Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 48, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 April 1896 — Page 3

t A LITTLE NONSENSE. —Hoex—“What’s a pood book for ■ xufm about to get married?" Joas—“A bank book.”—Philadelphia Eecord. —“Er—f want some sort of a present for a young lady." “Sweetheart or sister?" “Er—why—she hasn’t said which she will be yet.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. -“Is she a neat housekeeper?” “She must be. , Her husband was telling^Mr. Biliks the other day that he never ooultl enjoy himself at home."—-Somerville Journal. —She—“How old. would you say I was?” He—“Cm—well, I should say you were old enough to know better tha n to think I would answer a question like that.”—Fun. —A Terrible Threat,—Registrar (to witnesses at a marriage, who are talking A ery loud)—“Ladies and gentlemen. If you won’t be quiet 1 shall marry the lpt of yon.”—Leschalle. v t —“Are you doing anything with your camera now, Madge?” “Yes. indeed; a burglar got into our room the other night, and Nan held him while I took his photograph by dash light.”— Chicago Record. | —Maud—“I hear proposing parties j •re all the style this winter. The girls do the proposing, and the one who pro- j .poses the best gets the prize. Have you i been to any?** Ethel—“No; but I had : a proposing party come to me the other j evening. How do you like my ring?”— j Harper's Bazar. . —“Did I understand you "to say.” said 1 the Boston lady to the art critic, “that what Mr. Van Hobbles’ picture needs is j atmosphere?" “Yes.” “Ah, then, I be- * gin to understand a remark made by Mr. Van Hobbles which was hitherto unintelligible.” “About this picture?” es. He said he wished he could think of some way to raise the wind on it.”— Washington Star. —Old Lady (in drug store)—“D’ye know, young man, I'\e stood here like n xnoniment for over *Utn minits fer somebody to wait on roe? If ye can’t hire clerks enough. I'll go somewhere else.” Young Man (humbly)—“Sorry, ma’am, but we're very busy. 1 am nt your disposal now; what can 1 do for you?” Old Lady—“You kin give me a * twoeent stamp, an’ be quick about it.” -.-Harlem Life. ^ J LIFE IN THE BARRACKS. The Butlnm of Sotdlerine ia the l nlted iiUtn. While there are many disadvantages connected with the life of a common soldier, there an- some compensating circumstances that the public rarely takes into consideration. The common soldier, when he lives up to army regulations, is so situated as to enjoy every needed condition in the wav of health and line physicakdevelopmenL He also bus many mental and moral privileges, provided he takes advantage of them, and Is on the whole much better otT then us generally supposed. s Then* is a great, prejudice in the pule He mind against soldiering, and occasional abuses ha\e increased this feeling until it is not easy to get gaod en- '■ listed men.

Of course, the thought of training men simply to shoot ami be shot at. has Its unpleasant, side, but. all the same, they are necessary for the safety of their country and probably will be to the end of time, especially if the jw'ac* congresses make no more headway than they are doing at present. Rifle practice, games of all kinds and athlet ie>xeieises are j>art of the regular employment. It is now recommended thnt more freedom be given to the men in the afternoon hours in order that they may have practice in bicycle riding and other amusements, and may have inor,1 time to themselves to follow their own pleasures. There is a tendency toward n)nne freedom jn tire intermingling of officers and men. and a better state of fueling between them than has hitherto existed. Contests in athletic games are suggested not only in the garrison, but between those at accessible points. Marches out through the country are proposed, not alone for practice, but for the purpose of taking Iht* men into new scenes. . Barrack life is exceedingly humdrum, nr.d the men leonnie restless w hen confined too long in one place, W hen1 soldiers are quartered near the •vc.ter it is projKised to supply racing shells, boats and all necessary appliance* for exercise. Rubber heels nr* U? l*e attached to army shoes, experiments Imving shown that the jar toth? body la greatly decreased and much fatigue is avoided. A review of the condition of the army shows an unusual amount of intelligence in the suggestions of those in charge of the various departments. It is possible to make the condition of the common soldier much more comfortable and agreeable without rendering the service too costly, and this, according to all indications, the war department is inclined to do.—N. Y. Ledger. (vine* In Killt. - < J The French intend to deport Rain ilaiarivonv, who ha* been for so many years prime minister of Madagascar, to Algeria. An interesting book could lie written, telling the staty of the African kings, or rather great chiefs in exile. There i* Arfrld in Ceylon, and Zobeir, who was sent to Gibraltar, j Then there is Ja-Ja. w hom the English dispatched to the West Indies (with a j badly selected lot of w ives. as he complained pathetically), and Behanzin of ihthoiAiey. who was lately indebted to I he French for a passage to Martinique. | The: English, too. have Zulu chiefs interned at Sl Henela—ftungunharaand Pretnpch—whose future place of residence is still to be decided.—Detroit Free Press. A Itad Strike. Judge—What I want to get at between you two combatants is as to wbicn one of you struck first. t. Notoueh—He did. your honor. He asked me to loan him tea dollars.— V. World. \ -

