The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 24, 1893, Image 4
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P'" FISHING ON THE LAKES.
,JT IMPORTA1CT WXMTKB IWDU5TBT
or TKB WEST,
Tile Fish Supply for Right Great
State* ? The Kind of Boats and
Net* Used in tho Business.
.~7 ~T tuo uisuocuy Western
|r=/ industries are more interesting
j | or of greater public Importance
6 tban the fisheries of tne great
lakes. The charming blue of the waters,
their freshness, the boauty of tho species
of fish taken at*d the methods^etwplasatl
y* is'* i ' ? ?i great seas are
taken tens of thousands of tons of fish
OTcry year, and the food supply of at
1f>nah rlrrlif {i va^lv vUkaa sa*%/l
Letter for It. Lake whiteflsh, trout aod
jpike find a welcome place in their season
on the in onus of hotels throughout the
;Nortb, and caviar Is manufactured of
such quality and quantity that not only
the homo demand is supplied in tlio
main, but a considerable amount is exported
to Germany and other Kuropenn
countries.
Each lako has a distinct dm meter in
Its fisheries. Whitoflsh are the great dab
of Lake Superior, lako trout of Huron
und Michigan, and herring an 1 bluo piko
of Erie. Allspocje* aro found in all the
fakes, aud a considerable quantity of
each is taken in every ono of thorn, but
tho predominant species caught giro* individuality
aud character to too whole.
In sf so of cattJh BTIfl PAD III FIHI, with
Michigan second, Huron a c'oso third
und Superior fourth. Lako Krio alone
yields about tweuty-hvo thousand tons of
fish annually, two-ilfths of wh cii Is lake
herring, a smaller species of tho whitoflsh
family Lliul rarely exceeds a foot in
leugth und a pound in woight, but rivals
tho whitoilsh itself in beauty of scale and
tho mother-of-pearl effects of suullght
on its silvery sido3 when taken from tho
wutcr. Bluo piko comprises another
fifth, rivaling the color of lino blued
steel iu splendid motallic luster.
About ouo-tCDth is sturgeon, tho
largest species of lako iisb, and ono of
tho most uncanuy looking. They aro
moro common in tho eastern on 1 of I.alco
Erie, and sometimes reach inauy pounds
iu weight. Their rocs, which havo boon
Itnkon weighing as much as sixty pouuds,
whuu properly pickled and spiced, are
the caviar of comrnorco, while from their
{bladders isinglass is mado. This fith, in
'the early days of lako fishing, was highly
esteemed, but smoked sturgeon is now
cured in large quantities and sells readily
iu ull the priucipal inarke'.s of tho
country. Tliu remaining three-tenths
arc whitdish, saugers or saudpike, porch
.and bass.
More than half tho groat catch of
Lake Krio is sold while frcili. It is
Bhipped on ice to all tho cities and
towns of Western Now York irid Pennsylvania
and of Ohio and Indiana. About
5000 tons are salted aud sold over a
wide area iu the familiar "kits" and
quarter barrels, while 4000 tons aro
frozen find 1500 smoko 1. Tho thruo
greater lakes together produco (ess than
[60,000 tons annually, a total gigantic iu
itsolf,' but small indeed compurod with
.'the product of little Krio.
Tho fisheries of tho lakes are carried
(in i>n:u:i|>:iliv wit^wmkinda o( nuU ?
tho poun<Tami
BomctimcB used, and grapnels aro cmployed
to some extout in sturgeou fishing,
but at least uinoty-fiva per cent, of
ull tliu fish taken is by the two means
named. The gill not is the only device
used iu doop water. Where tho depth
exceeds fifty feet the pound net is unprofitable
and impossible, and usually is
not employed in a greater depth thau
twenty-live feet. The gill not is about
Bix feet wide, a siugle sheet of incslics,
varying iu openness with the sizo of fish
to be taken. Each net is about 300 feet
long, and thoy aro set together iu gangs
of forty to sixty nets.
Thus each stretch of gill nets is l>otwecu
three and four miles iu length,
ily means of floats on one side aud sinkers
on the other it takes an upright position
on the bottom of the lake, where It
is anchored and its place marked by
buoys and little flags at the surface. The
fish iu swimming up or down the lake
strike this mazy stretch of twiuc. pu*b
tkroLUfJU it if th?y can, and those thnt aro
too large to pass through aro caught by
uio gills aim nciu. it :s a cruei mciuou, j
because if the net is not lifted in a few
hours the fish ia drowned aud will thou
Boon become worthless. Not infrequently
in November tho storms prevent
a visit to the nets for several days, and
often when they aie lifted under such
circumstances there are hundreds of deud
aud bloated fish in them.
The pouud net ia a much more humane
contrivance. It takes the fish alive and
keeps them so until the fishermen come
to remove them. It was first introduced
on the lakes about 1850, and ia
tho familiar net of Connecticut tlshormen.
It has three parts?leaders, funnel
or heart and bowl or pot. The fish
strike tho leaders, and if too large to
pass through its meahes turn aside and
follow along to tho funnel, and thence
through it into tho bowl, from which
they rarely escape. Lifting a pound net
consist, accordingly, of simply raising
the bowl aud scooping tho tlah from it
into the boat, while the whole gill not
must be taken up nnd changed and
washed every time it is visited.
