The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 12, 1892, Image 4

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i THE BONO Of MACE. A song li astir in the air, And 1 would drink it in With the rcent of the roses rich and rare, But still tha battle's din King* in my cars and deafen* me; I cannot hear the strain. Xhe noise of the world, its misery. Throbs like a bitter pain. j>T"'_Ju, ?Ut aow u<^ tt>w' u ,n despair vleeek to rend an ordeny one *""" $<(>' <1 e e l, tlicrj was no "how! su|, l? is olaunod that tlie men wht jnaue The most nuWHhtll from adjoining counties. Lei us liope\hnt il.u uc 4 aE C oid A peaceful nek, Though the warrior's laurels f fail to gain, Or riches of the mart. For thst sweet song will glee me rest, And banish all distress. The flowers of Ood and the gold of the Wesb Will he my happiness. ?Flavel Hcott Mine*. in Fiarp?r'.* Iiazsr. HIS HAY^AT HOME. BT EMM* A ??PrER. PO, I c an't say F en|ny George's ?i< k day* at home," said Mm.l'nr fltt. "Fle's sure to be poking into things and making himself generally disagreeable. Gear boy! ho isn't that way any other time. F'll warrant. you, Conny"? Mrs. I'arfltt shot a humorous glanc* at her husband's ox tremely pretty young cousin, who stood, iu street attire, waiting for her--'Mhat he won't want to give mc the money for my new jacket to-day at all. Hut. there's the C/'arr,enters' reception Thursday.and? Wait for me! I'll try it." And Mrs. Parfitt ran down stairs, with a valiant smile. fche found her husband in the library. He was young and c.omely, but a atrip of red flannel on hi* throat, a shawl untidily worn, and a gloomy expression of countenance, did not improve him. 'I'd stay at home, dear," said Mrs. Parfitt, 4,if there was anything I could do for you." There isn't,"said her husband, shortly. "This beastly cold has got to wear itself out." "Conny and I are going out for a little shopping, then. And if you can iot. ne have (he money for my spring jacket now, (Jeorgef I'm a little late about getting it as it is, you know. It's the tan one, with a striped satin lining?awfully pretty?at. Hright'a?" "I don't know anything about any jacket !M (lenrge snapped. "I'm harassed enough in mind and body, Kate, without your poisecuting me." "In nnnd'f" said Mrs. Parfitt, patiently resigning herself. Tht? was one of George's days at home. "Yes, in mind I" He threw off his shawl, and sat up and glowered at her. "What do you think about Hugh Dudley and Oonstance, anyhow?" "Hugh Dudley and?Constance?" "That's what I said. He'a coming here all the time, isn't he? What's ho coming f<?r ?"' Mrs. Parfitt. looked into her lap. A sinile dawned on her fresh lins. I?really, I?"she murmured. "I led responsible for Constance," aid Gtorge, scowling impartially at everything. "1 Hsked her here, ami if *h? i|i?es a a * thing to?to disgrace thn fhrn11> , I shall feel to blame tor it. Hugh Ihiri toy! Would I'ncle Joo or Aunt Agnes want her to many Hugh Dudley? A inere? mere?" no tit term presenting itself. "I don't like him!" Mr. Parfitt proceeded, warmly. "In the coffee hrtsi ness An I I don't believe he knows who hi* grandfather was'" Mr?-. Parfitt looked oddly demure. Isn't the > r lh:e business creditable, George. dear?" she queried. "And th?Dud'eys ,r<i. H very good family. George, really. md everybody like* Hugh." * 1 don't! George retorted. "Hugh Dudley! ? when, nri'h the (lightest ?a roarsc rr.enr. Thomas Paifotth?'* OrilU ;g3lll J**"1" murmured. ? >h,\kA* ' ? trcerefy that _uuuim *J*)ni>s (l frj(.nrf nf mine; ftTf erne in the fellows. Tom's a brick?a~ brick. Tom Danforth is!" said Mr. Parfitt, with an emphasi* which amounted to liercene**. "And for Constance Bergen to deliberately take up with the worse nan ol the two, when she might have tin better, it galls me! I'll never indie her lo re again, initvl you that?nor aoyhorlv 1st ! ' He firing bark into his chair. "I think funny will?perhaps?he Jiving hrre before long, dear, ' iris wife rejoined, mildly. She had retreated to the ball. "And you ? won't give rnc the money for my iack?" "No said hei husband, emphatic ally. He heard the front door close dire? *lv. and ?hi*1 t?? himself that he was more than glad he alone. Hi supposed that Constance was up sfair-,,'Uf lie whs in no moot! for talking to Constance?far from it. He was thoroughly hii'I indignantly out <>f patience with her. He went into the kitchen am! sake! the took to make him some gingei ten Immediately. Returning, he ?aw from the window a sight which caused him to 'ittei an exasperated growl. Hugh Dudley was driving up briskly in hih roadcart? lie cart and his well-groomed horse and his own good-looking face all shining in the raya of the morning sun CJeorge met him at the <lr?o? ?? mai l could answer the bell. "Is Miss I terpen?" the caller began, with a questioning smilo, offering to shake hands. Mi. Parfitt ignored his