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VOL 3—No. 10. FORT COVINGTON, - N. Y. T THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1887.. PRICE FIVE GENTS. General Selected Poetry. that he is going to let fly thcni with a'sigh'to tho horrid preaent. aken o tig in thai direct i quiot crho Lad i spoken bofoi LEGAL CARDS. j&rehlbald, McCdrmiek, fy Murchi^on, i»g, 181 MoiUreaL * ATTK\ T H THE fiOTTRTS TM ONLY A BABY. It was only a baby who died to-day, Only a baby has ^>Q*JSP4 nway, .Leaving.'its hearth and ho 4 ne *o,r. aye. ^LQnl^^Lthny whljpgrcd.but dlilih Aught of tbe-silent ki)lit>fj woe ll That, Kurg^d through the mother's heart? from {it-ntti's quiver the *atal dart. * Be thnt as U may, I had DO premonition of death*. f . ' . Not when iheyjgtood roe up fro bear nce and to answer, Ah, no I nor after- ward in the cool contemplation my isolation\ and silent HJungedW \ ^~ hot when the officer ol the c^y on that the Dlfttrletn of Beauharnois, Bedford\ HcUtU e small whUo hands j. 8. Ancniv^n>, Q.C.,D.C.IJ. ; J}. MCCOKM- m, B.C.L.; S. A. DUCIXJS, B.A.,B.C.L., K. tu MURCHiaow, B.C.L. ' M ATT C. KANSOil, ftud C^usellor at Law , N. if. CABOS. AMBS MACF1K, PHYSICIAN. AND BUittf JSOX iteaiden«e and office, %'\n , Kori'Cwvinjftou, N. Y. HA\R DRESSER H^Jr 0r««9ar, Water street, Jfbj-t Coving- PR0CE8IES, FRUIT, PROVISIONS ~7FfGdu£ia, Ac-, jfcc-. Cftfper Chatoaugay 4 Water SU. \ FOHT COYJaNGTON,. N.Y ft. T. Fin« Wa^tcfces a Specialty. CENTRAL VERMOWT R. R. O O. % L. C. DIVISION \KAND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 18$7,_aod until further aotice, trails GOiy.O EAST. f.8* ^.lf.—EX£KJS|6, for stations on O. * L. ' C.B.R., •ona»cUn*ai Ronsea Point with C. y.U.ii. forBi, 4-l.b^jas, Burlington,Portland and all points ea«t/ arriving at Bo'stoji at T.'l* F.H. ; Portend 8.0S\ JP.SC Cona^etiug at UOQT* Ju&tlon witfc D. 4c H. C. Co. for piatUburjth, arrlTe at'f0. 18 A. M. £.jlQ P.M.—MAJI-. 8toping at all stations on O. * l i C. R, Reconnecting at Eouses Point wlta aleeplngcar train for points OJQ D.AH. C. Co.'« R.R. Arriving at Troy 2.25 A.M., Aibaay 1.55 A.M., New York 8.00 A.*. At St. Albaiu with sleeping car via Central Vt. jiR.R. for Troy, Albany and New York, ar- rive 8.00 A, at. ; alsoa^ points eas£. Arrive At Boston 7.45; Springfield 7.05 AH. Ogdensbarg and Ch«^iib«i8eo locai train— jGoe« east JL0.45, aud fceat 4.35 p.B». £0.02 A.M.—MAIL, stopping at all stations. Arrive at Ogde$$b,#rg 11.00 A.M, Connect- ing at Norwood with R.,W.<feO.a.B., at Og- ctennburtf with <^.T.R. for all poliiis west, and with St. h. & O. Railway. £,§4 P.M.—BxyiiESS, for stations on O. & L. C. E.B. Arrive #t Norwood 11. £7 P.^., Og- densburg 12,15 A.M. Connecting with G. T. h ' RaUway for all yolats west. , SST Tickets to #11 points east a#d west on jale at Ticket Office. ' *'& W. CUMJto OS, 3. W. HOB VRT, Gen. Pose. Agt. President. J. O. JAMESON, Agent. flOME, WATEflTOWN S OGOESSBURS R.R. Tim« Table fr rffect May \Stfi, 1S87. fpaAISSL«A5TE MASSENA SPRINGS X for point* KtUt, South and West. £ IC k M drivesDeKalbJune. 8.45 a.m.; ty.W H.ffl. Ogdensburg, 9.00^a.m. ; Phila- delphta, 9.f8 ^.m.; Claytou, lO.^o a.m.; XJtlca, 1.45 $:m.; Albany, 5.00 p.m.; JTew York, ^.OO p.m. ; arrives Watertown 10.06 a.m.; Rome, 1.45 p.m. ; Oswego, i.40 pm. ; Eoqhenter, 4.50 p,«i. ; Buffalo, 18.15 a.m. ' ' A Qfl D M Arrives DeKnlb June. 5.05 ^•vl f r.IH. pgja. ; Ogdensburg, 8.10. ; p. m.; UUoa, 1Q.00 p.m.; Albany, 2.00 a. m.; K«w Yor^, 7.00 sum; Boston, 9.S5 a. ,m,; arriv^ Watertown, 6.5^ p. m. ; Rome, 9.