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AGRICULTURAL
OPICS OF INTEREST RFIj ATIVE
k TO FARM AXI> GARDEN.
Batchers* OITal for Pigs.
There is a wofui luck of cconomy in
the feeding of butchers' offal to hogs.
it is not a Lad nor unwholesome food
^ itself if its character is understood. The
^^pig is a carnivorous animal, and a certain
proportion of b <>od and oilier I
butchers' o.l'al is not bad tor him. But ]
I this is a very concentrated, heating food. :
r If given ail it will eat, the pig is made j
, feverish w-nd loses half the "bene it it j
> should ?/ain. I'robm.ly r the butcher!
i thinks to gi^e his |>igs anything else he
I throws in so;r.e corn, another heating |
| and concentrated food. It is no wonder
[ that hogs ihu3 fed are particularly liable
to cholera. Thdc is nearly an entire
lack of bulky foods to distend the
> Btotnach. or those that furnish material
for bone anil muscle. Milk with bran
or oats should form a part of the feed of
all hog3. If th s rule were attended to
S disease of any kind anionr swine would
? be very rare.?Airwio an CaUicutur.
I Round-K dml
' "We clip the following from at English
I exchange: A fortnight ago we gave ac i
I account of the manner in which a French j
h poultry-keeper, by following an Ameri- !
B can invention, produced coikercls and |
pullets as he de ired. The report elicited
a letter from another Continental breeder,
who states that he has tried a simpler j
method with success. lie selected i
i twelve eg?js with pointed ends, and (
f twelve with rounded ends; they were j
placed under different hens, aud trorn i
(the former were hutched out eleven;
cockerels, and fr m the latter ten pullets, ;
i the other egg<?having been broken dur- J
ing the proce-s of incubation. There is, :
however, nothing new in this selection i
of the large cnued or round ended eirgs, j
as many poultry-rea ers in i-.ngl&nd I
(make a praeticu of doing so, in the be- J
lief that they are more fertile?more
certain to produce chickens?than the j
sharper pointed eggs. A lady of forty
1 years' experience tells us that she always
sets" round-ended eggs and that she
( invariably Jha? the good lucK to nave |
more pullets th?n tockereb. This is to I
I some extent a corroboration, though not'
[ s complete one, cf the French farmer's
/ experience.
Renovating Horses.
A month to grass will work a wondrous |
change with a liorse which is feverish .
and getting stocked We used to turn |
our horses out at night, and keep them \
in the stable, if not at work, during the j
daytime. They would renew themselves J
in this way. And the run to grass was j
1 just enough laxative to j urify the blood j
and take all the fever out of them.
"When a horse is kept on dry food and [
fed grain for more than a year, without i
change, the <;rain does not seem to have j
the eilect of susta ning the system that i
it does after catiDg gra-s. The change
is in the lack of complete digestion and |
assimilation. The btoiuach becomcs!
more or les3 inflamed and congested,
and the lood passes through it and is ;
Dot absorbed and made into'new blood, i
There is no sort of economy in this sort
of management, as food is wasted and j
the horse is not benefited. Increasing j
the amount of yrain will not remedy the
trouble, as the hor.?e has too much,
already. Any hor^e should have a rest j
of a few days when first turned to grass, i
out aner it nas Dccome usea to tne new
diet it may be worked carefully. It j
should be driven slowly, for it will heat:
up rapidly, and as it cannot get rid of
the water in its system by evaporation 1
fast enough it will sweat proiusely. If i
it did not it would die. The horse, fed
frain and full of fever and congestion,
as no water in its body, comparatively,
and of course it can stand hard usage.
The truth is, cows and all an:mal9
would free e in winter if they were in
the same physical condition they are in
summer?when fed on grass. While
this is true it is nevertheless a necessity
that all animals should have this renewal,
which the sue culeut foods of the
summer bring about so well. The city
man who caunot spare his team wisely
buys bunches of clover or green rye for
his horse*, which ac: as an antidote to
remove fever and help a little.
Ilceling-In.
