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Em and garden^
Wintff Dairying the Thing.
Statistics tell us that the estimated
output of butter per day in summer
for the United States is about 5,000,000
pounds, and in winter it amounts
to about 1,000,000 pounds. By this
any farmer or dairyman can easily
recognize the advantages the production
of fresh butter in winter has over
the summer article, and there is no
question at all that those who see the
advantage and are acting upon it arc j
making money.
i
Rains Spreading Potato Rot.
Whenever much rain falls before the
potato crop is dug there ie always
more or less rotting of the tubers, j
Most of tiie new varieties set near me
surface. Wheii digging those where
the rains have wet down to them will
usually be found badly rotted, while
those that have set lower down will
be found entirely sound. Most all of
our new potatoes are bunched in the
hill aud when rot attacks one it spreads
very rapidly if the weather is warm
and moist. For this reason potatoes
should be got out early before heavy
rains come, which will carry the
spores of disease down to the bottom
of the hill, if the land is well drained,
and none others should be used to
grow potatoes on. Deep planting is
much better than shallow, as it will
cause fewer potatoes to set near the
surface.
Winter Ration for Poultry.
Here is Prof. Gilbert's -winter ration:
Bran, three pounds; fine feed,
three pounds; corn meal, two pounds,
fed with clover hay steamed and cut,
adding also a very small quantity of
salt and two or three handfuls of
coarse sand and fine oyster shells
mixed. Sometimes boiled vegetables
are used in place of the hay. At noon
(he gives a light feed of oats and a
good feed of wheat in the eveuing.
The grain ration is var ied as much as
possible. He keeps raw vegetables,
including cabbages, carrots and turnips,
where the hens can. peck at them
any time. Professor Gilbert has
charge of the poultry department at
the Ottawa experiment station, and
has done some good work in briuging
nut the egg possibilities of hens.
As to giving the salt, this shonld be
a matter of personal judgment. Some
successful poultry raisers condemn it
very strongly, while others use it
continually. Those who contemplate
using it should do & little experimenting.
. Securing; Good Cow*.
> There is no question at all but the
most successful way for a dairyman
to secure a good herd of cows is to
raise them himself, and then he is
pretty sure to know just what kind of
cows he possesses.
Probablv the first thing to do iu
[order to secore such a herd as this
would be to take the present herd and
do a large amount of weeding out,
getting rid of the poor ones and keeping
only the good ones, and then securing
a bull that has a record and
belongs to one of the many recognized
breeds, and of a breed that is
particularly suited to your needs.
Then again, it will be a part of your
duty to develop heifers as you secure
them. Hare them come when about
two years of age, and do not bring
them in a second time until they reach
about three and a half years, or allow
about a year and a half between the
first and second call
Bo not dry the heifers off because
they do not happen to pay their own
way. This seeming unprofitableness
will only last a short time, and yon
are all the time paving the way for a
superior milch cow.
i Puddling Trees Before Setting.
One of the most helpfnl things I
ever learned in horticulture was about
puddling trees and all sorts of plants
before setting them, writes H. ?.
Van Deman in New England Homestead.
The first thing every transplanted
tree or plant must do before
it can grow in its new location is to
heal the wounds made npon its roots
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, . ana start rooties inrongn wmcn 10
absorb moisture and food from the
soil. The closer and more firmly the
earth is pressed to them the more
?& _, rea iily they can do this. It takes
time for the particles of the soil to
get into as close contact with the
? roots as it was before transplanting,
no matter how well the work is done.
This is where puddling comes in. The
ooet is nothing, except a very little
? work. It is done thus:
Near where the trees or plants are
heeled in, or the place where they are
to be planted, dig a hole about two
feet in diameter and one foot deep.
Fill it nearly full of water. 'Into this
put mellow earth that is partly composed
of clay, and stir it until it is a
mass of thin, sticky mud. As soon as
the roots are trimmed ready for planting
dip them into it bodily. If there
'0 is any delay about planting and the
?i mad dries so that it is not sticky,
U puudle them again. When the melm
low soil comes in contact with these
Kj|??r. muddy roots it will stick to them
olosely. These who have never tried
this plan can have no knowledge of
the good that follows. I puddle almost
every plant that I set, and find
that it always pays. Cabbage and
west potato plants will start into new
, growth almost without wilting, no
matter what the weather may be at
the time.
The Rail Fence.
It is said that the day of the Virginia
worm, or zigzasr rail fence, has
gone; but there are vast numbers of
those fences left, not only in Virginia,
bat scattered throughout the entire
country. With every angle of the
" fence filled with weeds, briers, and
very likely with clumps of poison ivy,
to menace unwary children, what an
annoyance such fences are. No plow
or cultivator can get at these angles,
and no one can blame the busy farrier
for not grubbing out the weeds
with a mattock or hoe. He would
have little time for anything ehe.
The remedy is for these fences to
give way to the maroh of progress.