$9 p.m.; f^yracuse, 10.10 p. m.; Oswego, 0.80 p.m. ^ leave Oswego, 7.00 a. m. {arrive Rochester, 10.0o a.m. ; Busp. Bridge,1.05 p.m..; Niagara Falls, 1 15 p.m<; Buffalo, 3.05 p.m. SLKKPINa CARS are run between <Oo»jursBCBa and NEW YORK leaving Ogclann- ,purg 4.28 p.ra., daily (RunUays exempted). Arriv* N«w York 7.00 (km passeager« leav- ing Maasenft Springs i.45 p.m. can take £l«oplng Car »t DeKalb June, without leay- ^Dg th« train. SfMoe can be reserved by applying to the Com^auy's Agents. \ For V m e tables, tnfprmatton aud through tickets to points East, West and South apply tod. A. Mowltt.DepvitTicketAceut.Mwaena aprl&ga, N. Y. - > ^ M. M. BRTTTON, THBQ. BUTTERFltLD, Qen'l. Manager. Oan'I P#»sf ng«r Agt. BUSINESS COLLEGE SCHOOL OF SHORT-HAND, COflftWALL, ONT. tf*H& SRCOND \SCHOOL YKAR OF X of this Institution will open on Mon- day, SepUmWsr 12th. •fcortand *K|»r»»awl Actual BVSIBMS a Specialty. Wii» never be raised to her who HtRnds Bowed by her Master's stern commands. Only a baby, whose little feet Will nevor on earth muko music sweet; They bave wandered away to a golden street. Only a baby, whose trusting boud Will thenceforth rest.'on a narrow bed. Far down in the home of the nilent dead. Who hath sought a calm and beautiful rest, I«nvkig its tender aad cozy nest For a place less warm than a mothor's breast. Only ft ba;by, tjn$ and fair, With the golden glint on its yellow hair, Sleeping so «a.lmlj. and peacefully there. Only a baby, but she who hftth pressed The wee, cold form to her anhin? preabt, Knoweth the meaning of these words bc*t. Selected Miscellany, TO BE SHOT AT ]^\evcr mind what my business was, or how I was- betrayed, and how 1 was gathered in. Enough that they bajr- ped me 180 niiles itiside the enemy'* lin«s, and hpstltd me off to prison at Fort Mdfsnry. in BaJu»rore Harbor, where I v/asconfronted with the charge of being a *pj. No matter that I had on when captured uiy full uniform as captain. No matter that at my court raartial tri«l their own ofla-er. who captured me, testified jdiot he did not ta^ pae in as a spy, and that there was no work for a spy where be captur- ed me. No mutter; I was foufld guilty, and the sentence was read to me: k * To be hsnjrcd «* a ppy on the parade gronnd of Fort Mcflenry, between the honrs of 12 M. and 3 P.'M.,November 3 1863.\ In answer to my request that if they must kill rp.a, for the sake of honor to give j»e the doatti of a soldier, they graciously ohanged the papers to read, \ To»be shot to death nyitb musketry on tbo parade ground, etc.\ Somehow, I suppose I did not fully comprehend or adequately appreciate my situation, for I did not f«el then any more than £ do now that death was to be my next deal. N)r had I it all contemplated that result all through the trial. Only the last day before the sentence was read to me I had been creating 'merriment by asking puzslins: or irrelevant questions of the jndge-advocate. telling .-jokes during the rcceeses of the court, in divers manners crediting fun to draw mirlh for jayself out 0/ that barren rock, ili j\ y \ military j f h Only the* day be- f h il fore the president of the court martial, th.e colonel of the regiment, 12 of wh.QBQ officers composed my adjudica- tors, asked to t»Uk a little with mo in private, as between man and man. \ Of course.\ \Captain said he, li I greatly fear yon do not properly appreciate your prosent situation.*' \ Well, colonel, I know of BO mah more favorably situated to realize it. Why do you say so ?\ \ Because, sir, your life h at stake in this trial.\ \•Well?\ V Weil, you'U he found guilty, most assuredly, of tho charge.\ \WeU?\ •\.••• \ You'll be sentenced to die.\ \Well?