The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, November 14, 1890, Image 4
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THE FARM AND GARDEN. ?
U> TELL THE WEIGHT OF A HAYSTACK. <
, To ascertain the approximate weight of ,
of a hajstack an English authority savs: i J
Multiply the length of the stack by its' . j
breadth, and multiply the result by its M
height, all in feet, divide the product by j
twenty-seven, which will give tbo uuruh?t
of ItAric yards; this multiply by six, '
if new bay ,< if cridish, by eight or nine, '
and the produtet will be the weight in J
a atones, lu inensifriiTg the height deduct
two-thirds cf the disUtuco iu feet from
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, PLANTING IN AN OLD ORCIIAHD.
' Orchardists have usually asserted that'
^jrmrag trees would not thrive if planted i
hi? the same place w hore an old one of
<toJRie sauie kind had grown aud died of old '
Cje or otherwise, although nature has
j.en replanting her forests in this way I
?r many thousands of years. There is'
no good reason for supposing that an old' ?
apple tree leaves anything in the soil'
that should be injurious to a young tree
planted in its place, aud we would not. j
hesitate for a moment to replace old I
trees of-any kind with new ones If the j '
land is old and its fertility exliausc?i, |
fertilizers should, of course, he applied '
in sufficient quantities to insure a vigorous
growth of young trees. It's an old J
theory that a new orchard should never
l?c planted on the site of hii old one, hut ' ,
it does not hold good in practice.?-Vcie I
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j WHITEWASH poll POULTRY HOUSES.
: A capitah whitewash is mn<le hy mix- |
Ing common, water lime cement with |
weet, skimiued milk to the proper consistency.
The following is the Government
whitewash, and a fine whitewash it
is: Put two pailfuls of hoi I ing water in
a barrel; add one half of a Inishel of
well burned, fresh quicklime; put in
quickly one peck of common salt, disnolvcd
in hot water, and cover the barrel i
tightly to keep in the steam while the |
lime is slacking; when the violent chut- j
lition is over, stir till well mixed to- f |
gether, nn<l, if necessary, add more boiling
water, so as to have the mass like '
thick cream, strain through a sieve or
coarse cloth. Make a thin starch of three
pounds of rice flour and one pound of
strong glue, having first soaked tho glue '
in cold water, and to the latter mixture '
add two pounds of whit'ng. Add this
to the lime wash, and also Millico-nt hot I
water to dilute to the projuo consistency; , I
keep hot while applying. It will require j
about six quarts of the mixture to 100
square feet of surface, ami it will last re- j
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IIIUI T\n\j\y nui. niuiun aa?iu^,
that it may bo inmle any color desired.?
Farm and Fireside.
KEEP THE COWS CI.EAN
With cows constant attention to tho
cleanliness of the" skin is indispensable
to the purity of the inilk. These animals
generally escape injury to health from
causes which would be fatal t<> other
auinmls because the poison is carried olT
with the milk. And in dairies where
cleanliness is not observed as it should be
the evaporation from the milk, which
collects on the covers of. lit1", pails ryuy
which the milk is set for cream, or which
may be gathered upon -a slicrf-vf glass v i
laid over n shallow pan of milk freshly
drawn from a cow, will deposit a quantity
of liquid of mi intolerably foul odor.
If one will test the milk of vows kept in
filthy stables, and upon whose sides tilth
is permitted to collect in ndheicnt Makes, <
in this way, tho foulness will Imj very apparent.
This odor has been called sometimes
the animal odor au<l has been
thought to be inseparable from the cow.
This is wholly uutrue. It is the odor of
filth, which has every characteristic of
manure, and which is discharged with :
the milk because it could not etciipu Ithrough
the skin, which is the natural
outlet for it, aud by which it would es- |
cape freely aud imperceptibly if the skin ,
wero kept clean and in healthful action
by means of thorough carding and brushing
every day.?JVir/r Y?rk- '/'inn*.
DHE88INO Attn SHIIM'INO PuUt.TltV.
In reply to several queries in relation i
to preparing ami shipping poultry for j
market we cannot do better, perhaps,
than give the directions of one <>f the
lending commission firms of Now jYork
to their patrons. They say: To irwrre
and skin not broken or torn , thoroughly |
cooled, but not frozeu. l'ai k in boxes '
with a layer of clean straw (rye straw is
the beat) between the layers of poultry in
,the same posture in which the birds
tfofbroost. Mark each box, specifying what,
^.'it contains. Send invoice by mail.
Ship to reach destination about the middle
of the week?never to arrive as late ,
as Saturday.
In New York city three is an ordinance
~?dlint specifies that neither chickens or
Mkcys shall be offered for sale unless
t"o Vops arc free from food. While
poultry %|t Nuw York and some other
markets Is spMo."d if ever drawn, that designed
for Boston and other New Kngland
markets is relieved of the entrails
when killed. It i?Important, therefore,
that producers should learn previous to
shipping just what tlicir special market i
.u^ndCT. Ttifs information may no on- (
tained hy writing direct to one's commis- I
sion merchant for instructions. Many
Anns have printed circulars containing
directions, which are sent out mi written
application. Whenever nraetieahle. sliio
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chickens, ducks, turkeys, etc., in separate
packages. In sending poultry f??r i
the holidays endeavor to h ?\ your ship
merits reach their destination three or
four days in advance. Ih-tr in toind
that the big demand for line, large tin
keys conns at Thanksgiving, and thaf
prime geese catch the fancy pries at
Christmas. Soon after January prices j
go lip again. Capons meet, a good
market from the 1s? of f'Vlnu iry on until* i
about Kastcr.?A'ar >-</ / Woril.
wkiohtino a WAfiON.
