The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, March 28, 1890, Image 4
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND OARDEN.
PASTURING HVB IN WINTER.
Rye may profitably be pastured by ahaep
In some of tike Southern States, but in
the North, where cold withers its leaves,
they are not worth enough to offset the
poshing of the ground that is sure to
occur In midday even in cold weather. If,
however, the rye is getting too large a
growth pasturing with sheep or calves is
necessary. If there is auy danger of its
getting into joint it becomes tender, and
a slight amount of cold destroys the crop,
as it would of the most tender vegetable.
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. ? APPLE WOOD FOR FUEL.
In most Old orchards there are some
trees that have become stunted, and except
with extraordinary attention will
never pay their way. The better plan is
to dig thorn out root and branch and use
them for fuel. The extra care concentrated
on the remaining trees will bring
far larger returns. Most orchards are
planted much too closely for the best results.
Where the tree was dugout fill in
with rich dirt from the roadside, and the
trees on all corners from the old one will
show in their increased products how
much they appreciate the wider range
given their roots. Apple tree wood
makes excellent summer fuel, and is especially
rich in potash.
FLOWER TOT8.
It may be well to remember that there
nro other uses for old fruit-cans than
feeding them to goats or filling gutters;
they are just the things for home plants
of many sorts. They will retain moisture
much longer than an earthen pot of the
name diameter on top; they hold more
soil, consequently a lnrgcr plant can be
grown in the same si/.cd pot. We have
seen all manuer of house plants, including
hyacinths, in the windows of ordinary
farm-houses, growing in tomato cans,
that would put to shame many of our
florists' productions, and mainly because
the plants were in better quarters than in
porous earthen pots. Try tin cans, after
pounding holes m the bottom for drainage,
painting them nicclv, not red?but
some neutral tint that will not detract
from foliage or flower?and mark the result.?New
York Observers ' "f v
ONION CULTUItE.
Twelve years' experience in raising
onions, and no trouble from maggots and
worms. I have sown and raised on the
same piece for six years, and the crop
grew better every year. When the
time comes to sow onion seed in the
spring, generally about the last of April,
as early ns the ground will work, I spread
on thickly rotten manure, plow it under,
and then rake the ground oil and mark
it out in drills fifteen inches apart. I
next sow unleachcd wood ashes in the
drills at the rate of forty bushels per
acre. I then sow the black seed on the
ashes and cover with earth. Thov will
come up black and keep so. I have no
trouble from worms and maggots. Unreached
wood ashes and onions arc 2re.1t.
friends. "Use them freely" is my motto,
and I have never failed of raising a
good crop of onions. ?American Cultivator*
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THE USE OFoFEETJLIZERS.
r''A farmslr'n \rovprt?^jugo mUffe atgbiVf I
suggestion about the proper ffSfc of feV '1
filizers, and as he is a successful planter
it is worth giving for the benefit of
others. ^ ./- I', find,1' soKl"lhefarj>?r,Athntj
a griJfltt rteal of njdncy too i
lavish use of fertilizers when the crop is
planted. If you want to fatten a pig you
do not give him nil the food iji onc^s. (
eimply because it will be wastedJli?l;.ddr, .<
etroyed before it can be eaten ifp*lV e
ipig. So it is with food for the plant.
'Put on part of your fertilizer when you
plant your crop, then every time you
jwork it add a little more. If a drouth
jcomes, and you find it will not be needed,
lyou save that much. It frequently happens
that a crop is injured more than it
:is benefited by the improper 0*0 ?< fertilizers.
Then again by putting the fertilizer
on later in the season you get more
benefits when the crop is maturing and
'fruiting." Apparently there is good
6ense in the suggestion.?Atlanta Constitution.
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, * DISEASE IN FOWLS.
f When fowls become stupid and sleepy
with the feathers bunched i^p and the
excrement is yellow.nncl grcea in color,
the disease is anthrax, or, a&jLt. H vtOI!V?
monly called, cholera. It is a disorder
of the liver and contagious. It usp#lly.
happens when fowls are kept in damp
and filthy houses ami overfed, as
these faults quickly proih)<te.60(ii$ an tinhealthy
condition as', to rhake the birds
susceptible to the contagion. ' It is'
scarcely worth while. to'lttWttyjf a"curfc.