A few years ago tho fishing tug was a
rarity. The dingy and pound-net sailboat
were almost universal. But with
tho development of tho industry tho employment
of the steam rug of from fivo
to twenty tons burden came in rapidly.
A score of them are now in tho business
in Erie, 1'cnu., nearly as many in Cleveland,
and many more in Sandusky. They
will soon about entirely supplant tho
sailboat, as steam is more certain than
the fickle wind, aud getting fish to market
promptly is quite as important as
catching them. Lake Erio is now being
vorw plnenlw anrl fhn nniw.r
( JUVV4 f VI J VIVUVIJ | U U V* MUV VMVVU |<VI
boat is correspondingly small. A few
years ago a gang of gill nets not infrequently
yielded several tons at a lifting;
now it is rare that it reaches a ton, and
the average is probably somewhat under
half that, much. This is due quite as
much to the larger number of nets as to
failing supply?perhaps almost wholly
to the former. Fish culture is replenishing
in a measure the drain caused by
the enormous annual catch, and more
may justly be expected of it a few years
hence.?New York Advortiscr.
The present French Republic lir.s spent
two hundred million dollars in iniprov,ing
the waterways of the country, which
reach a total length of 7150 miles. All
these canals arc free,
? j .%
:ry-gi jfc
m ii-I ' i^ii
HOUSEHOLD AFFAlAtS.
A POPULAR ICINO.
An icing for cake that U popal
among French end German cooks a
that is economical bcoanee it calls for
eggs, is made from a half pound of po
dered sugar, a tablcepooofal of boili
water. gnftti ih4 ?
orange, and enough orange joioe
moisten it. Put the sugar In a boi
then add the rind, next the water, a
lastly the juice, and use at once.
SAUCM 4JU> ai mn turn mm.
Parsley is tho commonest garnish
all kind* of cold meat, poultry, flsh, e
Horseradish is used for roast beef ai
fish.
Slices of lemon are used for boil
fowl, turkey and flsh and for roast b<
and calf's head.
Barberries, fresh or preserved, go wi
game.
Currant jelly is usel with game; al
for custard or broad pudding.
Apple sauce is for roast gooso.
Mint Is for roast lamb, hot or old.
Sliced Huvillo oranges for wild due
widgeon aud toil.?Now York World.
BflOUI.D UK IN STRUT NOIISRUT.
Tu many nurseries in Kaglaud thero
to bo fouud upon the wall a large car
perhaps two by throe feet. At tho t'
of tho card Is written tho name and a
dress of the nearest doctor, or the ono
. be called in case of accident. bkiaoa
iro trie words,1* rrrmxir or anono wi
do it." Thero is a list of the nccidcn
most liable to happoa to children nr
the rotnody for each. Ilites and sw.t
lowed buttons, bleeding nose, burn
convulsions, stings, bruises and sprain
ami poisons are nil provided for; and
a box beneath the card aro kept absorl
cnt cotton, court-plaster, lint, arnic
and various iiocossarios that are only
bo used in casus of nccidont. Wh
goncral chaos reigns, and oven tho int<
ligent hiivo 1 >st tlioir wits, thin card
invnluul>le. To bo nblo to road and u
dcrstnnd it might be ono of tho tc<
used in engaging a nursemaid. Printi
cards could probably bo road moro ica
ily than those written.?Now York Poj
El.KOTIlIOITY IIKMM IN IIOUSKWOKK.
Many little tasks about the homo m
bo done by electricity with a great gs
In convenience. Take a slight and ti
ding matter as an instanc:. Grindii
the coffee takes some minutes. It cnu
arranged so that tho only nttontii
needed is tho pulling out of o small sli<
which allows tho cofloo to fall into tl
mill from a bin. Pulling out the sli<
starts tho motor, uud when a giv
amount is ground and has fatten into t
coffee-not below, tho weight will* aul
medically turn oil the motor, thus Ion
lug the colleo in tho pot ready to bt
Among tho other things about tho hoi
that can ho dono by electricity are was
lng clothes, turning a clothcs-wrmgor,
meat-chopper, a fruit oxprosser, an i
cream freezer, an egg boater, a cream c
tractor, which will tnko all tho crosm c
of tho milk in an Instant, and an oatuv
crusher. Those and n hundred othor 1
tlo things are usually dono wrong by d
most ica. Hy electricity thoy aro do
exactly right.?Detroit Pros Pros*.
' "" NKKDLKSH WASTB.
A few hints iu regard to carolr
wastefulness arc well worth conaiderin
Waste iu tho kitchou is ofton very gr<
from apparently trivial source*.
lu cooking meats tho water is throw
out without removing thu groaso, or tl
grease from tho dripping pan is throi
away.
Hernps of moat nro thrown away.
Cold potatoes are left ti aour ai
spoil.
Dried fruits are not looked after, ni
become wormy.
Vinegar and sauce nro left standing
tin.
Apples nro loft to decay for want
"sorting over."
Tho ton canister is left open.
Vitunls aru loft exposed to bo oaten
the mica.
Hones of meat and tho carcass of Cu
key uro thrown away when thoy con
bo used in makiujr tfoofl soups.
Sugar, tea, coiTeo and rice nro cn
lessly spilled in tho handling.
Dish towels are mod for dish clotl
Soap is left to dissolro and waste
tho water.
Napkins are used for dish towols.
Towels are used for holders.
