The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 09, 1889, Image 4
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/3iug to a NewKajftoud au^op^
h Way to trap hawkrthaf wFVvejr
/of is to set op a post too Toot hiffik
/the poultry yatd with ajjiwglfwTtr
Ahis^ perch aetr a' common steel trap,
Aafrwith "a chicken's head or a dead
Aicken. The hawks like to perch on
'some such point of observation before
takincr th<>ir Hn?I 11 *
? uuu> gnuu|l uunu UlUVUg IU?
chicks, and are very apt to get caught
in such no arrangement.
BONES FOB G KATE-VINES.
To cause grape-vines to grow most vigorously
throw a few hones into the hole
when planting out. Oyster-shells are also
good for the same purpose, and may be
mixed with the hones to advantage.
Therefore don't waste any liones or shells,
but utilize them in the manner suggested
if you plant any vines. Iu case you have
grape-vines growing bury the bones near
them, or reduce the bones to ashes and
apply the latter to the vines of the vegetable
gardcu. It will pay good dividends
?better than ordinary bauk or railroad
stock.
SOUK FRET.
The effect of the wet of a clover pasture
may be injurious to the feet of a colt,
causing the skin to become sore and
crack, and this effect will be helped by
the clover, which is rich feeding, and requires
some carbonaceous matter to be
given with it. A mixture of coarselycracked
corn, with an equal quantity of
linseed, or a dose of a piut of raw linseed
oil with as much molasses given twice in
a week will be serviceable. Apply to
the sores some of the following ointment
spread on a cloth and secured by a bandage
: Mix four ounces of pure fiesh lard
vi uumiwu irrnu miner witii one ounce
of turpcntiuc and half au ounce of acetate
of copper; keep this iu a gloss jar and
use it fresh onec a day. Before applying
it wash the feet with warm water and
c-arbolic soap. White feet arc most subject
to this trouble.
CUItlNO CIIEE8E.
Dr. Reynolds, of Maine, observes that
iu curing cheese certain requisites arc indispensable
in order to attain the best
results. Free exposure to air is one
requisite for the development of ilavor.
Ourd scaled up in an air-tight vessel and
kept at the proper temperature readily
breaks down into a soft, rich, ripe cheese,
but it lias none of the flavor so much esteemed
in a good cheese. Exposure to
the oxygen of the uir develops flavor.
The cheese during the process of curing
takes its oxygen and gives off carbonic
acid gas. He also says that the development
of flavor can be hastened by subjecting
the cheese to a strong current of
air. The flavor is developed by the process
of oxidation. If the cheese is kept in
too close air during the process of curing,
;+ ...:n i? 1:1--? * - I
b win ut iiaeiy 10 prove ueucieut in
flavor.
A SIMPLK MARKER.
A very convenient, accurate and expeditious
way of marking ground for
planting, either in drills or check rows,
is with a chain marker. This system of
marking has been in vogue in our neighborhood
for the last forty years, in Lake
"Cemtc, Ohio, and is adhered to by all who
have tried it. The marker consists of
a pole of some light wood of any desired
length, into which fence or other staples
are driven at such distauces apart as it is
desired to plant the rows. To those
staples are attached pieces of rope three
feet loug, and to the rope farm chaius of
the same length. The outer etuis of the
chaius should be equally distant from the
pole aud not more than six and u half
feet, so that when the po ; is raised as
high as the men using it can reach they
will hang perpendicularly. Now s"lart
correctly. Such a marker if properly
ITIJlflP IS on/1 oneilt. .11 -.1 1 A.
?. ..quv ?uu wooiij niiuuiuu uy two
persons, the one who guiilcs walking
directly in front of an end chain. On
fine soil, if lumpy, use the plank crusher
or rubber, aud the chain mark will show
plainly for days.?H. 0. Tryon.
H.m TLKNTY OF MANURE.
As a counterpart of soiling should go
the making of a large quantity of niunure. j
As the cows are stabled more or less
every day in the yeur, and for the other
time arc kept in a yard, every particle of
manure made, solid and liquid can be <
saved, and a very large quantity of litter <
can be worked up into compost. In this '
way, by the use of leaves gathered from t
a wood lot cleared of brush s? that a |
horse rake can be used to gather them, |
with dry swamp grass and other materials .
/>nc cow in the year can he made to furnish |
10 loads of excellent manure, and the I i
land he kept in the highest state of fertil- |
ity. There is no chauce for weeds when ]
laud is plowed and cropped three times <
in a year, and the result is that the soil \
is brought up to the most productive con- i
dition. With ensilage, which with this 1
system affords succulent green fodder the |
year round, it is possible to bring up the
average yield of a herd of good cows to
300 pounds of butter in the year. As a i
cow under this system can be kept for an
actual cost of less than $20 a year, the
protit is ovideut.?Nan York Time*. I
FRUITFUL ROADSIDE.
