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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20

One Of the best known men about the In
dianapolis Board of Trade is Carlos F. Shep-
ard, who for several years has been con-
nected with the house of IL. f. Kinney, grain
broker. Mr.. Shepard is a bluff, hearty, old
gentleman of medium height, gray-headed
and with mustache like French veteran.
He is a man of very decided views on all
subjects and is especially orthodox in poll
tics and medicine. Notwithstanding his firm.
ness in his convictions and the vigor with
which he maintains them he is man of many
friends for manly men, even though some.
times obstinate in their opinions, have the
force of character that win admiration and
friendship.
So few months ago when the news came
TO his old associates ON the Board of Trade
paralysis and that the probabilities were that
his days of usefulness were over, and that
perhaps, his hours were numbered, the deep
est sympathy went out TO the smitten man
and his family. 1t seemed to all his friends
almost impossible that this rugged old man,
always so wholesomely hearty and cheerful,
always a picture of health for
HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE THE ROSE
IN THE SNOW;
could have been so suddenly laid low. But
it was true and many weeks passed before
his well-known form and kindly face re-
turned to his former business haunts. His
re-appearance was made the occasion of q
hearty welcome and the story of his illness
and recovery is well worth the telling.
Il was taken sick" said Mr.. Shepard
"on the 18th of August, 1895. As had all
along been of the opinion that was made Of
iron, you may well believe that il was hard
for me to entertain the thought that | was tC
be laid up for more than day or two.
am So years old, and for 40 years up tC
the time of this attack, had not had a day.
sickness. The doctors who diagnosed my
case saw at once that it was something seri
Gus. They at first said that it was lumbagC
then sciatic rheumatism. They finally
came TO the conclusion they did not know
what was the matter with me. expert
enced no pain, my head was clear, my ap
petite good, but lost the use of myself from
my hips down. This was a hard strok,
to an active man who has always had al
easy going pair of legs. Ny brother-in- law
! who is o physician, came from neighb0r
! ing city to see me. He pronounced my af
Fiction to be locomotor ataxia. L am of the
4 opinion that he diagnosed the case correctly
I for | was absolutely paralyzed from the
hips down.
Before he came however, day or so be.
fore / had begun taking DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. shat was on the goth
day of last October. read an article in the
indianapolis NewS and saw testimonials de.
scribing cases cured that were similar ia
mine. 1t struck me that the remedy could
not do me any harm and began to take the
pills.
Before began taking them could not
stir a peg, but had to be carried from place
to place. Ind not got far into the first box
when | felt that deliverance from my en-
forced inaction had come. Before finished
the second box was able to walk alone
with the aid Of cane. About home do
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
Wheat Raising.

In the states of Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Vir-
ginia, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado,
Idaho, Oregon and California the
cost of raising wheat is from SO. As
to $13. SO per acre, 1t is a singular
fact that farming communities SO
widely separated by distances, SO
diverse in climatic conditions and
with labor of such radically differ
emit character, the cost of raising
wheat should be about the same. -
Exchange.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
His Worst Enemy Defeated by
P. P. P, Lippman'S
Great Remedy.
foR THREE YEARS hH sUFPnRED..cOULu
HARDLY BREATHE At NI0hT--OkE
NOsrRIL CLOSED FOR 10 YEARS.

Mr.. A. u. Ramsey, Of DeLeon. Texas
form. Truly, his description Of his suffer
ings seem little short Of marvellous. In
stead Of seeking his couch, glad for the
nights coming, he wept to 1t with terror,
realizing that another long, weary, wake.
fIl night and a struggle to breathe was
before him. He could not sleep ON either
side for two years. P. P. P.,. Lppman's
Great Remedy, cured him In quick time.
DE LEON, TEXAS.
Messrs. LIPPMAN BROS. Savannah, Ga.
Gents: haye used nearly four bottles
Of my head to the soles Of my f1et: Your
P. p. p. has cured my difficulty Of breath.
Ing; smothsrtngi palpitation OF the heart
and has relieved me OF all pain. One nos
tril was closed for ten years. but now
have not slept on either aids for two
years; In fact, / dreaded to see night come
Nov sleep soundly In any position 81
ana 80 years old, but expect soon I,
Be able to take bold Of the plow handles
p. P. p. and I heartily recommend IL &
mJ friends and tie public generally.
s fs'ps 4. n RAMSEY.
THE STATE OF TEXAs-County o.
Comanche.-Before the Undersigned 40
thority on this day, personally appeared
A. NJ. Ramsey, who, after being duly
sworn, says on gath that the foregoing
statement made by him relative to the
A. N. RAMSEY.
Sworn to and subscribed bstors me this
August 4th, 1891.
J. NJ. LAMBERT, n p.
Comanche County, Texas
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
RAINY TWILIGHT.

