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The Causes OF nnniIl

Our readers are doubtless an familiar with
the Robinson poisoning cases. which have re-
Gently CORE TO light in Somerville, Mass, a
suburb OF Boston
IL seems that eight deaths have occurred
rom arsenical poisoning. seven in one
family, ann within five years IL is doubt
tu II the murderers would have been brought
20 Justice had not an organization in which
me victims were insured began an investiga-
son ~ 70 WY 50 many persons had sud
But the sensation from a medical mint ~
view connected with the case took pace in
boston at a recent nesting OF the Massachu-
sets Medico-Legal Society. when IL was
stated by DR.. Holt that there was general
IRnorancs or the symptoms Of nrscnical
Rossollns ana because OF such ignorance the
teoohson poisoning cases had gone on with
out aroEsing the suspicion Of medical man.
ms hoolnson cases were all treated by reg
uiar physicians, with correct diplomas men
supposed 70 know what they were doctor,ug
LOT, and to know the effect OF drugs on Ger
eA.l alseases Yet in the five deaths from
afsenlcal poisoning of which we spoak. car
nhcates OF death were given for pneumonia.
typhoii FEVER, meningitis, bowel disease
and Brights disease. ''-''
such commentary on the general j.no
rance OF the medical profess sion. made bv one
q parallel.
Is it any wonder that patients ars Iosino
Iaith in thoir doctors. Here were five nj =.
5olied people slowly poisoned with arsenic
before their eyes, and yet those very wise
MEDICAL men were doctoring them for pneu
MONA, typhoid fever, meningitis, bowel
disease, and Bright's disease
In the very same manner thousands Of
patents ars being treated this day for pneu-
monil, heart trouble, dropsy, incipient con
sumption, etc, when these are but symptoms
OF advanced kidney disease, which il mt an
other name for Bright's disease. The doctors
90 not strike at the seat Of the disease-the
Kidneys, and il they did nine times ont Of
ten they would fail-as they are on record
as saying they cannot cure Brights disease
OF the kidneys. Rather than nss Warmers
SAFE Cure, well known specific for this
ana oil other forms of kidney disease thew
would let their patients die, and then give n
death certificate that death was caused Inv
pSricarditis' apoplexy, phthisis or cardiac
Is this not the honest TRUTH Do Won not
kno" in your own personal history very
many instances where physicians doctored
tue wrong disease, and caused untold suffer
ing, and many times DEATH Which leads
US to remark that very much can be learned
by ones self by careful obser walton, and that
the doctors are very far from having n
monopoly Of the knowledge Of medicine or
disease. "
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As you learn, teach; as you get, give; as you
receive, distribute.
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PEERLESS DYES s sES sA S4 nssS;
consul p ton

lhave positive medy for the above disease by ite use
Thousands worst kind and of long standing
have been cured So strong my faith in It's efficacy that
] will send two 3ottes free, together with valuable
r. o. address. T .. sLocOM. NJ 2, ISL Pearl St, n
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing
so gent as real strength.
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Ayers Sarsaparilla

for Rheumatism, with entire success and.
after careful observation, declares that, in
his belief, there is no medicine in the world
equal to it for the cure of Liver Disorders
Gout, the effects Of high living, saE
Rheum, Sores, Eruptions, and ali ths
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELAND's permission to invita-
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative rJxers Of
AYERS SARsAPARILLA to see him person.
ally either at his mammoth Ocean Hotsl
long Branch, or at the popular Leland Hotel.
Broadway, 27th and 2sth Streets, New York.
Mr.. LELAND's extensive knowledge OF the
good done by this unequalled eradicator of
blood pOisons enables him to give inquirers
much valuable information.
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Sold ry all Druggists 81. sis bottles %, g.
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WINKs-Has your wife a cheerful
disposition? Minks %, yes; very
cheerful Last night when | was dane.
ing around the room on one foot, after
having stepped on tack, she laughed
nil her sides ached
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A few Hamburg Figs will cure the worst cases
If constipation aHd Indigestion, and their occa-
troubles. % cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug
Co. N Y
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HAVING greatly enlarged our business by
Ill securing two large warehouses for store
Jug the immense stock of goods that we are
compelled to carry to supply the extraordi-
nary increase in our trade. We will say, that
we are now prepared to meet all demands for
goods in our line at prices that will satisfy
al buyers. We are large receivers of Flour
and Grain from the West. Groceries and
Liquors from first hands and with the expe-
renee of twenty five years in the business
we can safely promise our friends that we
will meet their expectation 8. Remember our
Farmers Brands of Flour. "White and Gold"
Fancy MINI. patent, "Tryphenia." Fancy
Winter patent; "brusilla," Choice Winter
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Reau," Choice Family.
Goods packed and delivered to Transport
tation companies free of charge.
Buists' celebrated Garden Seeds in large
assortment.
q. B. EARNSHAW & BRO,
Cor. IL and NJ streets $. f.,
WASHINGTON. Dc.
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"A clergyman, after years of suffering from
mat ioathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
prescription which completely cured and saved
pln from death. Any sufferer from this dread
iui disease sending a self-addressed stamped
SSn.Velope 10 Prof. }. A. Lawrence, IS Warren
St. N. Y, viii receive the recipe free of charge
One of the sublimest things in the world /.
,la.r,
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10 The EditOi-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its vir-
tues that | will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will give
me his p o. and Express address. RespTy,
II. G. ROOT. M. q. l83 Pearl St. New York.
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liam 'cted with sore eyes use DrIsaac Thomp-
SON EyeWater Druggists sell at25c per bottle
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AT an adjourned meeting OF III.
FARMERS AND PLANTERS AGENCY
Of Baltimore City, held at their Old
on Wednesday, the goth day of February
1899, joe SHEPHERD was elected Presi
dest; ]. p. BRIscoE, President
SAMUEL NJ. Kinks, Cashier, C. W.
DoRsEr, Treasurer, and L. Z. KINKS,
Secretary.
The Board of Directors for the wear
1889 was elected as follows:
JOE SHEPHERD. of Anne Arundel Co.
Up. BRISCOE, of Calvert Co.
JIM. CRAWFORD. Of Calvert Co.
p. II. TUCK, of Baltimore City.
ADRIAN POSEY, Of Charles Co.
sAM'L NJ. KINKS, Of Frederick Co.
G. w. DORSEY, of Calvert Co.
L. Z. KINKS, Of Frederick Co.
J. Frank Talbot. Calvert Co.
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Consumption. Wasting p,.e,se,