hand. ".she ie not at home,'' he said, deriTatelv, with n i trace of his accusing ( mseienee in his displeased face. To adini' Hugh Dudley and hear liiin ?.nd Constance cnattering and giggling f(i two hours in the parlor wa9 too much. He wouldn't iiave it. The voting man's fare fell perceptibly. "When will she be at home?" he laitered, rassed between his dis ppointineiit aud his awe of Mr. Parlitt's fern Iooks. "I have not the remotest 10?a, George ie*ponded. Would the fellow ke-p hi* there u'tering mendacities all day! Not hut .hat the cause was goon and snffinent, but he was not accustomed to lfiog. "I'm lorry, Hugh Dudley tfeclirM. *' He lingered, looking touchingly unhappy, only Mr. Psrfitt wm not touched. He looked ax though he was waiting to ihut the door, and the visitor retreated i!own the steps and into his cart. Ellen had the ginger tea ready. It wis not strong enough, anu too tweet And when Ellen, having haan satha* what gruffly informed of it, bid made ome afresh, Mr. Partltt drank it, aad . "(ftv.''lVimkV TL."0^ hta ch4i? *?fi of the judges. Wliat has baeri pi- ?' ? <Um ? Iy Oe?f> up?" that young man demanded, coming in breezily, big and broad, shouldered nod bright-eyed and choerful. Too bad I On your lungsT Have you tried a capsicum plaster? I can get you one in five minutes if you want rae to." "It's in my head." said George dismally. Hut be smiled bis pleasure at Tom Dnnforth's appearance, and wrung the young man's linnd and took his coat and bat. "I'm glad you came ?glad to see you! Stay to lunch, won't you? Have this foot rest, Constance is homo ?up stairs," he said, in a breath. "Just wait," he ended, eagerly. I'll go get her." Rut he ' nine back sulkily. "She went out with Kale, it scorns," he explained in an injure I manner. "I didn't know i?. They're always gadding about. Have some maraschino or something?" "Cordial at this hour of the day?" Tom protested, looking the soul of reassuring good nature and betraying no ex citement at the fnct of Constance's absence. He even took up a newspaper. ' Ilo doesn't care," George muip'', gloomily. "Mny'bohe isn't in love with lier iiftcr nil." And In- 'Hi And eyed his stalwart friend, and thought what a husband lio would Imve made for (,'onstam ami how blind and contrary and exasperating they all wore and how hclpleis ho him oil was to airango matter* as they ought to be arranged. Ho fell into unhappy silence. "Has the cashier of the Froeaebnrough Bank really gone otT with tho fundsf said Tom, with his handsome noso in tho paper. "There's a rumor to that effect. Stewart's hta name. Ho's rich euough anyhow. He ought to Ire?" Tho bell again I It was Mrs. Parfltt, looking pretty and pink cheeked aftor tho froah air, and as blitho as though going to tho Carpenters' reception in her old beaded wrap were not going to be a horrid necessity. "Oh, you, Tom?" she cried, cordially. "I am so glad! Poor George is so wretched with that cold, and you can cheer him up!" "1 don't nee i cheering up," said George, huddling Ins shawl closer. "Where is Constance?" "Conny?" *aid Mr-. Pnrfitt, brightly. "Oh, wc met Hugh Dudley in his cart, and lin took t'onny along wild him. What a stylish turnout he lias!" Mrs. Parat.lt unpinned her bonnet. "He did, did lie?" Her husband twitched in his chair so vioh'iitly tlint, his elbow knocked the ginger-tea cup to the floor. , 'I'nin ni< L<-il jl nn "I wonder :: Mint scamp has taken ' the money, if it will Inirst the hank?" ho said. "It's a shame!" "What hank?" Mrs. f'arfltt questioned. And an animated discussion ensued. Mrs. I'arlitt knew the defaulting cash icr'sdaughter, Tom IKanfnrth had known his brother. Uecirgr, who knew more ahout him than either of them, contri ( bitted nothing to the conversation. He leaned bark and shut his eyes, three distinct vertical line* showing b? twecn then. He conb --e l t<> himself that he was entirely out of temper, but he had?certainly h?- had?ample cvise tor being s"?tmp'.e detracting Cau?*. He beg tn to think ib >'i? goir.g up ar.d going to be I is a tenprnrv escape f:o:n hi* a'fl < tions. "And I'm ?orr? enough for sa ir Sniur- ? T'nere'j C'>nr.T ' =?:i Mrf'arritt. "sail she in>ulla't oe long Constance ram- ?in H.r vi'nh Ion2 dresi tratiad afvtr her w.Va H*r lit!In h.?a set b-wck cr?*ti'r nn hisr * ftif h.t. - ?!.) "v0?*into Oeorpe thought, with a mental oronn, that the had never looked so lovely. "fMi. Tom, you?" Con-dance cried, quite as Mrs l'artitt had done. And then, not at all as Mrs. I'arfit' \ had done, she oave him h >?h het hand and?it was no hallucination, it was a ( fact and let him kiss her. She turned upon her cousin with hct ; blue eyes sweetly dewv. "Do you like it, Denr^e?'' she said. "Are you qladt 1 know you hko To n. Aren't you pleased ? We'd have told you before, hut we've only been encased a week, and nobody hut K ite has known 1 it so far."' "And I thought 1 wouldn't blurt it out," said Tom, standing, flushed and heaniintr. "1 thought I'd let C'onny tell vou, you know." "Arc you two ?n_'a_'ed'" fieorye roared. Me smijht vainly to qet his wife's eye. "Then how about Much 1 i ?41?I 1?