Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 28, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 November 1894 — Page 7

SETTING THE HEN. Kwh Annoyance Can Be Prevented by • attic Training. An exchange thinks that this is a subject that seems to admit of a wide* range of opinion, notwithstanding it is something almost any child of ten or twelve years, brought up in the rural districts, could do successfully. There are many grown people, however, who look to their neighbors for information on this subject, and the neighbors thihk it such a trivial affair that they do not give the subject sufficient thought to enable $hem to enlighten those who seek the information. In other words, they only understand it practically and not theoretically. Josh Billings made one point clear when he wrote: “The best time to set a hen is when the hen is ready,'* but a difficulty presents itself just at that period. When the hen is ready the owner is not, owing to the fact that the hen has chosen an unsuitable place for hatching, and here is where the trouble ia The owner wants to move the hen to a more convenient place, and he finds she is very much “set in her ways,” and will not be moved, and as a natural consequence in attempting to compel biddy to hatch where she does not want to, a sitting of eggs are spoiled and much valuable time lost. A very little training of the hen would avoid all the annoyance. When your hens begin to lay, suitable places should be arranged about the premises for nests, in secluded places on the ground, and when the hen has once appropriated one of these places to her own use all that is necessary is to let her alone. If there is danger of the eggs freezing, put a china egg in the nest, and when she begins to sit remove it and give her good eggs. In this way, success is probable if not certain. BIDDY'S BROKEN LIMB. It Can Be Set Nicely with Adhesive Rubber Plaster. When a valuable fowl of some selected pure breed is injured, or the leg is broken, there is often no remedy and the bird is • destroyed. In this connection we present illustrations sent to Farm and Field by Dr. 1). E. Spahr, of Ohio, who writes: “About a week ago my little boy came into my office with a woeful countenance, bearing in his arms a beautiful young white Leghorn pullet that had met with an accident and had a broken leg. Fig. 1 shows how the limb looked at that time. 1 took a

r ” f strip of surgeon’s rubber adhesive plaster, which comes on spools one and a half inches wide, and while he held the limb straight and in position! 1 wrapped it three tfpes around the limb neatly and closely, but not too tightly. The layers adhered to the leg and to each other and made a light, neat splint that would not loosen or come off. The poor chick hobbled off at once and is now walking about taking its food with very little inconvenience. l'he strip of plaster should be of the proper width to correspond with the size of the chicken and can be applied by anyone using proper care and judgment” Artificial Lakes on Farms. When one gives the subject thought it appears strange that so few readers have artificial ponds when so many have suitable places to erect the ponds at small expense. Recently during a visit to the country we saw where a never-failing spring had been utilized in this way, and the miniature lake was both useful and ornamental. The surplus water ran through a trough, erected for the stock, and with a great deal less attention than is required by a windmill the trough was kept perfectly clean, always full and the water fresh. Although the grass had been pretty short during the summer, the horses looked as if they had been living on luxuriant clover. The pond is well stocked with game fish, and each of the farmer’s rising sons would about as leave dispense with the barn as to do away with the pond. —Rural World. , Spring Crops Favored. Unless the season is unfavorable, the markets are almost invariably glutted with fruit and produce in the fall and winter. Everybody then -wants to sell, to realize money for current expenses, and prices are too often weak and unremunerative. The production of early stuff — asparagus, strawberries and other vegetables and fruits—is not so common as the staple crops, and when a good market is convenient this early truck is generally the most profitable. The spring and early summer market is usually a bet-ter-paying one than the fall market. This is a great point and well worthy the farmer’s best consideration. Leaky Poultry House Roofs. A small hole in the roof will do incalculable damage to a flock by keeping the house damp and cold. Evaporation of moisture is always at the expense of loss of warmth, and the failure to stop a crack may cause ah expense for more food, as the body of the fowl is kept warm by the food,' and the more comfortable the quarters the less food required. Dry cold, where the fowls are not exposed to the winds, will no t cause as much sickness as dampness, and especially when the rain not only leaks down on the floor, but also on the fowls as well. Close the leaks before the $ weather becomes cqld. — Farm and fireside