Whether trees are to be planted in
the fail or in the spring it is best to
procure thum in the tail and heel them
in. "Heeling-in" is a most important
operation, and, according to its beiug
well or poorly done, it is of great benefit
u,. 4.. 11*. ? ,
VI ICOUIU3 1U XL IS ICtWlY tt tv.niporary
planting, which will preserve the
trees for almost any desired length of
time, yet allow them to be taken out |
whenever thev are wanted for permanent
* planting, i-u ect a high, well-drained
place, in light soil where water wiil not
settle, and iree from weeds that may
afford shelter to mice. The object is to
place the roots aud a portion of the
stems in contact with the soil. A trench i
is opened, the heau toward the South,
of a width and depth ?ovenied by the
size of the trees, 'the trees are laid in
at an an?le of about fortv-iive degrees;
one layer being piaccd, the roots imd
part of the stem are to be thoroughly
covered with fine soil. Then another
layer of trees is laid iu, more soil, and
bo on; when all are in the trench aud
the earth so filled in that no airspaces are
left amonc: the rcots, bank the earth up
over aud around them, rounding it up
well to shed water. As the trees are
heeled in, use every care, bj labels,
marking stakes or by record, to preserve
the identity of the kind. When the trees
are taken out for planting, there should
be no di culty or uncertainty about
their names. This should be kept in
mind when placinir them in the trench.
The trees aie placed in u sloping position
that the branches may protect those
below them from the sun. if the weather
is very severe and there is.no danger
from mice, the tops may be covered by
leaves or other mulch. If mice abound,
heel in the trees erect, and bank up the
earth well around the stems.?American
Agriculturist.
Wintering Stock.
The farmer should look well to his
store of feed, to see that he has sufficient
hay, grain and roots to feed his stock
through winter profitably. In addition
to a full supply of feed, he should have
a supply of clean str;iw, to bed his
stocK. If to be o .taim d, forest leaves
r are preferable. Gathered while dry,
and stored away, they n akc the bi st
Kor^Inrr- ( fsiflcs. thev arc shorter, and
I not so heavy in handling. Th? manureleaves
also make a richer manure thau
traw.
If the farmer has not sufficient feed
for his stock, it would be wise either to
buy feed or sell oil a portion of the
stock. He should cull out and dispose
of all old or otherwise inferior animals;
they are kept at an expense, and with no
ontcome. It is also important that the
barns be in good condition, to keep stock
comfortable throughout winter. It is
really astonishing how careless and
thoughtless many farmers are in regard
to this. .Many farmers go into Winter
j..
quarters without shelter for a portion
of their stock; others with their haras
j open, shackly and illy covered, with just
j iced enough to carry their stock through,
i as though, after the expense of feed and
trouble of feeding through winter, they
j were not of any more value in the spring
than they were the fall before. The feed, |
thus scantily given, was entirely lost,
with a little manure, and that of poor
quality, to pay for their trouble.
The object of the farmer in feeding
animals through winter should be for
peolit. Feeding stock to gain a profit
from is a nice point, and requires study
and ciose attention. It is not enough to
feed a sufficient quantity but the feed
must be of !-u<-h as is best for accomplishing
the ob cct of feeding, let this
be for milk, butter, fat or jrrowth. The
animal must first consume a certain
amount of food to maintain its stationary
condition, to keep up heat for the
body and supply material waste. These
,11 -? a. 1 J ..J l?n p/-\ ? /* Vl/i
ill! must, UU 11 IM prov Hll-U IU1 UClUIb luu
farmer can gain anything for the food.
An animal kept clean, dry and warm, is
kept in better health, consequently it
takes lc.cs food, and what is consumed is 1
more effectual, and more profit is realized .
from it. I
In feed ncr for milk and butter, such !
food must be given as will best meet the
demands for milk, in addition to what is
required to supply the wastes of tissue.
