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The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

The only disease which can As mis-.
taken for roup is cold-which, If
neglected, often indeed passes into
roup, but it is not difficult of distinc-
ton. Canker or liberation really does
appear to be very closely connected, il
not due to the same virus. Whether
mere cold can really develop into true
roup, or whether roup is solely due to
a specific virus, or in ether words,
whether the general fever of severe
catarrh can, Independently Of con-
tagion, develop into the specific fever
of roup is at present unknown for GER
tain. Roup is protean disease, and
this accounts for the great number OF
remedies. Nearly all such have been
employed with great success in some
cases, and hopelessly failed in others,
according probably to the stage, or the
particular symptoms, when the remedy
is given; thus remedies of the copaiba
class are useless at the earlier feverish
stage, and febrifuges at late period.
/ 1t is only by considering these differ
enceS that success can be obtained with
any uniformity. To be practical. Every
charge from the nOstrils or eyes should
be at once isolated from the rest, and
treated with aconite as under catarrh.
The usual Homeopathic doses OF
aconite are totally imperative 1--WE
speak from repeated trials of the system
on fowls), but it is not too much to
say that if every case could be treated
with aconite in adequate doses on the
first symptoms, a large proportion
would be cut short. If rOup contagion
be suspected, it will be more certain not
to medicate the water, but to drop ten
drops of Fleming's tincture in twenty
teaspoonfuls of water, and give a spoon
full every half hour for the first day,
and every hour the second. If success
full, three or four times a day for a day
or two longer, and some iron tonic, will
complete the cure. While the discharge
continues the head should be carefully
spOnged with diluted chlorinated soda
solution, or in default Of that with a
teaspOOnful of vinegar in a quarter-pint
of warm water. Very probably, how
ever, the discharge may gradually get
thicker and more offensive, or may OBJ
stinately remain while the more fever
ish symptoms somewhat subside, and
In any case acOnite is only useful in the
earlier stages of an attack. Then it
will be best to give first mild purge of
half teaspoonful of Epson salts, fol-
lowed by copaiba in some form. A cap
sule twice day will do, but it is better
to make up pills. Take, say, of balsam
copaiba, one ounce; liquorice, in pow
der, half-ounce; piperine, one drachm;
magnesia, sufficient to make a mass
and divide into sixty pills, giving one
morning and evening.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
TO DESTROY vERMIN.
Applications That Prove Destructive to All
Household Pests.

Applications That Prove Destructive to All
Household Pests.
Salt scattered freely over the floors
of a house, swept into the cracks anG
allowed to remain there, will extermi-
nate bed-bugs; a bedstead Thoroughly
washed in a strong brine and every
crevice filled with salt, and salt freely
scattered under every slat, the Stats
we'll soaked in brine, will surely put
an end to them, This receipt has beer
tested in a hotel in Oregon that was
literally alive with them. The salt
was scattered over the floors, and for
a few days, while the atmosphere was
dry, appeared to have no effect or
them; then came a drilling rain foI
two or three days, the dampness melted
the salt. and all the bugs in the house
swarmed to the outside and remained
there in rows close to the battens.
believe there were twenty thousand o.
them of all shades and sizes. Immedi
ately a brine was made strong enough
to bear up an egg and used profusely
on beds and furniture, and not a bed
bug was seen inside the house for the
three years the narrator remained
there. Those that were driven to the
outside Of the house. remained station
airy in rows and finally dropped to the
ground dead.
Ny mother. an old New England
housekeeper, says: mo insect which
crawls can live under the application
of hot alum water. It will destroy red
black ants, coekroaches, spiders. bed.
bugs and all the myriads of crawling
pests which infest our houses during
the heated term. Take two pounds OF
alum and dissolve it in three or four
quarts of boiling water, let it stand on
the stove until the alum is all melted,
then apply it with a brush while near.
ly boiling hot to every joint and crevice
/ in your closets. bedsteads, pantry
shelves and the like; brush the cracks
in the floor and the crevices in the
sHirttng or mopboards if you suspect
/ that they harbOr vermin.-Wrs. Ruth
Potter, ia Good Housekeeping.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
HER BONNET.

