The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, November 04, 1892, Image 4
fe* THE PAIS AND GARDEN.
. ~ to evr bio or mouh.
tti? AatricM Florist
I to get rid of moles as follows: Knock
I the rosin from s bell of potash, pal-1
wrlw the potash, make openings la the'
rahs, drop in a Ublespooftu of the potash
and oorer the opening with a flat
atone. I tried it and the moles dlsappeeMj^fr
a few days. Ball potash is
very cflKo and must he handled with
cantioojk avoid injury to the one using
whir b unite rbrtilizsbs.
Farmers should bear in mind that the
. ?'commercial raluatlon" is not the only
thing to be taken into consideration in
buying a fertiliser, ssje the Rhode Island
Station. To illustrate: Suppose
that the crop and soil demand largely
phosphoric acid and potash and little
pitrogen, then a fertiliser with a high
percentage of nitrogen, but low in the
pther elements, would be of little value
to the farmer, however high its commercial
value might be. The question
is not how many pounds of fertiliser for
the money, but how much potash, phosjphoric
acid and nitrogen and their form.
Thin question involves in a great meastiro
the profits and lossos in New England
farming.?Now York World.
PACK (NO BUTTER FOB WINTER.
Butter to keep well must be well
piade, that is the buttermilk well worked
out andJfTuIi ounco of pure salt worked
srr=.^2&NJWh pound of butter. If packed
in tubs see that tbey are clean, first
scaldod with hot waior and then washed
with cold. Pack the butter as made and
keep each layer covered with a cloth and
Rait until the next ono is added. Pill
the tub within one inch of the top, thon
sprinkloon a little salt, covor with a
cloth, aud tuclc in the edges all around
next to the tub, thon cover with a half
inch pf salt, put on the cover aud set
away in a cool, dry cellar. No vegetables
or fruits should bo stored in a
cellar where butter is to be kept, because
they arc very likely to exhale odors that
iwill be absorbed by the butter, oven if
the butter is kopt in a close vessel.?
New York 8uu.
CARE or WORK HORSES AT NOON.
Whon work horses aro brought in at
uoontimo, the harness should bo removed
the Bwout wiped oil and the
brush aud curry comb freely usod. The
shoulders should bo washer! if thoy are
sweaty or soro. Beforo starting work
the sore shoulders may bo softoncd with
bustor oil. I)o not water the horses
while warm, nor food them grain. Both
lit noon and at night the horses should
be watered previous to feeding grain.
Jflie stomach will thon bo in better confor
fh? iiQuimilntinn ml anliil 1
If obliged to give a short hour nt noon
give a larger ration of grain, or what is
still bettor cut tho liny into half inch
Jengths and add the usual quantity of
ground feed, sprinkled with water, and
.thoroughly mix. This can be eaten rapidly,
and will digest moro readily than
(when fed separately in tho dry, dusty
(state. ?American Agricult urist.
t
now ro kri,r, iiitu.su and mtiAits.
I To farmers who livo in timbered re'gion
this question is an interesting prohloin.
Tlicro is a theory with somo,
(who ought to know, that there is a day,
'with the ipoou in right quarter and tho
fifin nf Mediae in the right placo, that a
tree or shrub should bo out to kill it
1 iroot and branch. All this sounds well
enough to thorn, but years of experience
has failed to verify such theories. A
sapling may ho cut iu the winter thnt
will never sprout, nnd it may lie cut in
tho light of the moon in August, when
the sign is in the heart, and sprouts will
appear abundantly. Wo cut brush
every day in the year, and some will die
no matter when they were cut, and some
will not dio. It sprouting is done twice
a year, say J tine and August, for two or
tbreo years, no sprouts will appear tho
next year unless it he sassafras <?r po-it
oak ruunors.
The wliolo secret of killing, other
than grubbing, sechis to he in sap poisoning.
The sap must sour, which kills
tlw? riint-t. I IfMWht qnntii nrni'licM rtillin r
tho stumps n foot or tuoro in heigth.
Ad experiment of this kiti i showed a
decided gain, sin-e tho stumps rotted
out in four years' time from cutting.
The killing ot briars, especially dorr
berries, bailie all skill and industry, i
' At one time it seemed tkav were gone,
? Ibut when tho laud war f it down to
1 meadow they came up as strong and vig|
,orous as evor. Sassafras has boon alii
luded to; nobody ever killed one by
2 cutting it off at the ground. The same
lis tiue of pors'ininou. Tlioy need very
? jdifforent treatment. When cut a foot
or two from the grouud sap poisoning is
K (moro possible and offective. ?American
H farmer.
E WILD FLOWERS ANI) THE;:; CuLlCRE.
