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The Germ orlaln Of Lookiaw.

Some interesting points regarding
lockjaw were brought out by DR..
Henry Lehman, of Philadelphia,
in the course of his lecture on the
chemical causation of disease at the
Academy Of Natural Sciences recent
ly.
He considered lockjaw or tetanus
to be caused by the development of
an organic poison in the system.
These tetantus bacilli, he observed,
"are little rod-like vegetable forms
of great minuteness, looking, under
the microscope, not unlike pieces of
broken up match sticks. This bacil-
ius adheres to various objects, such
as a rusty nail or rake left lying
out in the air or other similar things,
and when these pierce the skin the
poison is introduced into the body.
at is incomprehensible to many
people that puncture from rusty
nail in the foot or little cut or
scratch in some part of the body can
cause such terrible suffering and
death, but when the bacilli are taken
into the system and get into the
warm blood they multiply with won
derful rapidity and are soon scatter
ed through every part of the system
in great numbers.
DR.. Lehman related a fairly-well
authenticated case to prove the germ
origin of tetanus. During an earth
quake which occurred within the last
few years number of people who
had taken refuge in couple of chur-
ches were injured by the collapse of
the buildings. 1t was found that
many of the wounded from one of
the churches Were stricken with te-
tanus, while those from the other
edifice were unaffected. A careful
examination resulted in disclosing
the fact that the walls and interior
of the former church were swarming
with tetantus germs, while the other
was free from them. Every person
in the infected church who was
wounded by flying bits of plaster or
wood ran the risk of being stricken
with lockjaw.
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But he Wasn't Arrested

81 want man arrestedin she
gasped as she drove up to the curb
stone and beckoned policeman tn
stop.
"For what, a'am ?n
@He insulted me back there.p'
"Who was it ?u
"The driver of that ice wagon down
there"
"What did he say 7"
CT was coming down on the
wrong side of the street, as is the
privilege of our sex, and he had to
turn out to avoid me. When got
opposite he hollered at me.n'
"What did he boiler 7n
Something awful"
"But what 9'
"He hollered That's just like a
woman = Please have him arrested
at once. Detroit Free Press.
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He Objected TO Cigarettes.

Three laborers were smoking their
pipes during the noon hour q few
days ago on South Fifth avenue, says
the New York Times, when WELL
dressed young man came briskly
along holding an unlighted cigarette
in his fingers.
My man." said he to one of the
laborers, twill you accommodate me
with light 2"
Sortinly, sor," replied the laborer
stolidly, and he fumbled about his
clothing until he found a match,
lighted it, and passed it up to the
young man.
"Thanks, said the cigarette-smok-
er, "but it wasn't necessary for you
to light a match. ] would as lief
have lighted my cigarette from your
pipe.'
"0i don't doubt it, sor, Oh don't
doubt it," returned the man, "but do
We see, Oh wouldn't as live We would.
Whiniver we want light fer yer slg-
gerit an Oh have a match it's yours,
do We see, but if Oh don't have a
match you'll niver light wun of thin
things in my poipe."
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Millions in Mortgages.

