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What Gives the Largest Crop.

After all it is not so much the seed or
the variety as the method of cultivation
which gives the largest crop. Thorough
blowing, freedom from weeds, liberal
fertilizing, and undoubtedly the frequent
3cultivation of the land, are the principal
{elements which secure large yield.
3The system of cultivating wheat has not
been given the attention which it de-
serves. A Mr.. TraverS. farmer in Michi-
gan, some years ago invented and used q
cultivator tor the wheat crop by which
he procured q yield of more than sixty
bushels per acre annually for several
years. This enterpriSing man made
bostly efforts to Introduce his machine
binto use, but no one seemed to care for
at, and he died and his invention became
[jdormant We think some time such Il
machine will be in general use, just as
the corn, potato, ard other cultivatorS
and horse hoes are used as matter of
course and necessity. 1t cannot always
be that small crops will be thought more
profitable than large ones, and that
farmers will be better pleased with - or
18 bushels of wheat per acre than with
so or 60 bushels. There will come time
when every farmer must grow the largest
yield on the smallest area of land, and,
while this time is slowly coming, those
farmers who first reach it will make the
most profit t-NeD York Times.
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Ifaflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle.
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AGRICULTURAL.
4TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
10 FARM AND GARDEN.
Preserving Fence Posts.

Parker Earl, the big strawberry
q ROVER of Golden, Ill.,, gives the follow
I big as his experience on this point:
In building a fence around our young
richards several years ago we tried many
lans for preserving the posts. Having
occasion to remove the fence this winter
Ve noted the condition of the posts as
pillows: Those set with no preparation
= tere decayed an inch or more in thick
ess; those coated with thick wash OF
lime were better preserved, but were
Auite seriously attacked by worms; those
bosts coated with hot tar were perfectly
ound as when put in the ground: those
painted with petroleum and kerosene
were equally as sound and as good for
setting. Let the posts get thoroughly
dry, and then, with pan Of cheap
kerosene and a whitewash brush, give
! fhe lower third of the post, the part to
! lgo into the ground, two or three appli-
Cations of the oil, letting it soak in well
each time. Posts so treated will not be
troubled by worms or insects of any kind,
| but will resist decay to remarkable
degree. This we find to be the Simplest,
easiest, cheapest and best method Of
preservation.
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Ex.speaker Of the Assembly Of the State

Ex.Spenker Of the Assembly Of the state
OF New York;
STATE OF NEW YORK, ASSEMBLY CHAMBER,
ALBANY, April 18, 1883.
My family for the last twelve years have been
using AL1cocK's Porous PLAsTERs, and have
found them wonderfully cfficacious in coughs,
colds, and pains in the side and back.
About ten years ago was thrown from
wagon and badly bruised. In three days these
plasters entirely removed the pain and sore
ness. Twice they have cured me ofsevere colds
which threatened pulmonary trouble. They
also cured my son of rheumatism in the shoul-
ders, from which he had suffered two years
JAMES w. Hustled.
CHICAGO claims the biggest map factory IN
the world. The annual output is one million
per week.
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A Secret

PET dogs wearing sealskin blankets ar
among the sights on Broadway, New York.
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Use the surest remedy for catarrh - DR..
Sage's.
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A Family Gathering.

N1NTY-Two THOUSAND paupers was the Lon
don census for September.
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THE bullion product OF Lea willie, Col, Is es-
timated at 81, 000,0 ,0OO le 5 tnan last year.
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Honey.Moon,

The pride of Ventura County, California, Is
q field of 600t) ncrcs in beans
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Tho Gnc.Inl 0Hrr

MINING on the Yuk River, in Alaska, ha
not been very profitable this sea on.
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money i'm Chickens.

