GRASSHOPPER BRICKS.
Keu lion Food in (.'<» 11 cc 111 rut«ml Form
lor Wlilcll (be World Im 111
to NrbrasUu.
Grasshoppers are being put to a new
use out in Nebraska. The farmers
have killed incredible numbers of them
by the help of a machine which is. per
haps, the most effective ever devised
for the purpose. It iscalled a "hopper
dozer," and is nothing more ess
than a large flat pan, with a mull
amount of kerosene contained in a
depression in the rear part of it. The
contrivance, being attached to a horse,
is pushed along in front of the animal
as the latter is driven across the fields,
l'retty nearly t very grasshoper is en
countered, jumps upon the pan, and is
promptly suffocated by the kerosene.
This ingenious instrument has been
in use for a number of years in parts
of the west, but hitherto it has not oc
curred to the farmers to make any use
of the dead grasshoppers. Most com
monly they were burned, though some
more enterprising agriculturists
turned a portion of them to account as
poultry feed. They found that the
hens liked them exceedingly; for it is
a fact that a grasshopper is to a hen
what a canvasback duck is to a human
epicure—the very choicest and most
esteemed <>f delicacies.
Hence the idea which is now being
developed on a commercial scale. The
grasshoppers, after being killed by
the hopperdozer, are left in w; iTrows
in the fields, where they are soon dried.
When they have been exposed to the
sun for a sufficient time to reduce them
to a properly desiccated condition they
are gathered up with rakes, shoveled
into carts, and conveyed to a • shed,
■where they are put into a press some
what resembling an ordinary cheese
press, and converted into solid bricks.
The bricks are shipped in quantities
to poultry-raisers, who find this new
kind of hen-provender most satisfac
tory, and they are anxious to get more
of it. Apparently, it is a great en
courager of egg-production.
Jt is not necessary to grind the bricks
before feeding the stuff to the chick
ens. but merely to break them into
pieces and soften with water. —Satur-
day Evening Post.
TESTING SILVER COINS.
The ComprelieiiKlve System In VoKnr
nt tlie Different Mints of the
I nited Mate*.
Out of every fresh batch of silver
dollars made at the United States
mints half a dozen are sent to the
treasury at Washington to be tested
as samples. If they turn out to be
of the requisite fineness and weight
it is taken for granted that the whole
edition is correct.
For the test the coin after being
weighed is rolled out in a thin flat
strip more than a foot in length.
Then the strip is placed beneath a
row of punches, which punch holes
in it, so that after passing beneath
the instrument it has the look of a
colander.
A great many little silver disks are
thus obtained, and of these a dozen
HOW DOLLARS ARE TESTED.
or so are taken and assayed, to find
out how much silver they contain.
Being obtained from various parts of
the coin, they represent fairly the
average fineness of the dollar
throughout. If the weight is too lit
tle, beyond a very tiny fraction, the
whole batch of coins must Vie melted
and made over again, and the same
thing must be done if the fineness is
not up to standard. Otherwise the
assayer indorses the mintage and the
dollars.
Wink Mennui'eil l>>' Selenee.
A German scientist lias given an
other proof of the painstaking na
ture of bis race in obtaining perfect
accuracy and the time that is occu
pied by a wink. He used a special
photographic apparatus and fixed a
piece of white paper on the edge of
the eyelid for a mark. He found
that the lid descends quickly and
rests a little at the bottom move
ment. Then it rises slower than it
rises slower than it fell. The mean
duration of the downward movement
was .075 to .091 of a second. The
time from when the eye rested till it
closed varied from .15 to .17 of a sec
ond. In rising the lid took .17 of a
second. The wink was completed in
.4 of a second.
The Trolley In Ktfypt.
Tourists in Egypt can now take a
trolley car in the main street of
Cairo direct to the pyramids. In a
short time a line will be built
equipped with American cars to run
from the ocean front at, 'Piraeus to
the Parthenon at Athens.
F.leetrle Lmnpii for IIOKH.
A novel idea for sportsmen seems
to be of Portuguese origin. An elec
tric lamp is placed on the collar of
the hunting dog, and this frightens
foxes and badgers from their burrows
.when the dog enters.
HAPPY COMBINATION.
Wpntern Inventor Huh Just Designed
a llahy CniH'li Combined with
<1 llleycle.
