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AGRICULTURAL
H TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
HEj TO 1-ARM AND GARDEN.
Potatoes from Peed Balls.
|B Potatoes may be grown from the 6eed
balls, which are really the fruit and true
seed of the plants. But the tubes will
8H vary in character, and no two will be
HH -1:1? t\? ? .1 _;n i,?, cmill i
Iowrvu. iut in ^1/ jvai iiicjr ?iii omu.ij
bnt when planted the next season they
. will be of ordinary size. The produce
j'of the seed is called seedlings, and it is
f'in this way that new varieties are produced.
A good way to get the seedlings
''is to sow the seed in pots early and before
l^the planting season arrives. In May or
June the plants arc set out in the open
ground in rich soil, and are cultivated in
the usual manner.?JVeio Yurie Time*.
IWsaclvantasros ot Crude PerroTeum.
I If you want to use crude petroleum on
Ithe fences and buildings of the farm, all
I right. It is cheap and helps to render
k durable all the wood it touches, but reBmember
it never leaves the wood it
^attaches itself to, and you can never
i climb that fence without being reminded
that it is immortal. The auimal
that rubs ngainst it carries the mark away i
with him, and the whole farm smells j
like a kerosene retinery. We would ;
rather rebuild the fences and house9, |
after the lapse of a natural life-time, than !
to live in the presence of this living j
nuisance. So far as fenccs are concerned I
the point of weakness is always located |
at the post where the board comes in i
contact with it. There is where the j
water from rains lodges and rots the j
plank. To put the crude petroleum ou
the posts where the planks are nailed to I
them would be wisdom, but beyond that j
it is very questionable if the oil docs uuy ;
flood whatever.?American Dairyman,
To Make the Mane GrowSome
animals naturally have thin and
iflcracirv manes and tails, and to induce a !
' j
Btrong growth of hair is dirlicult in these .
cases. Frequently a parasite infests
these parts destroying the liair, causing |
it fall out and to break oil close to the !
roots, giving the parts a scraggy look:
and sometimes dust and dirt are allowed j
/to accumulate, causing itchiness, which 1
| makes the animal rub itself and thus destroys
the hair. The application of soap j
and warm water will remove the dirt and |
dust,after which a weak solution of tinct- :
ure of iodine and alcohol should be ap- i
plied, or else alcohol and castor oil mixed
in equal parts and well rubbed in. When !
the hair is quite thin and presents an '
unhealthy appearance it should be shaved '
or clipped otf quite close; then bathe the
parts with war.n water and soap, and
afterward apply the following ointment: j
Take of biniodide of mercujy one dram;
glycerine, one half ounce, and vaseline
[lard one and a half ounces. This should
.be applied with earnest;friction and then
[the animal so secured that he cunnot rub
^himself. After a week or ten days the
parts can be washed clean, and once
every two or three weeks an application :
of equal parts of alcohol and castor oil t
will be beneficial, but it will lake some j
time for the hair to grow to a full length.
Color of Chicken Legs.
. Every little while somebody gets into j
'print, and wails and howls, because most 1
Ipeopie wno ouycnicisens 10 eai wmiase |
the * ellow legged breeds in preference j
to the dark legged ones. They tell us i
that the quality of the flesh of the dark- j
legged fowls is superior to that of the j
yellow legged birds; that poultry keep- ,
ere, owing to the demand for yellow
legged and yellow skinned fowls, "do ,
not breed the best quality of poultry, !
but aim only to secure good yellow legs !
and skin;" that "color has almost banished
the best breeds from market,"and, j
that it is our duty to "educate" pur- j
chasers up to the dark legged chickens,
and all that.
Now, if the poultry writers and poul- !
try breeders who prefer the dark legged
chickens want to "educate"' purchasers,
let them go ahead; I haven't the slight- j
est ob.ection; but 1 shan't enlist as a
teacher of that subject. So long as the
people who buy chickens prefer yellow
legs and skin, and will pay more for j
chickens possessing such "marks," the i
wise market poultry raiser will devote
his time and talents to producing what
his cwtomers demand and are willing to
pay for, instead of trying to convince .
iiucm mat suraetamg eisc is ueuer. co t
far as I am concerntd, so long as no
"great moral question," or little one
either, is involved in the work, I will
raise what people want and will pay for,
and all level headed poultry raisers will
do the same.?Prairie Farmer.
