The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 29, 1880, Image 4
Gathering Lamp Dlask.
About a year ago, in boring for oil at
Murraysville, near Pittsburg, Pa.,
the boring tools tapped an extraordin
ary vein of natural gas. The flow was
estimated at about 50,000 cubic feet per
hour. Recent measuioments show that
instead of decreasing, the present flow
is fully 10,000 feet per hour greater
than the first estimate, while the pres
sure at the mouth of the well is ninety
pounds per square Inch. The appli
ances for collecting the soot from the
Murraysvillo gas are the following:
Near the well Is erected a frame build
ing, 800 by 175 feet, and into it the gas
is led in four paral.el lengths of 250
feet each, of two-inch gas pipe. Along
the sides of these are fitted short
branches of one-eighth gas pipe, term
inating in a slight upward curve and
tipped wi'h ordinary gas burners of
six foot per hour capacity. Above
these burners, a' a distance of ten
inches, are placed a series of cast iron
plates, contiguous and forming a smooth
surface whereon the carbon black Is
deposited. A small car traveling on
rails laid between burners and plates,
and furnished wi+h a scraping device,
plies forward and back every ton miin
utes during the twenty-four hours.
This CL.rriage is propelled by steam
power, operating through wire rope
and suitable gearing, drums, etc. The
smoke or carbon black is scraped into
pans hung upon the car, and these are
dumped at each end of the route into
receptacles, which are in turn emptied
and deposited in the purifying and
packing house. Alter siimply removing
cinders, etc., by passing through sieves
the soot is ready for the market. The
daily product of this plant will be half
pounu carbon black per burner, i. e.,
2,000 pounds, there being 4,000 burners.
The owners of the lurraysville gas
well refused $20,000 for it from the
Edgar Thomson steel works, of Pitts
burg, who wanted to connect the well
with their works by a gas-main, about
fifteen miles In length. The phenomen
on of an invisible gaseous substance is
suing from the earth made visible, co
densed into tolid form, and packed up
for market, is strikingly Illustrated in
this establishment. The gas as It issues
from the ground is unseen, but a given
volume of it is found by chemical ana
ysia to consist approximately of twenty.
four parts by weight of carbon and four
parts of hydrogen; in other words, a
quantity of the gas that weighs twenty
eight pounds of carbon and four pounds
of hydrogen .--This hydrogen seems to
have the power of imprisoning and
concealing the carbon from hutuai
view. But carbon is carbon, whether
in this gas or existing in the carbonic
aeid that gives pungeney and eIbr
voscenee se the seda water we drink,
or in the lamp flane Imparting its
brilliancy. or In the sparkling diamond,
the hardest of substances and the pur
est form of carbon. The carbon that
comes up in the gas well is rendered
visible by sepa rating the hydrogen
from it, which is done by the heat of
the flame. The hydrogen contained in
the gas is burned up by uniting with
the oxygen of the aIr, btut only a por
tion of the carbon is burned ; the uan
consumed port,le' ,,f the carbon, liber
ated by the burning of its hydrogen,
rises up against the p)lates, where it
sticks fast unatil1 scraped on' as described.
Waex ini the Ear
This is regularly secreted, to protect
the delicate mechanism from dust and
insects, and too keep It supple)1. It
should not, ordinarily, be oleaned out.
A healthy oar takes care of itself'. But
eertain diseased oonditilons of the in
ternial ear cause, the wvax tohamrden and
accumulate, giving rise to serious
symptoms. Among these are noises mn
the ear, whIch sometimes become con
-verted Into seemingly real voices, and
lecad to hallucinations and temptations
to) suicide. A skilled physician can re
move the hardened wvax-and he alone
can determine its existence. Untaught,
children sometimes put into theIr ears
beans, and other sam l! bodies, around
which the wax gathers and hardens.
