The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 18, 1890, Image 4
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~ AGRICULTURAL.
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TOPICS OK INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM A\l) CARDEN.
PRUNIHU I.AIU.K MXn.o. - ? If
trees arc properly and intelligently
'managed, they will uever need severe
pruning. Our most careful fruit-growers
prune with thumb and linger, pinching
back shoots that are certain to he in
wray when they grow a little fur
ther.4 When it is necessary to prune
large nniDs do it twtore the ?p has
started, and at onco cover the surface
with paint, to protect the wound from
the air. After the sap has started the
paint will uot adhere. If grafting wax
is used it is still better, as this will adhere
until th?- tree grows new bark entirely
over the wound.?American Cultivator.
1 IVnEAT GAIN BY SPRING IIARHOWIKO.
We have made repeated trials with
harrowing wheat in spring with a smoothing
harrow, the work being done first as
soon as the ground was sufficiently hard
and dry, and again when about a foot
high. Breaking the hardened crust and
making a tine, mellow surface among the
plants had obviously an excellent clTeet;
the heads of wheat were longer than usual,
aud the increase was estimated at
five bushels more per acre thau miliar
rowed wheat. The last harrowing was I
accompanied with the sowing of clover- ]
seed, which succeeded well and produced |
good growth. At the last harrowing the I
harrow was passed over the wheat twice, 1
Al klZlk t-.f -- 9 ' '
^ uit ursi ueiore sowing mo ciover-seeti,
the last after the operation. Any slanttooth
harrow, with numerous tine teeth,
will answer. The teeth need not. be |
sharp, provided they are sufficiently so to
mellow the crust; generally, however,
the sharper the better.?Netn Y< rl
Tribune.
t TKKAXTS.
At the twenty-third meeting ol the
Minnesota Horticultural Society a paper
was read on currant, culture bv Or. M.
M. F risselle, who has a plantation of one
thousand bushels in full bearing. The
Doctor said that the secret of growing
currants at a profit was in feeding thein
abundantly with cow manure and ashes, !
and giving them absolutely clean culture.
In growing currants for the market it
was recommended that they lie planted
on nearly level ground, of deep rich soil,
well broken and finally pulverized. The
plaiting should be. six feet apart each
?ny, mi as hi give room lor noise cum .
VHtion ntiil plenty of air and ligltl. Tlic !
essayist said I hid it was a delusion to |
fhiuk thnt this fruit could be successfully
grown ainid grass, weeds, clover or burdocks,
or when crowded along a stone i
wall or a mil fence; that it needed I
plenty of elbow room, air and light, and
as much fertilizing material a- one has a
mind to give. With regard to marketing,
the Doctor urged thai the fruit bo t
gathered tree from leaves, without hruis- j
ing. put in eleau, eovcrc.l baskets hold- (
ing no more thau eight pounds, or onefifth
of a bushel, lie said that it would
be ditlicult to glut the market with clean,
huudioiue, well grown Clinic 'i
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\ KEKl'INll KOtvfi. a
It is a notewo'rthy jTA't JhllTlhe niotfi
who have attained.pYofmnertce, and been
most successful pnimnvily in poultry '
breeding, commenced with one variety;
and not till that was thoroughly mastered,
and the line points of mating ,and
matching for. exhibition satisfactorily.'
adjusted, did they branch out inr'?" the
cultivation of other varieties. It is all
very woll to be known as it breeder of
several or many different : varieties of
fowls, but it is farHhetfei: to be well ,
known as an eminently successful breeder*!
of one variety than an indifferent breeder';,
,,r ivi i it
\'m iikiii a . iio IMM l illl.M !!.??? illic IIMI III*"
permanent retirement fn?ni the business |
of poultry breeding nf so many wtwrhiKvc
f-turtI with high hope* ami full eonti
dement success as the 111 inuufor attempt
iug ton iniK'h in the beginning. Whether
this is the result of the tendency tu.l'tpijl
expansion. si? prevalent in all American
business, or the engrossing nature of the J
" pursuit*, whic h leads Us dfrvylejes, pm
'** ticulnrlv those who have jusf caught the
infection, and have not sett hid town to
steady work, to launch out into every
new branch which hits their _tusU:.~iB a
matter which affects the result in no way.
The fact remains that too much poultry!
work is overdone as to ipiantity and on
derdonc as to cpialitv. /*??/'t/'v Yurti. '
s ficu jp-; <>k. siii i.c kkkuinc.
We put in ninety-one "mature weth
ers"'n#i'igiiini? seventy-one pounds each . i
fed^Uor *?r.tiu*.M oru and cv.its. mixed at
rate of four bushels corn to otic bushel
oats, fed f>nri of the time cornstalks and
hay ulteriuitely, and then beanppds and
fctalks": always feed by daylight ;pid only
flay. Keep ejeau water-and salt
by thetn, unci kcup well bedded. Itesult
Fed _thy sanie.shee^vuiighty days, drove
oW?rtifFWiniles before weighing; weight,
tn {tv'i%?ounds, an TiWHlge gain of ?1 'Ml
, pourid* pt^i bead, and this, too, on a
. rn nitt nnn^l ..t tL?r. t-iiA-I i -u
r-: hftyivmgu 4efalt<eiiiiig snoop on straw and
* no' ^ ,i(:ai K"'n
^iHjJrrs nrouud thrm gej.who do not feed
cvilxv 'shwp require enough more
to offset the dilTwVonte in value lie
twee a straw-ami cornstalks, hay ami
l<p<ioj?o^ls :Jti frret, I rhnlWf very much its
being profitable to feed,chnn jajrnw under
Feeding timothy is
very unprofitable, as sheep do n\ueh V>t?f*^ter
on Clover, and tin- price i.s.#* pcu ton
Either one is mi profit able . i* >, iVot t
., ,e$>*Jusive|y, an cornstalks and toftiipttd*
fr<l alternately are lnrnh 'chfkh'j1efT'l?^
just"' as good its. iffibt Tieflrr than, clear
jiay^Xtilpsdtcm of profit feeders consider
important, naiucly, convert tug -coarse
fodder," si raw and grain pnto the best
manure. Sheep feeding to be profitable
siiould be.-crowded touts utmO*f limit '
*> ,
hut Ic^Uou; van tue<m.citfiw.l>u^9iail<*-jit
for market, unlwthov air
< wolt.ou their grain tttirtjh thriyirt?q(>ndV"
eiglftv or ninety days is usually
vtltfligfi time Lo-Xee4 for pruJit.?