Mr.. Luther J. Kaufman, of Ian
caster, delivered an interesting adj
dress on Saturday last at the far
mers' institute, held under the
auspices of the Berks County Agri-
cultural Society, at Reading. Mr..
Kaufman dwelt upon the great de-
preston in agriculture in Pennsyl-
vania, and produced arguments, sta
tistical and otherwise, that the farms
in the East, exclusive of improve
ments, were worth no more now in
the market than those of Nebraska
and Kansas. He stated that the
mortgages on the farms in Berks
county were $9,000,000, and in Ian
caster county $25 100000. In clos
ing his address Mr.. Kaufman said
that the cost of issuing and distribu-
ting currency by the government
was one-quarter of one per cent, and
he wanted to know why, this being
the case, the farmer should not be
able to secure loan on his farm for
one per cent. He said the great &C
cumulative power of money at pre-
vailing interest rates was one of the
chief causes of present distress, and
urged the farmers of Berks to secure
from Congress the establishment of
national banking bureau, which
should issue and loan money to all
citizens upon good security at one
per cent. He left number of petit
tions to this effect, which were sign
ed by many of those present.
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A dispatch from Belair to the Bal
timore american under date of the
9Th instant, says. There will be no
statement from Mr. Archer OF pres
emit, and it is more than likely there
will be none from him at all. For
the past week or two several of Mr..
Archer's intimate friends have
expected that he would say something
for the public, and they stated as
much 10 several persons. Yesterday
three of his most intimate friends
met, and it was decided that nothing
should be said at all. The advisable
of making a statement would be re-
ferred to counsel, and Mr.. Archer
would act upon their advice. One
of the gentleman who was present
said there would probably be no
statement in the matter for month,
if it was made then. This gentleman
also said that then it might be made
to the Governor or to the legislative
committee. When it was stated last
week that Mr.. Archer might say
something for the public, it was OPP
posed by some of the bondsmen and
others; and that was probably the
reason why it was abandoned. If
here had been no opposition to it, it
is..more than probably that he would
have given out something. 1t is GER
tain that Mr. Archer has discussed
the matter with his bondsmen, but
none will say what he told them.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-04-19

| One of the young housekeepers
asks for help as to the best modes of
cooking meats. would say much
depends upon the selection of the
meat. When selecting beef, to test
it, press with the fingers if the i'm
preston rises up quickly it is fresh.
If it remains or rises slowly it is not
SO good. For steak the sirloin and
porterhouse are the best, and very
good steak is a rib steak, cut from
between the ribs the rough and
rounds are usually tough. For roasts
the rib pieces and sirloin are most
used twenty minutes to the pound
is the rule for roasts of beef.
In buying veallselect that which is
from four to six weeks old. The
hindquarter is the best, as it contains
the loin and leg. The forequarter is
used for stews and chops. 1t should
be firm, and the fat white.
Mutton should be fat, and the fat
clear and white; if yellow it is old.
The lean should be of deep red col
or. For roasts get the shoulder or
loin; for boiling the leg, and the
steaks are cut from the round of the
leg.
The best method of cooking beef
is to boil it; but in broiling or frying
do not salt before or while cooking,
as it draws the juices out. To broil
it have the gridiron well creased with
suet or butter, lay the steak upon it
and place over the hot coal. When
doneon one side place upon warmed
dish, cooked side down, with little
butter ON it place upon the gridiron
again and cook the other side. When
done place upon the dish again,
spread with butter, season with salt
and pepper and serve on hot plates.
To fry beefsteak have the frying
pan quite hot, put on the steak, let
it remain few moments, loosen with
knife and turn quickly several
times repeat this, and when done
put on hot plate, salt and pepper
and put bits of butter on it. Never
use any grease when putting into the |
pan.
Veal outlets should be fried brown |
in sweet lard or beef drippings. Dip |
into batter made of half pint of
milk, well-beaten egg and flour, and
fry again; or before frying dip in
egg, then in cracker crumbs and fry.
To stew veal boil it for an hour in
water enough to cover it add a doz-
en- potatoes and cook half an hour
longer. Before taking up add hall
pint of milk and -four enough to
thicken season to taste. Broil NUT
ton chops the same as beef, and stew
the breast and prepare it the same as
the veal stew. These are only the
common ways of cooking meats at
our house, but hope they will be Of
some benefit to the young house
keeper.-Stockman and Farmer. |
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A Considerate Debtor.

Collector-"When arc, you going
to pay this bill? / can't be com ing
here every day in the week."
Debtor-"Well, what day could
you come on conveniently"
81 could cab on Saturday"
"All right ;; from now ON I shall
expect you every Saturday, Texas
Siftings.
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u You Want to be Loved,
Don't find fault.

