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Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
A Change for the Newss,os.

Selling, newspapers is not what it
used to be, and tho average newsboy
has to get up and hump if he expects
to make both ends meet. One cause
for this is that local newsdeaiers sell
a larger number of newspapers over
the counter than they formerly did,
and the other cause is the fact that q
large number of women, especially el-
derly ones, have entered tho trade, and
you occasionally find a full grown
man selling papers. Those women
can bsseen On all the prominent cor
ners crying their papers and thrusting
them in the faces OF the people. They
have got most Of the best corners and
appear 70 be determined to hold on to
them. We DO not begrudge their
nickels, although they are fast getting
the best Of the trade. -Newsboy in 81.
Louis sbe-Democrat
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
ihe Tiger Beetles Digg!nS.

Tho eggs Of the tiger beetle arc hM
by tho parent insect where the hrva
will have 10 difficulty in selecting @
spot for sinking Its shaft. It begins
eycavoting by nipping of fragments
of the soil with It's jaws, which, In
stead OF projecting straight forward or
sloping down from the head, as Is al
most universally tho case, slant up
wards, rising thus above the level az
the margins of the concavc head su,-'
face. as Tic burrow daepens, a diff
Guilty arise, as to the disposal OF tho
PARTICLES Of soil removed. Then it Is
that the object OF the peculiar struo-
turo OF tho head becomes apparent.
While the animal is working with It's
head down in its buwow and its body
projecting above, the fragments Of
sand and earth, as removed by the up.
word sloping jaws, fall onto the con-
cavo surface OF the head, which is
thrown back till it is at right angles
to tho body, to receive them as Ia q
shovel orsaucer. A load having been
thus obtained, tho grub backs out OF
its bole by means Of its legs, carrying
its little sauccrful Of earth with iE
These operations are repeated till the
buuow Is Of sufficient depth, tie, ami
NAL always working with its head
downwan!s When, however, the
shaft IS completed, the grub rs-
verses its position, and drops into tho
hole with It's head upwards. II can
then work It's way up and down this
vertical shaft, much in the same way
as the chimney sweepers' boys used TO
climb chimncys, using legs and hooks
on the eighth segment to give it pur.
chase against the sides Of the burrvw.
Star.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
Contagious Blood Diseases

Ulcers, sores, pimples, itch. sail
rhenm, etc, are evidences Of con
taglous blood disease. Itis mani.
iesJiY q duty to eradicate blood
pois2" from the system by ause of
IS. u, Is. Botanic Blood Balm
thus enabling the places to heal,
and thereby removing all posslbili.
y Of other members Of the family
becoming likewise afflicted. Send
to Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ca,
for book tnat will convince.
}. II. OUTLAW, Mt. Olive N. c.,
writes; Il had running sores on
my shoulders and arms. One bot.
tie B. B. B. cured me entirely"
l.. Johnson, Belmont Station,
Miss, writes: "B. b. B, has work.
cd on he like Il charm. by head
hnd body was covered with sores,
and nv hair came out, but B. B. B.
healed me quickly"
W. j. Kinnin, Hutchons, Texas,
writes: "B. B. B. has cured nv
wife ofa large ulcer on her leg
that doctors and all other medicine
could not cure"
h. }. Rossmau, q prominent
merchant OF Greensboro Ga. writes,
Il know OF several cases Of blood
disease speedily cured by B. B. B.
Two bottles cured lady of ugly
scrofulous skin sores"
W. G. Birchmore & Co., Maxey,
Ga, writes: 'B. p. B. in curing
Mr. Robt. Ward OF blood poison
one Of most wonderful |
cures that ever came TO our
'lnowledye.'
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27

Disease lies in ambush for til.
weak; feeble constitution is i'll
adapted to encounter q malarious
atmosphere and sudden changes
of temperature, and the least ro-
bust are usually the easiest vic.
tins. Dr.. j. H. McLean's Sar.
saparllla will give tone, vitality
and strength to the entire body.
Soldby Gill
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
Bucklen's Arnlca Salye.

