Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 6, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 June 1900 — Page 7

PITH AND POINT. Readiness in criticism often mark* ignorance of the' task.—Ham's Horn. Heauty unadorned may be most adorned; but. fortunately for the milliner and the dressmaker, it doesn’t think so.—Puck. . As a proof of the superior intelligence of woman; what man could go off to church leaving a roast in the oven, and come home remembering the text ? —'Atchison Globe. 'jf “IJa, what is the ‘halo of victory?’ ” “The halo of victory? Well, it is the unbecoming smirk your mother gets on when she has succeeded in making you or me do something we don’t want to do.”—Answers. * “How did Lugby ever happen to get arrested for walking on the grass? i There are plenty of signs up warning ; 'people, to keep off.” “Yes, but Lugby says he isn’t superstitious and doesn’t believe "in signs.”—Philadelphia Bulletla^ The Germ Theory.—Doctor of Old School—“The child appears to be teething.” Doctor of New School— “Impossible! The bacteriological di-agnosis-discloses no trace whatever of the characteristic teething bacillus.” —Detroit Journal. Younger to Older Sister—“Dear, may I look at you a little while?” Elder Sister (graciously— “Certainly, my H?ITi!(i. Why?” Younger Sister—“Because, after working with red, they say it rests the eyes to look at something green.”—Indianapolis News. “If you were rich, what would you do?” “1 can’t be exactly sure as to that.” was the reply, “but I know one tbiiig that I wouldn’t do.” “What?” “1 (Wouldn’t spend my time trying to convince the poor that they are lucky to escape the nervous strain of handling great wealth.”—Cassell’s. WHAT THE MINER KNEW.

Knowledge Tliat Knahled a Common Laborer to Gather in a Small Fortune. -—- ! Tliis little story was told by a min- i ing man from New Mexico who was | talking, after supper the other night, j about the queer ways fortunes were j made in the west, says the New Or- | leans Times-Deinocrat. "About a month ago I read the death notice,” he said, “of a man I used to know very well. He was formerly a common mine laborer, and at the time he died he was worth probably a couple : of hundred thousand dollars. The j way he made his money was peculiar, j While he was still swinging a pick at i $2.30 a day, he was employed iu a 1 gang at work on a certain property | in Colorado. The location was excellent and there were valuable mines all around it. but they had gone down several hundred feet and tunneled in every direction without finding the vein. One day this man of whom I speak was at work ifi one of the side excavations, known as ‘drift foifr,’ when he saw or thought he saw the indications of rich ore, and put a small fragment in his pocket for inspection when he eaiqe up. A little later the workmen put a blast in the side and withdrew to another tunnel to get out of the way of the explosion. When the blast went off , it caved in the whole drift from one end to the other. It would have cost several thousand dollars to duplicate the work, and as the company that owned the property was already discouraged they decided not to do it. i “Meanwhile my man quietly went to an assayer and had a test made of his little sample of ore. It ran so high in gold that it almost took his breath away, but he said nothing, •and went on swinging a^piek at $2.50 a day, while the company kept on growing more and more discouraged and more and more involved. That continued for nearly two years, and at last there came a day when the works were closed down for lack of funds. Then our friend went to the president and asked him what he would take for a 20-year lease. They ' agreed on $500 a year, and everybody thought the miner was crazy. He had saved a little money, and he went straight to work on drift four. Long before he got to the or,e he was flat broke and working on money he had almost pawned his soul to borrow, but he struck it at last, and in two months he took out $100,000 net. Then he aold his lease for a good round figure and started in to enjoy life. Poor fellow! he didn’t last very long! A shadj- transaction, did you say? Oh! I don’t know. All mining is a gamble, and—in his place, may be—anyhow, it’s hard to say. By the way, I was j president of the original company.

National Monument. This great memorial shaft, com* memorative of the union soldiers that 1 fell in the bloody battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, stands in the cen- j ’ter of an inclosure in the Pennsyl- ! 'vania town of that name. The bodies j of about 3,500 soldiers, representing i 18 northern states, lie buried in the i inclosure, and upon the base of the : monument are the words of President Lincoln, spoken at the consecration of th£ cemetery in No»?mber, 1863. The monument is of granite, and is an imposing structure. Another memorial monument of the same name was bejgun at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1822, in honor of the British soldiers that gave up their lives in the Napoleonic wars. It was designed to be a copy of the Parthenon at Athens, but a lack of funds has left the undertaking incomplete. He Liked It. “An angry woman hit a man in the face with a juicy pumpkin pie during the Dewey celebration up in Chicago. Of course she hit the wrong man.” “What, did the wrong man say?” “He said he wished he had a long er tongue."—'Cleveland Plain Dealer. /

