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Beautifies and restores Gray
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The Star Spangled Banner
It was 82 years ago or to be more
precise Sept 14 1814 that the Star
Spangled Banner was written The
grand old song was composed amid the
clang and excitement of battle in the
harbor of Baltimore The story of how
Francis Scott Key got his Inspiration
for the song is known to every school
boy in the laud but Its recent birthday
anniversary will be our excuse for
publishing it again
On the return of the British to their
vessels after the destruction of Wash
ington they carried with them Dr
Beanes an influential physician His
friends begged for his release but Ad
miral Cockburn refused to give him up
and sent him on board the flagship of
Admiral Cochrane
Francis Scott Key was requested to
g to Cochrane and ask for the doctors
Trfltase With the Presidents permis
sion he went in the Cartel ship Miuden
under a flag of truce He found the
British ships at the mouth of the Poto
mac preparing to attack Baltimore
Cochrane agreed to release Beanes but
not right away Key and Beanes were
paced on board the Surprise When
the fleet went up Patapsco bay they
were sent back to the Minden with a
guard of marines
The Minden was anchored within
eight of Fort McHcnry and from her
tlc ck Key observed the bombardment of
The fort He did not know even when
Zha firing ceased whether the fort had
surrendered or not In the dim light of
the opening morning he saw through a
glass the star spangled banner yet wav
ing in triumph over the fort and soon
learned of the preparations of the dis
comfited British for speedy departure
5 It was during the excitement of the
bombardment and while pacing the
deck of the Minden between midnight
and dawn that Key composed the now
world famed song The original lines
were written on the back of a lette1
which Key happened to have in his
pocked It was later written out in full
by Key and then printed in handbill
fcrm It was first sung by Charles Du
ra ng at a restaurant in Baltimore to an
sssemblage of defenders of the city
It is now sung everywhere as the na
tional sonjr of America
Mind Readinsr
You can road a happy mind in a happy
countenance without much penetration This
Is the sort of coi ntenance that the quondam
tlious sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Hos
iUers Stomach liitters -wears You will
wi nwdt many such The great stomachic and
alterative niso provides uappiness lor me
malarious the rheumatic the weak and
those troubled with iuaetion of the kidneys
and bladder
A cross between a Burchells zebra
and an Isle of Ruin mare has been ob
tained by an Edinburgh professor who
is tryingto procure a beast of burden
for South Africa that will not be at
tacked by the tsetse fly The fly does
not touch the zebra The next step is
to find out whether the hybrid animal is
sterile like the mule or not and then
whether the tsetse will leave him alone
When in the crowded tliorouglilares of
city life you see young maidens with
cheeks fair as country roses give them
credit for using Glenns Sulphur Soap
Do not dare to live without some
clear intention toward which your liv
ing shall be bent Mean to be some
thing with all your might
When bilious or costive eat a Cascaret
candy cathartic cure guaranteed 10 25c
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Civilized of all the races more murders
per 1000 inhabitants occur in the Unit
ed States than in any other country
Pisos Cure for Consumption has been
a godsend to B McClellan
Chester Fla Sept 17 1S95
At the beginning of this century the
Russian language was used by 30770
000 people now it is spoken by 75000
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Just try a 10c box of Cascarets the fin
est liver and bowel regulator ever made
God gives every bird its food but He
does not throw it into the nest
The Oyclistfs Necessity
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Nnxne nnd Number the Boods
Much of the isolation of the farmer is
caused by the time consumed in finding
his residence says Farm and Home
A certain numbered house on a cer
tain named street makes one at home
In town but the farmer is a stranger
in a strange land when seeking a fel
low farmer in an adjoining county
The wide awake agriculturists of Con
tra Costa County California a few
years ago set about to remedy this un
fortunate condition and adopted what
has since been known as the ten block
system that is the naming and meas
uring of all country roads and dividing
hem into ten blocks to the mile The
fuactment of the plan was secured
from the county board of supervisors
nd work under it was begun at once
Bonds were named in as long lengths
as practicable Names of towns and
Jiving residents were not used Some
landscape feature some historical as
sociation suggested the name Bear