? People usually make too hard work ol
Hjj cultivating wild plants. They arc apt to
Htl nttemnt to imitate tho natural Cmidit.irtn*
iunder which they find the plants. This,
to a certain extent, is wise, but in most
cases it is easily carried too far. Tiio (
problem is simplified when we once come \
to understand that wild plants grow
where they are obliged to grow, rather |
tfym where they desire to grow. Be- ,
pause a plant grows in the woods is little
reason to expect that it may not grow
equally as well in the sun. And then, (
^is not necessary to wait until fall or
wiog to tako up the wild plants. At
very outing, whatever the time of yeur
Rif the ground is not frozen?I mean |
?;/? prcp.viuu 10 bring home roots. In .
Mm sultry July days I am bringing
bnd wild herbs, and next year I ex $t
tor see most of tbcm bloom.
1 dig them up with a comfortable ball ;
S enrrtb, cut the tops oil nearly to the
Bound, and keep them moist until I get
em i. >me; then they are set in the !
krtur a ...I ! f ,1.. .1.... /-II
|?*f t II t?aj tTtauit'I IDIIUWS, 1* ,
A Mater given occasionally at sun- i
fllhelps thcin to grow. 1 do not pre- j
tio.say that July i.i as good i time ,
pril or October to move plants, but |
must capture the good things as lie
I 'them. The native orchitis, howI
usually require careful inauaget,
being among the most difficult of
go plants to colonise. Most of them
ire complete or partial shade and a
|t subsoil.
, a water supply is at hand, a moist
under trees or about buildings, whero ,
lis some protection from wind, can
Lade, au I clumps of many species I .
be removed with safety. It is best c
Imovo thorn in summer, when the ' H
i season is past. ? Aoiori'"\a |
Pniag.
HARVKSTIKO AMD IW?i?o
i um potatoes require even more cert
than grsia ia harvesting, is reritied by i
long experience. Unless the soit is verj
heavy and wet, digging should never b?
done early in the fail. Potatoes shoulc
remain in the ground until the vinei
have become dead, and, if the weatbe;
is warm aud dry, they shculd remait
still longer. Of course there are excep
tions as when blight withers the vinei
aud extends down to rot the tubers,
Then the crop should h~ anc
Bioreu in a dry, cool place as quickly ai
possible.
Provided normal condition* exist, and
there is no disease lu the crop, potatoei
for winter storing should remain undup
until late fall, even until tho last of October.
If possible, harvest when tb<
ground is dry, and do not let the tubers
?oo exposed to the wind and sun an]
longer than to evaporate the moisturi
clinging to them. Whether dug witli
a twin linnli or linrmt notitln differ.
'* * *'"'? f*" ? ? '-nn ? i
nvoid harshness in removing tho pota
tons from the ground. Ono reason whj
potatoes should he left in tho ground
until fully ripe is to toughen thoir tender
skins to ibvintc easy abrasion, hut
of course, tho principal reason thorcfa
1s that the tubers inny becoino thorough!,
mature, so as to he a healthful, nutri
lions food.
The potato tubers should not he nl
lowed to burn in tho s.i:i, or their llm
flavor will bo destroyed. Tho cro|
should ho handled as lit tin as possibh
to provont nbrasions that do irreparable
injury. It is always tho bust plan to d'
tho assorting in tho fluid when the tu
bcrs are gathorcd. Place tho inorchau
table potatoes earofully in crates, or
baskets, nevci throw thorn roughly in,
and do not tako them from thoso receptacles
until thoy are put iu tho bins in
the cellar. The mode, practiced by
some farmers, of pourin ; them iuto a
wagon box in tho field, from which they
arc shoveled into a chute, whence they
side iuto the collar, is ruinous to theii
keeping fjuilitieJ, and should never In
practiced.
Tho collar, or store room, should be
dry, well ventilated, and cool. Do mil
mass the potatoes together in big bins;
thoy will "sweat" the sumo as hay or
grain when in hulk, and will heat am
rot if there is no ready escape for th?
moistiiro. To store potatoos iu pits to
remain until spring, select a dry elevated
spot, mid, wiiutlior buried below tho
surface, ??r covered above tho ground,
always leave a free apace over the pota?
toes for the evaporation of moisture.
Potatoes thus kept will not sprout during
the winter. ?American Agriculturist.
KAIl.M ANI? O.MllUiN No I KS.
Late hatches of turkeys seldom prove
prolituhle.
A pond is not necessary in raising
Pokin ducks.
Bhcop cannot thrive on iilthy foo l or
filthy quarters.
It is always an item lo keep sheep as
clean as possible.
The Chinese sacred lily bloom as well
in pebbles and water as in soil.
Orange trees may be planted auosifully
almost any month in the year.
Change the flock to fresh pistnroi
occasionally; they will thrive hotter.
Holect now next year's lions and fatten
off the surplus unless they are tit to sell
as breeders.