DEVICE FOR BROODERS. Ban to Avoid an Inconvenience Which naa Annoyed PonltfT RaUeri for a Look Time. Almost all, the brooders, whether factory made or home made, have a lower story ior the lamp and an upper floor in which the chicks are hovered, waiving necessary an inclined board for the chicks to run up on. They are constantly getting under, this board, and often become chilled because they do, not know enough to “walk the plank” properly* The cu{

MAKING BROODERS SAFE. shows how this trouble may be avoided easily. Three slopes are- made to the incline, thus .affording no chance for missing the way. A chickrn is a very stupid thing, and cannot be depended upon to do any thinking for itself. It is this nature of both old and young fowls that makes it so necessary to be constantly watchful in managing poultry. A little lack of care and a dozen chicks, perhaps, have become chilled and lost. The ingenious caretaker by using such devices as that shown in the cut can save himself some work by making it nearly impossible for the chicks to go wrong. There are many such devices for saving labor that can be thought ip,—N. Y. Tribune. FARM TURKEY RAISING. Ulvlns the Youns Birds the Right Kind of Food la the Moat Important Matter. When thfe turkey hen is in a good sitting mood, give her 17 eggs; at the same time set two chickens on 11 eggs each. When the hatch is off, give all turkeys to the turkey hen. Feed the young turkeys on curd, often mixing black pepper in it. Feed three tinier a day all they will eat. Do not give raw corn meal; if fed at all, bake into corn bread. Screenings is a poor food, as it contains many wild seeds, causing diarrhea, killing them in 24 hours. That is the one thing to guard against«and the greatest difficulty in raising turkeys. When feeding only curd as the principal food, you overcome that trouble. I find by, keeping the young turkeys in a pen 10x10 feet and 12 inches high for a few days it gives them strength and they can follow7 the hen. You cannot shut turkeys up in a coop or yard, as they will die if confined. After four or five days old, let them go, see that they come home every night, which they will do if fed morning and evening, For breeding purposes, Select hens not less than two years old, toms from two to three, of the Ky Bronze variety.—May C. Suydam, in Farm and Home. Sells Fowls In Midsummer. The cockerels of this season’s hatch when sold for market will pay all the expense of their own raising and that of the pullets. The time to sell the cockerels is on the first day that enough of them of marketable size can be gathered together for a shipment. Most farmers put off selling until just before winter. The market is then glutted and prices are at the lowest ebb. The increased size does not make up for the losses which will occur in the interval between midsummer and fall, and the smaller price per pound which wdll then have to be accepted for them. Taking one year with another, it is a saving of money to sell the surplus young stock in July and August instead of in October.—Farmers’ Voice.

Varieties of Kafir Corn. Kaffir com has been raised oh the Kansas agricultural college farm for 11= years. In the light of their experience the agriculturists there recommend two varieties—the red and black-hulled white. For the last four years the latter variety has given the best result. For the first seven years only 'the red was raised. During the last, four years the two varieties named have been grown side by side, the red averaging 37 bushels per acre and the black-hulled white 43 bushels per acre. In the light of this experience the station has settled down to the cultivation of the black-hulled ‘white. Two Paitnres for Swine. For the pasturing of swine I have two pastures side by side, and each next to the yard. I use these pastures in rotation—that is, I use one as a pasture, while I plow up and reseed the other. In this way I manage to have an abundance of pasture. 1 have always made it a practice to seed clover with a slight sprinkling of timothy, but have concluded to try dwarf Essex rape this spring. I wjll add that there is a stream of water running through the yard, and that there is gooff shade.—Charles Lamm, in Farmers’ Review

FACULTY’S BAH OH WEDLOCK. * . Divinity Staleato Holdlag Scholar, •hips at Chicago Valvcnity Lose Them If They Marry. Divinity students at the University of Chicago must no longer allow their I fancies to “lightly turn to thoughts of love.” whether in the spring or at any other time of the year, if they would retain their scholarships. A rule recently passed by the faculty of the divinity school puts matrimony under the ban. It is'as follows: “In the assignment of scholarships netting more than $35 a quarter the recipient will be informed thaf thescholI arship will be withdrawn in case of his marriage while holding it.” The divinity students are indignant at this action, arguingthat if they need scholarshipswhen they are single they need them so much the more when their expenses are increased by matrimony. They regard the rule as an unjust attempt to deprive them of the right of liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The other day they stood about the dormitories and halls discussing the situation with clouded brows and doleful voices. The faculty members, on the other hand, contend that a student who can afford marriage has no further claim on the university for support and ought to yield his stipend to some one more in need.

LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. Mexican Senorlta Liberate* Her Sweetheart from a Dnnireoa at Jimnleo. For love’s sweet sake Senorita Maria Gonzales, a beautiful descendant of the' house of the Montezumas, aided by her sister, broke open the dungeon at Jimulco, Mexico, the other night and liberated Frank A. Howard, an American conductor on the Mexican Central railway. Five days before Howard was ar^ rested by the Mexican authorities because a jerk of his train had slight-ly-injured one of the brakemen, a native. He was placed im prison, and while his friends were seeking to secure nis trial by tihe slow and uncertain methods of the Mexican courts his pretty sweetheart was maturing a plan of her own for his* release. Assisted by a roundhouse employe, she forced the door to Howard's cell with a crowbar, and the American was liberated. He was told to board a train which was waiting for him a block away, and arrived at El Paso, Tex., in safety. He says that the average American prefers liberty at any risk to risking his fate to Mexican laws. ARSENIC IN GERMAN FABRICS. Made Evident by Contention Between Germany and Swedish Government. Arsenic is being used in German fabrics, according to a report from Consul Hughes at Coburg. He says a contention has arisen between German exporters and the Swedish government, the latter claiming there are traces of arsenic in textile material exported from Germany, such as carpets, wall papers, furniture covers and toys. The German manufacturers claim this is hot so. In one way. says Mr. Hughes, this will be a strictly chemical fight, as the Swedish officials will sav that their examinations wrere properly made, and the Germans will insist that if arsenic was found it was due to the use by the Swedish chemists of impure chemicals in making the tests. Tell-Tale Finders. Employers look at a boy’s fingers now when he applies for a job, says the Chicago Tribune. If the fingers havea’yellow stain on them the boy doesn’t get it. I ' ' i’: ■ ■ ' ’ '

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1 AN UNEXPECTED RESULT. It Was the Mother and hot the Daask. ter Who Accepted Hla Compliments. “Say,” said the man with a worried look, “do you remember giving me a lot of ad vice on how to conduct my own love affairs abotU two months ago?” “Yes,” replied the man with the wise ex* pression, iTslaies the Baltimore American. “Told me if I wanted to win the girl I ihou'd make love to her mother?” “Uh—huh.” “Said if I could get the old lady on my ride all I had to do was to toddle around with a ring and say: ‘When?' to the girl.” The wise map nodded. “Said for me to compliment the mother on her youthful appearance,” continued the worried man, “ana give her a jolly about how sad I was that the your.g ladies of the present were not to be compared with those of the past?” “Yes. Yes. You won the girl, I suppose?” “Yes, I did—not. The old lady has sued her husband for divorce cod me for breach of promise.” He Knew. 15 Papa—Perhaps you don’t understand what pro-Boer is. Johnny-Oh, yes! He’s a man that roots for the Boers.—Puck.

The Turn of Life

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Prof. Chas. P. Curd, . St. Louts, Mov write*: We uchestitatingly attribute tht recovery and continued good health of out little boy to Teethina (Teething Powder*). A good many failures are due to the fact that the so-called opportunities in a man** life are not labeled.—Atchison Globe. True courtesy is of the heart. — Ram’* Horn. Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken ol as a cough cure —J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900. Lots of people standing up inside a crowded street car simply means so many riders are strapped for room.—Buffalo News.

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Puffs under the eyes; red nose; pimpleblotched, .greasy face don't mean hard drinking always as much as it shows that there is BILE IN THE BLOOD. It is true, drinking and over-eating overloads the stomach, but failure to assist nature in regularly disposing oi the partially digested lumps of food that are dumped into the bowels and allowed to rot there, is, what causes all the trouble. CASCAEETS will help nature help you, and will keep the system from filling with poisons, will clean out the sores that tell of the system’s rottenness. Bloated by bile the figure becomes unshapely, the breath foul, eyes and skin yellow; in fact the whole body kind of fills up with filth. Every time you neglect to help nature you lay the foundation for just such troubles. CASCAEETS will carry the

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