Like many other things that were
permissable in the days of our grandfathers,
they have been superseded, .
and the farmer who retains them will
surely be handicapped in the keen
race of competition. No zigzag fence
should be replaced by its like, or even
renewed. As old ones decay or become
useless, put them away entirely,
and replace with straight fences of
boards or wire. This will do away
with the annual weed-seeding of the
farm, give more land for cultivation,
and impart to the whole place a cleaner
and more thrifty appearance.
If for sale, such a farm will command
25 per cent more than its neighbor
of the zigzag field boundaries.
* And it does not matter how much
land there may be. % Even though the
fence corner angles are not needed
for cultivation, the annual renewing
of the weed harvest will mean at least
| one?third additional expense in work*
: ingthe legitimate corps, just keep the
weeds from ripening seed for a few
seasons and judge for yourself*"
Frank H. Street iu the Epitomiet
Select Good Seed fiMf Planting.
We know that a great deal has been
said about selecting good seed for
planting, bat the farmer needs a great
deal of admonition along this line.
It i? alarming to notice how indif*
ferent the majority of the farmers are
about their planting seed. Nearly
every farmer depends upon someone
I else to improve cotton and corn, and
I ho will buy the seed for him, or plant
a very inferior quality of seed. No
one can realize, until he tries it, the
difference there is in the yield b*?
tweeu good seed and poor ?*ed>
and each planter can, with little
extra trouble, work his totton and
corn up to the highest standard to
quality of its kiad.
The time to select your seed cotton
and corn is in tlin fall while it is ill
I the field. Then you can select the
very best, with but little trouble
otherwise you will be troubled lie tlfetermining
the best, nnd will have to
guess at the most of it,
Before you go in the field to gather
your corn take * Sack and go over your
corn aud select stalks that are deveh
oped be$t> and have two good ears OA
them. Men differ as to which ear is
the better, but I think the bottom
one. By this method yon will have
the best ears in your field, and will
increase your yield anywhere from 25
to 50 per cent. But you must do this
every year, or your s'-ed will "run
out,'* if you will allow the expression.
Before you have picked yortt cotton
go over the cotton, soicct the -\ery
best stalks yon catt find. If there is
not but fifty or one hundred of tbem,
mark them in some way, and after
about one-half of the bulbs aroopened*
pick them. Or, if your cotton. %
pretty well opened before yoK pick,
you can take your sack with you and
pick the 1 est balls of each stalk after
vou have selectod it. This must be
done early every year, and by so doing
you will increase the yield of yon*
cotton wonderfully. If every farmer
would select the best e?x\s, reduce
the acreage and increase his fertilizer,
he will be astonished at the result.
The above are not merely suggestions,
but is the actual experience of the
writer. ?W. B. Lansing, in Houaefthtl
Farm.
Po?Ury Notes.
Ground grains should be used as .a
morning or noon feed, with whole
grain at night.
Eggs gathered from yards where
there is no male will keep very much
longer than with one.
If grease is pnt on the chicks' heads
to kill lice let only a drop be used as
it will spread rapidly and too much
may prove fatal.
Dry quarters for fowls> both old
and young, are necessary to vigorous
stock. Mauy losses come from damp
roosting places and protractod rainy
spells, which cause wet yards.
A gaping chick is not always afflicted
with gape worms in the wind pipe but
will more often be found to have a severe
case of canker sore throat, which
is caused by dampness and cold.
All honor to the ftithfnl hen that
furnishes sugar to sweeten the farmers'
coffee and coffee to be sweetened,
baby linan for the prattling babe and
pin money for the faithful housewife.
It is never wise to buy breeding
stock at the beginning of the breeding
season. Bay it before, so that it will
have become used to its new surroundings
before the breeding season commences.
One authority says that a dressed
fowl should be wrapped in paraffin
paper, packed iu a neat box and labeled,
instead of being hung up, exposed
and thrown about as if it were
of no consequence.
Crop bound fowls usually have access
to some coarse material which
they swallow but are unable to pass
fronf the crop to the gizard. Russian
sunflower seed, hay and oats are of
this order and when eaten alone usually
cause trouble.
Canker in chicks can be cured by a
wash of chlorate of potash with a drop
of turpentine added to each ounce of
the wash, a few drops of this being
poured down the throat two or three
times. In treating large numbers a
teaspoon of turpentine or vinegar put
in the drinking cup will be of benefit.
Eggs may be kept fresh and nice
until midwinter or spring by packing
in salt in an earthen vessel and storingln
a cool cellar. Stand the eggs
little end down. While the cellar or
house iu which the eggs are stored
_ v 11 i 4 i ti _i 1 3 i 1 _i
snouia ue cooi,it snouia noi oe uamp.
If damp enough to slightly melt the
ealt the same will penetrate the eggs
and render them uufifc for use.
TOWN FULL OF BROOM CORN.
Nearly a Million and a llalf Paid for
lleaom Material in Areola.
"While a number of outside towns
are laying claim to the honor of being
centres for the broom market, these
claims have little weight with those
who are in a position to know that
the Areola (111.) brokers this season
purchased 70 per cent, of all the brush
raised in the central Illinois district
and that of the $2,000,000 worth of
brush raised in the district $1,000,000
in cash was paid to the producers
out of the two banks of that city.
