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Professor Job L. Bay, of Ashland,
' Vs., who has been studying the mooa
through a telescope, sajs there has re
cently been extraordinary velca'nic ac
iion, on the planet. He Bays that on the
tght'of June 22, 1891, the tremendous
energy over the whole surface presented
. jtself. "I saw that what of late have
been considered great gray plains are
in reality, great seas, or -else a molten
'mass, as I saw immense .sheets seem-
..ingly of water, thrown through the lu
narian atjoosphere and find a resting
place.at least a thousand miles from
.where they formerly were. I saw sev
eral great mountains sink the whole
laoon swayed to and fro, and every-
. thing in the lunar heavens was in the
.wildest confusion. I gazed with in
tensest awe upon this awful spectacle
for hours, until the confusion finally
.subsided -and there seemed to be a dead
l.'calm as before. I feel fully confident
that the moon was thrown several de
grees out of her course, and she, is also
"perceptibly nearer, perhaps 20,000
"miles." No other astrcm&aer appears
to have noticed these disturbances.
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." A young lady near Weldon picked up
what she thought to be a pretty little
pebble near the Warren line. Captain
.'Willis Cheek, of that place, saw the
htone and purchased it He sent it to
an expert in Xew York, and the jewel-
er there notified him that it was a gen-
.uine diamond of the first water. The
captain paid the young lady full value
for it in the rough, and then had it cut
and set in a ring. His little daughter,
Miss Ella, is now the proud owrjer o a
.diamond ring made of a gem picked up
on North Carolina soil, in, the old county
of Halifax.
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.. Ce rare and use, that old,and well-tried remedy, Hex.
-. Wwslow's POotbi c S vkcf for Children Teething.
. Speed of the "Gulf Stream."
. " . Three miles an hour is about the av
erage of the (Julf Stream, though at
. - -certain places it attains a speed of fifty--.
foiir miles; in the Yucatan channel, for
instance, where it is ninety miles Wide
and 1,000 fathoms deep, the current is
'not over the fourth of a mile an hour.
In the Straits of Kemini tje current is
- sis rapid as to give the surface of the
.. Avater the appearance of being a sheet
:' of fire. St. Louis Republic
"Hansotra !Jfclo Corn Halve."
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. ' Salt.
"Says a St. Louis physician: "Most
people do not cat half enough salt- If
salt be taken in moderate quantities
regularly every day the general health
of the user will be greatly improved.
.' Nearly every time I take a glass of wa
ter I add to it a teaspoonful of common
table salt After being taken several
times the taste will ba found more
agreeable than otherwise. All mineral
waters should have salt added before
being used, for scarcely any of the va
rious kinds contain enough. Enthusi
asts on the salt diet claim that its free
use. prevents malarial troubles. Though
I do not claim quite as much for it as
that, I think it is a very valuable arti
cle of consumption, and should be used
more than it is.
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leas expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
. the needs of physical being, will attest
- the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, ; Syrup of Figs.
- Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable anl pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing aad truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
.. dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
. every objectionable substance.
" Svrup of Figs is for sale by all dru-
- gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
. -Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
; accept any substitute if offered.
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- I have been troubled with dyspep
sia, but after a fair trial of August
. JFlower; am freed from the vexatious
.trouble J. B. Young, Daughters
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." headache one year steady. One bottle
of 'August Flower cured me. It was
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- ... to me J. W. Smith, P.M. and Gen.
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. dj;spcpsia and it cured me, It is the
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" f ably not a bap-
pier gin in. ine
world than Loya
uentworth as
she sat at the open window of a hotel
on one of the Paris boulevards, look
ing down on the crowded street bo
low. To-morrow she was ffolnff into
the country to stay at the chateau be
longing to the father of her fiance,
the ATat-qnte tie j&elleire, a gentleman
6i tfee old school, who had seen his
son engaged to the pretty American,
first with resentment and then de
light, as, won by the charming man
ners and sweet frank character of the
girl, he came to enjoy the idea of hav
ing this new element in the traditional
routine of his house. It wils far id
deed from being one of those mar
riages which, to their shame be it
said, are made every year by dozens
of American women who buy for their
money titles, the possessors of which
heartily despise their wives' country
and customs, and look upon them only
as a necessary incumbrance to for
tunes, which will enable themselves
to carry on their habitual method of
life with greater case.
Loys Wentworth had met the young
Comte de Belleire at Dinard, and a
several months1 acquaintance had re
sulted in their engagement It was a
real love match. The old marquis be
ing very well off, provided amply for
his son, who was his only child by his
dead wife. The Wentworths were in
comfortable circumstances, but had
no dot to give their daughter. She
and her father and mother were to
make a short visit to the chateau de
Belleire before the marriage took
place. As I have said, it would be
hard to have found a happier girl than
was Loys the nightbef ore they started
for the country.
Upon arriving next day, an enthu
siastic welcome awaited them on the
platform from the old marquis and his
son, Stanislas; it was early in the
afternoon, and after a little tidying
up the whole party started for a tour
of the house. Loys and her fiance
were well in front of the others.