"VY hie young, animals require food for |
formation of bone. This is yielded in |
milk in larger proportion than from any
other food. A. more matured animal re- I
quires such food as the grasses, roots and
grain, to produce bone, muscle, and a
certain amount of fat. If the animal is
fed for the butcher, it should be fed some
flax ami cotion seed. Corn is the most
fattening grain.
Auother thing in feeding animals over I
winter to a profit, is to get them n good
condition early, while the weather is
pleasant, it will take less feed, than
to start into winter with them in a poor |
condition. The manure produced by
the stock, if not secured and udieiously
used, will greatly diminish the profit on
the feed aud care; therefore, let this be
a point of great intere>t to those feeding
animals through winter for profit.?
1'ruirie Farmer.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Near the close of a journey let the
horse walk.
- * _i ij.:
L f-e lanci in wmcn some cuiuvmcu ciuy
grew last year.
Bran will pay the milk seller, but oats
the butter-maker.
Never wash a horse with cold water
when he is heated.
A fruitful cause of disease among
poultry is impure water.
It is better to pay $.}() for a registered
bull calf than to have a grade bu.l given
you.
Dorking3 are par excellence as table
fowls, ami proline layers of good sued
white eggs.
If the hog pasture gets short this
month, roots and pumpkins can be used
to supplement it.
Do not use coal oil or grease of any
kind on a sitti. g hen; it will prevent the
eggs from hutching.
it is better to think twice before you
strike a cow, than to think twice to find
out why you struck her.
Ducks may be profitably raised on
farms where there are no streams or
Dounds of water lor them.
I - The
evening milk has been proven by
recent Kngli>h dairy tests to contain
more solids than the morning milk.
To cure a cat of catching chickens,
cut off her tail just back of her ears, and
then top-dres3 her with two feet of
earth.
.Mushrooms can be grown in any dark
room or cellar where the temperature
can be maintained at from fifty degrees
to sixty degrees.
| It is better to keep a cow that knows
how to attend to one branch of business
thoroughly, than to have one ambitious
! to excel in everything.
Happv is the man whose cows "come
! in" at the riuht time lor winter dairy'
ing. If he cannot make dairying pay he
has some important things to learn.
It is better to till up the water trough
before it is quite empty, than to let the
cows get very thirsty und drink so much
I they won't care to cat for two hours.
!No animal is more sensitive to (old
J than a milch cow, aud it is very import
ant to ouserve great regularity 111 umeui
feeding and nnlKing. Cows keep accurate
time in these mutters.
| The poor quality of the native wild
grasses in the \Ve!.t is one diliiculty of
the dairyman in that section. Prairie
hay, 1 hough nominally cheap, is poor
fetid, and really ofieu not so cheap as
com in the great coru producing States.
| Potatoes, beets, turn:ps, parsnips and
other roots can be kept in the cellar all
winter without w.lting by storing them
in airtight re eptacles. They keep
equally well if placed on the cellar Hour
and covered two or three inches th.ck
with damp leaves.
j When farm implements are housed
for winter they should be painted with
crude petroleum, mixed With enough
coloring maiter to give it a substance
ik.ii- ktiII Hr>!fi it-rin [f thia w flnnp their
durability will be grea ly increased, and
one of the most seriou-i farm expenses
be correspondingly lessened.
The common squirrel is an arrant
thief in the corn crib. The bulk cf
wheat lie eats may be small, bat he destroys
a great deal more, eating out the
germ or chit, and being especially partial
to that which the fa: mer has rc-erved
for seed. If a squirrel can find his way
to the loft where the seed co:n is hung
up to dry, he will be sure to do so in
preference to taking that from the crib,
i Husking corn out of doors, in dry
j weather, the stalks are so brittle that it
is very di.iicult to bind with them. Some
use rye straw for that purpose, and whsn
they have none arc at the trouble to
ransack the ncighboihod till they find it.
It never occurs to them that stalks are
not brittle when damp and that enough
to furnish a man with bands all day can
be su liciently dampened with one pail
i of water.
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Adobe Hons.-'s.
Adobe houses are made of tinburned
brick. They are common in Teuis,
Mex.ce, Central and South America.
