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?FOR FARM AND GARDEN.] " "Winter Dalry ?nc; the Tiling:. " " . Statistics tell us that the estimated " -o?tput of butter per day in summer for tho United States is about 5,000, 000 pounds, and in winter it amounts tc about 1,000,000 pounds. By this any farmer or dairyman can easily recognize the advantages the produc ? tion of fresh butter in winter has over the summer article, and there is no ? question- at all that those who see the advantage aud are acting upon it aro making money. Kains Spreading; Potato Bot. _ Whenever much rainfalls before the ^^pt?tato crop is du er. there is always more or less rotting of the tubers. _ Jklost of the new varieties siL near the surface. When digging those where the rains have wet down to them will usually be found badly rotted, while those that have set lower down will be found entirely sound. Most all of our now potatoes are bunched in the hill and when rot attacks one it spreads very rapidly if the weather is warm . a nd"- mois t.. - For this reason potatoes should be got ont early before heavy rains come, which will carry the spores of disease down to the bottom S-JoTfhVhill, it the lana is well drained, ' and none others should be used to grow potatoes on. Deep planting, is ? much better tuan shallow, as it will cause fewer potatoes to set near the surface. Winter Batlon for PonUry. Here is Prof. Gilbert's winter ra tion: Bran, three pounds; fine feed, three pounds; corn meal, two pounds, fed with clover hay steamed and cat, adding also a very small quantity of salt and two or three handfuls of coarse sand and fine oyster shells mixed. Sometimes boiled vegetables are used in place of the hay. At noon he gives a light feed of oats and a . good feed of wheat in the evening. ? The grain ration is varied as much as t possible. He keeps raw vegetables, including cabbages, carrots and tur nips, .where the hens caa peok at them any1'time.' - Professor Gilbert has charge of the poultry department at the Ottawa experiment station, and has done some good work ia bringing out the egg possibilities of hens. . ? As to giving the salt, this should be a matter of personal judgment. Some successfubpputtry raisers condemn it very strongly, while, others use it continually.' ? Those who contemplate .using it should do a little experiment Secnrinp; Good Cowa. r-SSser? is no question at all but the most successful way for a dairyman -, to -secure a good herd of cows is to J?ise them himself, and then he is pretty sure to know just what kind of cows nipossesses. Probably the first thing to do in ^orderio secure such a herd as this r would be to take the present herd and do a large amount of weeding- ont, "^getting rid of the poor ones and keep ing only the good ones, and then se curing a bull that has a record and . belongs to one of the many recog nized breeds, and of a breed that is <. particularly suited to your needs. Then again, it will be a part of your duty to develop heifers cs you secure them. Have them come when about two years of age, and do not bring them in a second time un:_ they reach about three and a half years, or. allow about a year, and a half between the ... first and second calf. - Do .not dry the heifers off because they do not happen to pay their ' own . way. This seeming unprofitableness I ': will only last a Bhort time, and yon f - are--airthe' time paving the way for a ^superior-mil ch cow. Paddling; Trees Before Petting. '"^B&Vof the . most helpful things I ever learned in horticulture was about puddling treas and all sorts of plants ' wbeT?re setting .them, writes H. E.. Wan leeman'in* New England Home cie?d. The first thing every trans planted tree or plant must do before it can grow in its new location is to heal the wounds made upon its roots . iijt?C?iart rootlets through which to absorb'moisture and food from the soil. The closer and more firmly thu earth is pressed to them the more rea iily they can do this. It takes time for the particles of the soil to set into as close contact with the t roots as it was before transplanting, "'nb'inatter how well the work is done. This is where puddling comes in. The cost is nothing, except a very little /yroik? It is done thus: v Fear where the trees or plants are ^heeled ih,'*or the place where they are to be planted, dig a hole about two feet in diameter and one foot deep. Fill it nearly full or water. Into this put mellow earth that is partly com ; posed of clay, and stir it until it is a mass of thin, sticky mud. As soon as the roots are trimmed ready for plant ing dip them into it bodily. If there is any delay about planting and the mud dries so that it is not sticky, puddle them again. - When the mel low soil comes in contact with these muddy roots it will stick to them closely. These who have never tried this plan eau have no knowledge of the good that follows. I puddle al most every plant that I set, and find that it always pays. , Cabbage and sweet potato plants will start into new growth, ralmost without wilting, no ?