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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-01
AYERS PILLS.
DR.. Schenck's
Mandrake Pills.

CLEANsR the mucous membranes
Of the stomach and bowels Of all slime and
foreign matter, start the socreti0ns, assist
digestion ana assimilation, nulify this blood.
They relieve the liver OF con- gestion. give 1t q
chance to extract bile poison from the blood.
10 mase them into good bile, and to secrete
Just what Is needed. They DO not tear their
way and jrritate like most purgauves. but
they treat all the surfaces and organs, SO that
the entire system resi- onds.
They are based on scientific principles.
They are entirely rational ana natural.
They al ways DO what is claimed for them.
They work on the system in the way claimed
They work together for ths greatest good.
They are not like new ana untried medicines.
They need no praise, but only simple mention
OF merit.
- DIR, schencks purely vegetable and
wholly reliable family medicines are for sale
by all Druggists. kvery package has neat y
printed directions for use. II You would mn.
derstand yourself eend for DR.. schenck's 3 new
Book ON Diseases of the Lungs, Liver ana
Stomach. Sent free. Address DR.. j. n I.
schenck 4 SON. Philadelphia, Pa
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-01

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In use 30 years The only successful remedy
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-01

Thy THE CURE.
A particle Is applied into each nostril ana is
Agreeable. Prfce 30 centA at Druggists py
mail. registered, 90 cents,
@ warren Street, New York.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
To Guess the Speed of Trains.

There Is not one person in 100 Of the mill
ions who travel on railroads in the course of
year who has any idea of the speed of q
train. A large per cent. of even the regular
trainmen of the country cannot tell with any
degree of accuracy how fast train is rum
ming. Frequently engineers are dispatched
on trip over line of railroad with instruc-
lions to run at speed of a certain number
of miles an hour. The engineers do not carry
a speed indicator, but have learned by vari-
GUS methods to gauge their engines so as to
make only the slightest variation from their
orders
The majority Of engineers use their driving
wheel as gauge They know its circumfer-
ence, and by counting its revolutions within
a certain time can tell very accurately the
speed at which they are running. Another
method is to time the run between mile posts,
and still another is to make calculations from
the number of telegraph poles passed in a
certain time. These poles, in level country,
and where four or five wires are used, are
spaced so that they are thirty to the mile.
If only single wire is used they are spaced
from twenty-five to twenty-eight to the mile.
The most accurate method, and the one
most in use by experienced railroad men, is
to count the number Of rail joints the train
passes over in twenty seconds The rails in
nearly all cases are thirty feet in length, and
the number passed over in twenty seconds is
the speed per hour train is running. For
instance, if passenger sitting in sleeper
can count thirty clicks of the wheels on a
rail joint in twenty seconds the train is run
ming at the speed Of thirty miles an hour.
Kansas City Times.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
Curious Case of KIeptomania.

There died In New York city not long ago
an old woman, who to hundreds of New
Workers presented grotesque figure. Ten
or twelve years ago she was a popular lee
turer, gifted with a strong though unpublished
eloquence. For nearly two decades this Gu
rious woman lived lonely life After her
retirement from the lecture platform she
was Wont to haunt daily the public libraries
of the city, and this fact soon led to the dis
covery that she was afflicted with klepto-
mania Her character was quite above the
theory of deliberate theft, and some of her
few friends even now are ignorant of the
shadow which hung over her. By reason of
her constant visits she became a familiar
figure, and an unmitigated nuisance to the
librarians. She would enter a library, ap-
parently bent on finding some extract Of i'm
portance. Volume after volume would be
called for and consulted in vain, until finally
pile of thirty or forty books lay before her.
Then she would give it up, and hasten out
without even thanking the disguised attend
ant.
Several times books were missed, but
no one dared accuse her. One day,
however, an attendant detected her
as she made her exit with val
liable volume. He followed her home, and
the next day when she appeared she was
gently reminded of her absent mindedness.
But she Indignantly spurned the insinuation,
and the affair went no further; though she
ceased to visit that particular library. When
she died large collection of books was
found in her house, each book bearing the
stamp of the institution from which it had
been taken. Many Of them, too, were from
private libraries, and those most closely
guarded. Her skill as book thief must
have been considerable. The volumes were
all returned to their rightful owners by her.
executors. -New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
A9netrg*
To Matthew Arnold,
FROM EDWIN ARNOLD.

