The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, November 14, 1890, Image 4
THE FARM AND GARDEN. ma
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kt> TELL TOE WEIOUT OF A HAYSTACK. OOI
To ascertain the approximate weight of j
of a haystack an English authority says: ) ?'J
Multiply the length of the stack by its J'c
breadth, and multiply the result by its
height, all in feet, divide tho product by
fweirty-seven, which will give the uuiu- ',c
her of cubic yards; this multiply bv six, "
if new bay ^ if oldish, by eight or nine,
I and tho product will la? tho weight in Jf'
I atones. In mensvMirg the height deduct 1
two-thirds cf the dist.tuce in fee* from
J"~"tne eaves to the (op. "
, FLANTING IN AN OLD OltCIlARD. '
B Orcliardists have usually asserted that'
H joing trees would not thrive if planted :
the same place where an old one of
^^^Be suuie kind had grownnud died of old(
B ^^ce or otherwise, although nature has
B^^Ben replanting her forests in this way hi
B ^Wr many thousands of years. There is
B no good rcuson for supposing that an old- . cc
M nnnle tree leaves anvthinu in the soil 1
I that should bo injurious to a young tree I
planted in its place, and wo would not I
hesitate for a moment to replace old I ^
trees of-any kiud with now ones. If che 1 '
land is old and its fertility exhaused, I
fertilizers should, of course, be applied n(
in sutiiciont quantities to insure a vigorous
growth of young trees. It's an old F
theory that a now orchard should never, .
be planted on tho site of an old one, but j Vf
it does not hold good in practice.?Neu>
York Sun.
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j whitewash fok pooltuv houses.
' A capiTah whitewash is made by mixing
common, water lime cement with y
sweet, skimmed milk to the proper consistency.
The following is tho Government
whitewash, and a fine whitewash it 111
is: Put two pailfuls of boiling v/ater in
a barrel; add one half of a bushel of w
well burned, fresh quicklime; put in
quickly one peck of common salt, dis- N
nolvcd in hot water, and cover the barrel ri
tightly to keep in the steam while the
lime is slacking; when the violent cbut- j,,
lition is over, stir till well mixed to- |j,
gether, and, if necessary, add more boiling
water, so as to have the mass like
thick cream, strain through a sieve or I
coarse cloth. Make a thin starch of three j S'
pounds of rice Hour and ono pound of i
strong glue, having first soaked the glue
in cold water, and to the lattc-r mixture
add two pounds of whit'mg. Add this
to the lime wash, and also sufficient hot tV
water to dilute to the proper consistency ;
keep hot while applying. It will require
about six quarts of the mixture to 10(1 j tl
square feet of surface, and it will last re- l>
markably well. It goes without saying,
that it uiuy be made any color desired.? j
Farm and Firetide. v
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IlEEC THE t'OWS CI-FAN.
With cows constant attention to the
cleanliness of the* skin is indispensable
to the purity of the inilk. These animals '
generally escape injury to health from 1
causes which would be fatal to other
animals because the poison is carried oil 8
with the milk. And in dairies where 11
cleauliness is not observed as it should be J
the evaporation from the milk, which
collects on the covers of. the-, pailsf<
which the milk is set for cream, or which t
may l>e gathered upon u sbcee-of "glass i id
laid over a shallow pan of inilk freshly
drawn from a cow, will deposit a quao- 6
tity of liquid of an intolerably foul odor. ?
If one will test the milk of cows kept in j,
filthy stables, and upon whose sides tilth
is permitted to collect in adherent flakes, >
in this way, the foulness will be very upparent.
This odor has Irceu called some- ^
times the animal odor and has been
thought to be inseparable from the cow.
This is wholly uutruo. It is the odor of
filth, which has every characteristic of *
manure, aud which is discharged with I *
the milk because it could not cscapo M
through the skin, which is the natural ! '
outlet for it, aud by which it would escape
freely and imperceptibly if the skin ! I
wero kept clean and in healthful action ; 1
by means of thorough carding and brush- *
iug every day.?New York Timt*. i
DRESSING AND SHIPPING POUF.THV. .
In reply to several queries in relation t
to preparing aud shipping poultry for f
market we cannot do better, perhaps, c
than give the directions of one of the
leading commission firms of New jfork 1 i
to their patrons. They say: To rhsore
-empty when luTTetf ; nicely and well picked ' t
ana skin not broken or torn; thoroughly I
cooled, but not frozeu. Pack in boxes '
^ with a layer of clean straw (rye straw is
the best) between the layers of poultry in j
w the same posture in which the birds
roost. Mark ??cli l?.? on..? ?L-*
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^^pit contains. Bonrl invoice by mail. 1
Ship to reach destination about tbo inid- ;
die of the week?never to arrive a* late ,
'as Saturday.
In New York city throe is an ordinance
that specifies that neither chickens or
\ keys shall be offered for sale unless 1
ttjo crops are free from food. While
poultry /or New York and some other 1
markets Is seldom if ever drawn, that tie- , t
signed for Boston and other New Kno. \
land markets is relieved of the entrails t
when killed. It is Important, therefore, t
that pro<luccrs should learn previous to i
shipping just what their special market
.^uiics. this information may oe outained
by writing direct to ono's commission
merchant for instructions. Many ^
firms have printed circulars containing "
directions, which arc sent out on written | '
Application. Whenever practicable, ship
chickens, ducks, turkeys, etc., in separnte
packages. In s'-nding poultry for
the holidays endeavor to have your ship- '
monts reach their destination three or ! }'
four days in advance. Bear in mind 1
Po? a ? '
...... win -luiiiui'i rnr nne, large lur- | Jj
keys comes at Thanksgiving, and that '
prime geese catch the fancy prices at , (>
Christmas. Soon after January prices ]
go tip again. Capons meet a good1 ^
market from the 1st of February on until) i
about Raster.?Actc York Worbt.
