MONGOLIAN EXECUTIONS,
HOW THE CHINESE CARRY OUT
THE DEATH PENALTY.
l'lftccn Men Iccapilatoil Like n
Drove of Ilof Brutr.l Delight of
the Spectators.
' "I nm inclined to think," 4ys a eorre
tpnntient of the rail Mall llmrtte, "thnt
nohoily can claim to hnvo an adequate
and accurate appreciation of Chinese char
net er who lins not witnessed a Chinese
execution. This is not dillicult to do nt
Canton, for the Canton river swarms with
pirates, and when these gentry arc
finish! they generally get short shrift. A
f;v lmmltoointrs to begin with, then
several months in prison and it is not
necessary to explain what a Chinese
prison is with little to cat and a still
course of torture, and then one fine morn
iti'i n 'short, sharp shock' at the execu
tion ground. If you care to accompany
me there, I will try to place the scene be
fore, you. The execution is fixed for 4:!K)
o'clock, so t 4 o'clock the guide comes
for us nt Shaineen, the foreign quarter of
Canton, nnd our chairs carry us rapidly
through the noisy alleys of the native
city. I'ntil wc get close to the spot there
is no sign of anything unusual. There
suddenly we run into a jammed crowd
nt the cud of a long and par
ticularly narrow street. The chair cool
ies, however, plunge straight into it
and it gives way before us till wc arc
brought up by a huge pair of wooden
gates, guarded by a little group of
soldiers. To hear these men talk you
would suppose that they would die
then and there rather than let us pnss,
bnt the production of a couple of ten
cent pieces works a miracle, nnd they
open the gates for us, vainly trying to
stop the rufh of natives that follow us
iu and carries us before it right into the
middle of the open space. Suddenly the
gates are thrown open again, and wel
comed by a howl of delight from the
crowd, n strauge and ghastly procession
comes tumbling in. First it few raga
lnuliiu soldiers, making a fine pretence of
clearing the way. Thca a file of coolies
carrying the victims iu small shallow
baskets slung to bamboo poles. As soon
as each pair reach the middle of the
space they stoop and pitch their living
burden out nnd run off. The prisoners
are chained hand and foot and are per
fectly helpless. The executioner stands
by and points where each load is to be
dumped. He is dressed exactly like any
other coolie present, without any badge
of oilicc whatever. The condemned men
have each a long folded piece of paper in
a split bamboo stuck into their pigtail,
upon which is written their crime
and the warrant of execu
tion. One after another they arrive nnd
are slung out. AVill the procession never
end? How many can there be? This is
more thau wo bargained for. At last,
over the heads of the crowd, we sec the
hats of two petty mandarins, nnd be
hind them the gates are shut. The tale
of men is fifteen, and the executioner has
arranged them in two rows, about two
yards apart, and all facing one way. All
except one seem perfectly callous, and
he has probably been drugged with
opium, a last privilege which the prison
er 's friends can always obtain by bribery.
They exchange remarks, some of them
evidently chaff, with the spectators, and
one 1.14111 was carried iu singing, aud kept
up his strain almost to the last. The
executioners there are now two of them
step forward. The younger tucks up
his trousers and sleeves and deliberately
selects a sword from several lying close
by, while the other, an older man, col
lects the strips of paper into a sheaf and
lays them on one side. Then he places
himself behind the front man of the
nearest row nnd takes him by the shoul
ders. The younger man walks forward
nnd stands at the left of the kneeling
man. The fatal moment has come.
There is an instant's hush and every one
of the two rows of condemned men be
hind twists his head round and cranes
his neck to see. I will not attempt to
describe the emotions of such a moment
the horror, the awful repulsion, the
wish that you had never come, the sick
ening fear thnt you will be splashed with
the blood, and yet the helpless fascina
tion that keens vour eves clued to
every detail. Tho kuife is raised. It
is a short, broad-Waded, two-handed
sword, weighted at tho back and evi
dently as sharji us a razor. For a second
it is poised in the air, as the executioner
takes aim. Then it falls. There is no
great apparent effort. It simply falls, and
moreover seems to fall slowly. But when
it comes to the man's neck it docs not
stop, it keeps on falling. AVith ghastly
slowness it passes right through the flesh,
and you are only recalled from your mo
mentary stupor when the head springs
forward aud Tolls over aud over,whilo for
a fraction of a second two dazzling jets
of scarlet blood burst out and fall in a
graceful curve to the ground. Then the
great rush of blood comes and floods the
spot. As soon as the blow has fallen the
second executioner pitches the body for
ward with a loud 'Hough;' it tumbles iu
a shapeless heap, aud from every throat
goes up a loud 'Ho!' expressive of pleas
ure and approval of the stroke. But there
is uo pause, the executioner steps over
the corpse to the front man in tho second
rank, the knife raises again, it falls, an
other head rolls away, another double
burst of blood follows it, the headless
body is shoved forward, the assistants
shout 'Hough,' and the crowd shout 'Ho.'
Two men are dead. Then the headsman
steps back to the second man of the front
row and the operation is repeated.
"Two things strike you the brutal
niHtter-of-fact-ness of the whole per
formance aud extraordinary ease with
which a human head can be chopped off.
As a whole, it is precisely like a drove
of pigs driven into the shambles and
stuck ; and in detail it is or seems uo
more difficult thau splitting a turnip with
a carving knife. Chop, chop, chop, the
heads roll oil one after the other in as
mauy seconds. When the sevecth man
is reached, either because the knife is
blunted or tho executioner misses his
blow, the neck is only cut half through.
