Pike County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 27, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 November 1886 — Page 4

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. —Tie decayed branches of old trees ■houli be promptly removed. Their unsightliness is the least of their evils. —Q lick boiling toughens all meat, where is a slow bubbling renders t ho meat tender, and secures a better flavor —The Caterer. —Tae Farm Journal says that cotton seed can not be recommended for the 4eod of cows when fine butter is desired. The b itter will not keep good. —lion articles will seldom rust if they have iieen cleaned from oil by hot sodawater, and afterward dipped in hot limewater and dried.—Central Christian Advocate. —A medical journal says that in carrying children in the arms caro should be taken not to carry them habitually on the same side, as this tends to make them onesided. A buffalo robe placed over a mattress with a light soft quilt over it, and the sheet plaoed over that, will bo found to be very comforting to an invalid. Also a raw silk blanket is exceedingly light and grateful to a sick person—much more so than the finest woolen one. -Stock-farming must be the foundation of all long-continued successful farming. Any other system is one of slow exhaustion and 'ultimate sterility. Ignore the sheep, the hog and the cow, and land will grow poor Inevitably.—Prairie Farmer. —Farmers who have sown gypsum on strawberry plants to promote' their vigor, have met some disappointing results. The gypsum produced such n large growth of clover, that it became almost impossible to keep the rows clean, and in some instances the bed had to bo abandoned.—Boston Post. —Supper cape: Break two eggs into a teacup and fill up with sweet cream; add one cup of sugar, one and one-half cups of flour, one heaping teaspoonfnl of baking powder, stirrednnto the Hour, one tablespoonful of butter.’ Mix all together and bake—The Household. —Potatoes for Breakfast: A simple and delicate method of preparing potatoes for breakfast is a great favorite in the West Indies, Two pounds of peeled potatoes are washed and grated; four ounces each are added of sugar and butter melted, one teaspoonful each of salt and pepper, woll mixed; placed in a 5baking dish and put into a br sk oven until done, it shows a delicate brown color.—Chicago Journal. '

EFFECT OF MANURE. Bow It Develops the Natural Store or Fertility Contained In the Soil. The indirect effects of manure upon the growth of crops is a subject of much interest to farmers. The soil itself is wholly inexhaustible. From the surface to the bed rock, and the rocks themselves, from which, we should not forget, the soil itself is derived, it contains every mineral element of plant food and some of the gaseous substances,. as carbonic acid, oxygen and hydrogen, leaving only nitrogen to bo supplied from atmospheric sources, directly or indirectly. AS long, therefore, as the earth remains the soil will support vegetable life to the extent to which these mineral elements are soluble and available. This fact is very important to remember. When vegetation is produced and in course of timo perishes and decavsi, It returns to the soil all that it has taken from it and the most of what it detiVed from the atmosphere. At first the original growth of plants Was probably of a low order—indued we have proof in the remains el the earliest vegetation found in the oldest fossil bearing rocks, that the first plants which appeared on the land which was then recently lifted "above the level of the universal ocean consisted of mosses and other humble vegetation. This was all that the soil then couid produce. But the de cay ol this early vegetation in course of long ages which elapsed before man Appeared, gradually filled the soil with organic raattor, which in decay not only furnished food for the highest orders of plants, but noted upon the soil itself to liberate additional mineral nutrimentAll this is evident to the mind of a thoughtful, intelligent man who has some acquaintance with the natural history of the world ho 1 ves in. And all that has been going on during counties- ages of the earth’s history goes on in a proportionate degree wi.en a farmer manures his soil. He adds a certain quantity of plant food to the -land, but he does more; this decaying matter is itself an active agent 'change in the soil and produces ■' most useful effects in adding to or rather developing, its natural store of fertility, which we have said is-whol-ly inexhaustible. And as this action is notable in fight soils, we turn our attention to this class of soils as illustrating this important action in the clearest manner, remarking that all other soils -behave in precisely the same manner . irn this respect when they are perfectly pulverized and made tine, mellow and porous. I When manure or any other organic matter is mixed with light porous soil, ,it is at once attacked by the oxygen of the atmosphere and rapid decomposition goes on. The decomposition is much more rapid than it would be in the atmosphere owing to a peculiar property possessed by all finely divided substances of accelerating the oxidation of organic matter. An instance and proof of this is the r*>y:d decay of offensive matter,as a carcass of an an imal or night soil, when covered with a few inches cf earth. This action is so complete that the dry earth used in common earth closets may be utilized over and over again after a short period of exposure to the air for ten or twelve tiroes and still remain perfectly inoffensive, and to all appearance as fresh as h when first used.