Brooms and mops nrc not hung up.
More coal is burned than necessary
not arranging dampers when not usi
the tire.
Lights nro left burning whon r
used.
Tin dishes ere not nronerlv cleans
nml dried.
Good, now brooms are used in sen
bing kitchen llnor*.
Silver spoons are used iu scrapi
kettles.
Cream is loft to mold and spoil.
Mustard is loft to spod in the cru
etc.
Pickles becomo spoiled by tho lcakl
out or evaporation of tho vluegar.
Pork spoils for want of salt, nnd bi
because tho brine wants scalding.
llams become tainted or "filled w
vermin for want of care. " *
Cheese molds and is catou by mice a
vermin.
Tea and collco pots are injured on
stove.
Woodcnwnre is unscaldcd, and 10ft
and S?rnr?lr
And so on and on Indefinitely, anJ
is important that the eye of the mist
bo ever vigilant, no matter how c
petont the "holp" may be considered
how thorough the houackoopcr. ?Pi
deiphia Times. ~ - -
Definition of a Thoroughbred,
A thoroughbred horse is a race h
tracing back to lJyerly's Turk, Da
Arabian or Qodolphin Arabian in
mala lire. This brood of horse was
vslcped ic England, beginning twe
three hundred years ago, and are r<
larly registered in the books kept for
purpose. Rigid rules as to pedigree
enforced before an animal is admittei
registry. Standard" is a term i
with reference to trotting horses,
stallion that has trotted in 2:30, or I
tcr, is standard; if he has two coita <
have a record of 2:35, or better, 01
either his aire or dam is standard,
mare or gelding that bus trotted in 2
f3 standard. If botli parents arc stand
the celt is also standard. A stallion I
has tvro colts in the 2:30 class is sta
arc!. There arc some other rules on
subject, which it is not necessary to
tail lisrc.?Courier-Journal. __ _m
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euoo. A em of too kiud loiUcd b?
Euroka, Hondo.- 0? Aftgwttfth,.1884
a cloud bun* ok Ruby HUL Whon th
flood pound tbtvugh Adaaa'rHiU Cauo
St wm in tbo fem of a wot* that oppc
lite tbo Wllllamaburg ml no ,*u tUrl
feet wide aod Mm feat docp. A llttl
frtu V? >U mmui cL tbefiitaa/hal
rod rig at 1? tbi path cf tbo wax
inou
THB DESERT RAIN STORMS.
lar * LAND OF MIOHTY OLOUDBUBITf
Q<1 AMD TOIUf AJTOKS.
no '
w' WlMm the Drjr Lakx Are Filled?
?K Flood* Tt??* .*.? / ?u?a
o of Rallw?r Track*.
J? /^\ F all the tales told by the white
J I I Arabs of the Mojave Desert
y few will stir the mind of .*
hardf tmn^ris ? do those of
Mr? rafn storms that now and then deluge
this arid region. For practical purposes
for ?for the purpose of agriculture or the
tc. amelioration of tlio and atmosphere?it
ad is a rainless region. At intervals of
years general, or what the weather
ed sharps would call blanket rain storms,
!?f do prevail, and then the desert becomes
thoroughly moistened and the brown,
th hard-baked sand disappears under the
most luxuriant, fragrant charming
Ida flowers imaginable. Iiut in ordinary
years nothing of the kind is seen there.
And yet the tales of tlio downfall of itnmenso
masses of water are to Ikj heard
*1 from every old Arab, and tlio physical
evidence of such downfalls are'to bose^n
on every hand la a journey across
the region. Ono docs not havo t& leAve
lf the railroads to see tboso evidonoes.
j Jtibtyast of Mejave Station, in California,
j' the road runs for miles over a mass of
J what looks like yellow clay that has
. baked and cracked in all directions
,, ntiOer vuo - ? ?
- w-petrnraln sight, ft Is a orackad d..?
|ts of cartli, that looks so much like the
1(j bottom of the dried-out ponds to be
ym seen In tho East that any tondorfoot
1 would rccogniao it us tho bottom of s
desert dry hike. The wayfarer who
drives across the desert finds theso dry
lakes wherever there is a bow-shaped
a valley between mountain ridgos, and
^ sometimes on what seems to bo level
on mesas. Tlint these dry lakes arc ocCa,j
sionallv Hooded ncod not bo doubtod,
j, for tho water marks aro visible.
n Ilut more iirpressivo than tho dry
lta lakes aro tho water marks whorover there
Bi| Is a canon or even a depression loading
,1^ down from a mountain. In those canoni
|t the tourist drives or rides along tho dry
l?ml nf ? tnrmnt invnrinlilv ami it. is in
such places as these tli.it the guido tolls
hlR stories of desert rui i Htorms. The
"J usual Rciuon for these ruins I", curioiiRly
enough, tho dry season, if ono innv herl*
liovo them. While Hie sky is clour mid
v-{ flaming hot a hluck cloud appears uuox1,3
pcctcdly over some mouiitniu crest, whore
3,1 it Hwnyd nhout nn<i i'*ci eases in volume
? until its bottom strikes tho mountain top,
',0 nnd then, ns if picrrcd by a lancet, it
releases such n volume of water ns would
en pans belief did not ono *co tho work
'l0 done by the floods in every canon.