FROM EDWlN ArNO1D.
April Is, 1888.
Suffer that-as thou takest boat to cross
Grim Charon's stream on voyage, heavy loss
To England but to thee gain manifold
pluck thee by the shroud, and press thy cold
Forgetful hand; to lay this obolus
Into its honored palm! All! think on US
In thy new walks upon the Asphodel;
Nor quite forsake the sad sphere where we
dwell,
Fighting thy battle lending our small stress
To "stream which maketh unto Righteous
ness"!
Now. that thou better knowest friends and foes'
Good Friend! dear Rival! bear no grudge to
those
Who had not time, in LIES hard fight to show
How well thew liked thee for thy "slashing
Blow;
How sweet" thy "reasonableness" seemed
how right
Thy lofty pleading for the long dlmmed
eight!
Thou, that didst bear my Name. and deck 1t so
That-coming thus behind-hardly know
If 1 shall hold it worthiy. and be
Meet to be mentioned in one Age with thee
Take. Brother! to the Land. where no strifes are
This praise thou wilt not need! Before the Sta I
Is kindled for thee let my funeral torch
Light thee. dear Namesake! to TIL Elysian
Porch!
Dead Poet! let a poet of thy House
Lay. unreproved. these bay leaves on thy
brow!
We, that seemed only friends were lovers Now
Death knows it! and Love knows! and L! and
ThOui
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
A Remedy for Eetid Feet.

A Chicago correspondent writes us for a
remedy for perspiration of the feet, COM
planning that this trouble makes him unduly
sensitive. Frequent washing, he asserts, does
no good. The disease, for such it really is,
may have its origin in the skin, in the glands
or in the system, and the cause must first be
removed. At least once day Tor twice if
possible) the feet should be soaked in tannin
and warm water Stockings should be
changed once or twice daily, and only wooden
should be worn. Insoles of felt should be
worn and changed with the stockings; they
can be wet in chlorinated soda, and then
dried for further use The stockings, when
removed, should be dried.by the fre.-Herald
of Health
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
A Card to Parapraphers.

Gentlemen, candidly and honestly now, did
you ever really and actually know Of a
Man who threw a bootjack at cata
Woman who hit her husband with a rolling
pins
Dog that bit the seat out Of the beau's
trousersa
Ice man who was richa
Boy who was allowed in the parlor to ask
disagreeable questions Of callersa
Wife who took away husbands latch keya
Husband who tainted when he heard his
wife's mother was cominga
Man who was shot for playing cornet or
accordiona
And if SO, where do these people ivea-
brakes Magazine.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
A Hotel in Honduras.

Do you want to see how a Honduranian
hotel is furnished My room is OH corner
fronting on plaza and the sea on the north,
and looking toward the ancient church across
the street on the west. The floor is covered
by one large oilcloth In one corner is a
camp cot On the canvas cotton sheet is
spread; over that another sheet and white
bedspread Or counterpart. Two pillows of
feathers. Over all mosquito bar trimmed
with lace and ornamented with tassels of coll
ored worsted. On the light wooden wash
stands are bowls Of porcelain, and beside
them glass pitchers holding clear rain water
drawn from an iron tank II the public sit
ting room the floor is covered with oilcloth,
as are all others on this floor, and there are
six or eight rocking chairs of American
make. A piano is at one side, and in the
middle of the room a marble topped table is
covered by pretty little shells from the beach.
Such is first class hotel in Trujillo. Worse
places and worse fare have been knowp,-E
W. Perry in Chicago Times,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
A Church Mouse.

ct want warrant for the arrest Of a hated
rival" said a western young man. II may
be poor, but no man can insult me and get
away with it."
"What's the troubled" asked the justice.
disturbance. 1t was at the wedding cer-
emory. l won the girl and just as l re-
peated, with all my worldly goods thee en-
dow there came from the organ loft in the
voice of my hatel rival the word Rats go
on no wedding trip until this thing is set
tled."-New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
On the Tops of Stages.

One of the drivers of the Fifth avenue
stages says that the young ladies, no mattel
if they live on the very tiptop of Murray
Hill, like to climb up and ride on the outside
seats. But they usually do it only in the
evening. They are more graceful and quick
about it than half of the men. On Sundays
in pleasant weather a good many girls ride
on the outside, and good many go to the
end of the route and back just for the excur-
sion. The German girls are the most indie
pendent about climbing to the tops of the
stages in the day time.-New York Press
"Every Day Talk"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
Less Demand for Guns.

The chairman of the Birmingham Cum
makers association reports that there has
been decrease of $1,000 proofs as compared
with last year, and there is such depression
in the trade as has not existed for twenty
seven years. The demand for high class guns
has decreased, owing to the diminished in
comes of those who use them. On the other
hand 1900 more revolvers have been sold.-
New York Sun. EAz..I
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
His Only Vice.