The bricks are male or loamy earth,
contaning about two thirds line sand
and one third clayey d st. Th sinensis
mixed with water a id then pressed into
molds of the requited si e. Taken from
the mold-*, the adobes are placid on
edge on the ground and left 10 burden
in the sun. In a few days they are h rd,
compart brick?, without a crack. They
are laid with mud mortar, and at the
completion of every two feet of the
structure an interval of one week is allowed
for drying, and a similar space of
time between the completion of the walls
and the putting on of the roof. The
houses are usually one-story high and
the inside is plastered be <Te the roof is
put on. The duration of these houses s
much greater than would be supposed,
as there are a number now in existence
which have stood m.>re thai a century.
?Jfcw York Disputed*
k COLD COUNTRY.
HOW THE PEOPLE PASS THEIR
LIVES IN ICELAND.
Interesting Story of the Early Settlement
of the Distant North?A
Nation of Intelligence
and Thrift.
Iceland was first settled about the
middle of the Diutii century by some
adventurous Norwegians who fled to its
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meuts of tlicir king. They were bold
warriors, to -whom submission was impossible.
Together they swore to be
free. Though some kindred spirits
sought a refuge on the Shetland, the
Orkney and the Faroe islands, it was to
Iceland that a majority of the malcontents
sailed in search of a new home.
They founded there a free republic of
aristocratic character, much like those
that nourished in (.iriece before the
Christian era. It consisted of nobles, or
independent chiefs, their free retainers
and slaves.
The^e social grades were very distinctly
marked, even in personal appearance.
The nobles were fair, with blonde
locks and line, intelligent eyes. To them
is ascribed all the beauty of their race.
They were brave and haughty, yet
simple in manners and devoted to grace ,
ful and heroic pursuits. The middle
grade, called churls, were florid and redhaired.
Their features were of coarser
mold and their occupations were more
laborious. The slaves are described as
swarthy and black-haired, with faces
like the Lapps. Th >ugh under the control
of their masters, their condition was
by no means so hopeless as that of the
modern slave, for thoso who in any way
! distinguished themselves were coiu!
monly rewarded with freedom and a gift
I of land.
The loss of independence mat 101lowed
acceptance of Norwegian rule in
the thirteenth c.-ntury was accompanied
i by a decrease of mental vigor. Books
were still wrtten, but they offered no
new ideas. The people beiran to live
upon the past. Though they have never
lost .heir taste for letters and have always
remaiued fond of study, they have
never since reached the creative power
qf that early time.
The uuion of Norway with Denmark
in ly^O transferred Iceland to Danish
rule, under which it still remains. The
selfish policy of the new government
caused a steady decline in material pros[
pcrity. Compelled to deal with Danes
! only in all commercial affairs, the people
j suffered fiom their greed. The former
! proud pos.tion of the is and was almost
forgotten in the obscurity that gradually
1 surrounded it. Poor, oppressed, and
I isolated, the world passed it by. But a
I general revival of thought and power is
rw.TO i\r/->orro<cin tr in llinr hlfalc hut. hfiilll
| tiful laud. Iu Its learned societies are
' scholars of merit, and the new authors
are laying claim to recognition. In l8T-i
the King of l)e imark signed a new constitution
that gave to Iceland legislative
independence, with some administrative
control over their own affairs. But they
are not represented in the Danish legislature,
and their Governor is appointed
by the King. This chief executive is
| responsible to the ministerial department
of justice in t openhngen. In the legislature,
called "althing," there are two
houses. The upper house contains six
1 members nominated by the King, and
six more choseu by themselves from the
i th rty deputies elected by the people,
j The lemaining twenty-four members
constitute the lower house.