A little boy pushed beans lat. both
ears. One wias removed, but the other
remained, the p)arents not being awaie
that there were two. During the young
man's college course brain disease de
'reloped, and he was forced to abandon
his studies and betako himself to farm
ing. Subsequently the bean, suirround
ed with wvax, was removed, but tihe
man's prospects for life were ruined.
A lawye*, Afty-four years of ago, was
forced to abandon his profession, as It,
was impossible for him to hear eit,her
t,he judge or the witnesses, iIe was, at
length, however, able to return to it,
after the real cause of the dialculty
surmised, and the wax was removed
with warm water Injections.
Can a Diamond be ifrokeni?
In cutting, or rather rubbing the diamond
late shape and In p)oiishing the cut stone,
no abrading agent can be used except tihe
diamond itself. It Is this supreme hard
ness that gives much of -the value to the
diamond; for the roughest wear scarcely
destroys the sharpness of the cut edges or
deadens its polish. Th'ie exceptional hard
-ness of the diamond is well known, and
gives point to the expression "diamond cut
*diamond;'' but the popular notion oftono
credits this gem with an indomitable nature
which it oan scarcely claim, Among the
many extravagant tiings which Pliny tells
us is his remark that certain diamonds have
sack excessive hardness that when struck
upon an Iron anvil the hammer and anvil
are torn asunder. Yet lhe cooly asserts
that stuch stones can be suibdued by diges
tion im goat's blood, provided that the cur
ious solvent be fresh and warm. Without
goig o,tisheight of extrava anee many
belive,noways,that a true giamond wil
resist the blow of a hammer. This popular
error arisce from confoundinghardness with
toughnesawo physical properties which
are entirely distinct. A piece of gutta
percoha, for example, is so tough that it is
torn asunder with difmiulty, yet so softthat
it may )be indented with the finger-nail.
On the other hand the diamond is so hard
','that no substanice is capable of scratchin
at t so brittle that* the' "Regent" liel
-~ .inihi Wteted into fragments )>y drop.
pi4i~ thground from t340 height 'of
AGRIOULTtJRE.
WORK IN TIE BAIN,--With a warm
barn, a daily feeding of four quarts of
shorts, two qi.arts of Indlarn meal, half
a peck of carrots some earl, out hay
and a fodderin-4 of well cured corn
stalks, sweet. corn preferred, will keep
up ia good flow o(i milk, and yield good
results in butter. It is not. advisable
to let the stock rem ain out, long in tih
yard diirinlg the winter seasonl, even
though the sun may be shining bright
ly, since there are often cold, Chilly
winds even with the * Innshint, w hill
on such occasions the cows genuer:tlly
huddle upi in a shelterel ornler. Bet
ter fatr to keep then comforaible inl tin,
barn, p1 rtiitig thcm to take their ex
elise whil.' gaiig to the spl ring for
drink. Finally, do not neglect mn.ing
the card or curryeoin> upon the Cows,
if not every dty, at least three or four
times a week. Remunerative results
can only be secured through good care
and intelligent tnanagement.
A1'PLYINO FERIrLIZEa.-''O have the
best results fertilizers must be applied
judiciously. Study the nature of your
soil. If it is (ry avoii heating manures,
using ashes. salt, plaster and stlh fer
tilizers as attract moisture, Never use
a manure of which you do not know the
nature. If you are about to plant corn
upon a soil that is too cold and wet for
lis crop, use the most heating nanure
available. The droppings of the poul
try house, iutxe,I with sand or coal
ashes, would be goo(i in such a case.
VEIRMIN are the greatest pest ( fowls.
They are worse in winter thaw at other
times, beenuse the fowls are confined
more closely and have not opportunities
to free themselves. Lice may be de
stroyed by whitewashing the house
and roosts with lime-wash mixed with
carbolic acid. Fleas may be destroyed
by thoroughly greasing the roosts.
Clean straw a bould be supplied to the
nests, and glass nest-Oggs prodiced
for early layers. A glass-covered coop
will be usefli for an early sitting hen
and a young brood of chickens.
