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The state herald., 1889-07-12
Was Determined to Beat Dick
Jones.

There were n dozen or more hy-
screen doors outside the store marked
''Only ti.30 each," and when the
farmer and his wife drove up, their at
tentiOn WAS at once attracted.
That's exactly what nm going to
ask for." she said. as she climbed
down over the wheel to tho platform.
"You wns. ehP I'd like TO know
what we want OF screen doorP" he
growled.
''what does other folks want OF
'cm?"
''Surc nun. II folks want TO buy
every grimcrack TINT comes out let
'em do II, but we han't got no mon cy
10 throw away"
"MOses. we've got TO have screen
door" she observed as she went closer
'Wc are the only folks on the whole
Center Line road without one"
"Has 1t hurt us anypn
Eyes, 1t has There wasn't tin
pcddlcr, lightning.rod man. piano
agent or chicken buyer who called
last summer but what throwed out IL
hint To u.s."
"And II they'd throwcd oul a hint
tllat We orter have door bell you'd
tlkc on till you got one. | s'posc."
Il don't say nothin' bout door bells,
cause folks can knock when they
come; but We do need n screen door"
What fur'"
''lhcy look rich from tho road, and
they keep flies and bugs out"
1--WE have kept house thirty eight
ycnrs now. md We ortcr be used to In
sccts. Bugs and files don't bother us
none. and they are healthy anyhow"
"Sec how cheap thoy nre Moses"
she continued In pleading tones.
"Yaas. but you kin buy the netting
fur five cents N yard white and green
Mnd yallar and all kinds. I toll yo,
Martha. wo can't afford It."
She sighed and was turning away.
when the hirdwaro man cane out and
briskly said:
!, "Ah. how nre you. folks Looking
& ni those screen doors. eh9 Powerful
nlcc things 70 keep fies out"
"Ya-as, I s'pose So" replied tho
fnriner. "but wo don't want amy.
rather like 10 havc flies around"
SWELL. ! couldn't let you have one
Of that lot, anyhow" Dick Jones
tnkcs tho whole lot anyhow. Dick
Jones takes tho whole Ave."
"whnt! Our Dick"
"Ycs. ovcr on tho corners"
"And he's all mortgagcd up and can't
buy n now plow"
.sThcrc. Moses. what do you thinki'
exclaimed the wife.
And Dick Jones has bought them
doorur no asked Of tho merchant
'Ycr, hc'll t,sko en-"
mo he won'tl just loid three Of
'cm Into my wngon' don't go much
on grincrncks. and know We don't
need cm, but hain't goin' to let no
turnip top like Dick Jones go swelling
around over mc-not this year. Como
along. old womnn, and pick yc out u
forty cent pair Of stockings -yc. You
,nay go ns high us 60l III be swashcd
II my family named Jones cnn sit on
our coat tnils!''--Ncw York Sun.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
A Tale of Sprinr.

Doctor dancing paticnt'a boilO--
These nrc worth dollar piece 10
your blood this ii'ec of ycnr."
pniIcot lsinylny his hand with u
grohn) -"Neyer niod lnDoing the rest.
,hen Your my wsic'a avn cousin aud
III lcsy you have 'em nll for ilfty copts
u p't"a Detroit FREQ Prcsa
The state herald., 1889-07-12
"NeccssIty Ii the Mother Of lnvcn.
finn I"

"l don't scc," said tho lady with
literary t,sics. ''wbcrc yon get
nll tho beautiful Ideas for your
poems. Mr.. Rondo. What do you find
your grcntcst intellectual stimnlusP'
"PlDin hunger. fnaJnm." replied
the bntd. somewhat -ndly. "did much
for William Of Avon. and ms Vt times
materially accelerated my own muse.
Mny hnvc the pleasure of taking you
iij " suppcrp' Puck,
The state herald., 1889-07-12
Out Hunting,

"My dear follow, you can't imagine
how felt the first time caught sight
ofa squirrel-a real, live squirrel! My
heart jumped into my throat. What
joy! What emotion! / raised my gun
to my shoulder, took aim and fired.
The gun went right Of"
"Yes; l hope you didn't miss"
"And 80 did the squirrel. ."-Judge.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
A Grateful Heart.

