St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 35, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 7 March 1891 — Page 6

~ DOMESTIC ECONOMY. HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICULTURAL TOPICS DISCUSSED. A Budget of Useful Information Relating to the Farm, Orchard, Stable, Parlor and Kitchen. The Independent Farmer. How pleasant it seems to live on a farm. Where nature’s so gaudily dressed, And sit ’neath the shade of the old locust tree, As the sun is just sinking to rest; But not half so pleasant to hoo in the field, Where the witch grass is six inches high, With tho hot scorching sun pouring down on your back, Seems each moment as though you would die! 'Tis pleasant to sit in the cool porch door. While y' i smoke, half inclined at your ease, Looking out o’er your beautiful fields of grass, That sways to and fro, in the breeze, But not quite so pleasant to start with your scythe, Ere the morning sun smiles o’er the land. And work until your clothes are completely wet through, And blisters shall cover you hand. In keeping a dairy there’s surely delight, And it speaks of contentment and plenty, To see a large stable well filled with choice cows Say, numbering from fifteen to twenty! And yet it seems hard, when you’ve worked from the dawn Till tho sun disappears from your eight, To think of the cows you have got to milk, Before you retire for the night. But the task fairly over, you cheer up once more, And joyfully seek your repose. To Ure. tv, of the cream pots with luxury Ailed, And milk-pans in numberless rows ; But the sweet dream is broken when, early next day. You’re politely requested to churn, And for three weary hours, with strength ebbing fast. The victim despondingly turns. But in raising young pigs is surly a charm, When they sell at the present high price. And of all the young stock which a farmer can raise, There’s nothing that looks half so nice. How cheerful one feels as he leaves them at night, Tho encouraging number of eleven! But his joy slightly wanes when he goes out next day. And of live ones can count only seven! ’Tis pleasant to sit by a warm winter fire When night draws hbr curtain around, With both wife and children to make home complete, And peace and contentment abound; But ecstacy fades when you shoulder your ax, And trudge oft a mile through tho snow, While the cutting west wind drives the snow in your fcce, So you scarcely can see where you go. But no one disputes that the farmer is blessed With true independence and labor— Whose food don’t depend on the whims of mankind, Like that of his mercantile neighbor; For God in His mercy, looks down from above And paternally gives him his bread, Provided—he works eighteen hours every day, And devotes only six to his bed 1 THE FARM. A Cheap Fence. A very cheap fence can be made with wire netting four feet high and fastened in position as follows: Buy 2x3 inch scantling, 10 feet long, and cut into two . pieces, or get stakes of any kind and sharpen the ends; then start a hole by striking down into the ground with a crowbar and working it back and forth to widen the hole, when the stakes should be driven in a foot or more and be set six feet apart. At the bottom nail on Ix 2 inch strips, twelve feet long, and similar strips a little more than three feet higher up, when you will be ready to tack on the wire, which is done with small staples made for tho purpose. This will leave a little more than six inches of the wire netting (which will support itself) above the upper horizontal piece and the tops of the stakes, so that if a hen flies for the upper lath she will strike the wire and be thrown back. It will, however, be found that the bird’s attempts to get out will all be made lower down and through the wire which seem to present no obstruction until they try it. To move a fence of this kind, of cruise, the wire must be taken off and the stakes pulled up and reset, which can all be done in a very little time. While the fence seems a frail one, it will nevertheless, stand a very hard storm, as it offers very little resistance to the wind. An illustration and directions for making a movable fence that cun be still more readily changed from one place to another is given by Stoddard in his little book on “Poultry Architecture.” This fence, as shown in the second cut, is made in sections, and can be quickly set up, and can be packed closely and laid away when not in use. The lengths are twelve feet long and the fence five feet high; the pickets are laths, sawed a foot longer and a quarter of an inch wider than usual; but common four ’foot laths are often used, and except for high-fly-ers, like Leghorns, arc good enough. The object in using lath is to secure lightness, and for the same reason the posts are sxlJ< inches and the rails and braces arc Ix 2 inches. In constructing it the horizontal rails should be nailed to the posts outside, and the pickets fastened on outside the rails, when the diagonal braces should be nailed on outside . _ .