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'noxfes xtrtf-rmrr.s.
Thnse who ship vegetables ami fruit to
city markets arc well aware much
neat packages help,the sale of their eon
tents. As those who have tried it ?le clare,
it is often more profitable to take
their truck ami fruit to a small place,
especially if it he a manufacturing town,
than to New York or other large markets,
it is often the case that a farmer has a
bushel or two of peas or some other truck,
or a few quarts of currants or other small
fruits, which he purposes to take to the
near-by town to dispose of. Not being
accustomed to uuukctbuch articles rcgu
arly, they present * strange sight as ho
sets out, a peck of peas at the bottom of
a bushel basket that is nouc too clcaii; a *
quart of currants hidden in a five quart !
pail that has seen better days; a few early i
* beets, an after thought, are thrown into
the bottom of the wagon, without taking !
I the trouble to waih or bunch them. It ,
j ran be but little wonder that the stuff
I takcu in this miscellaneous manner is |
slow of sale. Farmers who live near
I cities or villages will find It to their in- I
l tcrest to work into "farm trnr lening." I
and raise perishable crops, which bring
high prices, if they can tind a near mar- I
ket. ii^ip. that an (
acre of it, properly managed, brings more j
ready cash than comes to the farmer dur- f
ing the whole summer. Farmers who
own the land they till should plant an
asparagus bed, or rather field, which, in
the third year, aud every spring there- i
after, will bring iu a handsome cash return.
But our object was to suggest that '
those farmers who occasionally market j
truck, should provide themselves with a i
sufficient number of crates and boxes, in 1
j which to take their stuff in a treat and
j attractive manner; these packages t<> be j
kept in good order, and to be tis?ul for no
other purpose whatever. The crate used '
by those who shin truck to a distance is
one that holds a bushel; some of a barrel
! capacity being also required. For a long
distance, crates with slatted sides are pre
j ferred on account of the ventilation they
afford to their contents; but, for markets
! ncui by, boxes with entire sides will i;u
swer.
To .Make a Bushel Crate or Box?Two
cuds and ono middle-picee, eight by
fourteen inches. The slilcs are two feet
i long, and if for crates, arc of laths, and
from t wo inches iu width to more or less.
' Boxes made with entire sides will contain
a trifle more than a lega! bushel.
The center-pieces add to the strength,
and are convenient in measuring two
half-bushels. Mark all crates nut I boxes
with the owner's uamc.?A'ucriruu Agriculturist.
HAIIM AND tlAltUKN NOTKS.
Nut culture is yearly growing more
popular.
The potato that sprouts the easiest !
makes the poorest seed. Premature j
sprouting is due to weakness.
Paris grceu and hellebore will destroy I i
the asparagus beetle. Hither should bo j
used with judgment and rare.
A pair of brood mares, properly used.
ran <10 a i*oort season * work on a larm
ami turn out a pair of fine colts.
Currants and gooseberries need one
good trimming out annually, cutting out
old wood and thinning the new.
It is not the largest seed that is always i
host, but that whieh is most perfect and
.vigorous and has been kept the best.
Which is the better, to expend your
money in makiug good roads or to lose it
in worn-out horse flesh and wagons.'
Spring is the time to prune hardy
roses. They bloom on the new growth.
Cut out all useless and weakly old
growth.
Some kinds of seeds are said to be better
old than when new cucumber seeds,
for instance. Shit usually the older the '
seeds, tb"' less the vitality.
If you think it cheaper to buy the |
hixurics of tin- eotuuiou kitchen garden
[ than to grow them when you an, your
["family may count on a small supply.
I^^lf you have a timber lot cut the deadtopped
trees ami crooked st chiles for j
fuel. Clear out worthless underbrush, !
hu> spare all straight and thrifty ttnib-r. i
As a rule, raise your stock instca ' of
buying it. You can generally lwve bet
ter stock, ami you do not run the risk of I
introducing disease into your herds or j
(locks.
"I Chrysanthemums need all the light,
sun ami air (hat tliey can get from the
time the cuttings ar" rooted until they
are ready to cut again. Tliey want a 1
rich, warm soil of turfy loam.
Minuting is an evidence of indigestion
ami may easily occur when a cow is fed j
011 turnips in the winter. The feeding
should he ehanired. ami the liav cut ami
mixed with bran with some sail until the
food is properly digested. Salt is an aid
to digestion.
In transplanting deciduous trees there
must he a proper balance maintained be
tween the roots and the tops. If hut fewroots
are taken up with them the top
ihjujyild be correspondingly reduced. flare
o?ould be taken that the roots are not ex- {
.posed to the air any longer than ueees'safV
d'liltng the removal.
For topdressing upon lawns where a
good thick turf isdesirud, we have found
nothing etpial to skint milk. Where pigs
and eliit hens are abundant if may he i
worth more for feeding than for fertil I
i/.er, especially when it is remembered |
that neither pig nor chicken will take j
more than half the in anuria) value of the
milk.
To grow gooseberries to perfection, the I
soil should he well enriched with stable
manure.about t he same ai for strawberries.
They like plenty of food, and the more j
they get the better they thrive. Wetind
a clay loam, well enriched, the best, of
soil will do when properly enriched and
cultivated
kangaroo Skins.
! When brought to bay, the kangaroo
jumps like a flash for a hunter's chest,
and tries to crush it in with his fore feet.
To prevent this, each man wears across
his breast a two or three inch thick matting.