When meeting bells began to toll,
And pious folks began 70 pass,
She deity tied her bonnet on,
The little, sober meetinRlass,
AL in her neat white-curtained room, before
her tiny lOoking-glass.
So nicely, round her lady-cheel1s,
She smOOthed her bands OF glossy hair,
And inuocently wondered il
Her bonnet did not make her fair;
Then sternly child her foolish heart for harbor-
ing such fancles there.
So square she tied the satin strings,
And set the bows beneath her chin
Then smiled to see how sweet she looked;
Then thought her vanity a sin,
And she must put such thoughts away before
the sermon should begin.
But, sitting meath the preached word,
Demurely, in her fathers pew,
She thought about her bonnet still
Yes, all the parsons sermon through
About its pretty bows and buds, which better
than the text she knew
Yet sitting there with peaceful face,
The reflex of her simple soul,
She looked to be a very saint
And may be she was one on the whole
Only that her pretty bonnet kept away the
aureole.
Mary e. wilkins.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

Is PRICKLY ASH BITTERs good for any
thingl Read what Frank GriggsbY, OF
Dodge City, Kas., says: g For three years
suffered from a disease that my physician
pronounced incurable. My friends had
given me up to die when 1 was induced to
try your remedy. took it for three months
and have gained 50 pounds in weight. Am
a well man and PrIckly Ash Bitters saved
my life. l am under lifelong obligations to
this medicine, and will never cease to rec
ommend it"
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

Rheumatism is a remorseless twister. It
twists tile joints out of shape; it produces
curves, and y,orse than all, makes us wr1the
and twist with pain on couches that sleep
refuses TO visit. Conquer this truly demoni-
acaI disease in its infancy with Hostetter' S
Stomach Bitters, which also overcomes kid
ney complaints, nervousness, dyspepsia,
chIlls and fever.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
How to Overcome the Dangers of
Exposure.

Francis O'Reilly. the well known livery
man of No. Is Prince street, New York,
says of ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs:
4" For the last forty-two years have been
engaged in the livery and hacking bust
ness 1 am greatly aided by my four boys.
We are much exposed TO the weather, and
we have found ALLCoCK's PLAsTERs of
very great service. We use them as chest
proteC tors, placing one on the chest and
one on the pit of the stomach. They not
only ward off the cold, but act as a tonic.
We are frequently affected with rheuma-
tism, kinks in the back, and pains In the
side; but one or two of ALLcoCK's PLAs-
TIERS quickly cure US. My wife and daugh-
ter have been using ALLCoCK's PLAsTERs
for weak back and think the world of them.
1 have now been using them for twenty
years, and always have a box in the house. u
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

To CHARACTER aud success. two things
contradictory as they may seem, must Il
together-humbie dependence and manly
independence; humble ecrendeDc rll =fd
and manly reliance On self u OTaslgaFtA
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

A Washington lady was canning
and picking peaches, and her little
two-and-a-half-year.old daughter was
endeavoring to assist her in every
available way Finally a package of
whole cloves was produced which
were TO be inserted in the fruit for
spice, when the little one suddenly ex-
claimed: %. mann let me put ia the
tacksi
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

PASTE diamonds are so called because
people get stuck on them so often.-SGH
francisco Examiner
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

Fair fashionables patronize that standard
seautiier, Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, SOC.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

ONE thing can be said in favor of Chi
nese drama-the actors never forget their
oueues-NelU HdUeIs Ne1BS
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
THE MARKETS.

TIE quick and the dead-the pitcher and
he man out on third.-BllTlilLgt0n B1ee Pyes&
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

WHY are bakers very self-denying PEG
plel Because they sell what they knead
themselves. Michigan Farmer.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07

