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, 1892-02-11

In remote times n sacrifice of some
kind was always offered at the compile
ton of a building, either public or
private. Sacrifices were not only offered
at the completion of structures of all
kinds-the foundations themselves were
usually laid in blood, whether the
structure was a castle, bridge, cottage or
church. Originally-tracing the sub
ject back TO heathenish times-the
sacrifice was offered to the god under
whose protection the building was
placed; in Christian times the bloody
rite was retained, but was given another
Specification. In those days it was gem
orally believed that no edifice would
stand unless the corner stone was laid in
mortar mixed with blood. Usually the
blood was obtained by sacrificing a dog,
a pig, a wolf, a black cock or a goat,
and not u%nfrequently some m~alefactor's
blood was poured out to make the cere-
mony more impressive.-St. Louis Re
nnhlir
, 1892-02-11

a celebrated German physician was
once called upon to treat an a~ristocratic
lady, the sole cause of whose complaint
was high living and lack of exercise.
Put it would never do to tell her so, so
his medical advice ran thus:
'Arise ut 8 o'clock, take n walk in the
park for II hour, then drink a cup of
tea, then walk another hour and take a
cup of chocolate. Take breakfast at s."
Her condition improved visibly, unit.
one morning the carriage of the baroness
was seen to approach the physicians
residence at lightning speed.
The patient dashed up to the doctors
Office, and on his appearing on the scene
she gasped out, "Oh, doctor, | took the
chocolate firstl'
"Then drive home as fast you can"
calculated the astute disciple of Hscu-
lap, rapidly writing a prescription, land
take this emetic. The tea must be un-
derneath." The grateful patient com.
piled. She is still improving.-Chicag
News.
, 1892-02-11
Country Houses and English Gentry

There are a certain number of persons
whose object it is to pass a certain num-
Der of months in the year in the country
houses of their friends, to save the house
keeping expenses at home and the hotel
bills away from home, but with the ex-
ception of these cadgers country houses
are a bore alike to their owners and to
their owners guests. The owners have
not only to provide the guests with food
and lodging and to weary their brains
with attempts to amuse them, but they
have to breed up at a heavy cost domes-
tic fowls, in order hat gentlemen may
make believe to be sportsmen by shooting
them with all the accomplishments that
luxury can provide .-London Truth.
, 1892-02-11

Toothpicks are made of the wood of
the spindle tree Euonymus Europeus)
in Germany. This manufacture is said
to employ large numbers of the peasants
IN the Grand Duchy of Hesse during the
winter evenings. There are four kinds
nfade-No. 6 selling at IS. per thousand,
No. ~ at 3s., No 10 at As. and No. 10 at
As. Cd. Parletos, or toothpicks of willow
wood of nice finish-especially those
called Flor du Parletos-are sold in Por-
tugal at prices ranging from cd. to As.
per Observation-Disclosures Journal.
, 1892-02-11

S. Fl. Clifford, New Cassel, WIS, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree. appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced in
flesh and strength. Three bottles OF
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles OF
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
lens Arnica Salve. and his leg is sound
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O.,
bad five la-ge fever sores on his leg. doe
tors said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Bueklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold at
A. i. Roedel's drug store.
, 1892-02-11

Cooperation In English Housekeeping.
The English housekeeper, without in
tending to do SO, has really taken two
long steps in the direction of co-opera-
tive housekeeping. For in most small
establishments, where perhaps only
three or four servants are kept, no
breadmaking is done at home and the
washing is all put out. The bread pur-
chased is not, however, what is tech
nically known to us as bakers bread"
The huge loaves are firm and light, and
similar in grain to what the best home
o could produce. The various kinds
of hot bread dear to an Americans
heart are neither desired nor found ON
an Englishman's table, and although
an American hopsekeeper might con-
slider it bad management to buy her
bread, to the English housekeeper the
plan seems the best in the world.
AS the English housekeeper is nothing
if not thrifty, without further discussion
it may be taken for granted that CO.
operation between her and the baker
must mean a saving of pocket for her,
as well as a simplifying of her household
arrangements. In the same way, the
fact that no washing is done at home,
means n saving both of fuel and of fric-
ton in the kitchen. Furthermore, no
unsightly lines with their burden Of
clothes ever disfgure the back yard of an
English house. The yard Is instead a
thing of beauty, with its central grass
plot, its little tagged walk, and with its
bushes and vines neatly trained against
the surrounding walls.-Cor Home
maker.
, 1892-02-11
SHE Ml,sT MARRY THg JUDGE.
A Remarkable Method of Choosing .
Wife by Making Her Apply for Omce.