Armed with a spear, with a club
attachment at the other end, they ride
upon swift horses into the herd. With
the agility and eipiijiose of circus riders,
they statu! rrcet upon their horses, and
use their spears and clubs. The kangu
mo is able to jump clear over a horse.
As the game is bagged it is skinned, and
tiie skin is stretched on the ground and
pegged down to prevent shrinkage. The
lle-.li Inrnislms un it fur tin- i-nniti V.nuli
m in places his privat<> mark upon his
honty, and when they have one hundred
skins a\?iee . they return hack to civili/.a
tin.i. There are twenty varieties of kan
parous, among them the blue, red Wallaby,
tilaek gray and forester, the. latter
furnishing the best leather, as it lives
mainly in wooded sections.?Nature.
I.egnl Descent of Property.
Where a husband and wife are lost at
sen, the law always assumes that lie,
being the stronger, survived her by some
minutes or hours, tin thi supposition
in- inherits her property (during the few
moments that he survives her), and on
his death his relatives inherit it from
him. In seven different eases, followed
' up in the French eourts within the last
I ten years, it was found that the wife outlived
her husband, and the practice of
the law had to be reversed.
i
TEMPERANCE." .
".. .1
when tiik t??rr.r drinks. k
V1i*ii days ?r?? long or short or hot or cold o
or wb( or dry 1
A fellow for his slomaoh's sake should take*
little rve. ,
Tberc'ti nothing when I'm by myself no much "
of comfort lends '
And nothing suit* me bettor when I'm with ri
a lot of friends , p
Icouhln't do without it wieeu I'm feeling lono Jj.
and sad, \ .
And never fail to get it when my >j?i? it's gay 11
nnd glad. l VI
In fa? t while I ran keep niyt feel I tarry at pi
the run. J
Ami then take just * glass oPe* o"TO"help rr^
sober uj>.
raehidkrt corbiV.S edict. ^
A recent dispatch from Philadelphia saym
Not a Heading ll-tilroad man too:, a drtn* r
in th? saloon" around the Ninth and Orooi
street station last night. While crowds in
passed in and out of the brightly-lighted if
saloons on the south sido of Green street, a
buuoli of railroad men stood in front of th >
depot, talking of President Cor bin's proela- l)(
nialion against th "boozers" of the road. bi
l'r.?sidenl Corbin's edi.-l of the afternoon was bt
a linn one. an l stirred lip livolv talk among w
the employe-. In his order Mr Corbm
said. *\
"All superintendents will l>> holil strictly El
res|?onsible for the enforcement of the rule |
relating to the use of intoxicating liquors by |
employes. Men who violate it must lie |
promptly discharged, and proof that
a man goes inside n drinking place ra
w'ml > on duty xvill he ample evi- re
deuce to warrant his iinmedinto dismissal. w
Men known to drink to excess or to fre- 0?
qiient drinking nlaces while olf duty must
ho discharge 1. When employing now men ,,s
strict inquiry should. Ik? made as to their fit
habits, and preference always given to those br
who do not use intoxicating liquors at all. (;|
Heads of departments must keep informed
as to the habits of the men under them, and _
make sure that these rules are strictly ob- w
TWi," tli
This order applies to every one in Road- w
ing's army of employes, from high oflleials
with big salaries to tlio Hag men at crossings,
and there xvero many different comments by
the employes. 1J
" I'liis is a prop r order," said a prominent m
employe at Ninth an I Green streets. 01
' There is an order in the book of rules of ftj
the company direete 1 against intemperate
employes, and Mr. Corbsn is just reminding
the division sup rinteii'lents that the rulo
must l>'> strictly enforce I. This is done to j|.
save tin-lives of tl:? employes and pusseugers,
while nt the same time it. saves tlio '
hard earnings of many men xvho otherwise
would spend tlteni in saloons. Ill
t'resident Corhiu's positive stand against vi
the drinking habit ii'iioug employes of the .)f
it u ling i> said t<> have been tics' prompted '
bx observing in ixy-:iiiud 'I and shaky clerks
wrestling xvith columns of tigures. When vr
Mr. t'orhiu liciino l'iv<i'l ii' of tlio com- K;
pan.v il xvas the eustoni to furnish n free ilinner
to every clerk in the Fourth street olllce. t (
When President t'orbin began to curtail ex- .
penses lie did ii way xvith the dinner; thro?- 111
quarters of an hour was given the clerks hi til
go outside of the olli.v an I buy their dinners. e.\
White out at. dinner som of th" clerks fell m
into the h diil of drinking. nn?li?t limes went. .
back to their desks carrying what is vulgularlv
call" I a "ioa I." An order was issue 1 Kf
forbidding clerk-, to drink during ofllca pt
hours, leit the or.ler ot to-:lay is directed jji
ag iin-.i all employe- of the Reading Railroad
system. - ,
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I'SK OF AhC Hint. I!* IIOSIMTAt.R. tj,
A very interesting report lias ftveu pre- rr
sen led to the liritish Medical Temperance
Association by 1 >rs. Morton Moirand I\?n roe, ,
mi the administration of alcohol in hospitals.
The commit tee have draxvn tip a series of R'
tallies full of instructive figures, instituting U'
a comparison botxve'u the amount o.xpoude 1 w
under I liis head in 1S'H mil in tsss. There- ,i
iii irkable fact is noted that in these txv.mty(ive
years tli >r.< has bean, from the returns I'1
made by I I't hospitals, an increase of .'to i j?er of
" nt. in the charge for milk and a decrease pj
of 17 p,.|- cent, in the charge for alcohol. A cj
s." >nd table gives returns from <1 > hospitals
of which iv previous record coul I be fouu I.