But still he does not fji. Ho comes
quickly back, takes anoti j knife, passes
on to the uext man, a i only comes
back to finish the wretehe seventh when
all the other heads ure ly ug in bloody
pools in front of the shoulders which
carried them a few minutes beforo. And
every man lias watched tho death of all
thoio Iu front of him wilh a horrid animal-like
curiosity, aud then bent his
own ueck to the knife
ankle deep in blood,,
are yelling with delight
heads ure like bowls
The place is
th spectators
and frenzy, the
on a (men.
the horrible headless bodies are lying nil
;;bout in ghastly grotesque attitudes, the
xe. iitioner is scat let to the knees, and
rord!
for it that by this time you are feelinn
very sick. Fortunately you arc not de
tained long. The moment the last head
is off the crowd is gone with a rush, ex
cept a score of urchins who begin sky
larking with the bodies and pushing each
other into the blood. The bodies art
thrown into a pond and tho hrnds an
plastered up in big earthenware jars and
stacked up with those already round th(
wall of this potter's field. I had a few
minutes' conversation with tho excctL
tioner afterward. Pcenptitation, he told
me, was not the occupation of his family:
it is only a perquisite. Bnt tho businesi
is not what it was. Formerly he used tr.
get $3 a head for all he cut off; now he
only gets fifty cents. It is hardly worti
while chopping men's heads off nt thai
rate. But then it doesn't take very long.
Would I buy his sword f Certainly. ISiw
dollars."
SELECT SITTINGS.
The city of New York has 600 Suudn)
schools.
About 23.000.000 letters pass yearlj
between the United Kingdom and Nortl
Auiericn.
Athens, Oa., has a cow that walked or
the cross ties over a trestle 65 feet higl
and 150 yards long.
Nearly every vessel cleared from Sar
Piego, Cal., nowadays carries from ten t
eleven tons of honey.
The Florida State Board of Health re
quires all cities of 10.000 inhabitants tc
dispose of refuse by cremation.
Four million shoe boxes were used bj
New England manufacturers last year
They cost from 25 to 50 ceuts ench.
There are 32,000 benefit and buria'
clubs registered in England aud Wales,
with funds which amount to $155,000,.
000.
When petroleum was first discovered it
the United States it was bottled and sold
for medicinal purposes under the name ol
rock oil.
France's prcduetiou and consumptior
of milk amount every year to 1,350,000,
000 gallons, which is three times in execs;
of the production of wine.
A well recently found near Pittsburjj
delivers fresh water, salt water, and
gas at the same time. There arc twe
casings, one within the other.
Within the last few weeks more thai
50,000 acres have been bought iu th
Bahamas by British and American cap
italists, to be devoted to raising sisa
hemp.
The Society for the Prevention of Cm
elly to Animals intends prosecuting al
householders in London who go to tin
seaside or elsewhere, leaving their cats t(
starve in the streets.
A curious feature of tho artificial tectt
industry is the variety of color required
for different couutrics. Canada, for in
stance, demands teeth of snowy white
ness, South America those of yellow
color, and China only black teeth.
A San Diego grocer kept a fine maltest
cat to kill off rats. One night he was at
tacked by a giant tarantula and wai
found dead the next morning. Th(
tarantula was subsequently captured and
is now on exhibition. It is four inchef
long.
A German paper publishes statistic
showing an uninterrupted growth ol
Socialism. Berlin in 1SS2 contained
twenty-four Socialist societies; now it
contains over 100. Bavaria in 1886 had
1021 societies, with 58,000 members.
It now has 2000 societies, with 122,00C
members.
A London shoemaker has invented t
boot to make small people appear tall.
The invention is an odd and ingenious
one. Instead of tacking six inches onto
a person's heel, a pair of entirely falst
feet made of cork are put into the shoes.
When the wearer get into them he oi
she is raised according to the inches oi
cork. Of course, in this invention th
original foot is made to combine with
the cork one under the leather in such a
manner that the line of demarcation if
not perceptible.
Food and Garb of the Labradorlans.
The manner of subsistence of all tht
Indians and half-breed population ol
Labrador is practically the same. The
Montagnais and Nasquapees live in lodge;
the year round, whether in the interior oi
on the coast. The Esquimaux generally
live in igloes, a sort of turf-covered wig
wam, when in the interior, and when at
the missions iu rude huts modeled aftei
the igloe; while the few remaining Iu
dians seldom appear on the coast, unless
driven in by famine, or, when they come
to the villages to barter, when they bring
all their belongings down the rivers and
inlets in open boats, camping at night
uuuer sealskin tents. 1 be coast Labra-
doriaus, and there are not 600 others,
are occupied in sealing in the early
spring; they fish in the summer and
trap in the winter; and these occupations
are common to all, including half-breeds
and whites. There is nothing else to be
clone, whatever the ability or inclination.
in the extreme north the clothiusr is ex
clusivcly sealskin; aud on the south shore
the attire is a combination of sealskin
and fustian, the latter being especially
prized for withstanding the cruel winds
and siorms of the region. The number
of stockings worn by these folks is often
usiouishing. Four, five and sometimes
a half-dozen are used inside their sealskin
boots. There is nothing striking about
the dress of the few white women who
are here, save that they remind one, in
the mountain of clothing thev bundle
upon themselves of the tremendous skirts
of tho women of Irish Connemura. But
tho Indian women of the south and the
Esquimaux women of the north are won
derfully appareled. Anything they can
get their hands upon possessing gorgeous
color is more noticeable among the women
of the St. Lawrence coast than with the
northern Esquimaux Aete Orltan Timet
Democrat.
Branding Bees.
The general term of the Supreme Cour
in thecentral partof New York Sttte has
decided that it is trespass for bees to go
upon lands not belonging to their owner.