Don't find fault.
Don't contradict people even il
you're sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the af-
fairs of even your most intimate
friend.
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't believe that everybody else
in the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have new
er had any opportunities in life.
Don't believe all the evil you hear.
Don't repeat gossip, even If it does
interest a crowd.
Don't go untidy ON the Plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't be rude to your interiors in
social position.
Don't over or under dress.
Don't express positive opinion
unless you perfectly understand
what you are talking about.
Don't get into the habit of vulgar
izing life by making light of the SEN
timent of it.
Don't jeer at anybody's religious
belief.
Don't try to be anything but a
gentle woman-and that means a wo-
man who has consideration for the
whole world and whose life is gov
erned by the Golden Rule, ''Do unto
others as you would be done by"
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WILLING to PLAY THE PART

WILLING to PLAY THE PART
Jones was conversing with friend
who complained of the dissolute ways
of his nephew and heir.
"But you should give him good
talking to-" urged Jones.
"No use, dear boy !; he never lis
tens to anybody but an IDIOT
"Perhaps," suggested Jones, with
great modesty, ga few words from
me might have the desired effect. y
Judge.
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"Well," said Mr.. Hitler, angrily,
to his wife, "there isn't person in
the world who regrets being married
more than / do"
"Don't be too sure of that" was
his better-halfs comment, still you
hear my opinion on the question. y
Philadelphia Times.
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Had Been There.

i've been robbed" shouted . man
in Trumbull avenue car the other
morning as he felt for his wallet TO
pay his fare.
"Sure you had your purse when
you got on the ~ queried a fell
low-passenger.
NO.
sSure you had it when you LEFT the
house 2"
"No.n
Where did you leave il last
night ?"
''In my coat
"And who got up first this morn
ing?"
"My wife"
"Humphl I've been right there
myself | always threaten to start
for California, and my wife gives it
over to me. Detroit Free Press.
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THE Sort OF Poem 1T WAs.-"You

THE Sort OF POEM 1T WAs.-"You
have been writing poetry to sister,
said Willie.
eyes, admitted the youth.
"What kind of a poem was that
last one you sent her 2"
"Oh, it was sort of apostrophe."
"Well, if you'd a seen the way pa
acted when he saw it, you'd thought
it was a whole lot of exclamation
points. Washington Post.
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A Send Off or q Stand-oR.

Parkly Saunters-'TLI-n want
your daughter, sir, to be my wife. ,
Old Dukkets-"Wait yearp'
Parkly-"It's long time to wait, !,
STRIP
Dukkets-"Oh, Ildon't mean fer
you to wait here." Call again in
about a year."-Puck.
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John-I'm sorry / shall be away

John-I'm sorry ! shall be away
80 long, Miss Janet. You don't
know how / hate to say ''good-by''
to you, but / suppose the best of
friends must part, you know. Janet
oh, yes, and what's the use of peo-
pie who are nothing to each other,
growing sad over separation +? That's
the way / look at it.
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rALEsMEN WANTED TO SELL, OUR

a. 800 hardy varieties of choice Nursery
$ ock. Best Specialties. No expert
ence necessary. Special advantages to be-.
ginners. Extra inducements. Pay week.
ly. Situation per nanent. Best terms.
Best outfit tree. We guarantee What zoe
advertise. Address, at once, GLEN
BROS, Nurserymen, Rochester, N. Y.
(This house is reiiable.) feb.22,3m.
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INDICAr1oNs OF Dull BUSINESS

INDICATIONS OF Dull BUSINESS.
Business is mighty dull" groaned
the proprietor of a lunch counter, as
he busted the pies and gave the
doughnuts their morning bath.
~ could have sworn it" observed
a customer, grimly.
"Why 2" demanded the lunch coun-
ter man.
"Well, l noticed when / bit into
this sandwich that you could not
make both ends meat. America.
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Through Tickets.and Baggage Checked
to all points.
For rates and other information, address
FRED. HUsEMAN, T. r. A., Wheeling.
w. j. ROBINSON, G. p. A.,
Parkersburg, w. Va
w. Ii. Osborn, Southern TRAY. aAg't..
Pomer0y, Ohio.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-04-19

Hush-money, when used, is more
apt than any other money to make q
noise.--Picayune.
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TIME TABLE.
OHIO RIVER RAILR0DAD
" TIME TABLE,