—_— -— THE NAPOLEON REVIVAL. Vh]’ tho Emperor ill th* Mart Popular Character In History. Within the past year there has been a revival *4>f interest in the career of Napoleon Bonaparte that is almost phe nomenal. In literature he has figured in the pages of memoirs and reminiscences by those who came into more, and less intimate contact with him. In art not only has he been a potent inspiration to modern painters and sculptors, but he has made priceless all pictorial records of his time. In the drama he poses as the most picturesque figure that Sts been brought upon the stage within the century. Personal relics of the man are held as sacked and beyond all price. As Paul Bourget aptly says, “Napoleon has hypnotised the French people again.” In France the sting of defeat after the Franoo-Prussian war turned the thoughts of all to their period of greatest glory, and so it needed but time to see Napoleon enshrined as an idoL An equally logical explanation is found for the most notable feature of the Napoleon revival in this country. The Century'* life of the emperor was projected five or six years ago, before anyone could have foreseen the present attitude of the public mind. It was undertaken solely with the idea that Napoleon was one of the greatest, most forceful and picturesque characters in the entire range of history, and that hitherto he had been inadequately represented. For that reason Prof. William M. Sloane, the greatest American student of French history, was commissioned to write the life, and his years of study among unpublished archives have brought out his completed labor at the most opportune moment. And Prof. Sloane shows us a new Napoleon, a devourer of books, an unsuccessful literary aspirant, an ineffectual Corsican political agitator, but the new Napoleon certainly makes the old Napoleon more easily comprehended.

MUSICAL NOTES. I i New York city letter carriers have an organized brass band. Count Tolstoi has written a popular opera entitled “The Distiller.” It is in the interests of temperance. King Oscar of Sweden, who is said to be a good musician and singer, has composed a new symphony. The queen of Belgium is said to be an excellent harp player. Street bands are not permitted in Germany unless they accompany processions. In Vienna the organ grinders are allowed to play only between midday and sunset. Patti has just discovered a new tenor near her Welsh estate, and will have him sing at her next London concerts. He is a tin miner named Jon Williams, but his local nickname is Eryr Afon. Notwithstanding his rough and unsociable character—few persons have seen him smile, much less laugh— Verdi, the great composer, is very charitable. Numerous philanthropic works, and in particular the hospital at Bussetto, owe their existence to him. Rev. Samuel F. Smith, of Newton Center, Mass., author of “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” is now eighty-five years of age and in excellent health. He is a graduate of Harvard, class of 1829, and reads fifteen different lauguages. Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated-the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage September 9. SKETCHINGS AND ETCHINGS. A rust of Herod the Great, believed to be authentic, was recently discovered at Jerusalem, It has been bought by the Russian government for the Hermitage museum at St. Petersburg. The price of Rembrandts continues to rise steadily in the art markets from year to year. The fact is temptingforgers and touchers-up to impose works as his that slightly suggest his 1 mannerism. ' William L. ujlkins, the railway traction magnate of Philadelphia, has offered through the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts a prize of $5,000 for the best American picture painted by an American artist. George nu Maurier, the novelist, and Alma Tadema, the artist, were, students together at Antwerp, and resembled each other so closely that they were hardly distinguishable apart until: du Maurier lost the sight of an eye and began to wear blue spectacle* i THE MARKETS. Nkw York, Nov. 19, CATTLE—Natlve Steers.$ 3 30 © COTTON—-Middling.* .... © FLOUR—Winter Wheat. 2 85 © WHEAT-No. 8 Red.. 58*© CORN—No. 8.. © OATS—No. 2.. 33)4© PORK—New Mess.. 13 75 © ST. LOUIS. CATTLE-Shipping. 4 85 © 060 HOGS—Fair to Choice. 4 40 © 470 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 2 00 © S 00 FLOUR—Winter Patents. 2 00 © 2 85 Spring Patents. 3 00 © 3 65 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring. 50H© 59? No. 2 Red. 56*© 50? CORN-No. 2. © 51? OATS—No. 2.. © 28? PORK-Moss (new). 12 37)4© 18 50 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3 Si © 5 45 HOGS—All Grades. 4 25 © 470 WHEAT- No. 2 Red. 49 © 50 OATS-No. 2. ;... 30 © 31 CORN—No. 2. 48)4© 48 . NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. 2 40 © 2 85 CORN—No. 2. © 51 OATS—Western. 35)4© 36 HAY—Choice.. 15 00 © 15 50 PORK-New Mess .. © 13 78) BACON—Sides.. © 7? COTTON—Middling. 5 © 5M LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red. .. 64 © CORN-No. 2 Mixed. 45*© OATS-No. 2 Mixed. S2)4@ FORK-New Mess. 12 5» © BACON—Clear Rib. 7*© COTTON- -Middling. ©