! The people of Iceland are well edj
ucated; indeed, it is impossible to find
one who cannot read and write. As all
are instructed in youth, teachers are
abundant, and the climate, together
ojit-Vi Irtnrr dark winters that make
! out-of-door work impossible, give much
time for study. Simpie. temperate tastes
foster their inherited love of books. It
is a commoa habit for families to draw
together in the evening, children and
servants with the rest, to "listen to the
reading of some good book, while tlieir
hands are employed with light but use.
ful labor. Observations are occasionally
made by the older or wiser members of
the group to aid the understanding of
the young and ignorant. Even in mast
remote quarters and among the poorest
there is a knowledge of social amenities
that has produced gentle manners. Children
will offer the r hands to strangers
with a polite greeting, while their elders
will never refuse them hospital ty. The
instruction of the young is further provided
for by a novel ecclesiastical law,
giving the prie.st a right to forbid the
narriage of any womau who is unable
r/aorl
A fault in the education of this people
is that students devote themselvos
almost wholly to language and literature,
to the neglei t of science and mathematics.
They have a wonderful faculty
for acquiring languages, die commonly
meets people who can easily converse iu
Dani>b and Knglish,nnd often in French,
German, or La in. Their own tongue i%
the ancient Scandinavian, which has
been preserved among them in almost
changeless purity. It is the oldest dialect
of Europe, which their isolated position
and constant study of national literature
have kept unmodified by the influences
at work upon the continent,
j Says Sir David Wedderburn: "Social
equality is complete in Iceland. The
priest en oys a certain rank and distinction,
but even the Governor, whose of
fice is one of power as well as of canity,
is liable to have his hand grasped *>y farmer
or fisherman with the familiar inquiry:
'ilow are you, Finser?' "
The Icelanders of to day are reither
strong nor handsome. Their features
are harsh, but this fault is partly ato..ed
for by a gentle expression and frank blue
eyes. In character they are cheerful,
but never no:s:lv merry, and their m.nds
are serious anc^ettective. Hospitality is
one of their chief virtue?. They will entertain
all comers as well as they are able.
To he sure, guests always o.ler a gift of
money if they can do so, and from
foreigners it is expected; but no one is
turned away.
Many churches have a small collection
J of books that are left in the care of the
i priest for the use of any family in the
district that desires instruction or amusement.
Tiie priest also afds in teaching
the youn<r. Though he is poor like most
of his neighbors he is relieved from some
of their more laborious tasks and keeps
a superior position because of his intellectual
acquirements.
There is nothing characteristic in the
dress now worn by men in Jceiana except
mittens with double thumbs and
moccasins and Icuyins of untanned
sheepskin. Hut all the women wear a
small black cloth cap. whose long silken
tassel i9 ornamented with gold or silver.
It makes a very pretty head-dress, that
is concea'ed, however, on the street by
a dark shawl which is wrapped around
the head. Their dicss is usually plain
and unornamcntal. but all the people are
neat and clean, having a generous supply
of bodv linen. Though poor everybody
seems to be comfortaole. Poverty,
as we see it, is very rare. Drunkenness
is also infrequent.. Manners are easy and
orderly, a respect for religious worship
is habitual, and the desire for mental
growth is nearly universal; in fine, the
distant Icelander has reached a degree
of real civilization that prouder nations
might well strive to copy.?Chicago Newt.
In a Persian Bazaar.
There are silversmiths in the bazaar at
Teheran, Persia, fusing the metal into
ingots and bars, hammering at the plates,
designing, engraving, chasing and soldering;
the work is seen in progress from
the very beginning, and woe be to the
unfortunate wretch who shall be detected
in using alloy or an unnecessary
ouantitv of solder. The workers in
j leather, in copper, in iron, the manufacj
turers of textile fabrics, all give a conj
tinuous industrial exhibition of their
| own, which is open to all the world,
"free, gratis, for nothing." The conI
fectioner produces his sweet stock in
! trade under the eye of the purchaser.