- matter what the weather may be at the time. The Bail Fence. It is said that the day of the Vir ginia worm, or zigzag rail fence, has gone;but there are vast numbers of those fences left, not only in Virginia, but scattered throughout the entire country. With every angle of the fence filled with weeds, briers, and very likely with clumps of poison ivy, tc menace unwary children, what an annoyance such fences are. No plow or cultivator can get at these angles, and no one can blame the busy farm er for not grubbing ont the weeds with a mattock or hoe. He would have little time for anything else. The remedy is for these fences to give way to the march of progress. Like many other things that were permissible in the days of otu* grand fathers^ they have been superseded, aid \he farmer who retains them will surely be handicapped in the keen race of competition. No zigzag fence chonid bo replaced by its like, or even . renewed. As old ones decay or be come useless, put them away entirely, 4 amTreplace with straight .fences of . ' beards or wire^ This will do away with the annual weed-seeding of the farm, give more land for cultivation, end.impart to the whole place a clean er and more thrifty appearance. If for sale, such a farm will com mand 25 per cent more than its neigh HBv/bor of tho zigzag field boundaries. And it does not matter how much ? ?ajnd'tnere may be. Even though the fence corner angles are not needed for cultivation, the annual renewing of th? weed harvest will mesa at lonst , vi.'-! -, ' . one-third additional expense in work ing the legitimate corps, just keep the weeds from ripening seed for a few seasons and judge for yourself.-1 Frank H. Sweet iu the Epitomist Select Good Seed fur Planting. We know that a great deal has beou said about selecting good seed for .planting, but the farmer needs a great deal of admonition along this line. It is alarming to notice how indif ferent the majority of the farmers are about their planting seed. Nearly every farmer depends upon 8om', me else to improve cotton and corn ..nd ho* will buy the seed for him, or plant a very inferior quality of seed. No one can realize, until he tries it, the difference there is in the yield be tween good seed and poor seed, and each planter can, with but little extra trouble, work his cotton ?nd corn np to the highest standard to quality of its kind. The time to r.elect your seed cotton and corn is in the fall while it is iu the field. Then you can select the very best, with but little trouble, otherwise you will be troubled in de termining the best, and -will have to guesB at the most of it. Before you go in the field to gather your com take a sack and go over your corn aud select stalks tbat are devel oped best, and have two good ears on them. Men differ as to which ear is Ihe botter, but 1 think the bottom one. By tbis method you will have the best ears ia your field, aud will increase your yield anywhere from 25 to 50 per cent. But you must do this every year, or your seed will "run out," if yon will allow the expres sion. Before you havo pickod your cotton go over the cotton, select the very best stalks yon can find. Jf there is not but fifty or one hundred of them, murk them ia some way, and after about one-half of the bulbs are opened, pick them. Or, if your cotton is pretty well opened before yon pick, you cnn lake your seek with you and pick the I cst balls of each stalk after you have selected it This must be done early every year, and by so do ing yon will increase the yield of your cotton wonderfully. If every farmer would select the best seeds, reduce the aerear-e and increase his fertilizer, he will be astonished at the result. The above aro not merely suggestions, but is the actual experience of tho writer.- W. B. Lansiug, iu Home and Farm. L - Poultry Notes. , Ground grains shonld be used as a morniug or .loon feed, with whole grain at night. Eggs gathered from yards where there is no male will keep very much longer than with one. . " If grease is put on the chicks'heads to kill lice let only a drop be used .as it will spread rapidly and too much may prove fatal. Dry quarters for fowls, both old and young, are necessary to vigorous stock. Many losses come from damp roosting places aud protracted rainy spells, which cause wet yards. A gaping chick is not always afflicted with gape worms in the wind pipe but will more often be found to have a se vere case of canker sore throat, which is caused by dampness and cold. All honor to the faithful hen that furnishes sugar to sweeten the farm ers' coffee, and coffee to be sweetened, baby linen for the prattling babe and pin money for the faithful house wife.. It is never wise , io buy breeding stock at the beginning of the breeding -season. Buy it before, so that it will have become used to its new surround ings before the breeding season com mences. One authority says that a dressed fowl should be wrapped in paraffin paper, packed iu a neat box and la beled, instead of being huug up, ex posed and thrown about as if it were of no consequence. Crop bound fowls usually have ac cess to some coarse material which they swallow but are unable to pass 1 from the crop to the gizard. Bnssiau sunflower seed, hay and oats are of 1 this order and when eaten alone usual ly cause trouble. Canker in chicks can bo cured by a wash of chlorate of potash with a drop of turpentine added to each ounce of 1 the wash, a few drops of this being 1 poured down the throat two or three ' times. In treating large numbers a 1 teaspoon of turpentine or vinegar put ' in the drinking cup will bs of bene fit. Eggs rcay be kept fresh