From Arizona conies the up-t.o-dato ;
machine shown in the picture below,
the inventor being 1 Fred Genzlinger,
of Phoenix. Of course, it will not
prevent the policeman and nurse
from holding their usual conversa
tions in the park, but otherwise it is
an improvement over the old style
of baby carriage. The propelling
part of the perambulator is similar
to a bicycle, while the coach proper
is pivoted at the forward end of the j
frame in such a manner that it can j
be easily turned by the steering
wheel and chain attached to the han
dle-bar. To relieve the main wheels
of a portion of the weight there is i
a small trailer at the rear of the
coach, and this wheel also serves as j
a rest whtti the carriage is detached
BICYCLE BABY CART.
from the frame of the wheel for
walking. The seat and handle-bar
have the usual adjustments, and it
should be a pleasure to the nurse
to take the baby riding in this speedy
machine, while it goes without saying
that the child once taking a ride iu
this carriage will prefer it to all oth
ers. —Louisville Courier-Journal.
NEW HEADACHE CURE.
I*li > nlcliiii Ki'cniiiniriiilii I
(it the Seton iin Infallible uihl
i'eriti fluent.
Sick headaches, the bogey of the
modern society woman and often tho
greatest trouble of the businessman,
is to lose its terrors, according to an
English physician when a remedy now
used by lii'u becomes universal. This
medical man, a l)r. Whitehead, has re- j
turned to the practice of old days, and '
reintroduced the seton, and by its use |
claims that be has successfully treated
every bad headache that has come into
his hands.
Simply described the seton consists
■ of a twist of silk, of small threads or
a few horsehairs, which by a needle is '
! drawn through the skin so as to keep a
! iiole in the skin open. In the cure of
headaches Dr. Whitehead draws this j
seton through the skin at the nape of ]
the neck. How this cures he does not
explain, but says that for 25 years past
1 lie has not seen a headache case that |
! could not be cured by it. In one case
j a lady had for years been affected by
! severe headaches that left her pros- j
I irated for many hours after tliey had j
; passed the climax. A seton was putin
i three months ago, and since then she j
lias had no attack. The seton, he says, ;
should be left in place three months, j
English authorities say 'this means .
should not be resorted to unless the
pain from the headache is absolutely j
unbearable, as otherwise the remedy ;
will prove worse than the disease.
The causes for sick headache are 1
many. Often it is due to the eyes, and ■
| a use of proper spectacles will prevent
it. Sometimes it can be stopped by the |
1 use of a stimulant, as a cup of black
coffee at tho moment when the head- 1
ache is beginning to manifest itself, j
I Nearly every one who is subjected to
' these attacks knows of one or more
; causes that will bring them 'on and j
sometimes is able to avoid this, but j
1 sometimes the cause is unavoidable |
i even when known.
Of all the cures that have been sug- J
; gested the greatest confidence is
p'.aeej in caffeine and in antipyrine. j
j Antipyrine is taken in powder in doses |
of one gramme; two, three, or four i
such doses are given an adult in the
first two hours of the attack. When j
given in time this drugealms the head- j
ache even when it does not entirely
cure it. But when taken repeatedly
the effect of the drug wanes. The sys- j
tem becomes habituated to it.and it 110 j
! longer gives relief. Then as a substi- j
j tute antifebrine or acetanilide may be
j given, or oxalgine or ph'enaeetine.
Among the many other remedies
which help in special cases are salicy- !
late of soda, aconitine, bromide of po
tassium, chloral and sulfonal. Aconi
tine is a dangerous medicine, however, j
and the others are of little use—the I
soda least of all.
In general, however, sick headache is
the result of a generally bad condition
of the body or of a bad condition in
some portion, and a general medical
treatment is desirable to remove the J
cause and thus prevent a recurrence of ;
the attack, ilenemic and chlorotio
subjects should lake ferrugineous
medicines and should undergo hy
dropathic treatment.
Self-Chnrßlnß Aiktomnklie.
It is reported tlisrt an automobile
I battery has been e\olved in England
I which threatens a revolution in
horseless travel. Ingoing down
hill the motor is reversed and the
battery recharges itself, so that it
is much stronger at the bottom than
at the top. A record trip of over 04
j miles was made on an American
I built wagon equipped with this mo
tor und battery, and no stop for re
• charging.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.
ilSim
CHICKEN COOP DOOR.
So Simple In Construction That Any
i'arni<r Handy with Tool* Can
Improvise tine.
Experience is necessary in planning
and making preparations for winter.
It is not, un easy matter for inex
perienced people to conceive an idea
of a good door for their chicken
coops, and we give here a drawing
of one that we found George Moore,
of Maine, using, and which he said
had given perfect satisfaction.