Galen Wilson says in the New York i
Tribune: Maple, elm and ash are favorite |
roadside trees since the Lombardy poplar j
was discarded; but almost everywhere i
people have fallen into the error of planting
too thickly and permitting them to i
irrow too tall, so that (Jwu
highway continuously. In :i wet season i
the roads are thereby kept muddy all the j
time, the sun having no opportunity to
dry them, and it is a relief to get away <
where there are no trees hut better travel- j
ing. This should not be. In view from i
my window is a reach of east-and-west t
road, and on the south side of it is a *
row of cherry trees thirty feet high and \
? several rods ajairt, just the riglit distance |
to serve as posts for a wire fence. These t
trees answer a four-fold purpose. f,
They sup|tly sufficient shade without t
keeping the road muddy; increase the t
beauty of the landscape as much as any i
trees can; make excellent living po*m,tp ?
support fence wires; and thejr'are just
finw Infl/lo/t * - A-1 -11
{KiSHO/s-by are Welcome to fieln thorn- t
selves. Hy heading in the bgtojfejVs nt (
mid spells 4hoy.<?*u be kept^t ther/prcs- t
ent height., arirrffH||.rcnfrQipently j
a feature <k use ami bertuJU, object s
of planting trees by tflfe wayfidc is to furnish
shade and ndff to the good appearance
of tho highway, and as fruit trees t
throw it on a peg or n barrel/as the case
may be. After the tint season it is put to
general use. It hood becomes dry, hard,
brown and stiff, and then breaks, in half
the time it would had it been cared for
properly. Bpeaking of this way of using
a harness, a writer in the WetUrn Literytmin
says:
A harness that has been on a horse's
back several hours iu hot or rainy weather
becomes wet, and if not properly cleaned,
the damage to the leather is irrepurable.
t? i...: a-.-.- t. ..
> , uim i/liuj; wnvt'ii lrum uiu nurse in
this condition, it is hung up in a careless
manner, traces and reins twisted into
knots, and the saddle and bridle hung
askew, the leather when dried remains the
shape given it while wet, and when forced
into its original form damage i8 done to
the stitching and the leather. The first
point to be observed is to keep the leather
soft and pliable. This can lie done only
by keeping it well charged with oil and
grease; water is the destroyer of these,
but mud and saline moisture from the
animal are even more destructive. Mud,
in drying, absorbs the grease and opens
the pores of the leather, making it a prey
to water, while the salty character of the
perspiration from the animal injures the
leather, stitching audmountiugs.
It therefore follows that to preserve a
harness the st nips should be washed and
oiled whenever it has becu moistened by
mud. If u harness is thoroughly cleaned
twice a year, and when unduly exposed
treated as we we have recommeuded, the
leather will rctaiu its softness aud strength
for inuuy years.
CULTIVATK YOOK MEADOWS.
There is no part of the farm at the
present day so much neglected as the
meadow, says a writer in the Fann, Field
aiul Htoektnan. The general idea of the
fanner is that the meadow does not require
any cultivation or care. "The
meadow," he says, "is all right. I seeded
this field two or three years ago; hut I
cannot see why I get so light a crop."
It is quite plain you have been robbing
the land for three years and returning
nothing. Worse than that you allowed
the moss to creep iu and smoother the
roots which you have robbed of their
natural sustenance without returning anything
to them or driving off the moss
from the root-bound grass.
What kind of a corn crop would you
get if you did not cultivate it? To insure
a big crop of hay cultivate it. Haul
during the winter months, six or eight
loads to the acre of barnyard manure and
spread it while hauling as evenly as you
...UK .. r 1. m
nun ? iwm. men ns cany ns you I
can get on the meadow in March, or ns I
soon as the frost is out aud the ground I
dry euough to get on with n team, take a j
gooil harrow ami aud drag it thoroughly,
and then cross-harrow it, then roll the
meadow with common field roller. You
will imagine you are going to ruin your
meadow, but you are simply loosening the
roots and giving them a chance; and when
harvest time comes you will find you not
only did not injure your meadow, but
greatly increased your crop of grass, and
also improved your grouud.
This matter of cultivating grass is not
a mere "theory." It is a principle,
proved to be correct by actual trial with
profitable results. In 1882 Josiah ljagley,
of Serena, from a six-acre meadow took
twelve loads of hay, with 110 after crop.
The following season he manured and j
cultivated the same six acres substantia
ally as outlined above. Some of his
neighbors laughed at him; but about the
10th of July, 1883, he cut nineteen loads
of grass from these six acres, and in the
last of September cut a second crop of
nine loads, lie says: "I am an advocate
of cultivating grass."
THICK On THIN SEEDING.
Mr. Dudley W. Adams, Orange County, ,
Florida, wrires us as follows concerning
a recent article in the American A<jri- \
culturitt: "Professor Blout says rich
land requires less seed than poor. Why,
Professor? In Florida we have some very
poor, as well as some very rich land. On j
|M>or land three pecks of oats sown per
acre will produce r> fair crop. If three 1
bushels per acre are sown the crop will
never head out. The largest crop of j
wheat I ever grew while living in Iowa \
?,?u t- t 11? -
n?o pniuoviu IIUII1 icnn mail two JKS'KS I
>f seed per acre. That was on rich land. 1
I'ho Professor is quite correct when he J
says: 'The greatest enemy to the suecess- ,
Ful germination and healtliy growth of ?
the wheat plant is wheat;' and in a long 1
experience I have invariably found that ,
the poorer the soil the greater the dam- 1
?ge from crowding. On a rich soil a '
liiii seeding will tiller and make the
|)lants thick enough for a maximum crop. ,
Dn poor land thin seeding will not filter,
io there will be fair heads on the few
stalks, but if by thick seeding the numl>er
of stalks is increased, the size of
heads will diminish more than the number
will increase."