1 he Newtown pippin is popular, not
only for iioiuc consumption Intl. for tho
foreign trade.
1 With shcop, in with other stock, tho
host tceiling is a goo I variety re gularly
ami I literally given.
Tho onrlur the sheep are mat ore I tho
loss chance they will have to eat their
hea'ls otl while growing.
Roman hyacinths are extensively use I
for forcing, which may he done at a
temperature of sixty ilegives.
Wlien llie Iambs are wcaoo I ho sure
that they have access to a goo I supply of
water. This is essential to thrift.
While a few sheep can lie kept on almost
every farm, fluty should not he
yarileil with thncitllo and horses.
Jonguils are suitable alike for pol
culture or for planting out. The culture
reuuirod is tho same as for hyacinths.
Keep in a goo I condition now; n
sheep in a vigorous, thrifty condition in
the fall may lie considered half win
tered.
Oalvanizod iron vessels are good to
hold water for chickens. Tio-v must lm
cleaned every morning and tilled with
fresh water.
A common-sized egg is a very indefinite
tiling, but those may he called
common-sized of which it takes ten t?
make a pound.
Tho new I'rineoss strawberry, which
originated in .Minnesota, was nam I 11v
the ilorticultural Society of that State,
it at the same time took lirst prizj over
liftcen new seedlin ;s.
Put in a crop ol turnips for yom
geese an I ducks. Store them away for
winter, ami during the cold season cook
theiu and thicken with bran and shorts,
and you will have a cheap and nutrition)
tuess for them.
.'Vii i!X|iun?uvc'i pe u; i i;n?vi;r " .'ly:
"Don't lorce a too rapid gr oivth wmle
young, as il tends l<? produce .1 tree ?<i jeet
to early decay. Apply n t futiliz -r
upon the peir'i order 1 in go > i sml
until the pe iring p -ri > I.
On clay soils poultiv v.iris may ho
greitly improved liy plac.n <, a t;lr di i.a
two feet below t ie surface of i t - \ail,
and then n Iding ? fool of -til. I'r?* r I
in this way, the rains enry <lo vn mac i
of the filth to the ilrains an 1 save! i > >r.
At the Nov llinpmire ex ri nonl
station they loan I tint lion tiieir he?t
cow milk cost :ib > it ?n- in I one-unit
cents it <ju irt, an I fro n t nor po ?rv?t
cow more than fo ir an I ou'-Yii' cots.
Tiiere is a chance for a p; >i' in on :
case.
A good average roru erop n is pro luce i
from one and one-tiiir I to two an 1 one
fourth times as inue'i food per acre as a
^ood hay crop, or cu mi.; i to supp >r; a
cow in full How of milk from one hundred
and sixty eiijht days to two liU'i
ilred and eighty-seven days.
I'l llKl.t 1*1 li.IKi I IVK.
Mr. Huckleberry ? No one admires me,
Mi-s W allflower?No one ?'lmirea iue
litlier.
Mr. Huckleherry?We had better organize
a mutual admiration society. I
idinirc your eyes. \\ Imt <lo you admire
ihoilt incf
.Miss \\ alltlower?Vour good taste.?
Puck.
ICING OP THE TIGHT SOS'S.
MTOWOKKFULr PKBPOBMAlVOJMi OP
THE AOED BLOW DIM.
IfllA m Kfer, Thouurli 8iity-?i(ht
Ymri OI?l?HI# I'road IVeoolloctlon*
of NUffart Pali#.
"1 X LONDIN is a name that aeema
I?to belong to paat generation*..
I j Men who are now old reraeraU
b*r i~n iu uioir youth hi#
ironderfal performances. To moat people
he ia only a natno, a great name of
the paat. And to moat it ia probably
itartling to learn that the agile chevalier
ia not only atill living, but actually giv? .
ing his bewildering exhibition*. Yet)
this ia true. He some years ago went
into semi-retirement. He was rich, and
ho had made thousands of perilous jour*
ueys along the tight rope. It seemed,
time to take a well won rest. 'Yet from
time to time he emerges from bis retire-,
meat and resuinca his old plsce upon the
rope, with all his old skill and graceand1
daring, and with all his old effect upon,
the spectators.
Thus only a few weeks ago he hogan a,
Africa of |?erformnncea in the Botaoicali
Gardens, at Manchester, Kngland, in the!
presence of admiring and fascinated!
thousands. Ilin rope had a clear atrotch
of 188 feet, and was eighty-eight feet
- ai? 1 rru? ?...
I aUOVU II1U gruillMI. Ilium wm uu miiivj i
L. not under it. That is au appliance Blon-.
I din has never used and nover will w?wj.,
Whjl "It would ruin my regulation,"
? l.o says. 80 a false stop would have
, been fatal. But he had no fear of false,
Iteps. Ho was clad in a brilliant cos?
tump, surmounted by a brass helmet
with floating plumos. On beiug hoisted
to his ropo, which was less than two
Inches thick, ho walked along it from
end to end as unconcernodly as though
lie had been on a Broadway pavemont.