and nice .until midwinter or spring by packing , in salt in an earthen vessel and stor ing in a cool cellar. Stand the eggs little end down. While the cellar or house in which the eggs are. stored should bs cool, it should not be damp. 3 If damp enough to slightly melt the 1 salt the same will penetrate the eggs and render them unfit for use. t TOWN FULL OF BROOM CORN. 1 Nearly ~?"Million und a Half Paid for Besom Material in Areola. While, a number of outside towns ? are laying claim to the honor of being i centres for the broom market, these claims hare little weight with those who are in a position to know that \ the Areola (111. j brokers this season purchased 70per cent, of all the brush c raised in the central Illinois district * and that of the $2,000,000 worth of brush raised in the district $1,000, 000 in cash was paid to the producers . out of the two banks of that city. ? Additional proof of this fact is in ] the great amount of broom corn now ' stored in Areola in every shed, barn, ! buiklir.tr and storeroom. A good por- ? tion of the delivery is still in the farm ers hands and several new sheds hnva been and are now being built to store 1 more. This does not include the 1 daily shipments whioh have been sent 1 in all directions ont of the city and of ' which a record is hardly obtainable at the present time. A slight idea of the magnitude of the broom-corn business in Areola may be formed from the fact that in a single day more than 1000 tons of corn were received in that city and hauled to market in moro than 600 wagons, which stood waiting to be unloaded at one time. The broom-corn crop this year brought to the farmers in the central Illinois district some $2,000,000, or au average of between $80 and $90 per ton. At the opeuing of the selling ( season there was a brisk demand f r brush at $60 and for a few days sell ing was free at this price. A little ! later the market began to take on 1 strength and gradually climbed up to the $.100 mark, ? where it remained until the bulk of the yield had been cleared up. The latest reports show that as high as $122 has been paid to a few late holders, but the average price for the entire crop is said to be between $80 and $90 per ton. Even at this there ie a large profit left to the farmer, for the .average cost of raising a ton of broom corn is not more thon $38 where the land rent is placed at $5 an aere, Use It "I. have used Aycr's Hair Vigor for a great many years and it has been very satisfactory to me in. every way. I have recommended it to a great many of my friends and they have all been perfectly satisfied with it." - Mrs. A. Edwards, San Fran cisco, Cal., Feb. 9, 2899. 4"jj? ' Ia About It That's always the way with our Hair Vigor. When per sons use it they are always so highly pleased with it that they tell their friends about it. If your hair is short, too thin, pplits at thc ends, b rough, i orb falling out, bur Hair Vigor ? will perfectly satisfy you. Il your hair is just a little gray, or perfectly white, Aycr's Hair Vigor will bring back to it H all the dark, rich color it had I years and years ago. Sft^fe Write the Doctor ' If you do not obtain all tho benefits you desire from tho uso of tho Vigor, write the Doctor i.bout it. He will tell you just the right thin;* to do, and will send you his book on the Hair and Scalp if you request lt. Address, Dr. J. C. ATEit, Lowell, Mass. Wal tKK?S^????KiiUH?MUtCXUt?tlBnt??lH? The Two Fad: of Joseph Chamberlain Long before the Transvaal trouble the Hight Honorable Joseph Chamber lain, present Minister of State for the British Colonies, was famous the world over for two things: his orchids and his monocle. His costly collection of or chids is one of the finest in the world. It ls said that once In Paris he saw a rare orchid, the duplicate of one he had recently added to his own collection. He asked the price. "Twenty thous and francs," replied the dealer. The Englishman paid the money, and then, throwing the flower on the floor, crush ed with his heel. Since boyhood Mr. Chamberlain has worn a monocle. When the young mau first entered parliament his fame as a municipal reformer had preceded him. Among the visitors who were present on that occasion were Lords Beacon field and Carnarvon. The commoner had won his election to the house by Conservative's methods. As he came Conservative's meathods. As he came Into the chamber Lord Carnavon lean ed forward and said: "Here comes young Chamberlain." "Ah!" replied Beaconsfield as he took In. the young man from tip to toe." "What do you think of him?" "He wears his monocle like a gentle man," replied the premier.-Philadel phia Saturday Evening Post. Balloo.-- Help to Sprinkle Towns. An inventor has recently devised a Bcheme for sprinkling a town with the help of balloons, which carry up into the air long hose pipes connected with fireplugs on the ground. This is for the purpose of engendering coolness, and the same object is sought by an other genius, who proposes to erect in various parts of the city very tall skel eton towers, to the tops of which large bombs fl led with carbonic acid will be mn up for explosion by an electric spark. Of course, the carbonic acid, expanding in the form of vapor, will chill the surrounding atmosphere, thus jiving relief to the heat-oppressed community below. *An idea that ia even now used in many factories, to cool the air in the buildings, is to. throw a spray of cold water Into a room until the air is supersaturated, and then to force the air thus cooled through the outer rooms. - Boston Transcript. It Made a Difference. Gentleman (to boy who has fallen md soiled his clothes)-"Oh, I vouldn't cry, my little man." Boy-"You would if you were going o get the licking I'm going to get rhen my mother sees me."