And General Debility. Doctors disagree as to
the relative value of Cod Liver Oil and Hypo-
phosph ties: the one supplying strength and
u SD, the other giving nerve power, and act
Ing as tome TO the digestive an d entire
system. But in ScoTT's EMULSION of Pure
God Liver OIL with Hypophosphites the two
are comb ned, and the effect is wonderful
Thousands who have derived no permanent
benefit from other preparations have been
cured by this. Scott's Emulsion is perfectly
palatable and is easily digested by those who
cannot Tolerate plain Cod Liver Oil.
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too lit e. $500 ~
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Baltimore i Potomac Railroad
NORTH. TIME TABLE. SOUTH

After Sunday, December goth, 1881, the
fins on this road will run as follows:
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Largest Hotel Enterprises
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in many similar
cases, and he has never yet heard of its fail.
ure to effect radical cure.
Some years ago one OF Mr.. LELAHp's farm
laborers bruised his leg. Owing to the bad
state Of his blood, an ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. Hor.
rihIe itching Of the skin, with burning and
darting pains through the lump, made life
almost intolerable. The leg became enor.
mously enlarged, and running ulcers formed.
discharging great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. No treatment was of any
avail until the man, by Mr.. LELASD's direc.
ton, was supplied with AYERS sARsAPA-
RILLA, which allayed the pain and irritation.
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored the limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-11-16
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Corn Harvest

In the southern part of the cotton
region the close of September should
find all the corn gathered and stored
away. There is absolutely nothing
gained by letting the crop remain in
the field-on the stalks-after it is dry
enough to keep well in bulk in the
shuck. Our peculiar custom of gath
ering and storing the ears only. ena-
bles US to do the work at once and In
few days. Our own rule was to COM
mence about the 10th of September
and make job of diminishing before
suspending. The main crop of corn is
usually ready to gather-dry enough
to keep perfectly-in about five
or six weeks after the fodder
was pulled, or would have been pulled
under the prevailing Southern custom.
The stripping of the blades scarcely
hastens the drying Naturally. the
ears OF corn are ripe before the blades
have commenced to die; and the proc
css of drying goes on in the cob and
grain. regardless of the presence or
absence of the blades. On level and
gently-rolling land-indeed wherever
q wagon may be driven along the rows
with facility. it will generally be found
. moro expeditions plan to drive the
wagon and team along the middle row
of q set of four to six rows of corn
Zone row TO each handy and thus
gather the crop by breaking the
e..rs and throwing them directly
into the wagon. all hands going
with the wagon to unload. OF course
it is not recommended where the field
is a long distance from the barn or
''crib." We practiced the plan for
many years with great satisfaction.
The only enemy that preys on a we'll
locked Southern corn crib is the corn
weevil. Gathering the corn when the
shucks are wet or Immediately after u
rain, or permitting it to rain on the
mass of corn in store before putting on
roof, are generally believed to lessen
the depredations OF this insect pest
We believe the sprinkling of success
sive layers Of corn lin the shuck"
with salt water, and interspersing
plentifully the leaves of either black
walnut or China. is a more or less
effective protection Southern Gull
ivator
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country last spring, and attributed to
storing or bulking cotton in wet con-
dition last fall 1t is often the case
that seed cotton gathered too wat or
green is pushed through the ginning
process, and the seed thrown into bulk.
OF course they will heat and spoil
more or less. A good plan to handle
and secure the planting seed for next
year against the usual sources of
damage is to gather when the
cotton is dry, from the middle
portion of the opening crop. sun
1t If necessary, gin carefully
and closely, sack the seed at once in
guano or other sacks, and hang up in
q dry place as you would hang up
bacon hams. This will permit the
seed to dry without danger of heating,
protect from rats or other vermin, and
they are ready to handle and move to
the place where wanted without loss
or delay.
The suggestions made about select
ing seed corn apply with equal force
to selecting cotton seed. Every farm
er should pick at least as much with
his own hands from the most care
fully selected stalks as will furnish seed
to plant his next years seed patch. -
Southern CultivatOr
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She was as pretty a. picture and 80 AMI
mated and lively that it did one good to look
at her. She scds all this but she II not now.
Poor soul, the roses linger no more in her
cheeks, the former luster Of her eyes "
gone. She is woe-begone looking piece OF
troubles 30 common to women and needs
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t re-
cupcrates the wasted strength, puts the
whole system right, restores the roses and
the luster and makes the woman what she
once was, bright well and happy. "Fa-
vorite Prescription 10 the only medicine
for women, sold by druggists, smder Q pos-
It viii give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded. This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
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HERE AND THERE.