Ten years ago a man drew me a load !
of hay in spring, roads very r itsg'i and i
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the most wotidiful 1th 'in'sli C'uro i J
known. g?M It J. M. tJlltS & SO |v
llruggisls, Union. n
FOR IIVSPICI'SIA, I:
Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, u? t
HHOWN'ti I HO* HIT r Hit M. ?
A11 dealers keep it. J1 per bottle. i.Vnnmr .
trttdfc iuaxk md mossed red lines ju ?v ruj
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saddle, aim at
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narket, an?l not oue\of their^was loaded
lonviest behind, and ?uchj?.fc? Preen, my
reservation everywhere'. With potatoes
;lie liox is fillo<l taxi ll?>?*xlrH bags jjiled
>u forward, also ^nlt, nails, and such
teavy goods aie |*it f< a ward, a*/d the
lighter and more Irufcy Irehiurl. 1 rejaid
such loading as um/il a physical
icresy as that the burst >lint iafga In-hind
Iocs the most work. "It is true that
ho closer the. load to tl* -tram the easier
t will draw,'/if it is. a loi{,on.f)ieground,
nit put it oir,wheels and i?c the roads
-month or rough, it inakr-f little oiliereoir-ur
eifes t'le team
n advantage*, on '-rough (^f.vads.?The
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KAKM AN I' ??AJtUKN'jtOTR8.
Don't your welltneedM leaning!
Choo6e a cool-day for pickiugAupplcg.
Keep right ou cuftivntiugt*tbe strawtrerry
patch.
Fight weeds, t briers ,?etc. ,\nutiI they
.ease growing.
Now is a good timo4to make mutton
is well as pork.
Put implements under govertas soon aa
lone using them.
l'? .".rniiinont ".nsf tire tf imntli v iPnea
lot <lo well alone.
Tho best egg-makerV is tgood food.
Feed the hcu no other.
The same fence should f not enclose a
rnutig orchard and cattle.
Oct your ground rendvfforfthose trees
poti mean to set out this fall.
Have seed from any nowllicsithat have
proved satisfactory wittnyou.
Harvest the onions asi soon as ripe.
When dry store in a cobi.slry place.
Black cap raspberries dodietterset out
in tho spring. Put others <uut this fall.
Stop cultivating the grape.vines. Tho
wood must bo given a.cliaucevto harden.
Put no "wind falls" in the'*barrels of
No. 1 apples. It will pay iu tho long
run.
If there is marsh hay ncarfyou got some
in readiness for covering* the strawberries.
Currant and gooseberry cuttiugs will
;lo better set out now than to wait till
ipring. Try it and see.
Begin your intense farming this fall by
burning all the weeds about the place before
they shell their seeds.
If you can put out some grape vines
his fall d>> not wait till spring, you may
lie crowded with work then.
You need not wait till the frost, drops
the leaves from currant ami gooseberry
bushes before making cuttings.
Where art; lite mower ami Imrserake?
Better have them housed to-day. They
will be of better value next season if they
are.
While the corn is curing in the shock
is a good time to get mil t he manure that
has been accumulating during tins summer.
By the way, do you make your wife
an equal partner in the turm plans? Shu
in ay be the "better half" of the firm if
you will.
Kvery farmer should look over his
fnpn of^en and examine his fences so
that his stock will not destroy his crops
ut Ift' found in his neighbor's lot.
Whetj a man wants an idea, ho
sorilteWes liis head. When a farmer wants
a crop he scratches his land, and the
harder lie scratches tin* better the crop.
Don't let any green tomatoes go to
waste. Apples are scarce and green
tomatoes make excellent pies?are good
fried, arc good several ways. Save
them.
Very ofteu the surplus product of a
farm can not ho morn profitably invested
fb:5i by putting into under drains, till
the thorough drainage of tin- cultivated
land bo accomplished.
Whore thorough and clean culture has
boon practiced one can set? how the crop?
lay hold of the fertilizers and are corre
spnndingly larger. It pays to ho cncrgeth
In lighting the weeds.
The si/." of the tile should he ill pro
portion to the length of the drain ami
the amount of fall in the ditch. Hut tin
flooding of a dram tile depends somewhat
on the depth to which it i* sunk.
A correspondent of the Ormuj'. ,fu4<i
Farmer complains that on his farm
manure has been a dctriiueut rather that
...i.i,iaw 111*1 mrrrrrm rrprrwrftTTt vcF
small.
Flax seed that has been exposed in tin
field to the sun's ray's until it is dry ti
brittlcness, still holds a latent moisture
which will develop when the seed is con
fined in a mass and result in heat and de
composition.
A farmer should take rare to keep eas
and s:?fe ways of ingress and egress t
his culitvated fields. More wagons ar
broken down by going through deep fur
rows or over ridges than bv twice th
trawl on smooth highways.
It is time that western farmers wen
taking warning from tho experience o
their eastern brethorn. When they ?r
\in?ler the necessity of buying fertilizer
to keep up the fertility of their land
they will sing a more doleful song tha
they do now.
tk . ir.m n .?* a I am pass.
A few days ago I wis standing bv an
Aon riean gentleman, when I expressed a
w i-li to know which poii t \s as the Noi th.
Ileal oiu e pulled out his natch, looked
at it and pointed to the North. I a.-ked
him whether he had a compass attached
to Ins watch. "All watches," he replied,
"are compasses " Then lie explained
io me how this was. Point the
hour hand to the sun, and the South is
exactly half-way between the hour and
the figure XII. on the watch. far instance,
suppose that it is four o'cloi k.
Point the hand indicating four to the
sun, noil II. on the watch is exactly
South. Suppose tli it it i-; eight o'clock,
point the 111n<I indicating eight to the
sun, and tin* figure X. on the watch is
due South. My American friend \>.is
juito surprised that I did not know this,
flunking that very possibly 1 was iglornut
of a thing that every one else
tnew, tiud happening to meet Mr. Stanuy,
f asked that eminent traveler
vhethcr he was aware of this simple
node of discovering the points of the
oiiipaas? lie said that he had never
leard of it. I presume, therefore, that
he world is in the same state of ignorriee.