nut during this rapid decay tho van- “ gases and compounds produced by decomposition act upon the sail itand dissolve it to a considf rab'le exthus increasing the available foroi it and enabling the crops to find supply o/ plantlood ot a’ mineral ter. This e effect has been oxemln growing crops in manured and r man irod soils for the purpose of instigating this matter. Thus an average of uineteen analyses of potatoes grown in this way snowed that*the manured plots gave twenty-five per cent, more of mineral matter,* nearly fifty per cent, more of nitrogenous matter, and about five per cent, more of water, with twenty per cent, less starch than the uniuanured ones. The very large addition to the mineral matter— c or ash—of the crop shows clearly that the soluble mineral matter of the soil h.'.d been increased and it can not be doubted that this increase was due to :he action of the manure upon the soil. Moreover, another fact is ex- ' emplifi idbv the large increase in the nitrogen contained in the crop, and that is that a strong nitrifying action occurs in the soil when organic matter is mixed with it. this action being due 11> certain germ or vegetable organism whioh 1 grows rapidly in organ c matter under these circumstances. It is supposed by some chemists that the free nitrogen of the atmosphere which is liberated from its mixture with the oxygen consumed in the decay of the organic matter is itself ocidized, in part at least, and nitric scid is formed. But, however, tins may be. it is known that nitrates are very freely formed in the soil id tho me? of decaying organic matter. Ih ? indirect effects of the manure light and well pulverized soils almost as considerable wits -Tr. rL^dirtfpl“**** n

A MUSICAL PRODIGY. A SJx-k ear-Old St. LoaM Girt Who Plan Selections from Motart. [St. Louis Chronicle.) The little lady, Alice 15. Barnes. Is only six, end she Is a wonderful 'performer on the piano. Her lltt'e hands ripple over the keys with the grace and prectston of an old scholar. The little prodigy was asked to play and, unlike her older sisters, ahe readily consented, but remarked that she had not been formally Introduced to all present.' This ceremony was soon gone through, and then her mother lifted her on the stool, and she pi ayed a selec* tlon from Mbiart. Her handanre too small to cover an octave, but otherwise her execution Was perfect. "Yon have not reached that hge when vou object to telling It, have you, Misi Barnes?” "Jfp, sir* I’h des six yea-s ol l.”[ “\then will you be seven?1’ “Nex Disscember.” “Who taught you to play so beautifully on the piano?” "1 dess nobody did tot me) I dlstot myself.” After the little blue-eyed, blonde-haired mtte, accompanied by her mother, had executed a brilliant duet, the reporter asked Mr. Barnes for the child’s history. “She could play quite well when she was three years old,” said the proud father. “When she would hear some one play a piano She Would repeat the tuue almost perfectly. She played all her ttursery songs, and when we vrOaid take her to the, opera she Would return home and reproduce mahy of the orchestra scores. N ow Rhh plays nearly all the popular orchestra music of the day.” “On the 17th of June we were on a visit to her grandfather's, in Plymouth, Wis., the occasion being a golden Wedding. During the morning Alice went to her grandfather and ashed him if he would liko to have her Compose a piece of music for the occasion. Of Course, he told her that he would be delighted, an l the little tot went to the piano, and after putting on on© of the most serious faces you ever saw, she improvised a march. It is quite a creditable piece of music, and one of the 8f. Louis professors, who is a great admirer of Alice, is going to fellow her oVCf the keys, write it Out ahd publish I’.” The little wonder Was requested to play j her grandfather’!, wedding march, which j ebe readily consented to do. It is Ailed with inspiration and shows what a phenomenal musical mind the child po&» sesses. “Do you ilka Jrbiir dolly or the piano best?” She was asked. ‘•‘I des like ’em boaf. I play to put my dolly to sleep, and den play to teep it awake.” Mrs. Barnes remarked that the piano and her doll Were her inseparable companions. She will play for hours if not disturbed, and while she is Companionable with other children, she does not seem to care for the rtlatty pastimes incident to the lives of 1 ittle ones of her age. Mr. Barnes is a job printer by trade, and lives at 209 Bouth Twenty-second street. He says be will not allow Alice to take any courso of musical training Until she is at least ten years old, when she will be sent to Bnrope to be given the classical training which her ear. now almost pertectly dovelops,