Creek road Lime Ridge crossing Lake
Connex Mountain drive Walnut way
Tista Rio Granger exit and Happy Val
lej local are examples A list of the
roads was made beginning with those
going northward from the county seat
followed by those going easterly south
erly and westward Complete records
as to local objects are kept and guide-
Feedinjr Apples to Hosts
There is a good deal of nutrition in
apples especially those of sweet vari
eties Where they are plentiful and
cheap as sweet apples are almost sure
to be when the crop is abundant they
are good feed for -hogs But they are
jiot a full ratios and should alwaysbe
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fed cooked and mixed with some kind
of grain or meal which should be put
in while the cooked apples are hot
and thus cooked with them The ap
ples make the grain much more digest
ible than it would be without them
Thus the appetite is kept from being
cloyed which is the greatest difficulty
in feeding grain to animals of any
kind
Gutter and Supports
Thousands of barns throughout the
country are without gutters and the
rain from the roof washes down upon
SECUKE GUTTEK
manure heaps rob
bing the latter of
more than half
their richness Gut
ters from a solid
stick of timber are
best but these are
expensive The V
trough is apt to
leak after a little
To prevent this
coat the inside
with concrete
made by mixing sharp sand and the
best cement as shown in the diagram
or a mixture of sand and tar can be
used Instead of the wooden supports
cut from a piece of board that are con
stantly splitting use an iron strap bent
by a blacksmith into the shape suggest
ed and screwed to the side of the
barn Such supports will of them
selves keep the V gutters from open
ing at the joint even if not coated in
side
Work of the Codlinjr Moth
The injury and loss occasioned by the
codling moth has been very keenly felt
in almost all fruit growing regions and
many of the fine crops raised the past
year will show the appearance of the
worm unless spraying was resorted to
in early spring The female begins to
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TEN BLOCK SYSTEM OF NAMING AND NUMBERING COUNTRY ROADS
boards erected The measuring begins
at the center of the street just in front
of the courthouse and proceeds along
the nearest line of travel The village
streets have the customary 100
the block but outside the limits
the country house numbers are used
two to each block of 528 feet 32 rods
of road Odd numbers are on the left
hand even on the right A gate on the
right hand side with its right post
8 1 10 miles by road from the court
house is 31 blocks distant and is in the
32d block Hence its road number is
fri or twice 32 A gate just across the
road would be numbered 03 Half the
even numbers of a block divided by 10
always gives its extreme distance from
the beginning Each house has the
number of the block upon which its
gate or entrance is located as 6 1 for
the first house Other houses built on
the same block take the numbers 64a
iMb to 64z On the fence or a post a
iine is placed showing the numbers
and the divisions between blocks On
the right is 64 62 On the loft is
marked 61 63 At the end of each
mile ten blocks an X is painted inside
a circle The half mile is marked by
a V in a semi circle There are 20 road
numbers to the mile The ten block
system works as well with houses miles
apart as with those closer even to 20
feet apart The distance between any
two house numbers in the country can
be easily reckoned The homes of
farmers can be quickly found Stran
gers can be given clear directions The
mileage of officers can be quickly calcu
lated Road work can be accurately
located by its block number A coun
ty directors could be printed with farm
names and road numbers of every citi
ien A former postmaster general has
declared that the ten block system of
numbering country roads would remove
the only obstacle to rapid and accurate
free postal and telegraph delivery to
farmers Contra Costa farmers expect
to secure free delivery at once under
the new appropriation by Congress for
this purpose
Good Kutter in Winter
With care in making the proper ar
rangements good butter can readily be
inade in winter and the cost be not
materially increased There must be
fresh cows Good warm dry shelter
plenty of good feed and water proper
arrangements for handling the milk
and cream so as to secure the desired
iemperature for cream raising and but
ter making and with these essentials
good butter at only a slightly increased
bost per pound can be made But the
quality must be good to make the most
jut of it as the consumer demands good
tmtter in winter the same as in sum
mer and the price is largely determ
ined by the quality all seasons
lay eggs in the calyx of the blossom
about two weeks after the blossom
first appears From the egg hatches a
caterpillar which pierces the skin of
