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BuckIen's Arnica SaIye,

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
tons, and Positively cures Piles or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price % cents per box. For sale by
Bartrnm d Millinpton.
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a Favorite with the Fair sex.

Papillon extract of fax Skin Cure is
superior to all the much advertised skin
beautifiers with the advantage of being ben
eficial, and not like the mineral preparations
usually sold, which are very poisonous. 1t
will remove all Inflammation, chatting and
roughuess of the skin, sunburn, freckles and
unseemly blotches, and leave the cuticle fair
and soft as an infants. An actual necessity
for the complete toilet table. Large bottles
only 81 90, for sale by Bartram 81 Wilmington.
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CcHooL LAND sALE.-Michigan stat

- Land Office, Lansing, September 10th, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the following described
primary school land, situate in Van Buren, county,
forfeited for non-payment of interest, w be offered
FOR sale ut public auction at this office, the Sth
day of November A. ID. 1888, at 10 O'Clock a. M,
unless previously redeemed according to law.
1749t5ol753 ROSCOE ID. DIX, Commissioner.
NO. OF GER DESCRIPTION SEC TOWN RANGE
TIFICATE TON
ABA neiA of W Il 10 Is 13w
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Hats and Caps,
COLLARS AND CUFFS,
SHIRTS, DRAWERS, MEMS SOCKS, Etc.

1t is to be expected, from the magnl-
tude of our purchases, that the people
will find something more than an ordi-
nary assortment to make their pur-
chases from, and, further, it Is reason
able to suppose, from the position which
we occupy in the mercantile market,
that bargains can be offered and are
daily exhibited at the LONG BRICK
STORE, sufficiently great to awaken
an interest in the mind of every pur-
chaser and throw around the Long Brick
Store charm that none can dispel.
Respectfully Yours,
f. SMITH d co.
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freight permits procured.
Trains will connect at junction points for all the
branch divisions.
Passengers going to eastern points via Niagara
Falls and Buffalo, the Canada Southern divis-
ion OF the NJ. c. II. r., will go through without
change Detroit aud cross the great STEEL double
track cantileyer bridge over Niagara River, giving
a splendid view Of the falls from the train.
Going 20 western points, by taking the 5 :ls a. m.
or ~ IA or 30 p IN. trains close connections are
made with all roads out Of Chicago.
For through rates and other information inquire
of the company's agent Through tickets for sale
to all important points and baggage checked
through.
o. w. RUGGLES, q. p. X T. A., Chicago.
l.. G. HURD, Ticket Agent, Paw Paw.
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In Effect May 18th, 1883, Standard Time.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
PAW PAW SAVINGS BANK

RESOURCES.
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A Railway CatechiSm.

How many miles of railway in the
United States? One hundred and t1f-
ty thousand six hundred miles, about
half the mileage of the world.
How much have they cost? Nine
billion dollars.
How many people are employed by
them? More than ] ,00O,0O0.
Who built the first locomotive in the
United States? Peter Cooper.
How long does a steel rail last with
average wear? About eighteen
years.
What is the cost of palace sleep.
ing car? About $4,000, or $1,000 if
"vestibuled."
What is the cost of high-class
eight-wheel passenger locomotive ?
About SS, 800.
What is the longest American rail-
way tunnel? Hoosac tunnel, on the
Fitchburg Railway (4Hmiles.
What is the highest road in lhe Uni
ted States? Denver and Rio Grande,
Marshall Pass, 1882 feet
What is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States? Kinzua via
duct, OH the Erie road, 305, feet.
What is the longest railway bridge
span in the United States? Cantil-
ever span in Poughkeepsie bridge, 54s
feet.
What is the longest mileage operat-
ed by a single system? Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe system, about
5000 miles.
What line of railway extends farth-
est east and west? Canadian Pacific
railway. running from Quebec to the
Pacific Ocean.
What road carries the largest num-
Der of passengers? Mahattan Elevat-
ed Railroad, New York, 525,O 900 q day
or 191 ,625, 900 yearly.
What is the fastest time made by a
train? Ninety-two miles in ninety
three minutes, one mile be made it
forty-siX seconds, on the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad.
What is the fastest time made be-
tween Jersey City and San Francisco?
Three days, seven hours, thirty-nine
minutes add sixteen seconds. Special
theatrical train, 1886.
What are the chances Of fatal accid-
ent in railway travel? One killed in
100000. Statistics show more are
killed by falling out of windows than
in railway accidents.-FroDo the Scra6-
nc7'S.
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Deem Soil for Strawberries,