Additional proof of this fact is in
the great amount of broom corn now
stored in Areola in every shed, barn,
building and storeroom. A good portion
of the delivery is still in the farmers
hands and several new sheds hava
been and are now being built to store
more. This does not include the
daily shipments which have been sent
in all directions out of the city and of
which a record is hardly obtainable at
the present time. A slight idea of the
magnitude of the broom-corn business
in Areola may be formed from the fact
that in a single day more than 1000
tons of corn were received in that city
and hauled to market in more than
600 wagons, which stood waiting to
be unloaded at one time.
The broom-corn crop this year
brought to the farmers in the central
Illinois district some $2,000,000, or
an average of between $80 and $90 per
ton. At the opeuing of the selling
season there was a brisk demand i r
brush at $60 and for a few days selling
was free at this price. A little
later the market began to take on
strength and gradually climbed up to
the $100 mark, where it remained
until the bulk of the yield had been
cleared up. The latest reports show
that as high as $122 has been paid to
a few late holders, but the average
price for the entire crop is said to be
between $80 and $90 per ton. Even j
at this there is a large profit left to I
the farmer, for the average cost of
raising a ton of broom corn is not
more thon $38 where the land rent is .
placed at $5 an acre. I
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recommended it to a great many
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If your hair is sbort? too
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or is filling out* Hfctf Vigor
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If your bair is just a little
grty, or perfectly bite, Aycr's
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If you do not obtain all the ytfA
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Dr. j. c. Ayer, Lowell, Mass. |
Tbe Two Fads of Joseph Ibambeflaia
Long before tl?j Transvaal trouble
the Right Honorable Joseph Chamberlain
present Minister of State for the
British Colonies, w^s famous the world
over for two things: hte orchids and his
monocle. His costly collection of Orchids
is one of the finest 111 the WOrld.
It is said that once in BaHs he saw a
rare orchid, the duplicate of one he had
recently added to his own collection.
He asked the price. "Twenty thousand
francs," replied the dealer. Tho
Englishman paid the money, and then,
throwing the flower on the floor, crashed
with his hoel.
Since boyhood Mr? Chamberlain has
worn a monocle. When the young man
first entered parliament his fame as a
municipal reformer had preceded him.
Among the visitors who were present
on that occasion were Lords Beaconfield
and Carnarvon. The commoner
had won his election to the house by
Conservative's methods. As he came
Conservative's menthods. As he came
into the chamber Lord Carnavon leaned
forward and said:
' "Here comes young Chamberlain."
"Ah!" replied Beaconsfield as he took
In the young man from tip to toe."
"What do you think of him?"
"He wears hlg monocle like a gentleman,"
replied the premier.?Philadelphia
Saturday Evenine Post.
Balloons Help to Sprinkle Towns.
An inventor has recently devised a
scheme for sprinkling a town with the
help of balloons, which carry up into
the air long hose pipes connected with
fireplugs on the ground. This Is for
the purpose of engendering coolness,
and the same object is sought by another
genius, who proposes to erect in
various parts of the city very tall skeleton
towers, to the tops of which large
bombs fl led with carbonic acid will
be run up for explosion by an electric
spark. Of course, the carbonic acid,
expanding in the form of vapor, will
chill the surrounding atmosphere, thus
giving relief to the heat-oppressed
community below. An idea that is
even now used in many factories, to
cool the air la the buildings, is to
throw a spray of cold water into a
room until the air is supersaturated,
and then to force t&e air thus cooled
through the outer rooms. ? Boston
Transcript
It Made a Difference.
Gentleman (to boy who has fallen
and soiled his clothes)?"Oh, I
wouldn't cry, my little man."
Boy?"You would if you were going
to get the licking I'm going to get
when my mother sees me."?Boston
Transcript.
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The Censor.
Newspaper Man?1 should like to telegraph
home that the commanding general is an
idiot.
Censor?I regret to inform you that we
can permit the transmission of no military
secrets.?Life.
Beauty Is Blood Deep.
CieiJi blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartic
clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all impurities.
from the body. Begin to-day to
banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,?beauty for ten cents. All druggists,
satisfaction "guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c.
Foresight.
"Funny thing that Close should take his
new wife to a boarding houseinstead of setting
up a home of their own."
U f v-? V.A wnvN+e haw IA loom fVlA
A UttVO ftli 1UCO UO TT AU bo aui uv u vmw
business, so he can save more money."?Indianapolis
Journal.