The question and remarks having been
submitted bv use to Professor A K
IJIcnit, he replies as follows:
"Rich land requires less seed than
poor. 'Why?' asks your Florida correspondent.
Hecauso, wlieat, onts, etc.,
have characteristics peculiar to themselves,
which, if not favored, prevent
the plant from making a successful
growth aud yield. Tillering is one characteristic?and
a very important one, too.
\ single wheat plant requires space and
uinlight to carry out this habit, or it
will, like poor, crowded people, become
weak, impotent, and unproductive of
good results. j
Good wheat land?not alluvial soils, ,
>r soils heavily manured?stimulates I
germination and an early growth, inas- '
nuch that the plant's power is shown in
he stooling or multiplication of many
italks from one grain. Poor land fails <
rery manifestly in these two most im- {
>ortant and mechanical operations. It' (
either stimulates germination nor early
growth, hut merely acts as a reservoir I
o hold and supply the grain with mois- !
ure, while the atmosphere imperfectly ,
loos its share toward the development. 1
fhe 'happy medium' in both richness of
*>H _ an<l amount of seed necessary to j
[)n>t?&ar u^rop of good quality and quan- <
Ity imwLjMisarcfully considered by the <
arnfoW^^oo rich soil produces too many '
illers, too inuch stalk rftnik. u
p-owth, all to the gr?fl^rFe^rii]ne*t" of.
lov.od, plump grain."
The newest ^iigagenienf bti*4
,\vistcd gold without'jv attyK. ' (
fecoRonl Text: 'Bamnel'R Fa row*
Addreaa," I Sam. xtf., 1.15?
CJoldcn Text: I Sam. Xli^
34 ? Commentary.
After the arrant passed on tearing Be
and Samuel alone, Samuel took a rial of (
and annotated Saul cantata over the Loo
inheritance, at the same time telling him
several events which would happen to him
he returned home; allot which signs came
him that day. Soon after that Saul was pu
liclv elected and ordained as ldng, tbo Loi
ordering the lot. In the instruction of Sai
uel to Saul that memorable day there is <>
sentence which I believe it Is the privilege
every true follower of Jesus to appropria
and enioy.and yet I And butfew have notlo
it; it is in chapter x., 7: "Do as occasfc
mrve ihsa tar Onrl la wlfh fKaa w t* l?
helpful precept, and I And great comfort
It. May every reader appropriate It.
1. "And Samuel Mid unto all Ioiel." T
placo of to-day's lesson Is Gilgal, the fli
camping ground of Israel in toe'promts
land, after they crossed the Jordan, whe
the twelve stones from Jordan were set u
the people circumcised and the reproach
Kgypt rolled away, the passuver sept, ai
Joshua's headquarters from which he set o
and to which he returned as he subdued t
land: where, also, they had Just now be
offering sacriflco and renewing the klngdoi
(Chap, xi., 14. 15.)
8. "And now, behold, the king walketh t
fore you." When 8amuol mys in the fti
verse that he had hearkened unto their voi
and made them a king he was speaking
God's representative, for in verse 18 be mj
"The Ixrrd hath set a king over you;" ai
whatever Samuol did be did as God's eerva
and as in His sight; if the new king would <
likewise all might vet be well.
"I have walked oeforo you from my chil
hood until this day." There are two sides
your life and mine as well as to that of 8ai
uel, that which is seen of men and that whi<
Is seen only by God. Tho outward words ai
arte aud the motives back of all; happy t
uian whose first thought always Is, ,!Wh
docs God think of thisr' and governs htrasi
accordingly.
8. "Witness against mo before the Lord
With nil his life from his youth up iived t
fore the people, he now asks them to tosti
if they have ever known him to defraud.'
oppress or toko a bribe; be places himself t
fore tho Lord and asks their closest kcrutin
ready to make anything right which thi
may say lms been wrong.
4. "lliou hast not defrauded us, nor o
pressed us, neither bast thou taken aught <
any man's hand." Surely here is a righteoi
man, ono against whom, like Daniel, tin
could find nono occasion nor fault; for i
much as he was faithful, neither was the
any error of fault found in him (Dan. vi., 4
and this life he began to live as a child, ai
any boy or girl may bogtn to-day to live tl
same rightoous life and livo it all their da'
ou tho earth, for the seme Holy Spirit wl
lived this life in Samuel and Daniel, and
many others, is ready to live it again In ai
one who is williug to let Him.
