The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 12, 1892, Image 4
THE SONG OF PEACE.
PV A *ong is a?-tir in th? .nr.
And I would drink it in
tVith tho scent of the rosea rich and rare;
But still the battle's diu
Rings in uiv ears and deafens me.
I cannot hear th" strain
The noise of the world, its misery.
Throbs like a bitter pain.
But now an.J then, as in despair
I seek to ren 1 too bonds.
Comes a burst of harmony on the air
To which my heart respon Is,
And then the echo of ths fray
A moment seems to <.eas?
_Jh< ugh the wondrous harmonr dies awav.
That moment brings me p a ?.
And then I pray ! may retain
.\ r/.-jotifn'ru c: r\f Vaaart
Though the warrior's laurels T fail to gain
> ?r riches of the mart
F-. tha' sweet so- 'g will give merest,
\n I Lnnish all distress
| Vwr-i of t; > I en I the gold of the IVwh
At 'I1 ho mvhappin???
? Klare! Scott Mm"-. 111 Hnrp?r ? Ba.-ar.
!IIS DAY AT HOME.
?V F.MMS ? >pnr.R.
A *. 1 nn't say T rni->y
TV /<X|[ t)eorge'? auk day? at
jnpAk'^C'Y [ ji home," said Mi-.l'.tr
"i' 'lr "Vi 1 ' "'lie's sun to
jlli '^Ni ?' he poking into things
1 HV Vt ? and making him?elf
^ ^ 'l! *N\ >5 ' KCneraMy disagree|/=jk
jM" "\ Vi aide. Dear hoy! I10
' " Jli % isn't that way any
^ oiiier time. I'll war
>. \j rHid you, Conny"?
\y^ Mrs. Parfitt shot a
humorous glnnre at Iter husband's v\
treimlv prellv young xHiaitt, who stood,
in street t't're. waiting fot l\er?"tint
he won't ivsiil to give me tlie money for
niv new "leket to day at all. But there's
tiie ( ai penteis" r? t eption Thursday.and?
W ait f'u me' I'll try it."
And Alts Parfitt ran down stairs, with
a v.tliant ?nnie.
>he found tier husband in the library.
H> n a? young and comely, but a strip of
d iVinnel mi Ids throat, a shawl untidily
'i in and a gloomy expression of coun
'hih1 . 11 i not improve bun.
*?|'.i -a ay at home, dear," said Mr*.
F'arfitt, -if then* was auything I could
do fot TCI. '
' There i.?n't,"?aid her hushand, shortly.
' F'!ii< beastly cold has cot to wear
itself -m."
< y ami l ate coing out for a little
shi>t>t"te> 'linn 4 nH if von e?in let
no htv rFv money foi my 'prms jaekrt
now, t;,.?i_< 1 I'm a little late about
i-etti"c ' ?s i? i?. you know. Ft'? the
t ri. with i striped ?atin lining?awfuilv
| m \ at Wright's?"
I i-m't know anything about any
ai i\?-t t ie -t or snapped. "I'm harassed
f-nr uch iti miii'l and body, Kate, without
vein p? t" i utinc me
In n ir t *' ?aid Mrs. F'arht'. patiently
resicninL! herself
This \as >neof Oenrge's days at home.
Ye-. in mind!" lie threw oil his
sViwl, in I sat lip and glowered at her.
\Yh ( .1. you think about Hugh Dudley
ami C'oRslnnco, anyhowl"
"Hugh Dm I ley and?Constance V'
A|:?.. I'aiti" -tared a little.
what 1 said. He's coming
he: r ill ?he time, isn't he? What's he
POUil/H J"
Mr- I'a'dtt looked into her lap. A
smil< 'hivvrjcii on her fresh lips.
"f? teaMy, I?she murmured.
I fer! tesponsihle for Constance,"
vud to nrcr, scowling impartially it
*vrrrthini;. '! as|<e<i her hero **. * <? re
she |o.s ai'ttmg to~to disgrnce tho
'auiily.l eMii feel to blame for it. Hugh
Dud In ' Would ''nolo Joe or Aunt
let!''- nun' hot to ninny Hugh Dudley; 1
inero nnw it" fit t'rni | 'psentin" '
' ' ' ' J&e ^t^p'" "trtj/nT
i l>uBi
Sraar \ t f d*""' h? lit-Vfc In knows who
^^Vbn til' 'I' business . reditfttilr,
v it* i very good family, 'J<'ori.e,
-^ ll\ iii'i ' very body like- Hugh." '
l?dl v -vii?'ii, as 1111 ihi slightest en
rftii u in ui rh >ni Danfoith?' !
1 '-''it x! 5 ^ t'Htfitt MIUMUUrC<] '
* ^ n< !n ' think tliat has set me '
it '" II '_!> ''U'llcy, tli*nit;l?. It hasn't |
' i' -ill. It isn't merely that |
I f i I 'if intn>-. it's the liiffor (
fr't- t?i. fel!-?? Tom's a brick?a
V i i( ! I mi I' imf' rrh is'" sati Mr Pit j (
:tr v "t> in in|itin-i* which amount'- i
AtH l<>r onsbmce Mermen (
|. ht.. t<i(. i\ * ?k?- up with the worse
<f iu when >hi might have ]
?h?- 1 . s?mil? me!' I'll never in rite ,
Vi<=-r i again, inin-l von tnat?nor auy
ho'l V < IsC !
f|. hii"'. bark into his rhatr
] 'hii-K -tiny will ? pethaps?he
hv.n-.. I < b?re long. 'lear, ' tin wife
re|oine'l, rr111 11y. Sh" hail retrrate-1 to
the ball ' Ami you ? won't give me the
money t ?r my pick ?