This is the season for Matching
the bantam chicks il you wish them
to be as small as possible.
As soon as tho peach and pear
crops are OF cultivate among the trees
to kill out the grass and weeds, in
order to save labor next season.
Next month lawn grass seed may
be sown for the spring crop Of lawn
grass. Spade the ground we'll and
rake the seed in, but cover very
lightly.
As soon as the sweet corn becomes
too hard for family use the stalks
should be cut down. as the fodder is
then in the best possible condition for
stock.
HORTICULTURE is nothing more than
intensive agriculture Cultivating the
soil and raising fruits was probably
the first occupation our ancestors had
any thing to do with.
1T is wild claim to make for any
breed that they lay the largest. rich
est, the most and best eggs. Each
breed has good merits. but none can
really make and hold this claim.
III q COW il we'll masured before
being bred she will not only prove {
better breeder. but viii bring much
better quality Of pigs. for early breed
Ing ct TIE eoVQ geusee Vook9qge - ~
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TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA

Dement'S Resulting from Warm Salt Bath
Taken Before Retiring.
One OF the most effective inducers to
sleep is a warm salt bath taken before
retiring. This will almost always put
O restless child to slumber il it is we'll,
and if it is we'll fed after its bath.
Sleeplessness in an adult is more diff
cult to contend with. A warm salt
bath may not always act as quickly.
but it is worth trying. i: there is any
tendency to cold feet, put warm bot
tie at the feet after bathing, and in
many cases a restful sleep will follow.
It is far better to resort to every sub
terfuge to induce sleep before resorting
to any sleeping draught. Sometimes a
few crackers or something else eaten
just before retiring will induce sleep
when nothing else will. For this pur-
pose many people keep cracker-jar
in their rooms. The thin wafer crack
srs are excellent for this purpose. For
the dry, burning sensation in the palms
OF the hands and soles Of the feet which
induces sleeplessness, sponge them In
ammonia and water or vinegar and
water. The continued dwelling on a
certain thought may be Of value. A
frequent remedy Of this kind is to inn
agine an endless flock of sheep stepping
one by one over stile. The continual
monotony of the imaginary movement
will soon put wide-awake person
asleep. A famous physician put his
sleepless patients to drowsy slumber
by an arrangement by which they lis
tened to the constant dropping of water.
drop by drop, on metal. If a person
is habitually wakeful at night, 1t Il
wise to give up tea and coffee at night,
and drink in their place a bowl oil
fresh milk heated quite hot-N. 7.
Tribune.
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FACTS ABOUT VERTIGO.