5. "The Lord is witness against you
Their testimony to Samuel's faithfulness w
their own condemnation; his faithfulness t?
titled against their unfaithfulness; their o
kuowlecigment of his righteousness was the
own evidence Against their unrighteousnes
to believe Ood is to condemn self, and to r
ject the counsel of God against self, as d
the lawyers in the time of Christ (Luke vi!
110), is to condemn God and confess ourselv
His enemies.
0. "It is the Iiord that advanced (a
Eointed, R. V.) Moses and Aaron, and th
rouglit your fathers out of the laud <
Egypt." Samuel would not keep them fa
to face with God and romind them of H
lovo to them and His gracious dealings wi
them, as when Paul tells us in Acts xvi
that it is God who giveth to all life ai
breath, and all thtugs, and that in Him v
live and move and nave our being: or
when Daniel said to Delshanar: "Tne Gt
in whose hand thy breath is. and whose A
all thy ways, hast thou not glorified." (Da
v. S3.)
7. "Now therefore, stand still, that I mi
reason with you l>efore the Lord of all tl
righteous acta of the Lord." Or as In ver
34, consider liow great things He hath do
for you, and tluu-efore fear the Ix>rd, ai
servo Him In truth with all vn?p h??i4
8. "Your fathers cried unto the Lord, th
tho Lord sent Moses and Aaron." Samuel 1
minds them first how God heard the cry fro
tho iron furnace of Kgyptand delivered the
and brought them Into tho land of Canaa
This great deliverance from cruel bondai
and gift of a land flowing with milk at
honey ought to have beeu enough to bli
them forever to such a deliverer in the mc
loving and grateful service, but alas for h
roan Ingratitude; and are not Christians t
dav just as liad, when so many who profe
to nave received the forgiveness of sins ai
deliverance front the bondage of Satan see
so ungrateful that, instead of serving tl
bord constantly and wholly, they do notov<
seem to acknowledge Hini as their Lord,
think their deliverance worth mentioning.
9-11. "They forgat tho Lord their God;
* they cried unto the Lord; * *
the Lord sent and delivered." This cove
the history of the nation for about 4fi0 yeai
or from the first of the judges until 8amti
(Acts xiii., 20), when, notwithstanding the
oft repeated transgressions, forsaking* ai
idolatry, as soon as tliev trulv renented ai
cried iinto th? I^orri, fte sent tfiem Jurig
who rieliverori thom and caused them to dm
in safety. How sod that they should forsak
forget and grieve such a gracious God, t*
iow wonderful that He snould again ax
ugain forgive them and shower His inerci
upon them.
13, 13. "Now, therefore, behold the kli
whom ye have chosen, whom ye have d
ilred." God had given them tne desire <
their hearts and they now had a king li!
sthor nations, but it was on their part, a d
parturo from a sole reliance upon God, ui
x putting of a man in His place. The sail
rin is manifest now when the people of God
my way lean on an arm of flesh rather ths
>11 the almighty arm of the unseen but ov
present Lord Jesus Christ.
14, 15. "Continue following the Lord yot
nod." Although they have sinned, and G<
has given them their desire, yet here is a wi
sf blessing still left to them. If they ai
their king will fear the Lord as Hatnuel dii
tnd serve Illai and obey His votco, and n
rebel against Him, theu tho hand of the Lot
will still be upon tliein for good; but if nc
His Iiand will be agaiust them as in the da
of tho iudccs.?if stem Helper.
SJXTY LIVES LOST.
Three Whaling Schooners ffavo Goi
Down With All On Board.
The steamer llertha just arrived at 8
Francisco, from Ouualuska, confirm* t
recent reports of the loss of three whali
schooners?J nines A. Hamilton, Otter (a
Annie.
No traco of thom his been seen in (
Arctic, and it is generally b dievori they t
lost. The vessels carried about G'J olDc
and men.
MARKETS.
Bai.timork? Flour?City Mills, extra,$4.
sf.VIO. Wheat ? H?Hithern Knits, S7J>fuH
Corn?Houtliern White, 45a4G)^cts, kellc
cut. * mitt?ruMiuiorn and t'ommylvan
SOafll cts.: Kvo? Maryland & P?niuylnn
><>H.V..VtH.; liny?Maryland and Pennsylvan
15 OUuflft 50;Ntraw-WI?eat,8.00nf8.50;Butt<
KitMU-rn Creamery,l7a30cts., ncar-hy reooiu
Itiil7cts; Che?? hwwtflrn Fancy ('renin, v
eta., ?WeNtorn, 8u0 ota; Eggs?12
?I.H; Tobacco l/caf?Inferior, inf2.UU.Uoi
Common, 3 00a f4 OU, Middling, bafO.OO Qo>
to fine red,7a$U; Fancy, 1 Oaf I J.
New Yohk?Flour?Southern Common
rnirextra,$J.75aSU.H5; Wheat-No 1 White
?N8: ilye?State, Corn?Southei
follow, 44>fn44><.OntM-Whlto,8tate33XaKi
*ta.; Buttor-State. I2al6 cts.; Cheeee-Stal
CiiSJ^cte.; Egg*?MJ^nlftct*.
rhii.ahki.rnia ? Flour ? Ponnsylran
nnoy, 4.25o4.75; Wheat?Pentwylrania ai
Southern lied, H7aK7)^; lire?Pennerlran
>2a5Scts :Cori ?SouthernYellow, 44n44W <
Jat?-83>?'n34otS.. Butter-State, 10>{al7 eti
Jlioeee?N. Y. Factory, eta.* Eggs
St \to, 14al4^ cts.