The Care of Butter.
Farmers are often unjustly blamed for ;
the poor quaiitv of butter, which was
quite good when bought, but quickly
deteriorates after it has been kept one '
or two weeks. The city housew.fc, or 1
more generally the servant allowed
charge of the kitchen, is largely to blame
for this. In summer we have known ,1
butter to be placed in refrigerators
along with meats and even lish, the idea
being that as none of those touched each
other no barm could coine to the butter.
Fat is very absorptive of any odors, and
either crcain or butter is thus easily
tainted. In winter time butter should
not be placed where it will get direct
heat from stoves or furnaces. If the
house is heated from the basement, as
I many city nouses are, it nas probably no
really good place for storing butter. On
a frhelf near the kitchcn it is sure to ab- !
sorb odors from the daily cooking.
In the country, butter is generally
kept in cellars, which in winter are
largely used as storehouses for all kinds
of vegetables that the farmer is fortunate
or enterprising enough to produce. But
the prudent housewife does not often
try to store either cream or milk in
proximity to the odors arising from
vegetables, roots and fruits. If the buttery
is not too close to the kitchen stove,
and is properly ventilated, good butter
may be produced, but, as is generally "
congsdcd, this is much more difficult in 1
winter than in summer, when good
ventilation seems so much mora a
necessity that it is rarely neglec ted.
The butter house should, if possible,
be disconnected from everything else, j
and be kept both cool and free from ,
noxious odors. Few farmers are able to :
keep any large quantity of butter very
I long without loss or quality, ana never
if their cellars are filled up with fruits
ami vegetables, as those of the farmer in :
mixed husbandry are almost sure to be. \
Nor is the city resident any better pre- J
pared for this business. As a conscience
it is better that the farmer sell j
bis stocks off about as fast as he makes
fhem, and that the consumer should buy !
raiall quantities, that may be quickly |
ised before danger of being spoiled.?
Button Cultivator.
' Shade and Ornamental Trees.
One of the first things done after in-.
resting in land for a home, by persons of j
julture, is to commence ornamenting;
Jieir premises. If it is begun at once
t is fur more likely to be continued than
f it is delayed until more practical improvements
have been maae. Such is
he iron force of habit with mankind,
that if the early settler fails to set an
orchard and a few ornamental trees in
his front yard at the outset, he is apt to
become careless about doing it at all.
l orty years ago or thereabouts, the early
settlers, mindful of the picturesque
country they had left behind them,
rarely failed to see at least a row of
trees along the road in front of their
houses, l.ocust trees being quick growers
were usually the first choice. Their
graceful foliage and sweet blossoms
made them at first quite popular; but it
was found on trial that they would
winter-kill easily, and that they sent up
so many prickly shoots about the roots
of the trees, that it made them disagreeable
tenants of the soil. Soon the
planting of them ceased.
Hard maple trees were always favorites,
especially with those who grew up
in the vicinity of the sugar bush; but in
planting it they lound they must not
Innk- fnr tnft nniok returns. It is a slow
" *? 1 - grower,and
also rather difficult to transplant.
requiring more skill to doit successfully
than the average granger
possessed, or was willing to give to a
tree which did not, as he expressed it,
"bring in anything." But those who
be^an forty years ago to set oat the hard
maple have to-day rows of lovely trees
at this season of the year, more beautiful
with their brilliantly colored leaves than
any other variety. It is something of a
life work to raise hard maples where
they do not grow spontaneously, but
there is always pleasure connected with
it which repays the effort.
Kvergreens c.tme afterward, such as
balsam fir, Norway spruce, pine and
others, and in a lew years made stately
trees, always provided that they were
fenced about at first, weli enough to
keep them from being destroyed by
cattle.