"Give me three cigars for dol
lar" said pink-shirted young man
In the Hoffman House.
Then he toiled luxuriously up to
Wo0dlawn, and gazinil ut his fathers
grave, tears OF gratitude welled from
his eyes MS he thought OF all the old
man had done for hlm.-Litc.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
xooNrlNENr.
'rs:tsr Part of Il ! Barrsl
for Arohaao1n~l.te


1restsr Paft q Il I parren
Ter Arohaeoiogists.
u seiofA 10 recent magazine
'ie tells OF the beAuties Of Mashuna-
10 South Africa, which he calls
richest country in that part OF tho
Ninent. According to all accounts,
eut eighty ye'rs ago Mashunaland
densely populated and all the for
svalleys were under cultivation, but
: Of tho people were killed BY
pger tribes and there is nothing
70 show that they ever lived except
Peep pits from which they took clay
faster their huts and make their
ng-pots and the clusters Of thorn
around the sites OF their villages.
ile North Africa teens with the
Slas Of the ancient Egyptian and
man civilizations, no other part OF
!, world Is so destitute Of prehistoric
pnsins as the remainder Of the dark
ntinent. Savage frica is now in
beginning Of the n n age, and not
til within tho past tw6pr three years
We any vestiges OF the stPne age been
scovercd. In all his wanderings J.,v-
gstone never picked up so much a.
iintsrrowhead. Recently. however,
lite number OF ancient stone imple-
,nts have been unearthed in Angola
I'D ON the lower Congo.
fThoro T.. Dua ,,avk ~ C...sl AS-a..
here extensive remains OF prehistor-
people have been discovered. This
jgion extends several hundred miles
land from the east coast, between ls
Nd N degrees south latitude. This
IL the region where Rider Haggard
laid the scene OF his story "She." and
the ruins OF great stone walls and
towers and cities that have been found
there leave no doubt that in prehis-
toric times the country was occupied
by civilized people, and that they
had not only one or two cities, but oc-
cupied large extent OF country and
formed fair-sized state. Some OF the
walls Of these ancient towns are II
feet thick ut the base and reach oven
now a height Of 80 feet Considering
the difference Of climate, 1t Is believed
that these ruins have stood nearly us
vel. rs the most enduring monuments
Of Egyptian civilization. sThese inter-
csting relics have not yet been scien-
tific lily studied, but 1t will be sur
prising II the explorations OF the future
justify the present supposition that
the founders OF these cities we're
PhGnician colonists. who while found
ing colonies in North Africa and Spain
did not neglect this far southern part
OF Africa where they were induced to
settle by tho discovery Of gold In It's
mountains and river-beds.
But In the most OF Africa there is
nothing left to disclose the stirring
history Of carly days, when wave after
wave OF population swept over the
land, as is still occurring to some ex-
tent, the newcomers building their
homes and founding such prosperity
as savage people enjoy upon the ruins
OF their predecessors. In the last
book Capt Wissmann has written he
has u picture OF one Of the surprising
street villages he discovered far south
of-the Congo. A few years later he
found these villages in ashes and their
builders killed or driven away, leaving
no trace that few more years will
not entirely obliterate.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
The Puritans were not spcculators, and
yet they frequently invested In stocks.

Al this season Of the year there are al
ways many deaths, particularly among
dysentefy, cholera morbus, cramps, etc,
but this season the cases seem TO be un-
usually frelucnt and fatal, and every one
ought To know that a sure and speedy cure
can easily bc obtained by taking = tea
spoonful Of PEnH, DAVIS PAIs KILLER In
sweeteDed water (hot water Ia the best,
every half hour until relieved. This rom
by every druggist.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
Stranded Porpoises.

A school ~ porpoises WAS stranded
on the rocks oear sarasota. Fin. last
week aud twcniy-.cven died bsioro
the return VI tho tide.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

From the weakening effects of warm weather. b,
bard work. or from long illness, you need 4
good tonic and blood purifier. Hoods Sara
psriils gives good nppr,ite, Strengthens thu
whole system. purihes the blood.
my health two years rso was very poor. NJ,
friends thought was going with consumption
commenced using Hoods Sar-sparilln. took five
sottles Of II. and to-day can do n- hhrd day
Sork as ever could. !, sayed me from III,
rrn,e and put me ON my feet sound man.
wfLL. H. d. TniBpsy. %isgonsvilie, Ohio.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

Is 1t probable that what d million wo-
men say after daily trial is mistakoi Thcu
say they kn0tp by test that Dobbins' Elec.
trio Is most economical, purest and best.
They have had "a years TO try IL. You give
10 ono trial
The state herald., 1889-07-12

The several climates Of Florida and Cal
ifornia have each been much prescribed
for sufferers from lung disease, yet thou
sands OF the natives In those States die OF
this fatal malady. A far more reliable
remedy Is to be had In every drug store In
remedy which is sold by druggists, under
the manufacturers positive guarantee
that, II taken In time and given fair trial,
II Will eject cure, or money paid for IL
will be promptly returned. Wo refer to
that world d-famcd remedy for consumption
Tor lung .scrofula) known as DIR. Piercc's S
Golden Medical Discovery. II is tho only
remedy for this terrible disease possessed
OF such superior curative properties us TO
warrant It's manufacturers In selling II
under guarantee.
DALI A....i.....i ii..... ....a 80 I.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