A Remarkable Method of Choosing =
Wife by Making Her Apply for onice.
Among the many remarkable propo-
sails of marriage which have been pub
lished from time to time in the news
papers, the most unique is the follow
ing, which appears in our advertising
columns:
wanted-Ay young lady for clerk Of the county
court of Ebert county. 1t will be necessary
for her to marry the county judge. Address
County Judge, Elberton, Ga
Coming as it does in the dawn of leap
year, this advertisement by Judge J.. A.
Roebuck has special force and signif-
canee. Application for the position of
clerk under the terms of the above ad-
vertisement would be equivalent, of
course, to a proposal of marriage to
Judge Roebuck. This, in any other
year, might not be considered Just the
proper thing for a young lady to do, but
in leap veal who shall question her
right to such a counsel?
But see the cleverness of the judge.
By simply mastering up the audacity to
in the advertising columns Of
the two leading papers in Georgia that
he is anxious for q wife, which is an
entirely praiseworthy aspiration, and
which is the plain English of his clever
advertisement, he has at a single bound
left the embarrassing position of suitor
and taken the vantage ground of the n
to be wooed.
And see, too, the easy avenue of escape
from undesirable applicants which is
left to him and the embarrassment
which is saved the young ladies. While
it might be a trying ordeal for a young
lady to propose marriage even to the
man she loves, in this day of female
stenographers, typewriters and book
keepers there need be no embarrassment
on a lady's part in applying for any re-
spectacle clerkship. Therefore, when a
young lady has become acquainted with
Judge Roebuck, of the Ebert county
share the honors and elnoluments of his
office, she has only to apply for the posi-
ton of clerk in his court.
If the judge fancies the applicant the
bargain can be closed at once, and the
clerks salary remains in the family. If,
on the contrary, the applicant would
not be acceptable as Mrs. Roebuck,
the judge has only to represent the
duties of the office as being such that
she could not fill them, and regret that
he nno give her the position. Both
parties thus escape all reference to tho
embarrassing part of the business. In
the language of the sporting gentry, the
judge is "on velvet"
Girls, the case is before you.-Augusta
CGa.) Chronicle.
, 1892-02-11
Teachers of the French Co-nservatoire.

The piano playing of the French ma
ton has been ably educated by that
noble institution the Con~servatoire of
Paris, which was founded during the
great revolution. The first teacher was
Adam, father of the composer of the
Position de Lonjumeau;" his pupil,
Zimmermann, long occupied the leading
place in Paris musical circles; it was at
his salons hat Moscheles and Thalberg
first made their bow to a Partisan audi
ence Kalkbrenner continued the great
traditions of the past; his contemporaries
speak of him in the most glowing terms,
and his ~favorite pupil, Stamaty, had the
good fortune of guiding the musical
genius of Gottschalk.-Music
, 1892-02-11
La Grippe.

Tho tendency of this disease toward
pneumonia is what makes it dangerous.
La Grippe requires precisely the same
lain's Cough Remedy is famous for its
cure Of severe colds. This remedy
effec.ually countcracts the tendency of
the disease TO result in pneumonia. pro.
vided the proper care be taken to avoid
exposure when recovering from the
attack. Careful inquiry among the many
thousands who have used this remedy dur
ing the cpidemics of the past two years
has failed to discover a single case that
has not recovered or that has resulted in
pneumonia. Fifty cen and 81 bottles for
sale by druggists.
, 1892-02-11
Nov Try This.