FRENCH MONK UFE. Reminiscence of a Visit to tho Monastery of la Grande ChartWnse. [Semple nar.i Accustomed as the Monastery of the Ci-ande Chatrviise Is to Veceive the visits Of strangers, there are same times as many b& two hundred in a single evening during the summer. I had no Bead to shy upon what errand I had come, and 1 was at once conducted by the “frere-portier”—to give him his proper title—to the reception room, where another lay-brother took me in charge and told me that I was welcome to the monastery, but that the duration of the visit was always limited to fortyeight hours. As I was not Intending to remain more thah one night, this regulation did not in any way effect me, and the long drive had given me such an appetite, that I was not sorry to hear that supper was about to be served. The little luggage which I had brought wilh me had already been taken to the cell which was assigned to me, though “cell” is in truth rather a misleading name to give to what is in reality a very passable bedroom. There was no carpet on the floor, it is true; but when one has traveled much, one learns to regard carpets as luxuries which can easily be dispensed with, and in other respects the rooms provided for visitors contain every accommodation which one requires. Looking round it as 1 washed my hands before going down to supper, I found that it contained a good bedstead, a large table and an ample cuphoard, inside which the lay-brother who escorted me showed me some plates containing biscuits, apples and raisins, together with bottles of yellow and green Chartreuse, which, he added, “are at your disposal, should you feel faint during the night.” One thing the bed -room did not contain, this being a looking-glass; and I found that none of them are to be seen in the monastery, because they are supposed to minister toward vanity. But a leokingglass, like a carpet, is not indispensable to comfort, especially when one has reached an age at which regard for outward appearances should be waning, and I went down to supper with the feeling that my lines were cast In. pleasant nlaoes.

FIt« Thousand Mistakes la Webster [Boston Gazetts.] This Incident may not be known gener•lly to our readers, and w* venture to reprint it. When the unabridged edition of Webster’s Dictionary first appeared (without a definition of the word unabridged), that great scholar, Caleb Cushing, wrote a criticism on the stupendous work, saying that, for its sise, it had as few errors as could be expected. This puzzled the editors, who asked an explanation of Mr. Cushing on the subject of these errors/ In reply Mr. Cushing marked five thousand mistakes in the volume which had been presented to him and sent it buck.