The soft maple had something to
recommend it as it was a quick grower,
but to be seen at its best it needs cutting
back profusely. Their habit is to send
out long, slim branches, verp apt to be
broken down by the wind.
Judicious trimming helps this, but
they are never so beautiful as the hard
maple. The foliage lacks the brilliant
colors which makes the hard maple j
world renowned for its appearance in |
autumn.
The mountain ash is a beautiful, ornamental
tree for lawn3 and a general
favorite on account of its clusters of red
berries.
The box alder is a quick growing and
desirable tree to invest in. Almost any
kind of tree looks better than r.one at
all; but it is better when setting tnera,
whether for shade or ornament, to use a
little judgmeut in the matter in the
selection of the variety, and also in putting
them in the ground in the best way.
If these are well trimmed and cared for
they give an air of refinement to which
the dullest observer is not insensible.?
New York World.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Never use stale eggs for nest eggs.
Top ventilators in poultry-houses are
being vigorously criticised.
Nest-egg gourds are best. A single
stale egg may ruin your reputation.
Corn charred on the cob is a good
form of giving charcoal to poultry and
swine.
High gr4de sulphate of potash is valued
by tobacco growers who wish a
manure rich in potash.
The non-sitting breeds will lay as well
in winter as the sitters if they are kept
warm and comfortable.
Hot whitewash on the inside of barns,
stables and pig-quarters will aid in preventing
vermin and insects.
When cleaning out poultry-houses put
the manure where it will keep dry and
not be leached out by rains.
Hens eat a great deal of grass in summer,
and something of like nature should
be provided for them in winter.
A flock may be composed of some of
the best layers to be found, yet the average
number of eggs secured may bo
low.
Will farmers ever learn that a wellkept
flock of poultry, for the money investor!
5a fhp tnnsf. nrntit.'ihlfi nl' nil farm
stock?
Ground gypsum or plaster on the
stable floor prevents the escape of ammonia
from the manure into the atmosphcie.
Wheat bran is excellent to make cows
give a large mess of milk, but for the
butter maker it does not furn:sh the
requisite material
Strip the cows clean, as the shippings
contain from twenty-five to thirty per
cent, cream. If milk is left in the cow's
bags to dry away there will be lumps in
the teats.
Succulent roots, such as turnips, parsnips,
beets, etc., require for keeping
not only a cool temperuture but moisture
enough iu the atmosphere to prevent
shriveling.
When there is a tendency in potatoes
to rot after storing, free sprinkliug with
slacked lime is the best corrective, particularly
when the trouble is what is
called dry rot.
The duck is coming to the front as a
market fowl: they are often up to the
turkey in price, and can be raised for
one-half the cost and trouble; don't be
behind the times.
In all field and garden crops the horse
hoe or cultivator, or the hand hoe,
should be used often enough to koep the
weeds destroyed as rapidly as they
spring into sight.
Farmers who must have hired men to
help them in their farm work ought not
to forget their overworked wives. There
is as much need of extra workers in the
kitchen as on the farm.
When a man is frightened or angry
his digestive organs do not wr>rk; thin
is also true of an animal?hence the
profit of keeping it in a peaceful and
fearless state by kind treatment.
It i6 not necessary, in fact it is not
desirable, to grind grain for sheep. They
masticate their food *-gry finely, eat
slowly, and so more thoroughly assimilate
unground grain than ground.
In feeding all kinds of stock?it matters
not what?it is a good rule to give
them not a particle more food than tncy
will eat up clean; better to have to repeat
the feeding than to overfeed.
Anyone who knows anything about a
steer knows that he prefers whole corn
to corn meal aud ear corn to either. It
-jj- r? litillr a/ tVio fourUncr
UU US liltlb 1U1 inc. uuia V* ?vvu.ub
there are no trials to which we can point
that show in favor of meal over whole
corn.
There are questions of general interest
occurring every day on the farm, in the
solution of which most farmers will secure
some aid, if they will attend the i
Institutesheld in their county or district.
If theie are none to be held, agitate the
matter till you get one.