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WEIGHTING A WAGON. I
Ton years ago a man drew me a load Jj)
/ of hay in spring, roads very r ntgb and I
.jro'ldw.^wsk/iiy iNe o/'enc bol'tle. \Yari ' kl
fcft^Ti'fr the most wondrful blemish Cure 1?,
known. Sold h J. M. GIBS & SO w
Druggists, Union. . m
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FOR UYftPKi'sfA, ; he
Indigestion, and Stomach disorders, u? th
IIROWN'H IRO* HITT 10US. . ' an
All dealers keen It. >1 f>cr bottle. Oemitn* ?t,
trademark mid crossed red lines ou urai
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rkct, and not oueVof their4was loaded
iviest behind, nnd ?uch?A*s been>my
solvation everywhere. With potatoes
? box is tilled .*?id tl?t>**xlr? bags piled
forward, also salt, nails, and such
avy goods are j*it f< a ward, a*/d tho
;liter and more buHvy* l>ehiurh 1 rerd
such loading as great a physical
rosy as that the hor&* liat iafjs behind
es the most work. "It is true that
t closer tlmJondto tin* <eam the easier J
will draw,'/if it ia a lo, {.on.flieground, ]
t put it oir,wheels and ??e the roads
tootft or rough, it little differ??.
Hud ? *o? :>ie sriees t'io team
advantage*, on '-rough igfroads.?The
ufafnditian.
FA.KM AND OARllEIt'^OTR8.
Dou't your welltnced?<:lenXiingf
Choose a coohdav for picking ^apples.
Keep right on cultivatuig*the strawTry
patch.
Fight weeds, t briers ,?ctc.,\uutil: they
ase growing.
Now is a good time4to inako ' mutton
i well as pork.
Put implements; under rvpvertas soon aa
nie using them.
For permanent pasture, Itimothy does
jt do well alone.
The best egg-maker % islgood food,
ecd the hen no other.
The same fence should^ not enclose a
>nng orchard and cattle.
Get your ground rendyflforftliose trees
>11 uicnn to act out this fall.
Save seed from any novelticsi that have
roved satisfactory with*you.
Harvest the onions asisoon as ripe.
Hieu dry store in a codi.dry place.
Illack rap raspberries dodiotter set out
i the spring. Put othersout this fall.
Stop cultivating the grapes vines. The
ood must be given a.cliauceHo harden.
Put no "wind falls" in the'* barrels of
o. 1 apples. It will pay in the long
in.
If thcro is marsh ha}* nearfyou get somo
l readiness for covering" the strawurries.
Currant and gooseberry cuttiugs will
0 better set out now than to wait till
iring. Try it and see.
Pegin your intense farming this fall by
timing all the weeds about the place bene
they shell their seeds.
If you can put out some grape vines
lis fall do not wait till spring, you inay
e crowded with work then.
You need not wait till the frost drops
je leaves from currant ami gooseberry
ushes before making cuttings.
Where are the mower ami liorsernke?
letter have them housed to-day. They
fill be of better value next season if they
rc. ^
While the corn is curing in the shock
1 a good t ime to get out. the manure that
ins been accumulating during this sumaor.
Hy the way, do you make your wife
n cijual partner ill the farm plans? She
nay be the "hotter half" of the firm if
on will.
Every farmer should look over his
afin of?en and examine his fences so
hat his stock will not destroy his crops
rr ifc [oB,ml in his neighbor's lot.
Whoij a man wants an idea, ho
cratches his hcml. When a farmer wants
crop ho scratches his land, and the
mtder he scratches the hotter the crop.
Don't let any green tomatoes go to
waste. Apples are scarce and green
omatoes make excellent pies?are good
riod, arc good several ways. Have
hem.
Very often the surplus product of a
arm can not bo more profitably invested
hfii by putting into under drains, till
h? thorough drainage of the cultivated
and be accomplished.
Where thorough and clean culture lias
icen practiced one can see how the crops
ay hold of the fertilizers aud arc correipondingly
larger. It pays to he energetic
n fighting the weeds.
The size of the tile should be in prolortion
to the leugth of the draiu and
lio amnnnt r%f fall in thr? lint tlm
Inodiug of a dram tile depends somewhat
>n the depth to which It is sunk.
A correspondent of the Orange Judd
Farmer complains that on his farm
san ftn.'CT a OTph jsfflt. unall.
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Flax seed that hasboeu exposed in the
field to the sun's ray's until it is dry to
brittlencss, still holds a latent moisture,
which will develop when the seed Is eonfined
in a mass and result in heat and decomposition.
A farmer should take care to keep easy
and safe ways of ingress and egress k>
his eulitvated fields. More wagons are
broken down by going through deep furrows
or over ridges than by twice the
travel on smooth highways.
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??. in uiun iu?t wesieni iarmcrs were |
Inking warning from tbo experience of
their eastern brethorn. When they are
under necessity of buying fertilizers
to keep up the fertility of their lands
they will sing a more doleful soug thau
Ihey do now.
rhy, tVrttvii .to u I oiupilss.