Il maH Who Gr''o'ctl * ycars
OF IT. :'fc c'A'.:S..:i': iNS
y injl lI'!3 iAnD is 4
ErSI,l ESS. moi H. = pms
time. As the l;v,i:g If him
sell and famil,T dcl!euded
OH it. he gave the subject
such attention a. O::ly Z
need OF bread will CONF
maid. and the rrsi!lt was 9
grand success. after he had
spent much muncv and lost
hundred. of valuable chick
ems in experimenting. What
he learned in all these ycars
il embodied in this hook.
whicl, we send postpaid for
2S cents in stamps. Il
teaches You how 10 Detect
and Cure Diseases. now to
Feed for Eggs and also for
Fa;tcnmg. which Fowls 10
Save for Breeding Purposes
and everything. indeed. yoH
should know OIL this subject.
BOOK PUB. HOUSE
13i Leonard ST.. \. Y. cis8.
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ganME STUDY. Book-kecr:Eg. I:nsiness Forms.
ECME TerlnSnship. Arithmetic. Shorthand etc
EG thoroughly taught by MAIL. Cirnars free
Eryunt's College. A57 Main ST., buffalo. N Y
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PEERLESS DYES 5oEenl AsS shS S.raSsE HSsI;

wkMrcn TO BUY 4 FARM n this locality
HkEi EG Curtis II Wright. 233 Droadway.N n L
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EWPiuM NASH bays. Saaita::nm or r Home
3 Treatment. Tr;sl free. 70 Cure. No Pay. Tho
a. Eumnnc Remedy Co., La Fnye'te, Ind.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
me PeOpIe Did Ven.

The grand reception given Gov .
r. L. Taylor here last Monday re-
fleets the highest credit on the pure
and gallant democracy Of this coun.
y. They held district meetings,
formulated plans, organized clubs,
elected marshalls, and came in and
carried out all in the most elegant
and praiseworthy style. 1t was
the work Of the people and they
deserve all the honor. The unprec-
identedly large crowd atested the
high esteem in which Gov; Taylor
is held in Hardeman, and show.
the 81 rong enthusiasm which burns
in the hearts of Hardeman demo-
Grats. Everything is on FIRE in
Hardeman. The party was never
in better trim. Every democrat in
the county has gone to work or will
between nov and the election, aud
We will have the largest Democrat
&c majority ever given IN this coun-
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

liable fol 100000 of the Tor
bett issue. The work of rebli ling
our fallen fortunes began at the very
foundation.
If the Republican party had been
as jealous of the credit and good
name Of the State while they were
recklessly increasing the debt under
their eXtravagant rule as they were
when it came up for settlement IN
der Dem ocratic administration,
they might inspire The people with
more confidence in their governs
ment now.
But the Democratic party trug.
gled on under the blight of disorder
ed finances, PROSTATE commerce and
ruined Gre lit. How it has sue ceed-
ed let the record tell. 1t has paid
100000 Of the Torbett million that
was adjudged by the courts against
! the State. 1t has built the beauti~
ful and commodiOus insane asylum
at Lyons View, costing $250,0O0.
1t has almost completed an 9th er
asylum only two miles west OF this
town at a cost of $250,0OO more.
1t has funded nearly all of the debt
under the settlement of 188 and
paid the back interest which
had accrued. 1t has
promptly met the semi-an-
nual interest upon that whieh was
derived from an assessment Of only
1926, 900, 900 of the property in the
State. Upper its fostering hand
Tennessee has become the universe t.
State of the South. Our public
school system has risen from TIT
dead. Our towns and cities havt
grown with marvellous rapldIty
Our natural wealth has been devel.
Oped with wonderful results. Ag
riculture with a InagIcian's hand
has touched our fslds and mad
them to blossom like the rose.
Gov. Taylor recommended tn,
founding of industrial homes III TIA
three divisions of the State for youth
full criminals who could thus be re
formed and made useful men.
The Governor closed in an elO.
quent strain amid the shouts aud
, applause of the entire audience,
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
Is Consumption InCurable.

Read the following; Mr.. G. III.
Morris, Newark, Ark, says "Was
down with Abscess Of Lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an Inourable Consumptlve, Be-
gan takin z DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption, am now on my
third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm IL IS the finest
medicine ever made"
lessee Middlewart, Decatur, O.,
saws; "Had it not been for DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump>
ton / would have died of Lung
Troubles. Was given up by doc
tors. Am now In best Of health. ("
Try il. Sample bottles free at
Savage d EmersSn's Drug Store.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
seat Yourraa .lers the following line 5;