This may be good law, but the wonder is
how this law is to be carried out. It per
haps will offer a new field for the rubber
stamp men to ath'x the owner's initials to
the bees' feet, or Mr. Edison might in
vent some electrical appliance by which
trespassing bees could be made to leave
their mark, or nature, perhaps, would be
sufficient if the bees would notify the
owner of the land where the trespass is
committed by presenting their business
end as a sort of a card of identification.
rAmtrican Anahtt.
his hands are dripping. Take my
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Wood pavement lasts about seven
years in street where the traffic is
heavy.
Tho velocity of the progression of the
tornado cloud varies from seven to 100
miles an hour, the average being 44.11
miles.
A traveling electric light has proved
quite successful in Germany. The whole
outfit complete for service is carried in
one veliicle.
A society has been started in Loudon
to promote the development of science of
mesmerism and of the application of
hypnotism to practical medicine.
Three millions of money that belong
to inventors, having been collected
through the ruteut Ollice in excess of the
expenses of that bureau, are iu the
Treasury.
Observations of the stars were made ii
Babylon from remote antiquity an
careful records kept of eclipses. Sonn
of tho Babylonian astronomical state
ments refer to a period earlier than 7000
i cars B. O.
Southwestern soldiers will remember
Lavergue, seventeen miles southwest of
Nashville. A mine of mineral paint has
been found there, aud 20,000 worth of
machinery has been put up to get out
the stuff to ship to New York.
For deafness of old age, Sapolini, o.
Milan, Italy, swabs the mcmhraim tyra
pani with a weak oleaginous solution o'
phosphorus. He claims to have stimu
lated the actions of the membrane and
improved the hcariug iu sixty -two
coses.
A system of building houses entirely of
sheet iron has tecn communicated to the
Society of Architecture in I'aris. Tin
walls, partitions, roofs, and wainscot -lug
are composed of double mctalii
sheets, separated by an air mattress, which
is surrounded by different non-conductors
of heat.
The street cars nt Lyons, in France
are hereafter to be operated by n series o
compressed air, which has been found ti
work satisfactorily in Nantes and otlu
French cities. Tho cars are said to ru
smoothly aud with but little noise, whif
the machinery is simple ami does uot n
quire n skilled mechanic to superinten.
it. The cost is less than with horses,
team or electricity.
'It i not intellectual work that injurt
the brain," says the London llonpital.
but emotional excitement. Most mei
can stand the severest thought and stnd.v
of which their brains are capable, and In
none the worst for it ; for neither though;
nor study interferes with the recupcrativi
influence of sleep. It is ambition, anxiety .
and disappointment, the hopes nn fears.
the loves and hates, of our lives, thai
wear out our nervous system and endange:
the balance of the brain.
5ome interesting notes on humac
skulls, found in old monastery in the
Keadron Valley, near Jerusalem, havi
bceu given by Dr. Dwight in a medica
journal. He concludes that the Caucasia'
skull has, during the past thirteen centu
rus, increased two inches iu average cir
cumference, and gained a brain holding
capacity of three aud a half cubic inches
The growth has been wholly in thefronta
and upper region, aud none at all in tin
lower portions associated with pureh
animal functions. This is the most im
portant discovery in ethnology of recent
date.
WISE WORDS.
Devotion to a method
will retard development.
of expression
He who waits to do a great good at
occe will seldom do anythiug at all.
Gratitude is the music of the heart
when its cords are swept by kindness.
Let the motive be iu the deed aud not
in the event. Be not one whose motive
for action is the hope of reward.
No state can be more destitute, than
that of a person, who, when the delights
of seuse forsake him, has no pleasures of
the mind.
Keep doing, always doing. Wishing,
dreaming, intending, mourning, talking,
sighing and pining are idle and profitless
employpients.
A snob is that man or woman who is
always pretending to be something better
especially richer or more fashionable
than they arc.
Sensibility would be a good portress
if she had but one hand. With her
right she opens the door to pleasure, but
with her left to pain.
Fluttery is foolishness, and whosoever
is deceived thereby is not wise ; never
theless, the discreet woman may use a
little of it for her husband's sake.
There is no real growth of character
excep.t by a conquest over opposing ditfi
cuuies ine uoiug ngut when it is
against our inclination and prejudices.
If a man would note his fuilures whet
he acted advisedly in comparison with
the acts of his own conception, he would
discover how much moro important his
own ideas were thau borrowed ones.
Elevation is spoken of as the means of
relief for "poor laboring man," but hov.
far he must descend before reaching tin
point to commence his ascent, for he al
ready looks clown upon the highest ele
vation idleness has attained.
The Fat Wires of Labrador.
The dress of the women of Labrador
usually consists of huge seal-skin boots,
a petticoat, a seal-skin garment covering
tho whole person from the ueck to tin
knees trimmed with white fur, a cap cl
veloping the entire head, and a sort o:
baggy cupe or hood hanging down tin
back, iu which their fat littlu babies un
carried. The cradle is unknown anion;
the Esquimaux; but the universal ten
dency of all mothers to bounce, sway am
heave about the helpless infant, has illu.
tration here in the "jigging" of the Es
quimaux child, in its aerial craddle.
Walking or sitting the Esquimaux moth
er has an endless movement like that of
an old tar under a heavy sea. It is a
writhing, weaving, swaying uictiou
which cannot be adequately described.