Not so much can be said for the spectators,
who wcro literally spell bound at
, even this simple performance.
Then tlio old gentlomau blindfoldod
r hlmsolf, nnd then drew a big bag over
his head. In thnt manner he recrossed
t the slender bridge, just as easily as beI
fore, while inany of the spectators turned
their eyes away in fear. Neat he put on
1 * cook's cap and apron, and roturoed to
I Iho middle of tho ropo, bearing a bosket
( snd a -stove, lie sot up tho stove and
kindled a tiro in it. From the basket he
I took various utonsils and .some eggs. lie
, broke and heat tho eggs, and cookod
litem into au omeletto ou tho stove, and
then, "as n guarantoo of good faith,"
out the unolctto and a flask of wine upon
t tray and lowered it to the ground, that
the spectators might sco that it was real.
After that he carried his sou across on
fiis back, balnucod hiinsolf on a chair at
tho middle of the rope aud traversed the
tope on a bicycle. Theso are the feats
be used to perform thirty, forty years ago,
snd more. Now ho is an old man of
iixty oight years, and I10 does them just
Is easily and as unhesitatingly as ever.
I'lint is the most extraordinary fact of all.
Among his almost countless medals and
ither trophies, that which lllondin most
highly prizes bears this inscription: "Presented
to Mom. I. F. lllondin by thociti
I sens of Niagara Fulls, in appreciation of
t font novor before attempted by man,
nit by liiui successfully performed on the
llllh of August, I K.V.I, (lint of currying u
man upon hiH buck over thn Fulls of
Niagara on n tight ropo." That modnl,
Due might say, sounds the koynoto of his
' l?fe. Niagara has been everything to
him. Before he crossed that awful gorge
he whs n great gymnast; but since then
he bus been indisputably supreme. tjo
iins crossed Niagara three hundred times
since then, but it was that first performance
that made him what lie is.
How did you feel when you set out to
cross Niagara!" ho was asked. "Wore
you nervous, afraid?"
"No, no I Foul! No!" was hiscnorgetic
reply. "1 left that for those who
watched 1110. Some of thetn saidt I lo
won't dare to try it.' Others said: *Tlio
crazy fool of a Frenchman must want, to
commit suicide.' But I crossed, and 1
have crossed it NOD times since then."
"But it was really dangerous, wasn't
it!"
" Yev, to be sure it w??, Tho rope
might have suappod."
M. Blondiu calls his pleasant home
in I.ondon "Niagara Villa," uud one
of the most conspicuous objects in
it is a huge oil painting, depicting
1 him in the act of crossing the falls, in
Hie presence of tho I'nnr of Wales and
a great crowd.
" IJIoii lin," of course, is an ns9umod
iiitinc. Jean Francois (Iravcle is what
lie was christened, llis father was a
gymnast, and he himself began ropewalking
at four years old. At twentyseven
he ha l a considerable reputation
in the provincial towns and cities of |
France. It was there that the famous
Havel saw linn, and was much impressed,
lie sought the young man's acquaintance.
4 Come with mo," he said. "Join my
company and go to America?to New
York. You will make your fortune."
44Agreed," was the reply; *4I'll go
with you."
44 Well done! But tlrst, what i9 your
name?"
4 4Jean Francois Gravele."
44Gravole? Pah! That will nevor do.
Such a name would never do for the billboard.
We must change it. Ha! I
see! Blue eyes, light hair; of course.
You shall call yourself Blondiu!"
So 44B'ondiu" it was, and tho young
man nude a great hi4 in New York.
l.v ,\.4 . ~i..x i?
rjl'^lll > U U 1 UllCI 111* n Hl^illtl# All
ill his career ho has never used a safety
net. Au>l he has never fallen from his
r >;>e. lie has never had an accident of
any kind, save one, in which he merely
jervened himself a bit in otiospot. They
ay the *ecr<-t of his success is in tho
powerful in .seels of his arms, which cuib'.e
him to 'arry an unusually heavy
balancing no e. it tr ie tiiat he has
prodigious mov e- iljt when ho is
a-ked if taat is r< . y the se'ret of his
success, he !uu/Vs v, I say-, "No; I
-iircet* I in keeping on the r jpe because I
don't want to fall." He contends, moreover,
that r >pc wa ker?, like poets, are
born, not in ide. He was born a ropewalker;
but bis children were not, so
none of them will ever attc npt it.?N?:v
York Tribune.
THIS is s.WVKI'l..