-Boston Transcript.^_ Wanted [wo traveling salosmnn In each Southern Stato. 'J') and expenses. Experience not absolutely lecessary. For particulars address Pocahontas Tobacco Works Co., Bedford City, Va. The Censor. Newspaper Man-1 should like to telegraph mme that the commanding general ls au dlot Censor-I regret to inform you that we ?an permit the transmission of no military acre ts.- Life. Beauty Is Blood Deep. Ciri.n blood means a clean skin. No beauty without it. Cascarete, Candy Cathar tic cleon your blood and keepit clean, by dirriag up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Begin to-dny to banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by taking Cascarete,-beauty for ten cents. All drug gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, Mo. Foresight. "Funny thing that Closo should take his ie\v wife to a boarding house instead of Bet ing up a borne of their own." "I have an Idea he wants her to learn the melness. 60 he can save more money."-In llanapolls Journal. DR.BULLS COUGH SYRUP, Cures a Cough or Cold at once, ] Conquers Croup without fail, nw Is the best for Bronchitis, Grippe,J? ?sn! Hoarseness, Whooping-Cough. and . mm K?4 for the cure of Consumption. b?| ^Mothers praise it. Doctors prescribe it p Small doses; quick, sure results. FOR ALL LUNG TROUBLE mn c* 11 r5,000,000 HARDY M IV \ Al P OPEN-AIK GROWN I UI\ UrtLth CABBAGE PLANTS! Following Varieties: HENDERSON RUf nESSION. EARLY SPRING. LARGE TYPE WAKEFIELD. Ex EA RLY JERSEYWAKE FIELIV'DANISH BALDHEAD,"AUGUSTA EARLY TRUCKER Plants grown in the open air, and will withstand oxtrpme oold weather without Injury. Price ?L50 per 1' 00. 5,000 to 10 000 S1.25 per 1000. 10 OOO and OW ?LOO per 1000. Sond all order* to Wm, C. GERATY, Kormei ly ot G ER AT Y and TOWLES, YOUNG*S ISLAND, ti. O'._._ r?BiTfcDC V NEW DISCOVERY;?Ire? tbr M^T " B quick r?l:nf and enrol wornt mien. Book of testimonials and IO (laya' treatment Free. Dr. H. H. GREEN'S BOWS. r->x B. AtlinU. 0?. MW CUKES WHERE AU ELSETallar ", ". Bj H Beet Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Deo gj ra Intima Rnin hr druggists, J51" HINTS POR HOUSEWIVES. A Simple, Satisfactory Dinner. For a simple, satisfactory Thanks giving dinner here is a suggestion: Soup, nice golden-browned turkey, mashed potato, sweet potato, celery, squash, cranberry sauoe or jelly, pie, and dessert, topped off with cheese, coffee, nuts, raisins, candy and fruit. As to the table arrangements, noth ing can be handsomer or in better taste than a linen tablecloth of flue quality and pretty pattern. A cen tre piece of embroidery and a bowl of chrysanthemums make the choioest decorations, and autumn leaves, if they have been preserved, lend a bright bit of color to the-dining-room. It would be impossible to give a i Thanksgiving menu that would snit the taste and purse of all our readers, but the following recipes will be found appropriate to the occasion and per haps assist in their plans: Cranberry Pie-To two cupfuls finely chopped cranberries add one cupful of raisins seeded and chopped, half cupful granulated sugar, half cup ful water, two tablespoonfuls flour .and one egg. Line a pie plate with; rich crust and fill with this mixture,*1 cover with an upper crust and bake inV a rather slow oven. ? Pumpkin Pie-Should be baked in") square tins aud is made as follows: Rub through a sieve enough cooked ; pumpkin to make one pint. Add ta this one small cup sugar,one saltspoon salt one teaspoon cinnamon, one tea spoon nutmeg, and then stir in one pint hot milk. When the mixture is j cold add two well-beaten eggs, pour I iuto a paste-lined tin and bake. Salted Nuts-A dish of salted al monds, peanuts or other nuts 'will make a pretty aside dish for the Thanksgiving table. All nuts that can be blanched are first thrown into boii-' ing water for a few momtints, then pour cold water over them and-rub off the brown skins. Then to one cupful nut meats add a Beaut teaspoon olive oil and let them stand for one hour; then drain and add to them one tpb'c-V spoon fine salt. Put in, a shallow pan i and place in a moderate oven, stirring frequently] until they are a delicate brown on all sides. " Thanksgiving Pudding-Soak' ono pint cracker crumbs in:three pint?, milk for one-half hom*. Wash'fcwo" cups seedless raisins and boil in-ouongh water to cover while crumbs are soak ing. Mix ou e-half cup sugar, one tei- : spoon salt, one half teaspoon ;cirinar. mon. one-half teaspoon nutmeg and add three tablespoons butter; beat un-; til creamy. Beat in six eggs, one at a time, and stir this into the milk in which the raisins have been stirred without the water in which they were covered. Euttor a deep pudding dish thick with cold butter, turn in the pudding and cover it. Bake 1 bree hours in a modorate oven, removing the cover the la.?;. hour to brown it,and during the first hour stir up the pud-, ding from th? bottom to keep