Taking eject Feb. 10, 1889. Passenger
trains will run as follows, Central Time
All trains daily except those marked tnus
which do not run on Sunday.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1890-07-12

emulation that in an unlocked for
moment can hurl all into eternity. 1t
is a well-known fact that "too much
familiarity breeds contempt" This is
too frequently the case with those as
ISOLATED with steam, which, while a
good servant, is a fearful master. Take
no chances Clean your boilers Give
a fair trial to Winns Boiler Com
pound Read the testimonials as to
its thorough efficiency! Examine care
fully for yourselves, and so provide
for a possible future that no blood
guiltiness will rest upon you. In con-
clusion, it is necessary to call atten-
tion to the fact that very many worth
less preparations are in the market,
claiming to do all specified in the above.
1t would be well to carefully examine
all such, as in many instances the cure
is worse than the disease. Being COM
posed largely Of corroding acids that
are at war with iron, they eat into the
grain of the metal and finally rot it by
corrosive action, removing not only the
scaly deposit but also thickness after
thickness of the iron surface itself.
WINS Boiler Compound, being strict
ly a vegetable matter. has no such
effect upon iron, and goes no farther
in its action than the original surface.
This it cleans thoroughly, leaving the
iron with smooth polish, which him
ders the adhesion of foreign substances
to the iron.
Mr.. J. G. VIM is a man of ripe ex-
perienoe. although comparatively
young in years, and his explanations
were based upon true scientific prin-
ciples. That he has discovered a sure
preventive for boiler explosions is an
indubitable fact, as the specimens in
his Offices fully corroborate, besides
letters innumerable from all over the
country in testimony of the thorough
efficiency of his compound. He calls
it compound because being composed
of over a dozen ingredients, each dis
integrate to steam deposits on iron.
Those who wish further information on
this all important subject will find il
Mr.. VIM a gentleman of intelligence
experience and thoroughly conversant
with all pertaining to steam in its ac
tion on boilers.
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LIGHT AND BRIGHT.
[Culled from our Ezchanges.J

lCulled from our EXcnanges.l
A WAR artist ought to be able to draw
pension.
WHEN words fail to express, try some
reliable freight line.
A PAPER devoted to Indians is pub
lished in Washington. We presume
they use copper-faced type.
Il AN not tramp, mann" "Then
what are you?" I'm walking dele
gate for the worlds fare"
LADIES who paint their faces lay on a
printing of chalk first. which is prima
fdcje evidence of their art.
DANGERoUs-I assure you, doctor,
my husband has just had very good
idea And yet | expressly warned him
against over-exertion.
WE notice in little tale at hand the
statement, He kissed her under the
tulips" Bad shot. Right plumb on
the lips rings the belle.
II BOUGHT donkey yesterday, just
for fun," remarked Gurley. THAT. .
replied Gazzam, lis a remarkable in
stance of self-possession."
Boy Ito his friend, who has fallen
down hole)-I say, Tommy, if you
shouldn't ever come out Of there alive
can have your bull pup?
MIR. CALLoUs is very thoughtless
man for one of his years. very.
asked him to allow me to court his
daughter, and he said he couldn't pos
uibly think of it.
LIGHTNING Rod Agents. Mr.. Gould
in? Farmers Wife--No, he's Just
stepped out to water his stock. Agent
oh, don't mean Jay Gould. mean
Ephraim Gould.
"CAN you spell the word saloon 2"
vas asked of a cockney. Certainly, :"
said the Londoner, with look of tri-
umph. There's hes, and q hay and
u hell, and two hoes and hen"
EASIEST Thing in the World. - How
easily baby is amused!7 yes. Why
| spent an hour opening and shutting
the register for Johnny this morning,
and he cried when 1 stopped
Mr.. MFFsoN "a wealthy widower)-
My little boy is very slow about learn
ing to walk. really don't know what
to do about it. Miss Passay- Why
don't You get him a step-mother?
PROBABLY Wife-John Jones.
you're fool Husband-You didn't
seem to think so when / was single.
Wife-No; you never showed what a
big fool you were until you married
me.
WIFE-Who is that gentleman YOU
just spoke tor Husband "a successful
pork packer Of Chicago > That is Mr..
Brane, the poet. Does he write poetry
for liying?' "Yes, but speak to him
| just the same"
CrsToMER-You advertise that vour
clothing is marked down, and vet You
ask twenty dollars for this coat. Dealer
That's All right my friend That
coat would have cost YOU thirty dollars
before the war.
SMALL Boy-Papa, this book saws
that when an oflice-holder ia China get.
rich the people cut his head Oh and
contiscato his property, cause thew know
he stole H. Great Statesman Jeo
Whitaker We dout want any Chinese
notions over here. The Chinese must
g..
tpfH hA00Aun complains that an
American Publishing afm muiilatei aus
af hs p0Yola The HambaI of saasaa
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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1890-10-11
Farn-dale.