The best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, aud
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale
by Joe Shelton.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
A Neat Compliment,

Auber, who was chapel master at
the Tuileries under the second empire,
was confirmed bachelor. One even
ing, as the Empress Eugene was chat
ting with him, she asked if he never
had regretted remaining unmarried.
Never, mndarnc," replied the witty
old man, 'and less than ever now,
when think that Nine. Auber would
be nearly 80 years Old San Fran
cisco Argoneut.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
Failing Sight,

''Shortsightedness" depends on too
great conyexity Of the lens Of the eye,
so that the image Of any object Is
thrown too much in front Of the
retina-the surface which conveys the
rays of light to the brain. Long.
sightedness" is the reverse of the pre-
ceding; the rays are thrown beyond
the retina. Convex and concaye
glasses should remedy these several
defects Cor. Good Housekeeping.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27

II your digestion ls out of
whack, if you need q strengthened
or any appetizer, try Cheatllam's
Chill Tonic, 1t will bring you
out of the kinks.
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27
You ShOnld Know Il,

Reeds Chill Cure c contains no poison
aud is pleasant to take. A box Of pills
free with each bottle. For sale by J..
Taylor, Haynesville, ia. ana all drug
gists,
Homer guardian., 1889-12-27

The GUARDIAN is only
ST. 90 a wear.
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Horses for Farm Work.

The character Of the farm work
horse is not to be decided upon by its
appearance, but rhostlyby its perform
ance. Of course. soundness is a sine
qua non In estimating the value OF a
work horse, but how few farmers test
their horses by the amount OF work
done In the field or on the roadl The
best walking pace is as valuable to q
farmer as the best trotting pace is to
the owner of roadster. And horses
differ in their walking pace quite as
much as they do in the faster PAGES.
What Is the comparison between q
pair OF horses that will draw pillow
at the rate of two miles an hour and
another that will do the same work at
four milesp To pillow an acre Is worth
ct least ". Forty acres plowed Is
worth $50. The slow team earns $40
while the fast team earns $50. This
difference is equal to the interest on
$500 at 3 per cent So that the farmer
who keeps . slow team might profit.
ably pay e400 for q fast-walking pair
Of horses than the ordinary market
value Of The horses. o. 1900 or 4700
Tor the bettor animalsana yet mako :
prodt n. Yimsk 4
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The Street Railroad Business.

The Importance OF the street rail-
road business when compared with the
magnitude OF the steam railroads OF
the United States is very striking.
The figures OF 1887 show tabulation
OF 14S. 998, 60 miles of railroad and TO-
582 passenger cars. and passengers
carried but 42s, 225, 5t3 But the
following figures are more amaz-
ing: The horse cars of the city OF
New York carry 99,491, 1856 passen-
gers, almost half as many as are car
ried by all the. steam roads in the
United States II to this number are
added those carried by the elevated
road we have agtotal of 81, 021. 1924, or
almost as many passengers as are car
ried 10 New York City alone as are
annually carried by all the steam rail-
roads of the whole OF the United
States. The street railroads of the
State of Massachusetts carry over A.
0O0. 900 more people than all the steam
roads in that State. One road alone,
the electric line of the West End Conn
pany. OF Boston. carries nearly TO-
000. 00e more passengers than all the
steam roads combined. Railway Age
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ALEXANDRA DUMAS.

Two Excellent Anecdotes Told of tie
Famous Novelist's Books.
Two anecdotes are told OF Dumas
books, one by M. Edmond About, the
other by his own son. which show, in
brief space. why this novelist is SO
beloved and why he deserves our
affection and esteem. M. Villaud, q
railway engineer, who had lived much
in Italy, Russia and Spain, was the
person whose enthusiasm finally Sc
cured a statue for Dumas. He felt SO
much gratitude to the unknown friend
of lonely'nights in long exiles that he
could not be happy till his gratitude
found permanent expression. On
returning to France he went to con-
suit M. Victor Borie, who told him
this tale about George Sand. M. Borie
CHANGED to visit the famous novelist
just before her death and found Du-
mas novel, Les Quarante Cling" Gone
of the cycle about the Valois Kings),
lying on her table. He expressed his
wonder that she was reading it for
the first time. For the first time
why. this is the fifth or sixth time
have read Les Quarante Cinq' and
the others. When ! am i'll. anxious,
melancholy, tired. discouraged, moth
ing helps me againstmoral or physical
troubles like book Of Dumas. !"
Again, NJ. About says that M. NSarcey
was In the same class at school with
little Spanish boy. The child was
homesick; he could not eat, he. could
not sleep; he was almost in decline.
"You want to see your motherPn said
young Sarcey. mo; she is dead. !"
"Your father. thenp" mo; he used
to beat me. your brothers and Sis
tersPn Il have none" Then why
are you SO eager to be back in Spainp'
ITO finish book began in the holi-
days" ..And what was its namep''
Los Tres Mosqueterosi' He was
homesick for The Three Musketeers, !"
and they cured him easily. That. is
what Dumas does. He gives courage
and life to old age, he charms the half
conscious nostalgia, the hcimsoeh. OF
childhood. -Scribner's Magazine.
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THE NATIONS PRESIDENTS.