the fruit and eats its way toward the
center It feeds upon the pulp around
the core until it finishes its caterpillar
growth at which time it is about three
quarters of au inch in length Then it
usually leaves the apple to find a crev
ice in the bark where it spins a silken
cocoon and enters the pupa stage Two
weeks later it emerges as a moth like
the one that laid the original egg The
experience of horticulturists has been
that the injury caused by this insect
A MOST DESTRUCTIVE APPLE INSECT
can only be averted by careful spray
ing Farm and Home
Poultry Pointers
Preserve the fallen leaves for the
scratch pen in winter
Get the poultry accustomed to roost
ing under shelter before eold weather
sets in
A good thing for the chickens is to
char a lot of corn occasionally and
let them pick at it
Dont fail to have gravel and road
dust in goodly quantities put away for
use about poultry quarters during win
ter
It is claimed by many that a hen will
lay more and better eggs during an en
tire year if she is allowed to raise one
lot of chicks
Eggs upon which a fowl is sitting
are not all of the same temperature
those upon the outside are eooler than
those on the inside
Eradicate the chicken lice by clean
ing out and burning out old nests and
whitewashing frequently Spray the
roosts and inside of the poultry house
freely with coal oil and carbolic acid
If charcoal and sulphur are burned
in a poultry house we will guarantee
that the house will be rid of lice Sprin
kle the sulphur on the charcoal and
shut the house up tight Nothing can
live in the fumes
The Apiury
It is not advisable to store comb
honey if it can be sold at a fair price
It is difficult to keep it in perfect con
dition for any length of time
Each frame of comb in a bee hivs
should occupy about one and a half
inches of space and in spacing the
frames it should be done with exact
ness so that the frames will be one
and a half inches from center to center
TRAIN WRECKERS
THE EXPOSURE AND PERIL OF
THESE BRAVE MEN
A Short Tnlk with an Experienced
Wrecker Compelled to Stand in
Water for Houra The Intense Strain
Upon Nerves and Health
From the Hawkeue Burlington Iowa
A correspondent of the Mt Pleasant
la Daily Xews and of the Burlington
Hiiwkeye culled upon Mr Edward Tra
ccy of 1312 Central avenue Burlington
Ja and the following interview resulted
I was born at Koine la twenty six
years ago and lived at that place until
lbl2 when with several others 1 went to
Florence Kansas While there wc work
ed on the Santa Fe Railroad The work
was not hard but we were obliged to be
out in all sorts of weather Soon after I
went to Kansas City Kansas where 1
secured work with what was culled the
wrecking gang Their work consisted
of clearing up wrecks watching wash
outs etc We were often compelled to
stand in water for hours at a time and
it would sometimes be all day and all
night before we would get a chance to
change our clothing
After working at this work for a
short time I commenced to feel weak and
would often be compelled to quit work
for a few days At last I decided to call
on a doctor and get some medicine After
taking the medicine for some time with
out improvement I decided to leave Kan
sas and go home thinking that the cli
mate did not agree with me A few days
before I was to start for home a friend
came to see me and wanted me to trv
Dr Williams Pink Pills I did not think
they would do me any good but finally
yielded ro his advice and commenced tak
ing them In a few days I felt better
Uy the time the first box was gone I was
able to work again I have felt the old
malady but once since Then I went at
once and purchased some of Dr Will
iams Pink Tills and after taking two
boxes was completely well and have not
been sick since 1 take pleasure in rec
ommending Dr Williams Pink Pills to
the public in the highest terms
Dr Williams Pink Pills contain in
a condensed form all the elements neces
sary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves They
are also a specific for troubles peculiar
to females such as suppressions irreg
ularities and all forms of weakness Thev
build up the blood and restore the glow
of health to pale and sallow cheeks In
men they effect a radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry overwork or
excesses of whatever nature Pink Pills
are sold in boxes never in loose bulk at
50 cents a box or six boxes for 250 and
may he had of all druggists or direct by
mail from Dr Williams Medicine Com
pany Schenectady N Y
ANIMALS AS CRIMINALS
fnntancca in Which They Were Tried
m Civil and ecclesiastical Courts
During the middle ages and even as
ate as the time of Shakspeare animals
were considered legally responsible for
their acts They were tried for various
offenses and if found guilty were con
victed and punished Mules were oc
casionally deprived of their ears for
wrong doing and this altered the ap
pearance of the animals whether it im