The sick fowls should be ki'jvd Without
bleeding nnd buried away frontthe house
and the house
burning sulphur on ypt coals in it. wim
the doors closed. Ip. well
cleaned and kept clenKUtt/iefeed the remaining
fowls with i<C#W!Sd meal, dissolving
for each twc1$8 fowls one dram
of hyposulphite of sulfa' 'in the water
tised. Continue this for a wccK. and
'feed no more than one titcftl 'tor
each fowl daily. After the weck'fc?d
wheat, and buck wheat;'VJlfcj'tfWtVMtbbajM;
and some broken boju'^ yV-Ht^le san
nnd pepper should *d>\*Hy,v be.given ,i?i
the feed of hens two or three timnctH"
week, and some vegetift>lfcrfood'should be'
supplied. Chopped cabbage is the qjpn
t?,1 ?t ii.in u:?.i v... lIL'.^I.I
luuu U' vmo MilUi i^rn, rror??.
, ? p'!K, lUK.W'f
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' TO SAVE tiltAIN IN
' Every year a good (leal of grairf' IV'
spoiled by molding or bccoiniug musty
after being threshed. Tti!$ yeai\"ui?leM
threshing is delayed
losses from this can
..nxxiiiif lieavv, ovtitatf > to -Mmk wet
weather of harvest tinifvucrt tti<Hui***ndition
in which much jflratn ivas <*ftt1TnfHer
cover. Wo heard a few 11 u ysrh's'o'V'
tical farmer describe a method by which*
he put up grain, however \X9VftuVtjVM'>y
amount, without injury. #>,Ut Hu|*ha Jot...
of common brick under *5sr, jto oaitobu.
always dry, and when thn.Jgt1uita.4ntf pilt
into the bin he interspersed brick through
the heap enough to absorb the superfluous
dampness. Almost every one
'knows that kiln dried brick will absorb
a great amount of watc in proportion of
their size. The brick tn a heap of damp
or even wet grain will, if numerous
enough, dry it out, saving all danger of
heating. After serving their purpose the
brick should be carefully put one side for (
use another year. Our informant's father j
[ had used the same pile of brick many
years, and however dry the grain, he
usually threw a few brick in the bin to
insure greater safety. It is possible tbat
this would prove a good method in drying
out corn or to keep hay or grain in
stacks from being spoiled by heating
through.
K.KEP YOCNG STOCK OROWIKG.
If properly fed and kept warm in winter,
young animals gain more from the
same feed than they will at any later
period of their existence. The necessity
for good feeding must therefore be apparent.
For the young stock, if not fed or
cared for as it should be, becomes
stunted, and under this condition there is
scarcely anything more vexatious and disheartening.
Tbo cause of stunted growth
is usually impaired digestion, though this
is followed by, and often confonnded
with, attacks of scurvy in pigs, lice in
calves or colts or ticks on lainbs, all of
which are serious evils. They generally
proceed from the one source of insufficient
nutrition. We use this word nutrition
rather than feeding advisedly.
There may be enough or too much fed,
and there may even be enough eaten, but
it docs not digest. It is only the food that
digests which does an animal any good.
Where digestion is ruined easily the animal
never recovers to what it might
have been. Starving and surfeiting arc
equally injurious. It is just these extremes
that the careful farmer avoids as
belonging to the wild state. No wild
animal produces as much gain in flesh as
one under intelligent and painstaking
human care.* The wild auimal gets its
food as best it may, and in latitudes
where cold winters prevail it is reasonably
sure to become pinched and stunted
the first winter. It is quite likely that
if the buffalo is domesticated and giveq
food and shelter winters, it will attain
larger size than the buffalo that formerly
ran wild over our western plains.?American
Cultivator.
GRAFTING THE CHESTNUT.
In some old works on horticultural
operations the grafting of the chestnut
is referred to ns a rather difficult and uncertain
operation, and this may have deterred
many otherwise good propagators
of trees from attempting it. But any
one who can successfully graft the apple
and pear need not hesitate to graft the
chestnut, thereby saving several years iu
procuring a crop of these excellent nuts.
The cious should, of course, be taken
from bearing trees if possible, and only
the young healthy nlioots used, aud theso
taken from the terminal points of large,
vigorous branches. After thecion is set,
cover every part of the exposed wood on
both stock and cion with wax, using
plenty of it, inclosing all with waxed
paper or thin cloth, to prevent admission
of air or water when the
stock begins to swell with growth
in spring. I much prefer splice
grafting upon small stocks on brauches
of larger trees, to the ordinary cleft-grating,
but have good results from both. It
is not at all rare to see the cion set in
spring blooming at the usual time the
first season, and bearing a few nuts the
sctond, and more the third. By having
a few seedling chestnut trees growing in
the orchard and garden we can always
avail ourselves of the opportunity for obtaining
cions of choice varieties found in
the forest, or in the grounds of frjends
and neighbors. The same is true in regard
to fruit and ornamental trees, and t
man handy with the budding-knife car
his friends choice anil
without cost, if he is known
as a- liberat man ever ready to return
such favors.?New York Tribune.