IT is not always the most sensitive base
ball player who is the most easily put out.
-WdslilIQtOH Critic
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
EDUCATIONAL.
ST, CECILIA !. ACADEMY CAD 4 Ny

offers every advantage for the perfect Development
moral mental and physical. or American Womnnhood;
Magnificent, heRlhfu lochtiont Doctor fec only 80
for past ten months fwcnty-ivo acreai 9eautituily
- AIDED pleasure grounds. Sulphur Ghuly benta ana
CIstern aters used. Spacious and weilvent Hated
buildings inciuding modern itnprCV efnemt hor
u information, Catalogue and Terms. address
sTJPEHIOIRFss. ~. CecelIn. Nashville, Tenn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-11-14

long, Kate. are you going TO keep up
that stupid farce2 Why, 1 knew all the
time how it was, even on the boat;
Harry Bishop told me. Deaf and dumb,
indeed! Tom Baird deaf What jokel
/ presume, however, you regret that he
is not. -
s.And you knew and did not tell usl''
said Kate. slowly, and with deliberate
scorn. You teach me the value of your
friendship, Miss Vine; you knowingly
witness our mistake in order to further
your own selfish ends.h
She turned away proudly, passed down
the long porch and slowly away through
a winding forest path. Her self control
was superb. Yet at last, when far from
the beaten track, in the heart of the
woods, she seated herself on rock,
buried her face in her hands and shook
with sobs which she could no longer re-
press sobs born of bitter modification
at her mistake and the notoriety which
it must soon obtain. Suddenly her name
was spoken, and Tom stood before her.
She sprang to her feet, her eyes blazing
with fire, her face queenly in its scorn.
s.How dare you, sir, intrude again
upon mel Again dishonorably, like a
spyY
Miss Norman y said he, with quiet
earnestnesS which commanded her auten-
ton, 81 stand on the brink of cliff; it
is perhaps q hundred feet down to the
rocks below. A few words must say
to you, and then, unless have won your
full forgiveness, will swear an OATH
and he spoke with dramatic intensity
ito throw myself down this precipicc as
some poor atonement, the only repara-
ton left me, for my folly and for your
tears"
What woman could be insensible TO so
much earnestness? What woman that
loved7 What woman could ask a man
to jump hundred feet down on jagged
rocks2 a handsome man, man with a
nlillion-a man who, as he told her,
loved only her, and offered to prove it by
jumping any time she gave the signal.
As, 1T last, they walked homo arm in
arm along the shadowed, sinuous path,
she said: "Tom, how dared you swear
you would jump if didn't forgive you?
Would you have really jumped3'
''Oh, that's a leading question, my
love, /" was the reply. Il probably should
have Jumped, for felt thorougly
wretched at the time, and hated myself
for having caused you such pain. Then,
too, my dear, yorf may also bear in mind
that did not really swear I'd jump. I
said in effect that would swear, which
is quite different thing. Again, my
dear Kate, the cliff is not quito as high
as stated in my excitement"
"You said one hundred feet, Tom
one hundred feet to the rocks below
''Oh, did II Well, so it doubtless is,
my dear; one hundred feet to some of
the lower strata, perhaps-not to the up
per ones, however. One more kiss,
Kate, just one; that Is really the last
chance. Around the bend we will he in
plain sight of tho hotel."-M. NJ Cass,
Jr.. in Frank Leslie's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-11-14

sage of many corps d'armee shonld either
tie Germans or French violate Hollands
neutrality. This entire strip can be put
under water Sin less than no time, -
drowning the invading armies, with am
pie safety TO the inland retreating Dutch
forces.
1t Will be remembered that while Bel
gium was used as territory for Intern
ing French soldiers, making this entire
kingdom virtually shelter for all those
thrown hors de combat, Holland was not
even scratched by the foot of single
foreign soldier during the Franco Ger
man war. The little country was on the
alert ever and anon. She had her army
of 90, 900 men on war footing, but with
one hand on the sword, the other ON tho
sluices, she stood ready to fight with
water any one daring to violate the
merest inch of her territory. The expe-
rienee then gained has been improved
upon since, and during the past eighteen
years the dikes and dtiinen have been so
improved for the purposes of defense
against sea and foe that the Hollanders
of our day can as effectually make use Of
the water rs an arm of defense as did
their forefathers over 200 years ago
against the then powerful Spain. The
Hague Cor. New York Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-11-14
INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.
A Vast Sea of Distinction Between the
Two-NctaISIe InstaneeS