( .,AxS containing roots must be
kept cool. A thermometer will be
found useful in a cellar where roots or
fruit are kept. In either case the near
er -the temperature can be kept to 34
degrees the better. Roots for table use,
if kept in a warm collar, should be
covered with earth or sand to keel)
them from wilting.
STRAwannRIEs.-When cold weather
is over, part the straw or hay covering
over the plants to expose them freely.
W Ar TEIINU STocI.-Enpty and clear
the troughs of ice every afternoon, so
that when filled in the morning there
is no iee to chill the water.
The Lord's P1rayer.
When the elder Booth was residing
in Baltimore, a pious, urbane old gen
tleman of that city, hearing of his
wondc"rful powcr, or elocution, one day
invited him to dinner, although al
ways depreciating the stage and all
theatrical perform ances. A large com
pan)y sat down at the table, and, on re
turning to the .1rawing-room, one of
them asked Booth, as a special favor to
them all, to repeat the Lord's Prayer.
IIe sigulfled his willingness to gratify
them and all eyes were fixed upon him.
lie slowly and reverently arose from
his chair, trembling with the burden.
of two great concept.ions. Ie had to
realize the character, attribute and
presence of the Almighty Being lie was
to address, lie was to tranisformi him
self into a poor, slinnlng, st,umbling,
benighted, necedy supp11lcant, offering
homage asking b)reald, p)ardoni, ligh t and
guidance. Says onie of the comp~any
who was presen)t :"It was wonderful
to watch the play of emotIons that coni
vulsed hIs countenance, lie becamne
deadly p)aie, and his eyes; turned tremub
ling, upwards, were wet with tears.
As yet, lie had not spoken. T1he silence
could be felt; it had become absolutely
Painful, until at hast the spell was
broken as If by an electric shock, as his
rich toined voice syllabled forth, 'Ouri
Father, which art in Heaven,' etc.,
with a pathos andi fervid solemnity
which thrilled all hearts, iIe finished(;
the sIlence continued ; not a voice wan
heard nor a muscle moved In his rapt
auieinc'e, until, from a remote cornier
of the r.oom, a subdued sob was heard.
andit the 01(1 gentlemani (the host) step
ping forward with streaming eyes anid
tottering frame, seized Booth by the
htandl. 'Sir,' said lie, In broken accents
'you have afforded 1me a p)leasure for
whielt my whole future life wvill feel
grateful. I am an old man, and every
tday from boyhood to the present time I
have repeated the Lord's Prayer ; but I
never heard it before.' 'You are right'
repliedl Booth, 'to readl that p)ray'er as
it should be read causedl me the severest
stutdy and labor for thirty years, and I
am far from satisfied with my render
Iing of that wonderfttl prodluction.'
IIardly one person in teni thiousanid
comprehendls how much beauty, ten
derness and grandeur can be condensed
In a space so simple, TIhat prayer itself
suilicloently illustrates the truth of the
Bible, and stamps upon it tihe seal of
solem n ity."
A Revelation hurst
U pon the publio press and medical profession,
when, over twenty-five years ago, that grand
result of medical researoh and synthetle skill,
flostotter's lStomach Bitters, was given to the
world. Soon after it had been startod on its
enrative miss,ion It was discovered that Its
botanic properties far surpassed these of the
a pproved mineral remedies of the day. Net
te least among the good consequences of its
general use has been to disabuse men's minds
of many absurd medical fallacies, and to dem
onstrate the superiority'of vegetable remedies.
it conquers and prevents malarial fevers, dye.
pepsia, obronle constipatIon, a tendenev to
kidney and bladder ailments and rheumatism,
and is of the greatest value in eases of bodily
trouble arising from weakness. Old people
are generally aided by It, anid It is highly ser
vleeable to oonvalosoen,ts and ladies in deloate
health. It is moreover, a useful medicine $p
take with one on long journeys, and counter.
acts the efrects of mental exhaustion.
