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The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04
INDOOR AFFAIRS.

NEVER wet the hair if you have any tend
ency to deafness; wear an oil-silk cap when
bathing, and refrain from excessive bathing.
TIE free use of onions for the table has
always been considered by most people a
healthy and desirable vegetable, and but
for the odor, which is Objectionable to many,
they would be found more generally on our
dining-tables.
HONEY As CURE FOR SPRAIxs.-Spreada
thick layer of honey on linen cloth, and bind
closely on the part, and apply splints if
necessary. 1t drew out the pain and swell
ing in a badly sprained wrist in a few hours,
when all other remedies failed.
LESS fussing for company-less worry
over the little matters-Iess care for what
the neighbors will say, will give the house
mother time to make Of herself the health
full woman as regards body and mind that
IS needed by the growing young people.
DOES it ever occur TO the owner of a cast
OF rubber coat or circular that it could
on the sewing machines If rusty and worn,
black it up carefully with liquid shoe polish
and it viii be fully as serviceable as a new
coat.
DIsH-wAsHING can be whitfield down a lit
tie. Take two pans of hot water-one of
strong suds and the other clean and hot.
Wash the dishes in the suds, drop them into
drainer. When they are all washed your
dishes will be dry and ready to put away.
UNLESS an old dress is q" as good as new
it is better to rip it entirely from its founda-
ton, sponge, or wash and press, the goods
and select only the best parts for remaking
or combining with new material This
method, while it may seem unnecessary, is
really less work than to make many altera-
tons in a made-up garment and viii be
found more satisfactory.
DREAMED POTATOES. the potatoes in
thin slices; for large vegetable dish
full Of these, put a pint of milk over the fire,
and when hot stir in a tablespoonful each of
butter and -four rubbed together, and one of
very finely minced parsley. Boil up once,
throw in the potatoes; shake the pan, using
neither knife or spoon to avoid breaking
them. Season with pepper and salt, simmer
five minutes.
SWEET fritters can be made of the remains
of any kind of rich puddings, such as Gus
tard, ground rice, cabinet, arrowroot or
plum pudding. Cut the pudding intended
for use into small neat squares; dip them
fret in beaten sgg, then cover with finely
sifted bread-crumbs, and fry them in butter
till lightly colored; then dish them with a
tiny piece of preserve placed between each
piece of pudding.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04
noNEsT ENEMIES
How They Assist Men in Developing Tr
Individual Merit.

How They Assist Men In Developing True
individual Merit.
Never be afraid of a good honest enc
my, says AMBER in the Chicago Journal
Cultivate one as old ladies cultivate cat
nip and thoroughbred. They may not be
pleasant to have around, but if your
moral and mental digestion get cloyed
with the sweets of fattery, and you are
In danger of falling into a fever from ex-
cess of injudicious adulation. good thor
ough-spoken enemy will prove a very eff
Gent equalizer and a wholesome tonic.
People who don't amount to any thing
never have enemies, any more than trees
that don't bear fruit are stoned for apples.
You never ind bees buzzing around
blossomless stalks; it is only where the
sweetest flowers grow that they congre-
gate with endless fret and furry. The
fact that you have an enemy proves that
you are alive. Nobody ever yet took the
trouble to ride q tilt against the peaceful
dreamers in q cemetry. Enemies arc what
hoes are to potato hins-they keep down
the weeds. The cultivator, as 1t goes tear
ing between the corn hilloeks, brings all
the useless weeds to grief, but it sets the
tassel Of the corn atilt like an emerald
plume. Our friends sometimes, like the
faithless DeIilah, lull as into dangerous
content, wherein we are despoiled OF
siren 9Th and of the qualities that
20 MAKE true mdulOOQ or
womanhood, but, like the mosquito, our
enemies are bound to keep US wide awake
and active. Disease never came from a
river that has rocky channel and is
forced to battle its way over discour-
aging and battling stones, but rivers that
have no distractions are apt to 60 by the
name of ponds, and the very serenity of
their stagnation breeds unWhoIesome-
ness. Give young man a hard row in
life, with plenty of discouragements and
good wholesome criticism, and ne will en-
ter the port OF middle age like war-ship,
staunch and full-manned Give him a
luxurious career of petted idleness, with
NO enemy to keep the watch on the lookout
and he will sail into port very likely from
mid-sea by downward plunge to the bot
tom.
Our friends are apt to be blind to our
faults; our enemies never are. Through
the constant fattery of the former we
grow in the wrong direction, as city alder
men do--about the girth. Under the
sharp Influence of honest criticism, we
grow as pine-trees do-straight toward
Heaven. Then let US cultivate face-to-
face, honest enemies, and beware Of the
false security of friendship. The one will
make a hero of you; the other viii turn
you into the mold of pint cup, unable to
hold the full measurement of character
development
MANY man gets a reputation for being q
knowing man on account Of bis skill in be-
coming an owing man. -SUtsagS. 1883 --A4
TEE girl who won't be won usually re-
Mt
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04
TALE OF THE PRINTERS STICK.