< hi the basis adopte I by Dr. Fleet woo I
Mu *kle, in his report on iS'i-t, these h i hosni- til
tats showed a decre ase of i'.'.l per cent. in tlio
??x(? ??'n* are t>?r nleoiioi per i>ni. A tlur.l tu- I
hh> shows the comparative ale >hi>li charges |
jvr he I in 1 >* ?! and ivt-i respectively. In < ?
hospitals there had he on an in-rcas < of Jins |
he.ls, iiii Ih i|i?tiwnf total average e xst jier
hed nf A-;*, ,V|. Jleds have tlius iiie.vnse I .
at th<> rata <>f p>r real. while
th? am "int oxpende I on ntojh it has lie- '
mvas'sl ti| the ral ? of 4i' par cent. Only w
eight of this group of hospitals showed an j|
iiioreas.' in the (plant ity of nloohol consumed. 1 ,(
In the remaining the .leerease ranged .
from .'( ? to k: per rent. In the Loir Ion Fever "
Hospital, while milk has risen from Vl-Vl 1>
to it;VI per annum, tle? dishorn mients for tl
aleohol were at the rale of only las. '2 I. per ),
I.e.I in isss ns eoinpnr<>.l with i't, 5s. per .
Ii.mI in In St. Ihirlholoaiow's Hospital '
the milk hill has gone tip from '.'i'M to over *'
.t'ih'Kt, while th 'ale thol l.ill had g.?n tlowa
from A'I I ! '? t<> I'.i.'i'l. '1'liese statistics prove
thitth'Tehas hivn a gradually inereaslng jr
rational me.li.-il a.(ministration of aleohol,
theere.lit of whieh must lie awai'tle.l to th*
me.lieal stall's of the hospitals, a fact which '
atl'or.ls yet another proof of the lively inter- 01
est in the promotion of tamperaiu" taken by J*
the medical profession.?British j."
Julll it'll.
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TVMI KIIW.K I'llOflllKSS IN Kt ltOPF. r<
Principal Ihiiumft, of Phillips Academy,
Amiovi r. says m h's lliriilil tlint temper- ! tl
mice principles are making-r.-at progress in 1
Ktnope;tn countries. that tln-re is a mnrke.l 1
increase in tlie nuinher of gnests at hotels | .
who.loi.ot take wine ami that the niimt?er j
of ? indents who <lo not use heer is grow ing | P
wlnle the mimher w ho do not u-e tobacco is j t
ii I rend \ large. Kvervw her.- the afe is gain- $
ill" nil llli> vril.iAti ntnl ? 1
liiIv i r erenm are more likely t<> be ordered
tSiiiii w ine or brandy A puttlic water ,
supply is !?l"n I'('in;', generally introduced, so
lliat travelers now \ or> seldom have the ex 1
use that ticv must ilrink wine, the water is I e
so l u I. ' j a
TKMI'KIt iN'i'r Wil'.K IX (.I'MRKn ( AMI'S. ! V
Tile iiiirii.'i- ramps >! \V iseoiisili have heeil I r,
the scene id a remarkable work this season.
The Stale W i' T. T. has kept an itinerant '
missionary i<ii>taiitl> in the liohl ami the v
-amps ha\e heen supplied with the l?esl ol" t
literalre. bv the various unions through- f
out the Stale. Croakers tire informed that r
i lion <lo re.nl with eagerness all that I hey r - t
eive ami are-lateral for the interest shown
ill their welfare.? IT. V. T. L'. Mullet in. "
ion r.nvMA nin .o?ir.?i. (
tthoile Island now has an average of 0110 '
saloon for every 'i'N inhabitants. ?
i; Mieral Neal l>o*v, the temperance agitn- f
tor. has just celebrated his eighty-sixth ?
l>ii I Inlay . mil is still Irtle,hippy and hearlv. ..
Iletgiuiu has .Wtltl schools, but Tllt.iKlO
drinking sli ips. Tor pnhlie in-t met ion it
sp ails |."i ii.1.1,no i trail 's for intoxie iting 11
liipior. tb.ii ii.no i. it
The Siiellield (Tiiglanh C if ' Coaipaav has '
u >w twenty three houses, tin t during the
p.tsiyear it has sold about t!.tK*i,OM nips of
t m. roll'-". ? in and milk.
A Mio'nigin weekly siyol a subscriber m
who died th> other div "Mil lie in tin ,
lain I a different attilu I ? tow n I water, wo
ii i \ i- ii i iii mi- i- lint ii * iv iiii i li'lvi* live I <i;i
In ;i v.-i>i years tor.im-'." i
At "l*??I?:iw.tit X. V.. .1 ?!?n U'?v'.?, nil ni l
ponsf ii',r of the ISriltsh army, w.?:i a tvager t
ii\ ilrinkni ^ ii <|11 irI whisky in l? an.I a ,
Ii ilf iiiiinit ?. nii'l w.ii vnlimt>?prin * to tlnnk t
lit n<Mit innnl pint when he foil ?l *:i I
It i- si ll.'.l iii til m'ill i till! 111 0110 nf |
tli i,in Inn inst it it inns iviiK'li still in lint mi. |
its 11n:tr11it > ot ill'-ilm), twenty four percent. i
?? ' til-ti |.;.n,| I..v.V pit ion ustlie; ivher'as in
( Insgow Fever ii >>pitnl, ivlioiv milk is usj.l,
tin niorlrtlity is only twelve p*r cut.
The French (tovornnioni m taking action <
ng'inst the :i<tulternte.l drinks so rotiimotily |
lis.' I liy tlio masses. The life-in-umnoa e ?:n- (
p mies have iliseovertsl some startling fa^fs j
relating Vn tie* shortening 'if? through f
t lieso beverages, nn I tlio knowledge is waking
up p wiplo nf many classes.
Insanity in Paris has inoiviso.l tliirtv jier
rent, within tlio Inst sixteen years. I'rink
ninl extravagance are tlio two eliief causes
iitiin 1 ier> nf persons going ma 1 from worry
can sod by living lieynnl their nie.ms.
Woni n liecmno iiisnno much more fiviptont
ly than men, especially through drink.