N<> - i>i !.? ! husband, emphatic
ally.
Ho heard the front door clo*o lirectly,
and - ti'l ?o If that he was more than
plat) i" he nloto .
I!< suppose I that r.instance was tip
stair*.'nit lie was in no mood for talking
to Constance?far from it. lie was
thoroughly ami indignantly out of
patience with her.
lie went into the kitchen and nske<l
the < ook to make him some ginget tea
Itrimcliately. Returning, he saw from
_ window a siuht which caused him to
~ utjet an cxaeperate<l growl. Hugh Dtidley
was ?lriviner up briskly in his roadtart
? he cart and his well groomed
hoite an'l his own good looking face
mii miming hi iiic rays ot the morning
nun.
Deorge mot him nt the door before *he
mai l could answer the bell.
"Is Miss Itcrgen ?" the caller began,
with h questioning smile, offering to
shake hands.
Mi. 1'nrlitt ignored his han'l.
"Slic i? not at, home,''he said. deiilierafcly,
with n ? trace of his accusing i
( mscience in his displease I (ace.
To admit Hugh Dudley ami hear him
and ( onMance chattering and giggling
for two hours in the parlor was too
mum. ii<? wouldn't nave it.
The \? 1111^ man's fare fell perceptihly.
' When will slio he at home?" he
l.iheml, Miiharrassed between his die- ,
ippointmem an<l his awe of Mi partitt's |
-tern looks.
'I have not the remotest idea, (
d'offfe re*ponded. ,
Would the fellow keep hi?a there (
interim; mendacities All day! Not hut ,
hat the <-'Aosc wa? oood and mfflcient,
hut he was not accustomed to Jjani<. ,
"I'm ?orrv, Hugh Dudley declared.
Ho lingered, looking tout hingly unbajipy,
only Mr. I'arti't whs not touched.
Ho looked "a# though ho was waiting to
.hut the door, and the visitor retreated
ilowu the step* and into his cart.
Etleu hud the ginger tea ready. It
was not strong enough, and too sweet
And wheu Ellen, having basn stw*'hat
grutHv informed ot it, l^td rande
tome afresh, Mr. Harfitt <IranH it, ?nd
esuined hi* shawl and his chaiv and hi*
mcuinfortable reflections.
The door-bel! rang again. Geo**?
Ihought ho knew the rin^ Sure
taough, it was Tom Dauforth!
"Laid up'" tha' young man demanded,
coming in breezily, big ant! broadshouldered
ind bright-eyed ?nd cheerful.
"Too bad ! < ?n your lungs) Have you
trie ! a t apsitnitn plaster, I ran get yt?u
one in flvt minute? if you want rue to."
"It's in my ht a I," said George dis
mallv. But In smiled his pleasure at
Tom Danforlh'>- appearance, and wrung
the young man's hand and took his coat
and hat. "I'm glad you came ? glad to
see you' Stay to lunch, won't you?
Have this foot rest, Constance is home
? up stairs." he said, in a breath. "Just
watt, nc enfleci, eagerly. Ill gc
get her."
Rut he i'amp hark sulkily.
"She wort out with Kate, it ?eems,"
he explained it) an injured manner. "I
didn't know i?. They're always gadding
about. Have some maraschiuo or some
thing?"
"Cordial at this hottt of the day?"
Tom protested, looking the soul o! reassuring
good nature and betraying no ?-x
t itvment it the fact of Constance's
absent e.
lie even took tip a newspaper.
"He doesn't care," tteorge mused,
gloomily. " May'be ho isn't in love with
her altet all."
And If -at and eyed In- tlwart
ft en?i. and thought wh it a husband ho
w old have made f??? t Constant <\ and
ho-v blin'l nno contrary ami exasperating
thev all were ami how helpless he him
selt was to at range matters as they ought
to b? arranged.
Ho fell into unhappy silence.
"Has the cashier of the Freesehorough
Hank really gone olf with the funds?"
said Tom. with his handsome nose in the
paper. "There's a rumor to that effect
Stewart's his name. He's rich enough
anyhow, lie ought to he?"
The bell again'
It was Mrs. ParfUt, looking pretty and
pink ? heoked after the fresh ait, and as
blithe as though going to the Carpenters'
reception in her old treaded wrap
*>llC UVW Awluft * % k% * ? - "Oh,
you, Tom?" she cried, cordially.
"I am so glad! Poor (leorge is so
wp'ic (h!?i wun uiat coin, AD'i you can
cheer him up!"
1 don't need cheering up,'' sr?i<1
Oeorge, huddling his shawl closer.
Where is Constance?"
"C'onuv?" sai<l Mrs. Parfitt, brightly.
"Oh, we met Hugh f? idley in his cart,
and he took Conuy along with him.