A few days ago I was standing by an
imcricati gentleman, when I expressed a
lislt to know which point was the North,
lent once pulled out his watch, looked
t it and pointed to the North. I asked
im whether he had a compass attached
? his watch. "All watches," he relied,
"are compasses." Then lie exlained
to ine how this was. Point the
our hand to the sun, and the South is
xactly half-way between the hour and
io figure XII. on the watch. For inance,
suppose that it is four o'clock,
oint the hand indicating four to the
in, and II. on the watch is exactly
until. Suppose that it is eight o'clock,
>int the hand indicating eight to the
in, and the figure X. on the watch is
ic South. My American friend was
uitc surprised that I did not know this,
hinkiug that very possibly I was ig.
urant of a thing that every one else
lew, and happening to meet Mr. Stuny,
I asked that eminent traveler
hether ho was aware of this simple
odo of discovering the points of the
unpass? lie said that he had never
:ard of it. I presume, therefore, that
o world is in the same stato of ignorce.
Amalfi is proud of having been
a home of the inventor of the compass?
lo not know what town boasts ot my
ncrican friend as * citizen.?London
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A Georgia farmer/'?as bought only
iv-flve cents -
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. '
to remove taint odors.
The smell of paint may be taken away
by closing up the room ami setting in the
centre of it a pan of lighted charcoal ou
which have been thrown some juniper '
berries. Leave this in the iooui for a
day and night, when the smell of the
paint will be gone. Bomo persons pref^pi >*
a pail of water in which ahaudfni of hay
is soaking. This is also effectual in removing
the odor of tobacco snvoko from
n room.?l~Orfc Tttl.
TIIE DINING ROOM TADlits.
It is a greut saving of expense, both a9
regards your linen press and your laundry
work, if you keep your dining room
tabic well polished, ami use small center
cloths for breakfast and luncheon, reserving
the heavy damask tablecloth for
dinner only. Although nothiug cau be
more refined and attractive than a perfectly
appointed table, with the whitest
and finest of damask beautifully laundered,
a cloth that has been used, and is
the least soiled, is on the contrary really
repulsive. And yet with a large family
and nu overtuxod laundress, it is sometimes
impossible to have a fresh chango !
for every meal. Ou that account, there
fore, we advocate the small center cloth, 1
not as a substitute, be it understood, for
spotless uapcry, but in lieu of that which '
is not altogether spotless. Moreover, it
is a change, and the table can be made to I
look very attractive with a pretty cloth.' !
These are made iii various ways, from I
the plain square of damask to those with J
beautifully made cut-work border or i
German embroidery in silk on heavy I
linen. Hut your own taste and the I
means ot gratifying it will be the best i
guides in these matters.?New York '
Tribune.
TO FUESnBN OLT> CI.OTIUNG.
The way to make oUl clothes look like 1
new is described in the American Analyst,
as follows:
Take, for instance, a shiny old coat, ,
vest, or pair of pauts, of broadcloth, i
cassimere or diagonal. The scourer
makes a strong, wariu soapsuds and
plunges the garmeut into it, souses it up 1
and down, rubs the dirty places, if j
necessary puts it through a second suds,
then rinses it through several waters,and 1
hangs it to dry on the line. When nearly |
dry, he takes it in, rolls it up for au '
hour or two, and then presses it. An 1
old cotton cloth is laid on the outside of
the coat and the iron passed over that j
until the wrinkles are out; but the iron i
is removed before the steam ceases to
rise from the goods else they would bo
shiny. Wrink les that arc obstinate are '
removed by laying a wet cloth over them
and passing the iron over that. If any !
shiny places are seen, they are treated as 1
the wrinkles arc; the iron is lifted, while j
the full cioud of steam rises and brings '
the nap up with it. Cloth should always j
have suds made specially for it, as if that j
which has been used lor white cotton or '
woolen clothes be used lint will be left in [
the water, and cling to the clotb. In I
this manner we have known the same
coat and pantaloons to be renewed time j
and again, and have all the look and feel i
of new garments. Good broadcloth and 1
its fellow cloths will beat many washings, |
and look better every time because of !
them.
SF.ARONABI.E BREAKFAST DlBItES.
Frizzled Beef?Cut dried beef very
thin. To every half a pound allow a
tablcspoonful of butter, half pint of
milk, and one tablespoonful of flour.
Melt the butter in a frying-pan, add the
beef, and stir over the lire live minutes;
sprinkle in the flour, stir again, pour in
the milk, season with pepper, stir until
it boils, and serve immediately. j
Kidney Taute - -Split the kidneys in
halves lengthwise, and trim. Cut in
pieces. Put two ounces of butter iu a
frying-pan; let melt; add a small onion,
cut iu slices, with the kidney. Stir over
a brisk tire four or five minutes; then add
n tablespoonful of tlr.ur; stir again; pour
in a teacup of soup stick (or hot water)
season with salt, nenner. the iuice of a
lemon, nnd a teaspoonful of grape jelly;
stir well and serve hot.
Lamb Cutlets With Mushrooms?Trim
and cut six lamb cutlets about half an
inch thick; roll in grated crackers, and
JlU*1 U'V, W* .V to
"WwLrro sHuce tnlXiT fender; then mash
and strain them through a vegetable
straiuer; add a teacup ol the sauce, put
in the center of a dish; arrange the cutlets
around, and pour over brown sauce.
Hash on Toast?Cut nieces of cold
meat into small squares; to every pint allow
one tablespoonful of butter, one of
flour and half a pint of boiling water.