to" In the valley of tho Amnrgosa livei old
v" Cub Lee, a man who for nearly thirty
>il. years has mndo tho desert his home. Ho
1,0 house is ono of tho shanties formerly
'h* used by tho workniou who gathered
i a borax there. It stnnds under dills of
100 clay tlint aro cut nu t slashed ut frequent
intervals by deep fissures running from
,,,t the river bed up toward ttio mouutaini
that rise on each side of tlie valley. One
day last winter ho pointed to a mark
'?* about three foot up on the porjiondicu'uo
lor walls of the Assures on tho Funeral
Mountain side, and said:
ti'J'bo water etime dowru so deep after
n cloudburst up yonder ouo day last
>'8 summer." _
ig. The crest of the Funeral Mountain
)at disidc was thirty miles away. The nearest
peak was not less than ton, wliilo n
m gradually rising mesa swept back from
is the immediate valley of tho river for flvo
ru or six miles to the foot of the nearest
peak. This storm had released its flood
on the crests of mountains from'ten to
ad twenty miles away, the water had flowed
down the cations between thoso mounad
tains, hud poured ou? over the mesa, had
titled the gulches and Assures in its route,
IX. _ 1 *. II. 1 . it I. At..
iq nno nnn ui nisi roiieu out lurougu inu
wide splits in the river bank u solid wave
of three (cct high.
'How long did the tlood lust?" was
asked.
by "Perhaps twenty minute*?not a hulf
hour, anyhow."
ir* "Did it rain in the valley?"
dd "Not a drop."
As described by Lee, this cloud was
re- not very much like the tornado commou
to the prairie region east of the Rockies,
is. It was not a whirling storm, uor did it
la travel away from the place whero It was
formed, as a tornado docs. It was simply
a great mass of black vapor c .instantly
nflainc with zigzag lightning. It seemed
to gather a treueudous bulk of water
by from a stratum of air above tlio mountain
tops, to swell in volume as it gathered
tne water, and finally, w'lon a
tot change of conditions was created by
touching the mountain tops, to releaso
c?l its garnered floods distantly. Tho cloud
was streaked with lightning until nfter
ifr- the mountains were embraced, and then
the flashes disappeared and in a short
no time tho cloud Itself was dissipated.
Lee did not notice any unusual wind
while tho storm lusted.
*o, The effects of these cloud burst* o*a
best ho realized bv a consideration of
ug some of the authentic reports of such
storms. For instance, a cloudburst in
uef the Humboldt Mountains, Nevada, on
June 10, 1884, flooded the valleys about
ilfr Rye Patch and badly damaged tho Contral
Pacific tracks for thirty miles. Oc
n<l the 10th of March the sumo year a stretch
of the Atlantic and Pacific tinck sin
the miles long was washed away just west ol
Daggett, Cal., and on the same daj
to another cloudburst near Yuma, Arizona,
washed away about as much more of th<
I track there. Three days earlier, Marcl
ress 7tli, 1884, the streets of Florence, Ari
orU* zma, were flooded four feet deep by i
' or cloudburst at the nearby mountains. Tin
effect of such r. flood among tho house
of a mining camp may be iniAgiuo'l b
New Yorkers if they will consider who
a tide four feet high would do if i
swept through the shautics iu the goal
orso *. . ?
r|ey district.
the ^ 8*'" more destructive flood was re
do- ported from Arizona in 1887. On Sep
> or terobef 9 several miles of track and
number of bridges were destroyed nca
the Pantarro, whilo another cloudburst oi
ftrc the liith washed away five railo3of trac'
j to and three bridges on tho Sonora Hail
1SC;1 road and washed out eight miles c!
railroad that was fifty foot higfi aoa
L>et- I>r?^ooo.
dial Among tho dangers that bjojt the
r |f mlnoT, everybody is familiar with foil
a ing rock-", broken ropes th t lei l*n
30 bucket or cngo lly, and eave-ius thai
lard crush or imprison tho inon atvoik. ).iu
that 'n *',u m?t'ntaius of the desert the cloud
md- hurst is an ever present danger, though
it rarely takes the life of a miner. Man]
^ of tho leads aio discovered in canons
and some are ?.'urkcd ao that tho moutl
of the un%9 ia light ia t'uv bottom ci th
' ti'. ^
iuM ^ * ' . '^ ? ?Js* 'J
ip -wo WW ma canon; oi
jis^iuo the ikuatf&f'll lb? man at th
Octtom of tho shaft, who .could hoar tt
ror.r of the fiood and the ihouU of h
.'ell^wa abore but was powerless 1
escape the detraction that oYcrwhclme
aim I?Mew York Sao.
fiCIINTIFIC AND INDUSTB1AL.
Aluminum horseshoos are now t mac
for record breakers.
If sneezing be Induced it will > stop
disagreeable hiccough.
Home of the stars move with a Yelocil
of nearly fifty miles a seoond.
Flash light pictures of dinner parth
are quite in order all along the line.
The weight required to crush a squat
inch of brick rants from ltOO to 450
pounds.
Place 500 earths like ours side b
side and Saturn's outermost ring coul
easily inclose thorn.
No living ^cnnofdi^es*^caa^Mi
Tho spoolroscAp^waJd^ronstrate
that all the so called fixed stars arc i
motion?some In ono direction, some i
another.
Electricity is being applied to tho drj
ing of tea in Ceylon, tho process bavin
proved mors economical than the ol
method.