Room after room was shown, and at
last they arrived at a chamber at the
end of a long corridor near the stair
case. "This," cried Stanislas, gaily, as he
threw open the door, "is the haunted
room. m I have an ancestor who had
the bad taste to commit suicide here
once, and his ghost is supposed to
walk at night from I until 2 o'clock,
the regular orthodox thing, you know,
Loys."
The young girl examined the apart
ment with great interest.
"It looks as if it had not been slept
in for a long time," she remarked.
"Oh, no, not for a good while now;
we occasionally have had friends stay
ing here of an inquisitive frame of
mind who have spent the night in it
and slept most peacefully, I believe.
For my part, I am rather inclined to
think that it is a fraud," said Stanislas.
It was a large, oblong, bare-looking
room, with the door opening on the
right side. The bed was in the mid
dle, and on the wall directly opposite
it hung a large mirror in a tarnished
gilt frame. A bell rope dangled on the
left of the bed, and a lamp stood on a
small table the side nearest to the
door.
SHE WAS A HAVING MANIAC
"I never did have much confidence
in ghosts," remarked Loys, "and you
know I should rather like to sleep
here and see if anything happened
My nerves arc very strong," she added
laughing.
"Oh!" cried Stanislas, anxiously, "I
really must beg that you will do noth
ing of the sort. I should be worried
to death about you."
"Don't be such a silly, dear old
boy," replied Loys, whoso desire to
have her own way naturally increased
with the opposition she was met by.
"Here come the others, I will ask
them."
Her scheme was not received with
any great enthusiasm, but she
wheedled M. de Belleire, Sr., into tak
ing her side, and in the end it was ar
ranged that she should spend the
-night in the haunted room.
"Any way, my dear," said the
marquis, "in case you should mistake
your white dress hung up against the
wall for a ghost, you have only to pull
your bell-rope vigorously it sounds
in the hall just outside my door,
which is always open and I will fly
to your assistance."
Loys smiled. "I shan't disturb your
peaceful slumbers," she said.
Stanislas made no remark, but
looked worried and unhappy. Sirs.
Wentworth also seemed a little uneasy.
"Are there no burglars arcund?"
she inquired nervously.
"Such a thing has never been heard
of at Belleire," pooh-poohed the mar
quis. The evening arrived and Loys was
escorted to her room by the entire
party, no arguments having availed to
make her change her mind. Mrs.
Wcntworth's fears about the robbers
beingabolished, Stanislas was theonly
one who seemed to attach any impor-"
tance to the affair.
"I wish you would not persist in
this, my dear," he whispered, as he
said "good night"
"Nonsense, foolish boy," returned
Loys, softly, and after having kissed
her mother and father and given a
hearty shake to the marquis' hand, a
covert squeeze to that of Stanislas and
a bright glance all around, she disap
peared into the room, carrying the
lighted lamp with her, and the key
clicked as it turned in the door.
The next morning1 dawned bright
and beautiful. One by one the party
assembled in the breakfast room.
The old marquis came in rubbing his
hands.
"Not a sound in my room last
night" he remarked, "our little ghost
hunter has evidently been disap
pointed." However, the time slipped by and
no Loys appeared. Thev ail began to
grow slightly uneasy although no one
liked to own it At last Stanislas
grew desperate-
"Father," he cried, "I simply can't
stand this any longer. I am going to
see what is the matter."
"I will go "with you," said Mr. and
Mrs. Wentworth in one voice.
"And I, too," cried the marquis, ill
concealed anxiety written on every
feature.
They arrived outside the room and
a sickening fear seemed to creep into
each heart. The door was locked.
Loys!" cried Stanislas.
There was no answer, but from
within 'the room came a sound of
voices, broken by a ripple of mirth-
tkirSL. iT
less laughter, and then the voices
went on in a monotonous ham,
"Oh, what horrible thiag has hap.
pened?" shriekei rs. Weatworth fia
afrenxy of terrot.
Stanislas threw himself afatast the
door; it resisted a sBOaseat aad. then
burst ia with an awfal eraaH.
wum an awnu. eraaa.
what ther hi , -.- ft
&riv n!tle )d& of -&
i aeltoward then was Loys
This is what ther
Seated
bed on The hdeloward then was Loys
In her .nightgown, holding in either
hand an end of the brokea bell rope,
which wra passed around the neck of
a. man, whose head only ,prbiecte4
fremtmder the bed, and was drawn
sharply vnp against the side by the
tense pressure of the cord. His fe.ee
was purple and his tongue and eyes
were stifling out He had been
strangled to death. Loys was sitting
perfectly motionless, chattering away
to herself, and changing her voice
every moment, with an occasional
burst 'of hideous laughter.
She was a raving maniac.
The events of this dreadful night
were afterwards conjectured to be as
follows: The dead man was one of a
party of thieves who had been prowl
ing about in the neighborhood for
some time. Bearing of the arrival of
some guests at the castle, he aianaged
to conceal hirriself in the haunted
room (which he had heard from the
servants was not used) with a view to
letting in his associates td help him
pillage the house. Finding some one
come to occupy the room he hid
under the bed to bide his time. Loys
had evidently left the lamp lighted
to make it cosier. She had been
waked by a movement under the bed
and had started up to see reflected in
the glass opposite the head of the bur
glar just emerging. The poor girl's
first thought was, of course, the bell
rope, and the old, disused thing came
with a vigorous pull tumbling down
in her hand Without ringing. It is
supposed that in.her desperation she
threw the rope over the man's head
and pulled back on it causing stran
gulation. And there she sat all night,
afraid to move for fear of his escaping
and unable to make any one hear, un
til her mind gave way under the aw
ful strain. And that was the end of it
THAT BOY "BOB."