the raisins on top. Serve with~a bard sauce. Ribbon jelly lends an air of pretty festivity to tao dinner and is very easily made. Soak ona-half box gela tine in one-half cup cold water for one hour. Add two cup? boiling water, one cup sugar, juice of one lemon aud beat until dissolved. Then strain through a felt or flannel bag and di vide this into three parts. Flavor ono part with strawberry juice, the second with maraschino, the third with orange and whip each of the three parts until foamy. Put them into a mold in layers, beginning with the lightest in color. Household Hints. Nervous spasms are usually con trolled by a little salt taken into the mouth and allowed to dissolve.. Clenn Japanued trays by rubbing them over witl^ a little olive oil and then polishing it with a soft cloth. Before papering a whitewashed room wash over the walls with vine gar, otherwise the paper will not ad here. New rubber corks are provided with a push top, which olongates the rub ber bulb of the cork, permitting ad justment to bottles of various sizes. Save all tho soft bits of paper for polishing lamp chimneys or for wiping grease from kettles and fryingpans before putting into the dishwater. A cleau aprou worn while hanging out the clothes, a clean basket, clothes line and pins ave all essentials if the laundress desires to keep her clothes' clean. When baby's skin is-chafed pu^,a pinch of boracic powder into a little warm water and sponge the chafed skin after her bath; dry .gently, apply a little cold cream and dust with baby powder. The chain wire dishcloth, so useful for cleaning cooking pots and pans? is now made fastened to a long, Smooth, wooden handle, which allows one to use it without putting the hands into the water. Ricewater in laundering will stiffen; dresses. Boil a pound of rice in .a gallon of water and rinse the dress be fore drying. Do not diy"thin,gawns in the sun. Roll iu a cloth and iron when nearly dry. ... Normandy dimities aire among the newest and most attractive cottons for bedrooms, guest chambers, dens and1 the liko, for curtains or hangings. They have delicate-toned backgrounds with floral decorations. It is well always to remember the proportions of vinegar and oil in the French dressing-three-fourths of oil. to one-fcarth of vinegar, though the proportion varies to some extent, ac cording to individual taste. "Have you ever thought," says a housekeeper, "in putting up pre serves to heat the covers of the jara? Put them on something on top of the stove until they are hot. They will not cool the jar you are sealing up then, and there is greater surety of the preserves keeping satisfactorily}" An oilcloth that has grown a little shabby is wonderfully improved by having a good coat of copal varnish. Let it get thoroughly dry before usiug the room, aud to cleau, wipe with an oily cloth. A new oilcloth will gen. orally keep its newness much longer if it is varnished as soon as it is put down. When the family gets tired of the wholesome and economical bread pud ding as usually served, try cooking it' in custard cups. Butter the cups,, pour tho mixture iu, thou stand them to bake iu a pan of hot water. Wh?n? done, cover oach with a spoonful of jelly and other meringue nnt\ pass fearlessly. jXv Oriel n of Tumblers. ' J Drinking-glasses called tumblers owe their name to tho fact that they are the successors of little round sil ver bowls, so per/ectly balanced that whichever way thoy were tipped about on the table, they tumble 1 into posi tion again, and there remained with the rim upward, as if asking to be re filled. limul.? - mi ni? i -.I.? .II.i p RACERS IN WINTER QU ARTE OS, " Cared for as Thouin Folded Away Io Lavci ? ? dtr sad Tissue Paper. "And what, Mr. Scott, do you d< With the? pretty creatures In winter?' once asked a dainty dame of .the fa mous Yorkshire trainer, as sbo patte< the arching neck of a favorite $20,001 yeorhng. "Fold 'em up in tissue paper and lav ender 'em, ma'am, so as the moth: can't get at them," gruffly replied- tb< "Wizard of the North," who strongl: resented the unauthorized Intrusion o: ladles within the sacred precincts o; the training stables. Althpugh it ls, of course, unnecessary te explain that the above quoted an ewer Is to be taken literally, it ls i "fact, nevertheless, that lt contains ? solid substratum of truth. The mod ern race horse ls a dainty and dellcat? animal, and unremitting care and at tention have to be lavished upon biff at all times. But during the wintei momas, owing to the vagaries of oui treacherous and constantly changing climate, these extraordinary" precau tlons have tc be redoubled.. : :'T ' . .. The day ia a^racing stable, during the off season, begins at O.a. m., ai which hour the huge : alarm cloe! which custom decrees shalTlrivarlablj be'kept: Ih the head'"lad's" bedroom, ^incontinently "go?s off." The Jiorsei know, the,, sound. There ls a clatter, . a rlpplmg rustle, the ringing of steel against steel, a muffled neigh or twe from the Interior of the long racles ol buildings, followed by the appearance of troops of sleepy men and boys. Tee minutes later all Is bustle and anima lion. . . With the first faint streak of. dawn comes breakfast, after which, thc "morning? horses" are taken out for es erclse. They are kept out about three hour;:-from 8 till ll. The "afternoon" horses go out from 2 till 4, and imme diately on their return begins the gen eral "clean-up," anticipatory of the trainer i dally visit Each and every animal ls groomed and' rubbed and polished, until from car'to hoof he Ia as cleau. ;as .thc- i?ro-.erblal-new pin. Special attention is given to the legs and -feet. The former are industri ously.