SITTLEMNQT OF A LONo DIsPUTE --
Phiysicans have at last comne to the con
elusion that the best medlicine for
teething children is Dr. Bull's Baby
Syrup. __________
The Proof of the Pudding Is in the hating.
Grocerymen and storekeepers pay 8
to 5 cents a pound extra for butter
made with Gilt-edge Butter maker. It
inoreases production 6 to 10 per cent.;
redluecs labor of churning one-half;
glyce a rich goldon color the year
round. Sold by druggists, grooers and
general storekeepers. Send stamp for
"Hints to Butter-makers." Addresa,
Butter Jmproivement 0o., Buffalo, N4ew
DOME'IIC.
CANVAS BAOIc DUOK.--.Choose I
plump, lull, heavy duck; plek it, and
singe overa little burning alcohol, then
draw and wipe it dry, without wash.
lug. Not a dropof water should touch
a canvas-back (luck, as it would re.
move the blood and with it all the fla
vor. It is difficult to distinguish be.
tween it and the red head when alive,
and almost impossible when cooked.
They are both in prinie condition dur
ing November and December. Epl
cures consider canvas back superior in
flavor, but If killed in a region where
wild celery abounds, the red-head is
only slightly Inferior; the same rules
answer for cooking both. All other
ducks have a fishy flavor, which is no
doubt caused by their "feeding
grounds," and require different treat
ment. The bill of the canvas back is
black, and about three inclies long;
that of the red-head is bluish changing
to black towards the end, and only two
and a quarter inches long. Always
leave the head on in trussing; season
lightly inside with celery-saltand pep
per, then place in a dripping-pan and
put intoa quick oven. Baste frequent
ly with melted butter, and do not move
the (luck or the juices will be spilled.
A full-sized duck will cook in twenty
live niuinutes it the oven is as hot as It
should be. Five minutes before tak
ing from the oven, baste with currant
jelly incited with a little butter, and
once again before serving. Remove
the duck, as soon as done, to a dry, hot
platter; have ready mixed the juice
of half a lemon, a dash of cayen ne pop
per, at pinch of salt and a tablespoonful
of wine. Pour these hot over the duck
and serve immediately. To be in per
fection It should come from the oven
dry and brown and when cut flood the
dish with a rich, red gravy. Garnish
with sliced lemon and spoonfuls of
currant jolly, and serve with green
peas and celery.
CARS OF PLANTS IN WINTER.-Slips
should be cut smoothly from the plant
jnst below a joint., or where they join
the main stein. Any time during the
growing season will do, though July,
August and Seplomber are the best
months. Most slips stand well in sand,
or a mixture of half-and-half soil, kept
wet. If wanted for the house in win
ter, it is better to stand the slips in
small pots sink in the ground, as they
can be left in the pots or transtferred
to larger ones without disturbing the
roots. Oleanders. honeysuckles, south
ernwoaad, and some other plants, are
best started by putting them in a vial
of water on a partly-shaded window
sill, putting a piece of cotton around
the stei at the neck of the vial, both to
steady and protect the plant, and pre
vent too rapid evaporation. Plants for
the house In winter will not do
well in smaller than four or filve inch
pots. Place at saucer under each. Wa
ier every day toward night, putting on
water till somie runs through into the
saucer. The water should always be
tepid, once a week a few drops of am
monia or liquid manure should be added
to each quart of water if the soil is still
moist; some plants do not lneed as much
water as others. A little top-watering
only does more hurt than good; the
water should go to all the roots. AL'ter
January they will need more water, as
thten they begin to grow ;' before that
most plants simply live. Cactaises and
aloes should have no water in the early
winter ; they must rest if you wish
them to bloom well later. Keep callas
standing in water. Keep the pots and'
leaves Glean by frequent washing,
Plants do better in glazed pots or wooden
boxes, tihe commini pots beiagso l)Orous
is to extract all tile moisture fromt tile
roots. If you simIply wishl to keep slips
f'or next year's garden, 1111 a starch-box
with sandy soll, set a nlumber of' slips
inm it, keel) w~et1and in a sunniy wVindow.
