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West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
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Brace Up.

You arc feeling depressed, your APP
petite is poor, you are bothered with
Headache, you are fidgetty, nervous
and generally out of sorts, and want
to brace up. Brace up, but not with
stimulants spring medicines, or
bitters, which have for their basis
very cheap, bad whiskey and which
stimulate you for an hour, and then
leave you in worse condition than
before. What you want is an alter
ative that will purify your blood,
start healthy action of Liver ana
Kidneys, restore your vitality, ana
give renewed health and strength
Such a medicine you will lind 70
Electric Bitters, and only 5O ceu's
a bottle AZ c. f. Jones Drug tofe'
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21

This is from the Admission (Ala.
Wdtchmaa-"A good old colored
Brother thus sent word to the bishop
to send a minister out to preach 10
his church in Alexandria Valley last
Sunday: Send us bishop to preach.
If you can't send Bishop, send a
Sliding Elder; if you can't send a
Sliding Elder send us Stationary
Preacher; if you can't send him
send us Circus Rider; if you can't
spare him send us Locus Preacher;
if you can't spare Locus Preacher
send us an Exhauster.' That set
tied il, and he got preacher"
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
One Fact.

Is worth colum of rhetoric, said
an Amarican statesman. 1t is n
fact, established by the testimony
of thousands of people, that Hoods
Sarsaparilla does cure scrofuIa, salt
rheum, and other diseases or affec-
tions arising from impure state or
low condition Of the blood. 1t also
overcomes that tired feeling, creates
good appetite. and gives strength
to every part of the system. Try
IL
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chii-
blains, Corns, and al Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed TO give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by GeorgeT.
Light. ianl4S-
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
Pilesl Piles! Itching Piles.

Moisture; intense itching
and singing; most at night; worse by
scratching. If allowed to continue tn.
mors form, which often bleed and ulcer.
ate, becoming very sore. SwAYNEs
OINTMENT stops the itching and bleed
ing, heals liberation, and in most case,
removes the tumors. At druggists, OF
by mail, for 80 cents. DIR. Sway1e& SoI
Philadelphia. angl7-y,
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21

horses. Ine wagon was tue Strong'
est l have ever seen, manufactured
in the Colony. The four wheels
weighed one ton with tire ten inch
es wide and two inches thick-all
other parts are built strong in pro-
portion.
GREW UP WITH THE COUNTRY.
Mr.. Hawker, whose father came
here from England forty eight years
ago, devoted his time and energy for
many years to the improvement of
the breed of Merino sheep. He has
paid fabulous prices for rams and
thoroughbred ewes, and even now,
when his flock is perfect so far as l
could see, he pays hundreds of gum
cas- for single ram to add to the
size of sheep, or density to the fleece
of any of his flock he deems not per-
feet Gut of many thousand We did
not see poor or badly wooled sheep.
We saw thousands of wethers that
would shear 10 to IL pounds, and. in
short, / would Judge the whole lot
of sheep on the station would aver
age from eight to nine pounds per
head.
From Bungaree we were taken to
"Kadlinega," the beautiful stud sta
tion of Chief Justice Way, where we
we're delightfully."- entertained for two
days by his manager, Capt. Weston
and his beautiful wife. This is a
gem of station, perfect in every re-
spect. While there we were driven
by Captain Weston to '.Martindale,"
the estate of Mr.. Bowman, who re
ceived us in his palatial residence
with great cordiality. This is the
home of the owner and is surrounded
by every evidence Of refinement and
culture. His sheep rank with the
very best as do those of Chief JUS
tice Way. From "Kadlinega" we
visited Hill River the estate Of
the Hon. j. A. Angss, NJ. p. This
estate contains fifty Thousand acres,
freehold, and ranks among the best
in the colony. Itcarries forty thou.
sand sheep, between five and six
hundred thoroughbred Durham cat
tie, over one hundred horses, mostly
of the Clydesdale breed, and many
thoroughbred Berkshire hogs. We
found shearing under full headway,
and spent some time in the shearing
shed, where they were turning out
about the same number per day as
at Bungaree, and handling the wool
in the same careful manner
THE NUMBER OF SHEEP
in the colonies is now about 100,-
100000. Show sheep were the only
ones ever fed here, but that is even
abolished. When they did feed it
was on bran and wheat mixed with
the ''carab" bean. This bran is nu-
rricious and grows on tree. We
saw tree at Bungaree that produc-
ed 800 pounds at one gathering.
Comment on the cost Of keeping
sheep here is unnecessary. At
home where we feed five months of
the year and have to provide hay
and corn, the profit is necessarily
light. Here there is nothing to do
but shear once a year, return to the
field. where they do not even require
to be salted, as many of the dams
artesian wells are bracklsh. Twenty
boundary riders will look after and
do all the work needed for 100000
sheep, except at shearing time. The
price of wool here, to-day, is for
greasy and unwashed wool, s and 8
pence per pound, and secured wash
ed wool from II to Is pence per Id,
"a penny is two cents. Most of the
wool, however, is shipped to London
where the price is better. Thereare
Boston buyers here now.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
THE WOOL INTERESTS.