-hand rubbed with the object of Imparting a good; 'healthy glow to the extremities. The latter are tarred or vaselined,-as the case may be, and the "shoes;"buff-sticked" send burnished till they shine.like silver. ? \ Soon after 5 the mighty magnate for whose benefit all these proportions, are made puts In an appearance, accom panied, like a general officer on parade, by his troop of attendant satellites. Unless something very unusual ls "In j the wind," or a horse happens to be In disposed, the Inspection does not occu py more than ten or fifteen minutes ?t ,the outside. If he has the slightest shadow of a doubt he will verify matters by pass ing- a white handkerchief over the glossy skin, taking care to rub the coat the wrong way, or he will insert the fo-eflnger of glove, Inside the suspect ed animal's ear. Woe betide the groom responsible for that particular horse If the cambric or the kid, as the case may be, is not as spotless af ter this ordeal as It was before. As soon as the trainer has taken his departure the animals are "finished" that is, they are wteped all over, and have their legs again well "hand rub bed," after which they are bedded down and left In pence and quietness untile the following morning. j -.-...?? . . ? . . ? . ? 1 ?_' ? i. Trials of (be Hosiery Clerk, . ? V. "Tired out! Well, I should say Tam! -There is not a woman In Indianapolis knows the size of her feet" so said the young woman who presides at the ho siery department, in one of the large stores, as she seated herself beside a friend in a South Side car. I . "; "Why, I thought you had an easy counter," said the friend. "Easy? Why, It's one of the hardest In the store. What makes lt hard Is that women..will-not:.tell what size stockings tbey want A great big wo man with a foot like a ham will come up to the counter, and of course the first question I ask ls 'what sizer She may say seven, for instance, when I know she ought to have a nine. Then I say 'what size shoe do you wear?' ' and she'll answer, T don't know what size shoe, but I wear seven hose, as I told you.' " "Well, why don't you let her have sevens if she wants them?" "Let her have them! That would be ? wise Idea! Then have them brought back the next day all stretched out of shape and more than like iy more fit for sthe laundry than to . go back in. the box. Then there is the calling of a floor walker, getting a voucher and all this and that besides perhaps a dissat isfied customer. .The shoe clerk isn't j In it with us."-Indianapolis News, j* ??. WUft?es Found Farintend. "Captain- Thomas-Ash found the flesh of a-large', whale high above water in the; Ice. on, Hagged Is/and, and doubt less many whalers In the Antarctic Ocean could tell similar stories. "Cup l tain William Beck had a remarkable experience; His drew were wandering over one bf the islands in the Antarctic when they came to a large bluff in which, as in a glass case, was a whale fifty or* sixty feet In length. The men - were dumfounded; as they were ? mlle and a bab! inland, and the spot was nearly IOU feet above sea level. Here was a valuable .whale ?ll ready for them, intact and perfect in every par ticular, apparently swimming, in the ice. It was manifestly Impossible to secure lt without the aid of powder, and as they had none to blast lt out they were obliged to leave the animal ? where It'was. The whale may have : been, there for ag?s.-New. York. Sun. Tools Used for Cutting Cork.' A sheet of cork, flattened by press1 ure and heat, ls cut into squares of a required size. The cutter rapidly rounds these by using a broad, sharp knife-the whole process being instan taneous. The knife has to be main tained in a state of perpetual sharp ness, and the workman has a board before him on which ?c ls rubbed on each 6lde after the cutting of each cork. Cork-albeit a soft substance-blunts the tools used on Its more rapidly than db the hardest and toughest of metals. While the tool that ls used for plan ing,, .or boring steel will work continu ously for hours without sharpening, a cork cutting knife requires to be sharp ened-every second. Various patents, ] for cutting corks by machinery have been taken out In America, England and France, but the various processes have not as yet been as successful as the inventors expected. : _ . ( mm mP m m ly Bl i' PART OF HIS. SKULL HIS CARD. foe Odd Experience of a Medical Missionary with a Native African, "Probably the oddest case Within my ixperlence waa that -of Lapuie, who nade himself known to me through he use of a detached piece of his kuli," said a medical missionary on a urlough from his work among the ieathen. "One morning * went out 0 look over the specimens of real or anded Injury? which were awaiting reatment There was pretty nearly ivery kind of tropical disease in the lutfit, from sore finger to dropsy. Most )f the patients, were well known to me, nit among them was one man whose 'ace waa unfamiliar, and who seemed o belong to a- different tribe. As I stopped at his place he leaped