Put the butter on a frying-pan, let
brown, add the flour; mix well, |>our in
the water, and stir until it boils, and
add the meat ; season with salt and pepper.
Let simmer over a moderate fire
ten minutes. Toast squares of stale
bread, butter, ami lay in a hot dish;
spread the hash on thickly and pour the
gravy over.
Cecils?Take two cups of cold, finelychopped
meat, the yolks of two eggs,
a tablespoonful of butter, have a teacup
of stale bread crumbs, a teaspoonful ol
meg, a little pepper and salt, mix all together
well, put in a frying-pan and stir
over the tire until well heated. Take up,
and spread on a large dish to cool.
When cold, form in little bills, dip first
in beaten egg then in breui crumbs, anc
fry in boiling luru.
KlV^ltrpnil Prnnlw.Hfl'i rPr,rr? onS ri?
?-?......I"..hoil
a pair of sweotbreads; chop tine.
Put a teacup of new milk in a saucepan,
and set on the fire to boil. Hub a tablespoonful
of flour and two of flavor together,
and stir into the boiling milk
with the mushrooms; let cook until very
thick. Take from the fire, season with
salt and pepper, two tablespoonfuls of
chopped mushrooms, half a teaspoonful
of onion juice and * tablespoonful of
chopped parsley; mix well and turn out
to cool. When cold, form into croquettes,
dip first in egg and then in
bread crumbs, and fry in boiling fat.?
Courier- Jon rnal.
Seamless Steel boats.
Mr. Ileslop of Leeds, England, hat
devised a method of forming steel b >ats
without a seam by one operation. Tho
metal plate used is one-sixteenth inch
thick, and of oval shape. It Is heatcil
in a furnace and then molded in a die
to tho required form by hydraulic proasure.
Three dies are employed to gait}
the form by degrees, und thus preserve
the metal from crac king or buckling*
The boat is then pol ished, and fitted up
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V
rUE ATHLETES OF JAPAN.
lYONDRRFUIJMUSCnTLiAR DEVELOPMENT
of^hek weestlebs.
Their Heroic Aode of Training?The
Until i?<jiuiportniit?Herculean
ijjL'onl Wii'y.
'JapaigfMcontortiouists have an
iuteruationalW lfputation. On every
country road> If Japan you will find
bauds of th?3M)K?^>oy8, ranging in ago
froiu six to foutleeu, and these boys will
twist themselves into more shapes than
the india-rubber man of the American
dime-museum.*. They will wrap their
toes about their heads as they lie on their
stomachs, and will look out of their
almond eye* as they frame their faces
with their ankles. They will*turn their
heads around so that they seem to bo sot
on their shoulders wrong, side first, and
will briug themselves into so many
positions that you can hardly believe
that they have any bones in their bodies,
and you feel that they are hardly human.
Among fhe best developed men I have
cvci^seen ?re the laborers of the Takashiina
coal mines, who work all day
underground, aud whose labors are
carried on in a network of passages of
more than fifty miles in length, which
extends under the sea nbout one of the
islands of western Japan. These men
carry great loads. They work from dawn
until dark, and their daily hot bath and
their fieo "wis muscles of
which any turner in America would be
proud.
The Japanese consider the bath and
gymnastics of such importance to health
that they have introduced them into the
training of the soldiers of their regular
army. The soldiers of Japan are put
through a full set of exercises every day.
They swing dumb-bells, jump on the
parnllel-bars, and go through the severest
of physical training. The bath-rooms are
one of the institutions of every barrack,
and the soldiers arc required to bailie all
over once a day, aud they have to tnko
hot baths three times a week. Their
diet is rico instead of hard-tack, and
they have an allowance of six cents per
day for other food.
The professiona' athletes of Japan are
the great wrestlers who seem to be of a
different race from the ordinary Japanese,
and who have a system of training very
different from that of John L. Sullivan
or Jake Kilraig. These men bclicvo in
the accumulation rather than the reduction
of fat, and they are great, tall fellows
of six feet or more, aud weigh from
two hundred to three hundred pounds.
Tbey train themselves largely by pounding
and by being pounded by their fellows.
They have great strength of neck,
and they increase this by butting against
one another with their heads and striking
their opponents in the chest, so that
the noise is that of a batteringram.
Tlicy butt at wooden posts
with their shoulders, pound their flesh,
and stamp the earth with their feet. 1
saw an exhibition at which nbout a hundred
of these wrestlers contested, during
a visit I paid to Japan a year or so ago.
The wrestlers came into the room entirely
naked, with the exception of a belt nbout
the loins. Before beginning, they made
the earth shake with their stamping, and
they glsred *t eaeh other like demons.
They made many false starts, and when
iknn *K?2. 1 1 a
t lit*V ^in|i|Mt;ij, men UIIIBUICS piuuu urn
like rnpe* If****!- twn", and It
was a battle of the giauts. They have a
wonderful strength of wrist and fingers,
and now and then one would grasp his
opponent by the belt, and, lifting his
three hundred pounds high iu the air,
would throw him over his shoulder, and
he would fall on the earth with a terrible
thud, while the umpire would raise his
fsu and yell out the Japanese word for
victory. The most noted Japaneso
wrestlers have as great rcputntions as
those of our pri/.c fighters, and the
profession of wrestling dates back to
the beginning of the Japanese history.