\. \And you'll <be hanged or shot. And here you have been spending the leisure hours of tho court trying you for your life in frivolous mirth. As a fellow-map it grieves me to see you carelessly playing at so torrible a.brink-as you stand on.\ \Colonel was the repiy, \I thank .you for your interest, if w»—are na- tional enemies. You speak as a roan and a Vnldier. But let me any this.\ , I ennnot explain what induced me to make the following foolish, braggUh spaoch. but it Rubbled up and was spnken:) '• Colonel, .you or I m«y die before night—we do not know; but in so far as the result of your court's finding is concerned i shall be »live when you and-your twelve officers are dead and forgotten.\ \\ i He left me in difgu&t, and I don*t Blame him. But such waa my feeling. I did not \ foei it in my bones,\ as tho plane? jroes, that death was WMreau. Tht colonel and tjift_ftniiEfl/T2 eom- eventful executiqn morning, read to in Hi/ uUiiiieOu tho daF's pro- gramme, and deiioeated my qoom at the hands of 12 detailed soldiers. Uer foupd tpe whistling as I paced my nar- ruw cell that ipurning, aod e^claipaod ip surprise: , Good (rod, fiaptain 1 w?iat kind of a man are you ?'' •* Oh, I don't know; skill and bone, flesh and «inew», blood and bile Why ? ? 'fWhylf Don't you know; you arc to be nhot today t Outside Jiere, are twelve men detailed to aend you'into eternity. You'll nerer see another morninyr, and vou are—whistjing!\ \ Weli? Why not whistle as long a? possible, and pry when yq^ cannot laugh ?\ \• Hence I may not be able tp tell you jusfc how a man feels who stares death calmly m the f«ec. For maybe I did not comprehend nif situation. Bnt I waf sentenced to death; that I fully compreh^oded when they march- ed me. handcuflfed. between twro guards, with arm* at * l charge\ and bayonets fi^ed, bnck to the prison, and instead of niy former 12JC12^ coll, barred and psoited me in an underground, dark, dank dungeon, 3sl0 feet, with a tub oecu)>ying two feet of that Bmall spapo, significantly s^geegtive that I was to stay right there uoiil the dny and hour The senteno© was fully realised during the sunless days an i no darker nights of the weeks that followed. Tbe post chaplain's was tho only human voice I hea*rd for weeks, his only once, for my lesity shocked him so that he gave me np as an irre- deeniable reprobate. He Offered prayer for me' bowevar, I oourtcpoaiy kneeling: with him on the same stone floor. But be never came again. He to!d n#e—what my allowed letters from my frieBdii too plainly ioformed n»—^that there was no hope of escape from the isle that seemed to them and the outside world to be staring n« in the face. Every posBiblo effort ha& beerr made; every aynilable influence pressed into ««ervieo with the Prefiidenti and he possibly declined interfering witfc the jndgment of the court martial The worthy chaplain corroborated Aeir aad ioformation. Said he: •' Captain, you ghnnld ^rafaw f«r 4e»th, for.vdur life «nds in a few d«ys.' Finally it came. Shall I e?w for- get- that November morning in They had told ran T should be taken ont at nine o'clock in the morning and would be allowed an officer's room in the barracks, where my parents, slaters and brothers would meet me and spend nrriaSt;\\foWTfoura with me. When taken out they had to seat me in the outer cnard room a quarter of an hour, uptil my eyes became ac- <m«tomed to the piercing glare of sun- shine. Then they t<v>k me to the room where I found father, mother, sister?, brothers and a minister. It was tb quarters* of an officer of the post, and verv comfortably furnished. Just miisidft'—we