! The Persian likes to have everything
1 made specially, and sits by to sec it done,
j to make sure that what he buys is fresh,
J and that he isn't cheated. It is not to
i be wondered at that the bazaars are a
j favorite lounge of the middle and lower
I classes. All day long the great arches
I of the bazaar arc thronged by a noisy,
| pushing crowd, hurrying and gesticulat;
ing, but all in h gli, good humor. Here
I come the mounteoank, the bulfoons, tno
; proprietors of dancing bears and monj
keys, the street conjurors, and the man
with the tame lion; the itinerant vendors
I of flowers, lettuce, pipes and hot tea;
| the sellers of eggs and poultry: the dealj
crs in weapons and second-hand clothing,
; and innumerable hawkers. It is not to
j Do wondered at that the European travj
eler finds it very di Hcult, indeed, to tear
| himself away from the innumerable atI
tractions of the Persian bazaar. The
| bric-a-brac hunter may come upon a
i price'ess piece of faience, which he may
| possibly secure for a few pence. Here
| one may occasionally pick up a num sl
matic treasure, which the owner is glad
to part with for a little more than the
price of the metal; but here the strauger
mu>t beware, for skillful forgeries of old
coins are not unknown even in Persia.
But there is one honestcustom invariable
in the Pers an bazaar; if a purchaser is
I dissatisfied w:th his bargain, the seiler
is always ready to return him his money
if he brings bock what he has bought
within twenty four hours. This is a
custom never departed from.?Good
Words,
Goats Clear 400 Acre9 or Forest.
Last winter the Missouri Land and
Live Stock Company brought on from
| Texas O'J.) Angora goats and put them
| upon its ranch to be used in sprouting
: off '.00 acres of red, wh te and postoak
I timber lands that had been cleared otf
! and seeded for tame grass pasture. vVhen
: the goats were turned on the land in
i May the whole 400 acre? were springing
I up from each stump and grub with
[ sprouts and the land was thickly cov{
cred with this young growth a foot to
three feet in height. Within four weeks
, the goats had completed the first sprout
ing and were turned on to another field
i to graze. As quiclc as tne sprouis snoi
up again the goats were set to work to
sprout it off. They have kept fat, and
i at the close of the sea-on the land will
! be entirely free from sprouts. This gives
the tame grass a chance, and this year
I Mr. Dummit is gra/.ing 11?>0 goats, 50
| head of cattle and 0 head of ponies on
! this 10 > acres of land. These goats are
valuable, too, for their wool, which is
i worth about tiftv cents per pound, but
| the clip for this year has not been sold,
j The young kids make excellent mutton,
| and in the vicinity of San Antonio,
| Texas, they are slaughtered for their
: meat. The experiment of the Scotch
j Company of clearing land with these
goats may be put down as a perfect sue*
ce-s. By such means hundreds of thousands
of acres of timber lands can be
subdued and set in grass at comparativeI
ly small cost, which could not be successfully
seeded in live years by the process
of grubbing and clearing.?Mi-wuri
i Miner.
A Rare Coin.
We have seen a Confederate silver coin
! belonging to Koberts 6c Collins, of this
! city, tbac has several times been written
up since they came in possession of it
several years ago. It is dated 1861 and
j is one of four issued by the
' New Crleans mint before the mint
was olo>ed. The other three have been
i heard of, one in Meriwether county in
; this State, one in Louisiana, and the
i other was sold not long since in New
] York City at auction for $800. A Brook*
; lyn man coming this way offered Messrs.
j I oberts & Collins $-00 for their curi;
osity, but they refused to take it. They
; paid $1>> for it. The coin is a half doK
: lar. has the Goddess of J iberty on one
j side, on the other, the wreath is a stalk
I of cane and a cotton stalk, the bars and
, stars of the Confederacy in a coat of
j arms, with a liberty pole through it and
liberty cap on top of it. ? CartersvilU
| {Ua.) Jimeiit'an.
All 0:ld Will.
Persons frequently form strange at:
tachmcnt9. An illustration of this was
j furnished the Probate Courl by the pro!
visions of the will of Maggie Watson,
; which was probated. After providing
! that out of the estate w s to be paid the
expense of a hear.se and four carriages
[ for the funeral, and that her body bo
; laid beside that of her husband and a
l monument be put on her grave like that
! on his, the wid goe* on to provide: "It
: is my will that the two china doys now
! in my room be ea<'h separately put in a
I box with glass fronts, both alike, and
I one placed 011 my dear hatband's gave at
I Spring Grove and the other on my grave,
j and all to be paid for out of the money I
| leave."?Cincin/.a i Enquirer.
j Best Time for Literary Composition.