1t will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good. if you have a cough, cold,
or any trouble with throat, chest or lungs.
DIR. Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds is guaranteed to
Sufferers IRON IA srlnpe i9und 1t lust the
perfect ecoverv Try a sample bottle at
our expense and learn for yourself Just
how good a thing 1t is. Trial bottles free
at A. f. Roedel's drug store. Large size
so cents and 81.
, 1892-02-11

Could plants lay claim to ~aristocratic
position, as representing AT old family,
rice might safely claim to be of the most
ancient pedigree. 1t is the earliest cerea,
known. Originally a native of India, ~
has crossed the ocean and make q home
for itself where heat and moist soil
could be found. 1t grows in all warm
portions of the globe, and furnishes the
principal food of nearly one-third of the
human race.-Good Housekeeping.
, 1892-02-11
Heavily In Favor of Woman Suffrage.

Heavily In Favor of Woman Suffrage.
A vote was taken at a business house
in Boston where 500 young men are EN-
ployed to see how many were for wom-
EMS suffrage and out of the number only
twelve were ungallant enough to de-
clare against it. If a similar vote were
taken among az equal number of women
on the same question it is doubtful if an
equal number would be found in favor
of it.-Boston Letter.
, 1892-02-11
The Coming I'M

The Chicago. Union Pacific 4 North.
western line offers the best accommoda-
tons to the travelling public en- route to
Chicago and intermediate points via
Omaha. Through trans, fast time,
magnificent sleeping cars, elegant dining
cars. reclining chair cars and handsome
day coaches.
, 1892-02-11

Hits the nail on the head
one of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's. They do the right thing in the
right way. They cleanse and rcgu-
late the liver, stomach and bowels
thoroughly and effectively, but
mildly and gently. They persuade,
rather than force. One tiny, ugar-
coated Pellets a gentle laxative (;
three to four act as a cathartic.
They're the smallest, but the best.
There's less to take, but there's
more good in it, when it's taken.
They're the Original Little Liver
Pill, and they've never been equaled.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements of
the liver, stomach and bowels, are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
returned.
, 1892-02-11
For tina Childrau.

I'm buying a cough medicine for chill.
dren." says II. A. Walker. a prominent
druggist Of Ogden. Utah. never be
afraid TO buy Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy. There is no danger from it and re-
have found it to be safe and reliable"
Fifty cent bottles for sale by druggists.
, 1892-02-11

Lac largest stock OF fine L sniies. old
WHISTLES. choice hqueurs anG 51per6ne
cigars at George Masten's vol kn ,wr
house, corner Sixteenth and ferguson
, 1892-02-11
The stereop.ieon In n woman. Club.

The stereopt.eon In n woman's Club.
When it is possible to have one, a
stereopticon adds greatly to the pleas
ure of a tourists club. Even its occa-
sional use is better than not having it at
all. A club of women who are amateur
photographers are wisely beginning
their travels about home and illustrat-
ing their papers with pictures of their
W taking.-New York Pest.
, 1892-02-11

Jack Frost is the leading -four in the
West.
, 1892-02-11

fxorESSsaSs,. UAst,1.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-03-24

ism of every variety. We must
make our own fabrics, our own steel,
our own tools, our own railroad bars
and cars and all our energy and
electrical appliances as we'll as our
own bread and meat, or we must be
forever at the tail of the procession.
The South needs mare villages as
centers of education, mechanical in
dustry and distributors of supplies,
while their populations provide a
market for the surrounding farmers
food supplies. These towns should.
upon the whole, be built by South
ern men for Southern people. The
builders will make fortunes for
themselves and their families, if the
business is managed sensibly in
choosing sites and developing them.
Birmingham is monument to
Southern foresight and business
ability, and what a magnificent
monument it is! Chattanooga is
product of one of the most cosmo-
politan populations in the country,
and it does eternal honor to it's
founders and creators. The South
needs and must have score more
such as these and others. Trades
man.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-03-24