Ainalti is proud of having been
he home of the inventor of the compass?
do not know what town boasts of my
uncricnn friend as a citizen. ? London
rruth.
A Georgia farmcr#?as bought only
ft*-live cents
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO HKMOVE PAINT ODOW.
TIk- smell of paint may be taken away
1 by closing up the room ami setting in the
1 centre of it a pan of lighted charcoal ou
which have been thrown some juniper
lierries. Leave thin in the 100111 for a
day ami night, when the smell of the
paint will be gone. Home persons ) reM||
a pall of water in which a haudfufl'of hay
is soaking. This is also effectual in removing
the odor of tobacco smoke from
? room. ?? lAV(C I (JTR TV.V^rUt/!.
TI1K DININC. IIOOM TAOI.B.
It is a great saving of expense, both as
regards your linen press and your laundry
work, if you keep your dining room
table well polished, and use small center
cloths for breakfast and luncheon, reserving
the heavy damask tablecloth for
dinner only. Although nothing can be
more retiued and attractive than a perfectly
appointed table, with the whitest
and finest of damask beautifully laundered,
a cloth that lias been used, and is
the least soiled, is on the contrary really
repulsive. And yet with a large family
J ami ati overtaxed laundress, it is some1
times impossible to have a fresh cliaugo
for every meal On that account, therefore,
we advocate the small center cloth,
not as a substitute, he it understood, for
spotless nupcry, hut in lieu of that which
is not altogether spotless. Moreover, it
is a change, and the table can he rnado to
look very attractive with a pretty cloth.
These are made in various ways, from
the plain square of damask to the so with
beautifully made cut-work border or
German embroidery in silk on heavy
linen. Hut your own taste and the
means of gratifying it will be the best
guides in these matters.?tftto York
Tribune.
TO FUESIIEN OLl> CI.OTIIINO.
The way to make old clothes look like
new is described in the American Analytic
as follows:
Take, for instance, a shiny old coat,
vest or pair of pants, of broadcloth,
cassimere or diagonal. The scourer
makes a strong, warm soapsuds and
plunges the garment into it. souses it up
and down, runs the dirty places, if
necessary puts it through a second suds,
then rinses it through several waters,and
hangs it to dry on the line. When nearly
dry, he takes it in, rolls it up for au
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old cotton cloth i* laid on the outside of
the coat and the iron passed over that
until the wrinkles are out; hut the iron
is removed before the steam ceases to
rise from the goods else they would he
shiny. Wrinkles thai arc; obstinate are
removed by laying a nit cloth over them
I and passing the iron over that. If any
1 shiny places are seen, they are treated na
i the wrinkles arc; the iron is lifted, while
the full cloud of steam rises and brings
the nap up with it. Cloth should always
have suds made specially for it, as if that
which has beeu used lor white cotton or
woolen c lothes be used Hut will be left in
the water, and cling to the cloth. In
this manner we have known the same
coat .iii?l pttuiaioous to be renewed time
and again, and have all the look and feel
of new garments. Good broadc loth and
its fellow cloths will heat many washings,
and look better every time because of
them.
bk\sou\m.rc uukarfart rnsnes.
Frizzled Beef?Cut dried beef very
thin. To every half a pound allow r
tablespoonful of butter, half pint ol
milk, and one tablespoonful of Hour.
Melt the butter iu a frying pan, add tlie
beef, and stir over the tire live minutes
sprinkle in the flour, siir again, pour ir
the milk, season with pepper, stir uuti
it boils, and serve immediately.
Kidney Taute Split the kidneys ir
halves lengthwise, and trim. Cut ir
pieces. I'ut two ounces of butter in i
frying-pan; let mob , add a small onion
cut iu slices, with llu; kidney. Stir ovei
a brisk tire four or live minutes; then adc
a tablespoonful of lb ur, stir again; pott
in a teacup of soup stick (or hot water
I season with salt, pepper, the juieo of :
! lemon, and a teaspoouful of grape jelly
stir well and serve hot.
Lamb Cutlets Willi Mushroom*?Trin
' and cut six l:?ml> cutlets about half tti
i inch thick; roll in orated crackers, am
an<\ strain tlicm thro" :'n a veoctubl
strainer, add a teacup ol the sauce, pi
f in the center of a ?1 i-h ; arrange the cui
lets arouml, ami pour over ioown sauct
Hash on Toast?t'ut nit res of col
meat into small squares; to every pint al
low one tahlespoonful of bu'tcr, one o
flour ami half a pint of hoiliu*; water
^ Put the butter on a frying pan, h
brown, the floiu , mix well, pour i
the water, and stir until it boil*, an
add the meat; season with s,|t ami pep
per. bet simmer over a moderate fir
ten minutes. Toast squares of stal
9 bread, l utter, and lay in a hot dish
spread the hash on thickly and pour th
" pjravy over.
9 Cecils?Take two cups of cold, finely
9 chopped meat, the yolks of two eoos
u a tablt'spoonful of luitter, have a teacu;
of stale bread * rumbs, a Icaspoonfiil c
iinulr a-r,?* ?i?, '? ? i,. . .-? ?? <
met;, a little pepper and silt, mix all to
(tether well, put in a fiyin?; pan ami ?ti
over the tire until well heated. Take up
and spread on a larye dish to cool
Whim cold, form in little bills, dip tirs
in beaten cite th' a in bleu r crumbs, an
fry in boiling lam.
rtweetbread Croquettes- Trim and parboil
a pair of sweetbreads; cliop tine.