We desire 70 call the attention OF our
readers who want to take u delightful ex
cursion this summer to the advertisement
Of the Inter State Town Il Land Company
In another column of this paper.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

The man who registers at u hotel at
night can be said TO be on the 'rotired
list,u
The state herald., 1889-07-12
Modern American city life. It 1,

Modern American city life, it Is
truly said, is n battle OF the nerves.
To the continuous noise OF the street
celebrated French authority ascribes
the prevalence of nervous diseases In
cities. While the population OF Chi
cago during certain period increases
81 times, the deaths from nervous
disorders in the same period increased
2O.5 times. The fast life Of the peO-
pie accounts for much OF this wear on
the nervous system, for Chicago Is
said to lead in the national sin Of
hurry.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

rms Is DitlnR VIM fcinhrkcu thc mar
liner as he ran into the teeth Of the gale.
"S,iL to your business IA very good
ndvic/ but stlll there are great many
pcoJLc In tho world who have no regular
nn/ profitable business 10 stick To; ana
tNrc are others who ARE following u limo
VI business which In mnnifcstly unsuited
10 them. Now, when such IL the case, you
had better write TO u, r. johnson * Co.,
Richmond, Va, and soc II they cannot give
you n pointer. They have helped n prca,
many men and women along tho way IA
fortune, and now stand ready TO assist
you, too.
There is considerable OF breeze about
The state herald., 1889-07-12
All Run Down

A patch is often the sign OF poverty, but
not when II is n strawberry patch.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

"That's saw spot with me-" remarked
the tramp us he surveyed the farmers
woodpile.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

II we could use our own good advice ho W
happy we would bo.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

One by one the roses fall, but "ransiil's q
Punch &c. Cigar outlives them all.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
sheriG's Sale.

4, is an arFrayailon for a hungry tramp
10 Hnd only q fork In tho road.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
A Laughing Town.

"Ycs. have been In the town Of
y wp.s' "a, Asknnsnw. :" said Nom
'cago Press Club. IA
VI. named Warren.
a the Weekly Corn
town situated about
n Plummsrvills. One
The state herald., 1889-07-12

A NJ PRIEST, Druggist, Shclbyyiib
Ind. says "fiall's tatnrrh -
the beat Of satisfaction %"
icstt ne u rnrcs
taxed runglsir scl
The state herald., 1889-07-12

The only way to get hen out OF the gar.
den is 10 20 slow but shoo'cr.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
Climate for consumptives.

Every chef should be q base ballist Ii
order 10 catch the flies from the batter.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
The Lucky Number.

There il considerable Of breeze about
that Clnn.na Gael Society Just at present,
The state herald., 1889-07-12

Smoke Sheriff salc scgar. n strnight iOc
Havana cigar for tc.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

A vigorous foreign policy Ia ono that lives
10 yet Ont Of tho State Dopnrtmcnt
The state herald., 1889-07-12

This Is n biting wind remarked the mar.
iner Us be ran into the tneth Of tho gnlc.
The state herald., 1889-07-12
Hoods larsaparIIIa
100 Isses ono Dollar.

old by all druggist, 81; ,s for 81. Prepared onl,
. q. L. HOOD 4 %, Lowell MAss.
The state herald., 1889-07-12

hnu u i'W uHurcu tncHirclscr, DN gong
TO the outskirts Of tho town and shoot
ing at pretty near everything thnt
came along. This was little or no dis
order. In fact there wns only the
crowds. and tho commonplace talk.
aud the cowboys. and that mysterious
atmosphere. BY eleven o'clock there
must have been three hundred stran-
gers In town. every one In flannel
shirt and sombrcro.
AT midnight the streets began to
clear. and nm hour later only II fcw
groups were seen around the saloons.
There wis no unusual noise except nm
occasional drunken brawl. But TINT
strang. sense o! ununsincss continued
10 prcvnid the mir. mot tho sheriff
as ] wandered home about onc o'clock.
'Do you smell itp' he nskod.
"'Smcil whatp
Tho blood In the air. said hc.
with laugh. I've smcllcd II before.
ind know tho odor.
when ! got out next morning II
was with laugh nj my own nervous.
ness Of tho preceding night Two
hours before court began tho entrance
10 tho court house wins bcscigcd by
cowboys They formed compnct
crowd. mud when the doors we're thrown
opon broke Into the court room. filling
u 10 overlooking. The citizens Of
Hastings VINO wanted 10 attend the
trial arrived later. md hhd ,o hcnr
proceedings from thc:hnllway or not
70 hear them nj MI.
~ hai n scat within tho railing
commanding Wow Of court nnd spcc.
tators. Tho spectators Interested mo
more thnn the court. Tho farea were
Nil rough. nil bearded. NIL bronzcd with
sun mud weather. all strong In feature.
all silent. all intent, all watcbful. all
determined. A ] looked NJ them III.
same old fccllug Of the night before
came over mo In, rcdoubled force.
felt ns though 2crc In tho presence
vi ssmc mystcrlolie. intangible evil.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
EARN AND FlREslpE.