FnicAssEEc OF RAnarr.--Boil a good
Iized( rabbIt in ai quart of stock or wvater.
with a quarter of a p)ounid of streaked
bacon, two onionsa, a sprig thyme or
inarjoramt, a pinchl of salt, and pepper,
When tend(er take out rabbita nd bacon,
aut up thle former into neat joints, re
terve all the best for the fricassee; puIt
back the head, nleck, andali un sightly
p)ieces into the liquid (; let it boll until
reduced1 to a lpint; thlen strain IL off,
and take off every partie,e of fat. When
thils Is done, algainl allow the gravy to
redluce to half' a p)int; then pu1t ini the
loints of rabbit, withl a sprig of plarsley,
thymte, and marjoram, and let it almi
cine 101r a half an 11our'; take or strain
>uit tile herbs, add1( a pinchl of grated
Ilutmeg and lemon-peel, and thicken
shle gravy either withl acupful ofeream
r milk, wvfith a dessert-spoonl of cora
tlour; if milk is used, stir in an1 oun1ce
f fresh butter. Cut up the bacon boll
3(1 with the rabbit 111to very thlin slices,
let it get hlot on tile fricassee wIthout
boiling; arrange nearly on the dish,
(1nd serve withl the rabbit.
'TIPE, MODS DE CAEN.-FIye pounds
If tripe are enlouigh ior 10 p)ersons. Put
.wo calves' feet, withI the raw trIpe cut
in pieces about three inches long by one
nch wide, Into a casserele withl a quart
If Wite winle, and a wvine-glass of
Itranldy, (which tihe cook must not
irink;) adld salt, pepper, oneC onIon, a
Marrot, a little garlic, some biay-leaves,
mnd two quarts of stock ; cook until it
is all tenlder ; then put It in an oven,
mud let it cook slowly at- least eight
hours. Seirve as hlot as p)ossible.
THEc price of goal) is rapidly ad
vancin. g., A year's suply of Don
ilINS' 'ECToRIO bought 1now at
011hlprice wIll be a very JudieIous pur-.
PROFITABLE PATIENTs.--T.'he most
wonderful anda mallrvelous success,. in
cases whlere persons are sick or wvast
lng away from a condition of miser
ableness,,that 110one knows whlat alls
them, (profitable patienlts for doctors,)
is obtained by the n'se of Hop Bitters.
They begin to cure from the first dose
aind keel) it up until perfect htealth and
strengtht is restored. Whoever is af
flicted in tils way need ntot sufler when
thtey can get Hfop Bitters. See other
00lu 'nn.* _________
YVEGETINEt is now, acknowledged b)
our best phlysicians to, be the onIly sure
and safe remed1y for all diseases arts.
lag from impure blood, such as sorof.
ula and 'ierofulous auo,rs.
lonsumption curea.
AN .ld physlelan, retired' from psrao
tice, having had placed in his bands by
an East India missionary the formula
of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for Con
sumnption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all '1hroat and Lung Affections,
plso a positive and radical Qure for Ner-.
vous DebilIty and all Nervous Comn
plaints, after having testad its lwonder
fuo uratye powers in thousands of
cases, has- felt It his duty to make It
know to hisa suffering fellows. Actu
ated by this motive and a desire to re
lieve human sufering, I .Sill send free
of charge to all who desire It, this-re.
oie nGra,Fec,or ICnglishj
with stamp, naming this papr .
Won 1ok49 Poers' rnooki *So4hE4t
HUMOROUS.