Newton, in bis day. bolievod ihot tl
earth was gradually becoming dry, an
lator scientists have recently confmne
the opinion.
Dr. W. A. Wells has written to tl
London Lancet about a new sourco <
lead poison log, the manufacture, clean
ing ami recoating of the plates of storai
batteries.
Physicians have at last decided th
the small too of the human foot must f
?that civilization pradnally tends
crowd it out of existence, and to depot
moro than ever for locomotion on the b
toe.
A valvo whoso movement is so dol
cate as to be under the control of a h
grometer is tho invention of a (Jhicas
man. Any change in the humidity
tho atmosphero alters tho opening of tl
valve.
A lasting machfno that enablos o:
operator to last 3000 pairs of shoes
week is one of the latest things in lab;
saving machinery. It tacklos anythln
from light fomlnino foot gear to tl
heaviest brogans.
Incandescent electric lamps, it issni
hnvo boon adopted in Madras, India,
au ornament to tho heads of the hors
driven # in harness by the Jaghldar
Ami. Two lamps provided with powe
ful reflectors,are attached to the harne
between the ears of the horse*,t'se lam
being connected to a^i battery place 1
the body of tho oari^iyg.. fho novol
of tho arrangement Meat!*groat attc
tion. '
Calculations, based on the obiorvatlo
of tho refraction of light, have oausi
it to bo supposed that the air becoin
so raro at the hoight of about sixty mil
that the distance may b? rogardod as ?
limit to its sensible extent, but oth
calculations, made during the prcsc
century, of tho distanco from tho car
at which metoors ignito indicate th
tho atmosphere extends to upward
100 miles.
Eight or ton days beforo tho appon
ance of cholera in Hamburg, Ger.na i
mat summer, all the sparrows an I oth
birds loft ttio town aud suburbs anl d
not return until the p'.aguo had co
plotely disappeared. The same thii
happened in Marseilles and Tv>ulon
1884 a day or two before tlic cholc
visited those towus.* Similar mlgratio
have boon noticed in different parts
Italy, Austria aud ltussia, always soi
days before the appearance of cholera
Object of Prehistoric Skull Cutting
Wc arc disposed rather to uccept I
Hroca's first suggestion than the la
aud to regard trepanning among the p
historic men as having had a therapeu
motive.
Tho perforation of the tomb was i
most certainly intended as a door
exit for spirits. Eroa in later tim<
when tho dead were burned, holes wi
often bored or knocked in the urns tl
contained the ashes, for the same pi
pose. Some cinorary urns havo be
found with little windows, as it we
made in tbcin, and a picoo of g)
plaoed over tho hole. Macrobius,
his Saturnalia, quotes an Etruscan bel
that a door should be opened for I
spirits to pass In and ?>?? - - Tho
writer rcincmbors a caso o
dying woman some few years ago
Sussex. She was gasping, and app:
1 ontly was undergoing the last atrugi
in great distress. The nurse went
tho window and opened it. At once I
woman breathed deeply and oxpln
The writer said to the nurse. 14 W
f ilid you open the window t" The i
swer given was, 14 Surely you wouli
'' havo have her soul go up the chitnne
^ One can understand how that, i
I piece of skull bad been regarded as
coutact with a demon or spirit,
would be resoeotcd as an amulet, f
" that so the rondelles removed from
0 heads of moo who had been subject
s epileptic tits would acquire a virtuo
^ the eyes of the iguornnt an I sup
1 stitious, aud bo employed ns char
1 And this seems to be both the simpl
1 and most intelligible explanation of
phenomena of hole-pierced head?, i
of the wearing of the portions lomo1
from those heads by men and woi
" who han not tbemaelvea^aeen tropaur
r ?Popular Science Monthly,
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A Dig Story Tree.
? An Elmer (Oregon) paper publishes
r rcmnrkablo story: ?'A citizen of
place juflt rluisbod working up a fir
i which grew on his placo. He recei
$12 for the Ixark: built a frame
u 14x20, eighteen foot high, with s
t kitchen eight fact high, oight feet v
t and twenty feet ion;; built a woodi
14x20 feet; male 32J ratls; made
i railroad tics, and got twelve cord:
/ wood eight feet long and four feet
, all from that ou 0 tree and still has a
i of the trco left.'Rt. I^ouis ttcpubl
, < a a
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. Mr. Harvey Heed
LaceyvHlc, O.
Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa*
ralysls of the Throat
;j "I Thanh God and Hood 'a Saraaparllla
for rrrfcct Health. "
^Oentlemen: For the benefit of suffering ha*
W manll w T wUI. ?<> ?*?? # r>
......... > " ? ?cw ima Irv cur wvcriu
!??? I h?*?mi(Twed frum aktiirrh and heart
$ failure, ffttttlDK no bad I could not work and
>0 Could Scarcely Walk
I had a very had ?vrJl of jwrvxIyiLi of the throat
eotnn time stfo. My throat neemed closed and
J I com/4 no* mtcalloic. Tho doctors said It
was caused by heart failure, and iravo modielne,
which I took according to directions, but
it did not iwem to do me any truod. My wife
It urged me to trr Hood's Haraaparilla, tell Ins
fVt\* of Mr. Joseph ( . Smith, who had been
n try Hood's Harsaparllla, When I had tAken
? Hood's X Cures
two bottles I felt very much belter. I have
r* contli?UP?l taking II, and ntn now feeling excel?
lent. 1 thank God, and Hood's Snrrupnrilla
T ami my wlf? for my restoration lo pert net
Q health." If akvry llr.rn, IjaceyvlUo, G.
