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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
80 EIRsr MrERscAAuM -
A Place where Half the Pipes 10 the
World Are Madc-Anbsr and Clay.

A Place where Half the Pipes in the
World Are Mado-Ambsr and Clay.
Ruhla, a mountain village In Thurin-
gia. is the place where most Of the amber
and meerschamm j. used. and where half
the pipes in the world are made. Like
Sheffield and Toledo. it was famous ID
the middle ages for its arms and armor,
but when the invention Of gunpowder
made swords and hreastplatcs useless the
attention Of the people was turned 20 the
manufacture Of meeTschaum pipes with
amber stems. The first meerscham
pipe. Il Is said, was carved from a piece
II clay brought as a curiosity from Asia
Minor, and presented 10 the Duke Of
Wallenstein Il was not intended for
use. but the dukes fancy directed the
most famous carver in the place 70
fashion the snowy clay IN the form 81
his favoIite pipe as an ornament In a
sportive mood he filled the plaything with
tobacco, and was 30 pleased that he never
put any other pipe 20 his lips again. All
the knights at once followed the fashion,
and the crusaders 70 the Holy handmade
it a rule to send or bring home with them
pieces Of the clay TO lie carved by the
Thuringian artists.
Ever since has the little town Of Ruhla
been the headquarters Of the meerschaum
and amber manufacture. Meerschaum Is
not the petrified foam Of the sea, as is
popularity supposed in some quarters be
cause of its name. but is a peculiar clay,
found only at Eshki-Scher. in Asia Minor,
as the true amber is found only on the
coast Of Samland. The two precious
substances meet at the little city Of
Ruhla. where 5000 artists are employed
in fashioning them 70 the fancy Of men.
The number Of pipes turned out Is enor-
nous, the yearly average Of real meer-
schaums being 200, 200, varying in value
from So to 5000. The emperor Of Aus
tria is the owner Of a pipe that is said to
be worth 10000 forms, made Of the
largest piece Of pure meerschaum that
was ever found, and having a stem Of
amber TO match The trouble with meer-
schaum, as with amber, is impurity. A
flaw or a bubble spoils the whole piece as
if it were a diamond
All the meerschaum pipes are cut by
hand, after the rough edges and corners
have been trimmed off by machinery,
and the artists are trained TO their work,
like the watchmakers Of Geneva and the
porcelain artists at Sevre and Dresden, at
schools provided by the government.
Ruhla turns out no end Of other pipes
made by machinery-a million or two
imitation meerschaums each year, 10,
600, 600 porcelain pipes, $4,000, 900 made
Of various grades Of clay, and countless
millions made Of briar wood. II is
claimed that last years product Of the
Thuringian shops was not less than 100,-
100000 pipes Of all varieties. William
Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

Mr.. Volk, whose electric railway is
known to all visitors TO Brighton, Eng.
land, has constructed an electrically
driven dogcart, which attracts a good
deal Of attention among the leisured
crowds which throng the gay Sussex
watering place Il is driven by a hslf
horse power Immisch motor and sixteen
small accumulators, which have a
capacity equal to six hours work. In the
desire to keep the machinery light, scarcely
sufficient power has been provided so
that, although the vehicle will make a
speed Of nine miles an hour ON asphalt, it
only makes a speed of four miles on a
soft macadam road, while, with two pas
sengers, an incline Of one in thirty is the
limit Of its climbing power Electrical
World.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

question Of prohibition is engag.
ing public attention, is Of unusual
interest. 1t is a local option bill,
and provides for referring the
whole question Of prohibition or
no prohibition to a direct vote Of
the people Of the District Of Co
Iumbia. Senator Colquitt who has
taken quite a prominent part in
the prohibition movement in Geor-
gia, said that the bill was drawn
up and sent TO him by a committee,
an citizens Of the District. Sena-
tor Spooner, in the mean time, is
understood to favor a high license
system, and oontemplates the in
PRODUCTION Of "a bill to that effect.
John Sherman will have TO raise
his present bill for Southern dele
gates to the Chicago convention, as
II is announced that Mr.. Chauney
Depew, a gentleman with a larger
barrel than Sherman, proposes to
invest in Southern delegates. The
South will furnish no electoral
votes TO the republicans, but it's
delegates will have a good deal to
say at Chicago.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