How His Jf tochleroas Prattle Spoiled a
Lore atatclk
I was once very sweet on a pretty
girl who was unfortunate enough to
be big sister to a fiend of the small
boy kind. The pretty girl's name
was Mabel, and our little love affair
was progressing beautifully when I
went, "all in my Sunday best," one
evening to escort her to a theater.
Before I could ring the bell the small
boy pulled the front door open and
popped out
"You Mabel's young man?" he
asked with an abruptness that took
my breath away.
"Is Miss Mabel in?" I asked, with
freezing dignity.
He leered at me out of his loft1 eye,
stuck his tongue in his cheek and
whirled three times around on his
left heel before saying:
"That's what she is. She's up
stairs riggin' herself out too fine for
anything. She's got on ma's rings
and Aunt Sarah's gold chain and"
"Bob!" came in sharp, agonized
tones from the head of the stairs.
"And sho had her fringe baking
on hairpins for over an hour, and"
"You, Robert!" cried the voice of
Bob's mother, but Bob went on piti
lessly. 'And she got the stunniest new
dress, and it isn't paid, for, neither,
and won't pa go it when the bill
comes in for the new hat Ma says
he will, but May says she don't care
if he does. May's plucky she is;
you'll find it out if she pulls off her
littlo scheme of marrying you, and"
"Robert James, come up hero this
instant," is shouted from the stair
landing, but Kobert James goes on
placidly:
"You've come to tako May to the
theater, ain't you? I know it, 'cause
May's been jawin' 'cause you didn't
get dress circle tickets instead of the
front row in the upper boxes. 1
said I'd tell on her 'cause she gave
me a crack on the head for losing
the pencil sho does her eyebrows
with. I hid her plate that's got her
three front teoth, but pa thrashed
me into giving them up before he
went to town. May says"
Bob's mother camo hastily down
the stairs, very red in the face and
very wild of eye Bob bound? down
tho steps and disappears round tho
house, but thrusts his head out to
say:
"How sweet you are; oh, my, you
dear little thing! Better get that
mustache under cover 'fore the frost
nips i Whose darling is oo?"
"Walk in, Mr. H.," says dear
Mabel's mamma, making a frantic
effort to appear calm. Our Kobert
is in one of his playful moods. He is
so full of spirits. Mabel is so sorry,
but a sudden indisposition has "
"Pickles an' cheeso an cucumbers
for supper," cries Bob, appearing at
an open window.
"The dear child has a most
wretched headache. So sorry, but
you will excuse her for this even
ing." "Take me instead, won't you,
sweety?" asks Bob.
I drag my wounded vanity. I am
as broken and bruised in spirits as I
wish Bob was in tho head. Mabel
and I meet no more; we have not the
moral courage to do so while Bob is
above ground.
The Goliath of the "Bis; Basin."
In "Big Basin," Santa Cruz county,
CaL, there are thousands of "giant
redwoods" that will measure from ten
to twenty-three feet in diameter.
But the Titan of them all is a giant
known far and near as 'the Goliath
of the Big Basin." This monstrous
vegetable growth is twenty-three
feet in diameter at the ground,- and
is perfectly solid, a fact noted as a
rarity in these colossi of the forest
"Goliath" is a fraction over 200 feet
in height the lower 100 feet of the
trunk being free from branches or
unsightly excrescences. Experienced
woodmen declare that the tree would
weigh more than 100,000 tons (one
hundred thousand tons), and that it
would -cut" 1,500,003 feet of clear
board measure lumber, besides 100
cords of wood that could be gotten
out of the limbs and waste.
For Why? .
Many persons must ha?e been
struck with the awkward beginning
of the line in the hundredth psalm;
For why? The Lord, our God is
good." The truth is, popular in
genuity represented in this case
perhaps by the printer has taken
the liberty of changing the old word
"forwhy," meaning "because.' 'which
gave good sense and translated the
original, but which had fallen out of
common use, inx the modern "for
why."
Aa Interrupted Essay.
Muchmore I believe sir, in in
variably treating women with the
utmost politeness, chivalry, and pro
found consideration.
The Butler Plaze.sor. Mrs. Single
ton says if you'll kindly shtep off her
thrain. she'd like to move on. N.
Y. Ledger.
A FRISCO -RUNAWAY.
It taetasM a Catta Car CellbUa aad.
8bm VmiMo ItaaSkrawaagi
Th horses a hiiidfidfid pair' of
bl&ck'si were. real gSntlei &i 16 be
driv$ri by a lady, according io the
Mable$ad.fio...ie,dj $&,; tint
nevertheless their, started off to eiijoy-
ihemse)ves before, they, had been but
of their stalls.fiye minutes.