Professor Roberts found that it took
pounds of hay and grain to raise
one hundred pounds of water from
thirty-eight degiees to ninety-eight degrees
by the animal economy, and, on
the other hand, five cents' worth of coal
performed this office of water warming
for twenty-five head of stock daily, saving
175 pouttda of hay. i
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' THE YAOERBILTS. "
THE RICHEST SINGLE FAMILY
IX THE WORLD.
Their Present Stupendous Wealth
and Irs Probable Increase in
Twenty-Five 1'ears?How the
Millions Have Grown.
If the combined Vanderbilt wealth
were all in one-dollar bills the area ot
paper would be just equal to the amount
of white paper required to print 4,182,. >. ?8
copies of the eight-page Worbl. If
the bills were joined end to end they
would stretch y 1,321 miles, or, in other
words, would go a trifle more than once
and a quarter around the globe at its
greatest circumference.
A careful calculation of the wealth of
individual members of the Vanderbilt
family makes the following exniuit:
Cornelius Vanderbilt $110,000,000
AVi liam K. Vanderbilt 85,000,000
Frederick W. Vanderbilt Ki,oo0.0i)0
George W. Vanderbilt 15,000,000
Mrs. KHiott F. Shepard ISS,000,000
Mrs. Will ara D. Sloane 12,0)0,000
Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly. 12,()00,0'i0
Mrs. W. Seward Webb 12,000,000
Total ?274,000,000
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt has no
fortune in her own name,contrary to the
general belief. She has an annuity of
$200, ooO.
When William H. Vanderbilt died he
left a fortuue, in round numbers, of
$200,000,000. It is remarkable how it i
has increased in the three years that have !
elapsed since his death. Old Commodore j
Vanderbilt left his grandson Cornelius l
$5,000,000 and his other three grandsons j
$2,000.000 each. William K. operated j
extensively in the stock market five years
ago and, it was generally understood at
tlie time, lost his entire fortune, which
he had increased to *5,000,000. He was
reported to have received an allowauce
of $;0,<?00 a year from his father for his
personal expenses thereafter and until
the death of the latter. About the time
of or shortly before the termination of
William K.'s disastrous experience in
Wall street ( ornclius began speculating
and was reported to ha7e lost about
!?3,000,000 of his fortune, which had,
1 ?j-w iu?n nrui TVio ,
However, fjtuwu iu pc,v>>v,uw. > uw ,
fortunes of Frederick and George Van- :
derbilt had also appreciated in value, j
though uot to the same extent as the j
others. Frederick hud been very sue- :
cessful in stock speculations and George
had made highly remunerative invest- :
ments under the direction of his father.
Altogether, there was in the family,outside
of William H. Vanderbilt's personal
fortune, $12,000,0)0. Leducting that
amount, the wealth of William H. Vanderbilt
has increased ^02,000,000 since
Lis death.
The manner of the increase is both
plain and natural. In the first place, the
j V'anderbilt estate was the best invested
in the world. ]\lany of the securities
I owned by the Vanderbilts, for instance
the Government bond-*, j;ay only four
I per cent.; but many others, like railroad
stocks and bonds, pay from six 1o eight
per cent., so (hat an average of five per
cent, is under rather than over the correct
rate of income from the entire
amount. Reckoning the interest at five
per cent, and compounding it semi-annually,
the natural improvement in the
total wealth in the past three years has
been $33,835,200, or, in round numbers,
$34,000,000. The stocks of nearly all [
the Vanderbilt roads have materially im
proved in value. In some instances the
improvement has been twenty-five per
cent., in others twenty and so on to a
loocpr rot** In addition. r>rofitable in
vestments have been made with the income.
Taking altogether, the increase |
in the combine ! Vandcrbilt wealth out- i
side of the interest easily reaches $:I0,-11
0ii0,000, -which, added to interest com- J:
puted at $34,000,00ii. makes up the esti- i,
muted gain of $(>2,000,000 and $?,000,- j,
000 more. The last named sum i$ allowed
for the personal expenses of the Vanderbilts.