♦1,., r.jpkets. The fence is to be set up zigzag to secure a wide base and prevent falling over, and the ends of the lengths axe to be fastened together with coarse twine or wire. In locations where strong winds may be expected a few props or stakes driven down in the corners may be needed. In locating fences for confining fowls reference must be had to the hennery and their usual roosting places when practicable. THE STOCK-RANCH. Whey for Pigs. The reason that calves and swine do not thrive on whey in many instances, is due generally to an overplus of acid in it. Whey gets rankly acid by being kept in old sour swill barrels at home, and if the maker is slack the whey tub at the factory is a potent generator of acid germs. The writer knew of one maker once who put to practical use his faith in the virtue of whey as a hog diet. As is not infrequently the case the patrons of his factory did not take away more than half of the whey to which they were entitled, so there was always a goodly amount of the waste fluid left in the tub daily to be run onto the ground. The maker being of a frugal mind and sorry to seo so much excellent swill go to waste conceived the idea of utilizing it to his prolit by investing in a number of young porkers to prey upon it. With admirable judgment he located the pig sty far enough from the factory to preclude all possibility of unpleasant odors traversing the distance, and then he began to put the whey into those dozen or so pigs. By the aid of a handful of cornmeal to the pail of whey the result was astonishing, and the young swine throve like kittens on new milk. By the way, the speculative cheesemaker took pains with the character of the whey, and fed it out when only moder-

ately sour. Tn the fall he bought grain and fattened the shotes, and after selling them and his expenses out, lift a nice little margin of profit that he rightly attributed to the whey.— George E. Newell, in Ohio Farmer. THE HOUSEHOLD. To Transfer Prints to Glass. First coat the glass with damar varnish, or Canada balsam dissolved in an equal volume of turpentine, and let it dry until it is very sticky, which takes h. If a day or more. The printed paper to be transferred should be well soaked in soft water, aud carefully laid upon the prepared glass, after removing the surplus water with blotting-paper, and pressed upon it, so that no air bubbles or drops of water are seen underneath. This should dry a whole day before it is touched; then with wetted fingers, begin to rub off the paper at the back. If this be skillfully done, almost tho whole of the paper ’can be removed, leaving simply the ink upon the varnish. When the paper has been removed, another coat of varnish will serve to make the whole more transparent. This recipe is sold at from $3 to sls by Itinerants.— Exchange. • How to Talk. Read books which will make you think. What we want most is to be made to think. No one can talk who cannot think, and thinking is by no means as usual an accomplishment as many so called. Tho want of thought is at tho root of many a social failure. Good reading will present different subjects to your mind. If one of them interests you, take it up as a study. Littie by little you will find many points in it which may seem obscure; don’t be satisfied to leave them aside, but read such works as are likely to bear on the subject, and never rest content with halftruths when a glorious revelation may be awaiting you. Try to retain important facts, but do not give up originality of thought or independent judgment when you feel it to be sound. Read and think—read and think. When the importance of serious thought is fully understood, good conversation will once more flourish, and we shall taste again the delights of kindred thoughts. Tho quick repartee, the witty answer, which often sheds an unexpected light on some knotty points pored over in vain, the thoughtful questionrevealing tho till then hidden beauties of the mind, all these joys onco known will be counted as among the purest of life. Instead of a crush of people thronging our heatea rooms, why not gather around us half a dozen chosen friends with something to say? What pleasure, what sweet recreation, we should find in such society! A quick intelligence, a cultivated mind, a good memory, are all useful qualities which will make the art of conversation easy to acquire; but even if these are lackwig, an ordinary amount of intellect, a good heart, and some of that precious common sense which is, as it were, the birthright of nearly every American woman would be sufficient, if judiciously used, to create a revolution in conversation which would make many drawing-rooms as pleasant as those famous ones whose departed glory we would not mourn, but look upon