What Is Known Concerning Their Relig-
ious Views and Associations.
All that we can ascertain concerning
the religious views of the Presidents
of the United States is included in the
following: Washington was commu-
meant in the Episcopal Church. Adams
was the son OF Puritan parents. who
left England to enjoy religious freedom
in the wilds of America. 1t was in
tended by the parents of John Adams,
when they sent him to college, that he
should become a clergyman in, the
faith of the Puritans; but he soon
found himself too much of free
thinker to feel at ease in the rigid
pulpit of that day. He was often
called Unitarian, but OF dogmatic
theology he seems to have had very
little. Jeffersonzwas an Episcopalian,
nominally. but seems to have been
what is now called an agnostic. In
later life he was the originator of the
Charlottesville University, of which
he was chosen rector=-an Office he held
until Just before his death. Andrew
Jackson was real Blue-stocking Pres
byterian, proud OF his faith. Martin
Van Buren, was -staunch old Hol-
lander. not. we believe, communi-
can't in any church, but through his
Holland blood connected with and adj
herring to Presbyterianism. William
Henry Harrison, the grandfather OF
the present President. was dev oted
Episcopalian. Polk was OF Scotch
Irish descent, and had tho blood of the
Coyenanters in his veins. He was not
connected with the church OF his
fathers during his administration. but
WAS baptized on his death-bed. Pierce
was a Presbyterian. So was Buchan-
an. Hayes is u regular attendant Of
the Methodist Church. Garfield was
a member of the Christian or Camp
benite Church, both by choice and in
heritance. Arthur was the son of q
Baptist clergyman, but was not. him
self, u COMMUNICATE in any church.
Cleveland was the son of Presby-
terian dominic. was not church mem-
Der while in Office. though both he and
Mrs. Cleveland were quite regular in
their attendance at the services in the
First Presbyterian Church OF Wash
ington City. President Harrison is a
consistent Presbyterian and ruling
elder in the church. Toledo Blade.
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FAREWELL 1

Shmraer Il dead.
Soft TO the rose that droops her weary head
The wind brcathes low:
Farewell, oh sweeti I who have watched
thee grow.
Now watch thee die.
When next oh bcautuous rosei I.pass thee by
Upon the ground
scattered swe stpess thou wilt then be found.
Farewell, farewell
J Who have watched thee grow now ring thy
knelLr
Summer Is dead
The brown leaves cover her from foot to head.
The Ieaden sky
Weeps her sad death; the loud wird rushes BY.
A BIRDS sweet trill x
Kings from gold unged tree, then all Is still.
farewell song
To the strong boughs that sheltered him so long,
He wings his flight
Now, to another cline OF sun and light
And we must part.
With heavy tear-wet eyes, with bleeding heart.
Farewell we cry.
How many months, nay years may swift run by
Before we meet,
We can not tell. These days, these hours 80
=. sweet
Are at an end.
My heart Ii full OF sorrow, oh my friendl
We part and kiss
Farewell What sadder word on earth than
thisg
How soon alas
The summer days go BY, the hours pass
And bliss IS done
How swift, alas the course OF joy is run.
Osad FAREWELL
0 bitter word l-yet oft we hear its kneli
Each hour that flies
Is burdened with the passion Of It's signs.
When will 1t cease2-
When we bid life farewell, and soar to peace.
Cora Fabbri, in N. Y. Mail and Express.
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+ NEW YORK FASHIONS.
The Growing Popularity of Braided Go,