LOCAL
Through the doorway, into the glare,
Into the hot and sitting air,
Into the realm OF constant clicks.
Into the realm OF types and stickR
Lightly the hand goes TO and fro
Putting in type tale OF woe,
Telling OF death by the treach'rous rail-
Telling OF death by storm and gale.
Clickety-clickl Clickety-clicki
There IL goes in the printers stick.
BY CABLE.
Under the ocean, under the roar,
From ev'ry CLINE, from ev'ry shore,
Comes tho news by the cables flash
News OF the good news Of the rash;
News OF the noble, news OF the 'squirei
News of the foods, news Of the IRE;
News OF murder by pistol shots
News OF cold, news OF hot.
Clickety-clicki Cliokety- clicki
There u goes in the printers stick.
uBY TELEPHONE.
There where the willows thickly grow;
There where the waters gently flow;
There where the throng is kneelinR low;
There in the sunlight's golden glow,
With face the hue OF virgin snow,
Lies the form OF maiden fair,
Driven to death by fell despair,
Victim OF want or treaeh' rous snare.
Clickety -olioki Clickety-clicki
Goes the tale in the printers stick.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Out in the cold and silent street,
With half-clad form and frozen feet
Whom none did know and none did greet
Numb and cold in the wintry sleet,
Passed child with step so slow
She prayed 70 God who loved her so,
And starved and died in the winters snow.
Chckety-clck Clicxety-elicki
Goes the tale in the printers stick.
BOOK NOTICE.
The rich and poor alike viii seek
The precious words these books bespeak
Words Of fire that sway the heart;
Words OF love and chRritys part;
Words that tell Of the ages Old
OF martyrs, saints, and heroes bold;
Words Of the truth and words that lie;
Words that viii live while nations die.
Clielety-cncki Chchety-ohckl
Go these words IN the printers stick.
THE MORNING PAPER
The good and true, the base and false,
The paths OF sin whore honor halts,
Whatever happens worthy 90 see,
Out IN the world or down in the sea,
Behold them there on the cleaning page,
Gems OF genius, statesmen and sage
All are printed and sped away
For the world to read ct break OF day.
Cliokety-ciicki Cliekety-clickl
This is a tale OF the printers stick.
-SydHey z. Bate.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

A DROWNING man catches at straws we
are told, and so, also, does the thirsty man
- Rastogl Post.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

WITH some publishers a copyright aimp-
Y implies right 70 copy without credit
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

In another column of this issue win be
found an entirely new and novel specimen
of attractive advertising. 1t is one of the
neatest ever placed in our paper and we
think our readers will be well repaid for
examining the SUPPOSED display letters in
the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04
Purifies
the Blood
100 Doses One Dollar

~ The BUYERS 9UIDI1ia
A issued March and Sept
each year. It is an ency-
clopedia of useful infor-
nation for all who pur-
chase the luxuries or the
necessities Of life. We
can clcthe you and furnish you with
all the necessary and unnecessary
appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleep,
eat, fish, hunt, work, GO to church.
or stay at hong, and in various sizes,
styles and quantities. just figure cat
what is required to do oil these things
COMFORTABLY, and you can make fair
estimate of the value of the BUYERS
GUIDE, which will be sent upon
receipt of 10 cents to pay postage,
MONTGOMERY WARD q CO.
111-114 Michigan Avenue, Chicago III.
ua-NAME THIS PAPER every Hms you
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Curein one minute.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

WHO was Gains wifeP Adams daughter
tn-lRw. Of course.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

''HAAr.Er" is play for all time 1t win
never give up the ghosk-Puek
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