But it suffices, and the fat mother gets a
good deal of exercise out of it, whatever
the effect upon the babe. Only aurbng
the half-breed women ure there forms
and faces that are attractive as civilized
folks judge these things. The compen
sation is here, however, for nearly all
Esquimaux women will measure in girth
what they will in height; and ull forms
of fat represent the Labradorian idea if
both utility and beauty. At childbear
ing their owu women ofliciute us mid-
wives; anu they get ulong very well in
eiy wcu iu
;ians. There
all Labracl ii-;
:r. A tit tyr
every respect without physicians.
is uot a resident doctor in a
nor, for that matter, a lawyer
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
BYB Ton FASTtTRAGR.
Bye sown in September will make dur
ing the autumn enough grazing to ba
profitable. This grazing has an extra
value becauso it come when other green
feed is very scarce. Tho rye may bo
grazed during the winter when not bur
ied by snow, nnd pasturing on it may be
gin early in spring nnd continuo until the
last of May, when the ground can bo
broken and put in corn. A better crop
of corn will bo grown than if the rye had
not been on the ground. Or tho rye mny
be pastured until June 15, and tho ani
mals taken off, when it will set consider
able grain. Tho land may then bo put
in turnips, live used in this way makes
enough feed to pay well for tho uso of
the hind, nnd also purifies nnd recuper
ates tho ground. It can be used to es
pecial advautago in corners cut ott by
creeks, or otherwise so formed that culti
vation is difficult.
HARMFUL WHITEWASH.
I have long distrusted the broad
claims made for tho much-rccommeudcd
whitewashing of poultry -houses for pre
vention or extermination of tho vermin
which it ts claimed, says O. S. Bliss in
the New York Tribune, habitually infest
them and their occupants. I havo had
no personal experience with it, because I
never fail to accomplish the purpose by
easier, cheaper nnd more permanently ef
fective means than the advocates of
whitewashing have ever ventured to
claim for it. I have, however, taken
pains to look tho matter up, without
prejudice, aud am now persuaded that so
far from accomplishing any real good of
itself, tho whitewnsh is actually harmful.
It mny be admitted that some immediate
benefit appears to be gained, as would be
the ense with any other substanco so
thoroughly applied to every crack and
crevice, but it remains true, nevertheless,
that the whitewash is a protector rather
than an extermiuator of tho vermin.
This very day I examined a whitewashed
house and found a confirmation of this
view. Carbolic acid, kerosene nnd var
ious other things which of themselves
aro destructive of insect life are put into
the whitewash, but their destructive
qualities are nil more or less neutralized
aud rendered ineffective by dilution.
In a few hours the wash becomes dried
and as harmless as sand, every destruc
tive agent in it being effectually locked
up. But the habitable retreat of tho in
sects havo been increased in number a
hundred or a thousand fold. Cracks nnd
other places without number which be
fore were uninhabitable by them have
had the dust wiped out, or wet down,
and a protecting scale of whitewash hung
up before them, thus creating many a
new nidus where none existed before.
If a house is rep.lly infested nnd it be
comes desirable to cleau it out to get rid
of tho vermin, it is easier, cheaper and
far more effective to apply strong sonp
soaps with or without tho addition of
kerosene, spirits of turpentine, or any
other of the agents employed to render it
more effective. Such n wash not only
kills tho vermin, but detaches the accre
tions which protect them and leaves a
free open space, which is greatly prefera
ble to one partly rilled with anything,
except it be line, dry dust in which in
sects cannot live. If tha cracks and
other open spaces in a poultry house are
to be filled at all it should be with mor
tar containing sullicient amount of plastei
of paris, raw or calcined, or other similar
substance, to make the filling solid. But
I repeat what I have often said, that there
is no occasion for any of theso things
when the supply of dust is what it should
be in every case.
ABOUT SHOEING HOUSES.
A correspondent of the Journal of Agri
culture says: I am convinced, both by ex
perience aud observation, that shoeing
horses is not only a great inconvenience
but I also say it is a nuisance to the horse.
Of course this is intended for farmers, as
city horses that are constantly kept on
hard, stony pavements need to be shod.
But a farmer's horses, for either farm
work or road, do not need to bo shod
constantly. The less the better, aud my
belief is, no shoeing still better. The
horso in its natural state has a good hoof
and by a little application and patience it
can be made to be as pliable is rubber
aud as hard as steel. The horses iu Ice
land are not shod and they travel over
stony roads or ice as easily as our horses
travel on our smooth roads with theii
costly new steel shoes for which hundreds
of dollars nre annually spent. Iu our
Western States we seldom see a macadam
izeil road, nnd even then there nre not
many farmers that keep a team for spec
ial road use. Many farmers make the
mistake in I clieviug that if they want to
kceji a nimble footed horse that they
have to keep him shod. But this is a
grave mistake. To keep a horse con.
stantly shod he needs to renew his shoe
ing nt intervals. Such is dangerous
and liable to injure the hoof, and
perhaps maim him for life. Many
horses' legs are ruined when young
on account of too frequent and care
less shoeing. By negiigenco a horse
is sometimes allowed to wear the
oki shoe lor a long period without re
newing. Such negligence is abusing tho
horse greatly, aud very often is the cause
of lame feet. And again, how can a horso
be worked with the same shoes on, on drv
or muddy roads, or working on soft
plowed ground without being quite ex
hausted at times i I have a six year old
team that never had a slioe under their
feet aud never will have as long as they
arc in my possession. Still I never hesi
tate toi-iteh them to tho plow or buggy,
or drive them over soft or hard roads iu
their own shoes. Myyithcr horses have
to be shod once in a while because they
were used to it when younger, or their
hoofs will crack or become sore. But I
make the practice never to shoe youug
horses, and I believe that they will do
better than those that are kept constantly
bhod. A young horse has always good,
sound hoofs, unless accidents occur, and
by a little attention they cau be kept
sound as long as th j horse lives. The
trouble lies iu j'oung horses when they
are shod too young. Young horses as a
general thing are vigorous and we take a
fancy that they can be driven hard be
cause they are young, aud to keep their
hoofs and legs sound they must be kept
shod. My advice is: Do uot drive the
young horse too much at first. Take the
older horses for road use and leave the
younger horses ttir farm use till they have
reached the singe of maturity. This will
be the means of saving many dollars an
nually. When the weather is dry a good
thing is to lead the horse in a pool of
water for an hour or so once in a while
so as to give the hoof a thorough soak
ing.