C\TTLR
TUl/rmonic?Hoof, 4 00a4 45; Sheep?$3
H ?>, Ilogs?fO (Khfl 2ft.
istksf Yohk?Beef?#4 50a5 00;8heep-f4
I.Y&; Hogs *4 flOiift 10.
X)ft I.ihkkty?Beef?f4 ftOa5 00; Hbcep
18 5y*4 75: iloirs??4 75*4 55
./
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11 Ctwdoi JaJkiind lJmm, was m-OJdentaUy
ebd??SmlM ia Richmond, Va.,
by James KVjHnM, proprietor of 1
|j? woo k 111*4 ati^inmlnghoro, Ala., whilo
to sleting MWt m Woo accompanied by two
b_ moo, wft tired on tbo posse, killing one
rd deputy end seriously wounding others.
^ ?A colored women named Myers, Using
n? near Scnokj Town, Va., left her four cliiP
?' dm* ot home while she went to moke some
purchoo>e in town, end on her retnrn found
m1 that one of her children hod fallen into the
veil and woe drowned.
[? -?The late rains base caused all tin remaining
Irish potato crop around Norfolk.
he Va. to rot in the ground. Cabbage are
rt worthless to ship, and a large crop of the
finest ever raised are now left to rot in the
? *W*
p, ThtNtslngk of the Virginia Beach Bailor
roatf Company to-JuneSOtb, were#104,851.01 J
ad against #50,700.90 last year. The company
ut wotemplateextensive improvements of their
he hotel property, aud the track is to he mads
en a wide gauge on*
11 -?George Madison, employed on the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail*
road, while riding on a band-car near Suin"Rt
mit, Va., at a high rate of speed, fell in
|C0 front at tba moving car, and was so badly
m mangled that he died.
j JL * wJh stM^sg Ynade to determine the
nt exact boundary rbto between Allegany and
jn Qarrett oounttes, Md., as tba ownership of a
valuable tract of coal land is Involved in the
d. '??* V 1 '
to Aa Mr. Creager was plowing in the fleld
iv near Frederick Junction, Md., an old bombcli
shell was turned up. Thinking it not
id loaded, Mr. C&eoger attempted to break it
he up, when the shell exploded, tearing olT one
at or his hands and shuttering his arm,
??Messrs. Hardt and Koefer have on exhibition
ia Frederick, Md., a panel from the
I. front door of Mr. Beat's residence, near
[*- the Moaotoicy battlefield. The panel has a
*-T large bole in it. made by a shell passing
or through on July 25, 18UI.
^ A daughter of a farmer in Cabarrus
-' Dounty, N. C., by tha name of Parks, was
y killod by accidentally falling upon a large
*11110 tuauTs v/uo r?w ? ?? ciHiruij wTeren i
l'f and another partially; the bowels protruded
through an ugly gash and aha died in a tew
' minutes.
on ??A cow "belonging to Mr. Clinton Marts,
nj near Booasboro, Md., whlleon the mountain,
t). won bitten In the tongue by a snake. The
id tongue swelled so, that for aeyeral days the
io now was unable to eat. By applying proper
rg remedies the swelling has been reduced, and
10 tbo oow is liable to recover,
in ??A summary of the money received and
>y expended during the pest yoar bos been
given by the commissioners of Prince
i.n George's county, Md., vis: Bustsot taxation,
as ?8,780,315; county tat, at 05 cents on the
e- ?100, ?83,412.09; disbursements, ?82,149.27;
k> surplus, ?1,263.82.
J' The seven-year-old daughter of Joseph
Hatchett, of Randolph, county, N. C., came
rj to her deetli in a frightful monnor, a few
.,Q days ago. 8he attempted to kindle the fire
' ? with kerosene oil; the vessel from which she
was pouring the oil caught Are and the ilsmes
soon enveloped her body, burning her so that
j? she died.
of A new pulp and paper mill company to
co be located at Big Inland, was organised in
is Lynchburg; Vs., with P. A. Kriso as preslth
dent and J. P. Bell as vioe-presldont, and
|? among the directors J. B. George and W. 8,
ui Forbes, of Kichmoad. With the pulp mill
vo there is to be a paper mill, with headquartiu
era iu Lynchburg.
J'l The Bo Idlers' Shoe Manufacturing Com
ro pany, of Philadelphia, are making arrangen.
menta with the citiaeoa of Cumberland VI,I
to 1 oca to their est*s??? plant at that placo.
?y The city offers the grama free, and exemptIdk
the company from taxation for the
? period of hneran. Thres-Untlgr of the
no stock, or $30,000 worth, are to be taken by
cltiseas.