*V f"' "Mr. Dudley?" ?a'd Constance, vaguely. "Oh,'t? > . ! Von haven't ' tli?>n"ht that llu.ii Itctlev wanted m> or I him? WI.V, it's all about Grace tjuiiihv. "I It* > wo' u_a,< i, sou know, nn I then th.*y ha I som? ridw minus tnmMe ->r other, and <?rao and 1 have heen so o' 111 ill in y cvei since 1' v been ' hrre that Mr. Dudley cam" to me with it. Ilc'ii been here two or three j times to tell ino things to tell her, and I've told her all of thein, for Grace w as foolish and hasty, and it really wasn't Mr. Dudley'* fnuit at all. and I've heen anxious for them to maki it tip. A.n-1 now they have. He came this morning to get me to go there with him, and he met mc on the street and we went. And Grace began to cry when ?he saw him, and 1 came away, and?'1 Constance was sympathetically tearful. "We'll nevet <|tiarrel, will we, To.u?" he demanded, tenderly. And Tom stroked lit? n*n I. "Kate!" cried Mr Parfitt, sternly. Hut his wile, laughing till her pink i hoeks were red, slipped hei hand through his arm "You're a dear, good hoy," he avowed, "and I wis a mean, dreadtful girl to do it! Hut, George, you were so cross ahout my jacket tna' I wanted so ? you're always t little cross w ien you're at home sick, you kn i v?and I thought vou'd know it to boou auyhow, aad it 1 .... Wf ' v*; 'v^XW v* k'"4 was a temptation, and?I'm awful sorry," aaid Mrs. Parfltt, pleadingly. 'Where's my pocket-bookt" Mid George. "You shall have that jacket. I meant you to all the time. I'm over joyed and rejuvenated and cured, J and I'm going dowu to the office."? 1 Saturday Night. \ Drawn by the Webfooted Cows. , The webfooted cowa who inhabit the tnarahea along the 8t. John'a River in 1 Florida?I know that they are webfooted, for Captain Lund uyi so, and Captain Land never lies?are of some nee after all, it seems, And this is the how and the wherefore of it. In the merry month of April the water I in the St. John's gets very low, and the two big steamboats, Frederick De Bary and City of Jacksonville, which go up and down it during the winter seMon, are sometimes hard put to it to get over the numerous bars. If it were not for tbo webfooters, Captain Lund says?and Captain Lund never lies?they would never get up to Sandford and Comfort Cottage, and would have to come North ft month or mora before they could be of < service. < The worst bar of nil is Volusia Bar, 1 and here four times a day, at the hours * when the steamboats are due, a number * of Florid ians put in an appearance with 1 from four to eight yoke of the gay and ^ festive kind, almost too thin to cast a * shadow, hitched up for business. 1 Then follows a scene such as lew steam- f boat men havo ever witnessed. The cows * are hitched to the boat by three stout fi chains, the drivers raise a shout, and with nil steam on and a mighty tug-of' war, the stout iron steamboat is dragged through the mud and sand and landed in j, deep water again. Captain Lund says he has a set of iron c tires which ho puts on the paddle wheels j the tirst of May, which enable him to take short cuts across the country, thus ^ shortening the distance by about one- p half, and as Captain Luud was never? no, never?known to draw the long fi bow or to tell a story which was not strictly according to Hoylo, down go the J tires across country and all. And yet there are people who persist in going to Kuiope strange sights for to 0 see. It is one of the wouders which no man, aud not very many hundreds of J womeu. can fathom.?-Now York Herald. ? II t TTTiere There's No VTI1I There's a Way. t A prominent business man of northern 8 Ohio recently expressed to ono of the F cashiers of a city bank a novel idea of 8 leaving his money so that there might be ^ no contest after his death. He has a e wife, three sons and a wayward daughter ? and purposes keeping his property in c municipal bends. His plan is this: He has divided his bonds into threo parts, after providing for his wife, and n put thein into three separate boxes at I1 the safe deposit vaults; the kc^ he has n put into envelopes marked for each one 11 of his sons, to bo delivered to thein after ?' his death. For his daughter ho has dcposited with a trust compony certain se- c curities which will yield her^$lOO per month as long as she lives, the principal to revert to the sons equally, share and share alike, at her death. On his mer- p cantile and manufacturing interests he r has likewise arrangers a very ctever 0 scheme. He has given outright to his g three sons all the mercantile and manu- g( facturing property, share and share alike, t< but they have in turn executed to him K| a lease of the parns during his life for a Cl nominal consideraion, so that he has the tj control of everything 60 long as he lives. p This inan says no will can be drawn ai vlitch will stand every test and that the hove scheme is the ?nly practical thing H1 knows of wh"e there are family corn- t| .ications ?t.'leve!a"d Pla'n i __ ? : P < u Vrraks of Hamuli Vision. ? I j not ''Jj ( ~f this w-f-'' a %.?k? > * v tw ?vl Thoni\? . McH*nry it the "A dozen of J ? ;.