"Has your son any vices, Mr.. Blanka Par
don the question, but l like to know all about
the boys take into my Office"
''No; Henry has none that know of, ex-
cept, perhaps, amateur photography"
swell, that's negative sort of vice. I
never met an amateur photographer yet who
took anything worth talking about, and
think l may trust your boy. Send him
ong.n-Harper's Bazaar.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08

The gilded youth fits bis boutonniere to the
occasion of wearing it. For visit of con-
dolence he wears purple flower; for we'd
ding. white; for party call, pink for a ball,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
Can Farmers Afford to Build Good Roads
Something our augusta farmers ought to
apply to our ooon county.

This question should not at this day re-
quire an answer, for on business principles
it should have been settled long ago. Not
that farmers alone should bear the heavy
burden of making good roads, but all prop
erty alike should share in it, as all property
is to be benefited. But farmers especially
cannot afford to have bad roads. They have
too much use for them; they are too impor-
tant an element in the conditions for sue
cessful farming to be neglected. The cost
of transportation of the heavy and bulky
produce of the farm is one of the largest
items of expense, ranging all the way from
ten to fifty per cent. of its value. Anything
that will reduce it deserves the earnest at
tention of everyone engaged directly or in
directly in agriculture. If the roads can be
SO bettered that team can haul 5000
pounds to market or railroad station with
the same ease as 1900 pounds now, the cost
of that work is reduced one-half OF once.
The magnitude of this work may not be
appreciated by many because they have
not looked into it. Take the productions Of
Fairfax county-'poor Fairfax" as it used
to be called. The United States census of
1880 furnished the figures
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-08
The Future of Wheat Production in
Virginia.

The Amherst, Va, Democrat" the pa
per of Col. Thomas Whitehead, Commits
sioner of Agriculture of Virginia, says:
We quite agree with the writer of the
following article that wheat raising as a
profitable money crop is out of the ques-
ton in this section, except so far as a
farmer may find it to his advantage to put
his land in wheat, to the end that he may
seed it down in grass. But it should be
borne IN mind that no farmer can afford to
buy his -four, and he should therefore al
ways be sure to raise enough wheat for this
purpose.
ssMr. Edward Atkinson, OF Boston, one
of the highest statistical authorities in the
United States, has just published a pam
phlet on The wheat supply in which he
shows that, to the western farmer 1000
miles from the seaboard, the cost of haul
ing his wheat has been reduced SO or 81
cents per bushel since 1878. To the farm
ers further west, the reduction has been
proportionaIly greater. This means that
if the New York price of wheat were only
81 cents less than in 1873, the home price
to the western farmer would still be the
sams that it was in the wheat growers
flush times of 1870 and 1878,
''But by the introduction of the binder,
sulky gang pillow, disk harrow, straw burn
ing engines, &C., and the low price OF
sse machines, the cost of the production
to the western farmer has been consldera-
bly, lowered, SO that his profit would re-
main the same as in 1908 with his home
price less than in 1873. How does the
case stand with US?
s'On looking to the account of sales Of
nv wheat in 1878 I find I received in
Richmond an average of $l.55 per bushel
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03
Local Float and Territorial
Concentrates.

SILVER CITY AVALANCHE, Jan 2oth:
The Phillips & Sullivan mine turned
out FIVE large bars of bullion, valued
at over $11, 400, as a result of the
FIRST run. The ore is not high grade,
working only about s32 per ton, but
the vein is so large and the quartz so
easily extracted that at these moder-
ate figures there is handsome mar
gin of profit. The mine will now be
opened up and worked systematical-
ly, when it is hoped and believed that
1t will keep at least one mill busy re-
ducing ore, and pay handsomely.....
We are pleased to learn that the
Proustite Mining Company has struck
the St. Johns lode with the cross-cut
from the Henrietta, the lode being
about three feet wide of good ore.
We do not mean to convey the idea
that it is rich, like that in the Henri
eta, but fair milling ore. This com
pany, through its energetic Supt., 3.
S. Howe, has demonstrated that the
lodes at Wagontown 60 down and
are permanent, and more than that,
the ore is rich at considerable depth.
A depth of 800 feet has been attain
ed in the Henrietta and St. Johns,
which is lower by about 600 feet than
the mines on the mountain above.
Truly Wagontown never presented
so good an outlook as at the present
time.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03
oBITU ARY,