xjould see them throuirh the window —sto^d a special detail of 12 men, Reeled aa the nn vril'insr executors of the sentenced man. Tellmsr me that I ahonld ha*Q un- til the last, minnte 'nofore 3 n'eloek, btU then wonld have to cm, the colond locked the door and 4eft me with' tay friends. Th«y hod secured the spending; theso^'t few -hours with me —I knew to onrofort and console, per- haps to 8trensrt-hen mo for the fearful ordeal through which I had to pass. But I had to comfort and console them. , My father was broken down. I t janst be a horrid strum on a father's faHnffA to fHt and look at his ao,^ in the prime of manhood, and count off tb« few intprvening minutes of that •boy's remaining life. Brothers and sisters jBOnld only em»e at me ia speechless m-isery, appalled -by the stlocmy shadow of death that was then caotinsr about me. The little clock on the mantle seemed to me \n these intervals \Q ti^k Iqudly as the clatter of it mill. _ It strngk the half hours as wej the f<ull stroke j and it seemed to me its little whir would buz? aud tho tiny liAttmer strike every five minutes. Ten!10i301 1)1 1^:30 1 121 a green gaga for crump* and colic, the cupumber Can take a place on the '-ft of the grean apple,,if not on the [ * how pink nuo's veiling made double wouid look.\ '•' ' ' u Not nice 8t all.' answered Maria; JO 1 f yo^ haye a anea^ing notion of applying for a divorce fipm your husband, let me - ad vise you\ totry bop firsfr.—If he likes tfrcm,don'$ pink arms^ show tbrough. I don't know what Annie wjlldo anjw#y. {j£he'& ju*t chocolate color nnder her sleeves; n one's own— • Heavens S IIow it iipkeu ufF the seconds, galloped tjie seconds, and startled our pained ears with fhose fleeting liaif hours 1 W« were seate4 around the room, close to each other as we could ge\ F&ther on one side, mother on the other of me, a hand clasped by each, «8 the little monitor on the mantle broke the gathering stillness with its metal voice, crjing the half-hour gonei Just then a step mounded without, a hand touched the knob, the key turned i h Wk h d let him crave f»r tiiena, but serve at every meal, liinkiug iU« feuppsf UH lute as posBible. 3j this method you can accomplish your freedom fc-.r more expeditiously than by divorce; besides you * can saye money, a ,\ thousand cucumbers noj;- costing as iD*ch as one divorce. N. B.-\-Don't appear to crowd the cucuuibers upon him, but always have plenty QN the table, \when by judicious praise t| tho il green goods,' minirled with regrets at your inability to part ike ton Herald. Don't occupy the attention- of vqur. fiiend or licquatntance, or indeed ay bo'dy else, lunger than is abso necessary. When you exceed the measure of necessity you commit a tres- pass on his time which you have no i^ht t tt Whh y is absolutely exceed the meet store, , y in the Wk, the door i?as thrown of them on account of their open rising T had to become cvnaoler, apd Ptr» ed every herve^ o»lteJ forth ev^ry p&mr t il I ld it h y ^ to smile. I would permit jt the court died before oxchangod— u shot to denth \ h t Cld Hb I one r A Q, W. THOMPSON. f#0 Kat>lt St.. Barlintlon. Vt., Ht, alUr that d«t« Corn wail, Ont. at Cold Harbor. I live to writ® the oocurroooe 26 years after tbe conversation. It mny or may not be true thai when the grim monster singles oat his victim ho sendp him in tome way a spiritual trembling man of God to offer prayer, knowing his words would f»U. upon those loving ears a* d**th wi^ls, M olod* Mling on my coffin. I drew them by ever/thin? interesting I oo«Td thifeft ftontamplatft anything bt my impending doom. An sneoeed tht elook on the mantle woold strike^ or 1 fooutop on the atair oatoide, or mm* movement of th« gmrrifloo would recall md the colonel stood looking in upon is. Instinctively I jumped to my f^et, s father and mother sprang to my side, i hand uporj each shoulderT How rapidly thought does its ogice in Much emergencies. My thought was, \ thmr dining hour tpproaches,\ and those officers wish to get through this unpleasant duty be- fore dinner.'