The K. M. I. boys were out en-
masse at the Episcopal Church on
Sunday.
Mrs. Fry, of San Antonio, Texas,
has returned to the Institute after a
short visit to Louisville.
Miss Lucy Hill, who has been en-
gagged in teaching a class in dancing
for the past three months, left the
Institute Monday night for her home
in Lexington. Her departure is re-
GREETED exceedingly by the many
friends which she won for herself dur
ing her stay.
Mr.. Frank Hughes, of Scott, paid a
short visit to his brother, Mr.. r. 8.
Hughes, last week.
Several men students arrived at the
K. M. l. last week.
Mr.. John Stewart spent Sunday
with his parents in Frankfort.
Miss Lucille Hughes is visiting
friends and relatives in Scott.
DR.. Douthat is attending church
conference in West Virginia.
TELFAIR.
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Twenty.Three Years i'm the
Drug Business.

have been druggist twenty-three
years, and have sold all the patent
medicines which are known in this
country, and can truthfully say that
have never known remedy for
Blood Diseases of more value than
s. S. S. (Swift's Specific). Mr.. A., a
customer, was troubled with an erup-
tion of the skin on the back Of his
hands, and had in vain sought relief
Of the best local medical talent, also
of some of the most noted specialists
in New York, and as a last resort
spent some months in Paris, France,
under treatment of the physicians
there, and had secured only tempo
rary relief. After all this treatment
he was finally cured, sound and well,
by Swift's Specific.
Another customer, Mr.. B., had suf-
fered for many years with Blood Poi
SOL, and thought he had been cured
by mercurial treatment, but the dis
ease returned, accompanied by Rheu-
matism of a bad type. A dozen small
bottles of S. S. s. made a perfect and
lasting cure.
w. H. DESASwAY,
Old Fort, N. G.
lTreatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Hill Spring.
Here we come again.

Here we come again.
Mrs. s. G.. Brewer has been visiting
friends and relatives near Port Royal
this week.
Little Alice, daughter Of d. Il. Mad
dox, had her shoulder broken last
Tuesday. DR.. Renfro attended her
and she is doing very well.
j.. d. Magruder, who has been home
for some time, will leave in a few
days and resume his duties as break
man on the L. g. n. again.
j. d. Markham and children, to-
gether with his sister-in-law, came
and spent the night with their cousin I,
j. w. Reeves, and left on the early
train for Louisville Friday morning.
He is taking his little daughter, Lucy,
to see a noted doctor and surgeon.
She is afflicted with spinal disease.
Noel Lee, of Bald Knob, visited j..
wv. Reeves last Sunday.
Everybody done cutting tobacco.
j. w. Reeves has sold his farm to
S. S. Brewer and will move to Pleas
ureville about the first of January.
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To Lexington, October
T3th.

Every lover of the trotting horse
will go, and it is not unreasonable to
expect to see five thousand people on
the track when the bell calls such
great colts as McGregor Wilkes, DIR.
Sparks, Valissa, Barnhart, Nelly Ma
son, Presto, Prince Dudley, and 9TH
ers like them, to contest for the rich
prize known as "The Kentucky
Stake" The winner will receive
about $15OO.O0, and the credit of hav-
ing defeated the greatest field of
three-year-olds ever in a trotting
race.
On the same day, those who attend
will see great field in the 2:22 class
purse $150O.0OJ and also have the sat
isfaction of witnessing bitter contest
in the Blue Grass Stake for fOur-year-
olds, in which the contestants are
more evenly matched than they have
been in any four-year-old race this
year. A better programme could not
bave been gotten out, and everybody
should go.