sent your raa lers the following line 5;
Reflections On Lest aons
Life's paths I've trod for many years,
Sometimes in mirth, SO metimes in tears,
Forgetfnl oft of mercies gwen,
With now and then foretastes Of FIea ven.
Of worldly goods spent share,
To deck my home with cost and care,
Upon the site my father died.
And for time ook Sunnyside.
8eca use beneath pleasant its bowers,
gamboled oft, in childhood hours,
And when IN manhood found a wife,
We led TWAS here] a happy lie.
The mother Of my children here,
Taught each and all God to reYe re;
And from this home our first born son,
EnrAptured reached a brighter one.
We loved the trees, the rocks, the hills,
We loved its tiny ripping rills.
We loved the birds, that softly sung,
From topm ost bough, their sweetest song
Ne loy'd its spacious halls to walk,
And here of Heaven and earth to tax,
We lov'd the chamber where we sic pit,
Where oft we prayed and sometimes w ept
We lov'd the shrubs, we lov,d the flowers
And felt no happier home than ours.
Our chiefest wish-what'er betide
To live and die at Sunnyside,
| But alas! for earth-born treasure,
N Ortals W eigh 1t not, nor measure,
And but by loss, can realize,
The richest boon beneath the skies.
We little thong ht, by luckless power
| Our homes to los in one short hour;
We gone some dist ant friends to see
To spend sort Of ju bilee,
And there it was by Riverside
Wed often stroll at eventide,
To crafty childish wish
In our little boys to battle and fish,
And amid thi recreati on,
Little dreamed of perturbation.
Bat OIL how changed and quick a.
thought,
When words to wife, like these were
/ brought;
By one upriding in hot haste
4
Bad news! come to you to unfold,
The saddest tale to you untold.
Ny boysl my boysl meath y"nder waves
! fear have found untimely graves.
No. cried the man, the boys are afe,
Your hsme it is that lies waste
o. then I'm bltst at once she or les,
ave a home beyond the skies
And know tits best-for God hath said it
Whom He loveth He correcteth.
And maybe, husband, we have thought
Too much of things of worldly sort,
And this-a blessing in disguise;
|, Perhaps was sent to make us wise
1t may be best, then replied.
All idols here to be denied;
But not whatever is, is right,
But what God does by gr acious might.
He controls both mind and matter
And does it oft to make lis better.
For he that builds below the skies,
Lives but for earth, and fool he dies,
Cares the man from day to day,
Twill make him boast instead of pray.
Correct the child although he cry,
Y ct he'll grow better by and bv.
If strokes like this keep m ortals pure,
Our hopes Of Heaven are made more
i sure.
God loves us still can but feel
And bow submissive to his will;
But oh. the bliss of this dark hour,
To feel that God hath given the pow'r
, Through a loved angel at my side,
! Tho i've mp all, my chiefest pride
. My home, nay home, my Sunnyside
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

Gov. Taylor and party we're
driven to the Insane Hospital inn
mediately after speaking Monday
The governor had been there before
but the other members of the party
had not. The governor expressed
himself as being highly gratlfied
with the progress made, and the exN
cellent condition of the work done.
Other members of the party went 80
far as to say that the grounds are
the lovliest they ever saw, and that
he building Is the hugest and
grandest architectural mass in the
Houth
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
ELECTRIC BITTERS.

This remedy is becoming so we'll
known and so popular as to need
no special mention All who have
used Electric Bitters sing the same
song of praise,-A purer medicine
does not exist and it is guaranteed
to do all that is claimed. Electric
BItters will cure all diseases of the
Liver and Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure
blOod.-Will drive Malaria from
the system and prevent as we'll as
cure all MalarlaI fevers. For cure
of Headache, Constipation and In
digestion try Electric Bitfers
E ntire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded. Price 80 cents,
and S1,00 per bottle at Savage &
Emerson's Drug Store
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
Helping the high side

Helping the Ri@h Side
To help the right side is not Onyl
cOmmendable IN q general point
OF view, but is judiciOus and pru :
dent when that help is enlisted in
behalf OF the right SIDE Of the body
Just over the lower ribs in the res
giOn of the liver. The most eff.
Gent help ia afOrdea by Hostettsr's
Stomach Bite rs, and anti.bilIous
medieine of incom parable efficacy.
Inactlon Of the liver is accompa>
MED by constipation, sick-hsadache,
fnrred tongue, nausea, occasional
vertigo, and unpleasant breath,
YeIlowness of the skin and ball of
the eye. The author of these symp-
toms, liver complaint, routed by
the Buffers IS accompanied by them
in Its flight. Fever and ague, which
always involves the liver, dyspep-
STA, rheumatism, debility aud kid
ney troubles are all maladIes To the
early relief and final cure of which
this standard and medicine is
adapted Don't use 1t by fits and
starts, but s. scientifically, that its
full effects may result III a perfect
restoration OF heath.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