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HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
A Simple, Satisfactory Dinner?
| For a simply Batisfftcfcdr* Tliaiiks[
giving cUntaBr feerB is a suggestion:
ft ice golden-browned turkey,
Vuashed potato, sweet potato, celery,
squash, cranberry sauce or jelly, pie,
and dessert.1 topped oft' with cheese,
coffee, nutR, iraisius, candy and fruit;
As to the table arrange rtienta, nothing
can be haftdsomer. or ih b'etteV
tftstb tiiati A linbn tAAMEcl'otli of fiiie i
quality And "prbU-y p^U'ern. A ceutrb
Vif Embroidery and a bowl of
chrysanthemums make the choicest
decorations, and autumn leaves, if
they have been preserved, leud a
blight bit of color to the dining-rooim
It would be impossible to give
Thanksgiving WflnW tHaV ( '' 'cu.tt suit
the iaAtb aAd jAVr^Q or all our readers,
bfft following recipes will be fouhd
appropriate to the occasion and perhaps
assist in their plans:
Cranberry Pie?To two cnpfuls
finely chopped cranberries add on?
cupful of raisins seeded tVritl chopped;
half cupful tfrrilhlhtijd Sugar, halfcupftH^
MlEr, two tablespoonfuls flour
I aiia'oneegg. Line a pie plate with
rich crust and fill with this mixture,
cover with an upper crust and take in
a rather slow oven.
Pumpkin Pie ? Shotidd bftkbd iii
square tins arid is iiUae As fallows:
Rub ilihJtifcli A sieve enough cooked
pffniV'ikin to make one pint. Add to I
this one small cup sugar, one salt3poon
salt, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon
nutmeg, aud then stir in one
pint hot milk. When the mixture is
cold add two weil-beateh 8j?gs; pbtlr
into a paste-lined lib aiid bake;
Stilled Xhts?k disli of salted alI
L'l A_ ?.;H
moiltlb", ptJHli'lls ux uixici xiiiis ? in
make a pretty aside dish for the
Thunksgiv.ng table. All nuts that can
be blanched are first thrown into boiling
water for a few moments; tll'en
pour cold wat??t IheEi and riili off
the Uibftft Siting. Then to one cupful
[ lift I meats add a scant teaspoon olive
oil and let them stand for one hour;
then drain and add to them one tablespoon
fine salt Put in a shallow pftft
and place in a moderate ovfcn; stirring
[ frequently] fin ill Ihev are a delicate
brdwn on all sides.
Thanksgiving Pudding?Soak oue
pint cracker crnmbs in three pints
milk for one-half hour. Wash two
cups seedless raisins and boil ;n enongrft
water to cover white crttftibs ftre soaking.
Mix dne-lialf bftp sftgar, one teaSpobn
salt, one half teaspoon cinna- moil,
one-half teaspoon nut neg and
add three tablespoons butter; beat until
creamy. Beat in six eggs, one at a
time, and stir this into the milk ill
which the raisins, ilftvfc tieeft Stirred
withetlt tlte watefc ift which they were
eOvoiied. Eutter a deep pudding dish
thick with cold butter, turn in the
: pudding and cover it. Bake three
hours in a modorate oven, removing
the cover the last hour to brown it,and
during the first hour stir up jpndding
from the bottofii to keep the
yaisinS bft top. Serve with a hard
sauce.
Ribbon jelly lends an air of pretty
festivity to the dinner and is ' very
easily made. Soak one-half box gelatine
in one-half cup cold water for one
hoar. Add two caps boiling watsh
one cup sugar, juice of one leiftoft and
beat until dissolved. Tlleh strain
through a felt or flannel bag and divide
this into three parts. Flavor
j. ?lit. 1 4V. a
one pan wim aiimrucnj junc, mo
second with marasehino, the third with
! orange and whip each of the three
parts until foamy. Put them into a
mold in layers, beginning with tha
lightest in color,
Honnehold Hints.
Nervous spasms are usually controlled
by a little salt taken into the
mouth and allowed to dissolve.
Clean Japanned trays by rabbins
them over with a little olive oil aha
then polishing it with a soft clotlh
Before papering A whitewashed
room wash over the walls with vinegar,
otherwise the paper will not adhere.
New rubber corks are provided with
a push top, which elongates the rubber
bulb of the cork, permitting adjustment
to bottles of various sizes.
Save all the soft bits of paper for
polishing lamp chimneys or for wiping
grease from kettles and fryingpans
before putting into the dishwater
A clean apron worn while hanging
eut the clothes, a clean basket, clothesline
and pins are all essentials if the
laundress desires to keep her clothes
clean.
When baby's skin is chafed put a
pinch of fcoracic powder into a little
warm water and sponge the chafed
skin after her bath; dry gentlyj apply
a little cold cream and dust with baby
powder.
The chain wire dishcloth. Bo nseful
for cleaning cooking pots and pans, is
now made fastened to a long, smooth
wooden handle, which allows one to
use'it without putting the hands into
the water.
Ricewater in laundering will stiffen
dresses. Boil a pound of rice in a
gallon of water and rinse the dreBs before
drying. Do not dry thin gowns
in the sun. Roll in a cloth and iron
when nearly dry.
Normandy dimities are among the
newest and most attractive cottons for
bedrooms, guest chambers, dens and
the like, for curtains or hangings.
They have delicate-toned backgrounds
with floral decorations.
It is well always to remember the
proportions of vinegar and oil in the
French dressing ?three-fourths of oil
to one-fourth of vinegar, though the
proportion varies to some extent, according
to individual taste.
"Have you ever thought," says a
housekeeper, "in putting up preserves
to heat the covers of the jars?