The wealth of the Vanderbilt family,
comprising only eiaht persons, is greater
than that of any other individual family
in the world. The Rothschilds are' 1
worth altogether about $1,000,000,00J, ! \
but their wealth is scattered among a j:
great many separate families and distant j.
relatives. C ornelius Vanderbilt is the j <
wealthiest individual in the world. The 1
fortune of the richest individual Roth- j i
schild is not estimated at above : i
000,000.
As a rule great fortunes are over- j i
estimated. The figures here given are 11
carefully prepared from * authentic ! ]
sources, cind are as nearly correct as it is ! i
'li. .?1.? ?i,?
pOSSIUlU IU IliaiXC llltui. 1UJ IU? lix uu
instance excessive. '1
William II. Vanderbilt left #70,000,- j1
000 to cach of liis eight children and a
special legacy of $2.u00,0ou to his son |'
Cornelius. Then li'i directed the res*
idue, which amounted to about $120.- ! ]
00(1,000, to be divided equally between |
his sons Cornelius and William K.
The following shows how the Vander- j
hilt wealth, if kept intact, will increase 11
in the lapse of years at the regular rate I
of "> per cent., compounding the interest ;
semi-annually: 1
Pr in t-ifin I. Interest.
One year $287,804,403 $13..S?4,400
Five vears :!4?.720,000 GO. 720. (X>0
Ten years. . 44S,949,0;.0 174,94',000
Twenty-tive vears. '.141,21?).000 f.07,2<i9,(j00 '
Fifty years 8,2<W, 172,^00 2,0S:),172,su0 ,
All the Yanderbilts are likely to live t:
twenty-five years longer, and their indi- j;
vidual fortunes, computing the interest i
at .I per cent, and compounding it semiannually,
will at the end of that time '<
bcaslollows: <
Cornelius Vanderbilt 5377,804,000 1
William K. Vanderbil* 202,009,000 '
Frederick W Vanderbilt 54,9(50,400 t
George W. Vanderbilt M,531,000 ;
Mrs. Elliott F. Bhepnrd 41,224,800
Mrs. William D. Sloaue 41,224,>-00
Mrs. Hamilton Mc-K. Twombly.. 41,224,800
Mrs. W. Seward Webb 41,224,800
Total $!>41.a??,ri00 I,
It is the general impression that the ; i
Vanderbilts.live in the most magnificent j ]
and expensive style. It is true they live |.
luxuriously, but the araouot of their j
personal expenditures, considering their i
great wealth, is moderate. Cornelius ' <
\andcrbilt spends about $250,000 a 1
year, including his charities. William ]
K. Vanderbilt spends about $200,000, 1
and in this sum is included the main- <
tcnance of his yacht. Frederick W. ]
lives within #50,000, and George W., ]
who makes his home with his mother, ]
does not spend over $15,000. Mrs. i
J?hepard, Mrs. Sloane, Mr9. Twombly ]
and Mrs. "Webb spend $50,000 a year. ]
All told, the probable expenses of the ]
Vanderbilts are *.*! ,000 a year. 1
Cornelius, v\ illium K. and Frederick <
W. Vanderbilt. and Hamilton McK. i
Twombly and J)r W. Seward Webb,the 1
latter two sons-in-law of the late William <
H. Vanderbilt, all have oHicial positions (
on the Vanderbilt railroads, to which j 1
good salaries are attached. The other two j
soas-in-law, one Colonel Elliott F. ]
Shepard, has a newspaper, the Mail and i
Ksjiress,and the other, William D. Sloane, 1
has a partnership interest in a large ]
carpet house.?New York World. <
The desirability of dehornrng cattle is ]
still a debatable question among our 1
leading dairymen. i
The Storks and the Darkling?.
Professor Frescaud cites a large number
of well-authenticatecl incidents illustrating
the jealousy that exists among
the lower order of animals?jealousy involving
a train of thought and processes
of reasoning. One of the most curious
of the practical experiments he himself
made was in the case of a family of storks
at Constantinople. Having obtained
permission of the Caliph to investigate
the social and domestic economy of these
historic birds, Professor Frescaud introduced
into one of the nests on the
roof of a mosque eleven duck eggs, and
took away the eggs which the mother
stork had laid. The birds seemed not to
notice the exchange, aud the male and
female stork took turns (as is tho custom
with most birds; at sitting upon the
eggs.
iu due time the eggs were hatched and
nine plump ducklings made their appearance.