Towering above the long line Of
moving heads IN the grand parade
lat Monday, could be seen one,
like some tall sentinel, keeping
watch over the patriotic hosts. His
face beamed with brightness, and
every cheer which he hurled upon
the aerial waves rang with the ring
of democracy That man was r.
w, Smith, No democrat has ever
been truer or has ever render ed
more faithful service to his party
than r. w. Smith.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
lessee Norment, Sol. for Com.
Notice

N on H0S100nC NOG1CO'
In the County Court OF Hardeman Co.
Tennessee.
John NJ, Bass and wife vs. c. G
Woodson and others Petition to sell
land for division No 1909 r. D.
Yin this cause it appearing from the
Il petition which is sworn to that the
defendants c. c. Woodson, J. G. Woodson
M. A. Ross and her husband W. D. Ross
NJ. l.. Williams and her husband J, e
Williams, Jno. A. Woodson and Florence
Woodson are non residents OF the State
of Tennessee.
1t is ordered that publication be made
for four successive weeks i'll the West
Tennessee Star, newspaper published at
Bolivar, Tennessee requiring all of said
defendants to enter their appearance here
in by or within the first three lays of the
October term, 1888, OF the County Court
of Hardeman County, Tenn essee, to
be held at Bolivar Tennessee, on Mon
day the 1st oay of October 1888 and
plead answer or delnur to the petition in
this cause or the same will be taken for
confessed as to them and set for hearing
en- parte. This Both day of August, 888.
w. w, FARLEY, c. M
F. Fentres8 Solicitor for Petitioners.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
FOR SALE:

l have for sale one tract Of 100
acres of land adjoining the grow =
in> and thrifty town OF Whiteville
on the Midland, lying on each side of
the road. 1t IS well improved, has a
sutficlency of timber and water,
Also one tract of 1T acres, lying on
the waters of Clear creek, z of a
mile from said town. This is splen~
did farm. and will prove most de-
slrahle property to anyone wishing to
purchase. Address or call
G.. A. DU Moan
WhiteviIle. Tenn,
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

NUN III Eo1DENI i NOIICE.
In the Chancery Court of Hardeman
County, tennessee. No 92O R: d.
Sue H. McCommon Alm'r: VS. T. J.
May.
IT appearing from the bill which is
Asworn to in this cause that the de.
PENDANT 7. J, May is nonresident OF
the State of Tennessee nd resident OF
the State of Texas.
1t Is therefore orde red that he make his
appearance herein at the court house Of
Harden an county at Boliv ar, Tennessee
on or before the first Monday in Novem-
Der, 1888 and plead answer or demur TO
compliments bill or the same will be
taken for confessed as to him and set for
hearing ex parte, and that a copy of
this order be published once week for
four successive weeks in the West Tenn
eTsee Star a newspaper published in Boil
var. Tennessee. This u day of Sept 1888
Al. COATES, C. an.
F. Fentress, Sol. for Com.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

In the Chancery Court of HardemAn
County, Tenness see. No 923 r D.
The State of Tennessee ct as. vs. I. P
YOung-Tax Bill
1T appearing from the original bill
IL which is sworn to that 7. P. Young
is nonresident of the State of Tennessee
and resident of the State of Mississippi.
It is thereto re ordered that he make
his appearance herein at the court house
of Hardeman county, at Bolivar Tennes-
see on or before the first Monday In No
vember, 1888 and plead answer or demur
to the bill or the same will be taken for
confessed as to him and set tor hearing
ex parte, aud that copy OF this order
be published once week for four success
i've weeks in the West Tennessee Star a
newspaper published in Bolivar, Tennes-
zee, This % day Of September 1888
Al. COATES, C. & M
lessee NOrmeut, Sol. for Com,
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
In the Chanoery Court Of Harden

In the Chancery Court Of Hardeman
county. Tennessee. No 9I5 f. D.
J. K. Junk vs. Charles B. Jones, ct al.
Cross bill to enforce vendors lien.
1T appearing from the cross bill OF
ACharles b. jones AMI Y. +. Love-
ridge fled in thfs cause that Hugh 4.
Junk Is nonresident OF the State oil
Tennessee and resident Of the State Of
Michigan. II is therefore ordered that
he make his appearance herein at the
court house of HArdeman County at
Bolivar, Tennessee and before the lst;
Monday in November, 1SSs and plead
answer or demur to the o-oss bill or the
same will be taken for confessed as 70
HIM and Get for hearing ex parte and
that copy OF this order be published
once a week for four successive weeks in
the West tennessee Star q newspaper
publis he'd At Bolivar
A.J-.CoATEs. c. &N.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12
A LETTER.