= * .oking *t the rr. . * fit ot her nifch*. s *' ' it top^wd the * i? of . ? f. v.- < r.t i . : j vtotoer mueh .arzer lt irt whie . i r.< it appeared | * ?? ' glob* *.to % 2 o*. h : a f! l*st r * i' p:*".e o' 'ra?a I *ot:'.?d shoot a fellow gambler named a ^Quintan to draMi. lie tired four shots tr from a huge revolver. At the trial one it man testified that Quintan had a knife in hi his hand at the tiiu< of the shoatin^. h Another thought if was i cany, while a ' h tnird i \ pressed the opinion that it was h a billiai I rue. f was standing fa< ing a him win n he was shot, and would make ei n?b that hi* hand . were nm n m> i / ? ? line I nothing. Those who testified w re disinterested spectators, and told |> i th? stand what they honestly though is y -aw. I'll' shooting began in a sa- h 01. Quiitlan ran out, followed by ti 1 I >' ]!, who kept shooting. Borne ci bought om >-h"t was fired in the saloon, it her-: though* three, yet all were look- w i"g tight at tin tw>- men. You often heat people say that what they see they I n-' v, but they don't. They have no i--u.ranr< thH' tiny saw right. A tnan i impln "ly ' 1 ves ins eyes is liable fall into gii< voua etror."?St. Louis J1' ? I 'fiiioi i at. ? Vellnw Stortn. ! bt f'rof. Milne, of Tokio, records a dense ^ storm of yellow dust which suddenly y covered the decks of a 7easel ninety 'ive ?| miles from Nnga-aki, Japan. who i ih upwards of too miles from the coast of p; China. This dust wasso tine that, though lomposed of felspar, <pia?tr., and a t' w ^ shreds of plants, it 11>i not all ci the eye?, and had not the de.-ks been r ov ereu with it, it mi^ht have ?f-rti mis. taken for a j?*?? nltariy yellow foj. V'et it seems to have I? ?!'!? I for nearly 2t">ti mile?, and to have come from tlie in loess'' plains of China. ' til A liizh Hoiinfain Itailwar. tn The most recently cwn|>Uu<t 1>'?K mountain railway in Switzerland i* that al up the Kothtmrn, 7250 feet hitth, from gr lake and town of Hnenz, not far from Interlaken. The road wa? completer! ao that a locomotive reached the summit ' October .'II, and will he opened the cominir season. The Hothhorn will com. ?( maud a matfniticent view of the Jungfrau ,j and tin-othei mountain* south and southeast oi | ni > 111 a en. (Immaterial through (( which tlie c eve i tunn- U of thin line aro |(( exiavated const- of debris which had slippe I <low i tin mountain, and which ( seemed disposed to yo ou sliding when i / disturbed. Subterranean springs alao d marie the work difficult, and in place* I new iiei|v ha<l to he made for mountain ?reams.?Scientific American. -? 7'i THE FAR|r-A3l> GARDEN. J MAMIRO MEBP. <-t 0| Martl?g sheep may be readily aad ti jermaneatiy dene for a year, while the fr leece grows, by taking a pinch of tt '.'err*1-** w u through the wool. The Prussian blue ind common lampblack may be used to rt lesignate different grades or classes, a The use of oil or turpentine is to be h avoided, ss\i^. cannot be removed from * the wool and watte,?American * Farmer. 4 o NmcnsB or raaTrcLKS in soii.s. t< The size of tfcie particles of a roil b largely determines its ^iter-bolding v capacity, and thereby its titles* for ccr- a Lain crops. M. Whitney, of the Msry- I land station (R. '91), is itvestigatiog 9 farm soils in the well-equipeed labors- c Lories of Johns Hopkins University, ualer the supervision of the nation, and R< tided by the United States Department v >f Agriculture. The accuracy an<^ si thoroughness of the investigation ia a tl credit to American science. Among g >ther results, it was found that no crop tl can be successfully grown, unless highly cl nanured or irrigated, on a soil having so tl 'ew as 1,700,000,000 particles in a o easpoonful weighing a grim. Good C narket truck is grown on a soil having r< 1,808,000,000 particles in a gram, To- *1 >acco soil contains 8,258,000,000 paricles, wheat soil has 10,358,000,000 * >articles, and limestone grass land conains 24,053,000,000 particles in ono ^ rrain ? A niApiran A nrri**nl#ivwiwt f I ri v flax mp.al. for calves. l( At the lows station experiments have g >een in progress to determine the feed- w eg value of ground flaxseed for young ni alves. A bull and heifer calf of bothj it lolstein and Shorthorn breeds were< t\ hosen.tho two bulls being fed on whole g< uilk, and the two heifers oti milk g( kiramed after being set twelve hours, w vith as much flaxseed as they could as- j imitate without scouring. These ex- _ icrimenta lasted through three months, ho calves being weighed every fifteen lays. The results indicate: I. That a ration f skim milk and ground flaxseed com- S iare favorably with a new milk ration ( or youug calves?2. The skim milk and v laxsecd meal fed calves were less in e erupted It? 1 thetr grc.wttt by weauing han were the whole milk calves?.'1. A g aving value of butter fat alone at $1.11 l >er month on eaoh calf, was effected by ubstituting the ground flaxseed?4. "he coat of producing a pound of gain, u, stimating new milk at #74 cents per undred pounds, skim milk at lft cuts per hundred pounds, grain 1 cent er pound,hay $5 per ton (the latter two cing fed alike to both lots),and flaxseed ta leal 34 cents por pound, was 7.H cents lv er pound increase with the fresh milk ntinn uurl ai?1b mul* a* V(VU| OUM UUIJ KTV V.CU W? WIVU IUC OMIU C1 lilk ration. It seems, therefore, more conoinical to feed calves skim milk and ?' axseedthtn with whole milk.?Ameriau Dairyman. ol tl now TO DEHORS. t>i Horns ou my cattle are a thing of tne ast, writes Waldo F. Brown. Every ?!f I raise tvnw is treated when a week tc r SUiAa, uiUosl. I w :et a stick erf oaustlc potash at the drug n tore; throw the calf on its side, so as ) hold it easily, and wet tho hair on a gi pot the sire of a half dollar over the tc mbrjo horn,and then rub on the potash B loroughly. When I began using the w otash I did not rub it on long enough, ad I got one or two one horned anilals; now I rub till the hair comes off, nd the blood begins to start through gl ae skin, and it represses the horns effctuallv. I would not use any liquid renaration of notish an tbr>r<? io lion. __r ? i ?? *7 '4MU er of its runninj down where it is net anted, or being spilled by a sudden ^ lavement of the calf; I never tried the P quid but once, nd came near putting 1 ut an eye. Be careful not to get the tick potash on jour fingers; wrap sev- u ra! thicknesses ->f paper or cloth around J The dehornicg of grown cattle is a " cnple process; takes but a few seconds the cow is properly fastened, and I' b > 01 tmrrtr It" tr painful, for the ti ttle begin to eat as soon as the horns ni re off, and cows do not shrink in their e< tilk at all. I dehorned the first week1 i June a Holstein that was boss of the pi erd, and from being kept in a small lot, in ad become entirely coo handy with her 01 orns, opening gates and doors Since h; er horn* were taken ot? *ho has become m most proper and resper table cow , the nalle*t heifer in the herd makes her 8V alk away from her feed, or drives her w here ?ht pleases. The saw much ,n etter, I think, than nippers; the latter likely t-> crush the bone and prevent ealing so quickly. The only applicaon wo made tft#?r sawing was to till tho ftj ivities witii wheat flour, ami although ; wa* ho? weather and fly time, the ounds healed over in a few days.? ^ >w York Tribune. ej OHOWINf. rr< UMBERS FOB PrrKEES. . We do not suppose it would be pro- ti table for the great majority of farmers g| > undertake to grow cucumbers for m ickles. Immense quantities of these Rr eklcs are annually it is 'uue; p, ut it doesn't require a very large area > grow an immense lot of cucumbers. pa et for farmers in a locality favorable for te purpose it might be worth while to ak< the trial, for the flop is a profi'.a- ' le one when pioperly managed, yield ,, ..iirAnnv ai mgu hi tij |>cr acre iii love all ei|M'fi -es. The conditions moat favorablo to sue- <n >hs in pickle-yrowiny are nearness to a (|) rye city, or facility for disponing of ^ ic product in a fiesh state to a factory ^ i which vegetables arc pickled either In (jf ilt or vinegar; or, in default ot th sef ic necessary annlitn?'<;-, ' ?: Reeling on ic farm, for su jUyiug the home or disnt mark ? . A cucumber grower miild t*e in a good apple country, where ounda^r^W elder couto i oWw%no<t at nal! cost .or conversion into vineyar. The cultivation of cucumbers for " cklcs is very simple. A warm, rich, M ,ndy loatn is the best soil. It Rhould he ^ II manured and plowed deeply, in or- ^ ?r to hasten the growth so as to secure ie requisite tenderness and succulence, sf id nlliiiv the roots to |Kjnetrate the soil rj a considerable depth. The variety ^ ist V'*'"d for pickling is the ffreen 1 'hw time tor sowing the seed *'( 'the middle of July. I be ground should be et each way, a deep w| so as to leave room j of rich compost at jp s should be worked .oe and the ground ?