Strawberries will send theil
roots from twenty to thirty inches into
the ground, if it is made very rich and
we'll worked to that depth. Mulching
with rotted forest leaves saves all ne
cessity for watering, and with the
ground prepared and fertilized in this
manner the plants will be sure to pro,
duce larger, more and better colored
berries. This is not guess work, but
the teaching of practice and expert
ence.
The whole race of gossipers, whose
mouths are full of cursing and bitter
hess, and who are never so happy as
when smirchipg the reputation OF III
nocent people, ought to be eNterml-
mated. The least that can be done Is
for all good people to ostracise them,
and shun them as nuisances. and pests
entitled only to scorn.
SCH is whispered that the Sunday
Qol Observation-Disclosures efh-
cient and popular-is talking too much
to the school. And so we whisper the
secret to him, the one most concerned
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A Timely Remedy.

"Many people do not know how ea-
silly they can protect themselves and
their children against the bites Of
gnats and otherinsects. Weak carbolic
acid spouged on the skin and hair, and
in some cases the clothing, will drive
away the whole tribe. A great many
children and few adults are torment
ed throughout the whole summer by
minute enemies. We know persons
who are afraid OF picnics, and even Of
their own gardens, on this account.
Clothing is ALI imperfect protection, for
we have seen q child whose foot and
ankle had been stung through the
stocking so seriously that for days she
could not wear Il leather shoe. All this
can be avoided, according to our en-
perience, and that we believe OF many
others, by carholic acid judiciously
used. Tile safest plan is to keep a
saturated solution Of the acid. The
solution cannot contain more than six
or seven per cent, and it may he added
TO water until the latter smells strongly.
This may readily and with perfect
safety be applied with 4 sponge. We
have no doubt that horses and cattle
could he protected in the same way
from the flies which sometimes nearly
madden them"
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my fathers: the young. man accom-
panied us to church. 1t was ascer-
tain ed that if he was not o preacher
he could eXhort. He was invited at
considerable risk to fill the pulpit, and
he did fill it as it was never before
filled, for this young man was as large
physically as he proved to be mentally:
The clumsy youth arose in the pinched
up pulpit perched in the air on four
posts. I am not sure which was most
in his way, his hands or his head, for
they were both immensely large, The
boy preacher began slowly and
dryly. The old bretheren hung their
heads, thinking they had made a
mistake. It was not long before he
warmed up. His intellectual powers so
admirably balanced and blended were
brought into full requsition. His
great heart and soul were thrown into
bis sermon. His huge frame quivered
with intense emotions as he stood on
tip-toe with his hands stretched over
his head, more than half of his body
out of the little pulpit. It seemed as
if he would pluck the blessings from
heaven. Every eye was now turned
upon this master orator. The ladies
wept, aloud, and the old men rose to
their feet. They said st. Paul had
risen. I doubt if there was ever such
sermon in Nacoochee Valley as
Stephen Oin preached that day. Mr..
Olin was at that time a mere youth,
not known outside of South Carolina,
Broken in health from over mental
work, he came to this health-giving
mountain climate to recuperate. My
father took a great interest in young
Olin, and assisted him afterwards in
procuring his Georgia wife. Father
Askew lived on Messy Creek. and
made US an annual visit as long as he
was able to travel. Richardson, An
drew, Glenn, Philips and Parks were
always good friends of our family.
The two Pierces was here later in life.
George F. Pierce forty-five years ago
made me a steward in his church in
Augusta, Ga. I made an arrangement
with his father, Lovick Pierce. to
make us an annual visit in Charles
ton. All in all, Lovic Pierce was the
most remarkable preacher this country
ever produced. Yours very truly,
GEO. w. WILLIAMS.
Nacooches Valley, Ga., Aag. 20, 'ss.
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Tie Sins of The Father.