j SWEET CORK FODDER.
i Where sweet corn is used in the fam
ily or sold in the market, the stalks on
Which it is grown should be promptly
put and fed to the cows; they are better
fodder than they will ever be again, and
Jill tho better if a few impoifect nubbins
omnin on the stalks. Some farmers
foolishly save these for seed, leaving tho
(italks to dry up as thry grew, and tho
imbbins after all yielding little corn, and
that poor. Only tho largest and earliest
(vara should bo saved for seed if the value
pf tho variety is to bo maintained.
American Cultirator.
CONCERNING WEEDS.
Weeds are usually plants that do not
Contain much valuable plant food. For
this reason they nro not worth so much
jfor green manuring as are cultivated
plants, such as tho grains nnd clover,
fl'lio damago they do is more in nbstrnct
fng moisture from the soil than plant
Ifood, though what fertility they take i
(usually near the surface, aud thorcfori
possesses greater value for crops. Tin
common rag weed lins very littlo value al
srt manure. Pig weed grows only in ricM
Isoil, nnd it contains more valuable plant
food than any other plant; but it takes il
himinly from near tho surface. Clove!
jlias tho great ndvantago as green mnmirt
iof drawing fertility from the subsoil..
J'rairie farmer.
j REARING CALVES.
i E. D. Richards, writing to the Ameri
can Cultivator, says: In tho earlier days
it was tho general practice among dairj
jfnrmcrs to allow the calf to run with its
thun during the first season. Such a
nethod is too expensive for these days.
Again, it works great damage to the cow
f she is to be kept for the dairy. When
the dam's bag becomes healthy and in
iiormul condition, tho sooner tho calf is
removed from her sido the better for the
cow.
i Iu order to give the calf a good start,
It is well to let it drink part of the moth
er's milk warm from the cow, but after a
few days gitfe skim milk. It is advisable!
to scald tho milk for a few days to pre-i
Vent sours, which are inclined to trouble
t-ulvcs raised by hand. Some dairymen
(feed c.ilvea upon whey and turn them out
to grass. Such calves, if they live at all
(until timo to go to the barn are seldom
worth wintering. Long experieucc nnd
observation have confirmed mo in the
belief that the best nnd most suscessful
way to raise calves by hand is the English
custom of keeping them iu tho bnrn tho
first season ; give them a small yard where
they may go to and from their pen at
jileasuro nnd take tho fresh nir. Keep
lueir quarters strictly clean, feed them
Upon skim milk either sweet or sour, I
irefer it sour, give them all the good hay
hat they will eat, and they will eoou learn
o cat quite a quantity. Milk does not
ako the plaeo of water. They should
lave fresh water daily. A few ground
bats duily will give them a line start the
arst season.
The future of nny animal depends
greatly upon the start it gets the first
tear. Calves need suit. The best way
lo salt them is to place a lump of mineral
wit within their reach then they will lap
It as they need. A box of fresh loam is
iilso an excellent thing to placo within
their reach. Calves fed upon milk cravo
Something of this sort. If the floor is
bedded with dry sand, it will guard
ngainst lice, which aro a deadly foe to
calves or older cattle. Tho main point
Which I wish to call attention to is tho
)euefit to be derived from keeping calves
in the barnyard the first year in prefer
ence to turning them to grass. I have
lievcr seen calves which aro put out to
(rrass as forward and strong in the fall as
hose which are kept in nnd treated as
above indicated.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
, Disposu of all surplus cockerels while
they will pass as spring chickens.
If we take the weight of tho eggs in
consideration, the duck lays more than
the hen.
Did you notices that big thistle when
fcrou were out in the garden yesterday?
Go and get it and burn it before tho seeds
fly nil over the garden.
With fall weather come many duties.
A general overhauling of all buildings,
iests aud roots, and a liberal application
of white wash aucl carbolic acid.
As a safeguard against lice, all young
turkeys should be well dusted, nt least
mce u week, with fresh insect powder,
iiud especially in the down and under
Itheir wings.
As soon as the sweet corn is gathered.
-ut up the stalks aud feed to the cow if
you do not save for wiuter. They will
iuake more milk if cut row instead oi
standing till ull dried up.
All forage and grain crops may be pre
served iu the silo. The silo adds very
inateriully to the puluteubleness, digesti
bility and uutritiousuess of many articles
of food and detracts from none.
Camphorated oil is one of the best
things for roup or swelled head ; you can
t;et it ut tiny druggist's and apply it with
the finger to the inflamed parts. Vinegar
reduced one-half with warrd water is also
good.
It is uot the number of acres that a
jnau skims over that makes him either a
iarge or a successful farmer. It is what
iu makes net, above cost of production,
lor his own toil and interest on the capi
tal invested.
Tho labor of the garden should be
luauaged like the labor of the farm. If
the cornfield becomes weedy extra help
5s hired to cleun it out; the boys are not
expected to do it out of reasonable work
ing hours. It should be the surae with
the garden.