as a stimulus to better things. Hints to llousekeopors. If grease splatters your favorite Wilton, mix half a glass of fuller's earth and the same amount of magnesia with boiling water, apply it hot, and brush off when dry. Small grease spots may be removed with a hot iron aud brown paper. If a cellar has a damp smell, and cannot be thoroughly ventilated, a few trays of charcoal, ^bt around the floor, shelves, and lodges, will make the air pure and sweet. If a large basketful of charcoal be placed in a damp cellar where milk is kept, the milk will be in no danger of becoming tainted. In restoring draperies or curtains of art needlework or muslin, they should first be well shaken to get out the dust, and then soaked in clean water to remove the worst of the dirt; they are then washed in tepid water with good white soap, rinsed through cold water with a little salt in it, and dried quickly in the shade. They should be folded before getting quite dry, and iroued lightly with a not too hot iron. A few pieces of horse-radish root put among pickles will keep the scum from rising on top and improve their flavor. Ink stains on mahogany must be obliterated by touching the spot with a feather dipped in a teaspoonful of water to which a few drops of nitre have been added, and directly the stain disappears. Rub it over quickly with a cloth dipped in cold water. THE I’o ULTRY- YARD. Marketing Eggs. An exchange says there is probably in no one article of the same relative value so much loss from injudicious management as in eggs. Some shippers will gather up in small lots a sufficient quantity to jnake a shipment; having the amount on hand necessary to make a shipment, they search the stores for old boxes, barrels, etc.; anything that will hold the. eggs, in their judgment, is good enough. It always pays to pack eggs in cases or egg carriers; they are uniform in size, self counting, no experienced packer required, clean and convenient to handle, only a small space required to pack them, will carry eggs much safer than any other package, scarcely any loss by breakage, save in freight, and they go into market much cleaner. Railroad employes cannot roll them about as they do barrels, and the best and above all, eggs in cases bring from two to five cents per dozen more than in any other package. Why is it our market reports are always quoting eggs with such a wide range in prices? Simply because of the injudicious management and unskilled handling. In packing, make two grades of eggs, that is fresh eggs; keep the clean eggs by themselves, and the uncouth ones the same. A little fresh, thoroughly clean and perfectly dry straw, or if proper straw is net obtainable, several layers of clean, dry paper should always , be put in the bottom of the box, and also . j next to the lid. The straw or paper serves as a cushion and tends to prevent breakage. Stale, dirty, damp or musty straw or hay should never be used, as it , not only injures the appearance, but affects the quality of the eggs. Care : should always be taken to prevent eggs • coming in contact with any foreign odor, s In shipping a long distance be sure ; that the eggs are not only sound, but recently laid. Eggs may be candled and • repacked, bat if they are stale, though s apparently sound, they will be sure to - reach the market in bad order, or will so

i rapidly change that dealers will lose ■ money on them. This rule is especially s applicable to Eastern and Salt Lake • shippers; the motion of the cars so mud dies eggs not entirely fresh that they an. pear cloudy and stale, and will soon spoil, if, indeed, they are not already bad. Do not hold lots after they are packed. Ship at once while fresh. Western Turkey Raising. First—be careful of the eggs; gather them in so as not to let them get chilled. When the hens want to set break them all up but one (which is very easily done by shutting them up for a few days)thcn divide the eggs, giving her as many as she can cover—twenty at least. Give the others to common hens; when hatched give all the tuiks to the turkey; make a pen of boards set up on edge out in the shade,off a piece from the house and barn so they will not be disturbed. In this pen put the young turkeys; let them stay there about a week, then drive them out into the meadow; go regularly every day and feed them; they may be a little shy at first, but will soon learn who feeds them. I seldom keep more than four or less than three turkey hens, and raise forty to seventy young turks. Be careful to feed them cooked food. I have no trouble raising them with chicken hens. Have to select a kind of quiet one, then put the turkeys in a pen as described above until they learn her language. Select a strong breed. I prefer the small bronze, as they arc very hardy.