Farm horses keptin well-ventilated
stables when not at work will fare
better, usually, than at pasture fighting
flies.
Milk may be canned just as you
would fruit Bring the milk TO the
boiling point and fill your jars to the
brim with it, then shut air tight. This
will keep any length of time and be
Just as good when opened as when ii
was put up.
For green gage jam skin and stem
ripe green cages. Make sirup, using
three-fourths of a pound of sugar to a
pound of fruit and just enough water tc
keep the fruit from burning at fist.
Put the fruit in and boil quickly three
quarters OF an hour, skimming and
stirring often.
-Baked cucumbers. Cut fine, large
cucumbers lengthwise, scoop out the
seeds, and stuff them with dressing
made of cold veal or chicken, bread
crumbs, salt and pepper to taste, and
enough melted butter to make a smooth
pdSbS. LIS tuc bWO ndlNCS vi vic
cucumber together and bake in slow
oven. Serve hot as u side dish. - The
Housekeeper.
To can grapes. Pick them care
fully from the stems, taking care not
to tear the skins much; put them in n
porcelain kettle, with q little water;
stir them carefully and only enough to
make sure that they are well heated
through; then put them in the cans.
The pulp will then be whole, and the
sauce not all seeds and skins.
Little red ants, it is said. can not
travel over wool or rag carpet. One
who has tried it covered her floor with
coarse baize, set her sofa on that, and
has not been troubled since. She adds:
"Cover Il shelf in your closet or pantry
with flannel, set whatever you wish to
keep from the ants on it, and they will
at once disappear,
The Northern plan of husking corn,
that of building and putting the stalks
from two shocks together, is good
one. One needs rope, having u light
iron ring at one end, with which to
draw the tops of the bundles close
together, previous to binding tightly
so that no rain can enter, and SO that
the shocks will not blow over. The
more care. the more good nutritious
fodder will be saved.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
Pretty Girls of New Orleans.

On first visit to New Orleans one is
impressed by the peculiar appearance
of the women. One can see in New
Orleans more delicious-looking young
girls and more prematurely old-looking
women than in any city in the country.
The girls, up to the age OF eighteen or
twenty, are lovely. They have rich
compilations, bright eyes, the mingled
langour and vivacity that render the
Southern girl SO fascinating. Then.
too, in summer time most of them
wear white dresses with lace or open.
work sleeves and yoke, through which
a creamy, satiny skin glints with ag.
gravating attractiveness. There IL
but one word that fully describes them
to the masculine mind. They are de.
licious-looking. But they fade very
quickly, and this accounts for the mum.
ber OF old-looking women OF twenty.
five years or thereabouts one sees on
the streets, in the cars or in their car
riages. And when they get old-loolsing
they lose all their attractiveness. They
are any thing but delicious-looking.-
Cor. Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
MILDEW OF POTATOES.
Its symptoms and Causes and How to
RrcYcnf II