WHrx a boy falls and peels the skin
off his nose, the first thing he does is to
got up and howl. When a girl tumbles
and hurts herself badly her first move
ment is to arise with more haste than
grace, look searchingly at her dress and
savagely at some innocent young man
standing on an opposite corner, and,
as she shoots off for home, mutter
something about the "horrid loafers,"
wholly unconscious that her hat is
screwed a.*ound over her left ear, and
that two inches of fingers protrude
through her soiled kids. Not until she
reaches her dear mamma does she sob
like a baby with the wind colic.
ELUcIDATIoN.-Rocto.8 Wife-How
do you do. Mr. Wiggles? We have not
seen you at church lately. Have you
been away? Mr. Wlggles-Yes, Mum.
I've been a visitin' my old 'aunts at
Manchester, Mitui. Rector's Wife
Really ! I hope you found the old
ladies quite well. Mr. Wiggles--I
didn't say my harnts, Mum-I said my
old 'aunts-revisitin' the 'aunts o' my
youth, you know, M'um I
A YOUNG lady refused to .marry a
gentleman, to whoh she was cngiaged
on the puerile grounds that he was a
divorced man, had beaten his first wife
with a club, shot at her with a revolver,
tried to poison her, and ran after her
with a carving knife. Really, our girls
are getting so particular that if this
thing goes on there won't be one wed
ding a week in the entire community
by and by.
"Ti way it is," said little Johnny,
describing a raflle at a church fair,
"you see something and you give a
half a dollar for a chance to win it;
another fellow always gets it, and they
uover offer you your money back I"
"WHAT kind of a conscience have
you ?" asked a chaplain of a convict in
the State prison. "It is a good as new,
for I have never used it," was the re
ply.
MAnu LEMON once said it is with
narrow-soulded people as with narrow
necked bottles-the less they have In
them the more noise they make in
getting It out.
"Ma. SMrnuas, how can you sleep?
The sun lhas been vp these two hours."
"Well, what if it has?" said Smithers.
"le goes to bed at dark, while I'n) up
till after-midiiglit."
Now matter how bad and destru ctive
a boy may be, he never becomes so de
graded or loses his self-respect suffi
ciently as to throw mud on a circus
poster.
A MULD's head does not contain a
brain capable of culture and refined
rearing, but it is wonderful to what an
extent the other end of his form
ean be reared.
'TuE most allicted part of thn houso
is the window. It is always full of
panes-and who has not seen more
than one window blind ?
A LrrrrxL boy who was asked if he
could tell the length of a whale said
the whales he caught at home seemed'
more than an hour long sometimes.
'"W JiaN thie swoliows homneward fil "
then the homeward ly is swoilewetr.
Gen. Crook's Escape.
Gen. Crook's escape from an ignoble
death on the pairies was k narrow one.
With two friends he was goose huntIng
in the Platte Valley. The party were
two miles from the farm-house where
they m)ade their headquarteru, when a
"blizzard" or biindhng snow storm sud
denly came tip. General Crook shot a
goose, and in attempting to get it lost
his hat. In following it ho dropped
through an ice-hole. The water for
tunately was not deep, but it thorough
ly chilled hirm. He recovered his hat
and remarked that he was cold and
numb, and would return to the house.
A few minutes afterwards his fr.ends
also started, shaping their steps by
the river's course. One remarked
hat hie felt uneasy about Crook, who,
lie feared ight have missed his way.
The other rejected the iden, but during
a slight cessation of the storm the first
sportsman insisted that lhe could see
the figure or a man behind them. A
loud shout was sent tip and repeated
again and again. Fiunally Crook's fig
tire was recognized as he came stag
gering up, and it was discovered that
he was well-nigh chilled to death. His
ears and feet were frozen, his neck was
eovered with ice, and he was unable to
sp)eak aloud. His comrades helped him
to the house, and for two or three days
he was unable to proceed further, his
friends remaining with him. He had
become confused, and traveling In coir
eles had f allen into the river a second
time, when he discovered his mistake,
and rapidly retraced his steps, And
none too soon to save his. life. Ct,ok
had always prided himself on beg
able to endure severe storms withbot
any protection but an overcoat, and in
many Winter campaigns lie has set me.
rare examples of endurance. But 'for
his friends, however, lie would have
tasted his physical powers~once to of ten.