Put them on something on top of the
stove until they are hot. They will
not cool the jar you are sealing up
then, and there is greater surety of
the preserves keeping satisfactorily."
An oilcloth that has grown a little
i ii? ,1 _ _r? 11 _ ; ? ,i ,
Silauuj 1 o wuiiucnuiij impruvcu uy
having a good coat of copal varnish.
Let it get thoroughly dry before using
the room, aud to clean, wipe with an
oily cloth. A new oilcloth will generally
keep its newness much longer
if it is varnished as soon as it is put
down.
When the family gets tired of the
wholesome and economical bread pudding
as usually served, try cooking it
in custard cups. Butter the cups,
pour the mixture in, then stand them
to bake in a pan of hot water. When
done, cover each with a spoonful of
jelly and other meringue and pass
fearlessly.
Origin of Tumblers.
Drinking-glasses called tumblers
owe their name to tho fact that they
are the successors of little round silver
bowls, so perfectly balanced that,
whichever way they were tipped about
ou the table, tney tumbled into position
again, and there remained with
the rim upward, as if asking to be refilled.
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P RACERS IN WINTER QUARTERS^
for&i for as Tbontb Folded Away lo Uvea 1
< . der tad Tlsiae Paper.
"And what, Mr. Scott, do you do
with the pretty creatures in winter?" (
once asked a dainty dame of the fa- !
... 17 1. J i. lu.k. H A nVi k linl^A/1 I
iiiuiis iuifcsujre uuniei. "3 sue
Vhfe arching nebfc ttf ? fatorite $25,000 j
huruBy: . ..
r, "lTold 'em up In tissue paper and lav- '
ender 'em, ma'am, so as the moths 1
can't get at them," gruffly replied the J
"Wizard of the North," who strongly 1
resented the unauthorized Intrusion of J
ladies within the sacred preciffcts bf <
the training, 1
. Although It is, of course, unnecessary
to explain that the above quoted an- 3
swer is to be taken literally, it Is a 1
fact, nevertheless, that it contains a 1
solid substratum of truth. The mod- 3
ern race horse is a dainty and delicate !
animal, and unremitting biire Hnd, at- ,
tenttqii Lave t'of,bb lavished upon.him J
i.t all times. But during the winter J
months, owing to the vagaries of our 1
treacherous and constantly changing 1
climate, these extraordinary precau- 1
tions have to be redoubled.
The day in ii tacliig stabie; during
the off bbjjitis 8t 5 3. in., at '
tvilicii hour the huge alarm clock
which custom decrees shall invariably
be kept In the head "lad's" bedroom,
Incontinently "goes off." The horses
know the sound. There is a clatter. 1
a rippling rustle, the ringing bf steel
ncnlnct rIppI- ?t tthiffled heieh 6r ttfd
front thH ihtfctiSi* 8fr file iong fringes of
buildings; foilowed 1$ the ijiped.rd.nc8
bf troops o? sleepy men and boys. Ten
minutes later all Is bustle and animation.
With the first faint streak of dawii
comes breakfasfc after whlcij tht?
"mortllhg horsel" late tdkeh put for eiircistb
They are kbpt cut about thre8
bours?from 8 till li. The "afternoon"
horses go out from 2 till 4, and lmme:
diately cn their return begins th? general
"clean-up," .anticipatpr^ of the
trainer's, dai# trl&lb Each itid bVery
dnimai is groomed and rubbed and
polished, until from ear to hoof he is
as clean as the proverbial new pin.
Special attention Is given to the legs
and feet. The former are industriously
hand rubbed with thfc object of
imparting A ^ood; lifealth? g;i8w t8 the
?xtrehlitleS. I'be lattfcfr irfc tatted ofr
voselined, as ihe case may be, arid the
shoes "buff-stlcted" and burnished till
they shine like sliver.
Scon after 5 the mighty magnate for
whose benefit all these prepartions are
jnade puts lit 3.R dpp?ahlilc??i Hccon^
pahied, like a general officer on parade,
by his troop of attendant satellites.
Unless something very unusual is "in
the wind," or a horse happens to be indisposed,
the inspection does not occupy
more than ten or fifteen minutes at
the outside;
tf be bas the slightest shadow of a
doubt he will verify matters by passing
a white handkerchief over the
.glossy skin, taking care to rub the coat
the wrong way, or ha will insert the
fo-efinger of glove, inside the suspected
animal's ear. Woe betide the gfobiii
responsible for that partifctiliir iidrSfc If
the Chtiibtic df the kid, As the case iiiky
be, is not as spotiess after this ordeal
as it was before.
As soon as the trainer has taken his
departure the animals are "finished"?
that Is. thev are wisoed all over, and
have their legs again well "hand rubbed,"
after which they are bedded
dowtt dhd left Id Peace and ijuietnesB
bntil the following morning.
Trials of the Hosiery Clerk.
'Tired out! Well, I should say I am!
There Is not a "woman In Indianapolis
knows the size of her feet" so said the
young woman who presides at the hosiery
department In one of the large
stores, as she sehtfed herself beside a
friend lh a South Side car.