| SymptOma ouu Causes ana HOW &C
Prevent 1t.
The cooler and more moist sections
OF the country are where the parasitic
fungus, generally known as potato rot
attains its greatest vigor and activity
and 1t is only in the dry regions of the
great Western plateaus that the potato
grower can hope to wholly escape Its
ravages. The fungus attacks the
stems and leaves as we'll as the tubers.
On the leaves pale yellowish spots first
| indicate the presence of the disease;
these very soon turn brown, and If the
weather be warm and damp rapidly
blacken, indicating the total destruc-
ton of the tissues. The yellowing OF
the tissues progresses slowly, but rs
soon as the fungus has pushed out its
fruiting threads, which appears as a
white, downy coating on the under
surface, the discolorations proceed
rapidly.
The stems may be attacked directly
or the disease may reach them through
the leaves; in either case they become
blackened and soon die. There is no
doubt that the tubers may be and
usually are infected by the rain work
ing the spores down into the soil; hence
potatoes lightly covered with earth are
more likely to be infested than when
deeply planted. In this connection
Prof. Scribner, in his paper on downy
mildew of the potato, submitted to the
Department at Washington, suggests
that potatoes have second or pro-
tective molding at the first appearance
of that disease upon the leaves, made
in such manner that the uppermost
tubers shall have at least five inches of
earth over them, the tops being bent
at the same time so that they hang
over the burrows in half erect posi-
ton.
Prof. Scribner also calls attention to
the fact that at the time of digging the
crop the tubers may become infected
as they are taken from the ground by
spores from the decaying tops. If the
digging be delayed for a week or two
after the tops have become thoroughly
dead, and performed when the weather
is sunny and dry, there is little possi-
bility of infection at this period.
Potatoes should be entirely free from
surface moisture when stored, and
never should be placed where it is
damp or where moisture can collect
about them. Dusting the tubers with
air-slaked lime Zone bushel of lime to
twenty-five bushels of potatoes) before
storing is strongly recommended as
doing much towards preventing the
rot by the authority quoted. If during
the winter the potatoes are found to be
rotting they should at once be sorted
over and all spotted or unsound ones
treated with lime and stored where the
temperature is low and the atmosphere
dry.-N Y. World.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
HONEST ICELANDERS.
Education is Universal Among Them
Crime Practically Unknown.

Education is Universal Among Them an,
Crime Practically Unknown.
To the average reader Iceland is a.
little known as the interior OF Africa
Yet Iceland is famous country; ia
nous for the achievements of its he
roes, for the poetry and press it ha.
given to the world, and, above all, foi
The education which pervades al
classes.
The love OF learning is almost q
mania in Iceland, and it is the rares,
thing in the world to meet a native
who can not read and write.
Another admirable trait is the re-
markable honesty which prevails in
Iceland. Crime is almost unknown;
the people never lock their doora. and
but two cases of thieving are knorI to
have taken place in many years.
One was an lcelander, wht had
broken his arm, and whose fam,s,' in
winter were Suffering for food. He
stole several sheep and was finally de-
tected. He was ut once put under
medical care for his injury, provisions
were furnished for his family, and in
time he was given work. This was his
punishment.
The other case was German who
stole seventeen sheep. He WAS in
comfortable circumstances, and the
theft was malicious. His punishment
was to sell all his property, restore the
value of his theft, and leave the coun.
try or be executed. He left ut once,
well knowing the result if he fingered.
sabbath Visitor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
Burlington Routc-Through siccpcrs Daily
to Texas Points.

On and after August IL, 1889, the O., B.
& @. r. r. will run In connection with the
Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas Ry. from Hanni-
ton, Tex, without change, thus making o
new short, daily line between Chicago apd
Sedalia, Ft. Scott, Parsons, Denison, Ft
Worth, Waco, Austin, Houston, Galveston
and other points in Missouri, Kansas, Indian
Territory and Texas. Ihe sleeper will leave
"Eli' at 8 :45 p. M daily, connect with c., B.
& o. train leaving Peoria at 8 20 p. m. daily
except Sunday, and reach Texas points
many hours quicker than any other route.
Through tickets cap be obtained of Ticket
Agents of the Burlington route and connect
ing lines. p. s. Eustis, Gen'l Pass. & TlSt.
Agt., c., B. & Q. II. r., Chicago.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
Their Relative Sizes.

Committeeman Ordering badges ~.
the graduating class of Columbia Col
lege) design is to include Il grad
uate In uniform and a representation
OF the world in relief.
Jeweler-How large would you like
the figuresP
Committecman-O, make the gradu-
ate about two inches high and the
world about half an inch in diameter.
Jewellers Weekly
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
The Rest Testimonial

yet published tor any blood medicine is the
printed guarantee of the manufacturers OF
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
for which it is recommended, or money paid
for it viii be returned. 1t cures all diseases
arising from torpid liver and impure blood
and their names are legion. All Skin, Scalp
and Scrofulous affections, Eruptions. Sores
and Swellings, Sait-rheum. letter, Erysip-
elias and kindred diseases, are among those
in which the discovery" effected marvel.
GUS cures.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
Venom Inhaled with tho Air,

And imbibed with the water of malarious
locality, has still a certain antidote. Expert
ence sanctions confidence in Hostetter' g
Stomach Bitters as q preventive Of this
scourge. All over this continent and in the
tropics it has proved itself q certain means
of defense, and an eradlcant of intermittent
and remittent fevers and other forms of
miasma born disease. Nor is it less effect.
i've for kidney troubles, constipation,
rheumatism and nervousness.