_ ?A cow belonging to Mr. RarkdjMI, near
Loitcrsburg, Md., wlnle switching at tiles in
tho pasture filed, had her tail fastened to
the bark of a tree under which she had
taken abetter from the sun, and in her efforts
to get loose wound herself so tightly that
S she could not undo herself. Exhausted in
her struggles, she fell down, and the tree
*7 bad to be out down to get her out of her
u dllommn.
o- S. Frank Krepe, of Wiiliamsport, lid.,
?s noticed several days ago that tbo water in
id bia cistern had all leaked away shortly after
m * heavy thunder storm. An examination
be showed that there were several large cracks
>n in bis cistsrn, supposed to havs been caused
or by the loud reports of thunder. This is the
third lime that Mr. Kreps has lost the water
In bia cistern from the same cause.
* The board of directors of the North Carro
oltna Insane Asylum, after a coutiuuous inavesUgatkm
for three weeks of ohsrges
against Dr. Eugene Grleeom, superlntenir
dent, charged with immorality with female
><} attendants, cruelty to patient* and misuse of
1(1 public proper!/, rendered a decision of not
?" guilty on all of ibe obarges. The vote stood
Hi two for convict km aadwix for not-guilty.
^ A negro, suspected of robbery near New
London, Va., was taken from his boose by
m neighbors disguised as white caps, who
strung him up In spite of bis protestations
rtf llfl 1 i
" he was t iken down, and after ho revived h)
. still refused to confess, but when they pro.
* pared to hang him again, he weakened and
\ confessed his theft and restored the stolen
^ money and papers,
,0 U K. Lnrkln, of Lihertytown, M<1., had
in a narrow escape from a serious injury while
m assisting his brotiier in building an addition
or to bis barn. One end of the rafter plate
slipped from its itoeltion and fell to the floor.
ur In dosoending, the plate grased Mr. Ij-irkiii's
^ bead and passed down over bis shoulder,
IV and knocked him hut into tha barnyard, a
?1 distance of o(ghtee<t feet When picked up
^ be was unconscious, but soon revived.
<>t A yaluable mare belonging to Adam
rd Koogle, near Mlddletown, Md., managed to
>t, get tha halter so wrappsd around her neck
yt in the atable that when discovered was al
most choked to death. To save'her life the
baiter was cut, but it was so tight that the
back of the knifa out the animals throat,
severing an artoyy, from which she would ,
have soon bled to death had not the artery
been taken up aad thwwound sewed.
no A slight shook of earthquake was felt in
Memphis. Term. t;rockerv ami glass wrr?
rattled and ia mne instances were thrown
?n from shelves, bat no other evidence was
ho Riven beeldea a rooking motion. Two severe
shocks ware felt at Covington, Tenn., thirtyfive
miles north of Moinphls, each shock
>ud lasting several sncoads. Kor a moment the
wildest confusion prevailed. Houses were
>\.c at>andonod and the streets Ailed with petiole.
A third, but lighter shook was felt
ire latar.
eri The long-delayed selection of a route by
which the Cripple Creek Extension of the
Norfolk and wWtern Railroad shall reach
North Carolina appears to have been settle-l.
Of the four proposed routes the one was ac00
oeptfd which continues tbo Cripple Creek
18; front Ivanboe up New river twenty one miles
,w" to the mouth of Meadow Croek, (near Oldia
town, in Grayson coiioty J thenoi following
^ Meadow creek to near its head, in a south,l0
easterly direction; then through lx?w Gap
,r to Bine Ridge, descending easterly to a pjinfc
lt^ on the North Carolina line, four miles from
u Mount Airy, whera It will he met t>v th?
?5 Una Ksnr tnd Yadkin Vallev Riiilromf
"* CHINATOWN IN ASHES.
g 1 '
m Socramnnlo'i Pmi Hole Entirely DelX
airofod by Fire.
te? Tha entire Chinatown district of Retrain
imoto, Cat., conibtln| of 10 wooden buildnd
inga, mainly rookeries, was burned at four
ia o'clock in tbe morning
l. Oaring to the location of tbo buildings In
? proximity to thd' switching yard# of tbo
Houthern I'acifle railroad, which were (tiled
with loaded cure, the Ore department was
00 unable to do auy effeMlre work, ami all tbe
building* and content* wer* destroyed.
00 It I* iM'liuved ftPt no Urn wore lost,
though many Chinese .had narrow escapes.
? The loss on building* will not exooed t JO.OUO.
No iusuraooe.
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TEMPERANCE.
DRUBS Ilf THE HTRKKT.
"Drunk, jour Worship," the ofllctr said;
"Drunk iu the street, sir." Bho raised ho
head?
A lingering trace of the golden cram
Still softened too lines of her woe-won
face,
Unkempt and tangled her rich brown hair,
Yet with all the furrows and stains of careThe
years of anguish *cd sin and dednalr?
The child of the city was passing fair.
The ripe red mouth, with lips cornerossr d?
The rise and fall of the heaving breast?
The nervous fingers, so taper and small.
Crumpled the mnge of the tattered shawl, *
As she stood in her place at the officer's caul
She seemed good ana fair, she seemed tendo
and sweet,
This fallen woman found drunk in the street
Does the hand that once smoothed the rippl
and wave
Of that tangled bair lie still in the gravel
Is that mother who premed those red lips t
her own
Deaf to the pain of their smothered moon?