, The mate of a, ship lying in the
harbor, accompanied by a lady friend,
called at the Golden Gate stables ton
Golden Gate, avenue, Sail Francisco,
during tile afternoon and asked for a
rig. The blacks were hitched up,
and on leaving the stable headed out
the avenne,the mate intending to
drive through the park. The horses
.on reaching the street immediately
became restive, and it was evident
that they were going to be too much
for the driver. Just after crossing
Jones street tho animals began to run
and in a few minutes the avenue,
crowded with vehicles, was a scene
of wild excitement
The. male pedestrians began to
shout warnings, and women added
their shrieks to the general alarm.
The runaways had things their own
way, and the man handling the reins
could do nothing id stop their rush.
It was, perhaps. One of tho longest
runaways on record in San Fran
cisco. The horses kept up the mad
clip clear out Golden Gate avenue,
up the hills to Devisadero. All the
teams gave them the right of way,
and the now thoroughly maddened
animals went over the McAlister
street grade at an awful gate, nar
rowly missing a cable car going west
and loaded with people bound for tbo
great pleasure ground. Dowh De
visadero street tho runaways went
until Oak street' was reached; There
a car was standing, and, toward it
the horses dashed. Just as the ani
mals swerved, swinging the buggy
against the car. the lady gave a
piercing shriok. A moment later the
car and buggy came into collision,
and the occupants of the rig were
flung out on the hard pavement
They were partly stunned, but for
tunately, escaped without serious in
jury. The horses swung into Oak street
and continued their course toward
tho west until reaching Baker, when
two vaqueros. named Georgo Green
and Michael Lucks, in the employ of
Horn, the wholesale butcher, saw
them coming and displayed their
skill with the lariat As the flying
animals reached the entrance of the
park pan-handle, two nooses fell over
their necks and thoy wore brought to
a halt. It; was a clever bit of work,
and prevented a moro serious acci
dent, for the teams wore rolling into
the road at a great rate when the
runaways appeared.
Tho lady and gentleman who were
thrown out gathered themselves up
and disappeared without leaving
their names with the conductor of
the damaged car, and Bailey & Kcl
lar. proprietors of tho Goldon State
stable, maintain that thoy do not
know the couple.
A SUCCESSFUL SPECULATION.
How Millionaire Girard or Philadelphia
Started the Fortune of a Drayman.
The advice of a shrewd business
man is sometimes of more value, even
in a financial sense, than direct aid.
says Harrison's Magazine It proved
so in the case of a drayman who was
employed by Stephen Girard, the
Philadelphia merchant
One day tho drayman, who was an
industrious, bright fellow with a
good many mouths to fill at home,
was heard to remark that he wished
he was rich.
"What's that?" sharply said Mr.
Girard, who heard tho grumble.
"Oh," said the drayman, "I was
only wishing I was rich."
"Well, why don't you got rich?"
said the millionaire harshly.
"I don't know how without money,"
returned tho drayman.
"You don't need money," said
Girard.
"Well, if you will tell me how to
get rich without money, I won't let
the grass grow before trying it,"
returned the other.
"There is going to be a shipload
of confiscated tea sold by auction
to-morrow at tho wharf. Go down
there and buy it in, and then come
to me."
Tho man laughed.
"I have no money to buy a ship
load of tea with," he said.
"You don't need any money, I tell
you," snapped the old man. "Go
down and bid on tho whole cargo,
and then come to me."
The next day the drayman went
down to tho sale. A large crowd of
retailors were present and the
auctioneer said that thoso bidding
would liavo tho privilege of taking
one case or the whole shipload, and
that tho bidding would be on the
pound. He then began tho sale. A
retail grocer started tho bidding
and the drayman raised him. On
seeing this tho crowd gazed with no
small amount of surprise. When the
case was knocked down to tho dray
man the auctioneer said he supposed
the buyer desired only the one case.
"I'll take the whole shipload,"
coolly returned the successful bidt or.
The auctioneer was astonished, but
on some one whispering to him that
it was Girard's man who was the
speaker, his manner changed, and ho
said he supposed it was all right
The news soon spread that Girard
was buying tea in largo quantities,
and the price rose several cents.
"Go and sell your tea," said Girard
to tho drayman the next day.
The drayman was shrewd, and he
went out and made contracts with
soveral brokers to take the stock at
a shado below the market price,
thereby making a quick sale. In a
few hours ho was worth $50,000.
Arnold's Curiout Watch.
1764, on the birthday of King
In
George IIL , a watchmaker of London
named Arnold presented himself be
fore the kingo exhibit a curious re
peating watch of his manufacture.
This watch was in diameter some
what less than a silver twopence,
contained 120 distinct parts and
weighed altogether less than six pen
nyweights. riastomealt.
A now smokeless powder, named
plastomenit, has been tested with
great success at Bucharest It proved
the best of smokeless powders for the
small caliber Mannlichter rifle, and
especially satisfactory with the
smooth bore sporting guns. The
smoke is hardly perceptible, the
noise of explosion slight and there is
absolutely no recoil.
A Rrutal Husband.
He What are you hanging your
mouth about now?
She A wagon-load of mutton just
passed. A few days ago those dear
little sheep were alive; now they are
all cold in death.
He Well, are, you related to any
of them? Texas Sittings. " ;
FAEM AND HOUSEHOLD.