* For a minute—jt seemed eternity, and that the little $loek Ind ceased to tell the ^ime—we stood, t]ie colonel and myself ? silent, gazing sternly at each other. He evidently expected me to speak. But J did not, would not. At laugth he slowly drew from his pocket a slip jsf paper, and n; H captain, I have just received telegraia/'read, ^rhile we g«^ed upon him in strained, listening earnestness: The execution or* the sentenco in the ease of Captain William F. Gordon is postponed until further order*. Bf order of tbe Presidant. ~ Kot one of us spojfc. ts ¥ou can stay wit*h your fri<»pd!« antfrs^- Then you go back to your cell/' he said, closed the door, and left ua iurriodly. Father drew a long, trembling sigh, and sank slowly to tjie floor where mother bad already fallen. Their sup- port gone, the sudden, unlooked-for lifting of the cloud of death, the rush of relief from the horrid nightmare, earned a (pick revulsion of feeling that made me limp as a rag, weak as a dying ijabe. And I, tcq, sank between my parents. The minister said something I did not heai\ brothers and sisters knelt around us, and I heard the preacher pouring out a prayer of gratitude that the dark shadow of death had passed byj leaving the light of life. My sentence of death was commuted to imprisonment an4 la^or during the war. ' ~ JSut it was life 1 THE CUCUMBER. -The cucumber is loaded to the muzzle for cramps, colic and cholera morhua, and under certain conditions brings down its victim at the first fire. Per- haps not for keeps, but for a season of extreme unpleasantness at all events. A_ grewsome, gripiner thing i* the oaoumber. If after eating you sleep serenely, go next day and take qufc an accident tolicy, for nothing short of an accident will lay you low. The best .use to which one can put a cucumber that has invaded her domicile is to stab it with a knife and put it in the fire, opening the stove dampers wide that the steam may safely pas* off. Another good way is to bol ; them to a pulp, which you can easily run down the sink, with the water turned on. If you choose yon can fry them in batter, sliced thin, with the butter thick. When cooked to a turn split tho frit- ters, rem.oring the cucumber and eating the batter or not, as you like. You cannot b*>ke them in the oven with pronounced success, as they geuerate too mu$h styam ; but you ono ro&ko a pie of them, ami give the pie ^o some yearning tramp—nothing disagrees with a tramp unless it is cold water or the cold shoulder. If you feel impelled by some myster- ious influence to buy a ououraber, why, buy* it by nil meAns, as it is hard to wrestle with a \ mysterions inivience.\ YotTTSn then oirat TrarestrainedJy with the*- German lad who sold you tbo cucumber and purposely depart without takingyoor pureha-««. ¥hero ia nothing in tbe Interstate Commerce law thai fochids you doing this, and the Qoiman tact won't mention it. There ia a oortain plnm known as the £ «re©n gago.\ It is not tho cuoumber — laMer, however, is far tbe greener your throat, crowd him upon $e cucum- bers, aee ? always remembering thai dows can-\catch on when divorced wotpen can't, In conclusion, let me sny that if you must eat cucumbers, why, you must, that's all; for there is no way in which mortals can avoid the must. $ut-always jceep on hand a supply of cholera mixture,— Jtfadge Howht '.