"Why, I thought you had an easy
counter," said the friend.
"Easy? Why, It's one of the hardest
In the store. What makes it hard Is
that women will not tell what size
stockings they want A great big woman
with a foot like a ham will come
up to the counter, and of course the
first question I ask is 'what size?' She
may say seven, for Instance, when I
know she ought to have a nine; Then
I say 'What size Bhoe do you wear?
and she'll answer, 'I don't know what
size shoe, but I wear seven hose, as I
told you.'"
"Well, why don't you let her have
sevens If she wants them?"
"Let her have them! That would be,
a wise idea! Then have them brought
back the next day all stretched out of
shape and more than likely more fit for
the laundry than to go back in the
box? Then there is the calling of d
floor walker, getting a voucher and all
this and that, besides perhaps a dissatisfied
customer. The shoe clerk isn't ,
in It with us."?Indianapolis News.
nrii.f.. P._.J C.. I.tan A
VYunits ruuuu rai luiauu.
Captain Thomas Ash found the flesh
of a large whale high above water In
the ice on Ragged Is and, and doubtless
many whalers in the Antarctic
Ocean could tell similar stories. Cap- .
tain William Beck had a remarkable
experience. His crew were wandering
over one of the islands in the Antarctic I
when they came to a large bluff in i
which, as in a glass cose, was a whale
fifty or sixty feet in length. The paen
were dumfounded, as they were a mile
and a half inland, and the spot was
nearly 100 feet above sea level. Here
was a valuable whale all ready for '
them, intact and perfect in every particular,
apparently swimming in the
ice. It was manifestly impossible to
secure it without the aid of powder,
and as they had none to blast it out
they were obliged to leave the animal
where it was. The whale may have
been there for ag^s.?New York Sun. i
Tools Used for Catting Cork.
A sheet of cork, flattened by pressure
and heat, is cut into squares of a
required size. The cutter rapidly
rounds .these by using a broad, sharp
knife?the whole process being instanfnnorma
Tho knifp has to be main
vau^vuw* > >?.
tained in a state of perpetual sharpness,
and the workman has a board
before him on which a is rubbed on
each side after the cutting of each
cork.
Cork?albeit a soft substance?blunts
the tools used on its more rapidly than
do the hardest and toughest of metals.
While the tool that is used for planing,
or boring steel will work continuously
for hours without sharpening, a
cork cutting kniferequires to be sharpened
every second. Various patents
for cutting corks by machinery have
been taken out in America, England
and France, but the various processes
have not as yet been as successful as
the inventors expected.
w La Creole'^
Part op his skull his cars.
rhc Odd Experience of a Medical Missionary '
with a Native African*
"Probably the ouuest case within my
experience was that of Lapuie, who <
nade himself. known to me through
the iisb of a detached ?>iece of his <
skull,'1 said a medical missionary on a
furlough from his work among the'
tieatheii. "One morning i went out \
to look over the specimens of real or
fancied injury -which were awaiting '
treatment There was pretty nearly i
svery kind of tropical disease in the i
outfit; froni Sdte finger fd dropsy.- Most i
bf the patienfs were well known to me,
but among them was one man whose
face was unfamiliar, and who seemed
to belong to a different tribe. As I i
Btopped at his place he leaped to his
feet as actively as a cat, and from |
3omewh,ere In his. shanty apparel dug
bp an fcfbjec^ Vhich lie p/romptly iidifdbd
to me. it was a circular pie^e of i
' -- t-l? S J W
uman s&uu us uig uruuuu us u uvuai,and
very nearly as thick. On the outer i
surface some one had carefully written
In Ink the name tapule. This must '
be, I think, the first Case in which fit
man has used part of his skull Instead
bf a visiting card:
"1 iooked Hifth over sit once to
find out what the trouble WiiS. lie had
had some sort of a difference of opinion
with his chiefs and as the result of
such presumption had received a stout
blubbing. Ofib of ihb felons bad fractured
the skuiij find for the' time had
knocked feiin oui Wheb tire old #0men
who look tiftar the science of
ttbflfcirie among these particular heathen
got hold of Lfipule they found
that part of his skull was loose. To
save difficulty, they pried the loose
i>lece off tvith the blade of a knife,
poulticed up the wound and let nature
do the fesi. lite hatient kept the chip
Of his skull and the ihscflftflotf npOri
it was the ,work of some trader.
"When the base came under my notice
there tols scarcely more than the
thickfceS* bt a p'iece df parchment left
of the skuii over bfitiiij aixd ttfb
wound had practically healed. H
turned out that Lapule had made the
long journey to his distant home to see
me, because thte degree of damage
troubled hiih. Hb fe'ad the idea that
thb piece of skuil should fee set brick iri
feldcfe and fee deemed to have great corifidehce
ih mf ability tb do it. It was
though I did ail tfedt surgical Science
prescribes for the protection of thb
thin spot in the cranium, toy patient
kept harping on the fear that he might
& grSSt dl?H$pdldtriient to him that his
skull chiD could iiol fed Jilubit brick. A1-'
lose his fragment of bone, which niifcUf
fall into improper hands and thus play
the mischief with him. The only way
to pacify him was to string the chip on
a wire and solder it about his neck."
the Reservist Who lie turned.