Indirectly, says tlio \'oirr, tlio liipio;- j
tr.iltie is lieeoming a more frequent deatolislier
of ministries in tii?? ?l<I tVnrM than nny
other oiieeuise. iihiilstone's last ministry ,
topple.l to its fall over theheer-tax, an I now (
,'J'i i*n I* I's iiiinistrv has broken topiecsin trying
t-> lower toe <lnty on Turkish wines. ,
Urcat is Uainbriuus!
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n36rE8 AND COMMENTS.
It aSfe* only the other day that hariari
weBgarded as the national method
f ettMiijwrsonfll differences in Japan,
"he maJ^"ticonsidered himself insulted
r of demnndiug ratis*cttoiff|f
Wb aggresnor, was accustomed
' r< tire to hi* house, and delil>erately to
p hlnafflf open; not, however, without
revioilev Inditing a letter to his friends
nd rebmMa consigning his enemy to
icir tender mercies and demanding
AU. this appears to have gone
and the European custom
and- <WTce
?*<y^en^^^W^ke. For according to
ie n?st Te^Ueeplpatches from Japan,
ic Mkadoh*ofo|,S obliged to issue a dcce
inposina severest penalties for
icliiig. njje mere issue 01 a challenge
volvrH yeara' imprisonment, while
the meeting actually takes place the
inishment is increased to five years'
nal servitude. In case of bloodshed,
>th the principals and the seconds will
s held liable for the crime of "assault
ith intent to kill;" while if death rules
they will be punished as if for manaughtcr
of the first degree.
Tiik Chinese Government is now eonmplnting
a revolution in the coinage of
int country, which is now of copper,
nging in value from aliout a mill to a
in worth about 20 cents in face value,
ithout either gold or silver coins. Bars
gold and silver bullion, however, are
;ed in commerce, and the Mexican silver
)llor circulates extensively in the sea>ard
cities.. It is uow proposed by the
tiincso Government to make silver a
oncy metal, an^ to issue a series that
ill correspond sofcicwhat to our dollars,
tl v 'trnv^ OiniW rneTtmtA?o
ill ,00 uoiform throughout the vast cmre,
with its 4:50,000,000 population?
least six and a-half times that of the
nitcd States. This will open a new
arket for the silver of the world, and
ight to make silver higher in price and
d in re-establishing its old-time ratio
ith gold.
The discovery of a lode of uranium at
ie Union mines, Cornwall, was nnuinecd
several months ago. This is
dieved to he the only known lode of
at metal in the world, us it had preously
been found only in isolated
ickcts aud patches. Since the discovery
as made steps have been taken to delop
the lode and to work the mine,
cperimentul works for procuring the
ctal from the ore were fitted up in
uulon, and there the ore has been subit
ted to treatment in order to determine
e best and most economical method of
traction. The market price of the
etal is about ten thousand dollars per
n. It is proposed to substitute it for
dfljii "leelro-plating, and it is also ex ctm
f(CpfbV^^cry useful in electric
Thting.
Recent excavations in Rome go to
low that the short-lived water pipes of
lis age are sadly at a discount when
impute! with the work of the old
oman plumbers. The commission in
large tf the improvement of the city of
nme his unearthed great numbers of
ad wa'cr pipes, each plainly stamped
ith thu'iamcof the owner of the house,
to year ?f the plumbing, the name of
ie constis for tliat year, and the name
the rigning emperor. In opening
ghty-twi miles of new streets in that
ty, matirial has been found sufficient to
Id to otr present knowledge a Ihousnnd
tails fmcerning the haths, heating
ies, writ pipes and sewage system of
leient tines.
I r\v \b>r of 21,0(10 tons of cement,
linn l..i.!. ..r 1 1- n..i>
v'ne nil in linnim.1. iii.ouw
ibic yarrKbf masonry, were employed
1 the foumltions and piers of the Forth
ridge, andlhe weight of steel used in
le eonstnxtion oi the superstructure
as 51,00] tons. The rivets employed
i the Fori* bridge would, if laid end
> end, eowr about 580 miles in length ;
ic numhef of rivet holes drilled have
een over J 5.0(10,000; if put together
ley would font a tunnel 110 miles in
ngth, while tie plates used in the eonruetion
of the tubes would extend s
istanec of 14 miles.
Havino iinpoited a lot of mummified
gyptian eats forfertili/ing purposes, an
inglish firm is nr.v turning its attention
>ward the vast numbers of cnbalmed
roeodiles that res in certain portions of
gvpt beneath tie soil. Whi n the old
gyptians earefnly embalmed and laid
^vay the cats ni.l crocodiles that they
nti:irly| naereil animals,
ley little thought to what strange uses
leit pet- would eventually come.
A viv.a tors woman lecturer has been
filing i Now York audience how to
pend unucy. It is a surprising revclai
>n Hit anybody in the ? ity needs tlio
lightest information on the subject.
A Knock-Old.
The lfc Carrol-MrAulifTe pugilistic
ncounter at San Francisco, under the
uspiccs u the Athletic Club of that city,
,ns one >f the fiercest prize tights on
ecord, anl the piineipals were terribly
iiinishcd. What snrpiised tln ir friends,
rho took in active part in thcafliir, was
he speed; recovery of each of the men
rom titer sprains nn?l bruises. The
ihysieal ciergies and the recuperative
orce of sitli men ate surprising, but they
re alwayrsupplicd with the I it reliefs;
ome s jcl perhaps, as was used iu the
rege i, v?arnjiicist, Cleveland, Whio,
vrites, ua* .Jacob Ktzcnspergcr sufcred
\ear*1 f'otn the elTeets of
i sprain, 15^^- 'v\xcV-how and shoulder.
I'he spraiu V.\a caused by clubbing
hi st nuts,'and about eight or nine years
go. was relieved by the use of a part of
. hot tic of St. Jacobs Oil, the wonderful
llicaey of which is so w? II known.
"foe|a ir.UKt hiIT.t lieta.ro they can write,"
?>sn phi o?o|>:n r. Aft<r tlsat it is o'lier
ia (> .!? w! o Sillier.