The estimate now is that to pay
the federal soldiers the difference
between gold apd greenbacks at the
time they received their pay will
take two thousand million of money.
OF this the south will pay about
seven hundred million dollars, or
more than the cost CT running the
state government of Alabama for
seven hundred years; and yet the
third party people expect southern
men to accept this colossal swindle,
through the efforts of Polk, Terrell
and Macune. Not only this, they
are expected to assist in wiping out
the color line, which means the de-
struction of southern civilization
Gadsden Times.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-03-24
The POETS SOliIOOuy,

kiss" rhymes to bliss in fact as we'll as
verse,
And ZIP with pill and worse" with
"hearse;"
In fact and verse, we find complete re-
covery"
Rhymes best with Golden Medical Dis
covery."
For driving out scrofulous and all
other taints OF the blood, fortifying
the constitution against lung-scrot>
ula or consumption, for strengthen
ing the digestive organs and invig-
Grating the entire system by sending
streams of pure blood through all
the veins-there is nothing equal to
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. 1t is the only guaranteed
Blood, Liver and Lung remedy sold.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-03-24

We will not attempt to indicate
how any man shall vote. But tax
ing the constitution as a guide, will
try to define its meaning. Alliance
membership does not interfere with
your political or religious views.
That is plain to all. The constitution
says that partisan politics must not
be discussed il Alliance meetings.
That shonld be sufficient to keep
out all partisanship, and every pres
ident should see to it that partisan
stuff is not brought in a meeting.
No president who does his duty will
permit it.
AS an educational organization
our speakers and organs have urged
our membership to stand by our
principles and vote only for men and
parties that agree to carry out the
same. This is the only way they
can do and there can be no reason
able objection to such course. II
all could think alike, naturally all
would vote for one party. But this
cannot be expected. Hence there
should be no quarrel between mems
bers.-Southern Alliance Farmer.
The above article is taken from
the official organ of the alliance off
this stats.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-03-24

when was young man" said Jonathan
Gray,
If fellow took physic he knew it. YOU
bet.
1t would cramp him All up in collicky
way,
And, good Lord, what a twisting his insides
would get
But the pills in use nowadays by sensible
folks
Are as easy to take and as pleasant as
jokes"
OF course, the kind referred to by
Mr.. Gray was DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, the very best Liver Pill
ever made-m;ld, but sure and eff
tective. The only pills, sold by
druggists, absolutely on trial Sat-
isfaction guaranteed, or your money
is returned.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-03-24

whsn Baby was sick, we gave hor CasSnria,
When she was Child she cried for Cas6orj2.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castori@
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-29
Look After the Colts.

Colts are the most valuable live
stock on the farm, and while it does
not pay to neglect any stock, either
old or young, yet colts should receive
particularly good attention. They
should be treated so kindly that they
will come to meet You in yard or pas
This point is accomplished by giving
them frequently lump of sugar, an
ear of corn, or something else they
like. Halter-break them when small,
teach them to lead and stop at the
word "whoa," leave them tied for an
hour or two at a time, letting them
have something to eat while being
tied, and there will be little danger of
their pulling at the halter. At one
year Of age they can be accustomed to
the bit, and may have light harness
placed on them for few hours at a
time. The modern practice of driving
them too vehicle when only yearlings
is bad, for, unless extra care is used
injury will be the result. Colts
should be accustomed to the sight O
umbrellas, and to strange noises
Keep them growing when both in ant
out of the pasture. Do not dose will
medicine unless absolutely required
and then only on the advice of a skill
full veterinarian. Give them a nam,
and always call them by it.-Ameri
can Agriculturist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-29

The fence corner is the hot bed i'll
which the weeds are protected
When few weeds spring up in some
protected place and produce seeds,
the farmer will have to begin all the
work of weed-killing over again.
One of the most profitable items in
the management of sheep on the farm
is lambs for market. Reasonably
early in the spring, lambs that are in
good marketable condition sell at
high prices, and If care is taken a
good profit may be readily made in
raising them.
Don't forget that fowls can dispose
of quite number of cabbage this
winter.
If you are going to change hens oil
put your flock into new quarters fol
winter, do it now. Our experience il
that it takes a hen about so long &c
get settled in new quarters before lay
ing.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-29

Muir & Marshall, of Georgetown
KY, sold three hhds. of new tobacco
at the Walker House Wednesday a
$500, $1400 and $3.50 per hundred
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-29
The File on the Farm.