—Exchange. THE APIARY. How Far Will Hecs Go for Honey. A writer in an exchange gives some experience on this much-vexed question, in which he says: This is a subject that has always interested me, and I have made it a point to gather all the information I could for the last five years. It has been about that long since I learned mv A B C in bee culture. I lived in the center of what is called the “Cross Timbers,” a belt of timber that runs across Texas. Now, where I live it is about five miles <:i either side to the prairie. I was the first one to get the yellow-banded bees in this part of the country, and, in fact, the only one; and the first year I got them I happened to be about two miles out on the prairie, where tho horsemint was in bloom. On looking I found it was covered with bees, and, to my surprise, 1 found about half of them were of the yellow banded race. It caused me to watch them, thinking that I should find that some of my neighbors had tha improved race of bees, but not so. By watching carefully I noticed that they would rise high in tho air and make a direct line for my house. I asked nearly all of my neighbors between there and here if they know of any one who had the improved race of bees, and they did not, but that they knew that no one had them but myself. On this occasion mv Italians must have flown seven miles for forage. I have also seen them two and three miles out on the prairie in the other directions, ai.d made the same inquiries, but no one could tell me of any one who had them but myself. To further ’Hive that they will go seven or eight mhes, I remember that this year has been noted for draught; and what rain has come has been only partial showers. In June, when the horsemint was in bloom, everything here was burned up: but six or seven miles out on the prairie they had plenty of rain in time to make the mint rop slendid; and the truth of it is, I got sixty pounds of extracted honey to the colony from the mint last year, and the evidence seems to be that they got it six or eight miles away. While the bees were gathering this amount there was hardly a bloom of any kind to be found nearer than six miles of my place. It was so dry in this neighborhood that all vegetation had parched up. Now, then, I think this proves pretty deary that bees will go six and eight miles to gather honey. THE DAIRY. Dairy Rules. 1. Alilk from healthy cows only should be used, and not until at least four days after calving. 2. Any harsh treatment that excites the cow lessens the quantity and injures the quality of her yield. 3. Cows should be allowed an abundant supply of wholesbme, suitable food, and as much pur” water as they will drink. 4. A supply of salt should be placed i where cows have access to it every ■ day. 5. Cows should not be permitted tc ’ drink stagnant, impure water, nor to eat cleanings from horse stables, leeks, tur nip tops nor anything that would give the milk an offensive taint. 6. All milk vessels should be thor oughly cleansed; first being well washed, then scalded with boiling water, and as rerwa s sufficiently aired to keep them perfectly sweet. 7. Cows should be milked with dry hands, and only after the udders have been washed or well brushed. 8. Milking should be done and milk should be kept only where the surrounding air is pure and free from all objectionable and tainting odors. Milking ir a foul-smelling stable or yard imparts tc milk an injurious taint. Sour whey should never be fed, nor should hogs be kept in a milking yard, nor near a mill stand. 9. Tin pails only should be used. 10. All milk should be properly strainec immediately after milking, and for that purpose a detached strainer is preferabk to a strainer pai^ 11. In preparing milk for delivery to : cheese factory, it should immediately after straining be thoroughly aired bl pouring, dipping and stirring. Thk treatment is as beneficial for the morn. ■ ing’s milk as for the evening’s, and h even more necessary when the weathei is cool than when it is warm. : 12. In warm weather all milk shouk ■ be cooled after it has been aired, but no ■ before. 13. Milk kept over night in small quan tites —say in tin pails—will be in bette’ l condition than if kept In larger quantity ■ in one vessel. ' 14. When both messes of milk are conI veyed to the factory in one can, the mix > ing of the morning with the evening’s ) milk should be delayed till the iiiili, ■ wagon reaches the stand. i 15. While the milk is warmer than thf r surrounding air it should be left uncovb ered, and when colder it may with ad - vantage be covered. j 16. Milk pails and cans should be pro--3 tected from the rain, and milk stands . should be constructed to shade the cans > from the sun. 17. Only honest milk with its full share 1 of strippings should be offered; violation i of this requirement leaves the patron j liable to a heavy penalty.— j Farmer.