The arrangement was so simple in
construction that any farmer who
CHICKEN COOP DOOR OPEN.
understood the use of tools at all
could attach it to a coop or box to be
used for a coop with but little
trouble. The door, or entrance,
should be sawed out perfectly round;
ten inches would be large enough,
while the door or cover to the en
trance should be one inch larger with
one side extended so that the cover
will be pear-shaped. The pointed
side should have a quarter-inch hole
bored through it, the door working
on a bolt for a hinge. This style of
hinge will not rust or break like the
CHICKEN COOP DOOR CLOSED.
ordinary hinge, and the door is not
swinging open and shut, but remains
where the poultryman leaves it. In
a cold climate, where ice and snow
will bother, four nails should be
driven nearly out of sight on top of
the cleat, on which the door may rest
instead of flat down. This will pre
vent freezing down.
Mr. Moore also uses two doors, one
inside and one outside the coop, both
revolving on the same bolt. It would
be well for those wishing to make a
cheap and convenient chicken coop
door to try the one herein described.
—E. F. Barry, in Ohio Farmer.
HELPING WEAK COLONIES.
How to Do Amy with fine of the
Direct of the So-Called
Sprini; Dwindling.
When the fall flow of nectar is light
the bees dicontinue brood rearing
early, and consequently go into winter
quarters very light in number, and
rather old to insure successful winter
ing. This is one of the direct causes
of the so-called spring dwindling. It
must be prevented by la.'e brooding.
Those who leave their bees to starve
in a poor season are not deserving of
lioncy in a good one.
To obtain the best results from our
bees they should be fed to stimulate
brood rearing, so that our colonies
will be very strong at fruW bloom.
To do this we must begin to feed as
early as the weather will permit the
bees to fly at least once a week. Some
mild day soon after removing them
from the cellar, all colonies should
be closed 011 what combs they will
cover with sufficient stores to last
two or three weeks, placing tlie un
occupied combs in the outside of the
follower.
When feeding time arrives prepare
your feed, either a poor grade of
honey, maple sirup, or better still
granulated sugar, which should be
about the consistency of newly gath
ered honey. If sugar is used the pro
portion is equal parts of sugar and
water. It may lie fed without heat
ing, but 1 prefer to bring it to a scald
and to put it in the combs and feed
while milk warm. Take tlie combs
to be used, uncapping what honey
they contain, and fill the empty por
tion with the sirup. Rest the comb
over the tank in a slanting position
with the top bar up and dip the sirup
on it with a dyiper having a perforated
bottom. Place one comb next to the
cluster once a week, removing the one
given last. Orange Judd Farmer.
l''lnxNeed Crop ft»r JSiOl
There is a consensus of opinion
mong commercial authorities that
he 11)01 flaxseed crop of the United
tates will prove to be the largest
ever produced in this country. IJarly
in the season considerable divergence
of opinion was expressed both as to
acreage and yield, and estimates of
production ranged from about 20,-
000,000 to 32,000,000 bushels. Lately,
however, the range lus been nar
rowed and now there is practical
unanimity that the crop will amount
.0 between 22.000.000 and 20,500,000
oushels.
HE CAUGHT THE PRINCESS.
Although ltl*:;iii«<'d Mie \Vu* t uiiulit
Oft* llcr (iuurd by the .I|<>uk unit
IHwco vcrctl.
An entertaining story comes from
the French Alps of Dauphiny, relat
ing the futile efforts of the Princess
of Croy, who desired to enter the
monastery of the Grande Chartreuse,
a habitation from which women visit
ors are rigidly excluded, says an ex
change.
The story runs that the princess
dressed herself in boy's clothes, and
accompanied her husoand to the in
stitution. The gates were opened to
•them, and the prince sent his card to
the father superior, with a line to the
effect that lie was accompanied by a
friend.
Just as 'they were about to make
the round of the building, the word
was received that the father would
like to see the prince and "bis friend."
Going upstairs, they were received by
the smiling monk, who cordially in
vited them to join him in an appetiz
ing luncheon. The princess endeav
ored to make the best of the situa
tion. but, she was not put any the
mor - at her ease by the fact that the
monk kept gazing sharply at her.
At last he exclaimed suddenly:
"Catch it, young man!" a.t the same
t'me throwing at her a large pear.
The princess was startled and, thrown
completely off her guard, made a
feminine motion to grab up her skirt,
the absence of which she overlooked
in her confusion.
Then the father stopped smiling,
and said, with great gravity:
"I beg your pardon, madam, but
ladies are not allowed in the monas
tery. I must ask you to wait outs : de
until the prince has finished his in
spection."