to his 'eet as actively as a cat, and from lomewhere in his scanty .apparel dug ip an object'which he promptly hand id to me. It was a circular piece of luman skull as big around as a dollar, ind very nearly as' thick. On the outer lurface some one had carefully :en in ink thename Lapuie. This ? j*t ie, I think, the. first case in which a nan has used part of his skull instead )f a visiting card. "I looked the man over at once to Ind out what.the trouble was. He had lad some sort of a difference of opln on with his chiefs and J the result of racb presumption had received a stout dubbing. Que of the blows, had frac ;ured the skull, and for the time had mocked him out. When the old wo nen who look, after the oclence ' of medicine among these particular hea den got hold of Lapuie. .they found that part , of his skull was loose. To save difficulty, they pried the loose jiece. off with the blade of a knife, poulticed up the wound and let nature lo the rest The patient kept the chip >f h,is skull and the Inscription upon t was the work of some trader. "When the case came under my no tice there was scarcely more than the thickness of a piece of parchment left >f the skull over the brain, and the svound had practically . healed. It turned out that Lapuie had made thc long journey to his distant home to see me, because this degree of damage troubi<Ml him. He had the idea that the piece of skull should be, set back in ??bice and he seemed to have great con fidence In my. ability to do iL It was though I did. all that surgical science prescribes for the protection of the thin spot in the cranium, my patient kept harping on the fear that he might 1 great disappointment to him that his skull chip could not be stuck back; Al lose his. fragment of bone, which might fall Into improper hands and thus play t?e mischief with him. The only way to pacify him was to string the chip on i wire and solder it ?bout his neck." Tbe Reservist Who Returned. The reserve men- are employed in many private trades and callings, as well as In a great many cases being policemen or private officers at large business establishments, and in nearly ill cases they were in fine physical condition. A few, however, were rejected at medically unfit, and ono amuning case jf that sort was reported from a small seashore town where the only police man in the place was in the Grenadier reserves. He at once gave up his ap pointment and prepared to go to the wars, and at a meeting of the Town Council ample relief was voted for his family during his absence, a vote of thanes was tendered to him-for Jiis prompt display of patriotism-and a committee, of tradesmen gave a .hon anet hi his/ honor, at which the Mayor spoke highly of his soldierly qualities ind wished him a safe .return, He was loudly cheered as the train departed, ind returned, the nest morning as "too fat for a soldier." An odd incident in connection with the mobilization of the Coldstreams was the return of two brothers named Battle to the colors, there being already two other brothers yt the same family on the active list, 30 that the very appropriately named juartet are now off for South Africa. Kew York Telegram. The Warwick Farm Sold. The famous Warwick Farm of 515 acres In- Warwick Township, Chester County, Penn., has been sold for $12, 500. On this property the old War wick furnace, probably the first to make, iron in: Ihe rUnited StateB, was put into blast about the year 1730, and here many of. the cannon used by the patriotic army In the Revolution were cast. ' In the meadows are burled pieces of jrdnance which were secreted to pre sent them from falling Into the hands yt. the British after th?'battle of Bran dywine, in 1777, when General Wash ington. ; and ' his . army ; were ? retreating' aorthward ' through Chester County, leaving the furnace exposed to the mercy of the enemy. - - i . ^ How !She Discouraged Him. She-What a goba! picture! He-No;,it isn't. . I was not. .well, ind I looked like an idiot that morn n?- . ' , : ., ; .. .' ',. She-(intently studying the photo graph)-Well,it looks exactly like you, ?uyway. ? ' ' -:-T~~-; . It requires no experience- to dye withPur ; Ali FADELESS DIES. Simply boiling your roods lathe dye ls aU that's necessary. Bold ty all druggists. -:-1 Poo Late for tbe Regular ?ditions. Troth, having been crushed to earth, was tow rising again. "But what has become of fall those re lorters?" she asked, in a dazed way, picking ip herhat, while Error laughed mockingly. letroit Journal. Bow Are Toar Kidneys . Dr. Hobbs' SparafDs Pills euro all kidney Ins. San> >le free. add. Sterling Ksmed y Co., Chicago or N. T. Then and Now. Higgins-I wish I had the appetite I had when '. was a hoy. Wiggins-I don't. I hare to pay my own board 10W._ n. II. CREK..' SONS, of Atlanta, Ga., are the ?nly successful Dropsy Specialists In the world. ice tholr liberal offer In advertisement In an ther column ot this paper. VITALITY low, debilitated orexhaustod cured >y Dr. Kline's Dxyigoraiing Tonic. FBKE $1 rial bottle for 2weeks' treatment. Dr. Kline, An 031 Arch St., Phlladpljiba. Founded 1871. Attention is called to the very useful irtlcles contained in tho premium list of the Continental Tobacco Co.'s advertisement >f their Star Plug Tobacco in another col lum of this paper. It will pay to save the 'Star" tin tags and so take advantage of he best list ever issued by tho Star Tobacco. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of Innes ty Plan's Cure for Consumption.-LOUISA .INPAU AN, Bothany, Mo., January 8,18W. The man who always plays up to tho gal-' cry, is apt very often to fall flat in the pit. Cure,C?i.j*tl)>atli?n Forever. Take ''nsc.irots Candy Cathartic. 10c or ?5c. f C-C. C. lall to core, drugpfWarefuiitf money. ..Char'us Plncknoy ls credited with "Millions br def en*e. hut not ?nc rent mr tribute." Hair BesWr?r iB a Perfect LlVINQ UNDER Y-NS AND Fia TREE. )ae Mi? Do So Ll?ern?y ia Arizona, bat It Has Its Disadvantages. "I've heard a good deal of Uving tin ier vine and fig tree," observed the r'eteran at the Commercial Traveller's 31ub, "but I've only seen it once, my self. It was in Arizona. It looked rery pleasant, but the tenants didn't ?ppreciate lt worth a cent Its loca tion was a little town called Temple. Temple ls a great place for figs. The trees border all the streets and tho fruit is so abundant that it Is fed to the horses. Good thing for horses, too, makes their coats as glossy as satin. "I was there when the railroad had [ust been built With lt had come the usual rough crowd. The Justice of the Peace was the editor of the town pa per. He was only 22 years old, but was a terror to the criminals. He had live constables, headed by an ex-sol dier, usually known as Big Bill. Aa the county seat, Phoenix, was distant only ten miles, the village Bad no Jail. Usually the prisoners demanded the statutory day In which to plead. Then Big Bill would hale them off to his adobe-built home near the river and shackle them with leg irons to great white Adriatic fig trees in his front yard. It was In the summer time. Be neath was a thick, comfortable mat of Bermuda grass. Above was the grateful shade of the broad leafed fig trees. For f^od, delicious figs were at hand, in m j than, plenty. Within reach flowed a stream of pure water from an irrigating ditch. Two fox hounds, savage and unfriendly, stood guard, to warn away visitors. On the whole, lt was the nearest approach to first principles I have ever known Cau? casians to make."-New York Sun. One Way to Get a Husband, The mode of finding husbands for orphan girls In Italy is both curious and interesting. In several cities of Central Italy there are funds connect ed with the orphanages from which young girls raised in these institutions, receive a small dower when they marry. On a certain holiday In the year the young girls who are to leave j the orphanage and those who have the right to marry are grouped at both sides of the altar In church at early mass. The prospective grooms, mostly young mechanics, attend service, dur ing which they take & good look at the girls. This may or may not Intensify the devotional exercises of both sexes. After service the bachelors proceed to the sacristy and there declare to thc officiating priest that they are willing to marry, and at the same time they designate the girls of their choice. If in any case the girl consents and if the papers of the groom are in shape the matter is settled. At the afternoon service the various couples are married in due form, and the dowers are paid aver. It is said that these marriages are, as a rule, happy ones, verifying the old adage that accident is a good narital agent The Typewriter Invention. A Statistician has proved that the invention of tho typewriter has given, employment to 300,000 people but he falls to state how many cases of weak stomachs und dyspopeta lt has Induced. All people of sedentary occupation neod llostetter's Stomach Bitters, lt helps nature to bear the strain which ensues from confinement and lt ls a wonderful medicine. No one roallzcs this more keenly than: the man or womau who has beon cured of stom ach trouble by Its use. Safety From Lightning. Safety from lightning ls easily secured. Simply puton rubbers and thea stand up so that your clothes won't touch any were. Con't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lite Away. . To quit tobacco easily and forever, he mag netic, full of Ufe. nerve and vigor, take JTo-To Bac. the wonder-worker, that malees weak men strong. All druggists, 60c or 91. Cure guaran teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York. He Called Himself a Meteor. The Rocky Gulch cowboy who broko up a show In that town by shooting at the actors, called himself a meteor, because, he said, he was shooting stars. 8100 Reward. 8100. The readers of this paper will be pleaded to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science lins been able to cure in all it.sstai:es.andthatis Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Curo is the only nositivu cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh heine acon stitutional disenso, requires a constitutional treatment. Hull's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and ma sons surfaces of the system, thereby destroy ing the foundation ol tho disease, and givinc the patient strencth by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doinc its work. The proprietors have so much faith in Its curativo powers that they ofter One Hun dred Dollar-* for any case that it fails tocure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold hy Druggists. 75c. 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