ONE WEEK IN INDIANA. A COMPLETE COLUMN OF HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE. The New Legislative Apportionment— Silver Vein Discovered—Burned to Death —Child Scalded—Coal Found. New Apportionment. Tho following is the Legislative apportionment of the State which lias passed the House, and will undoubtedly pass the Senate, as it is the Democratic caucus bill: SENATORS. Posey and Gibson 1 Vauderburg ". ”' i Warrick and Spencer . 1 Dubois and Perry 1 Orange, Crawford and Harrison 1 Daviess and Martin 1 Knox and Pike 1 Lawrence and Jack50n.............. 1 Sullivan and Greene 1 Washii.gton and Floyd 1 Clark, Scott and Jennings 1 Clark and Jefferson 1 Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland 1 Kipley, Franklin and Union 1 Monroe, Brown and Balti olomew 1 I Shelby, Johnson and Brown 1 1 Hendricks and Morgan 1 Ofay and Owen 1 i gfeke and Vermillion 1 Viwun and Montgomery 1 XKFion. 3 Shelby and Decatur 1 Hancock and Rush 1 Henry and Fayette 1 Wayne 1 Delaware and Randolph 1 Grant and Madison 1 Adams, Jay and Blackford 1 Huntington and Veils 1 Miami and Howard 1 I Clinton and Tipton 1 Boone and Hamilton 1 Tippecanoe 1 Warren and Fountain 1 Newton, Jasper and Fenton 1 Pulaski, White and Carroll 1 Cass 1 Lake and Porter 1 Laporte 1 ’ St. Joseph and Starke 1 , Marshall and Fulton 1 ; Elkhart 1 Kosciusko and Wabash 1 i Whitley and Allen .... 1 I Allen 1 ; Noble and DeKalb 1 Lagrange and Steuben 1 REPRESENTATIVES. Posy J Marion and Shelby... 1 Gibson 1 Madison 1 Vanderburg 2 Hancock 1 । Warrick 1 Shelby 1 i Spencer 1 Hush 1 : Perry 1 Henry 1 I Knox 1 Fayette and Wayne.. 1 Knox and Pike 1 Wayne 1... 1 Greene 1 Ramie ph 1 Daviess 1 Delaware 1 Dubois and Martin.. I Hamilton 1 Lawrence,Orange and Boone 1 Dubsis 1 Clinton 1 | Harrison 1 Clinton, Tipton and Floyd 1 .Madison 1 Floyd, Harrison and Howard 1 Crawford 1 Tippecanoe 2 Washington 1 Ben on and Warren... 1 Jackson 1 Luke 1 ! Clark 1 Wrter 1 1 । Chirk, Scott and Jen- Newton aud Jasper... 1 I nings 1 Pulaski and White... 1 ■ Jefferson 1 Carroll 1 Ripley 1 Cass 1 Dearborn 1 Fulton 1 Dearborn. Ohio and Cass and Miami 1 । Switzerland 1 Minma 1 Kipley. Franklin and Wabash 1 Union 1 Huntington 1 Franklin 1 Wells 1 Decatur 1 Grant 1 1 ’ Bartholomew 1 Adams and Jay 1 I Monroe and Brown... 1 Adams,Jav an 1 Bhick- | Johnson 1 ford. 1 i i Morgan 1 Allen 3 i Owen j Whitley 1 I Put nan 1 DeKalb 1 i MoudT. i n< mo 1 I ; Sullivan. ......... 1 Steuben 1 ' Clay 1 Lagrange 1 | Vigo 2 Elkhart 1 ■ Parke.. i ElkhartandKosctusko 1 I Sullivan. Vigo and Kosciusko 1 Vermillion 1 Marshall 1 | Montgomery ] st. Joseph 2 Fountain 1 LaPoite 1 Montgomery,Putnam I n Porte and Starke.. 1 and Clay ] Vi.uderburg, Gibson Marion c and Knox 1 Allnoi* State Items. —Russiaville wants to be incorporated. ■ —lndiana's constitution adopted in 1851. —Muncie will have a binding twine and carpet felt factory. —Coal has been found at Perth at a I depth of fifty-five feet. —Total value of grounds ami buildings owned by Indiana, 88,6.’5,417. | —Greenwood's canning factory is one of the largest in the United States. —Mrs. Kate Tucker, near Anderson,3o, i married iter nephew, Frank I'ticker, 20. --An ambitious LaPorte County man ! has patented an ingrowing toe nail proj tec tor. i —Eva Francisco fell into an open the • in a fainting fit, at Osgood, and seriously I injured. —A number of dynamite cartridges were found under the L. E. & W. depot at Muncie. —Martinsvi’le drugg.s.o have agreed not to sell whisky ex - ept on a physicians’ prescription. —Evansville Spiritualists have been : warned by White Caps not to hold ■ furtheEseances. —The Hamilton County Alliance is I trying to raise $5,000 to build an elevator at Noblesville. —A cloud burst near Brazil submerged fifteen houses. Families rescued, but Wu' h properly lost. t —Mrs. Rebecca Miller, one of the first IW-omen that settled in the Wabash valley, died at Peru, aged 92. —A company, headed by I). J. Mackey, will develop the cannel-coal fields of Daviess and Martin counties. —Benjamin Money, aged 16, while hunting near Brownsburg, shot himself In the h'g and bled to death. —The prospects for a good crop of fruit in the southern portion of the State were never better than now. —M. O. Nisley, of Tippecanoe County, shot an arctic owl which measured fiftyfour inches from tip to tip of wings. —The 3-year-old child of Jolm Henry, of Tipton, fell into a tub of boiling water and was scalded so badly t hat, it died. —ln the oratorical contest at Hanover College. Bloomfield, Edson took first place and Henry Peckinpausrh second. —T. W. Truax, a switchman in the Pan-handle yards at Logansport, was almost cut into pieces by a switch engine. Notwithstanding his terrible injuries, ho lived three hours, and was conscious most of the time. —A saloon-keeper at Crawfordsville, knowing that he had violated the lawin selling beer after midnight, and supposing that ho had been indicted, went : before the Circuit Judge and demanded 1 to be lin>d. lio was accommodated and lined S7O.