\•\' 4 8TANT0N AND PRESIDENT. We q«f>to the following anecdote from \ Recollestions of Secretary Stanton,\'by a clerk of the Wai I|epartment, in the Century: u Whei Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina, was appointed Military Governor Qf his State, tbe Secretary of War'caused to be filled oct one of the blauk forms this j used for notifying military nominees plum of tho two, and can gago for a c«6e of cramps with unerring precision «t timos, tho grecti gtg«, ivs U is par- of their appointment to office by *J,he President, and when he had signed it and caused the seal of the Department of War ip bo attached to it, he concluded that it woujd be wdl to h»ve the sign manual of the President affixed to the instrument. He sent the commission to the White Jlouse, with the reques: that the President w.oald sign and return it immediately! Mr. Lincoln took the d<w<it^^nt and read i£ care- fully, and then began turning and twistiner it about, as though in eearch of something. At last he handed it to the bearer and said, ironically : ** Did Mr. Stanton say where I was to put my signature ?.\ \ ' No, &\?f replied the astonished clerk. \ * Oan you tell me/ asked tjie Presi- dent, 'Whereabouts on this paper I am to put my signature ?* The clerk looked ajt the ennimi!«sion and the ample signature of Mr Sranton immediately at the foot of the body of the instrument,\ with the coonter-signnture of tbe. Adjutant-jQenerai to the left. He also saw a neat^ snug-looking white space benentb the sign manual of the Secretary of Wai which Mr. Lincoln misht h*ave occupied to advantage had he seen fit, but the clerk was polite and replied; 'I doi^t sec any plnce provided for your signature, Mr. President,' and was proceeding to explain how the omission obviously came about when the Presi- dent interrupted him and said in a dignified tone: \ Take the paper back to the Secretary of War, with my compliments, and say that the Presi- dent will promptly sign, any proper commission that may be sent to him for Governor Stanley or anyjbody else, 1 \ p y he ri^ht to perpetrate. Whether you 11 in tae street Or qall op him at his si you hnvc no right to persume that he has time to spare becijuso\ you have a superabundance of i% or that he is Q ot pressed by the demands of business be- cause you* have nothing to do. Jt is a moral impropriety which SOUJ'O are. in the habit of iodu gin«» in that of tres- passing unnecessarily upon time of their friend9 and acqaaiutanebs, thus forcing them to either neglact their business, explain the o^ture'of their business, or iucur the imputation of a breach of politeness. Do not, then, put your friend into such a distf^ree&ble^posuiou. If you meet him on the street and ho gives siuna of haste r dont stop him un- less to do so be indispensable, nor de- lay him longer than is- absolutely nocespary ; aiid if you havo to call upon him at hi* office, store or shop, trans- act vour business with hin: as &pou aa postiible; and-thon * TRIAI, BY JURY IN NEViDJL. A few days ago there was a small civil suit tried before the-Justica Piztn- Switch—the same man who decided the Aoti-iTreat law unconstitutional. It is always customary in such cases to have the winner of the suit pay the foes. The plaintiff—a big raw-boned j rancher—was called on to pay the jury *°of sis $2 apie$e. : H6 iiftnisdiatfely atoyd ^ in Court, and queried'; « Pay theory $12?\ .