What a stylish turnout he has!"
Mrs. Paraf.tt unpinned licr honnot.
"He did, did he?"
Her husband twitched in his chair so
violently that his elbow knocked the
ginger-tea cup to the floor.
Tom picked it up.
"I wonder if that scamp ha*- taken
the money, if it will burst the hank?" he
said. 'It's a sliaine
"What hank?" Mrs. Parritt questioned
And an animated discussion ensued.
Mrs. Parfitt knew the defaulting cashier's
daughter, Tom D.inforth had known
fn> brother. fcloorgr, who knew more
about him than either of them, contri
tinted nothing to the conversation.
He leaned back and shut his eyes,
three distiru t vertical lines showing be
tween then. He confessed to himself
that h? was entirely out of temper; but
h> had?certainly he had?ample cause
f-u being so?ample distracting cause.
He began t>> think about goit g up and
. oino to tied as a temporary escape fiom
lii< at'lu '.ions.
"And I'm sorry enough for Sally
Stewart?Theie'a C'onny!'* said Mrs.
Pntitt. "Said she shouldn't be gone
bug.''
(.' instance came sweeping in. Her
I' vlish long dn ss traib* I after her with
im elect. Her light r->at was open.and
il'Mived tin- white silk vest of hei diess.
Her little hat set hack prettily ori her
'nit hair which was blown ! ? ?
nany straying tendrils.
Oeoige thought, with a mental groan,
hat shr had never looked so lovely
Oh. Tom, you?'" Constance cried,
piite as Mr? Parfitt had done.
Atid then, not at all as Mrs. Parfitt
and done, she gave him both hei hands
and ? it was no hallucination, it was a ;
fact and let hini kiss her.
Sh< turned upon her cousin with her |
blue i-ves sweetly dewy.
"l)o you 'ike it, Oeorge?" she said, j
"Are you glad? 1 know you like Tom.
Aren't you pleased? We'd have told
von before, but we've only been engaged
q trorl/ n nil haIi-mI n !? * I* !????? ?
r? HUM ll'/l "|j IMH UtllC imV I\ I I ' / W II
it so far.''
' And I thought I wouldn't blurt it
nut. * said Torn, landing, flushed and
beaming. "I thought IM let Conuy tell
vou, you know."
' Are you two engaged?" Oeorge
roared. He sought vainly to get his
wife's eye. 1'hen how about Hugh
Ibidle\
"Mr. Dudley?" said fonstance,
vaguely. ' ( th, tieorne' You haven't
thought that Hu.h Dudley wanted me
or 1 him? Why, it's all about Orace
(Juinbv. They wen engaged, you know,
and then th y ha 1 some ridi? ulous
trouble or otliei , and (trace atid I have
been s<i ?huminy ovci sim.e I've been
lure that .Mr. Dudley came right to me
with it. lie s been here two or three
times to tell me things t<? tell her, and
I've told her all of them, for (Jrace was
fftiilivili i*nil huQt n ut?J it rnulltr
1 " "' J *" V
Mr. Dudle)'s fault at nil. and I've been
anxious foi tljeiu to inak? it up. An I
now they have. Me mine this morning
to tret rne to t?<> tiiere with him, atul he
met me on the street and we went. And
liiaii beuun lorry when she saw him,
and I i ame away, and?"
Constant ? was sympathetically tearful.
"We'll never quarrel, will we, Torn?"
she demanded, tenderly.
An<l Tom stroked her hand.
1 'Kate!" cried Mr Parfitt, sternly.
But his wife, laujinio till her pink
hooks weie reel, slipped her han 1
through his arm
"You're a dear, good boy," he
ivowed, "anel I was a mean, dreadtful
Cfirl to do it! But, Monroe, yon were so
rnca altr>nf rv* t u/.L-m ?!?*. I monto/l "?
i - ???- - iv inj jr?? rv* i i ii<h I n nil i i"i l
mu're nl wa\<? a little orois w.ien you're
it home ?irk, you know ? und I thought
ou'd know it 6i? sooa anyhow, and it
was a temptation, and?I'm awful sor
rv," said Mrs. Parfitt, pleadingly.
"Where's my pocket-book?" said
George. "You shall have that jacket.
I meant you to all the time. I'm over- p<
joyed and rejuvenated and cured, fl(
and I'm goiug dowu to the office.''? y
Saturday Night. tb
11 at
Drawn by the Webfooted Cows. d,
The webfooted cows who inhabit the T
marshes along the St. John's River in ^
Florida?I know that they are wobfootod, **
for Captain Lund says so, and Captain F
Lund never lies?are of some use after
all, it seems, and this is the how aud the
wherefore of it.