PANACEA SPRINGS, Aug. IL
The following lines were written
IN the year 1873 by Mr.. Thoma
W. Harris, the proprietor of that
very best of all mineral springs, the
far-famed Panacea. He was at the
time the owner OF a large and elegant
residence IN Halifax county,
in which he had reared "A numerous
and interesting family; and which
was the object of his pride and af,
lection, and was, together with his
wife and portion of his family,
OH visit to relatives and friends on
the sea coast in the county OF Beau
fort. The two youngest sons had
been allowed, after some hesitation
to go bathing and fishing at place
which was thought somewhat dam
gerous and soon afterwards mes
senger rode up in haste and said,
with great excitement, bad news
for youl' ''Ohl my boys, my boys",
exclaimed the mother. II our boys,
said the messenger, are safe, but
your home, SuDnYside has been
destroyed by fire." "My home, she
said, thank God, has not been de-
stroYed, that Is In Heaven" This
touching incident has been emb Cd
led in the hues which follow.
Mr.. Harris graduated at our state
University in the year 1882 with
honor, in the same class with Messrs.
Chugman,. Dobbin, Hau ghton and
Judge Ashe. Though his life has
been chiefly devoted to agricultural
pursuits, he has YET found time to
cultivate letters to a considerable
extent, and Is a very fine elocution>
list and lecturer. frequently deliver
ing lectures on various topics i'll the
section where he is known which
would do honor to any man.
Alter evening prayers in the par
lor, which all the visitors are inVi.
ted to attend, the guests and the
family amuse themselves in de-
lightful manner with music, recita-
tons, &c, in which Mr. Harris takes
q leading part, joining in the sing
ing with a rich and powerful voice
and delighting all with his recitations
which are always of his own cOnpo-
sltion.
Mr.. Harris and his wife were, be-
tore their marriage, which occurred
more than fifty five years ago, and
have ever since been constant and
devoted members of the church, he
having embraced religion when at
the University, chiefly through the
fundamentally of tie Hon. j. w.
Thompson, of Mississippi, and it is
very touching to hear her play upon
the parlor organ Gas she does some
times, at the instance Of the guests
and sing ia clear, mellow voice,
with her husband, hymns winch
they sang togeth err in he days Of
their cOurtship He is now 10 his
18th year, SIX feet high. rs straight
as an arrow and in perfect heath,
while she is SIX years younger.
They seem to the writer the most
remarkable couple he has ever
known, having quietly but beauti-
fully performed their work IN this
world. and are now standing per-
fecllY ready for their summons TO the
higher and better one to come.
But pardon this depression. II
have been tempted beyond my
purpose, which was simply to pre-
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

The Star has ventursd quite a
number of predictions first and last,
and they have invariably ended as
predicted. Now, we will launch an
other: The Hon. Josiah Patterson
will be q candidate for Governor OF
Tennessee two years hence. Mark
that down.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

Last weeks wheat transactions
on the Produce Exchange were un-
precedented in it's history, over 81,
O00. 600 bushels changing hands,
This is four times the quantity of
the visible supply of the United
States So it goes that four stimes
as much wheat was bought and sold
in ono week as is now in sight at
home.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

Ex-GoYernOr Albert s. Marks,
Cleveland and Thurman elector
for the State >at-large, will address
the citizens Of Hardeman county at
the court house in Bolivar on Mon
day, Oct, 20. The Star invit es
every democrat and republican In
the county t. come and hear him.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

Kessers. Delaplaine, of the Nash
vile American, and Landen, OF the
Nashville Democrat, are the two
talented young riters who accom-
pany the Cube material candidates
and dish out such excellent arti-
Giles for their respective papers
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-12

Hurrah for District n She too
flung to the breezes a district BAN
ner. Around its flying folds her
gallant democrats were maTshall-
ed, and to the tap of drums, they
marched with imperial tread.