■ —J. A. Armstrong’s daughter. New Albany, and also his married sister have lost their minds over religious excitement. —The 3-year-old daughter of James Pritchard, of Franklin, was fatally burned, her clothing catching fire at a stove. —The new natural-gas company of Shelbyville are about completing their first well, with prospects of a fine flow of gas. —IV. F. Pettit is at work in the chair shop of the Prison North. He is confident the Supreme Court will grant him a new trial. —Ada Johnston, of Jeffersonville, aged 23, committed suicide by taking poison. Disappointment in love is supposed to ha.e been the cause. —The safe in the Panhandle depot at AV indfall was blown open by burglars, and railroad tickets and several hundred dollars in money were stolen. —A Noblesville youth approached a Democrat reporter with a piece of news. Reporter asked, “Is it authentic?” “Oh, no, its straight goods,” was the reply. —Mary Ural, wife of John Ural, killed last year by a premature blast at Scanlan’s stone-quarry, at St. Paul, has brought suit against John Scanlan for SIO,OOO. —Mt. Olive people have found quite a “picking” of gold along the streams there of late, thought to have beea washed out of the hills by the recent rains. —Mrs. Quick, the wife of a railroad employe, her baby, and Miss Jackson, a boarder, were found unconscious in theiy residence at Fort Wayne, being asphyxia ated by gas escaping from a coal stove. It was at first thought all were dead, but after several hours’ work by phy« sicians, they recovered consciousness and will probably recover. • —Tho business men of Huntingburg have organized a Business Men’s Association for the purpose of developing the coal and clay resources of that vicinity, which are said by scientific experts to be the best in the country. Strenuous efforts are also being put forth to secure the route of the Monon extension from French Lick to Evansville. —Judge Snyder, of Montgomery County, has decided that Joshua R. Speer should not recover anything from tlie Greencastle and Crawfordsville Gravel-road Company, as the facts in the ease do not warrant the entry of a judgment of $350 as recommended by the jury. Speer was injured by driving off a grade near a bridge. —Secretary of state Matthews and Auditor of State Henderson have issued certificates of appointments to tho members of the State Board of Health. The certificates state that Governor Hovey refused to participate in the appointments, holding that the law under which they were made is unconstitutional. —Charles McComb and George Grayson claim that they have discovered a large vein of silver ore three miles from New Albany. The discovery was made on the east bank of Silver Creek by the two men, and they believe they have a valuable find. Some of the ore was sent to an assayer in Chicago, who found it to contain a large percentage of silver. —The mothers of Greencastle are holding weekly meetings with a view to the repression of vice of every description. The meetings are held in the different churches, and are participated in by earnest Christian workers, irrespective of denominational differences. The association aims at the suppression of billiard halls, the reclamation of fallen women, and a social edict against progressive euchre as well as all games of chance. —A company has been formed at Bloomington that promises to be a wonderful assistance to the development of Monroe stone land. The company is to be known as the Louisville, Bloomington A Chicago Prospecting Company, and has a capital stock of $190,000. They have already purchased stone land and intend opening a number of quarries at once, to be in operation by June 1. Mr. Gathwright, of Louisville, is president, ami James Kasell is Secretary and , Treasurer. I —Jolm Phillips, of Clay Township, I Morgan County, has a wooden clock that ■ has kept time accurately for seventy-two years. The clock is of the wall-sweep pattern, being seven feet high. It was bought by Simon Hadley, in the year isio, in North Carolina, for $22.50. He kept th<‘ clock until his death, when it was sold for 50 cents to Jerry Rowan. Mr. Rowan sold it to Mrs. Phillips, daughter of Mr. Hadley, and it has remained in their family ever since. Mrs. Phillips values it very highly. —Thomas Ward, aged 60 years, was found lying along the railroad near New Richmond nearly frozen to death, and he will die from the exposure. He was clad only in his shirt and drawers. An investigation shoxved that he had undressed in the middle of a field, it being the supposition that he thought he was at home and preparing to go to bed. During the night he had waded through a pond, and in breaking through the ice his feet had been cut to such an extent that the ground was colored with blood for some distance. He was a well-known citizen, and his derangement has come suddenly upon him. —M. L. Davis, Tipton liveryman, just learns that he is one of the twenty-two heirs to a $60,000,000 fortune in England. —Jacob Williams, the Washington County giant, is but 22 years old, and stands seven feet six inches in his boots. —Oliver Lee, who was arrested for the shooting of Nirs. Alary Randall at Lebanon one year ago, but afterwards released, was instantly killed in his effort to board a moving freight train on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway.