Oh, put thy hand in mine, and we'll take the
road together.
With gold the west is dappled above the
rainy hill,
Yet raindrops hiss upon tho twigs in token of
foul weather;
The twilight is deserted; these haunted WAYS
are still.
But who with love and youth would hesitate
to follow
This little cart track running through su.
macs to the scar
Sweet Is the veil the sain has made for love
in every hollow.
The gay winds kiss TO beauty thy happy face
for me.
Each wheel rut is pool 20 glass tho leaHess
thickets;
The dry reeds clash like cynhals or sway
like men at war:
Into the dusk rabbit darts; in antiphons the
crickets
Weave happy songs to shatter the silence
they abhor.
Wide inaccessible, there lies the solemn level
OF darkened meadows stretching unto the
oceans rim,
Scanned with the winding waterways wherein
shy creatures revel;
The meadow hens brood near the slow tide
waters brim.
Ane spray from OH tne sea blows salt across
our faces.
Thy brow the cool rains kiss; thine eyes with
lovelight shine.
What bits of happy song we singl What laugh
ter haunts these places,
Thrilled with the far surf's thunder, damn
with its sweeping brine!
The strong gales buffet US; the rain hosts fight
with lanceS,
With leveled lances set. against us ride in
vain.
Far and forgotten now is grief; no care with us
advances.
Our gay gods haunt alike the sunshine and
the rain.
L. Frank Tooker in Century.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
In Some Instances.

Isn't that sort of work very con.
fning?" asked the visitor who had
been permitted to go into the room
where the bank note engravers were
at work.
Sometimes 1t is, ma am," an.
swered the pale faced artist whom
she had addressed. II am person.
ally acquainted with a man who did
q job of this kind once without or.
ders, and he was confined seven
years for it, ma am. Chicago Trib.
une.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
THE EMPIRE OF THE AIR.
It Is Not to BE Won by Balloons as at
Present Constructed.

1t Is Not to BE Won by Balloons ~ 1t
Present Constructed.
In attempting to propel a balloon
of the usual shape the great Difficult
ty met with is that Immediately it
begins to move against the wind the
big bag of gas is forced out of shape,
and in proportion to the propelling
power applied threatens to engulf
the car and its tenants in its folds
or to suffocate them with the gas,
which is caused to escape by the al
teration of its capacity with change
of shape. The other difficulty is the
construction of q powerful enough
and yet light motor which does not
require fire to work it. Though
many attempts have been made, ad-
vance has been very slow. The
French, who have persistently stuck
to the balloon from a national pride
in its Invention, and who have done
most for its Improvement, have
made some notable steps in the mat
ter of balloon propulsion. Thus, to-
ward the close of the Franco Ger
man war, NJ. Dupuy de LONE, a ma
| val builder, constructed a balloon
with rudder and a screw driven
by the passengers. 1t was found that
a velocity, apart from that of the
air current, of about six miles an
hour could be obtained.
Considerably better results have
been obtained by Messrs. Krebs and
Renard with their cigar shaped bal
loon, inflated with hydrogen and
propelled by an electro motor driven
by storage batteries. They have sue
ceeded in travelling a little more
than IL miles an hour in fair wealth
er and in steering in any direction,
even returning exactly to their start
ing point, but in windy weather the
apparatus has not been tried.
To brave any moderately strong
wind the machine would require to
travel something like SO miles an
hour, but these French officers do
not expect to attain speed of more
than rs miles an hour in the most
favorable circumstances. In the
opinion of Maxim this dirigible bal
| loon is as near perfection as is ever
likely to be attained by machine
depending on aerial fiot8tion.
The empire of the air is not to be
won by balloons. They have too
many imperfections and limitations,
and accordingly this at first sight
hopeful path must be abandoned for
the more difficult one of mechanical
flying. The bird must be initiated
as far as human powers, aided by
suitable mechanical devices to make
up for the natural deficiencies of
man, can go. The efforts of those in
terested in the matter have been of
late mainly directed to flying ma.
chimes, which, though they must
necessarily be heavier than the air,
yet may find in their very weight
and inertia means for battling sue
cessfully with the variable air cur
rents. The subject has been APP
preached in many directions. and
much encouragement has been gain
ed as the difficulties have been more
thoroughly understood. - Gentle
mans Magazine.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
IRON CLAD NOTES