OntA vi R UN MiLLs, Baltimore co., d.
MEssRs. KENNEDT it Co.: --he
Carbolino is making young hair coniie
on my bald head.
PeTEn F. SnEA RERJ
TPhi. is a fair sample of the cettifi
eates which are received daily at:the6
Pittsburg office.
Nor A BEvsnAO.-"They are not a
beverage but a medhi'lne, with curative
prperties of the highest degree, con
ta ning no poor whiskey or poisonous
drugs. They do not tear down an al
read debilitated system, but build it
up. One bottle containse more hops,
that is, more real hop strength, than a
barrel of ordinary beer. Every drug
giat in Rochester sells them, and te
physicians prescribe them."-ZBeening
Exprees on Hop Bitters,
lin thought he heard "the angels
sing" but it proved to be a chorus
of yls from th next do6r ohidren.
He grew dsrto, procured a bottle
Dr. 7Bull's Baysyrup and sent it to
Mrs. B. with hi oomj Imetits. He was
a bachlr..
Tm. LiNes ARE SIRAstNUD Al RAOgE bye.
One Bair at a Time.'
"When I was ' ," I begun," and
every mai nervously sprang from his
seat and opened a widow.
"- in Pawtucket last wit.tor," [
went on, not noticing the peculiar ac
tion, and the passengers closed the
windows and dropped back into thoir
chairs.
"By George," said the fat passenger,
with a grateful intonation. "I thought
you were going to say 'at the Ceritenial.'
"I went into the hair-cloth mana
fastory," I went on, "and saw one of
the emost accurate machines in the
world. There was something fairly
human and life like in its intelligence.
A little steel shuttle reached across,
grasped with almost unfailing accur
ucy a single hair and drew it into its
place in the cloth. If, by any chance,
it missed, it reached after it again."
"Ohte hair at a time?" asked the
Passenger with the sandy goatee.
"Yes," I said, "and when it got the
hair, the'cloth moved en Just one hair's
breadth. When it missed it, the work
just stood still until, it reached for it
again."
"And never missed a hair?" asked
the said passenger.
"Very rarely," 1 replied with a
violent effort, which was gratefully and
enith us,asticallygpplaudet.
"By George," the sad passenger re
marked, looking gloomily at the fat
passenger, "we ought to have one of
those machines in our boarding house."
And although not a word was said,
we all knew that he wanted to set it
on the butter.
IF there is not suflicient rain to keep
compost heaps moist, water shoulti be
supplied, even if it has to be hurled
and pourel on them. Decomposition
is arrested when the heap becomes dry.
A few barrels of water from the well
will soon start up and heat decomposi
tion in a dry pile of compost.
blucn may be said of the modern ei
gar, but you must draw it mild.
A Botnofactor of Mankind.
P. Magnus M. Mayr 0. 8. 1., Cath. priest,
Now Trier, Daeota Co., Minn., writes to P.
Neustaodter & Co , sole manufacturers of
Anakesis. Dr. Silsbee's INFALLinLE. CUR FORa
1'zLus: I use. only four of the Anakests
beans; the first two without observation of trho
prescript, thorefore without suoco,sl My case
was very difiioult, lasting many years. I wrote
for other niedioanents to support the first
dosos; meanwhile 1 took the seoond and third
globulus according to ordinance, and since
four wteks and two days after using the mois
tened pills, Iam oured Dr. Bilebeo is really
a benefactor of matnkiud. I suppose I will
have no need of the second box aid even not
of the first onol I am cured, but I will keep it
for my fellow-oitirens suffering under like
pain, and send hereby the two dollars. an un
speakable small amount for so great a benotit
Thanks be te Ged.
Respeotfully, your obedient servant,
P. MAoNUs M. MAYIt, O. 8. 13., Cath. priest.
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Yours truly,
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