proved their morals or not There was
another punishment inflicted on mules
which suggests that there was method
in the madness of the authorities A
mule which was particularly wicked
was made forfeit to the crown and the
king had a corral of asses which could
not be equaled for depravity in the
world
Occasionally the animals were tried
before an ecclesiastical tribunal
Swarms of flies bees leeches and othev
insect pests were often condemned to
vacate within a certain time under pen
alty of malediction As a rule cer
tain sections of the country were set
aside to which the condemned animals
might rprive and live in peace and quie
A horde of flies that bothered the res
idents of Mavence France were tried
once and escaped punishment because
of their small size ana extreme youth
Hats one time began eating the barley
pf France and were tried in court
They were defended by an eminent law
rer named Chasseneux and he actually
won the suit and the rats escaped pun
ishment In Naples an ass was tried
by a jury of his peers no doubt and
sentenced to die at the stake The sen
tence was carried out and that ass
never committed murder again About
the year 1700 the practice died out and
come time after the Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals was or
ganized and since them domestic ani
mals have been better treated
Hows This
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
uking Halls Catarrh Cure
F J CHENEY CO Irops Toledo O
We the undersigned have known F J Cheney
or ths last fifteen years and believe him per-
ectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by theirfirin
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uruccists
Little Man with a Big Heart
Edward Lewis a Polish Jew is a big
hearted man He has offered himself
for exhibition before the Wabash Coun
ty Ind Medical Society Lewis heart
is a sousce of much wonder and specu
lation among the medical fraternity It
is nearly twice the size of the organ of
the ordinary human physicians who
have examined him stating that it is
from nine to ten inches in length and
eight inches in diameter Its beat un
der ordinary conditions can be heard at
a distance of two feet and the enlarge
ment is such that there is a marked
protrusion of the breast Lewis is small
of stature and is a laborer He says
that the process of enlargement contin
ues the diameter and length of the or
gan having increased over an inch in
the last six months
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bowels Never sicken weaken or gripe
He Was Too Previous
Robert Bright of San Francisco has
a strange lawsuit on his hands Some
months ago he signed all his property
to his sister thinking himself on his
deathbetl Fate willed that he should
reqover but the sister refuses to return
his property and is spending his money
ad libitum Bright is suing to get it
back
Frenlc of Ijishtnlnj
During a recent heavy thunderstorm
in Dennisport Pa Mrs Florence Kel
ly a telegraph operator received a se
vere shock When she came to she
found on her right arm a perfect Im
print of a leaf the size o a hand
An Important Difference
To nuke it uppurum tu inoiumuu who
think themselves ill thai they ure not ui
lliuled with any aiaciae biu that the sys
tem simply needs cicui ug is to bring
comfort home to llieir lieaits us a costive
condition is easily cured ny using Syrup
of Figs Manufituiureu ny the Jiwiiorniu
Fig syrup Company Oiily and sold by ail
drugyiaU
People seldom improve when they
have no other model but themselves to
copy after
Dont Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your
Life Away
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and forever regain lost manhood ho
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life and vigor take the wonder-worker
that makes weak men strong
Many gain ten pounds in ten days Over
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ling Remedy Co Chicago or New York
A mountain of magnetic iron ore has
been discovered in Lapland
Nothing In lialli or munilry no kcxxi as Borax Dob
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Thirty five million human beings die
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Noises in the ears sometimes a roaring
buzzing sound or snapping lite the re
port of a pistol are caused by catarrh
that exceedingly disagreeable and very
common disease Loss of smell or hear
ing also results from catarrh Hoods
Sarsaparilla the great blood purifier is
a peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease whick it cures by purifying the
blood If you suffer from catarrh try
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longer Hasnt it caused enough dam
age and trouble and weariness Do
you realize the amount of wear and
tear that it brings to your clothes in
a single year Get Pearline get
rid of the wash hoard and that pfprnal
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