>/> veled. Fire or six seeds art enough r each hill, which will require beSweeu Be and two pound* per1 acre. When te plant* arc well started and all danger om insect* i? paat, they should be tinned out to three or four plant* to the iii. An experienced cucumber grower tcommenda that when the aeed is sown broadcast dressing of three or four undred pound* of Peruvian guano per ere should be applied, as that fait 11 lass s?m? to bare an especially good aflect n the crop. By the addition of four undred pounds of guano, coating #1?, ? tbu previous preparation, orer thro* undred thousand cucumber* to the acre rere Obtained, which ia double the verage yield. As the crop was sold for 1. BO per thousand, the expenditure of IB added nearly $300 to the price reeired per acre. The cultivation required is to keep the oil loose by frequent stirring until the ines cover the ground. The main vines txould bo pinched at the ends to keep (lem within bounds and encourage the rowth or lateral branches, which a-o le most prolific of fruit, as they bear hicfly pistillate blossoms, while those of io main branches are mostly stamenate i barren flowers. The fruit should b? athercd every morning as soon as it nas cached the proper size, from two to hrcc inches in length. The principal enemies of the cucumber re lice, which prey upon the leaves,and tie striped beetle and Its larvw. The inner may be dealt with by picking off lie first infested leaves, by which the ipid sprea I of the pest may be pree 11 ted. The striped beetle should be eated with a dusting of finely ground ypsuin; its larvse, a smill, slender, hite worm, which gnaws into the roots, lay be successfully conibatted by pourig about the roots of the plant a mixire of one gill of kerosene oil with a ilution of one pound of common yellow lap in one gallon of hot water, the hole being shaken into an emulsion, his has been found an effectual remedy -New York Mail and Express. FARM AND UAHDEN NOTES. By the way, how clean do you keep our cows' udders? The farmer or dairyman who allows 'eeds to taint his pastures is not a sucess. If fowls have a large range now, the rain feed may be cut to once a day. et them hustle for the rest they have. If the milk can is old and corroded ith rust, buy a new one for the milk, se the rusty one to bring whey from the ictory. Keep your chickens growing from the icll, and they will be ready for the ibleor market any time after ten or i i-_ - e _ veivu wt:e*s 01 age. The good layers arc active au<l gen ally on the move and scratching aoout -are the first birds out in the morning id the last to roost at night. Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds f Hush in the form of poultry thau it nos to raise 1000 pounds in the form of eef? Which sells for the most? The agricultural experiment stations id dairy schools ought, in each State, > note the appearance and spread of ?>.<! that cauto an van pleasant flavor in lilk. The wet season makes very "slushy" rass. The cows, the milk aud the buttr will be better if some grain is fed. ran is better than corn meal for hct eather feed. The Malta bee3 are noted for the arity aud delicious flavor of their oney. They extract mo3t of it from ilia, or-clover, of which there is an oxinsive crop. Do not feed a lot of cockerels till they ecome "old roosters," then sell on the eneral market. It is hard to make them ass as "spring chicken" even if the ealer cuts the spurs off. Clover Lj valuable in the winter feeiig of hogs as well as for summer pasire. Stow away a little that, is cut oung and nicely cured, and feed it to le stock hogs that you carry over. Many horses that are unruly and have ad dispositions are made so by bad eatment when they are colts. Gentleess is a first requisite in training and iucating the colt for future usefulness. The dairyman who feeds only home roducts, corn fodder in I corn meal, for istance, does not always practice econny. Hetter vary this one sided ration t 7 exchanging some corn for linseed ] eal. A full and strong stock of bees at varming time contains about 29,000 orkers and one prolific queen, the other of the whole colony; also 6)0 to )0 drones are about the number to be derated. The best profit to the stock breeder ways comes in breeding for special urpose animals. Select your purpose, 10 dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the orse for the roa.l or the saddle,and then ick to it. Apple growers can take a profitable ep forward this year by abandoning the me-honored barrel and packing their lest fruit in small boxes or crates. The arket is quite ready for this departure, id such packages would undoubtedly ove popular. Care should bt takon to keep the pasgc to the hives as free as possible from eeds, briers nnd other obstructions, any valuable bees, returning home ith a full load, are lost within a few irds ot the hive, by getting entangled the biiers or weeds. 1 There should be a good supply of wnr uear the hives these days. When !C? toine out of the hives in the sprir.g ey usually Iook fot water the first trig, and the nearer the supply the le,s inger there will lie of their gettiug tilled to death on their way home. The Paitl of Parrots. Patti ha* *ever ii net birds at Craig-y* o*. which fin brought from Ne.v York, nc is a parrot that accompanies her ngs, not merely imitating the trills anrl ulade* of his mistress, but putting in une original touches of his own. not her of the parrots for a long time "pt mute, until finally one day a docir appeared on the scene to attend to re throat ol his mistress, when he exaimed : "Oh, doctor, I'm so sick."