DIRECTIONS FOR BUILDINQ
SUCCESSFUL SlLOi
The Sqiiare SIX? the Best .Prafe'ailBg
Klckiar of fcoars Scarlet ClbvetC-Heme-SUd'e
Clod Masher Pdrk Fola't
rs aad ilaashoid Helps.
ftalldlas sv Silo.
The Farmers Voico is asked by a
Nebraska subscriber to glvo direc
tions for builditig A silo, aftd rw
sponds as follows: Silos arc built
square, round and in octagon shape.
All things considered, the square silo
is best At all ovents it is better
than tho round, for it is lcs3 troublo
to build and repair. Silos aro built
partly under and partly above ground
and abovo ground altogether. They
aro built on side bills, on the lcvol
and in bards. They aro built with
floors and wittfout thonl. Thay aro
built of stone, Cement and Wood;
and all of thoso different ways aro
more or less successful. Wo prefer
a square silo, built of wornl, abovo
ground, about sixteen feet high, and
of just sufficient dimensions other
wise to criabld uri to feed Off tho top in
thrco or four days; If d longer tinie
than this is taken to feed off thd
top, it will mould. , About fifty cubic
feet must be allowed to the ton.
Good drainage must be providecLand
tho silo must be made air-tight. Dig
a trench a foot deep and filTin the
bottom with grbut mador'of five
sixths of stuno and .ebb-sixth of
Utica cement' On the-tbp of this lay
a 2x10 studding. TJren sink the up
right studding which should also be
2x10, a foot and fl half In tho ground
along side of this horizontal studding
on tho grout and spiko them to-i
Sfe
gother, filling up around the upright'
to a distance of eax inches abovo t
sunace wnn grout; or a cneapcr way
would be to lay sills on a stone foun
dation and bind thorn together with
bolts. ThT silo musk' have good
strengthThe lipiht studding
should --be placodot over fifteen
inches apart andlsomo contend for
twelve inches. Ski tho corners have
double studding. On the Outside of
this studding put on tarred paper,
lapped about an inch and a half. Put
on this drop siding. On tho inside
put on tarred paper also, and on that
matched flooring. Paint this with
coal tar and gasoline, two parts of
tho former and one of tho lat
ter. Paint the outsido with
common paint The roof is an
ordinary roof mado of shingles.
Brace tho uprights at tho top in a
substantial manner. The ground
may be used as a floor, or a cement
floor may bo put on. Thoso who uso
the ground say that it is all right
Put in two doors, ono abovo tho
other, like ice house doors. When
the cnsilago is used down to the
lower door tho upper one is kept
closed and tho lower ono i3 used. But
while this is a plan of a silo it can bo
built in any way that will insure
strength, drainage, and tho shutting
out of the air. Anybody who can ef
fect these purposes can build a silo.
If a silo is, say 30x20 feet, it is well
to divide it by partitions into three
apartments. Corn in the silo gives
tho best satisfaction of any of the
green crops, though any green crop
can bo ensilaged. The corn is cut
just as the ear begins to glaze. Some
times it is cut before going into the
silo and sometimes it is not. It is
bettor to cut it. When tho filling
begins fill as rapidly as possible, and
have a man placing the cnsilago and
treading it down. Cover with tarrod
paper and boaris. As our corres
pondent doubtless knows there arc
cutters mado for the especial pur
pose of cutting ensilage.
Preventing? Kicking or Cows.
It is no exaggeration when tho
farmer says that it is always the best
cow in tho herd that becomes worth
less, because she kicks so it is im
possible to safely milk her. Tho
fact that a cow has a full bag and
teats congested with milk makes hor
especially liablo to be hurt by rough
treatment Both bag and teats are
tender, and if handled roughly tho
cow is hardly to bo blamed for re
sponding with a kick. The habit of
kicking thus formed soon becomos
second naturo, and the cow is soon
worth nothing except to be fattened
for tho butcher.
It is not enough to prcscribo
gentleness in handling cows ac
customed to the kicking habit It is
truo pounding the cow only .makes
the matter worse. It is a fight in
which the cow has tho advantage,
for a milker is necessarily in a help
less position, and if not lamed by the
first kick he can do no more than
strike back, making matters worse
than before. What is needed is
some method of making the cow even
more helpless for offensivo operations
than tho milker is. The devico was
tho suggestion of a keen-witted boy
many years ago. It has never failed
when tried fairly. Tho boy had
noticed how peacefully tho most
savage bull was led by a cord through
tho ring fastened in his nose. He
noticed, too, that, every time a cow
kicked sho jerked her head in a
vicious way, lowering hor nose. Why
not then put a ring in that noso,
hold her head up high enough so
that tho ropo would constantly pull
on it This would give tho cow
something elso to think about than
kicking.
The suggestion was promptly put
into practice. A ring was inserted
in tho nose of the most fractious cow
in tho yard, and a small rope was
passed through it, holding up tho
cow's head as if to proparo for a
kick. But -the attempt stopped short
very suddenly. Tho milking was
gentle, and soon the swollen bag was
relieved oi its Duruen. iror a lew
weeks the ropo was put on each
morning, and the cow's head held up,
but this was soon changed, and very
soon the fact that the cow had the
ring in her nose was enough to raako
her peaceably disposed. In the and
sho became cntiroly docile, and re
mained so ever after.