We have heard Of fathers being re.
sponsible for the acts Of their sons, but
the following auecdote has strong
favor CT rice uersa about it:
The late Archbishop Trench had q
keen sense offun. While he was Dean
of Westminster it became the turn OF
Canon Cureton to preach at the Abbey
on 81 certain saints day. On such
days the boys OF Westminster school
attended services, and after service had
the rest of the day as holiday. While
Mr.. Curetou, on the morning Of the
day when he was to officiate was look
ing over his sermon ut the breakfast
table, his son asked, in Il tone vibrating
with anxiety.
Father, is yours Il long sermon to-
day.
mo, Jimmy, not very"
"But how long? Please tell me-"
'NVell, about twenty minutes, /
should say. But why are you so anX-
ious to know:'
because, father, the boys say they
will thrash me awfully if you are more
than halt-an-hour.N
After the service was over Mr.. Cure
tou told Dean Trench the story.
Dear, dear" he replied. "What q
pity Wordsworth had no sons in the
schoolw Canon Wordsworth used to
preach an hour and halfin length.
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Care of the Health.

Doctors differ as to the diagnosis
of disease, as to drugging, bleeding,
blistering, purging but all agree as to
the general principles of hygiene, the
blessings of simple diet. sunlight, exer-
else, baths and pure air.
]. Avoid artificial and heating diet.
Christ fed His followers but two varie-
ties of the plainest food. Good, un-
bolted wheat meal white winter wheat
prefesable) is probably the best staple
and contains more of the qualities that
support all the system than any other
article Of diet. Success in Hygienic
cooking does not come in dream !;
more sense and skill are required to
prepare health food properly than in
cooking all conglomerates. Do not
gorge the system even with plain
food. Due regard must be paid to
quantity as well as quality. Eat
slowly.
2. "Cleanliness is next to godliness." !"
Keep the pores open and vigorous by
frequent baths. Change clothing
frequently and sleep in fresh clothes
at night. DO not economize in wash
ing bills.
8. Find some way to get pure air
into your rooms, and to let the bad
air out. Why poison the blood with
bad air and befog the brain until the
lamp of life burns low.
4. Sleep, sleep, sleep. Retire reg
ularly and early. Late hours are
shadows from the tomb" Do not lie
in bed late in the morning, better sleep
an hour in the day.
5. Never wear tight clothing, never.
Neversupport garments from the waist,
but from the shoulders. How horri-
BILE and heathenish to compress the
only part of the body that nature has
left unprotected in order that the vital
organs might have full play! 0 saw
agery and suicide! Do not fret; do
not take your troubles and tolls to bed
with you. Have faith in God, be dead
to self, keep the junction Of the Holy
Ghost.-We Vanguard.
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A Lesson on Perseverance.

At a recent Sunday School concert
in an Eastern city, an anecdote was
related to the children, which is too
good to be lost. It illustrates the bene-
fit of perseverance in as strong u man.
ner as ever did Bruce. One of the
corporations of the city being in want
of boy in their mill, piece of paper
was tackled on one of the posts, in
prominent place, so that the boys
could see it as they passed. The pa
per read:
HBoy wanted-call at the office to-
morrow morning."
At the time indicated, host of boys
were at the gate. All were admitted,
but the overseer was little perpleXed
as to the best way of choosing one
from so many, and said he:
"Boys, I only want one, and here
are a great many; how shall L
choose?"
After thinking q moment, he invit-
cd them all into the yard, and driv-
ng nail into one of the large trees,
and taking a short stick, told them
that the boy who could hit the nail
with a stick, standing little distance
from the tree, should have the place.
The boys all tried hard, and after three
trials each, signally failed to hit the
nail. The boys were told to come
again next morning; and this time,
when the gate was opened, there was
but one boy, who, after being admit
ted, picked up the stick, and throwing
it at the nail, hit it every time.
"How is this?" said the overseer.
What have you been doing ?"
And the boy, looking up with tears
in his eyes, said
"You see, sir, l have a poor, old
mother, and I am poor boy; / have
no father, sir, and 1 thought l should
like to get the place, and so help her
all can; and after going home yes
terday, I drove a nail into the barn,
and have been trying to hit it ever
since and I have come down this
morning to try again."-Sel.
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Know ThySelf.