Sheep shearing in the colonies is
theme and matter of great import
ance, both to the station owners and
to the shearers.
Having been appointed by our
Commission to prepare a report on
the sheep and wool interests Of these
colonies, and of the sugar interests
Of Queensland, every facility and
great kindness has been shown me
by the owners of stations and sheep
runs in the colonies.
We were requested by number
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
THE DAILY lnTELLiGEACER.
TEENS Dr MAIL PosrAGE PazrArp

TERMS BY MAIL POSTAGE FlSFAtD.
One mouth.......9 65 Six raoatis. 81 90
Three months 90 one year......,..-... 90
Specimen copies Of either edition Of the ISTELII-
GENCER sent free to any address
We want an agent at every Pos.oce IN West Virginia,
Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
Remttances should be made by registered letter. post
Office money order, postal note or check
Address: FREw, CAMPBELL & HART,
Publishers Intelligence,
WHEELING. v. "a
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
AUSTRALIA.

Alex. Campbell Of Brooke is Aus
trala and writes the Intellfqencer
a letter dated Oct goth, which is
full of interest. We give such ex-
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21

horses. The wagon was the strong
est l have ever seen, manufactured
in the Colony. The four wheels
weighed one ton with tire ten inch
es wide and two inches thick-all
other parts are built strong in pro-
portion.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21

of station owners in South Australia
to visit them during this month
when their sheep would be collected
and shearing would be in full oper-
atom. Accordingly, on the 18th OF
this month, / left the Adelaide over
the Northern railroad, for Saddle
worth. a station some sixty miles up
the road, where we were met by his
carriages, which took us Twenty-Five
miles to " Bungaree, :" our point of
destination, in just three hours to
the minute. The roads in this coun-
try are laid out 1872 feet wide and are
as smooth as the ''Apian Way" The
art of man could not make them more
perfect The stones of which they
are macadamiZed seem to cement
and become as smooth as an asphalt
pavement. Our drive was through
an undulating country with just TIM
Der enough scattered over the fields
(called paddocks here), to make
shade for the sheep. The timber is
mostly of the Eucalyptus family
red and blue gum, and shelak.
The trees in the distance very much
resemble in shape the live oak of
Louisiana, and scattered over the
hills make the views beautiful and
are great relief to the eye. All
the country is carpeted with native
grass, which seems to be such as
sheep delight in, and which produces
the greatest quantity of the finest
wool l have seen grown on merino
sheep. Bungaree is one ofMr Haw-
ker's estates-a ''freehold," (actual
ownership by purchase, much of the
land here being leased from the gov
ernment) and is said TO be one of
the finest in the colonies. 1t con-
tains eighty six thousand acres, all
enclosed in different fields with sub
stantial wire fences, and iron gates.
This country is the home of the wire
fence and corrugated iron roofing.
All the Houses, Barns, Stables,
sheep sheds, &c, are built Of stone
and covered with corrugated iron
roofing. Mr.. Hawker informed me
that he had put up LOCO miles of
this fence at cost of f25 or about
$125 per mile. The posts are substan-
tial-mostly gum. with iron posts
in the centre Of each panel. The
residence at Bungaree is an impos-
ing edifce, surrounded by many
acres Of fruit trees and flower gar
dens. Besides cattle and horses ne
cessary for this estate Mr. Hawker
carries $4,000 sheep the year round,
and in two other places further north
100000 mere. This year on Bun
garee- he has. Eaisel- 2z.e90 lambs,
and on the other places $4,000, or a
total of $4,000, Mr.. Hawker kindly
drove us one day through the place
twenty miles by one route and back
by another, and next day fifteen
miles in different direction and
back through beautiful park. We
drove through 5000 acres of wheat
just beginning to head.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-12-21
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BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough knowledge of the nat
ural laws which govern the operations
of digestion and nutrition, and by a
careful application OF the .iUc properties
of well selected Cocoa, Mr.. EppS has
provided our breakfast tables with a
delicatcly haVOured beverage which
may save Us many heavy doctors bills.
IL is by the judicipUS use Cf sucu articles
of diet that "a constitution may be grad
uallv built up until strong enough to re-
siSt every tendency 20 disease. Hun
dreds of subtle naladieS are floating
around us ready to attack wherever
there is "a weak point. We may escape
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we'll fortified with pure blood and ?
properly uOurished frame. '-CjrI Ser
Cice gazette. Made simply with boiling
water or milk. Sold only in halt-pOUud
tins, bv GrOcurs. labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS a Co, Homeopathic
Chemists, London ERgllud.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20
The Condition of the Crops.