We have for sale ironclad notes waving
all the exemptions, with other binding fes..
lures, prepared by the Solicitor General
of the Blue Ridge Circnit, which is pro-
nounced the strongest and best note in ex-
istence. 1t leaves no loophole fora dishon>
est man to escape from paying his obliga>
ton, while it is approved by honest en-.
We send abock OF one hundred notes, with
stub, post paid to any address onreceipt OF
so cts, OF book OF fifty notes for 25cst
Address Marietta (Ga. Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20

why does woman always call
her purse pocketbook?"
II don't know, unless it is because
she carries in it a memorandum tell
ing her where to find her pocket -
Chicago Record.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20

An excellent cologne may be made
with half an ounce of oil of berga.
mont, quarter of an ounce of oil Of
lemon, half an ounce of oil of
orange, half an ounce of Oil of Eng
lish lavender, half dram of ne
ron and one quart of alcohol. Shake
the bottle several times a day for
tour or five days.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20
Catarrh Cured by p. p. p.

CLlppman's Great Remedy where all other
remedies failed.
Rheumatism twists and distorts your
hands and feet. Its agonies are Intense,
Is gained BY the use of p. p. P.
Womans weakness, whether nervous or
otherwise. can be cured and the system
buils up BY p. p. p. A healthy woman is
Pimples. blotches. eczema and all dis.
Agurements Of the skin are removed ana
cured by p. p. P.
p. p. P. win restore your appetite, build
up your system and regulate you In eyeYy
way Z. r; removes that heavy. dswH-
For Blotches and Pimples on the face,
Ladies, for natural ana thorough organic
regulation. take p. P. p, Lippman's Great
Remedy. and get well at once
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20

The old proverb runs: Because
the cur has bitten me shall | bite
be cpr."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1896-08-20

Hartford was mistaken spelling
of Hartford, the name of town in
England. The word means army
ford"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
Color Blind.

John Dalton, without wh ose discovery of the laws of chemical combination chemistry as an exact science could hardly exist, was wholly color blind. His knowledge of the fact came about by happening of the sort which we call chance. On his mothers birthday, when he was man of 26, he took her a pair of stockings which he had seen in shop window labeled:
 "Silk, and newest fashion.
 "Thee has bought me pair of grand hose, John," said the mother, "but what made thee fancy such bright col or? Why, I can never show myself at meeting ill them.
 John was much disconcerted, but he told her that he considered the stockings to be of q very proper go to meeting color, as they were a dark bluish drab.
 "Why, they're red as cherry, John, y was her astonished reply.
 Neither he nor his brother Jonathan could see anything but drab in the stock ings, and they rested in the belief that the good wife's eyes were out of order until she, having consulted various neighbors, returned with the verdict. "Varra fine stuff, but uncommon scar iety."
 The consequence was that John Dal- ton became almost the first to direct the attention of the scientific world to the subject of color blindness. - Youth $ Eomnanion
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
THE QUEEN OF ITALY.