A Vast Sea OF Distinction Between the
Two-NctabIe Instances.
Two words which glibly enough fall
from the lips of the average man in a
careless sort of indiscrimination as if they
We're Synonymous. But there is asvnst
sra of distinction between them. Liter
ally, they are not so widely separated;
hut they have come to represent two to.
tally different aspects of human action.
To the writer's thinking, the terms have
been greatly confused. Columbus hardly
discovered America. he invented it-tilat
is as to its cognizable existence. He
studied. figured. applied The laws as lie
knew them, and determined that there
must be a continent there; and he
plodded on till he proved the fact, and
reduced his invention TO practice.
Newton discovered the law of gravity.
one might say, without either mental or
physical effort. Watt invented the steam
engine and Stephenson invented the loco
motive. They felt and knew the goal was
ahead, but how to reach it was the cues
ton which required invention of the
highest order. Eli Whitney saw the
painful and laborious methods of clcan-
ing out cotton and slIrcdding it, intui-
lively felt it could be done by machinery.
went to work and gave the world one of
his great inventions, the cotton gin
Howe,s great inspiration to place the eye
at the point of a needle may be said to
have been discovery. It llnfolded a
picture TO his mind prophetic of good to
almost countless millions, hut invention
had to be invoked to give the picture life.
and the sewing machine, in all its beauty,
came slowly forth from the chrysalis of
Howe's discovery. The irregular lathe
and the modern harvester were iuyen-
tions; their dim, indefinablc forms Ioonaed
uo in the nlists of their inventors minds.
they felt the impulse of improvement,
the value of the goal gained, and they
went to work and at last succeeded, and
the wood carver and reaping hook lost
their usefulness TO that extent.
The electric telegraph was never dis
covered; it was consistently invented.
Countless devices and methods were de-
signed; tested thrown away-to he after
wards revivilied, many of tllcm-new
appliances and systems laboriolsly
worked out, the midnight oil I1rsTar-
ingly sacrificed, until at last . perfected
and practical system and apparatus were
given TO the world.
1t is hard to say whether the dynamo
was invented or discovered, considering
its prototype. the magnetic machine. The
probabilities are it was an accidental dis
covery-. The arc light was discovery
pure and simple. Electric incandescence
was a discovery, but the. incandescent
lamp in its commercial form stands forth
as one of the most beautiful examples of
ninn's inventive faculty. The countless
experiments on material, the bulb, the
seal, the standardizing, the pumps. and
all the appliances that go to provide us
with the beautifully glowing luiniuary,
all are ineradicable proofs of inycntion of
the very highest order. Midnight oil aud
MONDAY sun, mornings yigor and ege.l-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-11-14
&c Nui.sncn nf ,;nl,.

A prater is n common nuisance, and as
great grievance to those that como near
him as pewterer is to his neighbors.
His discourse is like the brayfng of q
mortar, the more impertinent. the more
voluble and loud, MS a pestle makes mora
noise wl;cn it is rrng on the sides of n
mortar. than when 1t STAMPS downright,
and hits upon the business. a dog that
opens upon wrong scent will do it
oftener than one that never opens but
upon right. Ho is us long winded as n
ventiduct, that fills rs fast as it emptics;
or trade wind, that blows one way for
half year together, and another rs long,
as if it drew in its breath for six months,
and blew it out again for six more. He
has no mercy on any mans cars or pa
tience that lie can get within his sphere
of activity, but tortnrcs him. as they cor
rect boys in Scotland, by stretching their
lungs without renlorse. He is like an
earwiS; when he gets within man 3 car,
he is not easily to- be got out again. Ho
is a siren TO himself, and has no way TO
escape shipwrecE but by having his
mouth stopped instead of his ears. Hy
plays with his tongue us cat does with
her tail, and is transported with the de
light he gives himself of his own making
Samuel Butler, author Of 'Hudibras. D
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NO. %.