J In the merry month of April the water la
in the St. John's gets very low, and the cj
two big steamboats, Frederick De Bary tr
and City of Jacksonville, which go up la
and down it during the wiuter season, ft
are sometimes hard put .to it to get over tc
the numerous bars. If it were not for <1
the webfooters, Captain Lund says?and ftl
Captain Lund never lies?they would 0
i nor'or unf tin tn on/1 ^
uv<vt ^vv V? ?u UQUMtVlM nuu V/UIUIWI b I "
Cottage, and would have to come North Cl
1 a month or more before they could he of ol
service. Cl
1 The worst bar of all is Volusia Bar, 111
end here four times a day, at the hours
when the steamboats are due, a number
of Floridians put in an appearance with
from four to eight yoke of the gay and ^
festive kind, almost too thin to cast a ^
shadow, hitched up for business. ti
Then follows a scene such as few steam- P
boat men have ever witnessed. The cows ^
are hitched to the boat by three stout g
chains, the drivers taise a shout, and
: witn an steam on ana a tnigniy ttlg-of*
I 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 bon
tires which ho puts on the paddle wheels ^
the first of May, which enable him to f|
take short cuts across the country, thus
shortening the distance by about one- ^
half, and as Captain Lund was never?
no, never?known 'o draw the long j
I bow or to tell a story which was not
I strictly according to Hoyle, down go the jj
i tires across country and all. ^
And yet there are people who persht
in going to Kutopc strange sights for to 0|
sec. It is one of the wonders which no
man, and not very many hundreds of |r
wouieu, can fathom. ? New York Herald.
? tc
lYIiere There's No Will There's a Way. H
A prominent business mau of northern 8,1
Ohio recently expressed to one of the I'1
cashiers of a city bank a novel idea of ?'
lritvincr his mnncv so that there might bo
no contest attcr his death. He has a
wife, three sons and a wayward daughter
aud purposes kcepiag his property in c'
municipal bends. His plan is this: P"
He has divided his bonds into three
parts, after providing for his wife, and 111
put them into three scparato boxes at P'
the safo deposit vaults; the keys he has rfl
put into envelopes marked for each one m
of his sons, to be delivered to them after cc
I his death. For his daughter he has deposited
with a trust com pony certain se- c<
curitie3 which will yield her $100 per
month as long as she lives, the principal
to revert to the sons e.juslly, share and
share alike, at her death. On his iner
! cantiie ami manutacturing interests lie
i has likewise arranged a very clever Q1
scheme. He has given outright to his
three sons all the mercantile and manufactoring
property, share and share alike,
hut they have in turn executed to him
a lease of the same dining his life for a er
nominal considcraion, so that he has the
control of everything so long as he lives. p,
This man says no will can he drawn ar
\hich wil? stand every test aud that the m
hove scheme is the only practical thing ar
e knows of where there are family com- th
lication? ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. fe
1"
rtonka of llnmnn Vision. w
"I !<> not suppose this world looks m
alike' to any two persons," said Thomas
Mcllenrv at the Southern. "A dozen of ?'
us were looking at the moon the other "
night. To one it appeared tlio sixc of a ,cr
five cent piece, to another much larger
than a cart wheel. To one it appeared
a well rounded globe, and to another a f"
fiat i ir< nlai pieeo of I rass. I noticed
this diversity of human vision once in ''c
(ialveston, Texas. I saw a inan name 1 <:a
O f). I! shoot a fellow gambler named ai
Quinlan to dfath. He fired foui shots mi
from a large rrv.?lwor At tl.c trial *>ne in
man testified that Quinlan had a knife in he
his hand a' the time of the shooting. ha
toother thought it was a cane, while a ho
tnird expressed the opinion that it was | he
n iMiiiin'i < nr. i was standing ta< nig h r
liitn when lie was shot, and would mako pnr
<>ath that his hands were open and con- wi
tined nothing. Those who testified wl
\< re disinterested spectators, and told he
i 'he stand what they honestly though is
ii v -aw. The shooting began in a sa- he
mi, t^uinlan ran out, followed by tie
Dell, who kept shooting. Some ca
'bought orip -hot was tired in the saloon, it
titers thought three, yet al! were look- wc
ing right at the two men. You often Nt
lieai people say that what they see they
I nn \ ; hut they don't. They have 110
i?-u:anre that tliey saw right. A man
iio implii it 1 y believes ins eyes is liable
fall into grievous error."?St. Louis
| '.Vt Democrat.
Yellow Host Storm.
Prof. Milne, of Tokio, records a dense
storm of vellow dust wtiielt cn.l,i.,ni?
y i?
covered the docks <>( a vessel ninety 'ive ^},
miles from Nagasaki, Japan. wliie'.i is m,
upwards of 4'to miles from the coast of
China. Thisdust wasso fine that, though
t omposeil of felspar, <piart7, ami a le v ^
shreds of plants, it < 1 i<t not alT ?ct tho
eyes, ami ha<l not the decks lieen < ovcred
with if, it minhl have hccu mis 5C(
taken for a peculiarly yellow loo. Yet ^
it seems to have, extended for nearly
2(i0fl miles, ami to have come from the m
"loess" plains of China. ^
mm ~~ th
\ Ifi'jli Mountain Hallway. t(ll
The most recently completed hicfh ah
mountain railway in Switzerland is that ah
up the Ifofhhorn, 725" feet high, from sir
lake ami town of liricnz, not far from
Interlaken. The. road was completed so .,j(
that a locomotive reached the summit K(ll
October HI, and will he opened the com- w<
in# season. The Hothhorn will com (|f,
mand a mnipiiticenf view of the Jungfrau ^
and the othei mountains south and south- ?(1
east of Interlaken. The material through t)|
whieh the eleven tunnels of this lino aro |((,
excavated consisted of rlehria which had p,
snppe i town th< mountain, and which -H
seemed disposed f<> > on sliding when
disturbed. S ibtei. inean springs also
made the w?>rk difti ult, and in places j
new beds had to He made for mountain (ni
'reams, .-Scientific American. (1.l(
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THE
FARJb* AND GARDEN.
