care for the chjldren's
bodies rather than their souls, might
dream this lady's dream. "-Er.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
Households Hints.
From the New York Sun.

from the New 1OTK SUM-
Never ride on an. empty stomach.
This is worse than riding on rail.
Be tolerant with burglars. Should
you be surprised at midnight by thieves,
parley with them, and offer to assist
them for half the profits. You will save
something from the wreck by so doing.
Never perpetrate the bad joke of tell
ing your wife that there is a leak in the
cellar when there is barrel of onions
there,
Never, growl about your daughters
extravaganza in the presence OF her best
young man.
If you feel irritated do not wreak your
vengeance upon your dog. If you must
kick something kick your neighbours
dog.
The good housewife never opens the
condensed: milk can with her husband g
razor nor will the loving husband curry
the horse with her nutmeg crater,
Never use the hand mirror to spank
the baby. You might break the mirror
and that-is said to be: bad luck, especial
ly if the mirror cost 81. %.
If you want your landlord to put a
new furnace in the housenever give him
a warm room to sleep in when he visit
you. Warm rooms are unhealthy for
sleeping purposes and are opt to weak
en- your chances Ola furnace.
Never keep chickens. Let your neigh
bors do that. You can keep the eggs
Don't decorate the walls of the laun-
dry with water colors.
If you rent your house furnished for
the summer insist that all your room
doors shall remain constantly locked
and that your tenants shall confne
themselves to the halls.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
THE POETS VISION.

poet musing at The midnight hour
saw great light and heard voice of power;
BLESSED are those that love their fellow men,"
Thus said the voice. AMI looking upward then
He saw an angel floating in the air,
of form majestic and OF face most fair,
cart thou of those" said the compelling voice,
s'Who love their fellow men? If so, re! o1ce."
The poet smiled all sadly Then he said:
"The truth is truth, ana more than daily
bread
why should hope TO blind thy eyes that see
Down to the core of this humanity
am not one thNt loved my fellow men.
A chosen few love, and they again
Love me: but not the myriad multitude,
With all their meanness, coarseness, manners
Who bow and cringe to mammon's sons of
pride
Tbst they may have the crumbs wealth casts
aside
They love not me, and no love do waste
Nor on the desert sand my life Dlooi cast"
The angels face grew stern. 'But thou hast
fortune to the poor: dost thou disown
Tue work of thine own hands? Was it not love
For the poor African thy soul did move?
81 pitt him; but love, that sacred 1ama,
I never felt, and ne er professed lts name;
1 loved the true and right and what was just
And holy Freedom trodden in the dust
These were the sacred objects o; my love
And my soul worship; not the crowd that
stove
To gain their fir ED N. All. the True and Right
Fair play for all men, and their share OF ilght
That they may grow up to the topmost height
Their souls can master; these the things l
thought
Worthy the sacrifice of all l brought,
Ard cen of lie itself, if that were aught
The angel would have answered, but was dumb,
A still small voice was heard as IL some
Far off meiOdiOuS music of the sphere,
Distant as heaven, and yet, as heaven most near:
''Not only those that love their fellow man.
But that 1--we Me, the source whence all began,
In whom is Justice mercy freedom right,
And all things so and beautiful and bril- bit,
Who love the truth for the truths sake alone,
And not for those VINO have lis healing known;
These are my children, faithful sons of mine,
Who share with Me the higher life divine:
These are accepted, and their sins shall be
Forgiven for their love of mine and Me-.
The angel bowed in silence tow I'd the throne, -
The poet looking up was there alone.
-NelU York Mail and Express
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
No Umbrellas allowed.

An Englishman recently sued the
manager of Covent Garden 'Theater,
London, for S. damages for refusing to
allow him to take the seat for which
he had purchased ticket. He was re-
fused admission to the seat because he
had an umbrella with him and would
not give it up at the cloakroom, where
there would have been charge of 6
pence for the caring of it. There was a
placard in the building announcing that
cloaks and um brellas would not be al
lowed in the stalls, and the court de-
cided therefore that the theater. mana
ger was justified in his action.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
Maine and Arkansas.