Thcro is no cruelty in this method
of preventing kicking, the slight pain
involved in putting a ring through
the animal's nose saving her from far
worse abuse, and also keeping her
temper from becoming entirely
spoiled, which is only less desirable
for cows than it is for humans. A
good-natured cow content 2(1 ly chew
ing her cud while being milked is un
doubtedly enjoying as much pleasure
as the quiet cow naturo is capablo of.
It is better that she come " to such
happiness, even through what may
seem drastic measures, than that she
should miss it ontirely by too early
being sent to the shamblc3 Ameri
can Cultivator.
Fetrlrt Clov?r.
The wonderful rapidity and low $
cost at-which our woru out land can
be brought to great productiveness t
is a constant surprise. No better
illustration can bo found than the ' irom nirin so as io guu men ik ii
lands attached to the North Carolina J market at the earliest possible age
agricultural experiment station: i six months.
teZF&T&'&ZftiS
ously, the most poverty-ttrien i spot
of land in tho country. It, mlgn
btirhapshafe made, in A good season,
five bushels' fif e'dril per aero, prob
ably less... And yet w fcaye on this
poerty'-'strielteri Hill, .to-day,- a va
riety and luxuriance' df grwlH which
Is surprising to those who hat'o
known tho land., And it has not
been by lavish expenditure of tho
station funds that it has teen brought
up, but inoroly by tho aid of those
potent factors in soil improvement in
tho Stmthi cow peas .and crimson;
clover, and at no greater eost than
any farmer can afford. Wo have one
pioco of land, soveral acres in.extent,
which" has grown a crop of cnsilago
corn every year for four years. Tho
fir3t year's crop was a miserably poor
one, and each succeeding one better,
while this year's crop would havo
mado forty to fifty bushels of corn
per aero had it been cured for'gram.
Tho agent in this was crimson clover
aided by dcop' plowing of tho rod
clayey soil, fcacli season, as the
corn is cut off, scod of crimson clover
is sown on. the land. By April it is
knoo high, and is turned under later,
when fully maturo, and corn is
planted. In the short spaco of four
years this barren hillside has come
td rival the rich bottom lands at a
cost of $1.50 per acra for clover seed.
Greed Bone ts. Dry Untie.
Some one has wisoly suggested that
poultrymen will d well not to con
found green bone with dry bono for
poultry food. Green bono ff csh from
themarket is a valuable food. Dry
bone, as found at poultry supply
stores, contains little nutritive food.
Tho former is not bone alone, but
ontains a largo per cent of m?at,and
istle, and by a little selection ot
esb bones they often contain scv-
tv-hve per cent of nutriment ma
terial. 'The dry bono is invariably
produced by prolonged boiling or
steaming, and often potash and naph
tha are used in tho process to extract
the last particle of fat in them for
soap making purposes: Green bones
and dry bones, as the terms are used,
aro practically different things. The
price of dry bones per pound should
have no bearing upon the price of
green bono and vice versa. Thoy aro
obtained at different places in a dif
ferent way. Ono can be stored and
sold by the bag, tho other cannot.
Ono can be ground and prepared by
steam power at large factories and
sold at wholesale, the other cannot
unless it bo to a very limited oxtont
Dry bones can be ground or crushed.
Green bones must be cut The grind
ing or crushing of them is imprac
ticable. Farmers Voice.
A Good Homemirte Tool.
One of tho handiest and best tools
a farmer can uso is a good clod
masher. A good way to mako ono is
to take about four three-cornered
pieces of wood nbouttw) and ohc
half feet long. A large heart rail
cut in four'equal lengths is just the
thing. T$ko a pioco of plank two
inches thick, ten or twelve inches
wide, and about threo feet long.
Nail tho three-cornered pieces fast to
a plank, bore a holo in the front end
to hitch to, put some handles on the
drag in order to guide it and you
havo a rough tool that will do more
and better work than any other one
tool, after the ground has been
plowed. Just tho thing to cover
corn; fix melon, tomato and straw
berry ground in fine order; to go
through tho middles of corn, rasp
berries, tomatoes, molons, etc. It
will beat a rock or any solid bottom
drag to mash the clods, as it rides
over them and does not push tho
clods aside. The cross pieces should
be about six inches apart Just a V
shaped fork of a tree is tho best
stock. I used ono for four years, and
could not get along without it Col
man's Kural World.
Household Help.
Tannin mixed with mutton tallow
is good for chapped hands.
Don't put a bright colored farpot
into a room where the furniture is
dull, old or of neutral tints.
Don't furnish a north room in blue
or any other cold color; something
of a warm tint should be chosen.
Don't strain the baby's eyes by al
lowing a strong light to shine direct
ly into them, especially when he
first wakes.
Don't hang a heavy portiere over
a narrow door; generally speaking
hangings aro out of placo in a small
house, or with small rooms.
5l bottlo of flexible collodion is
very useful for cracks in the hands,
scratches, cuts, etc. Care must be
taken to keep it well protected from
the air.
Don't fill the center of the room,
unless there is plenty of spaco on al
sides; nothing offends good taste so
seriously as tho sense of being
"cluttered up."
Don't spoil the infant by walking
or rocking it to sleep, and do not let
anyone else do so; it will sleep best
and most naturally when lying upon
a comfortablo bed. y
I'orfc Pointers.