?? ew York Tribune. two Trains Oollitji" St. Lett is. Mo.?The limitfi castund pas-enger train on the Ihg Kour, lich left here at 9 p. m. collided ?ith freight train at Kdwardsville .function, s . and the engineer* a^d fveman vrr? lied. * , - V?'? Far* u< WIiImmm Qsaltty C?mm*s<ti to pubHc tpyrortl the Call (ore liqold laxative remedy, 6yrup of Fli*. It pleerant to tho taste and by actios s?ntly > tba kidney, liver aod bowel* to cleaoM tl Irdt n effectually. H promote# the heeWk ? eomfort of all who oae It. aod with millions lathe beat and only remedy. Iowa baa forwarded to tho feahn at board 80,000 tons of oorn and floor tar t raUef of itarrlne Rnefaai The Only One tr?r Piiit^i. CAM TOV rt!?D HI WORD? These la a 8 inch display advertiaement his paper, this week, which has no two woi alike except one word. The aame is tree Creecent*' on everything they make and pu lleh. Look for It. send tnem the name oft! word and they will return you book, bsaot VOL litroobjlpss or usrLtt rasa Will soon be dm to one cent pound. Bitown's Iron Bitter* cures Dyspepela,Mal ^ Biliousness and General Debility. G1t engtb. aids Dlseetion. tones the nerve* creates appetite. The best tonic for Nurtsii Mothers, weak women ana children. CBDraMKir have been Imported into 8 glum to replace striking iron workers. The human system needs continuous a careful attention to rid Itself of its impuritj Bee< ham's Pills act like magic. New OttiiM, L*., to to hay? xu vurthousa aad jail to cost 1890,000. When yon eat too mne.b, when yon drink too much* When yon smoke too much. When yon work too much. Bradycrot inc. no Headache. Fifty cents, at drug stores. MAeannurr maker* are daily gainlrs sthrlty. Malaria cored and eradicated from t! system by Brown's Iron Bitters, which e riches the blood, tones the nerves, aids dig* Hon. Acts like a charm on persona In gener 111 health, giving new energy and strength. Pmangg wolves are creatine havoc a mot Stock near Elkhora. Wtoi K. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O., I'roprs. Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer |im reward for ai rase of catarrh that cannot he cured by ta tng Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for teatimoi als, free. Sold by Druggists, "fie. Over 8700 journeymen have gradual during the last ten year* from she New Yo City Trade School, which at present h about MOO pupils. Sarsaparill 80 promptly and effon W ei'y overcomes TH> [S TIRED FEELING u| to conclusively prove t JJsB medlcince " makes I yj weak strong." .1. B. K ^^^^erton, a well-known m (Sl^P' hnnt of Auburn, Mai Mr. J B, Emerton. ^ompllca^Twm^Ew And Kidney troubles. He took HOOD 8ARSAPARILLA an<l It gave relief a great comfort. He says. "It is a Gort-sci to any one suffering as I did." "HOOD'S PILLS cure Habitual Constii tlon ny restoring peristaltio action of lliof mentary canal. CHILD BIRTH MADE EASY " Mothers' Friend " is a scientifically prepared Liniment, every ingredient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical profession. These ingredients are combined in a manner hitherto unknown "|V|U I nUKo FRIEND" WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE. ItShortena Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. ant by express on receiptor price |1.80 per bod BRAOFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. ?a. OLD BY ALL DBtJOQIBTB, STEAM CAROUSAL. MANt'FArTI'RERH OP THE GAM.OI TNG HORbE STEAM CAROI'dAI<, OR MEIIR Y-GO-ROI'ND. Having had several years' experience In mnnnffl Miring and operating these machines, we are pr pared t<> furnish a machine, which for heanfv, dn shlllty and completeness, eannot he surpassed. Machines constantly on hand. All orders fit It prompt I v. Write for ..inlrn.... o.H CV*Eri ol MAKUEbON, lloriiellnvillo, N. Y. "August Flower" I had been troubled five montl with Dyspepsia. I had a fullue: after eating, and a heavy load in tl pit of mv stomach. Sometimes deathly sickness would overtak me. T was working for Thorns McHenrv, Druggist. Allegheny Cib Pa . in whose employ I had been ft seven years. I used August Flowt for two weeks. I was relieved of a trouble. I can now eat things dared not touch before. I liav gained twenty pounds since my r< covery. J. D Cox, Allegheny, Pa. < I'A I TION.- nr*rnrr of ilfn!"r??ah. hnmnllhnnt W. I.. I'o-iulno nitmf nndihfiprlrf mnnuipH om hoi torn, Hnrh Mnhnllf iillonn nro Irniirinlrnf unit Bubjert lo pronrratlon hv Inw for oh? Inlnlni mnnor nit- a A dorhlif fretmi'M. ^^#1 U i|| I'll mBHmIiiHM" rThis Will (It?