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* f jC* ?~iC,ARE OF HOU E PLANTS.
At this season of the year windou
plants require considerable attention tt
maintain ;y healthy condition. Care has ]
Jo be; taken in watering so that too mud
fee tint given and n saturated conditioi
of the soil result. Do not allow water t(
remain in the saucers in which the flowei
pots are standing, as it causes the soil tc
get too wet, and no plant will remait
long healthy in such a coudition. Stii
the surface of the soil in the pots, anc
occasionally wash the leaves by sprnyina
wliua 011100(41 HUU Wlgv, IIUU * ^
syringing when they are stuall anc
covered with hair. Also keep the poti
clenn. It is just as necessary to keep tht
breathing pores of the leaves in good
working condition as it is to keep tin
skin of the human body free from dirt
Dick off all decayed leaves and keep th<
plants free from insects. Green fly, that
inveterate enemy of all window plants,
should have at all time close attention.
Syringing will keep them off when they
first make their appearances it j
regularly 'attended to-, but should
they get on in large numbers thi !
only method of destruction is tobacco |
smoke, which can be applied, by placing
the fSIantk under a barrel or box and filling
with smoke; or. if the barrel or bos
is jicrfectly tight, fill with smoke first,
th<4u.; j>J? ?:thc plants under by *piicklj
turning the jUnnts on one side, as enough
will-remain to destroy the iuiccts.
Bulbs-of hyacinths, tulips, etc., which
have filled thdir pott well with roots can
be broug/it into light ami heat, wueu
they* will'"soon expand their flowers.
WbjjAh watering newly expanded fiowert !
of any 'hind, do not allow any moisturl j
to remain;long on the blooms, as it eauset
premature decay. Those who were for- !
tuna$? citnrggb to secure a few bulbs ol j
igjg, and Jhavc. them now coming intc |
liloom, will nj. once be convinced thai
-lhia>'js?onoiOf ifbc sweetest of recently introducc<l
b,vlf?s." They are so easily managed1
jjnd'blhoiu so finely that they linv?
Mll'*utv'f>ccoino general favorites among
'frll 1 overt of flowers wherever introduced.
riltjf llieir flowering period give plenty ]
of water, but as soon as the foliage be fLps.to,
riuy^ gradually withhold water, '
ms. Dally allow them to dry off alto* j
'geUicj until next August, when they can
bo started , into growth.?0\it
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t- ?.^Most wv* Tlive for Lockjaw.
^Professor Kcn/.i, of Naples, has re*
p<j*to<i: euros of tetanus by securing ab*
*?LotW; rort-forttoo patient?that ia, real
for tire "sfcuses as well as for the body.
The jmuont's cars arc closed with wnx,,
his room is dark, nud the floor is heavily
rn'rpetcd. (lis nUrsc attends him witb/fl
s)tndV ;l hintorn; lie ia served food tj^j
requires no mastication; and sed.?K,c,
are given to reliovc- pain. It is not
tended that this treatment shoit<n's
period of the disease, but that |^qo;,Song
the force of the paroxysms, whift, eVontually
cease. if
The lost census in New reveals
the fact of a profession of n on the
part of no le* thuu niuri?j|JJ pcr ccut.
of the wbjle p^?ulatiozyj
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TEMPERANCE.
- TEMPERANCE TiM. /
la a cam before e magistrate at Plymouth,
England, the captain or the brigaotine Louis
Montgomery wee charged with baring failed
to serve out lime juke to bis crew on a voyage
from Montevideo to Plymouth, and the evidence
showed that be had attempted to substitute
grog for the lime juice, and that the
tneu had refused to touch it, and for eighteen
days bad lived on bread and water rather
*ta?? mv? it it fhnir (AmnflrttiM nrinrinlt?L
a trui stort.
" Papa, will you plow* g;ve mo fifty cents
for iny spring bat? 'Moat all the Academy
girls have theirs.''