Purify Your Blood
At the aVinih) ft .prillK* I lac lale.llt sllOlllal lie |.lll ,
teal, us Impurities waiia li have laeeu nernimilotlll?
?r months air a?\eii >aMi-s, aril halite la> iaiuhif.*t?t
ri<-iiiaolTes mi-I -' rroai?lv nfTavt the health. Itaofa
-Hrsnp.irllla Is nni|.Milil -'|l, iha> rest hlaod |>iirifla*r.
f expel-,evoify taint of nnp-irily, drives out s, rofii
iiH humeri and germ-<<r disease. ami give* ! > iho
lootl Iho <|iutlit> fuud tone essential to good IichMIi.
HoocJ's Sarsaparilla
"My diuiifhter suiTore-l terrible ?v|?h -of0
Awl #^aV#J|^?iinor. We / < <" obliged to keep
Iter eut We had mr<ll< *1
Attendance. but^h*-' d to gain relief. At last,
knowing that IIooUN Sat .apantla had etired in?
mother of rheumatism, and Mlrvlnt it must lie goo I
for Hi" iiliMwi, i eonelnded lo have inv daughter try
It. and it hn<entirely cured Iter.' '.'otinki n -> YrttiM,
I1J K?<t Main street, Maraballtmviv Iowa.
Purifies the Blood
"IteoilV arsaparllla has cured tit" of salt tlteiini
a llien I have had for vears. 1 tin think it is a splnti
:llil nii'itleine. 1 am <0 year* of age and my skin I
Inst as smooth and-fair ?? a plee of glass.'?Mas
1-itJ.A t'lsiiK, South Nor walk, Conn.
Hood's/ Sarsaonrilla
fold ?* all ilntMtlf. t): si* for t". Prepared onl
liy t\ I IIO'djjKeO . Lowell, Mas.".
^ luotoses Ono Dollar
V^i
A Remarkable Suicide.
One of the most remarkable suicides
recorded* in the annals of self-destruction
occuired near Chiquet, New Brunswick,
recently. Before committing the
rash act, the self murderer, W. R. T.
Jones, dug his grave and placed a rough
coffin of his own make nt the bottom.
The dirt from the grave was kept from
rolling back into the excavation by
boards held in place by a trigger, to
which a string was attacked. Kveiy
thing -in readiness, the deliberate Mr.
.1 < nes, as subsequent dcM^Mguols - jw* t
vmiWL, go* in the coffin, toolca YTbse of
poison and then pulled the string and
was buried beneath tons of dirt. It is
believed to be one of the most unique
and successful instances of 6uicidc on
record.
Fifteen rontcMnnt? elad for Iho fray.
Aimed Willi m ml ilcol and in I pi lie army.
Striving fol Inere, as btavo KnieliU of old
blrme fer their holier- and nieiiplnnf fold.
Driving each t-hining ren nv? i Hie paper.
Seeking to initnd, (lie nn . l i roper eaper.
The praiMit of leuirdics known tlio mild
over From
1'aris lo I'aiai' , from < 'plait* lo Dover;
l ul each Knight vainly itrivii--liiUKOape tails
in lie: oription
Of the ,i a ii ilvld virmet of "Favi lite Frenrii .
I ion."
When ill or drpn >wil willi llmt "(irogRiiiKdown"
feeling. ri>n?c)[urut upon ?(Rkw f?, mi[.
fcrlng Item IkimIdcIh', weak or lamp lin k, end
llio inanv i 11 x common to ilo? w? o K? r sex. lake
l>r. Pierce's Prescription, which is Kimriiutcptl
lo give ? !* infection or piiic (*li innrctd. ?ce
printed guarantee on hot I lew rapper.
Dr. I'iiTPfV T'cllcls ptnlly laxative or actively
cathartic according to i!o?-, "5 cents.
Mrp, (lazztin: "II< re's an nrPcle abpul ar
i?rif?n vv to fifty alopa." Uaxztir: "Vm! I
wish t ,11. t piuno n xt door hn?l even on ! '
("ainrrh L'uu't be Cited
With i.nfAt. Appi.h'ationh, as they cannot
reach the teat of the disease. ( atnrrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, anil in order to
euro it you have to take internal remedies.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is lake i internally, and
nc:s direct.lv on the Wood and mueous snrfnees.
Hall's Cutnrrh ('uro .is no quark medicine.
H was prescribed by one of the i>?st
physicians in tills country for years, and Is a
regular i>r?scripti n It is compos d of the
best tonics known, combined with the liest
blood purifiers, acting directly on tie- mucous
surfaces. The perf et combination of the I wo
ingredients is what produces : ucli wonderful
results in curing cuturrh. Send for testimonials
free.
K. J. CflENKV A Co.. I'rops., Toledo, Q.
Sold by drug.ists, price 75c.
Better be good than groa*. You'.I have less
oiiipei<1 ion. The etler business Is overdon ,
Sir JVbrcLs Free, sent by Crngln <* Co., Phlln..
Pa., to anyone in IT. S. or Canada, postpaid,
npon receipt of 25 Dobblns's Electrical Soap
wrappers. Sec list of novels on circulars around
each oar. Tilts soap lor sale by all grocers. %
Silence is golden; l.ut It is the other fellow'
silence tliat is mo.nt.
J'ufTHcted with sore eyes use I )r Isaac Thorn
tei.'t KyeNVater.DruKglsts sell at 25c. prr bottle
The switchmen 8 interest <n t'c railroads
they represt ai s. ems to lie lla/ging.
Physic nns reiomniend "Tans I's Punch.'
. Myslci y lends a charm lo a most every
Both tho method and results when 1
| Byrupof Figs is taken; it is pleasant !
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet prompt ly on tho Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho system
effectually, dispels colds, headaches
and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only remedy of its kind ever prol
duced, pleasing to tho taste ana acceptable
to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the mosi
healthy and agreeable substances, >
its many excellent qualities commend
it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading drugI
gists. Any reliable druggist who
| may not have it on hand will procure
it promptly for any one who
i wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KV. NEW rORK, N.t.
i
! "Oh, So Tired!"
is the cry
of thousands
every Spring.