Hood's Pills do not purge, pain or gripe, hut act
I? promptly, cosily and efficiently. Si cents.
d
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A Wontl r'til Mlirr.il S rlu<j.
10 8u|?crlntcndcnt Stout recently tloof
scribed a wonderful minenl spring that
formerly flowed from the mountain side
somo miles above the llutto (Jrook House
and neAr the Plumas County Hue.
This spring was first callod to Mr.
Stout's attention some year* ago whilo
[Q camping in that vicinity by an oh) pros*
uj pector, who callol it the chloroform
iff spring." Tito water which flowed from
it did not differ in appearance or tasto
from the water of other springs, except
that it w w slightly brackish. It was tiio
J' offcct that followed the drinking of its
watersth.it was remarkable. A small cup
would in tho course of half an hour rcu10
dor the drinker totally insensible and ho
would remain for hours as If dead. But
io few white men had ever tried the ex*
poriment of drinking from it, but those
3r who have done so describo the effect as
'ff not unliko that resulting from a heavy
10 narcotic.
To the Indians this curious spring has
if, bccu known for generations. Thoy call
a a If fltn ltKont\ olnniO' ar\rtiir? an/1 If (a Qll/1
? ? iv tug ugap aiggp opuu^} i*u?? ? ?*?? ??
oi that noro than one poor wonry rcduiau
of has entered tho happy hunting grounds
r- through the medium of its waters.
:?h Mr. Stout states thut when ho saw tho
ps spring in the summer of 1800 there wcro
in no less than Ave carcasses of deer besides
ty numerous smaller animals in its irnmodl?
n ato neighborhood that had drank of tho
water and been overcome and died from
:l the effects. An examination of the
31 geological construction of the immediate
51 section failed to show an/ minora! that
03 might account for the peculiar powar of
bo the water, and, so far as known, no
cr snslysis has over boou made.?Orov'llo
nt 0*1.) Mercury,
th
at
of
r. The Royal Bak
or J
;i. dispensable to pi
in
, and to the cor
oi
nience of mode
Royal is undoubtedly tin
* powder offered to the public.?t,
For finest food I can ti
ro- Chef, White House, for /V<
tic ________
si
t Fresh Air and Exercise,
ere ^ ,, ,
lal Get all that s
ir- possible of J
eQ both, if in
need of flesh -/
ia strcngl h
ief and nerve
"k? forco. There's need,too, of plenty
f , of'fat-food.
- Scott's Emulsion
to of Cod Liver Oil builds up flesh
and strength quicker than any
hj other preparation known to sdiu
ence.
Scott's Emulsion is constantly cfy''
feeling Cure of Consumption,
.R Bronchitis and kindred diseases
where other methods FAIL.
^ rreparril hy Scott A nnwno. N. V. All druggist*,
the JK MONEY lit CI1ICKEN8.
* 9 ?For SSc. a 100-pa?o book, exporlont
tO jt Jk E JB of a practical poultry raiser tlurlr
in - roars. It toachc* bow to <lete>
TT W lu'icil curedIscaiw; (o food for og,
ur" anil for fatirnhiK, which (owli i
m? for breeding, *c., Ac. Addrest
ROOK TOR, HoUSK. 184 l^onard St.. N. Y. Citr.
est 1
'oi fwM&srLsr\3r^te>:im>
men
I
Ikrat Search Lights.
II mail rather incredible to speak of *
the candle power of search lights * in
the million* end hundreds of millions,
bat this is warranted by facts. 'rsIwuu
iwsu does not give a ver/ high
eanale power when measured in any one
direction, but when a magnifying lens
is used, which collects all the light, at
it were, and throws it in one direction,
the intensity of the light is enormously 8
increased. For instance, in the search s
light which Is being experimented with p
upon the world's fair grounds the candle e
power of the arc light alone is only 15'.), ^
000 candies, the carbons being twelve j
inches long and one and three-sixteenth j,
inches in diameter. When this is sur- v
rounded by a reflector four feet in di
meter the candle power is multiplied i<
somewhat startling figure oi 400,001 J1
s.?Electrical World. *
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An Enoraiorts Italiam Poplar. r
Near Geneva, N. Y., Is a b.ils:im nni.
' lor tree 120 feet high, diameter of tiio
1 top 115 foot, and with o trunk twenty,
thrco feet iu diameter. It is probably
tho finest specimen of this tree in tho
world. It is on the ho.no grounds of
Charles Bean, Esq. It has been taken
for tho commou Canadian poplar, but .
Dr. Sweet is authority for the correct
name. It is believed to bo be about 100
years old, and is called the Century
Tree; but as this would make an avar.
v
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How's This?
We offer One Hundred Doners reward for
any case of cntarrli that cunnot be curod by
taking Hall's Catarrh Curd.
F. J. Chkney Ac Co.. Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known P. J. I
Cheney for tho last 15 years, sm) beliovo him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions,
and tlnnnciallv able to carry out any obligations
made by their linn.
Wkst A Thuax, Wholebule Druggists, Toledo,
O.