The Growing Popularity of Braided Gowns
Novelties In Furs.
Braided gowns continue to be
greatly in demand, and two pretty ex-
amples of this kind are we'll worth de-
sscribing. The one is in myrtle-green
cloth, braided deliberately in mix
ture of myrtle green and gold The
pointed bodice has q shaped vest of
braiding while similar designs are
brought down to a point below the
waist. starting from under the arms at
either side. The skirt is arranged
with long draperies frightened with
braiding and opening on the right side
over graduated panel formed entirely
OF five knife plaitings Of myrtle-green
cloth. With this gown q double
shoulder cape Of cloth is worn, made
with high collar covered with green
and gold braiding. and so arranged
that it can be worn either standing UP
or turned down. The other gown is
in a warm. red shade OF brown. called
dahlia, with full skirt, plated on
one side and trimmed there only with
two long lines of terra-cotta braid
ing, reaching from waist to hem
and forming kind OF panel.
The bodice is cut very short in
the waist, and opens in front over
crosswise folds OF terra-cotta silk. sur
mounted by o Directoire jabot OF fine
ly-plaited cream lisse. The bodice is
further finished with wide collar
turned back so as to show the braid
ing with which it is ornamented.
1t is somewhat early to touch upon
fur-trimmed garments, and yet they
are already displayed in the shops.
One example is trim little Jacket
made in what is technically known as
black-ribbed coating. and arranged in a
very becoming manner in front, with
two waistcoats. The lower one, OF
cloth. is cross-wrapped and handsome
ly braided, while the upper one. which
is like a plastron, is covered entirely
with black Astrakhanv fur. The deep
collar is lined with the same fur, and
can be worn either turned down or
standing up Ia Medicis. The deep
cuffs are also of Astrakhan, as well as
the edging Of the open jacket front
and the two covered buttons at the
back on the waist line. This Jacket is
novel and stylish. and, as our English
cousins say. has very smart effect.
-Leslie,s Weekly
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want him,