Most Beautiful, Cultured, Gracious
 and LoveIicst Queen in the World.
 Marguerite of Savoy, Queen of Italy. is not only the most beautiful queen in all the world, but the most cultured, gracious and loveliest as we'll Mar guerite Teresa Maria Giovanna was born on Nov. 20, 1851. Her father was Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa, who died when she was years old; her mother is a sister of the present King of Sax ony. Italy's queen is not domestic. She loves fashions, letters, art. She Is fond of sovereignty and the endless work of social duty and patronage it involves. She is fitted physically for these things. for her face is beautiful, her figure tall and aristOcratic, her hair n delight in chestnut brown, her arms md shoulders perfect, her movements full of grace, her manner, ever digni- fled, always charming. She knows French, German, English, Spanish, Italian, of course, and Latin thorough ly. She knows Greek well and is famil- far with the literature of all ages. The queen rises early and retires late. She manages with six hours sleep and thrives on it. her work of charities, patronage, organization and society keeps her constantly busy. She is not
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18

general farmer who cultivates but small patch for his own use. The pOta- toes are cut by hand to two eyes, drop ped in rows three feet apart, with the hills eighteen inches apart in the row if they are to be plowed one way, and two and One-half to three feet apart if they are to be cultivated crosSwise. Checking, however, is hardly ever nee essary except where the land is very foul. For commercial planting, hand processes are entirely too slow, cOnse- quently inventors have constructed ma chimes both for cutting the potatoes into suitable sized pieces and for planting them. There is also on the market a machine which cuts the seed and at the same time does the planting. Figs l and 2 represents a hand potato cutter which will do the work of eight or ten persons. The potato is dropped into the hopper, the handle brought over and pressed down, and the potato is cut into pieces of a uniform size. Fig. repre- sents the bottom of the hopper, crossed by six knives, with one running length
 wise The number of knives can be decreased so aS to make larger pieces lf it, or can be increased and smaller pieces obtained. This machine can also be used for cutting beets, turnipS, carrots, and other roots for stock feed.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
Pleasures of Farm Work.

Many people despiSe their work, when they ought to be thankful that they have something to do. A man or woman who goes through life bathing his daily work is a miserable mortal, who makes this world full of hell, and prepares the way for plenty of it in the next, says Rural Life. A child that has not been taught to work has not been half raised. An education that does not develop habits of in. dustry is a curse to its recipient, and the recipient is q curse to the State. In this new country of ours there is abundant opportunity for everybody who loves to work to get rich. h. dustrious people are the happieSt, most virtuous, and companionable of all sO- ciety. Industry begetS all the cardinal virtues, while incidence begetS mis- cry, want, vice and crime, and these things follow the rich as we'll as the poor. I met farmer not long ago who had learned to hate his lot upon the farm. He had determined to sell out and go to a certain little village and open a restaurant The village has already twice as many restaurants as the customer needs. The farmer has never had any experience in run ming a restaurant or walking in town life. It is, therefore, safe to predict that he will utterly fail and learn to hate the restaurant tenfold worse than the farm.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
Small Litters Are Best.

I believe that a SOW that produces six or eight pigs at litter will bring better income generally than one that produces twelve or fifteen pigs, says a writer in an exchange. The req son why I think so is this: A SOW in farrowing twelve or fifteen is almost sure to have a lot of them small, very runty and no account whatever Almost sure to be all sizes, and what Is more disgusting than to have large litter of pigs of all sizes. A litter of this kind seldom grows and does as much good according to the food con- sumed as a smaller litter. The un- evenness of the litter seems to be the worst feature of the situation, for the reason that the larger ones fight off the smaller ones, and thereby. after while, the smaller ones begin to dwindle and die, and after all, you have nothing left of your large litter but a few of the larger ones, where, if you had eight goods pigs to start with, you would not be bothered with the trouble 1 have spoken of.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
Seeding to Grass.