"My shrieked the viw, "This m?(s
ill illv teetb on e I oit
111?*_ !i? mill"," an-\\i ici| tic- tile,
"were I not bald lied to it." j Imliati.ip
oiis .limrii d.
The reen'flr army of Brazil ron?i?rs of
only I,01/0 foldieis, bu' the tlovernu.ent
(an laise a military force ol 10i>,UUU
men by conscription.
THE HUMBLE EARTHWORM.
ORKATVAB* WHXOH PLAT AW IKPOATAKTTABT
XT MATVBK .
How The# ] Ibk? the Kwrth Krmltf at
?Their CarlOM Habtta?M.777 of
Them t?M Acre of Garden.
UNTIL Dr. Charles Darwin made
hid study of earth worms no
aequtdntaoce was had be
"'-Z'w rruii the work of these
humble creatures that play so important
a port in the wdftld, all the sol', of which
has been rendered fruitful by being
passed through their bodies.
Earth worms ere distributed through*.
out tne entire woria, oeing louna even
on the most remote island*. Although'
land anitnala they ere in a sense semiacqustic.
Whereas exposure to a dry
air for a few hours is fatal to them, they
hare been kept alive in water for several
months. They are nocturnal in tbeir
habits, and at night may be seen crawl,
ing about in large numbers, usually with
their tails inserted in their burrows.
Their bodies are armed with short bristles,
by moans of which they cling to
their holos, so that it is difficult to drag
them out.
The body of a large earth worm consists
of from 100 to 2'J0 rings or segments,
eoch furnished with uiinuto
bristles. By means of a well-developed
muscular system the animal can crawl
backward as well au forward, and,
nhc?.i?; i?\l l? lie'l in tho iuuuth of its
hole, it can rctijhft fnto the latter with
extraordinary rapidity. It has a mouth
and throat as well as a gizzard, which
grinds the food swallowed. The gizzard
generally contains small stones,
which arc supposed to be taken in for
thupurpuso of assisting digestion. Earth
worms breathe through their skin, possessing
uo special organs of rcspiratiuu;
they have no eyes, and tho two sexei aro
united in the same individual.
Although they are entirely blind they
are scnsitivo enough to light to ho ablo
to distinguish between day and night.
Thus they escape many dangers whicli
would thrcaton them from diurnal animals
that pray upon them. They do not
possess any sense of hearing. Dr. Darwin
found that thoy took not the least
notice of tho shrill notes from a inotal
whistlo and they were ,,indiff :ront to
shouts." Their senso of smell is very
feeble, but they porceivo very well by
touch. Although thoir nervous system
is well developed it 4* doubted whether
they sutler as much pain when injured
as thoy soera to express by their coutortions.
Earth worms aro omnivorou?. They
swallow quantities of earth continually,
out of which thoy extract any digestible
matter which it may contain. Thoy aWo
cnusuino half docaycl leaves of all
kinds, except a few which h ive an unpleasant
taste or are too tough. From
such loaves they chiefly obtain their sustenance.
They pass the winter season
either singly or rolled up with others
into a ball at the bottom of their burrows,
which during that time of year
are closed at the top. They devoto
much of their attention to gathering
leaves, decayed twigs and small refuse oi
all sorts for the purpose of plugging up
thoir holes and to line tho upper parts of
the latter.
There is plenty of organic matter in
ordinary mold for tho support of earth
worms, iacludiug many eggs and larvie
of insects, as well as small living and
dcAd creatures. Thero aro certain species
found in damp places in the tropics
which possess trap like bladders, fccaiii
tifully constructed for catching minute
subterranean animals. Earth worms
eagerly devour raw meat and dead
worms. Although thoy usually live uear
the surface of the ground, yet they burrow
to a considerable depth during long
continued dry weather and sovoro cold.
They have been discovered as far down
as eight feet. Tho burrows ruu porpcudiculaily
or a little obliquely, and are
lined with a thin layer of tine, dark colored
earth voided by the worms.
The lining thus formed is very compact
and smooth, closely fitting the
worm's body. It strengthens tho walls
of the burrow, which may be likeuod to
a tunnel liued with cement, and saves
the occupant's skin from being scratched.
Often the hole terminates in a small enlargement
or chamber, where one or
i.1. _ MM
more worms pass me wiuier. i nose
chambers aro lined with little stones and
coeds, to provout contact with thesurrounding
cold soil. After swallowing
earth, whether for making' its burrow
or for food, tho worm comes to the surface
to empty its body, thus forming
what arc called "castings." In tho case
of certain giant earth worms of India
aud Ceylon, such castings are sometimes
four inches or more in height and seem
to bo constructed with considerable
skill.
Tho earth thus voided by worms, if
spread out uniformly, would form iu
most piaces in tho course of a year a
layer one-fifth of an inch in thickness.