MARK ISO SHEEP. _
MarTclng sheep mav be readily and
srmanently done for a year, while the
scco grows, by taking a pinch of
enctian red in the fingers and pulling
irough the wool. The Prussian blue
id common lampblack may be used to
isignate different grades or classes,
he use of oil or turpentine is to l>e
roided, as it cannot be removed from
io wool and is a waste.?American
armer.
NUMBER OF PARTICLES IN SOILS.
The size of the particles of a soil
irgely determines its water-holcjiug
ipacity, and thereby its fitness for certin
crops. M. Whitney, of the Maryind
station (R. '91), is investigating
irm soils in the well-equipped labora>ries
of Johns Hopkins University, uner
the supervision of the station, and
ided by the United btatcs Department
f Agriculture. The accuracy an<d
loroughness of the investigation is a
rcdit to American science. Among
tlier results, it was found that no crop
an be successfully crown, unless hiohlv
latmred or iiri'mted, on a soil having so
?w as 1,700,000,000 particles in a
?aspoonful weighing a gram. Good
larket truck is grown on a soil having
,868,000,000 particles in a gram, Toacco
soil conlttins 8,258,000,000 paroles,
wheat soil has 10,358,000,000
articles, and limestone grass laud conlins
24,653,000,"00 particles in one
ram.?American Agriculturist.
VL IX All FOK CALVES.
At the Iowa station experiments have
cen in progress to determine the feedig
value of ground flaxseed for young
1'ves. A hull and heifer calf of bothj
olstein and Shorthorn breeds were<
ioscn,the two bulls being fed on whole
ilk, and the two heifers on milk
cimmcd after being set twelve hours,
ith as much flaxseed as thoy could asinilato
without scouring. These cxjriments
lasted through three mouths,
le calves being weighed every fifteen
ays.
The results indicate: !. That a ration
[ skim milk ami ground flaxseed comare
favorably with a new milk ration
?r young calves?2. The skim milk and
axsced meal fed calves were lc3s in
iruptcd in their growth by weaning
rnti were the whole milk calves?3. A
iving value of lutter fat alone at $1.11
Br month on eijch calf, was effected by
lbstituting tie ground flaxseed?4.
he cost of producing a pound of gain,
niuMting ncwrintlk "at 8T$ cent, jn,i
undred pouiute, skim milk at 15
nts per bund rid pounds, grain 1 cent
er pound,hay 15 per ton (the latter two
sing fed alike \o both lots),and flaxseed
eal 3i cents p<t pound, was 7.6 cents
?r pound increiso with the. fresh milk
ition, and only five cents with the skim
ilk ration. It 3eems, therefore, more
:onomical to feed calves skim milk and
ixscedthm with whole milk.?Auieriin
Dairyman.
now TO DEHORN.
norns ou my cattle are a thing of rnc
ist, writes Waldo F. Brown. Every
ilf I raise now is treated when a week
r so old, and the horns are killed. I
jt a stick of caustic potash at the drug
ore; (hrow the calf on its side, so as
i hold it easily, and wet the hair on a
>ot the si/.o of n half dollar over the
nbryo horn,and then rub on the potash
loroughly. When I began using the
Hash I did not rub it on long enough,
id I got onr or two one horned anials;
now I rub till the hair comes off,
id the blood begins to start through
ie skin, ami it represses the horns efctnally.
I would not use any liquid
eparation of potash, as there is <ian>r
of its running down where it is net
hu'um, ?>r cwing apiucu oy a suaricn
ovement of the calf; I never tried the
}aid but once, and came near putting
it an oye. Be careful not to get the
ick potash on your fingers; wrap seval
thicknesses of paper or cloth around
The dehorning of grown cattle is a
nple process; takes but a few seconds
the cow is properly fastened, and I
> not think it is very painful, for the
ttle begin to eat as soon as the horns
e oil, and cows do not shrink in their
ilk at all. I d-horned the first weekJune
a llolstein that was boss of the
rd, and from b iug kept in a small lot,
d become entirely too handy with her
rns, opening gates and door?. Since
r horns were taken off she has become
nost proper and respectable cow, the
tallest heifer in the herd makes her
ilk away from her feed, or drives her
lere she please-. The saw is much
tter, I think, than nippers; the latter
likely to crush the hone and prevent
aling so quickly. The only applica>n
we made after sawing was to fill the
vitiea with wheat flour, and although
was hot weather ant fly time, the
Hinds healed over in a few days.?
;w York Tribune.
OROWINO CUCUMBERS FOR PICKLES.
We do not suppose it would be proside
for the great majority of farmers
undertake to grow cucumbers for
;kles. immense quantities ot these
^kle? are annually consumed, it is true;
it it doesn't require a very large area
grow an immense lot of cucumbers.
>t for fanners in a locality favorable for
e purpose it might be worth while to
ike the trial, for the crop is a protitae
one when properly managed, yieldg
sometimes as high as f75 per acre
ovc all expenses.