> r*(luM?e sale to ahoo no agent*. Write l?r catalogue. If not luting kind, nl/f and width wantW. f - _ --. , ? If afflicted with aora eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorny la sea's Eya-water-DrosgtaU esUat tto.psr bottle l? A deficit of orsr 91,000 bales la mwi'M m In tha March moremat of ootton as agdur iml * |^* " I leas. Dumbfe.aiid the consumer pars f or no tka I ^ j or glaaa pack is* wttis rrery purchase. | ? raCRATCHED TEH MONTHS. * A troublesome skin iHrnw? caused me to scratohfw^ew *- months, and has been K3E89H i? cured by a few days' use of BBI M. H. Wolff, Upper Marlboro, Hdr - SWIFT'kfflPECIFIC ICS. I tu cured eeveral years ago of white swelling In ray leg by using >JJJ and have had no Symptoms of re B3kZe2F turn of the disease. Many prominent physicians attended me and all failed, but S. S. S. did tho work. paul W. Kirk tatntok, Johnson City, ttomi' ? fa Treatise on Blood and Skin Dia-ftVKS esses mailed free. Swift specific co, i^pj Atlanta, Ca. el VAI IPtnfTCORf!B- BUMOBS kg ?w 9 U I end tender FEET cm bl cured with a few applications of ,m "FOOTIXK." soc. by druggists or roail. Bend for tee tlmonlals. B. V. LfrpLUlJ fi CO., gwAKTow, Ohio nf |B Tlso's Hemedy for CntArrh Is the |H t'old by dniKRtsl.s or sent hy 60c. K. T. Hardline, Warren, Pa. H 2 ,as . ? ' his AMaeeeeeeaeeee?aeee?eeeaesa?e "m W RIPAN8 T A BUI.E8 rcm.latcf hp Z the stomach. liver and bowel*. X X purify the blood, are anfo aud ?Z a factual. The beat froneml family Z or /MP ^>c<1|<'ln,' k?"?n for biliousness. J l^^ari..iV7 Const i pa ?loo . 1)V?|WM||. Koula no, fl^^BSvUVc Breath, llrada.-he, Heartoutn. !-oa?S ra 4^ or Appetite. Mental I>< prc*Mon.? * PaiulAfl Digestion, I'lmples, Hallow* V f Complexion. Tired Keeling, and* I ** I'**'! symptom or dlee-aeo reuniting from Impure* ml f blood, or a failure by the stomach, liver or intesttnea* Sto perform their proper funet ion?. Prrsonaglven tox SoTer-eatiDgarrbetifefltrdby taking* TABIT1.Eafter! Xatrhmwl Price by mall. J grn??t2: i bottle 18c. Ad-X _ ,,H. #dreaaTnEKIPANSCHE>nCAI.(0 .lOhpriicefit.Jt.Y.X 2 II Agents Wanted; FltJI'l V per cent proBt. X www MI wag relieves *11 Stomach Distress. REMOVES Nausea, Bouse of FoUiMMt Congestios. Tain. REVIVES Failino ENERGY. RESTORES Normal Circulation, tad Us Warms to Toe Tirs. t. HASTEN MEDICINE CO.. CI. Loolt. lift* if roll own . chickens YOU WANT |D \ \ r T HEIR T II E M I O I iA * WAY ren If jroii inen Iv k?>p|> thorn o.? n dlvotalon. In ori <lrr to hao'lle KouIh Ju'll-. I"ii-I\ . yntt must know ttomrthhiK ahnnt flu-m. To nit-ri ihi* want wo at* ellinn a tr-ok kiviiih the e.vperipnce i ftntw 9Ra ' of n prnrfli-n/ poultry raiser for'wlHj twOi > twenty fixe xenrs. It was written l>? amm who put II hla min i, nn-t time, ami money to making asucn res* of Clilrkon raising?lint as n pas'lmp, hut a* a business ami If >oil w III profit hy his twenty-five years'work, you ran man? Chirks ainually, -11 lii W(gR\ ? |||| i ^ || Jl 1 li! ' j 1^,1 vl| 1 I s tellil I ? pni%ir\Q C- 4'1 " find tnik" vrur F'owIr rnin doHnr* for you. Tt^; l/ t>#?uit lK, il yoti m?M I'r iito <f#>tort trouble IS ft f i)fvtiilir ^ Yard fO*ui in ii oppPHf*, and know )T bou t?P?-W"l v II l ?,??. I or k %\ HI f. H. ll \??1I If f#dU lu?*v to d to? ? and ? Mi?' 'II to fPPd for '? fan* .ifid f??r fa!trnliii:. w|d?di fowl* ?n M? f fof 11 tr?"i i?u |?'iri? pj-. and ovrt \ thing. Indeed, yon hIhmi d kn?o on '111* |p< ' " ???nkr It profitable. I H. m | ??-1|oId (' r iwiMitv tlx#* ?'on#< In lr. or 3C. r 'tn ' Book Publishing House, k. | l/> I I \lo ST. * V. * itv 3> S N IT W. L. DOUGLAS * >3 SHOE JS. I Brnnlnc m-wnl xlim llinl Mill not rip i fluoCalt Male**, smooth Inside, Hoilblo, nwo romfortable, styllstl il durahlo than any oilier shoo ever sold at the price, u a la custom made shoes costlmt from ?4 m$3. ho only S.'I.OO J"hno mnilo svitli two completo ?' Vur-ly ?owr'i at thoout-ldonlire (no shown In cut), doh fovea double tlio wear of cheap writ shoos sold at the same prl"o, for such easily rip, having only one sole sewed to a narrow strip of leather ou the ocJko. and when onoo worn through nro worthless. ? ?' nor#; M h m.i.ooRhoo l - -- through oan lie Trpni ! as nianv times mm . ncvnoai/,lisinpv will npvorr'p i I "V? n from thoupptT. ^ I'urcniwr# of fi" I 'v.-iir <|ovirliig to ecrniiv mlxe, ohould rmipi'li thr "uprrlor nuulitfpf PV^ of iIii m-nn.t i?t.? hp inti'ietirpd _ to bnvrtifsp ? sln>i?S8oIfl at ?300. VB tw having nnlv npp iram-n to command X wt thorn !!(,'! ltll'll'1 v --j joa fli i ami Miip t all, Hand \OT'^ Srwi <t *:t. >f? t'ollcpand Formtjjjh em; "? .">'t Hm> t'nlfs Si.'iJ umt Si.OO WorklnKmen'*! aii'I Youth#* v" v j* i-1H s-Ii.m.I shop#: I.aillei* _ \ #J.VO lino I spwpcI: Stt.ijo. '* 'ill!? 1 x Sf.VtIO and Mls*ptf ' ? X fk I Y Post l>onaot% Htw "*x irp < ' the mkia hlH vlr lit ctandard of merit. dealer# and goarrul in< i into whore ! Iiare for nulo In your plun mi i dirirt to I'nclotri (reti W. L. JtouuUa, llrocktou, MN|