The rules of the ring are quite as rigid
as those of the Marquis of Quecnsbury,
aud there are forty-eight falls which eon
be made. The very best class of the
Japanese people patronizes these wrestlers,
and a rich man often has a party of
them come aud ffrestle at his receptions
for the entertainment of his guests. Some
of the most noted statesmen are patrons
ul wrestlers, jtpd one qQht^bUll^ "Wtfo
nick named the ' Wrestler." The wrestling
goe, un in both its public exhibitions
and at private entertainments without the
aid of betting, and so far the muscular
exhibitions of Japan have not been corrupted
by the vice of pool-selling.?jSeio
l'urk Ltdqt r.
Animal Worship.
Among primitive peoples all animals
nie supposed to bo endowed with souls,
which in many rasys have formerly animated
human beings. Hence a likeness
is often recognized between an animal
and some deceased friend, and tho
animal is addressed as the person would
.H-jii, aoa Honored with a kind of
worship. Many tribes call themselves by
the name of ami even derive their pedigree
from some animal. Its cries become
the omens of the tribe, and thus
iniW"*miiv&Vt'nations!" in the modern
world the most civilized people among
whom animal worship vigorously survives
lie within the range of lirahminisni.
Mere the sacred cow is not merely to bo 1
spared; she is as a deity worshiped and
bowed to daily by the pious Hindoo.
Siva is incarnate in Hnnuinan, the
monkey god. The dtvinc king of birds,
tiarudn, is Vislrnu's vehicle, and the
forms of fish and boar ami tortoise
assumed in the avatar legends of Viahun.
Perhaps no worship has prevailed more
widely than that of the serpent. It had
its place in Egypt and among the
Hebrews; in Greece and Rome; among
the Celts and Scandinavians in Europe;
in Persia and ludia; in China and
Thibet; in Mexieo and Peru, and in
Africa, where it still flourishes as the
slato religion in Dahomey.?Brooklyn
Cilitrn /
A Paste Which Will St is* Anything j
A past?*irhTcfCiritt stick anything is
said by Professor NVinchell to be made (
as follows: tnfm \jmo ounces of clenr (
gum arable, one gnu a half ounces of fine
starch, and half an ounce of white sugar. |
Dissolve the gum arable in much water
as the laundress would nseforthequanti- (
ty of starch indicated. Mi* the starch
nod sugar with the mucilage. Then cook
the mixturo in a vewwl suspended in
boiling water until the starch becomes
clear. The cement should be as thick as
tar, and kept so J "i*^n be kept from
spoiling by thoA camphor or a
mMUm
WHAT CURES I
Editorial I>ittt>rence of Opinion on an Importnut
Hlkjcct.
What is the force that ousts disease; and
which is the uiont convenient apparatus for
applying it? How far is the regular physician
useful to us because we believe in him,
and how far are but pills and-powder* ana
tonics only the material representatives of I
his personal influence on our health?
The regular doctors cure; the homoeopathic
doctors cure; the Hahnemann!tee care:
and so do the faith cures and the mind
cures, and the so-called Christian scientists,
and the four-dollar-and-a-halt advertising
itinerants,and the patent medicine men.They
all hit, and thoy ail miss, and the great difference?one
groat difference?in the result
is that when tho regular doctors lose a patient
no one grumbles, and when the Irregular
doctors lose one the community stands
on end and bowls.?Rochester Union and
Advertiser.
Nature cures, but naturo can be aided, hindered
or defeated in tho curative prooees.
And the Commercial's contention is that it
is the part of rational beings to seok and
trust' the advice of men of good character
who have studied the human system and
learned, as far as nioleru science' lights the
woy, how far they can nid nature and how
they can best avoid obstructing her.?Buffalo
Commercial.
It is notour purpose to cousidor the evils
that result from employing the unscrupulous,
tho ignorant, charlatans and quacks to
prescribe for the maladies that afflict the
human family. We simply declare that the
physician who knows Something is lietter than
the physician who knows nothing, or very
little indeed about thestructuro and tlieconditionsof
the human system. Or course "he
does not know it all.'*?Rochester Morning
Herald.
X have used Wurner's Safe Cure and but
Cor its timely use would have been, 1 verily
believe, in my gravo frpm what the doctors
termed llright's Disease.?D. F. Bhritior, senior
Editor Bcioto Gazette. Chillicotho, Ohio,
in a letter dated Juno 30. 181)0.
Greenland's Ice Cap.
The aspect of these boundless wastes'
rolling away in scarcely perceptible undulations,
and in the distance mingling
the gray of their snows with the gray of
the skies, at first gave the impression
that Greenland was a uniform plateau, a
sort of horizontal table. Tho belief now
prevails that the rocky surfaco of the
land is, on tho coutrary, carved into
mountains and hills, valleys and gorges,
but that the plastic snows and ico have
gradually filled up all tho cavities, which
1IUW BIIUW UU1J 111 NIIIUUSItll'B uu
the surface. Allowing to the whole mass
of the ice cap an average thickness of 50Q
feet, it would represent a total volume of
100,000 cubic miles. This sermer suak,
or "great ice" of the Greenlanders, flows
like asphalt or tar with extreme slowness
eastward, while the surface is gradually
leveled by the suow falling during the
course of ages and distributed by the
winds. In the interior of the country
the surface of the ice and snow is nil
smooth as if it were polished, looking
like "the undisturbed surface of a frozen
ocean, the long but not high billows of
which, rolling from east to west, are not
easily distinguishable to the eye."'