"No, May; I can't spare the money.*
The above request was persuasively made
by a six teen-year-old maiden as she was
preparing top school one fine spring morning.
The refusal came from the parent in a
curt, indifferent tone. The disappointed girl
went to school. The fattier started for his
place of business. On b!s way thither he
met a friend, and, being hail fellow well met,
he invited him into Mac's for a drink. As
usual, there were others there, and the man
that could not spare his daughter fifty cents
for a hat treated the crowd.
When about to leave he laid a half-dollar
on the counter, which just paid for the
drinks.
Just then the saloon keeper's daughter
entered, and, going behind the bar, said:
"Papa, 1 want fifty cents for my spring
hat.''
"All right," said the dealer. And taking
up the half-dollar from the counter, he
handed it over to the girl, who departed
smiling.
May s father seemed dazed, walked out.
alone, and said to himself:, "I had to bring
ray fifty cents here for the rum seller s
daughter to buy a hat with, after refusing it
to my own daughter. I'll never drink another
drop."
And he kopt Lis pledge. ? Our Young
People.
wnat tii* w. c. t. v. has dows.
Until the organisation of the W. C. T. U.,
temperance work had been almost exclusively
reformatory. When mother-love came to the
fore, it quickly recognized the fact that the
awful river of drunkenness was fed continually
by streams whose springs were in th&
nome; every man Hwepi to destruction oy n*
terrible Hood was some "mother's boy."
Other organizations had stood on the bank
and dragged here one and there another victim
from the flood, too often only to see them
stagger back and be engulfed m the black
waters; These mothers said: "The stream
must tie . stop|>ed at the fouutain
head," and ' this is prevention. They
had learned the lesson taught by
an insane asylum; the patient whose
sanity is to bo tested is taken to a tank
into which a stream of water is flowing from
a pipe, and told to empty it. If, unheeding
the flowing stream, he attempts to dip the
water out, his sanity is clear; but if, comprehending
the situation, he first turns the
faucet shuttiug off the stream, and then proceeds
to empty the tank, his sanity is equally
clear. The w. C. T. U. haa proved its sanity
by turning the faucet, and thus originated
Us preventive work.?Union Signal.
DRINK DESTROYS THE BRAIN.
The Christian Inquirer mentions an impressive
lecture on "Alcoholic Inheritance,"
by Dr. Syraes Thompson, at Oreehatn College,
and rejiorta him as saying:
"We doctors are often tempted to wish
that the human race could be propagated
with as much care as is shown in the breeding
of horses." The lecturer followed with
a really terrible list of the evils to which "alcoholic
subjects." or the children and children's
children horn of drunkards, aro liable,
not the least of which are insanity and
every form of mental aberration. It was
very noticeable, said the doctor, how much
the moral character of the drunkard was
<V?stroyed, and the same effect of the parent's
trtn was traceable in his children. Again,
drink was the greatest destroyer of brain
power in the world, and its results were wonderfully
manifested in the drunkard's issue.
It is well understood that drink destroyed
self-control, and a great necessity of the
present day wa? the training of drunkards'
children in self-control.
WORK AMONG SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
The important work of the \V. C. T. TJ.
among United States soldiers and sailors is
under the special direction of Mrs. Sarah A.
McClees, of New York city. Effort is being
made to induce interested men to become
total abstainers, to form soldiers' temperance
unions officered by themselves, to suppress
the sale of liquor near soldiers' homes to provide
Bethels, coffee and lodging rooms for
soldiers in seaport cities, to circulate temperance
nnd White Cross literature among soldiers
and sailors everywhere, and In every
way |>os&ible to promote Christ's kingdom
among these men. The work has met with
marked appreciation, not only from the men
thpmSi'lvrR hilt, frnni ntflppr? nnrl phnnlainu
who have given the ladies their sympathies
and support throughout the entire six veara
Of effort.-IF. c. T. U. Bulletin.
a praiseworthy precedent.
One of the most elegant entertainments of
the season in Washington was one recently
given in honor of the Pan-American Delegates
by ex-Senator and Mrs. J. B. Henderson,
of Missouri. There were many distinguished
guests, and all. tbejMnQjfiuVcintrai-"
ter, "But no wines or liquors were offered.'
All honor to ex-Senator and Mrs. Henderson
for their praiseworthy social precedent.?
National Temperance Advocate.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTRS.
The Minnesota W. C. T. U. gained 5821
members' last year.
It is said that the prevalence of the influenza
in Munich lessened tho consumption of
beer by W1.000 gallons.