Put a teacup of new milk in a saucepan,
and set on (be tire to boil Itub a tablespoonful
of flour and two of flavor together,
and stir into the hniliii" milk
with the mushrooms; let cook until very
thick. Take from the lire, season with
salt and pepper, two l iMi-spoonfuls of
chopped mushrooms, half a teuspoonful
of onion mice and i tahlcsnooiilul of
cIio|>|mmI parsley; mix well ami turn out
to cool. When eold, form into croquettes,
<1 i|> first in egn and then in
bread crumhs, and fry in boiling f.it.?
Cviirier-Journal.
Seamless Steel IlitaU.
Mr. fleslop of Leeds, Lug'and. lias
devised n method of forming steel i> rats
without a seam by one operation The
tnotal plate used is one-sixteenth inch
thick, and of oval shape. I' is heated
in a furnace and th e molded mi a die
to the required form by hydraulic pressure.
Three dies are employed to gain
the form by degrees, and thus preserve
the inetal from cracking or buckling,
The boat is then polished, and fitted up
with air-^ht compartments and ythoi
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TUE ATHLETES OF JAPAN.
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AV0ND*BrtTI|*U80T7L.AR DEVELOPMBNT
OFTHEK WRESTLERS. \
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Their Herolr iwle of Traininf;?The \z\
ltatb ffmlttuiportnut?Herculean n(l
S;.n
w *rtp's^L n. >n tort ion ists have an 1
international* imputation. On every on,j
country rornl* If Japan you will find cun
bauds ranging in ago aUtl
from s!* to four(evn, aud these boys will ^|'|D
twist theoMclres into more shapes than fere
the india-rubber uinu of the American hil
<!imc-mnsemi>. Thnv will wmn their
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toes nh"ut their heads a* they lie on their ua <
. stomachs, ami will louk out of their Adi
I almond eye* us they frame their fares
j with their ankles. They will'turn their
heads around so that they seem to he set is tl
011 thcil shoulders wrong, side Hrst, and tr"!
will brtug themselves into so many
positions that you ran hardly believe w?>
that they have any bones in their bodies, the;
and you feel that they are hardly human.
Among 'he best developed men I Imve thai
| evcr,seen *re the Inborers of the Takas- ous,
hiina coal mines, who work all day
underground, ami whose labors are pj,y
carried on in a network of passages of the
j more than fifty miles in length, which
( extends under the sea about one of the
islands of western Japan. These men Jin
carry great loads. They work from dawn i
! until dark, and their daily hot bath and
their ric?? ^i*-v" *i?em muscles of tern
J which any turner in America would be ior ]
i proud. a
I The Japanese consider the bath and
' gymnastics of such importance to health
that they have introduced them into the r
1 training of the soldiers of their regular ^
| army. The soldiers of Japan arc put ^
| through a full set <>f exercises every day.
i They swing dumb-bells, jump on the j
! parallel bars, and go through the severest ^
1 of physiral training. The bath-rooms aro
! one of the institutions of eveiy barrack, '
I and the soldiers are required to bailie all
i over once a day, ami they have to take
! hot baths three times a week. Their .
diet is rice instead of hard-tack, nod '
tlicy have nn allowance of six cents per K"
dny for other food.
I The professiona' athletes of Jnpnn are ^
the great wrestlers who seem to be of a ^
different rice from the ordinary Japanese, ^
! and who have n system of training very o
different from that of John L. Sullivan ^
' or .Jake K"ilrain These men belicvo in
the accumulation rather than the reduc- |e^
i tion of fat, ami they are great, tall fel- co|
l lows of six fett or more, and weigh from j
i two hundred to three hundred pounds. tj)(
, They train themselvc3 largely by pounding
and by being pounded by their fellows.
They have great strength of neck, v
( and they increase this by butting ngainst wj
one another with their heads anil strik- e|
j ing their opponents in the chest, so that
( the noise is that of a battering- ^
; ram. They butt at wooden posts j
I with their shoulders, pound their flesh, |t>)
and stamp the earth with their feet. I
i saw an exhibition at which about a hun- ?
j died of these wrestlers contested, during |ir
a visit I paid to Japan a year or so ago. mi
; The wrestlers caine into the room entirely jr.
naked, with the exception of a belt about jr,
: the loins. Bsfore beginning, they made f0
' the earth shake with their stamping, and an
! 'bey glared at each other like demons.
They made many false starts, and when
they grappled, their muscles stood out
like ir,|irjiijj^|^iH??T .wnis, auit it ^
r 1 ivat a tial 117> iii the imhiiIs Tlit-v have n
i wonderful strength of wrist and lingers, u
F and n<>w and then one would grasp his ^
opponent by the belt, and, lifting his .
5 three hundred pounds high in the air, ^
; would throw him over his shoulder, and
> he would fall on the earth with a terrible
I ! thud, while the umpire would raise Ins
fan a.al yell out the Japanese word for
' victory. The most, noted Japaneso
wrestlers have as great reputations as
those of our prize fighters, and the
profession of wrestling dates hack to
J the beginning of the Japanese history.
1 Tin rules of the ring are quite as rigid
as those of the Marquis of Quecnsbury,
i -on) tlioic mi' fort a . i-iirlit fulls which ran
ft be made. The very best class of the
I Japanese people patronizes these wrestlers,
ami a ueh man often has a party of
them come ami wrestle at his receptions
n for the entertainment of his guests. Some
"i of the most noted statesmen are patrons
\r stlers.jmd one qf.ihti.a'lUll^ "K-Vo
I, nicknamed the "Wrestler." The wres- fil
lo tluig jjoe>ou in both its public exhibitions
it and at pi ivatc entertainments without the
t aid of betting, and so far the muscular .
exhibitions of Japan have not been cor.
mpted l?v the vice of pool-selling.?Jtfcu) w
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Animal Worship. ^
Among primitive peoples all animals 1!