There is a wonderful system Of mnem-
onics invented by the late Dr. John L.
Dagg. after he became blind. He divided
the four walls and the ceiling Of his room
into fifty points, and by associsting
dates, names or facts with these points
he was able, after a long time, to call
them TO mind instantly. It was his Gus
tom to have his secretary read 10 him.
and by the use Of this system the facts
were retained IN his mind in their proper
order so accurately that from these
studies he completed number Of books,
some Of which are still used as text books
in this state. The same system has been
successfully taught in several female col
leges in this state by a daughter Of DR..
Dagg, and her classes used it TO advan-
tage in their studies. Atlanta Journal.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

The Catholic population Of England is
estimated at 1854, 600, Of Scotland at
326, 600, Of Ireland at 1851 900; total,
5,641, 900. In the colonies there are
$4,000; in Asia $50, 600, in America
2,1S3, 900, in Australasia SOS, 600 Catholic
British subjects, As queen and empress
her majesty reigns over 9,6s2, 600 Cath
Olics. They are represented in the i'm.
perial parliament by thirty-two peers,
and by five English and seventy-five
Irish members. There are nine Catholics
in the privy council, and there are forty
Catholic peers, fifty-one baronets and
twenty lords with courtesy titles.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
Give Them a Chanel

That is to say, your lungs. Also
all your breathing machinery.
Very wonderful machinery it is.
Not only the larger air-passages,
but the thousands of little tubes
and cavities leading from them.
Then these are clogged and
checked with matter which ought
not to be there, your lungs cannot
half do their work. And what
they do, they cannot do well.
Call it cold, Group, pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption or any ofthe
family Of throat and nose and head
and lung distractions, all are bad.
All ought to be got rid Of There
is just one sure way to get rid OF
them. That is to take Boschee's
German Syruy, which any druggist
will sell you at IS cents bottle.
Even If everything else has failed
you, you map depend upon this for
certain.-July p, 's7-ly.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
"RlI.nard" an Ola Word.

read with interest an article upon the
derivation of blizzard. As it is well
to keep trace and record Of the growth of
our language, offer what little ! know
concerning the word. From boyhood /
have heard it constantly, and / know
that it was quite familiar TO my elders
more than fifty years ago in central
Pennsylvania-Center, Blair, Clarified
and adjacent counties. The word was
always used TO include the idea force,
violence. spitefulness, or vindictiveness.
If one dealt another a hostile blow he
''gave him blizzard on the nose,n ION
the jaw, ''between the eyes" etc. II
a magistrate lectured a litigant severely
he gave him a blizzard II in debate
one dealt mercilessly in ridicule he gave
his opponent a blizzard" II one man
swore at or cursed another he ''gave him
blizzard" II a mans wife scolded
him she 'gave him blizzard" Inever
heard the word elsewhere till within the
last four years, when I encountered it in
the papers tout west, " where il was APP
piled TO sudden and severe storms. =
Ward Ries in New York Evening Sun
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
MALARTAI. FEVER

A few doses OF Collins Ague Cure win
quickly break up the worst case OF Malarial
Fever. No other remedy possesses the power
Of 90 completely Graduating Malaria from the
system. CaILLS and FEVER yield at
once to It's influence, aud the cure is permanent
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
COLLINS AGUE CURE
HEAnACHE

Nothing relieves a Headache so promptly as
Collins Agus Cure. Il cleanses the stom-
ach, promotes action Of the liver, and purihes
the blood. aiding you to perfect health.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
"Great oaks from little acorn

"Great oaks from little acorn
grow" and great benefits ensue'
from the use of DR.. PIerce's
pheasant Purgative Pellets"
tiny, sugar-coated granules-which
obviate the necessity OF choking
and "gagging" in the attempt to
swallow some huge bolus of unin-
viting aspect and disagreeable
effect. Their cathartic action is
thoroughly, yet perfectly gentle,
and unlike other pills, they never
react towards constipation. In
cases of sick-headache, and as a
promoter of digestion, they are I'M
surpassed. By druggists
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