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How » oq IrSek Played the Craven. [Lewiston (Mo.) Journal.] "Tho queerest sight 1 ever saw in the sarly morning was one that I chanced to tee one day last weak,” said a Lewiston tnan. “I was going to work at 6:» and was walking down Lisbon street, Across the street 1 heard a great chatter hmottg the English sparrows and there, near Battl'a Block, Was a red squirrel sitting on his haunches (airly surrounded by En* glisb sparrows hovering over his head. The squirrel Seemed frightened, He would rutt a rod and stop. Every time he stopped the sparrows surrounded him again. I Watched them from there to the coiner of Ash street, the sparrows seemed to pick at him. When they reached the corner of Ash street the bark of a dog broke in and the squirrel scooted down an alley,” Silly (alrla Who Counted Seven Stars. [Harper’s weekly.] two Western gtrls having heard that if shy one counted seven stars on seven consecutive nights, and on the seventh hight also had a dream, the dream would surely ‘‘come to pass,” were perplexed and horrified oil comparing notes after the observance ahd occurrence of every thing precisely in accordance With the rule, td learn that one Of them Was to be married to the Emperor of New Jersey, and that the other was to be made into wine jelly for a picnic, and run into mould’s repre* tenting Bunker Hill Mohutneht ahd the Central Fark Obelisk. Useful Birds of trey, [Chicago Journal.] With regard to our indigenous birds Of prey«-tUe hawk* and the owls-^foj the killing of which Pennsylvania and, perhaps, other States pay a premium, Dr. Merriam says ornithologists are convinced that their services art* of great value to farmers. Not more than three out of Upward of thirty species prey upon domestic fowl, and even these more than remunerate the farmer by killing field mice, The other species live entirely upon field mice, grasshoppers, beetles and other vermin which are great destroyers «f grain. *-■ THE COGAiNg MABlf. The Worst Slavery Known-New Revelations of Power. Cincinnati Times-Star. When cocaine was discovered fed tesdju hal world exd!aimed “thank heaven!” But useful as it is, it is also dangerous, especially when its use is perverted from the deadening of pain tor surgical opehc tions, to the stimulation Olid destruction oi the human body, Its first effects are soothing and captivating, but the thralldom is the most horrible slavery known to humanity. J, L. Stephen*, hi D., of Lebanon, Q., was Interviewed by our reporter yesterday at the Grand Hotel, ana during the conversation the doctor said: “The cocaine habit is a thousand times worse than the morphine and opium habits, and you would pe astonished,” he said, “if you knew how frightfully the habit is inereas-' ,U£'What Of e ils effects!’' "It, is the worst constitution wrecker Over known. It ruins. the liver hud kidneys in half a year, and when this work is done, the strongest constitution soon succumbs.” "DO you know of Dr. Underhill’s case here in Cincinnati!” “That leading physician who became a victim of the cocaine habit! Yes. His case was a very sad one, but the habit eftu be cured-. I have 1’escued many a man from n Worsd condition.” “ What, worse than Dr. Underhill’s!” "Indeed, sir, far so. Justin M. Hall, A. M., M. D., president of the State Board of Health of Iowa, and a famed practitioner, and Alexander Neil, M. D;, professor of surgery in the Columbus, Medical College, boa preiideht br the Academy of Medicine, K man widely known, Rev. W. P. Clancey, of Indianapolis, Ind., from personal experience in opium eating, etc., can tell you of the kind of success our form of treatment wins, and so can H- C. Wilson, formerly of Cincinnati, who is now associated with me.” “ Would you mind letting our readers in tothe secret of jrour methods!” "Well,young tnan, you surely have a good bit of assurance to ask a man to give his business away to the public; but I won’t wholly disappoint you. 1 have treated over 30,000 patients. In common with many eminent physicians, I, fof yean made a dose study of the effects of fee habits on the system and the organs which they most severely attack. Dr. Hall, Dr. Neil and Mr. Wilson, whom I have mentioned, and hundreds of others, equally as expert, made many similar experiments on their own behalf. We each round that these drugs Worked iiidst destructively Id thh kidneys and liver; in (act, finally destroyed them. It was then appareut that no cure could be effected until those organs could be restored to health. Wo recently exhausted the entire range oI medical science, experimenting with all known remedies (or these organs, and as the result of these close investigations we all substantially agreed, though following different lines of inquiry, that the most reliable, scientific preparation, was Warner’s safe cure. This was the second point in the discovery. The third wa* Our own private form of treatment, which, of course, we do not divulge to the public. Every case that we have treated first with Warner’s safe cure, then with our own private treatment and followed up again with Warner’s safe cure for A few weeks, has been successful. These habits can’t be cured without using It, because the habit is nourished and sustained in the liver and kidneys. The habit can be kept up in moderation, however, if free use be also made, At the same time, of that great remedy.” “Yes, it is a world famed and justly celebrated specific I Like many other physicians, I used to deride the claims made for it, but I know now for a fact that it is the world’s greatest blessing, having sovereign power over hitherto incurable diseases of the kidneys and liver, and when I have said that, young man, I have said nearly everything, for most diseases originate in. or are aggravated by, a depraved condition of the kidneys.” “People do not realize this, because, singular as it may seem, the kidneys may be in a very advanced stage of decomposition, and yet owing to the fact that there are bat few nerves of sensation in them Vhe'subject will not experience much pain therein. On this account thousands of people die every year of kidney disease unknowingly. They have so called disorders of the head, of the heart and lungs and stomach, and treat them in vain, for the real cause of their misery is deranged kidneys and if they were restored to health the other disorders would soon disappear.” Dr. Stephens’s experience, that can be confirmed by many thousands whom he has treated, adds only more emphasis to the experience of many hundreds of thousands all over the world, that the remedy he refers to is without any doubt tbe most beneficent discovery ever given to humanity. Stuck up—1The bent pin you sat on.— JkmvitU Bteete. • * Nervous debility, premature decline of power in either sex, speedily and ler sex, speedily i permanently cured. Large book, 10 cents in stamps. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main St, Buffalo, N. Y. A tubK-sti lx—The fashion of wearing euffs among impecunious dudes. —Merchant STfflWfef*