The average weight of an adult is
40 lbs. on.
The average weight of skeleton
is about Is lbs. Number of bones,
24O.
The skeleton measures one inch less
than the height of a living man.
The average weight of the brain of
man is 81 lbs, Of q woman lbs. ii
OZ.
The brain of a man exceeds twice
that of any other animal.
The average height of an English
man is 5 feet inches, of q Belgian 5
feet g. inches.
The average number of teeth is
50.
A man breathes about 20 times in a
minute, or 1900 times in an hour.
A man gives off 4.0S per cent. car
bonic gas of the air he respires 20
666 feet of carbonic acid gas in "a hours
consumes 10000 cubic feet Of oxy-
gen in "a hours, equal to l25 cubic inch
Us oficommon air.
A man annually contributes to
vegetation 124 lbs. of carbon.
The average of the pulse in infancy
is 120 per minute III manhood, 50;
at 80 years, 60. The pulse of females
is more frequent than that of males.
The weight of the circulating blood
is about 2S lbs.
The heart beats 75 times minute,
sends nearly 10 pounds of blood
through the veins and arteries each
beat, makes four heats while We
breathe once.
One thousand ounces of blood pass
through the kidneys in one hour.
One hundred and seventy-tive mil
lion holes or cells are in the lungs,
which would cover q surface thirty
times greater than the human body.
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Wetting Lead Pencils.

The act of putting q lead pencil TO
the tongue to wet just before writing
is one Of the oddities for which it Is
hard to give any reason, unless it be-
gan in the days when pencils were
poorer than now, and was continued
by example to the next generation.
A lead pencil should never be wet.
1t hardens the lead and ruins the pen
ell. This fact is known to newspaper
men and stenographers. But nearly
everyone else does wet pencil before
using it. The fact was definitely set
tied by newspaper clerk away down
east.
Being of q mathematical turn of
mind he ascertained by actual count
that of fifty persons who came into his
office to write an advertisement or q
church notice, forty-nine wet a pencil
in their mouths before using it Now
this clerk always uses the best pencils,
cherishing q good one with something
of the pride q soldier feels in his gun
or his sword, and it hurts his feelings
to have his pencils spoiled. But utpolite-
ness and business considerations re-
quire him to lend his pencil scores OF
q udJ. <1l1u olCSd, oAISA ~ hetA
been wet till it was hard and brittle
and refused to mark, his feelings would
overcome him. Finally he got some
cheap pencils and sharppened them
and kept them to lend. The first man
who took up the stock pencil was
drayman, whose breath smelt of onions
and whisky. He held the point in his
mouth and soaked it several minutes,
while he was torturing himself in the
effort to write an advertisement for
missing dog. Then a sweet looking
young lady came in the office, with kid
gloves that buttoned half the length
of her arm. She picked up the same
pencil and pressed it to her dainty lips
preparatory to writing an advertise
ment for a lost bracelet. The clerk
would have staid her hand, even at the
risk of box of the best Faber pencils,
but he was too late. And thut that
pencil passed from mouth to mouth for
a week. 1t was sucked by people of
all ranks and stations, and all degrees
of cleanliness and uncleanliness. But
'twere we'll to forbear, Surely no one
who reads this will ever again wet
lead pencil. The Young Scientist.
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Good Manners.

Be rude to none; rudeness harms
not even the humblest and poorest to
whom it is directed but Injuries the ex-
hihition.
Never urge person to do anything
against his desire unless you see dam
ger before him.
Always give precedence to elders.
visitors and superiors. Offer them the
best seat at the table, the best place by
the fire and the first of everything.
Go further than mere form and see
that they are comfortable and happy.
BE not osentatious i'll dress or de-
pertinent; nothing can be more vul-
gar. See that costumes fit the time
and occasion.
Never try to outshine but to please.
Do not ask another do do what you
would not he glad to do under similar
circumstances.
Do not make witticisms ut the ex-
pense Of others which you would hot
wish to have made upon yourselves.
Never talk or laugh aloud in public
places or upon the streets.
Never press favor where it seems
undeslred.
Never treat superiors with servility
OF interiors with arrogance. Speak al
kindly to day laborer us to one occu-
pying a high position.
Never needessly wound the vanity
of another or dilate unnecessarily up
on disagreeable subjects.
Never intrude i'll health, pains,
losses or missfortunes.
Never omit to perform a kind act
when it can be done with any reason
able amount of eXertion.
Never Intentionally wound the feel
ings of human being.
Never forget that vulgarity has its
origin in ignorance or selfishness.
Remember that good manners are
thoughts filled with kindness and re.
finement and then translated into be.
havior.
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Manners.