And outside she had togo, the rev
erend father bowing her from the
room with most elaborate politeness.
8111 >■ 11tiic Stories.
Once he was shooting where his
host happened to have killed a boy
and a keeper in the same season, and
he asked a beater whether his master
felt the matter very much. The an
swer was: "Well, sir, he didn't care
much about the by. He gie his moth
er five pounds. Hut he were wery
wexed about the man. He didn't go
out shoot en 'for a whole week." This
in Norfolk was considered ail evi
dence of the climax of human emo
tion. A Lord Cholmondclev of the
past once incautiously asked the
mayor and othernotabilities of King's
Lynn to enjoy a day's shooting. They
got little sport till they approached
the hall, where they blazed away
freely, but they were somewhat tak
en aback when, at the banquet which
followed, a horrified servant brought
the appalling intelligence that "the
Lynn gentlemen had shot all her
ladyship's tame partridges."—London
Post.
flow It Affected Him.
'Cholly—Does your father say any
thing about me?
Edith—Dear me, yes! Mamma says
he'll never get over his hoarseness
unless he stops hollering every time
he speaks about you!— Puck.
ipuoo a Month
To Agents selling our Co-operative Mercan
tile Contracts (Shares). Territory allotted
January Ist, 1902. \V e want bright insurance
men or Rankers. Fidelity Assurity Com
pany, 377-371) Broadway, New York City.
The change from a job to a situation is
not always appreciated by the incumbent;
as, for instance, when a political job be
comes an embarrassing situation.—Puck.
A Dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Colds.
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Every man hides his deformity.—Atchi
son Globe.
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I mL&A gill imlJSltPi
THe Sale of
*/ J Millions of Bottles
/fo. °f Syrup of Figs and the universal satisfaction
H which it has given attest the fact that it possesses
*V*p : ' ; s|if 1 the qualities which commend it to public favor.
With the diffusion of knowledge of what a laxative
1 should be and a general understanding of the fact
'
/fg^ljgj- vji 1 effect and be wholly free from every objectionable
/ * i ?jL : quality, or substance, the large and growing de
/ «l) / demand for
( Mfl l Syrup of Figs
Is > ■! /ttjfaL y& 112. I fjr M&l\ \ shows that it is destined to supplant the old-time
/ cathartics which were generally injurious and
usually disagreeable as well. In Syrup of Figs one
ra'F H fra 'Y ff TK finds a true laxative, simple and pleasant to the
upw $ * i » taste, gentle in its action and beneficial in effect.
•tHll &' \a, J r | » In the process of manufacture figs are used as
\*\jT :'v * j they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal
*Hj 3 ;X : " ;«y virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained from an
M $ « Jr § excellent combination of plants known to be
B! H J: medicinally laxative and to act most beneficially.
To Get Its Beneficial E.£fect
i » Buy the Genuine —Manufactured by the
«Sai\ Francisco, CAJ.
Loxiiavi J1 e,Ky. Haw York, MY
for saUe by ajl Price fifty cerds per bottle.
The Dlelelli* nnd nyKlenlc
Ciuxettc.
mvs: "Walter Baker & Co., of Dorchester,
Mass., I'. S. A., have given years of study
Ito the skillful preparation of cocoa and
i chocolate, and have devised machinery anil
1 systems peculiar to their methods of treat
ment, whereby the purity, palatability, and
highest nutrient characteristics are re
tained.
"Their preparations are known the world
over and have received 1 lie highest indorse
ments from the medical practitioner, the
nurse, and the intelligent housekeeper and
caterer."
Then He C*etM \oi*>.
Mrs. Biggs—Your husband isn't much for
show. He always dresses very quietly.
Mrs. Diggs Huh! You ought to hear him
sometimes when his collar button rolls uu
der the dresser. —Chicago Daily News.
Persons contemplating a journey East or
West should be careiul that the rates paid
for their transportation do not exceed those
charged by tiie Nickel Plate Koad.
This company always offers lowest rates
and the service is efficient. Careful at
tention is given to the wants of all first
and second class passengers by uniformed
colored attendants. The dining car service
of the Nickel Plate Road is above criticism
and enables the traveler to obtain meals
at from thirty-five (35) cents to SI.OO but
no higher.
The Pullman service is the usual high
grade standard. Semi-weekly transconti
nental tourist cars ply between Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts. Confer with nearest
agent of the Nickel Plate Koad.
A of Ttane.
Yeast—T see a Philadelphia composer has
written a quickstep.