\ Yea,\ replied the Court, LJ^ a4iear, Judije, ain't this j ik ? I j CHOQSJNQ BATHIKG SUITS. I came upon a party of girls engag- ed in a mysterious operation. One had her dress cleevas off, another was apply- ing pieces of wet cloth to her arms. (l What s the matter with Maria t Hheumatism in her back ? I asked. \ Mercy, no, we are trying sample for our raits,\-returned one of them. I was mystified. Girt No, 3 ws slopping a piece of white wool material up and down in a washbowl. She squrested it out, and removing the other wet rag spread this fresh piece over Maria's arms. Maria shuddered. The girU.all stood around. $fo. 3 eseJmm- o<1: \ That shows through beautifully. You can eee Maria's pirvk compleziou just as pl*in!' \ That's the75-cent piece, aint it?\ asked Maria. \ Yes, dear; and this i» the one you eanU so© a thing through—thatfiOcent stuff - Then it camo out. The sweet buds of iunocenoe were deciding about the materials for their bathing suits, and tho one that u showed through ** was tho one selected. \ W B& »i'« k>?aly,\ said girl No. 2. u You oart see the mole on Maria*a arm. Ma wants me to have blue flannel—a* if there was any fan in blue flannel! You ju?t teo if tbo men evor pay muoh attention to blue flannel. I say they d don't. sorter piling jt on tniek ? I just paid four of them, fellers $20 apiece. Dp they want the earth, sammer fallow- ed?\ The dead silence in the room waa broken by a slight snicker trom defend- ant's attorney. The bailiff called every- body to order, and tjie jury filed out without asking for fees—Carson Appeal.. ~TfiS=B«tjornthedacatioaal convention held at Chicago adopted resolutions favoring extending the school year in the rural districts; the retirement of veteran teachers; compulwu j education federal aid in the education of illiterate blacks, and forbidding the sale of ttfbaeeo to the youth. A BECENT ctblegram f?om Brussels to the New York Hernllt announces the discovery of a portable telephone whereby telephoning is ** made easy \ from ^anywhere to anywhere\ by means of a copper wire worked by a small but astonishingly powerful gener- ator of electricity. The cablegram con- tinue*:— tJ In warfare soldiers could carry the wire, aud would be able to communicate with others by simply throwiog the wire oh jthe soil and rott- ing it around a sword fixed ia the ground to form the* ©ireuit and then speaking through a small box. The said telephone also note as a telrgraph, and can be used as a substitute where- ever telegraph wires are1 cm. Exper- iment* made between Brussels and Antwerp show the transmission to be so perfect that sound o*n be heaid even, at several yards from the receiver. The portable telephone alrsaJr esists ia Germany, but costs so dear and HO constantly gets out of orddu as tt) be impraoticabie,\ The reoietlv which, most auoccdsfuliy combalt makrial disorders, is Ayera Ague Cure. It is a purely vegetable oom pound, an4 eon tains neither quin« ino nor any other dangerous ingredient. VVarrat:t«d to oare chills and fever. Tho tonic and alternativo properties of Ayers Sarsapatilfa are too wot known to require the specioua aid oi any exaggerated or fiotitiousoertificjULe. Witnesses of the marvelous euros eject- ed by this propantiOQ art to-day hrfog in every city and hamlet of tbo land. * * * Farmers and horse use Shep&rd's Condition Powders, all eases of general debility ; yoar ntnmak. For ooutfha nad they are without^a HTHI; tb«y btT« became almost a aeeowity lo ••#ry person who owo» a horao, tkm $ % tkU \ oaiUbrShep«r*i>Cottditio» Powdew. Sold io Fort lve musegl iiu'Henry & Oidw»y, gei^ti Centre, bj . \ \