The success OF some Of the agents EN-.
ployed by b. r. Johnson a. Co., Richmond,
Va, is truly marvellous. 1t is not an unusual
thing for their agents to make as high as $50
and $50 day, and sometimes their profits
run up as high as $40 and $50-even more.
But we hesitate to tell you the whole truth,
or you viii scarcely believe we are in
earnest Write them and see for yourself
what they viii do for YOU.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

TEE girl who won't be won usually re-
mains one Washilqton Crlttc.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04

MANY a man gets reputation for being g
knowing man on account Of his skill in be-
coming an owing mans filings. ssz -
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-04
MARVEL GUS
TO MERCHANTS B 5Rsf sR2Fn SSs
K0-K0 TuLu

recently has compelled me @ OCCUPY the MhnlInotR
store House. eos Main st. ThiB building ~ leee
deep, 50 feet front. aud four stortes hgh WIN tn-
mense cellars for storing crude mhterlhit VI slftS
room for a very large working force ana mere VIII
be delay in hllinR orders in the future. Another
cause of delay has been that some OF the tnRro-
dents usedin the preparation Of this deiieateX qey
ored gum. have become very scarce IN thn Dnltea
States. shall import them direct in large quent-
ties in future. Address Sol coleman, Soie FHN
prietor Of KO-Ko Tulu, MEMPHIS, TENN
mD-NANE PAPER every uHea.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 20.-EuQene
Bartlett has lived for five years near
Bross, Kingman county, with his two
daughters and young son. He brought
with him from Kentucky Gn old servant,
a negro woman known, as Good Old
Rebecca." The servant became i'm
pressed with the idea that she was being
"hoodooed' by the daughter, Jennie,
about 20 years old, and on Saturday told
the young lady that she must quit or
there would be trouble" The colored
woman watched her opportunity for
breaking the spell. Last night the fam
lily, excepting Jennie, visited a neigh.
Dor. Shortly after their departure Robert
Donnelly, a young man, called to see Jen-
ME. He remained until about 8 o'clock,
when Rebecca appeared and stated there
was a sick horse at the barn, and she
wanted him to 60 to Bross for medicine.
He left in response to the request. AS
o o as he had gone the servant caught
the young lady, bound her hands and
feet, and, tying a rope around her hands,
swung her to a joist with her feet about
two feet above the floor. The negress
then stripped the girl of her clothes
and covered her body with paint
and thin tar. In a short time
she had placed o kettle filled with
kindling wood under her, and after put
ting a large amount Of oil on it applied a
match. While the flames were curling
around Jennie's feet and legs Donnelly
returned. The front entrance was
locked, and going to the window the hor.
rible spectacle met his eyes, He rushed
to the back door, broke it open and at
once removed the kettle. He then cut
the rope and carried the girl to a resting
place. Soon after the girl recovered con-
seriousness and told the story of her tiend-
ish treatment. Her feet and lower limbs
were burned into a crisp, and a few min
utes later death relieved her of her intense
agony. Old Rebecca could not be found,
but on investigation it was found that
one of the horses had disappeared.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
Chief Was ed.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.--The winter
quarters of F~orepaugh's circus was the
scene, yesterday afternoon. of an execu.
ton not ocdered by the courts. Chief,
the big elephant was condemned to die.
He had become entirely un%manageable,
and it was found difficult to keep the
great strong brute chained up. He tried
to kill his keeper, Saturday, and it was
decreed that he should be destroyed.
Yesterday afternoon the moose was
placed around his neck. 1t was
made in the middle Of a piece of
rope half an inch thick and ten yards
long. 1t was "A ticklish thing to get the
O on the elephants neck, but it was
finally pulled over his trunk and placed
close behind his ears. Then Basil and
Bismarck, two powerful elephants, were
attached to the ends of the rope. At
young Adam Forpaugh's commands, the
two elephant executioncrs were prodded
and the line was drawn tight around
Chief g throat. Another signal was
given, and the elephants apple I all their
power. Chief tottered and fell, and was
dead in twenty seconds.
Chief was an Asiatic elephant. ten and
a half feet high, and weighing 10, 900
pounds.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
The Asparagus Fed.