Never breed from a grade boar;
the puro breed is none too good.
Do not be stingy with thc bedding j
given hogs, especially the sow that
is in farrow.
Avoid getting your breeding boar
loo fat; rather give him food that
forms bone and muscle.
Stagnant water is thc home of dis
ease germs; hence it is thc best poll j
icy to havo a drain in thc ho- yard.
Thc curl in thc pig's tail is an in- j
dication of health and thrift Dcn't ,
fail to keep your eye on thc indi-
cator. !
When you purchase any pigs quar-1
antine them for thirty days before ;
letting them associate with your 1
others.
Alix all slops fed fresh at each
feeding. Nothing is more injurious
than the feeding of sour, fermented,
rotten slop.
Never feed a pig so liberally but
that it will always bo ready to cat
heartily at thc next meal. Over
gorging is as unprofitable as half
starving it.
Tigs should bo taught to cat at thc
earliest age possible. Give them
milk in a shallow trough, and oats '
upon thc ground where the sow can- J
not molest them.
The gras3-fed sow never becomes
addicted to thc vice of pig eating.
Her whole system is in good condi
tion, and only feverish, constipated
sows devour their pigs.
Good oats, whole or ground.are far
preferable to corn as a food for preg
nant sows. Oats form bone and mus
cle rather than fat. hence their value
for the breeding sows and embryo i
The best quality of meat is secured j
from a pig and not irom a nog.
Therefore wc should crowd our pigs
a KaiUsk Srr'ow'
The Englieh spaVrtrw hart Jwo.!?'
Mmi, in fact, as far as heard from. Une
ia to eat p the' beetle pests thatkl
destroying by wholesale the splendid
pine, aprwe and hemlock forests in the
Allegheny monSt?ins, particularly in
West Virginia and MayJznd. & s"1
that thef have already saved many
thoasafld slolki' worth of pine tiaa&r.
.TiswelLVWtcaWnptTC a million
En'gliah sparrows ior the "piaav forest
region, tetltfem be boxed and seat
to the Allcghanies at ohce to begin war
on the pine beetle. 'People in other
jsarfeof the country are so generous
that the'j t?onld not think of charging
anything for theif sparrows, but would
let the pine forest inhabitants have
them as a gift and welcome. Then
there ia the other mission of the
wretced little, dirty-coated bird. It is
to be broiled afid eaten on toast A
government ornithologist reported
some time since that the En'glish spar
row was really very palatable. The
flesh is especially tender and appetiz
ing in the fall, after the creature has
gorged itself on the farmers' grain
Hovr Crabs Crack Hut.
It does not seem as though .a crab
could possibly crack a nut or would
even wish to. But there are kinds of
crabs which find the meat and milk of
fresh cocoannts very much to their
caste, and they are. os handy as squir
rels at cracking them. There are two
kinds of these nut-eating crabs.
The crab's front pair of legs are
armed with strong and heavy pincers.
His last pair are provided with much
smaller and more delicate ones.
With the first pair of pincers the crab
tears away from the eye-hole end of
the nut the husk which protect the
three "eyes" the three places where
the shell is thinnest Having torn off
tho husk he begins to hammor with all
the might of one of his wicked looking
claws upon one of the holes.
As soon as ho succeeds in cracking
one open, he turns himself around and
deliberately inserts in the hole one of
his pairs of small pincers, and so brings
out tue delicious food of which he is so
fond. .
The "' r Dlonyslus."
A cunningly const.-ucted prison cav-
nrn nnncictinff rlf SI lATTk" LUUIUUUI V.UM
neoted with one of a la -e
chamber
connected with one of smaller
dimen
sions, situated near Syracuse, lta!v'
has gone into legendary history w""
the title of tho "Ear of Dionysiu.
The smaller chamber was unknown to
tho prisoners kept id this'undcrgronnd
dungeon, and the tyrant by whose
name it was known had a habit of se
creting himself there to listen to the
conversation of the convicts. An in
genious device constructed at the small
er end of the larger chamber transmit
ted the sounds through the partition,
thus enabling the suspicious ruler to
her even the whispered conversation
of his suspects,"
Falso Christs.
Not less than four false Christs arc
mentioned as having appeared between
the years Kill and 1C33, among thpm
Sabbothia Rebi, the greatest of all the
many Jewish pretenders. Zebi made a
great noise in the religious world, im
posing himself upon the .Tews as "King
of the Kings of the Earth." He finally
tried his hand at converting the Orient
and was only saved from being pierced
by poisonous arrows by embracing Is
lamism and agreeing to labor for that
faith. Of the other three, one Avas
Mordecai, a German Jew: the names of
the others are not given in history.
Unpleasant Scriptural Names.
The foolishness of giving towns and
villages the same name was carried a
lonsr wav when two Aracricanvillages
were namea ooaum
and one in Georgia.
JICI -- T
uT one in New Jersey ,
ia. y iiy inorwanouiu ,
be even one Sodom
in in an enngmeneu
republic is difficult to understand. A
devotion to bibble names maj' certainly
go too far. The name Ananias has been
given to a boy baby,and there are some
boy babies who grow up to fit that kind
of a name, but the pious parent who
called his boy
, llcelzebub because ho ;
le ih scripture cannot be ,
I
found the name
commended.