Nevertheless, says a writer in Popular
Science Monthly, the exterior form of the
ice cap has been greatly diversified at
least on ils outer edge, where in many
places it is difficult to cross, or even
quite impossible. The action of lateral
pressure, of heat produced by the tie-'
mendous friction, of evaporation and filtration,
has often broken the surface into
innumerable cones a few yards high, in
form and color resembling the tents of
an encampment.
A New Puzzle.
A new puzzle has been sprung upon
the inoffensive people of this weary
world. It is an innocent-looking affair,
and an inexpensive one withal, but more
deadly than "pigs in the pen." This
latest brain-raking device consists simply
of three columns of figures, arranger! thus:
1 1 1
3 8 3
5 5 5
11 1
\
9 9 9
Trr, 11itt [juim i.i" ui nail togctiwr 8tv
six of the above figure1! and make 1h<
total 21. ? Philadelphia Record.
The World's Silk Output.
The production of silk throughout the
world last year is estimated at 11.7<h>
tons, as against 11,548 tons in 188S,
11,888 tons in 1887, 10,594 tons in
1886 and 9002 tons in 1885. The average
for the four ycals from 1885 to
1888 was 10,748 tons. The 1889 crop was
rather above it, although scarcely any
silk was produced in Ryria and other
parts of the Levant.?fs>ndon Time*.
(-'milled In Ihc licet.
Allan* entitled to the liest that their money
will bny, so every family should have, at once
a hott|?? of t h? beit family remedy, Syrnp of
Fine, to cleanse tlio system when costive or bilious.
For sale in 60c. and II bottles by nil
leadioK druKvists. -* ' *
. 1 WONKY IN CfllCKKNH.
V fl for 25c. a ld>page book, experience
of a practical pout try ralaer during
W/W iyears. It tenches how to deteei
T.T TT and cure diseases; to feed for eggs
OSM=;VAaC5ftrand for fattening;' which fowls to
save for breeding, Ac., Ac. Address
HOOK FUH. HOUHK, IS4 Leonard St., N. Y. City.
IjHND YOUR
uv friet eiaaa* oictio.vibt /jflnA
i ?yb"fht1 ii,he remarkably low prlr?
ff.onlj ?I.e?, postpaid Thli Roukmn fV/B ll
Miin? *11 nm-ir nnnt?*1 pam of cloar W'JH
^.r^LwrS/n" s5 Vfi?i
Yr\
thoroughly fwrnllUr with Knglliih. or to ? A
iSM^, u?""? \J|
__j?0g_WnTiotW. Ui Uwrt ?.. lowTrrtCUr.
H N U. ?40
Comes F.v
/mTJg?*n& "X T# * "?*?
f\ llirnrm, wll
LB ' ?" Tlif) Youth'*
'mJllKV from that 4?
"YVj^s. NUW IIERH, i
I ^ 49 AtUrmt, '
Remarkable Lakes. 2a
Tno deepest lake in the world is Lako
Baikal, in Siberia. Its aroa of ovei 9000 ? j,
sqare miles makes it about equal to wLake
Erie in superficial extent; its enormous
depth of between 4000 to 4500 feet j
makes its volume of water almost equal . w
to that of Lake Superior. Although its
surface is 1330 feet above sea level, its {X
bottom averages over 3000 below the
samo level. j
America hasfcgJtiM^rtticb, although
its waters are thoso of the 1*C
Siberian wonder/ W6" Dears a unique fa
distinction. It is located in tho Yosemite
Valley, and is called Mirror Lake. )
On account of tho height and sheer do- II
scent of the surrounding mountains, tho
sun does not riso upon it until 11:30 p
o'clock iu the morning nud sets seventy- *
three minutes later.?St. Louit Iiepub- hi
licon. j-?
There are a great many things that go oi
without Maying, out woman is not one of
ibeui. _
Brown's Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia. Ma- CI
lariu. Biliousnessand General Debility. (Jives J
rdrcngth, sides DigestIon, tones the nerves - Cl<
crea'ea appotito. The best tonic for Nursing .
Mothers, weak women and children. LI
W
From the oil of grasshoppers a Spanish inventor
claims to make the finest soap yot C!
produce'.).
Lm Wa> ChlnfM Headache Care. Harm* n
lees In effect. quick and positive In action,
Sent prepaid on receipt of ftl per bottle. u
Adelor St Co..5&i WyandotteBt.,hansaeOltyjdo
From the oil of grasshoppers a Spanish in- ?
von tor claiui8 to make the finest soap yot
produced. _
WomanA her diseases andttaetr treatment. t<
iz pages, HJUHiraten; pn???. Kent npon r?orfpt
of lOc., coot of malllng.eto. Addrtww l*ro<. it
U. II. Kum, M.D., Kll Arch St., Phil**, Pa- ,^
Ivc-mcmy is wealth; but it ia a kind of
ui uli I) that tbo rich ui<to find* it hard to
ti nnsfer to his s u.
l?o You K*rr Mpcculntc f '
Any person antidlntr us their nam-< an 1 ft I- t
dram will receive inforination that will Iwl
ti? a fortune. Itcnl. l/iwla <& Co., Security T
Building, Kansas t 'lty. Mo. ,
The preacher fails who trlea to preach a _
h ctriue that hasn't been tested in nla own T
honk
Mai.akia cured and eradicated from the
system by Hrown's Iron Hitters, which enriclics
the blond, tones the nerves, aids digestion.
Acts like a charm on persona in general to
111 health, giving new energy and strength. F
White plno board* are now made by re
lueing small trees and limbs to pulp and
pi e slug in iuolds.