The conditions most favorable to sue
?fi 111 pickle-;*rowing are nearness to a
rge city, or facility for disposing of
c product in a fiosli state to a factory
which vegetables are pickled either in
It or vinegar; or, in default of these,
c necessary appliances for pickling on
e farm, for supplying the home or di.5- |
at markets. A ruc.rr.'ni grower
ould he ir ago. . apple country, where
tindance of ler could ho ohtained at
ihII cost foi conversion into vinegar.
The cultivation of cucumbers for
ikies is very simple. A warm, ricV
ridy loam the bed soil. It shoul/
>11 manured ami piowerl deeply,/
i to hasten the gro vth so as ? 'A
b rerpiieite tenderoere and so , '
d allow the roots to penot' >a
considerable depth.
for pickling JSk H
otitic. time lor
the mi
?h/> <?
VMV
four '
ina<l? h>
MlMVrllul^BH^^^^HI
iiireiherrjon.
leveled. Five or six seeds are enough
for each hill, which will require between
ono and two pounds per acre. When
the plants are well started and all danger
from insects is past, they should be
thinned out to three or four plant* to the
hill.
An experienced cucumber grower
recommends that when the seed is sown
a broadcast dressing of three or four
hundred pounds of Peruvian guaho per
acre should be applied, as that fertiliser
seems to have an especially good effect
on the crop. By the addition of four
hundred pounds of guano, costing $15,
to the previous preparation, over three
^hundred thousand cucumbers to the acre
were obtained, which is double the
hverage yield. As the crop was sold for
$1 .50 per thousand, the expenditure of
?15 added nearly ?200 to the price received
per acre.
The cultivation tequired is to keep the
soil loose by frequent stirring until the
vines cover the ground. The main vines
should be pinched at the ends to keep
them within bounds and encourage tbo
growth of lateral branches; which ?-e
the most prolific of fruit, as they bear
chiefly pistillate blossoms, while those of
the main branches are mostly stamenatc
oi barren flowers. The fruit should ba
gathered every morning as soon as ft Has
reached the proper size, from two to
three inches in length.
The principal enemies of the cucumber
are lice, which prey upon the leaves,and
the striped beetle and its larvae. The
former may be dealt with by picking oil
the first infested leaves, by which the
rapid spread of the pest may be prevented.
Tho striped beetle should be
treated with tt dusting ot finely ground
gypsum; its larvnp, a smill, slonder,
white worm, which gnaws into the rdots(
may he successfully combatted by pouring
about the roots of the plant a mixture
of one gill of kerosene oil with a
solution of oue pound of common yellow
soap in one gallon of hot water, the
whole being shaken into au emulsion.
This has been found an effectual remedy.
?New York Mail and Express.
FARM AND UAHIJF.N NOTES.
By tho way, how clean do you keep
Jour cows' udders?
Tho farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to taint his pastures is not a success.
If fowls have a largo range now, the
grain feed may l?e cut to once a day.
Let them hustle for the rest they have.
If the milk can is old and corroded
with rust, buy a new one for the milk,
use the rusty one to bring whey from the
factory.
Keep your chickens growing from the
shell, and they will be ready for the
table or market any time after ten or
twelve weeks of age.
The good layers arc active and generally
on the move and scratching aoout
?are the first birds out in the morning
and the last to roost at night.
I>oes it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
nf tlcsh iu the form of poultry than it
does to raise 1000 pauais in the form of
beef? Which soils for the most?
The agricultural experiment station?
ami dairy schools ought, in each State,
to note the appearance and spread of
weeds that cause an unpleasant flavor in
milk.
The wet season makes very "slushy"
grass. The cows, the milk and the butter
will be better if some grain is fed.
Bran is better than corn meal for hct
weather feed.
The Malta bees are noted for the
Curity and delicious flavor of their
oney. They extract most of it from
sulla, or clover, of which there is an extensive
crop.
I)o not feed a lot of cockerels till they
become "old roosters," then sell on the
general market. It is hard to make them
pass as "spring chicken" even if the
dealer cuts the spurs off.
Clover is valuable in the winter feeling
of hogs as well as for summer pasture.
Stow away a little that is cut
young and nicely cured, and feed it to
the stock hogs that you carry over.
Many horses that are unruly and have
bad dispositions are made so by bad
treatment when they are colts. Gentleness
in a first requisite in trutmng and
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The dairyman who feeds only home
products, corn fodder md corn meal, for
instance, does not always practice economy.
Better vary this one-sided ration
by exchanging some corn for linseed
menl
A full and strong 6tock of bees at
swarming time contains about 20,000
workers and one prolific (jueen, the
mother of the whole colony; also fiOO to
H00 drones are about the number to be
tolerated.
The best profit to the stock breeder
always comes in breeding fo! special
purpose animals. Helect your purpose,
the dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the
horse for the road or the saddle,and then
stick to it.
Apple growers can take a profitable
step forward this year by abandoning the
time-honored barrel and packing their
fineat fruit in small boxes or crates. The
market is quite ready for this departure,
and such packages would undoubtedly
prove popular.