Wai.diko, Kinna* <fr Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's C atarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting
directly upon tho blood and inncous sur- _
fa ces of tho system. Testimonials sent fl ue. |
Price 76c. per bottle. Jiojd by all druggists.
Padkrkwski began to play the piano
when six years old. At twenty-throe he
was Professor of Music in the Conservatory
of Strasburg. ^
An Iinporlnnt Difference. j
To niako It apparent to thousands,who llilnk
themselves 111, that they arc not affected with j
any disease, but that tho system simply needs !
cleansing, is to bring comfort homo to their '
hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by
using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by tho
California Fig Syrup Co.
? Tho Mount Conis tunnel Hi Switzcr- j
land, under the Alps, is seven and a half .
miles long. It was begun in 1S57, !
opened in 1871 and its total coat was i
'was $10,800,000. j
?'HnowN's Hhon? iiiai. Tiphiiks' arc excellent
for the relief of lloarseiutwor Sore Throat.
They arc exceedingly effective."?Christian
World, London, k'mj.
One of Cite strongest elements of success
in farming is faith in the soil. As
a class farmers seem to feel that money I
laid away in the soil is dcul property.
If afflicted with sore eyes use I)r. Isaac Tlinimti
ton's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 20c.pcr hottlo
Tho Berlin Telephone cxchango h&s
i 7000 wires in rotm-ptio i.
ing Powder is inrogress
in cookery
nfort and convern
housekeeping.
; purest and most reliable baking
? U. A". Gov't Chemist's Report.
ise none but Royal.?A. Koktin,
rs/'ilents Cleveland and .Art It nr.
W\ XTKI) ?ami traveling agents and promoters
fur the Maryland Pudding and I/uin Assoclnlinn:
lilieral commission. Kor particulars address K.
f. l'rllilieli. i-ii'i-vlarv. Uv Jlulldlhg, iinllimore, Md.
CO A ?l.l? POSTAfiK STA1I IS
r\ m wanted as curiosities of the War. I
ray 91 each for some. //CAT /'/'<>/./) I.KTTKIIS
-end to \\ . A, K I.liSKt t >1 criilcn, Conn.
I I P1! | f) HOYS! Here's a snap. Rem!
I LUa "I ots. with nnnte and address of
^ 7 <? I toys who road stories ami Ret,
K I kL the Hoys" Wuhi.ii regularly for a hmsi
Seven complete stories In Keb. No.
'ample copy for stamp. Hoys' Wori.d, Lynn, Mass.
Nervous & Chronfc Diseases
Tr?ate<l by mall by the !.atlmrr Medicine Company a
p^",Ai\Tt,a:iV1cr^WbW;u^or^^TlUi(?.st.-.
10c. In stamps for aampleof I) It. ''m S
UKAPAC11E & N KI'KA l.t? IA TA Hl.KTH.
Cures Consumption, CourIis. Croup, Soro
Throat. Sold by a'l Druggists on -| Guarantee.
t PS Consumptive* ntul people Hg
'4 who have weak lungs or AMhma.
should use I'lso's Cure for
jj Consumption. It has cared HS
I thousand*. It has not Injur^S
e<l one. It Is not t<sd to take.
- It Is the best cough syrup. 3
i Bold everrwboro. SSr.
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a w? ivas?i ib.wHfci
4*
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tTcrlnlrotliiPtil ck ilHiudii frnr.il i i > 'H VykJf
MiAjjy
lD?fi TO'DAY. Our iiiaiiiiiiotli r
. Hire.-r:,,. Ir.l.t n'.x.lli.r.H.II I,, inail. l filUM A CAI
-'' l"f"1l?>tinn< I r ?l Ji/flln " QMI
f nH
'German
Syrup" .>
Boschet's German ^yrup Is more
uccessful in the treatment of Con- <-??.
umption than any other remedy JfE
irescribed. It lias been tried under
very variety of climate. In the
(leak, bitter North, in damp New
Sngland, in the fickle MiddleStates,
n the hot, moist South?everywhere.
It lias been in demand by
very nationality. It has been cm loyed
in every stage of Consumpion.
In brief it has been used
y millions and its the only true and
cliable Consumption Remedy. ?
YOUR HEALTH
May depend n|ton the way you treat the
i ... wa",l?K<? which nature elves. A few bottles
of H. B. 8. taken a', the proper time
IS IMPORTANT** iijA,
That nature bo assisted at the right time
QgSga? Never fails to reliuve the system
tonloaJao"68''* ^ o*celle?it
add his name.
Treatise on Blood .in.t SV.in DiwunmatltjM^ ' SWIFT
SPECIFIC CO.. AtUatVOa
Do Not Be Deceived
with Pastes, Knamcls and I'alnU which stain the I
bands, Injiiro the Iron and burn red. |
The Killing Sun Stovo Polish Is Ilrllllant, Odor- I
loos. Durable, nnd the consumer Days for do tin I
or glass package with every purchase. f
"A ^TOTA rv M ED I C I N El
For Itt?llocution* lUllonsnwm. S
= llcn<ln?'lic? CoiiHilpnllont Jl?u |
Complexion, OffrnNlve llreoth,
anil all dLsordeni ot tlio Btumach,
. Isivcr and Bowels, J i
I RIPANS TABULES. '
art gently yet promptly. lVrfoet t
| digestion folio wo llieir une. Honl ^? I
" by druggist* or sent by mall, lto*
= (#vials>,7Se. Packaged boxes),ft. |
I For free samples address . f
i K1PA\H t'llKHIUAI. CO., New Twb J
?' I
LUXURIES?LE(K?VILLE BLANKETS. 1
Housekeepers 5J4 lb.. tS.Y. Carolina's 1'rlde, 6M lb.,
IH-r jiulr. I.eaKSVIItv Honest Jeans?Urny, llrown
uul lllaek?'J5c., -IOc. and HOe. |*-r yard. Kerser
3 ray, ii'i I .'ir. llrown, 40c. a yard; very good.