a correspondent Of the Prairie Farmer
says: "One Of the delights Of my NINA
ture garden is my asparagus bed, and we
get all Of this fine spring vegetable that
our family wants. The bed took l9J
plants to fill il, and gives me respectable
sized grass, though not quite 80 large as
we read Of. They are planted about if
teen luchcs apart, which seems to answer
very well: At any rate | am satisfied with
the result. The bed has been going
some years, and is yet in almost as good
shape as at any time. This, | think. is
In a great measure due 10 the care given
the construction Of the bed, the soil. etc.
TO the fact that no weeds were allowed to
dispute possession, and that the grass was
never cut of after the 25th Of June. |
10 not like 10 take something from moth
ing, hence, as ] take the asparagus from
The piece of land, | replace its elements
with manure in the fall (Which helps pro.
tect the roots in winter, f0rking it into
the ground the first thing in the spring.
Every three weeks sprinkle thinly with
salt, which | have heard does this crop
good, may be because ii is natural 10
asparagus, which comes, as botGnists tell
US, from the seashores Of Europe. | had
some little trouble with my man John TO
get him to dig deep enough to suit me-.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
PORT AU PRINCE TAKEN
Foreign Consuls Given Thirty
six Hours to Evacuate
the Town.
Eye Witnesses Tell OF the Bombard.
ment by President Legitime's
Men OF War.

New YORK, Dec. 19.-The steamer
Saginaw arrived yesterday from hayti
and it was learned that the steamer
Haytien Republic was still in the harbor
OF Port au Prince when the Saginaw
sailed. The passengers by the Saginaw
state that on the morning of the 9TH five
of Legitime's men of war, the Dessalines,
Belize, TousSaint and the LOverture,
and one other, bombarded Cape Hayti.
The foreign consuls in the city, before
the beginning Of the bombardment, sent
out a petition TO the commander of the
fleet asking the time to get out of the
city. They were given thirty-siX hours
to evacuate the town. The people fled in
to the hills, taking all the possessions they
could conveniently carry. The supply
OF pack mules being limited TO fifty
or sixty the animals were in great demand
and fabulous prices we're paid to convey
a single mule load to a place of safety.
Shortly after daybreak ON The second day
after the arrival of the fleet the Iiaytien
officers trained their guns on the town
and the hombardment commenced. In a
few minutes shot began to tear through
the town, demo!ishingthe frail structures.
The bamboo huts s~uCCumbed easily. but
the stone buildings in the central and
more elevated portions Of the town were
not so easily destroyed, the heavy walls
resisting the fire for several hours.
Despite the warning they had received
to leave the fatal town many Of the res
idents chung to their habltations. In fact
it was impossible TO remove many Of
the sick in the city within the time al
lotted. On the top Of all the houses in
which a sick person was known to be a
white flag was placed, but the shot and
shell were no respectors of appealing en-
blems. None of the persons who arrived
today could estimate with any degree of
accuracy the number Of killed, but it was
thought fifteen or twenty at least sue
cumbed TO the deadly fire. Legitime is
by degrees losing the confidence Of the
people and most allsympathy is with thc
| north.
The agents in New York Of the steam
ship Haytien Republic Gremuch surprised
at the report that their vessel will sail
from Hayti in charge of an American
crew which sailed from here last week on
the Atlas line ship Galcna, to be delivered
at an American port subject to the dis.
posal OF this government. Mr.. Austin,
one of the agents, says he doesn't see
what either Hayti or the Atlas people
gain by this, and doubts very much
whether they can bring the Hayticn Re
public up here. She has no stores, no
fuel, nor anything else on board, and
must be in bad condition.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
Badly Burned by Natural Gas.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 21.-The residence
of Charles Wilthite, in the suburb OF
Haughville, was blown up by natural gas
yesterday, and Mrs. Willhite and an in.
FAINT were terribly burned. One of the
caps OF the valve had been left Off Icy the
plumbers, and when the gas was turned
on II filed the room where the cap was
wanting. Detecting the presence Of the
gas, Mrs. Willhite opened the door lead
ing TO the room, The volume of gas en-.
tered and was ignitcd by fire burning in
an adjoining room. The explosion fol
lowed, throwing Mrs. WilIhite through q
window into the yard aud setting fire to
10 her clothing. The baby was on q bed
in another room and was badly burned
before il could be rescued. Two rooms
Of the dwelling were torn to atoms.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
Stables for Colts i'm Winter,