The State Department of Agriculture
furnishes the following statements,
showing the condition of the crops, &C.,
June l, based on the report of PSI coun-
ty and township correspondents.
The crop prospects in South Carolina
are not generally so favorable as at this
date last year. The seasons during the
month of May were unfayorable for cot
ton, cool nights, high winds and exces-
siye rains retarded the growth of the
plant and caused the crop to become
grassy. It is the general opinion of
Correspondents thatit is fully two weeks
later in development than on the first
of June, 1887. In some favored locall-
ties the plant is reported healthy, well
cultivated and vigorous. The area has
been slightly increased over last year.
Corn lands have been well prepared
and the crop we'll cultivated, while more
fertilizers per acre have been used than
formerly. The growth was slow IN the
early part of the month owing to Lack
of rain, but more favorable seasons later
benefited it greatly. About three
fourths of the crop is planted on up
lands and the condition Of this part OF
the crop closely approximates an aver
age. Lowlands have been flooded and
some damage has resulted fromsfrom the
freshets. Insects have injured the crop
on bottom lands, and at present the
prospect for the usual yield is promising.
Wheat was injured by late frosts and
rust, ripened prematurely, and the yield
was reduced below last year. Unfavora-
BILE seasons somewhat reduced the yield
of oats. Harvesting began the latter
part of May.
The other crops, including peas, rice,
sweet and Irish potatoes, sugar cane and
sorghum, peanuts, &C., are fully up to
an average. Berries of all kinds are
abundant. The melon crop is backward
In some sections peaches and apples will
produce full crops while in other parts
of the State they almost failures.
The consumption OF commercial Ter
tilizers is estimated at about 100000
tons, classified as follows: Ammonlated
46, 600 tons: acid phosphate As, 500 tons;
Kainit 19, 200 tons, and chemicals o,aoo
tons.
The large crop of cotton produced last
year, the fair prices obtained for the
same and the bountiful corn crop greatly
improved the financial condition Of land
owners, tenants and laborers III every
county. The amount of farm supplies
purchased was much less than last year.
a majority of the progressive farmers OF
the State raised last year corn enough
for plantation use and bacon sufficient
for family consumption.
Pastures are fine, cattle fat, work
stock in splendid condition and the
farmers energetic and hopeful.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20
The New Pastor.

The Portland Advertiser has good
story, which it credits to Bishop Simp-
son. A Methodist congregation, who
regretted the departure of a minister
whose time had expired, piled the pas
tor with questions about the man ap-
pointed to sncceed him. The pastor
gravely answered them: ''He is a good
man and an able preacher, but-there, l
don't suppose I ought to say anything,
and Z think on reflection that | won't. y
OF course this infamed eyerybody's s
curiosity, and they insisted that he ex-
plain. After disclaiming any intention
to prejudice the new man, be Informed
them that the coming incumbent parted
his hair in the middle. The congrega-
tion were indignant, but decided to
suspend final judgment until they had
seen the new man. The next Sunday,
when he walked up the aisle, every eye
was upon him, and as he faced the peo-
ple there was broad smile on every
face in the church. He was bald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20
Charity Is Not Sellishness.

It is not charity to give apenny to the
street mendicant of whom nothing is
known, while We haggle with poor man
out of employment for e miserable dime.
1t is not charity to beat down poor
seamstress to starvation price; to let her
sit in her wet clothes sewing ell day; to
deduct from her pitiful remuneration if
the storm delays her prompt arrival. 1t
is not charity to take poorrcletave into
your family and make her slave OF all
your whims, and taunt her continually
with her dependent situation. 1t is not
charity to turn man who is out of work
into the streets with his family because
he cannot pay his rent. It's not charity
to exact the utmost farthing from the
widow and orphan. 1t is not charity to
give with asuperciious air and patronage,
as ii God had made you, the rich man,
of different blood from the shivering re-
cipient, whose only crime is that he is
poor. 1t is not charity to be an eztor-
tioner-nct though you bestow your
aims by the thousand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20
The Newspaper In the schoolroom.