called into requisition 10 complete the
work This Is true invention
The photograph was originally a dis
covery, n happy thought of Edison's. but
invention of \ high order was necessary
to produce the beautiful instrument of
the present day. 1t was like Ho|e's
needle-tie germ was there, but this ma
chine had to be devised to make it prac-
ticable. The untlulatory telephone was n
discovery. brilliant one, but still dis
eovery a happy Thoughts Supplied the
missing link IN AN incomplete chain, and
when the weld of that link was accom-
plished tho whole world was enchained
in admiration, the wonderful utility of
the device was quickly recognized, and
the discoverer reaped rich harvest.
The pneumatic process Of Bessemer was
an invention of high grade and far reach
ing importance, and the Siomens regen-
erative furnace has proved its equal IN.
merit rs inethodical and logical inyen-
ton beautifully carried out.
The inventor sees his gosl. md consis-
tenlly strives for it. BIC knows the object
is there, and he goes cnergetically after
it, sometimes straight TO L but oftener
is ri1any times lost in the wilderness of
lelldeil fancy. He secs light ahead,
sigbs relief and darts after it, only to
find it n will o'-tlle-wisp. Undaunted.
he starts again. only perhaps to meet
other and worse misfortunes. But he
struggles on hopefully, and at last
reaches the shrine of his alteration and is
for the time content.
The discovcrer walks along calmly
toward some goal. or lies on the roadside
meditating. and happening to cast his
idle eyes downward, sees a gem spark
ling at his feet, and he sometimes picks it
up and adds it to the galaxy of tlle
note the scintillntions that betoken its
preciousness, and spurns it back into tho
deeper dust. to lie unseen md unknown
perhaps for nges. Which of these two
promoters of the worlds welfare merits
the highest praise, it is needless 10 ask.
Electrical Review.
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soldiers. An.iscptie Ammunition.


According to The Medical Press a use
full suggestion is being carried out by the
Ncthcrland government, by which pro-
vision will be made for supplying each
soldier during the time of war with
cartridge containing some antisoptic
dressings. Each cartridge will he made
of convenient size, namely. about threc
inches in length by two in width. and
will lie secured ut ono end with Il safety
pin. The dressing contained in eAch will
consist of bandagc about three yards
long, and two pieces of gauze, all OF
which have been rendered antiscptic by
slIblimate solution. Hence In tho
event of wounds being received "a ready
means would be at hand for the immedi-
ate application of antiseptic dressings.
Soldiers in the case of slight injuries
would probably at once avail themselves
of the dressings, and the latter could not
fail to bc of much use 10 the surgeons.
The idea Is well worthy of tho attention
of the military authorities in this coun-
try, and might even with advantage bo
adopted, as it las been for years past IN
the German army. In the wars in. which,
during the past few years England las
been engaged in tropical climates, tho
carly application of antiseptics TO the
wounds received by tho mon wns adj
mitted to lie matter of the utmost Inn
portance by the army medical officers at
fa<lird to fi,n nfnrces.--Scienca.
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a-rHE NORWAY sHEEPy


The ficrce wind breaking from his bonds comes
roaring from the west;
On every long, deep rolling wave the white horse
shows his crest
As If million mighty steeds had burst their mas
For the villa white sheep of Norway are coming
t. the fold.
guiis swoop and cryi
Tho fcecy clouds are driven fast across the
stormy sky;
Along tho sands the fresh foam gouts In gfiastly
sports are rolled;
For the wild white sheep of Norway are coming
to the fold
Wistfui the fisher seaward looks. out from tho
great stone pier;
WfStfrl he stands, the breakers call along the
cllis to hear,
To bear across the flowing tide the ceaseless
rock bell tolled,
While fGstand farcc the Norway sheep are COM
ing to the fild.
''he wife and tairps win get no bread from yon-
AS his Idle coble by the staithes strains at its
cables links;
Small use to bait the lines see the broad brown
While the wild white sheepof Norway arc COM
ing to the fold.
'God guard-the ships at sea tonight the stern
old sailors say,
straining keen eyes across the waste of heayins.,
Recalling many a bitter night of storm and dread
of old,
When tho Wild white sheep of Norway wero com
ing to the fold.
oh: there Is many an aching heart, hero In the
red roofed town,
AS wives AID mothers hear the blast como vail
ing from the down.
Who knows what tale of death or wreck to-nor-
may be told?
For tho wild white sheep of Norway are coming
to tho fold.