AGRICULTURALHINTS. DURABLE HAV SHED. Jus Invent went Which Ko Progrtulte Man Will Ever Regret. The yearly losses of western farmers In hay and fodder, through exposure to the weather, aggregate an enormous amount. Extensive inquiry convinces me that nearly or quite ane-fourth of the feeding value of all the hay and fodder cut and put in stacks, ricks and shocks is thus sacrificed. It is nothing uncommon to see a whole meadow of Pttle misshapen stacks and ricks so damaged and w eather-beaten as not to be worth over half what it would have been if properly secured in the barn, and kept in first-class condition. • The best and strongest cheap hay abed I have seen is that shown in the accompanying cuts. Figure 1 is an end view of the framing. Posts A A, of the heigh required, say 1G to 20 feet h'ng, are set in the ground to form the framing of the shed, while other similar posts, E E, are set four feet out front the former—that is, at the bottom though at the top they a#e brought uk

—r—• «-1- * * y F1G.1.—END VIEW, SHOWING FRAUJXG. ! pet her. 'the inner posts, A A, should lean outward, so as to make the hori* fcontal width along the dotted line, F, two feet more than the floor width at H. The ,posts A and E are placed di- , reetly opposite each other, and^hraced together as indicated at V. The rafters may he of the usual structure, which w<ni|d require cross ties, or joists, at F; oV else a truss frame may be made as indicated at il 11 and C. A roof on such n truss frame will not spread, and the hay carrier may be swung at 1). Kip. 2 represents the shed weather1 warded down to within six feet of the floor. The door, A. may be hinged so ns to swing down, or may be made double and open into the barn. In either ease the space for admitting’ the hay should be r.t' least six feet j square, and, in fact, eight feet is bet- j ter. The rail for the hay carrier would j extend out at B. if truss roof is used; j in ordinary roof, the carrier would be nt top of rafters. If long enough posts (A and K. Fig. 1) may not be bad. use the longest available 2x6 pieces, and j spike strongly the lower ends to short I posts placed well in the ground. A drive crosswise through this shed I would be more convenient in many ways. If the hay is to be haled, the bales could be conveniently stored. If intending to bale, put the hay into the shed in sections, ten to twelve feet long, the entire width of the shell, as it will be much more convenient that way'for getting out. Indeed, it will be the bet- , ter way even if the hay is to be hauled out, in which case arrange the floor so as to back the wagon under at K, Fig. •2. A shed of this style can be built 2ft feet w;ide and IS feet high, at n cost of only $2 to $2.50 for each ton of contents, j and it will last 20 years. The siding, S 1