When is the best time for writing?
Some poets and novelists maintain that
the best time is a night. Nobody knew
when ; ord Byron wrote, for no one ever
found him writing. Poc could write at
I any hour of the day or night. Macau lay
I always spent the entire morning reading,
| and then ho wrote, Balzac tilted himself
with bla k codec so he could work at
night. Wilkie Collins prefers the m.dniyht
hours. Wiliiam Black finds morning
the best time for work. Authony
Trollonc made i. a rule to sit down at
! hisdeslcat a certain hour every morning.
He did not wait for inspiration. He wa3
as methodical as a bookkeeper.?Allunt
Constitution.
Cremation's Entering: WcilffP.
The first furnace for the cremation in
America of bodies of the dead was
eiejtecl nt Wa-hington, 1 cun., in 13.(i,
by Ur. F. .T. Le Moine.at acost of ^ 1 GOO.
The lirst cremation (tlint of Baron de
Palm) took place Teccmber (? of the
same year. The process occupied about
two hours, and was very successful in
its results. The ashes were placed in an
urn. The process seemed objectionable
to many, and some excitement was caused
throughout the country. Since then
crcmatoiies have been erected in seve al
huge cities, and the p oce3sof cremation
is not now regaided with much curiosity.
?New York jDivpateh.
Man may growl, grumble and fight,
but it has no effect upou natural right.
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| Three prospectors ?eeking the fabled
I Adums t'old mine in New Mexico have
been killed by Navajo Indians.
A. unique Chinese teapot is of white
porcelain embedded in a wadding lined
bamboo basket, for retaining the heat.
(ieorpre Augnntnn Sntn.
George Augustus Sala. the well known English
writer, on his last Australian trip wrote as
follows to the London Dally Telegraph:
"I especially have a pleasant remembrance
of the ship's doctor?a very experienced maritime
medico indeed, who tended me most kindly
during a horrible spell of bronchitis and
spasmodic asthma, provoked by the sea fog
which had swooped down on us just after we
left San Francisco. Hut the doctor's prescrip
tions and the increasing warmth of iho 1cmpcrature
as we ncarcd the Tropics, and in particular,
a couple of Ali.cock's Pohous I'lasteiis
clappcd on?one on the cbcst and another
between the shoulder blades?soon set mo
right"
Representative L'rain is the only native Texan
in Congress
The Gnltlen Gate Special.
The Union and Central Pacific Roads and
Pullman Company put on, Dec. 5, a weekly
train of Pullman Vestibule Cars, to run between
Council Bluffs and San Francisco.
Steam heat, electric light, separate bathrooms
for ladies and gentlemen, barber shop, observatlon
and smoking rooms, and a female attendant
for ladies and children, make it "the
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A SeuHible Man
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Lungs. It is curing more cases of Coughs,
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Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other
medicine. The proprietor has authorized any
j druggist to give you a Sample Bottle Free to
convince you of the merit, of this great remedy.
Largo Bottles 50c and $1.
Oscar Wilde has cut off his ringlets and covered
his calves.
A Tremendous Sensation
Would have been created one hundred years
ago by the sight of one of our modern express
trains whizzing along at tho rate of six y
miles an hour. Just think bow our grandfathers
would have stared at such a spectacle! It
takes a good deal to astonish people now-adays,
but some of the marvelous cures of consumption,
wrought by Dr. Pierce's Golden
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curable. The "Golden Medical Discovery"
is the only known remedy for it. If taken
at the right time?which, bear in mind, is not
when the lungs are nearly gone?it will go
right to the seat of the disease and accomplish
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Jersey Ciiy, N. ,T.
"Had Been Worried Eighteen Year*."
Tt. should have read "married," but the
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about the same thing, and so did not draw his
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The River Nile is lo * er than tefore known
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