Has the voice that clilmed to the 11 spin,
prayer
No accent of hope for the lost one there,
Bearing her burden of sin and despair?
Drunk in the street?In the gutter found?
Prom a passionate longing to crush an<
drown
The soul of ti.o woman she might hav
boon?
To.fling off the weight of a fearful dream.
And awake again in the homestead bard r>v
A >ul ntAn.1^1 A . I?. a*? a. * a?__?a? ai.
rtuu nwUT^l KlUUnUflU Mi Ub WJUCIie? Ml
??ky;
To linger a whllo on the path to school
And catch in the depth of the limpid poel.
Under the willow shade, green and cool,
A dimpled face and a laughing eye.
And tno pleasant word of a passer by.
Te men with sisters and mothers and wtvec
Have yo no care for these women's lives?
Must they starve for the comfort they neve
speak!
Must tney ever be erring and sinful am
weak?
Staggering onward with weary feet.
Stained in the gutters and drunk in th
street!
?f Vayuns.
WITICRB SALOONS ARB UNKNOWN.
A gentleman who had spent seven
months In Kansas said recently: "The d<
hosing effect on children which comes froi
a familiarity with liquor saloons, was neve
forcibly presented tome till I went to a Stal
where saloons are unknown. Kansas i
filled with boys ton years old anil under wh
never saw a saloon since thov can rememba
Thoy never saw a man under the influent
of liquor. Being wholly withdrawn froi
tho sight of it, nearly all of them will hav
no more desire for drink on arriving at man
estate than they will have for opium <
hasheesh. Though I am not a Prohibition Is
It really looks to mo as if tho Kansas poop
were doing a wise thing in keeping publ
drinking places out of their State. Of ooun
quantities of liquor does reach the Stats 1
jugs, kegs ana barrels from Kansas Cit
and elsewhere, but the rising generation
not materially affected, for the old fellov
monopolize all tho stuff that comes by e:
Ksss and they are shy about letting poop
ow tbey have it. The National Ooreri
raent, by the way, is engaged in a very sma
business in Kansas. It has agents there wli
sell Government liquor licenses to all wb
want them. These licenses the Suprerr
Court has held cannot be used ns evidence <
liquor selling In State prosecutions for the
license."
DF.KWARK'8 NKW TKMPKTlAnCE I.AW.
A now tomperauco law which posscsare u
doubted merits bos lately ivjen adopted I
Denmark the country to which tho disti
guished IHinotwin, Clark E. Carr, soon go
ns United Slates Minister. Hereafter, tuid
this new act tho inebriated citizen,when foui
on tho stroot by a policeman, will not 1
hauled off to a lockup. The ofllcer is requlri
to ask him where he obtained his "booze
and on receipt of this information ho mu
summon the saloonkeeper designated who
obliged to tako the drunken mau home in
cab at his own expense. It may bo easi
seen that this is a very useful law. Cab-hl
is no expensive feature of the America
drunk, and if Mr. Carr should And the pis
to be working successfully at Copenhagen, I
might recommend its adoption in an ofilcl
rej>ort to Secretary Blaine. ? Chicot
Uerald.
A I.CO HOT. AND MUSAI.ITV,
-i no member* of mutual aid and insutnm
associations are beginning to roaliso, In
practical way, the ravaged of alcohol as a
ceoting their material interests. Tho media
examiner of the Ancient Order of Unite
Workmen, at the Just annual mooting held!
this city, made a statement to the effect thi
Three-fourths of the deaths in the ordi
ware due to intoxicants, and unless a chans
was made in the laws of tho association, d<
mandtng a higher state of sobriety, tho lot
would bo even more disastrous in the future,
Ultimately, it Is to bo hoped, a large propoi
tlon of laboring men may seo that abstinent
neons health and economy, and so be In
duced to enrol themselves among abstainer
?New York National Advocate.
AN ORIENTAL LEGEND.
The Sail Francisco Chronicle says: "The
?s an oriental legend to tho effect that an 01
spirit once obtained the mastery over a mi
and gave hitn his choice as to whether I
would got drunk or rob a bouse or commit
murder. The man, thinking to choo6e tl
least of the evils, selected Intoxication; bi
says the legend, when he had become 1
toxica ted he committed both the oth
crimes. There is a good deal of phlloeopl
In the story. It Illustrates the cunning of tl
evil genius as well as the folly of thehnmi
being, and is, in a measure, an answer to tl
not unusual argument which seeks to excu
one from tho consequences of his own ac
because he was drunk."
TUB ORKAT MAJORITY BENEFITED.
Hupposing a man can get a glass of whisk
In Des Moines, if he works liko a burglar 1
ret it, what of that? For every man wb
knows whore to got it, there aro 6000 youn
men who don't know. For every man wh
uieak.s like u thief through some blind alle
or into some barn to get a drink, there ai
6000 who walk the streets like honust men an
are never tempted by the sight of an ope
laloon. For every roan who drops a dime <
a dollar in a hole-in-the-wall, there are G0(
workingnien whoso weekly wages now go <
buy food and clothing and the comforts <
life for their families, and not a cent into tl
tills of saloon-keepers.?Iowa State licgiste
TKUFJCHANCE NKW8 AND NOTM.