During 1881) the output of tho St. Louis
breweries was increased by nearly 100,00})
barrels of 1888. . V! .."-"Xge
IBili.ilbense Omaha send$ fonr ftu/leutato
the Sttite T/niVei^ity And ?ighty-one
victg to tho State penitentiary. .... i '
Tha ybung Oerman. Emperor recently dined
with Bismarck, and, says tho telegram, "re*
peatedly took wfne with him." *
Western members of Congress have est^b-i
lished a club house in Washington, in which
intoxicating liquors are prohibited.
Tbaiemperanoa women of Sau. JKrnnciaoo
Snvft kamn werivn hnvcotttnir nffrthrst thfc.
"cott)&.^rO<^iry of California. -'..n't
ciurUufttip
80,000 gallons of brandy at tneir distillery at
Goyserville, Sonoma County, California.
The statement is mane uu u.v -Umontj or
private detectives employed by licensed retailers,
that there are nearly 4000 unlicensed
groceries in operation in the city of Philadelphia.
A Boston statistician tlgures that 64,000,000
able-bodied drinks of Boston-made rum
are exported for African consumption every
yenr. This estimate is made on the basis of
nearly 1,000,000 gallons, and the business
makes the rum producers very rich men.
Charles Emory Smith, the now Minister tc
St. Petersburg, turns his glasses down whec
the wine is passed at public banquets, and
has not tasted the intoxicating cup in fifteen
years. He will astonish the Russian blue
nloods, who are the hardest drinkers in th?
world.
1 Since the establishment of the Vienna free
kitchens the number of drunkards is said t<
I liave greatly diminished. The medical pro
] fession testify to enormous improvement ii
! the health or tho lower classes. Derange
ments of "tomaeh, formerly the njpet Xr<
quent ^rtna h^pita^fcava-de
c reased t one-thtnf n/***1? DUrt?^r of tw
years y,0 ^ . - . .
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Ak a grocery store in Uelfnst,
I ro'cjit1y, whHc qdifc a Wimlw of persons
| Vrq g!dlij;ml ,tJu'icin^(lhc proprietor got
||?H*si?igon ynrious things, finally
, t'olu ui'tL" '5, bomber' fM
| _cuci*t'5'^YT^ lipidc as"|o how many were
, in adfl^iol.- The most reckYcss person ft
: I he piirlv g?eM(iih?s^ngh i^Nlk AOO.'.Fl ufi
thill tlSfid \VlTC V,rtf H t iff hthe*f 'efcihh i/tW' n I
a smaller numher. "Well, sir," said tht
'grocer, "there are 110,000." Of course
no one would believe him until he ex
plained that there were sixty to a hni
j ounce, and proved it. "Then how man]
vmk notes will it take to weigh as mur)
as a silver dollar?" lie raid. "One liun
tired!" Seventy live!" "Three hundred!'
cried out several. "Not light," said tin
{[nicer; "just twenty two"?which lie ii
list rated unci proved.
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BLKPX ON HIS POST. j
How k 8c Idler'* L1f? was SkTkl bp
' 'Y the Late Judge K?Uey.
. la 1864 a young soldier of a Pennayl- |
van la regiment was convicted by a court* E
inkrtUWig^^p;ng orupost, and sen- t
Mend* of the un- t
fortunate boy hastened to Washington ?
And enlisted the sympathies of the late <
Hon. William D. Kelley in his behalf. I
Their statements of the boy's grave of- c
feuse indicated that there were mitigating r
circumstances which rendered him a t
firoper subject for executive clemency. *
t was claimed that the soldier was in
feeble health, but had refused to go to t
the hospital, remaining with his com- *
pany, wnich was engaged in the cam- t
paign against Richmond. He had been (
marching and fighting for two days and ?
bights without sleep, and it was under i
such circumstances that, overcome by ex- t
haustion, he had suffered himself to fall
asleep while on pickst. Military law was
rigidly enforced at thnt time and little
-mercy was shown to offenders.