k ' * ' » ■ ■ *1- ' no. 2.—SHOWING WEATHEtt-BOARDCTa, BOOB, ETC. *»' B S. mny be of cheap material, ns the ; slight slant inward will prevent the water from running in. The floor, for economy’s sake, may be of rails or poles. The practice of cutting lip and shred- | ding the fodder 'is rapidly gaining ground. A shed built built on the fore- • going plan would answer admirably \ for storing such feed. Hints w ould have . to be nailed across the lower openings, of courses The elevator would carry the cut fooder in at the djoor. A. It is hardly necessary to say that when l»arm room and protection for stock are to be j taken into account, in addition to economy of handling, it is chen}>er to so construct t he .building as to givy up the entire floor space to stock, .using only | the upper part for feed.—(j. W. Waters, in Ht- Louis Journal of Agriculture. NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS. Bees, small fruit and poultry make a i good combination. The qxwen bee is the only perfectly j developed female in the hive. The fifteen, lives several years ami is | useful a* a laying queen for three ; years. A ydbng queen .s more liable to produce f^ orking progeny and an old one j drones. In the spring if a frame of dirty comb j is put in the hive the bees trill '.lean it up and make it fit for use. Worker bees are undeveloped female bees, and arc hatched from the same kind of eggs that the queens are. A good, strong coiony of bees, located where there is plenty of honeyproducing flowers will, with good management, produce 100 pounds of coanb honey and still allow another strong colony to be made from it.—St. Loaii V* public.

SERVIAN BEE FARMS They Are to Be Conducted on Strictly Scientific Principles. A sew industrial departure of great Interest has been taken in Servia, where a “society for bee and fruit culture” has been established, saj-a the St. Louis U lobe-Democrat. This society seeks to introduce a system of beekeeping on seien title principles, and of developing the industry on a profitable basis throughout that country, where, until lately, the peasants have been in the habit of keeping their bees in conical straw skeps daubed with mud or plaster, and destroying the bees to obtain the honey. It is probable that the society will provide the peasants with cheap straw skeps with supers, as well j as bar-framed hives and other desirable j agricultural appliances. Thfe farm of I the society contains about 200 hives, placed in regular rows over the ground, ! six feet six inches from each other, facing north. These hives are all on I the bar-frame principle, and of the pat- j tern generally known as Dzierzon hives, and they contain about 80 pounds of honey in the comb when full. They are made of wood, with draw sides, and cost about $2.25 each. The bees appear | to be a species of the common bee (Apis mellifica), blit are rather small in size, j and unusually tractable. The Italian bee (Apis ligustica) does not succeed well in Servia, becoming quickly merged into the indigenous stock. The bee farm is provided with two centrifugal honey-extraetors of very simple design, but perfectly practical. After extraction, the honey is put into glass bottles, with neat screw tops, imported from Austria, containing respectively half pound, one pound and two pounds. The price of the honey is about 17 cents a pound, exclusive of the bottle, for which an extra charge j is made. The wax is sold to the wax dealers for making into church can- ! dies, and realizes about 30 cents a ! pound. The importance of encourag- i ing bee culture is evidently fully real- | ized by the members of this society and | others interested, and the introduction of a law is In contemplation obliging aTKpriests. schoolmasters and certain 'bt^Crs holding employment under the government to turn their attention to the keeping of bees. I SHELTER FOR CHICKS. Kxcelient Device for Keeping the 1!root \V»rni anil Comfortable. It is hot a difficult matter to hatch out chicks enrh with hens. It is a more difficult matter to make them live and grow when hatched in cold weather. They must s tay under the hen almost constantly in order to keep warm, but after a few days the hen