Dirt floors are undoubtedly best for
stables in which young horses have 10
spend a good share of their time in winter.
but they should be well made. There is
as much to be taken into consideration in
the construction Of a dirt floor as any
other kind. First, the right kind of clay
should be used for the dressing. The
foundation should either be well drained
with thing, broken stone or rough ma.
terlal, or else be made Of loose gravel SO
that all moisture will soak through at
once and leave the floor dry. The floors
should be as level as possible. All the
necessity Of a slope should be obviated
by the proper kind of a foundation. The
managers in a stable should not be too
high. The natural way for horses to
feed is from the ground, and the nearer
natures suggestions are followed the bet
ter. The idea that high managers make
high-headed horses is too transparent.
If a colt has not style enough to naturally
hold his head high, all the high managers
in the world would not help him do So
StoCkman and Far,ner.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
AGRICULTURAL MATTERS,
The Feeding Value OF Potatoes and
Bran Compared.

Approaching the subject from the
chemical side we can get a pretty salts
factory and definite answer from that
point of view. AT % cents per bushel
potatoes are worth about 40 cents per 100
pounds. Calling bran $l2 per ton, we
have a cost of GO cents per 100 pounds.
SO that the question is which is the
cheaper feed, potatoes at 40 cents per 1Oe
or bran at 60 cents?" If Mr.. Sutton will
turn to page l04 Of the fourth annual re.
port of this station he will find a table
showing the digestible constituents of
our common food articles. | would say.
by he way, that this table will be insert
ed Tor convenient reference in the next
report, soon to be issued. and those who
are interested can secure a COPY, which
Will be sent free to all residents of the
state.
by the table We find 100 pounds pota-
toes worth 40 cents, contain | pound pro
TEN, 90 pounds carbo hydratcs; 100
pounds wheat bran worth 90 cents, con.
ain 1875 protein and A. pounds carbo.
hydrates and fat.
1T IS quite evident that the bran is far
cheaper thar the potatoes for feeding
purposes at the prices named. and if a
farmer can get 70 cents per bushel he can
afford to haul them some distance 10 ex.
change for bran at such prices. The
potatoes would require cooking If fed to
cows. | believe, however, that if one
should feed potatoes he will get rather
better results than would be indicated by
n chemical expression rs | have here
gwen Animals require variety in their
food III order to make the best gains, and
the farmer who feeds hay and bran or
cornstalks and bran all winter long will
find that for IA time his cows will show
remarkable results from almost any new
KIND of palatablc food they may receive.
1t will be seen, however, that in a dis
cusslon of this kind this side Of the uIes-
ton can hardly receive the attention If
merits, for we are asked to compare two
kinds Of feed and state as closely as pos
slble the worth of each.
The actual feeding value Of an apple
or pickle may be very small, but when
one system Graves either it is probable
that at that time ii is worth much beyond
what the chemist would assert. For this
reason potatoes may have . higher value
than | have given them, but if one is to
fee" a large quantity he may consider the
figures given as about corrcct.-W. A.
Henry IN Hoard Dairyman.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
Horse Blankets PAY.

Farmers often deceive themselves by
thinking they cannot afford to buy .
horse blanket, When horses are not
blankcted in cold weather, if they keep
IN good condition they must cat more to
keep them warm than a horse blanket
would cost. When spring comes a horse
that has been blanketed all winter is
usually worth $50 TO 800 more than one
which has not been blanketed. 1t is
money in the farmers pocket to blanket
his horse. No cloth is more deceiving
than horse, blanke, cloth, for weak blan-
kets, which will not wear, can be made
made TO look as well as strong ones.
Every farmer should be able to distinguish
the quality, so as not to be imposed upon.
st. Paul Globe.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-12-29
How Much Wheat?

The time has now arrived when the es.
Inmates for the wheat crop of 1888 should
approach very closely to the point at
which they will finally stand. The gov
eminent report for October figures out
about 405, GOO, 600 bushels AS the total,
against 455, 900, 900 bushels in 1897. The
Cincinnati Price Current THINKS this too
high, and estimates the total at 3S5, 900,
600 bushels, cutting off 1000, 000 from
the yield Of spring wheat and II, 600, 600
bushels from winter wheat as indicated
from Washington. From all OF this it is
fair TO infer that the reduction from last
year is no less than IL per cent. Last
years crop was credited with 5SI pounds
TO the bushel, while it is believed that
this year ii will be two or three pounds
less, which will still further enlarge the
dcfcit.-National Stockman and Farmer.