Don't throw away the chicken drop-
t lings. The spring will briug forth a
ieed for them. Early vegetables and
Shrubbery thrive wonderfully when the
roots are sprinkled lightly with it. Some
(educe to a liquid form before applying
to tender plants.
Once in a full year should be consid
ered often enough for a milker to bear a
:ulf, and for younger cows once iu from
lourteen to sixteenth mouths. Older
fows who may be considered fully de
veloped and of established habit, cows
tight or ten years of age may, if their
halves ure of great value, be put to rapid
breeding,
If the weather is cold and there is no
juin or sleet, snow or cutting wind, the
cow will not be likely to shrink any in
Inilk production if well fed. It is the
told wind and rains and suow and sleet
hat do the mischief, aud if the cow is
Exposed to su.:h weather there will doubt
less be a shrinkage of milk and butter, it
waiters not how well fed.
i The Queen of EugUnr mkes her own
tea when traveling.
L ?"! J.JWU"JJW
An e&cfc day and Dlirht during thU trnek you
no fret at all rinivvliU' Kmi's Brlra for.
th Throat anrl Lungm arknowledfTMl to b th
most sttocmsful remedy yr mid lor th curtji
of Coughs, Croup, Bronchttto, V Looping
Ooojrh, Asthma and CniiHumptiOii. Get a bol
3
tie to-dau and keep it always in tha honne,
yon ran check your cold at onoo. Frlca Wc,
and fl. Hum pie bottles froo.
Tn t A 11 out nnllrAinnn In f h VnlLcrf PUt I
Umirormnt Mulin.ot Fhilftdplphia, who is tlx
i eei nve ana largo in proportion.
No Cnra fim I'ny
It 1 a vrett v severs test of snv doetors sVllli
when the pnvment of Ji in feel's made onndl-i
tlonal upon hU curing his pstirnt. Yet after,
having, for many years, oheerveu the thou
sands of marvelous cures effected in liver,
blood and lunjr dlneases,by Dr. Pierre's Golden
Medical lMeovery, its manufacturers feel
warranted In seeing it, as they are now doing,
through all drutreiKtM. the world over, under a
certificate of iHwfffrr yuaranfefi that It will
either hcncHt or cure in every case of dieae
for which they recommend it, if taken In time
and Riven a fntr trial, or money paid for It will
oo prompnv rei uihhmi. i orpia Jiver, or nu-i 1
i) ,.... l.i. .1 .1.1.. ....... .si....
Ulous Mr os anil swellings, consumption (which
is scrofula of the lunir). nil yield to this won-!
derful medicine. It is loth tonln or strength-1
restoring-, and slterativ or h ood-cleansing, i
Chronle VsmI Catarrh noeitlvelv en red bv:
Dr. Cage's Kcutedy. AO cent, by druggists. '
AT Watcrvllle. W. T., squirrels are so plentl-i
fnl that they enter people s bouses aud eat the.
crumbs from under the tables. I
Pled I.Ike a Dag.
Such Is tha Inscription written unon thai
tombstone of the average workingman. If ha
saves a lit! le from his twtlary ha deposit bis
money In a bank at three per rent., nnd en
riches local capitalists Instead of making Ju
dicious Investments for his own benefit, lie
fails to derive anv assistance from his camtal.
If you can spare $1 a month you may become!
a ncn man. .Minion nave uen mime in simi
lar investments and there is no pnnwlhlfi risk.
Send for fall paMtcnlars to the Thi'dkntiau
TiU'ST t o., 1JJO Arch M., riillAdrlphla, l a. 1
A .irnoi In Tennessee has Instructed bis'
grund Jury Mo Indict all persons who publicly
express lunuei scmimems.
Anv nrtlelc that h outlived S4 wart of com.
petition Htitt imittiitou. nnd pells more and
more each year, !( have merit. ohhfnH
KliMjtrle fcntHp nnt inndp In 18rtL)nf ihatarti.
rit. Ask your grocer for It, II. bus It, or will
ot It,
Ovm 400.(M patents bnva been (ranted in
tha Unl tod Hmt- . .
America's finest "Tanslll's Punch" Cigar.
Sick Headache
H a very dlitreislug affection, generslly arising from
stomaoh troubles, blllousneu and rtyspeptla, and!
we frequently flud persons of both sexes subject to,
periodic headaches for which they can ascribe no;
direct eauae. But the headache ts a sure Indication'
that there Is something wrong somewhere, and'
whatever the cattia Hood's SarMpaiilla ts a reliable'
remedy for headache, and for all troubles which
seem to require a corrective and regulator. It cures'
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, tones the stomach
creates an appetite, and glrt's strength to the nerves
Jf. B. Be sure to get
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Sold hjr .11 druggist!, fl; alt for S3, rrpparadont
by C. t. HOOD ft CO., Apothrrarlr, Lowed, Hut.
lOO Doses One Dollar
AflWAY'R
uv n r H ta h w
IS READY RELIEF,
THE GREAT CONQUERER OF PAIN,
Aaalipil
rxIrrnnllT. Inalanllr rrllrrr.
limine, Harkarhr. Pal. ta Ik.
Sldrn, Itradnrue. Toaf hurlte, or
Harulna.
ChfNt or
auyolhrr rxtrraal vnlii, ('l)Mi KeTII .
1NKI.AM NATION. It brumal I. in. Nrural.
(la. l.uinbiKo. ciutlca, falu. In lar Small
ol th. Hitck, etc.
CURES ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS,
f'ramita. rtnnama. Hour Plomnrli, Nnaara,
) pmilliif. Ilrnrihurn. II I A It K IIIKA, I ollr,
hulrra Horlii, I aiming Sprlla. Inter
nail), hall to a Iraaiioaiilul In half a tum
bler a I water. 50c. a bottle. All lrni,lan.