The average cut q timber during the
$500, 900, 600 feet. Wisconsin has from
last i've years has been, in Michigan,
10000, Oo0. 900 to 80, 200, 900, 600, and
Minnesota about 1000, 600, 000
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

Harper & Rogers have the best
assorted and cheapest lot Of gro
csries in the city.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
FoR SALE
Irons for Hand Power Standard
OttonC Press. Call at this Office

have been a great suffer from
catarrh for over ten years; had it
very bad, could hardly breathe.
Some nights I could not sleep
had to walk the floor. ! purchas-
ed Ely's Cream Balm and and us
ing it freely, it is working a cure
surely. l have advised several
friends to use 1t, and with happy
results in every case. 1t is the one
medicine above all others made to
cure catarrh, and is worth its
weight in gold. / thank God l
have found a remedy l can use
with safety and that does all that
is claimed for it. 1t is curing my
deafness,-B. W. Spery, Hartford,
Conn.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29

Nothing looks better on a hand
some young lady than a white
dress for spring and summer wear,
and every one should buy one of
]. Rubel & Cos beautiful white
Organizes, it will even make a
homely appear good looking.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
nTARRHEA orTTnX.

Flux, Dlarrhna. and an Summer Complaints
are completely checked and cured IN q few
~ Aak your Dealer fer Z Copy 81 The COLLINS
RKzsKNT CENTURY 1IMAf1o. e Address
Collins BROS. DRUG CO.. 81. LOUIS, NO
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-03-29
BILIOUS COLIC,

Immediate relief and q speedy cure for the
worst eases Of Bilious Cole Is found in the use
Of Collins Agas Care. Asa radical cor
receive Of all Bilious Disorders It has no equal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
Men, Women, and Clothes.

When man has new outfit from
bead to Toe he sneaks out in one piece
at time, He will wear brown vest
with gray check trousers and a blue
coat rather than to face the public in
the whole brown suit at once.
II he has a new hat he'll sneak out
to the corner grocery in it before
breakfast to order kindling wood or
condensed milk four mornings in sue.
cession before he'll get up courage to
venture doYn-toYn in it,
When q woman gets a new coat
she'll stay at home from church Sunday
for month waiting to get everything
to go with it, to make laundering sen,
sation when she walks up the aisle. She
wants even her gloves and boots to
swell the triumph by being obviously
designed for that especial toilet.
Its success governs her movements:
ii it is moderate she will walk up
Broadway and feel that she has full
filled hcr mission. Ii it is superb she
feels that she is disAheying Scripture
and hiding her light under ! bushel
unless she can drive in the park; the
last touch is TO drive In 4 victoria.
if she can do it all herself or with only
thG sweet society of her favorite pug.
all the better, then you can study every
line of herpose and every fold of hel
draperies to perfection, and her notion
is that you could not be better EN-
ployed.
If in new clothes that are the full
iillmeut of her fondest Dreams, she
doesn't feal like THAT, take my word
for ii she is no true woman, and |
wouldn't trust her to know baby
from 4 poll-parrot. Modesty. evident
" thy name is man!-N. u Graphic.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
A Grocer's ShreMd Device.


A South street grocer had curioQ,
experience one evening. While busily
engaged in the back of his store selling
an 1rish-woman a pound of butter
some sneakthief made away with three
tempting looking canvased hams thai
hung outside on cross-piece between
the awning posts.
What did the grocer doP
Well, he wrote on piece of paper
ri know who stole t1e three hams
from in front of my store, They are
worthless to any one but myself II
returned in twenty-four hours nc
arrest"
When his clerk came down to open
the store at dayoreak the three hams
hung outside.
They We're sawdust," explained the
grocer, land that is why L was not
worried over the loss. The thief at
first thought they were Bowers best
when he grabbed them, l suppose.
We are becoming wise in our day and
generation, and we don't set out any
wondrous finds on front-door dis
PLAYS now. Those three barrels of
flour are empties; those bags of Rio,
Java, Mocha, and Padang are sand
pure Schuylkill sand-anG those
baskets of tempting vegetables and
apples have bottom just six Inches
from the top, and are weighted down
to the pavement by cobble-stones be-
tween that false bottom and the real
bottom. Thus it goes, and we do
not suffer great loss if the entire
outfit is stolen, rained upon or other
wise damanged, It's different from
what it used to be.-Philadelphiq
NeUs,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
I'm pure Food. a..