Inasmuch as the process is carried on'
.unceasingly, tho mold from below being
continually brought to the surface, it is
a matter of ready calculation how long
it will take for tho entire layer of superficial
soil to be passed through the
worm's body. It is estimated that on an
average ncre of arable land more than
ten tons of earth are annually swallowed
by worms and brought to the surface.
The importance of the work accomplished
by thorn in this fashion cannot
be overestimated. They periodically
exposed the mold to the air, mingling
it like a gardner who prepares fine soil
for his choicest plants, aud sifting it so
mat no stones bigger than the particles
they can swi How are left in it.
Earth worms drag an infinite number
of dead loaves and other parts of plants
into their burrows. The bones of dead
animals and other more or less decayed
refuse are buried beneath their castings
niul thus brought within reach of the
roots of plants. Two worms, placed in
a vessel eighteen inches in diameter,
which was tilled with sand, with fallen
leaves strewn on top, have been observed
to convert a layer of the sand four-tenths
of an inch thick into vegetable mold
within three weeks. Thus do these
humhlo creatures prepare the land for
the farmor and make it fruitful. The
smoothness of a wide, turf-covered
meadow is due to leveling performed by
worms.
It has been calculated that 53,777
earth worms, weighing 365 pounds, ordinarily
exist in one acre of garden
jutcli, about half as many living in an
acre of corn field.--Washington Star.
Pythons arc abundant in tit" Philiu
oincs, the species being .dentn. >1 with I
(hat touud iu liyrueb.
Queerest ef Qimt luturaito
The very queerest of the queer restaurant*
io New York City went to pieces
not long ago, end probably no one was
sorry except the owner, lie was a short,
squat Frenchman from the thieves'
quarter of Paris, and he started an In
the heart of Park street, a place which
he called the "Luck of the Fork" In
honor of a famous crook's resort In *>?
The plan of this restaurant was a rery
simple one. There is a great fire-place
in the old house, and in this the Frenchman
hung a huge iron pot. Into this
Gt the Frenchman would pour a numr
of pails of water, then be would
make a fire under it. When the water
began to boil the cook would dump into
it a bushel of potatoes and other odds
and ends of vegetables picked up in Mulberry
and Bayard streets along with
scraps of bones and shreds of meat.
Whon .11 ... knil.^ ... . rwi . Kit
Tf UVU Mil t>um T l?-l tSVr*?Wa U ?UV? ? UIV
of flour added you bad a Gargantuan
stew that, could be smelled a full block
away. Tbe smell was not nice, but for
tbat matter neither wero the patrons of
tho "Luck of the Fork."
Thcro was no bill of tare in the "Luck
of the Fork," nor were there any waiters.
It followed the plan of the Paris place
in this. The host secured somo long
handled forks with two tines each, and
these wero tho only utensils used by the
customers.
When >im wt ? *? Mi* "Iwok of
the Fork" you paid the proprietor's two
cents, nnd he gave you one of the forks.
You advanced upon the iron pot and
plunged tho jork into it and brought it
up again much as you spear for eel)
through tho ice ou the Shrewsbury River.
If your fork brought you up potatoes or
meat or both you were in luck. If it
brought nothing so much the worse for
you.
There was etiquette in the "Luck of
the Fork." No gentleman or latiy was
allowed to spear tho pot more than once
without paying an extra fee, and no one
was allowed to tish about for large piocea
in the stew. You had to give a straight
jab iuto the pot with your fork and theD
break away. Of course you could return
by putting up another fee.
For a time tlio "Luck of the Fork"
prospered. There was a novelty about
it that attracted tho sports of the Fourth
Ward, but this finally woro off. In th?
first place the propiotor was charged
with putting nothing in his stew but big
bones from which the fork glanced and
brought up nothing savo tho necessity
for paying another two cents for anothei
chauco.?New York News.
Pnys Five or Six Hours Long.
As the evidence of tho earth's crust
proves that our globo has lasted for in,calculablo
ages, it beco U03 of interest
to think how far the gradual elongation
of the day may have uttained significant
proportions sinco very early times. It
may bo that in a thousand years tho eflcct
of the tides is not sufiiciout to altei
tho length of the day by so much as a
single second. Hut the effect may be
very apprcci ible or even largo in a
million years, or ten million years, or a
hundred million years. Wo havo the
best reasons for knowing that iu intervals
of time comparable with those I have
mentioned the change in the length of
the day may have amounted, not morcly
to recondsor minutes, but oven to hours.
Lookiug into tho remote past, there was
I a time at which this globe spun around
in twenty-three hours, instead of twentyfour;
at a still earlier period the rate
must havo been twenty hours, and tho
further we look back the more and more
rapidly does the earth appear to bo spinning.