8alt Lake City has Loyal Teinperam
Ijegion in each ward.
A Woman's Christan Temperance Union
ahont to be organised in Oklahoma.
In Belgium a person arrested for drunke
noes is compelled to sweep the pnbiio strec
for two hours after ho gets sober.
The district and county conventions of t!
W. C. T. U. now being held throughout t
country show uniform prosperity and stew
progress in the work.
In responso to tho earnest request of t
wAMiungton w. u. T. I J., President Harrta
issued an order prohibiting the sale of llquti
at the national encampment of the Distrl
National Guards at Fort Washington.
The Medical Review says: "The deal
rate In thoenseof brewers, commercial trs
elers and others exposed to the temptation
frequent alcoholic drinking, is six tim
greater than in all other industries coi
bined."
The city of Loroy, Kansas, which is quite
railroad center, was recently the scene o(
radical transformation of signs. Throui
the magical influence of Prohibition the ug
advertisement "beer" has given place to tJ
more cheerful announcement "beef."
Though there is occasionally a liquor tu
who appears to enjoy good health ana goes <
to "ripe old age." he is no mora to betaki
as a proof of the general harmlesaneas
drink than lathe man who stands in the thl
carnage of battle a proof of the genes
harmlessneaa of war.
?twi uwmmw umt iKkvu u iiiumuii, mi
Mary C. Leavitt, while lecturing in Jape
spoke through an interpreter. Onoueocc
don she wae Riving statistics and Mid t
consumption of beer in a certain State w
? gallons. The interpreter put It: "Drln
ing the beer of a certain State produces ec
sumption."
The members of the Maryland State Tei
perance Alliance at a recent meeting
Baltimore passed a resolution to bring cid
within the category of strong drinks?Into:
cut I pR beverages. The discussion w
somewhat heated. One clergyman in t
Alliance wont so far aa to declare that
thought cHor waft worse than whisky.
WW. scrofulous (ovwot imllliv, er frrn
l?l?crofnU (commonly known asoonaomp
lh?w Owt'onkB talon la tim&w money
pnkl tor It wlUby promyily wtmrfw.
1 |600 off erM for an luourab'o oaea of Catarrh
IntheHeod. by ike proprietors of Or. gaga'*
Hnah money?The wages of the baby's
nurse.
The Mother'* Friend, need a few weeks prior*
confinement, lessens the pain and mays,
labor ijutck and comparatively easy. Bold twr
aU Druggist*.
L 4 lawyer Is nerer so blind bat he can cite
r ant hori tier.
L / Dew Mice! i
A child who has once taken Hamburg Ftgs as I
o a cathartic will never again look on them as '
medicine, bnt will be likely to ask for them,
under tho Impression that they are Bimplr pre_
served fruit, 23 cents. Doee one tig. Mack i
0 Drag Co., N. Y. |
None bat a thorough bass vocalist will
S utter forged notes,
"Penny wise and pound ."oolish" are those I
who thluk it tconnmjt to nee. cheep soda and
rosin soape. Instead of tbe good old Dobblna's
Klectrlo Soop: for sale by all grocers since lWt
] Try It onoe. Be sure, bey geunln-.
? There la now no bust's a'ont the girl of the
period, and yet alio la a* noisy as erer.
If afflicted with norotyM om Drlnaoc Thompton'aKye\Valer.I)ru*ftl?ta
soil ?t3)?.p?r bottle
a
Nniul'jr? I hear, Pstnbjr, that you ["twin
>n ?stlmab'o wife. l'mnby (??illy)-No, she 1
possesses mo. .
Old smokers prefer "TanslH'e Punches*. I
Cigar to moot 10 centers.
If lord I)unrnvon'K yacht captures the
i> A morion's cup. the B lllsh would liercr pt
Dunraven abort It.
i Do You
Hare that extreme llrod feeling, languor, without
nppetlto or strength, Impaired dtgestlou, nod a general
footing of mtoery It Is Impossible to deeerlbo?
Hood's Barsoportlla Is a wonderful mcdleloo for
oreattng an appetite, promoting digestion and toning
op the wholo system, giving etrongth and actlvt|
ity la plaoo of wcahnees and debility. Bo snro to
a- get Hood's.
11 <1 take Ilood's Sarnapartila every year as a toalo
with most satisfactory results. I recommend
j? Hood's Sarsapertlla to all who have that miserable
'* tired feeling."?O. Pa an kt.es, 849 Bridge St., Brookp?
lyn, H. T.
? Hood's Sarsaparllla
,0 Joli i?v all druggists, gl; six for gfl- Prepared oiJly
,'h by C. I. HOOD ft CO., Apothecaries, Lowoll, Mass.
t, IOO Dotes One Dollar
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men*, pi pntatlon, chief dtK uremic tern1
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Is labors?ond the price of a few eggs ^9
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