Learn to be man of your word.
One of the most disheartening of all
things is to be associated in an under
taking with a person whose word is.
not to be depended upon-and there
are plenty of them in this wide world,
people whose promise is as slender.
a tie as a spiders web. Let your
word be as hempen cord. chain Of
wrought steel, that will bear the heav-
lest sort of strain. 1t will go far in
making man of you; and real man
is the noblest work Of God; not q
lump of moist putty, moulded and
shaped by the last influence metwith
that was calculated to make an im-s
preston; but man of forceful; ener-
gized, self-reliant and reliable char
acter, positive quantity that can be.
calculated upon. Va
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A Modern Heroine.
leroine needs must do

Not every heroine needs must do
Some ga liant thing,
That thrills nation through and through
All wondering.
Not every heroine needs must stand
In blaze Of glory,
Talked of. and praised by all the land
In poem and story.
Felicia is my heroine's name,
And brave is she,
AS any maiden known to fame
Or chivalry.
Dark, truthful eyes, loving mouth,
A sweet fair face;
a very maiden of the South,
With all Its grace.
And she was loved as she should be,
By one good, true;
No filter, worthier mate than he,
AS vel! she knew
But great trust was hers 10 hold
With courage rare;
A mother crippled, yet not old,
Must be her care.
And brothers, sisters growing up.
Asked all her love;
And she-she gladly took the cup
From God above,
And with brave heart said "Geod-bye
To him so dear,
And followed Duty earnestly,
With scarce tear.
Since then full twenty years have sped,
And from the nest
The little ones In turn have fed
On many q quest.
But the old mother still remains
Her daughter IS care.
And 10 my heroine finds her gains
All centred there!
The dear old face oft at her wiles
CLOVIS like the sun;
I fancy then the Master smiles
And says, "Well DONE"
And old, old story this; you say,
Thank God, 1t is!
We meet such heroines every day;
Just such as this!
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4 Righteous Judgment.

That the old Alcades of California
sometimes delivered judgments i'll
s1inct with homely wisdom is clearly
shown by the following anecdote
\ wife once summoned her husband
before an alcalde for having serenaded
another woman.
Bring forth the culprit," said the
judge "and let him play to us rs he
played before the woman he wished to
captivate.n
"When this was done the judge
asked:
rs that the tune you played? ?"
Isl, senor."
''Is that the best you can play it??'
''Si, senor."
Then I fine you 50 for disturbing
the public peace. ."-Ncao Heaven
NeUS.
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" ednesday, October 3, 1888.
Bad PRAYER.

T do not like to hear him pray
On bended knee about an hour,
For grace to spend Alright the day,
Who knows his neighbor has no Hour.
I'd rather see him 90 to mill,
And buy the luckless brother bread,
And sec his children eat their fill
And laugh beneath their humble shed.
] do not like to hear hinrpray,
LET blessings on the the widow be-"
Who never seeks her hom, to say,
"If want o'ertake you, come to me-
l hate the prayer, so loud and long,
That's offered for the orphans veal
By him who sees him crushed by wrong,
And only with his lips doth feel.
I do not like to hear her pray,
With jeweled ear and silken dress,
Whose washerwoman tolls all day,
And then is asked to work for less
Such pious shavers despise;
With folded hands and face demure,.
They lift to heaven their "angel eyes,"
And stealthe earnings OF the poor.
do not lIke,such soulless prayers
Irwrong, hope to be forgiven;
80 angel wing them upward bears;
They're lost u million miles from heaven,
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Among the South Sea Islanders, the
word for hope is beautifully expressive.
1t is "manaclana," or the swimming
thought"-faith floating and keeping
her head above the waters. This is a
striking definition, and equally as
good as the answer which poor deaf
and dumb girl wrote in reply to the
question, "What is forgivness:H "It
is the odor which flowers yield when
trampled upon"
He who shall introduce into public
affairs the principles of primitive
Christianity, will revolutionize the
world.