At last, as we strain our gaze tc
some epoch so excessively remote that it
appears to havo been anterior to those
changes which geology recognizes, we
see that our globe was spinning round in
a period ot six hours, or live hours, or
possibly even less, ileretheu is a lesson
which tho tides have taught us; they
have shown that if the causes at present
iu operation have subsisted without interruption
for a sufficiently long period
in the past the day must have gradually
grown to its present length from nu
initial condition iu which the earth
scorns to have spun around four times as
quickly as it docs at present.?Good
Words.
A Turtle's Sens.- ot iiunior.
To suppose tbul u turtle, us you watc)
it crawling over tlie liiuil, had any sena
of humor in its horny head seems ab
surd; yet naturalists have recorded thei
being seen at play, and certainly the
can readily be tamed to a remarkable tie
gree. Their intelligence, however;
shows out prominently onlj in tire de
grcc of cunning exhibited when the;
arc in search of food. The huge snappo
"lies in wait," and certainly this is *
most suggestive ami compreliensiv
phrase. I believe, too, that this ticrc
turtle buries surplus food and so givo
further evidence of intellectual activity
?Courier-Journal.
Famous .Sapphires.
<> '0 famous sapphire was found In
Bengal by a poor man who sold wooden
spoons, says the Jewelers' Review. It
was taken to Europe and waa bought by
the house of Raspoll, at Rome. Later it
became the property of a German prince,
who sold it to Ferret, a Parisian jeweler,
for $yi,620. It was absolutely without
a blemish, and weighed 176 carats.
A couple of wild pigeons wore re
cent 1 y shot in Siult :iux ttecollots bush,
Ctuacla. A sportsman says it is over
twenty-tive years since specitneu9 of theso
birils were teen there.
a Olilrn Time*
People overlooked the importance of permancntly
beneficial offe -t*n?d were satisfied
with Mansion! action, hut now that it is generally
know tlmt Syrup of Firs will permanently
cure habitual constitution, well infornte
I people will not hny other Inxative*,
which net for n time, hut finally injure the
system.
An English sytvliea'e has pat 1 -*400,000
for chororinal miniuif property in
the South Dakota h;,ls.
The Only One Kver Printed.
CAN voir PINP TilK WOlUi?
These Is ft 3 inch display adveri isement fn
fhls paper, this week, which lias no two words
all xe except one word. The same is true of
each new one appearing eneli week, from The
Dr. Mar tor Medicine <'o. This lion?w? p'accs ?
'Crescent" on everything they inakennd tmbli-h.
lam's for it, send them the name or the
word and they will return you book, iikautiVl
l. i l l mooiiaphs or scmpi.ks ritKK.
A Hrooklyn (X. V.I in >t?n?or prowwex
;0 tap the Carlo's interior for heal nntl
thus save fuel.
Mai \iiia cured and eradicated fr m the
s'.s'iin by Hfown's jr . |ii t, j- , : ieli lire
he ! he h'<.i> I, .<i e- t o InT i . i <1- dl '('?
11* ii. Ai t lik .1 . .. it in . . j i : s . ja ei ncrul
[ 111 health, KOI ... lievv clic I K > a el sllcll|(th.
sa^sf5aBg?3Erg*
A valuable bed ?t t^rs cotta clay Has
bean diacorered on the fans of J. Ohattwar.
Jut ontaida of Petoahey, Mich.
>V. IL Griffin. Jarkepn, MkMua, wrltce:
'. suffered wftn citarrhfor fifteen years. Hall's
Catarrh Cure coredine." Bold by DrueaUta.79c.
t In Petonville (England) PHw*
Ivvu conTicta at one time confined there, J
7il had been 8ondav-achooi_?1k^*rf.
Biowrt iron Bitter* cam Dyapepela, Malaria.
Billooaneee and General Deblitjr. Gives
Strength, aide Digestion. tone* the nerev*?
create* appetite. The beat tonlo for Morning
Mot here, weak women aad children.
"Ts it not very ezcitlog to see the
anchor weighed aboard sbipt" "Not
half so ezcitiag as it would be to see
one wade ashore."?King's Jester.
Dow't fool with indirection nor with a
disordered liver, hut tak? Reecbaui's lMili
for Immediate reller. 25 cents a box.
About the hardest crop to raise on a
arm nowadays, is the boys iu the fainIn
?T*nnlr
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaac Thorndaon*s
Eye-water. Druggist* sell at tto.per bottl*
Children of Mr. and Mrs. lkt. M. Boiler
Altooua, Pa.
Both Had Eczema
In Its Worst Form
After Physicians Fatted, Hood's
Sarsapartita Perfectly Cured.
Great mental agony is endured by parents
who see their children suffering
from diaeases caused by impure blood,
and for which thero seems no cure. This
is turned to joy when Hood's Sarsuparilla
is resorted to, for it expels the foul humors
from the blood, and restores the
diseased 6kin to fresh, healthy brightness.