For that Tired Feeling
take
Aycr's Sarsaparilla
and recover
Health and Vigor.
It Makes
the Weak Strong.
Prepared by
| Dr. J. C. Aycr 8c Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
i
EMC wonoerfulIC vo?.
!BURG\CHAIRl^^^jgb1
KlyACOMBINING*>ARTICLES^
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??A Irmilr tn,ti,ry prir^tjf f/y/^CJi ?- all r DCC
od ship Roods to bo |V JI fJ^Zpa'I fitt
K1 PiT on (lohvrn j I. - I I fffJBf,1 "Hill ( M tlgj
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?o. y a"'Kui. rsia
LVliUUii UYQ. <?.. us iCSVb tfruii'ifc
tfrEiAU,rar?.M
| >isffi, rjiilinli-lplilit. 'Twenty venTs* e*|*prlenoe
Iln eperlnl iilnn.i-c , inres tile ivurnleaiiM "f Nervous
Complaints, IiId I 1'uisonlnR, liiotrhes, Kr options,
p||e?. t'atnrrli, l'lc(f<, fore*. Impnlrpil Memory,
Dwp 'inlrncy, I>Idiimm of Vision, l.uns, I.lver,
Montiu-h. Klilncy HiIkIiI's I'lsesse); cmiMilcntlai.
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Wibl kXcclnai-4,C*47-S flion.
i<hto. v, rfi l?. II. iiYCTl F "*?'<>
< hi. air-.,;
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MABEL'S
** The world la oven i
And life, dear child
This is sense, even if it is not Shakes
pearean. Indeed, it is the opening stanze
of an anonymous noem. It was the ecnti
mcnt of nn old lady to her grandchild
Mabel. And many a Mnbol has found it
to 1h> true, and sho has made her life a very
happy ono because sho has taken euro ol
her health. Sho keeps on hand a supply ot
Dr. I'iereo's Favorite lYcscription. and so
is not troubled with those wasting diseases,
weaknesses. " dragging-down " sensation?
and functional irregularities that so ninny
women endure. It is the only medicine for
women, sold by druggists, under a positive
guarantee from the manufacturers, that
it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will lie refunded. This guarantee
has lieon printed 011 the bottle - wrappers,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
" Favorite Proscription is a legitimate
medicine, uot n bcvcrqgc. Contains no
alcohol to inebriate ; no syrup or sugar to
derange digestion. As peculiar in its romo
ami resting as in it? composition.
As a powerful, invigorating tonic, it
Mice's DR. f
a ^ QTVt
obv?\r?i^
ITnrqnnlorl
to Mo. One Tiny, Sugar-coated I
iiiilnun Headache, Constipation, I
derangemouta of the stomach and bowel?
Finns in New York.
I have often heard of the kingdom o
Finland, which was broken in half am
absorbed by Russia nnel Sweden yean
ago, hut I never knew that there wen
Fins, or Finns, in New York until thi
week, when I lound u small colony o
them on the Fast Side, not far fromFiftl
street. Of the seorc who were prcsen
all were undersized, squat, broad, wit!
high cheek bones, light yellow hair am
heard. They are the blondest blondes
ever saw approaching almost that pop
ular museum freak, the Aibino. The;
are good farmers, servants and nieta
smiths. One of the party, who spoke
English, said:
"We have just begun to cross the
Atlantic. There area million of our race
in the north of Europe, and a large por
tion are hound to come over here in the
next decade. Finland is neither vor;
fertile, com fort able nor happy. I'olitiea
conditions are one rents, and the people
are only too anxious to leave in order te
better their circumstances. They are ex
tremcly poor, however, and will be com
polled to work hard ami wait long before
they can accumulate money enough t<
tench the I nitre I States. Most of in;
people have gone to Wisconsin ane
Minnesota, where there are alread;
111 000 Fins The fie-incs will In* iniie'l
larger in the year IEGO."?[New Yorl
Star.
Tiif: Rritish and Foreign liildo Socfety,
which has spent Sc.Vt.nnu.uno in tin* dis
semination of the Seriptures, recently
celebrated it- eightv -sixth birthday by t
gnat eiiteitjiiniiien' in London for if:
juvenile agents, who are chiefly youn<
girls, and for whom it hud made, as on<
cl the features of the occasion, a caki
that weighed eighty six'pounds.
In proportion to their size the stnallcinsects
are the strongest. A ltor?e ca
scarcely hear two thirds of its weight
hut one small species of June beetle ea
lift ninety-nine times :,ts own weight
Were the strength of a man in proportio
to the beetle, he could play with weight
0<pial to ten times the weight of a horsr
Northern pacific
LOW PRICE RAILROAD LARDS i
EE Government LANDS
911 lit. IO NS OK AC<t I.S In Jllnutiulk, Norl
CCkin Can i"d>llcnlU>ns with map* ileaortblnjlb
CHU lUn hrot Aki'li'iili ural, CimzlnR and Tin:
tx>i l..tii<tsin>w <i|icn i<.M illers. >?-in h'pr. Aildrea
9UIC D I iunnuu l.nml Commissioner
wHftj? P? HIWOUnHi si. i?t.ui, mu*,
fimillRlS ;<M< WHISKEY HAfi
M H U I H 9 ITS cured at noinc wnb
P5 gfl fi" R M BIWI ol" I""0- l;ook ?f i**'
BIB I WW r^uSZLKTOS
ATLANTA. G.i. on.co na* vv bitotiaii ?i
FRAZER.ffAf
KHV IN TI1K WOULD U II L H O C
IJf" Oct the (Jenuln**-. Boh! Everywhere^
EMPLOYMENT!
nnnn tVJ. Si:ni,?li?. AfffiI* wa i . |. Am? (hind4
f n (if. **??le t Kcr.t-y given ?(.( I?\Y. / d Iro
4lluu wl ll?firii|i \V h It vVKhI Pi} , livf.K) %i it
tlt% TOf'1,10 \ M ONTII can ho mi.h worklni
11 i *1 tor im. IVi'Aons |i??*.Vrrt*il \vl??? can ftirnipl
H ln?;*si* aOil i^lvp Itii'lr W'.inlc thiic (O till* hiisiiirfiA
SpHri* % hi tv Im* |iroUI;?li!v ctti|>!o>evl nine
A Iimv %H4*aii<*l(Miii lowii? hii?I If. F. JOHN
SON ^ CO., jirji M.iiu St., r*iclivooiMl( Ya?