The mother stork was apparently
fully satisfied, and she brooded over ner
callow infants with great tenderness.
But when the father stork got a glimpse
at the ducklings he became terribly agitated,
and evinced his displeasure by
shrill cries and violent gesticulations
with his wings and legs. As if, however,
to hax e the scandal properly if not legally
ventilated, this enraged husband ticw
away, and presently returned with an
immense number of neighbors of both
fexes. This strange company expelled
the mother bird from her nest, and for a
longtime inspected theyoungducklings,
keeping up, meanwhile, an incessant
chattering, as if, forsooth, they were discussing
among themselves the probability
of the female stork's infidelity. At
last, seeming to have agreed upon a verdict,
they fell upon the female and killed
her, after which they put the young
ducklings to death and destroyed the
nest and every vestige thereof.
Professor Jr rescaud says that soon after
this judicial murder the father stork,
seemingly overcome by mortification at
the supposed faithlessness of his wife,
committed suicide by drowning in the
Bosphorus.
A Steel licit for n Continent.
This is an era of great undertakings by
land and sea. One of the latest is the
railroad project to connect Becife
(Pernambuco , the most eastern seaport
of Brazil, with Valparaiso, Chili, the
nea est harbor on the westcoa9tof South
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The voyage from Lisbon to Recife is
made by steamers in nine days, and Valparaiso
could be reached by the proposed
railroad route from Recife in five days,
making the time from Europe to the
Pacific coast fourteen days. In obliquely
cutting South America the road would
traverse fertile provinces of Bra il,
Paraguay, the Argentine Republic, and
Chili. In both Brazil and the Argentine
Republic use could be made of
skeletons of railroads already constructed.
The estimated cost of the undertaking
is $150,000,000. A syndicate
has been formed in Rio to obtain grants
of land and money from the countries
interested.
It need not be said that, on more
grounds than one, this project, as well
as all other projects for the development
of South America, if accomplished,
would be of great importance to the people
of the tnited States. With the
progress of that vast region in agriculture
and commerce, its trade with this
country would immensely increase if the
Americon people should take advantage
of their opportunities. But this is not
to the United States the most important
nnnel/lnrnf i n TTOr? in thp dftVeiOI">
I/Uuoiuuiuwivr iu i vt > vv? f
ment of Brazil and other countries of
South America. If railroads should
penetrate those countries and make their
cheap and fertile lands availab e for remunerative
cultivation, a large emigration
would be attracted from Europe.
The mighty stream of immigration that
now pours on these shores would be
greatly diminished by diversion to South
America, and thus a problem that sceai9
to perplex many peop c in the United
States might be solved.?Philadelphia
liccord.
Paraguay's Two Staples.
The two staples of Paraguay are
mandioca and yerba mate. The former
ie a root resembling the yam, from which
is produced the tapioca of commerce.
Life and death are blended in the plant,
every part of which is useful if properly
treated; and it. is as essential to the domestic.
economy of Paraguay and Brazil
as rice to China and potatoes to Ireland.
It is served at every meal in some shape,
as bread is with us; and made into as
many form9 of food as our Hour. The
plant resembles the tomato. The stalks
Innrus nrn OVfeltpnt fnflrtpp for Cftt
tie. aud have medicinal properties when
dried. "When eiiten raw, the root is a
deadly poison. Thirty-five drops of it
wtre administered not long ago to a man
condemned to death, and he died after
live m nutes of dreadful agony. The
poison is mysteriously removed by the
application of heat; and when boiled or
baked, the root is as wholesome and
as palatable as a sweet potato. When
cooked, it is almost pure starch, and contains
ninety-five per cent, of nutritious
properties. The roots are first boiled,
and then are reduced to meal by being
pounded in wooden mortars made of the
log of the lepacho tree.