will not continually brood them, even if cold, find the chicks become chilled. I The engraving shows a device for keep- ! ing the brootl It is n coop with j glass top set on top of a pen filled with ! heating horse manure. It is, in faet', j a coop on top of a hot bed. The bottom of the coop is of thin boards, so that sufficient warmth will go up into the coop to make it very comfortable. The hen and the chicks are placed insideand wind and chaff given to scratch in. A scqre of early chicks can thus be raised that will set to laying early in the fall.-—Orange Judd Fanner. Indigestion in Poultry. Indigestion is one of the commonest troubles of fowls and one of the most easily prevented. Grit takes the place of teeth witlj fowls. It requires to be sharp in order to grind up the food and prepare it for digestion. Yet how often is the supply deficient? Crushed oyster shells or sharp gravel should be accessible to the hens. Acidity of the stomach is the result of indigestion. It may be corrected by mixing very fine pulverized charcoal with the food or by keeping a supply of broken charcoal in the neighborhood of the fowls. One of the best methods of giving it is to chai a couple of corncobs once a week in the oven and then let the fowls have them to fieck at. The feeding of charcoal is excellent at all stages of the hen's existence, but it is particularly desirable when the fattening proeess is going on Feeding Iteee for Profit. Many beekeepers must change their location, go to the flowers, or change their methods of management. The beekeeping public says at present, and perha|»s always will say, that sugarhoney must not be produced, but there is no objection to bees living on 4 cent sugar instead of l£-cent honey. It has been estimated, and we think fairly, that a colony of bees consume 60 or 70 pounds of houey during the year. If a good portiop of this can be cheap sugar instead of high-priced honey, it may make all the difference between a fair profit and a serioijs loss. A change to a better location is preferable, if a change can be made, as there is more profit in plenty of honey from natural sources than in exchanging sugar for honey in a poor locality .-^Southern Cultivator. The Control of Swarming. To control swarming, remove one of die prime factors. Brood is the only factor we can remove and not defeatOur object—hoftey. „ The removal nf brood, instead of dee rearing the houey yield, rather increases it. We may remove the brood*by direct confiscation, or we can do it more gradually by the removal of the queen. The first method would be better where the Cow is very abort and profuse, the second better where the flows last* 40 to 6« or more days. The cause of swarming is instinct; its control, broodleasnes*. Other methods at times seem effective, but the euly method of controlling swarming that is at all times a success, is broodlaasncaa.—Southern Cultivator.

Our individual thoughts and acts are im perishable. Every deed we perform as an outward and inv-ard office. The moment we influence others we ourselves are influenced. Conduct has its bound and rebound. A good deed is eternal, and no power can blot out the influence of an evil deed.—Rev. S. G. Nelson, Baptist, Brooklyn, N. T. The Church. The church is not a mere teacher of principles; she is a guide and mother. She has our salvation at heart; and to effect this she comes down to smallest things, having solely in view our needs. —Archbishop Ireland, Catholic, St. Paul, Minn. | -;- The Golden Opportunity. New Is the time to visit the South and investigate for yourself its vast resources and Its glorious into. There is uo doubt but what the tide has turned Southward. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad always in the van to encourage a good movement, will give you special Land and Home Seekers’ Excursions to points in Kentucky, Tennessee^ Mississippi and Alabama on April ?th and 21st, and May 5th, 1895, tickets being one fare for the round trip good for 80 days from date of sale. Stop-overs allowed on going trip free. On payment of 13.00 at destination additional stop-overs will be allowed on return trip. .... Excursion trains leave 8t. Louis Lnion Station both morning and evening on the dlitea mentioned on arrival of trains of other roads. . Low one way rate for actual settlers and their household goods and stock are given. For information concerning land addres8 the Alabama Land Development Company, Henry Fondd, President, Mobile, Ala. Ticket Agents of connecting lines in the North, East and, West sell round trip tickets over the1 Mobile and Ohio road, so call on your nearest ticket agent for particulars, or address C. Rudolph, D. P. A.* 829 Marquette Big.. Chicago, 111., or B. E. Posey, <*. P. A., Mobile, Ala. a , —»- Malice and hatred are very fretting, and apt to make our minds sore aud uneasy.— Tillotson. BomNMku’i Excursions to Kansas and Nebraska. On April 7th, 21st and May 5th, 1896, Homeseeker's Excursions will oe run from Missouri River points, and territory West of Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, to stations in Kansas and Nebraska, at one fare, plus 82.00, for the round trip. All who can should taka' advantage of the cheap rates and inspecvtbe most productive corn lands iu the United States, which are for sale, by the Union Pacific Railway Company, at from #2.50 to $10.00 per acre, on teif years’ time, oulv 1-10 down. Remember that the Kansas corn crop for 1SU5, with 8,000,000 acres in cultivation, jielded over 301,000,000 bushels, the estimated value of which is over $46,000,000, being $7,«M,OOU more than annual output of gold iu the United States. Those taking advantage of the excursions, should take receipts for all railroad fare, aud the portion paid over Union Pacific lines, will be refunded upon purchase of 320 acres. Information regarding rates can he ascertained from toe nearest railroad agent. r For maps and pamphlets descriptive of the lands, write to B. A. McAllastek, Land Commissioner, Omaha, Neb.

Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping ail things.—Mrs. Hemans. A Spring Trip South. On April'7 and 21. and May 5, tickets will be sold from principal cities, towns and villages of tho north, to all points on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and a portion of Kentucky, at one single fare for the round trip. Tickets will be (rood to return within twenty-one days, on pavment of $2 to agent at destination, and will allow stopover at any point on the south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent about it, and if be cannot sell you excursion tickets write to C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., or Geo. B. Horner, 1). P A., S$t. Louis, Mo Is advertising ‘‘continuous” is the word. Plunges are rarely success! ul.—Bruins. THE MARKETS. New York. April 6, CATTLE—Xntire Steers.I 3 90 COTTON—Middling .-. FLOCk—Winter Wheat.. 3 00 WHEAT-No. 2 Bed...... ..... 74* CORN -No.2. ... .. OATcs-No. 2 . 24* POKE- Ne w Mess......... .. 875 ST. LOUIS. COTTi >N—Middling.... BEEVES— 'leers.*... . 3 20 Cows arid Heifers. 2 61 © CALVES...... 4 00 % tAxdS Fair to Select_..... 3 50 © S4iEEP-Fuir to Choice. 2 7.'. St FLOUR—Patents.. 3 55 ft Fancy to Extra do... 2 75 St WHEAT-No. 2 Ked Wilier.. 09*© COHN—No. i Mixed.... St OATS—No. 2 ... © H YE—No. 2. 3» © 'PUBACCO—Lugs. >00 © Leal Burley. 4 50 • HAY—Clear Timothy. ... .... 9 5« © BCTX'EK—Cho.ce Dairy. 12 © ECUS—Fresh. i... © P*)KK— Standard Mess (New). 8 50 © BACON—Clear Rib.1.... 5*© LAltil—Prime Steam.. .... © ChMCAUQ CATTLE-.Hhippiug. 3 50 © HOUS—Fair to Choice. 3 55 © SHEEP— Fair to Choice......' 3oi © FLOUxt—Winter Patents. 3 - 0 © Spring Patents.. 3 10 © WHEAT—No. 2 -priug....’.. © No. 2 Red.,. ... t&*© COKN-No. 2. 28*© OATS—No. 2..... © PORK—Ales* (neW). 8 37*© KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shippm* Steers. .. 3 25 HOUS—Airtirade.-/. ...•. 3 50 WHEAT-Nu 2 Hard.1 .... IS 23* OATS—No 2 CORN-No. 2. NEW ORLEANS KLOU R- High U rade. 3 TO CORN-No. 2 ..... OATS— Western. 20 HA Y —Choice.. 16 5J POKK—Old Mess. ... ...i BAOQN—sides...'.. COTTON —Middling....... IA>ULSVILLE WHEAT—No. 2 Red. . CORN—No.2 Mixed...:. DAI'S—No.2 Mixed. PORK -New iie-v. BACON 4Clear Rib... ... O/PfONi— Middling.. .. 3*1 21 © 8 7a © "*© 734i 32* — * 9 00 •H b

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The Rack* the Thumbscrew and the Heed Were old fashioned instruments of tortus* Ion; since abandoned, but there Is a to***mentor who still continues to agonise \bm joints, muscles and nerves of many of wa*. The rheumatism, that inveterate foe to daSQr and nightly comfort, may be conquered by the timely and steady use of Hostetler’’* Stomach Bitters, which likewise eradicate* neuralgia, bilious, malarial, bowel, stomach and nerve complaints. The only way for a rich man to be health* is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.—Sir W. Temple. I could not get along without Piso's Cun* for Consumption. It always cures.—Mrs. X. C. Moulton, Needham, Mass., Oct. 23, >94. . Glory Is like a circle in the water, wbk% never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till by bro*S spreading it disperse to naught—Shake*A Doss in Time Baves Nine of Hale1* Honey of Horehoimd and Tar for Cougba. Pike’s Toothache Drops Care in one minutab. It is easier to find fault than to knov* what to do for it—L. A. W. Bulletin.

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