A Connecticut farmer, who gives no clew as to the character of the soil, nor the kind of farming he is engaged in, asks advice about seeding clover to grass field that has been in hoed crops for two years, but for which he has no manure or fertilizer unless he buys on credit, says Storr's Agricultural Stand ard. If he has use for the fodder, a crop of oats and peas, and clover grown herewith, for blowing under in the fall, would be good order to follow before seeding down. If this plan is adopted, would advise the use of 800 pounds of bone and POO pounds of muri- ate of potash per acre when the oats and peas are sOwn. Sow one and one half bushel each of oats and of peas as early as the ground can be worked, blow the peas under and sow the oats and fifteen pounds of common red
 cloverseed after blowing and harrow lightly. Unless the ground is quite dry
 the cloverseed should only be pushed in.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18

bone, bone four, bonedust, etc. We find in the market raw bone meal and steamed bone meal. Raw bone meal contains the fat naturally present in bones. The presence of the fat is ob- iectionable, because it makes the grinding more difficult and retards the decomposition of the bone in the soil, while fat itself has 10 value as plant food When bones are steamed, the fat is removed and the bone is more easily ground. Moreover, the chemical nature of the nitrogen compounds ap- pears to be changed in such a manner that the meal undergoes decomposition in the soil more rapidly than in case of raw bone The presence of easily de- caying nitrogen compounds in bones hastenS, in the process of decOmpoSi- ton, to dissolve more or less of the insoluble phosphate. Bone meal should contain from 3 to 5 per cent. of nitro gen, and from 20 to 9 per cent. of phOs- phOric acid About one-third to one fourth of the latter appears to be in readily available condition. Raw bone meal generally contains somewhat more nitrogen q or per cent) and rather less phOsphoric acid than steamed bone meal. The fineness of the meal affects its value; the finer the meal the more readily available is it as plant food Bulletin New York Station.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
The Mefcenary.

The mercenary fighting man is per- son who seldom receives his due reward during his lifetime or his just need of fame after his death. The character is one so alien to the age in which we live, it belongs so entirely to the days when fighting was the only occupation for gentleman, that it has forfeited alike our study and our sympathy. Volunteers we understand, but mercenaries we do not. The world apparently has grown to think that fighting as profession-the bare trade of arms unconsecrated by any sentiment of cause or country-is not noble thing and should not, how ever ably and gallantly followed, be ad. judged the highest praise.
 Possibly the world is right. but ws suspect that change of system in the training of fighting men has had far more influence than mere abstract hu- manity in creating this opinion. In these days of short service and swift wars the old type of professional fight ing man has become extinct. In every country the recruit is forced through . soldiers education at high pressure and returned to civil life as speedily as pos sible that he may earn money to pay for the education of others. No man, unless he be an officer, devotes his whole life. time to the military calling, and conse- quently the few mercenaries-the name is too ignoble for them-who are known to us in these later times are without exception officers-Gordon. for instance. Valentine Baker and Hobart. It was not go of old, when the rule was once sol dier always a soldier, and the only school was war. Then few men dreamed of rising to command except through the ranks, and many gentlemen preferred to stay all their lives in the ranks or at highest to carry the ensigns of their companies. Veteran soldiers were worth their weight in gold, and though by no means innocent of rapacity followed their calling from sheer devotion to it and thought themselves unlucky if they died in their beds. Macmillan 8 Maga- zine,
The St. Johns herald., 1896-04-18
Draining in Place of Grading.

Ordin1nS Ill HI&Ce OI GTa01uSs
 It is often said by farmers that low, wet places need to be filled in so that the water that now settles in them can run off over the surface, says the Amer ican Cultivator. But anyone who tries to grade up even a small hollow knows how ineffective this method proves. A tile drain dug through the center of the wet place, if a small one, and with two or three branches if larger, will do the work much more cheaply and effect a permanent improvement. Where a large quantity of water runs into the low place from adjoining uplands the drain may not at once be able to re- move it. But water standing over a field even for two or three days, while an under-drain beneath it is carrying off the surplus water, does no harm to any crop. There are, in fact, no crops on the land in spring excepting winter grain. We have had winter wheat GOV cred on a fat piece of land several inch es deep with water, which frOZe over the surface, but without any injury to the wheat. The water sank away un- der the ice. By the time a thaw came the surface was dry and the crop had simply been saved by the ice from ex- posture to the freezing and thawing of surface soil it would otherwise have re- ceiyed.