ate sup|MiM?l to he endowed with souls, ra
1 which in many task's have formerly ani- si
1 mated human beings. Hence a likeness p;
c" i1- "fi,.|i recognized between an animal
ami some deceased friend, and tho
' animal is addressed as the person would
' have been, ami honored with a kind of
uoiship. Many tribes call themselves by M
llu name of and even derive their pedi- n
'? gree limn some animal. Its cries be- -.j
IJ come tinomens of the tribe, and thus
nrifiiiuti* th<? ? * - ,n
ti?.">7*vrYviii'vWViiiilions. In the modern "
world tin- most eivili/.cd people among T"
' whom animal worship vigorously survives
'< lie within the range of llraliminism. m
Here tin acred cow is not merely to be ?
l| spared; she i* as a deity woishiped and
c howed to daily by the pious Hindoo. **
Siva is incarnate in Kanuinan, the ?
tnonke> god. The divine king of birds, *
Carudn, is Vishnu's vehicle, and the ?"!
forms of lidt and boar ami tortoise {jj
assumed in the avatar'legendsof Vishnu.
Perhaps no worship has prevailed more jje
widelv than that of the serpent. It had it
thfl
t it- place m Egypt and among the *n
Hebrews, in t?recce and Rome; among A
lin t elts and Scandinavians in Europe;
mi Persia and India; in China and
Thibet in Mexico and Peru, and in
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?> m uti nourishes as flip
?lrtlr H lii?ion in Dahomey. ? Hrvukhjn
' i!i:in
A Paste Which Will Stick Anything !
A past e sjvMr h "trift stick any tiling is
( said liy Profcssoi Winched to bo nmdo ,
as follows: (jvo ounces of clear
gum arabic, oik* ami a half ounces of lino
| starch, and half an ounce of white sugar. !
I Dissolve the gum arabie in as much water
as the laundress would use for the quanti!
tv of starch indicated. Mix the starch
1 and sugar iidtli the mucilage. Then cook
the mixture#in a vessel suspended in
boiling watvr until the starch liccomcs
clear. Tliiicciii. iit should l>e as thick as
tar, and kcpnu^Hfltogan bo kept from
( spoiling liy the camphor or a
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WHAT CURES I
Iterla! DIOrrire tf OylnlM an Imparl
n nl Makjrrt.
Vhat is ibo force that ousts diseiue; an<l
tab is the most convenient apparatus for
dying it? How far is the regular pbysii
useful to us because we believe in him
I how far are bis pills and powder* ana
ice only the material representative* ot !
nersoual influence on our health?
he regular doctors cure; the homoeopathioctors
cure; the Hahnemannite* care; 1
so do the faith cure* and the mind |
*s and the so-called Christian scientista, I
the four-dollar aud-u-half advertising
crants,and the patent medicine raon.They
hit, and they all miss, and the great dirwee?one
great difference?in the result
l it wheu the regular doctor* loao a pat
no one grumbles, and when the irregudoctors
lose one the community stands
Mid and howls.?Mo*'htster l/nion and
iv r tisrr.
ature cures, but nature can be uided, bin*1
or defeatist in the curative procce*.
i the C'o?nrn<m?i'\? contention is that it
ho part of rational (sung* to seek aiut
it thw aiIvi< v of moil of good character
? havo studied tli?? human system
uod, a> far as mo lorn science light* tbo
r, how far thoy ran aid nnturo ami how
/ rati best avoid obstructing lior. ? llufj
Commetxial.
is not our pur|>ONC to consider the evils
t result from employing the unscruputtho
ignorant, charlatans and ipiacks to
icribo for tbo maladies that atllict the
uvn family. We simply declare that the
sician who knows Something is l??tter than
physician who knows nothing, or very
e indeed atiout the structure and theconons
of the human system. O." course "he
' not know it all."?Rochester Mornin</
aUi. J
have used Warner's .Safe Cure and but
its timely use would have been, 1 verily
eve. in my grave frpm what the doctors
nod liright's Disease.?D. K. Hhrinor, seuRktitor
Scioto Ctmctte, Chillieotho, Ohio,
. letter dated Juno 30. lb'JO.
Greenland's Ico Cup.
rhe aspect of these bouudless wastes
ling away in scarcely perceptible tinlutious,
and in the distance mingling
i gray of their snows with the gray of
i skies, at lirst gave the impression
t Greenland was a uniform plateau, a
t of horizontal table. Tho belief now
wails that the roeky surfneo of tlie
d is, on the contrary, carved iuto
untnins and hills, valleys and gorges,
t that the plastic snows and ico have
(dually tilled up all the cavities, which
w show only in slight sinuosities on
i surface. Allowing to the whole mass
the ice cap an average thickness of 500
t, it would represent a total volume of
0,000 cubic miles. This sermer suak,
"great iccM of the Grecnlanders, llows
e asphalt or tar with extreme slowness
it.vard, while the surface is gradually
eled by the snow falling during the
urse of ages and distributed by tho
nds. In the interior of the country.
[5 surface of the ice and snow is n&
moth as if it. were polished, looking
;e "the undisturbed surface of a frozen
ean, the long hut not high billows of
licli, rolling from east to west, are not
sily distinguishable to the eye."'
jvertlicless, says a writer in Popular
it nee M<m(hh/, the exterior form of the
; cap lias iiccn greiniy uiversiuou hc
?st on its outer edge, where 111 many
aces it is to cross, or even
lite impossible. Tin* action of lateral
essure, of heat produced by the tie-'
>ndous friction, of evaporation and til it
ion, has often broken the surface into
numerable cones a few yards high, in
rm and color resembling the tents of
i encampment.
A New Puzzle.
A new puzzle has been sprung upon
e inoffensive people of this weary
orld. It is an innocent looking affair,
id an inexpensive one withal, but more
sadly than "pigs in the pen." This
test brain-raking device consists simply
I three columns of figures,arranged thus:
1 1 1
:t 3 3
5 6 5
7 7 7
i
9 tf 9
?ioy , me potwos to rifl<1 togetner any
x of the above figures and make 1 luff
al 21. ? /'h iladelph in ft'.'ord.