FITS stopped free by 1>h. Ki.t*r.*s ORrAT ,
NaitVK. RttwroHr.K. No tits after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Troatlsc atvl Si trial bittle
free. Dr. Kline. ??t Arch St., I'liila., Pa.
fr The toughest fowl can bo made eatable if |
put l't i old water, plenty of it, and cook* I I
v, i s slowly fromttVP to six bourn
Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranchee I
In Miaeourl, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas, .
bough land sold. Tyler A Oo^ Kansas City, Mo, I
In i ondeiupiiig the vanity of women, men ,
c hiip'ain of the tire that they themselves '
have kindhx*. i
Beechnut's Pills Cure Sick Headache.
He frsis enough whoso wife scolds at. dini"
i * iroo.
Catarrh in the Head
Originates iu acrofu ou* mint Id % blood. Hence
the . roper method hy which to cure catarrh Is to
purify the blond. Its mnny disagreeable symptom*
mid the danger of developing Into bronchitis or that
tcrrlbt.v fatal disease, consumption, are entirely reni
.ved hy Hood's Sarsiparllla, which cures catarrh
by pin Ify lug I ho blood; It a so tones up the system.
"For 8 year* I have been troubled with i^tQlTh JA
the head. Indigestion and general debility. I never
had faith In such medicines, but concluded to try a
bottle of Hood's KarsaptiUI*. It did me o much
good thai I continued Its use II I I have taken live
tottles. My he llh has greatly Improved, and I feel
like a different wi man. ?Mrs. J. It. Adams, 8 Hlchmend
St., Newark, N. J.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
! ol<l by nil liriiKRlsU. (I; si* for $."> ITepared oulj
l > C. 1. HOOD A CO., Lowell, Mus. i
IOO Doses One Dollar
ssza
THE POSIT
KLY BROTHERS, M Wnrroj
I2I DobI Cough Medieino. F
Cures where nil else fails. I
U| taste. Children take it with
MmyKriglj
I For Coughs ? Colds
Tliero U no lladlcln* Ilk*
DR. SCHENCK'S
PULMONIC
r SYRUP.
It la ple*a*nt to the taata and
doe* not contain a pallida c4
opium oranjlhinc Inlnrlou*. It
I* III* HeetCoiifrh Medicine In tha
_ . ^ ? World. For Halo by all Urufrmaw,
Prlc*. fl.00 par hot tlo. Dr. Bchanrk'a Book on
xwuTOinniiun ami II* t'nr?. millrd free. Addrta
Uoh*n?!> Allrai. Vhllarfalwkla. 1
purrhiutn one /the cele- a
United SMITH / WESSON f
arms. The One. /email arm*
ever manufactured and the ?J/ )f ?)
Drat choice of all expert*. *S*r^S HI
Manufactured In calibre* Si, 88 aud 41-ino. Sin M|
ale or double action. Safely Hammerles* ami '5B'
Target model*. Conatructedentirely of beat aaal*
l?y nroaghl atrel. carefully Inapected for work*
manshlp and stock, they nrti unrivaled for Mntab,
durability and accuracy. I><> not be deceived by
cheap malleable runt-Iron Imltatlaaa whlca
are often aoldfor the genuine article and are not
only unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH *
WESSON Revolver* are all stamped upon the barrel
with (Irm'a name, addresa ami date of patenu
and are guaranteed perfect In every detail. In tat
upon having the genuine artlole, and If your
dealer oannot supply you an order aent to nddreaa
below will receive prompt and careful attention.
Oeocrlpttve catalogue and prices furnished upon applleatlnn.
SMITH & WESSON,
PVMention LhU paper. Harluglteld. ftlnaa.
try II etk Pintly IllutiraUd ? Rend in 4AO.OOO I
re Double Holiday Numbe
ig, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Four
FREE TO 1891.
Makarrlkcr wha WII.I. CUT OUT and -end mm i
k name aad Poal-Odlce addreaa and 01.73, w?
f'aaapaiiloa FREE tfc Janaary 1, lMftl, aad far
ile. Tkla after larladrn ike PITS DOUBLE 1
tad all tka 11. i.I'mtk t TED WKKKI.V hi im'i
The Youth's Companion, Boston,
v I
Uhotna Quid? Book and Map sent anr wfaar*
receipt of 60 cte.Ty lor * (Jo^Kan? Otty.Ma
rhe crow don Dot fly from a oorafUld
||? nt onww. ^
Let every enfeelied woman
low it! There's a medicine
at'll cure her, and the proof's
>sitivc!
Here's the proof ? if it
)esn't do you good within
asonable time, report the
ct to its makers and get
>ur money back without
word?but you won't do it!
The remedy is Dr. Pierce's
avorite Prescription?and it
is proved itself the right
:medy in nearly every case
female weakness.
It is "not a miracle. It won't
ire everything?but it has
one more to build-up tired,
nfeebled and broken - down
omen than any other mediine
known.
Where's the woman who's
ot ready for it ? All that
c've to do is to get the
ews to her. The medicine
rill do the rest. ^
?*r , , nr t?; m_
vv anted ??- vv omen. r irsi
3 know it. Second to use
:. Third to be cured by it.
flic one comes of the other.
The scat of sick headache
5 not in the brain. Regulate
he stomach and you cure it.
)r. Pierce's Pellets arc the
ittlc regulators.
RINITY COLLEGE.