No Pleasing Her.
"What colored cj'es do you love best,
Jack?" asked Maude.
"H'm well, what is the color of
yours?"
"Blue.'
"Then I like blue eyes the best."
"Yon mean thing! Mine are black."
Judge.
Surfeited.
"Yes," said tho young man who
doesn't know when to go home, "I love
to see thc sun rise."
"Do you?" ahe said rather languidly.
"Very much, lint yon don't seem to
care for it."
"Well," she said, with a little yawn,
"you know, Mr. Xairgo, you have
showed it to me so often."
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A BaaTra Colored Iadaa
Of the condition of & bilious atoaaaefc aa
slaggtsa liver Is tho human cooatraaaee.
Not only tho skin, bat the eyeballs, are
tins-ed with the yellow hue whea the Mia
-ts Into the Dtood. Besides this, sick aead-
!!--- ensue, the tonguo become Tarred.
nalns a " felt ,n thc Hvcrnd throagh the
right shoalCor.b!ado;anl dlne "
rlenced upon nZin ZuMuTl
.--. ,, h- , e bilious invalid: For
ttcC d oor IndOMm f "H??"
r?0" . . -o. k !,.- Is a sovereign
Hostettcrs:ji"""-" -
mMlr' ft fa o efHcacIOOfc
In chills and
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fever, dumb asue, C? cm w , and
the kidneys and bladdJr. rheumat. .,wos
nervousnifss. It stimulates, restore V
tlon' and sleep, and tends greau tossUIfaV
tho lnflnhltics of age.
a . SULA.lbT UL
Ramedrior BUwdlac a the H
The only reliable remedy for bleeding:
at the noso is to move thc jaws- rapidly.
This has" been known for years, but a
modean fad has made it much more
easy to adhere to the prescription. If
a person who is suffering from severe
hemorrhage of this character will chew
gum viciously for a minute or two the
bleeding will entirely cease, and it is.
important for him to keep some gum in
his pocket so that when the feeling of
fullness which precedes the renewal of
attack comes on he can avert the dan
ger in a few minutes.
M. L. THOMPSON & CO., Drsggltto, Coo
dersport, Pa., say Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the
best and only sure cure for catarrh they tree
old, Droggbts sell it, 78c , ,
The Sights Were Old.
Ethel, rummaging in grandma's
drawer Oh, grandma, what a curious
old key this is.
Grandma Yes, my dear; that wa2
your grandfather's latch key.
Ethel And did you keep it in mem
ory of old days?
Grandma So, my dear; old nights
Truth. Beecuam's Pills will cur ronstlpatlon,
teep the blood cool and the llTer In good
working order, price 25 cents a L9-
A Hint to Inrentors.
Professor Bell thinks the time occu
pied by inventors in working out the
problem of aerial navigation by the
usual inflated gas bags and methods of
steering them is wasted. He thinks a.
feasiblo means of propelling and direct
ing an airship would be by a kind of
trolley system where 'the rod would
hang down from the car to the stretched
wire instead of extending upward. Ho
recommends the idea to inventors.
Coe'a Coagrt Balsam
Is the old.t ana best. It will break up a Cold q
r than an jtlilns else. It Is always reliable Ti
iulak
rylt. .
A Great Troth.
2l a time of great drought a school
master, iw ccompanicd by his pupils, went
out to p'raT for rain, ltewasmetby
an inquisitive fellow, who asked where
they were gJS- "e arc going to
pray for rain, the teacher replied,
'God will hear the" prayers of innocent
children." "If that Were so," answered
the man, "there would bo no teachers
alive."
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Met Ilia Mntuh-
Shc, in thd darkened parlor Ha.vo
you a match?
He, seizing thc opportunity and tftel
girl Yes, no, that is I am not sure,
Mabel, a er han? it all! I love .you-,
will you marry me? J
"Yes," said Mabel, who had been
waing several months to hear him pop.
and the sofa near by, they sat down
and the parlor remained gaslcss.
The Gnlf Const of Texaa
Hns the best nnd cheapest land in the Unl-
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the Wabash will sell round trip tickets to
nil raint in Arkansas. Texas. Tennessee
(except Memphis), Mississippi and Louisiana,
(except New Orleans), at one fare, plusf-.COr
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To Enlighten the Mlack.
In Vastcn. in the Congo state, the
iirst newspaper has recently made its" .
appearance under the name of Se Kirk
ianga (the Daily Light.) Its object is;
"to enlighten the souls of tho black:
skinned."' It is printed in thc popular- ;
dialect of tho country in the Latin al-
phabet- The first issue of thc paper
was edited by two educated nero
women, who did their own type set
ting. It contained a lengthy article on
"Thc Natural History of the Ele
phant," from thc pen of a learned ne
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Columbus, in tho center ltr
an exact reproduction of the
Santa Maria in full aail,
showing tho bravo crow thnt
assisted In discovering AMERI
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showing two Globe tho Old
and the new worlds on oaesidc
is Chrintopher Columbus, sur '
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READTnis! We mean just vhat -we tar. The
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ences are taughtw to student who want them
We have discarded all theory, and teach Actual
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