'I I... \V...-1jI'u C1IL
The production of silk throughout the
orhl lust. year is estimated I 1,7'ttl
ins, us ii^itiust 11..VIH tons iu I8.SS,
I.88S tons in 1887, 10,oft 1 tons in
SS?> and Ihitri tons in 1885. This nvorjo
for the four yvaht from 1885 to
*88 was 10,7 18 ton?. The Issp crop was
it her above it, allhnuoh scarcely any
lk was produced in Syria and other
irts of the Levant. ? l/>ntl?n '/'iiiifn.
fill II It'll III f|| I* llfNf.
All Art* cut ;t l?'t| ti? I lie host that their money
ill tuiy, so ever) family should have, at nin e,
botf to of t ho liecf family remedy, Syrup of
us. to 11, an.se the system when costive or thins.
Fur sale iu Ode. and *1 tiottles by at*
mt I OK dt uinrist-s.
m niUSKV IN CIIICKKNH.
U Kor !i5o. a I'W-pUKe Iwioh, experience
Jk a practical foiiltry raiser Uiirluif
WW WWr . 11 < h">\ to
FT . ami ciirohlsfases; to feed for egga
for fHtlcnlnKi which fowls to
?e for lirecillnK. .*c. Address
liooK I'Ult. HoUSK, is4 Leonard St., N. Y. city.
jHRTII YOUn XCS.
Ml ! ? Iflel I.IKKO Hti rillVtKT /UBk \
lilutiwl, nt Hit, rcnt?rk Alily low erica /V
only ?!.!??, lhl? hook Von IK'^k At
na *44 rlm ly | i 111(I pnt-t-i of rlpar I Vf Ml
>o on rxralli-nt i?|M>r an l I* hand- IV J\
nolv rot wrrl>'oai>ly liound In cloth. \m?VW/\Vv
llTPn l.nifllrh w.irtlr With th - llonnan V\f f 1 v
ItralfPta an I |irofiiuirtatl >n, an I \\ld \
rnmn ?orl? with Kiik'llth'Ipfli'.ltlona \ ^'
s inraluahlo to < tormana who nro not ? A
irotijihljr familiar with Kngtlxh. or to \ J
itrktix who w-Uh to Irarn tiprinan X. ,\w
draw, with SI no, xtiVijlr
001 rfH. Ilrtt's. tat Lp.^d it,, law Tarktlty.
M N U. -1<;
i IeYoi
I f?crjL'taman ma
I (opim t. if
Thanksgiving
^ TonnvNrn!
MtQMt'AMKTt ^ \ lltpmrnl, at ill
P"'1 ' ?' Tin YomiIi'K I
' N from Hint ilnl
W MMIIKRS, ii
4H AtMre**, 1
j.
Remarkable Lukes
Trie decjrest lake in tho world is Lako
IJuikal, iu Siberia. Its aroa of over 9000
*q are miles makes it about equal to
Lake Erie in superficial extent; its enormous
depth of between 4000 to 1500 feet
makes its volume of water almost equal
to that of Lake Superior. Although its
surface is 1330 feet above sea level, its
bottom averages over 3000 below the
same level.
America lias awhich, although
its waters aro ntkwSas those of the
Siberian wonder, iWo' Dears a uniquo
distinction. It is located in tho Yosomite
Valley, and is called Mirror Lake.
Ou account of the height and sheer descent
of the surrounding mouutaius, the
sun does not rise upon it until 11:30
o'clock in the morniug and sets seventythree
minutes later.?<Sf. Louis UfpubHit-re
are n gieat many things that go
wiib>-ut saving, nut woman Is not one of
i hem.
HkownV Iron Killers cure* Pyspepcda. Malaria,
UiliotlMiess mi l (reueral iH'bility. Wives
strength, aides Diinstion, tones the nervee?
crea'os appoiite. The best tonic for Nursing
MoIIh'ih, weak women and children.
Front the oil of grasshoppers a Spanish in
mmitor claims to make the finest soap yol
ptoilure<l.
L*? Wa's Chinese llMd?che Cor*. Harm,
lean In cITfrt, quirk and positive In action,
Kent prepaid on receipt of fl per bottia
delor ?v Co.,??i Wyaiulotto at., Kansas CityJM
From the oil of grawdioppon a Rpanish in
rcntor claims to make the finest soap yet
produced.
Woman, her dlara-sea and their treatment.
I* pages. Illustrated; price (She, Kent npon receipt
of lOc,., cost of mnlHng.eto. Addrees Prof.
R. II. Kuiii, M.D.. Oil Arch St.. Phlla^ Pa.
l'c >n< rny is wealth; but it ia a kind of
wmlth that tho rich man finds it hard to
titiusfer to hiss u.
l?o Yon K.vrr Speculatef
Any |MTM>n antidinn u-? their nativ* s'i I aldresawdl
receive information that will leal
to a fortune. Kent. Lewis do C.i., Security
building, Kansas city. Mo.
The preacher fails who trie* to preach a
h ctritie that hasn't lu-en tested in his owr
hoai t,
Mai..\ui \ cured and eradicated from the
system by brown's Iron bitters, which enriches
the blond, tones the nerves, aids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persons in general
ill health, giving new energy and strength.
White pine boards are now made by re
during small trees and limbs to pulp ant
pie sing in molds.
FITS stopped free by !b?. Kt,ink's Qiikat
Nk.uyk Rkstomk.h. No fits after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treat is-) an I $J trial b >ttle
free. Or. Kline. 081 Arch St., Pulltt., I'ft.
^ The toughest, fowl can bo made eate ble i
put i*i < old water, | lenty of it, and cook*
ry slowly from tive to sir hours.