Read tho followingt
"We think Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the most
valuable medicine on the market for blood and
skin diseases. Our two children suffered terribly
with the
Worst Form of Eczema
for two years. We had three phyBlci&ns in that
time, but neither of them succcdeed in curing
them or even In giving tlivm a little relief. At
last we tried Mood's Sarsaparilla and in a
month both children were perfectly
cured. We recommend
Hood's Sarsaparilla
as a standard family m?dicine. and would not
lie without it." Mr. aud Mus. M. M. Sollkk,
Ml- Second Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
Iloud'a Pills cure I Ivor Ills, constipation, biliousness,
Jaundice, sick headache, Indigestion.
Advice to Women
If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Profuse, 'Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Menstruation
you must use
BRADFIELD'S fj
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REGULATOR |
CAivrrusviLt.K, April 20,18ftJ.
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years from Menstrual I r regularity,
Doing treated without benefit by physicians,
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l'loturo "7, 17, 70" and sample doso free.
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Mrs. E. J. Rowell, Mcdford, Mass., says her
mother has been cured of Scrofula by the use
of four bottles of RRK| after having bad
much other treat- E2*X>9 meet, and being
reduced to quito a low condition ot health, as it
was thought she could not live.
Cured my little boyof bereditary
scrofulawhich appeared
all over his face. For
a year I had given op all hope
of his recovery, when Anally
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A few bo """tUes cured him,and no K2eS*S
symptoms of the disease remain.
Mrs. T. I.. Ma i nF.ns. Matherville, Miss.
Our book on BIoo I anl Skin Oiwire* mailed free.
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iid to lead you to careful
i ving.
Our reason is that Scott's
i- i c i i; _;i
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so often a part of careful
living.
If you would go to your
doctor whenever you need
his advice, we might save our
money. He knows what you
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T. j t i \ Co?'Nf, Chemists, ij? South jtl. Avenue,
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I.ITTI.kirlKI.il A IO? A tin in*. !>, Y.
"August
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"What is August Flowrfjbrr*
As easily answered as iskcd. It is '
for Dyspepsia. It is a special remedy
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Nothing more than this. We believe v.
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plantsin the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. It does one thing,
and docs it right. It cures dyspepsia#
HB
S?th^RSS&, JLiame?*.
the hands. In)iii? Dim Iron, and burn off. 1
Tba Kiting Sun .store I" .Mali 1* Brilliant. Odor 1
itlL Duwfcl'i < ?<?iiii?ra??*plw SO no |
or (tun package with every pnrrhase. I
HHHIM Morphtno If Mbit Cared fa 10
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^touiiekecpein 5V4 lb., St.}. Carolina'* Bride, W4 lb.,
90 P?r pair. I.caktviiU 'ioneat Jeans?driiy, Brown
and Black?3c.. ^Or. ntnl *?0c. uor yard. Kcrar*
Gray, 34 i-4c. Brown. VII- .< yard; very good.
Wool Yarn, nil colofs. 3c. n bank. 1/ yonr dealer
dom not keep these (foods or.ln of J. V\ . t*<'t>TT
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RELIEVES aU Stomach Distress.
REMOVES Nausea, Benso of JTiiUnMR,
Congestion, Fain. i
REVIVES Failinq ENERGY.
RESTORES Norms! rirelation, ud
Wat.m3 to Tor. Tips.
OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. St, Lofllc. ? ?
a mum has
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entirely untitled for the cares of housekeeping or
anv ordinary duties, If afflicted with
SICK HEADACHE
day AFTER day
and yet there are few diseases that yield mora
promptly to proper medical treatment. It Is therefore
of the utmost Importance that a reliable remedy
should always be at hand. During a period of mors
than
sixty years
theie has been no Instanee reported where sock
eases have not been permanently and
PROMPTLY CURED
by
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DR. C. McLANE'S
iiirn ma ts
UWPK rSLLSj
wliloh may he procured at any Prug store, or w!H ha
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postage stamps.
Purchasers of these Pills should be oAreful to procure
the genuine article. There are several counterfeit*
on the market, well calculated to deceive. Ths
genuine p-. e j;? iatne's Celebrated IJver Pills ara
manufactured only by
FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
S > U II
IF YOU
OWN
CHICKENS
YOU WANTO A ~\T T1IUIR
THEM TOA X WAY
even If you merely keep tkein as a diversion. Ia Of
der to liaudle Fowls judlclouslv. yoij must kuow
sometSjIng about tl.em. to meet this want wear*
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twenty-live years. It was written by a man who put
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business?and If you will profit by his twenty-Ova
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liow to remedy It mm i ook win bach you. W
I it tell* how ?o <1-to'-i njnil < ur -li < ?sr. to feed for
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brrnjiuK purpose'-; mid ov. ; vlolm Iiclfoil, you
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