Placing the result in Maine and Arkansas sid
by side, what does that Sep ember crop of vote
Cleveland had y, III plurality in 1884. In Is
Hughes Dem.) had 3j,5S5. In September, 1so
Eagle DEM has IA, S91 and this after the lar
ceny of ballot boxes from seven precincts in
Pulaski County, the capital seat containna
Republican majorities sufficient to have reduced
the Democratic plurality to about il, 90. In two
years time the Republicans of Maine ha raised
their plurality from l. 600 to 1880 In the same
period the Democra of Arkansas have had
thir plurality re iuced from st, 700 to u 000
by an honest count and II 900 by tbievery What
does this mean? What else it porl end ea-
pecially when the large increase i'll Oregon and
Gain all o. er 2-GhirroO T'~ih
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
Found on the Battle Field.
From the Albany Argus


: A gentleman told Inc, yesterday Of a
strange experience related by friend of
his. 1t was during the battle of Gettys-
burg, that his friend, just before enter
ing the action, took his canteen. from
his shoulder and hid it in acrevice in
the rock. Then came that fiery hail of
shot and shell that swept down regi-
ments like fields of grain before the
reaper. At the close OF the battle the
soldier forgot all about his canteen. nor
did it ever occur to him again until he
visited the field at the late reunion.
Then it flashed through his mind, and
after few minutes ST arch he found it
where he had lett it on that momentous
day. 1t seems scarcely credible that it
could have been overlooked during the
minute exploration of the field ever
since the war, but the gentleman who
related the incident is of. unimpeacha-
BILE Veraclty
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

CIRCUMSTANCES often favor even e To-
'pers, and such proved the case lately
in England, when the mother of the
girl telegraphed the police authorities
at Bolton to arrest her child, who was a
passenger ION train that would pass
ness, that The police might easily lden-
tify her. Curiously enough there
turned out to be two lame girl passen-
gers, and the wrong one was arrested.
The OTHER passed on and got married
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

"Our total imports for the year amounted to
S23 SIS, S13 The value of articles that should
be manufactured in this country imported last
year, was about S475, ,0)0. All these goods
should have been manufactured here, and thus
furnished to home labor largely in REFS d en-
ployment and largely increased demand
market for tn products of the American farmer
At least 100000 men could have found employ
ment in manufacturing these goods imported
into this country last year if they had been
made at home
We therefore appeal to you to ponder over
this subject well. Many of you, as we'll as our
selves, are foreigners by birth. We have exper-
fenced enough free trade in our native lands
let US be careful, therefore, not TO do anything
to degrade labor here to the level Of labor abroad
let us stand by protection to American indus
tries and American labor and seek to establish
firmly in this country an American standard OF
wages.
I'VE regret very much thai our Representative
in Congress, Mr. Henry Smith, has seen fit to
vote TOR the Mills bill by 50 doing, we
slider that he has betrayed our trust. Many of
us voted for him believing him to BIZ q protec-
zionist. We shall consider it our duty,
should he again became the candidate of the
workingmen, not only to refuse to support him,
but to do all in our power to de eat him, and
we likewise esteem it to be the duty of every
workingman to do everything he can in support
of the Republican candidates, Harrison and
Morton, who stand firmly upon the principle of
protection to American industries and American
labor"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

AwoMAN deaf mute who goes among
downtown Offices in New York selling
deaf-and-dumb alphabets has printed
on her cards this peculiar request: eff
any person thinks / am not what
represent to be. please have me arrest
ed at once" sW
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26

THE Athen@um Library, Bury st. Ed
munds, has biography of a man named
Corder which is bound in piece OF hu-
man skin. Corder murdered his sweet
heart and married some one more 70
his liking. Having been detected ana
hanged, the doctor who obtained MS
corpse sent piece of his skin, proper
ly cured, to the publisher, ana COPY
Of the dead mans life was accorulngiy
bound up in his skin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-09-26
THE VERDICT.

s'No, No, No Free Trade"
Republican plura1ities.
Oregon. ................... ,407
Vermont. ............... .................2 % 972
Maine. .19, 00C
These three States show Republican gain
over 1884 OF about IL ,000 and gain over 1886 OF
about 81 900.
The election in Arkansas on Sept. 8 showed
Democratic loss of 900 to 5000