Mr. Kelley at once went to the Presi- J
dent, with whom he was on terms of <
close iutim.acy. Few men enjoyed to a J
fuller extent than he the confidence of 1
Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Kelley laid before the 1
President the case as presented bv the
friends of tho soldier. Both agreed that *
If the facts were as stated the death sentence
might prcpedy be revoked in the *
interest.q^ato&jy, and without prcju- *
dice to the service? The lint* was short,
as but a few hours, or days at most, intervened
between the sentence of a court- (
martial aud its execution. Mr. Kelley t
Volunteered to go at once to the army
and investigate. To enable him to do <
this Mr. Lincoln handed him a reprieve ]
for three days. So fullv did he tnmt. tlio !
judgment of Mr. Kellcy that he also 1
wrote and signed a pnrdon which Kellcy ,
was to present in ease he found the statements
of the soldier's friends to be cor- 1
rect. If, upon the other hand, he should
find the case to be without extenuating 1
features he should not interfero with the j
cxerution beyond the reprieve granted
for the inquiry.
Mr. Kellcy took the first train for tho t
front. Traveling as far as ho could by
rail, ho rode on horseback nearly all |
night through the great camps to reach %
the regiment he sought. The execution *
was to have taken place that morning,
but was stayed by the President's order.
Mr. Kellcy satisfied himself1 that the de- |
mantis of justice and the discipline of tho
army did lTOt rFqniifUhc sacrifice of'tho
young life, produced the pardon and tho |
soldier was restored to duty.
Naturally Mr. Kellcy watched with in- '
terest the future career of the boy whoso
life ho had held in his hands, and was
gratified to know that he had not erred
in his judgment. The Roldicr fully redeemed
himself by conspicuous gallantry, n
and lost an arm in tho final assault upon
Petersburg. After the war Mr. Kellcy
secured his appointment in one of tho
departments of Washington, where ho remained
till his death two or three years .
ago. In after years Mr. Kellcy often remarked
that no act of his life, public or
private, gave him more satisfaction than
nis services in behalf of that condemned
soldier. It goes without saying that tho
lattcr's nfTeoiion for Mr. Kclley was beyond
any power of language to express,
continuing till the last moments of life.
Bonfires Before the House*.
I wt& tall^. pwlt\e other day with a
gentleman just returned from a long trip
through the South, when he told mt
about innumcrabh fires in the onen nit
which he saw as the train swept across
Alabama and Georgia at night. It
seemed, he said, as if there was a bonfire
in front of every country mansion.
C. II. Parraelcc, a former Southerner,
now living here, to whom I mentioned
this observation, said to me: '"Why, ha
was just about right. There is a bonfire j
in front or nearly every country mansion
in the South to-night. It is located soin?
distance from the house, and is built to
gather the mosquitoes and insectp, which i
fly to the light, and leave the people sit- !
ting on the porches in comfort. That is :
one of the oldest and most common prac- |
tices in the South. Animals, as well as !
insects, are attracted by fire, you know.
A horse will dash headlong into a fire at
night, and when stables catch fire the
only way to save the animals is to blindfold
them with blnukets."?[New York
- Prcsa.
A rAssTWr??.ft fl7TTfic renirTSuiar ano
Oricutal Company's steamship Victoria,
on her last trip homeward from Australia,
leaped overboard. Immediately a lifeboat
was lowered, but the tackle did not
work easily and the crew of thirteen men
was spilled out. Another lifeboat, however,
w as safely launched and eleven men
I of the first crew recovered. The other
j two men, together with the passenget
i who had leaped overboard, were devoured
r.( by sharks in plain view of every one on
i : board the ship.
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U March April Mav
/re the best mnuihs in which to purify your V'?o4?
H ? for nt no other season ?loe? the system so much- nee<|: '
the at(l of a reliable medicine like Hood's HaifaI-"
. parilln, as now. Iiurlng the long, cold winter, the ;f
' blood becomes I hill and Impure, the l>o<ly becomes
..weak and tired, Iho appetite may be lost, flood's
1' '' Farsapnrllla Is peculiarly ndapteil to purify and en
rich the bloo<l. to create a Rood appetite and to over'1
: -come that tired feeling.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
fsc ycurs^ have made It a practlea
to tnke from thr?> to . w.-u.. ?.* ir>wr? s-nr 1
saparllln, because 1 know It purines the blood an I
thoroughly cleanses the system of all Impurities.
That languid feeling, sometimes ealle.l
spring fever," will never visit the system that
has been properly cared for by this never-falllng
I remedy." W. If. I.awrfnck, Kdltor Agrloultural
rptlomlst, Indianapolis. Ind.
i Tho Best Spring Medicine
'I have taken three (tattles of Hood's Sarcapa<
rllla and consider It the liest ii|oo<l medlelne 1 have
I ever taken. H builds me tip, make* me sleep
' tetter, give* me ft good appetite." Mm. i. P. l.timt1
ton, Portland, Me.
? Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all drujtftlsts. $1; six for f-V lYepnrrd only
' by C, I. IIOOD A CO., Apotheearles, Lowell, Mass.
- IOO Dosos One Dollar
i ~
f The Pope Favors
\Convalescents
from the Influenza
L. with exemption
iRSfc-rfW*?'1
f i? rules (IK??)-. _
> Ayer's sarsaparilla
Restores \
I Strength W Vigor.
( Take it S
r now.
Prepared bv
Dr. J. C. AVer & Co"
Lowell, MaP"'
"' v
SLattlesnakM In tho Yosemlta V?lI
heard Judge Nelsou telling Ms ex*
xjriencc with rattlesnakes in the Yosenite
Valley, and mildly suggested that
he writers who hare described its glories
uake no mention of the snakee. "Of
ourse not," snid he, "because that
rould destroy it ns a resort for travelers.
Jut they are there and-4n greut numbers,
icvertheless. As vou drive along the
oad you will occasionally hear the uur-r-r
of a rattler, and your horse will jump
harnly to one side. Horses are tnucn
ifraid of the snakes and quicker to see
hem than men are." E. L. Bonner, of
tfontnna, who is an old frontiersman,
old how the well posted wagoner on the
rontier always puts a hair rope entirely
iround his camp at night, merely stretchng
it on the ground. No snake will
:ross it.?[New York Press.
Pair Piny"
is ail that Is asked for Dr. Pierce's Golden
Vled'cal Discover}-, when taken for catarrh in
.he head, or for bronchial or throat affection , t
?r lung scrofula (commonly known as con- |
sumption of the lungs) and if taken in timo,
md given a 'air trial.it will cure or the money
aid for it will be refunded, it is the only
,-tutran teed rurv.
Cleanse the liver, stomach, bowels and whole
ystem by using Dr. Pierce's Pellets.
After aM. why not etthe attge elevxl* tel
? Who Is to condemn it if It us.s it
rings and flies.
(lew's This!
Webffer One Hundred Dollars reward for
iny case of catarr.i that cannot be cured by
aking Hall's Ca'arrh Cure.
F. J. Chbnet <ft Co.. Props., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Dheney for the last 15 years, and believe blm
perfectly honorable in all business transacions.
and financially able to curry out any ohigations
made by their flrm.
tVeet & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Walding, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesalo Druggists,
Toledo, OMo.
S. H. Van Hoes-en, ('ashler Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, aetng
directly upon the blood and mucoir-t surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent lies,
i'rico 75c. per Dottle. Sold by all Druggists.
There are thoto who never eason on w' ni
hey should do, luton what they have done.
For washing flannrl*, Dobbins's Electric Soap
s mnrvfloun. Blankets and woolens washen
vith it look like new, and there is absolutely no
hrinking. No other soap in the world will do (U
uch jtcr/cct work. Give it n trial now.
Mamma?What are you taking your doM's
<( dsteiwl ap irt to-, pet/ L? tile Dot?1'? J?
ookln' for buga*
rfc
The Mother's Friend, used a few weeks be- ?1(
fore confinement, lessens tho pain and intkos lal
or qnick and comparatively easy. Sold by
all Druggists. ^
An undertaker's favorite ex-rcl-e !s box n . ^
Watch for "Murray" Bu.'gy adv. next week rl
in iimewuiti wo wiim is nuuci', 1 ill id uo ?
ibie to do without it Is power.
Traveling men smoke "Tansill'H Punch."
Th?re Is nothing In life so rArn-'stly to be
nuitlit for nn 1 hnrar or mid prob ty.
is
; ONB ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
6jrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acta
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
I iirPF flnH Rntvnla nlnnncoa tltn otro.
VIVUilOVkJ ItUV DJO*
tem effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrun of Figs is tho \
only remedy of its Kind ever pro- 4
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- *
ceptablo to the etomach, prompfin
its action and truly beneficial m its 01
effects, prepared only from the most u
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities comthe
most popular remedy known.
Syrup 01 Figs is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading druggists.
Any reliable druggist who J
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who (
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute. .
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PATENTS?PENSIONS;^" W 1
deal of Pension and Ilouuly law*. Send for Inventor-.'
(itilde or IIow to ttet a I'atent. Patrick O'fAKRC:.!,
Attorney at Uw, Washington, P. C.