Care should be taken to keep the passage
to the hives as free as possible from
weeds, briers and other obstructions,
Many valuable bees, returning hom?
with a full load, are lost within a few
yards of the hive by getting entangled
in the briers or weeds.
There should be a good supply of water
neai the hives these days. When
bees come out of the hives in the sprir.g
thoy usually loot for watei the first
thing, and the nearer the ?* - ' less
danger there w;" q
chilled to de'
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r HH
y.
Par* and Wholesome Quality
Commends to public approval tbs California <
liquid laxative remedy. Syrup of Figs. It Is
pleasant to ths lasts and bv acting gently on
the kidneys, liver and bowels to cleanse tho
system effectually, it promotes the health and
com f >rt of all >vho use it, and with millions It
Is tho best and only remedy.
Iowa has forwarded to ths Eastern ssaboard
fW,000 tons of corn and floor for tho
relief of starving Russians
The Onl) One Ever Prlntqd.
can top find the word?
These is a-1 Inch dieplev advertisement In
this paper, this week, which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing each week, from Tho
Dr. Harter M?*aiclneCo. This house places a
"Crescent" on everything ihev make and publish.
Look for it. send tnem the name of tho
word and thev will return vou book, beavtirrt.
r.ttnooraphs or ramrtrs frec.
bthl will soon bo down to ons csnt a
pound.
Bnown'n Icon Bitters cures Dyspepsia,Mala- I
via, Biliousness and Genera! Debility. Gives
Strength, aide Digestion, tones the nerves? <
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Chinamen have been Imported into Bel* ,
glum to replace striking Iron workers. ^
Trtr human system needs continuous and t
careful attention to rid Itself of its impurities.
Hee< ham's Pills a? t like magic.
N*w OauAira, La., ii to hare a new
cm rt house and Jail to oost 1890,000. I
* i
When yon eat too macb. *
When vou drink too much. I
When you smoke ton much.
When yon work too much,
Rradyerotlne, 110 Headache.
Fifty cents, at drug stores.
Machinery makers are daily gaining (a .
actiyity. *
MAt.*RtA ettred and eradicated from ths
svntera hy Brown's Iron Bittern, whleh enriches
the blood, lones the nerves, aids digesHPC
Acta like a rhartn on persons In general
III healtn, givi.,? ?aw ?nergy and strength. t
PrairIm wolves are or eating havoc among
gtock near Elkhora, Wit.
F. J. Chenev Co., Toledo, O., Pfoprs. ?f
Flail's Catarrh Cure, offer }li*i reward for any
ease ?if catarrh that cannot lie cured by tak |
UK iihm K I aiarrn ? nrr M-nn Inc testimonials
free. Hold hy Dniccista, 7??c. I
Over 8700 journeymen have rraiTUatad
daring the last tan years from ehe New York
City Trade School, which at present has
about 000 pupils.
tSarsaparilla j
sllv overcomes THAT
TIRED FEEL.INC.as .
to conclusively prove t liis
arton, h well-known merMr
3 II VlTnartnn DYSPEPSIA
Amarton. ,0mpli. ated with Liver
and Kidnwy irniihle?. He took HOOD'S
SARSAPAR1LLA and it cave relief and
crest comfort. He nays It in a. Cod-send
- ns ' din."
tlon b""s?r^K^^stalticuifcMi\?^',XHpi'l"
mentary canal.
CHILD BIRTH
MADE EASY!
" MoiHtas' Ftttettn " is a scientifically
predated Liniment, every ingredient
of recognized value and in
constant use by the medical profession.
These ingiedients are combined
in a manner hitherto unknown
"MOTHERS'
?* y-a a a?* a t rv a a
r kilnli .
WILL DO all that is claimed for
it AND MORE It Shortens Labor,
Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to
Life of Mother and Child. Book
to " Mothers " mailed FREE, containing
valuable information anjj
voluntary testimonials* jp
Bent hv ripttii on receipt of price gn perttle
BRAOFIKLD RtBULATOR CO., AtH^.C
old bt all d?t>oailti^
STEAM CAROUSAL. I
mani FJtfTI'RERH of THR OAI.I.OP.
isrr. harsr. steam caroi bai,,
or meh r y-(so-rorni>.
Revlnn had eeveral yearx' experience In nmntlfac
tnrlne and operatlna ihexe machines, we ere prepurer!
In furnish n ma<'hlnc, which for beauty, dur '
I ahllltv an<1 cnmpleteneMt. cannot he surpaaxed.
I Manhinea none!anlli> c.? K??A All a an??
pmmptl.v. Writ* for rMalnRU* and prior* to
OWEN & MARCESON,
Horiiellnvill?\ N. Y.
"August
Flower"
I had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. I had a fullness
after eating, and a heavy load in the
, pit of my stomach. Sometimes a
deVhly sickness would overtake
me. I was working for Thomas
Mc Henry, Druggist, A llcghenv City,
Pa., in whose employ I had been for I
seven years. I used August Flower ,
for two weeks. I was relieved of all
. trouble. I can now cat things I
dared not touch before. I have 1
gained twenty pounds since my recovery.
J. I) Cox.Allegheny, Pa. ?
I * I TJON, llrwnrr of ili'iilrrmnh'
*tl?ntln* ntinrn without W. I>. Ilonnlna U
pntnt* nn?l the prim ninmpeA on bottom.