IN Persons of Full Habit 1t May Precede
An Attack Of Apoplexy.
Any disturbance of the blood circu-
lation in the internal ear. especially in
that portion known as the semicircular
canals, will give rise to q feeling of
dizziness or vertigo. This symptom is
by no means uncommon. and is so often
felt by persons who are otherwise in
perfect health that little attention is
generally paid to it. 1t Is true that in
many cases one may be perfectly safe
In not needing it. yet recurring or pro-
longed attacks of dizziness should
never pass unnoticed.
In what is known as Meniere's Dis
case. which is associated with a chronic
, affection Of the internal ear. the patient
suffers paroxysms Of intense dizziness.
accompanied with loud ringing in the
ears, the attacks becoming more and
more severe and prolonged as the dis
ease progresses. s.
In the great majority of cases. how
ever, the explanation of the vertigo is
to be found in some local departure
from the normal condition, the real
source OF the trouble being, perhaps,
atsome distance from the parts affected.
In tie ear itself we may have a
foreign body pressing on the drum
Membrane, or an increased pressure in
the drum cavity, such as happens when
the passage to the ears is stopped and
an excess of fluid accumulates. The
same condition may arise also from an
error of vision. In which case it can be
explained only by the intimate nervous
connection between the two organs. an
over-straining at enc portion OF the
nerve circuit showing its effects at the
other.
Most interesting Of all. however. is
the connection between this symptom
and certain disturbances of the stom-
ach. Vertigo and nausea often go to-
gether, as In the case of persons who
swing violently. or in those who are
sea-sick. BY means of the intimate
nervous connection, any irritation or
disturbance of the functions of the
stomach will react on the blood supply
of the ears, and vertigo may thus be an
Indication of indigestion or an over
loaded stomach.
The heart is still another organ con-
nected with this same nervous chain,
and this fact explains how it is that
palpitation is sometimes met with un-
der similar circumstances. This fact
may serve as an additional warning
against the use of alcohol and certain
drugs which cause dizziness when
taken into the stomach.
In persons of full habit, with large
excess OF blood. vertigo may precede
an attack OF apoplexy. In any case,
the wise course is to avoid all effort
and remain in reclining position
while the attack lasts.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Simultaneous observations taken
In all parts of the country show that
nearly all great storms follow the same
geneval direction. from the west to the
east The same is true Of cold or hot
waves Therefore. to tell what the
weather will be in advance, We have
only to find out the conditions PREVAIL
ingwest of us This Is practically the
course pursued by the Signal Service.
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seeds of cultivated grasses. extending
through the month OF October. accord
ing to latitude.
In the northern part OF our territory.
September is the best month If weather
conditions are favorable. October will
be time enough for the middle region,
and any time during November. De-
cember and February, as the inter-
tropics are approached. The object
should be to SOW long enough before
severe winter freezes to enable the
young grass to take good hold upon
the soil to reach that stage ut and after
which frost will not affect it. Some
species 'of grass and other forage
plants QLucerne and clover. for in
stance) are more tender in the seed
Leaf stage than others, and are liable
to be killed outright by severe frost
We have already suggested the
grasses that win be most likely to
succeed in the cotton region, and the
directions for sowing. Orchard grass,
oat grass. Rescue grass and Bermuda
grass would be most likely to succeed
in the hands of an inexperienced farm
err, and on the greatest variety of
soils. To these, on more select soils
and for special uses, may be added red
clover, white clover. Bluegrass. red
top, Johnson's and Lucerne- For u
pasture quite a number of different
species of grass mixed and sown to-
gether gives the best results, not only
because of the doctrine OF natural SCI
lection and the survival of the fittest.
but because also the tax on the soil is
really not so severe as in the case OF
only one species occupying the land;
and for the additional reason that the
taste and appetite of the different ami
mails is gratified and stimulated by va
riety in the heroage provided.
In our humble opinion, just as GER
tainly as that 'all flesh is grass" the
future agricultural prosperity of this
South land will largely depend upon
the substitution of system of which
grass and stock husbandry shall DO a
very prominent feature. 1t is SO in all
old and prosperous agricultural c0un-
tries, and must be SO in ours. But we
will not press the argument; now is
the time for action. Get ready. buy
the seed and SOW grass. We would
not advise every farmer to go at once
into grass culture on a large scale,
without having had any experience on
the subject. The cost of seed will
generally prevent very extensive
venture into it by farmer who has
not realized to some extent the value
of grass when cultivated 1t is best
to ''go slow" Ia inaugurating so radi-
cal a change as the substitution Of one
system OF husbandry for another.
There is much to learn that can be
learned only by actual experience.
But every farmer should gain this ex-
perience as soon as possible, and be
prepared to broaden his pastures and
meadows in the near future A good
beginning may be made by learning
the value of barley, rye and oats as
winter pasture grasses, the latter as
merely incidental to its coming crop
Of grain. There is absolutely no bet
ter grass for winter pasture than bar
ley or rye, for one winter alone. the
only drawback being its short life as
an annual. Dixie Farmer.
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-Greensburg, Pa, says the Argus.
has several residents who, although re-
siding there all their lives, have never
ridden in a railway car. never smoked,
chewed or drank. never have been In
side q church. never exercised the right
Of suffrage, never read a newspaper.
nor. to their credit be it said. have they
ever been guilty Of the crime Of base
ball playing or Of witnessing the de-
moralizing game. And yet they are .
lsw-abiding class, and possess the love
and affectionate regard Of all who know
them.