Died, on Thursday, January u, J.
V. Hines, Jr-, aged So years and 9
months. The funeral was held on
Sunday, services conducted at Holy
Trinity by Rev. W. II. Sparling at
, O'Clock P. NJ, and the body inferred
in the Schuyler cemetery.
Mr.. Hines has been feeble since
last August and his death was brought
on by exposure TO the last storm.
When the blizzard came up he was
worried about his smaller children
who were at school and he started
for them His son Walter, who
clerks at Arnold Brothers store.
fearing his father would 20 out into
the storm to get the children. started
home, but the father and children
were not there. He found them at
the house Of Frank Straube. After
remaining at Mr.. Straube's a short
time all started for home, which was
about block away. In SO going the
party got lost and the heavy wind
proving too much for the father.
Walter had him to wait bv a tree un-
til he could get the children TO the
house and return for him. When he
returned he saw death written in his
fathers face and before ne could be
removed be had passed from this life
and was carried to the home a corpse.
Mr.. HINES had been a resident OF
this county aud city for many years
and was q person whom every one
respected on sccount of the upright
life which be lived. His death is a
deep afliction to his devoted wife
and children and the sympathies Of
the many friends of the family are
with them in their suferings.-E The
Quill, Schuyler, Colfax county, Ne
braska. Jan. IS, 1855.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03

An account of the death, by freez-
ing, of Jack Hines, formerly of
Pioneer, this county, will be found in
another column. Mr.. H. and family
lettthls county eight or ten years ago
Weare indebted to Hon. Ben Wilson,
of Pioneer, for the paper containing
account of the death, and the follow-
ing note from Mr.. W.: "Received
news from young Walter Hines,
Schuyler, Neb., that his father, Jack,
was frozen to death in that town in
trying to get his little children home
from school, and only block away.
send paper. Poor "Jaek," as he
was familiarly known, was one of the
most faithful, industrious and reliable
men l ever had in my employ, and
was here for many years. His real
name was not Jack" but Joshua
vaughn Hines, and son of quite
famous preacher in advent days.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03

every instance surprised the recIpl-
ents with size, condition, and in be-
ing in every instance true TO name
and warranted TO grow, or the firm
will replace all that fail. Over FIVE
hundred dollars worth were delivered
in Garden Valley, and in every in
stance gave entire satisfaction. You
can order through Mr.. Mahan any
kind of tree kept in the United States.
Also any rose or flower. He warrants
the fruit trees 10 be six or seven feet
/ high, in good condition on delivery,
and he will replace all that die the
first year. The warrant IS from the
oldest and best nursery firm in the
/ L. ), and reliable. ANY person
wanting trees Of any kind, great or
small order, drop postal card to DR.,
l. Z. Mahan, Emmett, Idaho, and the
agent will call on you, and take or
ders TO be delivered spring or fall.
1 EMMETT, Jan. ~, IS.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03

A Millerstown, Ohio, young man
not long since wrote two postal cards
on entirely different subjects. He
then turned them over and addressed
them, bat by mistake placed the ad-
dresses on the wrong cards. The re-
suit was that the shirt-maker in Har-
risburg got polite invitation to take
carriage ride in Huff Wards ba-
rouche, while the young mans girl
was made frantic by receiving the
following: "Please send me sample
OF the stuff your shirts are made Of. =
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03

The News Miner Of January 31st
saws the latest news from Washington
is that the entire Pacific coast delega-
ton, except Dubois. is in favor Of at
taching Northern Idaho to Washing
ton Territory, and the balance TO Ne
vada. We can't believe II. Could
they have the hardihood to take such
stand contrary to the expressed
wishes Of the people Of Idaho:
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03

w. 3. NOBLE will test, the coming
spring, the capabilities Of this climate
for growing the famous German grass
known as asperset, a description OF
which the WoRlD gave few months
ago. If it is all that is claimed for IL
it's Just the thing to grow on eaten
out stock ranges. This grass mas
been lauded as the most nutritious
grass that grows, looks like clover,
and grows to the height OF eighteen
inches, 1t grows on the most barren
hilsides. Two crops a year can De
cut. 1t is preferred in Germany to
alfalfa. 1t fattens stock faster, and
makes COWS give better milk. The
driver the soil the better it grows
This grass even hourishes among
rocks. 1t comes early in the spring
and stays green until snow covers It
1t is the coming plant for horses
and cattle.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-03
ESTRAY NOTICE.

IANE INTO THE ENCLOSURE OF TIE IN
~ dsrsigrsd about the 6rss % DSesrnbsr. ocs ssS
ye&r-oli steer, ns4<ly white. branded thus: q
lsss hips Isfs cropped. and wAttls on lsft !A~
also one eisck mule branded On lss thigh. Al.
0 OF len shoulder, sadie marked 1nd saod- Th'
owners are requested 70 prove property. "a,
Charges ineludins the publication Of noees. All
take the animals away. TEos, n CAzSrGAS.
Garden valley Jan {. ISIS, ~.