A TllKh grade Oollogo for Young M"n.
Bfrt lm-tnn tli'ii, limlltii: t.i Five VrKirw.
Itoti.chiiMc i x | i ti-< v $l.Vi |n ii n j car. <
Five new luilldingR In V" ortvlcil thin yritr. '
3# in ntrli'tiliiti .s mid gm.liiidr.H In rorent Mate U*Inluic.
tend for Catalogue, Unlit tin, licgreo .Book. Klc.
roe.
John f. OnotvF.il, a. n? |>n. I.rrr., 1'rea..
Trinity College, K.xndnlpli Co., M. O.
Vex! term opent.tnnunr.v Int.
Telegraphy and Shorthand.
a iidlng .School Mouth. Catalogue Kr?e.
Count A l.t'ur.Nnicr.L, Scnola, Oa.
.((lor ht|! It v . uoo:c-k?>piux, ituftim*. kujIba'
vumk i'ninmntii.n Arttnmello, Sliqrt'nwu,mtk.
Ik utorouifulj tuught by it All. Clivulnre iriti
Bryant'* I'chctr, 457 Ham n<~. MuHat^ W.
PATENTS Mite
1 W ? |>Mrat. Rrnl Free.
Patrick O'Farrell, WAHHrSuTON.
f\ I B PUI > 1 I A sure euro for Klieumetlam
llllt n fit B U <>nd (lout, Ordinary caaei
hbhohi or or.tr require
ttoro thin one liottK I'rlc.t SJ.OH per bottle.
kVtl. nil INM. 11.> \ s:|.i, New Orleans. I .a.
A PIRIH ?-7??sss
31 r l US StlrrxrMK:
bjommmhshii m woom-ey.m.d.
Atlanta, liu. uttlcc 10IS Whitehall 0k
DCMCinUC Or*a? PENSION Ml
rtNolUriO l8Pissed.,?E;?S
. i i iii anand fuktrf art ?
Htlad to9ia a ino. fro tl" ?hn too get roar ?*
B*?b tr?a. jwumt M. MCTM. n
C ORN Meal. Flour & Millfeed. .
wjutk Ftllt i'll ick--8- 1
richmond city
34(Ml In 330(1 Willinnmbarsr Aer.,
It ICH id ON Ik. VI IK.I NI A. >
nruomuc NEW law claim
rtHolUnir Mile B. Stevens &Cn
Alieruejra, 111!) V St., IVuklnilM, D. O.
IIranch other., i'lftrliad, Detroit,chinegm,
m prijtk (Silver or Poata! note)pays '<* foo*
UCH I O name and addrww in the"Jthe*ft|F
II .t-ir./, i/i., v" winch tw whirling all orer
w iii.) us JcOxnada. and you will get hundred*
of ft.-iino'iu*. hook*. eiictilai. nm.i.naneni mimttnfla. * .* *
&<- . Ir >m I ante IniMniwH Ihiq?w >mf pobllehera who
went intent*. I'?? Mill yrt Mn <*! Qnnl rffllig frt* and
rf fivf in'tri- nn(l<ir (lin.uxli the null than ever, and
will Ihj > 'il I'l'innl with tlw email iiiveet roent. eddreae
WOVCI-TV PIWCCTOWt C?.. r. 0. Be? 3?. Haaatea.Va.
TVE "uRE. ,
Eecommcntletl by Physicians. |*J
Mcowant mikI ajjrccablo to ?ho
out objection. By ilrus^isls. |*|
#i
igp*
BI((ilithaaekaujMM
leading remedy for alltM
Cnren In^H unnatural dlaebamt tM
to61)AYR.^| Private dleeaaea of men. 1
iiiuuM seul certain cure for the 4aM?
tam Butatara. tatlng weakneaa pactdlav
P>^i to women.
EJ T "/'"'h.'' . I preacribe It and feel ante
MTHttYMttOwtltir.ilCo. In recommending lit*
^^OiNCHiiIl.oBn all eufTerers.
v.a. a. *7J. SfOHfR, M 0.,Dfctrun,In,
>aM^ PwwdMB.
n ^v>\ /^oumV
r- \ / #UliCO \
TOM 8CALE3 \ / OF \
$60 1 (BIN6HAMT0N) M
Beam Box Tare Beam / V%, N. Y. a#
-VASELINEr
FOR A ONK-IIOl.l.AK Rll.t. Mnlm by inaK
we will iIhIIvi r, frcn or nil < liar?>'?. to HOT poison la
tho Unlt-il Males, nil of llie following articles, Ml*"
fully pock* l:
One two-ounce Imltld of Pure Vnnollnc, - IOcM.
One two-ounce bottle of Vaaellne Pomade, - IS "
One Jar of Vaseline Cold Cream, - - - - - 15"
One Cake of Vaseline Camphor Ice, - - - - W
One Cake of Vaseline Kotp, unncented, 10"
One Cake of Vaaellne Soap, exquisitely ecented.V
One two-ounoc bott e of White Vaseline, - - J5"
Or for poataoe stamp* nay etnpie artieta at Sr t
named. On no account he persuaded to accept from
l/*/ur druo\ji*t any Vtieellne or {^reparation therefrom
unless labclle<l with our name, because you vW earIntnlw
receive an imitation which hae Ktllt or nooahm
I keaekwk air- < - ? ? - -
- ? ? ?/?.. i tn?l? W., M, T.
amiUu- Tft-vh.^A.
rS. ?MPANION
hol'IDAV
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