Hnrh nMlllnltftna *rr n-amtulrnt nnn Bl
ubjprt in prnn> < utlo* !? law for ?V <
- Inlnln* moorr an. ^ _
drrrilipprcifiirra. U* ^
pruT'dm
v> iMT <
eHP^ggy^jity
< l I \ ffRk worn
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp^
ton's Eye-water.Druggists sell at fto.por bottle
A DFFiciT of over 81,000 bales Is reported
lis the March movement of cotton as against
th" hsii't?. Injure the Iron, a ret Intro oft I
I lie Ilislng Sim Stove Voll.'li Is Hillliant. O lor I
less, Durable. and the comuincr pais lor lie Un 1
or class ptrkjge wit li every purt ha-0. I
SCRATCHED TEN MONTHS.
A troublesome akin disease
J caused me to scrutchforten
mont hs, niul hits been
lured by a few days' uso of h9B89B
M. H. Wolff, Upper Marlboro,. Mde
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SWIFT'fcgPECIFIC
I was cured several years no.t of white swelling
n my lep; by usinp |RBP3RM and ',av? 'ia(' BO
lymptomnpf ro '"rn ?'
'SSC. Many prominent physicians attended boa
ind *11 failed, hut S. P. S. did the work.
TAri, W. Kirki'aiku k, .lohn^on City, Tenn.
pa
Treatise on I'lootl and Skin
sates mailed free.
Swift Spei ific Co , i
Atlanta, Ga. IbMW
YOUR 80FT SIR?
m . nre.l with n few nppllratlon*#?
/A A'." MX' by ilriiuulst.i or mnll Hind for tea
Unionists. H. V. I.UDLUM s% CO.. Swaato*. Ohio
Plan's Tlemedy for Catarrh ? the
ttrvt. |-'nv|p*>l to t'*.r. ?,nil < 'hrsi^pcs,
hold hv di iiitci-l* or ??nt by luall.
60c. K. T. Iliizoltlne. Warren, Pa. H
ct?Mm ?r; frt tie per d?r. ?*
(Dc) lU d)lrJ hom?, >?llinr
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Complexion, tired Feeling, aodj
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xbiooa, or a failure hy the etoni'ieli. Iiwr or intestines X'
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dress THE RIPAlisCITKMICAI.CO lOSpruoeSt.N.Y.X
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REMOVES Native. Fenso of FnHnm
Conoestiov, r?i??.
REVIVES Failiso ENERGY.
RESTpRCS Norma' Cln-'t!iiUon, and
^ JVABMS 10 TOR Tira.
R. HARTEft C:50?CINE CO., It. Louli. ?.
ic vnn
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OWN
CHICKENS
rou WANT I > \ \ r THEIR
r II K Mini V \ 1 WAY
IfW'U lr ,?oh I #?!? iiirvti ii? a |1I? ^rulon. Inferior
f#> imn?l K??\\ I- l y. ><?t| mint know
tonif-thliifci iii?*?in In fin'ri ihu *nnt **nr#
^lltviK n lm* k nlviii4f iho i AM|M
if n i |...iilti v titi'. r fot'Wnly fcVUi
u mil writt. n hy rtfiiin wbnpnt
ill ht<) miii'l, an?1 niiil inmoy to nmklniiiuc?
til. k* n i atotift ii'^hhb pufttlvpr. I?'it ? a
rninln***-* ami If >nuwiii pir?*t |?? lilt I tfroljr fire
retro' work, v?u run ime nun; rkloki cunuAll^,
I ill
Iff
tk ii '^i i
fwrni^y
M Halting Chick*'***."
and mnko eonr Fowl* Pirn dollar* for yon. Tlr*
joint *. tt ;it voii rmi-t I alili* to delect tmublolB
the r?Miif?\ N ?rd a- mm?h a? it apjx'ftrft. and know
how lo n inedv tl I ho I ook n Ml leach >011
It i' Pa how to <| tit1 and e uro disease; to food for
Spy .Mil slot r. r i.iilrnliii;. wlitrn im\h nimipim
hrri cl i k polioses. ami ereryltiltiif. Indeed, you
Hi..ti .1 ko' ? on tin* subject to make It protltahle.
S. m I . Ipald t< r tweiilt ll>p roll's In lr or Uc.
Book Publishing House,
1:1.1 l.r.ovutn St . N V flty
S N I!
f. L. DOUGLAS
I SHOE
nulne sewed shntMhfl I VIM n<w rip flFrio
s, smooth Inside, floilhlr. more comfortable, stylish
rablo than any other shoo over sold Mt the price.
iistom made shoes costliiK from ft tot!!,
nly 8ft.OO Shoo ninilo with inn eempletn
toottroly snvr.i til thooutside rdpo tn< shown In cut),
Ivos double t ho wr.ir of rliotip writ shops sold at the
prior, for such< s.-lly rip, htn ltiK onlyono solo sowed
larrow snip of trainer on tho t 'lur, and when once
?orthlrse.
"siv.J). nor<;r,\Mtt.?.fl08hoe
r J n pnlrrd as ninny times as
s 'rlio r |. or. ii from tlir upper.
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