ADWAY'S
An excellent and mild C'albnrllr. farele
Vegetable. The Saleyt and Heat Medli-luo
in the world for tb I'm. of all IJl.ordera
LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS.
Taken arrordlua to dlrrrtlona tkejr will
realore beulla. and renew vitality.
Pries 25 eta. a BoX; Bold b all Drnggiiti.
THE BEST rATARDU
-m ra
REMEDY
5?
fiv'Cv I
KOlt
surrcnisa from
Cold in Head,
SNUFFLES
OK
CATARRH
Into en, h U.Hitli) .ml i-iJ AY-FEVER
rrt-fttilf. lriifW cents'" w
atdfUKKinU: ' mail. rffisUrM. anoints.
A Al . ., .1
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3tory far
BOYS .and
GIRLS,
The story Is of a
hero who worked
bard to earn his
pending money.
meeting with many
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spent it. How deter
ruination overcame
poverty. A boy who
could think how to
earn money la spile
of obstacles, and could set nobly, tven nt a lotto!
his own pleasure. A pure story sent free to any toy
or girl who will pay the pottage ouly a s-cent sump
required.
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Philadelphia. Pa.
OPIUM
1IAHIT. Onlr Certain anil
riurCI RKliitlifl WurlJ. Ifr,
J. J.. EiTtl'llliNrt. U-I.nni.il.. I
PTFftirftC fiC r.U.IIE.T.
iDlUMim.
Ir. kothltr'i
tlPK10NEY
MF'j:.,aVi''.,R-fe
Aft W
J inrr" right along with tucetw. It i
the bttt cahc meiiu-ine I have ever seen.
IHAjlO MOOli, Uor Dealer,
iJroofcyn, Aru) i'urk.
f -1 pisus itii.Mh.ur rOR CATARRH Ilest. Easiest
fjt:4 A to use. ( heajiest. Relief is imiiiwtiate. A cure is
mm. i ur turn iu uie
it is un uimiuertt, of which a mnnli parlii ie is ani.lied
Wi"UttJ'IM'A iYM h niKfi.tii of'sent
:-::o-:'i:ifr
'A He mt it wiiulioi iitv fNtf d iriui lluve
to tivs Q--iir In a Kubrxr t urn, aui
at Ins fliat half hour s exsenencs la
a iturm nndi to his sorruw tiiat It Is
lisia.jr a betier prutec-Um, than a mos
quito netting, not uiilv letln tlisiruird
at beihg -o buiy ukcii In, but also
ireis If tie net i.juk ex-Uy Ilka
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lCMmY?ND7RMANTLY
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I THECHfcAV0GELERCfo-BAUO-Mr
KTH U 3
vr rou wish a
a iiniui
RKVOl.VKIt
(5m
smimssut
imvh.il on of til ci-lf-
r.tnl SMITH WKSNON
rms. Th fin wit -minll arms
vr manufadMurfa snd ths
rut rhnlco of all xnrts.
laniirartumt In rsllbrrn na. and 44-Win.
I nriltinhlo Hftlnn. KnOtr Hammerlr and
atirpt nitMinU. CoimtrUi'lml rtUlrflv of krnt anal
ty wrauiht strrl. carefully 1nwtM for work-
msniihtp and ftnrk, thy aro unrtvalsd fr nnlaii.
InrabtHtr and nrrnrarr. lo not hm dflvcd by
(heap niHllrnhla ranMron lintiatlona which
km often ftnid f.tr th amnion art trip and ar not
nlr on rW I able, but tatiKrouft. Th HM1TH
WHSON Hfvulvpra ars nH ntsmptd upon tha bar
M with Aim's name, address and data of patent
and ar tiinrnntreri iwrfrv't hi pvery detail. In
sist upon having- the rrnntna nrttclt. and if Tur
ileal er can nut impplv you an order sent to addresa
elow will recelvp prompt and careful altrutlon.
saortptlva cntalnRitP ami prices furnished upon sp
iic.uou. SM1Tn & WESSON,
yMetitlun thli paper Pprlnideld, IHaaa.
CSTLATE8T IMPROVED
HORSEPOWER
IHarhlapfi for TH R FH IM M.F AMN
Urala.alx Alaehlae lorKAWlMIJ WOOII
n wiu iirruiar ua uroaa
Aoknowladod vat Vraff Maw.
I'J all to b. V
the r
BEST:
racardinf i,T.wf.lkKv.i
EAST DRAFT, DUR ABILITY JUANIITi OF WORK
teZISSXi A. W. CRAY'S SOUS, '
- T ATaaraaa and Solb MAMtrrAertrana,
MIDIM.KTOWN HPH 1M3N. TT.
MAKE
PAY.
i
yon know how to nrni-sriv para
or them. r'or'Jt cent in staim-a
oti van procure a HM-PAOK HOOK
Wluir trie. vxiMTteitrw of a unvrtU
Iral I'.mlfry Itsisor not an ama
teur, but a man working for doU
lsrs and ornti duHiis-a period of,
VS years. It trachea vou how to
Jteteot and Cure liliteanes: to rd
lor t-.HH aim iUu for r'Mttenina;
wlnrh 'owlto8av for li reel tug
I'm'tMHits: and rvervtlitntr. mler
ou should know en this uiicct o tts It profit
Sl.Ie. Hetit poetl-sid for uAc. BOOK Pi:
HOOK, 1& l.ranard siren. N. V. tUy
THS EDWARD HARRISON eT"
IIiIj
aWarrla
a atmaMrl Vnrr f U
trlnttlMs; al 1-lu. H M f TI
all sieea aad f truuti, '!) A il
Mills of all sites aad itruuti. A44 A It
1 si. furab.l.o?! .J'WaAcj. P $
H-iha seat an trial togV vTTaSl
rsipanat bla avarttee. ! ?VHn
I. rrlrea. Write for 'vVr'
Iacmp and msKtinri ttii .
iiinsiriktpa I'sla.