Dr. R. Butler, Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, says: “St Jacobs Oil acts like magic:” The bnks saw has aft dtf band war with hew acquaintances.—Commercial Bulletin. Bartholdi's Statue of *» Liberty Enllghtonlns the World'1 will be a Reminder of personal liberty fof ages to come. On just as sure a foundation has Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” been placed, and it will stitnd through the cycles of cihlo ns h indnduiont to the physical emancipation of thousands, who by its use have been relieved from consumption^ consumptive night-sweats, brohchitis. coughs, spitting pf blood, weak lUngs, And other throat and lung affections: tn* idea of Bostoi being the hub tifea Us We hare spoke. —I*urfc. Among the people of to-day, there nro few indeed, who have not beam of the merits of Prickly Ash Bark and Berries, as ft household reihedy. Teas and drinks have been made of them for centuries, and in hundreds of families have formed the solo reliance in rheumatic and kidney diseases. Prickly Ash Bitters now takes the place of the old System and is more beneficial in aU troubles of this nature: After all it is a bad child that gets the palm: “That Miss Jones is ft nioe-lookiug girl) Isn’t she!” . “Yes, and she’d be the bells of the town if ft wasn’t for one tiling.” “What’s that?** “ She has catarrh s o had if is hhpieasant to be near her. She has tried a dozen things and nothing helps her. I am sorry, for I like her, bat that doesn’t make it any less disagreeable for one to be around her.” Now if she had used Dr; Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, there Would haVS been nothing of the kind said, for it vriii ours catarrh every time. * Mush rooms—Cheap restaurants.—JVrw Haven Jfetm Art. (that TWikok! Why, ydu re rheumatic. Seek relief from Glenn's Sulphur Soap. Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, Black or Brown, 60c. The ocean is like a good housewife—very tidyi—fioshw* Past Sufferers from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc., should try “Brown’* Bronchial Troches,” a simple but sure remedy: When ft man falls dow.n his temper gem erally gets up before he does. If afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. tsaab Thompson’s EyeWater. Druggists sell it.25c. Tiie old chaps who wore armor were tha first mail carriers:—Boston Bulletin. Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh is agfeeabib to use. Itis not a liquid or a snuff. 50c: n» Common Sense Should be exercised in taking a remedy; for catarrh. It is caused, by Impurity id the blood; hence the pyope^ tpotbod ot Cure is, to. purify the blood; Hood’s iHfi Wist blobd ptiri^cf. ^hd has had wonderful success in curing catarrh. U a trial. Be sure to get Hood’s. “I suffered severely from chronic catarrh, arising, 1 believe, from Impure blood. It became very bad. causing much soreness of the bronchial tubes, and a troublesome cough, which gave great anxiety to my friends mid mrsetf.hsufa brothers died from bronchial consumption. 1 tried many advertised medicines for catarrh, both linhaling and internal; but it was shpply money thrown rtway, as i received no benefit. I was At last induced id try Hood’s Sari saparllla, ana 1 am not the same man in health or feelings. My catarrh is cured, my throat is entire well, and a dyspeptic trouble accompanied by sick headache have all disappeared.” E. M. Lincoln, 35 Chambers Street, Boston. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists $1; six for 15. Prepared by C, 1. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. IOO Doses ©lie Dollar H SENMA-MANDRAKE-BUCHU SAND OTHER EgUAllY EFFICIENT REMEDIES 1 It has stood the Test of Years, ' i G oring all Diseases of the ■ BLOOD, LIVER, ST0M

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