The use of the newspaper in school is
now getting to be quite common, and
the results are so gratifying as to prove
the wisdom Of the plan. The country
teacher, who cannot get a daily, can use
his weekly, either giving only an exercise
week, or by dividing the news, give
short exercise each day. The village or
city teacher can of course have fresh
material each day. The manner of
using may be greatly varied and rendered
quite attractive. look my daily over
each evening, make memorandum OF
the items most instructive and interesting
to my classes, and then next day, usually
in the morning before school, write the
head lines on the board, leaving the pu-
pills to copy and talk over, or possibly
read the articles, until the time appointed
for our exercise, when each item is taken
up and discussed thoroughly. l find
these exercises quite as valuable to me as
to the pupils. Questions are asked about
men, nations, and events that put us all
to thinking and searching our books Of
reference; thus the use of books is learn
ed. Another day We will read articles
from newspapers instead of our readers
and again some pupil will prepare
the list to be written on the board.
Every pupil in my school reads as many
papers as he can get hold Of, and all are
learning to sift out the good and skip
the spurious padding with celebrity and
Judgment that are surprising.-Carolina
Teacher.
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ball of the animal in two and complete
ly destroyed the brute's vision. Az the
eyeball streamed from it's socket the
bear became doubly enraged, and catch
ing the left side Of Gabe's head in his
mouth be- instantly tore off an ear and
part of the hunters scalp. In a moment
more both Gabe and the bear, tight in
each others embrace and fighting
desperately, had reached ffty-foot
precipice. Down they went, whirling
and tumbling among the brush and
rocks below. The bear, being heaviest,
struck first, and Gabe was thus saved
from instant death. The hard shock
caused both to loosen their holds and
bound several feet apart from each
other.
The bear was evidently stunned by
the conclusion, and Gabe was on hls
feet first and out of the formers reach.
The grizzly's wrath in endeavoring to
find his enemy was terrible. He ran IN
various directions, tore the ground and
wreaked his vengeance on the bushes by
pulling and tearing into shreds. Keep
ing out of reach of the infuriated mon
ster, Gabe endeavored to find the knife
which he had dropped from his grasp in
the fall. At last he discovered the miss
ing weapon, and, grasping the handle
firmly, he approached the grizzly and
plunged the blade into the latter's body
with all the strength ne could summon:
The bear whirled in tWinkllng, and
Gabe made q narrow escape, leaving the
knife still sticking in the animals body.
The bear now plunged about among the
rocks and brush in the maddest agony.
Remembering his Winchester and re-
volver, Gabe made long detour to get
above the top of the precipice to secure
them. On nearing the place he tainted
and fell senseless with exhaustion.
How long he remained in that condi-
ton he does not know, but thinks it
must have been at least an hour. On
coming to he was so weak from loss of
blood that he could only crawl to his
gun and revolver on his hands and
knees. The bears stroke had broken
the gun so that it was useless. Resting
awhile, and recovering his strength he
returned below the precipice and found
the bear sitting up and rubbing his
eyes in vain effort to see. Gabe opened
fire, and at each shot the bear would
charge in the direction of the sound, but
being sightless and the ground uneven
he would fall and tumble around in the
most reckless manner. Ten shots
finished him, and Gabe went home and
secured help, and when he was hauled
to the hunters cabin he was found to
weigh l,200 pounds.
The loss of an ear and part OF his
scalp, besides being laeerated in various
other places, did not affect Gabe's cour-
age, and when seen by your correspond
ent he declared that he is still match
for any grizzly that ever walked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-06-20
Dress of Men and Women.

It is singular to contrast the growing
splepdor and prodigality of the dress OF
one sex in this nineteenth century with
the sobriety of the dress of the other
sex, which has shrunk within our own
recollection, says an English writer, into
q grim uniformity of black kerseymere.
The laws of nature are reversed, if it be
true, as Mr.. Darwin teaches, that the
male bird owes the hues of his plumage
and the beauty of his form to his desire
to please the hens and obtain the honor
of natural selection. In modern society
it is the hens who carry the gay feathers.
Shall We say with the same motives, and
with equal success?
There was time when the dress OF
men was alike wasteful, extravagant, and
inexpedient; when they wore costly
stuffs, rich embroidery, lace, jewels;
when at the Court of France the Duke
of Buckingham shook off diamonds, and
the maids of honor went on their knees
to pick them up and appropriat, them;
when the folds of cravat and the EN-
broi6ery of a waistcoat were subjects of
cdIuS5G abSCuIiOA w IhO 41e@SSA'2aS AAtANs
Those days are over. Mems dress is
simple, suitable, inexpensive.
it too much to hope that reason
may assert her authority in the case of
women's dress, as she has done for men,
and that while slovenliness is unknown,
and the highest standard Of neatness is
attained, there may be neither waste nor
extravaganza, but that an-pervading
sense of propriety of which DIR. John
son was the advocate? "Learn," said
he, tsthat there is propriety or impro-
priety in everything how slight soever,
and get at the general principles of
dress and behavior" When Mrs. Thrale
asked his opinion of the dress of child,
"Well, sir, how did you like little miss?
I hope she was fine enough?" '1t was
the finerv of a beggar," said he; 'she
looked like native of Bow Lane dressed
up to be carried to Bartholomew Fair. y
Views which the philosopher and the
economist advocate may well gain g
hearing, though only now urged by one
who has no other claim to an audience
than the desire to help in woman's work.