IA8TH Wl ASHR&BjFREE '
I ky Mil im?W%r*n. Dr. H BCIIirKXAl, B<. P?al,
Mnnpv in Chip.k^nfi
If yon know how to properl\- car*
1* ? for tlirni. For 49 cents In stai i?
I 'J yw > < 11 run procure a IMVl'AtJK IHlOK '
it f y.X RlvitiK tno < Jiwrlencc of a pmctl/
/ \ ral 1' ultry llalser not an am .
/ \ tenr. hut a n an worklnK for do'?
( X iura and cent-?during a juried of
-1year*. It trachea rou how to
^ tect and Curr Dlaraara: to Fa <1
IP tTrKiwa and alao for F tteniiur;
I 1 which Fowl* t<> Kara for Ilrerdlns
I I I'uriKiai a; and verythintt. mined,
yon should know < n (ha a u hi rot to make It profile
able Bent postpaid to iiOc. (lUOK PtIB.
UOI BF. 134 l.eoaard nncel. N. V. Cllf.
I prescribe and fnHy endorse
III* (4 aa tb< only
Oereela^^^H specific fonhrcertai. cura 1
Jvl TO a DiYk.V of this disease.
JHbvanaawt a?t v*H O. H. INOHA It AM, If. [>.. '
fcf aaaae?irli?Mi Amsterdam, N. Y. j
rdf Mra eaty ?7 tka We have sold Ill(f O fo?
t!a. ?. uia many years, and It has
ltSMTiMOhaBKMO^^^jrt^n the l^8t oi mi,.
'MB. OlnolonaUJi^^Tactlon. |
o?oo. VV n. n. oycitk a co.. I
Chicago, III. i
enO^V^iirkylll.no. Bold by Druggists.
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL PIL! ~
yr_~^v RIO CROSS DIAMOND BNANO. .
.Wi'TS Rafr anil alwaya reliable. l.adit-e, A
f U QAd a?k Drucrtat for Vimrnontf ItranH. In
mrtatllo t nr? anted with bine /^\\
ty ribbon Take eo ether. ailpllla\\5y
RA yc-1 la paatr board boiea, pink wrapper*, are \y
I ] ~ pf d??frron? rounterfVltn. Kend 4r. v
I 'if ( lamp*) for partleulare. uetlnonlala and
I aa B "HeHrf for Laflr*," I* laner, kj rrtara
\ // aiall. .Varna fapn.
'^r Iklebaakac CkaB'l ( ? ladiaaa Sa? rhlla* r*
''"" COfvRi^tf 18?''
AN OLD MAID'S
* To take or not to tako it, is tho
Whether it is better to end this <
n Bpiusior?urnvmg ins armies r.
That lack of lovers caused my 1<
Or take the remedies my sisters
And see my eyes grow bright as
In the immoi-tal fount Do Leon
In vain in Florida's peaceful ahn
1 oft have heard my married stsl
That good old Dr. Pieroe's Favoi
Would bring back color to a fad
Restore the health of ono who f
To rid herself of all tho pain sh
Thrt aforesaid spinster took the remedy
iving regained her health and blooming beau
Thousands of women owe tfcpir fresh, t<
ooming countenances to the restorativo c<
facta of Dr. Pierce's Favorite PMeerip- v.
on. It is a positive cure for the most rr
implicated ana obstinate cases of leneor- r<
tea, excessive flowing, painful menstrua h
in, unnatural suppressions, prolapsus, or d<
lling of the womb, weak back, " female j ai
oakness,'' anteversion, retroversion, bear- j C
g-down sensations, chronic congestion, in- |
immation and ulceration of tne womb; j r
flammation, pain and tenderness in ova- p
D8, accompanied with "internal beat." tx
As a regulator and promoter of func- I c
T)r "Piftrpft's Pftllfite rprm I;
tomach and bowels. One a
1 i j[ Best Coogh Medicine. Re<
>r<| Cures where all else tails. Pic
taste. Children take it withor:
S3 SHOE for GENTLEMEN
i nd Other Advertised Specialties Are the
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None genuine unless name and price are stamped
n bottom. SOLD EVERYWHERE. If your dealer
'III not supply you, send postal for Instructions bow
> buy direct from factory without extra charge.
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DROPSY
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II symptoms remove I. bend for free boolc tesllino
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t
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M ft I* pleanant to the taate and
B mCC PB" doca not contain a particle of
SSJHLUB u J opium or anything Injuriotia. It
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