Wool Yarn, nil colors, 5e. a bank. If your denier
Iocs not koop them* goods order of .1. \V. SCOTT
3c CO., Special Belling Agts., Circeuatmro, N. C.
A Woman Has
WW WBBIMII INMV
>'ory little desire to enjoy tho pleasure* of life, and Is
ntlrely untitled for tln> cares of housekeeping or
my or<Unary duties. If nOUcted wltli SICK IIKA l?At'lll-;
DAY AI-'TKIl HAY ami yet I hero nro
few diseases thai yield more promptly to proper
nodical treatment. It Is therefore of the utmost Itntortnnoo
that a rellahle remedy should alwnys lie at
tand. During a period of more than till YKAIIS
lliere lias lieen no Installer reported where auoh
aseshave not lioon permanently and I'llOAI 1*TI? V
I'l? It Kl) hy the use of a slmtlo Ihix of the genuine
mi lastly celebrated Hr.C. AIcI.ANE'H 1.1 V Kit
I'l I.I.S, wlileh may lie procured at any Drug Store,
>r will oc mullod to any address on tho receipt of USe.
n postage stamps. Purolinsorsof these Pftrt should
HM-arefm to proeurc the genuine article. There aro s
several eouuterfeits on the market, well calculated
o deeelve. The genuine Dr. C. Melamo's Celebrated
I.Ivor I'llls are uiauilfaetured only l?v
FLEMING BROTHERS CO., Pittsburgh. Pa.
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
Avirn
If THOMSON'S jf?!
|J SLOTTED
CLINCH RIVETS.
No loe!.< re<|tiae(l. Only n hammer needed t<> drive
,<n ; c inch :h in easily ami quickly, leaving the clinch
a) ? i id. ly smooth. It lulling no hoc to be inndc In
h ' ca hei mi' hnrr ler the Knots. Tlicy urc itrons.
tou^li nnd durable. Millions now in usu. All
ctrdlis andorm or a>s >rlcd, put up In boxes.
Ask > our diailrr lor (ticiti, or send tOe. In
stamps bit a box ol KM, assirtc I m*cs Man'ld by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO.,
1YALTIIAM, MAS#.
IF YOU
OWN
nmnifFMS
YOU WANT13 A TIIEIR
THEM TO A A WAY'
even If you merely Keep (hem as ft diversion. In order
to handle Fowls judiciously, you must know
something nhout tl.em. To meet IhIs want woara
telling a Isiok K v>>IK (ho experience / A>lof
n pructlent |?entry ruber forVwilIJ (C96i Jp
twenty-flvc years, l( was written l>y ninnn who put
all Ills mind, iitnl time, ami money to making a success
of Chicken raising?not as a pastime, hut as a
business ami K you will proflt by his twenty-flvo
years' work, you can savo inuny Chicks annually,
" Halting C7i<cArrns."
and make your Fowls earn dollars for yon. Ths
polst l-S that you mu?t l>e able to delect trouble In
the 1'ouliry Yard as soon as It appears, and Unovv
bow lo remedy it. '1 Ids I ook will tt-ach you.
It tells how lo d-deet ami cure disease; lo feed for
ggs and also for fattening; which fowls l o save for
breeding purposes; and everything, Indeed, you
Should know on (his subject to inakn It prolllable.
Sent postpaid for twenty-live cents In lc. or 2c.
tamps.
Book Publishing House,
I JJ t.BUDAHl' Oil.* *?. ? v mm j.
iS. N U.? 8.
S?1 > THE GREAT BUFFALO BLRPY.
This i i truly i !?? greatest novelty of ibi con?
tuty. 'I hi-* :'l>"ib grows M to 11 foci liiKli.
< uTprlng itself in early spring with beautiful
ilowets which ore iiuceci ded l.y great <| uin.
lilies of luscious fruit. It is hardy,as beautlf
fill as a picture, while I ho fruit is incomparable.
It will grow any and everywhere and form* a
f grand addition to our lawn a lid garden shrubs.
Kaeli, 30c.; 10 for i 1 postpaid.
'2! JUNEGERRY.
A shrub of wondrous beauty; covers itself
with a great in.es of pure v. bile, deliciously
fragrant blossoms. 'I heso are followed by
large, dark eolond berries, excellent for pies,
v sauce, ele. Ivicli, i.lc.; 10 h r Sl.'.'S.
1 I3> TREE CRANBERRY,
jf I'.vtrybiHlv is fond of cranberries, and we
have a shrub t bat will flourish and bear pio'
digiously incvery seclionof Aim rii a. Kaeli,35c.
fhc above 3 rare Novelties, postpaid,only 60c.;
with catalogue QRc.
alalognc is mail, d upon n ceipt of ?c. for |>oMagei
LZER SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis.
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