The yerba mate or Jesuit's tea, as it
used to be called, grows wild in thj forpsts
as plentifully as the beech or the
maple with us, but is much improved by
cultivation in the yerbaleB or tea-farms.
In spring the young leaves are stripped
from the branches, dried before a lire,
and then packed in bales for local sale
ar export. I.iKe the Chinese or Japanese
tea=, the quality and flavor largely depend
upon the manner in which the mate leaves
are handled, but to the nuvice it has a
bitter and disagreeable taste.?American
Magazine.
Chinese Business Astuteness.
It is in their business that the Chinese
can be studied in their most characteristic
aspect. The Chinaman, as every one
knows, is always a sharp business man.
A. Chinaman held a position as nightwatchmau
in a large Arizona sawmill,
several miles out of town. Very early
one morning, he suddenly appeared at
the house of the mill owner, asking for
his money. He said he hnd received a
telegram from his brother in San Fran2isco.
who was dying, and he must go to
him at once. He was paid in full and
left town before the owner learned that
his mill had burned down the previous
svening. The Chinaman suspected that
he would be out of pocket if the owner
heard of his loss before he had gotten
his money, therefore he lost no time in
trying to put out the fire, but stni ted at
once on his midnight journey in the interest
of his dying brother. It is in :
business that the ( hinnmcn are the quicksst
to adopt American manners and
:lress, hoping thereby to gain additional
trade. If they are of the opinion that
new lines of business -will bring them
more money than oid, they will throw
the old aside . They are no longer eonlined
to railroad building, washing, and
household cooking; they have branched
jut into all kinds of new occupations,
wherever the jealously of the American
laborer would permit, and in many of
:hese new enterprises they have been
rery successful.?New York Post.
New Treatment of Lung Consumption.
A new method of treating tuberculosis,
or consumption of tho lungs, has been
proposed by M. Haller. It consists in
inhaling dry air heated to the temperature
of from 250 degrees to 275 degrees
Fahrenheit, the theory beiDg that at this
temperature the bacilhe which are supposed
to produce the disease are destroyed.
Old experiments have shown
that there is no difficulty in inhaling air
at these temperatures, but it seems more
than doubtful whether the clfect will be
in the least degree advantageous.
Another and more rational novelty in
the treatment is that described by liettwciler
as in use at the Fclkenstein sanatorium.
The csscnce of this method is
that the patients arc required to live
permanently in the open air, to sleep
there, even if the tfmperature fall as low
as fourteen degrees Fahrenheit. Thus
* a1 ?5? - ? TrriiViAtl f fVln
periecny pure ;ur is seturcu miuuui; i.***
break in the conditions which occurs
when patients live out of doors in the
a ay time, but arc housed at night. The
patients are said to become fond of the
treatment, and the recoveries are placed
at twenty-five per cent, of the cases
treated.
An Ancient Tattooed Slave.
A notable old African woman, Diana
Middleton, died in Tennessee lately.
Aunt Diana was, according to accounts,
much over a hundred years old. She
was a native of the Dark Continent, and
was kidnapped and brought here before
the Revolutionary War. Before she lost
her mind she could tell many incidents
of that period. She was at that time a
slave in Virginia. Later she was sold
into North Carolina, and from theicshe
came to Tennessee. She was freed because
of her extreme age before the late
war, and has been looked upon for
many years as the oldest person in the
world. Her face and hands were heavily
tattooed, and these tattoo marks lasted
till her death. She was said to have
been a cannibal in her native country,
and some of her acquaintances remember
stories of her cannibalistic feats that
made her name a terror to childhood.?
Neu> York Independent.
Hovr Mummies Are Made.
It may be interesting to some to know
how mummies are made. The process
of embalming is as follows, and is called
the "Brunelli processThe circulatory
system is cleansed by washing with cold
water till it issues quite clear from the
body. This may occupy from two to
five hours. Alcohol is injected so as to
take out as much water as possible. This
occupies about a quarter of an hour.
Ether is then injected to abstract the
fatty matter. This occupies from two
to ten hours. A strong solution of
tannin is then injected. .This occupies
for imbibition from two to ten hours.