The file is more important farm
tool than many farmers, who during
all their lives have never filed the cut
ting edge of hoe blade, are aware
of. If such men have a practical
demonstration of the difference be.
tween a dull and sharp hoe, they are
certain to purchase small fiat file fol-
the workmen to carry in their pocket
when engaged in work requiring the
use of a sharp hoe. File the hoe upon
both sides of the blade, and it will re
tain an edge longer and cut smoother
than when the filing is all upon ont
side, although it should be filed mos
on the inside. Both a fiat, a three
cornered and round file should bt
kept on hand. Their use win Otter
save a trip to the shop in busy time
and they pay for themselves man!
times each year in sharper edged tool
Am. Agriculturist.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-29
This is the time O. year when room,

This is the time O. year when rooms
are to be repapered. The scraping of
the old paper is the most tedious part
of the work. 1t may be much lessen
ed II boilerful of boiling water is
shut in the room over night. The
steam loosens the wallpaper very per-
ceptibly; If then little hot water is
applied with whitewash brush to
the few places where remnants still
cling to the wall the task can be very
readily accomplished.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-29
THE ADVOCATE.
Pleasant story OF rhaokeray.


Pleasant story OF Thackeray.
Among the Spectators friends is a
Scotclnman who came to this country
young, prospered here, married here,
but has often visited the old country
making in ali nearly hundred voy-
ages One of these voyages was made
in 1851, with his young wife. That
was the year of the great Worlds"
Fair" when the "Crystal Palace" daz-
zled the eyes Of the visitors, whose
wonderful tales spread the marvel far
and wide. When the Spectators
friend reached London, all OF the talk
was of the coming opening OF the
"CrystaI Palace" The royalties were
to be there in great force, to say
nothing of mere celebrities. The
gentleman himself had seen all this
sort of thing before, including the
royalties. But his young wife had
not, and great spectacle it would be
to her American eyes. The price was
rather steep. Only those were admit
ted who held season tickets, and the
cost something like eco. 1t seemed
a big price to pay for single sight OF
even so unusual q show, but the
Spectator's friend was determined that
bis wife should not lose the chance
it might never come to her again. so
he bought a ticket and sent her on
opening day to the Crystal Palace"
with some English friends. Great
was the crowd, and the young Amerl-
can woman was a person OF urlucky
shortness of stature. Tiptoe her best
she could not see thing over the mass
of heads all turned in one direction.
The procession of royalties swept in,
but it was not for her. Bitter tears
of disappointment filled her eyes that,
after so much cost and trouble, she
was to be completely baked.
A big Englishman stood near her,
with kindliest of eyes. They saw it,
all at glance. "Permit me, madam"
the Englishman said, and with his
strong hands encircled her waist, and
lifted her up above the heads of every
body. as easily as if she had been
little girl. He held her there quite a
time, his arms not seeming to know
tired feeling, telling her who every
body was, royalties and celebrities
alike. When he 1T last put her down,
she had had a much better view than
three-fourths of the tall people who
were present. In reply to her thanks
he simply said, sit is always special
pleasure to do favor for an Ameri-
can" She was sure he was himself
distinguished, but the friends who
were with her did not know him.
She described him to all the English
people whom she met, but could get
no clue to his identity. She came
back to America, ignorant who the
kind-hearted Englishman was.
Some years after, in Brooklyn, she
went with her husband to Plymouth
church to hear lecture by celebra-
ted Englishman. The moment he
appeared upon the stage she turned to
her husband and exclaimed: "That's
he! that's my 'Chrystal Palace En-
glshman!' 1t was Thackeray. After
the lecture the husband and wife had
the pleasure of meeting him, again
acknowledging their obligations, and
entertaining him at their own home.
Somehow the incident struck the
Spectator as just the sort of unique
kindness one would expect from
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Union.