The reserve men are employed in
many private trades and callings, as
well as in a great many cases being
policemen or private officers at large
business establishments, and in nearly
flli cases they Weite in fine Jjhyeiedl
Condition.
A few; however, were rejected at
ihedically unfltj ahd one amusing case
of that sort was reported frosb A small
seashore town where the only policeman
in the place was in the Grenadier
reserves. He at once gave up his appointment
and prepared to go to the
wars, and at a meeting of the Town
Council ample relief was voted for his
family during ills 2bseiiCfc; ? vote of
thanks was tendered to him?for his
prompt display of patriotism?and a
committee of tradesmen gave a banquet
in his honor, at which .the Mayor
spoke highly of his soldierly qualities'
and wished him a safe return. He was
loudly cheered as the train departed,
hnd returned the ilext morning as "too
fat for a soidiet;" An odd iiicideiit iii
connection with the mobilization of
the Coldstreams was the return of two
brothers named Battle to the colors,
there being already two other brothers
of the same family on the active list,
that the verv anoroDriatelv named
quartet are now off for South Africa.?
New York Telegram.
The Warwick Para Sold.
The famou* Warwick Farm of 516
acres in Warwick Tdwtiship, Chester
County, Penn., has been sold fot $13,000.
On this property the old Warwick
furnace, probably the # first to
make Iron in the United States, was
put into blast about the year 1730, and
here many of the cannon used by the
patriotic army In the Revolution were
cast
In the meadows are buried pieces of
ordnance which were secreted to pre*
vent them from falling into the hands
of the British after the battle of Brandywine,
In 1777, when General Washington
and his army were retreating
northward through Chester County,
leaving the furnace exposed to the
mercy of the enemy.
How She Discouraged Him.
She?What a good picture!
He?No, it isn't. I was not well,
and I looked like on idiot that morning.
She?(intently studying the photograph)?Well,
it looks exactly like yon,
anyway.
It requires no experience to dye with Putnam
Fadeless Dyes. Simply boiling your
goods In the dye is ail that's necessary. Sold
by all druggists.
roo Late for the Regular Editions.
Truth, having been crushed to earth, was
dow rising again.
"But what has become of all those re
-L 4 m a WAV T> if* kit! AT
portersr bud asa.ci, m <? ^, ?
np her hat, while Error laughed mockingly.?
Detroit Journal.
How Are Tear Kidneys t
Dr. Hobbs' 8paragus Pills cure all kidney Ills. 8aq?
pie free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. Y.
Then and Now.
Hlggins?I wish I had the appetite I had when
I was a boy.
Wlggins?I don't. I hare to pay my own board
now.
II. H. Gbekn's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga.. are the
only successful Dropsy Specialists In the world.
See their llboral offer in advertisement In another
column of this paper.
Vitality low, debilitated or exhausted cured
by Dr. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. Fbke $1
trial bottle for 2 weeks1 treatment. Dr. Kline,
Ld., 931 Arch St., Phlladelpha. Founded 1871.
Attention is called to the very useful
articles contained in the premium list of the
Continental Tobacco Co.'s advertisement
of their 8tar Plug Tobacco in another column
of this paper. It will pay to save the
"Star" tin tags and so take advantage of
the beet list ever issued by the Star Tobacco.
I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs
by Piso's Cure for Consumption.?Louisa
Lindaman, Bethany, Mo., January 8,1891.
The man who always plays up to the gallery,
is apt very often to fall flat in the pit.
To Cure Conatipation Forever.
Take Cascnrets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
II l. f. t. Ian locurc, Uiu^jiiaioitiuuuuivus;.
Charles Pinckney Is credited with "Millions
for defense, hut not one cent for tribute."
Hair Restorer is a Perfect
LIVING UNDER VINE AND HO TREE.,
Doe Mijr Do So Literally la Ariioaa, lit II
Has Its Disadvantages.
"I've heard a good deal of living nnler
Fine and fig tree," observed the
veteran at the Commercial Traveller'.*
Club; "but I've only seen It once,- myself;
it was iii Arizona. It looked
very pleasant, but the tenant* didn't
appreciate it worth a cent. Its location
was a little town called Temple.
Temple is a great place for figs. The
trees border all the streets and the
fruit is eo abundant that it is fed to
the hot'?e3; ?ood fhlrtg for horses, toov
makes their Coats fla glossy as satin.
"I wis there wheil the railroad had
Just been built. With it had come the
* - T At I
usual rougn crowa. xne jusucc iu?
Peace was the editor of the town paper.
He was only 22 year? old, but
was 4 terror to the criminals, Ee had
five constables, headed by ail ex-soldier,
ttehaliy kno#fi as Big BID. As
the county seat/ Phoenix, was distant
only fen miles, the tillage had so jail.