Fmssia’s Richest Man. The richest man in Prussia, ac< ordingi « the tax estimate recently laid before ihe Prussian Landtag, is Herr Krupp, ‘a citizen of the district of DuesseldorL ” fferr Krupp, who is none other than the >wner of the great cannon factories, jays an annqal tax of 180,000 marks, or ihnost $45,000, on an estimated incomo >f 6,000,000 marks. He is the only representative in the tax-class numbered 128. The man who stands next to him n point of wealth is, according to the tame source, a “citizen of the district of ?rankfort 4 ” xvho is the only Prussian in ;he “ninety-sixth tax class.” This man s supposed to be Baron Rothschild. The third man on the list is Baron Von Bleichroeder, the celebrated banker of Berlin, to whom many of the noblemen >f that interesting capital are indebted. The Baron has an income of 2,520,000 narks and pays a tax of 75,500 marks. Next to him are three men with incomes )f 1,320,000 marks, 1,200,000 marks and 1,140,000 marks, on which they pay, respectively, 39,600, 36,000 and 34,200 narks taxes. • A A:ystery. How the haman system ever recovers from the bod effects of the nauseous medicines often literally poured into it. for the suppositive relief of dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation, rheumatism and otherJ>ailmeutß, is a mystery. The mischief done by bad’medicines is scarcely less than than that caused by disease. If they who are weak, bilious, dyspeptic, constipated or rheumatic would oftener be guided by the experience of Invalids who have thoroughly tested Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, they would in every instance obtain the speediest aid derivable from rational medication. This medicine is a searching and at the tame tfme a thoroughly safe remedy, derived from vegetable sources, and possessing, in consequence of its basis of pure spirits, properties as a medicinal stimulant not to be found in the fiery local bitters and stimulants often resorted to by the debilitated, dyspeptic and languid. Reading cars fitted out with the most popular periodicals and books will be attached to the passenger trains on the St. Petersburg-Warsaw Railroad. Great :are will be taken to have the cars propjrly lighted in the evening. The first geographical map of England was made in the year 1520. There’s a good deal of guarantee business in the store keeping of to-day. It’s too excessive. Or too reluctant. Half the time it means nothing. Words — only words. This offer to refund the money, or to pay a reward, is made under the hope that you won’t want your money back, and that you won’t claim the reward. Os course. So, whoever is honest in making it, and works—not on his own reputation alone, but through the local dealer whom you know, must have something he has faith in back of the guarantee. The business wouldn’t stand a year without it. What is lacking is confidence. Back of that, what is lacking is that clear honesty which is above the “average practice.” Dr. Pierce’s medicines are guaranteed to accomplish what they are intended to do, and their makers give the money back if the result isn’t apparent. Doesn’t it strike you that a medicine which the makers have so much confidence in, is the medicine for you? SHILOH’S I CONSUMPTION CURE. The success of this Great Cough Cure is without a parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell it on a posl itive guarantee, a test that no other cure can successfully stand. That it may become known, the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home in the United States and Canada. If you have 1 a Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for । it will cure you. If your child has the Croup, or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief is sure. If you dread that insidious disease Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for SHILOH’S CURE, Price io cts., 50 cts. and SI.OO. If your Lungjs are sore or Back lame, use Shiloh’s Porous Plaster, Price 25 cts. ymnsll Stoo to St.ow Cnr»tnUy limMten mH—TAbUmAbrlng ASXVIUA from TWENTY to IVU? Test us. TACOMA ISVESTBEXT CO., TACOMA, WASH. Tutt’s Pills Tho dyspeptic, the debilitated, whether from excess of work of mind or body, drink or exposure in . MALARIAL REGIONS, Will find Tutt's Tills the most genial reBtorative ever offered tho suffering invalid The Soap that Cleans Most is Lenox.