The body is then dried in a current of
warm air passed over heated chloride of
calcium. This may occupy from two to
five hours. The body is then perfectly
preserved and resists decay. ? Chicuyo
Herald.
Never despair; lost hope is a fatal
disease.
Card of Tlinnkn.
If the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam should
publish a card of thanks, containing expres
sions of gratitude which come to mm aany,
from those who have been cured of severe
throat and lung troubles by the use of Kemp's
Balsam, it would fill a fair-sized book. How
much better to invite all to call on any druggist
and get a free sample bottle that you may
test for yourself its power. Large bottles 5(Jc
and SI.
The out-put of anthracite coal for 1888 was
over 33,000,000 tons.
" CoiiNinnptinn Cnn be Cared."
Dr. J. S. Combs, Owensville, Ohio, says: "I
have given Sett's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
with Hypophosphites to four patients with
better results than seemed possible with any
remedy. All were hereditary cases of Lung
disease, and advanced to that s age when
Coughs, pain in the chest, frequent breathing,
frequent pulse, fever and Lmaciation. All
these cases have increased in weight from 16
to 28 lbs., and are not now needing any medicine."
A Rnd enl Cnre for Epileptic Flrn.
Ti. the Editor?Please inform your readers
thatl have a positive remedy for the above
named disease which 1 warrant to cure the
worst cases. 8o strong is my faith in its virtues
that 1 will send fiee a sample bottle and
valuable treatise to any sufferer who will (jive
me ij1s r \J. lUJU LAiMrpp numwc. nvrj. ,,
H.G. ROOT. M. C . 1SJ Pearl St? New York.
No opium in IJi?o's> Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. Site.
Pains and Aches
In \ariou8 parts of the body, more particularly in
thoback. thouldcrs, and joints, are the unwelcome
imlicat ons that rbeuma inni has pained a foothold,
nd you are "in forit" for a longer or shorter period.
Ilheumatipm is caiused by lactic acid in tLo b'ood,
and is cured by Hood's SarsapjriUa. which neutralizes
the acidity, and eradicated every impurity from
the blood.
" I suffered from an acute attack of rheumatism
induced by a s<*?vre Fpra.n ol a once dialocat d ankle
joint, which cnifsed KTxat swelling and inten-e pain.
One bottle of Hood's Rarnaparilla restored circulation,
clean-ed the blood and relieved the pain."?L. 2
Hunt. Springfield, Mo.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all dnisrtrists. f 1: six for $5. Prepared only
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IOO Poses One Dollar
Tb? mother of a member of our firm haF been
cnml of a cancerous sore on her face of twenty
year*' Btaudiiitr bv S. S. S.?Pkndi.ktok, YeaBX Si
Kilev, ]>riiwi?ti>, FarnuTsvillw. T<x.
Swift's S|>ecilh-cuied o\ir babe of an ansry erup
tioncalli'd Eczema afurtbe doctor's prescriptions
had and the m now bale and hearty.
H. T. Suobk, HJch Hill. Mo.
Eiryeml for our books on Blocd and Skin Diseases
and Advice to Sufferer*, mailed free.
THK SWT IT SPECIFIC CO., Drawers, Atlanta. 6a.
ely's Catarrh
CREAM BALMf^uy^B
1 evffered from, ca wr/h"t am ^
tarrh 12 yearn. ThetB w CJJRrcCUUJI
dropping* into tU, HfcAnj
throat were nauteat^^wv^*'- 7v*5|
ing. My no* bled c'^HWFEVER
mont daily. Since theW^f
firrt day'* use of Ely'^tM> , Pff
Cream Balm have 'ui.'^n ,/ X^sjHel
n?* fa entirely pone.?
Z). (7. -Datfiijon, irilA'/V\,^
tti? Button Budget. USX.1
A particle Ib api'liPd *^?^^-???5?
into each nentril ami ii'llAVaCCVF Ed
agreeable. Price 50cen:?i& m
at drui-'KiHte; by njail. registered. fiO rents.
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I will .end two bottle fri*. together with a valuable
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