I'. .Vilward llarruea still Co.,
mTO i;jO A MONTH ran be made working
for us. A e tits preferred who ran furnUa
a bnrae and five their whole tint to the businpus.
par moments may be prufltahlv employed also.
A few vacancies 1u town and cities, I). . JOHN
fJON A CO., UHW Main M.. Hlehmoud, Va. A' R
'rose star ag' aud buiiii j-i0rifnct. jVflr
mind mtmut fending $tampjor reply. It. '. J. 4 Cm
SALE,
auteed wll
advantages
8 IM C? LM WANTFI). I'prma.
Ii nent iMiiiitons sur
Ith salary ami tyxitenHPs natd. Great
advantage to Ireulntiera. Kantnellitic suectal-
tle. No expfrlonoe npfdt'd with u. outfit sent free.
M'rlle quick anil net choice of territory, latlna afp,
tNan.e this paper.) Hooker N ursprlcs.Rochestpr.N. Y.
aa4 WMikty Wab
its cursd at koma
ontpata. Book of par
Honiara sent FBKE.
R.M.WOOMJtr.M.D.
rio VU Whitehall 8b
FRAZER
'mT 11 f II WORLD
AXLE
GREASE
IW Gat tb U.nulas. Bold Intinbln.
I) k 01? D K 1 1 Chadwick't Mam
llluinlnmed Coe
Manual.
l
er.
BJUIH X XttLXi c.'c.l .laiiip, bv nJ.lrr.Miig
thkoiiokk Holland, p. o. k..x l it, i-iiii... I'a.
RK.AI. KSTATK FXtllANtiK. Impnired
furm., pratrle. tliiilM-rctMtl anil Iron land., hut It,
tntllw, honw. catili, ully property and iuvrhuidl.o
fur .ale anil i'Xi'Iiauki' In nlmuMt every Statu lu tha
tuli'ti by JOHN F. Mi-iU' IKK. Clinton, luwa.
gwiow is .TF,Efi
iknt.iif ic..l l.n-'if, a. fl. H'lllHlHI a RONS,
,J9 UattaMli, Uv. A WkahlagUB, tf. t. i.taua tA p-.
unnucc Tnuir ohstinatk casks
nUUnCd lUNlWi Chills mrf Jrvrr, U)u
trter. Su amp Fever, Uore effect! t ban quinine.
.Try it. rHiyu am if. lnilnl en having tht Ionic.
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OWN liwuvi pattern and yarns free.
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llotlaad lletth al and t uucer Iiintltut, Buffalo, N. Y.
:remuves Cancer without pulu or use of knlft. hcorei
of patleuts speak lu unqualified terini of prataa ol
the succpkn of thU treaiuieiit. Write for circular.
HOLLAND M,:iHtl,N b CO., Hi.Ha. a, N. Y
Here It is!
Want to leant .11 .boat .
Ban. f How to Pick Out . ,
flood Oa.r Know Imparfec
tloa. aad ao Guard asainat
Fraud I Dtteot Dla.au aad
KffMt . Cur. wbaa un la
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TDO TOU
Want to learn all about a Horse t
nu.uon in otir iaa r.nl ll.Lv-1 hi in nuHax auoK,
I am iMji jnlfiifc, Pt L.uuiudiit.. W. Y. City.
1'u.liu.i ,in r.ai.iiil ir od!v a. I tMl in .ouiiij& .
In- RL. J
KEU. v
to
BBPIUH
ijJr AtvlMlAk. Aim.
S25
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t a.
a7 to rick uut a uoou on
f-y, factions and so gard
r i Iet5ut LuiaMtaud ell
" 1 1 ge i iS m i the Atts by llw laellit
VOv bifft-reut hurts of thi
fnfn
IHt. KOKIII.LH'M FAVOUITK COI.IC MlXTl'KK
for all duiucMtlc auluiHl., will cure vi out of every luu case, of colic, Hhrther flat-nli-ut
or hpaninudlr. ttarely more than 1 or i dose, necessary. It dor, not eon
.filiate, raiher acta a. a laxative and 1 entirely tiariiilekii. After 20 year, of trial
In more than hum case,, our Kiiaiautee I. worth .omrthlnfr. Caiic uiuat b.
ireaied proniilly, Expend a tew cent. and you haie acureon hand, ready
a hen ueedrd, .ml terhao, save a vali:.l'le horse. It uot al your druviElst'. en
cloae 6u tent, (or suniole bottle, .rut prepaid.
A.iilrrnH II M . K.kS-lll ' It ... i u..li.i ..
"riitonrV folic I We cAniYuUL T, ..,T.,V,.
.raili,i.icMSIT." HouU nol II
Ultieut it tu Ion,; oi u have hunet.
Slfc ond Kschunge. tlabiet. taeton. Pa
JXAAV MOSVSi Ufa)..
iieau it jias no equal.
f
W wlrr Ut, m.n nlio Waal, sefvifa
,, Mvici a garuif nt Ui.t wm x.
"XtnlW.'
si ll.ll , a ua lauilllar lu nu i
fim.uuy .11 over il,. !,,d. win, u,ri
111. amy ncvl.cl W.nu ad WAtrPru3
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