Exceeding caution should be exer.
cised i'll the purchase of a new article
of food. Many recent cases of serious
illness have been reported from the
use of the new patent foods for infants,
from untested baking powders, and
cheap f1avoring extracts. The desire
for rapid wealth induces unscrupulous
manufacturers to place anything be.
fore the public that will sell at large
profit, without regard to its usefulness
or healthfulness. At present there is
a great raid upon the baking powder
markt t, and so many impure and adul-
terated articles of this kind have been
found peddled about the country that
the authorities in several of the States
have taken the necessary action to
expose them. The report of the Ohio
State Food Commission has shown
that large number of the brands sold
here are made from alum, phosphates,
or cheap and adulterated cream of
tartar. The danger to the public is
made still greater by the unblushipg
effrontery with which the proPrietors
of these impure powders advertise
them as perfect, claiming for them all
kinds of false and impossible endorse
ments. '-
The official report Of the Ohio State
Commission gives the names of u
number of these impure powders, and
the amount of impurity and Inert
matter in each as follows:
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
MANrUA.
Correspondence.
MANTUA STA, Feb. IA, 1888,

Correspondence.
MANTUA STA, Feb. IA. 1883,
Beautiful weather - nice loads
beautiful sunlight, God given. Nature
is waking, Look.
Mrs. Henry Converse is very low.
Mr.. Keyes, of this place. was buried
Monday. Funeral was held in the NJ.
E. Church Mantua Station has, for
the first time in its history, respect
able place to meet on such occasions.
! Miss Savage, the Evangelist, from
Akron, is assisting the pastor in a re-
vival meeting. Everybody is delight
ed with the beauty and simplicity of
her way of telling the story, Meeting
will continue over next Sunday.
| Measles and mumps are raging.
Teachers Association here was a
success. The discussions were lively,
the papers were good, and yet to the
eye of careful observer, two extreme 8
were apparent. The first in the pre-.
sentatiOn of paper free from scratches
of pencil, well written and no slang
phrases, while the paper on Pedagogy
presented anything else than a clean
appearance, and the number of slang
phrases we have never heard excelIe d
in one discussion
The young Ladies of the NJ. f.
Chureh furnished an excellent dinner
and were well patronizsd. and they
deserve great credit for their loyalty
TO the Church. No community ia
blessed with young ladies who ar;
better to work than Mantua Station
Motto: Go to church every night
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
Whittier's Cabbage Plant.

''Did you ever hear the story OF
Whittier and the cabbage?" asked an
old friend yesterday. at may have
been told before, but it is worth G.
peating now He hates the odor OF
cabbage, like most sensible men and
has a cordial horror of the right smell
in the wrong place, as Henry James
calls the fragrance of q dinner in the
hallway, One day, however, cabbage
was cooked at Oak Knoll, and most of
it was left over: In Difference to her
cousins olfactories the mistress of the
house directed her cook to put the cold
cabbage on the top shelf in the pantry
until next day.
''In the course of the afternoon Mr..
Whittier was seen digging in the gar
den. A member of the family asked
him what he was going to do, but he
put her off with a merry twinkle in his
eyes. When in the course of household
events the cook sought the cabbage, it
was gone. Mr.. Whittier had traced it
to its eyrie; he had climbed up and
born it away in triumph. and in de-.
tiance of domestic economy had buried
it in the garden. l tell the story as it
was told to me-" said his friend.
"Call it How the Poet Planted Cab
bage (boiled). .'"-BOston Advertiser.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
II. t. SHELDON, SHERIFF