C'rimsonbeak Yes, and I hear they are
using it in Chicago for a funeral march. —
Yonkers Statesman.
Best lor Hie UoTvel*.
No matter what ails you, headache to,•>
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. C'ascarets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy, natu'al movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
L'ascarcts Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet iias C. C. C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Cn u t iotin.
Short—Do you believe that a fellow feci
al" makes us wondrous kind?
Long It all depends. What are you feel
ing for now?— Chicago Daily News.
Traveler* Cull 11 lJlesmed.
Of all the blessings that a railroad com
pany can confer upon a long-suffering pub
lic, none is greater than smokeless coal# The
•Lackawanna R;iilroad burns it! for ivhich
all travelers call that road blessed. No
smoke! no dust. Its policy may well inspire
the gratitude and patronage of a grateful
and appreciative public.—Outing.
Flirtby—"No, I've given up calling on
Miss lloxlcy." .ligfrs—"Ah! 1 suppose her
father had a hand in that?" Flirt by -"'Well
cr —not a haud, exaclly."— Philadelphia
Press.
On Dec. 3rd and 17th the Norfolk & West
ern Ry. will sell round trip tickets from
Cincinnati and Columbus to points in the
Virginias and Carolinas at greatly reduced
rates.
For all information as to rates, address
Allen Hull, D. P. A., 45 E. 4th St., Cincin
nati.
There are few crooked things that a pull
which is long enough and strong enough and
earnest enough will not straighten out.—
Wellspring.
Stops the Cornell and Works
OIY Ihe Cold.
; Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price2sc.
"Don't you know jou oughtn't to smoke,
my lad?" "So me physician tells me, but
it's the only way I can get relief from busi
ness worries."—lndianapolis News.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
i ble medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W.
' j Samuel. Ocean (.rove, N. J„ Feb. 17,1900.
| It is not hard to let your moderation be
i i known to all men, so far as the virtues are
i concerned.— Ram's Horn.
j Half an hour is all the time required to
dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
| The hypocrite prays cream and acts skim
j milk.—Chicago Daily News.
! A square deal—The sale of a city block.—
j Philadelphia Bulletin.
~
f'isxlH Very Ancient Coin.
William K. Davis, a veteran of tho
Forty-second Indiana infantry, living
at Flora, 111., has a ltoman coin which
lie found while campaigning in the
.Philippines and which numismatists
claim is more than I.GOO years old.
Authorities say the coin was struck
by the Emperor Maximums in 236 A.
1). The coin is in an excellent state
of preservation and the inscriptions
are legible. It is the size of an Amer
ican dollar and is made of bronze.
The obverse bears the head of the
emperor and I>he inscription reads,
""Maximums Pius Augustus (icrmani
cus," and the reverse has the figure
of a man bearing aloft, an olive
branch and bears the words, "Pax
August!." It is supposed the coin
found its way from Spain to the
Philippines years ago and was lost,
in Luzon.
Mythology in Kanrtftfi.
"Rome one in Kansas proposed that o.
statue of Ceres be placed on tiie dome of tha
new statehouse, but now he wishes lie
hadn't made the proposition," remarked the
exchange editor, as he laid down a Kansas
paper.
"\\ hat's the objection?" asked the tele
graph editor.
"it is urged that no one in Kansas knows
the lady, and that she probably was an ac
tress, anyhow. It is the opinion that the
figure of Chief Fewclothes, an Indian, would
be more appropriate as an ornament to the
dome of the Kansas statehouse."
"Well, I should think that a statue of
Chief Fewclothes would be a nude depar
ture, at any rate."—Pittsburg Gazette. j
Hurt llini There.
"How crazy you women act over th~«j
'Woman's page! " said Mr. Pozenby, in
tone of withering sarcasm. "I wonder whyj
the papers don't have a 'Man's page,' too? '
"They do," Mrs. Pozenby replied.
"I've never seen one."
"Oh, yes, you have. It's the page devoted
to prize fighting and horse raring and other'
occupations of that sort."—Youth's Com
panion. ;
Her Cirenlntlnur Medium.
"She's a very cautious woman. Especial
ly about gossip. No woman ever heard her
retail any scandal."
"ISut I am told that stories confided to
her in secrecy do get out somehow."
"Yes, I know. You see, she tells them all
to her husband."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hoped They Would Hun Their C>oarae«
Mrs. Vernon Brown—Why on earth don'fc;
you get your husband to cut off his whi®-
kers?
Mrs. Smiffian .Tones—l wouldn't have him
do it for tJie world. I want him to let them,
grow and get them all out of his system.—
Stray Stories.
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