"A little. Maine girl, visiting New
York recently, went to the thcater two
or three times. On her return home
she was reluctant to go to church On.
Sunday, and made the remark that
''she liked those meetings best where
the curtains rose" Her father, who
was leading church member. eau
toned her about that remark when
callers were present. Shortly after
the minister was shown in and the
little girl entertained him awhile
alone. When her father entered the
room she said: Papa, I've told the
minister all about my visit to New
York. but didn't say any thing about
the meetings where the curtain rose
and ! amt agoin' to. either. I" Rock
land (Me. FREQ Press.
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4 'sfs "
Elaborate frilled covers of silk and
lace for cushions. toilet bottles. etc.
are gorgeous, but far from cleanly. a.
they catch and hold dust world with
out end Household.
Salt sprinlled on any substance
burning on the stove will stop tho
smell Salt thrown upon Goals blazing
from the fat Of boiling chops or ham
will cause the blaze to subside-
Oyster Croquetfes. Chop oysters
with q knife and measure them in a
bowl. take an equal quantity OF mashed
potatoes. add butter and salt to taste,
moisten with cream, make into rolls,
dip in beaten egg and then In crAcker
crumbs and fry in hot butfr.
Picked Fish. - Take sufficient
vinegar to cover the fish, put It on fila
stove in porcelain kettle, add spices
lima bag, and when hot put in the fish.
Remove the fish carefully when tender,
place in stone jar and y pour the
vinegar over them. Do not disturb
for four weeks. Yankee Blade.
In place Of tall celery glasses. for
merly in fashion. there are variety
of horizontal shapes on which the cell
cry stalks are laid. Similar shapes
are also used for asparagus, while
tiny dishes with folding sides are pro-
yided for after-dinner coffee spoons. :.
Household.
Sheep are not profitable II kept as
s'side business A flock that is
given the same attention thatis=be-=
slowed on other stock and kept as q
business venture, will pay larger
profit for capital invested than any
other class Of stock, but sheep pay
best when bred for mutton, rather
than for wool.
An under-fed orchard, says cor
respondent Of Orchard and Garden, is
apt to prove as Improbable as an I'M
der-fed animal The fruit is scanty in
quantity, size and quality, and such
fruit is getting less and less profitable
every year. According to my experi-.
ence. orchards much receive as good
culture and as much manure as grain
field; and when they get it, will pay
as well as, or rather better than most
crops.
We suffer the birds to be slaugh-
tered at all seasons Of the year as II it
were matter of no consequence
whether we have any birds or not. It
seems the farmers have suffered
enough already in consequence Of the
war against the birds, and would need
no arguments to show them the neces-
sity of protecting the birds. One
thing is quite certain, If the destruc-
ton of the birds is not stopped, and
that soon, the crops all over the coup-
try will be annually damaged much.
greater than now.
busting books each volume,
should be held tightly, SO as to pre-
vent the leaves from gaping, and then.
wiped from the back to the fore edge
A soft brush will be found useful IL
there is much dust. The whole ex-
terror should also be rubbed with a
soft cloth, and then the covers should
be opened and the hinges OF the bind
ing examined, for mildew will assert
itself both inside and outside certain
books, and that most pertinaciously.
1t has ,unaccountable likes and dis
likes. Some bindings seem positively
toinvite damp. and nlildew will attack
these when no other books on the same
shelf show any signs of 1.-THE Book
Lover.
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His world has been outside the ken
Of the woman, who can only touch
what was moment ago the habitation
of the spirit. once part OF her own,
now gone beyond her reach forever.
Nothing can touch him further. u
1t was the actress last night upon
the stage-her triumph and her ever
lasting farewell to all pos sible tri-
umphs yet to come.
She never revealed the reason. 1t
was a woman's expiation for long
years of wrong.
So Dock was after all person of
greater Importance in this worlds his
tory than he ever dreamed of in the
days when he sat at his newspaper
stall. Belgravia.
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1911 Z = I & s.
IL Il nat Little Less ghaa Deliberate Prs
- varies Ions -
Inc rove 81 trutn - saugns
matter Of course 70 al cntioron' ~
there y 700 mucn soseranee eens,lais
shown 20 the oDscurer IorIns y UNI
truth, sucn as exageeratlon' or ~ vP
poslte-unlust depreciatioh-or " sne
partial suppression "a srusn "en
and women who would MOI unaer any
consideration ten e posl.iye un..uen
for the purpose OF deceiving WIN or
lend In other ways tnat may =. eimes
be almost as bad. lney wni siientiy.
permit q friend Of acquaintance to oe
traduced wltnont. utterlng tne Mord
OF truth that might save his reputa-
ton; they Will give partial accounts
Of things, conveying 2 wrong impress
sion, sometlmes careiessly. sometimes
maliciously. But the commonest o.
Tense is t=ot-=exagge gerallon or !, y
Allowing tne Inauguration 70 auorn sne
actual facts. oometlmes TINS does
little narm' especially among irienos1
VINO know wnab allowance 70 make on
the statements MADE ana ~ y noe m
frequent TO md an exaggerator con-
sloereo ralner amusing IMAM VICIOUS.
Let there are occasions Wnen tne nao-
IT OF exaggeration may 40 muensnis-
cniei. Inc greae s'orm INA. mas juss
swept tne Atlantic seapoaru iurnisnes
many examples OF TINS Klno. TOT
twenty-iour hours OF more euere was
no oirece conlnuiiicatioll WIN .no
aInlcteo seasloe resores On eIe
Atiantlc coast news WAS oilicuis
70 optain. ~ came " Reporters
ON the mainland I'm tne shape ol
rumors or IN sne oaies toio ny ooa.uien
VINO brought nearsay inlormaeion rom
tne coast = ne WIDEST anu mos. Ga
travagant storles were circuialeu pe-
cause tney passeu iroh inousn y
mouth Q. persons VINO haa acquirea
the pernlcious naolt OF exaggeratlon
They meant no marin, out they guessed
That hotels ana scottages would pc
swept away, ana Inc next narrator
said they had been -sWept-awa5ys ana
others added particulars 70 ornament
the story Inc mlschleI arose from
the TACT that there were tens OF tnou-
sands OF guests at these seaside places,
with tens OF thousands OF relatives ana
friends IN the larger cities, all OF
whom were cruelty alarmed and Wor-
rled by stories, some OF whlch mad no
foundation IN TACT. when commune
cation had been opened it was found
that hotels reported to have been
swept away had not been touched BY
the waves; that others from which the
guests were said to have fled. leaving
their effects behind then. 1ad-been7
closed for the season, and that the
whole situation, bad as 1t was, had.
been grossly exaggerated.-This4 was
not, as q rule, the fault OF the re-
4porters.- who We're obliged TO transmit
the news as it reached them, but OF
their informants, who had never been
trained TO that full and complete
respect for truth that forbids ex-
aggeration as it forbids the
grosser forms OF lying. similar
tendency to exaggerate evil is shown
whenever a great calamity occurs
which can not for a time be reached
by trained reporters. 1t shows that
the absence of proper training in a
sincere respect for truth is widespread.
n is a fanlt that should be corrected
bv nrocant ond avomnle for tho vico
- aSssSesa -, T. ~. - ,s;ssh;ass
= Uts io. i",1s
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The increasing popular desire for
modern conveniences legitimates the
bslief that The court room Of the fu-
tnre win be supplied with wooden
jurv,nen, built in Nv the contractors
Washington rosk "A
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None but a mean man will up
braid his wife for powdering her nose
ON a sweaty day and then tnrn around
and comb his back hair up oversthe
bald spot on the Top Of his he'sl
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WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
PiIls9 They are q positive cure for sick
headache, and all the Ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pin a dose.
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IT rs said that the great oil fields Of Now
York aud Pennsylvania are rapidly becom-
ing exhausted. The supply has fallen from
100, 600 to AZ, 900 barrels per day. Search is
being made for new fields.
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BE moderate in your Treasures, that yoil
indulge our appetites Is to extinguish them