The trial of several Democrats,
charged with the Columbus tally sheet
forgery, Is progressing In that city
rhe presiding Judge was connected
with the pre- secution of the case prior
to his elevation to the bench, and he
further illustrated his ulfitness for the
position he occupies hy furnishing the
names from which the jury was Sc
lected. The principal witness In the
case served term ia the penitentiary,
and confesses himself to he hired
witness and "a peIiured scoundreI. TIA
ken all in ali the prosecution is a
thoroughly wicked and disgraceful
affair, and cannot fail to react upon
its authors and cover them with pub
lie contempt The defense is the most
respectable side of the case, eUen if the
defendants are guilty as charged II belle
fontaine Examiner,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16

the impurities in the pow Jers above
mentioned were found To consist OF
various matte rs more or less huilful.
In DR.. Prices powder the principal
Impurities We're lime and Rochelle
salts. which we're found in large GUAM
titles. The impurities in HorsfOrd's
powder were composed of phosphate
of soda, lime, etc. but none of the ''nu
trilious phosphates," without which
its manufacturers claim life cannot be
sustained. The impurities found iu
the other powders named were princi
paliy alum aud iims.
From the report of the Commission
it is evident that the Royal Baking
Powder i. of the highest degree oi
strength aud purity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
A Sound Legal Opinion.

l.. Bainbridge Munday Esq, County
Atty, Clay Co., Texas. says: Have
used Electric Bitters, with most happy
results. My brother also is very lew
with Malarial Fever and Jaundice, but
was cured by timely use OF this medi.
cine. Am satisfied Electric Bitters
saved his life"
Mr.. ID. Wilcoxson, of HOrse Gave.
KY, adds like testimony. saying
He positively believes he would have
died, had it not been for Electric Bit.
ters.
This great remedy will ward off, az
we'll rs cure all Malaria Diseases, and
for all Kidney. Liver and Stomach
Disorders stands uuequaled. Price
soc. and lat G. P. Reeds.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16

SENATOR KENNA, in late speech in
the Senate, in reply to Sherman's fu-
tile onslaught upon the Presidents
message, took occasion to remind that
gentleman of his political tergiveIsa-
tiops, and to bold him up in the light
of the political demagogue that he is.
Instead of attempting the impossible
task OF justifying his gross political
Inconsistencies, Mr.. Sherman could
only say in his defense that the man
who could not change his opinions
was unworthy to be a Senator of the
United States, thus taking refuge be
hind a chestnut more ancient than
himself. Without taking issue with
this defense OF our distinguished fell
low citizen of Ohio, we may remark
within the margin it gives US that the
alleged statesman who chsnges his
opinions upon important public ques-
tions in order TO adapt them to his
avn boom for the Presidency, is
trimmer and q time-server. and un-
worthy of the confidence of the Amer.
lean people.-Bellefo Examiner
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16

1.-THE gentleman from Virginia will
take his seat" Mr.. Riddleberger did
not comply, but stood with folded
arms. There was an ominous pause
and an expectant hush. After a mo-
ment or two Senator Butler, of South
Carolina moved the consideration of
resolution in which he was interest
ed. and the Chair put this motion.
Then the recaIcitrant Senator, without
ha wing taken his seat, withdrew from
tho al, M har
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16
Through to California.

The Pennsylvania Lines west OF
Pittsburgh have perfected an arrange
ment by which the regular allowance
of baggage, one hundred and fifty
pounds for each passenger, will be
checked through from any of their
stations to points on the Pacific coast.
This will be appreciated as a conven-
fence by passengers to California, Ore
gon, etc., as heretofore it has been
necessary for them to recheck baggage
from the Missouri river.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16

WHEELING INTELLIGENCER: The
study of foreign languages is altogeth-
sr extraneous to the common school
idea, and comes under the head OF
private extras, for which the people
as a mass should not be taxed. Those
who wish to acquire foreign languages,
living or dead, have abundant opper'
tunity to study them at their own
expense. and they have no more right
to expect the general public thus to
educate them than to put them thro'
a regular college and professional
course. 1t is time that every city in
the land should get back to the sound
fundamental ideas of the common
school system.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-16

THE whisky and beer taxes, under
the internal revenue system since thew
were first imposed in September. 1862
I'D to January l, 1883, have yielded IN
round numbers 81, ,400, ,00O,0 900. No sub
iects of taxation could yield so much
money with l.ss burthen or vexation
to tax payers. The man who did not
use tobacco or intoXicants, paid moth
ing.