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UrSIIM rixHjf i kiuj^w.-n^#DCI^QIAliC
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GRANDMA. ,^' "* ^
u? we take It,
I, in what wc make It."
-? r,c.?S
imparts strength to the wholo system,
l and to the womb and its appendages in
particular. For overworked, worn-out^*
I 'run-down." debilitated teachers, milling
i ers, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls,?
' housekeepers, nursing mothers, nnu feeblo
women generally, Dr. Pierce's Fnvorito
irescnpuon is tho greatest earthly booh; ,
? lieing unequalcd as an appetizing cordial vk
and restorative tonic, or strength-giver.
t As a soothing and strengthening nervine..
I'Favorite Prescription" is unequalcd and '
is invaluable in allaying and subduing
nervous excitability, irritability, exhausi
tion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other
distressing, nervous symptoms, commonly
t attendant upon functional nnd organic disease.
It induces refreshing sleep and relieves
mental anxiety and despondency.
i A Book of 160 pages, on " Woman and
> Her Diseases, fheir Nature, and How to
Cure them," sent sealed, in plain envelope,
on receipt of ten cents, in stamps.
Address, World's Dispensary Medical
i Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.
'lERCE'S PELLETS
> Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless.
as a I.lver Pill. Smallest. Cheapest. Knsiost
Pellet *? Dose. Cures Sick ltcadactic,
iidigf-Mloii, Dillon* Attack*, and all
i. 35 cents, by druggists.
' J?" (
i ' I Some
i Children
Growing \
i Too Fast
1 become listless, fretful, without ener-i
1 gy, thin and But you can for1
tity them and build them up, by the
I 1 use of
; | SCOTT'S
EMU! Clftll
; kiH^kvivii
; OF PURE COD UVER OIL AND !'
HYPO PHOSPHITES
C>r I.ime ?n?l Soda.
J | They will take it readily, for it is al- 1 .r
most as palatable as milk. And it J
> should be remembered that AS A THE- |
VKNTIVE OK ( I RE OF C'OL'OHS OB COLDS, j
i IN BOTH THE Ql.D AND Y0UN6, IT 18 j
r L!JN'QUAUED. a
V .
To euro Biliousness. Sick Headache. Const I pat Ion.
Malaria. I.ivpr Complaints, take the safe
and c^rlatp remedy.. SMITH'S i
BILE BEANS
. Use tho SMALL SIZE (40 little beans to the bot?
tlei. They are the most convenient: Milt all ages.
K 1'rlceof cither site, 'Ji cents per bottle.
KISSING "l 7 37' 70: ''hoto-gramUL
panel sue of thU picture fori
cents (coppers or stamps).
B ; J. E. RMITn A CO..
Makers of "Bile Beans." St. IxHifa. Ma
VBK?B3ft9MHH9MHQSC5CH9'Vl*Q5R&flP8HMHPPH8
, Ely's Cream Balm
I) UIVRS HKJ.IKC AT iiNCF. H I cilDreCOVO
t. COM) IN IM-:AI?.fe^fSHfAn
? - icnir.s i ? gMYFEVER?? ? i
? CATARRH.|_
5 Appl.vHnlm inloench nostril
ti.v unos.. to Warren It.. N. f,
J ^T "~g dr. schenck's
SEAWEED
\\ f Cfcf v TONIC
* JKtCL 00 l? a Positive Curo for
(jy^i DYSPEPSIA
I IF;' HI And all !>lsnrdpr*of hip ft|reat?
i jy1-/*> *XHj| lv<* Organs It in likpwiae a
1 rorrol)-miIvp, ft xlroiiRtlicn,
L. ?iiiR Mrilirinp, ami limy ! ?
' r taken ?itli RfPnt U'lufit in all
* '*ram-sof Di l'ility. For Salp lif
nil I'riiRnlKta. I'rirp,SI "h por Irottlp. I'r ftrheiick's
Jti>K It,Nik on I.ours l.ivpruiiil Stomach nmlleil freO.
c.dress. Or. J. H. SCHtNCK A SON. Philadelphia.
G RATE PUL?COM FOR TING.
EPPS'S COCOA c
? breakfast.
I ''By a thorough kn nvlndKP of the nitu.-al Ijwi
| wiMcu govern th - onar.itions of digestion and nutrlI
, tlon, and t>y a careful apnl teat Ion of tun One proper*
| tlea of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Kpps line provided
* , our tireakla.nl tallies wltli a dollcaiely flavoured L^v*
' | arago which ma.- nave us ninny heavy doctors' hi la.
* | It Is liy the Judicious use of sueli articles of diet
that a constitution miv he era t unity t utlt up until
- 1 sUuiik enough to renlxt. every h'l"1jW.n? 4aw
II ? u nu r cm OI 1,U m i'? ?j
well fortiilod with mn blood and a properly
ourlihod frame."?"C<?>u SernUie G<i trite.
' Made Mrnply with botlln* water or milk. Sold
1 Mil Id liadf-p iund tin , by (Iroeora, labelled thuc
, J AIHIM tPl'M A. CO., Mo ..(eopatblo Olie.uUU.
* i < Losdos;. Kxoi-t.tn..
bl ^ " 16
? ? ' jsn,, J
in Chickens7;t 25c.
House, 134 Leonard St, New York,