—The men who fought the establishment of the' department of agriculture a few years ago, on the ground that it was unnecessary, will perhaps be surprised to learn that one hundred years ago there was a “Clothing Department,” and that congress issued regulations for a clothier general, a regimental clothier, and so on. A “Department of Clothing” would excite derisive laughter now. There was a good deal of inquiry and report on the subject of clothing for the continental army, and at one time Gen. Horatio Gates reported that the cost of clothing each man was twenty-three dollars. THE TEXAS FAST MAIL. Mew and Rapid Mail and Fmmbc*' Serttot Between St. Lotlt and the Southwest. Commencing Sunday, December 2, 1804, the IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE will inaugurate a Fast Mail train between St. Louis and points in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and the Southwest. This train, which will be a veritable “flyer,” will leave St. Louis 8 a. m., after the arrival of the Fast Mail from the East, and in addition to its mail complement, will carry Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cara and Tourist Sleeping Cara destined to California points. This new schedule will hasten the mails into the Southwest by from eight to fifteen hours over the present time, and keep fully abreast with the passenger service of the day. The through California care will be placed at some quiet spot in the yards at St. Louis, and will be opened for occupancy as early as 9 o'clock in the evening. For full particulars address company's agents, or H. C. Townsend, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. Edith—“Mv dear child, it’s no use arguing with Mr. Remsen. You can never convince him.” Alice—“I am sure of that, dear. Why. do you know, in a discussion we had the other night, he actually reasoned.”—Harlem Life. You Can’t Sat Wrought Iron Nalls, Of course, and expect to digest them, but you can eat ordinary food that is wholesome and digest it, too, after your stomach, if enfeebled, has been strengthened by a course of Hostotter's Stomach Bitters. Your kidneys, liver and bowels will be rendered active and vigorous by the great tonic, and your system fortified against malaria anu rheumatism. Use it, also, if you are nervous and sleepless. “When did I give you that promise!” “On one of the last two days of February.” “That shows what a fraud you are. February hasn’t got the last two days.”—Fliegende Blaetter. In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of permanently beneficial effects and were satisfied with transient action, but now that it is generally known that Syrup of Figs will permanently cure habitual constipation, well-informed people will not buy other laxatives, which act for a time, but finally injury the system.

Barber—“How do you want your hair cut?” Customer—“Oil.” — Harvard Lampoon. No Opium in Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Cures where other remedies fail. 25c. Friend—“Are you superstitious? Bo you believe in sigusf” Successful Merchant— “No; newspaper advertisements are better —and cheaper.’’—Printers’ Ink. Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. Love always weeps when it has to whip. —Ram’s Horn. Hall’s Catarrh Care Is a Constitutional Cure. Prioe 75c. * The truth we hate the most is the truth that hits us the hardest.—Ram’s Horn. The best cough medicine is Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c. Gazing at the Giraffe—“Hey, Chimmy, how’s dat for a t reat ter holler extrvs wid?”—Life. 98% of all cases of consumption can, if taken in the earlier stages of the disease, be cured. This may seem like a bold assertion to those familiar only with the means generally in use for its treatment; as, nasty codliver oil and its filthy emulsions, extract of malt, whiskey, different preparations of hypophosphites and such like palliatives. Although by many believed to be incurable, there is the evidence of hundreds of living witnesses to the fact that, in all its earlier stages, consumption is a curable disease. Not every case, but a large percentage of cases, and we believe, fully 98 Per cent, are cured by Dr. Pierce’s Golden medical Discovery, even after the disease has progressed so far as to induce repeated bleedings from the lungs, severe lingering cough with copious expectoration (including tubercular matter), great loss of flesh and extreme emaciation and weakness. , Do you doubt that hundreds of such cases reported to us as cured by “ Golden Medical Discovery ” were genuine cases of that dread and fatal disease ? Yon need not take our word for it They have, in nearly every instance, been so pronounced by the best and most experienced home physicians, who have no interest whatever in misrepresenting them, and who_ were often strongly prejudiced and advised against a trial of “Golden Medical Discovery,” but who have been forced to confess that it surpasses, in curative power over this fatal malady, all other medicines with which they are acquainted. Nasty codliver oil and its filthy “emulsions" and mixtures, had been tried in nearly all these cases and had either utterly foiled to benefit, or had only seemed to benefit a little for a short time. Extract of malt, whiskey, and various preparations of the hypophosphites had also been faithfully tried m vain. The photographs of a large number of those cored of consumption, bronchitis, lingering coughs, asthma, chronic nasal catarrh and kindred maladies, have been skillfully reproduced in* a book of 160 pages which will be mailed to you, on receipt of address and six cents in stamps. Yon can then write those cured and learn their experience. Address for Book, World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.

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