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranche
in Missouri, Kansas, Texan and Axkansai
bought and sold. Ty lei <Jfe Co., K ensas City, Mc
In i nndt-mniiicr tlm vnmtv of women. m?
c )uip'nin of tho tire that they themselvo
have kitidl'X*.
Hecvliain's I'illa Cute Sick Headache.
He fpsls enough whose wife scolds at ilitt
Q' r | iroo.
Catarrh in the Head
Originates In ncroftt ous taint In ?tic blood. llonc
the . roper method by which to cure catarrh Is t
/mr(/i/ Hf WohiI. Its many illsugroeablo symptom
and the danger of developing Into bronchitis or tha
terribly fatal disease, consumption, are entirely rt
III veil by llood's Sars iparllla, which cures eatairl
by purlfylUK the blooit; It a so tones up tho system
"For i'i years I have Is-en troubled with ijJtjUTll_il
the head, Indigestion and general debility. 1 neve
bad faith In such medicines, but concluded to try
liottle of Hooil's Sarsap ii Ilia. It did me o muc
good that I eonttnued Its use It I I have taken ftv
I sit tics >l> lie Itb lias greatly Improved, and 1 fe?
like a dllTcicnt w. mini ?Mies. J. It. ADAMS, 8 Hlcl
montl st . Newark, N. J,
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
! old by all druggists. ? I; six for -Jo. l'repared otil
' ) C. J. lb a >1> at CO., Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
BFor Coughs ^ Colds
Thero It no Medietas Ilk*
OR. SCHENCK'S
PULMONIC
r SYRUP.
H Is pleasant to Ilia tails and
dooa red contain a parllcl* of
opium or anything Injurious. It
Isllie Host Cough Modlclnetath*
World. ForSalobyall Drnggifta,
Trie*, fl 00 per bottle. Dr. Srhenrk'* Rook on
Conaumption and its Cure, mailed fro*. Addr<*a
Ur. J. IT Hetl#"' !' t, Bnn PtiiUdslpSU
f F YOC WISH I r^.m .
It KVoI!v'?;h
j Purchase one of the cidc a A\>
I uraieti SMITH it WKSSUN
| nrim. Tlii> IIih'mI small arms
i ever 111 ji 11 : r i. tin i i ami I ha jf wfM
I first cbolca of nil experts, WfB
llmiufacliiretl In calibres.I.', :irt mult ll"). Sin MM
ale or iliiutilo action, Nufety Haininerlcsa and <3D
Target models. Constructedentirely of IipbI <iual
I Ity wrought steel, carefully liis|ieet?'d for worn
j luunshlii anil stock, limy urn unrivaled for finish
durability ami mriiiurv. I'oiiol In- deceived li
clmap inn Ili'iihio ciiNl-lron linilulIons whle
< am nftoii Bold for the genuine arllcle mul urn nc
, only unreliable, but dniigrreit*. I'lu- SMITH I
' WK.SON Itevolvors am all nlmnped upon li:" bai
| rrl with firm'* name. iiililman mul itnto of pntuiit
I ami arc auitrniilcnl perfect In nvury ili'lall. Ir
| Blst upon having tin- genuine nrllcle, ami If you
j dealer cannot supply yon nn order sent to ml.Ire*
I lielonr will receive prompt ami careful attention
Inscriptive catalogue ami prices fnrnlsl.eii ii|h>h at
. plication. SM|T|| tV WKSSON,
|F"Mi'iitlon this paper. Hprhmllt'lil, 31 una
ry IfVfJt ? Finely fllutlrafttl ? /? fntl in I AO,Of
e Double Holiday Numl
], Christmas, New Year's. Easter. F
FREE TO 1891.
'Subscriber nlio A\ II.I. FIT OFT nnil aenil
i name mul I'ont-Ollii e address anil 1.73
ompnnlon I'll KK i f> .lunuary I, ISfll, anil
e. Tliin oiler includes (he FIVE IHM'lil
nil rill the ll.M STK ATF.il WEEK I.Y S|'
The Youth's Companion, Boat
*
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Oklahoma Guide Book and Map Bent ur wh??
on rooelplof 60cla.Tyler A Co..Kausaa CUy.MOk
'rhe crovr dot* not flj from cornfield
Bit lit raws.
Let every cnfcelled woman
know it! There's a medicine
that'll cure her, and the proof's
positive!
Here's the proof ? if it
doesn't do you good within
reasonable time, report the
fact to its makers and get
your money back without
a word?but you won't do it!
* T\ T-%' _
1 lie remedy is ur. rierces
Favorite Prescription?and it
has proved itself the right
remedy in nearly every case
of female weakness.
It is not a miracle. It won't
cure everything?but it has
done more to build-up tired,
enfeebled and broken - down
women than any other medit
cine known.
Where's the woman who's
not ready for it ? AH that
; we've to do is to get the
news to her. The medicine
will do the rest. ^
Wanted-t-Women. First
to know it. Second to use
it. Third to be cured by it.
The one comes of the other.
The scat of sick headache
is not in the brain. Regulate
the stomach and you cure it.
I)r. Pierce s l ellets arc the
little regulators.
' TRINITY COLLF.CE.
A IIIkH Rra.le ??.f?T Ymitnt Men.
Heat liiMrtn tl.'ii, lia.lln t Five lirKrrce, '
Itcna<'in<l>l<'l xi < iim jji.vi |n n n * oar. -*
Fit p m iv I'. V1' '11 I lhi. year. *
M in titrlotilati * ami f.ia.liiMc.s In iwrnt state Les|
lalntiiii-,
M int ftt UalaioKHi*. Hull; till, Hcurit- Itnolc, Etc..
Free.
John ! '. Onowii i. II., I):;. I.itt., rre*..