Usually the prisoners demanded the
statutory day la which to plead Then
Big Bill Would hale them off to his
adobe-built home sear the river and
shackle tbem with leg Irons to great
white Adriatic fig trees In his front
yard. It was In the summer time. Befleatb
was a thick, comfortable mat
of Bermuda grass. Above was the
grateful shade of the broad leafed fig
trees. Per food, delicious figs were at
hand, In more than plenty. Within
reach flowed a stream of pure water
from an Irrigating ditch. Two foxhounds,
garage and unfriendly, stood
guard, to warn away visitors. On the
whole, it was the nearest approach to
first principles 1 have ever known Caucasians
to make."?New York San.
awfc? i ( ii
One Way to Gat a lias band,
The mode1 of finding husbands for
Orphan girls in Italy is both curious
and interesting. In several dties of
Centra! Italy there are funds connected
with the orpbtffJages from which
young girls raised In these institutions
* ? ??ll trhan ihov
receive u suiau uunu nuv*. .
mafi^/ On a certain holiday in the
year the yotiflg girls who are to leave
the orphanage and those who have the
right to marry are grouped at both
sides of the altar far church at early
mast; The prospective grooms, mostly
young ftfdchanics, attend service, during
which they fake a good look at the
girls. This may or may wot intensify
the devotional exercises of both sexes.
After sSfrtee the bachelors proceed to
the sacristy add there declare to the
officiating priest that they are willing
to marry, and at the same fitse they
the girls of their choice.
If in any V&o* the girl consents and
if the papers of the gt'OOtn sire in shape
the matter is settled. At the Afternoon
jervice the various couples are married
in due form, and the dowers are paid
3V6r'i It Is said that these marriages
are, as a niie, htippj ones, verifying
the old adage that accident is a good
marital agent.
The Typewriter Invention.
A Statistician has proved that the Invention
Of th6 typewriter has given employment to
500,000 peoplSj bift We fstle to state bow many
cases of weak stomacng ana dyspepsia it has
Induced. All people of sedentary occupation
need ilostetter's Stomach Bitters. It helps
nature to bear the strain which ensnes from i
confinement and It Is a wonderful medicine. 1
J*o (Silt realizes this more keenly than the
man or woiu&iJ Ube has been cured of stomach
trouble by Its uSd.
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Safety From Lightnings
Safety from lightning Is easily secnftfd/
Simply puton rubbers and then stand up so
that your clothes won't toucji any were.
T
D6h't ?6b*ceeSptt and Smoke Year Life Away.
To quit tobacCO efigfly and forever, be magnetic,
full of Ufe, nerve aiiA tigOr< take No-ToBac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 91. Cure guaranteed.
Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
He Called Himself a Meteor.
.The Rocky Gulch cowboy who broke up a
Show 111 that town by shooting at the actors,
called hiibdelf & ffleteof, because, he said, he
was shooting start.
SlOO Reward. Sldd.
The readers of this paper wm De piw?u w
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to care in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh beingaconstitutional
disease, requires a constitutional
treatm-nt. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying
the foundation ot the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
itschratite powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for atly case that it fails tocure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. Chknbt & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. 73c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best
No music is so sweet to a man as that
which he makes when he blows his own horn.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Cnndy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lCc. 26c. If C. C. C. tall, druggists refund money.
As a national bird, the eagle won't be in
it on Christmas with the tr.rkey.
ARTERSINK
. Is food for thought.
MENTION THIS PflPER&S"'*?#??;
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2 Knife, one blade, good steel 25
S Scimors, 4)4 Inches 26
. 4 Child'* 8et, Knife, Fork and Spoon 26
a k a.w n>mt?r Set. one eaoh. Quad
wt ruple plate on white metal....'"..... 60
8 French Briar Wood Pipe. 34
7 Razor, hollow ground, fine English
tool . 60
8 Butter Knife, triple plate, beet
quality 80
9 Sugar Shell, trfple plate, best qnaL. 60
10 Stamp Box, sterling silver 70
*11 Knife, "Keen Katter," two blades.. 76
19 Butcher Knife, "Keen Kntter," 8-ln
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13 Shears, "Keen Kntter," 8-inch 76
14 Nut Set, Cracker and 6 Picks, silver
plated ? 80
*> 16 Base Ball. "Association," best quel. 100
18 Alarm Clock, nickel *. 160
17 Six Genuine Rogers' Teaspoons, beet
elated1 goods 160
18 watch, nickel, stem wind and set.. 300
19 Carvers, good steel, buckhorn
handles 1 300
30 Six Genuine Rogers' Table Spoons,
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CONSTIPATION ,
MI bm cooe 14 tear* t* t Vm> vttkMrt a
oumnt or tha fcowett, ?oi cxnn* able to
more tboo except Or using hot water injeetlooek / y
Chronic constipation for seven roars placed no la
this terrible condition; daring that time I did be*
errtblns I beard of bat never found any relief: sneh 3
iru mj cas* until I began using CA8CABCT& I ,3 msk
now have from one to tbree passages a dajr,and If I ->
?u rich 1 would glre fbOOJO for each movement; it
la sacka relief." Atlxkb L. Hen.
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84 Guitar (Washburn), rosewood, inlaid
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