Trinity lit>|lt |;?t, Uamlolph tlo., N. 0.
I V'ext term opi'ii < ,'iiiiiiiir.v 1st.
Telegraphy and Shorthand.
!.i iullltit Sc?km?I tu.tltlt I'ltlalnuui' Free.
I'ot-i ii.v i.ruKNBKEL, Scnola, Oa.
e tT.UC sTl' It V . tio..:<-k*eim?K. lluetneee Koine*'
lyUrnt I'eiiu'.niisu.ty Arltnnielio, Short-nan.!, evx,
' 6* lliomtiuUly luujbt lit MAIU ClIVUlM* Ittjr
I Bryant'* t'tlltir, 437 11 mu sU, HuOfcl<\ N. Tf
?% A "* Jff I ii Ten l.i r'a < J aide,
. PA I try I Sor llotr to llbtula
8 S n I klH I V# n I'ntent. Sent Fraa.
k Patrick O'Farreii, WASH I'nwTON*
ii AliriU A I I R '"reeure for ltiicitmatttm
I -m y* Iim P\ B fl ? ami Until. Ordinary c?wi
* IJIIBe 11 WloPeH .,.|.|,?n or or.-r requlro
nmro Hi.hi one In it 11". I'rliv S'.tMl per bottle.
W t|. Wll \ \ V, H.>\ s:{.>. Nnv llrlr:in>, t.o.
1^^ |1| B OAS nKlWlilakerHabit*
M Hi "3 tfi H K HQMQi'iircd at home withft
H 9 {; Ej CfitfSont pnlti. Hook of parMi
3 Wf fabB li.ulam sent FrEK.
BUtfi ? IIWIIIII I! M WOOU.EY.M.fX
Atlanta,(ill. U111cc lot.1. Whitehall BC
* PDJQ [ flMQ 23
" rciiolUNd sPsssEn^ir
* ?? n. ii, ii ?r> and r*th?r? are en
? titled to 9 1 a mo Fee 81" when too |?t your bomi
kloalu free. JOflirMJI. Merrca. lito tfullulM. a. a
CORN Meal. Flour & Millfeed. i
RICHMOND CITY
'liiiiik i?t t.'.IHI \V i 11 in iiimIiii ru ATr.e *
h W ItlCllillWM). VllttilNIA.
' ntUPIDUO NEW LAW CLAIMS.
rtNolUnu Mi'iB B. Stew&Ca
AI mriiry<, III!* K St., \Vanli I n(l*a, 1*. O.
Hrasth Ofc??t llftfUaj, Heuell,CUv?%
mpriJTk (Silror nr IVntal not*)payafor yensr
ULll! O nnnv nnd adrlnttn In thft "A'^nWc
1 ih>? wiimhgnen wliirlingallor^f
tlmU S a Oinmla.nnrl jrou willk**i hundreds
<?f Rainpioa. lunik*. rtt-culitt-H, tiHwppanrffl. niaKazlnw,
y A?* . fr im l.'irjrn biihin??*t ImUHen ami iidblHhfrv wlio
wnnl !*#??/ ?#/'./,//.??*??/ ?;.eh/ ?ri'tint/ft ee and ^
re.*?Mve in??r?* in^ttrr tltmutfli Mm mail than ow. an<l
will ? *-'1 with th<* Hmnll invintf ro^ni, nrlriWM
WCVtLTY OIRCCTORY CO . P. 0. Bex 325, ttaoloa.Vl.
sccOftto. W |BSf3
IITIVE CURE.
'/irron 6t-? Nvw Yorlf. Pi i^o f>o rtp.tHME.?I
lending remedy for all th}
^^BFi'.,r<.? in^^H Hiinnliiriil dlaohargna MS
^Vit..'. iia VH V private dlacaaea of mrn.
J^Bi.astsotrrd net is V coriuln c ure for the deblUCZW
?,M teutonic*. lallng KekkDNl peculiar
KS9 to women.
M M' Jantrhr I prenerlbe11 and feel
Ell Tilt tvtW3CHlMir>l0o 111 reenmmendtng It lo
m?TO?3ifjtra"ri?s;o.c!,wiu.
Nol't try Drnggllia.
vnfvx, ti.oo.
/^B^\ /^J0NE8\
/ TOM SCALES \ / OF \
$60 BINGHAMTQN]
\ Beam Box Ttfre Beam / N. Y. a?/
\ ,# six sua* _*/ \/0 A .CV/
^<^??r ' ^3? rut
/ -VASELINEM
FOft * ON F-llOl.liA If III I.I. sent u? l.y malt
II we wilt dollvc r, fi< < <>i ell rliarM to nny poison In
" the Unlt-d Mates, nil of the following articles, care
fully ixu'kel:
One twiMiiinee liottle of Pure Vaseline, lOote.
One two-oimee tmitle of Vaseline Pomade, 15"
J One )tw of V?? line I old ('ream, - - - 15"
" One Cuke of Vaseline Parophnr lee, 10'*
'r One Cake of Vaseline Snap, niiKcent.il, . 10"
* Onefakeof Vaseline soap, exiiulsllely scented,25"
r* One two-ounce bolt e of White Vaseline, ?5
'I #11
* <>r for pothujr *hnnf" otii/ stnjlr or/iWe af f/o ... 1
'* nnine.f <h> no cieoounf he /lersoo.fed to accept from
L I/our if ru(/./is/ liny I'us,line or /.re/uiro/fon therefrom
- unlcM lnh> licit with . i/r no Me,. use you ictW oer<ol
nly r.<cnv o ii nnitnlt in irhir/i hon HttU err ^
I i np.fbroinli Hlu. l it,, ? I Shiln St., N. V.
in fnmilitt. f"'.' ""'l
The youth's
bers. Companion
.1 iioi.iiuv
PI'I.KHKNTS. *
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on, Mass. N j j
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